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President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Olga Stefanishina, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, according to a presidential decree published Monday on the Ukrainian Presidency’s website, reports Ukrainska Pravda, according to News.ro. Stefanişîna, former deputy prime minister, held this position for almost a year. The decree appointing her as ambassador was signed by Zelenski on August 27, 2025. Before this, Stefanişîna served for a month as the special representative of the head of state for the development of cooperation with the USA, after previously holding the position of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The recall of the…

The Chinese Communist Party seems to have kicked off its annual closed-door retreat in the coastal resort of Beidaihe, an informal gathering that fuels rumors every year about power struggles among the party’s high-ranking leaders, reports Reuters. Beijing does not publicly confirm the holding of the meeting, but a hint that it has begun was the appearance on Monday of Cai Qi, the chief of staff and close collaborator of the Chinese president Xi Jinping, who met with researchers in Beidaihe. The resort is located in Hebei province in northern China. According to analysts, in previous years such appearances have…

The Kremlin could launch a new wave of mobilization after the “elections” in September for the State Duma, to send thousands of new soldiers to the front line in Ukraine, reports The Wall Street Journal, quoted by The Moscow Times. According to WSJ sources, Moscow authorities are considering this scenario due to the low influx of contract soldiers, which hinders President Vladimir Putin’s plans to occupy the entire Donbas. The American daily notes that the new mobilization could include Russians with minimal training or those who do not wish to fight at all, while the first wave in September 2022…

A court in Paris has rejected the appeal made by Xenia Fedorova to suspend the expulsion order, on Monday, a week after she was accused by French authorities of spreading Moscow’s propaganda “to destabilize public order”, according to France 24 and Politico. The former head of RT France has been accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda on French television and radio stations, during a time when the country is preparing for next year’s presidential elections. RT France was banned in 2022, in the context of the war in Ukraine, according to Reuters, but Fedorova remained in France after the station’s closure,…

Russia has amassed an unprecedented fleet of oil tankers, which have already begun or are preparing to transport approximately eight million barrels of oil via the Northern Sea Route. The volume represents about 60% of the amount delivered through the Arctic to Asian countries during the entire navigation period of last summer and autumn, writes The Moscow Times. In the context where Ukrainian drones sink Russian ships in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and Western countries detain tankers from the “shadow fleet”, the Northern Sea Route gains significant importance for Russian fuel exports. On August 3, approximately…

Russian opposition figure Boris Nadejdin has left Russia and sought refuge in Paris, as Moscow intensifies its crackdown on critical voices ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of this year. Nadejdin, a liberal politician with a long-standing career, attracted international attention during the presidential elections in Russia in 2024, when his candidacy, initially considered without real chances against Vladimir Putin, unexpectedly gained support. However, his rise was halted after the electoral authorities banned him from participating in the vote. From the presidential campaign, 63-year-old Nadejdin has remained one of the few well-known public figures in Russia who…

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, confirmed a series of changes at the top of the institutions responsible for national security. According to him, Rustem Umerov will be appointed as the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, and Igor Klimenko will become the new secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). The announcement was made during the meeting of Ukraine’s ambassadors in Kiev. Umerov will continue to coordinate diplomacy and international negotiations Zelenski explained that the new role will allow Umerov to continue coordinating key issues for Ukraine, including relations with the United States and other…

The Russian propaganda press has rolled out on the internet in recent days a new fake subject, this time about a supposed discovery of Russian researchers: a new “super-mineral” that would have a huge value and would even surpass gold. Articles about “Kola Ashcroftine” began to appear everywhere in the Russian propaganda “ecosystem”, and even some Romanian news sites fell into the Kremlin’s trap, almost entirely adopting the claims which, upon closer inspection, are blatant and obvious falsehoods but well packaged in “scientific” form texts. Websites from Romania that have taken up the subject have used as their main source…

The military pilot from the air forces who shot down two drones that had unauthorizedly entered our country’s airspace has a message for Romanians: “We are there to protect them, day and night, seven days a week, all year round!” In his first public reaction after last weekend’s success, given in an interview published on Thursday by the Ministry of National Defense, the pilot provided details about the two combat missions, emphasizing: “We didn’t know why we were taking off, but we knew we were going to defend our country.” The interview was published without revealing the identity of the…

The United States is considering delaying or even rejecting the nomination proposed by President Emmanuel Macron for the future French ambassador to Washington, following public criticisms made by Paris regarding the human rights situation in the United States, according to four sources, cited by Reuters. Although sources have stated that no decision has been made yet, two of them have claimed that France’s criticisms – conveyed through a social media post by the French mission to the United Nations in Geneva – have caused real dissatisfaction among high-ranking officials in President Donald Trump’s administration. Two other sources have stated that…