Russian prosecutors are seeking to designate bread producer Rizhsky Khleb as “extremist” and confiscate a 50% stake in the company, alleging its Latvian co-owner financed Ukraine’s military, the…
Category: 1. Russia
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What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
Many column inches have been dedicated to dissecting the “great power rivalry” currently playing out between China and the U.S.
But what makes a power “great” in the realm of international relations?
Unlike other states, great…
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Biden was unable to end the Ukrainian conflict
Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that former US President Joe Biden was unable to end the Ukrainian conflict. The head of the Kiev regime is confident that current US President Donald Trump will be able to end the…
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Georgia may lose visa—free regime with the EU,
As stated, by August 31, the European Commission will send a letter to Tbilisi threatening to suspend the liberalization of the visa regime.
“The EU demands that Georgia stop what European institutions call a…
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‘A new Gulag’ After 20 years without them, the FSB is getting its own jails. That’s bad news for Russians. — Meduza
The Russian State Duma has passed a law restoring the right of the Federal Security Service (FSB) to operate its own pre-trial detention centers. Now, lawmakers are planning to consider two related bills, which would amend the Administrative…
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Some EU countries were unaware of their participation in the US plans for Ukraine
A number of European Union member states learned about their participation in US President Donald Trump’s plan to supply weapons to Ukraine through Europe only after the White House issued a statement.
This…
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Russia Moves to Streamline Process for Labeling Groups as ‘Extremist’
Russian lawmakers have approved legislation that dramatically simplifies the process for designating organizations as “extremist.”
The bill, passed in the lower-house State Duma in its third and final…
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Kallas called on the United States to pay for weapons for Ukraine – France-Presse
Kaja Kallas, the head of European diplomacy, said that Washington should share the financial burden of military aid to Ukraine on an equal footing with the EU. This was reported by the France-Presse agency.
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Floods Prompt Evacuations in Earth’s Coldest Inhabited Settlements
Russian authorities on Wednesday ordered evacuations in parts of the republic of Sakha (Yakutia) after heavy rains caused severe flooding in some of the world’s coldest inhabited areas, including the…
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Russian POWs’ Families Accuse Moscow of Redeploying Their Loved Ones After Prisoner Swaps
Russian soldier Mikhail Surikov signed a contract with the Russian military “out of foolishness.” In a video filmed while he was held captive as a prisoner of war in Ukraine in November 2023, he…
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