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In the power circles of Moscow, there is growing concern that President Vladimir Putin might respond with a new military escalation following the Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory, reports The Washington Post. According to the publication, the series of attacks, which targeted nine of the largest ten refineries in Russia, as well as defense industry enterprises in the Voronezh, Volgograd, and Tula regions, are fueling the fears of Russian officials. At the same time, they are trying to find solutions to keep the economy and budget afloat, as the budget deficit exceeded 6 trillion rubles in the first five…
Russian politician Maxim Kruglov, deputy leader of the liberal Yabloko party in Russia, was sentenced on Wednesday – less than three months before the parliamentary elections – to seven years in prison on the grounds that he spreads false information about the Russian army, reports Reuters agency, quoted by Agerpres. Kruglov, a former deputy in the Moscow legislature, was arrested in October last year for two messages on Telegram from 2022, the year in which Russia invaded Ukraine. He stated at the beginning of the trial that he considers himself innocent and believes that the war in Ukraine is a…
Russia wants to know if the American President Donald Trump has indeed changed his position on the war in Ukraine, as suggested by the French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit, stated on Wednesday the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who insisted that Russia remains committed to the agreements made last year at the summit in Alaska between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump. Macron, who hosted the G7 summit in the French city of Evian, argued that during the discussions there, Trump agreed with the idea that Russia does not want peace in Ukraine and that this…
The Kremlin maintains that nuclear weapons remain the “only guarantee” against a world war. Dmitri Peskov, Putin’s spokesperson, stated on Wednesday that the international security system is “degrading,” reports Kyiv Post. His statements came after the expiration of the New START treaty between Russia and the United States, which ended the last remaining restrictions on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States, New START, expired in February, removing restrictions on the world’s two largest nuclear powers. So far, there are no signs that either party intends to extend or…
Donald Trump’s Peace Council is set to convene at a resort in Cyprus on June 30th to “adjust its strategy,” a familiar official told Politico. Two high-ranking EU officials involved in the preparations for the meeting confirmed, on condition of anonymity, that the meeting will take place next week on the Mediterranean island and will last two or three days. The objective is to “reset” the strategy after the “war in Iran completely diverted attention in recent months,” one of the officials said. At the meeting, representatives of the National Committee for Gas Administration will participate – a committee formed…
A new study conducted by over 150 political scientists shows that the vote for far-right parties has increased nearly fivefold from 1995 to the present, exceeding the threshold of 23% at the European level. Electoral support for far-right parties in Europe has seen a significant increase over the last three decades, currently reaching over 23% of the total voters, according to an analysis carried out by over 150 political scientists from 31 countries, within the PopuList project, according to theguardian. The study shows that the proportion of votes for far-right formations has increased from about 5% in 1995, to around…
The former head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, Kirilo Budanov, now the head of the presidential administration, could become one of the key figures in the negotiation and resolution process of the Russo-Ukrainian war, several American analysts believe. The statements were made during The Bulwark podcast by journalist Michael Weiss and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos, who highlighted the influence Budanov enjoys within Washington’s security circles. According to Polymeropoulos, the relationships built over the years between the representatives of the intelligence services from Ukraine and the United States have created a level of trust rarely encountered, and this could weigh…
The Russian army is stuck in Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked his Belarusian counterpart, Aleksandr Lukashenko, to open a second front against Ukraine and assist in attacks against NATO, writes The Moscow Times. Otherwise, he threatened to cut off his financial support. Moscow began exerting pressure at the beginning of this year, in the hope that it could once again use Belarus to expand its military campaign against Ukraine or for operations against NATO countries, former and current Russian and European officials told The Wall Street Journal. The information reached the knowledge of Europe and Kiev. Emmanuel…
“Cohabitation of couples without marrying is a threat to national security,” stated at a forum the Russian Deputy Minister of Justice, Vadim Balanin, quoted on Wednesday by the daily Kommersant, taken over by the EFE agency, cited by Agerpres. “We are currently facing the phenomenon of cohabitation without registered marriage. (…) These trends, in our opinion, can be considered a direct threat to national security and the demographic health of our country,” the Russian official pointed out. Another issue he drew attention to is the significant number of divorces in Russia, a country facing a sharp decline in population since…
The Russian agency Social Design Agency (SDA), closely tied to the Kremlin, has orchestrated a large-scale disinformation campaign, called “Project 2026”. The plan is no longer just about spreading false news on social networks, but aims to create an entire alternative information ecosystem, designed to directly manipulate search engine results and responses provided by artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. The information leaked into the public space following a massive security breach within the organization, the documents being thoroughly analyzed by Bloomberg publication. A global network under a “false flag” Moscow’s strategy involves developing a sprawling network of websites that mimic the…