Category: 1. Russia

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers is seeking to tighten the legal and financial vice on Russia’s global mercenary network, introducing legislation on February 10 that would designate the Kremlin’s rebranded proxy forces as…

Despite claims of an ‘unprecedented fight against corruption,’ Ukraine ranked 104th out of 182 countries in the new Corruption Perceptions Index for 2025. This was reported by the anti-corruption organisation…

Calls to the Federal Security Service (FSB)’s public tip-off hotline surged in 2025, the agency said Tuesday amid what Russian officials say is an ongoing campaign of sabotage during the nearly four-year war on Ukraine.

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Iran wants to strike a deal with the US to abandon its nuclear programme. This was stated by US President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox Business.

‘They haven’t talked to anyone else, but they talk to…

Reports of the sudden death of 77-year-old Valentin Balakhnichev, former president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation, emerged on February 2. The circumstances surrounding his death quickly drew the attention of…

Greece and Malta have expressed doubts about the advisability of the European Union imposing a ban on the transport of Russian oil, including insurance and freight. This was reported by Bloomberg.

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Latvia introduced sweeping labor restrictions in the summer of 2025 that bar Russian and Belarusian citizens from employment at sites designated as “critical infrastructure” — a category that includes the country’s major state-run…

Kiev has begun planning presidential elections and a referendum on a peace agreement after Washington demanded that both votes be held before 15 May 2026. This was reported in The Financial Times (FT).

“Ukraine…

The European Parliament (EP) has approved an emergency vote to amend the EU’s seven-year budget until 2027.

On 11 February 2026, the European Parliament will vote on borrowing on external markets to provide…

Venezuela has sent a shipment of oil to Israel for the first time since 2020, Bloomberg reports, citing data from Kpler.

“When the cargo arrives, it will be the first such shipment since mid-2020, when Israel…