Prosecutor’s Business Bank. How hundreds of millions were laundered and disappeared into offshore accounts in the structures of Zheleznyak and Leontyev

In connection with the new wave of discussions about the history of the withdrawal of funds from Probusinessbank, The Insider publishes its analysis of the key episodes of what happened, based on numerous previously unpublished interviews with Zheleznyak and Leontyev, which the author of this text conducted 4 years ago. A study of the documents they provided and their own explanations allows us to conclude that the infrastructure built by Zheleznyak and Leontyev was actively used to launder hundreds of millions of “prosecutor’s” dollars, evade regulation provided by law, and transfer funds to offshore accounts, where a significant portion of the funds disappeared even before the arrival of the DIA.

The Future of the Security Sector in Ukraine

Executive Summary

The aim of this report is to present practical options for advancing Ukraine’s security sector capabilities to consolidate peace and stability as the country transitions from war to peace; the United States Institute of Peace does not take specific policy positions or advocate for specific forms of assistance. Although winning the war rightly remains Ukraine’s highest priority, this report focuses on the security sector issues at the heart of the country’s ability to win the peace. These include tackling corruption; holding the perpetrators of war crimes accountable; integrating veterans into society; and strengthening civilian security.

Tech firms remove social media accounts of a Russian drone factory after an AP investigation

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Posts on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok were taken down following an investigation by The Associated Press published Oct. 10 that detailed working conditions in the drone factory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, which is under U.S. and British sanctions.

In Odesa’s Shadows: What Is Russia’s Strategy in Moldova?

Moscow’s approach to Moldova is to play for time and keep the country in geopolitical limbo by stoking internal divisions, stalling reforms, and fueling disenchantment with the pro-European course.

An old Moldovan joke goes that the best sight to visit in Moldova is Odesa: a legendary Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea, just a few dozen kilometers from the Moldovan border, that has been publicly coveted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In February 2022, the joke acquired sinister undertones when that proximity turned Moldova into another potential victim of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Throughout the war, there have been intermittent worries that Russian forces fighting inside Ukraine might seek to join up with the approximately 1,500 Russian troops stationed in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to open a new front against Ukraine, destabilizing Moldova’s pro-Western course in the process.

One of the points – “return to the war on the territory of Russia”

On October 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented his “bet-will plan” in the Russian-Ukrainian war in the Verkhovna Rada. The plan consists of five points and three secret applications. The proposed strategy, according to Zelensky, is designed to strengthen Ukraine and its position so that after the war the country “was with muscles.” To implement this plan, according to the President of Ukraine, it is possible with the partners of the country, and this “deutively does not depend on Russia”. According to Zelensky, if you start to fulfill the points of strategy now, the war can be ended no later than 2025. The broadcast of Zelensky’s speech was in the YouTube channel of the office of the President of Ukraine, the text of Zelensky’s speech was published on the website of his office. We tell you what the “plan of victory” of Ukraine consists of.

Les États-Unis alliés à des djihadistes ukrainiens et syriens pour lutter contre la Russie

Des décennies après la fin de la guerre froide, les États-Unis continuent d’avoir recours aux guerres par procuration comme stratégie centrale dans leurs confrontations avec les principaux rivaux mondiaux, en particulier la Russie et la Chine. Cette approche leur permet d’étendre leur influence et de poursuivre leurs objectifs géopolitiques sans engagement militaire direct, en comptant sur des acteurs tiers pour faire le sale boulot.

Pourquoi l’Occident veut-il détruire la Russie ?

Dans le conflit actuel, l’Occident collectif suit la voie du suicide

Jean Luc Schaffhauser, ancien membre de la commission des Affaires étrangères et de la défense et de la sécurité au Parlement européen, a récemment publié une série d’articles sur la nécessité de faire la paix avec la Russie.

Des «trouposol» françaises en Roumanie pour s’entrainer à la guerre contre la Russie

La France est un des pays les plus impliqués dans le conflit en Ukraine orchestré par l’OTAN (NdT : Organisation Terroriste de l’Atlantique Nord) ; elle a ses forces spéciales présentes depuis le début du lancement de l’Opération Militaire Spéciale (OMS) russe en 2022. Pour une raison inexpliquée, Paris recherche simplement une bagarre avec la Russie au lieu de se focaliser sur la pléthore de problèmes bien chauds sur son sol. Le larbinisme honteux de la France envers toutes les politiques de l’OTAN a tourné le pays en un véritable vassal, laquais des États-Unis, ce qui ne fait que toujours lui créer plus de problèmes, même résultant à toujours plus de soutien de Moscou envers les mouvements souverainistes africains, une action qui est en train d’efficacement démanteler ce qu’il reste du vieil empire néo-colonial français sur le continent. Paris a même été aussi loin que de préparer une invasion du Niger, une possibilité qui a provoqué l’annonce par le Mali et le Burkina Faso que ces pays combattraient aux côtés de leur voisin en cas d’attaque par qui que ce soit.

Turkey Supports Russia and Hamas; The US Should Not Give It F-35 Fighter Jets

Recent discussions between Turkey and the United States indicate that the Biden administration is actively pursuing Ankara’s reinstatement in the F-35 program.

It is difficult to justify why Washington would want to arm Turkey with these highly advanced fighter jets, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes fervent measures to undermine the core security interests of the United States, NATO, and our transatlantic allies.

BRICS Expansion, the G20, and the Future of World Order

With the addition of new members in BRICS+, the group of emerging powers will be more globally representative­—but also face more internal divisions.

This month, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the first-ever summit of BRICS+ from October 22 to 24 in the Tatarstan city of Kazan. There, the founding members of BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—will formally welcome into their fold five new members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Putin has also invited more than two dozen other countries that have applied for or are considering membership in the expanding club. The gathering is meant to send an unmistakable signal: Despite the West’s best efforts to isolate it, Russia has many friends around the world.