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  • EU gas consumption to fall sharply – FT

    RT - May 26th 2023 5:57am EDT

    Brussels claims it has decreased energy reliance on Russia Demand for gas in the European Union is expected to decline by more than the bloc’s total imports from Russia this year, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing an internal European Commission document. The majority of the cuts were made by the EU’s most industrialized […]

  • EU greenlights Russian-built nuclear plant

    RT - May 26th 2023 3:06am EDT

    The expansion of Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant is crucial to the nation’s energy security Hungary has received the European Commission’s approval to amend contracts for new reactors at its Paks nuclear power plant (NPP), developed by Russia’s Rosatom, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has revealed. The Paks NPP produces more than half of the electricity […]

  • Eurozone factory activity slows – S&P Global

    RT - May 26th 2023 2:40am EDT

    The key PMI index has plunged to a 36-month low, data shows Manufacturing activity across the 20 countries that use the euro has declined at its fastest pace since the Covid-19 pandemic, amid a widening gap in global demand for goods and services, according to a study by S&P Global. Published on Tuesday, the report […]

  • The manipulation of AI

    RT - May 26th 2023 2:13am EDT

    It can recreate voices, and write fresh and perfect text; AI has even found a cure for cancer. On this edition of 360 View, Scottie Nell Hughes talks with lawyer and media analyst, Lionel, to discuss the various capabilities of Artificial Intelligence and asks: “is AI growing faster than the world and the law is […]

  • CrossTalk: End of Ukraine and EU?

    RT - May 26th 2023 1:53am EDT

    What does the West aim to achieve with its proxy war in Ukraine? The defeat, humiliation and breakup of Russia? If this is the case, then the West has already lost. CrossTalking, with John Laughland and Matthew Ehret.

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  • Yuan gaining foothold in Russia – Sber CEO

    RT - May 26th 2023 1:34am EDT

    The share of the Chinese currency in transactions will rise tenfold this year, Herman Gref predicts The Chinese yuan has become a major player in Russia’s foreign trade and its share in the country’s cross-border settlements is expected to grow tenfold, Herman Gref, the head of Russia’s largest state-owned lender, Sber, said on Tuesday. The […]

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  • South Korea approves Ukraine arms transfer – WSJ

    RT - May 26th 2023 12:41am EDT

    Seoul said the Wall Street Journal report contained “inaccurate parts,” but declined to elaborate South Korea has agreed to send hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine under a “confidential arrangement” with the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move would mark an about-face for Seoul, which has been reluctant to authorize […]

  • Top US general delivers sober take on Ukrainian ambitions

    RT - May 25th 2023 8:39pm EDT

    Kiev won’t achieve its military objectives in the near term, Joint Chiefs chair Milley has said The fighting in Ukraine is going to continue with no military solution in the near future, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday. Milley spoke alongside Secretary of […]

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  • US has been preparing Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘for months’ – Nuland

    RT - May 25th 2023 7:15pm EDT

    The “Maidan midwife” confirmed Washington’s role in the conflict at the Kiev Security Forum The US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told an audience in Kiev on Thursday that Washington has been helping plan the Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive’ against Russia for almost half a year. “Even as you plan for the counteroffensive, […]

  • Germany jails man for supporting Russia

    RT - May 25th 2023 6:19pm EDT

    A German national has been sentenced to three years in prison for expressing online support for the Russian side in the Ukraine conflict A Hamburg court has sentenced a local man to three years behind bars, finding him guilty of justifying “Russian aggression” against Ukraine and possessing an illegal weapon. The 32-year-old defendant, identified only […]

  • Pentagon reveals value of military aid pumped into Ukraine

    RT - May 25th 2023 5:47pm EDT

    The US and its allies have poured $65 billion of weaponry into the country, according to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin The so-called Ukraine Defense Contact Group has committed almost $65 billion in military aid to prop up Kiev in the ongoing conflict with Moscow, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revealed. The Pentagon boss […]

  • Oath Keepers leader gets 18 years for US Capitol riot

    RT - May 25th 2023 5:10pm EDT

    Prosecutors claimed that Stewart Rhodes organized an armed insurrection on January 6, 2021 A federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison on Thursday, calling him an ongoing threat to the US. It was the longest sentence yet in the matter of the January 6 riot at […]

  • Norway warns people to keep away from ‘spy’ whale

    RT - May 25th 2023 3:41pm EDT

    The white beluga dubbed ‘Hvaldimir’ was first spotted in 2019 and thought to be Russian The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has warned the residents of Oslo to keep their distance from “Hvaldimir,” the white whale who appears to have chosen the fjord as his permanent home after traveling down the coast of Norway in 2019. […]

  • Chinese hackers spying on key US infrastructure – Microsoft

    RT - May 25th 2023 3:25pm EDT

    Experts claim ‘mitigating’ Beijing’s surveillance could be ‘challenging’ A group of state-sponsored Chinese hackers have been conducting a sophisticated surveillance operation on key US infrastructure assets, tech giant Microsoft claimed on Wednesday, warning that similar practices could be happening elsewhere in the world. In a statement, Microsoft claimed that the group – which has been […]

  • South Africa’s ruling party says Putin ‘welcome’ despite ICC warrant

    RT - May 25th 2023 2:19pm EDT

    The country is still “constrained” by the ICC, a top official in South Africa’s ruling party has admitted South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is ready to greet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country at any time, the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, has said. The senior party official made the remarks in an […]

  • Google removes slavery game – media

    RT - May 25th 2023 1:30pm EDT

    ‘Slavery Simulator’ was withdrawn one month after its launch in Google’s online store Google has removed a game from its online store in Brazil which allowed players to trade and torture enslaved people, following criticism from figures in the South American country who say the US tech giant and the game’s developer should be held […]

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  • Eurasian countries need own rating system – Putin

    RT - May 25th 2023 12:44pm EDT

    Major US credit agencies have been accused of bias when it comes to assessing non-Western economies The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states should establish a rating agency to provide adequate assessment tools for the region’s growing economic activity, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The proposal was made during a meeting of the Supreme […]

  • Ukraine sent untrained conscripts into Donbass ‘meat grinder’ – WSJ

    RT - May 25th 2023 11:54am EDT

    “Bakhmut will teach you,” a Ukrainian commander reportedly told a soldier complaining that he had never held a gun before Kiev used untrained and poorly equipped troops in the lost battle for the strategic Donbass city of Artyomovsk, which the Ukrainians call Bakhmut, in order to save better units for its planned counteroffensive, the Wall […]

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  • Yandex investors offered options amid company split

    RT - May 25th 2023 11:06am EDT

    The move comes amid a restructuring of the tech giant’s Russian and international business Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex, will give investors a choice between retaining a stake in its Russian business, receiving a share of the tech giant’s international startups, or taking cash, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The […]

  • China tells EU to look at ‘root cause’ of Ukraine conflict

    RT - May 25th 2023 10:40am EDT

    Beijing’s special envoy met with German officials and reiterated China’s calls to find a peaceful solution to the current crisis European countries should focus on finding and fixing the “root causes” that led to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Chinese Special Representative on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui told German Federal Foreign Office State Secretary Andreas […]

  • Dog lover bitten by Iran sanctions – media

    RT - May 25th 2023 10:25am EDT

    A Finnish woman has had her bank account frozen after attempting to pay insurance for her pet A woman in Finland triggered automatic penalties from the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority, after it mistook payments made to an animal insurance company for a financial transfer to Iran, local media outlets reported on Wednesday. Tehran is currently […]

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  • Russian real estate investment set for new record in 2023

    RT - May 25th 2023 10:09am EDT

    The boom comes amid an exodus of foreign firms, according to research The volume of investment in Russian real estate surged 76% from January to May in annual terms to reach 274 billion rubles ($3.4 billion), an industry study has shown. Research conducted by IBC Real Estate evaluated investment transactions in residential, retail, hotel and […]

  • NATO member state reports growing exports to Russia

    RT - May 25th 2023 9:01am EDT

    Estonia is continuing to supply Moscow with machinery and transport equipment, data has shown Exports from Estonia to Russia are growing despite Western sanctions, authorities in the Baltic state have acknowledged. In March, exports to Russia increased from €57 million ($61 million) to €74 million ($79 million) on an annual basis, Yane Leppmets, an analyst […]

  • UK net migration surges to record high

    RT - May 25th 2023 8:35am EDT

    Net migration to the UK is nearly double what it was in 2015, the year before the Brexit referendum Net migration to the United Kingdom hit a record high of 606,000 in 2022, official estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown. It is a 20% increase on the previous high of 504,000 […]

  • Biggest beneficiaries of Black Sea grain deal named

    RT - May 25th 2023 7:43am EDT

    Over 30 million tons of grain have been transported since August, Türkiye says China, Spain and Türkiye have received the largest shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea corridor, the Milliyet newspaper reported on Thursday, citing the government in Ankara. More than 30 million tons of grain have been transported by 953 ships via […]