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The Danish military intelligence services report, published on Wednesday, warned that the USA is increasingly prioritizing its own interests and “uses economic and technological power as a tool of power”, including towards allies and partners. The report also highlights the fact that the USA now represents a potential threat even due to its claims over Greenland, according to POLITICO. “The United States uses economic power, including in the form of threats with high tariffs, to impose its will and no longer excludes the use of military force, even against allies”, the report states, in a direct reference to Washington’s attempt to…
The new US national security strategy, critical of Europe, has triggered a wave of furious and dismayed reactions across the Atlantic, with European officials stating that this document has made the Trump administration’s virulent attacks against European democracies official policy, reports WP. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine on terms favorable to Russia, along with the European Union’s announcement of a fine of approximately $140 million for platform X for violating the bloc’s digital rules, have fueled incendiary statements, bringing transatlantic relations to their lowest level since Trump’s return to the White House in January. Elon…
Estonian politician Aivo Peterson has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for treason in favor of Moscow. According to the Estonian court that issued the sentence, Peterson had undertaken a trip organized by Russia to the occupied Ukrainian territories. The Harju court found that Peterson and his collaborator, Dmitri Roots, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, had “assisted the Russian Federation in its influence activities against Estonia,” reports Agerpres. A former border guard, Peterson founded the KOOS party (“Together”). The party advocates for Finland’s withdrawal from NATO, for reducing defense spending, and for protecting monuments from the…
An American defense website claims to have seen a secret document revealing a shocking strategy of the Trump administration: the detachment of Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Poland from the European Union, as part of a new plan titled “Make Europe Great Again”, to bring them closer to Washington’s sphere of influence. The document, published by Defense One and quoted by Daily Mail, would recommend that Washington bring these four states closer to its own sphere of influence, undermining EU cohesion and supporting parties and political movements that “seek sovereignty and the preservation or restoration of the traditional European way of…
NATO forces should intervene in the Russian region of Kaliningrad, in the event of an attack launched by Russia on Poland, declared General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski, former commander of Eurocorps, a European military structure affiliated with NATO and the EU, in an interview given to the Polish press. “Our reason for being is to show that we are a strong and determined country. Including, if we are attacked, we allow ourselves the opportunity to enter and eliminate the threat from the Königsberg region (the former name of the current Russian enclave Kaliningrad, located between the NATO states Poland and Lithuania -…
The Trump Administration has presented European leaders with an annex to the peace plan proposed by the US, which stipulates that Russia’s economy should be reconnected to global business, following investments by American companies in the Russian energy sector. The final result should be, according to the Trump administration, the restoration of Russian energy flows to Western Europe, according to sources cited by WSJ. Some European officials who have seen the documents said they can’t believe some of the US proposals. One official compared them to President Trump’s vision of building a Riviera-style development in Gaza. Another, referring to the…
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has declared his willingness to organize a referendum on the future of Donbas, which the Kremlin, with the support of the USA, is asking to be ceded to Russia to ensure a peace agreement. “The people of Ukraine will answer this question. Either through elections or a referendum, the position of the Ukrainian people must be present,” Zelensky stated, according to Bloomberg. According to him, the USA proposes the creation of a “special economic zone” in Donbas without the presence of Russian troops. “The American side sees Ukrainian troops withdrawing from Donbas, and the…
Russian officials have stated that the country needs to develop “as soon as possible” a domestic version of the game Roblox, after facing backlash for blocking the American gaming platform nationwide. The Russian media regulation authority, Roskomnadzor, banned Roblox on December 3, arguing that young users were “subjected to sexual harassment, tricked into taking intimate photos, and coerced into committing depraved acts and violence,” according to TVP World. However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Tuesday that the presidential administration had been flooded with “many” messages from children criticizing the decision, some of them claiming they wanted to leave Russia…
The Kamensk-Uralsk court has fined Sergei Glukhikh, a 20-year-old medical assistant, a sum of 3,000 rubles in the first administrative trial in Russia regarding the search for extremist materials (article 13.53 of the Administrative Code), reports Mediazona. The minutes mention that, on September 24, Glukhikh was traveling by bus and searching on Google for information about the Ukrainian brigade “Azov”, which is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia. Afterwards, he was detained by FSB employees. The minutes indicate the exact time and place of the search, but it does not specify how this information reached the law enforcement agencies.…
Seventy-four Russians deported from the United States received military recruitment orders upon landing in Moscow, amid reports that the Kremlin is summoning reservists for military training. The group, whose deportation was ordered by the American immigration service ICE, is said to have arrived in Moscow on a flight from Cairo, where they had initially been sent along with other people deported to the Middle East. Upon landing in the Russian capital on Tuesday, passengers were stopped by officers of the FSB, Russia’s security service, who detained the men for several hours and issued them summons to enlist in the army,…