# russian opposition (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover russian opposition. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Moscow doesn't know about its own oil refineries](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/can-ukraine-cripple-russias-oil-industry) _2026-08-18 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Western analysts keep asking whether Ukraine's campaign against Russian refineries is actually working. I ran Russia's largest oil company and my answer is yes. ## [They panicked.](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/no-room-for-peace-what-yablokos-election) _2026-08-11 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ The Kremlin is not afraid of losing an election, because the procedure we're about to witness is not an election. They're afraid of losing control of the country. ## [Putin Thinks Time Is on His Side. It Isn’t.](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/putin-thinks-time-is-on-his-side) _2026-08-03 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Sanctions alone will not end the war in Ukraine. But Russia is consuming its reserves and human capital just as Europe’s military industry begins to accelerate. ## [How did the Kremlin ease Russia's fuel crisis?](https://www.vlast.is/p/how-did-the-kremlin-ease-russias) _2026-07-31 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ There are no longer lines for gas ## [Putin’s "Special Electoral Operation"](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/putins-special-electoral-operation) _2026-07-28 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ What is happening before September’s “elections” in Russia and what is likely to come after ## [7 key questions about Russia’s wartime parliamentary elections](https://www.vlast.is/p/7-key-questions-about-russias-wartime) _2026-07-17 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ Also: the Kremlin’s response to gasoline shortages ## [Why Hasn't the Russian Economy Collapsed? Inside Putin's War Machine](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/russias-war-economy-explained-how) _2026-07-06 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Why analysts waiting for an economic collapse are getting it wrong ## [Why the Fuel Crisis Is Spreading Across Russia](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/why-the-fuel-crisis-is-spreading) _2026-07-05 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Drone strikes cut the output by a quarter — what turned that into a national crisis is how Russia is governed ## [Why even Putin couldn't ignore Russia's fuel crisis](https://www.vlast.is/p/fuel-crisis-2026) _2026-07-03 · Margarita Liutova · Vlast_ Public anger is building over lines at gas stations, rationing and price rises ## [Machine Guns on a Gazprom Gas Tanker](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/signal-to-nato-russia-mounts-machine) _2026-07-01 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ For the first time, Moscow has equipped a commercial gas carrier with heavy weaponry and FSB personnel ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EC3qtr9M30Zy) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [What is Actually Happening in Crimea](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/what-is-actually-happening-in-crimea) _2026-06-26 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Russian authorities prioritize protecting Putin's private residences over defending the heavily targeted peninsula ## [Putin Brought Back the KGB. It May Finish Him](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/putin-brought-back-the-kgb-it-may) _2026-06-23 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ The FSB has gone from counter-intelligence service to the only steering hand of the regime. ## [Russians want Putin to end the fighting](https://www.vlast.is/p/russians-want-putin-to-end-the-fighting) _2026-06-19 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ War fatigue is growing in both the elite, and society more broadly ## [German Engines Powering Putin’s Fleet](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/how-western-engines-power-putins) _2026-06-15 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Four years into Western sanctions, billions of rubles' worth of European and American equipment is still reaching Russia's shipyards ## [Putin is trying to shore up his ebbing popularity](https://www.vlast.is/p/putin-is-trying-to-shore-up-his-ebbing) _2026-06-05 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ Also: is Russia heading for a fiscal crisis? ## [A Leaked Kremlin Report Reveals How They Fabricated Zelensky Dubai Apartment Story](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/a-leaked-kremlin-report-reveals-how) _2026-06-02 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ A leaked internal briefing from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency takes credit for fabricating and seeding the viral 2025 claim that Zelensky bought his mother a luxury apartment in Dubai. ## [Who Put Pig Heads Outside Paris Mosques? A Leaked Kremlin Document Claims Credit, Translated](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/who-put-pig-heads-outside-paris-mosques) _2026-06-02 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ A leaked after-action report shows the Social Design Agency, a Kremlin-contracted firm, claiming credit for the September 2025 desecration of ten mosques and Muslim centers around Paris. ## ["Projects 2026": A Leaked Blueprint for Moscow's Information War on Europe and Armenia, Translated](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/projects-2026-a-leaked-blueprint) _2026-06-02 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ A leaked internal planning file from the firm the Kremlin contracts to inflame divisions across Europe and Armenia. ## [What Ends Putin?](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/what-ends-putin) _2026-05-28 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ The NEST Centre pinpoints the real vulnerabilities of the Putin regime, and the picture that emerges flatters no one, least of all those of us who oppose him from outside. ## [Filling the Vacuum Post-USAID: Moscow's Plan for Armenia, Leaked](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/filling-the-vacuum-post-usaid-moscows) _2026-05-25 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Inside the Kremlin's failed operation to stop West-oriented Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan before the upcoming general elections in June. ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/donQYWlXOxkN) _2026-05-25 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [How China became Russia’s economic lifeline](https://www.vlast.is/p/chinaficationofrussia) _2026-05-22 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ Putin has had to pay a price for Beijing’s help ## [The Russia the Kremlin Doesn't Want You to See](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/the-russia-the-kremlin-doesnt-want) _2026-05-21 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ What Russia's democratic opposition still has to build before the day after Putin. ## [Putin Renewed His Treaty With Xi. The Plane They Were Building Together Is Now China's Alone](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/putin-renewed-his-treaty-with-xi) _2026-05-20 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ The New Eurasian Strategies Centre's February report is worth reading alongside the ceremony in the Great Hall of the People. ## [Putin’s Approval Rating Was Falling. Then His Pollsters Changed Methodology](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/putins-approval-rating-was-falling) _2026-05-19 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Russia’s Kremlin-aligned pollsters paused publication while Putin’s ratings were dropping. When they resumed, the numbers had recovered...and the methodology had changed ## [What the Russian Opposition Is Really Lacking](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/what-the-russian-opposition-is-really) _2026-05-18 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ Russian opposition structures in exile still struggle to answer a basic strategic question: what are we actually trying to build? ## [The May 9 Ceasefire Is a Turning Point in the Russia-Ukraine War](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/the-may-9-ceasefire-is-a-turning) _2026-05-12 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ After more than four years of war, both sides are confronting the same reality: the front has stalled and the continuation of the war is too costly to sustain. ## [Inside the Kremlin's Rehearsal for Retreat](https://blog.khodorkovsky.com/p/inside-the-kremlins-rehearsal-for) _2026-05-08 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · How to Slay a Dragon_ A planning document leaked from inside Putin's administration is the clearest sign yet that some of his own people are looking for the exit ## [Why the Russian regime is not on the brink of collapse](https://www.vlast.is/p/why-the-russian-regime-is-not-on) _2026-05-08 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ And growing headwinds for Russian Railways ## [Russian regime weakness exposed by celebrity blogger’s viral video](https://www.vlast.is/p/putinsweakness) _2026-04-24 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ Also: the detention of top managers at Russia’s biggest publishing house ## [Live with Farida Rustamova](https://www.vlast.is/p/live-with-farida-rustamova) _2026-04-23 · Farida Rustamova · Vlast_ A recording from Farida Rustamova's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195045337/6b9381d91dfebae2e03d557eed1f6175.mp3) ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O28RyqOiGfxC) _2026-04-23 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Live Q&A with Vlast – Thursday, 23 April](https://www.vlast.is/p/live-q-and-a-with-vlast-thursday) _2026-04-15 · Vlast_ Save the date and submit your questions