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The lawmakers are suspected of running an illegal vote-rigging scheme · FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, February 6, 2024. © Getty Images / Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto · [RT] Dozens of Ukrainian lawmakers have been implicated in vote rigging, the head of the country’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) told the media on Monday. · In late December, the anti-graft agency reported…

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 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…

The Palestinian militants have reportedly struck a deal with the US · RT: Hamas fighters oversee a hostage exchange in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, February 8, 2025 © Getty Images / Abed Rahim Khatib · Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to surrender its arms in exchange for free passage out of Gaza for its leaders and a transition to solely political activity, Sky News Arabia has reported. · Citing an anonymous Palestinian source,…

The US special envoy is in Moscow to discuss a settlement of the Ukraine conflict with the Russian president · RT: Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is in Moscow to discuss settling the Ukraine conflict. · Witkoff is being accompanied by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. · Witkoff initially announced the meeting with Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the…

A US delegation is expected in Moscow on Thursday for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin · RT: US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. ©  Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images · The Ukraine peace talks have been narrowed down to a single unresolved issue, according to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who said he would travel to Moscow later on Thursday. The trip was later confirmed by the Kremlin. ·…

President Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the United States has staged a rapid economic turnaround since his return to office, claiming falling inflation, accelerating growth, surging investment, and a sharply tightened border. He credited tariffs, deregulation, tax cuts, and expanded domestic energy production for the shift, while criticising Europe’s energy and migration policies. He also raised Greenland, NATO…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that he rejected a “ridiculous” proposal from the Clintons to conduct an unofficial, off-the-record meeting as Congress begins contempt proceedings against the former first couple in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. · In a post on X, the Kentucky Republican said lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton offered an arrangement that would have required him to travel to New…

The contribution would come from the Russian assets frozen in the US · Moscow is ready to contribute to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Security Council on Wednesday. He suggested donating $1 billion to the body out of the Russian assets frozen in the US to support the recovery of the Palestinian enclave. · The initiative envisages an…