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The shift to a new global order will have to be fought for, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said · Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova talking to RT journalists. ©  RT · [RT] The future belongs to the multipolar world, but building it will not come without a struggle, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. · During an interview with RT on Thursday, dedicated to…

Berlin should pressure Kiev to agree to peace instead of issuing it with blank checks, Sahra Wagenknecht has said · FILE PHOTO: Sahra Wagenknecht addressing a BSW party congress. © Getty Images / Jens Schlueter · [RT] The German government is wasting taxpayers’ money by continuing to fund Ukraine, veteran politician Sahra Wagenknecht has said. · European nations have largely compensated for the sharp reduction of American…

The Justice Department pushed to press charges against members of Congress for urging troops to disobey · FILE PHOTO: US Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) delivering an address. © Getty Images / Paul Sancya · A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict a group of Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the US military and security agencies to “refuse illegal orders,” media outlets have reported,…

It was “entirely feasible” to achieve peace at the Alaska summit last year, the Russian foreign minister has said · FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and the European leaders holding a meeting at the White House. © Getty Images / Win McNamee · [RT]A settlement in the Ukraine conflict was close following the meeting last year between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart…

The Justice Department has been accused of improperly redacting the identities of the sex offender’s potential associates · FILE PHOTO: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) outside the US Capitol ©  Heather Diehl / Getty Images · [RT] A Democratic lawmaker has publicly identified six men whose names were redacted from government documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, adding…

Frank Bergman · An explosive detail has been discovered in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents that has been hailed as a “bombshell” finding that could “solve the mystery” surrounding the child predator. · Former State Department official Mike Benz is sounding the alarm after newly released Department of Justice (DOJ) records revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) appears to hold classified information about…

Member states should work on economic matters in small groups in the absence of unanimity, the European Commission president has said · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. ©  Philipp von Ditfurth / picture alliance via Getty Images · [RT] European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a mechanism that would further water down the European Union unanimity requirement – a key pillar…

Keir Starmer’s communications director has stepped down a day after the prime minister’s chief of staff resigned · FILE PHOTO. Larry the cat sits outside the front door of Number 10 in Downing Street in London, the UK. ©  Getty Images / Leon Neal · [RT] UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s director of communications, Tim Allan, has quit amid the continuing fallout linking a senior Labour Party figure to disgraced financier and…

The NATO members have opened diplomatic missions after US President Donald Trump renewed his push to acquire the autonomous Danish territory · Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand speaks to reporters after opening a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, February 6, 2026. ©  Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP · [RT] Canada and France have established consulates in Greenland amid a rift between the US and other NATO member…

The Hungarian prime minister has slammed Kiev for pushing a ban on Russian energy · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, January 5, 2026. ©  Janos Kummer / Getty Images · [RT] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has branded Ukraine an “enemy” over its demands that Hungary stop buying Russian oil and gas. · Budapest has resisted the EU’s attempts to phase out Russian energy supplies as part of sanctions…