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The Estonian Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna, stated that Estonia could host allied nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO deems it necessary, writes RBC Ukraine. Subsequently, the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said that “if nuclear weapons aimed against us are deployed on Estonian territory, then Estonian territory will be the target of our nuclear weapons”, according to Russian media. “Bringing a nuclear weapon onto our territory – we are not against this. We do not have a doctrine where we would have excluded it if NATO considers it necessary in accordance with our defense plans, the deployment of a nuclear…

The Ukrainian intelligence services have officially identified officials and state bodies behind the Russian program “Cultural Map 4+85”, which takes Ukrainian children from the occupied areas to Russia, under the pretext of cultural trips, notes the Kyiv Post. The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service has uncovered individuals and organizations involved in a state-sponsored Russian program, which removes Ukrainian children from the occupied territories under the guise of “cultural and educational trips”. The initiative, known as the “Cultural Map 4+85”, is presented by Russian authorities as a cultural exchange program, but in practice aims to erase the Ukrainian national identity and integrate…

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, mentioned on Sunday a possible new meeting with the American delegation next Thursday, February 26, in Switzerland, to discuss the nuclear program. “I believe there are still good chances to reach a diplomatic solution from which both sides can benefit,” he stated in an interview with the American channel CBS, reports Agerpres. “We continue the negotiations, while we work on the elements of an agreement and a first draft of the text” in view of a new meeting with American negotiators, “probably Thursday, in Geneva”, indicated Abbas Araghchi. However, the Minister insisted that Iran…

The UK Secretary of Defense, John Healey, wrote on Sunday, February 22, in the Sunday Telegraph, that he wants to send British troops to Ukraine, considering that this gesture would signal the end of the war with Russia. “There is no greater burden for any Secretary of Defense or any government than to send the armed forces into operations. I want to be the Secretary of Defense who sends British troops to Ukraine – because this will mean that this war has finally ended. It will mean that we have negotiated peace in Ukraine. And a secure Europe needs a…

Iran has concluded a confidential arms deal, worth 500 million euros, with Russia for the acquisition of portable launchers and advanced ground-to-air missiles. According to Agerpres, a contract signed in December in Moscow stipulates that Russia will deliver 500 portable “Verba” launchers and 2,500 “9M336” missiles over a period of three years, according to the Financial Times (FT). Reuters states that it could not verify the information. According to FT, the contract provides for deliveries to take place in three tranches, from 2027 to 2029. The contract was negotiated between the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport and the representative in Moscow…

The US President, Donald Trump, has increased temporary customs tariffs from 10 to 15% for all countries, including the Republic of Moldova. The new American measures, approved on Friday and modified on Saturday, come into effect from Tuesday, February 24th. Canada and Mexico are exempt from taxes, under the North American trade pact, reports IPN. In a post on social networks, the White House leader explained on Saturday that the decision to increase taxes comes after the US Supreme Court declared a large part of the customs tariffs announced in April 2025 illegal. The application of taxes is applied under…

Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, attacks the Western strategy towards the war in Ukraine, comparing the EU’s policy on the conflict to the failures of Napoleon and Hitler. “Today the war continues because European leaders want it to continue”, Orbán stated at an election rally in Békéscsaba, without mentioning the responsibility of the Russians who started the war, reports Index.hr. In his speech, he explained that “Putinization” is primitive and frivolous, and that the real threat to the freedom of Hungarians is Brussels, not Moscow. According to him, European leaders want to continue the war because they have only one…

Russian jeweler Aleksandr Doțenko, sentenced for distributing anti-war messages in stores in Saint Petersburg, died after suffering a heart attack in a penal colony. The information was confirmed for RBC by his lawyer, Serghei Podolski. According to his defense, on February 12, Doțenko, 65, was hospitalized with a heart attack at the Mariinsky Hospital. The colony representatives did not inform either the lawyer or the relatives. The family and the defender found out about the incident only two days later, from an anonymous person. Later, the doctors informed his daughter about his death. Before his detention, Doțenko worked as a…

The Arbitration Tribunal of the Krasnodar Territory has made a decision considered unprecedented and has suspended the examination of the case regarding the nationalization of “Novoroscement” — the largest cement producer in Russia, which owns two factories in Novorossiisk. According to RBC, the request for withdrawal of the action was filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office itself, the institution that had previously initiated the confiscation of the factories in favor of the state. The owner of “Novoroscement”, Lev Kvetnoi (estimated wealth of 1.3 billion dollars, according to Forbes), became the second Russian billionaire who managed to reject a nationalization process.…

President Vladimir Putin stated that employers need to play “a crucial role in the demographic agenda” and encourage their staff to “build large families”. The statement was made during a meeting of the Supervisory Council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). In this context, Putin reminded that the number of children under six years old of the employees will be included in the new “Standard of the social capital of businesses”, recently approved by the government. According to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the document is intended to assess the “real impact of companies on social welfare”. The…