What powers 
cast.ru?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 7 technologies across 6 categories
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AI Crawlers
Doesn't mention any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt; all are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| russian marines | #2 | 140 |
| russian military police | #2 | 34 |
| marines in russia | #2 | 6 |
| russian special forces in syria | #6 | 2 |
| ww2 soviet marines | #18 | 0 |
| brahmos meaning | #56 | 0 |
| think tanks russia | #77 | 0 |
| think tank russia | #34 | 0 |
| tupolev pak-da stealth bomber | #18 | 0 |
| tupolev pak da stealth bomber | #25 | 0 |
| ukraine casting | #50 | 0 |
| robert jervis perception and misperception in international politics | #49 | 0 |
| russian police force | #24 | 0 |
| russian new ifv | #72 | 0 |
| russian marines flag | #77 | 0 |
| ru version | #77 | 0 |
| russian gps name | #82 | 0 |
| russian federal police | #27 | 0 |
| rvv-sd | #16 | 0 |
| russia pak da | #18 | 0 |
| russia new bomber | #23 | 0 |
| russia marine | #4 | 0 |
| soviet naval infantry 1980s | #19 | 0 |
| soviet marines ww2 | #19 | 0 |
| spetsnaz in syria | #98 | 0 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
AI Crawlers
No AI crawlers blocked
Audience
- 73% phone
- 27% desktop
Russia
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
5.47 / 10 · ranked #162,440 of all domains
511 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
190 est. monthly organic visits (US)
36 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.2 s |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 600 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Weight: 5.0 MB · 41 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Organisation
- Moscow Defense Brief
- Founded: 2004
From Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on Timeweb (92.53.96.102)
- DNS: nic.ru
- Email: agava.net
- Email security: SPF (soft fail), DMARC monitor only
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 4096, expires Oct 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 51,663, 4 hosts
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted