Russia Spies On NATO and Europe
Russian intelligence, though bruised, is firmly back on its feet after its recent humiliations. Russian cyber-activity goes from strength to strength. In December America and Britain issued public warnings over “Star Blizzard”, an elite fsb hacking group which has been targeting nato countries for years. The priority for Russian spies is to prepare for that conflict not just by
The new mobilisation law in Ukraine
The array of issues raised illustrates the tightrope the government must walk as it seeks to replenish battlefield manpower while protecting the fragile economy, which contracted by a third in 2022 before making a recovery last year. Ukrainian authorities acted to tighten the rules on drafting civilians into the army late last year as the
The declining dollar
The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against six major rivals, started the week down 0.058% at 104.14 after clocking five straight weeks of gains. The index is up 3% this year. Globally the dollar was steady on Monday after data last week showing U.S. inflation remained sticky cast doubts on when the Federal
Russia’s economy goes against economic sanctions
The International Monetary Fund recently forecast that GDP (gross domestic product) would rise by 2.6% in Russia this year, a steep increase from its October estimate. That’s on top of a growth rate of more than 3% in 2023. Meanwhile oil revenues are surging again and unemployment is at a historic low. The Kremlin has
EU new sanctions on Moscow
Germany is pressing for more European Union sanctions against Russia, German top diplomat Annalena Baerbock said Monday ahead of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting due to be attended by the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in Kharp,
Sora, The new AI for making short videos
Sora is not the first text-to-video AI application on the market. Google, Meta and the startup Runway ML are among the companies that have already demonstrated similar technology. OpenAI, the US company behind the ChatGPT chatbot and Dall-e image generator, on Thursday unveiled an AI application that can produce short realistic videos. The application, called Sora, can
Ending the war in Ukraine
At the beginning of the tensions in 2014, Russia had annexed Crimea while the separatists it backed seized part of the Donbas region, sparking a war between Ukrainian armed forces and the Russian-backed separatists. The on-going war has led to catastrophic deaths and destruction in Ukraine and resulted in the largest refugee crisis in Europe
Ukraine war is a matter of life and death for Russia
The Kremlin has repeatedly framed the almost two-year conflict as a battle for Russia’s survival in a bid to rally patriotic sentiment among its population, many apathetic toward the offensive.Events on the battlefield in Ukraine are a matter of “life and death” for Russia that could determine its fate, President Vladimir Putin , In that
Major scandal in Ukraine
Zelensky has called on all public officials in the country to disclose their incomes and he opted to lead by example, revealing his family’s financial assets and liability for the fiscal years of 2021 and 2022.On January 28th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published two years worth of his income in an effort to improve transparency
The Resignation of Hungary prime minister
The resignation of Hungary’s president over a child sexual abuse pardoning scandal was “correct, but a big loss” for the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in his annual state of the nation address Saturday.Orban said his government would emerge stronger from the scandal, focusing on the economy and on June’s European Parliament elections, which