Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies allege the leader of a parliamentary faction offered bribes to other MPs for votes for and against laws. Investigators searched the offices of Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party. occrp.org/en/news/ukrain…

A new investigation by Schemes found that, years before assuming her current role as a parliamentary consultant, a Ukrainian lawyer was involved in projects funded by a Russian government-backed organisation sanctioned by the European Union, prompting national security concerns

Criminal Serbia. A Reporter Between the Mafia and the Government 3:40– Crime in the Balkans: Why It Plays a Defining Role in the Region 6:20– Serbian Crime Group’s Slaughterhouse in Belgrade 13:55– How Crime Groups in Serbia Became Tied to the Government 20:06– How Corruption

The Russia–Ukraine War has entered its fifth year with few signs of an end. Russia’s federal budget funding of the war and other military spending reached about 16 trillion roubles in 2025, or 7.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). However, the real-terms growth of

Today’s wars are not only fought with tanks and drones but with lies and algorithms too. The information space is a frontline in the fight for democracy. The greatest threats are state-sponsored operations that seek to confuse and manipulate citizens in order to shape our views,

On 20 March, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran had launched two ballistic missiles towards the shared United Kingdom–United States characterised the British government, but denied by Iran, which characterised it as a ‘false flag’ operation. However, little further

The Second Russian Empire, Part 7: Expansion youtu.be/L5FtVd4Xj9Q?si… через YouTube

The Europeans made a critical mistake by ignoring Iran, and taking Trump’s bait by saying “Iran is not our war.” Europe is well within range of Iran’s missiles. Its economies are threatened by closure of the Strait of Hormuz. They’ve given Trump the perfect opportunity to end US

Trump clearly erred by not consulting allies before launching joint US-Israeli strikes against Iran. Political support from our key partners wouldn’t have compromised the military operation, no matter what the Isolationists say. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/0…

Kanske har Kremls eftergiftspolitik visat att diplomati inte fungerar med terrorister. Ändå fortsätter EU, inklusive Sverige, att tjata om diplomati med terrorist-Iran. Har EU en plan i händelse av att Iran blockerar Hormuzsundet? Har den svenska regeringen en plan i händelse av

The Second Russian Empire, Part 7A: Yakut Republic. We explore the colonial policy of the Russian Tsar and the Bolsheviks in Yakutia and the unsuccessful attempt to create an independent Yakut Republic in 1918. youtu.be/xOSrqdBwxXw?si… через YouTube

Time to wake up. Iran fortified while America and the Arab world slept.  What we are destroying is a threat we allowed to gather by our own lack of diligence.  This reality is unpleasant, but better to face it now than to deceive ourselves by thinking the ayatollahs will become

The Second Russian Empire, Part 8: War Communism. We explore the Bolshevik policy of War Communism and its catastrophic consequences for the peoples of Soviet Russia. youtu.be/TxiP6-phO2A?si… через YouTube

The Second Russian Empire, Part 10: Destabilisation Despite the economic chaos in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, the Bolsheviks sought to export their radical revolution to Europe and China, using the Communist International and destabilisation tactics. youtu.be/aAd-GPuvGgk?si…

The Second Russian Empire, Part 11: Coercion. Stalin's coercion: Industrial power in the Soviet Union, where a peasant population dominated, was achieved at the cost of enormous human sacrifice. youtu.be/oN8Zzqbqp2Q?si… через YouTube

Banned, relocated, resumed work. When patients put themselves in a doctor's hands, they trust they'll be treated with care. But what happens when that trust is abused? youtube.com/watch?v=1V2p-X…

The Second Russian Empire, Part 12: Homo Sovieticus. Bolshevik efforts to create a "New Soviet Man" contributed to the formation of a collective, simplified pro-communist identity, known as "Homo Sovieticus". youtu.be/zHtFqj8CS-0?si… через YouTube

European Intelligence: Security measures of unprecedented severity have been instituted in the Kremlin in recent weeks as Russian President Vladimir Putin anticipates a possible coup or assassination attempt. New, drastic security measures are being introduced, tensions between

The Second Russian Empire, Part 13: Terror. In the 1930s, the Soviet Union was gripped by fear caused by the Great Terror, the campaign of indiscriminate violence initiated by Stalin in order to gain absolute power and total control. youtu.be/09f7LMhgxjc?si… через YouTube

In Romania, a viral documentary shook the country to its core. It revealed a “pyramid of power” — a tight circle of elite magistrates who allegedly control the scales of justice. youtube.com/shorts/o4u4uke…