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Russia’s Central Bank demands seizure of Euroclear documents in Brussels

5 November 2026 18:44

The Bank of Russia has asked a Brussels court to send a bailiff and an IT expert to Euroclear’s headquarters to collect, describe and preserve documents on the depository’s contacts with the

Ukraine receives another €4.36 billion from the EU

5 November 2026 15:45

The European Commission on November 5 transferred another tranche of €4.36 billion to Ukraine under the two-year Ukraine Support Loan of up to €90 billion. Of this amount, €3.7 billion is the

Democrats take aim at Trump’s crypto business

Russian diesel supplies to the US may be at risk of disruption

Analytics

4 November 2026 17:53

“We’ll leave, we’ll have enough grenades for all of you.” Why Ukraine needs the Donetsk region

The Donetsk region of Ukraine, whose Russian part bears the name Donetsk People’s Republic, continues to be at the heart of the armed conflict. In addition to military operations, two mutually exclusive

The situation around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal. What is really happening in Warsaw

31 October 2026 14:47

The conflict between President Nawrocki and Prime Minister Tusk around the Constitutional Tribunal may be linked to whether Tusk’s coalition will retain power or whether it will come to early elections. Here

Interest on the loan to Ukraine will cost the EU budget at least €35 billion

Netanyahu is still ahead, but he does not have a majority

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Democrats take aim at Trump’s crypto business

5 November 2026 13:57

Democrats are preparing to investigate the crypto business of Trump and his family, Bloomberg writes. They want to find out what financial benefits the

It is important to understand that in America people did not vote for the Democrats, but in large part against Trump

4 November 2026 18:52

There are two reasons, and contrary to popular belief, both are unrelated to foreign policy. For example, the same war with Iran did not

The secret prison in Borshchagovka. How Budanov can become a hero and why the Russians are again to blame

3 November 2026 12:22

On the evening of November 2, a conflict broke out in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka near Kiev around a private house that was allegedly used as

“Mr. Veto” and a lame duck with a nuclear briefcase: what Europe fears after November 3

2 November 2026 14:05

Tomorrow the US midterm elections take place. Brussels awaits them as one awaits a bad diagnosis: with hope and fear at the same time.

The Trump team is being hit by a real perfect storm just a couple of days before the congressional elections

31 October 2026 13:45

Now the technology indices have also started tumbling, losing about 2 trillion dollars in total capitalization in October. This is beginning to resemble the

Investigations and fact-checking

14 October 2026 14:08

Current affairs

Russia’s Central Bank demands seizure of Euroclear documents in Brussels

Ukraine receives another €4.36 billion from the EU

Democrats take aim at Trump’s crypto business

Russian diesel supplies to the US may be at risk of disruption

Analytics

“We’ll leave, we’ll have enough grenades for all of you.” Why Ukraine needs the Donetsk region

The situation around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal. What is really happening in Warsaw

Interest on the loan to Ukraine will cost the EU budget at least €35 billion

Netanyahu is still ahead, but he does not have a majority

Blog

Democrats take aim at Trump’s crypto business

It is important to understand that in America people did not vote for the Democrats, but in large part against Trump

The secret prison in Borshchagovka. How Budanov can become a hero and why the Russians are again to blame

“Mr. Veto” and a lame duck with a nuclear briefcase: what Europe fears after November 3

The Trump team is being hit by a real perfect storm just a couple of days before the congressional elections

Investigations and fact-checking

Fake: After strikes on Yandex data centers, there are fewer pro-Russian bots online

Fake: mobilized soldiers from the Irkutsk region brought plague to the Zaporozhye region

Fake: An outbreak of plague occurred at a military training ground in Belovodsk

Fake: Miners were called to take part in rallies in the LPR

A coordinated disinformation campaign has been launched in the Russian information space ahead of the elections