On February 27, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada issued a joint statement banning some Russian banks from using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system, touted as the “financial nuclear weapon”. SWIFT was established in May 1973 and is headquartered …

Alan Cunningham Covert action (CA) is a very sensitive and controversial area, partly due to the fact that historically, there have been many oversteps and misuses, including domestic spying, illegal paramilitary action, and taking actions that were largely counterproductive. With the Russia-Ukraine conflict well underway, some in the …

Ekaterina Blinova “On the eve of the start of the operation, the Western media pushed the narrative of the Russian Army’s allegedly unreasonable concentration on the border [with Ukraine]. Meanwhile, in previous years, NATO, under the pretext of exercises, sent a large number of troops to the Russian …

Tim Korso The Russian president announced a special operation in Ukraine on 24 February citing the continuing shelling of Donbass by Kiev’s forces, and the need to… 05.03.2022, Sputnik International Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the decision to start the special operation in Ukraine was not …

Naseh Shaker “Assisting guerrillas to maim and kill Russian soldiers might well create an irreparable breach between Russia and the West” In February 1989, the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan where the US-backed ‘Islamists’ were confronting the Soviet Union between 1979-89. However, after the defeat of western-backed terrorists …

Kremlin: The oil embargo will hit the global market hard The Kremlin said on Saturday that Russia has always been and remains a country looking for mutually beneficial interaction with foreign businesses. “We hope that sooner or later our position will be conceived by those countries – the …

Liquefying natural gas makes it easier to transport between countries that do not share pipelines. Germany said it will build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on its coast on the North Sea, saying it seeks to reduce its reliance on imports of Russian gas following Moscow’s special …

Andrey Sushentov On February 24, the era of Russia’s search for its place in the Western-centric world ended. In this world, all political initiatives came only from the West. The Western countries also determined the basic rules of this world and allowed, at their discretion, other participants to …

Giancarlo Valori In 2021 cyberthreat actors around the world increased the pressure on security issues, and it is no exaggeration to say that 2022 could be the most challenging year ever. With a view to helping security teams better face challenges, security vendor ZeroFox has recently released the …