Russia

• The new world order: the strong prey on the weak

  TEFI

  Lili Takács

  In a world where alliances are crumbling and the rules of the game are being rewritten, the age of the stronger dogs has dawned. With Donald Trump's second presidency unleashing a whirlwind of change, the international order is on the brink of collapse. As Europe teeters between war and peace, and Russia sets its sights on new targets, the question looms: What comes after the Trump tornado? Will we witness a return to the law of the jungle, where might makes right?

  27.03.2025 | 18:34

  Donald Trump

  European Union

  Russia

  USA

  

• "We Are in Moscow's Cyber Crosshairs: Russian Cyberattacks on Poland Have Increased Fivefold"

  TEFI

  Dorota Roman

  You could be the victim of a cyberattack and not even know it. Sometimes, the owner of critical infrastructure remains unaware for months that someone has taken control of their system.

  24.03.2025 | 20:47

  hacker

  poland

  Russia

  

• Peter Pomerantsev: With Trump, anyone who thinks that democracy is for losers is emboldened

  TEFI

  Lili Takács

  We interviewed Peter Pomerantsev, the best-known researcher of Russian propaganda about world order, spheres of influence, authoritarian leaders, algorithms and how Donald Trump is making Russia great again.

  14.03.2025 | 22:55

  Russia

  

• "This is Europe's final wake-up call": Globsec chief on defence and security

  easternfrontier.eu

  Daniel Hotka

  Covert operations in Europe suggest Moscow is preparing for something bigger.

  04.03.2025 | 15:56

  Russia

  TEFI

  

• From first aid to firepower: The drones crowdfunded by Slovaks

  easternfrontier.eu

  Daniel Hoťka

  Many of these drones carry more than just cameras - they are equipped with first-aid kits, grenades, and supplies to save wounded soldiers

  24.02.2025 | 06:56

  Russia

  Slovakia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  

• Munich Security Conference: there's a new sheriff in town who will no longer protect Europe

  TEFI

  Lili Takács

  Trump looms large at Munich Security Conference. Is the US about to abandon Europe?

  21.02.2025 | 20:57

  European Union

  J.D. Vance

  Russia

  USA

  

• If war breaks out, civilians will be the first to suffer. A combat medic: And yet, Polish doctors keep asking what to do when it happens

  War in Ukraine

  Dorota Roman

  Civilian doctors are not prepared for battlefield conditions - it's an entirely different reality, full of contradictions and conflicting procedures. The laws and medical standards of peacetime slow down and restrict the ability of medics to operate on the front lines, says Damian Duda, a field medic, in an interview with "Wyborcza".

  13.02.2025 | 06:07

  Russia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  

• Welcome to the Drone Safari: Hunting Humans in Kherson city

  TEFI

  Lili Takács

  Kherson city was under Russian occupation for nine months. The Ukrainians liberated it, but Russians have been constantly shelling the town. For six months, the locals have been facing a new kind of misery: terrorised by drones. Field reportage from Kherson city.

  13.02.2025 | 06:00

  drones

  Russia

  Ukraine

  War in Ukraine

  

• Orbán vs. Fico: The Battle for Putin's Affection

  easternfrontier.eu

  Atilla Rovó

  Who will Putin choose? Orbán and Fico's courtship of the Kremlin is raising eyebrows.

  12.02.2025 | 22:08

  Hungary

  Russia

  Slovakia

  TEFI

  

• Journalist and expert on the situation at the ukrainian front: "The army is still being commanded as if it were 2022"

  TEFI

  Piotr Andrusieczko

  Our government is completely detached from the war, says Yuriy Butusov, a well-known Ukrainian journalist and military expert, in an interview with "Wyborcza".

  10.02.2025 | 00:59

  Russia

  Ukraine

  Vladimir Putin

  War in Ukraine

  

• Oleksiy Reznikov: Russia has one year to stop the war

  War in Ukraine

  Daniel Hotka

  The Kremlin is trying to break Europe apart, warns former Ukrainian defence minister

  10.01.2025 | 06:00

  European Union

  Russia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  

• Elections in Georgia and Moldova: It is not only about Russian Interference

  TEFI

  Leonardo Zanatta

  Between late October and early November, Moldova and Georgia, two post-Soviet nations aspiring to join the European Union (EU), held elections that many observers considered to have significant geopolitical stakes. Some made it a question of 'East or West', however, the issue of Russian interference should not be oversimplified.

  29.11.2024 | 14:50

  European Union

  Georgia

  Moldova

  Russia

  

• Lili Takács: A thousand days of war against Ukraine's future

  War in Ukraine

  Lili Takács

  A thousand days ago, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A "special military operation" planned to last for a few days has turned into a horrendous war with devastating casualties and it is taking its toll far from the trenches as well.

  26.11.2024 | 23:52

  Russia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  

• Slovak prime minister proposes electoral system tighter than Russia's

  TEFI

  Michal Katuška, Martin Vančo

  If Robert Fico succeeds with his idea, political parties would face greater risks by running independently.

  15.11.2024 | 20:51

  robert fico

  Russia

  Slovakia

  

• Will we always be afraid of Russia? Eurocorps Chief: They're getting more provocative, and we often don't respond

  TEFI

  Dorota Roman

  A ceasefire in Ukraine, or even a peace treaty, won't protect us from the Russian threat. It won't bring peace to Europe. On the contrary, it will give Russia time to rebuild its military capabilities and prepare for another attack in just a few years, says General Piotr Błazeusz, Chief of Eurocorps, in an interview with Wyborcza.

  09.11.2024 | 06:00

  European Union

  Russia

  War in Ukraine

  

• Leader of Georgian Opposition: "Widespread Election Fraud"

  easternfrontier.eu

  Wiktoria Bieliaszyn

  "The instances of fraud we've already uncovered are undeniable," reveals Elene Khoshtaria in an interview with Wyborcza.

  05.11.2024 | 17:23

  Georgia

  Russia

  TEFI

  

• How disinformation becomes a tool for autocrats? Who is afraid of Russia? [Livestream]

  easternfrontier.eu

  The Eastern Frontier Initiative Consortium

  Watch the Eastern Frontier Talks conference in Bratislava organized by SME.

  22.10.2024 | 09:50

  disinformation

  Russia

  TEFI

  

• How Putin punishes critics and why Blaha and Fico stay silent

  TEFI

  Beata Balogová

  What constitutes Russophobia and what does not.

  22.10.2024 | 06:27

  Robert Fico

  Russia

  Vladimir Putin

  

• Finnish President Alexander Stubb: Ukraine has already won the biggest battle, now it needs to win the war

  TEFI

  Bartosz T. Wieliński

  Russia has imperialism in its DNA; its entire existence revolves around conquering territories and enslaving other nations. Both Finns and Poles are fully aware of this - said Finnish President Alexander Stubb in an interview with "Gazeta Wyborcza"

  25.09.2024 | 16:14

  Alexander Stubb

  Russia

  War in Ukraine

  

• Europe Sends a Strong Message to Ukraine: Strike Targets Inside Russia!

  easternfrontier.eu

  Roman Imielski

  The words of Poland's Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, that Poland should shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, fit into the increasingly hawkish tone of EU countries regarding Putin's aggression against Poland's eastern neighbor.

  06.09.2024 | 11:23

  Russia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  War in Ukraine

  

• Interview: "The War Has Come to Russia's Doorstep". The Ukrainian Surprise Attack in Kursk: Military Incursion or Full-Fledged Offensive?

  easternfrontier.eu

  Mihnea Lazăr

  In a surprising twist, Ukrainian forces have launched an unexpected attack in Russia's Kursk region. Romanian military analyst Sandu-Valentin Mateiu provides insights into this bold move and its potential impact on the ongoing conflict.

  01.09.2024 | 13:03

  Russia

  TEFI

  Ukraine

  

• How prepared is Romania if the Russian Federation decides to attack us?

  Mihnea Lazăr PressOne

  Let's use our imagination and try to confront one of our greatest historical fears: What if the Russians attacked us now? What forces could Romania rely on, on its own, excluding NATO support, should Russia cross our threshold?

  26.08.2024 | 21:25

  NATO

  Romania

  Russia

  

• Under the Ice: The Growing Russian Threat to NATO's Northern Flank

  Carolina Drüten

  In the Arctic, Russia is militarily superior to the West. NATO is trying to catch up, but needs to adapt its defenses to climate change. A special mission in the High North is expected to provide crucial lessons. We visited the "Alliance," a NATO research vessel specialized in scientific missions in marine and underwater regions, aimed at collecting and analyzing essential data to enhance the alliance's detection and defense capabilities.

  26.08.2024 | 18:41

  arctic

  NATO

  Russia

  

• Hoping that someone will fight for us or that we'll quickly join NATO is just wishful thinking

  Wiktoria Bieliaszyn

  For years, I've been hearing from Ukrainian politicians that Ukraine is getting closer to joining NATO. And for years, I've been saying it's a pipe dream because as long as the war with Russia continues, no one will take us in, says Ukrainian political scientist Nikolai Kapitonienko

  18.07.2024 | 18:10

  NATO

  Russia

  Ukraine

  War in Ukraine

  

• Putin occasionally pretends to embrace negotiations - only to disrupt the Western coalition supporting Ukraine

  easternfrontier.eu

  Krisztián Jójárt

  From time to time Vladimir Putin performs a well-choreographed show about how open he is to negotiations with the Ukrainians. At the beginning of April, Alexander Lukashenka was another protagonist in this play. This Russian pseudo-reluctance to negotiate is part of Russian strategy, despite the fact that the Hungarian government media treats Putin's openness as a fait accompli.

  15.07.2024 | 22:25

  Russia

  Ukraine

  Vladimir Putin

  War in Ukraine

  

• The war in Ukraine defines what kind of great power Europe becomes and at what price

  Márk Takács

  Since February 2022, the question of how to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian war has been on the agenda, with foreign and domestic experts speaking out on the issue every day. Their arguments are usually based on political considerations, but the military aspects of the conflict should also be considered.

  04.07.2024 | 17:43

  Russia

  Ukraine

  War in Ukraine

  

• 444 media banned in Russia

  THE EASTERN FRONTIER INITIATIVE (TEFI)

  444 media

  On June 25, 444 was the only Hungarian news portal included in the Russian Foreign Ministry's ban list, which restricts access to 81 European news services, listed by country.

  27.06.2024 | 19:00

  Hungary

  media

  Russia

  

• Neither side will give up the war, Russian society will not be broken by difficulties and losses

  easternfrontier.eu

  Andras Racz

  Several conclusions can be drawn from the data about Russian support for the war. The first and most important is that Russian society does not seem to be broken by hardships and losses. A vast majority still agrees that the war should continue.

  20.06.2024 | 20:21

  Russia

  Ukraine

  War in Ukraine

  

• Sikorski: "Poland is Like an Anti-Tank Mine" [INTERVIEW]

  easternfrontier.eu

  Bartosz T. Wieliński, Gloria Rodriguez-Pina, El Pais, Tonia Mastrobuoni, la Repubblica

  Russia and Belarus are right in assuming that if we fail to control the situation at our border, the far-right will triumph in both the national and European elections. This, in turn, has the potential to blow up the European Union from within - believes the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland.

  01.06.2024 | 10:47

  European Union

  NATO

  Radosław Sikorski

  Russia

  

• Munich Security Conference 2024: Post-Cold War Optimism Belongs to the Past

  easternfrontier.eu

  Lili Takács

  There was complete agreement that Europe needs to spend more on its own safety, the only difference was the words used to express this.

  14.04.2024 | 12:51

  China

  Germany

  Russia

  Ukraine

  

• Ukraine's defeat is incompatible with the EU and NATO's most basic security interests

  easternfrontier.eu

  Andras Racz

  In the absence of societal support, maintaining financial and military assistance to Ukraine will obviously become more challenging. This may well lead to further Ukrainian military failures - in a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy - which would be completely contrary to the most basic security interests of the EU and NATO.

  14.04.2024 | 11:39

  European Union

  NATO

  Russia

  Ukraine

  

• The spectre of war hangs over Europe

  NATO

  Bartosz T. Wieliński

  What not long ago seemed like a bad dream from the past is today a reality. The Kremlin is threatening NATO with invasion.

  13.04.2024 | 17:08

  Donald Tusk

  European Union

  Russia

  

• Slovakia, Ukraine and Russia: When political expediency meets personal animus [analysis]

  easternfrontier.eu

  Michal Katuška

  Fico may be harbouring a grudge against Ukraine, but it meshes neatly with his political goals and long-standing Russophilia.

  24.03.2024 | 19:19

  Russia

  Slovakia

  Ukraine

  

• Slovak ex-prime minister: Russia needs to see Europe's strength

  NATO

  Daniel Hoťka

  New working group to find solutions to deter Russia from further aggression.

  24.03.2024 | 15:59

  European Union

  Hungary

  Russia

  Slovakia