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  • Russian corporates fleeing the dollar

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 6:34am EDT

    Sber says the foreign currency deposits of its biggest clients are down 94% Russia’s biggest bank has recorded a 17-fold decrease in foreign currency savings on the balance sheet of large businesses, according to Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of Sber’s executive board, as cited by the Russian business daily RBK. The lender is widely seen as […]

  • Borrell compares anti-Russia sanctions to ‘diet’

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 6:03am EDT

    The restrictions should remain in place even if they don’t have an immediate impact on Moscow, the EU’s foreign policy chief said The EU should not lift the sanctions it imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict even if they don’t have an immediate effect, because they work like a “diet,” the bloc’s top diplomat […]

  • EU chief suggests way to avoid future gas troubles

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 5:45am EDT

    “Unreliable” sources and “friends” will get different treatment in the market, the European Commission president says The EU plans to come up with new natural gas policies that will differentiate suppliers by their perceived reliability, Ursula von der Leyen has told lawmakers. “We will develop with the member states a set of measures to take […]

  • Dozens of King Charles III’s staff face redundancy – Guardian

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 5:22am EDT

    Employees at the monarch’s former residence reportedly received notices during a church service for the Queen As memorial events were being held for Queen Elizabeth II, dozens of King Charles’ staff received notice they could be about to lose their jobs, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, private secretaries, the finance office, […]

  • Pentagon’s future inflation losses revealed

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 3:38am EDT

    The US military’s buying power to reduce by $110 billion in the near future amid a face-off with China, an industry group says The US Department of Defense will need an extra $42 billion in the next fiscal year to account for soaring inflation and rising procurement prices, according to the National Defense Industrial Association. […]

  • Top Hungarian official predicts easing of sanctions

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 2:32am EDT

    The EU will drop restrictions on Moscow when “reality knocks on the door,” the state secretary for foreign affairs says The EU will review the sanctions on Russia and could lift some of them as soon as this autumn, Hungarian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade Tamas Menczer predicts. The restrictions imposed on Russian […]

  • CrossTalk: ‘Catalyst’

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 2:03am EDT

    Ukraine’s recent battlefield successes, with the support of NATO, may change the course of the conflict. Russia’s special military operation, which was launched on February 24, has been slow and methodical. Nonetheless, the Kremlin has insisted that it will achieve its security goals. Does that mean an escalation of the conflict? CrossTalking with Scott Ritter, […]

  • Berlin prepares massive energy bailout – media

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 2:01am EDT

    Germany will reportedly tap its Covid relief fund to support domestic power companies amid the fuel supply crunch Germany is planning to allocate €67 billion ($67 billion) to provide financial aid to domestic energy companies hit by supply shortages resulting from the sharp decrease in natural gas imports from Russia, the business daily Handelsblatt reported […]

  • Russia-India trade more than doubles – Kremlin

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 1:31am EDT

    Russian exports of crude oil, coal and fertilizers are on the rise Trade turnover between India and Russia has soared nearly 120% so far this year, according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov. “Our relations are actively developing, the trade has also increased significantly with supplies of Russian oil, coal and fertilizers increasing,” the top […]

  • Suspicious package explodes on university campus

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 1:06am EDT

    A school staffer was injured in the blast, according to police and university officials A suspicious package found at Northeastern University in Boston exploded on campus, injuring a school employee. The FBI is taking a role in an investigation, as officers determine how the parcel wound up on school grounds and the exact cause of […]

  • Clinton impeachment lawyer dies at 76

    RT - Sep 14th 2022 12:35am EDT

    Ken Starr probed high-profile allegations of misconduct against the former president, including an infamous sex scandal Ken Starr, the attorney who led major investigations into former President Bill Clinton which ultimately led to his impeachment, has died at the age of 76, according to his family.  Starr passed away on Tuesday at Baylor St. Luke’s […]

  • US mulls China sanctions to ‘deter Taiwan invasion’ – media

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 10:38pm EDT

    Taipei is simultaneously lobbying the EU to pile on pressure on Beijing, according to Reuters The US government is considering whether to impose additional sanctions on China in order to prevent an invasion of Taiwan, Reuters reported, noting that Taipei is waging lobbying efforts in both the United States and Europe amid rising tensions between […]

  • Putin and Scholz hold phone call

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:08pm EDT

    The Russian president told his German counterpart that Ukraine is committing war crimes Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by phone on Tuesday, with Scholz calling on Putin to withdraw his forces from Ukraine and Putin highlighting Ukraine’s “blatant violations of international humanitarian law.” During the 90-minute conversation, Scholz urged Putin […]

  • EU lawmakers call for swift response to Azerbaijan over Armenia strikes

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:06pm EDT

    Brussels must urgently intervene to stop the brewing conflict between Yerevan and Baku, several MEPs have said The EU must immediately impose sanctions against Azerbaijan and stop buying gas from Baku, French MEP Francois-Xavier Bellamy told the EU Parliament on Tuesday. He was joined by a number of other lawmakers calling for action after Armenia […]

  • EU threatening Serbia – president 

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:04pm EDT

    If Belgrade tells off Brussels over Kosovo it may lose EU investments, President Vucic told lawmakers The EU is threatening to withdraw investments from Serbia unless Belgrade continues its commitment to the bloc, President Aleksandar Vucic told the parliament during a heated debate about the breakaway province of Kosovo on Tuesday. Opposition MPs questioned Serbia’s […]

  • Twitter doubles down on Musk sale

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 1:38pm EDT

    Shareholders vote in favor of $44 billion takeover even as Elon Musk seeks to cancel it Twitter’s shareholders voted on Tuesday to green-light the $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk, while a former employee testified before the US Senate about potential security and privacy vulnerabilities. The Tesla and SpaceX founder cited revelations by Peiter Zatko […]

  • ‘There are things we need to discuss with Russia’ – EU

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 1:37pm EDT

    Josep Borrell has insisted that the bloc should “double” its efforts to back Kiev’s military EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell told lawmakers on Tuesday that despite sanctions on Moscow and military support for Ukraine, the EU needs to maintain diplomatic contact with Russia on key issues like nuclear security and the global […]

  • Poland receives US nuclear offer

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 12:53pm EDT

    A joint agreement would see Washington help Warsaw build nuclear power plants The US has sent Poland a proposal to help build six nuclear reactors in the country in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and gradually phase out coal, the Polish Climate ministry announced on Monday. Delivered to Poland’s Minister of Climate and Environment […]

  • Russia to become China’s largest gas supplier – Gazprom

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 12:42pm EDT

    Deliveries via the Power of Siberia mega pipeline are growing, the energy major says Russian energy giant Gazprom is likely to become the largest natural gas supplier to the Chinese market, as deliveries are constantly growing, the deputy director of the strategy department, Kirill Polous, stated on Tuesday. “Taking into account the previously signed contract […]

  • Catastrophic market collapse coming – Robert Kiyosaki

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 12:09pm EDT

    The finance guru has issued a dire warning about the impending crash of the dollar and the US economy Famed writer and economist Robert Kiyosaki has warned investors of an approaching huge stock market disruption, advising to buy cryptocurrencies before they usurp the US dollar and transform the entire financial system. “I predict the biggest […]

  • West considers arming Ukraine with more potent weapons – FT

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 12:02pm EDT

    Washington and its allies are discussing whether to provide fighter jets to Kiev in the future, the newspaper reported The US and its allies are in talks over whether to send Ukraine more advanced weapons in the future, including fighter aircraft, a US defense official has said, according to the Financial Times. Some of Kiev’s […]

  • French mayors refuse to lower flags for Queen

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 11:46am EDT

    France should not “make preference” for a foreign monarch, one official declared A number of French mayors have declared that they will not lower their flags to half-mast to mark the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, arguing that the concept of monarchy is at odds with France’s republican system. Following the death of Elizabeth […]

  • UN urges Moscow and Kiev to allow fertilizer exports – FT

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 11:36am EDT

    The deal to let shipments through the Black Sea may ease prices and avert a food crisis The UN is carrying out “urgent” negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to secure a deal on chemical exports through the Black Sea in a bid to prevent a global food crisis, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing […]

  • US issues visa to Lavrov for UN visit – media

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 11:28am EDT

    Russia’s foreign minister will be allowed travel to New York, despite being under US sanctions, Russian media reported Washington has granted visas to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other high-level diplomats, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. The decision will allow Moscow’s representatives to visit New York for the United Nations General Assembly, despite […]

  • Kiev publishes security guarantee proposal

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 10:53am EDT

    The ‘Kiev Security Treaty’ would see the likes of the US, UK, Turkey and Australia act as guarantor states Ukraine has presented a proposal of recommendations for security guarantees, which would politically and legally bind the country and its guarantor states in a strategic partnership known as the ‘Kiev Security Treaty.’ The proposals, developed at […]