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  • EU wants ‘full control’ over online speech – legal expert

    RT - Dec 8th 2025 2:45am EST

    Bureaucrats want a final say on what can and cannot be discussed, Alexandre Guerreiro has said The European Union is using legal tools to pressure social media platforms and steer public debate on politically sensitive topics, Portugal-based international law expert Alexandre Guerreiro has told RT. His comments came after the EU fined platform X €120 […]

  • CrossTalk Bullhorns | Neo-Monroe doctrine

    RT - Dec 8th 2025 1:31am EST

    Washington’s new National Security Strategy document is something to behold. Essentially it could be called “Fortress America” and a reordering of global security interests. Also, it is becoming apparent that Russia is losing patience with Kiev’s escalations and European elites demanding a greater war. CrossTalking with George Szamuely and Mark Sleboda.

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  • We Are Not Numbers: Fighting the dehumanization of Palestinians by Western media (Ahmed Alnaouq)

    RT - Dec 8th 2025 1:26am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ahmed Alnaouq, co-founder of We Are Not Numbers and co-editor of the We Are Not Numbers anthology. He discusses the purpose of the organization to fight against the dehumanization of Palestinians by the mainstream media, US-UK-EU-armed Israel’s slaughter of much of his family during the Gaza genocide, […]

  • Hungary to sue EU over Russian energy ban – foreign minister

    RT - Dec 8th 2025 1:13am EST

    Peter Szijjarto says that Budapest and Bratislava will challenge the RePowerEU energy plan Budapest will seek to overturn the EU’s RePowerEU Russian energy ban at the European Court of Justice once the plan is adopted next week, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Brussels launched the initiative in 2022 after the escalation of the […]

  • Trump says he’s ‘disappointed’ with Zelensky

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 11:41pm EST

    The US president claims the Ukrainian leader hasn’t read his newest peace proposal US President Donald Trump has said that he was disappointed that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky hasn’t read his most recent proposals for peace between Russia and Ukraine. “I have to say that I’m a little bit disappointed that President Zelensky hasn’t yet […]

  • 70% of Germans unhappy with government – poll

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 8:01pm EST

    The support for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet is record low, a survey from INSA suggests More than two-thirds of Germans are dissatisfied with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government, a recent survey suggests. According to an INSA poll published by Bild on Saturday, 70% of the 1,005 respondents said they disapproved of the work of the ruling […]

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  • Merz has filed 5,000 complaints against online critics – media

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 5:40pm EST

    The current chancellor is one of the “most sensitive” politicians in Germany’s history, Welt am Sonntag reports German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has filed nearly 5,000 defamation complaints over online comments, Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday. The newspaper said it had obtained copies of the complaints, police files, and letters from law firms representing the […]

  • Musk equates EU to ‘Fourth Reich’

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 4:13pm EST

    The US-based tech billionaire is engaged in a bitter spat with the bloc after his platform X was fined for lack of “transparency” Tech mogul Elon Musk has labelled the EU a new iteration of Nazi Germany following a massive fine imposed by the bloc on his social media platform X.   Musk flung a series […]

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  • Elon Musk wants to abolish the EU. He has a point

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 3:11pm EST

    The “bureaucratic monster” that has just fined X €120 million is wrapping its tentacles around free speech The EU has once again strayed beyond acceptable boundaries, slapping Elon Musk’s social media platform X with harsh penalties for being in violation of new draconian EU digital laws that many say are code for censorship. On Friday, […]

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  • Japan and China trade blame after jets square off over Pacific

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 2:09pm EST

    The two nations have been at odds since Tokyo stated it could get militarily involved in the Taiwan issue Tokyo and Beijing have exchanged accusations after their fighter jets had at least two close calls amid Chinese naval drills. Japan was the first to report the incident, stating that Chinese J-15 fighter jets locked their […]

  • Baltic MP warns of potential winter gas shortages

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 10:54am EST

    Latvian lawmaker Andris Kulbergs has said that a major storage facility in the EU country is nearly half empty ahead of the heating season A major Latvian gas storage facility is only 58% full ahead of the winter heating season, local lawmaker Andris Kulbergs has warned. The MP said that the stocks may not even […]

  • Netanyahu rules out creation of Palestinian state

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 10:07am EST

    The sole purpose of such a move would be the destruction of Israel, the PM has claimed Israel will not allow the creation of a Palestinian state, since its true purpose is the destruction of “the one and only Jewish state,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.  Netanyahu made the remarks on Sunday in Jerusalem […]

  • Bharat bros and the failed isolation of Russia

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 10:02am EST

    In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew look into how Russia and India are showing the world what partnership looks like, in a motorbike and sidecar. Chay also opens a “Marriage and gender counselling” service (not for the easily offended) and Europe and Ukraine continue their death spiral of idiocy. Enjoy.

  • EU planning for war with Russia by 2030 – Orban

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 8:32am EST

    The Hungarian prime minister has claimed the bloc is shifting its economy to reach full combat readiness within five years Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed that the European Union is preparing for war with Russia and plans to be fully ready by 2030. Speaking at an anti-war rally on Saturday, Orban said that […]

  • Polish minister tells Musk to go to Mars over EU comments

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 7:50am EST

    Radoslaw Sikorski has mocked the tech mogul’s space ambitions, after the latter called for the bloc to be abolished on X Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has told Elon Musk to “go to Mars” after the billionaire called for the abolition of the European Union. Sikorski was responding to criticism posted by the American tech […]

  • US still EU’s top ally despite critical report – bloc’s foreign policy chief

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 5:10am EST

    A recent White House document has warned that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure” due to its current political and cultural headwinds The United States remains the EU’s most important ally, despite Washington publishing a new national security strategy that is highly critical of Western Europe, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has claimed. Speaking […]

  • Europe fears full US exit from Ukraine conflict – Bloomberg

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 3:21am EST

    Leaders across the continent are reportedly growing uneasy as diplomatic uncertainty clouds future support for Kiev Western European leaders are growing concerned that the US may walk away from the Ukraine conflict, Bloomberg has reported. Officials fear US President Donald Trump could make a deal with Moscow that leaves Kiev’s remaining backers managing the conflict […]

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  • Tariffic economics? Cyrus Janssen, Geopolitical analyst

    RT - Dec 7th 2025 1:46am EST

    In the realist terms of great power competition, security always trumps economics, which is why trade was the first victim of the proxy conflict between Russia and the West in Ukraine as well as the current power play between the United States and China. What will be left of the global economy after the great […]

  • Musk calls for abolishing EU

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 11:51pm EST

    The tech mogul lashed out at the “bureaucratic monster” after his platform X was slapped with a huge fine US-based tech billionaire Elon Musk has called for the dissolution of the European Union after the bloc fined his social media platform X. On Friday, the European Commission fined X €120 million ($163 million) for “breaching […]

  • UEFA fines Ukraine over anti-Russia banner

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 7:50pm EST

    Europe’s football governing body said that political statements during games are unacceptable The European football governing body UEFA has fined the Ukrainian football association after fans displayed an anti-Russian banner at a stadium. According to the UEFA Match Delegate, during a Euro 2024 qualifying playoff against Iceland in Wroclaw, Poland, Ukrainian fans “displayed a banner […]

  • Only 13% of German MPs back motion to steal Russian assets

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 7:14pm EST

    The Bundestag has rejected the call to use the frozen fund for Ukraine aid German MPs have overwhelmingly rejected a resolution calling to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. According to the Greens, the party which drafted the resolution, around €210 billion ($244 billion) worth of Russian assets were in possession of the EU. Since […]

  • EU state to divert aid from Africa to Ukraine

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 5:09pm EST

    Sweden said it will cut assistance to four African nations and Bolivia starting next year Sweden will discontinue aid to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Liberia and Bolivia, and redirect the funds to Ukraine, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa has announced. During a press conference on Friday, Dousa said that assistance worth […]

  • Ukraine’s top donor to nearly halve military aid in 2026

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 5:00pm EST

    The flow of military aid to Kiev from Denmark is set to further decline over the next few years Denmark will allocate half as much funds for military aid to Ukraine next year compared to 2025. The flow of aid from one of Kiev’s key backers is projected to decline even further beyond 2026. Danish […]

  • Trump has shattered the European liberal illusion

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 4:30pm EST

    Western Europe is spiraling toward self-destruction, but Trump’s new strategy offers a lifeline The liberal world order is collapsing under the weight of its own arrogance, and at the very moment Europe drowns in a self-inflicted civilizational crisis, the White House has released a national security strategy powerful enough to redefine the future of the […]

  • Trump files for divorce from NATO over Ukraine

    RT - Dec 6th 2025 10:25am EST

    The new US National Security Strategy signals a massive foreign policy shift; it remains to be seen if Washington is serious about it It is one thing to produce a written national security strategy, but the real test is whether or not US President Donald Trump is serious about implementing it. The key takeaways are […]