President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen The United States has signaled that it may no longer fund Ukraine's defense needs. The European Union is therefore exploring different ways to cover most of the costs in 2026 and 2027, on the assumption that the war will continue.

In connection with the murder of the American conservative agitator Charlie Kirk, a couple of far-reaching conclusions inevitably come to mind. In the reasoning of advanced social scientists, who stand “for all that is good,” one is again and again struck by the inability to bring the logical chain to the end.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies Russian authorities may have succeeded in improving long-range drones that can strike targets on the move, writes The War Zone . On Wednesday, the Russian pro-war telegram channel “Iznanka” published a video of a Russian drone strike on a moving train near the city of Bobrovitsa, Chernihiv region. The footage shows how the drones first hit the locomotive and then the carriages.

Deputy from the Party of Regions of Viktor Yanukovych Anna German and Vitaliy Korotich, January 13, 2014 Listen38 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies The death of Vitaly Korotich - the former editor-in-chief of the super-popular perestroika "Ogonyok", a Soviet poet of Ukrainian origin, the author of the lyrics of the song "Transfer me through the Maidan" and a KGB informant - split the Internet.

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We discuss Putin’s speech at Valdai in the program “Facing the Event” with political scientist Ruslan Aisin.

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Igor Pushkarev in the Tverskoy Court of Moscow In July, the Vladivostok district court decided to “convert into state income” the money and real estate of the fifth mayor of Vladivostok, Vladimir Nikolaev, and his relatives, totaling 14.8 billion rubles. And at the end of September, the Tverskoy District Court converted into state income the assets of the sixth mayor of Vladivostok, Igor Pushkarev, his family and business partners, worth about 80 billion rubles.

Vladimir Putin "Valdai speech" by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The Kremlin says that “they were eagerly awaiting this speech.” According to The Wall Street Journal, US President Donald Trump approved the transfer of intelligence to Ukraine to guide air strikes on energy infrastructure deep in Russian territory. Ukraine also hopes to receive American Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Irina Slavina's daughter with an anti-war poster in 2022 Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies In Nizhny Novgorod on Thursday, Margarita Murakhtaeva was detained after laying flowers at the site of the death of her mother, journalist Irina Slavina, who committed self-immolation five years ago, reports the OVD-Info project. Murakhtaeva was taken to the department “to give an explanation,” she told human rights activists.

How in Russia they judge people who were used blindly by criminals.

Mikhail Volkov Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies A court in Yekaterinburg imposed a fine of 300 thousand rubles on 70-year-old mathematician Mikhail Volkov, the father of opposition leader Leonid Volkov, in the case of financing the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), Mediazona reports. The prosecutor's office requested a fine twice as large - 600 thousand rubles.

Since February 24, 2022, at least 804 civilians have died at the hands of the Russian military, according to human rights activists, whose deaths can be classified as extrajudicial executions. In the village of Dolzhik, Chernigov region, Russian soldiers shot and threw three Kulichenko brothers into a pit. One of them miraculously survived

Archive photo Listen 36 sec. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, with each side handing over 185 to the other. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on Thursday; the information was later confirmed by the Ukrainian side. In addition to prisoners of war, the parties handed over 20 civilians to each other.