NATO membership won’t make Finland and Sweden more secure, but would likely see them fighting somebody else’s wars and hosting American bases, Dr. Jan Oberg, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, has told RT. “It’s a disastrous decision,” Oberg said …
Read More »EU’s oil embargo may benefit Russia – Swiss analyst
The ban on imports of Russian crude proposed by the EU authorities will only raise Moscow’s oil revenues, according to Norbert Rucker, head of economics and next-generation research at Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer. The impact of the ban on Russia is “debatable,” the analyst said in an interview with …
Read More »Keanu Reeves slammed over Tibet benefit concert
Following the revelation that Keanu Reeves will be appearing and performing at an upcoming benefit concert in support of protecting Tibetan culture, nationalist Chinese social media users have called for a boycott of the actor’s films, including his latest, ‘The Matrix: Resurrections’. Reeves is expected to be one of the …
Read More »Cancel culture’s benefit is that it exposes spineless celebs like Cena & Ruffalo who don’t have the courage of their convictions
It chills freedom of speech. It shuts down debate. It’s even seen a law student investigated for claiming women are born with a vagina. Cancel culture is seemingly becoming more and more influential with every passing day. Speeches, comments and interviews are now pored-over by a platoon of keyboard warriors, …
Read More »Ukraine joining NATO would not only benefit Kiev, but would also serve to strengthen US-led bloc, country’s army chief insists
In a Facebook post on Sunday, in celebration of NATO’s 72nd anniversary, Lieutenant General Ruslan Homchak revealed that Ukraine would be taking part in 15 multinational exercises this year alongside member states, with the country now one of six ‘Enhanced Opportunities Partners’. However, Homchak insists on the unlikely idea that …
Read More »Tory MPs demand easing of Covid restrictions starting March, say govt must show ‘cost-benefit’ of existing rules
Leaders of the Covid Recovery Group, which consists of 63 Conservative MPs, wrote to the British prime minister on Saturday in an effort to get the government to commit to a plan to phase out the restrictions. Noting that lockdowns cause “immense social and health damage”, the group said schools …
Read More »Taking unproven vaccine is a risk/benefit exercise – but with Covid-19 it’s worth the risk, head of China’s CDC tells RT
Professor Gao Fu, Director General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, famously participated in the clinical trial of one of the China-developed vaccines against Covid-19. In an interview with RT’s Going Underground program, he said he considered this to be the right call, and encouraged everybody to …
Read More »Russia’s Asian path may benefit stability in Europe by forcing declining EU to deal with Moscow as it is not as it wants it to be
It has pushed Moscow towards Asia, just as the global balance of power flipped. The historical shift of economic power from the West to the East is a catalyst for a revolutionary change in EU-Russian relations. While Asia continues its rise, economic stagnation and relative decline has seemingly destined Europe …
Read More »Poisoning protest leader Navalny ‘would not benefit’ Moscow, says Russian Foreign Ministry, labels Western allegations ‘offensive’
The ministry issued a statement on Tuesday evening, following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, during which the subject of Navalny was raised, among other issues. Lavrov pointed out the “suspicious haste” with which the narrative about Navalny’s alleged poisoning was …
Read More »In Russia the actress died during a rehearsal for his benefit
Premiere was to be held on the day of the 50th anniversary of the artist. Russia said goodbye to the theater and film actress Anna Sokolova, who died during a rehearsal on stage. The farewell took place in the Church and in the dramatic theatre of the city of Prokopyevsk …
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