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German building materials firm Knauf says sale of Russian business has fallen through after reports of supplies to nuclear sites
German building materials producer Knauf has announced that it has been unable to sell its business in Russia after talks with a potential buyer collapsed. “Knauf remains committed to its plans to wit...
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Head of European Commission accuses Russia of waging hybrid war against EU
Speaking today at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that recent drone incidents and violations of EU airspace are proof that Europe is alre...
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Spain seizes property of Russian Helicopters CEO Nikolai Kolesov on suspicion of money laundering
Spanish authorities have seized property belonging to Russian Helicopters CEO Nikolai Kolesov on suspicion of money laundering, according to Maria Pevchikh, head of investigations at the Anti-Corrupti...
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Macron’s latest PM is out: France’s return to political turmoil
On Oct. 6, new French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in the job. The development should not have come as a surprise. A nationwide strike in France broke out on Oct. ...
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Promised Danish crackdown on Russia’s “shadow fleet” means data gathering for sanctions, maritime analyst explains
Danish authorities announced yesterday that they intend to tighten environmental oversight of oil tankers in the port of Skagen, through which thousands of vessels pass annually en route from the Balt...
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Budget of mass destruction: VAT hike signals Russia’s course toward prolonged war and economic decline
Russia’s federal budget is being rewritten on the fly. Although the final deficit for 2025 remains to be seen, the country’s Finance Ministry has released the draft budget for 2026, which includes a f...
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Anti-drone nets installed at Russian nuclear test site on Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, The Barents Observer reports
Russia has installed protective anti-drone nets over fuel storage tanks at the secret military settlement of Severny on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, according to updated Google Earth images dated Au...
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War and wine: While Russia bleeds money and battles drones, Putin's wine business is booming
The Krinitsa winery, just down the road from Putin's Gelendzhik palace, is estimated to be worth over 27 billion rubles ($330 million), making it Russia's most valuable winemaking operation. Plans are...
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Russian drone strikes prenatal clinic in Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of nationwide attack
On the night of Oct. 5-6, Russian forces launched 116 drones across Ukrainian territory. “The enemy attacked with 116 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types,” Ukraine’s Air Force said on ...
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Denmark to tighten control over passing oil tankers to combat Russia’s “shadow fleet”
Danish officials have announced plans to tighten environmental control over oil tankers in the port of Skagen, which serves as a transport hub between the Baltic and North Seas
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“We were flying with paper maps”: The state of Russia’s civil aviation under sanctions
On Sept. 11, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorized the Belarusian airline Belavia to purchase spare parts and new aircraft from the West, opening the door for Russian companies t...
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Hungary and Slovakia could diversify away from Russian oil if they wanted to, experts explain
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said his country will not stop importing Russian oil via pipeline because he “cannot change geography,” referring to Hungary’s lack of access to the sea
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Reality Czech: Prague looks set to follow the Kremlin-friendly path blazed by Hungary and Slovakia
Results of the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections will not be announced until Saturday, Oct. 4, but analysts are already arguing that, regardless of the outcome, the country is set to follow the...
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Spanish prosecutor closes investigation into major manufacturer Maxam, whose Russian plants continue producing explosives despite EU ban
Spain’s public prosecutor has closed a pretrial investigation into MaxamCorp International S.L. that was opened after a report by The Insider exposed the company’s Russian factories, which continue to...
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Hacker group Black Mirror releases first batch of Rostec files detailing Russia’s international military deals and sanctions evasion schemes
The hacker collective Black Mirror has released the first portion of an archive of documents from the Russian state defense corporation Rostec. The tranche contains more than 300 items. The materials ...
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Reporting for duty: Kremlin sends in new agents after Austria expels spies masquerading as journalists
In June 2024, Austria revoked the accreditation of two correspondents for the state-controlled Russian news agency TASS — Ivan Popov and Arina Davidyan — on the suspicion that they were not journalist...
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All the king's men: How Trump uses troops to police America, damaging the military in the process
The U.S. Department of Defense is undergoing more than just a rebranding — it is being reshaped in appearance as well. “No more beards, no more dudes in dresses,” declared Defense Secretary Pete Hegse...
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New Safe Confinement at Chornobyl left without electricity after Russian strike on Kyiv Region
Facilities at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, including the New Safe Confinement over the destroyed reactor unit, were left without electricity after a Russian strike on energy infrastructure in th...
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IAEA director Grossi warns of nuclear accident risk at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, located in a Russian-occupied area of southern Ukraine, has been left without an external power supply for more than a week, operating solely on backup diesel gen...
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“Our tigers are used to shelling”: How the revived ecopark survives on the outskirts of Kharkiv
The famous landscape park in the Kharkiv Region was destroyed by Russian artillery and rocket fire in the very first days of the full-scale invasion. Russian forces killed several of the ecopark’s emp...
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Investigation exposes Taiwan as the world’s largest importer of Russian naphtha, which is then refined and sold to the West
In the first half of 2025, Taiwan became the world’s leading importer of Russian naphtha, a petroleum distillate used in the production of gasoline and solvents. According to a joint investigation by ...
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France investigates Russian “shadow fleet” tanker anchored off coast one week after it was spotted near Denmark amid airport drone sightings
French authorities have launched an investigation into the oil tanker Boracay, sailing under the flag of Benin and believed to be part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.” According to a Reuters repo...
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