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 271 billion rubles ($3.3 billion) in 2023 Infrastructure 📍 In 2020, the 250-km Tavrida Highway was...

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 (IRGC) operative, spoke publicly for the first time to Israeli media, revealing his past involvement in...

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 seeing the reaction of the United States.     Key statements of the Russian foreign...

  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 States, but I have been in talks with my Ukrainian counterpart on this matter, focused on France's...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters during a trip to St. Petersburg on Wednesday and said his potential meeting with US President Donald Trump would need to be well prepared so they could reach agreements on issues including Ukraine.   He also said the recent Ukrainian attack on an oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in southern Russia will cause energy prices on world markets to spike and hold high, much to the chagrin of consumers. Talks in Riyadh...

  The US has excluded Ukraine from the talks on the settlement of the conflict on its territory, which it began with Russia, and is forcing Vladimir Zelensky to realize that "a servant is not invited to a feast," said Max Blumenthal, founder of The Grayzone portal.   "We saw the exclusion of Ukraine, confirming Ukraine's role as a proxy, which was expected to simply throw bodies into the meat grinder in exchange for more weapons, more aid and continuously propping up...

President Trump: "Today, I am very honored to recognize February 9, 2025, as the first ever Gulf of America Day."       "Air Force One is currently in international waters, the first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America."   🔶️ On January 20, 2025, I signed Executive Order 14172 (“Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness”).  Among other actions, that Executive Order required the Secretary of the Interior, acting...

Since his Inauguration, President Trump has firmly backed Israel’s security with immediate action.   Almost every poll of Israelis and supporters of the Jewish State, indicate that President Donald Trump is widely considered the most pro-Israel president ever.   Whether it’s informal surveys or more official ones, the results are striking: Trump’s popularity in Israel is through the roof. A 2019 poll even found that 79% of Israelis supported him, with just 10%...

A French NGO has for years used its Jewish members as cover while supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza, a joint investigation by TPS-IL and the French-based Nova Project shows.   Several days after the October 7 attack, members of the French Jewish Union for Peace (UJFP), who call themselves fighters for human rights, were updated on the massacre by their Gazan partner and expressed “shared enthusiasm.” “The UJFP is an association that uses the...

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Ratcliffe told Breitbart News in his first interview after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday that he intends to immediately get to the bottom of what the Agency knows about COVID leaking from a Wuhan lab in China.   Ratcliffe was confirmed by the Senate Thursday and then sworn in by Vice President JD Vance as the newest director of the CIA.  He spoke with Breitbart News on Thursday for his first exclusive interview,...

President Donald Trump launches purge of ‘Deep State’ at DOJ, fulfilling campaign promise   President Donald Trump began to fire career employees at the Justice Department on Wednesday, a move that signals his promise of purging the administrative state has begun. The move is something all agencies will likely face in coming weeks. “We will demolish the ‘deep state.’ We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists. We...

The French leader addressed troops in Cesson-Sevigne, near Rennes, and warned of an “accumulation of threats” that were forcing France to adapt. He also presented an updated strategy for the country’s defense priorities, calling for a “European strategic awakening.”   During his speech, Macron said he wanted to offer French youth a "solid commitment" and "give them the choice to serve." "We will have to better identify volunteers, train them and be able...