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Sergey Naryshkin, director of SVR: “Officials in the leading EU capitals and London are adjusting their tools to influence the social and political life in the countries they are focused on”

11:21 26.05.2025

Sergey Naryshkin, director of SVR: “Officials in the leading EU capitals and London are adjusting their tools to influence the social and political life in the countries they are focused on”

Europe's ruling classes use Ukrainians as cannon fodder to advance their own geopolitical interests, Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services TASS quotes. "The ruling European class shamelessly uses the so-called peripheral …

View from Delhi: Putin succeeds in engaging with Trump

11:19 26.05.2025

View from Delhi: Putin succeeds in engaging with Trump

Putin is not one of those bombastic politicians masquerading as statesmen on world stage. He is platinum grade in statecraft and governance — and brilliant in wartime, too. Unsurprisingly, Trump has a sneaking respect towards Putin, unlike towards the Europeans, Gulf sheikhs or the Global South toward whom he has …

Romania reported on the visit of French intelligence chief Lerner shortly before the election. What for?

11:17 26.05.2025

Romania reported on the visit of French intelligence chief Lerner shortly before the election. What for?

Two days before the second round of the Romanian presidential election, French intelligence chief Nicolas Lerner visited the country, Romanian journalist Marius Tuka wrote on his website, citing sources, ‘Izvestia’ informs. "Nicolas Lerner, head of the French Directorate General for External Security (DGSE), was on a brief visit to Romania …

NYT: All that Trump has changed

11:16 26.05.2025

NYT: All that Trump has changed

President Trump barreled back into office intent on using his second term to exercise raw political power and transform the country in his image. It’s been four months, and he already has, ‘The New York Times’ stresses. In a presidential opening act more aggressive and polarizing than anything the nation …

Corporate Japan warns of $28bn blow from US tariffs

10:24 25.05.2025

Corporate Japan warns of $28bn blow from US tariffs

Japan’s largest companies have said tariffs planned by the Trump administration could erode annual profits by tens of billions of dollars, with the probability of a bigger impact in the event of a US recession. Groups including Toyota, Sony and Mizuho could suffer a total hit as high as ¥4tn …

View from London: Russia’s elite drone unit destroying Ukraine’s precious HIMARS launchers

10:21 25.05.2025

View from London: Russia’s elite drone unit destroying Ukraine’s precious HIMARS launchers

The results were devastating, with the majority of Ukrainian troops pushed out of Kursk after the Rubicon unit destroyed their supply route. In the process, Rubicon is believed to have disabled hundreds of Ukrainian vehicles, including M2 Bradley infantry carriers and heavily armoured MaxxPro trucks, often with fibre optic cable …

JD Vance issues new warning: “Era of uncontested US dominance is over”

10:20 25.05.2025

JD Vance issues new warning: “Era of uncontested US dominance is over”

Vice President JD Vance warned about the end of an "era of uncontested U.S. dominance" during his commencement speech at the Naval Academy on Friday, ‘Newsweek’ reports. Vance's speech underscores the new approach to foreign policy embraced by the Trump administration. The perspective of Vance and President Donald Trump could …

British life-style: “For six hundred people on a ship of Royal Navy not to have a daily warm shower is a disgrace!”

10:19 25.05.2025

British life-style: “For six hundred people on a ship of Royal Navy not to have a daily warm shower is a disgrace!”

The UK’s £3.5 billion Queen Elizabeth-class carriers face ongoing issues, including a months-long hot water failure, sparking “Showergate” complaints and raising concerns over reliability, cost, and future upgrades, writes ‘The National Interest’. As conceived, the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers were to be the most advanced warships ever built …

MWM: Foreign combatants playing key role in major Donbas battles against Russia

10:10 24.05.2025

MWM: Foreign combatants playing key role in major Donbas battles against Russia

Russian troops are killing in large numbers soldiers and officers from NATO countries who came to fight against Russia, reports ‘The Military Watch Magazine’. Multiple Russian sources have reported that during major clashes at the the village of Volnoye Pole in the south of the disputed Donetsk region, foreign fighters …

Trump administration to Ukrainian migrants: “Take $1000 and go home!”

10:09 24.05.2025

Trump administration to Ukrainian migrants: “Take $1000 and go home!”

The Trump administration has devised plans to spend up to $250 million earmarked for foreign assistance to fund instead the removal and return of people from active conflict zones, including 700,000 Ukrainian and Haitian migrants who fled to the United States amid extreme, ongoing violence back home, according to draft …

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