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The European Union has added five more individuals and four organizations to its sanctions list. Among those sanctioned are businessmen who are directly or indirectly linked to the major state oil companies in Russia – “Rosneft” and “Lukoil”, reports DW. “They control ships that transport crude oil or petroleum products of Russian origin or exported from Russia, hiding the real origin of the oil and applying irregular and high-risk navigation practices”, states a press release from the EU Council. The organizations targeted by the new sanctions are maritime transport companies based in the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Russia, which…
On December 14, dozens of people protested in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia’s decision to ban the American children’s gaming platform Roblox, a rare demonstration of public discontent amid growing irritation among the population over this ban, Reuters reports. In wartime Russia, censorship is widespread: Moscow blocks or restricts social media platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube, while simultaneously distributing its own version through the Russian social media and mass media network. The Russian communications oversight authority, Roskomnadzor, announced on December 3 that it had blocked Roblox because it was “full of inappropriate content that…
Poland could provide Ukraine with between six and eight MiG-29 fighter jets set to be retired from service this month, said Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk in an interview with news channel TVN24, as reported by Kyiv Independent. “They could end up in a museum, they could be sold as scrap metal, or they could be sent to Ukraine and used to kill our enemies,” Tomczyk said, defending this measure. The comments come after Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz floated the idea of transferring the Soviet-made MiG-29 planes remaining in Warsaw’s possession to Kiev in exchange for Ukrainian drone…
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects an “artificial armistice” and instead advocates for a “real peace” for Ukraine, conveyed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday. “President Putin is open to peace, real peace, serious decisions, and what he totally rejects are the stratagems to buy time and create artificial armistices,” said Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Russian presidency, in his daily telephone press conference, reports EFE, according to Agerpres. At the same time, he refused to speculate whether it will be possible to reach an agreement on the US peace plan before the end of this year, as, according to…
The former leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc, has confirmed that he will testify as a witness in the case known as “kuliok” (black bag – ed.), in which the former president of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon, is accused of passive corruption and accepting illegal party funding. Plahotniuc confirmed on Monday, December 15, his intention to testify while participating in a new court hearing in the bank fraud case. He also stated that he will attend all court hearings where witnesses will be heard. The hearing of Vladimir Plahotniuc, as well as his former associate Serghei Iaralov,…
The proposal for Ukraine’s territorial concessions for a peace agreement was conveyed to President Donald Trump, announces the German Chancellor. According to Friedrich Merz, this took place after a phone call he and other European leaders had with the US president on December 10. “For the most part, it’s about what territorial concessions Ukraine would be willing to accept”, Merz stated in a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, reports DW. The German Chancellor emphasized that the final answer to this question can only be provided by the President of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and that…
At least 16 TikTok accounts, most of them operated without assumed identity, have distributed, in just a few weeks from October to November, approximately 230 clips generated with artificial intelligence.The materials presented scenes with locals in front of the television applauding North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, images of marching soldiers or snippets of everyday life in North Korea, all packaged in a propagandistic aesthetic.Many of these accounts had no previous activity history: they appeared suddenly, posted compact series of similar clips, and followed the same debut pattern as other profiles in the same network. The rhythm, synchronization, and homogeneity of…
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it has detained a ship from Russia’s “ghost fleet”, which was illegally transporting agricultural products from Crimea, occupied by Russia. The ship was detained in a commercial port in Odessa, according to an SBU statement. The vessel arrived under the flag of an African country to pick up a shipment of steel pipes. The ship’s owner was sanctioned by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, so he regularly changed the ship’s name and formal beneficiaries in third countries, according to the post. The SBU added that, before Russia’s large-scale invasion…
On the night of December 11, Moscow was targeted by a massive drone attack. As a result of the incident, approximately 200 flights were cancelled or delayed at the airports in the Russian capital. Affected passengers expressed dissatisfaction with the waiting conditions, some being forced to sit on benches, cardboard boxes, or makeshift mattresses. Sobyanin stated that emergency services are intervening at the scene of the incidents. He did not provide details about possible victims or damage on the ground, notes The Moscow Times. During the attack, Rosaviatsiya, the Federal Air Transport Agency, imposed restrictions on landings and takeoffs at…
At a round table organized at the embassy on the topic of resolving the conflict in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made several statements regarding the situation in the region, European politics, and peace negotiations. The event came in the context where discussions between Russia and the US aim to find a long-term settlement in Ukraine, after the initial peace plan of American President Donald Trump was repeatedly discussed with Kremlin officials. Lavrov stated that negotiations with the US continue based on the agreements from Anchorage. “We have transmitted to our American colleagues additional proposals, which concerned collective security…