🇷🇺 A fire has occurred at the Avangard factory in #Moscow. The factory is part of the Joint Stock Company Concern of Air and Space Defense Almaz-Antey, the Telegram channel Astra reports.
Prosecutors in #Belgium have opened an investigation into alleged payments by #Russia to members of the European parliament following an intelligence operation in #Brussels, the Belgian prime minister has revealed.
Alexander De #Croo said #Moscow’s objective was to weaken support for #Ukraine in Europe.
US is warning allies that #China has stepped up its support for #Russia
Providing satellite imagery for military purposes, machine tools for tanks, propellants to be used in missiles, increased space cooperation, to help #Moscow in its war against #ukraine sources told
Following is a thread of quotes from #TheGlobalJigsaw latest episode on the #IRGC, #Quds force, #Basij militias - and th ideological blueprint for #Iran so called Axis of Resistance. Whole episode here:
He was already a notorious figure around the time of the Arab Spring and the outbreak of the #Syrian civil war.
In #Syria first it was #Soleimani 's role in ensuring that the #IRGC propped up the govt of Bashar al #Assad after the outbreak of civil war - he reportedly personally convinced the supreme leader, who he had a direct line to, to intervene in Syria on Assad's behalf. And then again, reportedly goes to #Moscow to convince #Putin to intervene in Syria on Assad’s behalf.
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Fugitive #Wirecard COO Jan #Marsalek used compromised intelligence officials in #Vienna to spy on European citizens and plot break-ins and assassinations by elite Russian hit squads. He also obtained a #Nato government’s cutting-edge cryptography machine and smuggled stolen senior Austrian civil servants’ phones to #Moscow.
#Iran tipped off #Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near #Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said.
"Days before the attack in Russia, Tehran shared information with Moscow about a possible big terrorist attack inside Russia that was acquired during interrogations of those arrested in connection with deadly bombings in Iran,"