US accuses RT of ‘covert’ intelligence activities, issues fresh sanctions

US accuses RT of ‘covert’ intelligence activities, issues fresh sanctions

The US State Department says Russia’s RT network has ‘moved beyond being a media outlet’ and has cyber-capabilities. The United States has issued new sanctions against Russia’s state media outlet RT, accusing the television network of taking part in covert “influence and intelligence operations” around the world and weapons procurement for the Russian military. In…

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 916

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 916

As the war enters its 916th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Fighting At least 14 people were injured and a number of others were killed after a Russian-guided bomb attack on the eastern town of Kupiansk. Speaking in his evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

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Central Asia: The Last Stronghold of a Declining Russia?

Central Asia: The Last Stronghold of a Declining Russia?

Sitting next to Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2022, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, declared that Kazakhstan does not recognise any quasi-state territories, including Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Lugansk and Donetsk. At the Astana Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in October of the same year,…

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