Asked during a press briefing on Wednesday whether the US administration is concerned about the retaliatory measures promised by Moscow, Psaki said the ongoing diplomatic contacts were a “good sign” for strained US-Russia ties. “The good sign is that there’s an open line of diplomatic discussion and engagement that is …
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Speaking as part of an exclusive interview with RT on Wednesday, Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is facing a series of challenges on the world stage, both in terms of a growing standoff over Ukraine and in relations with other states. Freedom of Press According to the country’s top diplomat, …
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Moscow-based channel RT DE was taken off air by the European satellite service Eutelsat on Wednesday. The operator said it had done so at the request of Germany’s media regulator, MABB, as well as that of the EU-wide body the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services. Speaking to NTV …
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Taking to the floor as part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Sergey Shoigu said that his army “cooperates with the armed forces of 109 countries.” “This clearly demonstrates the futility of attempts by Western countries to isolate Russia in the international arena,” he remarked. The …
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In the lawsuit, filed this week in the Northern District of California, Berenson accused Twitter of breach of contract and of violating his First Amendment rights. The alleged breach of contract stems from the fact that Berenson claims a Twitter executive had repeatedly assured him that he would be free …
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“The reason it is happening is because nobody wants competition,” Nikolov said on Wednesday. For the channel to get such staunch resistance in Germany is “like getting a medal,” he added, arguing that the hostile reaction only proves that the media outlet’s operations have been “phenomenally successful.” Earlier the same …
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Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, remarked that “as of 1991, Ukraine had the third largest nuclear capability in the world,” referring to its inherited arsenal of warheads from the collapse of the Soviet Union. He noted that Kiev “voluntarily gave this …
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But what is the point of Zelensky in the first place? It’s a question that many in Ukraine must be wondering about the one-time comedian who now serves in Kiev’s top job. Elected in 2019, Zelensky came to power promising to end the war in Donbass; heal the linguistic, economic …
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According to the complaint, in June 2019 Armstrong offered financial backing to Knowledgr, a platform used to distribute scientific papers with tokens offered as an incentive. He also promised the opportunity to list the tokens on Coinbase. All that was done so he could use confidential information for ResearchHub, a …
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Speaking to the press on Tuesday, US Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby completely denied all suggestions of any American plans to stage an incident. “Those statements by Minister Shoigu are completely false… they’re false,” Kirby said, in response to a question from a reporter. Earlier on Tuesday, at …
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