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Sergey Lavrov announced that he is ready to meet with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a context where their previous meeting was considered a failure and fueled rumors about the sidelining of the Russian official. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, conveyed on Sunday, November 9, that he is prepared for a meeting with the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, emphasizing, however, that Russia’s position regarding the war in Ukraine remains unchanged. At a time when dialogue between Washington and Moscow seems to be suspended between negotiation attempts and political blockages, Sergey Lavrov insisted that Russia…
The Ukrainian army uses fishing nets sent by fishermen from Brittany, France, to catch drones and protect civilians and soldiers. The charitable organization Kernic Solidarités has shipped two transports, with a total length of 280 km. The lifespan of a deep-sea fishing net is 1-2 years, after which they become worn out. So far, the approximately 800 tons of nets discarded each year have posed a problem, writes The Guardian. Now, the nets made from horsehair, once used for sea bass fishing, are repurposed for another use: to stop Russian drones. The Breton charity Kernic Solidarités has sent two shipments…
On the night of November 9, the armed forces of Ukraine attacked the Voronezh region. The governor of the region, Aleksandr Gusev, announced that a “communal objective” was engulfed in flames, which led to the temporary suspension of electricity supply in certain areas of the regional capital. At the same time, “for technological security reasons”, measures were taken that led to a decrease in temperature in the centralized heating system of the residences, the official specified. The target of the attack was the TETs-1 thermal-electric power plant, which supplies energy to four districts of the city of Voronezh, as well…
Instructors who fought for Wagner in Africa trained agents in camps in the Balkan forests. These agents were sent to sabotage the elections in Moldova, to storm the capital of Romania, and to fight in Ukraine – the same personnel, modular missions. In January 2025, about 300 mercenaries under the command of the Romanian-French fighter Horațiu Potra were captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Subsequently, they were taken over by the UN and “repatriated”. Nine months later, European police carried out searches in 70 locations in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, targeting 654 suspects affiliated with the Wagner…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law this week allowing Russian reservists to be sent for “special training” to protect critical infrastructure, reports The Moscow Times. Some fear that this could increase the human reserves of the Russian army and help the Kremlin send more people to the war in Ukraine. Others argue that the law will not have a significant impact on the army. Who are the reservists The Kremlin leader established a mobilization reserve — the Special Combat Reserve of the Army, or BARS — in 2015. The reserve is intended for people who have previously served in…
The Government of the Russian Federation has granted Roskomnadzor (RKN) the right to disconnect Runet (the Russian segment of the internet) from the global network and to block any website. The new “Centralized Network Management Rules” will come into effect on March 1, 2026. According to the new rules, Roskomnadzor can activate these powers in case of the emergence of “threats to the stability, security, and integrity” of the internet operation in Russia. The list of situations considered risky and that can justify intervention includes: network node failures or overloads; malfunctions of critical infrastructure; cyber attacks; dissemination of prohibited content;…
An administrative deadlock in Washington has led to the temporary halt of American arms exports worth over 5 billion dollars, destined for NATO allies and Ukraine, reports Axios, citing sources from the U.S. State Department. According to the publication, the direct cause of the delays is bureaucratic paralysis caused by the government shutdown that began on October 1, following the failure of negotiations regarding the federal budget. As a result, thousands of public officials have either been sent on unpaid leave or continue to work without receiving salaries, and a number of essential administrative services have been suspended. A high-ranking…
The European Union authorities intend to create a Centre for Democratic Resilience, designed to combat disinformation coming from Russia and other authoritarian regimes. The information is published by The Guardian, which cites an internal document of the European Commission. The new centre will be part of the “Democracy Shield” initiative, proposed by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. It will coordinate the exchange of informational data and will contribute to raising public awareness about the attempts of foreign governments to manipulate information. The project mentions that Russia, in addition to its military aggression against Ukraine, also carries…
“History teaches us that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is low,” said former American President Ronald Reagan a few years before the collapse of the “evil empire,” the Soviet Union. Today, Europe faces a similar external threat from Russia, according to an analysis by The Economist, which calculated the cost that European countries will have to pay to prevent Moscow from destroying Ukraine and the unity of the NATO alliance. The Economist estimated that Ukraine will need about 389 billion dollars in financial and military aid over the next four years in order to defend itself,…
Journalists from several European publications have discovered how easily high-ranking EU officials can be spied on using location history obtained commercially and sold by data brokers, despite the fact that European countries have some of the strictest data protection laws in the world. A coalition of reporters from L’Echo, Le Monde, Netzpolitik.org, and BNR nieuwsradio obtained a data set, offered as a free sample from a data broker, which contains 278 million location data points from the phones of millions of people in Belgium. A large portion of the location data is uploaded by regular apps installed on a person’s…