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Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s friend and the US envoy for the Middle East, brought the American president red caviar from Russia. The delicacy comes from the Habarovsk region, in the Russian Far East, and Witkoff first tasted it at a luxury restaurant in Moscow, where Putin’s men took him for lunch. He was so impressed by the red caviar that the Minister of Industry sent him an entire box to give to Donald Trump, reports TASS, the state press agency in Moscow. According to TASS, Steve Witkoff was “strongly” impressed by the red caviar, which he first tasted in Moscow,…
The former deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, politician Dmitry Kozak, was one of those who were not afraid to speak out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in front of Vladimir Putin. On the second day of the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin ordered Dmitry Kozak to demand Ukraine’s surrender. However, he refused, arguing that he did not know what the Russian president wanted to achieve by launching an invasion, writes the New York Times. Moreover, when tensions between the two reached high levels, Kozak stated that he was ready to be arrested or shot for his disobedience. Subsequently,…
An apparently trivial detail from Vladimir Putin’s office revealed the continuation of the Kremlin’s practice of broadcasting pre-recorded video materials with the Russian president as being recent. An apparently trivial detail from Vladimir Putin’s office revealed a new lie of the Kremlin, which has made a habit of publishing pre-recorded video recordings as if they were recent, a phenomenon that has already become known as “canned”. In this case, it is about the disappearance of the Christmas tree from the Russian leader’s office in “recent” recordings, marking the 16th such confirmed manipulation in 2025. Here’s the tree… The decorated tree,…
Last week, Estonia began construction of the first five bunkers on the border with Russia, as part of a so-called Baltic defense line, according to an announcement made on Wednesday, December 17, by the Estonian Center for Defense Investments. In the second phase, which will be implemented over the coming months, another 23 bunkers will be built, and by the end of 2027, the construction of about 600 underground shelters in north-east and south-east Estonia should be completed, reports EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres. Estonia, along with the other two Baltic states, former Soviet republics, Lithuania and Latvia, maintains difficult…
The American Congress adopted its defense strategy for 2026 on Wednesday, reaffirming its support for US alliances in Europe, contrary to recent signals sent by President Donald Trump and his administration. The NDAA, adopted annually by both chambers of Congress with a certain degree of consensus between Democrats and Republicans, outlines the areas on which the United States should, according to elected officials, focus its defense efforts for the following year. The 2026 version, over 3,000 pages long, anticipates a total annual budget of over 900 billion dollars, an increase of 5 billion dollars compared to the previous year, writes…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday that using Russian assets for Ukraine is equivalent to a declaration of war. On his way to Brussels on Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the seizure of Russian assets to finance Ukraine “can only be interpreted as a declaration of war.” Orbán has consistently criticized the European Union’s policy towards Ukraine and has repeatedly threatened to block sanctions or additional measures that would support Kiev, writes Mediafax. Other capitals have frequently criticized Orbán’s closeness to Moscow, including his visit last month to the Kremlin for a meeting with President…
Turkey has announced that it wants to return the S-400 missile systems it purchased nearly a decade ago to Putin, a decision that would end the most controversial defense deal made by a NATO ally. Erdogan says he wants to improve relations with the US and other NATO allies through this decision, and also hopes to be readmitted to the F-35 aircraft procurement program, reports Bloomberg. Erdogan conveyed his intention to return the systems during a meeting in Turkmenistan last week, after discussions on the topic had also taken place between lower-ranking officials, according to sources cited by the American…
The European Parliament adopted, on Wednesday, a definitive ban on all imports of Russian natural gas into the European Union starting “at the latest” in the fall of 2027. The action aims to deprive Russia of the resources to finance the War in Ukraine. “We are still paying almost 40 million euros a day to Russia and we are still financing the massacres in Ukraine,” said the rapporteur of the text, Inese Vaidere, reports AFP. The European Parliament adopted this text with a large majority, which is necessary to obtain a final green light from the member states of the…
Belgian politicians and top directors from the financial sector have been the target of an intimidation campaign orchestrated by Russian intelligence services, aimed at convincing Belgium to block the use of 185 billion euros from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, according to European intelligence agencies. Security sources told The Guardian that key figures in the leadership of Euroclear, the securities depository that manages most of the blocked Russian assets, as well as political leaders of the Belgian state, were deliberately targeted. EU leaders, who will meet in Brussels on Thursday, are debating whether to approve urgent loans for Ukraine,…
A high-ranking Ukrainian official told AFP on Wednesday that the administration of US President Donald Trump is “pressuring” European countries to “abandon the idea” of using frozen Russian assets in the EU to help Ukraine. “Seven countries are already publicly not supporting this idea”, the official continued, speaking on condition of anonymity, adding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is traveling to Brussels to convince European leaders, gathered Thursday at a summit, to use these assets, reports Agerpres. Approximately 210 billion euros from the Central Bank of Russia are currently frozen in the EU. These were frozen by Western powers following…