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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with an Israeli-Russian family that had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. He spoke with Aleksandr Troufanov, his mother Elena, and fiancée Sapir Cohen in the Kremlin on Wednesday. The Troufanovs immigrated to Israel from Russia in the 1990s. On October 7, 2023, …

The Ukraine conflict has been “all about Russia” from the beginning, driven by Washington’s ambition to dismantle the country as a political, economic, and military power, former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT. He was commenting on an investigation by the New York Times, which claimed that the …

US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland from Denmark is not a “crazy idea,” former NATO supreme allied commander in Europe, James Stavridis, has said. He, however, dismissed the possibility of military intervention, instead advocating for economic engagement as a means to strengthen ties with the region. Speaking at …

Former Bolivian president Evo Morales has survived an assassination attempt, a video published on his Facebook page on Sunday suggests. The politician was reportedly unharmed by the alleged attack, which reportedly injured his driver. A four-minute video taken from inside Morales’ vehicle starts with him sitting in the front seat …

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has retained his seat in the UK parliament after running as an independent in Thursday’s general election. Corbyn won 24,120 votes in London’s Islington North constituency, comfortably ahead of Labour rival Praful Nargund, who received 16,873 votes. Turnout in the constituency was 67.5%, 4% …

Western attempts to derail the Russian economy by imposing thousands of sanctions, cutting it off from the SWIFT payment system, and pressurizing Western firms to leave, have all failed, Arjun Katoch, a former UN staffer and Indian army officer asserted in an interview with RT. According to Katoch, Russia was …

Former Twitter executives who lost their jobs after Elon Musk bought the social media platform have sued the billionaire technology magnate, claiming he owes them $128 million in unpaid severance. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in US District Court in San Francisco on behalf of ex-CEO Parag Agrawal and …

The ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev is the result of a series of mistakes made by the US and its NATO allies, former Czech President Vaclav Klaus, told the World Economic Forum in Davos in a speech published on Friday. The West’s blatant disregard for the geopolitical context led …

Israel’s conflict with Palestinian militant group Hamas could become even more violent and drag on for years to come if Israeli forces launch a ground operation in Gaza, former CIA chief David Petraeus warned in an interview with Politico on Thursday. Speaking on the outlet’s Power Play podcast, the US …

The US is attempting to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia in the conflict in Ukraine, meaning Moscow has the right to defend itself by any means necessary, including nuclear weapons, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has stated. He warned that US elites should not consider themselves untouchable. Medvedev, who …