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Gazprom has reported drone strikes on the TurkStream pipeline infrastructure in Krasnodar Region · FILE PHOTO. Russkaya compressor station, part of the gas pipeline system that supplies gas to the Turkish Stream. Krasnodar Region, Russia. © Getty Images / Vitaly Timkiv;  RIA Novosti · [RT] Kiev has been deliberately attacking the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline in an…

Brussels looks set to bypass Hungary’s block on the €90 million “aid” package via accounting shenanigans By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rachel-marsden/rachelmarsden.com · Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky ©  Sean Gallup / Getty Images · [RT] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian leader…

The allegation comes after Hungary impounded two Ukrainian cash trucks as part of a money laundering investigation · Zoltan Kovacs ©  Thierry Monasse / Getty Images · [RT] The Hungarian authorities have proof that Ukraine is covertly channeling funds to the opposition Tisza Party ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections next month, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has said. · Speaking at the Hour of Truth…

The demonstrators have denounced new German legislation to set up conscription via lottery · Students take part in the ‘School strike against the draft’ in Berlin, March 5, 2026. ©  Omer Messinger / Getty Images · Several-thousand high school students have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest a recently adopted law that could lead to the reinstatement of compulsory military service. · Under the new Military Service…

European Council head Antonio Costa has rebuked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for celebrating the conflict · FILE PHOTO. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa. ©  Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images · [RT] European Council President Antonio Costa has issued a rebuke to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her support for…

The regulation targets all third-country nationals who are staying in the bloc illegally · FILE PHOTO: Migrants escorted by police to Brezice refugee camp, Rigonce, Slovenia, October 23, 2015. ©  Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images · [RT] The European Parliament is expected to vote this month on a proposal streamlining the deportation of migrants who are staying in the bloc illegally, including rejected asylum seekers, visa…

The attempt to topple the government in Tehran is pushing the Middle East into an increasingly deadly spiral of destruction · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rt-newsroom/ By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rt-newsroom/ ·…

South Africa should work more closely with the Latin American country and stop buying foreign arms, President Lula da Silva has said · ©  AP Photo/Luis Nova · [RT] Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on fellow BRICS member South Africa to boost defense cooperation and reduce their reliance on foreign arms, warning that the two nations could be vulnerable to “invasion.” · US President Donald Trump has…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has acknowledged that the bloc’s nuclear phase-out was a “strategic mistake” · EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse · [RT] The EU’s decades-long retreat from nuclear energy was a “strategic mistake,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has admitted, stating the bloc must now rebuild the industry. · Speaking at the…

The bloc has given Kiev €195 billion in aid since 2022, top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said · EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas speaks during the EU Ambassadors Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on March 9, 2026. ©  EU COUNCIL / POOL / HANDOUT · [RT] The European Union has spent €195 billion on Ukraine since the escalation of its conflict with Russia four years ago, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. She…