Category: Russia

Defence / Russia

 by Jaffa Levy

Russia’s Generals Declare the Tank Dead: Inside Moscow’s Vision of the Digital Battlefield

Russia’s senior military theorists now declare the age of the tank over. In a new doctrinal paper, General Yury Baluevsky and Ruslan Pukhov describe the Ukraine war as the first true “digital war,” dominated by drones, satellites, and computing power. They argue that dispersed micro-units, autonomous systems, and real-time networks will replace massed armour and artillery. Future supremacy, they warn, will belong to nations that control chips, data, and orbiting communications rather than steel.

World / Russia

 by Jaffa Levy

Putin’s Red Light Strategy: How Oreshnik and Tomahawk Define the New Architecture of Escalation

At Valdai, Vladimir Putin’s joke about “Oreshnik” masked a serious message. Russia and the United States are both trapped in an era where escalation depends on infrastructure, not intent. Every modern weapon now travels with its own network of satellites, planners, and launchers — and building that network is the new act of war.

Britain / Russia / World

 by Jaffa Levy

Anna Netrebko’s Triumphant Return to London

Anna Netrebko returned to the Royal Opera House in London with a triumphant Tosca, her first appearance since 2019. Her performance comes after years of political bans and media hysteria, underscoring how the campaign to silence Russian artists has collapsed.

World / Russia

 by Jaffa Levy

A Test of Nerves Over Vaindloo: Russia’s MiG-31s Probe NATO’s Edge

The MiG-31, a Soviet-era interceptor built to race nearly three times the speed of sound and patrol vast frontiers, is not a plane often mistaken for routine traffic. Designed to hunt down high-flying threats...