According to updated estimates from Kyiv, Pyongyang has transferred about 12,000 troops to Russia, including 500 officers and three army generals. Earlier this week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had already spotted North Korean army officers in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not confirmed or … Read more
With parliamentary elections set for late October, and EU membership negotiations due to start shortly thereafter, the timing of this behavior was largely puzzling. However, an even greater riddle was the ruling party’s 12-year reign: If Georgians were so passionate about Western integration, why did they keep reelecting the anti-EU Georgian Dream (GD) for more … Read more
Russia-fed misinformation has been stoking fears about Sandu’s potential reelection as well, claiming she’s preparing to drag the country to war with Transnistria, which is politically backed by Moscow. These misinformation efforts have also focused on tarnishing the EU’s reputation, claiming that membership will spread LGBTQ+ propaganda and lead to family separations. Despite Russia’s outside … Read more
Both the Kremlin and Pyongyang deny they have engaged in military transfers. And NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Friday that he could not “confirm reports that North Koreans are actively now as soldiers engaged in the war effort.” But Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last summer signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty that commits … Read more
POLITICO has not been able to independently verify the veracity of the videos or their content. The videos appeared online as NATO chief Mark Rutte told journalists on Friday that he could not “confirm reports that North Koreans are actively now as soldiers engaged in the war effort.” Citing OSINT experts, Agentstvo reports the video … Read more
Still, that deep EU knowledge provides a marked distinction between Rutte (who was Dutch PM for 14 years) and his predecessor (who comes from non-EU Norway). “I’m good friends with all the senior leaders in EU, and I’m looking forward to working with them,” Rutte said, adding that he’s scheduled meetings with European Commission President … Read more
But the documents obtained by The Insider suggest that references to Navalny’s symptoms were removed, the outlet said. An earlier version of the documents, signed by Russian investigator Alexander Varapaev, recorded that Navalny had suffered symptoms that medical experts said were consistent with poisoning, according to the report. “Convict A.A. Navalny lay down on the … Read more
PUTIN is offering a “safe haven” to “losers and misfits” in a bid to weaponise them against the West, a Russia expert has warned. Russian-loving Westerners are increasingly turning up to Putin’s land – with the despot turning them into an enemy of the West as part of his propaganda warfare. 9 Russian President Vladimir … Read more
Henke went on to claim that the AfD has won the support of most Russian speakers in his area, largely, he said, because they did not understand German well enough to read the lies promoted by mainstream news outlets and German public broadcasters. “They do not become victims of the official propaganda to the extent … Read more
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Relations between Armenia and its historical ally, Russia, have soured since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with the South Caucasus country freezing its membership of the Moscow-led CSTO military alliance, dispatching humanitarian aid to Kyiv and staging joint drills with … Read more
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