Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul openly admits that US diplomats lie in general and lied to Ukraine in particular about allowing it to join NATO. Offers the excuse "That's the real world!".

14:00 16.04.2026Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud

11:59 16.04.2026View from China: Xi meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

11:55 16.04.2026Russian MoD: “Instead of strengthening the security of European states, the moves of European leaders are increasingly dragging these countries into the war with Russia”

11:53 16.04.2026View from Berlin: Blockade and counter-blockade in the Strait of Hormuz – Has a Global war for oil begun?

11:52 16.04.2026WSJ: Europe is accelerating a NATO fallback plan in case Trump pulls out