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14.01.26 - 11:12
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Ukraine Blocks Polymarket, Classifies Prediction Markets As Gambling (ZeroHedge)
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Ukraine Blocks Polymarket, Classifies Prediction Markets As Gambling
Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com,
Ukraine has blocked access to the prediction market platform Polymarket, classifying its activities as unlicensed gambling under national law.
The decision was issued by the National Commission for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NCEC) on Dec. 10, 2025, under Resolution No. 695. The ruling requires internet service providers to restrict access to online resources that organize, conduct or facilitate gambling without a valid license.
As part of the enforcement, the domain polymarket.com has been added to Ukraine's public register of blocked websites, effectively cutting off local access to the platform, local news outlets reported on Monday.
Polymarket differentiates itself from traditional betting sites by allowing users to buy and sell shares tied to the outcome of real-world events, with prices reflecting market-implied probabilities, rather than offering f...
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01.01.26 - 21:45
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Russia Requests Trump Admin To Stop Pursuit Of Oil Tanker In Atlantic Basin (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Requests Trump Admin To Stop Pursuit Of Oil Tanker In Atlantic Basin
The U.S. State Department received a request from Russia on New Year's Eve to stop pursuing an oil tanker in the Atlantic Basin linked to a dark-fleet network that ships Venezuelan crude, according to a New York Times report citing sources familiar with the matter.
Ship FLEEING US military paints 'RUSSIAN flag' on its hull — NYT
Allegedly seeking Russian 'protection' as US tries to SEIZE Bella 1
Bella 1 has been pursued for OVER A WEEK since sailing near Venezuela https://t.co/Y5KVhJie1A pic.twitter.com/SRwxq7zBXE
— RT (@RT_com) December 30, 2025
Late Wednesday evening, the State Department and the White House's Homeland Security Council received a request from Russia to halt the pursuit of the Bella-1 tanker, which is now flying a Russian flag after the crew painted it on the hull.
Bella-1 has evaded U.S. Coast Guard boarding attempts for 10 days after refusing to comply with an interception order near Venez...
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30.12.25 - 17:54
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Tchaikovsky′s Swan Lake Just Played On Russia′s Doomsday Shortwave Radio Station (ZeroHedge)
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Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Just Played On Russia's Doomsday Shortwave Radio Station
X users are reporting that a mysterious Russian shortwave radio signal, nicknamed "The Buzzer" and informally known as the "doomsday radio station," that has been continuously broadcasting since the late 1970s, has just transmitted the classical piece Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
UVB-76 is transmitted on 4625 kHz and is occasionally interrupted by Russian voice messages, often containing names, numbers, or coded phrases. These voice messages are rare, irregular, and often nonsensical, making the transmission of Swan Lake highly abnormal.
Western military analysts associate UVB-76 with Russia's military communications and strategic command infrastructure. It reportedly remains operational as a fail-safe in the event that satellites, fiber, or cellular networks are disrupted.
The broadcasting of Swan Lake, a four-act ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and premiered in 1877 i...
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27.12.25 - 16:51
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Russia Pummels Kiev, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power, Ahead Of Trump-Zelensky Meeting (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Pummels Kiev, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power, Ahead Of Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring many others, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Already the electricity grid has long suffered under such crippling attacks, with barely any time or necessary parts for repair.
The assault occurred just a day before anticipated Ukraine peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump, expected at Mar-A-Lago on Sunday. According to The New York Times, air raid alarms sounded around 1:30am local time as the strikes began, with Zelensky later stating on X that nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles were used, mainly on energy sites and civilian infrastructure in the capital.
Via Associated Press
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram that 10 apartment buildings were hit and more than 20 people were injured. The Associated Press later updated the cas...
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21.12.25 - 16:33
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′A Lie And Propaganda′: Gabbard Fact-Checks Reuters′ Russia Scaremongering In Real Time (ZeroHedge)
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'A Lie And Propaganda': Gabbard Fact-Checks Reuters' Russia Scaremongering In Real Time
On Saturday afternoon, Reuters posted an anonymously-sourced story pushing the idea that Russia is bent on reconstituting the Soviet Union. Before the metaphorical ink had dried, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pounced, condemning the story as "a lie and propaganda" on behalf of "warmongers" seeking to derail President Trump's drive to end the long and bloody Ukraine war.
From selling the Iraq invasion to achieving a news and social media lockdown on Hunter Biden's laptop, the Deep State has long used major media outlets like Reuters, the New York Times and Washington Post to inject their agenda-advancing narratives into America's town square. Displaying the typical modus operandi with its Saturday night story, Reuters vaguely attributed the purported US intelligence conclusions about Russia to "six sources familiar with US intelligence."
Tulsi Gabb...
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16.12.25 - 15:36
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Ukraine′s Anti-Corruption Investigation Appears To Be On The Brink Of Implicating Zelensky (ZeroHedge)
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Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Investigation Appears To Be On The Brink Of Implicating Zelensky
Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
The New York Times' recent report about his government's responsibility for the worst corruption scandal in Ukraine's history suggests that the walls are closing in and his foreign media allies are jumping ship out of desperation to retain some of their credibility after years of deifying him.
It was earlier assessed that “Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Investigation Is Turning Into A Rolling Coup” after it took down Zelensky's grey cardinal Andrey Yermak, consequently weakened the already shaky alliance keeping him in power, and thus placed more pressure upon him to cede Donbass. The latest development concerns the New York Times' (NYT) report about how “Zelensky's Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester”, which brings the investigation closer to implicating him.
It also represents a stunning narrative reversal after the NYT spen...
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