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The European Commission is preparing a project of measures to reduce border blockages and create common rules for military transport, in the context of concerns about European security and the need for a rapid response in crisis situations. The European Commission intends to launch a set of measures to facilitate the rapid movement of armed forces within the European Union, according to a draft document consulted by Reuters. The new proposal aims to create both an emergency system for cross-border military transport and the development of an initiative through which member states can pool their transport capabilities. The European Union…

Officials from European Union countries believe that the special envoy of the US president, Steve Witkoff, does not understand all the nuances of Russia’s war against Ukraine. This would be one of the reasons why EU leaders want to speak directly with Donald Trump, reports Politico. The publication recalls that Donald Trump sent his friend Witkoff to conduct personal negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to act as his special envoy in the Middle East. However, according to Bloomberg, EU officials were shocked by the fact that Witkoff does not understand the “complexity of the war between Russia and…

The Ministry of National Defense of Romania announced that it has begun the relocation of military equipment from the area of Ceatalchioi commune, Tulcea county, due to the danger of explosion of a ship loaded with LPG, hit on the Danube by Russian drones. “As a result of the measures ordered by the competent authorities regarding the preventive evacuation of the population from the commune of Ceatalchioi, Tulcea county, the Ministry of National Defense informs that there are also certain military surveillance systems in the area, installed for monitoring the situation near the border. In accordance with operational procedures, these…

On Monday, Russia complained about the “belligerent rhetoric” of the German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, after he warned that the Kremlin regime might be preparing to attack a NATO member in the near future, reports DPA, quoted by Agerpres. “In Russia, there are no supporters of any kind of confrontation with NATO,” said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, on Monday, according to the TASS news agency. The statement is a reaction to the interview given to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in which Pistorius said that a Russian attack against a NATO country is conceivable by 2029. “Such militaristic and belligerent…

All 14 members of the Board of Directors of “Gazprom” have relatives who work (or have worked) in public administration or state-controlled businesses. Most of them — 12 in total — have relatives who, at some point, were employed in the structures of the Gazprom giant. The independent Russian publication “Project” documented this situation in a comprehensive study on nepotism in Russia. Ostentatious luxury. One of the most evident cases of conflict of interest is represented by the family of Gazprom’s vice president, Vitali Markelov. After being appointed to the company’s leadership in 2012, his son, Maksim Markelov, was hired…

The Hungarian Prime Minister criticized the European Commission’s proposal to continue financially supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia, considering the letter he received from Ursula von der Leyen to be “astonishing,” in a post on X. “Today, I received a letter from the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. She writes to me that Ukraine’s funding deficit is significant and asks member states to send more money. It’s astonishing. At a time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money, instead of asking for real oversight or suspending payments,…

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who has not attended any public event since October 28, met on Monday in Moscow with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Images of the meeting were published by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on social network X, following several weeks of speculation about a supposed fall from grace of the head of Russian diplomacy in the face of leader Vladimir Putin, reports Agerpres. Lavrov, who has not attended any public event since his visit to Minsk on October 28, welcomed the Indian minister at the reception house of the Russian Ministry of…

A court in Finland has officially confirmed for the first time that the luxury yacht Divina Barbara, 35 meters long and with an estimated value of 12 million euros, belongs to the Russian oligarch Eduard Hudainatov, former head of the “Rosneft” company and close to Igor Sechin. The decision comes after a Swiss-Belgian businessman unsuccessfully tried to lift the seizure imposed on the vessel, claiming that he is the real owner, through a complex chain of offshore companies. The Pirkanmaa district court dismissed the challenge, considering that the ownership scheme presented is “excessively complicated” and intentionally built to hide the…

The Russian air defense is primarily targeted these days by Ukrainian attacks at long distances, both in the occupied territories and in Russia, given that Kiev is trying to increase the effectiveness of its strikes against the military infrastructure and the energy sector of the enemy to force Moscow to start negotiations, EFE reported on Monday, according to Agerpres. The “Phantom” unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR) announced on Monday that it had attacked three important elements of Russia’s air defense network in occupied Donbas, including a command post of the advanced…

On Monday, the “Kremlin” factory in Shelehov, Irkutsk region – owned by the company “Rusal” – announced that it will suspend its operations starting from January 1, 2026. According to the statement given to RIA Novosti agency by the company’s press service, the main reason is the lack of demand: imported silicon is considerably cheaper than the Russian one, and imports are constantly increasing. On the international market, the Russian product is no longer competitive, claim the representatives of “Rusal”. The factory is the largest silicon producer in the Russian Federation. The management has already informed the regional authorities about…