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  • Foreigners starting to realize errors of ‘Russophobic hysteria’ – Olympic official

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:32am EDT

    Stanislav Pozdnyakov said Russian sport was facing ‘provocations’ but would respond ‘in a manner of friendship and respect’ The sweeping bans imposed on Russian athletes are the result of “unprecedented external pressure and Russophobic hysteria” but sporting organizations will reverse course and understand their mistakes, according to Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Stanislav Pozdnyakov. Russian […]

  • Ukraine claims to be deploying US-made anti-ship missiles

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:25am EDT

    The Harpoons will complement Kiev’s own anti-ship capabilities, the defense minister has said The US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied to Ukraine have already been deployed, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said on Thursday in a lengthy post on social media. Denmark confirmed sending this type of weapon to Kiev last month. Ukraine’s coastal defense “has […]

  • ‘I’m not joking,’ Erdogan warns Greece

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:18am EDT

    The Turkish leader has told Athens to stop militarizing its islands in the Aegean Sea Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the final day of major military exercises in the Aegean Sea to issue a warning to Greece, which he accuses of militarizing islands in the area. “I warn Greece to avoid dreams, acts […]

  • Musk’s firm enters business in Ukraine

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:59am EDT

    Starlink has been granted a license to provide internet service in the country Starlink, a firm owned and operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has been granted an operator license in Ukraine to provide internet service, according to the country’s Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. “The company has just been added to the Register of […]

  • Good times over for Europeans – think tank

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:47am EDT

    The energy crisis will continue to push inflation higher, according to Brussels-based Bruegel The cost-of-living crisis is expected to worsen across Europe, marked by increased food, fuel and electricity prices, according to Maria Demertzis, the deputy director of Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. She told Euronews on Thursday that the abnormal inflation is a result of […]

  • US to run out of Javelin missiles for Ukraine – media

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:30am EDT

    Within months, the Pentagon will reportedly be unable to send some weapons to Kiev without emptying their own inventory The US will soon have no new Javelin anti-tank missiles to spare for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. “The war has already consumed as much as one-third of the US military’s inventory of Javelins. Within months, […]

  • American lawmakers demand explanations from gun manufacturers

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:26am EDT

    The House Oversight Committee chairman said companies must explain why they sell guns to “mass murderers” American lawmakers have said they want to deepen their investigation into firearms sale practices and summon gun manufacturers before the US Congress after a series of deadly mass shootings rocked the nation. Last month, days after the Uvalde mass […]

  • Russian Olympic queen issues withering takedown of IOC chief

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:09am EDT

    Mariya Lasitskene accused Olympic boss Thomas Bach of lacking the ‘courage and dignity’ to lift the ban on Russian athletes Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene has launched a scathing attack on IOC president Thomas Bach, accusing him of hypocrisy and ignoring the interests of banned Russian athletes. Lasitskene is among the many Russians sidelined […]

  • Westerners are skeptical about their leaders, but not their anti-Russian narratives

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:00am EDT

    A NATO-linked survey shows declining trust in Western democracies… why, then, is their state propaganda still swallowed as gospel? Every year since 2018, the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, spearheaded by former NATO secretary general and Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, releases its survey of the current state of democracy in cooperation with the Berlin-based […]

  • British men who fought for Ukraine sentenced to death

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 9:55am EDT

    Two UK citizens and a Moroccan man, who fought for Kiev, appeared before the Supreme Court in Donetsk A court in Donetsk has sentenced to death three foreign men, who served in the Ukrainian armed forces and fought for Kiev in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). British citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, as well […]

  • Survey shows attitudes of Poles to Ukrainian refugees

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 9:48am EDT

    Poll finds that most Poles support sending weapons and food to Ukraine but few are in favor of granting financial aid to refugees A recent survey has found that, while most people in Poland are favorable to Ukrainians and support sending weapons and food to the country, many are against granting Ukrainian refugees financial and […]

  • Likely delays in arms supply to Ukraine revealed

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 9:43am EDT

    Software upgrades, logistical and diplomatic problems may slow supplies from Germany, media reports Kiev may be disappointed with the supply of heavy weapons promised to it by Germany, since Berlin will have to overcome various hurdles before delivering many of the items, resulting in likely delays, the German version of Business Insider reported. The offer […]

  • Robert Bridge: Does America need a religious revival to offset its godless liberalism?

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 9:06am EDT

    Faith is declining in the US as ultra-liberal virtue-signaling replaces true virtue In the misguided belief that virtue-signaling and political correctness have anything to do with morality, Americans have cast aside traditional religious belief and joined the church of liberalism, a most bizarre cult. In case anyone missed the rainbow-colored memo, now plastered on everything […]

  • Kremlin evaluates gas-for-rubles strategy

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 8:40am EDT

    The new payment method is working successfully, Dmitry Peskov says Russian gas buyers that have refused to pay in rubles have already been cut off from supplies, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, adding that no new cuts have been planned. “They have already been turned off… The system is working, the system […]

  • Paris police chief apologizes after Champions League carnage

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 8:38am EDT

    The chief of the Paris police has expressed his remorse at the situation which marred the Champions League final Paris police chief Didier Lallement has expressed his regret at the chaotic scenes outside the Stade de France in advance of last month’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, which saw some Liverpool supporters […]

  • UK gasoline prices soaring

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 8:34am EDT

    The cost of filling an average car with petrol has hit £100 The price of fuel in Britain is continuing to rise as filling an average family car with petrol now costs over £100 ($125), according to data tracked by the roadside assistance company RAC. The motoring group reported that filling the tank of a […]

  • NATO boss cancels visit to Germany

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 7:54am EDT

    Jens Stoltenberg has called off a series of in-person meetings in Germany and Romania NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg suddenly canceled his visit to Berlin on Thursday, just hours before he was due to arrive in the German capital. The military bloc’s top official has developed shingles, according to his office. Stoltenberg was scheduled to […]

  • Russian MMA star KOs man in shopping mall kissing row (VIDEO)

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 7:52am EDT

    Tempers flared in an apparent disagreement over local customs in a Dagestani shopping center Police in Dagestan are investigating after footage surfaced showing undefeated MMA star Sharaputdin Magomedov landing a brutal knockout blow during a row which erupted when the fighter called out a man and a woman for kissing in public. In a video […]

  • Moscow warns of false-flag chemical attack in Ukraine

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 6:47am EDT

    “Kiev script writers” are trying to frame the Russian military, Defense Ministry claims Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) is plotting “another provocation with the use of hazardous chemicals” as part of Kiev’s smear campaign against Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed on Wednesday, amid the ongoing military offensive in the neighboring country. Speaking at a briefing, […]

  • US Senator suggests cocaine solution to fuel crisis

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 6:00am EDT

    With gas prices so high in the country, it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere, John Kennedy says Republican senator John Kennedy has said he knows how to deal with the record-breaking gas prices in the US, suggesting that Americans would be better off using drugs instead of fuel to get […]

  • UN warns of global food ‘catastrophe’

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:59am EDT

    Millions of people could go hungry if grain exports from Russia and Ukraine decline further, according to the United Nations Up to 181 million people in 41 countries could be hit by severe food shortages this year due to the conflict in Ukraine and its impact on grain and fertilizer exports, according to a UN […]

  • Biden responds to calls for overhaul of gun laws

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:45am EDT

    The US president says he doesn’t want to “abuse” the Constitution for the sake of tougher regulations on firearms US President Joe Biden has said he doesn’t want to “abuse the Constitution” to enact tougher gun laws in response to a series of deadly mass shootings. The president made his comments on the Jimmy Kimmel […]

  • Football club fires coaches for ‘different view’ on Russia conflict

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:43am EDT

    The team said ‘those who have a different opinion’ are not welcome Ukrainian football club FC Kryvbas has sacked two coaches for apparently having dissenting views on the conflict with Russia. The club, which hails from the central Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog and plays in the country’s second tier, announced on its website that youth […]

  • Secret Service tackles Biden protester (VIDEO)

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:22am EDT

    An activist who walked in front of a motorcade was pushed to the ground and handcuffed by an agent A Secret Service agent slammed a female protester on the ground and handcuffed her after she moved in front of a motorcade near the Los Angeles Convention Center on Wednesday. The footage of the takedown was […]

  • Pentagon details plan on Ukrainian troop training

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:20am EDT

    A platoon of Ukrainian soldiers at a time will be taught how to use US rocket artillery, America’s top general says A training course on how to use American multiple-launch rocket systems takes from three to four weeks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said on Wednesday. A platoon of Ukrainian […]