Author: disinfo1
The 2026 harvest campaign risks becoming an absolute nightmare for Russian farmers. Confronted with a severe diesel shortage, drastic rationing, and prices that have spiraled out of control, agricultural producers warn that a significant portion of this year’s grain crop could be compromised. The crisis is most acutely felt precisely in Russia’s “granary” – the southern regions of Rostov, Krasnodar and Stavropol, territories that account for a fifth of the country’s total grain production. On the M4 federal highway in the Kuban region, the scenes are downright striking: people spend their nights at gas stations, waiting for fuel tankers. To…
Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov stated that the President of China, Xi Jinping, would be one of the main factors preventing Russian leader Vladimir Putin from using nuclear weapons. According to Dialog, Garry Kasparov answered the question of whether Putin would have risked attacking Ukraine if it had possessed nuclear weapons. “Of course not. What is there to discuss? The issue is that it wouldn’t have been so easy for Ukraine to keep these weapons. For the rather poor budget at the time, they represented quite large financial obligations.” The former great champion expressed, in an interview given to Ivan…
An instrument used by the FSB for long-term espionage on foreign governmental services appeared Monday in a Facebook post by President Nicușor Dan. On Monday, France announced that it will summon the Russian ambassador due to the cyber campaign carried out by Moscow against several European countries, including Romania, according to President Nicușor Dan and Romanian authorities. Germany has also summoned the Moscow emissary to Berlin: “It is about attributing to Russia a campaign of cyber attacks, carried out by an actor called Turla.” Details, HERE
The European Union allocated, on Monday, 120 million euros for the strengthening of the air defense system of the Republic of Moldova. The amount is allocated under the European Instrument for Peace. The Council of the European Union announced on Monday the allocation of aid worth 120 million euros to strengthen the air defense system of the Republic of Moldova, under the European Peace Facility (EPF). Specifically, the measure will finance a medium-range air defense system for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova. This complements previous assistance measures within the European Peace Facility, aimed at supporting air surveillance…
The Russian city of Orenburg failed to attract street sweepers from North Korea, after the workers deemed the offered wages too low. This was announced by Mayor Albert Yumadilov, summarizing the preliminary results of a program to hire foreign workers for housing and utilities, according to kommersant.ru. Yumadilov stated that last year he tried to negotiate the hiring of North Koreans for street cleaning, but he was unsuccessful. “Workers from North Korea do not want to pay for 55,000 rubles. The salaries there are two or three times higher,” an official told the local publication 1743.ru. “Of course, they are…
On Monday, July 13, Russian police arrested opposition figure Boris Nadejdin, a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections. He announced that he will continue the signature collection campaign for the parliamentary elections on September 20. “The police have come. I am being taken to the Dolgoprudny station” (in the Moscow region), wrote the politician on his Telegram account, who was declared a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice on Friday, according to Agerpres. According to the Russian press, the amendment introduced in May 2024 prevents the person declared a foreign agent from running for elections. “It disseminated false…
For the first time, Ukraine has transported a robot using a naval drone, delivering the device to territory controlled by Russia, reported the Ukrainian military and Anton Gherashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs and close to the power in Kiev. As part of the “first known combat mission of this kind”, a Ukrainian naval drone transported a ground drone into a Russia-controlled area on the Kinburn Spit, announced on July 13, the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine, cited by Kyiv Independent. “A terrestrial robotic system was transported to the enemy-controlled shore using an unmanned naval…
President Donald Trump stated on Monday in an interview for Fox News that the United States will likely take control over the Strait of Hormuz and should receive compensation for ensuring this vital waterway. \”We will maintain control over the strait and we will probably administer it. We will become the guardians of the strait,\” he said, using the term that is also in the name of the ideological army of the Islamic regime, the Guardians/ Guards of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC). \”Perhaps we will call ourselves ‘the guardian angel of the strait’\”, Trump said ironically. \”And we should be…
The commander of the “Anna de Kiev” brigade, an elite unit partially formed in France and already affected by scandals, was arrested along with several members of his unit, suspected in a case of double homicide in Ukraine, announced on Monday the Ukrainian president, according to AFP. “Ten people have been arrested so far. Unfortunately, among them are members of the 155th Brigade, as well as its former commander,” stated Volodimir Zelenski on the X network, speaking about a “terrifying tragedy” for which all those involved “will be held fully accountable.” Stanislav Lucianov, who took command of the 155th Brigade…
The introduction of criminal liability for domestic violence could become “a blow to the institution of the family,” stated Nina Ostanina, the chairwoman of the Family Protection Committee of the State Duma of Russia. According to the deputy, the return to criminal punishment for assaults committed against family members must be carefully analyzed, because, in her opinion, such a measure would not solve the problem of domestic violence on its own. Ostanina advocated for the development of preventive measures, including the establishment of crisis centers and the expansion of psychological assistance services. At the same time, the deputy characterized the…