Russia/Ukraine War
UK’s Burnham calls for more housing for illegal immigrants
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for asylum seekers to be housed more widely as small-boat crossings continue Read Full Article at RT.com
Minister announces recovery in Russia's economic growth rates
According to Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, the recovery in growth rates was first observed in March and is continuing despite persistent external pressure
NATO Council says Russia 'bears responsibility' for drone incidents in Romania, Poland
The alliance intends to strengthen defenses on its eastern flank "from the Baltic to the Black Sea" and continue providing support to Ukraine
Moscow’s response for seizing Russian vessels will put West in its place – Carl Zha to RT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to retaliate to Western “piracy” and attacks on commercial shipping in kind Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia’s annualized GDP gains 0.6% in 1H — ministry
Accoridng to he Russian Economic Development Ministry, growth in the second quarter was driven by robust domestic demand and positive performance across several sectors of the rea…
US NGO calls on Congress to block Turkey’s transfer of cluster munitions to Kiev
Dumping obsolete cluster munitions into a conflict creates a humanitarian liability for civilians, Deputy Washington director at Human Rights Watch Nicole Widdersheim noted
How much of Russia’s biggest grain port did Ukraine’s drones just knock offline?
Ukrainian drones damaged two grain terminals at the port of Novorossiysk overnight, the Russian business daily Vedomosti and Reuters reported.
Annual inflation in Russia totals 5.98% in July — Rosstat
Food prices rose by 0.29% in July month-on-month
What disease is forcing Russian officials to slaughter pigs in the Tyumen region? They won’t say, except to describe it as ‘very dangerous.’
In Russia’s Tyumen region, authorities in several villages of the Golyshmanovsky district have begun seizing pigs from farmers and killing the animals, citing an unidentified dise…
Rosstat preliminarily estimates Russia’s GDP growth in Q2 2026 at 1.3%
GDP growth was driven primarily by retail trade turnover, food service turnover and freight turnover
American mercenary Conor Kennedy arrested in absentia in Russia, placed on wanted list
He participated in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian forces incognito
Deflation in Russia equals 0.06% from August 4 to 10 — Rosstat
Consumer prices in Russia gained 4.69% year-to-date
Houthis lose over 80 fighters in Yemen in six days — TV
Yemeni government forces launched artillery and drone strikes against the rebels in northern Dhale Governorate on Tuesday evening
‘A hostile world’: As fear and mistrust reshape everyday life in wartime Russia, some are still finding ways to build community
Inside Russia, loneliness has become one of the war’s less visible but pervasive consequences. Many people are afraid to interact with others, because even an innocent conversatio…
Closing Strait of Hormuz to virtually wipe out growth in British economy in 2027 — TV
According to the analysis, the British economy could face a recession, if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed until spring
Inflation in Iran to peak at 300% — US President Trump
The International Monetary Fund expects inflation rate in Iran to reach 69% this year
OPEC+ states’ output up by almost 1.4 mbd in July
The alliance’s production volume amounted to 28.928 mbd
Russian troops hammer Ukrainian fuel tanks, ship with military cargo in new strikes
Russian troops hit a Ukrainian patrol boat at the Ochakov port in the Nikolayev Region
Tyumen Region Imposes Mass Pig Culls Over Mystery Outbreak
The incident follows a similar livestock culling after a pasteurellosis outbreak in the Novosibirsk region earlier this year.
US forces in complete control over Strait of Hormuz — President Trump
According to the US leader, Iran has "no Navy and no Air Force"
Baltic not NATO’s internal sea, Polish president warns
Although this follows from cartography and map analysis, in fact this is not entirely the case, Karol Nawrocki pointed out
Russian government postpones diamond export duty to March 1, 2027
The Russian government planned to introduce an 8% duty on diamonds exported outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union
Russia-China trade turnover up 25% year-on-year in January-June to $135 bln
According to Chairman of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia Zhou Liqun, the number of Chinese enterprises in Russia's Far East is growing, alongside their operating inco…
Vance dresses down Zelensky over Black Sea tanker attacks – FT
The US warned Ukraine against attacking tankers using a Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal co-owned by American firms, according to the FT Read Full Article at RT.com