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Barbarism behind bars: Rape & torture in Russia’s prisons laid bare by thousands of leaked videos, human rights activists tell RT

A decade ago, Vladimir Osechkin was sentenced to seven years behind bars over fraud allegations brought by the daughter of…

3 years ago

Rocket carrying Russian crew behind bid to shoot first ever feature-length film in space blasts off ahead of docking with ISS

Actress Yulia Peresild, movie-maker Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport in a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.…

3 years ago

Could the CIA be behind the leak of the Pandora Papers, given their curious lack of focus on US nationals?

On October 3, the Washington, DC-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) announced the leak of almost three terabytes of…

3 years ago

Saudi-Canadian Islamic State narrator, ‘voice behind violence’ in terror group’s gruesome videos, hit with terror charges in US

Mohammed Khalifa was charged with conspiring to provide material support to IS resulting in death, the US Department of Justice…

3 years ago

Three things lie behind Britain’s cultish obsession with James Bond: nostalgia for Empire, its national insecurity, and xenophobia

Why does the Bond cult endure? Why does 007 remain iconic despite an ageing Daniel Craig looking a bit like…

3 years ago

The mess Merkel leaves behind could eventually lead to the collapse of the EU. Now that would be a legacy to be proud of

One thing is for certain, Germany will have a new chancellor next week. This is important, not only for Germany,…

3 years ago

Kremlin says ECHR’s claim Russia behind Litvinenko poisoning ‘unfounded,’ arguing court has no evidence of Moscow’s involvement

Speaking to journalists after the court gave its verdict on Tuesday, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that justices had…

3 years ago

‘There will be more pandemics’: Immunologist behind mRNA technology working on vaccine against ALL coronaviruses

The effort to create a ‘pan-coronavirus’ jab is being spearheaded by US immunologist Drew Weissman, whose research paved the way…

3 years ago

Afghanistan after the US: Human stories behind America’s longest lost war

The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, accusing the Taliban government of sheltering Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, blamed for…

3 years ago

Vietnamese man gets FIVE YEARS behind bars for breach of Covid-19 quarantine & spreading virus

The accused, Le Van Tri, was charged with “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to people,” a crime which carries a penalty…

3 years ago