Russia/Ukraine War
Trump says he would like to run for third term, but US laws very strict
According to the US president, "everybody wants" him to do so
Gagauzia head transferred to prison with conditions degrading to human dignity — lawyer
Sergiu Moraru says that in this prison there is often no water for two or three days
Burned-out US aircraft carrier sailors near Iran tried to jump overboard – media
Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln reportedly tried to go overboard as families raised concerns about the conditions on the ship Read Full Article at RT.com
Major US supplier recalls jalapenos amid Salmonella outbreak
Taylor Farms, a major US produce supplier, has recalled jalapeno products from grocery stores and restaurants amid a Salmonella outbreak Read Full Article at RT.com
Trump accused of using journalists as decoys amid Iranian assassination fears
News organizations have accused US President Donald Trump of using journalists as decoys amid fears of an Iranian assassination plot Read Full Article at RT.com
Canadian university cleared to shut down Ukrainian Nazi fund
A Canadian court has allowed the University of Alberta to dissolve a fund named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka Read Full Article at RT.com
EU has no idea who will pay for €90 bn Ukraine loan – MEP
The EU still has no idea how the burden of the €90 bn Ukraine loan will be distributed among member states, MEP Fabio De Masi said Read Full Article at RT.com
US company under fire after workers warned against fleeing Colombia earthquake (VIDEO)
US-based Blackstone Medical Services faces backlash after staff in Colombia was warned against leaving work during a deadly earthquake Read Full Article at RT.com
‘We’ve seen this somewhere in history before, haven’t we?’ Inside Russia’s plan to resettle 114,000 of its people in occupied Ukraine.
Over the next 20 years, Russian authorities plan to resettle nearly 114,000 Russians in the occupied Ukrainian territories. Despite the grim circumstances, some people really are …
Swedish court frees Russian couple, rules citizenship and language alone aren’t grounds for detention
A Stockholm migration court released a married Russian couple from custody after they were detained while on vacation in Sweden, the human rights organization Kovcheg reported.
Russia is recruiting women out of prisons to serve as front-line medics. A new investigation documents rape by commanders and criminal cases against the women who report it.
In 2024, Russia’s Defense Ministry launched an experiment called “Choice,” according to a new investigation by the independent Russian news outlet Verstka. The military solicited …
The US is facing a new red menace – from within
A few socialist militants are poisoning the Democratic Party Read Full Article at RT.com
How does the man behind Russia’s most soothing cartoon dog end up with an 18+ horror hit? Leonid Shmelkov’s ‘Restlessness’ strands two travelers in a roadside hotel they can’t escape.
Nepokoy (“Restlessness”), a feature-length art-house animation for adults, is now playing in Russian theaters. That in itself is news: 18+ animation is a real rarity not only in R…
Hundreds of teenagers waited hours outside Russia’s Supreme Court to witness the only antiwar party lose its place on the ballot. Then a police officer raised a megaphone to talk about draft offices.
All day on August 10, Russia’s Supreme Court heard a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Yabloko (“Apple”) party’s registration for the State Duma elections. Hundreds of people stood ou…
Sergey Nedovodin, St. Petersburg radio founder, dies at 61 after being beaten outside his Moscow home
Sergey Nedovodin, a founder and former executive director of the radio station Ekho Peterburga, has died at 61, the station’s Telegram channel reported.
The son of ‘Orthodox oligarch’ Igor Altushkin (who funds Russian churches and a battalion in Ukraine) crashed the family Lamborghini into a house in Yekaterinburg, injuring a combat veteran
A purple Lamborghini crashed into a house at 1 Otradnaya Street in Yekaterinburg on the evening of August 11, according to news outlet E1.ru and the Telegram channel “Baza,” which…
Russia’s Central Bank approves Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT for exchange trading — with limits for retail investors
Russia’s Central Bank has added Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether (USDT) to its list of cryptocurrencies approved for trading on exchanges, the regulator said in a statement.
Putin’s motorcade stopped in Novosibirsk for a ‘spontaneous’ crowd of children. They had been waiting more than two hours — by a gas station with no gas.
Putin stopped his motorcade during a visit to Novosibirsk and got out to greet a crowd of local residents who had been waiting for him along the road. Eyewitness video shows the m…
Is the EU’s African migrant hubs plan dead on arrival?
European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber wants to ship illegal migrants to Africa, but the EU’s own courts could block any deportations Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow’s Gulag museum won a Council of Europe prize for its honesty about Soviet terror. The state has now replaced it with a museum about the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis.
In late 2024, Moscow’s Museum of the History of the Gulag was temporarily closed over “violations of fire safety requirements.” Even then, it was clear that this state institution…
Moscow police beat 15-year-old after AI facial recognition system misidentifies him as drug suspect
Moscow police beat a schoolboy after an AI-powered facial recognition system mistakenly flagged him as a criminal suspect, journalist Ksenia Sobchak reported.
Why the FBI is working with China and Russia, despite everything
An unexpected turn is reshaping global security beyond the old rivalries as the FBI works with Russia and China Read Full Article at RT.com
Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia must end the Ukraine war on its own terms
The old transatlantic order is weakening, but Moscow cannot afford to wait for Western divisions to solve the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com
Relatives of ex-Marine Robert Gilman feared he was dying in a Russian psychiatric ward. This week, he boarded a plane for home.
Russian authorities have released Robert Gilman, 32, a former U.S. Marine who had been serving a sentence at a penal colony in Voronezh. Vladimir Putin pardoned Gilman on humanita…