© Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov Source: RT The head of state thanked the people of Russia for their trust and support after the three-day election. President Vladimir Putin has addressed the people of Russia following a historic election victory with over 87% of the vote in his favor, amid a record-high turnout. Here are the key takeaways from his speech and a question-and-answer session at campaign headquarters in Moscow on Sunday night. [01] Putin’s dream “I dreamed of a strong, independent, sovereign Russia,” Putin told the audience, expressing his hope that the results of the vo ..read more

  Source: RT The statement by US defense chief Lloyd Austin shows who the real aggressor is, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said A claim by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that NATO and Russia could end up in a direct confrontation if Kiev loses its conflict with Moscow is “mad,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. During a US House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Austin suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin “won’t stop” if his forces prevail against Ukraine. Russia’s neighbors in the Baltic region “understand Putin and his capab ..read more

  © Kostiantyn Liberov / Getty Images Source: RT With Ukrainian forces routed, Russian soldiers are clearing the last pockets of resistance from the city Russian forces have “completely captured” the city of Avdeevka, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday. Some 1,500 Ukrainian troops were killed as they retreated, leaving their weapons and equipment behind, the ministry said. The seizure moves the front line further away from the city of Donetsk, thereby shielding its civilian population from bombardment by Ukrainian forces. Situated around 20km away, Avdeevka had been ..read more

  Russian President Vladimir Putin gives interview to American journalist Tucker Carlson, February 6, 2023. © Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov Source: RT Ukraine conflict, fallout of NATO expansion, relations with US: Key takeaways from Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson. The Russian leader spoke on a variety of burning topics in the much-anticipated interview, focusing on the Ukraine conflict. Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has released a much-anticipated interview that he conducted with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The interview mainly ..read more

  FILE PHOTO: British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons fighter aircraft fly at RAF Coningsby on May 16, 2023 in Coningsby, England. © Christopher Furlong / Getty Images The US and UK have begun carrying out strikes on Yemen in the early hours of Friday local time. The action comes after Washington and London vowed to retaliate against attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis have pledged support for Gaza during the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. They have been launching drones and missiles at merchant vessels ..read more

  Flames and smoke rise in Tel al-Hawa neighborhof the Gaza City on October 30, 2023. (Photo by via Getty Images) © Getty Images / Anadolu Agency / Ali Jadallah Source: RT The organization has “surrendered to the power of the US” and given in to the “Israeli lobby,” Craig Mokhiber has said The director of the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) in New York, Craig Mokhiber, has resigned from his post, citing the body’s failure to properly address the Israel-Palestine crisis. Instead of doing its job, the UN has “surrendered to the power of the US” and given in to the “Israeli lobby,” whi ..read more

By: Stewart Brennan On Saturday October 7th, 2023, after 75 years of brutal and violent oppression, the Palestinian group of Hamas launched an attack on Israel from the imprisoned Gaza strip. The Palestinian group launched thousands of small rockets at Israel and deployed its army to infiltrate illegal Israeli settlements near the border with Gaza on Saturday morning. A number of people were killed with many wounded in the surprise attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that his country was “at war” and promised a retaliation that they “have never known before.” The ..read more

  Plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Photo: Grigoriy Sisoev, RIA Novosti Link to Official Transcript Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The meeting’s theme was “Fair multipolarity: How to ensure security and development for everyone.” Research Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club Fyodor Lukyanov acts as the discussion’s moderator. * * * President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Participants in the plenary session, colleagues ..read more

  By: Stewart Brennan Last Friday, September 22nd, 2023, the Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier division of the SS, which was responsible for countless war crimes during the second half of World War II. The commemoration took place during a visit to the Canadian House of Commons by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claims he didn't know Yaroslav Hunka and yet he met with the 98-year-old WWII Waffen SS soldier before he was introduced in the House of Co ..read more

  News Source: RT Gonzalo Lira has reappeared three months after his arrest by the SBU Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira, arrested by the Ukrainian intelligence in May on charges of pro-Russian sympathies, reappeared online on Monday and told a sordid tale of beatings and extortion while awaiting a show trial. “I was tortured in two of the four cells I was in—by the other prisoners,” Lira posted in a 25-tweet thread on Monday evening, noting that all the torture in the pre-trial detention center (SIZO) was outsourced to the inmates. “I got a cracked rib in my first cell, but it ..read more