The Nobel laureates published an appeal with an appeal to “take urgent and complex measures” to release political prisoners in Belarus. 31 people signed under the letter , including Dmitry Muratov and Ukrainian human rights activist Alexander Matviychuk. The appeal is addressed to US President Donald Trump and the leaders of the EU members. It is published on his website by political analyst Dmitry Bolkunets.

Emis Finance BV from the Netherlands submitted a request for arbitration to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Mtsuis) due to the nationalization of the Ukrainian Sense Bank (formerly Alfa-Bank Ukraine). This was reported by the publication "Vedomosti". EMIS requires to recover $ 400 million investments lost after the bank’s transfer to the control of the Ukrainian government.

Politically motivated court cases in Russia are disproportionately assigned to a select group of judges, despite official claims of an automated, random case distribution system, according to an investigation by the independent outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe .

Photo: Gonzalez Oscar / Alamy Stock Photo Argentine President Javier Miley was in the center of the scandal due to the promotion of the cryptocurrency $ Libra, the cost of which increased sharply and then collapsed. This provoked impeachment calls and lawsuits against the head of state, reports Financial Times. Last week on Friday evening, he posted on Twitter a post about the cryptocurrency $ Libra, the auction began a few minutes before.

POLITICS Alexander Malchevsky 18 February 2025 Poland’s presidential election campaign has begun. The outcome of the vote in May will determine not only Poland's domestic orientation but also its role in Europe — and, to a large extent, the level of future assistance to Ukraine. The race has two favorites: Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski from the liberal Civic Platform and Karol Nawrocki, the non-partisan director of the conservative Institute of National Remembrance (IPN).

Two explosions thundered on the Seajewel oil tanker, moored in the port of the Italian city of Savon. This is written by local publications IVG and Fatto quotidiano . The ship was previously attributed to the Russian shadow fleet. According to publications, the explosions occurred on the evening of February 14. The crew of the vessel heard two characteristic sounds.

The US Special Supervisor in Libya Richard Norland is proposed by the White House as the new head of the American embassy in Moscow, Kommersant reports . This is a diplomat with 35 years of experience who previously worked as an ambassador to Libya, Georgia and Uzbekistan, and also held the post of deputy head of the US diplomatic mission in Afghanistan and Latvia. In the late 1980s, Norland worked at the USSR Embassy in the USSR.

The news The Insider 18 February 2025 #Military Summary In today's report: In the Pokrovsky direction there are signs of preparation by the Ukrainian command of a large -scale counterattack To the west of Kurakhov, battles began for Constantinople - a key unit of defense of the remains of the "Kurakhov pocket" Europe discuss options for sending troops to Ukraine and increasing military assistance to the Armed Forces Representatives of Russia and the United States agreed to create teams of

The second Western District Military Court sentenced the three defendants in the case of the preparation of sabotage in the military unit in the suburbs, the human rights project “The Solidarity Zone” reports . Yuri Mikheeva was sentenced to seven years in prison with the first three years in prison, and the remaining four in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty of preparation for sabotage (part 1 of article 30, part 2 of article 281 of the Criminal Code).

The Moscow Regional Court released the lawyer Timur Idalov from the punishment, who was sentenced to 10 months of forced labor under the article on threats to murder or causing harm to health in relation to the prosecutor (part 2 of article 296 of the Criminal Code). According to the Telegram channel "Word of Protection", the lawyer is exempted from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. The court also restored Idalov’s lawyer status.

A Washington, DC court has ordered the Trump administration to resume the distribution of foreign aid, overturning an executive order that had frozen such programs for 90 days. The freeze affected non-military aid to Ukraine, which amounted to about $6 billion annually. These funds supported not only humanitarian projects but also energy initiatives, government reforms, and the struggling wartime economy as a whole.

History Rustam Alexander 18 February 2025 Starting Mar. 1, 2025, Russian doctors will be required to share data with the police on patients with mental disorders who are deemed a “danger to others.” Human rights activists fear that this law could allow security forces to access confidential information and other sensitive medical details about a range of at-risk groups.

Poland’s presidential election campaign has begun. The outcome of the vote in May will determine not only Poland's domestic orientation but also its role in Europe — and, to a large extent, the level of future assistance to Ukraine. The race has two favorites: Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski from the liberal Civic Platform and Karol Nawrocki, the non-partisan director of the conservative Institute of National Remembrance (IPN).

Starting Mar. 1, 2025, Russian doctors will be required to share data with the police on patients with mental disorders who are deemed a “danger to others.” Human rights activists fear that this law could allow security forces to access confidential information and other sensitive medical details about a range of at-risk groups.

Due to yesterday’s attack of drones on the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in the Krasnodar Territory, the volume of oil pumping from Kazakhstan can be reduced by 30%, Transneft said. According to experts, the recovery of the station will take 1.5–2 months. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (KTK) reports that yesterday a Kropotkinskaya NPS was struck by a family of UAVs, filled explosives and metal damaging elements.