Wartime sanctions on Russia have sparked new smuggling opportunities for hot-ticket items like luxury Italian handbags and microchips

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Russian law enforcement officers stand in front of a closed Burberry store in Moscow
Russian police and National Guard servicemen patrol the Red Square next to Burberry shop in Moscow on March 10, 2022.

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America has a McGonigal problem

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Blue Charles McGonigal, three times
The FBI chose McGonigal to be one of the top grandmasters of the counterintelligence game. And yet somehow, Russian associates turned him into their pawn, prosecutors said.

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The case of Charles McGonigal is bigger than one corrupt FBI agent.

In fact, it's bigger than the entire FBI.

The US has a game plan for the Ukraine war which rests on Kyiv holding out until 2025: report

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Archer artillery system
An Archer artillery system firing on Russian position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on December 16, 2023

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Even without new Russian jets, Iran's aging air force could still win home-field advantage in a regional war

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A Sukhoi SU-35 fighter aircraft participates in a flying display during the 50th Paris Air Show
A Su-35 fighter jet at the 50th Paris Air Show.

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Ukrainian soldiers say Russian drones are dropping tear gas on the front lines, choking troops and starting fires in the trenches

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A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover in a trench during shelling next to a 105mm howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover in a trench during shelling next to a 105mm howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia's synthetic drug use is skyrocketing as soldiers return from Ukraine with addictions and trafficking supply routes dwindle

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People walk under snowfall in Moscow
Moscow, Russia

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Iran-backed Houthis threaten to 'sink' the US and allied warships that keep shooting their stuff out of the sky

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship's Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct.

Shipping giants are going dark in the Red Sea and turning off their tracking signals to avoid being detected

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A Cargo Ship surrounded by Houthi boats in the Red Sea
The Galaxy Leader cargo ship is escorted by Houthi boats in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023.

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Ukraine says it's making more exploding drones to use instead of artillery as ammo supplies from its allies falter

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A soldier with Ukraine's 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade catches a drone while testing it in a trench
A soldier with Ukraine's 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade catches a drone while testing it near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in November 2022.

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Russia keeps proving its 'undefeatable' missile doesn't work that well, UK intel says

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A Russian Air Force MiG-31K jet carries a high-precision hypersonic aero-ballistic missile Kh-47M2 Kinzhal during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
A Russian MiG-31K jet armed with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile in a 2018 file photo.

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