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Durov’s test
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The founder and leader of the team developing the Telegram messenger spoke at a human rights conference in Norway. It was a remote interview –
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What is escalation? The Trump and Mertz Option
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There’s a big event in politics. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said: “There are no longer any range restrictions for weapons supplied to Ukraine –
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Does Turkey even need bases in Syria?
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According to the very conservative tabloid Türkiye, Erdogan is working on a plan to establish naval and aviation military bases in Syria.
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Trump’s West Point Speech Signals Major U.S. Military Reform Inspired by Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War
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In his traditional speech to graduates of the West Point Military Academy, President Trump said something that until relatively recently had been kept quiet.
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Drones vs. airliners
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As I suspected, the AFU continued UAV attacks deep into Russian territory, an important goal of which was to stop the operation of airports.
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More than 100 drones have been shot down by Russian air defense equipment, the Defense Ministry said.
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From 00:00 to 05:30 Moscow time, 105 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed and intercepted, 35 of them over the Moscow region. Another 14 UAVs –
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Andrei Belousov: a year of work and results. Part 2
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The complexity of the new minister’s position is aggravated by the impossibility to rely on the existing structures of the Defense Ministry, whose
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Andrei Belousov: a year of work and results
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May 14 marked exactly one year since Andrei Belousov became Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. By the standards of management theory and practice
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And now – Trump!
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Trump has not let Putin down. He replied in Truth Social, “Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will begin immediately.” That was unexpected.
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Now we’re talking
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The conversation is over. Vladimir Putin did not tell us about its content, and he shouldn’t have to. But there is a set of words and phrases that