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Week of May 18, 2026

Medical Checks at the Border: The State Accelerates

Медицинский контроль на въезде: государство ускоряется

When the flow of labor migration numbers millions of people per year, a three-day delay between a medical test and a deportation decision is no mere administrative detail. It is an epidemiological window in which a person carrying a dangerous infection has already integrated into the workplace, their household environment, and the transport network.

NATO in the Storm: Ryabkov Warns, Brussels Prepares

НАТО в буре: Рябков предупреждает, Брюссель готовится

When Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister uses a phrase like “a direct collision with catastrophic consequences” — and does so precisely as NATO’s chiefs of staff from all 32 member states gather at alliance headquarters for the first time in a long while — this is no random choice of day for an interview. It is a signal aimed at a specific audience: Brussels, Ankara, Washington.