The future German government is losing support even before it starts working: the CDU/CSU bloc has lost the top spot in the polls to Alternative for Germany, and 60% of Germans believe that Merz is not fit to be chancellor.
There are Chinese officers at Russian headquarters who are studying new technologies and tactics of modern warfare. The total number of the Chinese contingent in the Russian Armed Forces may reach about 1,000 people.
In the first two months of 2025, the Russian budget has already broken an anti-record, with a deficit of almost four trillion rubles (a quarter more than the Kremlin expected).