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  • EU calls to bar Russians reminiscent of ‘Nazi policies’ – defense minister

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 7:01am EDT

    Russophobic ideas are being actively promoted within the bloc, Sergey Shoigu has said The idea of barring Russian citizens from entering the EU, which is now being pushed by some of the bloc’s member states, is reminiscent of “Nazi policies,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Saturday. “We are now witnessing another vivid manifestation […]

  • US speaks out on Zelensky’s G20 participation

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 5:26am EDT

    If Putin takes part in the summit in Indonesia, Ukraine’s leader should also attend in some form, the White House says Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky should take part in the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali in November, despite his country not being part of the club of leading economies, the Biden administration […]

  • Russia continues to stockpile forex reserves

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 5:10am EDT

    The country’s gold and foreign currency holdings keep growing Russia’s international holdings have reached $580.6 billion as of August 12, according to data published by the country’s central bank on Thursday. Moscow has been boosting its reserves as a shield against sanctions. The central bank regularly publishes updates on its reserves with a one-week lag. […]

  • UK foreign ministry comments on Russia at G20

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 5:10am EDT

    Britain calls for Russia to be barred from the G20 summit, after Liz Truss pledged to confront Vladimir Putin at the event The British government has suggested Russia should not be allowed to attend the November G20 summit in Bali. “Russia has no moral right to sit at the G20 while its aggression in Ukraine […]

  • Russia becomes one of biggest markets for yuan payments

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 4:53am EDT

    SWIFT ranks Russia third after Hong Kong and Britain, in the global use of China’s currency Russia has become the third largest market outside mainland China using the yuan for global payments, according to data released by the global financial messaging firm SWIFT. Last month, Russian businesses and financial institutions were reportedly involved in nearly […]

  • More EU members speak out against proposed Russian tourist ban

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 4:15am EDT

    The goal of sanctions is to punish the Russian government, not regular people, Portugal says Cyprus and Portugal are refusing to back a proposal by several other EU nations to ban Russian tourists, as part of anti-Moscow sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. “Portugal believes that the fundamental objective of the sanctions is to punish the […]

  • Iran drops key demand for nuclear deal revival — media

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 4:00am EDT

    Tehran won’t insist on having its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps removed from the US sanctions list, CNN reports Iran has dropped its demand that Washington remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the US terror blacklist, CNN reported on Friday, citing an unnamed senior US official. The issue has so far been a major […]

  • ‘Big Short’ investor bets on prisons instead of traditional stocks – media

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 2:18am EDT

    Michael Burry apparently believes that while markets may crash, there will always be crime and punishment US hedge fund manager Michael Burry, who rose to fame with timely bets against the housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, has sold his entire stock portfolio and replaced it with a stake in a prison company, […]

  • Financial giants slash China’s GDP outlook

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 2:14am EDT

    Goldman Sachs and Nomura see limited prospects amid a power supply crunch and growing economic uncertainty Two of the world’s biggest investment banks have slashed China’s economic growth forecast. Goldman Sachs and Nomura both cited Covid-related lockdowns which curbed business and consumer activity in July. Japanese financial holding company Nomura, which continues to maintain one […]

  • Putin and Xi may meet sooner than expected

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 2:06am EDT

    An in-person meeting is being prepared ahead of Xi’s possible trip to the SCO summit in September, WSJ reports Chinese leader Xi Jinping could travel to Central Asia in September to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing sources […]

  • Several killed in hotel attack

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 12:51am EDT

    At least 10 people killed in an ongoing raid on a hotel in Mogadishu An attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital has left several people dead, according to police and witnesses, with a rebel militia group detonating explosives outside before gunmen stormed the building. A gun battle with security forces is ongoing […]

  • Musk seeks more brain chip tech – media

    RT - Aug 20th 2022 12:04am EDT

    The billionaire Neuralink executive is reportedly mulling an investment into a rival brain chip firm Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is considering an investment into Synchron, a brain chip developer which competes with his own similar company, Neuralink, according to Reuters. Musk has reached out to Synchron’s founder and CEO Thomas Oxley in recent weeks to […]

  • Americans increasingly see FBI as ‘Biden’s Gestapo’ – poll

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 10:08pm EDT

    New survey suggests declining public opinion of the bureau following a raid on ex-President Donald Trump A majority of respondents in a new survey have said they view the FBI as President Joe Biden‘s “personal Gestapo,” reflecting increasingly polarized views about the federal policing agency amid an investigation into the former commander in chief.  A […]

  • Ukraine calls Germany ‘addict’ then offers hit

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 8:41pm EDT

    As Kiev slams German calls for Nord Stream 2, Ukraine’s gas operator makes a bid to Berlin Even as Kiev’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba condemned the German “addiction” to Russian gas on Friday, the Ukrainian transit operator said it was willing to carry all the Russian energy Berlin might need, for a fee. The conflicting […]

  • German official suggests shower hack

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 8:32pm EDT

    Green state leader calls washcloth a “useful invention” When threatened by an energy crunch, people can save a lot by using a washcloth instead of taking showers “all the time,” the head of the German state of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann said in an interview on Friday.   Kretschmann, a Green, runs the southwestern German state bordering […]

  • France opposes Spain’s gas pipeline project – media

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 6:41pm EDT

    Paris is reportedly skeptical the MidCat pipeline to Central Europe would help with the energy crisis A major gas pipeline project advocated by Madrid and Berlin has faced resistance from Paris, El Pais and several other Spanish news outlets reported this week, citing a letter by the French Ministry of Energy Transition. Spain imports natural […]

  • Riot disrupts showing of Ukraine film

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 6:05pm EDT

    Activists attacked the screening of Oliver Stone-produced ‘Ukraine on Fire’ in Germany Pro-Ukrainian activists in Leipzig, Germany disrupted the showing of a film about the 2014 Maidan coup, police said on Friday. A group showed up at Thursday evening’s screening of ‘Ukraine on Fire,’ a 2016 documentary produced by Oliver Stone, and got into an […]

  • US announces $775 million in weapons for Kiev

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 3:01pm EDT

    New delivery will include drones, anti-radar HARM missiles, howitzers and 1,000 Javelins The US will send additional military aid worth $775 million to Kiev, the Pentagon announced on Friday. The newest batch of weapons will include howitzers, drones and mine-clearing equipment, as well as munitions for the HIMARS rocket launchers and other US-made weapons. Citing […]

  • Fake police station busted after operating for months

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 2:16pm EDT

    A gang in India ran a fake precinct from a hotel and extorted money from hundreds of people Authorities in the Indian city of Banka have busted a gang for running a fake police station, the Bihar state police said on Thursday. Officials say the impersonators managed to extort money from hundreds of people during […]

  • Russia’s energy export revenues forecast to soar

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 1:04pm EDT

    Earnings are expected to reach $337.5 billion this year, Reuters reports Russia will see a 38% year-on-year increase in energy earnings due to higher oil export volumes, coupled with rising natural gas prices, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a document from the German Economy Ministry. According to the report, the country’s revenues are expected to […]

  • Details of EU plan to revive Iranian nuclear deal leaked to media

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 1:00pm EDT

    The proposal includes an obligation for the US to pay a fine if it ever leaves the agreement again, Al Jazeera reports A proposal the EU submitted at the Vienna talks to revive the Iranian nuclear deal would reportedly see an immediate lifting of sanctions on over 160 Iranian entities, including banks, in exchange for […]

  • No more toy boys for UK grandmas in Gambia – official

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 12:21pm EDT

    The West African nation is trying to shed its reputation as a sex-tourism hotspot for mature European women Gambia wants to update its international image and attract “quality tourists,” instead of European women of a certain age looking to have sex with younger men, said Abubacarr Camara, director of the Gambia Tourism Board, as quoted […]

  • Russian gas transit to EU via Nord Stream to be halted – Gazprom

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 11:59am EDT

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  • Blame Putin, UK’s chancellor tells PM hopefuls

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 11:12am EDT

    Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak should pin the blame for soaring prices on the Russian President, Nadhim Zahawi reportedly said The next UK Prime Minister needs to point the finger at Russian President Vladimir Putin and blame him for Britain’s economic woes, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer said, according to a Times report on […]

  • Russian operator takes over Sakhalin-2 LNG project

    RT - Aug 19th 2022 11:11am EDT

    The state acquisition is aimed at consolidating control of Russian energy assets and comes in response to Western sanctions Russian company Sakhalin Energy LLC stated on Friday that it has officially started operating Sakhalin-2, a major Russian oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that was transferred to domestic management two months ago.  “Sakhalin Energy […]