Elvira Bary

When the Axis Cracks: Why the Strike on Iran is a Nightmare for Moscow I don’t pretend to predict the future. But history has a way of outlining the direction of the wind.

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A Late-Night Kremlin Panic? Prime Minister Just Admitted Russia Has a Budget Hole An important admission slipped out two days ago, and a lot of people will miss what it signals.

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary If Russia Wins: What Happens to the People in Ukraine?

If Russia “wins,” Ukraine doesn’t get peace - it gets occupation. Here’s what that really means: youtu.be/C7agW3K61Ak

YouTube video by Elvira Bary Putin’s Arctic Plan: The Real Reason Greenland is in Danger

Greenland isn’t the story. The Arctic is - and it’s the map where great powers collide.

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Putin's Gamble: $17 Billion Trap in America's Backyard

Maduro fell. Russia’s Venezuela bet backfired. Here’s what Putin wanted - and what he lost:

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Unbreakable (Незламний) McDonalds Let me tell you a story about a McDonald’s in Kyiv that stopped being fast food a long time ago.

Let me tell you a story about a McDonald’s in Kyiv that stopped being fast food a long time ago.

Ukraine has 120 operating McDonald’s right now. But only one became a symbol. Only one earned a nickname people say with pride, anger, and a little disbelief:

Незламний.

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Russia’s Oil Trap: Why Putin Can’t Afford His Own War

Russia’s oil isn’t power anymore - it’s a collapsing cash machine funding Putin’s war.

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Russian Dictator Trap: Why Russia Always Ends Up With a Tzar

Why does Russia keep producing tsars? The “dictator trap” that keeps resetting Russian power.

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Russia’s Worst Case Scenario: It’s Not a Breakup

Russia’s “collapse” won’t look like a clean breakup — it will look like a state that stops working.

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What Do Russians Really Think About Greenland Takeover? Greenland is too close to Russia’s north border for Russians to stay indifferent when Trump threatens to take over the island.

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Greenland is too close to Russia’s north border for Russians to stay indifferent when Trump threatens to take over the island. You might expect a revival of old Cold War era fears:

YouTube video by Elvira Bary Russian Nuclear Bluff: What If Putin Presses the Button?

Putin’s nukes: real threat or bluff? What happens if he “presses the button” - for real?

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Why the Kremlin is Terrified of Migrants: The Secret Threat No One Talks About

Why Putin fears migrants - and why their future could reshape Russia more than any war:

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Why Russia Can’t Build Anything Anymore: Inside Putin’s Failed Tech The Soviet Union really was a global tech power. It made its own space program, microchips, and nuclear reactors. It trained millions of…

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Does modern Russia still know how to build anything real?

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary What's Behind Russia's Lie About the 'Decadent West'?

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Russia has defined itself not by what it is, but by what it is not. From tsars to Putin, its leaders have painted the West as “decadent,” godless, and doomed, a moral contrast that justifies repression, poverty, and war as signs of spiritual superiority.

The Return of the Snitch: Why Russians Are Reporting Their Neighbors Something interesting — and unsettling — is happening inside Russia right now. People are once again snitching on their neighbors.

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Something interesting - and unsettling - is happening inside Russia right now. People are once again snitching on their neighbors.

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A street scene from Kyiv.

This Christmas tree is made from spent ammunition collected by Ukrainian soldiers on the Zaporizhzhia front.

It stands quietly outside a café — a reminder of where this winter came from, and what it has cost.

📍 Honey Café, Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv

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Putin’s Next Targets Picture this. A peace deal is signed tomorrow. Cameras flash. Diplomats shake hands. Commentators speak about “a new chapter for Europe.”…

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Why Putin Fears His Own Generals More Than NATO

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Why Russia hides its generals — and why Putin fears them more than any enemy abroad.

The War Russia Won’t Name: Why Ukraine Vanishes From Everyday Russian Life Spend ten minutes on Russian social networks like VK or OK.ru — or just try talking to ordinary Russians, and you’ll run into something…

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On Writing The Snow Queen’s Spring and Kharkiv’s EcoPark I’m halfway through the first draft of my new novel about the war in Ukraine and the way it ripples outward — into Russia, into private…

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Russia 2035: The Harsh Future Even Putin Can't Stop

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Russia is racing toward 2035 - but the future waiting for it is harsher than anyone admits.

Putin’s Final Plan: Partition of Ukraine Four years after the invasion shattered Europe’s sense of security, the Kremlin is no closer to victory. Ukraine is bruised, exhausted…

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Why Russia Loves Death More Than Life: Inside Russia’s Death Cult

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Inside Russia’s death cult and why the Kremlin still treats dying as a national duty.

Why Russia Has No Real Opposition to Putin People often ask me: “Where is the opposition in Russia? Why is it silent? Why doesn’t anyone stand up to Putin?”

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary Why Ukraine Broke Free, But Russia & Belarus Stayed in Chains

Why Ukraine kept democracy alive while Russia and Belarus slid into dictatorship?

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary The Black Magic of the Kremlin: Who Putin Really Listens To

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Inside the strange world where Putin’s Russia runs not on logic—but on superstition and fate.

The Secret Fleet Keeping Putin’s War in Ukraine Alive Have you ever wondered how Russia can keep waging a full-scale war while under the heaviest sanctions in modern history? Billions frozen…

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YouTube video by Elvira Bary The Great Fake: Why Russia is Crumbling Behind the Facade

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Russia looks strong. Putin looks untouchable. I’ll show you why that “strength” is staged.

Why Putin Can’t Stop: The Lie Keeping Russia Fighting in Ukraine Why does Russia keep fighting a war it can’t afford, can’t win quickly, and can’t seem to step away from? People ask me this almost every…

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