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Articles by Alexei Remizov
Operation Migrant: Inside the Russian Smuggling Scheme moving Middle Easterners and Africans into the EU
From January through the end of July 2026, the Latvian State Border Guard prevented 8,814 attempts by illegal immigrants to enter the country. Still, despite the best efforts of European border services, routes for the illegal movement of people across the Belarusian border continue to operate. As The Insider found, up to 20 illegal immigrants at a time slip into the European Union with the aim of reaching the German border.
Queensland security guard who fought for Russia against Ukraine missing, feared dead
Grace Tobin and Kate McKenna, Alexei Remizov and Michael Workman Daryl Fladung wore an Akubra-style hat, a banana-patterned shirt and a broad grin in a picture posted in April at a Moscow airport. The 38-year-old security guard had left Queensland to join the Russian army in its invasion of Ukraine, despite having no military experience or known family ties to eastern Europe. He entered into a contract with Russia before undergoing basic combat training with other foreign mercenaries.
Operation Migrant: Inside the Russian smuggling scheme moving Middle Easterners and Africans into the EU
From January through the end of July 2026, the Latvian State Border Guard prevented 8,814 attempts by illegal immigrants to enter the country. Still, despite the best efforts of European border services, routes for the illegal movement of people across the Belarusian border continue to operate. As The Insider found, up to 20 illegal immigrants at a time slip into the European Union with the aim of reaching the German border.
A new Comintern: How the Kremlin lures Western “socialists” into the Russian army
Russia has built a network linking socialist and anti-globalist groups abroad under the banner of support for left-wing causes. The effort often starts with seemingly benign events such as community cleanups and discussion clubs before developing into street protests, disinformation campaigns, sabotage operations in Western countries, and even recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
SISTERS OF THE CROSS
An all but forgotten, little-translated Russian writer emerges from the shadows with this sometimes-bleak, sometimes-surreal tale. Piotr Alekseevich Marakulin is a bookkeeper so meticulous in his work that his colleagues in a turn-of-the-century, pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg brokerage call him “the German.” Alas, one day the books don’t balance, and though Marakulin thinks it’s a practical joke, he’s fired.
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