According to the latest UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 and accompanying calculations by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the combined wealth of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (people with a net worth of $100 million or more) exceeded $31 trillion for the first time in history. Key figures for 2025: Number of dollar billionaires...
Embassy or Trojan Horse: Diplomacy, Security and China’s Presence in London
The issue of constructing a new embassy building for the People's Republic of China in London has evolved over several years from a construction project into a large-scale socio-political conflict involving issues of national security, diplomatic pressure and human rights. The story surrounding the so-called ‘super embassy’ reflects a broader...
Disaster of the century in Spain: 39 victims, king declares three days of mourning
On the evening of 18 January, a serious train crash occurred in the province of Ourense (Galicia, north-western Spain). A passenger train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol derailed on a high-speed section of the AVE line near the town of San Estevo de Nogueira. According to the latest data as...
The French government is preparing the 2026 budget without parliament due to sabotage by MPs
The French government, led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, has effectively acknowledged that it will be impossible to pass the 2026 state budget through a traditional parliamentary vote. The reason for this is the ongoing sabotage by far-left and far-right deputies in the National Assembly. According to sources in Matignon,...
The Havana Syndrome: invisible weapons and traces of the GRU
At the end of 2016, employees of the US Embassy in Havana began complaining of dizziness, nausea, headaches, and hearing problems. Some claimed that before their condition worsened, they heard piercing or low-frequency sounds, and the impact itself felt directed. Initially, these complaints were not taken seriously, but by 2017...
The UK has officially opposed direct negotiations with Russia on Ukraine
The UK Foreign Office has stated that, under the current circumstances, it does not support direct bilateral negotiations between Russia and Ukraine without Kyiv's participation in setting the agenda and without preconditions from Moscow. In response to journalists' questions about the possible resumption of direct Russian-Ukrainian dialogue, a spokesperson for...
Secret underground rooms discovered beneath new Chinese embassy building in London
During the final stage of construction and inspection work on the site of the new Embassy of the People's Republic of China in London (Royal Mint Court), British experts recorded the existence of previously unknown underground structures directly beneath the main building and the surrounding area. According to preliminary data...
Espionage among allies: Hungary’s role in a major espionage scandal in Brussels
The exposure of a spy network operating from the building of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union in Brussels was one of the most serious counterintelligence operations in recent years and has once again raised the issue of the stability and security of EU institutions. The joint...
Russia accused a British embassy employee of working for the secret services under diplomatic cover
On January 15, 2026, Russia's Federal Security Service announced that it had uncovered an undeclared British secret service agent operating under cover of a position at the British Embassy in Moscow. According to the FSB Public Relations Center, counterintelligence operations identified Davis Gareth Samuel, born in 1980. Officially, he held...
Russia recruits “disposable” saboteurs in Europe
In 2025–early 2026, European intelligence agencies recorded a sharp increase in attempts to recruit EU citizens to carry out sabotage operations on the territory of NATO and EU countries. According to estimates by the counterintelligence services of several countries, this involves a scheme using so-called “disposable” operatives — people who...