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Dmitri Medvedev, vice chairman of the Security Council of Russia, described American President Donald Trump as “an effective leader” who truly pursues peace and has the ability to challenge the Washington establishment, reports Reuters. In an interview granted to Reuters and TASS agencies, as well as to the war blogger WarGonzo, Medvedev stated that Trump’s “impetuous” style is in fact “effective” and contributes to achieving his goals. Referring to Trump’s statements in August, according to which he would have repositioned two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” in response to previous warnings from Medvedev about the risks of war, the Russian…
The Russian occupying authorities have begun gold mining in the Lugansk region, on territory under the control of the Russian Federation, according to a report by the National Resistance Center (NRC). According to the cited source, four “permits” were issued in the Antracit district for the exploration and exploitation of gold, as well as for the identification of copper and zinc deposits. All these authorizations were concentrated in the hands of a single company, “Severnaia Mining Company”, which gained monopolistic control over the area and the right to expand activities over an area exceeding 250 square kilometers. Sources within the…
The news presenter of the Russian state television, Ekaterina Andreeva, one of the emblematic figures of “Pervîi Kanal” and close to Vladimir Putin, has been sanctioned by the European Union. Until recently, Andreeva led a comfortable lifestyle in Europe, holding Montenegrin and Honduran citizenship, and only came to Russia to record the weekly edition of the “Vremia” program, in which she promoted pro-Kremlin propaganda narratives and messages hostile to the West. According to European authorities, the show has moved to openly promoting violence, including calls for military attacks against European capitals. In this context, the EU decided to impose sanctions.…
The Russian business environment barely had time to adjust to the VAT increase when government officials already started discussing the introduction of new taxes and the increase of existing ones, in order to save the budget from the collapse of oil and gas revenues, which accelerated sharply at the beginning of 2026. The Russian Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft decree on the introduction of an export tax for diamonds, announced on Thursday by Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Moiseev. According to him, the measure is expected to be applied to “support” the domestic diamond polishing industry. A day earlier,…
Iran is raising its military alert level, amid growing fears of a possible American attack, after it mobilized about 1,000 drones considered “strategic”, according to the state press in Tehran. The Tasnim agency, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), confirmed the deployment of new military capabilities, presented as a preventive response to the escalating tensions in the Gulf and the recent movements of the American army. The announcement comes as the US President, Donald Trump, ordered the sending of a “naval armada” to the region, a decision described by analysts as one of the most serious military escalations in…
A statement that breaks a major taboo in European politics comes from the former German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer. At 77 years old, one of the emblematic figures of the German Greens openly argues that Europe needs to prepare for a potential common nuclear deterrence, as the security guarantee offered by the United States can no longer be considered certain. “Europe needs to take this step, because American protection is no longer secure,” Fischer said in an interview with the Tagesspiegel daily. However, he categorically rejects the idea of a solely German atomic bomb, insisting on a collective solution at…
The liquid assets of the National Welfare Fund, used by the Russian government to compensate for the budgetary revenue deficit from oil and gas, could be completely exhausted in just over a year if the current oil prices are maintained, forecast the experts of the Economic Forecasting Center of Gazprombank, the third largest state bank in Russia by asset size. At the beginning of the year, the National Welfare Fund still had 4.1 trillion rubles (approximately 45 billion euros) in the form of unspent funds – currency and gold in the accounts of the Central Bank. The rate of consumption…
Europe painfully discovers how little strategic maneuvering space it has left. Between a Russia it fears, a war in Ukraine it cannot stop, and an America it can no longer take at its word, but on which it still depends, the continent seems trapped in a geopolitical snare. For decades, Europe has convinced itself that geopolitics works on a rule-based system, that alliances are solid, and that sovereignty is inviolable – at least on the continent. However, a recent transatlantic debate has shown that these certainties are collapsing one by one. At a debate organized by the Quincy Institute, dedicated…
The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov, warned Donald Trump on Thursday, January 29th, that signing a new nuclear disarmament treaty, following the expiration of the START III treaty on February 4th, will be a “long and difficult” process. “The development of a new treaty will be long and difficult. There are many factors involved”, declared the spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin at his daily press conference, reports Agerpres. The Kremlin’s statement comes after former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev emphasized on Monday that, before the conclusion of such a treaty, “a basic normalization of Russian-American relations is necessary”. “We need to…
One of Vladimir Putin’s closest friends, billionaire Arkadi Rotenberg, has become the owner of “Domodedovo” airport — the largest private air gateway in Russia, which authorities confiscated last year from former owner Dmitri Kamenski and nationalized. According to information published by RBC, as a result of the auction on January 29, Domodedovo airport was sold to the company OOO “Perspectiva” — a subsidiary 100% owned by the international airport Sheremetyevo Airport. Sheremetyevo, in turn, is 30% state-owned and 66% owned by the Cypriot trust TPS Avia Holding (re-registered in 2022 in the Russian offshore on Russki Island). Rotenberg owns 34%…