Putin Ignores Azerbaijan’s Warning, Destroys Azeri Oil Facility in Ukraine
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Putin Ignores Azerbaijan’s Warning, Destroys Azeri Oil Facility in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is pressing ahead with attacks on Odesa despite explicit warnings from Azerbaijan that further strikes on its assets would force a rethink in Baku’s position on the war. The destruction of a SOCAR oil depot overnight, following an earlier hit on a compressor station tied to Azerbaijani natural gas, shows Moscow’s disregard for regional sensitivities — and its willingness to escalate even at the risk of creating new enemies.

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Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President
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Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President

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In his column “Trump’s U-Turn” for Vot Tak, Vitaly Portnikov offers a searing analysis of Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. His argument is clear: the encounter demonstrated not strength or diplomacy, but a collapse of Western unity and another successful manipulation by the Kremlin. Reading Portnikov, one is struck not only by the sharpness of his critique, but by the accuracy with which he dissects Trump’s political weaknesses.

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Russia Expands Terror Operations In the EU, Targeting Oil Supplies
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Russia Expands Terror Operations In the EU, Targeting Oil Supplies

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Romania’s state of emergency has cast a harsh spotlight on Europe’s energy vulnerabilities, with suspicions of Russian sabotage tainting Azerbaijani crude oil via the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline. The contamination, detected at Ceyhan, Turkey, with organic chlorides, has idled the Petrobrazi refinery, signaling a bold escalation in Russia’s hybrid warfare.

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Trump seeks to Gift Putin Lands Russia Cant Seize on the Battlefield
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Trump seeks to Gift Putin Lands Russia Cant Seize on the Battlefield

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President Trump appears to have been drawn into another Kremlin trap — one that would grant Vladimir Putin not just the territories Russian forces currently occupy, but regions they have failed to conquer and cannot take militarily. These areas, heavily fortified and defended at enormous cost by Ukrainian forces, remain out of Moscow’s reach. For Mr. Putin, the only viable path to securing them now runs through the White House. Mr. Trump is expected to meet the Russian leader in Alaska on Aug.

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Ethiopia rejects Kremlin’s Plea to Save Russia’s Airline Industry
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Ethiopia rejects Kremlin’s Plea to Save Russia’s Airline Industry

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In a new effort to bypass Western sanctions, Russia asked Ethiopian Airlines to provide passenger jets under a “wet lease” arrangement that would include aircraft, crews, maintenance, and insurance. The request was made during a high-level visit to Addis Ababa by Russian Trade Commissioner Yaroslav Tarasyuk, who met with officials from Ethiopia’s Civil Aviation Authority to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in aviation.

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Hungary’s Russian-backed Elite Now Live Like Golden Czars
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Hungary’s Russian-backed Elite Now Live Like Golden Czars

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Historical background and transformation Nestled east of Felcsút, the small Hungarian village known for its disproportionate football stadium, Hatvanpuszta was once a 19th-century model farm established by Archduke Joseph of Austria. It originally served as an agricultural research estate, particularly focused on sheep breeding. During the communist era, the property fell into neglect and was later privatized.

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Russians Continue to Use and Abuse Steven Seagal
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Russians Continue to Use and Abuse Steven Seagal

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Steven Seagal, once an improbable Hollywood action hero, has found a second, if increasingly strained, act as a peculiar prop in Russia’s geopolitical theater. His recent decision to step down as CEO of Five Elements LLC on July 17, 2025, while seemingly a business move, is another telling chapter in how Russia has leveraged, and arguably exploited, the aging actor for its own ends, even as the global landscape makes his continued presence a liability.

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Ilan Shor’s Pro-Kremlin Block Seeks to Undermine Moldovan Democracy
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Ilan Shor’s Pro-Kremlin Block Seeks to Undermine Moldovan Democracy

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In a decisive move to protect its sovereignty, Moldova’s Central Election Commission has blocked the registration of the “Pobeda” (Victory) political bloc, a pro-Kremlin entity spearheaded by a convicted criminal. Predictably, Moscow reacted with outrage, accusing Moldova of suppressing political freedom. However, this is not a story about free speech. It is a story of a nation fighting to defend itself from being destroyed from within by a foreign power intent on dragging it into war.

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