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The Russian-Ukrainian armistice in the Black Sea announced by the US and the suspension of strikes on energy infrastructure of the conflicting parties will only come into effect after the Western restrictions on Russian exports of cereals and fertilizers are lifted, the Kremlin warns in a statement released Tuesday night, as reported by Agerpres. The United States announced on Tuesday that it has reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and a limited ceasefire in which the two countries will reciprocally cease attacks on energy infrastructure elements. In the agreement reached with…
By Yevhen Mahda Speculations on the historical memory are becoming Russia’s primary weapon in the hybrid confrontation with European countries. They are directed at EU members as well as the Eastern Partnership countries. Kremlin’s New Historical Policy In December 2019, the President of Russia fired a hybrid doublet. Vladimir Putin’s words about ‘the indigenously Russian lands given to Ukraine’ and ‘Count Potocki, who invented the Ukrainians’ were the first shot. Unfortunately, no official from Kyiv shot back. Putin’s second ‘shot` had a different target: Poland’s historical memory. Polish people were accused of anti-Semitism and cooperation between the Second Polish Republic…
Four years after the formal departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, businesses in the kingdom are once again facing the consequences of Brexit. The British government is finally implementing the post-Brexit regime at the border, where checks will be introduced for imports of plants, meat, and other animal products from the EU, for the first time since the UK’s departure from the bloc.Called the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), this regime, delayed five times, will be implemented in three stages, starting with documentation requirements for EU businesses sending animal and plant products to the UK as of…
A female teacher from Russia was placed in pre-trial detention for setting fire to a school without causing casualties, after declaring her “support for the Ukrainian army” in a video posted on the internet, announced the local Investigative Committee on Tuesday, according to AFP. https://twitter.com/TobiAyodele/status/1752376487078985781 According to Russian Telegram channels Mash and Shot, Galina S. was manipulated by “Ukrainian scammers” who also convinced her to borrow money. Russian authorities have accused her of posting a video on Sunday in which she expressed support for the Ukrainian army, after which she “set fire to a school” in Cheboksary, central Russia. “The…
Seven members of the band Bi-2, a Russian rock group that criticizes the war in Ukraine, are facing deportation from Thailand after being arrested during a tour on the island of Phuket. The musicians were detained by Thai immigration authorities last week for working without permits. The band stated that its members were moved to Bangkok, where they have been held in custody since then, according to Guardian. Bi-2 is one of the most successful Russian-language rock bands since the end of the Soviet Union and is known for their condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Igor Bortnik, the lead…
“Currently, drones equipped to transport explosives are the critical weapons holding the front line against Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield, not high-value Western military technology, reports Kyiv Post.” Images showing a thwarted attack by Russian tanks, with the support of artillery, have been released by the Ukrainian drone unit, Group Perun. In the aftermath of the assault, over a dozen Russian tanks, infantry vehicles, and armored personnel carriers were abandoned along a road and fields near the village of Novomihailivka, near Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region. Other images of the clash published by the Ukrainian military on January 27 showed…
Russia takes advantage of the increasingly vocal claims of European far-right nationalist movements over Ukrainian territory, suggests the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its assessment from January 29. Far-right movements in Hungary and Romania caused concern last week after leaders of parties in those countries claimed parts of Ukrainian territory. Claudiu Târziu, one of the leaders of the far-right Romanian party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), declared that his country should “reunite” with the Republic of Moldova and the Ukrainian border regions of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, and Transcarpathia. Similar comments were made by Hungarian far-right…
A renowned economist, specializing in the Eastern European space, analyzes the indicators that are keeping Russia afloat from a financial perspective. Economist Anders Åslund, a former member of the North Atlantic Council, is considered a top expert in the transition of centrally planned economies to market economies. The Swedish expert has previously advised both the Russian and Ukrainian governments. A few days ago, he conducted an analysis on the deadlock that has occurred in the US over military aid for Ukraine. Åslund subsequently wrote “a guide” of 18 points on how to “strangle Russia’s economy”: “1. Russia relies on commodity…
The war launched by Vladimir Putin almost 2 years ago continues despite tens of thousands of military deaths on both sides. Former NATO commander, American Admiral James Stavridis gives the verdict on the end of the conflict. He believes that the war in Ukraine will end like the one in Korea, with Russia maintaining its territories in the neighboring country, but Kiev joining the North Atlantic Alliance. Retired admiral from the United States Navy says that both Russia and Ukraine “are increasingly exhausted by this war,” and this could lead to negotiations between the two states towards the end of…
The European Parliament announced on Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into a Latvian Member of the European Parliament, accused following an investigation by an investigative website of conducting espionage activities in benefit of Moscow over the past two decades, according to AFP, cited by Agerpres. According to the Russian investigative website The Insider (based in Latvia), Tatjana Zdanoka, an independent MEP since 2004, has been collaborating with Russian security services (FSB) since the following year. The politician allegedly “openly defended” Moscow’s positions, writes The Insider in a lengthy article based on email exchanges between Zdanoka and Russian agents,…