German authorities on Tuesday detained two men accused of attempting to disable German Navy vessels, amid a broader wave of suspected sabotage incidents across Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-police-detain-two-suspected-warship-saboteurs-hamburg/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Germany

Jeffrey Epstein had ties to the Russian FSB and high-ranking Russian officials.

The huge cache of files has hinted at a darker connection with Russia: that Epstein could have been a longstanding agent working for Moscow.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/01/epstein-links-to-putin-and-fsb-raise-fears-he-was-a-russian/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Epstein

Company documents show Abu Dhabi royals’ aides secretly signed a deal to buy 49% of Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial for $500M just days before Trump’s inauguration. $187M would go to Trump family entities and $31M to Steve Witkoff-linked entities.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/spy-sheikh-secret-stake-trump-crypto-tahnoon-ea4d97e8

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #UAE #Witkoff

Newly released U.S. Justice Department filings in the Jeffrey Epstein case describe the financier as a “wealth manager” for Vladimir Putin. The claim comes from an FBI report dated Nov. 27, 2017. Putin is mentioned 1,055 times in the documents; “Russia” 5,876.

https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/01/vrassekrechennih-minyustom-ssha-dokumentah-pedofil-epshtein-nazivaetsya-upravlyayuschim-sostoyaniem-putina-a185967

#Ukraine #Russia #Epstein #Putin #US