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The Real State of Internet in Belarus: Wired, Wireless, and Watching from the Sky

The Real State of Internet in Belarus: Wired, Wireless, and Watching from the Sky

By the end of 2022, 89.5% of Belarusians were online, with about 8.27 million internet users and 86.9% penetration recorded by early 2023. Beltelecom reported about 2.9 million GPON fiber subscribers by the end of 2022, a figure that reached roughly 3 million by mid-2024. Approximately 82.4% of small settlements with 50–100 inhabitants have access to fiber-optic broadband. As of April 2024, 4G LTE coverage reached 93% of Belarus’s territory and 99% of its population via the beCloud network. MTS Belarus had around 5.7 million mobile subscribers, A1 about 4.8 million, and life:) about 1.5 million as of 2024. There
1 juni 2025
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Mosaic Stock (NYSE: MOS) Slides on Brazil Phosphate Curtailments, Belarus Potash Sanctions Shift, and a Saskatchewan Mine Incident

Mosaic Stock (NYSE: MOS) Slides on Brazil Phosphate Curtailments, Belarus Potash Sanctions Shift, and a Saskatchewan Mine Incident

December 17, 2025 — The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is having one of those “three headlines collide at once” weeks: a sudden raw-material cost shock in Brazil, fresh geopolitical supply uncertainty in the potash market, and a serious safety incident at a key Canadian mine site. The stock is trading around $23.46, down about 5.6% from the previous close, after a sharp regular-session selloff and a softer after-hours tape. Benzinga Below is what’s driving today’s Mosaic stock move, what the latest analyst forecasts are implying, and what investors are watching next as fertilizer markets head toward 2026. Why Mosaic stock
17 december 2025
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Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles appear in Belarus as Ukraine peace talks tighten

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles appear in Belarus as Ukraine peace talks tighten

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 18:13 ET Russia on Tuesday released video of what it said was the deployment of its nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in neighbouring Belarus, placing the weapon on combat duty for the first time. Reuters Why it matters now is geography. Belarus borders Ukraine and NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, and the move would bring Russian missiles closer to European targets. The announcement also lands as Washington presses Moscow and Kyiv to close a deal to end the war, with both sides still at odds over territorial control and post-war security guarantees. Russia’s state
31 december 2025
War-Fueled E-Commerce Boom: Inside Ukraine’s Online Shopping Surge in 2025

War-Fueled E-Commerce Boom: Inside Ukraine’s Online Shopping Surge in 2025

In 2024 Ukraine’s online retail sales totaled about ₴239 billion (≈$6–6.5 billion), roughly one-third higher than 2023. About 11 million Ukrainians were online shoppers in 2024, with online purchases comprising about 16% of total spending and roughly 30 million adults as “active online consumers.” Rozetka generated about ₴45 billion in revenue in 2023 and commanded an estimated 45–50% share of the online retail market, hosting more than 12 million products and 20,000 active marketplace sellers. OLX is Ukraine’s most visited e-commerce site by traffic. Zakaz.ua fulfilled over 1 million orders in 2023, with an approximate ₴5 billion turnover. In 2025,
14 juni 2025
Space Showdown: How Military Satellites Are Shaping the Ukraine‑Russia War

Space Showdown: How Military Satellites Are Shaping the Ukraine‑Russia War

SpaceX deployed 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine within days of the 2022 invasion, rising to about 15,000 active terminals by June 2022, with Ukraine at one point accounting for roughly 58% of global Starlink traffic. Russia attempted to jam Starlink signals on the battlefield, SpaceX rolled a software update to bypass the jamming, and by 2023–2024 reports noted illicit Starlink terminals in Russian hands that had to be disabled. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a cyberattack against Viasat’s KA-SAT network that crippled thousands of Ukrainian modems and disrupted satellite links across Europe. In August 2022, Ukraine crowdfunded $20 million
20 juni 2025
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From Sputnik to Sanctions: Inside Russia’s Space & Satellite Industry 2025

From Sputnik to Sanctions: Inside Russia’s Space & Satellite Industry 2025

Key Facts History of Russia’s Space Industry: From Soviet Pioneers to Post-Soviet Turbulence Russia’s space enterprise is anchored in the Soviet Union’s legendary space program, which set many historic milestones. The USSR built a formidable space infrastructure – at its peak in 1989, space spending was 1.5% of Soviet GDP en.wikipedia.org – achieving the first satellite (Sputnik), first human in orbit (Yuri Gagarin), first spacewalk, and launching robust programs like Soyuz crewed spacecraft and Salyut/Mir space stations. Soviet design bureaus (Energia, Chelomei’s OKB, Lavochkin, etc.) and manufacturing plants sprang up across the union, forming the backbone of today’s industry. The
6 september 2025
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Billion-Dollar “Eyes in the Sky”: Inside AWACS Tech, Costs, and the Global Airborne Radar Race

Billion-Dollar “Eyes in the Sky”: Inside AWACS Tech, Costs, and the Global Airborne Radar Race

Comprehensive Overview of AWACS Aircraft and Technology AWACS Technology: Radars, Sensors, and Systems Modern AWACS aircraft are essentially flying sensor hubs and command centers. At their core is a powerful radar designed for all-around aerial surveillance. Classic AWACS like the E-3 Sentry use a spinning dish antenna (rotodome) on the fuselage, which mechanically rotates every 10–12 seconds to scan 360° euro-sd.com. In contrast, latest designs use Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars that steer beams electronically. For example, the E-7 Wedgetail’s Northrop Grumman MESA radar (mounted in a fin on the fuselage) is an L-band AESA using modern Gallium Nitride
11 september 2025
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Internet Kill Switch: Recurring Blackouts in Syria, Iraq, Algeria – And Who’s Next?

Internet Kill Switch: Recurring Blackouts in Syria, Iraq, Algeria – And Who’s Next?

Syria has conducted annual nationwide internet shutdowns on high school exam days since 2016, with 2020–2025 patterns showing daily outages of roughly 3.5 to 5.5 hours during exam periods. Syria’s shutdowns use an asymmetric model that allows outbound traffic but blocks inbound responses, making the internet effectively unusable. In Syria, the 2023 exam season produced at least 11 nationwide outages, each about 4 hours long (06:00–10:00), spanning May–June for the first round and late June–July for the second. Iraq began regular exam-related shutdowns in 2023, imposing near-daily four-hour nationwide outages (04:00–08:00) during exams, with a total of 42 outages in
18 juni 2025
The Ultimate Global Missile Guide: Secret Weapons and Strategic Arsenals Revealed

The Ultimate Global Missile Guide: Secret Weapons and Strategic Arsenals Revealed

The United States fields the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM (silo-based) with a ~13,000 km range that carries 1× nuclear RV (W78/W87, ~335 kt) and the UGM-133 Trident II D5 SLBM (submarine-launched) with >12,000 km range capable of up to 8 MIRVs (W76/W88). The U.S. LRHW “Dark Eagle” program develops a long-range hypersonic boost-glide missile with a ~2,775 km range using a 2-stage solid booster and an HGV. Russia fields the RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBM (silo-based) with 10,000–18,000 km range and Mach 20+ reentry, and it deploys the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. China’s DF-41 is a mobile, road-mobile ICBM with a
17 juni 2025
Inside the Ukraine–Russia Drone War: $500 FPVs vs. Multi‑Million Dollar UAVs

Inside the Ukraine–Russia Drone War: $500 FPVs vs. Multi‑Million Dollar UAVs

Military Drones Used by Ukrainian and Russian Forces 1. Types of Drones on the Ukrainian and Russian Battlefield Both Ukraine and Russia employ a vast array of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can be categorized by their roles on the battlefield. These range from tiny quadcopters that fit in a backpack to large combat drones with wingspans of several meters. Key categories include: 2. Technological Capabilities of the Drones The drones fielded in Ukraine cover a broad spectrum of technologies and capabilities, often improvising commercial tech for military use. Key technical factors include: 3. Price Tags and Procurement: From DIY
11 september 2025
Ukraine Tenders in 2025: Public Procurement Platforms, Processes and Opportunities

Ukraine Tenders in 2025: Public Procurement Platforms, Processes and Opportunities

In 2024 Prozorro concluded over 3.2 million public contracts totaling about 888 billion UAH, and in the first four months of 2025 it handled about 1.2 million contracts worth 444.4 billion UAH. As of 2024, Prozorro connects 10 authorized e-procurement platforms plus 2 platforms for observation/auction, with Zakupivli.Pro (Prom.ua) handling about 50% of tenders, DerzhZakupivli Online about 25%, E-Tender about 14%, and SmartTender about 7%. Prozorro.Sale complements public tenders by handling privatization auctions and state asset sales, with E-Tender functioning as a Prozorro.Sale marketplace. Private tenders are voluntary but common, with large firms like Naftogaz and DTEK issuing RFPs and
14 juni 2025
Texas Instruments (TXN) stock: what to know before the US market opens on Dec. 15, 2025

Texas Instruments (TXN) stock: what to know before the US market opens on Dec. 15, 2025

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN)—one of the market’s biggest analog and embedded chipmakers—heads into Monday’s session with investors weighing a familiar tug-of-war: signs that the sector’s inventory reset is easing versus continued caution around industrial demand, tariffs, and margins. Where TXN stock stands heading into Monday With US markets closed over the weekend, the latest reference point is Friday’s close. One nuance: “Year-to-date return” can differ by data provider depending on whether it’s price-only or total return (dividends included). For example, MarketBeat shows price performance year-to-date as modestly negative, while Yahoo’s quote page shows YTD return slightly positive—likely reflecting dividend
14 december 2025
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