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  • Russia weighs in on nukes in the Baltics

    RT - May 14th 2022 6:21am EDT

    Moscow’s response to Finland and Sweden joining NATO won’t be based on emotion but on analyses of security factors – Deputy FM The move by Finland and Sweden to join NATO won’t be left without a Russian response, but it’s premature to talk about it including relocation of nuclear weapons closer to the two Nordic […]

  • Andrey Sushentsov: Ukraine could be just the starting point of a bigger crisis

    RT - May 14th 2022 6:12am EDT

    There are several scenarios facing Moscow, Kiev and the West Why do Russian-Ukrainian relations concern every Russian and Ukrainian? To some extent, what is happening is a delayed civil war, which could have happened in the early 1990s with the collapse of the USSR, when the first generation of Russian and Ukrainian leaders boasted that they had avoided a bloody divorce like the one […]

  • India bans wheat exports

    RT - May 14th 2022 4:10am EDT

    New Delhi had previously claimed it could “feed the world” in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine India has prohibited all exports of wheat with immediate effect, the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Friday. The ministry said the drastic move was necessary due to “a sudden spike in the global prices […]

  • Russian economy stronger than expected – JPMorgan

    RT - May 14th 2022 3:02am EDT

    The Wall Street bank predicts only a moderate recession due to sanctions Russia’s economy is coping better with Ukraine-related Western sanctions than could be expected, JPMorgan Chase said in a note to clients dated last week and made public on Monday. According to the biggest US investment bank, business sentiment surveys from the country “are […]

  • US sending fresh troops to Europe

    RT - May 14th 2022 1:33am EDT

    The deployment will maintain US troop levels at around 100,000 on the continent The United States will send more than 10,000 soldiers to Europe, who are expected to replace forces deployed to the region following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, many positioned along the “eastern flank” of the NATO military bloc. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed […]

  • North Korea suffers major spike in ‘fever’ outbreak

    RT - May 13th 2022 11:37pm EDT

    Officials tallied a near ten-fold jump in new patients in the space of just 24 hours North Korea has reported a massive surge in a mysterious “fever” outbreak, including almost two dozen additional deaths and tens of thousands of new cases. Kim Jong-un called the epidemic one of the greatest “turmoils” in the nation’s history. […]

  • NSA promises ‘no backdoors’ in new encryption

    RT - May 13th 2022 9:03pm EDT

    Spy agency claims future encryption standards will be too secure for it to bypass The National Security Agency’s cybersecurity chief has claimed that next-generation encryption standards under development in the US will be unbreachable, even by the American government spies themselves. “There are no backdoors,” Rob Joyce, the NSA’s director of cybersecurity, told Bloomberg in […]

  • Biden’s new press secretary claimed elections were ‘stolen’

    RT - May 13th 2022 7:23pm EDT

    Twitter posts surface in which White House spokeswoman pushed to overturn Trump’s win, said her preferred candidates were robbed White House press secretary Jen Psaki spent part of her last day on the job trying to do some explaining for her successor, whose history of claiming elections were stolen might seem out of step with […]

  • US may have to suspend weapons shipments to Ukraine

    RT - May 13th 2022 6:29pm EDT

    Aid to Kiev may be disrupted if Congress doesn’t pass $40 billion spending package by May 19, Pentagon says The flow of US weapons to Ukraine might be cut off, at least temporarily, unless Congress quickly approves nearly $40 billion in new spending to help Kiev repel Russia’s offensive in the former Soviet republic, the […]

  • Mysterious Mars ‘doorway’ explained

    RT - May 13th 2022 6:19pm EDT

    The bizarre structure is a naturally occurring phenomenon, geologists say A photograph taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars that resembles a doorway cut into the side of a cliff is actually just boring old erosion, scientists explained, after people began speculating that the squared-off structure might have been crafted by alien species. What appears […]

  • Clashes erupt during journalist’s funeral in Jerusalem (VIDEOS)

    RT - May 13th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    The funeral of an Al Jazeera reporter escalated into violence between Palestinians and Israeli security forces Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Friday during the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist who had worked with Al Jazeera for more than two decades. The reporter was killed earlier this week under unclear circumstances during […]

  • Germany detects Hitler fans in its security ranks

    RT - May 13th 2022 5:15pm EDT

    Government report shows that over 300 members of German security services have links to ‘right-wing’ extremism A German government investigation has revealed that more than 300 members of the country’s security agencies have links to “right-wing” extremism, including officers who were found to have joined in “Heil Hitler” chants and Nazi salutes. “We will not […]

  • Airstrikes in Syria kill 5, wound 7 – media

    RT - May 13th 2022 4:55pm EDT

    Israeli missile strikes activate Syrian air defenses Israeli missile strikes in the city of Masyaf have left five dead and seven wounded, state media outlet SANA reported on Friday. Air defenses were reportedly activated over the city. Reports that Israel was targeting a missile production facility have not been confirmed. Video posted to social media […]

  • Baltic Sea ‘becomes NATO sea’ – EU member

    RT - May 13th 2022 2:53pm EDT

    Latvia’s foreign minister has embraced Finland and Sweden’s plans to join the alliance Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics has said his country approves of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, noting that their addition to the alliance turns the Baltic Sea into “a NATO sea” in a Friday interview with the Financial Times.  Along with his […]

  • Finland’s president to call Putin – media

    RT - May 13th 2022 2:45pm EDT

    Sauli Niinistö says he will talk with Russian leader to discuss changed situation following decision to join NATO Finnish President Sauli Niinistö reportedly plans to call his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to discuss the changed security situation in the region now that leaders in Helsinki have decided to join NATO. Niinistö commented on his planned […]

  • Vast majority of Chinese have positive view of Russia – poll

    RT - May 13th 2022 2:38pm EDT

    A new survey claims nearly 80% of respondents in China have a favorable attitude towards Russia but views on the US have worsened A recent survey has revealed that a majority of Chinese citizens hold a favorable view of Russia, while most respondents named the US as the least positively perceived out of a list […]

  • Protests kick off over plans to demolish Soviet memorial

    RT - May 13th 2022 2:35pm EDT

    Multiple protesters and opposition politicians were detained in Latvia Several hundred people attempted to gather outside Riga’s town hall on Friday as the legislature in the Latvian capital convened for an extraordinary meeting to consider demolishing a monument to Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from Nazi occupation. The move was ultimately supported by an […]

  • Mayweather bout canceled after death of president

    RT - May 13th 2022 2:25pm EDT

    The boxing all-time great was scheduled to take on Don Moore in an exhibition fight Floyd Mayweather will not hold an exhibition bout in Dubai this weekend after United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away aged 73. All-time boxing great Mayweather retired from the squared circle with an unblemished 50-0 […]

  • Russia to halt electricity supplies to Finland

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:48pm EDT

    Power deliveries will be suspended due to the lack of payment, the grid operator says Russian utility Inter RAO will stop exporting electricity to Finland from May 14, Finland’s grid company said on Friday. According to Fingrid, citing Inter RAO, the trade in electricity imported from Russia will be suspended due to difficulties in receiving […]

  • NATO member against Sweden and Finland in bloc

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:34pm EDT

    Turkey has opposed the alliance intentions of the Scandinavian nations, claiming they are like ‘a guesthouse for terrorists’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared on Friday that Ankara opposes the possibility of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO because he believes the two Scandinavian nations harbor ‘terrorists’. By ‘terrorists’, the Turkish leader meant militants of […]

  • US snooped on UK reporter – Guardian

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:33pm EDT

    The news outlet is outraged it wasn’t notified about a Department of Justice probe into their reporter The US Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the personal phone account data of a Guardian reporter during an investigation into leaks regarding the Trump administration’s border policy, the UK-based media outlet wrote on Thursday. Investigators looking for the […]

  • Teen Russian karter learns punishment after ‘Nazi’ salute (VIDEO)

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:33pm EDT

    Artem Severiukhin made the gesture last month after victory at an event in Portugal Artem Severiukhin, the teenage Russian karting driver who was subject to widespread criticism after being accused of performing a Nazi salute on the podium after a recent race, has been disqualified from the Portuguese round of the FIA European Karting Championship after […]

  • First phone call between Russian and US defense chiefs since start of Ukraine conflict

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:16pm EDT

    Lloyd Austin has urged his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu conducted their first phone call since the start of Moscow’s operation in Ukraine in late February. The news was confirmed by both sides on Friday. Austin has called for […]

  • Chechen UFC sensation feted by Kadyrov (VIDEO)

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:10pm EDT

    Khamzat Chimaev returned to his native land to visit the local leader Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Chechen Republic, paid tribute to surging UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev upon his return to his homeland just weeks after scoring the biggest win of his career in a fight-of-the-year candidate against the Brazilian former title challenger Gilbert Burns. […]

  • EU state launches criminal cases over V-Day celebrations

    RT - May 13th 2022 12:01pm EDT

    The legal action has been initiated against people who laid flowers at the Soviet memorial in Latvia’s capital Three criminal cases and 20 administrative ones have been launched against people who laid flowers at the World War II memorial in the Latvian capital, Riga, on May 10, the police said on Friday. A young man […]