The FSB announced the death during the detention in the Sverdlovsk region of a man who, according to the Russian intelligence service, was recruited by the Ukrainian intelligence services to commit a terrorist attack. It is alleged that a Russian born in 1985 planned to blow up the car of the head of an unnamed military-industrial enterprise.

Aftermath of the shelling of Ramat Gan, Israel, March 3, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces announced a strike on the secret Minzadehei nuclear complex, near Tehran. According to the IDF press service, a group of Iranian scientists was secretly working in an underground center to create a key component for nuclear weapons. Iran, the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have not yet commented on Israel's statement.

Journalist of the Current Time TV channel Arina Fedorovykh asks Vitaly Portnikov about unknown drones that began to appear in the skies over EU countries, about the impact of the war in Ukraine on other countries, and also about how Ukrainian society lives under constant Russian shelling.

Smoke over Aramco refinery in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran led to a sharp rise in oil prices. The first exchange trading in March began with the rise in Brent prices above $80 per barrel. However, after a couple of hours, the excitement began to subside, and the price of contracts for Russian Urals oil returned to the levels of the end of February, when the first strikes on Iran had not yet been carried out.

Elections in Ukraine will not take place during a temporary ceasefire, even if it is achieved, but after the end of the war with Russia. According to the Italian publication Corriere Della Sera , Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said this in an interview with him. “The real question is: when can we have elections? They will certainly take place after the end of the war, and not during a temporary truce.

Roskomnadzor Activist of the unregistered party “The Other Russia E.V. Limonov” Denis Gerasimenko was detained by the police in St. Petersburg on March 2 because of a banner that he hung on the roof of the building where the Roskomnadzor office is located. This was reported by Sever.Realii with reference to his supporters. Gerasimenko was arrested for five days under an administrative clause. According to Rotunda, a protocol was drawn up against him regarding an unapproved public event.

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Smoke over Sharjah (UAE) after the attacks, photo March 1 On March 3, a fire broke out in the oil industrial zone of the Emirate of Fujairah (UAE) after an attack by a suspected Iranian drone. “Relevant authorities in the Emirate of Fujairah responded to a fire that broke out this morning in the oil industrial zone,” the emirate’s media office said in a statement.

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Opponents of then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad trample underfoot posters depicting Assad, Ayatollah Khamenei and Vladimir Putin (2018 photo) The US and Israeli attacks on Iran and the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will likely have little immediate impact on the course of the fighting in Ukraine. But they could make Russian President Vladimir Putin even more determined to win the all-out war the Kremlin is waging against Ukraine, now in its fifth year.

The invasion of Ukraine created a “new middle class” in Russia: people whose incomes were boosted by war payments. Opportunities for informal enrichment through patronage during career advancement, as well as small and large extortions, have also expanded for commanders at various levels.