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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the documentary Nuremberg

9:43 17.11.2025

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the documentary Nuremberg

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the documentary Nuremberg. Moscow, November 16, 2025 Question: How and when did the idea emerge to set up an International Military Tribunal? What role did the Soviet Union play in organising and conducting it? Why, at the early stages of the tribunal’s creation, did …

The Western press is “sinking” Zelensky and his team in Kyiv: Bags of cash and a gold toilet – the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government

10:00 16.11.2025

The Western press is “sinking” Zelensky and his team in Kyiv: Bags of cash and a gold toilet – the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government

Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger, ‘Financial Times’ stresses. Law enforcement searches inside opulent Kyiv apartments, one with a golden toilet. Pictures of duffel bags filled with cash. Audio recordings of officials discussing money laundering …

Escape Britain! Why people of all ages want to leave the UK – FT study

9:58 16.11.2025

Escape Britain! Why people of all ages want to leave the UK – FT study

Residents of "blessed" England are ready to flee far, far away, because they cannot live normally on the island under the growing financial pressure from the authorities and the general crisis – both economic and social, associated with the waves of migrants that have flooded the country. FT writes about. …

‘The American Conservative’: The West's false promises to Russia

9:56 16.11.2025

‘The American Conservative’: The West's false promises to Russia

U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and other Soviet officials throughout the process …

View from Washington: Could Russia end up fighting U.S. forces in Venezuela?

9:54 16.11.2025

View from Washington: Could Russia end up fighting U.S. forces in Venezuela?

Russia has thrown its weight behind South American ally Venezuela in the face of ballooning U.S. military assets close to its coastline — at least diplomatically, ‘Newsweek’ notes. The links between Russia and Venezuela are commercial, economic and military. Oil, armaments, cryptocurrencies, sanctions and mercenary footprints have kept the countries …

Over a dozen a day: Thousands of U.S. veterans keep dying by suicide every year

10:11 15.11.2025

Over a dozen a day: Thousands of U.S. veterans keep dying by suicide every year

Since 9/11, there has been a staggering increase in veterans taking their own lives. Suicide is now the second leading-cause of death for veterans under 45, the ‘Vetsolutions’ reveals. When the numbers are laid bare, the crisis is undeniable. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 2024 National …

China claims extraction of rare earth minerals from living plant

10:10 15.11.2025

China claims extraction of rare earth minerals from living plant

A Chinese-led team of scientists has made a world-first discovery, identifying a naturally formed mineral containing rare earth elements (REEs) inside a living plant, ‘South China Morning Post’ reports. The researchers found nanoscale monazite, a valuable mineral, crystallised within the tissues of an evergreen fern named Blechnum orientale. According to …

British life-style: Peter Hitchens on BBC, Left-wing ‘body’ and British élite as they are…

10:09 15.11.2025

British life-style: Peter Hitchens on BBC, Left-wing ‘body’ and British élite as they are…

A media war has broken out in Britain. ‘The Telegraph’ recently accused the BBC of faking a video report about US President Donald Trump. This scandal cost the BBC's director his job. Now, ‘The Daily Mail’ is attacking its colleagues, further evidence of the escalating war. It's hard to remember …

POLITICO: Europe today looks like Renaissance Italy — and that’s a problem

10:07 15.11.2025

POLITICO: Europe today looks like Renaissance Italy — and that’s a problem

In the late 1400s, Italy was the jewel of Europe. Venice ruled the seas; Florence dominated art and finance; and Milan led in trade and technology. No corner of the Western world was more advanced. Yet, within decades, both its political independence and economic primacy were gone. Europe today risks …

Ex-NATO chief: Norway won't provide $160 billion guarantee for frozen Russian funds

10:23 14.11.2025

Ex-NATO chief: Norway won't provide $160 billion guarantee for frozen Russian funds

Norway could support a European Union plan to utilise frozen Russian assets for Ukraine but the Nordic country will not use its sovereign wealth fund as a sole financial backstop for the scheme, Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. EU finance ministers will meet to discuss ways to provide …

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