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Russia comments on UN Security Council expansion prospects
RT - Jul 4th 2022 9:32am EDTMoscow is prepared to welcome India and Brazil, but not Germany and Japan, its envoy to China says Moscow supports expanding the UN Security Council (UNSC), but not by admitting Germany and Japan, the Russian ambassador to China, Andrey Denisov, said on Monday. Speaking during the plenary session of the UN World Peace Forum in […]
Poland alarmed by West losing interest in Ukraine conflict
RT - Jul 4th 2022 9:29am EDTIndifference might be something Vladimir Putin is counting on, the Polish prime minister said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned on Monday that growing fatigue with the Ukraine crisis among western populations might be something Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on. Speaking to Polska Times, the prime minister said that while the Polish population was […]
‘No place’ for Russians in world sport, claims Zelensky
RT - Jul 4th 2022 8:48am EDTThe Ukrainian president met IOC chief Thomas Bach in Kiev on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the continued isolation of Russia athletes from world sport during a visit to Kiev by International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach. Bach spoke with Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday, also meeting with athletes […]
Ukraine seeks ways to get more EU money
RT - Jul 4th 2022 8:12am EDTKiev needs to learn from the Poles how to best use subsidies, the foreign minister has said Ukraine will need to learn from Poland how to use EU money “in such a way that they give you even more,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview, published soon after his country received EU […]
Germany posts first trade deficit in 30 years
RT - Jul 4th 2022 8:10am EDTThe costs of imports soared while foreign sales dropped for the export-oriented economy Declining exports along with surging imports caused a €1 billion ($1.04 billion) trade imbalance in Germany in May, data revealed on Monday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows. The first trade deficit in more than three decades came as German businesses […]
Ukraine admits no potential to join NATO anytime soon
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:58am EDTThe alliance is still dwelling in a pre-conflict world, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba claims Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said that he doesn’t see how NATO might change its stance on Kiev’s accession to the bloc in the near future. “Ukraine still pursues Euro-Atlantic integration, but I do not see the potential in the […]
Warring Wimbledon foes slapped with fines
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:41am EDTTensions ran high when the pair faced one another in the Grand Slam’s third round on Saturday Wimbledon bosses have hit Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas with the joint-biggest fines of this year’s edition of the Grand Slam so far after bad blood ran marred their third-round match on Saturday. Kyrgios set up a round-of-16 […]
UK wants to rebuild Ukraine with Russian money
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:35am EDTThe effort could be funded through assets seized from Moscow, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said The UK will host a conference on Ukraine’s recovery next year, as the nation’s conflict with Moscow continues, the British Foreign Office says, according to Reuters. This year’s Ukraine Recovery Conference will open on Monday in Lugano, Switzerland. Britain […]
Russian ‘Z’ gymnast hit with fresh blow
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:25am EDTIvan Kuliak had been hoping to compete despite an international ban Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak will not be able to compete at domestic events while his appeal against a one-year suspension is heard by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF), officials in Russia have said. Kuliak had been hoping to appear at competitions in his homeland […]
Defense minister updates Putin on latest Ukrainian losses
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:09am EDTSergey Shoigu described the Russian military’s progress to the president In just two weeks, Ukraine has lost almost 5,500 troops, including over 2,000 killed, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Monday while delivering an update on the conflict with Ukraine to President Vladimir Putin. The minister made his second report to the Russian leader […]
EU grabbed more power to wage economic war against Russia – media
RT - Jul 4th 2022 7:00am EDTThe bloc is becoming more like a military organization under pressure from the US, Spiegel reports The EU leadership has conducted a concerted “economic war” against Russia in part due to concerns that member states could be hurt by secondary sanctions from the US, German magazine Spiegel said in its latest edition. Under the guise […]
University cancels lecture on biological gender
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:53am EDTGender activists threaten protests at Berlin’s famous Humboldt University A university in Berlin has canceled a lecture by biologist Marie Vollbrecht on the topic of biological gender after LGBT activists threatened to stage a protest, German news outlet Die Welt reported on Sunday. Vollbrecht, who has a masters degree in biology, was supposed to participate […]
Japan warned about Russian gas supply
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:46am EDTThe Asian nation has no choice but to buy LNG from Moscow, according to Mitsui OSK Lines Japan will have to continue importing Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) due to surging energy prices and limited prospects for the rebooting of nuclear plants, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing Japanese transportation giant Mitsui OSK Lines […]
Uzbek govt concedes to protesters’ demands after deadly riots
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:46am EDTThe Central Asian country has dropped a controversial amendment to its constitution Uzbekistan has scrapped the idea of revoking the autonomy of the northwestern region of Karakalpakstan after deadly riots broke out there on Friday. The Legislative Chamber, the lower house of the country’s parliament, said on Monday that, according to a proposal by President […]
Dmitry Trenin: Russia has made a decisive break with the West is ready to help shape a new world order
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:10am EDTIt’s perhaps hard to believe now, but only eight years ago, Russia was a full member of the former G8. Since then, there have been dramatic changes. Just before the G7 leaders met at Elmau Castle in Bavaria, last week, their counterparts from the five BRICS countries held an online summit under the Chinese Presidency. […]
Every second German fears freezing this winter — poll
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:06am EDTPeople are concerned over a possible lack of gas due to cuts in Russian supplies Half of German citizens say they fear a lack of heating this coming winter due to reduced Russian gas supplies and rising inflation in the European Union, Bild reported on Sunday, citing the results of a survey carried out by […]
Germany explains its stance on arming Ukraine
RT - Jul 4th 2022 6:01am EDTBerlin cannot keep up with the US as its resources are stretched thinner, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is unable to provide Kiev with weapons at a similar pace as the United States because it has more limited resources, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz explained on Sunday, responding to the allegations that his country has been […]
Detained hockey star will do military service in north of Russia – reports
RT - Jul 4th 2022 5:59am EDTIvan Fedotov was held in St. Petersburg on Friday, reportedly on suspicion of evading military service Ice hockey star Ivan Fedotov will perform military service in northern Russia after being detained in St. Petersburg on Friday amid claims that he had attempted to evade his military duties. TASS cited a law enforcement source as […]
German chancellor predicts how world will look in 2050
RT - Jul 4th 2022 5:41am EDTOlaf Scholz says a multipolar world will emerge with many influential countries pursuing their own interests The world in 2050 will be multipolar, with many influential countries, including Russia, pursuing their own interests, so the “big task” for the West is “to make this work,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday. Speaking to CBS […]
Inflation in Spain hits 37-year high
RT - Jul 4th 2022 4:37am EDTThe annual rate surpassed 10% last month, official data shows Spain has recorded its highest inflation since April 1985, surging to 10.2% in June from 8.7% in the previous month, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed. The reading was higher than the 9.0% forecast by analysts polled by Reuters. The INE data […]
Russia warns Finland against NATO border base
RT - Jul 4th 2022 4:27am EDTIf Lappeenranta hosts a military base, it would make itself a target if a conflict ever erupted, the State Duma speaker said The mayor of Finnish border town Lappeenranta would put the city in Russia’s crosshair by hosting a NATO military base, the speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on Monday. Volodin […]
UK tennis fined $1 million for Russian ban – media
RT - Jul 4th 2022 4:15am EDTThe All England Club and Lawn Tennis Association are furious after being slapped with fines, one report says The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has slapped Wimbledon organizers the All England Club and the UK’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) with fines totaling $1 million after they banned Russian and Belarusian players from tournaments this summer, according […]
Russia becomes India’s top fertilizer supplier
RT - Jul 4th 2022 3:16am EDTMoscow offers its agricultural commodity at lower prices than China, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Jordan Russia has become India’s biggest supplier of phosphate fertilizers due to discounts it’s offering amid Ukraine-related Western sanctions, The Indian Express reported on Thursday, citing industry sources. According to the report, over the past three months India imported 350,000 tons […]
Russia could destroy half of Lithuania’s economy – governor
RT - Jul 4th 2022 2:49am EDTRussia has the capacity to effectively end its neighbor’s transport sector, Kaliningrad Governor Anton Alikhanov says Moscow could bring down half of Lithuania’s economy in response to the partial trade blockade of Kaliningrad Region, Russia, its governor has said. “The transport sector of the Baltic states could be destroyed if Russia implements counter-sanctions on the […]
Russia makes massive oil discovery in the Arctic
RT - Jul 4th 2022 1:13am EDTIt is one of the largest recent findings on the Russian shelf, energy giant Rosneft says Russian energy major Rosneft has announced the discovery of a huge oil deposit in the Pechora Sea containing an estimated 82 million tons of oil. The field was discovered thanks to a drilling campaign in the Medynsko-Varandeysky area. “During […]