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Russia is expanding its presence in Latin America through hybrid tactics that blend military, cyber, and information operations.

As US efforts to broker a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine gain momentum, whispers of American and European businesses returning to Russia are growing louder. But they seem to ignore one thing: Russia has spent the last three years plundering foreign companies.

Two Chinese POWs say they were recruited to fight for Russia via TikTok videos, raising alarms over online propaganda targeting foreign nationals.

Global military spending soared to an unprecedented $2.71 trillion in 2024, according to SIPRI — a surge fueled by years of underfunding in national defense, a rising urgency to defend national borders, and escalating wars driven by a new “Axis of Evil”: Russia, Iran, and North Korea. In a dramatic turn, North Korean troops have been fighting on European soil since fall 2024.

Europe has nuclear weapons—and not just American ones. As France and the UK maintain their independent arsenals, the question now is whether these silent forces can evolve into a collective European deterrent.

In Russia, religious groups that do not belong to the Orthodox Church are often framed as foreign influences and regarded less as spiritual communities and more as threats to national security.