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The Ukrainian leader has sparked a wave of international backlash and accusations of being unfair and ungrateful to Kiev’s Western backers · RT: FILE PHOTO. Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky. © Getty Images / Paula Bronstein · Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is facing severe backlash from key international partners after a combative speech at Davos, where he went on a tirade accusing Europe of “indecisiveness” toward Russia…

Pro-independence lawmaker Kuno Fencker told RT that sovereignty is an absolute red line for the islanders · RT: People hold Greenlandic flags and placards as they gather outside the US Consulate in Nuuk to protest President Donald Trump’s intention to acquire Greenland, January 17, 2026. © Sean Gallup/Getty Images · Greenland and its population are not up for grabs, a pro-independence lawmaker from the island, has told RT, in response to…

The Culture Ministry has accused the artists of promoting Russian culture by performing ‘Swan Lake’ during a European tour · RT: Ukrainian ballerina Natalia Matsak performing Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' on November 26, 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. © Getty Images / Lionel FLUSIN;  Gamma-Rapho · Two principal dancers with the National Opera of Ukraine reportedly face dismissal for…

The closed-door negotiations are aimed at resolving territorial disputes between Moscow and Kiev · RT: Russian, American, and Ukrainian officials have sat down to the first round of trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed. After a week of public diplomacy in Davos, the talks are taking place behind closed doors. · In a statement on Friday, Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al…

The Sino-Indo rapprochement is still in its infancy, their territorial disputes remain unresolved, and India is under lots of pressure from the US nowadays. · Andrew Korybko · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared during his first press conference of the year that Moscow wants to revive the Russia-India-China (RIC) format. In his words, “[RIC] still exists – though it has not convened in some time – but has not been…

The 2.2 million men that are currently on the run amounts to 6.8% of the Ukrainian population and is slightly larger than the percentage of Asians in the US. · Andrew Korybko · New Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov shockingly revealed that 200,000 men have already deserted thus far and ten times more (2 million) are actively dodging the draft, which are probably an underestimate but are in any case still very large numbers. To…

MXM Exclusive · President Trump used the World Economic Forum stage in Davos on Thursday to formally unveil and ratify his new “Board of Peace,” officially establishing the body as an international organization tasked with overseeing the next phase of his Gaza strategy and laying the groundwork for a broader global peace framework. · Standing before delegates from more than 20 countries, Trump said the long-running Israel–Hamas war…

The disgraced financier’s Caribbean island of human trafficking horrors was originally purchased from Denmark · RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Rick Friedman;KimKimsenphot · US President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland from Denmark echoes another land transaction between the two nations – one that ultimately benefited Jeffrey Epstein. · In 1917, Washington paid Copenhagen $25 million in gold (roughly $633 million…

Germany gets 96% of its liquefied natural gas from the US, according to an environmental group · RT: FILE PHOTO. ©  Sean Gallup/Getty Images · Germany’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US reached a near-total dependency last year, the German Environmental Aid Association (DUH) stated on Thursday. The situation “exacerbates Germany’s dependence on the increasingly unpredictable US,” the association said. ·…

The US president has forced the bloc’s members to focus more on their own defense, Mark Rutte has said · RT: FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp / Anadolu · European countries should be grateful that Donald Trump is US president, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said, claiming that Trump’s pressure has forced the continent to boost its own defense spending.  · Speaking at…