The UK has cut funding aimed at countering Russian propaganda in the Western Balkans, where Russia is accused of sowing division and destabilisation, from £40 million last year to £24 million for 2025-26. Keir Starmer’s decision to cut overseas aid has resulted in a 40 percent reduction in funding for...
EU renews economic sanctions against Russia
Today, the Council renewed the EU’s restrictive measures in response to the Russian Federation’s continued actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further six months, until 31 July 2026. These economic measures, first introduced in 2014, were significantly expanded after February 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and...
Deepfake about a “coup” in France: how a fake video nearly caused international panic
In December 2025, social networks, particularly Facebook, became a platform for the spread of dangerous deepfakes — videos generated by artificial intelligence that announced an alleged coup in France. The video, which imitated an emergency report from the scene, garnered over 13 million views and caused real alarm not only...
Uninvestigated death and missing data: the Serbian trail in Moscow
The death of Radomir Kurtic, a representative of the Serbian state defense company Jugoimport-SDPR, who died in Moscow on November 17, 2025, remained virtually unnoticed by the international community until mid-December, when it was reported by the Serbian media. The Military Security Service and the Information and Security Agency (BIA)...
Neo-Nazi teenagers: German prosecutors bring charges against eight members of terrorist group
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office (Bundesanwaltschaft) has officially brought charges against eight young people suspected of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group “Last Wave of Defense” (Letzte Verteidigungswelle, L.V.W.). Seven of them are charged with membership in a terrorist organization, and one with supporting such an organization. The charges...
Russian border guards staged a provocation on the border with Estonia
Estonia accused Russian border guards of illegally crossing the state border. The incident occurred on December 17 on the Narva River near the Vasknarva breakwater. This prompted a sharp reaction from Tallinn: The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires, and the border services of the two countries held a...
The US has opposed the confiscation of frozen Russian assets in Europe
The administration of US President Donald Trump has expressed its disagreement with the European Union's plans to confiscate frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance Ukraine. This was reported by The Times newspaper, citing sources in diplomatic circles. According to the publication, US representatives warned their European partners in private conversations...
Russian intelligence intimidates Belgian officials and Euroclear executives over “reparation loan” to Ukraine
European intelligence agencies accuse Russian intelligence of organizing a campaign of intimidation against Belgian politicians and top managers in the financial sector. The goal is to prevent Belgium from supporting the European Union's plan to grant Ukraine a large “reparation loan” secured by frozen Russian assets, The Guardian reports, citing...
Cannon fodder for a bloody dictator: how the Kremlin recruits mercenaries around the world
At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russia tried a method that few expected to see in the 21st century, namely the mass recruitment of prisoners into combat units. Independent investigations have shown that at least 48,000 Russian prisoners were recruited into the Wagner private military company with promises...