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In a context of continuous informational warfare, Ana Rev, the director of the Center for Strategic Communication and Disinformation Combat (CCSCD), discusses in an interview for ZdG, how the institution functions, what its mission is, and what it has achieved in two years since its establishment. — What exactly falls under the mandate of the CCSCD? Is it just an analysis and recommendation center, or does it also have operational duties, of direct intervention? — The emphasis in countering disinformation is on proactive approach, aimed at strengthening the informational resilience of institutions and society. The debunking type of counteraction is…
A criminal case has been opened in the Voronezh region regarding the embezzlement of funds during the construction of concrete fortifications on the border with Ukraine, reports “Kommersant”. This is already the fourth such case documented in the border regions. According to the publication, the case of fraud on a particularly large scale targets the company “Avira”, which had signed a contract with a structure of the Kursk Region Development Corporation for the delivery of “concrete pyramids” (anti-tank obstacles). The investigation was opened as early as spring 2024. The production of these structures was carried out by the company “Energostroikomplex”…
The decline of the Russian civil economy sector and the attacks on the most popular Chinese models have led to a drastic reduction in truck imports. In September, only 643 new trucks with a total weight of over 3.5 tons were delivered in Russia, stated the general director of Avtostat, Sergei Tselikov. He emphasized that this figure is 20 times smaller than in September of the previous year, when 12,600 units were imported. Imports have been declining since the beginning of the year. In the first three quarters of 2025, according to Avtostat, they have decreased by 92%, that is…
At least 12 regions in Russia have launched time-limited campaigns in 2025, offering increased payments for citizens who sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. These offers are typically valid between one and a half and three months, according to the investigation conducted by the publication “Vajnîie istorii”. The largest regional payment – of 3,000,000 rubles (approximately 29,400 euros) – is granted in the Tiumen region, between October 6 and November 30. Adding the federal payment of 400,000 rubles (approximately 3,920 euros), the total amount reaches 3,400,000 rubles (about 33,300 euros). According to the military commissioner of the region, Sergey…
By December 2025, a service could be launched in Russia that will allow the state to take control over the data of all bank cards held by citizens, Anatoli Aksakov, the chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Financial Market, told Izvestia. The proposal to create such a registry was put forward as early as spring by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. According to them, the new system should allow authorities to track the limits on the number of cards a person can hold — a measure that could come into effect by the end of…
Ukrainian Finance Minister Serghei Marcenko has asked the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) to make available to Ukraine the immobilized Russian banking reserves, starting from the beginning of 2026, during a meeting held on October 15 in Washington, D.C. Approximately 300 billion dollars from the foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Russia were blocked in 2022, following the outbreak of a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission is currently working on a “loan for repairs” initiative, which would lend Kiev 140 billion euros from these assets. According to Marcenko, Ukraine is facing a financing…
Russia’s energy influence in Central Asia is eroding, and investors who continue to bet on Moscow risk substantial losses. For decades, Russia’s power in the region has been based on energy infrastructure – an extensive network of oil and gas pipelines built to link the economies of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, towards the Russian market and beyond, to global exports. These connections have generated income for Russian companies and geopolitical influence for the Kremlin. Today, however, these connections have increasingly become a burden, at a time when Russia is waging a war in Ukraine and facing severe…
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR), Kirilo Budanov, stated that strikes on oil refineries have caused more damage to the Russian economy than international sanctions. “In fact, our strikes have had a greater impact than the sanctions. It’s just a mathematical truth. We have caused far greater damage to the Russian Federation through direct actions than any economic levers of influence introduced so far. This is also an unpleasant reality, which leads us to the conclusion that, obviously, this is not enough”, said Budanov, at the International Economic Forum in Kiev, according to Ukrinform. According to the HUR chief,…
Russia’s cyberattacks or those of Russian groups focused in 2025 on Ukraine and NATO member countries, according to an annual report by Microsoft published on Thursday. “Russian state actors have expanded the scope of their targets this year, to infiltrate networks and devices mainly in Ukraine and in the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, it is stated in the Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MDDR). According to this report, the ten countries most targeted by Russia’s online attacks or by private actors affiliated with it were all NATO members, with the exception of Ukraine, reports Agerpres. The number…
The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, stated on Thursday, October 16, that Europe should open direct negotiations with Russia to reach an agreement that would end the war in Ukraine. Speaking at the plenary session of the Permanent Hungarian Conference (MAERT) – a forum that brings together political leaders from Budapest and representatives of Hungarian communities outside the borders – Viktor Orban claimed that “the issue of peace or war” is today the most urgent problem of European politics and particularly affects the countries of the Carpathian basin. According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the risk of Europe being…