A Berlin court sided with German media regulator Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB) on Friday, dismissing a complaint lodged by RT DE Productions early in February. “Today, the absurd decision of the German regulator MABB was upheld by a German court. RT DE Productions must stop broadcasting RT DE,” the head of …
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There’s high dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal supplies in Germany and the EU, so giving up on them will have “massive consequences,” the CEO of German multinational energy company RWE, Markus Krebber, has warned. “An immediate stop would have unforeseen consequences for the heat supply of households,” Krebber …
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Despite their denials, Western leaders did make a promise to the USSR that NATO would not expand to Central and Eastern Europe when Moscow agreed to Germany’s reunification, Willy Wimmer, a former vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has claimed in an interview with RT on …
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Moscow has hit back at the German Chancellor, accusing him of making fun of issues around a potential genocide. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow was responding to remarks made by Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, where he appeared to dismiss claims that thousands of Ukrainian civilians …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday they have agreed to think of a solution to the broadcasting dispute, after Berlin banned RT DE and Moscow responded by banning Deutsche Welle (DW). Putin and Scholz made their comments at a joint press conference in Moscow …
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Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has visited Moscow and met with President Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office, to discuss energy security and the possibility for de-escalating the ongoing crisis around Ukraine. Putin hosted Scholz on Tuesday, where the two met for just over three hours, according to …
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Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, took to Twitter on Sunday to call out what he described as “German Hypocrisy.” The diplomat criticized Berlin for refusing to provide Kiev with weapons for “self-defence against Russian military invasion,” while selling dual-use goods to Moscow in the not-so-distant past. Melnyk cited an …
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RT DE will take legal action against Berlin’s media regulator, after the watchdog ordered it to shut down its streams as part of a growing international row, the team behind the German-language channel has confirmed. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the outlet announced its intention to challenge the …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron on February 7, and with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on February 15, the Kremlin said on Friday. Both events will be followed by joint press conferences. Putin and Macron last spoke on Thursday evening, which was their third …
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The Russian office of the German state broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW), is to be closed as part of the “first round” of a response to Berlin’s “unfriendly actions” against RT DE, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The German outlet will also be barred from broadcasting in Russia …
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