RT News - May 13 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, heads to India for a ministerial meeting of the BRICS group, but before that, he sat down for an exclusive interview with RT where he says the West is doing everything it can to stop countries buying Russian energy. China unfurls the flags ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, where the war in Iran, AI rivalry, Taiwan and trade frictions are all up for discussion. Russia test-launches its new intercontinental ballistic missile. The Sarmat, which can be equipped with a nuclear warhead, is said to have the ability to evade any air-defence system. Wired for War - US tech giant Palantir embeds itself deeper into the Ukrainian conflict as Kiev announces a joint project to create a data centre and develop an AI model based on real combat experience.