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Since the Soviet breakup in 1991, major conflicts that sources attribute to Russian state action include the two Chechen wars (1994–2009 period), the 2008 Russo–Georgian War over South Ossetia and Abk...
Three credible escalation pathways could draw Russia and NATO into direct confrontation by 2026: inadvertent or “fog-of-war” incidents near NATO borders, deliberate Russian provocations or cross-borde...
Sergey Stepanov — the “Epic Sax Guy” — is a real, professional saxophonist and member of the Moldovan group SunStroke Project whose energetic solo from Eurovision 2010 became a viral meme and later re...
Authorities investigating claims that rioters were *paid agitators* combine forensic social-media analysis, open-source intelligence, on-the-ground witness statements, and traditional law-enforcement ...
Poland, the Soviet Union (territories now in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova) and other Eastern European countries suffered the largest proportional losses of their Jewish populations dur...
Vladimir Putin and Kremlin-aligned networks have driven a multifaceted disinformation campaign that mixes to weaken support for Ukraine and influence elections across Europe. Reporting from multiple o...
The Kremlin’s information apparatus has repeatedly repurposed claims about Western intelligence — from alleged cover-ups to fabricated “leaks” and forged documents — as a vector to sow doubt about NAT...
Russian-state actors and pro-Kremlin networks have mounted a wide, multi-channel interference campaign in Moldova—using disinformation, energy coercion and illicit funding—to tilt the country away fro...
Post‑communist Eastern Europe experienced in the decades after 1989, with documented scandals and systemic flows of children for sexual exploitation, forced labor, and related abuses across countries ...
There are multiple documented cases in 2025 where foreign governments or state-linked networks have funded or supported efforts that sought to influence or destabilize domestic politics abroad, includ...
Recent reporting documents multiple specific examples of Russian disinformation campaigns — from copycat news sites (the “Doppelganger” tactic) to the Pravda network pushing pro‑Kremlin narratives int...
International human‑rights bodies have repeatedly expressed strong concern about mandatory surgical castration and compulsory anti‑libidinal interventions, arguing they are often mutilating, irreversi...
There are , but the evidence that paid protesters directly changed election outcomes in 2024 is mixed, circumstantial, and varies by country and tactic. Reporting shows concrete payments to protesters...
The central allegations circulating claimed that Erika Kirk’s charity activities in Romania were involved in and that she had been ; multiple fact-checks and contemporaneous news reporting found to su...
Executive Summary Jean‑Luc Mélenchon’s policies, as reflected in the available sources, are not documented as directly aligned with Russian state interests; reporting emphasizes his ties to China and ...
Available reporting from the supplied sources contains that Erika Kirk responded to allegations of financial misconduct in Romania. Multiple recent articles discuss Erika Kirk’s leadership role at Tur...
To join NATO in 2000 a state needed to request membership, meet NATO’s political and military standards (usually via a Membership Action Plan), and secure unanimous approval and ratification from all ...
Analysts who talk about a so‑called “Russian tail” point to anomalies in precinct‑level vote and turnout distributions—datasets that statistician Sergei Shpilkin and variants of his method traditional...
Hypersonic missiles present a novel and acute challenge to existing missile defenses because they fly at speeds above Mach 5, maneuver unpredictably, and often follow low-altitude profiles that compre...
Democracies vary widely: many established Western democracies accept dual citizens in national legislatures with disclosure or recusal norms, while some post‑Soviet and populist states have banned or ...