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Tikhanovskaya's world tour of foreign capitals is entirely funded & coordinated by Western nations, says Russian Foreign Ministry
The activities of exiled Belarusian opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya are coordinated by Western countries, and she is being fully funded to go around the world for “pseudo-official events,” despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jul 27, 2021 13:05
Russia & Former Soviet Union
‘Outside interference’ in Cuban affairs is ‘unacceptable’ & foreign nations should let Havana solve its own issues, Moscow warns
Any foreign interference in the affairs of Cuba is completely unacceptable, Russia has declared, after the Caribbean country erupted in protest over an ever-worsening economy and the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jul 13, 2021 11:26
Russia & Former Soviet Union
‘007 agents aren’t what they used to be’: Russian foreign ministry mocks ‘discovery’ of docs linked to UK navy’s Crimea incursion
Sunday’s emergence of “highly-classified” documents linked to a British warship’s incursion into Russian waters near Crimea, days after it occurred, amounts to a “bunch of lies” to cover it up, Russia’s foreign ministry has said.
Jun 27, 2021 15:39
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Claims Russia restricting international media are false, foreign ministry insists, as Dutch-backed business news site VTimes folds
One of Russia’s top diplomats insisted on Thursday that journalists working for overseas outlets in the country have the same rights as domestic media, and that the ‘foreign agent’ labeling law is a response to American measures.
Jun 3, 2021 11:01
Russia & Former Soviet Union
Washington has been more naughty than nice: US set to be included on Russia’s new list of ‘unfriendly countries,’ Moscow reveals
Moscow is putting together a list of unfriendly nations and the US is "obviously" going to be on it, the foreign ministry has revealed. The blacklist is in response to the recent unfriendly moves by the Americans and their allies
Apr 25, 2021 14:52
Russia & Former Soviet Union
‘Collective West is living in fantasy land,’ Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman tells RT amid new wave of anti-Moscow hysteria
Western countries are living in a grim “fantasy land” they’ve created through years of anti-Russian propaganda, the outspoken Maria Zakharova told RT DE, with any initiative by Moscow – even on Covid-19 – becoming politicised.
Apr 24, 2021 07:26
Russia & Former Soviet Union