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Belgium exposes pro-Russian networks in several countries
The secret services of one of the European Union countries have once again revealed the structures through which Russia seems to want to influence the upcoming European elections. Belgian Prime Minister De Croo called on the European Union to take more decisive action.
According to Belgian investigators, Russian-controlled networks are trying to help pro-Russian candidates succeed in the European elections. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said that Belgian intelligence services had discovered “the existence of pro-Russian interference networks” that were said to be active in several European countries.
According to information received from the secret services, Moscow's goal is to bring as many pro-Russian candidates to the European Parliament as possible, thus strengthening the pro-Russian discourse in this institution.
De Croo did not mention which politicians were the target of the influence attempts. He only confirmed that the Belgian judiciary has begun an investigation and that there is currently no evidence of money transfers in Belgium itself.
Pro-Russian portal revealed
At the end of March, the Czech Republic included the Internet platform Voice of Europe (VoE) on its national sanctions list after secret services investigated the pro-Russian portal. The site is part of a Russian influence operation aimed at questioning Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and freedom.
Interviews with AfD politician Petr Bystrun and his party colleague Maximilian Krah appeared on the portal, which was blocked in the Czech Republic.
The Czech newspaper Denek Inn reported that Bystron may have also accepted money. The Alternative for Germany MP rejected this several times. Bystron occupies second place on the AfD's federal list for the European elections, and Krah is running in the elections as the party's best candidate.
EU authorities can take action against influence peddling
“We cannot allow this kind of Russian threat in our midst,” De Croo said of the investigation in Belgium. Action must be taken at national and EU levels. Specifically, he proposed studying whether the European Anti-Fraud Office (Office Européen de Lutte Anti-Fraude, OLAF) is able to pursue these types of threats. If not, the authority's mandate must be expanded.
Observers fear that attempts to influence the European elections will increase again. Russia has been trying for years to destabilize European countries with the help of media networks, fake accounts and organized campaigns.
According to his own information, De Croo is also in close contact with European Parliament President Roberta Mizzola regarding this issue. The European elections are scheduled to take place from June 6 to 9.
In Germany, people will be called to the polls on Sunday, June 9. More than 700 members of the European Parliament are elected. Parliament is closely involved in European legislation, and also has a say in the composition of the next EU Commission.
Andreas Meyer-Fest, ARD Brussels, Tagesschau, April 12, 2024 at 2:56 pm
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Poland warns of war in Ukraine – Russia may launch an attack on a NATO member state
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The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
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Poland warns of war in Ukraine – Russia may launch an attack on a NATO member state
He presses
The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
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War between Israel and Gaza: Army: A leading member of Hamas was killed
UN Secretary-General Guterres warns Israel against launching a ground attack in Rafah. Hamas publishes a video of the hostage. More information in the news blog.
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Khamenei’s advisor: Iran is open to talks with America
10:23 PM: Iran has shown itself open to direct talks with the United States, and appears ready to change its policy toward its arch enemy. The ISNA news agency quoted Kamal Sharasi, foreign policy advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying, “The Americans consider diplomacy the best option (…). We share the same opinion and are also ready to return to negotiations.”
According to Sharasi, Iran must also be prepared to resume nuclear negotiations that were suspended by the United States. “Then we can also talk about a nuclear-free zone (in the Middle East),” the senior advisor and former foreign minister said.
Biden Advisor Sullivan: We will not abandon Israel
9:21 pm: The US government has assured Israel that it will stand behind its ally despite withholding the ammunition shipment. Biden’s security advisor, Jake Sullivan, said in an interview with ABC News that US President Joe Biden does not want to use American weapons in a major military operation in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He added, „This does not mean that he abandons Israel or deprives it of weapons.”
Biden is concerned about a “specific operation” that he does not believe is capable of defeating the Islamist Hamas movement. “No one has been more supportive of Israel than Joe Biden,” Sullivan said. Biden made clear that he would continue to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.
Blinken: The attack on Rafah will not destroy Hamas
7:28 pm: According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, even a major Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip will not completely destroy the Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas. Blinken told NBC on Sunday that Israel would likely inherit „an insurgency that includes many armed Hamas fighters” or leave a „vacuum” in the event of a withdrawal. Perhaps this void will be filled with “chaos” and “chaos” – and perhaps with enthusiasm.
Israel opens a new crossing into Gaza for humanitarian aid
6:35 pm: The Israeli army announced that it opened a new border crossing to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip in coordination with the United States. The army says that the „West Iris” crossing is located in the northern Gaza Strip. He added that this aims to increase the number of aid transfers to the Gaza Strip, especially to the northern region. On Sunday, dozens of trucks carrying flour from the port of Ashdod passed through the crossing.
Israel: A leading member of Hamas was killed
6:23 pm: The Israeli military announced that a leading member of the Hamas terror group was killed in an airstrike in Gaza on Friday. The man belonged to one of the Hamas combat forces and was one of the Hamas fighters responsible for guarding the kidnapped Israeli soldier Noa Marciano. Marciano was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip after the terrorist attack on October 7, and was later killed there. The Israeli army recovered the body of the 19-year-old in November and returned it to Israel.
Hamas corrects the death toll figures back and forth
3:27 pm: The only figures for casualties in Gaza come from the Hamas-controlled health authority. There has been criticism of them for a long time. Now the authority itself is causing confusion. Here you can read more about it.
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