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Published on: 04/24/2026 - 12:12

On the front page of the press this Friday, April 24, the interruption, from May 1, of the transport of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba oil pipeline seen by the Russian, Kazakh and German press. The arrest of an American soldier for having bet on the capture of Nicolas Maduro. And finally, researchers have revealed the existence of a predator from the ancient depths, with eight arms, reaching mythical proportions.

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The transport of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline will be interrupted from May 1, Russia has announced. But for the Russian, Kazakh and German press, this decision above all illustrates Moscow's desire to put pressure on Berlin.

According to the website Lenta.ru, a media outlet aligned with the Kremlin's positions, Moscow is precisely targeting Berlin. A Russian international relations expert speaks of a decision intended to "send a signal to Germany", accused of being "the leader of the Russophobic front in Europe" by Moscow.

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In the Russian economic daily Vedomosti, Igor Youchkov, expert at the Russian government's University of Finance, considers that this cessation of deliveries via the Druzhba oil pipeline "will strengthen European dependence" on Russian maritime routes and in particular that of Germany which has been partly supplied to Kazakhstan since 2023 via this pipeline. He assures that the Germans will be "more interested in stopping Ukrainian strikes" on Russian oil terminals and could put pressure on kyiv, if Berlin wants to continue to obtain supplies from Central Asia.

This is also the opinion of the German economic newspaper Handelsblatt, which writes that "the Kremlin can still put pressure on Germany." The conservative tabloid Bild reveals that in an attempt to calm tempers, the German Ministry of the Economy assured that "the supply of hydrocarbons was not threatened" but "behind the scenes, the government began looking for alternative solutions [to Drujba]" explains the newspaper. Berlin has reportedly started discussions with Warsaw to transport more crude oil to the Schwedt refinery via the port of Gdansk. But Poland is on guard, notably because Rosneft, a Russian company, "is still a shareholder in the German Schwedt refinery."

On the Kazakh side, Tengrinews, a media close to official positions, reports the confidences of a senior Kazakh official, who wished to remain anonymous. He acknowledged that the Russian decision to block oil deliveries was indeed aimed at "putting pressure on the EU, and in particular on Germany, which is kyiv's largest arms supplier." The site Orda.kz, an independent Kazakh media, explains that the economic repercussions are however causing concern in Kazakhstan, a neighboring country close to Moscow. The site estimates the potential shortfall at nearly “1.5 billion dollars [1.3 billion euros] per year.”

Maduro arrest: American soldier pockets $400,000

The New York Times newspaper reported this morning that an American soldier was arrested for betting on the capture of Nicolas Maduro. Staff Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the commando. He bet $30,000 on Polymarket, a betting platform banned in France, on a scenario considered improbable at that time: the dismissal of the Venezuelan president before the end of January.

Result: he pocketed $400,000. Today, the American Department of Justice accuses him of having exploited classified information to which he had access while participating in the preparation of the operation.

Donald Trump, who says he is unaware of these accusations, compared the situation to that of Pete Rose, a baseball legend banned for betting on his own sport. The US president added: "The whole world has become something of a casino."

Did the “kraken” really exist?

Finally, the super predator that roamed the seas at the time of the dinosaurs, 100 million years ago, was perhaps the octopus. The Washington Post reports that researchers have revealed the existence of another predator from the ancient depths, with eight arms, thanks to jaw fossils.

Giant octopuses reaching mythical proportions, more than 18 meters long and which probably bit their prey with a beak capable of breaking bones, reports the American daily.

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