Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Sofia Sapega, the Russian partner of the detained political activist Roman Protasevich, has applied for clemency from the Belarusian president, after being charged with inciting social hatred, her stepfather has revealed. Speaking to radio station Echo of Moscow, Sergey Dudich said that Sapega had…
Russia using gas as blackmail tool – Ukraine
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Russia is purposefully keeping the level of gas delivered to Western and central Europe at a low level in order to force Germany to certify the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Ukraine’s Gas Transport System has claimed. In a Monday Facebook post, Sergey…
Kremlin comments on halt of Russian gas supplies to Germany
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The stopping of Russian gas supplies to Germany via the Yamal-Europe network is not political or related to the wait for certification of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The previous day, it was reported that state-owned giant Gazprom, the…
Regional governor bans all foreigners from driving taxis
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The leader of Russia’s Tyumen region has issued a decree completely banning all foreigners from working in the public transport system, in a move that will force taxi and bus companies to only hire drivers with a Russian passport. The move follows announcements made…
EU leader urges NATO to move troops to eastern front
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle With tensions rising between Russia and NATO, the US-led military bloc should move troops to Eastern Europe as soon as possible and develop an action plan to battle any aggression from Moscow, the Lithuanian president has said. According to Interfax-Ukraine, Gitanas Nauseda said on…
Gazprom halts gas transit to Germany via Yamal pipeline
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Deliveries of Russian natural gas to Germany through the Yamal-Europe pipeline have been completely halted, data from the country’s transport operator, Gascade, revealed on Tuesday morning. The suspension of the flow comes after a weekend in which the volume being sent through the network…
China responds to attempts to divide Russia from Beijing
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle China’s close relations with Russia will not weaken, and the two countries will always remain friends, even if there are changes in the international geopolitical situation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. Wang’s comments come less than a week after Russian President…
EU demands inclusion in Russia & US/NATO security talks
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The EU should play a major role in discussions between Russia and NATO on the future of security in Europe, the bloc’s foreign policy chief insisted on Monday, suggesting Moscow and Washington also invite his organization. Josep Borrell, who has served as the EU’s…
Kremlin lashes out at ‘dangerous fools’
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Those who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and actively attempt to convince others to reject jabs are “dangerous fools,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said on Sunday. Dmitry Peskov was speaking to a special TV program about the second year of living…
Top film director apologizes after rift with Putin over breaking up Russia
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Russian film director Alexander Sokurov has written to the head of the country’s Human Rights Council (HRC) apologising for causing a scandal after suggesting Moscow cut off the North Caucasus to protect the country’s cohesion. Earlier this month, during a meeting with the HRC,…
Ukraine faces heating cuts as fuel crisis worsens – media
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Several regions of Ukraine are facing heating cuts due to critically low fuel reserves at thermal power plants, the Kiev-based weekly newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli claimed on Thursday, citing a report by the country’s Security Service. According to the publication, the SBU sent the Ukrainian…
Russia reveals security proposals to West
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle With relations between Russia and the US-led NATO bloc at an all-time low, Moscow has handed the West proposals for security guarantees that it says it hopes will help end the current crisis and start to normalize relations. The draft documents, which were given…
American arrested for trying to spy for Russia
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The US Department of Justice has arrested a former defense contractor on criminal charges related to alleged espionage attempts after he sent classified information to an FBI employee posing as a Russian agent. John Murray Rowe Jr., who now faces life in prison, was…
China supports Russia in NATO demands – Moscow
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Chinese President Xi Jinping is fully supportive of Russia’s plan to work out security guarantees with NATO to protect its western border, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday. Ushakov’s comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Xi via video link….
Ukraine, Georgia & Moldova issue joint statement on EU
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The leaders of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova have published a joint statement calling on the European Union to officially recognize and acknowledge the “sovereign choice” of the three nations to become members of the bloc. Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are part of the Eastern…
Ukraine’s Zelensky calls for sanctions against Russia now
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the EU to apply pre-emptive sanctions against Russia before any potential military escalation, suggesting that threats of harsh measures after an invasion would be too late. Speaking on Wednesday in Brussels following the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit…
New German foreign minister calls for renewed talks on eastern Ukraine
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Germany’s foreign minister has called on Russia and Ukraine to resume talks over the Donbass conflict to ease tensions around concerns about a reportedly increased Russian troop presence on the frontier between the two countries. Speaking during a trip to Stockholm, Annalena Baerbock suggested…
Germany convicts Russian of murdering Chechen separatist in Berlin
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle A German court has sentenced a Russian man to life in prison after he was found guilty of murdering Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, two years after a killing that caused a diplomatic rift between Berlin and Moscow. According to the prosecutors, the Russian security…
Russians polled on where blame for Ukraine crisis lies
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Just 4% of Russians believe the recent increase in tensions with Ukraine has been caused by Moscow, with the majority blaming either the US, NATO, or Kiev, a new poll has revealed. The survey, conducted by the Levada Center, also revealed that only 15%…
Russia’s top spy comments on alleged Navalny ‘replacement’
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Intelligence agencies in the West realize that interest in Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is declining, and they are already looking for his replacement, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has claimed. Speaking to the Moscow newspaper Argumenty i Fakty on Wednesday, Sergey…
Pair get combined 31 years for killing notorious mafia leader
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle A court in Moscow has sentenced two defendants to a combined 31 years behind bars after they were found guilty of murdering Vyacheslav Ivankov, a notorious mafia kingpin who was shot dead in the street in 2009. Jambul Janashia and Murtazi Shadania were given…
German tabloid reveals who blocked NATO arms supplies to Ukraine
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel personally blocked NATO from supplying arms to Ukraine by using its veto within the structure of the US-led military bloc, Berlin tabloid Bild claimed on Tuesday. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper reported that, in May, Germany blocked the delivery…
US explains how it will respond if Russia attacks Ukraine
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The US is considering sending troops to Eastern Europe in case the situation over Ukraine escalates, the White House said on Monday, warning that the American military could be mobilized. Speaking at a press briefing, spokeswoman Jen Psaki responded to a journalist asking whether…
Russia warns about frozen ancient viruses
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The melting of permafrost due to global warming may not only lead to the release of methane gasses and potential devastation to arctic infrastructure but could also see old viruses and bacteria waking up, Russia has warned. Speaking to the TV channel Zvezda, senior…
Putin comments on collapse of USSR
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a tragedy and saw the disintegration of a historical Russia that had been built up over a thousand years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Speaking as part of a TV documentary on the…
$70k reward offered for evidence of Navalny poisoning
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The team of imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has announced a reward of up to five million rubles ($68,100) for information on his alleged poisoners, it revealed on Thursday. According to a brand new website created by his entourage, evidence is sought to…
Russian vaccine exports exceed $1bn in 2021
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle In the first ten months of 2021, Russia exported at least $1.2 billion of vaccines for humans, including the country’s domestically produced Sputnik V Covid-19 jab, Moscow daily RBK reported on Friday. Citing data from the Federal Customs Service, the publication revealed that exports…
Putin says Russian government was swarming with CIA officers
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle In the 1990s and the early 2000s, the Russian government was swarming with CIA workers, and they eventually had to be “cleaned out” and sent back to the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday. Speaking to a meeting of the Council for…
Ukraine responds to Russian claims about Kerch incident
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle The Ukrainian Navy ship Donbass did not enter restricted waters in the Kerch Strait, and accusations that it was a threat to navigation safety are “fake,” Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation said on Thursday night. The statement came after Russia’s Federal Security Service accused the…
NATO hopes that tensions on Russia-Ukraine border have been reduced – Stoltenberg
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Following this week’s video summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden, NATO is hopeful that no military action will be seen on the Russia-Ukraine border. That’s according to General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, who was speaking remotely at a meeting…