Russia’s decision to ban diesel exports this week has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, tightening supplies of one of the world’s most widely used fuels and driving prices sharply higher across
In a case described as something out of a spy novel, a group of Bulgarian agents operating on behalf of Russian intelligence has been convicted of espionage in Britain. The high-profile trial
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If the US and Russia want a deal on Ukraine, Zelensky will need to cooperate. That is far from certain. The result could be that President Trump will not be able to
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Romanian prosecutors have arrested six men on charges of treason for allegedly conspiring with Russian agents to overthrow the government. The group, named “Vlad the Impaler Command” after Romania’s medieval ruler, reportedly
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A sanctioned Russian cargo ship, the Baltic Leader, has been escorted through the English Channel by the Russian navy corvette Boikiy, raising fresh concerns about Moscow’s ability to transport military hardware despite
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. – Albert Einstein Introduction The confrontation between President Donald Trump,
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The verbal shootout at the Oval Office last Friday brought out President Vladimir Zelensky’s fury that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are very close to a deal on Ukraine, while the conclave
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Finland has lifted the arrest of the oil tanker Eagle S, which had been seized in late December following accusations that it damaged the Estlink 2 power cable connecting Estonia and Finland.
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In a surprising turn of events, US investors are reportedly supporting efforts to revive Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. The controversial project,
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The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has declared that the “free world needs a new leader” following a dramatic confrontation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at
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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have uncovered and thwarted a Ukrainian-orchestrated plot to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior Orthodox Church figure widely believed to be President Vladimir Putin’s personal
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