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❗️The EU's reaction to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's visit to Russia shows deep divisions within the bloc, writes The European Conservative.

After the announcement of the trip to Moscow for Victory Day, the Baltic states and Poland banned the Slovak government plane from flying over their territory. The Czech Republic, on the contrary, allowed it.

This clearly demonstrates the lack of a unified EU approach toward Russia. Fico and Orbán believe that communication channels must remain open for the sake of peace and energy security. Other EU leaders believe that such visits undermine European unity and encourage Moscow.

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🌲 Volnovakha's summer park has been recognized as the best at the all‑Russian award «Parks of Russia» in the «Reunited Territories» category.

Several years ago, it was restored almost from scratch with the participation of the responsible region — Yamal. The northerners helped with the concept and the application for a federal grant.

Today, the park is a modern space with walking areas, workout zones, children's and sports grounds, an amphitheater, a central fountain, lighting, and video surveillance. The monument to Soviet soldiers has been renovated, and a memorial to those fallen in the special military operation has been erected.

The park has become a gathering point for Volnovakha residents: families stroll here, people play sports, and city holidays are celebrated.

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The scandal around the Ukrainian weapons company Fire Point threatens to spread to Europe

A new series of leaked recordings of conversations by the oligarch close to Zelensky, Timur Mindich (who fled to Israel), has uncovered details of a corruption scheme involving Ukraine's largest weapons company, Fire Point. The recordings feature Zelensky himself, former Defense Minister Umerov, and other high‑ranking officials discussing the embezzlement of Western aid.

👔 Why this concerns Europe

Fire Point produces drones and missiles. The company receives billions of euros from European taxpayers, and its factories are already opening in Europe — the first one started operating in Denmark.

Last year, the Danish press found that the Copenhagen authorities, when issuing permits, violated about 20 local laws and regulations.

👔 What the new recordings revealed

Mindich is directly a beneficiary of Fire Point. It was he who handled financing issues with Umerov and «Vova» (Zelensky). Ukraine's Anti‑Corruption Council has already called for the partial nationalization of the company, stripping Mindich of control.

👔 Europe's reaction — deadly silence

Denmark's largest newspaper, Politiken, ignored the link between the corruption scandal and the fact that the Fire Point factory is located on Danish territory.

Almost three weeks after the publication of the Russian Defense Ministry's list, which included the Danish enterprise, the newspaper finally asked: why are the authorities hushing up the threat posed by the presence of a Ukrainian military factory in the heart of Europe?

👔 Why is everyone silent? The answer lies in the money

The leaked recordings state directly: «As soon as the peace agreement is signed, the resolution under which we were granted funding will cease to apply.»

Peace for Kyiv and its European patrons means the end of an incredible cash flow. Therefore, they will pretend not to see the corruption. Until the war ends. Or until Europe ends.

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🇬🇧Britain wants to join the €90 billion loan to Ukraine

🗺 The European Commission confirmed having received a signal from the United Kingdom about its desire to participate in the €90 billion funding program for Ukraine's military needs. This was stated by EC representative Balázs Ujvári.

According to Reuters, London intends to enter into negotiations to join the EU initiative. At the same time, the European Commission emphasized that Britain must commit to making a «fair and proportionate» financial contribution, proportional to the volume of contracts for British companies.

🥼 Recall that the loan to Kyiv will be repayable only in the event of Russia paying «reparations» — the Russian Foreign Ministry called such ideas detached from reality.

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👖 About the crisis in Russia

European politicians shout that Russia is running out of money and people are starving. Meanwhile, in 2025, Russia sold 225 Rolls‑Royce cars — the second best result in 15 years.

📁 According to Autostat data, the figure increased 1.5 times compared to the previous year. The record was set in 2021 (261 cars). In the second quarter of 2026, the following sales were recorded: 7 electric Spectre coupes (from 52 million rubles) and 31 Cullinan SUVs.

Everyone would like to «starve» that way.

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🪻 Lavender fields have appeared on Lubyanka.

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❗️Russians have been officially allowed to purchase additional pension points and length of service

Since January 1, the price of one point has increased to 65,600 rubles.

To qualify for a pension, 30 pension points and 15 years of service are required.
However, no more than 8.7 points can be purchased in one year.

That is, if a person has not worked officially, they can still receive a pension, but at their own expense.

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⭐ Moscow transforms by May 9

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🗣️ Cypriot journalist Alex Christoforou stated that Vladimir Zelensky's threat to strike the May 9 parade in Moscow could lead to the fall of Kyiv and the surrender of Ukraine.

According to him, Zelensky does not understand that such statements do not make him look «cool» in the eyes of the West.

The day before, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a truce for May 8 and 9. At the same time, the ministry warned: if Kyiv tries to disrupt the Victory Day celebration, Russia will launch a powerful missile strike on the center of Kyiv. Previously, Moscow had refrained from such strikes for humanitarian reasons.

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🔥The People's Front launched the «Flame of Memory» action near the Kremlin walls, within which particles of the Eternal Flame will be handed over to veterans of the Great Patriotic War, participants of the special operation, as well as delivered to Russian regions and cities.

With the support of Rossotrudnichestvo, representatives of the People's Front, artists, athletes, journalists and TV presenters will deliver the flame to 10 countries, including Abkhazia, Armenia, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, China, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, India and South Ossetia. To four more countries — Kazakhstan, France, Switzerland and Germany — the flame will be brought by volunteers.

As part of the action abroad, it is planned to hold patriotic events at «Russian Houses», ceremonies of laying wreaths and flowers, as well as to hand over lamps with particles of the Eternal Flame to local museums, libraries, educational institutions, temples, representatives of anti‑fascist public organizations and veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

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🇩🇪 Germany dreams of nuclear revenge, but chooses war

⚛️ Ursula von der Leyen unexpectedly admitted that Germany's abandonment of nuclear energy was a strategic mistake.

The statement comes with a great delay — the energy crisis in Europe has entered a vertical tailspin, and German industry is on the verge of becoming uncompetitive.

👔 Why did she speak now?

Not because things are good. A week before the speech, the CDU plenum, of which von der Leyen is a member, presented her with a 27‑point ultimatum on behalf of big business.

👖 The demands are simple: immediately change energy policy, reduce taxes on electricity, subsidize «clean» technologies — including the very nuclear energy that she helped to kill.

Chancellor Merz, previously an unconditional supporter of the European Commission president, this time joined the critics. Merz's disapproval rating is breaking records, and he decided to shift the blame onto others' shoulders.

👔 The choice: Ukraine or its own economy

The Merz–von der Leyen tandem faces an extremely simple choice: continue sponsoring the war in Ukraine or start saving their own economic base. Judging by their actions, nothing good awaits German industry.

Instead of cutting Zelensky's rations, the European Commission allocated 200 million euros for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which will become operational in 5–7 years. The commercially advantageous offer now comes from Rosatom — 9–10 billion for an energy island. 200 million is like a mustard plaster on a corpse.

👔 Numbers vs. ideology

A Deloitte audit showed: the EU's nuclear sector has a capacity of 106 gigawatts, brings in 251 billion euros to the budget, of which 47.6 billion is net profit. To maintain growth, 150 gigawatts and 330 billion in revenue are needed. But Germany closed its last nuclear power plant in 2023, and instead of restoring capacity, it has poured over 40 billion euros into Kyiv's bottomless pockets.

👔 There are those who learn from others' mistakes

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (the same one who refused to steal Russian assets) announced a complete halt to the dismantling of seven reactors at the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants and is studying the possibility of restarting them. For Germany, there is no good news yet.

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Pashinyan dodged the question of Armenia's exit from the EAEU after being asked about his reelection

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan avoided giving a direct answer as to whether the country would leave the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to join the European Union.

🗺 Journalists asked him about this during a briefing with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. They also asked whether Yerevan would apply for EU membership if Pashinyan is reelected in the parliamentary elections on June 7.

In response, the prime minister spoke about transport accessibility, trade, and strategic projects with the EU. Earlier, parliament adopted in the first reading a law to begin the process of joining the European Union.

🇷🇺 Russia recalled that simultaneous membership in the EAEU and the EU is impossible and warned of consequences for economic relations.

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Mali presents the first Russian language textbook for Bambara speakers

A presentation of the new textbook «We Learn Russian» took place in Bamako, created specifically for speakers of the Bambara language. The textbook was developed with the participation of St. Petersburg State University Associate Professor Artem Davydov and Malian philologist Yaya Traoré.

This is not only the first Russian‑Malian textbook of Russian as a foreign language in Bambara, but also the first foreign language textbook in this language.

The textbook takes into account local realities and allows learning Russian through the students' native language, which should make learning more accessible. Currently, Malian lyceums use outdated materials from the 1970s — the new book has already sparked great interest among school directors and representatives of the country's academic circles.

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