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  • Sanctions must hit ordinary Russians – Finnish PM

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 10:25am EDT

    Sanna Marin has proposed widening measures because the visa facilitation ban is “not enough” Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Tuesday that EU sanctions, including the full suspension of a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, are “not enough.” She suggested that ordinary Russians should feel pressure in their everyday lives. “We must be ready […]

  • Russia and China agree over ‘new reality’ – Kremlin

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 9:46am EDT

    The so-called ‘Golden billion’ can’t dictate terms to other country’s anymore, Dmitry Peskov says Russia and China share the understanding that a unipolar world has become impossible and that a “new reality” is coming, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “We believe – in unison with our Chinese comrades – that the existence of a […]

  • German inflation spirals

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 9:22am EDT

    Soaring energy costs are pushing up consumer prices, official statistics show Annual inflation in Germany accelerated to 8.8% in August, the highest level in nearly 50 years, finalized data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) showed on Tuesday. According to the agency’s press release, the figure rose from 8.5% in July (on an EU-harmonized basis), […]

  • UK food prices soaring

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 8:41am EDT

    Average annual grocery bills in Britain are set to surge by £572 per household, according to a study Britain’s cost of living crisis is worsening, with food inflation hitting the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. Grocery costs climbed by 12.4% in the year leading up to August, market research firm Kantar reported on […]

  • US state mulls using untried execution method

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 8:08am EDT

    Alabama may resort to using nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection to carry out a death sentence, authorities say The US state of Alabama may use a new and untested execution method to enforce capital punishment on an inmate later this month, an attorney told a court on Monday. According to James Houts, a deputy […]

  • EU unlikely to cap Russian gas price – Guardian

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 7:12am EDT

    Brussels is reportedly considering a windfall tax on the ‘surplus’ profits of energy companies The European Commission is retreating from the imposition of a price cap on Russian natural gas, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing a leaked document. Instead, the EU’s executive arm is pushing ahead with windfall taxes on energy companies’ “surplus” profits, […]

  • Court rules on appeal of John Lennon’s killer

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 7:08am EDT

    It’s Mark David Chapman’s twelfth failed attempt at getting released Mark David Chapman, who shot dead rock and roll icon John Lennon four decades ago, has been denied parole for a twelfth time, New York corrections officials have said. Chapman, who is now 67, appeared before the parole board on August 31 and received a […]

  • Jewel of the Caucasus: Why Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to fight over Nagorno-Karabakh

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 7:04am EDT

    A ceasefire was declared in the disputed territory 21 months ago, but is there any chance of a genuine peace? Wars, ethnic cleansing, mutual accusations of war crimes, and historical injustice have always accompanied the Karabakh conflict which has smoldered in the heart of the Caucasus for more than 100 years. De jure, the territory […]

  • Egypt denies plan to allow ruble payments

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 6:45am EDT

    The central bank says it has no plans for allowing the use of Russian currency in the country but is considering the idea The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has denied plans to accept the Russian rubles for payments in the country starting from the end of September, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing […]

  • Risk of military conflict is real – Serbia

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 6:42am EDT

    President Vucic accuses Kosovo of creating a security threat on the border Kosovo is challenging Serbia’s security and creating the risk of violent clashes in the region, President Alexander Vucic warned on Tuesday while addressing the national parliament. Vucic accused Kosovo authorities of exacerbating tensions on the territory’s border with Serbia by increasing the presence […]

  • Details emerge on alleged US cyberattack on China

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 6:05am EDT

    Washington’s cyberwarfare unit relied on a stealthy program as it hacked a prominent Chinese university, Global Times reports US intelligence services used a “concealed and adaptable” cyberweapon to hack into one of China’s top universities, local media reported on Tuesday. According to newspaper Global Times, Chinese experts have managed to capture a cyber tool allegedly […]

  • EU aid money dries up due to Ukraine – Bill Gates

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 5:01am EDT

    The fund for solving global issues is stretched thin as rich donors face problems of their own, the billionaire said Wealthy European countries, which have provided roughly half the funding for a 15-year-long UN development drive to tackle global issues, are running low on aid money due to the cost of the Ukrainian conflict, Bill […]

  • Germany imports less from Russia but pays more

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 4:56am EDT

    Surging energy prices along with Berlin’s attempts to reduce trade ties with Moscow have led to an imbalance German imports from Russia saw a dramatic 45.8% year-on-year decline in July, data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany showed on Monday. However, in monetary terms, German purchases of Russian products surged 10.2% to €2.9 billion […]

  • Ankara angered by anti-Turkish campaign in Ukraine – media

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:59am EDT

    Turkish banks and businessmen were named on a Ukrainian website that calls to sanction those supporting Russia Ankara is demanding explanations from Kiev after a number of Turkish banks and businessmen were added to a Ukrainian government-linked website that calls to sanction those who support Russia, Aydınlık newspaper has reported. Turkey addressed the Ukrainian ambassador […]

  • Blinken voices concerns over Iran nuclear deal

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:25am EDT

    Talks to salvage the accord backslid as Tehran wanted to introduce “extraneous issues” on the agenda, the top US diplomat said Iran has taken “a step backward” in talks to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, making near-term agreement on the matter “unlikely,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “What we’ve seen […]

  • Indonesia eyes importing Russian oil – FT

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:01am EDT

    Purchasing discounted crude could help the inflation-hit nation, Jakarta says Indonesia is considering joining India and China in buying discounted Russian oil to offset increased pressure from rising energy costs, the Financial Times reported on Monday. “We always monitor all of the options. If there is the country (and) they give a better price, of […]

  • Gaslighting without gas? Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 2:34am EDT

    Western media are now awash with gloomy forecasts for the coming winter and the sobering lifestyle changes that Europeans will have to make in order to get through it, but the European reliance on Russian energy wasn’t just a short-sighted political folly. It’s the fundamental economic factor that underlies the entire economy of the eurozone, […]

  • US imports of Russian metals drop to near-zero

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 2:22am EDT

    Russian producers are turning to Asian markets for iron and steel exports Russian ferrous metals exports to the US nosedived to $0.6 million in July compared to $201 million the previous month, and more than $1 billion in the first half of 2022, Russian business daily RBK reported on Monday, citing the data from the […]

  • Pentagon explains refusal to declassify more UFO videos

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 1:01am EDT

    The Navy appeared to acknowledge it has additional footage, but cited national security concerns in declining to release it The US military said it has footage of mysterious “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” (UAP) – more commonly known as UFOs – but cannot release it over national security concerns, claiming the “sensitive” videos could compromise America’s defenses. […]

  • China blasts nuclear transfers under AUKUS deal

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 11:11pm EDT

    Beijing’s envoy to the United Nations said the three-way AUKUS pact poses nuclear proliferation risks China has accused the US, UK and Australia of risky transfers of nuclear materials under the AUKUS pact, with Beijing’s UN ambassador calling on the body’s atomic watchdog to give greater scrutiny to the deal. Speaking after a meeting of […]

  • Bezos spaceship encounters ‘anomaly’

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 8:13pm EDT

    A Blue Origin rocket exploded shortly after launch from Texas A Blue Origin space launch from Texas on Monday went horribly wrong as the booster rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. No one was injured in the incident and the capsule carrying about three dozen experiments managed to detach safely. The company owned by Amazon mogul […]

  • Israeli spy chief slams Iran’s nuclear ‘charade’

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 6:42pm EDT

    Mossad director vowed to fight Iranian “terrorism” without regard for possible nuclear agreement Israel will not feel constrained by a possible renewal of the nuclear deal with Iran and intends to continue targeting “state terrorism” of the Tehran “regime,” Mossad Director David Barnea said in a speech on Monday. “We will not take part in […]

  • Payment giants to track gun store sales

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 2:29pm EDT

    Visa, Mastercard, American Express say they will apply a separate merchant code for firearms retailers Three major payment processing companies – Visa, Mastercard and American Express – have announced they will put all gun shop sales into a separate category of purchases from now on. The move, which was met with criticism by gun rights […]

  • Egypt to allow ruble payments – Tez Tour

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 12:13pm EDT

    Cairo reportedly hopes the move could help boost its tourism sector The Russian ruble may be included in a list of currencies accepted for payments in Egypt, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing the press service of tour operator Tez Tour. “According to information from the Central Bank of Egypt, available to Tez Tour, from […]

  • Germany risks deindustrialization — The Economist

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 11:38am EDT

    Soaring energy prices pose a severe test for the country’s industrial sector The biggest challenge the German industrial sector currently faces is posed by rising energy costs, The Economist reported on Sunday, citing the association of German industry BDI. “The substance of our industry is under threat,” BDI President Siegfried Russwurm said as quoted by […]