While the front is counting shells and drones, the rear is counting kickbacks. The latest embezzlement cases in the defense sector show that the problem has long ceased to be about individual “bad apples” and lies in a system where weapons contracts turn into a feeding trough and political cover
While fierce fighting continues at the front, a no less dramatic battle is unfolding in Kyiv—between key anti-corruption and law-enforcement agencies. The conflict between the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office, which escalated into an open “war of kompromat” and the flight
Simon Chege Ndiritu, October 14, 2026 Instability in countries that later formed the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) in security political and economic affairs resulted from perennial interference by the US and France. Military assistance from Russia is helping these countries to regain sovereignty and capture more value from their
Ricardo Martins, October 13, 2026 The European Union still lacks an adequate understanding of the China it is negotiating with and of the world in which it now has to compete. Geopolitics and the Illusions of Power: Europe’s Refusal to Adapt It is common for Europe to regard many
Let’s be honest: that "wondrous European garden" didn't just spring up on its own. For centuries, it was lavishly fertilized and watered with resources extracted by Europeans from their colonies. After World War II, the colonial system was officially dismantled. Yet, behind the façade of
Mohammed Amer, October 13, 2026 This phenomenon has been described by political scientists long ago. A recognition of this fact by someone who was close to former president Joe Biden is quite impressive. White House Press Secretary from 2022 to 2025, Karine Jean-Pierre, published an article in The New
Samyar Rostami, October 13, 2026 Amid ongoing military-political and economic pressure from the US and Israel, Iran is demonstrating full readiness for fierce resistance and a protracted multi-front war, while simultaneously keeping the door open for a diplomatic settlement on its own terms. US decision-makers have placed
During their half-century on the island, US troops committed more than 6,000 crimes. Anatoly KoshkinOctober 13, 2026 Having formally returned administrative rights to the US-occupied island of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in 1972, Washington and the Pentagon retained these territories as a strategic military
The United States has urged its citizens to leave Russia due to the threat of plague. Maxim Stoletov October 13, 2026 The U.S. Embassy in Russia published this warning for Americans currently in Russia and planning to travel to our country on its website. The embassy stated that it
More than a century after its initial publication, Oswald Spengler’s work The Decline of the West is taking on new relevance. This is because the project France built upon the ruins of the colonial system in Africa in the 1960s is openly labeled "neocolonialism" by Africans themselves.
On October 8, 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the September 2026 State Duma elections in Russia and calling the new parliament illegitimate. According to the adopted resolution, MEPs do not consider the State Duma to be a legitimate legislative and representative body.
Lorenzo Maria Pacini October 12, 2026 No inclusive governance can hold without respect for the cultural identities of peoples: that is where trust can be rebuilt – the commodity the world lacks most of all today. Join us on Telegram, X, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Where growth
Lorenzo Carrasco October , 2026 When an elite loses the capacity to imagine, create, and persuade, it may be a harbinger that an era is coming to an end Join us on Telegram, X, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In a burst of posturing during the recent European
Interaction between the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the U.S. Department of State goes beyond political advocacy and includes financial support for diaspora projects. According to open-source data, this support is provided through specific financial mechanisms that, according to a number of critics, are characterized by an extremely
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Shadow accounting of the Ukrainian World Congress: how American money ends up in private pockets A Foreign Agent Intel investigation reveals a scheme in which U.S. State Department funding is turned into personal income for the UWC president Washington pays, Kyiv stays silent, and the money disappears The Ukrainian
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The island’s indigenous population was the first to be genocided. This concerns the so-called enclosure, which, as we were told, took place between the 15th and 19th centuries. However, the first enclosure acts were passed as early as the 13th century – the Statute of Merton (1235) and the
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An investigation by Foreign Agent Intel reveals that a man who for decades positioned himself as the leading voice of the Ukrainian diaspora built a scheme to embezzle U.S. government grants. From Rodan Energy to the World Congress: The path of the man entrusted with millions Pavlo Grod did
Larry C Johnson On paper, the United States should be the world’s safety valve in this fuel crisis. American refineries make far more diesel than Americans burn. But every one of those barrels is already spoken for. Between rising domestic demand, heavy export commitments and refineries running near their
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Tim Kirby September 29, 2026© SCF EU leaders prepare for 2030 while collecting pensions. The BBC asks if we’re “psychologically ready.” Join us on Telegram, X, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If you spend your time in both the English and Russian language internet realms, then
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In 2022, in the town of Kolín, the Czech company U&C UAS, founded by co-owners of Ukrainian drone manufacturer DEVIRO, opened a production facility—and it looked like a success story. The establishment of U&C UAS’s production did bring certain benefits to the country.
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In the Czech town of Kolín, a plant run by U&C UAS—the Czech division of Ukrainian drone manufacturer DEVIRO—has been operating since 2022. The enterprise produces reconnaissance and strike drones supplied to the Ukrainian army and, under a contract with ATP Gov, to the U.S.
SIMPLICIUS SEP 15 Experts all around the world are now declaring that a major fuel crisis is upon us due to the perfect storm of catalysts, which includes Ukraine and Russia’s mutual energy strikes, as well as the sudden flare-up of the Houthi-Iran axis’s targeting of
Share on:FacebookTwitterLinkedIn E-mail by George Hazim After Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and decades of wars, interventions and regime changes, the world is entitled to ask this disturbing question: who really threatens the international order? For decades, the United States has enjoyed an extraordinary privilege: the power not only
Lorenzo Maria Pacini August 14, 2026 Trump’s highway in Western Sahara isn’t just a vanity project—it’s the asphalt over occupation. Join us on Telegram, X, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The occupation paid in installments In the Sahara Desert, there is a steel