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The Insider @theins.press · 08/05/2026

Russia’s Federal Customs Service in St. Petersburg has discovered “extremist” content in 28 books for preschoolers in a 12.7-ton shipment, including The Dinosaurs Who Met Santa Claus, See Inside a Museum, Eggs and Chicks, and other titles in English and German published by Usborne.

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The Insider @theins.press · 03/10/2025

Beaten, Caged, Shot: Inside Russia’s Frontline Torture Machine Putin’s brutality against Ukraine is rivaled only by his army’s treatment of Russian soldiers, who face a choice between death on the battlefield and torture by their own side. ⚠️ Warning: graphic content 👇 youtu.be/Wg7xNpX5yzk?...

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The Insider @theins.press · 09/09/2025

“We were ordered to escort migrants straight to the EU fence.” Belarusian border guards detail how Lukashenko turned migration into a weapon with Moscow’s backing. 🎥 Watch the clip ↘️ Full film: youtu.be/DOnFl2nKmTQ?...

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The Insider @theins.press · 09/09/2025

At least 21 killed in Russian strike on the village of Yarova, Donetsk Region Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Yarova. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, locals were receiving pensions at the time of the attack. Video: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel

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The Insider @theins.press · 30/07/2025

Russia lists Alexei Navalny’s Patriot as “extremist material” According to the ministry’s website, the book was banned in June 2025 by a ruling of the Leningrad Regional Court. Alexei Navalny’s posthumous autobiography was named Book of the Year at the 35th British Book Awards in May 2025.

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The Insider @theins.press · 22/07/2025

‼️Russia is recruiting schoolchildren to make drones used against Ukrainian civilians under the guise of "education." 📽 Our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHB... 👈

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The Insider @theins.press · 03/07/2025

Sumy is a Ukrainian city located just 30 kilometers from the Russian border, home to 256,000 people before the full-scale war began. What does it look like today? See for yourself in The Insider's photo report on Instagram. Photos: Daria Nilova / The Insider www.instagram.com/p/DLqQ2-mii2...

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The Insider @theins.press · 04/06/2025

Alexei Navalny would have turned 49 today. A memorial service in memory of the murdered politician was held at his grave in Moscow. In attendance were Navalny’s mother Lyudmila, the mother of his wife Yulia Navalnaya, and the parents of opposition politician Ilya Yashin.

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The Insider @theins.press · 05/05/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: What everyone should have learned from Trump’s first months back in office — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 28/04/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! What Ukraine’s boldest operation achieved and failed to achieve; The EU takes its first steps towards an independent military force — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 20/04/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Inflation, devaluation, reduced incomes: Russia’s economy in an era of falling oil prices — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 14/04/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 11/04/2025

“I walked through the field of corpses, all Russian soldiers.” Russia lists tens of thousands of its own servicemen as missing in action in Ukraine — many are alive in captivity, others left to rot. This Insider's film tells their story. 🎥🧭 Watch: youtu.be/iiFxdmfXk-w?...

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The Insider @theins.press · 06/04/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How a family of Russian spies became European tycoons — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 30/03/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How boosting military aid to Ukraine could benefit both Donald Trump and America — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 25/03/2025

Vladimir Putin recently joked about how people in Russia can be thrown behind bars merely for their words. This is a rare case of Putin — widely known for peddling disinformation — telling the truth. By August 2024, Russian courts had received over 10,000 cases related to anti-war statements.

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The Insider @theins.press · 24/03/2025

Cover of the Polish magazine Wprost

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The Insider @theins.press · 23/03/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How deep is Ukraine's dependence on U.S. military aid? — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 16/03/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap — with European help — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 09/03/2025

In store this week: Europe’s most wanted man plotted my murder — and that of my colleague — Christo Grozev ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 02/03/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Key figures from the third year of the Russia-Ukraine war — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 24/02/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Why the invasion of Ukraine has widened Russia’s income gap — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 17/02/2025

Feb. 16 marked the one-year anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death. Hundreds lined up — risking reprisals — to pay respects to the murdered politician and lay flowers at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Sources: @sotavision.bsky.social, AFP.

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The Insider @theins.press · 17/02/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Russian propaganda talk show producer avoids sanctions while buying property in Moscow and the EU — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 14/02/2025

❗ Last night, a Russian attack drone hit the shelter covering the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing "significant" damage. IAEA officials confirmed the explosion occurred near the New Safe Confinement at around 1:50 a.m. Video: Volodymyr Zelensky

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The Insider @theins.press · 09/02/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Five years after the start of COVID-19, the world is still unprepared for a new pandemic — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 03/02/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How Europe can support Ukraine and ensure its own security without U.S. aid — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 26/01/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Sociologists discover most Russians want a ceasefire — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 19/01/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Israelis find no reason for optimism while Hamas celebrates victory — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 16/01/2025

"The only way to wash away the shame of a full-scale invasion is with weapons in hand." Volunteers from the Freedom of Russia Legion reveal why they took up arms against their own country to fight for Ukraine. 📺 Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xFR...

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The Insider @theins.press · 12/01/2025

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 10/01/2025

☠️ A Russian oil spill is turning the Black Sea into a mass grave. Horrific footage shows dead and dying marine life, while volunteers struggle to mitigate the damage. Watch the full story:

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The Insider @theins.press · 08/01/2025

Aftermath of the Russian bombing of Zaporizhzhia on Jan. 8. Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that Russian forces carried out two strikes on Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs. 13 people were killed and over 30 were injured. Photos: Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

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The Insider @theins.press · 08/01/2025

Aftermath of the Russian aerial attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Jan. 8. The strike resulted in 13 confirmed fatalities. Video shared by Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

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The Insider @theins.press · 29/12/2024

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Stephanie Baker tells the inside story of the West’s quest to make Russia pay for its invasion of Ukraine — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 19/12/2024

❗️Environmental catastrophe in the Black Sea: an oil spill from Russian tankers has polluted dozens of kilometers of coastline near Anapa. Birds, dolphins, and other marine animals are washing up dead, covered in oil. 👇🏻Video:

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The Insider @theins.press · 19/12/2024

‘We wiped them out and walked away.’ Elite Ukrainian scouts reveal how they destroyed a rare Podlet radar in Crimea and prepared the invasion of Russia’s Kursk region. Also — what’s it like to fight Wagner mercenaries? 👉Watch the full story: youtu.be/0NiP83ZT8xw?...

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The Insider @theins.press · 08/12/2024

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts; Moscow’s hired thugs are causing mayhem in Estonia — and more ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email and click the arrow): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 05/12/2024

“I didn’t know I was in Ukraine until it was too late.” ▪️The Insider uncovers the untold stories of Africans deceived into fighting Russia’s war against Ukraine. 🎥 Watch the full video: youtu.be/mmFKfKZC3KU?...

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The Insider @theins.press · 01/12/2024

Introducing The Insider Sunday Digest! In store this week: Free Pablo and Fancy Bear: GRU illegal Pavel Rubtsov got a warm welcome home in Moscow by a hacker on the FBI Most Wanted List — and more. ➡️Follow the link below and subscribe for free (enter your email): theins.press/en/subscript...

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The Insider @theins.press · 28/11/2024

Patriarch Kirill: “Christians are not afraid of the end of the world.” In a recent speech, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church justified nuclear war, claiming believers look forward to the return of Jesus Christ, as he will “destroy evil and judge all nations.”👇🏻

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The Insider @theins.press · 27/11/2024

The village of Bekhlevka in Russia's Belgorod Region has been without electricity for over a month following a drone attack. Local authorities are in no hurry to fix the problem, claiming they can't proceed without approval from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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The Insider @theins.press · 18/11/2024

Russian strikes on Ukraine (Nov. 17-18) killed 20+ people, including children, and injured over 100. The attacks, which involved both ballistic and guided missiles, were the deadliest in months. Watch footage of the aftermath.

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