Eurasia Press & News

Putin’s meeting with the oligarchs, at which the Russian president “passed his hat around” and offered to chip in for the war, marks a new stage in the state’s interaction with private business, confirming the trend toward archaization in Russia. The economy has already rejected foreign investment and Western technology, …

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Russians to obtain asylum. This applies not only to Western countries and the United States, which have begun deporting Russian refugees en masse, but also to Russia’s neighboring countries. Human rights activists The Insider spoke with note that the immigration and political situation in a …

In the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács worked for Igor Korol, the leader of the most powerful organized crime group in Budapest, which reported to the main underworld boss, Semyon Mogilevich. According to Kovács, his duties included, among other things, transferring large sums of cash, which Mogilevich regularly sent to Police …

A coordination group comprising the International Energy Agency (IEA), the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects fuel prices to remain under pressure amid the current Middle East conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US. “Even after a resumption of regular shipping flows through the Strait, it …

After six weeks of conflict, the cost in munitions expenditure and damage is unprecedented given the time period hirteen military service members killed and 365 injured, 46 aircraft damaged or destroyed, and between $25 billion and $30 billion spent. That is the cost of the US war on Iran so …

Maritime ​access restrictions in the Gulf are ​being enforced as the fragile Iran war ceasefire looked close to breaking point. Iranian ports and coastal ​areas, including ​locations along ‌the Gulf ⁠of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz are being affected, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency. …

With Washington’s help, there is a path forward for Beirut and Jerusalem to agree on something that is more limited than a full ceasefire, and that enables them to launch negotiations to advance both the disarmament of Hezbollah and the achievement of bilateral peace. For the first time in more …

Between 500 and 700 Iraqi fuel oil tankers, each carrying 30 tons, cross daily into Syria through the al-Walid border crossing in Iraq’s Anbar province, opposite Syria’s al-Tanf crossing, according to Rutba district administrator Imad Mishal. Mishal told the Iraqi network Rudaw on Monday, April 13, that work is underway …

Il n’y a désormais plus aucun doute. Le « pouvoir occulte » évoqué par Disraeli et tant d’autres au fil de l’histoire est concentré dans une zone toujours plus étendue du Moyen-Orient. Il existe probablement encore un groupe de type Illuminati qui tire les ficelles, mais d’après ce que nous …

As Beirut’s skyline remains obscured by the smoke of relentless Israeli bombardment, a different kind of fire is consuming the streets of the capital. The regime of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and President Joseph Aoun is currently facing an existential crisis, as accusations of “high treason” and “servile collaboration” with …