Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described as unlikely a scenario in which a “full-blown war” would break out between his country and Russia. However, should “military action against Ukraine and an escalation of the conflict begin,” his government would impose martial law, he revealed in a major address to the nation …
Read More »The Minsk Protocols: Seven years on, is there hope for peace in eastern Ukraine?
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Read More »‘Nothing is black & white, there’s ambiguity’ – In From the Cold actor on what she likes about the series
Netflix’s In From the Cold is currently in the top ten most popular series on the service. One of the lead roles – that of Svetlana Petrova – was played by Russian actor Alyona Khmelnitskaya. In an exclusive interview with RT, she spoke about the shoot, her experience of working …
Read More »There is nothing wrong with Helen Mirren playing Golda Meir
Should an actor’s religion or ethnicity matter when they play a role? Well according to British screen legend Dame Maureen Lipman, it should. She has criticised the casting of fellow British acting icon Dame Helen Mirren as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the upcoming Hollywood biopic, Golda. In an …
Read More »JK Rowling denies ever saying ‘there are only two genders’
Author JK Rowling, a controversial figure for her outspoken views on gender issues, has again attempted to explain her thoughts on the subject, insisting there is a clear difference between biology and personal identity. Responding to an article published earlier this week entitled “Poll: Most Americans Agree With JK Rowling, …
Read More »There will be no more NATO expansion – Russia
At upcoming talks with Washington, Moscow will not only obstruct but will put a complete stop to any eastwards expansion of the US-led NATO military bloc, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to news agency Interfax, Sergey Ryabkov said his country would go into the negotiations with …
Read More »Russians understand the very real threat of food shortages – there’s now a global risk
However, rising prices and increasingly insecure supply chains are posing a risk to people in Russia and around the world. In a recent interview, Svein Tore Holsether, the chief executive of one of the largest global fertilizer producers, Yara International, warned that rising gas prices could create a worldwide food …
Read More »There’s an obvious next target for regime change by the West
A secret video shows former and current EU, UK, and US diplomats conducted a clandestine meeting with a representative of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a political movement-cum-party designated as a terrorist group by the Ethiopian government. On November 21 they discussed what amounted to an effective greenlighting of a …
Read More »The Waukesha massacre is not a ‘crash’ and there’s nothing ‘accidental’ about it
Across the mainstream media, the incident in Waukesha, Wisconsin that left dozens more injured after sex offender Brooks drove through the parade is referred to as a ‘crash’. It wasn’t a crash. It was a massacre. And if you take into account the content of Brooks’ social media account, his admiration of …
Read More »The US is hurting democracy around the world, and there’s data to prove it
Of all places, the news of this democratic decline was recently reported in the New York Times. According to data from V-Dem, the US and its allies (defined as countries with a formal or implied mutual defense commitment) have accounted for only 5% of worldwide increases in democracy in the …
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