Day: October 17, 2020

Categories World

Useful Idiot or Trojan Horse? Belarusian opposition figure Tikhanovskaya’s links to NATO’s Atlantic Council adjunct raise eyebrows

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‘Accidental politician’ Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has captured the West’s imagination, her lack of political experience presenting an ideal blank canvas for news-narrative weaving – and all too easily manipulated by malign forces. … Read More >Useful Idiot or Trojan Horse? Belarusian opposition figure Tikhanovskaya’s links to NATO’s Atlantic Council adjunct raise eyebrows

Categories Documentary

Lev Zilber, the father of Soviet immunology | RT Documentary

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Virus Whisperer – a new RT Documentary tells the life story of Lev Zilber – a legendary Soviet virologist and immunologist who laid the foundation for many therapeutic approaches, including the plasma anti-body transfusions used to treat COVID-19 patients today. He was arrested three times and exiled to a Gulag. … Read More >Lev Zilber, the father of Soviet immunology | RT Documentary

Categories Documentary

I’ve been vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine| In a Nutshell

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Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine against coronavirus has been heavily criticised in the West, but are their doubts justified? RT Documentary’s Konstantin Rozhkov gets down to the nitty gritty of the Russian vaccine and the global vaccine race, as he becomes a test subject in the Phase 3 trials of the Russian coronavirus vaccine. … Read More >I’ve been vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine| In a Nutshell

Categories Russia

Russia warns of harassment & provocation against journalists after US authorities question RT staffer over… Covid-19 vaccine shot?

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Russian journalists are facing prejudice and routine harassment by American authorities, Russia’s embassy in Washington has warned, after US security services questioned an RT filmmaker for hours and combed through his devices. … Read More >Russia warns of harassment & provocation against journalists after US authorities question RT staffer over… Covid-19 vaccine shot?

Categories UK

Brexit ‘trade talks are over’: UK sees no point in more negotiations unless EU changes its stance

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The UK sees no point in continuing trade talks with the EU unless it “fundamentally changes” its position, a spokesman for Britain’s PM Boris Johnson has said, blaming the bloc for failed negotiations. … Read More >Brexit ‘trade talks are over’: UK sees no point in more negotiations unless EU changes its stance

Categories USA

Poll finds just 15% of Americans confident in US democracy, as partisan divisions only grow ahead of presidential vote

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Less than one-sixth of US voters believe that American democracy is working “very well,” while most Americans seem to agree that their society is extremely divided about its core values, a new survey has shown. … Read More >Poll finds just 15% of Americans confident in US democracy, as partisan divisions only grow ahead of presidential vote

Categories Middle East

Turkey Restricts Area for Possible Testing of Its S-400 Systems Near Black Sea Coast

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Earlier this month, Washington said that Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia remains “a major obstacle” in US-Turkish relations. The US has repeatedly claimed that the S-400 air defence systems are incompatible with NATO security standards, allegations that Turkey rejects. … Read More >Turkey Restricts Area for Possible Testing of Its S-400 Systems Near Black Sea Coast