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30/01/2025

🥸ANTIFAKE: Russian state media falsely alleges Ukrainian soldiers killed in Chasiv Yar were American mercenaries

On Jan. 29, Russian state-run news agency TASS published a report titled “Akhmat Fighter: Ukrainian Troops with U.S. Flags Killed in Chasiv Yar Were Mercenaries.” Here's why that story is false.

29/01/2025

Donald Trump, who promised during his election campaign to make the United States the global crypto capital, launched his own cryptocurrency just days before his inauguration. While this may appear to be a positive signal for the crypto industry, the project bears all the hallmarks of a classic “pump and dump” scheme. The manipulation sees an asset's price artificially inflated (“pumped”) through an aggressive media campaign, often sending the paper value of the asset skyrocketing by thousands of percent — only for the primary beneficiary to sell off (or “dump”) their holdings, leaving ordinary investors to absorb the losses. Trump has created an unprecedented conflict of interest: on one side, he profits from his own token, and on the other, he is responsible for shaping the regulatory environment in which the industry operates.
And of course, there is also the reality that investments in tokens can provide a convenient avenue for concealing corruption.

29/01/2025

Fight like a girl: Leaders of Germany’s much-hated extreme right and left parties clash over protest votes.

With less than a month left before Germany's early elections on Feb. 23, the country’s more extremist political elements have decided to improve their chances by making some radical changes. In the race to the Bundestag, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has chosen as its...

26/01/2025

In this week’s summary:

✔️Russian counterattacks in the Kursk Region on the western flank of the Ukrainian foothold, reportedly involving North Korean troops.
✔️Russian forces have split the road to Mezhova west of Pokrovsk and are attempting to reach the strategically important Pavlohrad highway.
✔️Despite capturing Kurakhove, Russian troops have failed to achieve the “operational breakthrough” claimed by the Russian Defense Ministry.
✔️Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk Region; Russian flags have been raised in the center of the village.
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“Camels” — Russian soldiers tasked with delivering supplies under fire before offensive operations — have been spotted in the town of Toretsk.
✔️The week saw one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory, with a total of close to 170 UAVs intercepted.
✔️Footage has surfaced from combat zones showing injured Russian troops on crutches being sent on “combat missions.”
✔️The U.S. freeze on foreign aid, ordered by Donald Trump on Friday, will not impact military supplies to Ukraine provided through the PDA and USAI programs.

In this week's summary: Footage from combat zones showed injured Russian troops on crutches being sent on “combat missions,” Ukrainian forces were withdrawing from Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk Region, and back-and-forth attacks and counterattacks by both Russian and Ukrainian forces were docu...

21/01/2025

In his last press conference before taking office, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his desire to bring Greenland under American control. When asked directly about how that might be accomplished, he refused to rule out a scenario involving military force. The desire for territorial expansion stems from the corrosion of international law initiated by Vladimir Putin, argues political scientist Sergei Medvedev. And the consequence could be a battle for the Arctic.

19/01/2025

❄️In his last press conference before taking office, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his desire to bring Greenland under American control. When asked directly about how that might be accomplished, he refused to rule out a scenario involving military force. The desire for territorial expansion stems from the corrosion of international law initiated by Vladimir Putin, argues political scientist Sergei Medvedev. And the consequence could be a battle for the Arctic.

17/01/2025

The Economist has declared Spain the “best economy of 2024.” The secret of its impressive growth involves a robust labor market that features a high share of migrants. Recent reforms have rendered the immigration process even more accessible, which should give the economy an extra boost.
However, some Spaniards blame migrants for an increase in crime and the slump in wages for unskilled labor. Dispelling these myths will prove another challenge for the government, but polls already show progress in this regard.

13/01/2025

Ukrainian forces capture Neapolitan pizza chef who fled to fight for Russia after sexually assaulting a minor in his home country.

Ukrainian forces have captured 51-year-old Gianni Cenni, an Italian volunteer fighting for the Russian army. The initial report came from the Italian publication Today.it and was later confirmed by the Telegram channel of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces. According to a report by the newspaper Libero,...

10/01/2025

❗️US slaps sweeping sanctions on major Russian oil companies, shadow fleet, and key figures from The Insider’s investigations.
These include Denis Deryushkin, along with Latvian citizen Alexey Kholyavin. The two men are affiliated with the UAE-registered company Black Pearl Energy Trading LLC, and also with Conmar Maritime DMCC, an affiliate of Black Pearl. The U.S. Treasury’s explanation for the sanctions cites The Insider’s findings, which revealed that Black Pearl facilitated the sale of Russian oil to buyers at prices exceeding the Western price cap of $60 per barrel.

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08/01/2025

‼️ Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war

The GRU funded Afghan attacks on U.S. troops via a gemstone trading company. The Insider was able to ID the network's key players.

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the existence of the program but also identified GRU officers responsible for its coordination. The Russ...

05/01/2025

In 2024, the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin visited a record 11 countries.

Foreign figures also came to him: UN Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Moscow, and in late December, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Putin — then threatened to cut off his country’s electricity supplies to Ukraine. The Kremlin’s hopes now rest heavily on Donald Trump.
However, if peace negotiations fail, Putin seems destined to remain a global outcast, says Anton Barbashin, political analyst and editorial director of Riddle Russia.

31/12/2024

On December 24, Andrei Gilishev, a physician from Tyumen, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of having ties with the Freedom of Russia Legion. In his final statement, he said he did not consider the legion a “terrorist organization,” but rather a form of “armed opposition.”

Three Russian volunteers of the Freedom of Russia Legion told The Insider how the fighting force is organized, what they hope to achieve, and why they chose to take up arms on behalf of Ukraine rather than engage in peaceful protest back home.

28/12/2024

Prices in Russia are rising so quickly that even official statistics largely confirm the economic reality. In an attempt to curb inflation, the Russian Central Bank has repeatedly hiked the key interest rate, but this step alone has proven insufficient, as the amount of money in circulation is also increasing — fueling price growth and putting pressure on the ruble’s exchange rate. There are no signs that the Bank of Russia will take stricter control of the money supply, and other factors, particularly the Kremlin’s ongoing war in Ukraine, do nothing to foster economic stability. Inflation in December has been rising at rates that, if sustained, would amount to 29-30% annually, and although the Central Bank’s key rate currently stands at a record 21%, further increases are expected. Of course, some vested interests in Russia continue to benefit from the galloping price growth, but the longer the current situation persists, the more severe the eventual collapse will be.

27/12/2024

❗️It’s raining men: How all-male voting “carousels” helped Georgian Dream hold on to power

Election analyst Roman Udot statistics revealing fraudulent voting in Georgia, estimating that a fair vote would have cost the ruling party its majority.

In Georgia's recent parliamentary elections, the decisive factor in the ruling Georgian Dream party’s victory was the use of “carousels”: a method of vote rigging in which voters cast their ballots at more than one polling station. In this case, those involved were predominantly male, allowing...

24/12/2024

Russia’s fall military draft is drawing to a close. The nearer the end, the harsher the methods employed by recruitment officers tasked with meeting quotas.
Law enforcement officers break into young men’s homes, dress in plain clothes to ambush them near buildings, and handcuff them in subway stations and shopping malls. Newly drafted conscripts are even apprehended during trips to other cities and dragged into police cars in the streets.

Conscripts and their families told The Insider how military enlistment officials, together with Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardiya), tase prospective soldiers with electric shockers and threaten them with criminal charges in an effort to force them into uniform.

22/12/2024

❗️Companies partially owned by billionaires closely tied to Vladimir Putin continue to export their products to Western markets without disruption.

An investigation by The Insider revealed that even individuals under sanctions are earning billions from deals with EU countries. They exploit a loophole that allows firms to operate freely in EU markets so long as sanctioned individuals hold less than 50% of the company’s shares.

This loophole enables some of the most controversial oligarchs, including Gennady Timchenko, Alisher Usmanov, and Oleg Deripaska, to reap massive profits from trade with Europe.

Companies partially owned by billionaires closely tied to Vladimir Putin continue to export their products to Western markets without disruption. An investigation by The Insider revealed that even individuals under sanctions are earning billions from deals with EU countries. They exploit a loophole....

21/12/2024

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues

A number of AI-altered clips spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives had circulated on X before appearing on the alternative Bluesky platform.

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identi...

20/12/2024

Assad state of affairs: Syria’s shattered, drug export-driven economy is placing its hopes in Turkey — and in the return of refugees

The new government in Damascus faces an uphill battle to secure foreign funding and get international sanctions lifted.

The French government has a new head: veteran centrist politician Francois Bayrou, who assumed office on Dec. 13 after an earlier no-confidence vote in parliament ended the three-month tenure of now-former Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The precipitating issue was the country’s draft “social” ...

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Environmental catastrophe in the Black Sea: an oil spill from Russian tankers has polluted dozens of kilometers of coastline near Anapa. Birds, dolphins, and other marine animals are washing up dead, covered in oil.

▪️Catastrophic oil spill from Russian tankers in the Black Sea. On Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, were wrecked in the Kerch Strait during a severe storm, spilling 3,700 tons of fuel oil into the Black Sea.Environmental activists warn that Russia’s reliance on its “shadow fleet” of outdated, poorly maintained tankers to bypass sanctions is putting ecosystems at severe risk.Clean-up efforts involving thousands of volunteers are ongoing, but ecologists fear the region’s biodiversity will face lasting damage for years.

Over 20 killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa and Sumy

Russian strikes on Ukraine (Nov. 17-18) killed 20+ people, including children, and injured over 100. The attacks, which involved both ballistic and guided missiles, were the deadliest in months. Watch footage of the aftermath.

😱«The war started and nobody gave us any notice»: The Insider reports from the Ukrainian-controlled town of Sudzha 🇺🇦 Dozens of people are now living in a basement in a town near Sudzha — a district center in Russia’s Kursk Region. The basement’s residents claim they had little interest in politics until the war arrived at their doorstep a few long weeks ago. Yet many continue to believe that Vladimir Putin would never bomb their city. 👉 Tap the link in our bio to watch full video! #warinukraine #Russia #Putin #Ukraine

"The war started...nobody gave us any notice": The Insider reports from the Ukrainian-controlled town of SudzhaLocals share their thoughts amid Ukraine's ongoing incursion.Watch the full video and subscribe to our YouTube channel below 👇 📺 youtu.be/Ylj5PkkGMIw

Russophiles no more: Odesa after Russia's invasion. Before Feb. 24, 2022, many in Odesa harbored pro-Russian sentiments due to Kremlin propaganda. But Russia's attack quickly changed Odesa’s loyalties. Watch The Insider’s report 👇 to see how.youtu.be/gZrVH0Rq_rc

Terrorist attack in Moscow. An eyewitness told The Insider what she saw. #moscow #massshooting #terroristattack #theinsider

Thousands of Russians lined up in huge queues to vote against Putin. Yulia Navalnaya @yulia_navalnaya spent 6 hours in line at the Russian embassy in Berlin #putin #russia #election #russianpresident #theinsider

Watch full video on YouTube @theinsworld The presidential “elections” are under way in Russia — and also in the areas of Ukraine still living under Russian military occupation. Although there are no independent candidates on the ballot, Russia’s Central Election Commission is still gearing up for large-scale rigging in order to “show” the high level of popular support for Vladimir Putin. Alexei Molchanov, the head of a precinct election commission in St. Petersburg from 2013 to 2022, knows from experience how this process works: “Aside from ballot stuffing, there are a huge number of manipulation mechanisms that allow the CEC to get the desired results from precinct commission chairmen: money in envelopes, crossing out voters from voter lists, stealing secure ballot packages, altering the results protocols, and much more.” #russia #putin #election #electionrussia #voting #theinsider

Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary to Vladimir Putin: “I personally have nothing to comment on,” - when asked about the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.” #Russia #Ukraine #peskov #war #warinukriane #20daysinmariupol #theinsider

A toy version of the Iskander missile system is being sold to Russian children. Intended for kids aged two to six, this toy has been spotted at a store in Kazan, where parents can also buy their toddlers a child-friendly T-34 tank decorated with the WWII-era slogan “For Stalin!” #iskander #propaganda #russia #missile #war #ukraine #theinsider

People are queuing up to visit the grave of Alexei Navalny. For the third day, Russians have been bringing flowers to Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. #alexeinavalny #navalny #russia #killing #putin #theinsider

Alexei Navalny Was Buried Today In Moscow. #navalny #alexeinavalny #putin #funeral #russia #theinsider

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