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The Kremlin has announced which European politicians are receiving New Year’s greetings from Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader has sent congratulations to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Pravda. The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, are also among the recipients. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, also stated for the Russian news agency TASS, that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has also received New Year’s greetings from Putin. Read more HERE

Russian authorities may shut down mobile internet on New Year’s Eve for “citizen safety,” Andrey Svintsov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Information Policy, told TASS. “Mobile internet – yes, they could shut it down for the safety of our citizens, so that they can safely go out and celebrate the New Year,” the deputy said, according to The Moscow Times. Andrey Svintsov believes that such decisions could have a “positive effect”. “People will have a break from endlessly watching useless videos. And if you need to congratulate someone, go over there, knock on the door and greet…

As of Monday, 5:00 PM local time, Russia has been carrying out a disinformation operation aimed at sabotaging the agreements reached by the Presidents of Ukraine and the USA, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, at their meeting in Florida, claims the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU), in a statement released on Tuesday and quoted by Agerpres. On Monday afternoon, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod region using 91 drones. The Kremlin did not provide evidence to support the accusations. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine considers the “drone…

Russia has issued explicit threats against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, going as far as publicly evoking his murder and the display of his body, in a new episode of verbal escalation triggered by an alleged Ukrainian attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin — an accusation categorically rejected by Kiev.Moscow’s fury was fueled by claims that Ukraine had ordered a drone attack on the presidential residence at Valdai, where the Kremlin leader often spends his time. However, Ukrainian authorities have dismissed this information as a fabrication intended to justify the continuation of the war initiated by Russia nearly four years ago.Tensions took…

The buyers of the Russian Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) have discovered a new palace belonging to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the Black Sea coast – this time in Crimea. This property allegedly owned by Putin is equipped with a private clinic, operating room, a vast spa complex, and a helipad. “At first, the site of this palace was a building belonging to the Mys Aya sanatorium. Later, Viktor Yanukovych [the former pro-Russian Ukrainian president – ed.] fell in love with the place and demolished everything there, cut down old trees, and began to build his summer residence. After Putin annexed…

The Italian Cabinet approved on Monday a decree to maintain the flow of military aid to Ukraine throughout the year 2026, thus formalizing a compromise within the governing coalition. The decision comes after weeks of debates that revealed divergences regarding foreign policy within the government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, writes Reuters. The agreement was reached following threats from the far-right party Liga, which maintained close ties with Vladimir Putin before the 2022 invasion. Liga had threatened to abstain from voting, a fact that would have deepened the fissures regarding Italy’s position towards the war. The leader of Liga,…

The collapse of the Ukrainian front and a peace agreement in which Russian aggression receives external legitimacy would turn Romania into a direct border state with the Russian Federation, with major effects on national security and the economy, and would expose NATO and EU vulnerabilities in defending their values. Foreign policy analysts George Scutaru and Cristian Diaconescu warned, exclusively on Antena 3 CNN, that unlike Poland or the Baltic states, Romania would be the first country to directly feel the consequences of a possible collapse of Ukraine, including a possible extension of Russian influence to the Black Sea and the…

The American President Donald Trump criticized Ukraine on Monday for the alleged drone attack denounced by Russia on a residence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, an attack however denied by the Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, reports AFP and EFE agencies. “I don’t like it. It’s not good. I found out this morning. You know who told me? President Putin, this morning. He said he was attacked. It’s not good,” the US President declared to the press while receiving the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence. Moreover, Trump said he is “very angry”. “It’s a delicate period.…

Vladimir Putin has signed legislative changes that allow Russian authorities to ignore rulings in criminal cases made by foreign courts, as well as international ones, according to Sky News. According to the new changes approved by Putin, Moscow will have the right to ignore rulings made in criminal cases by foreign courts on behalf of other governments. Thus, any decisions made by international legal entities whose authority is not based on an international agreement with Russia or a resolution of the UN Security Council can be ignored by the authorities in Moscow. The measure comes as a response to initiatives…

The head of the Estonian foreign intelligence services, Kaupo Rosin, stated on Monday that there are no indications that President Vladimir Putin intends to attack the Baltic states or NATO, despite increasingly frequent warnings from European officials that a direct conflict between the West and Russia could erupt in the coming years, reports The Moscow Times. “We have noticed that Russia has changed its behavior after various incidents that have occurred on a larger scale in the region,” said the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Kaupo Rosin, to the public television station ERR. “So far, it is…