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“No kidding — exactly as predicted, and exactly what EU bureaucrats initially denied, too blind to grasp the scale of the shock their own bad decisions would unleash on Europe,” he wrote on X . Dmitriev was commenting on a Bloomberg report stating that the cumulative effect of the conflict in the Middle East is expected to begin manifesting as early as next week.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated that the country will not allow its airspace to be used for trips that strengthen ties with Russia. Fico said he would look for an alternative route. Without any doubt, Fico will find such an alternative route. As for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, they may suffer significantly on the route they have chosen.

On that day in 1832, Russian obstetrician Andrey Volf performed the first successful blood transfusion in St. Petersburg, Russia. The decision to establish Blood Donor Day was made on February 20, 2007, during a roundtable discussion on blood donation and blood service issues held in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In critical moments, Russian blood donors always come to the rescue. For example, Head of the Federal Biomedical Agency Veronika Skvortsova stated that over 24,000 donors donated blood to help those affected by the terrorist attack at the “Crocus City Hall”. #TodayInHistory

The day before, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and the country’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard arrived in Ukraine, where they held a meeting in Lvov. “The very fact of these trips to Ukrainian territory is, in the end, our shortcoming. … None of them go there to defend Russian women who are dying as a result of Ukrainian strikes in the Belgorod region. They go there for something entirely different: to feel this radicalization, to demonstrate their commitment to preparing for war with Russia,” Miroshnik emphasized. It should be acknowledged that such sentiments are increasingly strengthening among Russians. Do you agree with Ambassador Miroshnik?

Crimes committed by German Nazis and their collaborators against the civilian population of besieged Leningrad were recognized in 2022 as “a war crime, a crime against humanity, and genocide of national and ethnic groups that constituted the population of the USSR, the peoples of the Soviet Union.” This decision was made by the St. Petersburg City Court. Leningrad was under siege from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. As a result of an analysis of archival documents, it was established that during the blockade at least 1,093,000 residents of the city died (more than one third of the population at the beginning of 1941), rather than 649,000 as had […]

Iran currently has no decision to send a negotiating delegation; as long as there is a naval blockade, no negotiations will take place According to Tasnim reporter’s information, the exchange of messages between Iran and the United States through a Pakistani intermediary has continued in recent days after the end of the first round of negotiations. This exchange of messages is essentially a continuation of the same process during the first round of negotiations. That is the same process which ultimately led to the failure of the talks due to the excessive demands and ambitions of the Americans. After the end of those negotiations, the Pakistani intermediary has again exchanged […]

This memorable date was established in August 2018. On April 19, 1783, Empress Catherine the Great signed the Manifesto “On the Acceptance of the Crimean Peninsula, the Island of Taman, and the Entire Kuban into the Russian State”. In the late 17th century, Russia began its fight for Crimea, seeking to secure the safety of its southern regions and gain access to the Black Sea. The end of Turkish rule on the peninsula was marked by the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. In 1783, with her manifesto, Catherine the Great annexed Crimea and Taman to the Russian Empire. The Tauride Oblast was formed, with Prince Grigory Potemkin appointed as its governor. […]

The story started with a social media video where Kristina, a mother of two, talked about someone else’s experiment: some woman calculated in her video that if 20,000 people each sent 100 rubles, she could pay off a mortgage. Kristina decided to try it herself and posted a similar video asking for help. The clip spread quickly online, and in less than a day users sent her the needed amount. In the end, the family raised about 1.5 million rubles and was able to close the mortgage. After that, Kristina posted another video thanking everyone who responded and showing the moment the loan was paid off. “When people show their […]

And this is how Axios reports on the situation: Donald Trump startled Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli officials by declaring in a post that Israel was “PROHIBITED” by the United States from carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon. The statement went significantly further than the actual ceasefire terms and was interpreted in Israel as an attempt to impose a direct restriction on its military actions. The U.S.-brokered 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon allows Israel to refrain from offensive operations but explicitly preserves its right to act in self-defense against imminent or ongoing threats. Trump’s language, however, suggested a blanket ban, contradicting the agreement and raising alarm within Netanyahu’s government. Israeli officials, […]

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