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“The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, supported the idea of building a drone production factory on the territory of the republic for the needs of Russia. This information was revealed by Vladimir Putin in a bilateral meeting with Lukashenko in Volgograd. According to Putin, Moscow is ready to begin the project together with Belarusian specialists, including the creation of an affiliated production laboratory. At the same time, the Russian president reminded that there are already agreements of cooperation between Russia and Belarus in the field of aeronautical construction. “You have managed to keep a part of the aeronautical industry and,…
The Hungarian parliament has voted for the withdrawal of the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Budapest considers that the court has lost its impartiality. “The Hungarian parliament has just voted for the withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Through this decision, we refuse to be part of a politicized institution that has lost its impartiality and authority,” declared Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on his personal page on the social network X. According to a communication from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the minister presented in the general debate in the Hungarian parliament the bill on the…
Russia Today (RT) television, led by propagandist Margarita Simonian, spent a record sum in its history in 2024 – 31.7 billion rubles – to spread Kremlin narratives around the world (4.2 billion rubles more than in 2023). This is revealed in the financial report of the non-profit organization “TV-Novosti”, which oversees the channel and was analyzed by “Mojem Obiasnit” (“We Can Explain”). RT’s budget is almost entirely funded by the state. It is comparable to the annual budgets of entire regions in the Russian Federation. For example, the funding for Ingushetia, Kalmykia, the Nenets Autonomous District, or the Jewish Autonomous…
White House national security advisor Mike Waltz warns that Russia and Ukraine should hurry up to reach a peace agreement before President Trump loses his patience, in an editorial published on Tuesday by The National Interest. “In his inaugural speech, President Trump stated that the most important legacy he wants to leave is the impression that he is a ‘peacemaker and unifier’. Nowhere has this ambition been more evident than in his efforts to end the devastating conflict in Ukraine. After years of hesitant and contradictory foreign policy under the Biden administration, only President Trump has managed to bring both…
The European Council extended on April 26 the restrictive measures against those who attempt to destabilize, undermine or threaten the independence of the Republic of Moldova, including oligarchs Ilan Șor and Vladimir Plahotniuc. The European Council decided to prolong the restrictive measures against those responsible for actions aimed at destabilizing, undermining or threatening the sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Moldova, which will be valid until April 29, 2025. Currently, the EU sanctions apply to a total of 11 individuals: Ilan Șor, Gheorghe Cavcaliuc, Marina Tauber, Igor Ceaika, Vlad Plahotniuc, Chiril Guzun, Dmitri Miliutin, Arina Corșicova, Dumitru Chitoroagă, Maria…
“The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, suggested that Russia will not agree to a 30-day ceasefire, as proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. He maintained that Moscow is still waiting for a response from Kiev regarding Putin’s “goodwill gesture.” When asked by the Russian news agency TASS if the Kremlin was aware of Ukraine’s request for an immediate 30-day ceasefire, Peskov replied: “Yes, we have seen it, we have seen it. But if we are talking about a ceasefire of such length, then those nuances that Putin spoke about at the Kremlin are certainly relevant. These…
“Moscow threatens a NATO country with the fate of Ukraine: “They should look and draw conclusions”.”
“Russia sent a threatening message to Estonia on Monday through the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, in the context of large-scale NATO exercises scheduled to take place in the Baltic country between 5 and 23 May, according to the news agencies Ukraine Today and Unian, as reported by Agerpres. Zakharova stated that Estonia is “being used for exploration purposes. The result of such a loss of critical thinking is always sad,” and suggested that Estonian authorities should “look at Ukraine and draw conclusions!” The annoyance of Moscow was provoked by the Siil (Hedgehog) 2025 exercises,…
President Putin’s advisor on maritime issues, Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Russian Naval Board, stated Tuesday, in an interview for state news agency TASS, that Russia has not yet reached the end of the war in Ukraine, and the future of the port-city of Odessa “is not connected to the regime in Kiev”. These comments come after the White House and American President Donald Trump’s statements about the need to freeze the war in Ukraine in the coming days, according to the Russian independent media platform Aghentsvo, as reported by Agerpres. “The contours of our victory (in the war with…
Editorial by Anatol Ţăranu The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Famine, marked annually in the Republic of Moldova on the third Saturday of April, was established by a parliamentary decision only in 2022. But it is not enough. Institutional accountability, historical education, preserved and promoted testimonies in society are needed about the most tragic chapter in our national history of all times. A people who forget their martyrs have no future. A forgotten tragedy that shattered a nation and stole its roots In the history of the Republic of Moldova, there is an open wound, unhealed, that…
“The group of companies “Konkord”, founded by “Wagner” leader Evgeny Prigozhin, has sold the factory of ready-to-eat food in New Moscow, which supplied food to the Russian army. The new owner of the production, with a capacity of 100 tons of food per day, has become a structure affiliated with the “Kievskaia Ploshciad” (“Kiev Square”) group of God Nisanov and Zarah Iliev, writes “Kommersant”, citing data from the Unified State Register of Real Property (EGRN). A real estate source confirmed to the publication that the transaction was made in the interest of this group.After the armed uprising and the death…