Russia will expand legal benefits for foreign military recruits within 120 days
The Federation Council's approval of a law shielding foreign veterans from deportation marks an institutional step in Russia's low-visibility manpower strategy. Within 120 days, Moscow is likely to enact at least one additional measure — simplified citizenship, contract bonuses, residency protection, or family-status guarantees — to sustain foreign recruitment without resorting to politically costly mass mobilization.
Ukraine's battered energy grid faces both kinetic and cyber threats as Russia sustains its infrastructure campaign, while Middle East escalation chains — driven by Israeli targeting of Iranian officials — push the region closer to a direct military exchange with global energy-market spillover.