Author: disinfo1
Vladimir Putin would have given the green light to a new recruitment campaign, one that targets not only intelligence but also the personal charm of future agents. According to The Sun, universities in Russia are seeking young women capable of becoming successors to the famous Anna Chapman, who was arrested in the United States in 2010 following a spy scandal that went around the world. The recruitment would be coordinated by female agents of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, who go directly to campuses to select candidates. At the State University of Novosibirsk, students were reportedly summoned to mandatory meetings,…
Montenegro took a step closer to EU membership on Wednesday, after the bloc’s countries agreed to start work on an accession treaty for the small Balkan nation, European officials said, according to Euractiv. The ambassadors of the current 27 EU member states have decided to establish an “ad-hoc working group” for the preparation of an accession pact, a technical but essential step on the path to accession, an official said. “We are confident that this will send a strong signal that accession is within reach of expansion partners,” said a spokesperson for Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the…
Ukrainian officials announced on Wednesday that the country has resumed pumping Russian oil through a pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia. The move ends months of deadlock over a 90 billion euro loan granted by the European Union to Kiev. Shortly after the announcement made by Kiev, EU ambassadors gathered in Brussels gave preliminary approval for the loan, as well as for the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, officials said. The final decision is expected to be adopted on Thursday, reports BBC. Although the funding had been agreed upon since December of last year, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor…
Germany published on Wednesday a package of strategic documents considered fundamental for defense and the German armed forces, in what is considered the most comprehensive reorganization and integrated planning of defense within the Bundeswehr, made in the last decades. The package includes the first integrated military strategy, a new profile of military capabilities, a plan to increase the number of military personnel, and a review of the strategy concerning the military reserve, reports Defense News publication. The German Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius, announced the package of laws at an annual military-themed conference organized last November. Military officials presented the…
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, ruled out on Wednesday a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as long as the American blockade against Iranian ports is maintained, which he denounced as violating the armistice between the two countries. “A complete ceasefire only makes sense if it is not violated by a naval blockade (…) The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is impossible as long as the ceasefire is blatantly violated,” he wrote on platform X, after US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening a unilateral extension of the armistice signed on April 8, reports…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has renamed the Federal Security Service (FSB) Academy in honor of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police CEKA. The decision was announced through a decree published on the Kremlin’s website. The decree specifies that this honorary title was granted in recognition of the activities and results of the academy’s staff, writes the independent website Meduza. “Considering the merits of the FSB Academy staff in the professional training of personnel for the benefit of the Federal Security Service and taking into account the significant contribution to ensuring state security,” the decree states. The FSB…
Ghenadi Ziuganov, the veteran leader of the Communist Party in Russia, has warned the Moscow Parliament that the country’s economic deterioration risks triggering a revolution similar to that of 1917. He asked the government to urgently take measures to remedy the situation, Agerpres reported on Wednesday, citing Reuters. Ziuganov, aged 81, issued the warning during a plenary session of the State Duma, in view of the parliamentary elections scheduled for September in the Russian Federation. \”We do everything we can to support (President) Vladimir Putin, as well as his strategy and policies, but you (the government) do not listen to…
The Pentagon revealed, on Tuesday, more details about the defense budget, worth 1.5 trillion dollars, requested by President Donald Trump for the fiscal year 2027. This is, by far, the largest annual increase in defense spending since the period following the Second World War, according to Agerpres, citing Reuters. The Pentagon has created a category it calls “presidential priorities”. This includes the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, achieving supremacy in the field of drones, Artificial Intelligence and data infrastructure, as well as the defense industrial base. Last year, Trump requested a national defense budget from Congress worth 892.6 billion dollars.…
Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday that the repairs to the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies Hungary and Slovakia with Russian oil, have been completed. However, he conditioned the reopening of it on the unblocking of the European loan of 90 billion euros for Ukraine, blocked by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, according to Reuters and EFE agencies, as reported by Agerpres. “Ukraine has completed repair work on the Drujba oil pipeline section that was damaged by a Russian strike. The pipeline can be put back into operation,”Zelensky wrote on X. “But we tie this to the unlocking of the European…
The United States can no longer supply the Ukrainian military, as they have significantly depleted their stocks of weapons and ammunition in the war against Iran. Therefore, Europe must increase its arms production to support Ukraine in the war initiated by Russia, stated on Tuesday the European Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius, quoted by Agerpres. \”The American defense industry will need a few years – three or four – to replenish these reserves. Consequently, we must focus much more on our own military production,\” said the European Commissioner in an interview given to the European Newsroom (ENR) news agency network.…