Russia Shifts Part of the Cost of Drone Defenses Onto Business
The new arrangement would allow Russia’s Defense Ministry to permit businesses to purchase large-caliber air-defense systems.
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Armenia’s parliamentary elections delivered a convincing victory for Nikol Pashinyan’s party — an outcome that, on the whole, had been expected.
According to official but still preliminary results, Civil Contract won 49.81 percent of the vote, enough to secure an absolute majority in parliament with 61 seats.
China Ramps Up LNG Purchases Ahead of Summer Demand Peak as Russia Partly Replaces Lost Qatari Volumes
According to Bloomberg, the rise in purchases is linked to expectations of heavier pressure on the power grid in the coming months and the need to secure stable fuel supplies in advance.
France again boards a tanker linked to Russian oil trade
According to Bloomberg, the tanker in question is the Tagor, which departed from Russia’s Murmansk and is subject to international restrictions.
Russian banks allowed to defend themselves against drones
According to Reuters, Russia has passed a law allowing the Central Bank, Sberbank and other financial organizations to operate anti-drone systems independently and to arm staff in order to protect facilities without the mandatory involvement of special forces.
Berlin Proposes an Intermediate Path to the EU for Ukraine
According to Bloomberg, the initiative comes from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has sent a letter to the heads of the EU’s key institutions.
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На кадрах с камер видеонаблюдения запечатлен взрыв в столице Бахрейна Манаме, произошедший, по заявлению властей, в результате ракетного удара со стороны Ирана. Видео публикует Al Jazeera.Телеканал напоминает, что, согласно заявлению КСИР, иранские у...
Black Recruiters: How the Trade in Soldiers Turns People Into Commodities for the Front
An investigation by journalist Anastasia Kashevarova reveals a vast shadow network of “black recruiters” in Russia — corrupt intermediaries who forge documents, exploit vulnerable people, and trade soldiers between regions and units for profit.
Xi Hosts Putin After Trump Visit, Projecting China as a Stable Center of Power
For Putin, this will be his 25th trip to China. Moscow and Beijing are portraying the two-day visit as confirmation of their “all-weather” partnership, despite Western pressure on China to use its influence over Russia to help end the war in Ukraine.
