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US prosecutors charge Iurii Gugnin, founder of US-based crypto payments service Evita Pay, with laundering $500M , including to sanctioned Russian entities (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/crypto-russia-laundering.html

Crypto CEO accused of laundering $500 million linked to sanctioned Russian banks
The Justice Department says Gugnin maintained ties to Russian intelligence, as well as officials in both Iran and Russia.

“The UK must spend more on defence or be ready to speak Russian”
I think Mark Rutte is grossly overestimating the British ability to learn foreign languages 😂😂
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nato-chief-m…

Nato chief Mark Rutte warns UK must spend more on defence or ‘learn to speak Russian’
Nato needs a 400% increase in air and missile defence, Mr Rutte says, warning Russia could be ready to use force against it within five years

“Siloviki” is perhaps the most borrowed word in Russian studies
— probably because it explains so much about Putin’s Russia.
Its members are the police, the border control, the army, the security services, the spies.
For their service to the regime, they are rewarded with early pensions,
plenty of cash and almost total immunity from investigation for corruption or brutality.
In truth, the American security state, with its qualified immunity, surveillance appar…

Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
To help Americans name their new reality, we wrote a phrase book of authoritarianism.

Dobrindt will mehr KI zur Sabotage-Abwehr einsetzen
Neben militärischen Bedrohungen nehmen auch Angriffe auf die Infrastruktur zu. Der Innenminister will mit modernen Mitteln dagegen vorgehen.
https://www.

Hegseth cites 2020 Minnesota riots as reason for sending National Guard into LA (Mike Brest/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3436556/hegseth-cites-2020-minnesota-riots-reason-national-guard-los-angeles/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p94#a250610p94

In Bangladeschs Nordosten hat starker Regen zu schweren #Überschwemmungen geführt.
In #Sylhet fielen am 1. Juni innerhalb von 24 Stunden rund 405 mm #Niederschlag.

lmao this is incredibly endearing #NYCMayoralRace

10 Questions With Michael Blake
Michael Blake, a former state lawmaker who is running for mayor of New York City, visited The New York Times for an interview.

In this video, I discuss the rumors of an upcoming Russian spring offensive in #Ukraine. It seems likely that they will throw significant resources into this because Putin's war narrative demands that the Russian army continues to make progress almost regardless of the costs.

A Tale of Two Resolutions: 75 Dems Join GOP in Resolution Praising Trump's Mass Deportation Regime (Jonathan Cohn/jonathancohn.medium.com)
https://jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-two-resolutions-75-dems-join-gop-in-resolution-praising-trumps-mass-deportation-regime-15cf590770ea
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p10#a250610p10

Investigation: Russian network engineer Viktor Vedeneev controls thousands of Telegram IP addresses and maintains its servers; his companies have FSB links (Roman Anin/OCCRP)
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-t…

Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.