Vlad Litnarovych

North Korea has launched two of its most advanced warships in record time—likely with help from Russia, according to defense analysts—but there are growing doubts over whether these missile-equipped destroyers can actually sail under their own power.

A stablecoin pegged to the Russian ruble has quietly become one of Moscow’s most powerful tools for evading Western sanctions—channeling more than $9.3 billion through a Kyrgyz-based crypto exchange in just four months.