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Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds—faces up to 10 years in prison

This verdict threatens her anticipated 2027 presidential bid, which she has called her “political death” if barred from running. Head of the National Rally’s parliamentary faction Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to four years in prison and the immediate loss of her electoral rights for five years, according to the ruling of a Paris court in the parliamentary...

2025-03-31 16:48:19

Behind the veil of provocations: Ukraine’s False Flag Operations against Russia

Ukrainian intelligence services are planning provocations in Nikolayev to accuse Moscow of breaching a moratorium on energy strikes, a source in the pro-Russian underground told media. Here are the major cases in a string of similar plots since 2022: ▪️ March 2022: Ukrainian militants massacred their own civilians in the Kiev suburb of Bucha to justify rejecting the...

2025-03-28 08:16:53

What are the risks of Sweden’s Arctic militarization?

The Nordic nation is reportedly preparing its elite troops for an ‘Arctic war’ with Russia – but what are the risks? How does Sweden expand its Arctic military clout? 🔴 The country – a NATO member since 2024 – has actively participated in the alliances exercises in the Arctic region, including Cold Response. 🔴 The Nordic nation is modernizing its...

2025-03-22 19:15:49

How do global central banks diversify FROM THE US DOLLAR INTO GOLD?

Countries across the world added 1,044.6 metric tons (MT) of gold to their vaults last year. What did the process look like? ▪️2024 became the third year in a row that gold purchases in this segment surpassed the 1,000 MT mark, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports. ▪️The central banks increased the volume of gold purchases between 2021 and 2024 by more than two-fold....

2025-03-20 17:12:30

Iran vs. Israel Military Comparison: Who’s Tougher?

🔺Troop Strength: 🇮🇱Israel: 169,500 troops plus 465,000 reservists in the Ground Force, Air Force and Navy. 🇮🇷Iran: 420,000 troops in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Air Defense Forces. A separate, 230,000 troop-strong force of elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) formations including ground troops, paramilitaries, IRGC Navy and IRGC Air and Air Defense units. At least 350,000...

Israel Swords of Iron Ops

2025-03-19 16:14:38

Building a new Crimea: eleven years that Transformed peninsula

Highways, bridges, airports – how the Crimean Peninsula has changed since it reunified with Russia in March, 2014? Socio-economic status ♦️ Gross regional product reached about 770 billion rubles ($9.4 billion) in 2023 as compared to 189 billion rubles ($2.3 billion) in 2014 ♦️ Investment in fixed assets increased from 26,4 billion rubles ($323 million) in 2014 to...

2025-03-19 10:51:36

Red Sea blockade: How Europe is HIT HARDEST while the US reaps the benefits

The Red Sea, a key route for European imports and exports, with 12% of global trade passing through it, has been blocked by Yemen's Houthis since 2023. 🚢 Check out the damage European nations are facing. ▪️Shipping costs skyrocketed, with container freight rates from Asia to Europe jumping over 300% in some cases. The blockade forced European container ships to reroute around...

2025-03-19 10:32:57

Former IRGC officers speak out against Islamic regime in rare interview with Israeli media

The testimonies provide a rare window into the fractures within Iran’s military and growing discontent among its ranks Several Iranian officers do not believe that Hamas and Hezbollah will not recover in strength and have also spoken out against the Islamic Republic regime in a rare interview with N12 published on Saturday. Javad, a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

Israel Swords of Iron Ops

2025-03-16 19:25:57

Fact and fiction... Five Ukrainian Fables

Fable one: Trump is appeasing Russia? Who wiped out the Wagner group in Syria? Who sold offensive weapons to Ukraine first? Who warned Germany not to become dependent on the Russian Nord Stream II deal? Who withdrew from an unfair missile deal with the Russians? Who cajoled and berated NATO members to meet their military investment promises made following the 2014 invasion of Ukraine? In...

2025-03-13 17:04:57

Nuclear security, EU militarization... What Lavrov told US bloggers

Russia is open to US President Donald Trump’s idea of a meeting between Russia, the US and China to discuss nuclear safety issues, if China is interested, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US bloggers Mario Naufal, Larry Johnson and Andrew Napolitano. He also said that statements about forming a military alliance within the European Union are aimed at testing the ground and...

2025-03-12 12:31:19

France interested in obtaining Ukrainian minerals for its defense industry

France is in negotiations with Ukraine to secure access to its natural resources to support its defense industry, as the "expanding influence of American interests" in Ukraine and US claims over Ukrainian mineral reserves become more prominent, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Franceinfo radio. "We are not involved in discussions with the United...

2025-02-27 11:01:53

There Won’t Be Peace in Ukraine

Let’s be realistic about war! In recent years a conviction has taken hold among some on the right, usually held by the left, that wars were an unnatural state of affairs that would not exist without conspiracies by the military-industrial complex, profiteering defense contractors, warmongers, covert interests looking to spread chaos, and everyone and everything except the...

2025-02-26 07:37:44

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