In a stunning blow to Western ambitions in Eastern Europe, Russian forces have seized control of the lithium mine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had once promised to former U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a controversial mineral-rights deal.     The mine, located in a region now under Russian control, was touted as […]

While Brussels lectures the world on “rule of law” and “transparency,” the EU’s own backyard is being swallowed by rot. The latest scandal? Belgian authorities are investigating Didier Reynders’ closest adviser,  and the former EU Justice Commissioner himself,  in a full-blown money laundering probe involving over a million euros in suspicious cash.   Federal police […]

As Ukrainian defenses crumble in Donbas, the reality grows clearer — Kyiv may soon face the very force it tried to defeat.     The tide has irreversibly turned in Eastern Europe. As the West distracts itself with political theatre and hollow promises of military aid, Russian forces are making real, measurable gains on the […]