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The Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, has announced a 15% reduction in the number of civilian public officials within the Moscow City Hall and its subordinate institutions performing administrative functions. The decision was made following an analysis of the execution of the Russian capital’s budget for the period of January–February, discussed within the presidium of the Moscow government. According to Sobyanin, the cuts are necessary due to the slowdown in the growth of budget revenues: in the first two months of the year, they only increased by 2%, compared to the 6.5% that had been planned. The authorities believe that…
“Preventive” wars risk plunging the entire world into conflict, warned on Wednesday the Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, when asked about the justification of the attack launched by the USA and Israel against Iran, according to ANSA, Reuters and AFP, quoted by Agerpres. If states were recognized the right to a “preventive war”, according to their own criteria and without a supranational legal framework, the entire world would risk being engulfed in flames, Parolin declared on Wednesday for Vatican News. “This erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force; the force…
A former British NATO commander warns that the world is on the “brink of the Third World War”, as the Middle East is once again engulfed in major tensions. The current conflict is not a new one. Its roots go back to the beginnings of Islam, nearly 1,400 years ago, but today it is fueled by oil and gas, ethnic rivalries, nationalism, relations with the West, and, above all, attitudes towards Israel. Religious divisions between Sunnis and Shiites underlie many conflicts in the Middle East. Shiites believe that their religious leaders, the ayatollahs, are infallible and appointed by Allah, sometimes…
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, reaffirmed on Wednesday that the United Kingdom will not officially join the war initiated by the USA and Israel against Iran unless there is a legal basis and a plan for the objectives, reports EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres. In his weekly intervention in front of the House of Commons, Starmer clarified that his position has not changed since the one expressed on Saturday, when he rejected the US request to use British military bases to attack Iran. However, on Sunday, after Iran responded to the US-Israel bombings with missile and drone attacks against…
Russian military bloggers have been anxiously tracking the new one-way attack drones of the US military, Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS), following their first reported use in combat against Iran this weekend, reports Business Insider. These pro-war bloggers, many of them with close ties to the Kremlin, were particularly concerned about the satellite communication terminals installed on these drones, which they suspect are connected to SpaceX’s Starshield network. Video recordings of the LUCAS test launches, made public by the Pentagon in December, quickly circulated among Russian pro-war commentators after news of the drone deployment emerged on Saturday. Analysts and…
Vladimir Putin threatened on Wednesday to halt gas supplies to Europe. The Kremlin leader stated that Russia could shift towards more promising markets, reports Agerpres. However, he said, a final decision has not yet been made. “But it’s not a decision, in this case it’s what’s called thinking out loud. I will certainly order the government to work on this issue together with our companies,” said the Kremlin leader, according to Reuters. The Russian president’s statements come in the context where the Middle East war has caused natural gas prices to rise in Europe. The world’s largest liquefied natural gas…
Iran has published images of an underground drone and missile complex, on the fifth day of war, reports Daily Mail. A video clip broadcast by Fars News agency, close to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), shows vast networks of tunnels lined with rows of Shahed missiles and drones. The filming, accompanied by the sound of a ticking clock, includes spectacular images revealing what appears to be a massive underground arsenal alongside drone and missile launches. In one sequence, a large mural image of the former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, overlooks the drone depots. Iranian flags hang from the tunnel ceilings, and…
In Russia, additional sanctions have been applied for the first time against a young man who failed to report to the military recruitment office after receiving a summons. According to human rights organizations, the authorities used the electronic military registration record to impose several civil restrictions. Among these are the prohibition to drive cars, register properties, or open a business. The case concerns a resident of the city of Kaliningrad. The young man received a summons in November 2025 to report to the military recruitment office for data updating, but he did not show up. Approximately 20 days after the…
The entire electrical grid of Iraq abruptly shut down, plunging the country into darkness, at a time of heightened regional tensions, due to a power outage, the causes of which are still being investigated. Iraq is facing a major energy crisis, after, on Wednesday, March 4, the entire national electrical grid completely shut down, leaving the country in the dark. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Electric Power in Baghdad, which confirmed that the power outage affects all Iraqi provinces. “The electrical grid has completely shut down in all Iraqi provinces,” the institution conveyed, according to the official…
Reza Heidari, an Iranian doctor, translator, and activist based in Romania, argues that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s supreme leader, plays a crucial role in the Tehran regime’s leadership and is “more fanatical” than his father, Ali Khamenei. In an interview with Digi24, he discussed the growing dissatisfaction in Iranian society and the hope for a radical regime change. According to Reza Heidari, in recent years, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, would have been at the center of Iran’s power mechanisms. “Ever since Khamenei became the supreme leader of the Islamic state of…