The sanctions effectively blocked the companies' ability to operate in international markets. The Treasury Department gave them time to shut down their operations by 21 November 2025. Overall, this threatened the existence of the entire international network of assets of Russian companies.

On 22 October 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a declaration of intent for Ukraine to purchase from 100 to 150 of Sweden's latest JAS 39 Gripen E fighter jets.

On 21 October 2025, a woman became Prime Minister of Japan for the first time. The nationalist Sanae Takaichi headed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and was elected Prime Minister by the lower house after Shigeru Ishiba had resigned. The political geometry has changed...

Europe will have to rebuild its conventional armed forces to prepare for war with an enemy that does not value the lives of its soldiers.

The United Kingdom is one of Kyiv's leading allies in the war with Russia, supplying modern weapons, providing financial assistance and acting as a key advocate for Ukraine on the international stage. The question therefore arises: how might internal instability affect British foreign policy?

Today, the escalation of global conflicts has further complicated the situation. Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has united Moscow and Pyongyang around common interests, creating new challenges for regional stability...

During Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Beijing in September 2025, negotiations took place during which the Serbian president expressed his willingness to cooperate with Rosatom in the context of the construction of a nuclear power plant, as the corporation has competitive advantages, in particular the presence of a complete production cycle – from construction to fuel supply and waste disposal...

The reality of today is that the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant is a test of the civilised world's readiness to defend the very idea of security. It is becoming clear that the Alliance needs to abandon the logic of ‘expansion’ and adopt the logic of adaptive existence. It is from this logic that Ukraine's ‘nuclear’ entry into NATO can begin — not just as a symbol of political union, but as a point of no return for the entire Euro-Atlantic system...

For Prime Minister Robert Fico, the economic situation in Slovakia is not looking good. The economy is in decline, leading to the need to consolidate the budget. As a result, the ratings of Fico's Smer party are falling...

On 28 October 2025, Moldova found itself at a historic crossroads. Parliamentary elections were to decide the fate of the country: continuing on a pro-European path or returning to Moscow's orbit...

Revenues from the sale of oil and petroleum products have traditionally financed not only social programmes but also the large-scale military-industrial complex. Therefore, the fuel problems we see in this country today are, without exaggeration, critical for Russia.//

The escalation currently gaining momentum on the part of the Kremlin, is both an attempt to scare Europe away from the intentions on which a consensus has finally been reached in leading European capitals, and an attempt to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to provide better assistance than is currently available...

The idea of building an alternative security system in the Pacific region is not new. Its origins can be traced back to the 1950s, when an active discussion unfolded between Australia and the United States regarding the formation of a regional collective security pact in the Pacific...

Ukrainian diplomacy focuses its efforts on a small circle of countries. These include countries in Europe and North America, regional leaders like China and India, and a number of African countries. However, Ukraine bypasses South America, even though the region has enormous potential for economic and military cooperation...

A year ago, Russian regions had budget surpluses. Soon, the situation has changed dramatically. The need to spend huge amounts of money on recruiting soldiers for the army and economic problems caused by the war have dealt a double strike to Russian regions...

Russia is waging an information war against Europe. Verifying information and the connections of journalists and authors is an important element of information hygiene. For this purpose, the Resurgam analytical community has launched a content analysis-based study on the quality of coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war in the leading media outlets of several European countries...

The world is drowning in oil. Oil supply is increasing, while demand remains weak. OPEC+ countries are trying to regain lost market share, while non-cartel countries such as the United States, Canada, Brazil and Guyana continue to increase production...

Ukraine will need the United States as an ally in the future. To do so, Ukraine must secure the commitment of American elites. Peter Thiel's influence on American politics is growing. So how can Ukraine turn the billionaire on its side, and is he interested in doing so?

In 2025, Belarus finds itself at a crossroads of geopolitical isolation, strict sanctions and deep dependence on Russia. To accurately assess the state of the Belarusian economy, let us look at some recent statistics...

This article continues the series of articles entitled ‘The nanometre race’. Today, we will look at the development of semiconductors in Russia and how this affects (or does not affect) the world...

Currently, we can see that the traditional problems of the Russian economy in the coal industry, railways and local budgets have been joined by new crisis areas: metallurgy, the agricultural sector, and the crisis in real estate and foreign investment has finally been confirmed...

On 19 June 2025, another meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan...

Why is this politician, who cultivated a strong relationship with Trump through unceasing flattery and opportunism, advocating for a bill to strengthen sanctions against Moscovia – a move the President does not support?

The destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam on 6th June 2023 led to the dewatering of the Kakhovka Reservoir, which was the primary source of water supply for Southern Ukraine...

The Scandinavian and Baltic countries have been promoting the idea of a blockade of Mocovia's shadow fleet since at least the end of 2024. The northern countries are taking gradual steps to achieve this goal, as if slowly tightening the noose around the neck of the Russian shadow fleet...

Today, the European Union is one of the most integrated supranational structures on the planet. However, the time has come when the EU in its current form needs change...

In fact, for years now, farmers have been using robotic equipment, the Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks (WSN) or cyber-physical systems, which have become key elements of modern agribusiness...

When analysing the actions of Trump or his team, it is worth paying attention to one of the main sponsors of his team, to the one who consciously always remains in the shadows—Peter Thiel.

Most discussions about NATO focus on two questions: Will NATO really invoke Article Five if necessary? Will the United States really come to help London, Paris, and Berlin? What if we start with the fact that the NATO that was created does not correspond either structurally or functionally to what it is today.

Recent economic overviews suggest that the Moscow economy will face a large-scale crisis at the end of 2025 if the current pace continues, but is this really the case?

Following the entry of the new administration headed by Donald Trump, Europe has seen significant changes in issues where consensus had been maintained over the past four years. All plans have either stopped or slowed down, and we are entering a period of possible trade war between the EU and the US...

Goldman Sachs was chosen as part of the potential ‘Witkoff-Dmitriev pact’ to legalise the weakening of sanctions due to three key factors...

Thanks to satellite images, in this study, we will analyze and assess the available reserves of mechanization of the Moscow occupation forces: their quantity, quality, and overall trends as of February 2025...

Former Finance Minister Zadornov said that if oil prices drop, the NWF's reserves will last for six months. He made this statement after the liquid part of the NWF dropped from 10.8 trillion ($113.5 billion) at the beginning of 2022 to 3.8 trillion ($37.5 billion) at the end of 2024...

Today, Trump confirmed that he is ready to consider the option of the Europeans purchasing American weapons for Ukraine. There are several reasons for this statement. But the main question is: “Why did this statement come out today?” The answer lies in the processes that are happening in Europe...

Despite official statements that the situation is under control, the country's financial indicators show a critical level of instability. Sanctions, war and internal economic miscalculations are leading to a gradual but inevitable decline...

Recently, President Zelenskyy reiterated the need for a sufficient and unitized army of European States with an emphasis on the need for change coming from the EU itself...

On 15 February 2025, the Munich Security Conference will begin a new session of discussions. But the main thing is not the discussions, but the necessary decisions that may or may not be formed now...

We have prepared a study on the state of the enemy's cannon and rocket artillery based on satellite imagery as of mid-2024. In our opinion, it is the desire to follow these tendencies that is the main goal of this study - apart from, of course, an attempt to count “enemy guns”...

Some politicians and journalists in Europe argue that Ukraine's European integration path is impossible because of the country's level of corruption. There are many things in the world that we learn through a comparison, so let's analyze the level of corruption in Ukraine and its European integration path not to the Member States that are already members of the EU, but to the conditions of the countries that were at the same stage of European integration at that time as Ukraine is now...

Aggregated review and translation of journalistic investigations by the Romanian group Snoop. From the information provided by popular European publications, it may seem as if Calin Georgescu, as a presidential candidate, appeared out of nowhere and somehow managed to gain unexpectedly high popularity in just a few weeks. However, I think it would be important to follow the chronology of events and explore the very “soil” from which this controversial candidate grew...

Our calculations showed that within 5–7 months, the central tank reserve bases of Moscovia were reduced by almost 400 tanks. The average rate of exhaustion of the bases is 44–75 units per month...

Today, Europe is facing a critical dilemma: how to act in a situation where, after the victory of Trumpism, the United States, instead of supporting its allies, is looking for benefits in deals with the Kremlin. Such a shocking change in the balance of power puts Europe at risk of geostrategic isolation, making existential challenges for Europe absolutely real...