Being prepared to accept Russia’s requests to rule out NATO expansion closer to its borders would be an unprecedented loss of dignity for the US and the military bloc, Ukraine has said as tensions grow between the West and Moscow. In an interview with RBK Ukraine published on Tuesday, Foreign …
Read More »US democracy failing at home, but Washington still wants to impose it abroad – Russian security official
Speaking in an interview on Sunday with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, First Deputy Secretary Yuri Averyanov slammed the recent US-hosted ‘Summit for Democracy,’ insisting that “American elites are seeking to persuade themselves that their country is still the only superpower, that its global dominance is unchallengeable, and that the entire world aligns …
Read More »Washington Post deletes scandalous tweet about parade massacre
The tweet was posted on Thursday with a caption reading, “Here’s what we know so far on the sequence of events that led to the Waukesha tragedy caused by a SUV.” The article linking to the message similarly blamed the vehicle for the massacre, which left six people dead and …
Read More »Macron sells out the French to Harris. Washington wins
Are the French people supposed to just forget the fact that the US is now the ultimate beneficiary of the recent cancellation of a €56 billion, 50-year French defense contract with Australia – all because Joe Biden admitted it was “clumsy” and now Kamala Harris has arrived for this week’s ‘Paris …
Read More »US and Iran are getting ever closer to war. Washington has only itself to blame
Amid growing tensions in the region, the United States and Iran carried out tit-for-tat naval exercises in the Persian Gulf designed to send a signal to the other – mess around at your own risk. The US exercises comprising six coastal patrol boats, supported by an expeditionary mobile base platform ship …
Read More »Washington blasts Belarus over migrant crisis on Polish border
State Department spokesman Ned Price urged Belarus to stop the alleged encouragement and facilitation of illegal migration. “As long as the regime and Belarus refuses to respect its international obligations and commitments, undermines the peace and security of Europe and continues to repress and abuse people seeking nothing more than …
Read More »It’s up to Washington to rescue rock bottom relations with Russia, Moscow insists after US envoy visit
In a statement issued on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said there were hopes to rescue struggling bilateral ties after US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland visited Moscow last month for talks. According to Zakharova, Nuland has a “specific task” to solve the impasse over travel permits, which …
Read More »Amnesty says US vows not to torture Assange ‘aren’t worth paper they’re written on’ due to Washington’s dismal human rights record
During the second day of Washington’s appeal in London’s High Court to extradite Assange, Crowther warned that the assurances made by lawyers representing the US should not be trusted, pointing out that the country has a problem with respecting basic human rights. Noting that Amnesty International considers prolonged solitary confinement …
Read More »Washington to let Julian Assange serve sentence in Australia if convicted after extradition to US, legal document shows
The US government has begun its appeal against an initial decision by a UK court that denied a request to extradite Assange, claiming there was a high risk he would commit suicide if handed over to American law enforcement. At the start of the two-day hearing in the High Court …
Read More »Washington ‘strongly opposes’ West Bank settlement expansion as Israel moves forward with thousands of new homes
The US Department of State condemned the new push by Tel Aviv to expand its settlement program, stating the move undermines peace efforts and makes prospects of ever reaching a two-state solution even bleaker. “We are deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, …
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