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Yuri Pilipson, the director of the Ministry’s Fourth European Department, told RIA Novosti on Thursday that recent NATO manoeuvres risked creating tensions. “It is quite obvious that this kind of ‘training’ provokes, rather than prevents, conflict situations,” he said. The diplomat added that Russia will do whatever it takes to …

There’s a push towards lab-grown diamonds, 7 million carats were produced last year, but mined diamond production was still far greater at 111 million. The world’s biggest jeweller recently announced it would only sell lab-grown diamonds. Mass market brand Pandora switched for ethical reasons and also because the price is about …

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that forces from Israel and Palestine carried out attacks during the May 2021 conflict that violated the laws of war and “apparently amount to war crimes.”  In their report, which brings together data from 30 interviews with eyewitnesses of Israeli attacks, video footage, …

However, apparently casting doubt on NATO’s Article V collective defense pact, the Russian leader claimed that even if Moscow had sunk the vessel, it wouldn’t have led to World War III. President Vladimir Putin has slammed the violation of Russian territorial waters by British warship HMS Defender as a “provocation.” He also …

The victory of Ebrahim Raisi, the current chief justice of Iran, in the recent presidential election went along expected lines. As the favourite of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an experienced insider supported by key state institutions of the Islamic Republic, and a cleric with a huge following among …

The network has also noted the term’s “specific meaning in South African history” as part of its reasoning for the move, according to an “internal advisory note” reported in the Australian.  While some of the network’s coverage has managed to stay away from using the word, it has still made …

Drone footage taken by RT’s video agency Ruptly in Gaza on Friday shows local residents navigating past a number of destroyed and damaged buildings. One high-rise is shown completely imploded; all that remains are several fragments of the stairwell, hanging off the neighboring building. Two other multistory buildings can be …

National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat was authorized to start talks with Egypt on the ceasefire initiative, to work out the details and the starting date, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening local time. The truce was proposed by Egypt and will be “mutual and unconditional,” the Israeli cabinet said …

In an unclassified report released on Tuesday by Avril Haines, the US director of national intelligence, officials were optimistic about their Russian counterparts’ intentions to strengthen bilateral ties. “We expect Moscow to seek opportunities for pragmatic cooperation with Washington,” the analysis stated. However, it added that the Kremlin would insist …

On Friday, a source at the Turkish foreign ministry told TASS that it had received a notification from Washington that two US warships would pass through the Bosporus straits and into the Black Sea. Under international law, Ankara controls access to the inland body of water for certain types of …