The head of the FRG intelligence did not rule out that Moscow was preparing an invasion of the Baltic countries. As Bruno Kal said, “Ukraine is just a step towards Russia to the West”, and Moscow is going to “probe the defense of NATO”. The first object for provocation, according to the estimates of German special services, can be Estonia. The head of the Pentagon Pit Hegset at a hearing in Congress announced his intention to reduce military assistance to Ukraine.

Is there any evidence that Telegram is cooperating with the FSB? Who has access to correspondence? What compromises do IT companies have to go to so as not to lose markets? And do users suffer from these solutions? We are talking with a security specialist on the Internet by Sarkis Darbinyan.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Meduza publisher Galina Timchenko and former Ekho Moskvy employee Alexander Plyushchev on the wanted list. A card with their data was found in the department’s database by Mediazona. Earlier it became known that a case was brought against Timchenko in Russia under the article on organizing the activities of an undesirable organization. The authorities recognized Meduza as such.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not express a definite opinion at a Senate hearing on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will stop after the end of the war in Ukraine, or begin aggression against other countries. The question was asked by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the authors of the bill to tighten sanctions against Moscow. “We’ll see,” Hegseth replied .

China says it is ready to fight the trade war with the United States to the bitter end. What does Moscow gain so far from the confrontation between Beijing and Washington? And won't the fruits of these victories turn out to be very bitter for Putin? For example, in secret documents of the Russian FSB, China is clearly identified as the most dangerous enemy.

A court in Tallinn on Wednesday sentenced journalist Svetlana Burtseva to six years in prison on charges of treason and violating international sanctions. The reason was her collaboration with the Russian state news agency "Russia Today" and the writing of a book, which the court recognized as propaganda.

US Embassy in Baghdad The United States is preparing to partially evacuate the staff of its embassy in Iraq, and has also allowed relatives of American military personnel stationed there to leave a number of Middle Eastern countries. A number of media outlets, including Reuters, reported this on Wednesday evening, citing officials at the Pentagon and the State Department, as well as sources.

Collage: Pavel Durov and the FSB Does the FSB have access to correspondence in Telegram? The Telegram messenger servers are maintained by an entrepreneur who is associated with the developers of surveillance systems, writes “Important Stories.” Journalists learned from court cases in Miami that the company that maintains Telegram servers uses IP addresses that several years ago belonged to the Russian company Globalnet. One of the owners of this company also installs FSB equipment in St.

A stand with products from the Sevastopol plant "Tsar Bread" at the Russian exhibition "Golden Autumn", 2021 In Sevastopol, a local resident complained live on television about a bakery because it produces cakes with Ukrainian names. The woman is unhappy that this is happening during hostilities. She has already contacted the Russian city administration and is threatening to go to the FSB.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić visited Ukraine for the first time since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He took part in the Ukraine-Southeastern Europe summit, which was held in Odessa. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky also took part in the summit and published a joint photo of the leaders. The new President of Romania, Nicusor Dan, also came to Ukraine for the first time after his victory in the elections.

Ukraine could lose more territory if it refuses to seek a compromise to end the war. Vladimir Medinsky, assistant to Russian President Putin, stated this in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. He leads the Russian delegation in negotiations to find ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen who died in the war with Russia were handed over to Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. It is clarified that we are talking about the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in battles in the Kharkov, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine and in the Kursk region of Russia.

Lev Shlosberg On Tuesday in Pskov, after a search, the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Lev Shlosberg, was taken into custody. He is accused of “discrediting the army” because he published a video of his debate with historian Yuri Pivovarov on social networks, in which he “insisted on a ceasefire” in Ukraine. The politician does not admit his guilt.