Olena Mukhina    North Korea claims current shell production has quadrupled compared to normal levels.

Maria Tril    Bulgaria’s parliament greenlit a cabinet headed by Rumen Radev former president who called occupied Crimea Russian by 124 votes to 70.(

Alexander Moisseenko    Dmitry Novikov ran Russia’s biggest 2024 Latin American influence operation targeting Milei for backing Ukraine. Argentina caught him in Lanà s.

Maria Tril    Switzerland’s annual intelligence report names Russia the biggest threat to Europe, lining up with Dutch, German, Danish, and Estonian assessments of...

Peeter Helme    Trump pulled the Tomahawks. Yet Kyiv has opened the export door.

Alexander Moisseenko    Two years of intelligence warnings have met a US troop withdrawal from Germany the EU’s rearmament plan is still four years out.

Benjamin Murdoch    Russian shipments now cover most of Syria’s crude needs as domestic production remains far below demand and alternative suppliers have failed to fill...

Yuri Zoria    WADA announced 291 individual Russian athletes punished, with 11 of them sanctioned twice for separate violations.

Maria Tril    Venice Biennale’s international jury resigned on 30 April 2026 over a war crimes dispute. Russia and Israel return to award contention as ticket...

Olena Mukhina    North Korea, one of the closest allies of Russia, already possesses enough nuclear warheads and delivery systems to&

Alexander Moisseenko    Three rounds of US sanctions relief in seven months. 430 prisoners freed, 838 still jailed and Lukashenka’s banks are back online.

Olena Mukhina    It includes angular design, sharp body lines, stainless-steel body, distinctive front lighting.

Alexander Moisseenko    Five for five at the Belarusian-Polish border. As part of a prisoner swap, a Russian defendant was released six weeks before he was due in Kyiv.

Yuri Zoria    Ukraine’s sanctions package will cover transporters and individuals and entities profiting from the scheme, according to the President.

Alexander Moisseenko    Mali broke ties with Ukraine in 2024 to keep its Russian protectors. Those protectors just retreated from a strategic northern city under escort by...

Olena Mukhina    Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Albania, and Slovakia were Soviet satellite states.

Olena Mukhina    Without him in the room, diplomats acknowledged behind closed doors that Orbán had long absorbed the blame for conflicts that were never really his...

Maria Tril    ISW reports Moscow is using accusations against Lithuania and NATO over Kaliningrad Oblast to build justifications for potential future military...

Peeter Helme    A Delaware senator walked the Treasury Secretary through the loop. The March oil numbers closed it.

Alexander Moisseenko    The EU’s last openly pro-Russian leader reframes his 9 May visit as a pilgrimage for peace. The flowers at the Kremlin wall stay on the schedule.

Yuri Zoria    He invoked the Donbas playbook, warned of intervention to protect 220,000 Russian passport holders, and accused ChiÈ inÄ u of blockade.

Olena Mukhina    Still, it doesn’t change Russia’s military goals.

Olena Mukhina    Still, Latvia may be more vulnerable.

Yuri Zoria    His rivals refuse to govern with Radev, the leader of a left-leaning coalition, making a stable pro-Russian government unlikely even if he wins.

Olena Mukhina    Why build a new missile?

Maria Tril    US Treasury issues General License 134B easing Russian oil sanctions for cargoes already at sea until 16 May, drawing sharp condemnation from Senate...

Alexander Moisseenko    Vienna says neutrality doesn’t mean indifference as it becomes the 20th state to back prosecution of Russia’s crime of aggression.

Olena Mukhina    Shoigu cites Article 51.

Olena Mukhina    ChiÈ inÄ u drew a line on the Dniester.