Europe’s 12-point bid for peace in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth year, the European Union finds itself thrust into the diplomatic spotlight amid a backdrop of frustration and finger-pointing. With U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitious peace initiatives hitting repeated roadblocks – exemplified by the postponement of a planned summit with Russian President…
FSB Expands Powers Over “Troubled Youth”
The spy agency has drafted legislation that would allow FSB officers to take part in the work of juvenile commissions across the country and feed intelligence on so-called “troubled youth” into government blacklists and databases. The FSB’s new prison-and-detention empire, relaunched only this summer, will also be folded into the…
Romania announces downsizing of U.S. forces on NATO’s eastern flank
Bucharest insists the decision is not a withdrawal but a rotation adjustment, and that 1.000 U.S. soldiers will remain in the country. Romania’s Ministry of National Defence confirmed on Wednesday (29 October) that the United States plans to reduce the number of troops deployed on NATO’s eastern flank, including those…
Sanctions gone: Dodik hails Trump, Republika Srpska opposition cries treason
The U.S. announced on 29 October the removal of sanctions imposed on Milorad Dodik, the former president of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on 29 October the removal of sanctions imposed on Milorad Dodik, the former president of Bosnia…
Russian state company defies Western sanctions with covert Sofia property sale
Russia’s state-owned Goszagransobstvennost organised a secret auction to sell a property in the most expensive area of the Bulgarian capital. The Russian state-owned firm Goszagransobstvennost has organised a secret auction for the sale of a property in one of the most expensive areas of Sofia, according to the Bulgarian investigative…