Follow RT on An Italian judge in Catania has ruled that the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, Matteo Salvini, shouldn’t stand trial over claims he kidnapped a group of migrants in July 2019 when he refused to let them disembark. The allegations center around a July 2019 incident where,…
Fallout from Covid-19 crisis sees Russia report worst GDP drop since 2009 – but much less severe than most other European states
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle After 10 months of restrictions to battle Covid-19, including a period with one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, Russia’s federal statistics service says that GDP decreased by an estimated 3.1 percent in 2020. It is the first time Russia’s GDP has dropped since…