Even as Russia warns that increasing Western military activity in the Arctic may spark conflicts, the Pentagon is raising concern over another perceived threat in the region: climate change. US military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic have already seen damage from changing weather patterns, including cracked runways and increased …
Read More »Pre-emptive use of force perfectly fine to thwart threats to US and its allies, John Bolton tells RT
John Bolton, the former National Security Advisor to US President Donald Trump, spoke to RT’s Oksana Boyko about why he believed Russia’s behavior in Ukraine was unjustified, unlike the many military campaigns the White House has waged over the years. Bolton, the recurring joke goes, has never seen a US …
Read More »India buys more Russian oil despite US threats
India’s state-run refiner, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), has bought two million barrels of Russian oil for loading in May, as the country’s refiners step up efforts to secure crude from Moscow at a discount, regional media reported on Thursday. The crude was sold by European trader Vitol and is the …
Read More »Chess star doubles down on Putin support despite death threats
Russian chess star Sergey Karjakin has reiterated his support for President Vladimir Putin, saying he “could not remain silent” despite being subjected to death threats and potential sanctions from the sports authorities. Karjakin, who was born in the Crimean city of Simferopol and backed the reintegration of the peninsula into …
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 …
Read More »Russian journalists demand Putin act after ‘threats’ from Chechen leader
The editors of Russian news outlet Echo of Moscow have requested that President Vladimir Putin step in after the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called for prominent liberal reporters and outlets to be prosecuted for “aiding terrorism.” Alexey Venediktov, the radio station’s editor-in-chief, wrote on Telegram on Wednesday, “in connection …
Read More »Ex-KGB officer in Britain complains of death threats
A former agent of the Soviet Union’s main security agency KGB, who defected to the UK in 1998, has claimed that he has received seven death threats since the British authorities revealed his identity to Latvian law enforcement. According to tabloid The Mirror, Boris Karpichkov was a KGB major in …
Read More »Despite American threats, Russia says it will continue military exercises near Ukrainian border
Moscow will continue to ignore American demands that it stops military exercises near the country’s border with Ukraine because nobody has the right to dictate what Russia can do inside its own territory, the Kremlin has said. Speaking to the press on Wednesday, presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on …
Read More »Man arrested over Piers Morgan death threats
After a lengthy investigation, a man has been arrested in relation to online death threats made to TV broadcaster Piers Morgan and his eldest son, Spencer. In February 2021, Morgan revealed that he and his son had been targeted by an “internet troll.” In the violent messages, which the TV …
Read More »Israeli minister under 24/7 protection over threats from ‘Jews’
Israel’s minister of public security recently invoked the fury of right-wingers after he vowed to fight “settler violence.” The news was announced by the official in a Twitter post on Monday. From now on, Omer Barlev will be under 24/7 protection due to threats he has faced, he said. “Following …
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