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Ukraine has opened Moscow drone to electronic war. From Russia it only has the name, the rest is one of the allies

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The “unboxing” of Russian drones intercepted by the Ukrainian forces has revealed everything, since hidden messages until The origin of many of the technology components (with big surprises). It has also been known to what extent China is part of the war machinery or that even Nvidia has a fundamental role. Now, Moscow’s last drone, the most sophisticated, has fallen into Ukrainian hands. The last drone. The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service He has revealed Detailed information about The Geran-3a new Russian attack drone derived from the Shahed-238 Iranian. Its incorporation into Russian arsenal represents a qualitative leap against to the geran-2: Reach speeds of up to 370 km/h thanks to Your turbojet engineIt has a range of approximately 1,000 kilometers and culminates its attacks with a terminal immersion maneuver that makes it detonate when impacting. Its massive deployment this year reflects the Russian bet for Kamikaze drones increasingly sophisticated and produced in large volumes. Design and capacities. The Geran-3 maintains the basic configuration of its predecessor, including similar cameras and transmission systems, but incorporates a satellite navigation system that, According to Ukraineis resistant to TElectronic War Ecnics usual. This armor against interference is an added challenge, since it limits the effectiveness of the electronic methods that until now managed to neutralize part of the enemy drones. The internal design reproduces previous, but optimized schemes for the highest speed and to cross areas under strong anti -aircraft coverage. Dependence on the “allies.” The surprising, or perhaps at this point Not so muchis that Hur’s investigation suggests that drone contains almost 50 pieces of foreign originfrom countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and China. This fact reveals the difficulties of controlling The proliferation of two -use technology: although international sanctions seek to limit Russia’s access to critical components, global supply chains allow pieces manufactured in the West or Asia They end in military systems through intermediaries. The case underlines, one more timethe limits of the embargo measures and the need to reinforce technological traceability. Mass production Russia ha multiplied production of drones of the Shahed family, reaching industrial levels that allow massive attacks of enormous size. In fact, offensives have already been registered with More than 800 drones In a single night and western intelligence estimates consider it possible that Moscow can launch up to 2,000 units In a single coordinated attack. In addition, new launch centers are being built, demonstrating a planned saturation strategy to wear Ukrainian defenses and force a high economic cost in your response. Ukraine and new defenses. Given this panorama, Ukraine has accelerated production of interceptor drones capable of pursuing and demolishing objectives in flight. These systems, cheaper than conventional anti-aircraft missiles, seek to balance the cost-effect equation that currently favors Russia. In parallel, they are being deployed acoustic and optical sensors For early detection, along with tactical adaptations on the ground. kyiv tries to create a flexible and low -cost antidron shield, aware that the main threat resides in the volume and persistence of these attacks. Strategic implications. The Geran-3 symbolizes The new phase of the drone war: cheap, fast and difficult systems to neutralize that force adversaries to spend much more expensive resources in their defense. This dynamic erosion classical military doctrines and demands from the West coordinate production, exchange intelligence and reinforce export controls to prevent sensitive pieces from feeding the Russian arsenal. If you want also, the conflict shows that the technological war is no longer freed with great cost strategic weapons, but with swarms of autonomous systems whose proliferation is difficult to stop. Perspectives and risks. The appearance of the Geran-3 He anticipates an escalation in which Russia will bet on mass and persistent attacks to saturate Ukrainian defenses, while kyiv and their allies look for economic and rapid solutions to counteract. Thus, each advance in speed, autonomy or resistance A electronic countermeasures multiply the risk that the balance be tilted in favor of who can sustain serial production. In that field, Ukraine needs both technological innovation and industrial and financial support of its partners, because the drone war is emerging as a decisive component of the conflict. Image | Wikimedia Commons, National Police of Ukraine In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA”

Russia has launched its Zircon hypersonic missile at NATO doors. And he has accompanied him with a video so that there is no doubt

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Just a week ago, Russia launched the Greater order to Europe From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine when entering a swarm of drones in the airspace of Poland. Europe’s response was overwhelming, but nobody escaped then that it was produced at the doors of the Zapad 2025the military exercises that Moscow shares with Belarus and that suppose another headache. How much? For example, the size of a hypersonic missile. Demonstration of power. Because Russia has sent an unequivocal message of strength within the framework of those joint maneuvers. From the Frigate Admiral Golovko, deployed in the Barents Sea, the nation He has disseminated images of the launch of your hypersonic missile 3m22 Zirconcapable of reaching white 1,000 kilometers and traveling to Mach 9. The projectile successfully hit its goal, According to the Ministry Russian defense, reinforcing the narrative that, despite the enormous losses accumulated in more than three years of war in Ukraine, it continues to have strategic abilities that few rivals can counteract. He Video showed In addition the participation of hunting Sukhoi Su-34capable of transporting up to eight tons of weapons and covering long distances without replenishment. The inclusion of such high profile armament in an exercise that develops a few kilometers from NATO borders has been interpreted as a calculated provocation rather than a simple defensive trial. Zircon and his use in Ukraine. The Zircon, along with The Kinzhalis one of the hypersonic missiles that Russia has used in Attacks against Ukraine. Its combination of extreme speed and limited maneuvering capacity makes it a target practically impossible For current air defense systems, generating a sense of vulnerability in both Ukrainian cities and among neighboring countries. Although its operational deployment remains reduced, the dissemination of its impact on a naval exercise seeks Clear answers. The signal is evident: Russia maintains the initiative in the field of new generation weapons, and wants to demonstrate it right in the perimeter where the alliance concentrates Your most sensitive flank. Zircon against China and USA. The Russian missile is a naval HCM that, flying low With Scramjetrun high energy terminal profiles suitable against ships and, a priori, certain land targets. His Achilles heel is not so much the missile and the objective beyond the horizon, which requires reliable cueing by satellite/plane/helo/uav. Faced with this, the Chinese DF-17 Use a hypersonic planner about ballistic booster to overcome defenses with lateral lifting maneuvers (Cross-ngege), while Your DF-27 Expand strategic scope with longer time. For its part, the United States pursues a mix: Hacm (Air-respirate, integration in fighters) for rapid theatrical attacks and CPS (common glide-body with the army) for conventional long-range blows from stealthy maritime platforms. Zirkon Zircon in front of the old continent. Europe accelerates Planning technology (France) and prioritizes interception in planning phase With GPI. In interception, AEGIS/SM-6 It offers the only Western capacity today “On Call” (limited and highly dependent on geometry), while GPI seeks to “paste” the glider when it has not yet descended to its terminal sprint, increasing the successful window. Be that as it may, in all cases the key is not only the missile: it is the sensor chain, the data link and the decision latency for close the cycle “Find-Fix-Track-Target-Engage-Assass” before the vector cross the non-return threshold. About drones and how to answer. As we said at the beginning, the launch of the Zircon coincided with an increase in tension after Drones incursions Russians in Poland’s airspace and RomaniaNATO members. On September 10, Warsaw denounced the entrance of at least 19 devices, demolished by allied fighters, in what described as “Unprecedented violation” and “large -scale provocation.” Three days later, a Russian drone was detected in Romanian territory, reviving the alarms. Poland invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which establishes an urgent consultation mechanism between partners to agree on joint measures. From that debate the Eastern Sentinel operationwhich contemplates the deployment of advanced fighters, antimile defenses and military reinforcements in Eastern Europe. NATO He reacted quicklyaware that the escalation of provocations, although without direct damage, is a direct challenge to its credibility as a safety guarantor. Provocation or accident. Versions about incursions They have varied. Moscow ensures that the drones had no Poland target and that they could deviate, while Belarus suggests trajectory failures. However, both NATO and the United States consider that they were Deliberate launcheswith the aim of testing allied patience and giving up western responses. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, described the facts of “unacceptable, unfortunate and dangerous.” The contradiction between Russian justifications and the forcefulness of Western reactions reinforces the perception that it was a political pressure trial rather than a technical error. An unstable scenario. Thus, the combination of exercises Zapad 2025he Zircon launch or drone raids In NATO space They draw a scenario of increasing instability in Eastern Europe. Although Russia and Belarus insist on the defensive nature of their maneuvers, the location of these operations and the nature of the employee armaments transmit the opposite: a willingness to intimidate and demonstrate that the Kremlin retains the ability to challenge NATO on their own borders. The result points to a new tension cycle, where each military gesture acquires an immediate political reading and where the possibility of unplanned incidents (although with climbing potential) is multiplied dangerously. Image | Russian Defense Ministry, минобороны рф In Xataka | Russia and the most fearsome weapon for Ukraine: it is called Orbit and does not shoot, but turns its soldiers into “invisible” In Xataka | Someone has taken a look at Russia’s satellite images and has discovered something: it is running out of tanks

There are American and Europeans fed up with the lack of “traditional values” of the West. So they are moving to Russia

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Surprising data were known last May: more and more Americans sought to leave the country to Live in Europe. The problem: that the old continent seemed to be closing its doors with migratory policies stricter. What very few anticipated is a new migratory current: that of Westerners who, seeking to recover the “traditional values” that have been lost … and end in Russia. The attraction for the Russia of War. I told it last week The Financial Times. In full invasion of Ukraine and under an increasingly repressive regime, a group of Westerners has chosen to move to Russia in search of what they perceive as “traditional values” in front of a west who consider decadent. Among the most notorious cases is Derek Huffman’san Arizona welder and father of six children, who emigrated with his wife and children alleging rejection of “LGBT indoctrination”, immigration and insecurity in the United States. To accelerate the obtaining of Russian citizenship, he decided to enroll in the Army and fight in Ukrainedefending Even on YouTube that he did to gain respect and a future in his new country. His extreme case has received criticism and also media attentionbecoming a symbol of a reduced but very publicized phenomenon. The “visa of shared values”. Moscow launched in 2024 A special visa For disenchanted western, which facilitates permanent residence to about 150 people per month, a measure that reminds of Soviet propaganda that opposed a corrupt West to a supposedly moral Russia. Although in numbers they are just A few hundredtheir stories receive great diffusion in YouTube channels with Professional productionseveral of them linked to Russia Today According to researchwhich suggests a state effort to amplify the narrative of Russia as a refuge for the conservatives of the West. Examples and integration networks. There are many more cases in addition to the Huffman, such as The one of the Feenstraa Canadian family with eight children who settled on a farm in Nizhni Nóvgorod and reached almost 200,000 subscribers On YouTube, or Stephen Shoresan American computer scientist turned to orthodoxy who claims to feel freer in Russia against the “culture of cancellation”, although he lives under the threat of Ukrainian drones. At the institutional level, figures such as Maria Butina (former Russian agent deported in the United States) and businessmen such as The German Jakob Pinneker They help these immigrants to integrate, facilitating their installation and extolling the “family order and values.” Contradictions and realities. While the Kremlin exhibits these cases as proof of its appeal, the reality is that tens of thousands of Russians They have fled since 2022 to avoid mobilization, political repression and international isolation. In the country itself, thousands of people fulfill condemns for protesting against war or publicly disagree with the regime. The paradox It is evident: Those who come from the West Echoes of the Cold War. What we see today has clear historical parallels with the Soviet strategy during the Cold War. At that time, the USSR I tried to attract to intellectuals, artists and western militants who felt marginalized or frustrated with the capitalism and politics of their countries. Many communists and supporters They traveled to Moscow convinced That there they would find equality and social justice, some even acquired Soviet citizenship or were used in propaganda campaigns that showed the “exploitative west” against “socialist paradise.” The most emblematic case was that of The deserters North Americans who, after the Korean or Vietnam War, sought refuge in the USSR or allies like Cuba and North Korea, converted in trophies ideological. Strategic background. The flow of Westerners to Russia is minimal in figures, but useful in the propaganda plane. Under the official narrative, it reinforces the idea that Russia is not isolated and that even citizens of the Western enemy seek refuge under their flag for reasons of values ​​and morals. In the geopolitical plane, it points to an attempt to counteract the story of a country in crisis and project the image of cultural strength against a fragmented West. Of course, social also reveals the existence of disenchanted minorities In Europe and the United States that, not finding lace in their societies, becomes something very similar to useful pieces for Moscow’s speech. Image | RakoonDerek Huffman/YouTube In Xataka | More and more Americans want to live outside the US but they have a problem: Europe is closing its doors In Xataka | Digital nomadic visas: the countries hook to attract the best digital talent without paying the cost to keep them

Russia has just launched the greatest order to Europe since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. And Europe has responded with fire

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In recent weeks the war in Ukraine had taken a more worrying channel with a made unprecedented From the Russian invasion in 2022. Lost combat drones were arriving To countries outside the conflicteven impacting the land. However, what happened few hours ago is completely different. Poland (and NATO) have just enter In the contest. Polish interception. Yes, Poland It has knocked down For the first time Russian drones that penetrated their airspace during a massive attack against Ukraine, in what Warsaw He described how an “unprecedented violation.” The operation, carried out in the early morning with fighters and Polish anti -aircraft defense systems and other NATO allies (including F-35 Dutch), supposes the most serious clash between Moscow and the Atlantic Alliance since the beginning of the Russian Invasion on a large scale in February 2022. Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed That armament was used against intruder objects, convened an emergency meeting and claimed to maintain constant contact with NATO general, Mark Rutte. For its part. The president of France Macron has described Incursion as “simply unacceptable.” Critical climbing. The incident occurs in a context of great tension, with Russian military exercises Zapad About to start with Belarus and Washington pressed by European capitals to adopt a firmer position against Moscow. Said war games, five days, They imply to the armed forces of Russia and Belarus and develop very close to the Polish border, which increases the risk of incidents. The military dimension. The Polish Armed Forces confirmed that several military aircraft participated in the operation, with radar systems and air defense activated to the highest level of alert. HE They identified and demolished Some of the intruder drones in regions such as Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Lublin, where there were even traces of devices, as in the town of Czosnówka. I also knowThey used flights In the Chopin airport in Warsovia and in three other aerodromes, including Rzesów-Jjaka, key for its proximity to Ukraine. The change in Russian strategy. Russia has intensified since summer the use of drones and missiles to saturate Ukrainian defense and exhaust its interceptors. Only last weekend launched more than 800 drones and a dozen missiles in the largest air attack since 2022. This tactic too Multiply the risks For neighboring countries of Ukraine, such as Poland, which until now had suffered the fall of lost projectiles (such as the one that killed two farmers in 2022), but had never directly intercepted Russian devices in flight. Implications The Polish response occurs at a time of political uncertainty In Washington, with President Donald Trump trying to force peace negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, but without success. The lack of immediate reactions of the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department highlights the US caution before an action that can mark a before and after in the involvement of NATO. Plus: Warsaw decided Close completely Its border with Belarus, even more hardening the posture against its eastern neighbors. What changes now. The fact that Poland has used kinetic means to reduce Russian drones inside its airs Exercise active defense. If you want, this redefines your response threshold: from this moment, any unidentified and hostile profile can be treated As immediate threat. In terms of deterrence, the message is sent to Moscow that the “navigation errors”, collateral probes or saturations will no longer have zero cost. In terms aliancistasTest in real conditions the integrated air defense architecture NATO on the eastern flank. Risk and management. The use of Polish fire against Russian objects raises the potential of Friction on three levels: Tactical (more interceptions and greater probability of fragmentation on populated areas), operational (expansion of confrontation rules and greater density of aerial patrols) and strategic (Russian diplomatic or military response, including propaganda and mirror measures in Kalinningrad and Beelorusia). In addition, the coincidence with Zapad exercises increases the danger of Malinterpretation: Training flights, air targets or lures can be confused with real threats. Mitigation requires positive identification protocols, clear red lines and active distrust channels, ideally backed by shared early alerts and previous notifications of exercises. Article 5 and a theory. Although an isolated demolition of drones does not active per se Article 5, does press the debate on the “threshold” of armed aggression. Poland can argue legitimate defense (Art. 51 of the UN Letter) Before repeated incursions that put infrastructure or population at risk. If it was demonstrated that Russian platforms were deliberately directed to transit or attack in NATO territory, the case for consultations of article 4 (and, in significant damage scenarios or victims, for 5) it is reinforced. Moscow, aware of this, can intensify ambiguity: drones with erratic flight plan, lures or minimal loads to maintain that kind of “gray zone”. The allied response, therefore, must be graduated, documented and legally solid. Image | Nato North Atlantic, 7th Army Training Command, In Xataka | The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack

The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war

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The year 2025 has been a radical change in the Ukraine War. We had seen drones with shotguns of double cannonrobots Lanzaluelaunmanned vessels With missilesairplanes With shotguns or even devices with kilometer cables of optical fiber Looking for its goal through algorithms. However, in recent months a change in trend has been accelerated. Because soldiers are no longer recruited, they are recruited directly robots. Even if they are antiques. Improvising on the front line. It Forbes counted. In an abandoned Soviet warehouse in Donetsk, Ukrainian soldiers and engineers transform old vehicles into non -manned combat systems, the called UGV. Under the command of Oleksandr, head of the Robotic Unit of the Antares Battalion, the workshops work thanks to raffles, donations and volunteer networks that Finish pieces and spare parts. Robots arrive with analog communications vulnerable to Russian electronic war and are completely comforted: new chassis, digital systems, StarlinkLte or encrypted links. Each conversion costs Between 750 and 1,000 dollarswithout counting satellite equipment, and requires maintenance after each mission. Once ready, the UGV are mostly destined for tasks logistics and evacuationtransporting ammunition, food or injured under enemy fire, although some are equipped with turretsmortars or electronic war modules. The speed remains limited and unstable connectivity, which forces them to use them mainly at night or in discretion conditions to avoid Russian kamikaze drones. Robots against the death zone. The proliferation of drones in Ukraine has extended The Russian “Kill” More than 15 kilometers behind the front line, causing entering or leaving positions to be one of the most lethal maneuvers. In fact, up to a 80% of the casualties Russians are already attributed to unmanned systems, and losses of Ukrainian logistics vehicles have forced multiply the use of UGVS for supplies and evacuations. The need is so high that in December 2024 the first compound Ukrainian assault was documented entirely by robotsand in July 2025 the 3rd Assault Brigade achieved an operation with Russian surrender Without own casualties. However, the UGV follow being vulnerable: day they are easy prey of FPV drones, and any signal failure can leave a wounded in the open field. Given this, some units are used as suicidal vehicles, launched against trenches, bridges or mined fields to detonate loads and open path. Another UGV development An accelerated race. Both kyiv and Moscow They experience With fleets of terrestrial robots, aware that the future of combat will depend on the mass integration of autonomous systems. Ukraine aspires to deploy 15,000 UGV By the end of 2025, supported by The Brave1 programwhile Russia shows prototypes With thermobáric launchers in their state media. The analysts They point That kyiv maintains advantage thanks to a decentralized network of start-ups and creative brigades, while Russia still depends on fragmented and volunteer efforts. At the same time, other global actors Like China They observe carefully the Ukrainian innovations to incorporate them into their own war doctrines. The test terrain in Donbás is accelerating a cycle of military innovation that in peace times would have been. Of logistics to direct fire. Ukrainian brigades already work for prototypes that They go further of the simple delivery of supplies: anti -aircraft turrets, UGVs kamikaze with Starlink to attack tanks, and modular platforms that can be adapted according to the mission. The main challenge is to reduce costs and simplify the operation to massify its deployment. The 28th mechanized brigade even presented a UGV equipped with A manpads Iglacapable of folding drones or low -level helicopters keeping operators covered. The vision is clear: an army in which the machines do the most dangerous work and the soldiers are preserved for control and supervision missions. The role of civil innovation. The rapid evolution of this robotic war It would not be possible without the direct intervention of Civil engineers and entrepreneurswhich have created a unique ecosystem of warlike innovation. Organizations as dignitas Ukraine They drive the Victory Robots programThey train soldiers in the management of UGVs and spread best practices among brigades. These initiatives They seek to build a “technological shield” that reduces human casualties and accelerates the adoption of autonomous systems. The next phase, they anticipate, will be the integration of artificial intelligence into terrestrial robots, multiplying their autonomy and efficiency in the battlefield. A robotic army. The Ukrainian bet for the UGV is not conjunctural, but part of a long -term strategy to compensate for demographic inferiority against Russia. If they manage to industrialize their production and stabilize the supply chain, these robots could become In spine From a hybrid army in which humans and machines fight side by side. Thus, the perspective of a future where entire brigades are accompanied by swarms of aerial drones and autonomous land vehicles no longer belong to science fiction, but to everyday reality of the Ukrainian front. For kyiv, robotics is more than a tool: it is the key to resist for years in a wear war and, perhaps, to define what the wars of the 21st century will be. Image | TV Zvezda, Gopua In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack In Xataka | We had seen the drones of Ukraine do everything, but this is new: they are arriving lost to countries outside the war

that Russia is getting closer

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1,300 kilometers from the north pole is the town more northern inhabited of the world. We refer to the Norwegian people of Svalbard, an extreme region, a gigantic ice cream, much above the Arctic Circle where 2,500 people officially have Forbidden to die. And yet, what worries them most has nothing to do with their climate or geographical place. What worries them most is that Russia is getting closer. Forbidden to die. It We have counted. In Svalbard one of the most peculiar rules on the planet governs: it is Forbidden to die In Longyearbyen, its capital, because the permafrost prevents the decomposition of the corpses and preserves viruses and bacteria for decades, which was already checked when bodies buried in 1918 still contained traces of the Spanish flu virus. Since 1950the cemeteries stopped accepting deceased and any seriously ill or elderly person must move to the continent to spend their last days there, while the few still visible burials are vestiges of previous times. The rule reflects both the hardness of living in the Arctic Like fragility of a settlement where life, and even death, is conditioned by ice eternal. The new Arctic border. I told the weekend Bloomberg. On the top of the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, Raise Svalsatthe largest earthly satellite station in the world, with 170 domes that connect every few seconds with satellites in polar orbit and provide critical data for weather, navigation, climate research and maritime security. Its location, 78 degrees north and with access to airports and ice -free ports, it gives this Norwegian enclave a unique strategic relevance in an Arctic every time More disputed. Norway sees it as a Sovereignty symbol And it has expanded with energy and communications projects, collaborating with agencies such as NASA, ESA or Oneweb. However, the dependence of this technological node and its potential dual use reinforce the Russia tensionwhich accuses Oslo of rape Svalbard’s treaty When there are submarine cables and demonstrate too much emphasis on territorial control. Svalbard Satellite Station Russia and symbolic persistence. Just a few kilometers from Longyearbyenthe Norwegian capital of the archipelago, resists BARENTSBURGa Russian mining settlement that, with just 400 inhabitants, on Soviet flags and maintains a bust of Lenin as a reminder of its history. Managed by the state company Trust Arktikugolthe people have renewed facilities, open a gym, promoted tourism and signed agreements with Russian universities, although their mine lacks real economic viability. In practice, it represents A strategic symbol For Moscow in the Arctic. After the invasion of Ukraine, the relations between the Norwegian and Russian communities cool: They canceled visits Tourist to Barentsburg, joint sports activities were suspended and many Ukrainian miners returned home. What previously survived the Cold War today has broken under the pressure of war and sanctions. BARENTSBURG Svalbard and uncertainty. The Norwegian government insists in that “Svalbard is as Norwegian as Oslo”, reinforcing his control through visits from authorities, indirect military presence and international projection. However, everyday reality is that of a community of 2,500 people of more than 50 nationalities, Tourism dependent And of expensive imports in a hostile environment where permafrost melts, basic services are limited and the last Norwegian coal mine is about to close. The transition from an industrial past to a post -mimine economy leaves open questions: What will replace mining, how much tourism can be allowed and how to sustain a diverse population without causing internal tensions. The Life in Svalbardmarked by polar bears, mortal avalanches and the lack of maternity or geriatric centers, remember that there everyone lives in time borrowed. “ A global rivalry. The War in UkraineTrump’s gestures claiming Greenland and the Russian militarization of the Kola Peninsula have turned the north into an epicenter of Geopolitical rivalry. With the accelerated thaw opening routes such as the passage of the northeast and multiplying the strategic value of resources and communications, Svalbard emerges as a microcosm of the worldwide struggle: A place where science, defense and trade are intertwined with political symbols and sovereignty shocks. For Longyearbyen residents, the transition has been palpable: from a mining people cohesive to a community exposed to global currents that generate diffuse identity and tensions with their Russian neighbors. As expressed A veteran resident, even in the coldest times of the cold war, local cooperation persisted. Now, that coexistence also seems lost, leaving Svalbard in the awkward first line of a new era of Arctic Competition. Between tourism, science and climate. Plus: the mines It raises an economic vacuum that only partly They fill tourismincreasingly massive with the arrival of cruises, and scientific projects such as World Seed Bankwhich barely offer employment. Meanwhile, Arctic heating, four times faster That the global average melts permafrost and compromises infrastructure, makes energy more expensive and multiplies natural risks. The dilemma of how much tourism growth accept, how to attract permanent families and what role in global research defines the next Svalbard stage. And in the midst of these tensions, the inhabitants try to maintain their identity and resilience, aware that they live in a territory where nature and Geopolitics They weigh as much as the will of their own residents. Image | Sprok, Bernt Rostad In Xataka | Eight Rompehielos have turned Russia into the power of the Arctic. Your secret: Nuclear force to operate all year In Xataka | We already know why Greenland is so important: the key is called Giuk and gives access to China and Russia east of the US

Russia is trying to conquer the Chinese pig market. Beijing has just provided it with rates of up to 62% to the EU

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Beijing has decided to strengthen its pressure on the European pig sector in an evening retaliation to The rates applied By Brussels to the electric cars ‘Made in China’. And plan to do it big, adding tariffs of up to 62.4% to EU meat exports. In Spain the employer already He has nuanced That their companies will pay only 20% (some less), but if there is a country that can look with satisfaction, China’s decision is not Spain, but Russia. After all, Moscow has been wanting to win Market share in Asia. What happened? That the European pig has started September with turbulence. Turbulence that also affect one of its large markets: China. On Friday the Ministry of Commerce of the Asian Giant advertisement that since Wednesday will impose provisional tariffs of up to 62.4% To a series of pig products and by -products, a whole malazo for the community sector, which every year sells in China thousands and thousands of tons of pork. According to the Pig333 specialized platform, only during the first quarter of 2025 the EU exported more than 1.1 million tons to countries located outside the community club. Among the nations that contributed the most to that figure are Spain, with 35% of exports, followed by Netherlands, Denmark and Poland. At the other end of the chain, the fate of the meat is China, which was made with 296,500 tons, almost 27% of the total. It is followed by the United Kingdom and the Philippines. What does that rate of 62.4%mean? The figure is overwhelming, but Beijing’s tariff policy will not affect all EU countries equally. In an interporp fact, the agri -food interprofessional organization of the white -layer Portio, stands out that the Spanish industry will be the best standing in Europe. Although the rate will effectively reach 62.4% for the company of other countries in the region, the employer clarifies that for local firms that penalty will be quite lower: 20%or even lower in some specific case. And what is the reason? EFE Precise That the largest tariffs, up to 62.4%, will apply to companies that do not collaborate with Chinese authorities. Those who do will see how that low rate at 20%, the percentage that the well, Noel, Campofrío, Cárnicas Five Villas, Fiselva or Sánchez Romero Cavajal must face. The general photo is however more complex: China plans to do certain exceptions with the companies that his delegation has taken by way of sample for his investigation. Among them are the Dutch Vion, which will face a tariff of 32.7%; Danish Danish Crown, who will assume a rate of 31.3%; and the Spanish Litera Meat, based in Huesca, the most favored with 15.6%. Why those rates? Largely for the automotive. Perhaps the meat and automobile industry do not have much to do, but if we talk about economic policy, commercial flow and tariffs things change. When Brussels decided Upload your rates To the electric cars ‘Made in China’, Beijing reacted pointing to one of the European sectors that depends most on the Asian giant, the pig. As? The Xi Jinping government began an investigation ‘Antidumping’ Focused on EU’s pig imports, a process with which, China alleges wants to avoid the alleged unfair competition that affects its own companies. These investigations began in 2024, but In June Beijing decided to expand the investigation until at least mid -December. Once the process ends, the government will announce the permanent tariffs, but until then it has opted for temporary rates. As remember The Ministry of Commerce, its preliminary study identified a case of dumping Related to pork from the EU, which would have caused “important damage” to Chinese companies. Is it so serious? It is no accident that Beijing has set just in that sector. China is a Important producer of pigs, but also a enormous gigantic market that matters every year hundreds of thousands of tons of meat, a flow that generates in turn thousands of millions of dollars. And that market the EU (and especially countries with broad livestock cabins, such as Spain) plays a key role. Despite having slightly reduced its purchases, in 2024 the Asian giant remained the main destination of community pork, with a flow of 1.12 million of tons. In 2020, when the sector of the country was affected by the African swine plague, that data came to 3.34 million. In the specific case of Spain, which together with Germany and France plays A fundamental role In the European pig industry, the figures are equally eloquent. “China is the main destination market for the meat and by -products of the Spanish pig. In 2024 exports to this country reached 540,000 t, with a value greater than 1,097 million euros, which represents almost 20% of the total exported volume and 12.5% ​​of the value of sales,” remember Interporc. Is it bad for everyone? No. There is a country that probably see with expectation commercial tensions between China and Europe, especially if we talk about the pig sector: Russia. Moscow was set out from the appetizing (and millionaire) Chinese market for about A decade and a half Due to the health restrictions applied by Beijing in 2008 to protect from the African pig plague. That veto was broken in March 2024, when Russia managed to send a first game of 27 tons of pig to the Asian giant. It was a modest amount, true, but a success for Russia, which had been trying to open a hole in the Chinese market for years. Last July, Russian pork exports to China already reached 12.4 million dollars, According to Echemiwhich ensures that this figure represents a 22% increase compared to June. It is not the only sign that Moscow is managing to recover land in the Asian market. Just a few days ago the Intefax agency revealed That Kremlin expects Beijing to increase the number of Russian companies authorized to export meat to China, a possibility that looks with optimism. “We are communicating … Read more

Russia has recovered a Soviet festival as a cultural and political counterweight of Eurovision. It will not be easy

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You may like more or less, but there is an indisputable truth about Eurovision: it is not just a music festival. Beyond choreographies, lights, Brillibrilli And the catchy melodies, the appointment organized by the UUr is loaded with geopolitics. Russia knows. Hence, you have decided to start Your own alternative to the European Festival, which was expelled by the invasion of Ukraine: Interview. Your name may find you strange, but connect with an appointment of the Soviet era. The big question, now that the festival has started Your countdownit is whether Interview will become a real alternative to Eurovision. It will not be easy. What happened? That Russia is promoting its own Eurovision. Or rather, he wants to recover an old festival that hurts its roots in the time of the USSR, back in the 60s and 70s, when it served as showcase and agglutinator of the nations of the socialist block. The appointment is called Interview And it has been cooking over the last months: In February Vladimir Putin gave order to start it, In June The first participants were announced and (except for unforeseen changes) the appointment will be held in two weeks, Saturday 20in Moscow. Do we know what it will be like? More or less. The web Interview is grim Live Arena From the Russian capital, it will be issued through the official channel Piervy Kanal and will include about twenty artists. In June, at the beginning The countdown From the appointment, the organization talked about the participation of 20 countries, especially members of the geopolitical block BRICS and CEIalthough the list includes some surprise. Specifically those responsible for the festival They announced As participants to Azerbaijan, Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Kazakstán, Qatar, China, Colombia, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, United States, Tayikistan, Uzbekistan, South Africa and Russia itself. Only only the representatives of 17 candidates are announced on the interview website, including the great surprise: the US flag bearer artist, Brandon Howard. Why is it interesting? Input because it shows the determination of Vladimir Putin to recover interview, An old appointment Soviet whose history can go back to the 60s and 70s and that had Two great stages: between 1965 and 1968, when it was developed in Czechoslovakia; and between 1977 and 1980, when Sopot, Poland, replacing the City International Festival. In the early 80s the authorities decided to cancel it after the emergence of the movement Solidarność and his destiny was definitely marked with the fall of the USSR. In 2008 He had a fleeting resurgence and in 2014 Putin He showed his interest In recovering the cut, but the authentic support seems to have now received it, in 2025, Three years later that the Uuer decided to expel Russia from the Eurovision Festival for the invasion of Ukraine. What does Putin intend? Interview resurgence is not a simple matter of nostalgia or historical curiosity. In the festival there is a clear component of geopolitics and culture, just like there is in Eurovision. Good test is the list of countries with confirmed representatives or Howard’s presence. The context is not accidental either: the relaunch of interview comes three years after the Uuer showed the exit door to Russia, after Putin Try to recover Friendship games as an alternative to the Olympic Games (of which It was also excluded for his role in Ukraine) and in a moment of international claim in which the Russian leader has been shown with such relevant leaders Like Xi Jingping, Narendra Modi or even Donald Trump. Is it only geopolitics? No. There is also a cultural factor that Kremlin wanted to make clear from the beginning. Months ago, after the return of Interview, the Russian senator Liliya Gamerova was announced He claimed that the festival “will promote real music” and turn its back on “false values ​​outside any normal person” in an evening reference to Eurovision. In 2014, Putin’s vindication of Interview coincided with the victory at the European Festival of Conchita Wurst And last year the winner was the non -binary artist Nemo Mettler. In a Interesting analysis Posted today in The Guardian Elise Morton recalls that throughout the last decades Eurovision has been associated with the causes LGBTQ+, a link that can be traced at least 1997, with the participation of PALL ÓSKARthe first openly gay contestant of the festival. 11 years ago the victory of the Drag Queen Wurst coincided with Putin’s attempt to promote “traditional values” in Russia, which included limiting LGBTQ+contents. What will it be for? With interview, The expert reflects In Visual Cultura Bárbara Barreiro, the objective of the Kremlin is clear: to create a “cultural counterweight” to Eurovision, “to challenge Western cultural dominance” at a time when the UER Festival has become a “representative of liberal values.” Not just that. As Morton remembers, it has also served as a showcase so that countries that were under Soviet domain exhibit their cultural independence. Will it have it easy? It does not seem. Eurovision’s popularity lies in its effectiveness as an audiovisual show, something to which interview should aspire. And no matter how much the Russian festival presumably an artist poster, the truth is that it starts with some disadvantages. To begin its ignorance and the low impact that seems to be having on social networks. On Instagram the event has just over 4,000 followers. It is a figure understandable by the difficulties in accessing the platform from Russia, but its mark on the Russian network Vkontakte And Telegram is not much better, with just dozens of followers. Is it the only handicap? Another logistics challenge is the time spindle. Although in Eurovision Australia participatesmost participating countries (whether or not in Europe) share a more or less similar schedule. To hit with an hour of maximum audience does not represent a great challenge for its organizers. Nor manage a vote system that makes the audience feel participate. Musicians from countries such as the US, Russia, China or Saudi Arabia … Read more

We sensed that China and Russia leaders wanted to transcend in history. What we did not imagine was how much

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Possibly, the moment that has most talk in the media during The military parade In China it has not been the Power shown By Beijing, but a conversation that lasted less than a minute among the leaders of China and Russia. “Before, it was rare to reach 70, but today, at 70, one is still a child,” Xi commented. “Reach immortality,” Putin replied. Because eternal “youth” has been a purpose of the president for years. An open micro. What happened was that An open microphone He captured an unexpected conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin who showed not only his personal concerns, but also how biotechnology crosses the geopolitics. XI commented that in this century it could be possible for humans to live Until 150 years (“It is forecast that, in this century, you can also live up to 150“He said), while Putin, through a translator, spoke of organ transplants as a way towards perpetual youth and even” immortality. “ The scene, broadcast live on Chinese state television, offered an unusual intimate vision of two septuagenarian leaders who have eliminated mandate and maneuverado limits to prolong their permanence in power. An obsession. The Russian president He confirmed later The content of the talk, underlining that medical and surgical advances open the possibility of a much longer life. For years he has converted longevity in political priorityordering your Ministry of Health work in this field and encouraging state projects such as those of Rosatomwhich claims to develop techniques for “Print “human organs In laboratory. Your personal interest in health It is notorious: During the pandemic he imposed strict quarantine who had to meet with him and has promoted constitutional changes that would allow him to continue in power until 2036, when he would be 83 years old. In search of immortality. I counted in a The Times report That, in a context marked by the war in Ukraine and the demographic crisis that hits Russia, an official commission highlighted the priorities of the Kremlin elite: scientists from different institutions had received urgent orders from focus your research In anti -aging therapies, cell regeneration, immune reinforcement and advanced biomedicine, including 3D organ bioimpression. The initiative was Linked to Mikhail Kovalchuk77, nuclear physicist, president of the Kurchátov Institute and intimate friend of Putin, known both for his political influence and his personal obsessions. Kovalchuk also supervises a State Genetics Program in which the president’s eldest daughter, María Vorontsova, endocrinologist of training participates. Personal and political objective. Kovalchuk was described in the report as “crazy” For the idea of ​​eternal life, and it would have been the one who took the project directly to Putin, triggering a waterfall of ministerial orders that demanded immediate results. For some scientists, the mandate touched the absurd, by allocating resources to prolong the life of a septuagenarian elite while hundreds of thousands of young Russians die or are mutilated in the front. A source of the National Medical Center itself He defined it as “pure cynicism”, by prioritizing the rejuvenation of aged leaders on the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. Conspiracy beliefs and esotericism. The background of these initiatives was mixed with the conspiracy vision that Putin and Kovalchuk share. The latter He has affirmed that the West develops biological weapons specifically directed against ethnic Russians and that the United States would have created a “subspecies of servants” with limited self -consciousness. Such ideas are intertwined with practices of Doubtful scientific base: Putin, despite having access to the best health, Supremely submit To bathrooms with bloods of siberian deer horns, a folkloric treatment that in Russia is attributed to rejuvenating and aphrodisiac properties. Pioneers of longevity. Death last year of Vladimir KhavinsonRussian longevity researcher marked the end of an influential figure in the development of rejuvenating drugs allegedly used by Soviet leaders such as Brézhnev. Although there are no solid evidence of its effective They would have appealed to your treatments. Its scientific legacy, halfway between biomedical research and pseudoscience, reflects the ambiguity of Russian policy in this field. The transhumanist dream. Beyond the Kremlin efforts, private figures also drive radical projects: Dmitri ITSKOVRussian billionaire, for years a initiative to transfer Human consciousness to artificial supports in 2035, with the promise of an indefinite life. In neighboring Kazakhstan, former president Nursultán Nazarbáyev claimed in 2010 that his scientists They will decipher the secret of immortality, although at 84 he still awaits the fruits of that effort. Examples that illustrate how the aspiration to prolong life has become a recurring obsession between Postsoviet elites. Chinese ambition. Returning to the meeting that took place yesterday with that audio between both leaders, by XI, remembered the New York Times that until now he had avoided public speaking about longevity in such ambitious terms as Putin, but showed that he shares at least the fascination with an extended life. At 72, he has suppressed the limits of mandate and seeks a fourth period in 2027 without having indicated a successor, which makes his physical and political stability intertwined. His reference at 150 years of life would fit his speech of “Take care of the elderly” and guarantee well -being in old age, although in their public image, visible age signals such as gray hair are already made, in contrast to the tradition of leaders that hide their aging. Historical context. Be that as it may, the moment occurred while both leaders, accompanied by Kim Jong-un, ascended to the Tiananmén Gate Tribune to witness a parade that showed The most advanced arsenal from China (Although not everything). That exhibition of military power, together with the conversation captured Random, it reflects the contrast between the ambition to perpetuate itself in power and the ability to project strength globally. The longevity, both personal and political, thus becomes a shared obsession: prolonging life not only of the leaders, but of the power system they represent. Between the sciencesymbolism and geopolitics, the conversation suggests that both Moscow and Beijing see in the “extension” of life a … Read more

Ukraine has just opened the tanks used by Russia. The surprise is capital: West has manufactured them

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In the war there are also “unboxing”, but of combat drones. In fact, this is how they have been revealed from hidden messages of the troops of Moscow, until The origin of the vast majority of technology components (with big surprises). It was also revealed to what extent China is part of the war machinery, or even that the power of these unmanned combat planes has Nvidia as an engine major. What we did not know so far is what was inside the Russian tanks. Foreign dependence. Yeah, Revelation of Ukrainian intelligence on the massive use of Western and Asian teams in the production of Russian tanks has revealed to what extent Kremlin’s industrial self -sufficiency It is compromised. He Updated report Del Gur details more than 260 high precision machines employed by uralvagonzavodthe only great manufacturer of combat cars in Russia and responsible for the entire range of T-seriesfrom the V-72 veterans to him T-14 Armata. Made in the West. The majority of these teams, which include American vertical lathes, Italian folding German machining centers and presses, were acquired in the fifteen years prior to 2022during military modernization prior to the invasion of Ukraine. In other words, although they do not constitute violations of the most recent sanctions, their presence in Russian factories raises a continuity problem: Without spare parts or software updates, armored production runs the risk of degrading quickly. The central role of Uralvagonzavod. Based in the urales, Uralvagonzavod It concentrates the heart of the Russian capacity of armor, holding a production that is estimated at 20 to 30 new tanks per month, despite the pressure of the war. In 2024 he opened a equipped engines plant with European CNC machinesevidence of how even in the middle of the war campaign Russia continued to benefit from foreign technology through indirect routes and third countries. The gur warns That these deliveries, although more complicated and expensive due to the sanctions, have not stopped, which keeps alive the assembly line of the Russian armored ones. The paradox is that the Soviet industrial prestige, once a symbol of self -sufficiency, now rests largely on the legacy of foreign machinery. The strategic dimension. The Published list By Ukraine, which also collects 42 types of equipment from Austria, Japan, South Korea and China, points to a broader pattern: Russia uses a total of 1,396 foreign machines in 169 factories linked to the invasion. Each of these teams It is documented through contracts, recordings and files of state acquisitions, which gives the probative weight to the complaint. The Ukrainian message seems clear: when cutting access to spare parts, technical fluids and software licenses, the Russian military industrial base can be strangled. kyiv has proposed Reinforced diligence measures, such as adding GPS trackers to exported machines and demanding in situ inspections, in order to prevent their products from ending up holding the enemy war industry. Vulnerability mirrors. We have counted before. The finding of Western components and Chinese in drones long -range manufactured by Moscow, local versions of the Iranian Shahed, reinforces the thesis that the Russian military industry depends critically on foreign pieces. Kremlin can hide this weakness With propaganda On its technological autonomy, but in practice its war machine is based on gears manufactured in countries that are today part of the Block that sanctions it. Putin himself, aware of the limits of production, He publicly admitted In April that “there are not enough weapons”, reflecting the tensions between the self -sufficiency discourse and the reality of an industry that, without access to the West, runs the risk of being paralyzed. The industrial Achilles heel. If you want, the Ukrainian complaint converts the Russian dependence on a strategic Achilles heel: while its army spends armored in the front at a higher pace, the ability to manufacture new depends on Machines that do not control. If the sanctions manage to isolate Moscow with spare parts and services, the ability to sustain their war effort could deteriorate irreversibly. When exposing these vulnerabilities, kyiv not only seeks to weaken the enemy, but also directly involve To Western manufacturers and governments in the supervision of their export chains, remembering that another battle is fought in the Ural workshops: that of the industrial pulse that can decide war. Image | Вталий кзьин In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA”

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