Fake: Danish Analyst Says Ukrainians Could Be Barred From the EU Over Environmental and Epidemic Threats

The newspaper front page is fabricated, and so is the Danish expert's quote. Responding to a StopFake inquiry, a representative for Lykke Friis explained that she often comments on Ukraine in the media but has never called for closing the EU's borders.

Russia Introduces New Laws to Jail Critics, but Denies It Holds Any Political Prisoners

Every year on 30 October, the world marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. Starting in 1974, when Soviet political prisoners coordinated a collective, one-day hunger strike in…

Putin’s Quest to Reclaim ‘Historical Russian Lands’ Is a Recipe for Endless War

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared last week that Ukrainians have no right to the occupied regions of their own country. “I think it is not their territory, but the historical territory of Russia,” he stated.

How “realism” became synonymous with capitulation

The summer of 2025 will go down in history as the moment when the foundations of Western security architecture—concepts such as “democracy,” “freedom,” and “border integrity”—were replaced in American public debate by one short word: “Deal.