Euractiv: Italy and Greece win a fur pass for Russia inside the EU’s newest sanctions round
The two nations buy more Russian sable than anyone else in the bloc, and they lobbied to keep the pelts flowing while finished coats stay off-limits.
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US Sen. Graham’s Russia sanctions bill sat stalled for over a year—now the Senate has the votes to pass it
Lindsey Graham told colleagues he had the White House on board just hours before his sudden death.
Russia’s ex-space chief calls for “systematic zeroing out” of the Starlink satellite constellation
Senator Dmitry Rogozin claims cutting Ukraine off from SpaceX's network would end the war within two to three weeks — and that Russia knows several ways to do it.
Japan and Ukraine will jointly develop and produce military drones
The SCMP reported Tokyo is drawing on Ukraine's war against Russia to accelerate its own programs.
Ukrainian firms court Asian militaries, pitching combat-proven drones as China–Taiwan tensions drive demand – Reuters
Ukrainian manufacturers are targeting Japan and Taiwan for partnerships, positioning their war-tested drone systems as demand grows for unmanned capabilities in Asia.
US sanctions 13 Iran-Belarus-China entities supplying Iran’s IRGC. That’s three of four “Axis of Upheaval” states
The same Iran-Belarus-China network is the operational ecosystem supplying Russia's drone war on Ukraine.
Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it
Brussels could override the automatic formula that would otherwise let the ceiling jump from $44.10 to at least $65 a barrel in July, Bloomberg says.
Ukrainian intelligence: Russia’s new jet-powered Geran-4 attack drone runs on Chinese turbojets
The Geran-4 has a brand-new reinforced airframe and can pull high-G maneuvers at 300-400 km/h, per Ukraine's military intelligence. It carries up to 90 kg of thermobaric explosives.
Beijing endorses Moscow’s ‘root causes’ framing on Ukraine in Putin-Xi joint statement
The summit produced no agreed timeline for the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline.
Days after Trump leaves Beijing, Putin arrives—gas price gap and Ukraine on the table
Putin arrives in Beijing days after Trump's visit. China wants Russian gas at $50 per thousand cubic meters; it currently pays $258.
Xi told Trump Putin could come to regret invading Ukraine, FT reports
First time Xi has offered such an assessment to a US president, per FT sources.
Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone
Russia has spent months hitting civilian ships across the Black Sea. This one belonged to its closest strategic partner.
Russia’s 1500-drone strike on Ukraine was timed to Trump’s arrival in Beijing — Ukrainian Colonel explains why
Russia used the Victory Day lull to redeploy air defenses around Moscow and stockpile drones for a strike timed to Trump's Beijing arrival, Colonel Dmytro Kashchenko says.
China asks Ukraine to treat Chinese POWs well, but doesn’t say if it wants them back
Chinese MFA spokesman invoked international law on the two Chinese citizens captured fighting for Russia, while sidestepping the question of whether China is acting to repatriate them.
Rob Bauer just named NATO’s alarming scenario involving Russia and Europe
It starts in Beijing, not Moscow.
Vance openly supports Russia’s favorite European ally in Budapest, while accusing Ukraine in meddling Hungarian elections
Vance just flew to Budapest to meet the politician who leaks the EU secrets to Moscow.
No flag. Russian oil. Two intelligence operatives on board. Now its captain faces prison.
A French court sentenced Chen Zhangjie, who commanded the sanctioned tanker Boracay, to one year in prison after he refused to let France's navy inspect the vessel last September.
Russia’s oil revenues hit four-year high amid Iran’s war. And Ukraine is paying price
Russia earns $270 million a day from exports.
Texty: Russia launched 150 satellites since invading Ukraine. Two-thirds have unknown purpose.
Ukrainian forces can move equipment during cloud cover or between satellite passes. What they cannot do is prevent 253 Russian low-orbit spacecraft — and China's additional 1,094 — from eventually flying overhead.
Russia didn’t expect Ukraine to learn to strike 1,500 km deep. It moved most of its air defenses to occupied territories
Ukraine destroyed them there. Now Russia's cities are exposed.