After the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) unveiled the team’s uniform this week, some of the Western media exploded with angry messages claiming that the country’s tricolor could clearly be seen on the kit presented by Zasport. Russian athletes at the Tokyo Games this summer will be barred from competing under the national flag and with the national anthem, as the result of sanctions imposed by... 

NATO will concentrate 40,000 troops and 15,000 items of armament and military hardware near Russian borders, basically in the Black Sea and Baltic regions, Russia’s Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. Overall, “40,000 troops and 15,000 items of armament and military hardware, including strategic aircraft, will be concentrated” near the Russian borders, the defense... 

American sailors have set course for the Black Sea, off the south coast of Russia, in a move widely seen as a show of support for Ukraine, where fighting between Kiev’s forces and separatist militias has worsened in recent weeks. On Friday, a source at the Turkish foreign ministry told TASS that it had received a notification from Washington that two US warships would pass through the Bosporus straits... 

The constitutional changes are based on “a belief in God” Russia has now officially banned same-sex marriage after a number of amendments were made to the country’s constitution this week. The constitution now says that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman. The amendments also mean that trans people are no longer able to adopt. The constitution now mentions “a... 

Since Biden’s inauspicious rise to power, the world has become littered with hotspots from Ukraine to China where a major conflict could erupt at any time. Is the US deep state desperate to make up for four warless years? Coincidence or otherwise, the world feels like a much more dangerous place since Joe Biden formally entered the White House on January 20. Now that the ‘Make America Great Again’... 

Fast food came to Russia during perestroika, with the first McDonald’s and Pizza Hut opening up in Moscow in 1990. Since then, thousands of fast food joints, both foreign and domestic, have set up shop across the country. Irina Volynets, founder of the National Parents Committee social movement, has proposed new regulations which would force fast food companies to apply health warning labels to... 

RT takes a look at the possible origins of the so-called ‘black holes’ – massive craters that are being formed across the Yamal Peninsula in northern Russia. Giant round craters seemingly appear out of nowhere in the remote areas of Western Siberia, mesmerizing and, sometimes, scaring nomadic reindeer herders and scientists alike. One such crater opened up just last year, while more than a dozen... 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there is surging “aggression against white people” in the United States and that it is harming efforts to fight racism. Lavrov made the comments during an interview with political scientists that was broadcast on national television. “We were pioneers of the movement promoting equal rights of people of any skin color,” said Lavrov, adding that “everyone... 

The Kremlin’s latest statements out Friday amid the potential new Ukraine crisis which has seen a serious flare-up in fighting in the Donbass region, along with what appears to be far bigger-than-usual troop movements on Russia’s side of the border, has raised the stakes further. Russia has vowed it will take “extra measures to ensure its own security” should it observe any deployment of NATO... 

Russians have come to realise that the ‘Europe’ they earnestly sought to integrate with after the Soviet collapse no longer exists. The final ‘divorce’ between Moscow and the rest of the continent needs to be managed carefully. It has been common to predict that Russia’s post-Soviet generation would feel a closer affinity to the West and embrace a shared identity with Europe. All the West... 

The Biden administration is gearing up to carry out cyberattacks aimed at Russian networks, the New York Times has reported, describing the provocation as a retaliatory measure designed to send Moscow a message. Citing officials familiar with the operation, the Times said that a “series of clandestine actions” aimed at Russia is expected to begin over the next three weeks and that the cyberattacks... 

On January 15, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement announcing the start of domestic procedures to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. Another arms control agreement may thus be terminated. USA withdraws from the treaty first In November of 2020, the United States officially pulled out from the Open Skies Treaty. Before the move, Washington had repeatedly accused Russia of non-compliance... 

Back in the 1990s, when modern Russia emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union, the West was the best. It offered the only realistic role model. Times have changed, but the penny hasn’t dropped yet in Brussels or Washington. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. A good illustration is how Russia has responded to criticism in the light of the Alexey Navalny case. Previously, when confronted... 

Popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as messaging services like Telegram and video site TikTok could become unavailable in Russia if they fail to ban illegal calls to participate in protests. Alexey Pushkov, the Chairman of the Federation Council’s Commission on Information Policy, set out the tough new proposals to reporters on Thursday. According to him, the panel... 

In the post-Cold War era, the United States has been the world’s foremost political, economic, and military power, retaining dozens of allies and client states, and the ability to project power across multiple continents. In recent years, however, a group of countries led by China and Russia have sought to challenge this state of affairs. The United States is more likely to face a British Empire-style...