Author: disinfo1
On the VKontakte page of a certain Roman Koșelev, aged 29, there is a photo from the gym, and his status is a motivational quote: “Sport is life”. Every day, he posts about the progress of the “special operation” and about the “nazism” in Ukraine. Among the pages he is subscribed to are “Contract Service in the Ministry of Defense of Russia” and dozens of news channels from various regions. Only that Roman… never existed. His photo was taken from a Telegram channel about sports supplements, and his profile – like thousands of others – was created to promote Russian…
Russian citizens should retire ten years later than the law allows, in order to significantly increase their pensions, said Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee for Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs. “If a person decides to work another five years after reaching retirement age, they can increase their individual pension coefficients by 36%, and the fixed payment – by 45%. If they postpone retirement by 10 years, their pension will double,” Bessarab said in an interview with TASS. However, she warned that in order to benefit from this increase, the person needs to work without insurance…
Europe is not prepared to face a massive attack with Russian drones and must learn from Ukraine how to build a defense ecosystem, otherwise risking to commit a “historical error”, warned on Monday, the European Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius. “We are not ready to detect and neutralize Russian drones”, he said in a speech held in Vilnius. “The Russians learn quickly. And us?”, he wondered. The war in Ukraine has changed the rules of combat, he further emphasized. “Tomorrow’s wars will not be won with tanks and artillery, but with drones and missiles”, assured Andrius Kubilius, urging Europeans to…
US President Donald Trump has expressed openness to the adoption of new US Congress sanctions against Russia, just days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that Trump assured him that his country can continue to import Russian oil, reports dpa, according to Agerpres. “Any country that does business with Russia will be severely sanctioned,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening at Palm Beach airport in Florida. “We could add Iran to this formula,” Trump further stated. The White House leader did not provide further details regarding the planned punitive measures. On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated, after a…
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron signed a letter of intent on Monday in Paris, outlining Ukraine’s plans to acquire approximately 100 Rafale fighter jets manufactured in France over the next ten years, reports Kyiv Post. The French publication Le Figaro, quoting the Élysée Palace, stated that the document establishes a long-term framework – about ten years – for potential future contracts that would allow Ukraine to acquire new French defense equipment. This includes “approximately 100 Rafale aircraft with the corresponding armament,” according to the statement. France also stated that the plan could include other systems…
A 33-year-old man from Kirov, Alexei Kuznetsov, has been sentenced to three years of forced labor in Russia for donations made to the Anti-Corruption Fund, the organization founded by opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The sentence was pronounced at the Savelovsky Court in Moscow. The prosecutors had asked for a harsher sentence, three and a half years of detention in a colony. However, the court took into account the period previously spent in pretrial detention and under house arrest, which will be deducted from the sentence. Kuznetsov will be required to transfer 15% of his income to the state during the…
Damage has been discovered on the railway leading to Ukraine. The railway malfunction in the area of the city of Żychin was discovered by the train mechanic, who managed to brake, the Polish police informed. At the time of the incident, there were two passengers and several crew members on the train, none of whom were injured as a result of the emergency braking. As the police mentioned, train traffic on the line with the damaged section was stopped, but continued on the neighboring line. The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, did not rule out the possibility that the…
A cyber attack claimed by pro-Russian hackers targeted several Danish government websites on Thursday, as well as a platform of a defense industry company, announced the Danish Civil Security Agency. According to the agency, “several Danish companies and websites are currently facing outages and operational disruptions due to DDoS attacks”. The statement specifies that the authorities are closely monitoring “the situation”, working closely with military intelligence services, reports AFP, according to Agerpres. The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057 announced on social media that it targeted websites of some Danish institutions, including the Ministry of Transport and the borger.dk platform dedicated to…
A diplomatic conflict between Moscow and the Italian press has erupted after the newspaper “Corriere della Sera” refused to publish an interview with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, labeled by Russian officials as “outrageous censorship”. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov answered “comprehensively” all the questions submitted by Corriere della Sera, but the newspaper refused to publish the text, arguing that “Lavrov’s statements contain too many questionable assertions that need to be verified or clarified, and their publication would exceed reasonable limits”. The Ministry also specified that it proposed to publish a shortened version in the printed edition,…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday not to allow young men to leave the country, reports Agerpres, citing AFP. Merz’s request targets a recent decision by Kiev to authorize Ukrainians aged between 18 and 22 to leave the country. The effect was that a new wave of Ukrainian refugees arrived in Germany, adds the cited source. Merz and Zelensky had a phone conversation in the context of the corruption scandal shaking Ukraine. Timur Mindich, a close associate and business partner of Zelensky, fled the country after it was revealed that he had sponsored a…