In the statement, released on Wednesday morning, the country’s national media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said that it “demands all restrictions be lifted from the YouTube channels RT DE and Der Fehlende Part (DFP), run by the news outlet RT, as soon as possible.” According to the authorities, failure to do so …
Read More »Plenty more subs in the sea: AUKUS nuclear deal could end up pushing Russia and China closer together but dividing Europe
Moscow’s power, often denigrated and exaggerated at the same time in the characteristically contradictory style of its Western opponents, is not comparable to that of the war-addicted post-Cold War USA, but it is enough to matter. From Central Europe to the Sea of Japan, the country has regional security interests …
Read More »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, but also for Europe, and, indeed, the world. The German chancellor is not only the highest ranking politician in Germany – the president is largely ceremonial – it also comes …
Read More »A win for Social Democrat Scholz in German elections could be a shot in the arm for Europe’s left after a decade on the sickbed
The German election this Sunday is painfully too close to call, because such is the confluence of opinion in Deutschland that, apart from the left and the right, everyone pretty much stands for the same thing. How to choose when everyone looks the same? They love to talk of colourful …
Read More »How France’s fury over its sub snub – and Boris’s condescending put down of Macron – could wreck peace in Northern Ireland
Boris Johnson rubbed salt in French wounds with his insolent “donnez-moi un break” remark on the AUKUS row that erupted after the loss of a lucrative submarine contract for Paris. And if that weren’t bad enough, Johnson’s supercilious English accent bastardizing the French language was bound to have really got …
Read More »Australia made ‘very clear’ to France submarine deal could be scrapped, PM Morrison says, after Paris brands it ‘stab in the back’
Speaking to radio 5aa, Morrison affirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron was made well aware that Canberra was considering other options that would serve Australia’s “national interest.” The Australian prime minister claimed he made it “very clear” in late June while dining with his French counterpart that there were “significant …
Read More »Early launch of Nord Stream 2 could ‘balance’ EU gas market & stop price surge – Kremlin
“Undoubtedly, the early commissioning of Nord Stream 2 will significantly balance the price parameters for natural gas in Europe, including on the physical market; this is obvious,” the official said, commenting on the unprecedented rise in European gas prices over the past 24 hours. He stressed that given the current …
Read More »‘Smell of metal & flesh was so strong you could taste it’: 9/11 RT witness says it took him 20 years to watch the footage he shot
Exactly 20 years ago John Burns grabbed a camera and ran outside shortly after the first hijacked plane hit the 110-storey World Trade Center tower. He filmed as crowds of astonished and terrified New Yorkers stood still at the sight of giant clouds of smoke rising into the sky. “I …
Read More »9/11: The spies inside Al-Qaeda who could have prevented the attacks
The conventional wisdom, oft-repeated in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is that it is extremely difficult to recruit informers and deploy infiltrators against Al-Qaeda, due to its extremely compartmentalised cell structure. In reality, in the run-up to 9/11, British, French and American intelligence all had spies capable of …
Read More »Freezing Afghanistan’s assets, aid funds could ‘throw millions into poverty’ & spark ‘massive’ refugee crisis, UN envoy warns
The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, issued the dire warning during a briefing to the Security Council in New York on Thursday, arguing that ordinary Afghans will suffer dearly if the international community halts the flow of aid dollars into the country in order to “deny” the Taliban resources. …
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