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Poland is closing the last Russian Consulate in the country, located in Gdansk, and accuses the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service of recent acts of sabotage on a railway line to Ukraine. The Kremlin rejects the allegations and criticizes Warsaw’s decision. The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, announced that Moscow will respond in kind and will reduce Poland’s diplomatic presence in Russia. “The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service regularly recruits saboteurs under false flags to do its dirty work. This time it was not a simple act of sabotage, as in the past, but an act of state terrorism,…
The Central Electoral Commission in Chișinău will monitor the upcoming elections for the Popular Assembly in Găgăuzia to prevent violations of electoral legislation in the region and vote buying, as happened in previous elections. The statement belongs to Deputy Lilian Carp, the chairman of the Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order, invited to the “Public Space” show on Radio Moldova. According to the parliamentarian, the local electoral entity previously acted “in the interest of certain groups”, allowing structures created by the fugitive convict Ilan Șor to distort democratic processes and affect the integrity of the vote. “The decision…
Turkish President, Recep Erdogan, called on Wednesday for the resumption of negotiations in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine to end a war with “devastating” consequences. Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he met in Ankara, expressed hope for the resumption of prisoner-of-war exchanges with Russia by the end of the year, reports France Presse and EFE, according to Agerpres. Zelensky separately stated that “it is time for the war to end”. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations have already met three times this year, in May, June, and July, in Istanbul. “At a time when the destructive effects of the war are worsening for…
The US President, Donald Trump, stated on Thursday that he asked Vladimir Putin to let him alone resolve the “damned war” in Ukraine. Moreover, Trump declared himself “a bit upset” with the Kremlin leader because a peace agreement has not yet been reached in this conflict. “I’ve ended 8 wars and I have one more to resolve. You know which one,” Trump said during a US-Saudi Arabia business and investment forum held in Washington. “I thought it would be the easiest to resolve, because I have a good relationship with President Putin”. “But I’m a bit upset with President Putin…
The member states of the European Union have three options to finance Ukraine’s needs, the most efficient being the granting of compensation based on frozen Russian assets, stated on Thursday, November 13, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in the plenary of the European Parliament. In a debate dedicated to presenting the results of the European Council of October 23, the head of the community executive mentioned that a first option would be for the European Union to use a “loophole” in its budget to raise capital. The second variant would be an agreement between EU…
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, in a televised interview given to Bloomberg, stated that he has not spoken with businessman Timur Mindici since the beginning of the investigation into the corruption case in the energy sector, reports BBC News. “The most important thing is that the guilty are convicted. The president of a country at war can’t have friends”, Zelenski declared, quoted by the Babel publication. According to the Ukrainian president, the case involves “the business environment and some members of the government”. “Firstly, ministers bear political responsibility, and then, depending on the results of the investigation and the…
Ukraine could lose funding by February 2026 if Belgian authorities do not accept a reparations loan for Kiev using Russia’s frozen assets, writes Politico. This situation threatens Ukraine with a financial crisis, and much will depend on the support of Western allies. It’s about allocating up to 140 billion euros to support Ukraine over the next two to three years, through a reparations loan based on Russia’s blocked assets. European officials consider this measure to be the last chance to consolidate Kiev’s position in international negotiations. However, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever opposes the idea, expressing fears that his…
An American B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber conducted a target strike exercise on the Sotinpuro range in eastern Finland, near the Russian border, announced the Finnish Air Force. After the training mission, the aircraft entered Estonian airspace, approaching the Russian border to about 50 kilometers, reports The Moscow Times. In Finnish airspace, the bomber was escorted by Finland’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, and in Estonia, by the British Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon. A NATO AWACS E-3A Sentry aircraft also operated simultaneously over Estonia, ensuring surveillance and coordination of the flight. Previously, the US Air Force Command in Europe had announced that…
Timur Mindich, a businessman who, according to some sources, is at the center of a major corruption investigation, is a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky, with interests in multiple industries. Mindich, co-owner of the president’s production company Kvartal 95, is said to have benefited from his ties with Zelensky and dramatically increased his influence in recent years, according to journalistic investigations. An investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) into Mindich’s activities was one of the factors that led to an attempt by authorities to eliminate NABU’s independence in July, law enforcement sources told Kyiv Independent. The Anti-Corruption Bureau…
Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Monday announcing that the upcoming week in the USA is one of “anticommunism”, and in which he casually attacks his progressive opponents, reports AFP. These proclamations, through which American presidents highlight for a day or a week themes they consider very important, have mainly a symbolic value, reports Agerpres. Denouncing “one of the most destructive ideologies in history”, the 79-year-old Republican writes in this text released by the White House: “Today, new voices repeat old lies, disguising them under expressions such as ‘social justice’ or ‘democratic socialism'”, a current claimed by Zohran Mamdani, recently…