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Vladimir Putin blasts mainstream media for ignoring the Starobelsk college massacre coming as the same outlets hail Ukraine’s long-range missile bombardments on Russia instead. · Western powers are using a drone incident in Romania to shift attention away from Kiev's deadly strikes on the Donbass dorm. That's what RT hears exclusively from Moscow's envoy to Bucharest. · Iran slams the ongoing US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz accusing…

Dr Nicolai Petro, Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, believes the Ukraine conflict has entered a phase where battlefield realities are increasingly shaping the political future of the war. By INR International Desk · Source: Interview with Dr Nicolai Petro on World Affairs In Context hosted by Lena Petrova. · Appearing on World Affairs In Context,…

Last year, in an extensive piece on the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI Century, published by Russia in Global Affairs, I argued that external interference in the affairs of Eurasian countries has consistently prevented their successful and independent development. I traced this pattern from the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)…

Mandatory military conscription of women in Estonia is only a matter of time due to an inevitable shortage of men in the future, the head of the country’s Defense Resources Agency (KRA) has said. NATO’s European members have pursued a major military buildup since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, citing what they describe as a Russian threat – dismissed by Moscow as baseless. Several states have reintroduced a mandatory…

As an inveterate leftie with an irrepressible intuitive sympathy for genuine, decent conservatives – that term excludes, obviously, gutless mainstream centrists – I am always looking for exemplars of this old and venerable political species. For one thing, they are much more fun to talk to than woked-out liberals, washed-out social-democrats, or hysterical warmongers of the German variety of (camouflage) Green. By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian…

Vladimir Zelenksy’s decision to name a commando unit after Ukrainian Nazi collaborators is evidence that his country is “not ready to become part of the European family,” Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said. Under a decree signed on Tuesday, Zelensky granted the title ‘Heroes of the UPA’ – the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) – to the Special Operations Center North, saying the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an “objective investigation” into a drone incident in Romania in which two people were injured. Moscow is ready to share its assessment if it is provided with either the debris of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or the data about it, he told journalists on Friday. A drone crashed into an apartment block in the eastern Romanian city of Galati near the Ukrainian border early on Friday. The…

While the country watched the Texas runoff, Barbara and Susan tracked the real story: Iran isn't an Israel war — it's the City of London's last stand. The Abraham Accords are the eviction notice. And the Fed is the same war's home front. By Adam Sturman · Yesterday Trump went 118-for-118 — every single primary he endorsed in 2026. Paxton crushed Cornyn in Texas. And then, two minutes into the show, Barbara told you to ignore all of it. ·…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which allows Israel to control no more than 53% of the enclave. The 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Instead, sporadic…

Vladimir Putin calls out Western media on its hypocrisy as they turn a blind eye to the Starobelsk massacre that killed 21 civilians instead reporting on how Kiev produces drones. · Moscow says Western actors are using a drone incident in Romania to shift attention away from Kiev's lethal UAV strike on a Donbass college campus. · RT hears exclusively from Russia's Ambassador to Romania who says Bucharest is resorting to manipulative…