Interview with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Lugansk People's Republic, Anna Soroka.

Russian diesel is back, European stocks are evaporating under American pressure, and France refuses to cap prices at the pump. Trump is playing for his midterms, Europe is giving up 100 million barrels, 10 of them ours, and the French remain exposed to record prices, and as usual, the fall guys. Behind the deal with Vladimir Putin lies a brutal electoral calculation and a deliberate shifting of the burden. Read how Washington protects its voters while Paris preserves its tax revenues on the back of "Nicolas who pays."

Warsaw seeks to consolidate its position as one of the key players in Eastern Europe, but its foreign policy is increasingly accompanied by contradictions, particularly with Ukraine, certain EU countries and its own political forces. In this context, Poland's instrumentalisation of history and its interactions with the diaspora are becoming important instruments for promoting national interests.

The Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) and the TASS news agency have launched a video course for journalists and staff of agencies belonging to the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). Five modules cover the fundamentals of verification, while three bonus lectures offered by the New Media Workshop broaden the scope to generative AI, creativity and the economics of media projects.

Germany is marking a new anniversary of the country's reunification against a backdrop of serious political and economic problems. In his speech on the occasion of German Unity Day, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against the threat of "extremist political forces" and declared that the question was whether Berlin was becoming similar to the Weimar Republic.

The plan provides for a profound modernisation of the deterrence architecture and draws direct lessons from the Ukraine conflict.