The Russian Wagner private military company (PMC) – which became known around the world after it captured the Donbass town of Soledar at the beginning of the year and then helped win the long, difficult battle of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) – attempted a mutiny on the night of June 24 following a …
Read More »Russia invites UN and Red Cross experts to investigate POW camp bombing
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that it had officially invited independent experts from the UN and the Red Cross to investigate the shelling of a detention center in Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The Friday bombing killed 50 prisoners, with dozens more wounded. “In the interest of conducting an …
Read More »Experts predict the future of crypto
Many of the currently existing 19,000 cryptocurrencies will disappear in the coming years, several industry experts told CNBC, comparing the market to the early dotcom days. According to the report on Friday, many blockchain platforms will likewise cease to exist. The experts pointed to the recent collapse of the algorithmic …
Read More »Key energy market headed for crunch this winter – experts
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) market could be hit with a potentially historic shortage this winter as the world rushes to secure the super-chilled fuel, Bloomberg reported this week, citing experts. According to the sources, the EU’s plan to cut imports of piped Russian gas by two-thirds by the end …
Read More »Gas payments in rubles would backfire on EU sanctions – experts
The switch to rubles for gas payments, announced earlier this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, would force the European Union to circumvent its own anti-Russia sanctions if it wants to keep the gas flowing in, Germany’s Der Spiegel reported, citing economy experts. According to Düsseldorf economist Jens Südekum, in …
Read More »Experts warned for decades that NATO expansion would lead to war: Why did nobody listen to them?
Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine has been underway for a month now. It has already led to a global economic crisis stemming from disruptions in supply chains and rising energy prices. And although the beginning of the hostilities came as a surprise to the whole world, the current state of affairs …
Read More »Experts tell RT how Russian offensive in Ukraine will end
As Russia’s armed forces conduct an attack designed to cripple Ukraine’s military, delegations from Moscow and Kiev have held two rounds of high-stakes peace talks in Belarus. RT got in contact with Russian experts about when and how the so called “special operation” is likely to draw to a close, what this could mean for Ukraine’s sovereignty, and what …
Read More »Leading experts warned NATO expansion would lead to conflict. Why did no one listen?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked serious backlash around the world, particularly in the Western world – an understandable reaction against a war of aggression in violation of international law. However, it’s also true that this outcome had been predicted by the world’s foremost foreign-policy experts for decades. Specifically, experts …
Read More »Donbass recognition may hold key to Ukraine deadlock, experts tell RT
Russia’s move to recognize the independence of the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People’s Republics may spur negotiations that finally bring and end to the Ukrainian crisis, Vitaly Naumkin, president of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RT. “The recognition of the two republics …
Read More »Ukraine’s nuclear threats undermine European security, experts tell RT
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hints that Ukraine might review its non-nuclear status “seriously undermine European and international security,” a senior researcher at the Center for European Studies at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Vladimir Olenchenko, told RT on Sunday. The day before, in his speech at …
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