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  • Russian home prices up 73% in three years, official warns

    RT - Sep 14th 2023 2:22am EDT

    “Competent” urban planning would help drive prices down, according to the head of a housing development institution Russia should be more efficient about urban planning and eliminate administrative barriers to help reduce home prices, Vitaly Mutko, the head of a financial institution for the development of the housing sector, has said.      Speaking at the […]

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  • Germany hugely increases imports of Russian oil – Der Spiegel

    RT - Sep 14th 2023 1:48am EDT

    Berlin is reportedly buying the sanctioned country’s crude from India Germany has continued importing large volumes of Russian oil, turning to India as a substitute supplier after the EU banned almost all crude imports from Moscow in early December.  According to a Der Spiegel report on Tuesday, Berlin’s imports of petroleum products from India jumped […]

  • Musk gave control of Starlink to Pentagon – biographer

    RT - Sep 14th 2023 12:49am EDT

    The billionaire was allegedly eager to step away after his refusal to help Kiev attack the Russian naval fleet in Crimea Elon Musk gave the US military full control over a “certain amount of Starlink equipment” and can no longer influence how the system is being used to aid Kiev’s war effort, his biographer has […]

  • The new ‘challenge’ to China’s Belt and Road is a futile fantasy

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 9:09pm EDT

    The West has tried to outshine Beijing’s grand trade route multiple times, but can’t muster the will to do it On the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the weekend, the United States and India unveiled proposals for what has been termed the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) with the backing of the United Arab […]

  • The Old World Order is over – Blinken

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 8:52pm EDT

    Washington must preserve its leadership “from a position of strength,” the US Secretary of State has claimed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed that the world is transitioning to a new diplomatic order in which Washington must lead the way in overcoming increasing threats from Russia and China by working with its allies […]

  • Former US presidential candidate announces retirement

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 8:29pm EDT

    Republican Senator Mitt Romney has revealed that he won’t run for re-election in 2024 US Senator Mitt Romney has revealed that he won’t seek re-election in 2024, capping his long career in politics by bashing his own party’s voters and criticizing the leadership skills of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Romney  announced […]

  • Biden accused Obama of having ‘no grace’ – emails

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 6:04pm EDT

    Messages from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop have surfaced showing the then-vice president criticizing his boss Messages found on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop have revealed a 2010 conversation in which then-US Vice President Joe Biden’s son accused then-President Barack Obama of plagiarizing his father’s speeches. Joe Biden responded by slamming his boss for having “no grace.” […]

  • US offers to pay Polish media for Ukraine coverage

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 5:59pm EDT

    Local outlets can apply for a $50,000 grant at the consulate in Krakow The US Consulate General in Krakow is soliciting Polish outlets to write about Ukrainian refugees “returning and rebuilding,” it emerged on Wednesday. Washington is offering $50,000 for the year-long project. The project “to promote coverage in Poland by local and regional media […]

  • China releases ‘blueprint’ for integrating with Taiwan

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 3:48pm EDT

    Beijing has proposed greater economic cooperation with the self-governing island to ease rising tensions The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has pitched an economic-integration plan for Taiwan, while at the same time deploying a historically large fleet of warships and aircraft surrounding the self-governing island. Released on Tuesday by the CCP’s Central Committee and Beijing’s State […]

  • White House tells media how to cover Biden impeachment

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 3:19pm EDT

    Administration lawyers have prepared a letter urging the press to “ramp up its scrutiny” of Republican lawmakers White House lawyers have reportedly written a letter directing CNN, the New York Times and other US media outlets to scrutinize Republican lawmakers more aggressively as they try to impeach US President Joe Biden. CNN and other recipients […]

  • El Chapo’s wife set for prison release

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 2:55pm EDT

    Former beauty queen Emma Coronel Aispuro was convicted of facilitating her husband’s narcotics empire Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, is set to be released from US custody on Wednesday, records indicate, two years after she was imprisoned for her role in facilitating her husband’s narcotics empire. […]

  • EU states tell Zelensky they won’t hand over draft dodgers

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 2:21pm EDT

    Four countries so far have refused to round up male refugees from Ukraine The Czech Republic announced on Wednesday that it would not send military-age men who came as refugees back to Ukraine to be conscripted. Germany, Austria and Hungary have already made similar declarations. European conventions exclude extradition for things such as desertion or […]

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  • Ukraine joining NATO ‘would not promote peace’ – ex-French president

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 1:44pm EDT

    Kiev must adopt a neutral stance between Russia and the West, Nicolas Sarkozy has said Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that Ukrainian membership of NATO and the EU “would not promote peace” and would be perceived as a “provocation” by Russia. Speaking to French news station BFMTV on Wednesday, Sarkozy argued it is […]

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  • Russia has ‘overcome sanctions’ – NYT

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 1:27pm EDT

    Moscow is churning out more missiles today than before NATO nations tried to cripple output, the media outlet has reported Russia has defied Western sanctions and export controls intended to cripple its military firepower, ramping up missile production to even higher levels than it achieved before the Ukraine conflict began, the New York Times has […]

  • Northern Sea Route emerges as major international shipping artery, minister tells RT

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 11:54am EDT

    Freight turnover through Russia’s Northern Sea Route is expected to reach 80 million tons next year, says Aleksey Chekunkov Aleksey Chekunkov, the minister for the development of the Far East and the Arctic, revealed to RT on Wednesday that despite sanctions affecting shipbuilding projects, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in Russia’s exclusive economic zone within […]

  • Musk explains why he didn’t turn on Starlink over Crimea

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 11:41am EDT

    The SpaceX CEO said his company was not allowed to provide coverage in the area due to US sanctions against Russia SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has claimed that his company refused to enable Starlink coverage over Crimea so as not to run afoul of US-imposed regulations. The billionaire came under fire last week after CNN […]

  • Prof. Schlevogt’s Compass № 3: Great Reset visionaries stumble upon an unexpected roadblock

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 11:09am EDT

    After liberal, apparently permanent teleworking arrangements during the pandemic, bosses are increasingly whipping staff back to the office The Center for the History of the Russian Diplomatic Service, a Moscow-based museum, proudly guards a mysterious gift that then Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Clinton handed over to her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, […]

  • ‘Non-human alien corpses’ presented in Mexican Congress

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 10:55am EDT

    The discovery could “rewrite history,” a controversial researcher told officials Two supposedly “non-human” mummified alien corpses were displayed to lawmakers in Mexico City on Wednesday by a self-proclaimed UFO expert, who said analysis of the specimens had shown them to not be part of humanity’s “terrestrial evolution.” The two diminutive humanoid bodies, which have three-fingered […]

  • ‘Inhumane’ sanctions undermining investor trust – top Russian banker

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 10:13am EDT

    The way the West has treated ordinary Russians is “beyond good and evil,” Sber’s CEO has claimed    “Inhumane” Western sanctions imposed on ordinary Russian investors have undermined international markets and will harm future investment prospects, the CEO of top Russian lender Sber, Herman Gref, warned on Wednesday.       In an interview with Russia 24 on […]

  • China demands Ukraine explain ‘low intellectual potential’ slur

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 9:03am EDT

    President Zelensky’s top aide has suggested that Beijing and New Delhi are unable to analyze the consequences of their moves Beijing has demanded clarification from Kiev after Mikhail Podoliak, a top aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, suggested that authorities in China and India weren’t smart enough to figure out what the actual national interests […]

  • EU state dubs Turkish membership ‘unimaginable’

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 8:31am EDT

    Brussels should terminate Ankara’s accession process and find a new format instead, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has urged the EU to acknowledge that Türkiye does not stand a chance of ever becoming a member of the bloc. He emphasized the need to discontinue the stagnant accession process while suggesting […]

  • Results of Russia’s land distribution program revealed

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 8:31am EDT

    The Far Eastern Hectare Program, which was launched in 2016, has proved to be hugely successful, a deputy minister says Property rights for free land plots in Russia’s Far East have been formalized for 23,000 people, Deputy Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Elena Nurgalieva announced at the Eastern Economic […]

  • Russia’s pivot to the East is ‘irreversible’ – business ombudsman

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 7:51am EDT

    The policy shift is based on economic opportunities offered by Asian partners, Boris Titov says Russia is steadily reorienting trade and business cooperation toward Asia and away from the “static” West, Presidential Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Titov stated […]

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  • China highlights iPhone security concerns

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 7:47am EDT

    Beijing’s foreign ministry has denied reports that foreign brands such as Apple are to be banned in the country China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday that Beijing has noted possible “security incidents” in Apple’s iPhones but denied that a blanket ban on the purchase or use of the devices has been issued. […]

  • Ditching Russian energy is a failed venture for EU, Zakharova tells RT

    RT - Sep 13th 2023 5:57am EDT

    The bloc cannot completely wean itself from Russian gas at the moment and it’s realizing this, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says The EU continues to rely heavily on Russian gas even as it’s pledging to stop buying and using its eastern neighbor’s fuel by 2027, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT, speaking on […]