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CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, made a working visit to Brussels this week, where he secretly met with high-ranking EU officials in the field of foreign affairs and intelligence services, according to sources cited by Politico. The mission of the CIA chief would have been to convey to European states the message: “You can still rely on us.” Ratcliffe met with the EU’s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, as well as high-ranking officials from the EU’s Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN) and the Intelligence Directorate of the EU’s Military Staff (EUMS). The aim, two officials said, was to alleviate fears and reaffirm…

The head of Roskomnadzor (RKN), Andrei Lipov, has stated that the current practice by which Russian citizens give their consent for the processing of personal data is “outdated” and should be eliminated. “The institution of consent, in its current form, is extremely outdated. Perhaps it was efficient at the beginning of Law 152 on personal data, when the content of the consent was left to the discretion of the citizen and the company requesting it,” Lipov stated. He explained that the large number of consents that a citizen must give makes it impossible to track and control the use of…

Hungary opposes Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, threatening with a veto, but supports the expansion of the community block towards the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkan countries. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is playing a complex card between Brussels and Moscow, arguing that expansion should follow the “real interests of Europe”, writes Euronews. Hungary is known within the European Union for its opposition to Ukraine’s candidacy for accession, the veto threat blocking the opening of negotiation chapters for Kiev. However, Budapest’s position on expansion represents a nuanced balancing act, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán strongly supports the efforts…

In the secret community of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in Baciurino, near Moscow, Russian spy leaders come to pray in a chapel that includes a so-called miracle-making icon. The icon is also promoted in the occupied territories of Ukraine to “fill the minds of Russian soldiers with illusions before they are sent to death,” while the parish priest of the church in Putin’s spies’ exclusive suburb was caught with images of child pornography on his phone during a visit near the front line, according to an investigation by The Insider. The miracle-making icon of the Mother of God “Taming…

From the beginning of the Russian invasion, Ukraine lives and resists not only through the soldiers in the trenches, but also through the women who, behind the front lines, keep the country alive. They are around 30 years old – the generation born in a free Ukraine, raised in the chaos of the ’90s and matured by revolutions and war. Today, they are the ones who raise funds for the army, run NGOs, advocate for their country in world capitals, or wear military uniforms. Unlike their men, who cannot leave the country and can be mobilized into the army, Ukrainian…

On the Ozon e-commerce platform, one of the largest in Russia, offers appear for a manually launched “toy airplane” that replicates the design of the Iranian long-range drone — the same type of device that, last week, hit a nursery with 48 children in the city of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine. The replica of the suicide drones is recommended for children starting at three years old and is described as “an ideal gift for young patriots and future conquerors of the sky”, being presented as having benefits for the development of “coordination, precision, and imagination”. On the site — sometimes…

Russia continues to systematically strike Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, in a campaign meant to leave the country without electricity and heat during the winter, reports the German publication Bild. According to journalists, between 55 and 60% of Ukraine’s gas infrastructure has already been damaged. In just three days in October, missile attacks destroyed a significant portion of the thermal production capacities, and a facility of the company Naftogaz was hit six times. Bild writes that Moscow does not seem willing to stop these attacks, and each new strike complicates preparations for the cold season. Ukrainian government sources, quoted anonymously, warned that…

In the summer of 2021, Vladimir Putin published an essay of nearly 5,000 words in which he tried to demonstrate that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people”, artificially separated by Russia’s enemies. The text, a blend of imperial nostalgia and selective rewriting of the past, quickly became his manifesto for the impending invasion. Seven months later, Russia was bombing Ukrainian cities, illegally annexing territories, and killing tens of thousands of civilians – all in the name of a reinterpreted history, writes Kyiv Independent. Since then, Putin has turned historical discourse into a political weapon. He did it again in February…

A confidential poll commissioned by the Kremlin shows that the majority of Russians are increasingly tired of the war that continues for the fourth year in Ukraine. Support for the continuation of the “special military operation” has dropped below 20%, and the general perception of the situation in the country is increasingly negative. According to the independent Russian publication “Vot tak”, the results of an internal survey conducted for the presidential administration in Moscow show that 83% of citizens feel, in one way or another, fatigue from the war in Ukraine. The data was presented by Alexandr Haricev, head of…

The Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed allegations of indiscipline among Russian troops, insisting that such problems are, in fact, common in the Ukrainian army. However, the report published by Verstka appears to be the most comprehensive to date, detailing a whole catalog of methods used to enforce obedience and terror within the Russian army, writes The Guardian. The publication cites testimonies of soldiers who claim that some commanders would have designated “execution platoon” soldiers, responsible for opening fire on those who refused orders, only to then throw their bodies into rivers or shallow pits, recording their deaths as “fallen in battle”.…