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Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated on Tuesday that Bulgaria has no place in the “Coalition of Will”, while his country’s honor guard marched alongside other European armed forces during the French National Day festivities, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, reports News.ro citing POLITICO. In statements made to reporters in Paris, Radev – former president of Bulgaria, considered to have pro-Russian positions – said that Macron personally invited him to continue participating in the coalition, but he insisted that this is not “Bulgaria’s place”. “We are not part of a coalition that insists on the continuation of financial and military…
Japan has acknowledged the need to more effectively counteract foreign espionage activities, following a comprehensive investigation by The New York Times (NYT) stating that Russia has turned the country into a “nest of spies” and a key source of components for weaponry, reports AFP on Tuesday. In a report published on Sunday, the American newspaper reported that, due to a “weak” legal arsenal against espionage, Moscow is using Japan as a major platform for gathering information and supplying dual-use technologies necessary for its war in Ukraine. “We acknowledge that, in a rapidly evolving security context, it is increasingly necessary to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has transitioned from the status of an important partner of China to becoming increasingly dependent on Beijing and Xi Jinping. According to some Chinese and Russian analysts and officials, Beijing is discreetly strengthening its relations with the Russian ruling class. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes that, after Putin demonstratively severed ties with the West, Russia has effectively become China’s junior partner, and Beijing is “manipulating it cautiously and without publicity, but to its own advantage.” According to the authors of the article, who have spoken with officials and analysts from both China and Russia, Beijing is…
The Ukrainian Navy announces that it has hit the Russian ship Izumrud near Novorossiisk, in an operation carried out with naval drones. Ukrainian authorities claim that the attack caused casualties among the crew, but Moscow has not yet commented on the information. According to a statement from the Ukrainian Navy, the patrol ship was reportedly hit by an unmanned Sargan-3000 naval system, during an operation carried out off the Russian coast. Ukrainian officials claim that the attack resulted in deaths and injuries among the ship’s crew. The information could not be independently verified, and the Russian side has not commented…
The United States Administration is preparing a series of measures to limit the influence of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which it considers a threat to national sovereignty. The measures also target states that support the authority of the Court. The administration led by President Donald Trump is examining a wide range of measures against the International Criminal Court. Among these are travel bans and visa revocations for ICC officials or the expansion of sanctions against the Court, a State Department official said on Monday, writes Mediafax. According to the cited source, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, and other…
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that it had summoned the German ambassador to Moscow and accused Berlin of supporting Ukrainian attacks on Russian civil infrastructure through military cooperation and arms deliveries to Kiev, reports Reuters. The Ministry has communicated to the German ambassador that Russia considers the ever-increasing support given to Kiev by Berlin to be unacceptable. The Ministry led by Sergey Lavrov invoked military cooperation agreements, direct arms deliveries, and joint projects for the development of drones, missiles, and other weapons which, according to Moscow, are used in attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia. Both…
The Hungarian Parliament adopted on Monday a constitutional amendment specifically designed to end the mandate of President Tamas Sulyok, referred to as a “puppet” of Viktor Orban by Prime Minister Peter Magyar, reports France Presse, quoted by Agerpres. The deputies adopted the amendment with 139 votes in favor and 6 against, during a vote boycotted by Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party, defeated in the legislative elections in April, after 16 years in power. The measure is part of the new prime minister’s efforts to dismantle the last bastions of Orban’s power, a task for which he received a solid mandate…
The Kremlin-controlled press has published a so-called “Index of Unfriendly Countries”, in which it classifies Western countries based on their alleged level of “hostility” towards Moscow. In the June edition, Germany, Latvia, the United Kingdom, France, and Estonia occupy the top spots, according to the pro-Kremlin publication Vzglyad, which cites NATO exercises and military support provided to Ukraine as the main arguments. Canada, the Netherlands, and Romania share the 8th place in this ranking, with 60 points. Canada has dropped one place, while the Netherlands has lost five positions, and Romania maintains its position. Germany occupies the first position in…
The 2026 harvest campaign risks becoming an absolute nightmare for Russian farmers. Confronted with a severe diesel shortage, drastic rationing, and prices that have spiraled out of control, agricultural producers warn that a significant portion of this year’s grain crop could be compromised. The crisis is most acutely felt precisely in Russia’s “granary” – the southern regions of Rostov, Krasnodar and Stavropol, territories that account for a fifth of the country’s total grain production. On the M4 federal highway in the Kuban region, the scenes are downright striking: people spend their nights at gas stations, waiting for fuel tankers. To…
Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov stated that the President of China, Xi Jinping, would be one of the main factors preventing Russian leader Vladimir Putin from using nuclear weapons. According to Dialog, Garry Kasparov answered the question of whether Putin would have risked attacking Ukraine if it had possessed nuclear weapons. “Of course not. What is there to discuss? The issue is that it wouldn’t have been so easy for Ukraine to keep these weapons. For the rather poor budget at the time, they represented quite large financial obligations.” The former great champion expressed, in an interview given to Ivan…