The Biden administration is “pleased” about Russia arresting several suspected hackers, including one allegedly behind the ransomware attack that led to week-long fuel shortages last year. A senior administration official, speaking with reporters on Friday, said Moscow had informed Washington about the arrests, and that one of the individuals involved …
Read More »Russia responds to US ‘false flag’ claims
After Western media carried reports, on Friday, citing unnamed US officials, claiming that Russia is preparing a “false flag” incident in order to invade Ukraine, the Kremlin has dismissed them as baseless and unfounded rumors. “So far, all these statements have been unsubstantiated and not backed up by anything,” spokesman …
Read More »White House responds to SCOTUS blocking Biden’s vax mandate
The White House has claimed the Supreme Court has blocked “common-sense life saving requirements for employers” by opposing President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 mandate on US businesses. In a Thursday statement, the president said he is “disappointed” in the court’s decision and claimed his much-contested mandate for businesses with 100 or …
Read More »Netflix responds to Ukraine’s complaint over ‘Emily in Paris’
Netflix “has heard” about the concerns of Ukrainian viewers of the series ‘Emily in Paris’, and agreed to work with Kiev to avoid “offensive” depictions of Ukrainians, the culture minister has said. On December 24, Culture Minister Aleksandr Tkachenko took to Telegram to express his dissatisfaction with the depiction of …
Read More »Moscow responds to revelations of British political interference in Russia
Britain has created a network of affiliates in Russia to influence civil society through a system of grants worth millions of dollars annually, Moscow claimed on Sunday. The sums London spends on “influencing civil society organizations … and steering Russia’s [political] course in a direction favorable for the UK … …
Read More »AOC responds to Florida holiday controversy
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has responded to the wave of criticism she received over published photos of her vacationing in Florida by claiming her Republicans critics are taking out their “sexual frustrations.” Ocasio-Cortez directly responded to multiple critics on Friday after they accused her of fleeing her home state …
Read More »China responds to Russian pushback against Western attempt to dominate world
China agrees with Russia that the West’s desire for a dominant position on the world stage is unacceptable, and the two countries must work together for “mutual development,” Beijing said on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was speaking at a briefing, following a claim on Monday from Russian Foreign …
Read More »NATO boss responds to Moscow on bloc’s expansion
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization “has never promised not to expand,” Stoltenberg told Germany’s dpa news agency on Thursday. He added that the bloc’s founding treaty states that any European nation may join it. The NATO head was commenting on a set of proposals made by Moscow earlier in December …
Read More »US responds to Russian accusations over Ukraine
Writing on Twitter on Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price took aim at Shoigu. “Contrary to statements from the Russian defense minister, Russia, and its proxies are responsible for escalating tensions, not Ukraine or the United States,” Price wrote. “We call on Russia to stop using false, inflammatory rhetoric …
Read More »RT responds to German channel’s satellite broadcast ban
“The reason it is happening is because nobody wants competition,” Nikolov said on Wednesday. For the channel to get such staunch resistance in Germany is “like getting a medal,” he added, arguing that the hostile reaction only proves that the media outlet’s operations have been “phenomenally successful.” Earlier the same …
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