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  • Germany sets date for heavy arms deliveries to Ukraine

    RT - May 20th 2022 12:47pm EDT

    Kiev will receive the first Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and ammunition in July, Berlin says The first 15 Gepard anti-aircraft vehicles will arrive in Ukraine sometime in July, along with 59,000 rounds of ammunition for them, the German Defense Ministry said on Friday. This would be the heaviest weapons system directly provided by Berlin to […]

  • Gas cut-off date for Finland confirmed

    RT - May 20th 2022 12:45pm EDT

    Supplies will be suspended on May 21 due to lack of payment, Russia’s Gazprom Export says Natural gas supplies to Finland will be halted starting this Saturday, Russian company Gazprom Export said on Friday, confirming earlier reports by Finnish state-owned energy group Gasum. “As of the end of the working day on May 20 (the […]

  • Ukraine eyes law to deprive people of citizenship

    RT - May 20th 2022 12:34pm EDT

    The proposed law would target men who left the country during martial law and failed to return within 30 days Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to deprive conscripts of citizenship if they left the country during martial law. In a bill registered in the Verkhovna Rada – Ukraine’s parliament – on Tuesday, […]

  • Russia says it paid its Eurobond coupons in full

    RT - May 20th 2022 12:09pm EDT

    The payment was made days ahead of the expiration of a US waiver on Russian bond payments Russia has made coupon payments in full on two outstanding Eurobonds due on May 26, the country’s Finance Ministry said on Friday. The early disbursements come ahead of a potential US block on Russian debt payments. “The Ministry […]

  • Biden mixes up president’s name

    RT - May 20th 2022 12:08pm EDT

    The US president got confused during his first presidential trip to Southeast Asia US President Joe Biden mixed up the names of the current and former South Korean leaders during a trip to tech giant Samsung’s chip manufacturing plant in Pyeongtaek on Friday. He thanked “President Moon” before correcting himself to “Yoon,” referring to South […]

  • Brussels and Berlin’s witch-hunt against ex-German chancellor who defended Germany and the EU against US pressure

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:56am EDT

    Gerhard Schroeder is being targeted despite acting in the best interests of his home country, and the wider EU Gerhard Schroeder has spent his private-sector career since leaving office in 2005 effectively furthering the cause of European economic strength by developing sources of cheap Russian energy to serve the EU’s industrial and consumer needs. If […]

  • Video about baby formula scarcity goes viral

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:36am EDT

    A confrontation in a US department store illustrates the impact of the vital product’s scarcity A viral video on TikTok, said to be filmed at a Massachusetts Target, allegedly highlights the issue of baby formula hoarding and scalping amid the nationwide shortage. The woman recording the video confronts another shopper for buying too much of […]

  • Britain names its toughest economic challenge

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:35am EDT

    The soaring inflation is the nation’s biggest hurdle in 25 years, the Bank of England says The Bank of England’s (BoE) chief economist, Huw Pill, on Friday admitted that the central bank faces its toughest challenge since 1997. According to The Guardian, he signaled that interest rates need to rise further. Pill said that the […]

  • WHO convenes emergency meeting over rare disease outbreak – media

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:31am EDT

    The international health watchdog summons experts to discuss the rapid spread of monkeypox, the Telegraph reports The latest spread of the monkeypox virus has prompted The World Health Organization (WHO) to convene an emergency meeting, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday. The disease, which is typically confined to forested areas of western and central Africa, […]

  • Russia warns of mounting threats to its security

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:23am EDT

    Russia will form 12 new military units in its west to face the growing threat from NATO, Sergey Shoigu has said The US and NATO have gradually ramped up their activities along Russia’s western borders over the past few years and tensions continue to grow, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. The minister made […]

  • Russia outlines financial priorities

    RT - May 20th 2022 11:10am EDT

    De-dollarizing the economy is critical, prime minister says The US, EU and other Western nations are using their currencies as a tool of blackmail against Russia, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a council of CIS countries videoconference on Friday. “The dollar and the euro are increasingly being used as an instrument of political […]

  • We banned Russia to protect its athletes, IOC chief insists

    RT - May 20th 2022 10:52am EDT

    Thomas Bach also warned Russian athletes against expressing support for the military offensive in Ukraine International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has claimed sanctions were imposed on Russian sport partly for the good of its athletes, while cautioning any Russian stars against supporting their country’s military campaign in Ukraine. Speaking at an IOC session […]

  • NATO applicant arms terrorists – Turkey

    RT - May 20th 2022 10:39am EDT

    President Erdogan wants Sweden and Finland to crack down on the Kurds before he’ll support their NATO bid Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Sweden of arming Kurdish militias, which Turkey considers terrorists. Reports in Turkish media suggest that Swedish weapons have been used against Turkish troops and that Ankara is seeking a major […]

  • Anti-Kremlin exiles suggest way to tell apart ‘good Russians’

    RT - May 20th 2022 10:30am EDT

    European governments could certify those who denounce the Russian government, the group proposed during a conference in Lithuania Veteran Russian anti-government figures have declared their intention to serve as representatives of the Russian people, ones who oppose President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine and consider his government illegitimate. These “good Russians” can sign up to […]

  • Biden’s top energy official grilled over Putin claim

    RT - May 20th 2022 9:59am EDT

    Republican representative points to administration’s own policies that have led to price hikes As average gas prices in the US are expected to reach $6 per gallon by August according to American Automobile Association (AAA), Energy Sec Jennifer Granholm was grilled for pinning the blame on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. During […]

  • Finland prepares for life without Russian gas

    RT - May 20th 2022 9:47am EDT

    The EU nation has leased a floating LNG terminal for 10 years Finland has agreed a 10-year charter for a floating storage and regasification (FSRU) vessel with US based Excelerate Energy to help replace Russian gas supply, Finance Minister Annika Saarikko said on Friday. “The LNG [liquefied natural gas] terminal will make it possible for […]

  • Mbappe decision looms as PSG make staggering offer – reports

    RT - May 20th 2022 9:19am EDT

    Some reports indicate the French forward is closer to staying in Paris than joining Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe is set to announce a decision on his future this weekend, according to reports, with some corners of the media now suggesting that the Paris Saint-Germain wonderboy will stay at his current club and snub Real Madrid. On […]

  • George W. Bush outlines Ukraine’s mission to prankster

    RT - May 20th 2022 8:58am EDT

    Speaking to a Russian prankster, the 43rd US president advised Ukraine to “destroy as many Russian troops as you can” Speaking to a Russian prankster posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Former US President George W. Bush advised Kiev to focus on eliminating as many Russian troops as possible. Bush suggested that a military victory […]

  • Russia will not give away gas for free – Kremlin

    RT - May 20th 2022 8:28am EDT

    “Unfriendly” countries must pay in rubles or supplies will stop, Dmitry Peskov warns Russia will not supply free natural gas to countries that refuse to switch to the new ruble payment scheme, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “Obviously, no one will supply anything to anyone for free,” Peskov told reporters. Peskov was asked […]

  • Ex-German chancellor quits Russian oil giant

    RT - May 20th 2022 7:25am EDT

    The EU parliament earlier voted to sanction Gerhard Schroeder, while the Bundestag decided to stop funding his staff and offices Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and German business executive Matthias Warnig are stepping down from their positions on the board of Russian oil giant Rosneft, the company reported on Friday. The two directors said they […]

  • Russians didn’t want to join NATO, US claims

    RT - May 20th 2022 7:18am EDT

    The statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken contradicts what Russian President Vladimir Putin previously said Russia “decided” it didn’t want to join NATO in the 1990s, even though “people talked about” it, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told television host Stephen Colbert on his show on Thursday. Russian officials, including President Vladimir […]

  • China boosts energy imports from Russia

    RT - May 20th 2022 7:13am EDT

    Purchases of oil, gas and coal soared 75% in April, data shows China’s energy imports from Russia have continued to grow, topping $6 billion in April, according to customs data cited by Bloomberg on Friday. The statistics showed that purchases of oil, gas and coal jumped 75%, while imports of Russian liquefied natural gas surged […]

  • G7 wants to cap Russian oil price – US Treasury

    RT - May 20th 2022 6:48am EDT

    The nations are discussing setting up a cartel to force Moscow to sell crude below the market price The Group of Seven (G7) countries, represented by their respective finance ministers and central bank governors, on Thursday discussed the creation of a cartel of buyers in order to control the price of Russian oil. This was […]

  • Kiev wants the word ‘Russians’ erased from memory

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:47am EDT

    A top Ukrainian negotiator says he wants “criminal elements calling themselves the authorities” in Donbass “physically gone” One of the top negotiators representing Ukraine in the stalled peace talks with Russia has called for the word ‘Russians’ to be erased from people’s memory in the regions in the east and south under Moscow’s control, once […]

  • US considers lifting Belarus sanctions – media

    RT - May 20th 2022 4:57am EDT

    Minsk may be granted a waiver in exchange for shipping Ukrainian grain, a US official reportedly said The US is considering granting Belarus a six-month waiver from sanctions imposed on its chemical industry last year, in exchange for opening up the railroads to start shipping grain from Ukraine to Lithuania, the Wall Street Journal reported, […]