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  • China hails ‘best ever’ relations with Russia 

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 7:29am EDT

    The strategic visions of the neighbors closely coincide, according to Beijing’s foreign minister Relations between Russia and China have reached their strongest-ever level, Beijing’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has said. Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties between the two neighbors.  According to Wang’s piece in the People’s Daily newspaper devoted to the […]

  • Russia eyeing record energy profits – think tank

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 7:29am EDT

    Income from the 2024 oil and gas exports is expected to only be second to that of the unprecedented 2022 Russia’s energy revenues may reach record levels this year, buoyed by high export oil prices, according to independent economic think tank the Institute for Energy and Finance Foundation (FIEF).  Oil and gas profits have increased […]

  • EU state’s PM pledges to restore relations with Russia

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 7:08am EDT

    The bloc needs Moscow and vise versa, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to do everything he can to restore relations with Moscow once the fighting between Russia and Ukraine ends. Since returning to power last year, Fico has stopped weapons deliveries from Bratislava to Kiev, and has consistently […]

  • EU state’s PM pledges to restore relations with Russia

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 7:08am EDT

    The bloc needs Moscow and vise versa, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to do everything he can to restore relations with Moscow once the fighting between Russia and Ukraine ends. Since returning to power last year, Fico has stopped weapons deliveries from Bratislava to Kiev, and has consistently […]

  • Germans protest against sending arms to Ukraine and Israel

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 6:24am EDT

    Demonstrators in Berlin have called for a ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev, and efforts to end the Mideast conflict Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against arms deliveries to Ukraine and Israel, while expressing concern about a possible nuclear escalation, according to local media and videos posted on social […]

  • Bug was found in my bathroom after Bibi used it – Boris Johnson

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 4:12am EDT

    The former UK prime minister describes the suspicious incident in his memoir A UK security team found a listening device in the personal lavatory of then-foreign secretary Boris Johnson back in 2017, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the facility, the British politician has claimed in his memoir. The incident allegedly occurred at Foreign […]

  • Apocalypse Maybe

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 3:08am EDT

    We are told Joe Biden is frustrated by Israel. The White House is reportedly realizing that it may be unable to prevent a regional war in the Middle East. Meanwhile, tens of thousands are being killed. Why is the West so indifferent to diplomacy? CrossTalking with Marwa Osman, Hicham Safieddine, and Romana Rubeo.

  • Buzzing with beauty: Bashkiria’s natural wonders

    RT - Oct 4th 2024 2:43am EDT

    Inland Visions continues its journey across Bashkortostan, a Russian republic with rich in natural beauty and strong traditions. The region boasts breathtaking landscapes, flowing rivers, thick forests and deep gorges, but it’s the honey from these parts that creates a real buzz all over Russia. Join Peter Scott and the team to meet the world’s […]

  • France names Russia as ‘greatest threat’

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 8:44pm EDT

    Moscow has been increasingly “aggressive” on the world stage, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu claimed Russia is currently France’s most important adversary, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a recent interview with Le Point magazine.  In a conversation published on Wednesday, which marked the release of Lecornu’s new book, the minister spoke about security challenges […]

  • Iran sends important message to US – Al Jazeera

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 5:29pm EDT

    Any attacks from Israel will be met with an “unconventional response,” Tehran has said Tehran has sent a note to Washington via Qatar that it will no longer exercise “unilateral self-restraint” when it comes to Israel, Al Jazeera has reported, quoting an Iranian source. The message came as West Jerusalem has threatened a “harsh response” […]

  • EU should ‘prepare for war’ with Russia – new Defense Commissioner

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 5:29pm EDT

    The bloc should boost defense production, amass reserves and continue aiding Kiev, Andrius Kubilius has said The EU and Russia could face one other on the battlefield in less than a decade, MEP Andrius Kubilius, the newly appointed EU Commissioner for Defense and Space said this week. The former Lithuanian prime minister has been known […]

  • Trumpism with a human face: J.D. Vance has done something his Republican boss cannot

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 4:03pm EDT

    By being reasonable, polite, and focused on policy issues, Trump’s running mate won the Vice-Presidential debate hands down Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance handed in a bravura performance in his debate with his Democrat counterpart Tim Walz this week. The debate was full of surprises – including the fact that the confrontation between the […]

  • Russia reveals important condition for joining BRICS

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 2:50pm EDT

    Imposing sanctions against any member of the group would be a disqualifier, according to Moscow BRICS applicants can’t join in sanctions against any of the economic bloc’s member states, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday, outlining one of the conditions for joining the club. The group that started as an informal association […]

  • EU ‘could die’ – Macron

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 2:45pm EDT

    The bloc is falling behind US and China due to over-regulation The EU economy needs to become more competitive with the US and China or it “could die,” French President Emmanuel Macron stated at the Berlin Global Dialogue event on Wednesday. According to Macron, the 27-nation bloc is falling behind Washington and Beijing, both having […]

  • Will there be a full-scale war between Israel and Iran?

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 1:20pm EDT

    Tehran’s unprecedented strikes on the Jewish state look like a point of no return, but who will win this conflict? On the evening of October 1, Iran launched a missile strike against Israel, described by the Jewish state’s Foreign Ministry as unprecedented. Just before the attack, the US had warned Israel that Iran was preparing […]

  • EU car industry faces ‘horror fall’ – Bild

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 12:51pm EDT

    This year’s sales slump is about to get worse, a prominent expert has told the outlet EU automakers are facing their worst months since the Covid-19 pandemic, the German tabloid Bild reported on Thursday, citing a prominent industry expert. Car sales within the bloc have fallen by 200,000 vehicles in the first eight months of […]

  • Bank of England issues oil price shock warning

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 10:44am EDT

    Global prices for crude have surged 3% on concerns about disruption of supplies from the Middle East The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel could leave the global economy vulnerable to a 1970s-style energy shock, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday, in an interview with the Guardian. The warning comes shortly after […]

  • White Helmets are back! RT investigates what jihadi-linked Oscar winners are up to

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 10:26am EDT

    The self-proclaimed NGO is allegedly working on another false-flag chemical attack in Syria The White Helmets, a self-proclaimed civil defense group formed a decade ago in Syria at the height of the civil war, is back in the spotlight, after the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service accused it this week of preparing to stage another chemical […]

  • Pan-Africanism – Is it still relevant?

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 9:23am EDT

    On this episode of ‘Lumumba’s Africa’, Professor PLO Lumumba looks at the future prospects for the idea of pan-African unity. We look at the benefits that a pan-African society could bring to all citizens of the Mother Continent, and ask who is trying to undermine this concept, why former colonial powers fear a united Africa, […]

  • Common African currency

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 9:23am EDT

    There are around 42 separate currencies in Africa. Most of them, tied to the currencies of former colonizers, suffer from foul play and legalized international fraud, carried out by the former masters of Africa. But now, decades since the continent was made at least nominally free from the reign of Western tyrants, it may be […]

  • Democrats trying to take away free speech – Musk

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 8:49am EDT

    The billionaire accused the US Democratic Party of trying to censor citizens under the guise of fighting hate speech American tech mogul Elon Musk has accused the US Democratic Party of trying to stifle free speech in the country by claiming to be combating hate speech and misinformation. His comments came following Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate […]

  • What democracy? EU elites are shutting out yet another victorious anti-establishment party

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 7:53am EDT

    ‘Populist’ these days simply means listening to what the people want, yet the Austrian leaders and media are trying to make it look borderline Nazi Another right-wing anti-establishment party has just won the popular vote in yet another European nation, this time the Austrian parliamentary elections. But as long as the establishment elites can still […]

  • Russia and China prove great powers can be good neighbors – Lavrov

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 5:15am EDT

    The two countries are marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, have hailed the strategic partnership between the two nations in complementary articles published on Thursday. Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Moscow and Beijing. The date came just two […]

  • Four people killed in Ukrainian attacks on Russian region – governor

    RT - Oct 3rd 2024 1:26am EDT

    Another 24 civilians have been injured in Belgorod Region, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Four people were killed and 24 others wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Belgorod Region on Wednesday, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Biden ‘frustrated’ by Israel – Politico

    RT - Oct 2nd 2024 9:13pm EDT

    The White House is reportedly realizing that it may be unable to prevent a “regional war” In the Middle East US President Joe Biden is increasingly admitting that he is unable to influence Israel’s military conduct in the Middle East, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two unnamed White House officials.  Biden and his aides were […]