On July 7-8, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), chaired by IOC Executive Board member Kirsty Coventry, officially announced the preliminary lifting of the suspension on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The official pretext for this move was the conclusion of the IOC Legal Commission, which...
Russian missile terror in Ukraine as a modern manifestation of the Nazi “Blitz”
In the history of 20th-century wars, there are chapters that once seemed permanently closed, left behind in textbooks and archival records. One such chapter was the doctrine of “strategic bombing” of civilian populations, aimed at completely breaking a nation’s will to resist. In the autumn of 1940, Europe watched in...
The GRU Spy web under the guise of oil exports
In late November 2024, a surge of activity unfolded over strategic US and UK airbases in East Anglia—RAF Lakenheath and RAF Fairford—where the US had resumed stationing its tactical nuclear weapons in the summer of 2025. Over the course of a week, groups of unidentified, low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
Who and how is shaking up the Italian government at the behest of Moscow
The Kremlin's animosity toward Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been repeatedly demonstrated through public attacks and insults directed at her by pro-government Russian propagandists. Russia is displeased with the consistent policy of the Italian official, who has done a great deal to reduce Italy's energy dependence on the Russian...
The Kremlin’s spy fleet — oligarchs’ superyachts in the service of intelligence
In 2018, an incident unfolded off the coast of Cyprus that remained in the shadows of official naval reports for a long time. The British landing ship HMS Albion, conducting closed maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean, was forced to weigh anchor urgently and change its operating area. The reason for...
The IOC has capitulated to the Kremlin’s hybrid blackmail
Under systemic pressure from Russia, the evolution of the International Olympic Committee's position regarding the exclusion of Russian athletes from international competitions transformed from total isolation in 2022 to the gradual introduction of so-called "individual neutrality" during 2024–2025, which allowed Russian athletes to compete in certain disciplines without national symbols...
Keir Starmer’s resignation and the structural problems of British politics
The resignation on 22 June 2026 of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who was recently seen as a symbol of returning stability after the chaotic period of Conservative rule, has become further evidence that the crisis in the British political system is not temporary but structural in nature. Over the...
The disappearance of the forests in the Romanian Carpathians and the failure of European environmental policy
In August 2024, a drone operated by environmental activists flew over the Ceahlău mountain range in the Romanian Carpathians. The footage revealed newly built logging roads, clear-cut slopes, and wide corridors cutting through a forest area that is officially designated as a protected Natura 2000 site on European maps. What...
Spanish authorities and corruption within their inner circle
In the spring of 2024, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez—a politician who had come to power on a platform of fighting corruption and restoring trust in state institutions following numerous scandals during the People’s Party era—publicly announced a five-day pause to reflect on his future political career. This was prompted...
Ireland continues to supply alumina to Russia’s defence industry
For years, the Irish government has been lobbying behind the scenes in Brussels to prevent restrictions being imposed on supplies of alumina produced by the Aughinish Alumina plant, the ultimate beneficiary of which is the sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, and a series of corporate and legal manoeuvres carried out...