WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. intelligence services, in 2022 endorsed one of Russia’s main justifications for invading Ukraine: the existence…
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How credible is Russia’s evolving nuclear doctrine?
Russia’s doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons has gone through several evolutions over the past 15 years. Changes in 2010 and 2020 seemed relatively benign. In September 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced additional…
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Former Ukrainian MP Derkach joins Defence Committee of Russian Federation Council
Andrii Derkach. Photo: his Facebook page
Former Ukrainian MP Andrii Derkach, who fled the country and is wanted, has joined the Security and Defence Committee of the Russian Federation Council.
Source: Chesno…
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Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits
Now that Donald Trump is returning to a second term as U.S. president, ascertaining the true state of Russia’s war economy is more important than ever. Trump’s advisors believe that Ukraine must settle for peace by whatever means…
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Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: Lessons from the Nordic-Baltic Region on Countering Russian Gray Zone Aggression
Russia’s intensifying hybrid warfare poses an acute challenge to European societies. Because they take place in a legal gray zone below the threshold of armed conflict, these actions are difficult for Western governments to respond to within…
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Providing more data about news results in the EU
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Facebook and Instagram to Offer Subscription for No Ads in Europe
Update on November 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM PT:
Today, we are announcing important changes to Facebook and Instagram in the EU, including reducing the price of subscription for no ads by 40%. Going forward, people based in the EU will still have…
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Russia’s Great Energy Game in the Middle East
The Oil Price War of 2020
The Saudi-Russian relationship was tested during the oil price war of 2020. From 2016 to 2019 OPEC+ focused on stabilizing the oil market. Their strategy aimed to manage market expectations, eliminate excess supply, and…
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Icebreaking Explained – Finland: Europe’s Icebreaker Superpower
If you ask your average Finn what their country is best known for, they might point to saunas or their regular top ranking as the world’s happiest country. But for Finland, a country in which almost every port freezes over with ice…
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Russia emerges as the real winner of Georgia’s disputed election
A delegation of parliamentarians from France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states arrived in Tbilisi on…
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