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The Hungarian Prime Minister criticized the European Commission’s proposal to continue financially supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia, considering the letter he received from Ursula von der Leyen to be “astonishing,” in a post on X. “Today, I received a letter from the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. She writes to me that Ukraine’s funding deficit is significant and asks member states to send more money. It’s astonishing. At a time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money, instead of asking for real oversight or suspending payments,…
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who has not attended any public event since October 28, met on Monday in Moscow with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Images of the meeting were published by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on social network X, following several weeks of speculation about a supposed fall from grace of the head of Russian diplomacy in the face of leader Vladimir Putin, reports Agerpres. Lavrov, who has not attended any public event since his visit to Minsk on October 28, welcomed the Indian minister at the reception house of the Russian Ministry of…
A court in Finland has officially confirmed for the first time that the luxury yacht Divina Barbara, 35 meters long and with an estimated value of 12 million euros, belongs to the Russian oligarch Eduard Hudainatov, former head of the “Rosneft” company and close to Igor Sechin. The decision comes after a Swiss-Belgian businessman unsuccessfully tried to lift the seizure imposed on the vessel, claiming that he is the real owner, through a complex chain of offshore companies. The Pirkanmaa district court dismissed the challenge, considering that the ownership scheme presented is “excessively complicated” and intentionally built to hide the…
The Russian air defense is primarily targeted these days by Ukrainian attacks at long distances, both in the occupied territories and in Russia, given that Kiev is trying to increase the effectiveness of its strikes against the military infrastructure and the energy sector of the enemy to force Moscow to start negotiations, EFE reported on Monday, according to Agerpres. The “Phantom” unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR) announced on Monday that it had attacked three important elements of Russia’s air defense network in occupied Donbas, including a command post of the advanced…
On Monday, the “Kremlin” factory in Shelehov, Irkutsk region – owned by the company “Rusal” – announced that it will suspend its operations starting from January 1, 2026. According to the statement given to RIA Novosti agency by the company’s press service, the main reason is the lack of demand: imported silicon is considerably cheaper than the Russian one, and imports are constantly increasing. On the international market, the Russian product is no longer competitive, claim the representatives of “Rusal”. The factory is the largest silicon producer in the Russian Federation. The management has already informed the regional authorities about…
On the VKontakte page of a certain Roman Koșelev, aged 29, there is a photo from the gym, and his status is a motivational quote: “Sport is life”. Every day, he posts about the progress of the “special operation” and about the “nazism” in Ukraine. Among the pages he is subscribed to are “Contract Service in the Ministry of Defense of Russia” and dozens of news channels from various regions. Only that Roman… never existed. His photo was taken from a Telegram channel about sports supplements, and his profile – like thousands of others – was created to promote Russian…
Russian citizens should retire ten years later than the law allows, in order to significantly increase their pensions, said Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee for Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs. “If a person decides to work another five years after reaching retirement age, they can increase their individual pension coefficients by 36%, and the fixed payment – by 45%. If they postpone retirement by 10 years, their pension will double,” Bessarab said in an interview with TASS. However, she warned that in order to benefit from this increase, the person needs to work without insurance…
Europe is not prepared to face a massive attack with Russian drones and must learn from Ukraine how to build a defense ecosystem, otherwise risking to commit a “historical error”, warned on Monday, the European Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius. “We are not ready to detect and neutralize Russian drones”, he said in a speech held in Vilnius. “The Russians learn quickly. And us?”, he wondered. The war in Ukraine has changed the rules of combat, he further emphasized. “Tomorrow’s wars will not be won with tanks and artillery, but with drones and missiles”, assured Andrius Kubilius, urging Europeans to…
US President Donald Trump has expressed openness to the adoption of new US Congress sanctions against Russia, just days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that Trump assured him that his country can continue to import Russian oil, reports dpa, according to Agerpres. “Any country that does business with Russia will be severely sanctioned,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening at Palm Beach airport in Florida. “We could add Iran to this formula,” Trump further stated. The White House leader did not provide further details regarding the planned punitive measures. On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated, after a…
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron signed a letter of intent on Monday in Paris, outlining Ukraine’s plans to acquire approximately 100 Rafale fighter jets manufactured in France over the next ten years, reports Kyiv Post. The French publication Le Figaro, quoting the Élysée Palace, stated that the document establishes a long-term framework – about ten years – for potential future contracts that would allow Ukraine to acquire new French defense equipment. This includes “approximately 100 Rafale aircraft with the corresponding armament,” according to the statement. France also stated that the plan could include other systems…