Author: disinfo1
Approximately 1.7 million voters from Saxony-Anhalt are called to the polls on Sunday, September 6, in an election closely watched throughout Germany. The vote in this eastern state is the first in a series of three regional elections that could influence the German political balance. On September 20, the elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Berlin are due. In all three polls, the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is credited with significant scores. In Saxony-Anhalt, however, the party has the chance to make an unprecedented step: to take control over a regional government. “I have already won” The leader of…
Iran is preparing to declare, in the coming days, a “forbidden zone” near the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important strategic maritime routes in the world, announced on Sunday the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaï. “In the coming days, a forbidden zone will be declared in the outer part of the Strait of Hormuz. This will start from the line of the American naval blockade and will include certain sectors of the Gulf,” the official declared on Iranian state television, quoted by AFP and News.ro. According to this, any ship that enters the new…
The Maldives would have become a transit route for hundreds of millions of dollars in Western products subject to restrictions, destined for Russia, according to an investigation published by The Wall Street Journal. The goods would be transported through the airport in Malé and then shipped by plane to Moscow, offering a new way to circumvent the sanctions imposed on Russia after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine. “This shows that there are efficient channels far beyond the usual suspects,” said Pavlo Șkurenko, a sanctions researcher at the Kyiv School of Economics Institute, referring to the route identified in the investigation.…
Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on September 3 injured at least six people and damaged a Coca-Cola company factory, during the eighth consecutive day of attacks on the Ukrainian capital, reported authorities and local officials, according to Kyiv Independent. “Six people, including a 12-year-old child, were injured in the attack,” said the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko. The debris damaged several cars and injured people in the Darnița district of Kiev, announced the Military Administration of the city of Kiev. Local Telegram channels and parliamentarian Oleksiy Goncharenko have reported that a Coca-Cola factory in the city of…
Hungary will continue to automatically offer asylum to Ukrainian men of military age (25-60 years), even though the countries of the European Union agreed in July that Ukrainian men who could be mobilized into the army should no longer be able to obtain refugee status in these countries, announced Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Thursday. “The Hungarian government has decided to reserve the right to grant refugee status to military-aged (Ukrainian) men fleeing the country,” said Prime Minister Peter Magyar in front of the press in Budapest, according to EFE and Agerpres agencies. Magyar clarified that this decision was…
Signs of a major shift in the world order are everywhere – from protracted wars and tested alliances, to an America increasingly withdrawing from its traditional role as a global guarantor. A commentary published by The New York Times warns that the world is entering a new era of disorder, comparable to major historical upheavals, and that refusal to recognize the signs risks catching us unprepared. When a storm approaches, the signs are always there. The wind suddenly stops. The tide recedes more than usual. Streaks of clouds cross the sky. These signs can be misread or even ignored -…
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to ask European countries to reimburse the US for the military aid and ammunition sent to Ukraine during the war with Russia. The White House leader also suggested that Washington has temporarily halted arms sales to allies in order to replenish its own stocks, writes Reuters. In a social media post, Trump criticized information suggesting that American ammunition stocks have significantly decreased due to the war with Iran. However, he stated that the United States has increased its production and is replenishing its reserves. “We keep them for ourselves, for…
The flights take place at the end of a two-week period marked by unusually intense allied air activity along the Russian border, emphasizes UKDefenceJournal, an independent publication dedicated to news and analysis in the field of Defence. Two RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, at least two P-8A Poseidon aircraft, and American refueling aircraft are conducting their operations near the borders of Russia, wrote UKDefenceJournal on Thursday. The series of flights for the purpose of gathering information is somewhat unusual both in scale and composition, according to monitoring data from open sources. UKDefenceJournal writes that it has monitored aircraft, which were…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on Thursday that it will cease to examine the cases of individuals who report violations of their rights in Russia, the Strasbourg court explaining that it has “already pronounced enough” on this subject, reports AFP. A total of 879 individual requests are, thus, abandoned. These refer, among other things, to the “treatment of certain opposition political figures and democratic activists, repressive legislation, restrictions on freedom of expression, including online, detention conditions, immigration, freedom of movement and assembly, as well as the protection of personal data”, as specified by the ECHR. Russia has…
Nikolai Varpahovici, a major-general in the Russian army and the mastermind behind the attack on the Ohmatdit children’s hospital in Kiev, was the target of an assassination attempt in Moscow on Wednesday morning, reports Euronews. The Russian military official was shot twice at close range by an attacker on a motorcycle. The attack took place near the Engels air base. The Russian general had been charged in absentia in Ukraine as a result of the war crime committed. This is the latest episode in a series of attacks against Russian officers on the territory of the aggressor state. An unidentified…