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Russian businessmen “donated” nearly 400 billion rubles (about 4 billion euros) to the budget, but The Moscow Times writes that in the meantime, the deficit of the federal budget of Russia for the period January-July has reached 6.455 trillion rubles. Russian businessmen have transferred hundreds of billions of rubles to the federal budget, following the call launched by Vladimir Putin for voluntary contributions, against the backdrop of a record budget deficit facing the country. By mid-August, voluntary donations amounted to 383.69 billion rubles (3.89 billion euros), reports the economic publication “Vedomosti”, citing data from the “Electronic Budget”. Before Putin’s meeting…
A Russian retiree is liable after opening fire on drones flying near his residence, according to Moscow press reports, quoted by EFE. The man was fined by a court in the village of Ilan in the Volgograd region, reported to the Viorstka publication, according to Agerpres. The pensioner has to pay 40,000 rubles, approximately 470 dollars, after he tried to shoot down drones with a rifle. After the incident, the man called the emergency number to report the attack, indicating the location where the alleged remnants of the destroyed drones would have been. When he attacked the decision, the retiree…
On August 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky officially nominated the acting Minister of Defense, Evhen Hmara, a former high-ranking officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), to take over the permanent leadership of the ministry, reports Kyiv Independent on Tuesday. Zelenski also nominated Foreign Minister Andrii Sibiha, who held the position on an interim basis after the government reshuffle in July, to officially return to the post, according to deputy Iaroslav Jelezniak and other parliamentarians. The decision regarding the new Minister of Defense was closely watched, after the dismissal of the former minister Mihailo Fedorov during a chaotic government…
The Greek shipping company Dynagas has delivered Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth 2.35 billion euros to EU customers in the first seven months of 2026, according to a report published on August 18 by the organization Urgewald, which monitors sanctions, reports Kyiv Independent. The analysis comes a few weeks after EU leaders agreed to grant Dynagas an exemption from sanctions, allowing the company to continue LNG transportation to third countries after the enforcement, in January 2027, of the EU ban on Russian LNG imports. Urgewald asserts that the Greek company transported 35% of the total volume of LNG sent…
Russian police detained a German citizen on Monday, suspected of donating 900 rubles, roughly 10 dollars, to the Anti-Corruption Fund of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. According to a statement from the Russian Interior Ministry, the German citizen was detained in the city of Saint Petersburg. The statement asserts that the detained individual allegedly transferred money to an extremist organization, referring to Navalny’s fund, thus labeled since 2021, reports EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres. According to the Fontanka.ru website, the German citizen is the co-founder of a gym in Saint Petersburg, and before coming to work in Russia,…
The “Spasskaya Tower” International Military Music Festival, one of the most well-known events held in Moscow’s Red Square, was cancelled just four days before its scheduled start on August 21. The organizers announced that the 2026 edition will not take place and has been postponed to the following year. The announcement was made on the official Telegram channel of the festival, without providing details about the specific reason for the cancellation. The organizers invoked “reasons beyond their control” and specified that the 2027 edition will take place on dates to be determined, according to Meduza. The “Spasskaya Tower” festival was…
France, Great Britain, and Germany are trying to secure a place at the negotiation table regarding Ukraine. The resumption of peace talks, possibly not earlier than the fall of 2027. Europeans fear they might be left out of the process by the United States. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are currently working to secure their future participation in any peace negotiations concerning Ukraine and to protect their own interests, fearing that the United States might completely exclude them from this process, writes The New York Times. For now, Paris and Berlin are the ones playing the main role in…
NATO is increasingly preparing for a possible attack from Russia. According to information from BILD, there are specific plans for the situation in which Vladimir Putin would send his troops, for example, to the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The main objectives of NATO: to stop the Russian troops and massively weaken Russia. Specifically, it is about three strategies through which the West intends to retaliate. These make up the “NATO Land Warfighting Concept”. The concept was mainly developed by American Major Andrew Pingrey. If Putin’s troops were to attack the Baltic states with missiles and drones and…
Following drone and cruise missile attacks, Kiev is preparing to add a ballistic missile to its arsenal that will be much harder to intercept by Russia’s air defense, say former and current officials quoted by CBS News and Politico. Ukraine will be able to launch attacks with domestically manufactured ballistic missiles within three to six months, stated the former defense minister, Mihailo Fedorov, in an interview given to CBS News. Until now, Ukraine has relied on cheap long-range drones and cruise missiles to launch deep attacks into Russian territory, but these weapons are slower and easier to shoot down once…
Lev Shlosberg, vice president of the liberal Yabloko party, was sentenced by Russian justice to 11 years and one month in a penal colony, and the party was banned from participating in the parliamentary elections in September, reports Reuters following the decisions made by the court on Monday. After condemning the war in Ukraine, Lev Shlosberg was accused of discrediting the Russian armed forces and spreading false information about them. In a final plea before the court on Friday, in Pskov, the anti-war politician maintained his innocence, stated that he was the victim of a political trial, and reiterated his…