A skyline of Dubai with the iconic Burj Khalifa skyscraper amid a plume of smoke from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport. March 16, 2026 Middle Eastern monarchies have spent years investing in their image as a safe and prestigious region of the world. Their assets were not only wealth, but also predictability.

In Moscow, two students - Maxim Kheifets and Nikita Ulanov - were given administrative arrests for 15 days for participating in "an unauthorized event against Internet blocking on Bolotnaya Square." Protocols were drawn up against both of them for disobedience to a police officer, Mediazona reported on Thursday, citing the press service of the Moscow courts. Both decisions, as noted, were made on March 25.

Adam Kadyrov The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published footage this week from a meeting in which his 18-year-old son Adam took part. This is one of Adam Kadyrov's first public appearances since reports that he was involved in a traffic accident in January and spent several weeks in hospital after that. Adam Kadyrov heads the Security Council of Chechnya.

The US Department of Defense (by order of President Donald Trump, it was also given the name War Department) is considering redirecting weapons originally intended for Ukraine to the Middle East, The Washington Post wrote on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the situation.

British ship Diamond The British authorities have allowed British military personnel to detain sanctioned vessels of the Russian so-called shadow fleet that are transiting through British waters.

One of the tankers of the “shadow fleet” (illustrative photo) In the Black Sea on the night of March 26, an explosion occurred on board the oil tanker Altura, owned by a Turkish company, traveling from Russia. The tanker is under sanctions from a number of countries, which consider it part of the Russian so-called shadow fleet. Authorities cited a naval drone attack as the preliminary cause of the explosion.

Dmitry Pumpyansky and Victor Rashnikov On March 26, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU's highest court, confirmed the legality of including five Russian businessmen in the sanctions lists who challenged the imposition of sanctions against them. This was reported by a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The 🇪🇺 court today dismissed the appeals of five 🇷🇺 oligarchs-Pumpyanskiy, Khudaverdyan, Rashnikov, Mazepin & Khan - to be taken off the 🇪🇺 sanctions list.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Iran to negotiate peace quickly, otherwise, he said, “there will be no turning back” and, as follows from his post on the Truth Social social network, the United States will intensify strikes against Iran.

In Russia, the number of criminal cases for failure to notify of second citizenship or the right to permanent residence abroad is growing, writes Mediazona. According to the publication’s calculations, if five sentences were handed down in 2021, then in the first half of 2025 alone there will already be 17. Criminal liability for failure to notify of status for Russians living abroad has been in effect since 2014.

Alexander Delfinov On the sad day of the default in 1998, in the depths of Moscow on the banks of the Chura River, hidden from human eyes, a magical battle of the frantic dead took place with a heroic messenger from the outside world. The reader of the book “Secret Chura” will learn about how this fateful battle ended.

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Mariupol, July 2025 From 2024 to 2026, the Russian authorities allocated almost $12 billion for the development of infrastructure in the annexed territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine. This is almost three times more than the total amount allocated to 20 other regions as part of the same priority national development projects, Reuters calculated .

"Kirishinefteorgsintez" On the night of March 26, Ukrainian drones again attacked the Leningrad region. Ukrainian telegram channels Supernova+ and Exilenova+ write that the Kirishinefteorgsintez plant in the city of Kirishi in the east of the region was attacked. It is alleged that oil tanks are burning. The attack on the plant, citing local residents, was also reported by Astra.

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