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  • German media and think tanks ‘alarmed’ over RT’s influence

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 4:15pm EDT

    A significant percentage of the country’s population appears to support “pro-Russian” narratives, Bild reports Russia is gaining clout over German public opinion, the tabloid Bild reported on Monday, adding that RT’s German-language news service, RT DE, is playing a central role in this process. Germans appear to be particularly susceptible to what Bild described as […]

  • Leaked documents a ‘serious risk’ – Pentagon

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 3:22pm EDT

    The US military has admitted some of the slides were “similar in format” to classified reports In the first official comment on the online publication of classified military intelligence documents, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense said on Monday that this represented a “very serious risk” to Washington. The documents pose “a very […]

  • Google employees tried to block СhatGPT rival’s rollout – media

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 2:50pm EDT

    Two AI reviewers struggled to sound the alarm that Bard was spewing inaccurate and harmful claims Two employees in Google’s Responsible Innovation department tried and failed to block the release of its AI chatbot Bard last month, warning it was prone to “inaccurate and dangerous statements,” the New York Times revealed on Friday, citing insiders […]

  • Musk gives Twitter sign foul-mouthed makeover

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 1:44pm EDT

    The CEO then renamed himself “Harry Bolz” Twitter CEO Elon Musk has jokingly rebranded his company as “titter” and himself as “Harry Bolz,” in his latest potty-mouthed prank since his takeover of the social media platform. A photo posted on Twitter last week apparently showed that someone had papered over the ‘w’ on the sign […]

  • Kremlin comments on Paris peace pitch

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 1:40pm EDT

    France can’t mediate because it’s openly on Ukraine’s side, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said A French peace proposal for the Ukraine conflict is difficult to imagine at the moment, because Paris has openly taken the side of Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Monday.  “Paris can hardly aspire to be a mediator […]

  • Scientists caught in massive ashfall (VIDEO) 

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 1:31pm EDT

    The volcanologists say they had to shelter from flying rocks the size of fists A group of Russian scientists say they were lucky to survive a major ashfall at the Bezymianny volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s Far East. Video of the incident was published by RIA Novosti on Monday. The 2882-meter-tall volcano […]

  • Russia cuts oil production more than anticipated – Bloomberg

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 1:06pm EDT

    Moscow has reduced its crude output in retaliation to Western sanctions Russia slashed its oil output in March by 40% more than previously announced, Bloomberg has reported, citing a source familiar with Energy Ministry data. The decline was the equivalent of around 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), the outlet stated. In February, Russia pledged to […]

  • Swedes and Finns asked Hungary not to ratify NATO membership – senior MP

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 12:17pm EDT

    The two Nordic nations “forgot to ask their people” about joining the US-led bloc, Hungarian politician Laszlo Kover has said Hungarian House Speaker Laszlo Kover has said that he received dozens of emails from Swedish and Finnish voters urging him to block their countries’ accession into NATO. Although Kover backed Finland’s successful membership bid, he […]

  • Germany hosts wife of Ukrainian neo-Nazi regiment commander – media

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 12:17pm EDT

    Ekaterina Prokopenko took part in an expert panel hosted by Berlin, Junge Welt has reported The German Foreign Ministry extended a warm welcome to Ekaterina Prokopenko, the wife of notorious Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov regiment commander Denis Prokopenko, when she took part in a panel discussion last week, media outlet Junge Welt (jW) has reported. Prokopenko […]

  • FBI flags internet slang as ‘extremist’ – think tank

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 12:12pm EDT

    The agency reportedly considers the use of terms like ‘based’ or ‘red pilled’ to be a sign of ‘extremism’ The FBI flags popular internet slang terms like “based” and “red pilled” as indicators of “violent extremism,” according to internal documents obtained last week by think tank the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through a Freedom of […]

  • Swiss pharma exports to Russia surge

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 11:40am EDT

    Medicines account for a third of Switzerland’s exports to the sanctioned country, customs data shows Swiss exports to Russia have not been affected significantly since Ukraine-related sanctions meant to isolate Moscow were imposed, Neue Zuericher Zeitung am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. Between March 2022 and February 2023 Switzerland supplied Russia with goods worth 2.9 […]

  • Five dead in Kentucky shooting

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 10:48am EDT

    Police say an “active aggressor” opened fire on a bank A gunman killed five people and injured six others in a shooting in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday. The shooter opened fire on a bank before being killed on the scene. The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) said that its officers responded to an “active […]

  • US senator warns Europeans over ‘picking sides’

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 10:19am EDT

    The EU may have to deal with the Ukraine conflict without Washington’s help if it acts soft towards China, Marco Rubio warns European countries may end up having to resolve the Ukraine conflict on their own if they do not wish to “pick sides” in Washington’s standoff with China, US Senator Marco Rubio has said. […]

  • Russia remains India’s top oil supplier – data

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 10:10am EDT

    Moscow provides 34% of the Asian country’s imports, according to numbers cited by Bloomberg India’s purchases of Russian oil reached an all-time high of 1.64 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Russian crude exports to India slightly exceeded the shipment volumes of 1.62 million bpd […]

  • By flirting with Washington, Taiwan’s leader angers not only Beijing, but her own voters too

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 9:45am EDT

    China is done playing with Tsai Ing-wen, and her own constituents are increasingly nervous Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last Wednesday as she was transiting through the States on a visit to Central America. Many US anti-war and Chinese-American activists as well as Chinese commentators have criticized the […]

  • Experts assess Russian economic growth prospects – Vedomosti

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 8:09am EDT

    In the next 10-15 years, the country’s growth rate will slow, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences The growth potential of the Russian economy will be limited to 1% until 2035, since the factors that contributed to GDP growth earlier have now been exhausted, experts from the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian […]

  • Dalai Lama apologizes after ‘suck my tongue’ controversy

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 8:03am EDT

    The Tibetan spiritual leader “often teases people” in an innocent way, his office said after a video of him kissing a minor went viral The Dalai Lama has issued an apology after a controversial clip emerged on social media showing the spiritual leader asking an Indian boy to “suck his tongue.”  The incident took place […]

  • Beijing explains goal of drills off Taiwan

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 7:53am EDT

    Would-be separatists, not the Chinese military, pose a threat to peace in the region, a Foreign Ministry spokesman has said The Chinese military exercises near Taiwan launched last week should not be perceived as “retaliation” for the visit of the island’s leader, Tsai Ing-wen, to the US, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has explained. Wang […]

  • Germany to defy Olympic bosses over Russian athletes

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 7:52am EDT

    Berlin will not follow advice from the International Olympic Committee that sports federations let individuals compete under a neutral flag Germany will not issue visas to Russian athletes for events taking place in the country, even if they are greenlighted to compete by the International Olympic Committee and sports federations, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser […]

  • India denies halting trade talks with UK – Reuters

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 7:06am EDT

    The Times previously claimed that New Delhi had suspended negotiations and demanded that Britain condemn a Sikh extremist group India has denied claims that it has stalled trade negotiations with the UK over London’s apparent refusal to condemn a Sikh extremist group. New Delhi has branded the accusations “baseless,” Reuters reported on Monday, citing officials.  […]

  • India and China to drive half of world’s economic growth – IMF

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 6:47am EDT

    Some 90% of advanced economies are expected to see GDP decline this year The global economic slowdown will continue this year, but Asia will remain “a bright spot,” says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). India and China will account for half of the global growth, with “some momentum” expected to come from emerging economies, according […]

  • US spying on Zelensky – CNN

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 6:33am EDT

    A leaked intel report is said to show that Washington has been intercepting communications of the Ukrainian leader The US has been spying on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, CNN reported on Sunday, citing alleged intelligence reports that were leaked online last week. The supposed classified files are related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, including a daily […]

  • Musk responds to criticism over Medvedev tweet

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 6:01am EDT

    The Twitter CEO refused to censor the ex-Russian president, explaining that people should decide for themselves whether he can be trusted Twitter CEO Elon Musk has rejected calls to crack down on the account of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the latter posted that Ukraine would eventually vanish from the world map. One user […]

  • Explosive Pentagon leak may be an insider job – Reuters

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 4:21am EDT

    US investigators reportedly have four or five theories on what motivated the party behind the alleged breach of secrecy The Pentagon suspects that a US citizen rather than a foreigner may have been responsible for the apparent leak of classified information containing several bombshell revelations, Reuters has reported. Officials offered several explanations of what may […]

  • Ukraine changing military plans due to Pentagon leak – CNN

    RT - Apr 10th 2023 3:39am EDT

    The reported move comes despite Kiev officially dismissing the documents as photoshopped A major leak of classified documents detailing Washington’s war planning in Ukraine has forced Kiev to step up precautions and change its military posture, CNN reported on Sunday, citing sources. According to a source close to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Kiev “has already […]