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The authorities in Kazakhstan have deported the 25-year-old IT specialist, Aleksandr Kacikurkin, to Russia, where he was immediately arrested on charges of “high treason”. The information was made public by the human rights project “Pervîi Otdel” (First Department). The basis of the criminal case is money transfers to Ukraine. According to human rights defenders, Kacikurkin is a citizen of Ukraine and grew up in Crimea. After the annexation of the peninsula, the young man was “imposed Russian citizenship”, notes “Pervîi Otdel”. In recent years, the IT specialist lived in Almaty, where he moved for political reasons, and worked as a…
In new documents published by the US Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case, the American financier is described as the “administrator of the wealth” of Vladimir Putin. The information was signaled by the publication “Agentstvo”. It is about an FBI report from November 27, 2017, based on the statements of a confidential source. According to the document, Epstein would have “offered similar services” to the former dictator of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. In total, in the new set of documents, Putin’s name is mentioned 1055 times, and the word “Russia” appears 5876 times. The materials also include correspondence in…
Direct negotiations between Kiev, Moscow, and Washington aimed at a solution that would lead to the cessation of the war in Ukraine will be resumed on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates, reported Agerpres on Sunday, quoting a statement by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski. “The dates of the next trilateral meetings have been set: February 4 and 5, in Abu Dhabi,” Zelenski clarified on X.”Ukraine is prepared for a substantive discussion and we want the result to bring us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,” he added. On Saturday, Volodimir Zelenski had stated that Kiev is…
The company SpaceX has blocked, at Ukraine’s request, the use of satellite communications Starlink by Russian troops for coordinating attack drones used in the destruction of Ukrainian civil infrastructure. The announcement was made by the company’s founder, Elon Musk, in response to a message from the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Mihailo Fedorov. “It seems that the measures we have taken to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia are working,” Musk wrote. Fedorov confirmed that the initial measures have already started to work and thanked SpaceX for their cooperation, mentioning that work is still ongoing on additional steps. The…
At least 15 people died on Sunday, February 1, after a Russian drone struck a bus carrying civilian miners in the city of Ternivka, in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk. The attack is part of a large-scale aerial offensive launched by Russia against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reports Kyiv Independent. According to DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, the bus was carrying miners who had finished their work shift. As a result of the attack, 15 people were killed, and another seven were injured. “The bus was carrying mining workers – civilians who were not involved in the fight.…
Dmitri Medvedev, vice chairman of the Security Council of Russia, described American President Donald Trump as “an effective leader” who truly pursues peace and has the ability to challenge the Washington establishment, reports Reuters. In an interview granted to Reuters and TASS agencies, as well as to the war blogger WarGonzo, Medvedev stated that Trump’s “impetuous” style is in fact “effective” and contributes to achieving his goals. Referring to Trump’s statements in August, according to which he would have repositioned two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” in response to previous warnings from Medvedev about the risks of war, the Russian…
The Russian occupying authorities have begun gold mining in the Lugansk region, on territory under the control of the Russian Federation, according to a report by the National Resistance Center (NRC). According to the cited source, four “permits” were issued in the Antracit district for the exploration and exploitation of gold, as well as for the identification of copper and zinc deposits. All these authorizations were concentrated in the hands of a single company, “Severnaia Mining Company”, which gained monopolistic control over the area and the right to expand activities over an area exceeding 250 square kilometers. Sources within the…
The news presenter of the Russian state television, Ekaterina Andreeva, one of the emblematic figures of “Pervîi Kanal” and close to Vladimir Putin, has been sanctioned by the European Union. Until recently, Andreeva led a comfortable lifestyle in Europe, holding Montenegrin and Honduran citizenship, and only came to Russia to record the weekly edition of the “Vremia” program, in which she promoted pro-Kremlin propaganda narratives and messages hostile to the West. According to European authorities, the show has moved to openly promoting violence, including calls for military attacks against European capitals. In this context, the EU decided to impose sanctions.…
The Russian business environment barely had time to adjust to the VAT increase when government officials already started discussing the introduction of new taxes and the increase of existing ones, in order to save the budget from the collapse of oil and gas revenues, which accelerated sharply at the beginning of 2026. The Russian Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft decree on the introduction of an export tax for diamonds, announced on Thursday by Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Moiseev. According to him, the measure is expected to be applied to “support” the domestic diamond polishing industry. A day earlier,…
Iran is raising its military alert level, amid growing fears of a possible American attack, after it mobilized about 1,000 drones considered “strategic”, according to the state press in Tehran. The Tasnim agency, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), confirmed the deployment of new military capabilities, presented as a preventive response to the escalating tensions in the Gulf and the recent movements of the American army. The announcement comes as the US President, Donald Trump, ordered the sending of a “naval armada” to the region, a decision described by analysts as one of the most serious military escalations in…