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  • Russia blames sanctions for EU gas-supply disruptions

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 8:22am EDT

    Gazprom cannot increase deliveries until the turbines are fixed, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Problems with turbine repair at Russia’s Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline are artificial and have been caused by Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. “Gazprom has outlined the real situation, the actual state of affairs. There are […]

  • Freight traffic growing in Russia’s Arctic – official

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 7:40am EDT

    Maritime cargo shipping along the Northern Sea Route is up 5% compared to last year Cargo shipments via Russia’s Northern Sea Route in the first half of this year were 5% higher than in the same period of 2021, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday. “In 2021, the cargo flow was 35 […]

  • EU country may close stores to conserve power

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 6:46am EDT

    Amid energy crisis in Europe, about 2,800 Finnish stores may have to close their doors periodically this winter Grocery stores in Finland could have to take turns closing for hours at a time to reduce their energy usage this winter, the country’s grid operator told news outlet YLE on Sunday. With fuel shortages expected, Finnish […]

  • Ukraine limiting Russian gas flow to EU – Gazprom

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 5:39am EDT

    Europe could receive more natural gas if Kiev agrees to reopen a second entry point, which has been shut down since May Russia’s EU-bound natural gas supplies, pumped via Ukraine, are limited to one remaining entry point, while Kiev refuses to reopen a second transit station, energy giant Gazprom said on Monday. “Gazprom is supplying […]

  • Taiwan’s media makes prediction on Pelosi visit

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 5:26am EDT

    Hotel reservations for the House speaker and her people have been made, a journalist with TVBS News said US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday, a local TV news station claimed on Monday. Reservations for the US delegation headed by one of the most senior officials in the country have been […]

  • Germany counts cost of Russian gas cut-off

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 5:10am EDT

    Inflation in the country would soar, Deutsche Bank chief Christian Sewing says German inflation may well exceed 10% by the end of the year if gas supplies from Russia are cut off, Deutsche Bank head Christian Sewing said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, published on Saturday. “If Russian gas continues to flow […]

  • Iran comments on making nuclear weapons

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 4:32am EDT

    Tehran says it could produce an A-bomb, but won’t do it Iran has the technical expertise needed to produce a nuclear weapon, but won’t go down that path, the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami said on Monday. The remark reiterated what a senior aide to Iran’s supreme leader told journalists last […]

  • Pelosi could pull a trick to land in Taiwan – Chinese state media

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 4:15am EDT

    The US House speaker could use “emergency excuses” to touch down on the island, according to the Global Times paper The plane carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could try to land in Taiwan despite the self-governed island not being among the officially announced destinations of her Asian tour, Chinese state-run paper the Global Times […]

  • CrossTalk, HOME EDITION: Phony war

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 2:43am EDT

    One aspect about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine that stands out most is the media coverage. Never in the history of corporate media has coverage been so biased and one-sided. And it does not stop there. Questioning the standard narrative is akin to treason, and subject to censorship and cancellation. CrossTalking with Glenn Diesen and […]

  • In Kosovo as in Ukraine, the same Western ‘invisible hand’ foments conflict

    RT - Aug 1st 2022 2:07am EDT

    In both cases, the West put no pressure on the side it supports to adhere to signed international deals In addition to the conflict in Ukraine, Europe is now faced with the prospect of renewed conflict in Kosovo, Serbia’s breakaway province (officially named Kosovo and Metohija according to the Serbian constitution). Kosovo’s unilateral secession was […]

  • Trump’s Kosovo envoy slams US over crisis

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 8:02pm EDT

    Richard Grenell blames “fascist” Kosovo PM for tensions, calls out the State Department for backing him Richard Grenell, who negotiated a Kosovo-Serbia deal under the Trump administration after a turn in charge of the US intelligence community, on Sunday blamed the “reckless” prime minister in Pristina for the renewed tensions with Belgrade and slammed the […]

  • Kosovo delays crackdown on Serbs

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 7:00pm EDT

    Advised by the US ambassador, Pristina delays ban on Serbian documents that triggered protests Authorities in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo announced late on Sunday they would postpone the implementation of their ban on Serbian license plates and identification documents until September 1. The US ambassador reportedly urged Pristina to do so, as Kosovo […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: As Serbia and Kosovo face off again, the EU’s diminishing influence is responsible for the new instability in the

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 6:17pm EDT

    A conflict frozen for two decades could erupt again as a consequence of the new systemic Cold War in Europe Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina occur regularly, as a result of the fact that the Kosovo issue has not been resolved since 1999, when the province de facto gained independence after the US-led NATO campaign […]

  • Algeria hints at joining BRICS

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 6:17pm EDT

    President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that the North African country largely meets the requirements for joining the group Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reportedly said that his country is interested in joining the BRICS and is close to qualifying for membership in the group. Algeria largely meets the conditions for joining BRICS already, Tebboune said […]

  • NATO force on alert amid Kosovo tensions

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 5:38pm EDT

    Units of the NATO-led KFOR have been spotted in the north of Kosovo region amid tensions between Belgrade and Pristina The NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers were spotted late on Saturday in the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, located in the north of Serbia’s breakaway region of Kosovo. The force, apparently Italian carabinieri units, were spotted […]

  • Serbia accused of ‘Putin’s playbook’ in Kosovo

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 5:16pm EDT

    Kosovo officials deny crackdown on ethnic Serbs, accuse Belgrade of undermining their progressive democracy Kosovo accused Serbia on Sunday of fomenting unrest and trying to undermine the “rule of law” in the breakaway province. Prime Minister Albin Kurti claimed the local Serbs had opened fire on Kosovo police, while the president’s cabinet said Belgrade was […]

  • Russia warns Kosovo against conflict

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 3:38pm EDT

    The Foreign Ministry condemned the discriminatory crackdown on Serbs by Pristina, the US and EU The government in Pristina and its backers in Brussels and Washington should stop their provocations and respect the rights of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Serbian troops were put on high alert […]

  • Alarm bells ring in Kosovo

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 3:30pm EDT

    Serb barricades greet ethnic Albanian special forces as Belgrade warns breakaway province against a crackdown Church bells and air raid sirens went off in parts of Kosovo inhabited by ethnic Serbs on Sunday, as heavily armed special police answering to the ethnic Albanian government in Pristina showed up at the administrative crossings with Serbia. In […]

  • Hezbollah issues warning to Israel

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 3:23pm EDT

    The militant group has warned Israeli leaders against ‘playing with time’ in their offshore territorial dispute with Lebanon Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has posted a video suggesting that Israel’s offshore natural gas industry will come under attack unless the Jewish state resolves a maritime border dispute with Beirut. The group posted a video on Sunday […]

  • Kosovo planning to attack Serbs – Belgrade

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 1:52pm EDT

    Aleksandar Vucic has urged Pristina and Western powers to avoid conflict, but vowed to use force if Serbs are persecuted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has issued a plea for peace in Kosovo amid rising tensions with Pristina. However, he also vowed to fight to the death if ethnic Serbs in the self-proclaimed republic are targeted […]

  • Trump speaks out against US-Russia prisoner swap

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 12:32pm EDT

    The former president has argued that trading an arms dealer for “spoiled” basketball star Brittney Griner wouldn’t be a good deal Former US President Donald Trump has weighed in on his successor’s proposed prisoner swap with Russia, arguing that trading a dangerous arms dealer for “potentially spoiled” basketball star Brittney Griner wouldn’t be a good […]

  • Americans shouldn’t care about Ukraine, US conservative argues

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 12:19pm EDT

    Ann Coulter accused the US-led NATO alliance of “encroaching” on Russia Conservative US author Ann Coulter has argued that the US and UK “have [their] own problems” and shouldn’t care about Ukraine, which she pointed out was historically under Russian influence. With British broadcaster Piers Morgan vehemently disagreeing, Coulter blamed the expansion of the NATO […]

  • World re-entering the coal age – IEA

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 9:53am EDT

    Demand is expected to reach a record high, new report shows Global coal demand could reach 8 billion tons in 2022, matching a historic high set in 2013, and further growing in 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a coal market update report published on Thursday. “Based on current economic and market trends, […]

  • Prince Charles took Bin Laden family’s money – media

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 9:38am EDT

    The donation was made after Charles met with two of the terrorist mastermind’s relatives in London Britain’s Prince Charles “personally secured” a donation of £1 million ($1.2 million) to his charity from the family of Osama bin Laden in 2013, The Times reported on Sunday. The Prince of Wales has only recently been scrutinized for […]

  • Turkey names possible date of first Ukrainian grain shipment

    RT - Jul 31st 2022 8:55am EDT

    The first ship may go out to sea on August 1 The first ship carrying the previously blocked Ukrainian grain could leave port on August 1, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday, as cited by Turkish newspaper Star. “The first vessel with grain from Ukraine may leave tomorrow morning,” Kalin said. According to […]