The spy scandal that erupted in Italy in June–July 2026 confirmed that Russian military intelligence has not ceased its active operations in the country, focusing on its military secrets, defense-industrial complex, and military supplies to Ukraine. On 7 July 2026, carabinieri in Rome arrested two former employees of the Italian...
Science under sanctions: how Russian researchers circumvent EU restrictions
On 30 November 2024, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) officially terminated its agreements with residents of the Russian Federation in the field of fundamental scientific cooperation. Approximately 500 Russian specialists were denied access to the infrastructure of the Large Hadron Collider and leading European laboratories. This decision became...
How sanctions forced the Kremlin to nationalize its shadow fleet
Restrictions against Russia’s “shadow” fleet have proven quite effective. Frequent detentions of vessels and the risk of secondary sanctions against countries that provided their registration played a key role. This forced these jurisdictions to begin revoking the registration of tankers involved in the transportation of sanctioned Russian oil. As a...
Hybrid threat inside the EU: Why the ESN faction poses a danger
The ESN party (Europe of Sovereign Nations) was founded on the initiative of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the summer of 2024, based on the former far-right group “Identity and Democracy” (ID), which had ceased to exist earlier that year due to internal splits and a reconfiguration of far-right...
How Russia uses deepfakes and bots to divide Germany
Trying to influence the political landscape in Germany ahead of the state elections (Landtagswahlen) in September 2026, Russia has launched a new wave of disinformation campaigns on social media. The operation aims to undermine Germans’ trust in almost all major political parties in the Federal Republic of Germany — with...
The Kremlin prepares escalation against Poland: Analysis of scenarios and risks
Since the very beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has acted not only as a key military and political partner for Ukraine but also as the primary transit hub through which the country receives Western weaponry. Russia has tried by all possible means to disrupt Europe's...
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s anti-NATO stance and its implications for European security
Today's European security architecture is experiencing its deepest crisis since World War II. The unity and stability of European countries are being tested not only by external factors but also by internal socio-political polarization, which Russia is actively trying to fuel. France is one of the EU countries where both...
Project Fish revelations: the Kremlin’s secret operation against the British elite
In the corridors of British intelligence agencies and the halls of Westminster, rumors about the scale of Russian influence in the highest echelons of power had been circulating for a long time. However, recent revelations, largely based on intelligence archives and materials from the former head of MI6’s Russia desk,...
How Russia plans to destroy the Visegrad Four and paralyze the EU
In June 2026, an international consortium of investigative journalists—including the Czech television channel "NOVA," the Austrian magazine "Profil," and the investigative platforms "VSquare" and "FRONTSTORY.PL"—published a massive cache of internal documents shedding light on Russia’s long-term strategy in Central and Eastern Europe. At the center of this large-scale leak were...
The ‘Order of the White Eagle’ has become a sign of the crisis in historical policy in Eastern Europe
In June 2026, Ukraine and Poland — states that had become the closest allies in Eastern Europe after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war — found themselves on opposite sides of a historic dispute that touched on the most painful pages of the past. The symbol of this crisis was...