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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, declared that he ordered an additional increase of 9% in customs duties applied to Switzerland, reaching 39%, after he disliked the way a Swiss leader addressed him during a phone call asking for the elimination of taxes. Trump stated that the tone of Karin Keller-Sutter, a member of the Swiss Federal Council, whom he mistakenly called “prime minister,” was “repetitive” and “aggressive,” although “polite.” According to the American leader, she constantly insisted that Switzerland is a “small country,” which irritated him, Trump said in an interview given to Fox Business. “I set…
The restriction of the Telegram app in Russia has generated criticism and concerns about potential harm to its own armed forces, warned pro-war military bloggers, as well as soldiers, in the context of the platform founder’s refusal to yield to pressures exerted by Moscow, reports The Guardian. The Russian communications oversight institution announced on Wednesday a potential slowdown of the app’s operation nationwide, citing non-compliance with previous regulations. Telegram is used daily by over 60 million Russian citizens. The decision has generated public criticism from various segments of Russian society, including frontline troops, military bloggers, influencers, and exiled opposition figures.…
Russia would have lost, just in December 2025, about twice as many soldiers as the Soviet Union lost throughout the entire Soviet-Afghan war, stated on February 10 the former head of the British foreign intelligence service. Sir Richard Moore made the statements in an interview given to journalist Yalda Hakim, during the World podcast by Sky News, on February 10. According to him, approximately 30,000 Russian soldiers were killed in Ukraine in December, a toll he described as “staggering”. Moore compared this monthly number of deaths among the Russian army with the losses suffered by the Soviet Union in the…
Internal military sources partially attribute the low efficiency of Ukrainian air defense to an insufficient period of training for new recruits, reports Euromaidan Press. The Institute for Science and International Security indicates a decrease in the Ukrainian interception rate, from 96.58% in January 2025, to 82.7% in December, while Russian drone and missile attacks have doubled. Among the factors contributing to this decline in anti-aircraft defense capability are the refinement of tactics and improvements made to drones by Russia while Ukraine faces a deficit of equipment and personnel. But a crucial aspect, often overlooked, is the insufficiency of training. In…
At the beginning of 2026, Russia approached several European Union countries in terms of food prices, and has already exceeded some categories. The conclusion comes from an analysis made by “Vajnîe istorii”, based on data from Rosstat and the Numbeo service. According to the analysis, in ten European countries — Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, and Spain — half or more basic food products cost the same as in Russia or even less. In other countries, like Germany, a liter of milk in the Lidl network is about one and a half times cheaper than…
The European Union is trying to reduce its dependence on American payment systems Visa and Mastercard, fearing that they could become instruments of geopolitical pressure from the United States. The information is reported by the Financial Times, quoting the general director of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), Martina Weimert. According to her, the dominance of American companies represents a risk in case of deteriorating transatlantic relations, which makes the development of a proprietary payment system a “pan-European priority”. Data from the European Central Bank shows that, in 2022, Visa and Mastercard processed almost two-thirds of all card payments in the…
The President of the Supreme Court of Russia, Igor Krasnov, has ordered the transfer to the General Prosecutor’s Office of materials concerning two judges of the Regional Court in Nizhny Novgorod — the presidents of the administrative and civil cases boards, Viktor Fomin and Vyacheslav Sapega. Assets that do not correspond to their declared incomes have been identified for these individuals and their family members, reports the publication Kommersant. The expenses of Fomin and his wife, from 2015 to 2020, exceeded their official incomes, totaling over 20 million rubles (approximately 220,000 euros). During this period, the family purchased an apartment…
Russia fails to break away from Western technologies, despite repeated calls from Vladimir Putin and his claims that this goal has already been achieved. The country remains heavily dependent on imports in key areas for the war it is waging, including machinery construction, drone production, and the energy sector, according to an assessment by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, consulted by Financial Times. According to the document, efforts to increase exports of non-energy products are not yielding the expected results. The assessment includes a six-year plan to achieve import substitution goals in critical sectors by 2030,…
A delegation of American senators visited Greenland on Monday, aiming to “rebuild trust”, which was shaken by the desire of the US President, Donald Trump, to occupy this Arctic territory, reports AFP, according to Agerpres. “In a few sentences and a few words, the trust that had been established since World War II has eroded and deteriorated, and we need to work to rebuild it,” declared Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski at a press conference. “We, the members of Congress, are here to remind you that our president can make certain statements, but that we, in Congress, also have a role…
The European Union intends to introduce, for the first time, sanctions against seaports in third countries for operations related to Russian oil. According to the agency Reuters, which cites a draft document of the European Commission, the 20th package of sanctions against Russia could target the Kulevi port in Georgia and the Karimun port in Indonesia. The package also provides for the expansion of the “blacklist” of oil tankers involved in the transport of Russian oil by 43 positions. In addition, sanctions are planned against several banks in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Laos, while restrictions could be lifted for two banks…