Specialist on the DPRK Andrei Lankov was expelled from Latvia by order of the country's Foreign Minister Baiba Brazhi and on the basis of information from the national security authorities, the Latvian Foreign Ministry reported in a written response to the Agency. The letter also contained a link to Brazha's column in the Kyiv Independent about fighting the Kremlin's influence. Quote .

Seven people were killed and 10 more were injured as a result of a night attack by Ukrainian drones on the Dorogobuzh chemical plant in the Smolensk region, the Investigative Committee reported. This makes the strike on production located in the Russian rear the deadliest since May 2024, when an attack on an agricultural enterprise in the Belgorod region killed eight people. Details. The Dorogobuzh plant was hit on Wednesday night.

During the four years of full-scale war with Ukraine, Russia organized at least 151 hybrid operations in Europe, according to an analysis by the International Center for Combating Terrorism (ICCT) and the Globsec project. According to the researchers, only one attack was carried out by members of the Russian intelligence services, and in nine other cases, associated actors were involved. Details.

Mishustin admitted problems with the budget and spoke about a multi-hour meeting with Putin Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that a meeting was held on Tuesday with the participation of members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina and Vladimir Putin. At the event, which, according to him...

On Tuesday, Latvian police disrupted a lecture in Riga by Andrei Lankov, a well-known specialist on the DPRK. He was first detained and then expelled to Estonia. According to the scientist, the reason was his inclusion in the “black list”. It prohibits entry into the territory of Latvia for more than one and a half thousand foreigners, including Russians. In 2022, the mechanism was used against Dozhd journalist Alexei Korostelev (now working for Project). Details.

TV channels were banned from talking about the fourth anniversary of the start of the war Russian TV channels all Tuesday avoided mentioning the anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Even in big stories about events for this date, Channel One and Rossiya 1 never said anything about it, due to... pic.twitter.com/OyedEu4smp — Agency News (@agents_media) February 25, 2026 Russian TV channels all Tuesday avoided mentioning the anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

Representatives of the countries of the “coalition of the willing” admitted that plans to deploy peacekeeping forces on the territory of Ukraine will require the approval of Vladimir Putin, The Telegraph reported, citing military and diplomatic sources. They say this means a plan promoted by Britain and France to enforce a possible ceasefire could be thwarted by the Kremlin. Details.