Category: World

Russia’s strategy to increase its value-added tax (VAT) aims to support escalating defense and security expenditures, and is anticipated to push consumer prices up by approximately 1% next year, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Monday. “Changes in VAT could impact the financial performance of businesses. We estimate its effect on inflation to be […]

On Tuesday, the Kremlin supported former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent assertion that Poland and the Baltic nations hindered attempts to organize EU-Russia discussions prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov remarked to reporters, “In numerous foreign policy matters, it is clear that the EU and Brussels are being […]

The police in Nizhny Novgorod detained the daughter of the late journalist Irina Slavina when she attempted to place flowers outside the regional police headquarters in her mother’s memory, as reported by the human rights organization OVD-Info on Thursday. Irina Slavina, the editor-in-chief of the independent news platform Koza Press, passed away on October 2, […]

A court in Helsinki dismissed a case against three crew members of a vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” who were suspected of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, citing a lack of jurisdiction. The captain and two senior officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S were alleged to have dragged their […]

In September, Russia escalated its long-range missile and drone assaults on Ukraine, according to an analysis by AFP based on data from Kyiv’s Air Force. These attacks coincided with a series of reported Russian violations of European airspace and a standstill in peace negotiations. Throughout the month, NATO enhanced its defenses along its eastern frontiers, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized American intelligence agencies to provide Ukraine with intelligence data for targeting Russian energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, pipelines, and power generation facilities, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed U.S. officials. This directive, which instructs the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to share this information, was […]

Intense Russian attacks on Sunday resulted in the deaths of five people across the southern Zaporizhzhia region and Lviv in the west, causing significant damage to energy infrastructure and disrupting power supply for tens of thousands. With the onset of colder weather, Russia has intensified its assaults on Ukraine’s energy systems. “Late Sunday night, Russia […]

A tanker associated with Russia’s “shadow fleet,” which was seized by the French navy, was en route to the Suez Canal on Friday, with its captain now back on the ship, as reported by maritime tracking sites and a source familiar with the situation. The vessel, named Boracay, is blacklisted by the European Union due […]

Russia has adapted its ballistic missile systems to alter their flight paths and avoid detection by Ukrainian air defense systems, including the advanced U.S.-provided Patriot systems, according to a report from the Financial Times on Thursday, based on information from Ukrainian and Western officials. The Patriot systems are considered some of the top-tier defensive equipment […]

Ukrainian officials reported to AFP on Thursday that the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant was receiving power as usual, just one day after President Volodymyr Zelensky raised alarms about a temporary loss of electricity. Zelensky noted that a containment structure at the facility had been disconnected from power for over three hours due to a Russian […]