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The Central Court of Soci has admitted the anti-corruption action brought forward by the deputy prosecutor general of the Russian Federation against the former and current deputy of the State Duma, Anatoli Voronovski, deputy Andrei Doroshenko, and the deputy of the Legislative Assembly from the Krasnodar Territory, Aleksandr Karpenko. The case involves 30 individuals, and 19 organizations have been involved as third parties. According to the investigation, since 2016, Voronovski, initially in the position of Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure of the Krasnodar Territory, and later as a deputy in the State Duma, allegedly requested illegal commissions and bribes.…
Out of the approximately 170,000 channels existing in the national messaging app Max, about 70% — that is, 118,200 — were created by state structures, according to the publication “Agenstvo”. The majority, 116,600 pages, use the suffix _gos in their names, assigned to public institutions through the “Platform for Partners”, according to the instructions of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. At least another 1,000 state-owned blogs do not use this suffix. Through the same platform, initially intended for the business environment, 22,200 channels with the suffix _biz were registered. Of these, over 500 also belong to state structures. Approximately…
What pro-war bloggers in Russia were desperately warning about is starting to happen. After almost simultaneously losing access to modern means of communication, Russian troops faced serious difficulties, went on the defensive in certain sectors of the front, and limited offensive operations with drones. At the same time, Ukrainian units are causing them greater losses, European officials and military personnel told Bloomberg. High-ranking European diplomats have described the communication problems of the Russian army as significant. According to a NATO representative, some of Ukraine’s recent successes on the battlefield were possible because Russian soldiers were left without access to Starlink.…
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has extended for one year the sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and the large-scale invasion in Ukraine. The notification was published in the Federal Register of the USA, the official collection of government documents, reports the Russian agency TASS. According to the document, the restrictive measures will remain in force even after March 6, 2026. The extension targets the sanctions introduced by the administration of Joe Biden in February 2022, by the Trump administration in September 2018, as well as by the…
President Vladimir Putin would create “informational conditions” for the resumption of partial forced mobilization of reservists, in order to replenish the losses of the Russian army in Ukraine, experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claim. According to them, the preparation of a new “partial mobilization” would be indicated by the laws adopted at the end of last year, which allow the Russian Ministry of Defense to use a mobilizable reserve of approximately two million people. At the same time, the flow of contract soldiers would no longer cover the losses on the front. Western intelligence services…
Chris Wright, the United States Secretary for Energy, reiterated on Thursday, February 19, the threat that his country will abandon the International Energy Agency (IEA) if it does not change its position which, he believes, is favorable to clean energies. “If the IEA is not able to return to its initial mission, we will become former members of the IEA, but we will work to prevent this from happening”, Wright stated, in a press conference organized on the occasion of the ministerial meeting of this institution based in Paris, according to EFE, quoted by Agerpres. Chris Wright avoided commenting on…
American President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States will contribute 10 billion dollars to the Council for Peace, during the inaugural meeting organized in Washington. The initiative’s immediate objective is to support the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, but the White House leader emphasized that the new body will have a broader mission, related to resolving armed conflicts worldwide. Donald Trump also specified that several allies of the United States have committed to contribute over 7 billion dollars to reconstruction efforts. “I am pleased to announce that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi…
Antonio Costa, the President of the European Council, stated on Thursday, February 19, that the European Union wants to start “as soon as possible” negotiations regarding Ukraine’s accession, without committing to a date, reports AFP. “We want to be able to officially open the negotiations as soon as possible and to progress in the enlargement process,” Costa declared during a press conference in Oslo, where he was visiting, according to the international agency, quoted by Agerpres. The American plan to end the war in Ukraine envisages Kiev’s entry into the EU from January 2027, a timeline generally considered unrealistic by…
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a decision on Iran could be made in the next 10 days. “We may have to step forward, or maybe not,” Trump said at the first meeting of the Peace Council, reports CNN. Thursday morning, at least six American military planes crossed Europe. “We may have to step forward, or maybe not. Maybe we will come to an agreement. You will probably find out in the next 10 days, but today’s meeting is proof that with determined leadership, nothing is impossible,” Trump declared at the inaugural meeting of his Peace Council in Washington.…
Russia is ready to receive enriched uranium from Iran, if an agreement to this effect is reached, reconfirmed on Thursday the general director of the state nuclear company Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev. The foreign ministry in Moscow had stated on Wednesday that the proposal for Iran to send its uranium abroad was discussed as a way to alleviate US concerns about the danger of nuclear armament of the Islamic republic and remains valid, but the decision in this regard belongs to Tehran, notes Agerpres. Also on Wednesday, Russia’s willingness to receive enriched uranium from Iran was mentioned by the Kremlin’s spokesperson,…