The thin red line in the Baltic

At the end of September 2025, the news was made public in Latvia that the country plans to restore swamps, reservoirs and forests in historically destroyed – areas due to peat extraction. Degraded peatlands should once again turn into healthy natural areas of the local eco-system. This idea, which was...

Drones in the sky of Europe. Russia expand hybrid war

The autumn of 2025 marked a new stage in the Russian-European confrontation. Previously, violations of the airspace of European countries by Russian drones were episodic, but now they have acquired a systemic and massive nature. September saw the peak of alarming incidents. In Poland and Romania, Germany and Denmark, drone...

Russian money in Brussels: the case of Nathan Gill

Russia In modern Europe, which strives to remain a model of democracy and transparency in politics, nevertheless, corruption scandals break through from time to time. But some of them cause more than just indignation, they become a mirror of deeper processes that take place in the heart of European institutions....

Russia’s use of cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions

After the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022, Russia faced unprecedented sanctions pressure. Restrictions have affected key areas of the Russian economy such as the international financial sector, oil and gas exports, and access to global capital markets. Under these conditions, Moscow began to look for new...

Dark finance: oil traders fueling Russia’s «shadow» fleet

For observers who monitor the activities of the Russian tanker fleet, which is often called the "shadow one," an interesting question remains: the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed in this area by the US, the European Union, and other jurisdictions. You can often hear about tankers transporting Russian oil changing...

Silent war of the Russian secret services in Europe

The last four years have been marked by a significant increase in the activities of Russian intelligence services throughout Europe. The entire spectrum of hybrid operations is recorded, ranging from agent recruitment to critical infrastructure sabotage and cyber attack. These processes became especially noticeable after 2022, when the full-scale invasion...