In the early 1960s, Soviet engineers arrived quietly in North Korea. Their assignment: to help build a research reactor and train a generation of nuclear scientists at a site that would eventually become synonymous with global anxiety—Yongbyon.
How Russia Helped North Korea Go Nuclear and Now May Be Doing the Same for Iran Read Post »
With tensions in the Middle East rising, Iran’s familiar threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has resurfaced. Yet for all its frequency, the threat has never been carried out—and for good reason. Blocking the Strait would not only trigger Western retaliation, but it would collapse Iran’s economy almost overnight. Like Russia’s nuclear posturing, Iran’s warnings are not meant to be acted upon.
Why Iran Won’t Close the Strait of Hormuz And How It Mirrors Russia’s Own Nuclear Bluff Read Post »
Russia is covertly using Brazil as a platform to manufacture false identities for deep-cover intelligence operatives, enabling them to live undetected across the West and infiltrate sensitive institutions, according to a detailed investigation by the New York Times. The report reveals how Russian intelligence services systematically create authentic-seeming Brazilian personas, allowing operatives to pass as ordinary citizens while conducting long-term espionage abroad.
Ukraine has surpassed Russia as a trading partner for Germany in 2024, marking a milestone in economic realignment amid geopolitical shifts. According to figures cited by the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin and released on June 21, bilateral trade between Germany and Ukraine reached €840 million last year, while trade with Russia fell to €770 million . This is the first time since 1992 that Ukraine has claimed the top spot in trade among Germany’s Eastern European partners.
Ukraine’s trade with Germany Rises, Surpassing Russia for the First Time Read Post »
In a new statement on social media, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to suggest that foreign countries—possibly including Russia—are prepared to supply Iran with nuclear warheads. The post, which follows U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, has raised concern among analysts who view it as part of a broader Russian effort to project deterrence through escalation threats.
Medvedev Hints at Nuclear Support for Iran as Russia Deepens support for Tehran Read Post »
The United States has launched coordinated airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—just one day before Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The strikes, conducted with B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles, mark a dramatic escalation in the widening Middle East crisis.
U.S. Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Sites the Day Before Tehran’s Meeting With Putin Read Post »
Russia is secretly inserting the bodies of its own soldiers among the remains it returns to Ukraine during prisoner-of-war exchanges, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week. The move, he claims, is part of a broader attempt by Moscow to conceal the true scale of Russian casualties in the war. Ukrainian officials have identified numerous cases where bodies received in recent exchanges— those of fallen Ukrainian soldiers—were in fact Russian servicemen.
Russia Mixing Its Own Dead Soldiers into Body exchanges with Ukraine Read Post »
Adding another headache to Putin’s growing list of potential catastrophes this week were protests in Russia’s Altai Kra region, where residents have taken to the streets in demonstration against desperate poverty and growing authoritarian control imposed by oligarchs. The protesters are voicing strong opposition to proposed changes in the constitution aimed at undermining local governance and autonomy. A local activist estimated that approximately 4,000 people participated in the protest.
