Author: disinfo1

At first glance, the sisters from the St. Elizabeth Monastery seemed the picture of innocence. Around Christmas, they were selling icons, crafts, and souvenirs to the faithful in Swedish churches, without arousing suspicion. Even in Täby, a prosperous suburb near Stockholm, their presence raised no questions: the rector had personally given them permission to set up their tables in the church hall. However, in a Europe confronted with Russia’s hybrid war, appearances can be deceiving. As the Church of Sweden would later warn, the women presented as “nuns” were, in fact, representatives of a controversial monastery in Belarus, known for…

Russian propaganda has presented, this week, an eight-year-old photograph as proof that President Vladimir Putin participated in the traditional bathing in frozen water, on Epiphany. In reality, the images come from 2018, during the Russian leader’s election campaign, which has generated suspicions among social network users about the authenticity of the event. The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Putin “traditionally plunged into an ice hole” on the night of Epiphany, but the authorities did not publish recent photos or videos to confirm this information. In the absence of visual evidence, many internet users believe that, at the age of…

Vladislav Golovin, accused of war crimes during the conquest of Mariupol, will hold a prominent place on the United Russia party list, led by Vladimir Putin, in the State Duma elections this autumn. Vladislav Golovin commanded a platoon of marines during the conquest of Mariupol and is associated with the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, under the pretext of “reeducation” and their militarization, according to the Ukrainian project “War and Sanctions,” writes dialog. In 2022, President Vladimir Putin awarded him the title of Hero of Russia. Subsequently, Golovin completed the “Time of Heroes” program and joined the leadership of…

French President Emmanuel Macron, who will be “in contact with his European counterparts all day”, will call for the “activation of the EU’s anti-coercion instrument” if the threats of additional tariffs made by Donald Trump are implemented, sources from his entourage announced on Sunday. This instrument, whose implementation requires a qualified majority of EU countries, allows, among other things, the freezing of access to European public markets or the blocking of certain investments, writes Agerpres. Also, the American trade threats “raise the issue of the validity of the agreement” on tariffs concluded between the European Union and the USA in…

In the villages of Kliuci and Malinovka in the Chelyabinsk region, on January 15, the power was cut off during a frost of -35°C. The authorities failed to promptly resolve the issue, and the residents were left without electricity, water, and heat for three days. People recorded a video appeal addressed to the head of the Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin. “Every winter, when temperatures drop below -20°C, the same situation repeats in our localities: due to overloads, there are breakdowns on the high voltage lines, and we are left without power… It is impossible to live under these conditions. The…

In the city of Buzuluk, Orenburg region, a poster with a blurred photo of President Vladimir Putin appeared on one of the store’s houses, accompanied by an ironic message about recent price increases: “Prices have risen in 2026 because of this man! Don’t hesitate to thank him for it!”, the text next to the image read. Subsequently, members of the patriotic organization “Russian Community” came to the store, demanding the removal of the poster, threatening with a criminal case for “insulting the authority” (art. 319 of the Penal Code). The saleswoman responded that “there is freedom of speech and democracy…

A high-ranking Russian general, previously appreciated by the Moscow leadership, but challenged by his own soldiers for his harsh tactics, was removed from his position after four years spent in key command positions in the war in Ukraine. This is about Lieutenant General Suhrab Ahmedov, 51 years old, originally from Dagestan, whose dismissal was initially signaled by Russian mil-blog type channels, close to the Kremlin. The information was subsequently taken over by the independent Russian press and Ukrainian sources, although the Russian Ministry of Defense did not officially confirm the change. A rapid career in the army Ahmedov was considered…

Over 200,000 households have been left without electricity in the Russia-occupied territory in southern Ukraine, following an attack by the Ukrainian army, announced the Moscow-installed authorities on Sunday. “As a result of an enemy attack on the energy infrastructures in the region, a large part of the Zaporizhia region was left without electricity”, announced Evgheni Balitski, who governs the Russia-occupied areas in this territory, according to Agerpres. According to Balitski, 213,000 subscribers and 386 localities in the Zaporizhia region are currently deprived of electricity following this attack. The governor installed by Moscow in the neighboring Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, reported…

What until recently seemed like a rhetorical extravagance of Donald Trump begins to take on a doctrinal shape. The American administration no longer talks about Greenland as a geopolitical joke, but as a “national security imperative”. And the arguments used are, for Europe, unsettling. Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff at the White House and one of President Trump’s most influential ideologues, put it bluntly: states are not entitled to keep territories they cannot defend. And Denmark, in his opinion, does not meet this criterion in the case of Greenland. “The new international competition is moving to the polar region,”…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined European leaders on Sunday warning that NATO risks entering a “dangerous spiral” of destabilization, after Donald Trump threatened to trigger a trade war against allies opposing the United States’ takeover of Greenland. In an unprecedented joint statement, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom conveyed their firm support for the “principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity” and expressed their full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland. Trump’s intervention shocked the military alliance. The American president announced that states opposing the takeover of the autonomous…