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Russian businesses faced a sharp increase in arrears in public procurement contracts in 2025. According to the Federal Antimonopoly Service data, since the beginning of the year, 1,173 cases have been initiated for non-payment of obligations, which is 20% more than last year, writes The Moscow Times. Complaints from small businesses have increased 2.5 times: if last year 200 complaints were filed, targeting overdue payments of 1.5 billion rubles in public procurement contracts, since the beginning of this year, 482 cases have already been reported, totaling 3.6 billion rubles. “Often, there is simply no payment capacity: the economy is stagnating,…

The Bosnian authorities have blocked the landing of the military plane transporting Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, to the Republic of Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia. The reason invoked by the Bosnian Defense Minister Zukan Helez was the support given by Budapest to the former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, actions which, according to him, undermined the country’s sovereignty. Helez explained on Facebook that Hungary “did not provide any clear explanation about the arrival of Peter Szijjarto, who was on board a military plane.” He added that Szijjarto, along with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, supported Milorad Dodik…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania has opened for public debate an emergency ordinance project that allows the Romanian Government to establish an extended surveillance mechanism over Lukoil’s assets, affected by the sanctions imposed by the USA. According to the project, extended surveillance stipulates that, in the case of unilateral sanctions adopted by other states, which are not mandatory for Romania, but which produce effects on Romanian territory, the Romanian Government can adopt, ex officio, with the approval of the Supreme Defense Council of the Country, a Government decision, by which: a) it acknowledges the significant economic impact of…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has handed another protest note to the agreed ambassador of the Russian Federation in Chisinau, Oleg Ozerov, in connection with the incident on November 25, when six drones illegally flew over the airspace of the Republic of Moldova. On the steps at the entrance to the MFA, the drone with the inscription “Z”, the symbol of Russian military aggression, which fell on the roof of the house in Cuhureștii de Jos, Florești, was displayed. Oleg Ozerov, who was summoned on November 26 to the MFA headquarters for the second time in the last week,…

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…