Day 1,043.

Today, we look at the likely military innovations and political events in the year to come. We also report on Russia's decisions to ban crypto-currency mining to preserve its energy grid and to charge nightclub attendees for trying to arouse interest in non-traditional relations. How portentous will 2025 be for Russia?

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Content referenced:

'There is a question no one dares ask about Vladimir Putin' (Francis in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/24/there-is-a-question-no-one-dares-ask-about-vladimir-putin/

Russians ban carols and nativity scenes in occupied territories, Ukrainian resistance says (Ukrainian Pravda):

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/1/7491646/

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