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  • Ukraine lend-lease proposed before war

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 1:45pm EDT

    US senators drafted a weapons scheme for Kiev weeks before Russia sent troops into Ukraine The scheme to send US weapons to Ukraine, using the “lend-lease” formula pioneered during WWII to skirt neutrality laws, was officially approved by Congress this week. However, it was put together all the way back in January – more than […]

  • Russian energy giant to quit foreign exchanges

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 12:59pm EDT

    Gazprom says it will delist its depository receipts to comply with a new law Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom said on Friday it was delisting its depository receipts from international stock exchanges after the Russian government refused to agree on their further circulation. According to a statement on the company’s website, holders will have the […]

  • US government is running out of cash for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 12:38pm EDT

    The White House only has $250mn to spend on military support for Kiev and is therefore eagerly waiting for the requested $33bn The US government needs Congress to approve its $33 billion request as soon as possible because it only has $250 million remaining from the previous package of assistance for Ukraine, White House spokeswoman […]

  • More EU nations reject Moscow’s gas-supply terms

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 12:19pm EDT

    The Czech Republic and Denmark refuse to pay for Russian energy in rubles Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Friday that Prague has no plans to pay for Russian gas deliveries in rubles, as demanded by Moscow. He was quoted by media after speaking at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart, saying: […]

  • Ruble hits two-year high against euro

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 12:15pm EDT

    The Russian currency also strengthened its position against the dollar, climbing back to pre-conflict levels The Russian ruble rose to its strongest position since March 2020 against the European single currency, paring some gains after the Bank of Russia cut interest rates. On Friday, the ruble hit over 74 to the euro, and headed towards […]

  • Berlin called on to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 11:37am EDT

    Arms supplies to Kiev only prolong suffering of Ukrainians and risk WWIII, an open letter by German artists says Germany should consider the risks of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev spreading beyond Ukraine’s borders and plunging the world into a full-scale Third World War, dozens of German cultural figures have told Chancellor Olaf Scholz, […]

  • Report reveals extent of Poland’s military aid to Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 11:37am EDT

    Warsaw has handed half of its tanks over to Kiev, a local outlet claims Poland has provided neighboring Ukraine with a whopping $7 billion worth of military aid since the outbreak of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, Polskie Radio has reported. The weapon deliveries to Ukraine included 200 Soviet-designed T-72 tanks, dozens of Gvozdika […]

  • Russia makes sovereign bond payments

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 11:35am EDT

    Moscow’s Ministry of Finance says dollar payments on foreign bonds previously stuck by sanctions are progressing Russia has finally managed to make dollar payments on two foreign bonds after sanctions introduced on the country’s financial system over its offensive in Ukraine had been holding transactions up for weeks. The country settled the $564.8 million payment […]

  • NATO ready to support Ukraine ‘for months and years’ of fighting

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 11:07am EDT

    The bloc also aims to move the country to “more modern NATO standard weapons,” the alliance’s Secretary General said NATO is preparing to support Kiev “over a long period of time”, for as long as the military conflict in Ukraine will last “for months and years,” the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. […]

  • Tennis icon Becker jailed for 2.5 years in London

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:57am EDT

    Becker has learned his fate after being found to have disregarded terms of a 2017 bankruptcy German tennis icon Boris Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail by a UK court after he was found to have violated terms of his 2017 bankruptcy.  The former world number one was found guilty earlier this month in […]

  • Chelsea takeover takes stunning late twist

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:42am EDT

    British magnate Jim Ratcliffe has made a sensational late bid to buy the Premier League giants One of the UK’s richest men, Jim Ratcliffe, has made a dramatic eleventh hour bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea in what is a sensational twist in the ongoing saga as several suitors attempt to position themselves to […]

  • Russia cuts interest rate

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:27am EDT

    The Bank of Russia flags more cuts in 2022 Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rate on Friday, saying that it saw room for further decrease this year, as the regulator tries to tackle soaring inflation and support the country’s shrinking economy. The Central Bank of Russia lowered the key rate to 14% from […]

  • Details of Hitler’s last hours revealed

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:04am EDT

    Russia’s Federal Security Service has published top secret testimony of Nazi leader’s pilot Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the KGB) has declassified documents from the case file of Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot on Friday, revealing details of the final hours of the Nazi dictator. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, just days […]

  • Putin and Zelensky could attend same international event

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:59am EDT

    The Russian and Ukrainian leaders are both invited to the November G20 summit in Indonesia The presidents of two countries engaged in an armed conflict, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, could both attend the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali this November, the leader of the host nation has said. During […]

  • EU states offer Russian gas to neighbors – media

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:55am EDT

    Greece and Germany want to boost reverse gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, FT says Germany and Greece are poised to send more gas to Poland and Bulgaria after Russia’s Gazprom halted supplies this week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing market and port data. According to data posted by the Hellenic Gas Transmission […]

  • German club to aid Ukraine with World Cup qualifying plans

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:49am EDT

    Ukraine will play a friendly game as part of preparations for their FIFA World Cup qualification efforts German football club Borussia Monchengladbach will host the Ukrainian national team for a match which will serve as part of Ukraine’s preparations for their World Cup qualifying campaign, it has been announced. The match will be held at […]

  • Society isn’t allowed to think of Johnny Depp as the victim

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:08am EDT

    Why even bother establishing guilt when men are always the abusers and never the abused, right? Much of society, infused by decades of feminist ideology, refuses to perceive Johnny Depp as a possible victim of domestic abuse. More than just a successful actor, Depp represents masculinity, which feminism views as oppression. He is the “Patriarchy” […]

  • European country forbids its hockey stars to play in Russia

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:48am EDT

    The EU nation announced an amendment which outlawed competing in Russia Sports stars from Latvia will not be allowed to compete in Russia or play for Russian teams after the country’s parliament, the Saeima, adopted new amendments. The changes cover all athletes from the country, but will likely be felt most keenly in ice hockey, […]

  • Musk unveils Twitter strategy

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:25am EDT

    The Tesla CEO wants to monetize tweets and crack down on executive and board pay Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk has reportedly promised the banks which helped fund his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company that he’ll crack down on executive and board pay, and develop new tools to monetize tweets. In his […]

  • How a teenage Russian ‘madman’ knocked out a future UFC champion

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:17am EDT

    The tale of Viacheslav Datsik is a wild one, even by the outlandish standards of MMA The world of MMA is full of larger-than-life personalities. Up-and-coming young talents, battle-hardened legends, trash-talkers, eloquent promotion bosses, crazy stories involving crazy people. One man hailing from Russia has a history as wild as any other and is known […]

  • Poland seizes Russian gas assets

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:06am EDT

    Energy producer Novatek has been ordered to hand over its transmission infrastructure to the country’s state-owned firms Warsaw has obliged the Polish subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Novatek to transfer its gas infrastructure to the nation’s state companies, Government Spokesperson Piotr Müller said on Friday. Novatek, which is on Poland’s sanctions list, on Thursday […]

  • China names US goals in Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:38am EDT

    Washington wants the conflict to drag on and to weaken Russia, Beijing claims The US isn’t interested in peace in Ukraine but is instead doing everything it can for the conflict in the country to last as long as possible, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a briefing on Friday. “While the international […]

  • French Open official confirms terms for Russian entry

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:32am EDT

    Unlike Wimbledon, officials at Roland-Garros will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete French Open officials have reiterated that they will not follow in Wimbledon’s footsteps with a ban Russian and Belarusian players, but said participants from the two countries must follow stringent rules regarding their nationality. Wimbledon bosses have defied the likes of men’s […]

  • Sweden failed to integrate immigrants – prime minister

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:29am EDT

    Amid violent riots Magdalena Andersson has admitted serious flaws in country’s migrant policy Segregation in Swedish society has gone “too far” and the integration of immigrants is “too poor,” Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson admitted on Thursday, following the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, Rasmus Paludan, announced a burning […]

  • Abramovich makes late Ukraine money demand in Chelsea sale – reports

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 6:54am EDT

    Abramovich is reportedly seeking a cash infusion to aid victims of the military conflict in Ukraine Chelsea’s outgoing owner Roman Abramovich has called upon the three remaining bidders hoping to secure a deal to buy the Premier League giants to contribute £500 million ($630 million) towards a fund designed to help victims of the military conflict in […]