Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Chanvirakun said that the country's army will continue military operations against Cambodia. He announced this on the morning of December 13, the day after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement on a ceasefire between the parties to the conflict reached through his mediation. Chanvirakun wrote on his Facebook page: “This is definitely not a traffic accident.

News The Insider December 13, 2025 Lawyer Edem Semedlyaev and a Russian police officer. Photo: “Crimea.Realities” On December 11, in occupied Crimea, security forces conducted a “premises inspection” in the office of lawyers defending persons involved in political cases. The police seized documents and lawyer's warrants using the operational search procedure - without initiating a criminal case, but with a judicial sanction. In fact, the actions of the security forces looked like a search.

In occupied Crimea, employees of the Russian Center for Countering Extremism and special forces conducted a “premises inspection” in the office of lawyers who defend defendants in political cases. Operatives seized documents and lawyer’s orders from offices in Simferopol, and in a ruling of the Russian-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea, the lawyers were accused of possible involvement in “terrorist activities” and tax evasion.

Germany will send troops to reinforce Poland's eastern border with Belarus and Russia, several media outlets reported on Saturday. According to Deutsche Welle, citing the German Ministry of Defense, several dozen German soldiers will join the Polish Eastern Shield program from April 2026. The mission is initially planned until the end of 2027. According to a German defense official, the military will mainly perform engineering tasks.

The Belarusian political prisoners released on December 13 were transferred as part of the exchange, Alexander Lukashenko’s press secretary Natalya Eismont told TASS. According to her, more than 100 people were sent to the territory of Ukraine in exchange for wounded Russian citizens and captured Belarusians. In addition, as Eismont clarified, the United States removed nine foreign citizens.

News The Insider December 13, 2025 All Belarusian political prisoners released today have left the country. Tikhanovskaya’s adviser Denis Kuchinsky told the Mirror about this. According to human rights activists, 114 out of 123 people were taken to Ukraine, of which 104 were Belarusians and five were Ukrainians. Advisor to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Franak Vyachorka confirmed the information to The Insider. “Everyone crossed the border.

The State Duma announced its decision to include the German media company Deutsche Welle in the register of “undesirable” organizations. This was written about on December 13 in the Telegram channel of the State Duma commission to investigate foreign interference, Mediazona noted . The report claims that the decision was made by the Prosecutor General's Office, but the exact date of its adoption is not indicated.

2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released. Belarusian media reported this. The Telegram channel “Pool of the First,” associated with Lukashenko’s press service, reports that it has decided to pardon “123 citizens of various countries” in exchange for the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian potassium. Earlier it was also reported that political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova was released.

Belarusian political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova has been released. The Mirror writes about this with reference to her sister Tatyana Khomich, who spoke with Maria on the phone. The Telegram channel “Pool of the First,” associated with Lukashenko’s press service, reports that he has decided to pardon “123 citizens of various countries” in exchange for the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian potassium.

In the center of Moscow, security forces came to a bar where they were celebrating the birthday of the moloko plus project. The Telegram channel “Caution, Moscow” writes about this. According to eyewitnesses, at least two paddy wagons drove up to the bar. Employees of the Russian National Guard entered the Neurotik establishment on Yauzskaya Street, where a party is being held to mark the tenth anniversary of the project.

The United States is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, said US Special Envoy for Belarus John Cole. His words are quoted by the state agency BELTA. “In accordance with the instructions of President Trump, the United States is lifting sanctions on potassium. I think this is a very good move on the part of the United States for Belarus. We are filming them now. As relations between the two countries normalize, more and more sanctions will be lifted,” — Cole told reporters in Minsk.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry called for an early end to the war between Russia and Ukraine after the attack on the port of Chernomorsk, which damaged a ship belonging to a Turkish company. Ankara said the incident confirms its previous concerns about the spread of the war to the Black Sea and threats to the safety of navigation.

Italy, Bulgaria and Malta joined Belgium and supported the search for alternatives to the €210 billion reparation loan to Ukraine, which the European Commission proposes to provide from frozen Russian sovereign assets. This is reported by Euractiv with reference to a joint statement of four countries, which was at the disposal of the editors.

The Rusnano group filed a claim to recover 11.9 billion rubles in damages from the company's former managers regarding the Crocus project. Among the defendants is the ex-head of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais, the press service of the state corporation told RBC. The lawsuit relates to the Crocus project, approved in 2011. He envisioned the creation in Russia of the production of magnetoresistive RAM MRA.

Former Belarusian presidential candidate Viktor Babariko, who served a 14-year sentence, has been released. Belarusian media reported this. Viktor Babariko’s son, Eduard, was not released and continues to serve his sentence. Viktor Babariko himself announced this in his first brief comment after his release. According to him, 35-year-old Eduard Babariko was not subject to a mass pardon.