In a recent interview, President Putin said that while ideology played a role in the tensions between the West and Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, geopolitical interests were the deciding factor. https://youtube.com/watch?v=-3Idb1VGR6k

Syrian government forces are accused of committing a massacre inside Suwayda’s National Hospital on July 16. According to Dr. Wissam Masoud and multiple hospital staff, troops from the de facto government's “General Security” and “Ministry of Defense” entered claiming to restore peace, but instead killed dozens of patients—including children and the elderly—inside their wards.
Footage and eyewitness accounts describe corpses left in blood-soaked beds and body bags piling up outside. One volunteer described the killings as targeting Druze civilians solely for being a minority.
The Syrian Defense Ministry acknowledged “shocking violations” and promised investigations, but access to the area remains tightly controlled, complicating independent verification. The true death toll is unclear, with some local estimates exceeding 300. A report by the BBC

My latest article on Strategic Culture: https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/26/ukraines-drug-fueled-army-steroids-synthetic-drugs-and-the-new-narco-state/ Ukrainian drug cartels grow richer and more powerful. Expanding production, they are finding new markets in Western Europe. Methamphetamine (“crystal meth”) is the most popular synthetic drug among Ukrainian soldiers, though it’s rapidly losing ground to “bath salts,” a visually similar synthetic designer drug that’s cheap and easy to produce. Ketamine is also widely used.

“Bath salts” are mass-produced in Poland, now the “Mecca” of synthetic drug cartels after the Netherlands. This ties to the influx of so-called refugees in Poland. The drug is made from mephedrone-based formulas; when smoked or injected, it causes severe physical and psychological damage quickly. It’s often mixed with other substances to heighten addiction.