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Vladimir Zelensky has issued an open military threat to Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, earning him a rare rebuke from his backers in Brussels · Cash and gold seized by the Hungarian authorities in a probe into a suspected Ukrainian money laundering scheme. © Facebook / kormanyzat · A Hungarian probe into money laundering has led to the detention of several Ukrainians who were transporting almost $100 million worth of cash…

The US president has expelled the conservative commentator over his criticism of the Iran war · Donald Trump shakes hands with Tucker Carlson on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. ©  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has expelled prominent conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, saying Carlson has “lost his way.” · The breaking point between…

Tyler Durden · Aaaaaand, she's gone...Moments ago Bloomberg reported that Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to replace Noem.  · Trump posted the following on Truth Social: · "I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has…

A directive granting residency and aid is set to expire in 2027, as countries struggle to sustain millions of immigrants · The European Commission’s Special Envoy for Ukrainians in the EU Ylva Johansson. ©  Sayed Hassan/Getty Images · [RT] The EU is unlikely to extend its temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian immigrants beyond its current expiry date, the bloc’s special envoy, Ylva Johansson, has indicated. · Brussels…

The Ukrainian leader has taken aim at the Hungarian PM over his refusal to lift a veto on billions in EU loans for Kiev · ©  Ruptly · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has issued an apparent military threat to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the ongoing refusal by Budapest to lift a veto on billions in loans underwritten by EU members for Kiev. · Orban last month blocked a planned €90 billion ($106 billion)…

The sex-trafficker and financier who killed himself in prison is widely suspected of enabling criminal depravity for global elites · The funeral of children killed in an airstrike on a school in Minab, Iran, amid a US-Israeli attack, March 3, 2026. ©  Stringer / Anadolu via Getty Images · The strike on an Iranian school that killed at least 160 pre-teen students and teachers on the first day of the US-Israeli regime-change…

Moscow is considering a withdrawal without waiting for a blanket EU ban on Russian resources, the president has said · Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow. © Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov · [RT] Russia may withdraw from the European gas market and redirect its supplies elsewhere without waiting for the EU to ban its imports, President…

Slovakia has been locked in a bitter row with Kiev over Russian oil deliveries · FILE PHOTO. Power lines in Low Tatras, Slovakia. ©  Getty Images / NurPhoto / Oleksandr Rupeta · [RT] Slovakia will terminate an emergency electricity supply contract with Ukraine, state-owned energy operator SEPS has announced. · The move comes amid the continuing row between Kiev and Bratislava over the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which…

The Russian-Polish security dilemma will likely serve as the impetus for fully unleashing and properly managing the capabilities of European NATO as a whole per the US’ National Defense Strategy. · Andrew Korybko · RT drew attention in late January to a report by Izvestia about the West’s alleged plans to launch a “Defense, Security, and Resilience Bank” (DSRB) by 2027. Their article relies on in-depth research by the Atlantic Council, …

Alex Krainer · Money laundering is rightly billed as the mother of all crimes or, the crime that enables all other crimes. Most organized crime operations—whether drug cartels, human trafficking networks, protection rackets, or other types of crime—generate large amounts of bulk cash. Cash enables these organizations’ crimes, but it also severely limits their scalability. · Consider that, according to the U.S. Treasury Department,…