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In 2023-2024, war spending pushed Russia’s GDP growth above 4%—the best in a decade. In 2025, that growth collapsed to 0.6%. The engine became a drain.
Russia’s 2025…

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In 2023-2024, war spending pushed Russia’s GDP growth above 4%—the best in a decade. In 2025, that growth collapsed to 0.6%. The engine became a drain.
Russia’s 2025…

If the initiative receives a million signatures from at least seven EU counties — a likely outcome given the popularity of the issue — the Commission will be forced to state which actions, if any, it will take in respond to the initiative.
“The EU pretends everything is back to…

At Ukraine’s request, the OSCE will hold an emergency debate on Thursday, January 15, to consider Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian cities and its disregard for U.S.-led peace efforts.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced this on X, Ukrinform…

The UK government has summoned the Iranian ambassador in response to the ongoing “brutal” killings of protesters in the country, the foreign secretary has said.
Thousands of people are feared dead or have been detained after a crackdown on…

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If the ayatollahs’ regime in Iran, allied with Moscow, were to collapse, the global oil market would face another powerful factor pushing barrel prices downward. This process…

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German prosecutors have charged two Ukrainian men with espionage for their role in an alleged Russian plot to blow up postal depots last year.
The men sent parcels…