Russia/Ukraine War
Bill Gates’ daughter intentionally rigged shopping app commissions – Bloomberg
Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe has been accused of knowingly using a scheme that inflated commissions at her shopping startup Phia Read Full Article at RT.com
Thirteen countries join coalition to ensure security in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
A Saudi representative has been appointed commander of the coalition
US vice president reveals Washington’s top priority in Iran conflict
JD Vance pointed out that the goal number one is to keep oil and gas cheap for Americans all over the country
Leica kicked out Russian photographer from shortlist after Ukrainian complaints
Leica has removed Russian photographer Valery Melnikov’s Mariupol series from its Oskar Barnack Award shortlist over his RIA Novosti work Read Full Article at RT.com
Houthis fire two missiles at military airfield near Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemeni government forces launched drone strikes on Ansar Allah fighters and barracks in the western part of Taiz Governorate
Two Emirati vessels come under attack in Strait of Hormuz
No one was injured in the incident
Tokyo's remarks on Putin's visit to Kurils absolutely unacceptable — Russian MFA
Japanese officials have gone so far as to brazenly tell Moscow which regions of its own country its leader can visit, Maria Zakharova noted
‘This is Khorosho,’ the Russian YouTube channel that reviewed viral videos for 16 years, is shutting down after copyright disputes
Blogger Stas Davydov has announced that “This is Khorosho” (“This Is Good”), a YouTube channel known for its humorous reviews of viral videos, is shutting down. Its creators decid…
Palestinian families besieged by Israeli ‘terrorists’ – US envoy (VIDEO)
US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has branded Israeli settlers besieging several Palestinian homes in the West Bank “terrorists” Read Full Article at RT.com
Finnish court rejects Russian family’s asylum bid despite opposition support, mother’s illness
A Finnish court has rejected an appeal by the family of Russian national Valentin Sergienko against a decision by the country’s migration service, Migri, to deny them political as…
Monument to Soviet military commander Vasily Margelov to be dismantled in Dnepropetrovsk
The document was adopted on August 11
Russia’s FSB moves to eliminate the border zone with annexed Ukraine, despite lack of control over claimed regions
In the Rostov and Voronezh regions, as well as in annexed Crimea, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is dismantling the border zone that separates Russia from Russian-occupie…
Ukraine delivers NATO instructors by ships, which it asks Russia not to hit, expert says
Military expert Vitaly Kiselyov noted that Ukraine has long been using civilian vessels to transport military cargo and deploy its combat systems
CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Trump assassination plot claims – WaPo
The CIA has reportedly notified the Trump administration that the alleged Iranian plot to attack his plane in Türkiye was implausible Read Full Article at RT.com
Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets made the Bolshoi’s name. Now the theater may have to pay his assistant for the privilege of dancing them.
Shortly before he died, the renowned choreographer Yuri Grigorovich gave his assistant, Ruslan Pronin, the copyright to 11 of his productions free of charge, the magazine Post- re…
An underground network of Russians says it’s helped Ukraine hit nine refineries. Almost everything we know about the group comes from one man — a former Gazprom executive.
The BBC Russian Service interviewed Igor Volobuev, a former senior executive at Gazprom and Gazprombank who now fights for Ukraine. Born in Ukraine, Volobuev spent more than 30 ye…
Political prisoner disappears from Ukrainian penal colony after interrogation — officials
He is serving a sentence for distributing Russian humanitarian aid in the Kiev region in 2022
World Dancing Sport Federation lifts previously-imposed sanctions against Russia
The International Olympic Committee announced a decision on July 7 to provisionally lift an earlier-imposed suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and also recommended liftin…
A dating bot with no age verification just got banned in Kazakhstan, and it’s the same one Russia used to brand Telegram founder Pavel Durov a ‘terrorist’
A court in Kazakhstan banned the Telegram dating chatbot “Daivinchik,” the Kazakhstani news outlet Tengri News reported.
Russian plot to kill Ukrainian American thwarted in Warsaw, says Polish PM
Donald Tusk says it is first time ‘someone on the order of Russia’ has sought to attack US citizen in Nato countryA Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was…
For decades, Putin has offered Japan a compromise on the Kuril Islands. So why, on his first visit to the islands this week, did he talk about Russians’ ‘genetic code of winners’ instead?
Since taking power, Vladimir Putin has pursued a peace treaty with Japan, asserting Russia’s sovereignty over the islands while saying he is willing to negotiate on the basis of t…
Japan is arming for a long range fight, and China is worried
Tokyo is building a military and intelligence architecture very different from the one that defined its postwar era Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia orders in-absentia arrest of comedian Sasha Dolgopolov on Nazism-rehabilitation charges
A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of comic Sasha Dolgopolov in absentia. The news outlet Mediazona had earlier reported that a request for his arrest had been submitted to the…
US lost quarter of its Reaper drones in Iran war – WaPo
The US military has lost a quarter of its pre-war stock of MQ-9 Reaper drones while fighting Iran, the Washington Post has reported Read Full Article at RT.com