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A research center close to the Russian authorities, The Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASTF), has found that “the banking crisis, previously predicted by the early warning system, is now confirmed according to formal criteria”, and shortly before there was already recorded a “non-performing loan crisis”. The center’s leading indicator also signals high risks of “massive depositor withdrawals”. For now, this phenomenon is not manifesting due to the latent nature of the crisis, notes CMASTF, but “in case of intensification of crisis processes, these can surface”. By systemic banking crisis, the center understands a situation where at least…
In the last six years, Russia has provided nearly 100 purebred horses to North Korea’s elite military units, which are used in Kim Jong Un’s cavalry regiment and at military parades in Pyongyang. A key supplier has been Tatarstan, which hosts one of the most important farms in the country, writes The Moscow Times. According to the Ministry of Agriculture in Tatarstan, Stud Farm No. 57 has sent over 20 Orlov Trotter horses to North Korea in the last seven years. The Orlov Trotter is a Russian breed developed in the late 18th century by Count Alexei Orlov. It is…
The Kremlin regime announces that it will finance Cuba and help it overcome the severe economic problems it faces after the US stopped the flow of Venezuelan oil to the Cuban regime. Sergey Lavrov, Putin’s chief diplomat, announced that Russia is ready to help Cuba directly with money, during a phone discussion with the Cuban foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, reports The Moscow Times. The discussions focused on “priority issues of bilateral cooperation and the international agenda”. Lavrov stated that Russia insists that US actions against Cuba, including the blockade of the island’s oil supply, are “unacceptable”, threatening to cause…
The European Union is considering the possibility of banning imports of copper and platinum from Russia, as part of a new package of sanctions against Moscow in response to the war in Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with the matter, the measures could also be extended to other precious metals, such as iridium and rhodium. To come into effect, the sanctions must be supported by all EU member states, and the community bloc intends to adopt the new package even this month. Spokespersons for the European Commission responsible for the sanctions regime declined to comment on the…
An influential commentator on Russian state television has suggested that Russia should strike Elon Musk’s satellites with nuclear weapons, in the context where Space X has responded to Ukraine’s call to help prevent Russian forces from using Starlink terminals to guide attacks on Ukraine, reports Newsweek. “I don’t understand why, for example, Elon Musk’s satellites wouldn’t be a legitimate target for us”, said Vladimir Soloviev, a well-known presenter on state television, closely linked to the Kremlin on Sunday. “A single detonation of a nuclear weapon in space, as I understand it, would solve this problem.” Starlink satellites, managed by Musk’s…
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, announced that the country’s next military parade will include thousands of armed robots and that he will seek China’s support for the implementation of this project, inspired by technologies seen in Beijing. Vucic presented on Monday robots manufactured by the Chinese company AGIBOT Innovation and spoke about their potential in the field of security. “One detail caught my attention at the presentation, as soon as they said they also have larger robots, each capable of carrying 100 kg – because these can carry 10, 20, 30 kg – which means they can carry cameras…
Russian troops have intensified their offensive in Ukraine in January, conquering nearly twice as much territory as in December, according to an analysis conducted by AFP based on data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The Russian army occupied 481 square kilometers in Ukraine in January, compared to 244 square kilometers in December 2025. This is one of the largest advances in a winter month since the launch of the Russian invasion in February 2022. These territorial gains are recorded under difficult weather conditions for Ukraine, with extremely low temperatures, which significantly hinder the conduct of offensive…
The American President, Donald Trump, announced on Monday that the United States has concluded a trade agreement with India, a country he said has committed to stop importing Russian oil and to buy more oil from the USA and even from Venezuela, according to AFP and Reuters agencies, quoted by Agerpres. The agreement provides for a reduction from 25% to 18% of the customs duties charged by the USA on imports from India, Trump wrote in a message posted on his network, Truth Social, after a phone call with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The latter has “agreed to…
The Kremlin’s propaganda has abruptly changed its discourse and began to convince Russians that Russia no longer needs to occupy new territories in Ukraine. A clear shift in tone in the official propaganda rhetoric is observed. The Kremlin-controlled channel, Soloviev LIVE, began to explain to the Russian public why it is not necessary to extend the occupation over other Ukrainian territories, writes Dialog.UA. The well-known propagandist blogger Alexander Arutiunov (Razvedos) had a vehement intervention, in which he complained that many Russians are massively demanding the occupation of new territories, without taking into account the real costs. “Our people do not…
About 40% of Ukrainians would be willing to give up the Donbas region if Ukraine receives firm security guarantees to prevent a new Russian invasion in the future, but a majority of 52% reject the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from this territory, according to a survey conducted by the International Institute of Sociology in Kiev, reported on Monday by the EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres. The complete occupation of the Donbas region, made up of the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, is a key demand of Russia to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine. The Russian army currently controls…