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Russia doubles down on its warning to Kiev stating the city will be hit if Ukraine attempts to disrupt Russia’s World War Two ‘Victory Day’ commemorations. · Moscow urges civilians and foreign diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital. Powerful blasts rock Beirut as the IDF launches a new wave of attacks on the Lebanese capital. Israel's Prime Minister claims the country's forces targeted and killed a Hezbollah commander. · And with talks…

By Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club · “A new world order must be built to ensure economic justice and equal political security for all nations. An end to the arms race is an essential prerequisite for the establishment of such an order.” · This year marks the 40th anniversary of…

Influential Christian leaders are raising urgent concerns after claiming they were quietly warned by U.S. intelligence officials to “prepare now” for a coming wave of government disclosures about UFOs and so-called “non-human intelligence.” By Frank Bergman · Religious leaders were reportedly warned that the coming revelations could shake the foundations of biblical faith. · Evangelist Pastor Perry Stone says a small group of high-profile…

Moscow sees no point in continuing the trilateral contacts with Ukraine and the US until Kiev makes “one serious step,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov has said. The senior official was apparently referring to the withdrawal of the Ukrainian troops from the parts of Donbass still under Ukrainian control, a move long-demanded by Russia and consistently rejected by Kiev. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Ushakov admitted…

There is something deeply unsettling in the tone of the EU’s current strategic debate. What is presented as prudence increasingly resembles panic. What is framed as “strategic autonomy” often sounds like something else entirely: a loss of confidence, a surge of ideological hostility, and a willingness among declining liberal elites to flirt with the most destructive weapons ever created. By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at…

Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unabashed corruption. The root of the escalating graft scandal lies in an investigation that Western-backed Ukrainian law enforcement…

By Alex Krainer · End of Israel? · In the 19 March TrendCompass report, I discussed the damaging effects of Iran war, and the ominous messianic slant of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Israeli society, recalling Henry Kissinger’s 2012 prophecy that in ten years’ time, Israel would no longer exist. This concern has been corroborated by an opinion piece published in the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz on May 1, titled “Netanyahu Will Go, but…

The strategic stakes are simply too high as NATO encroaches on Russia’s entire southern periphery via TRIPP and Turkiye just revived talk of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline that’s anathema to Russia’s interests. Andrew Korybko · The Turkish Energy Minister revived talk of the long-discussed Trans-Caspian Pipeline in early April in a live interview with local media where he spoke about his country’s regional pipeline plans, which the Middle East Eye…

Yellow and blue smoke rose, and out of it appeared a pair of breasts with “RUSSIA KILLS” written across bare skin. · The performance was carefully designed for the Venice Biennale press circuit, providing exactly the kind of imagery Western activist culture and media ecosystems eagerly amplify. By Valeriya Kovalenko · Balaclava-wearing members of Pussy Riot and FEMEN briefly barricaded the Russian pavilion during the opening of the 2026 Venice…

With €90 billion in EU funding expected to flow into Ukraine, questions are now being raised over whether a significant portion of that money is being directed into politically connected private interests. · At the centre of the controversy is Fire Point, a Ukrainian company that reportedly evolved from a film casting agency into one of Ukraine’s largest drone and missile manufacturers following the escalation of the war in 2022. By RT Newsroom…