Opinions Fact Check Will Putin attack Europe? This scenario looks not just probable, but frighteningly obvious, says Roman Anin, publisher of Important Stories. Date 9 Oct. 2026Author Roman Anin Add to Google Vladimir Putin inspects drones at the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Chelyabinsk region. Photo: Alexander Kazakov / Sputnik / IMAGO / SNA / Scanpix / LETA Putin is preparing to attack Europe in the coming months. EU leaders and intelligence chiefs are warning about this.

The head of the Economic Security Service (SEB) of the FSB, Sergei Alpatov, left his post for health reasons, two former intelligence service employees who did not know each other told Important Stories. According to them, no one has been appointed to his place yet, because in the coming months (in October, according to one of the sources), the FSB will undergo a major reorganization: changes will affect both key services and their leaders, including director Alexander Bortnikov.

The consequences of the war against Ukraine are causing frustration and tension even among Russia’s elite: the power structures created by Vladimir Putin, which consist of various clans, are beginning to falter Every month, the Russian army loses more than 35,000 soldiers while achieving almost no significant advances on the battlefield. At the same time, Ukraine’s drone strikes deep inside Russian territory are becoming increasingly effective and damaging.

Putin's colleagues, his friends, security officials and security guards are the main participants in the battle for power in the country In the fifth year of the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin finds himself in a situation from which there is no good way out for him. Every month, the Russian army loses about 35 thousand soldiers killed, while achieving virtually no significant successes on the battlefield.

IStories has obtained an expert report from Symbolic Software, a firm specializing in cybersecurity analysis and technical audits of applications for tech giants such as Zoom, Mozilla, Coinbase, and many others. Symbolic Software reviewed the claims from last year’s IStories report regarding Telegram’s ties to the FSB, concluding that the vulnerability we detailed in 2025 poses a genuine threat to the privacy of all the app’s users, including those communicating in secret chats.

Important Stories received an expert report from Symbolic Software, which specializes in cybersecurity analysis and technical audit of applications for IT giants such as Zoom, Mozilla, Coinbase and many others.

“Important Stories” received an intelligence report from one of the European Union countries about the real state of affairs in the Kremlin and the condition of Vladimir Putin. This document was given to us by a source close to the intelligence service that compiled the report.

Today, IStories published an intelligence report from a European country, which was provided to the newsroom by a government official from that country who requested anonymity.

The founder of “Important Stories” Roman Anin talks about what the war of power clans that has begun in Russia could lead to Today, Important Stories published an intelligence report from a European country, which was provided to the editors by a government official in that country who requested anonymity.

Stories Tensions among security services are rising, and security measures around the Russian president are strengthening Доступно на русском Date4 May 2026Author Roman Anin Add on Google Illustration: IStories. Images used: Ivan Sekretarev / AP Photo; Ramil Sitdikov / Reuters IStories has obtained a report by an intelligence service of a European Union country on the real situation in the Kremlin and the condition of Vladimir Putin.

Today, on March 30, the Tribunal de Paris is holding the first hearing of Dmitry Klyuev's case. Klyuev is the alleged mastermind behind the 2007 tax fraud scheme that had been uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky. According to the French National Financial Prosecutor Office indictment, Klyuev is accused of laundering the money stolen from the Russian budget on French soil. Sergei Magnitsky was an auditor at Hermitage Capital, who uncovered a 2007 scheme of a 5.4 billion rubles’ ($230 million approx.

On the afternoon of March 30, the Paris Tribunal will host the first hearing in the case of Dmitry Klyuev, the alleged organizer of the tax fraud scheme uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky. Judging by the indictment of the French financial prosecutor's office, which was reviewed by Important Stories, Klyuev is accused of laundering money stolen from the Russian budget in the country.

material: Roman Lanin illustrations: Sofia Khananashvili Sometimes you just need to take a look at yourself from the outside, especially in times like ours. Therefore, we asked a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin who teaches Russian to Americans to tell us what those with whom Russian propaganda constantly contrasts us think about Russian speakers/Russians.

The operation of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region has not only military, but also important political significance. Putin’s reaction to the “Kursk situation”, as he calls the breakthrough of Ukrainians, allowed a little better understanding what is happening inside the Russian vertical of power, how it is arranged today and what transformations are taking place in it. “Important stories” tried to figure it out.

There is a special position in the Kremlin hierarchy. “This is such a caste of elected people,” said Alexei Dyumin, recently the secretary of the State Council, and before that, Putin’s long -term bodyguard. With such a pet, Dyumin spoke of adjutants.