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The American Department of Justice announced on Monday the creation of a fund of 1.776 billion dollars intended to compensate allies of President Donald Trump who claim they were unfairly targeted by the previous administration. According to the American authorities, the fund will allow the granting of compensation from public money to some of Trump’s supporters through a government agency under the control of the presidential administration. According to CNN, the announcement was made after Donald Trump dropped the 10 billion dollar lawsuit against the American Tax Office (IRS), in which he accused the institution of not protecting his tax…
Without Orbán in power, the EU wants to extend sanctions against Russia from six months to one year.
European leaders are set to discuss in June the extension of the sanction reapproval period against Russia from six months to a year. The move is now possible, after Viktor Orbán lost last month’s elections in Hungary – he was the one who systematically blocked any such extension and used the renewal process as a political lever, writes Politico. The prospect of extending the reapproval cycle was discussed last week in closed-door meetings, in preparation for the mid-June European summit, according to five diplomats and European officials familiar with the discussions, who spoke on condition of anonymity, given the political…
The Iranian Parliament is considering the possibility of introducing a huge reward for the assassination of American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a new escalation of tensions between Tehran, Washington, and Tel Aviv. According to statements made by Iranian officials, the Tehran legislature is set to vote on a bill that would provide a reward of 50 million euros to the person who would kill the two leaders. The initiative is presented by the Iranian authorities as a reaction to the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whom the Tehran regime claims was killed following…
The empire version proposed by Vladimir Putin proves to be unviable, rapidly approaching its denouement, while the Russian Federation is paying for the effects of a major strategic error: the invasion of Ukraine. Behind the scenes, the new tsar at the Kremlin is forced to navigate through increasingly acute factional disputes, in an environment where oligarchic elites and those from security services are vying for influence, watching for signs of his weakness, write analysts Andrei Piontkovsky and Anton Eremin, in Kyiv Post. A subtle but extremely valuable indicator of these internal tensions is the show “The Great Game” from the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to promote the development of a new generation of strategic weapons that the Kremlin presents as capable of changing the global military balance. Among the systems under development or already tested are autonomous nuclear torpedoes, hypersonic missiles, nuclear propulsion weapons, and space technologies that Western officials warn could threaten the global satellite infrastructure. Security analysts say that the new programs reflect a profound deterioration of the international armament control architecture, in a context where many of the treaties between Washington and Moscow have been suspended or abandoned, writes Daily Mail. Poseidon: autonomous nuclear torpedo One…
Vladimir Putin aims to convince Xi Jinping, with whom he is meeting on Tuesday, during his 25th visit to China, to accept the construction of the “Power of Siberia 2” gas pipeline. The main obstacle remains the price of gas and, although Gazprom is said to have come up with a very advantageous offer, as a source close to the company told Bloomberg, the Chinese side has not given in and wants a price five times lower than what it is currently paying, writes The Moscow Times. According to the source cited by the agency, Moscow’s objective is to reach…
Following the attacks of the Ukrainians in Moscow, Russian Z propagandists have openly started discussing the replacement of Putin, in the context of the stalemate on the front. The Telegram channel “The Sixth Day | ROMAN ROMANOV”, with over 30,000 subscribers, wrote that Putin “has never stepped in front of the people” after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Moscow and is afraid to stand with the Russians during a war he himself initiated. The propagandist writes that Putin is no longer capable of fulfilling his duties and does not know how to end the war with Ukraine and, therefore, must be…
In an unusual attempt to counteract aerial attacks, the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Perm organized a religious procession and a prayer service, carrying an icon of the Mother of God through the city streets, with the declared aim of “protecting” the area from Ukrainian drones, reports the Russian publication Ostorojno Novosti. The event took place on May 12 and was initiated by the head of the Perm Metropolitanate, in the context of repeated attacks targeting the industrial infrastructure in the region. Representatives of the Perm Diocese supported the initiative, asserting that such processions have…
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges the EU to use all diplomatic tools in dialogue with Russia and to help end the war in Ukraine, according to Politico. “I believe that the military support we have provided so far is absolutely correct. I also believe it is right to do much more to create a deterrent effect beyond our support for Ukraine. What I regret is that, in my opinion, Europe is not using its diplomatic potential sufficiently,” Merkel said in an interview with the public television station WDR. “It is not enough for Trump to maintain contact with Russia,”…
Moscow is Russia, therefore drones flying over the Russian capital could lead to civil unrest, something that Putin is very much afraid of, said Garry Kasparov. The transfer of the war to Moscow could signify the beginning of the end for the current regime in Russia. The Russian opponent expressed his opinion on the situation in Russia during the broadcast of “Free Russia Forum” aired on YouTube. “According to Ukrainian standards, if we look at what is happening in Kiev and other cities, this attack on Moscow is a warm-up. But the fact that the war has reached Moscow has…