❗️It’s reckless for current US admin to push Europeans to the brink – Lavrov
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that 'wise people' in US will be making the final decisions in the Ukraine crisis.
#Ukraine #US
❗️World faces a battle of two worlds: hegemony and sovereignty – Lavrov
FM Lavrov blames Washington’s “old habits” of creating havoc for sparking the biggest trend of the modern world: the battle of those who want to keep their hegemony and those who want to live in a free world.
#Syria #US
❗️‘We are not in the business of checking who is worried and to what extent – we are in the business… of stopping bloodshed’ - FM Lavrov
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stressed the Russia is interested in diplomacy to help justice prevail.
#Syria
⚡️‘We call for immediate end to hostile activities’ – FM Lavrov speaks out on Syrian crisis
Speaking at the Doha Forum, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov commented on his meeting with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts, stating that Russia fully supports the unity of the Syrian state and wants an immediate end to hostilities.
#Syria
Syria tops global crisis agenda at Doha Forum - RT's Egor Piskunov reports
The Doha Forum has begun in Qatar, where Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has already met his Turkish and Iranian counterparts for key talks.
RT’s Egor Piskunov brings the latest from the event, where global policymakers gather to discuss pressing international issues.
#Qatar
❗️Multiple injured as explosion rocks residential building in The Hague
At least four people were rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital after an explosion shook a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague.
The cause of the explosion is still unknown, and reports suggest there may be more individuals trapped beneath the debris.
#Netherlands
❗️Aussie police arrested me with no evidence - Chan Han Choi
Australian authorities arrested Chan at Seoul’s behest 'on suspicion of supplying rocket parts' to the DPRK, he told RT, despite his innocence - pointing to no evidence found from a search of his son’s home and office.
#SouthKorea #DPRK #Australia
❗️Sacre Bleurgh! Trump arrives in Paris for visit to Notre Dame cathedral restoration ceremony
The president-elect will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in the afternoon, according to media reports.
Macron's last supper?
#France #Trump #Macron
Georgian protesters clash with cops
Unrest continues in the Georgian capital for a second consecutive weekend as anti-government protesters faced off with police in the heart of the capital.
RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij reports.
#Georgia
Colombia police are putting good use to weapons seized from drug cartels
Colombian authorities have melted down 23,000+ seized weapons, including rifles, pistols, mortars, and grenade launchers, for metal in future construction projects.
Bulletproof idea?
#Colombia
Russian EMERCOM teams hold drills
In Russia’s Mordovia Republic, EMERCOM rescuers took part in exercises responding to mock emergency situations.
#EMERCOM
⚡️New clues in the NYC-CEO killing
A backpack was found in Central Park that may belong to the shooting suspect.
#US #UnitedShooting
Americans heading home for the holidays intend on having a shag in their childhood bedrooms
Half of Americans, a whopping (52%) will be having sex in their parents' house over the holidays, according to new research from 2,000 single Americans ages 18 to 40 who took the challenge.
With 39% of those surveyed visiting home, twice as many will be solo rather than with a date (44% vs. 21%). Those people are looking to bring people back to their childhood bedrooms, according to the New York Post.
This is just because they already live there...
#Holiday #Sex
❗️A protester was caught wearing a Ukrainian national battalion ‘Azov’ patch
RT cameras captured the pic of a Ukrainian militant patch on one of the protesters.
Georgian special forces push back protesters as fireworks were shot at the parliament building. Police continue to make arrests.
#Georgia
Zelensky heads to Paris in hopes of Trump talks — Reuters
Ukraine's Zelensky is using the Notre Dame cathedral re-opening on Saturday, to get closer to President-elect Donald Trump. Plans to see Trump will probably be last minute, but sources say he wants support from the US and he’s banking on persuading Trump.
The Zelensky regime has already met in Washington with Trump's choice for national security adviser, Mike Waltz.
He’s obviously going to beg for more money…
#Zelensky #Trump
❗️We condemn October 7th attack, but also collective punishment of Palestinians by Israel – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov called for the creation of a Palestinian state as an important step toward achieving peace and eradicating terrorism in the Middle East.
#Israel #Palestine
❗️'We are very sorry for the Syrian people' – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his sympathy for the Syrian people, who he says have become pawns in geopolitical games.
#Syria
❗️'It's inadmissible to allow terrorist to take control of Syrian lands' – Lavrov
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov discusses the Syrian crisis at the 22nd Doha Forum in Qatar.
#Syria
❗️Yoon impeachment vote reportedly fails to gain enough support - Yonhap
Earlier Saturday thousands had lined the streets of Seoul to protest for, and against, the embattled South Korean President as he fights to save his political status.
#SouthKorea
Italians becoming increasingly hostile to the West - survey
Most respondents to the Censis research group poll of Italian citizens do not believe that the "Western democratic system" works.
70.8% believe that Western countries seek to impose their economic and political models on others, but over half think they will lose their positions in the face of growth from powers such as China and India.
Almost two-thirds said they believed the West, most of all the United States, are the main culprits of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
#Italy
❗️RT Exclusive: Putin leadership based on trust, Yoon policies sow conflict - Chan Han Choi
Chan contrasted South Korean President Yoon’s sparking 'turmoil, chaos and distrust' through the martial law debacle with President Putin working toward 'common goals' with the Russian people.
#SouthKorea #DPRK #Australia
❗️RT Exclusive: Moon Jae-in made me a scapegoat – South Korean-born dissident Chan Han Choi
South Korean-born Australian citizen Chan Han Choi tells RT that Moon Jae-in, whom he helped strategize for election, pushed for his imprisonment in Australia for three years out of fear of impeachment.
#SouthKorea #DPRK #Australia
EXCRUCIATING White House press briefing as spox KJP is scorched by media over Biden's U-turn on pardoning son
Is this peak Biden admin cringe?
#Biden #US
Teens fleeing Ukraine amid Western demands to lower mobilization age - The Times
Teenage sources admitted to the British paper that they choose to study abroad, where they will not be taken to the front without their consent.
Ukrainian deputy Oleksandra Ustinova, who deals with US arms supplies, claims many in Washington ask why Kiev doesn’t send younger men to the front, while US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has previously stated that Kiev will have to make difficult but necessary decisions on mobilization.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhi Tikhy confirmed that the topic of lowering the age of mobilization to 18 years in Ukraine is being discussed in negotiations with the United States.
#Ukraine #US
French government collapse: Thousands demand Macron resignation
Thousands of angry public workers took to the streets demanding better wages and working conditions following the collapse of President Macron's government.
#France
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister urges Ukraine to stop its illegal support for militants operating in Syria
#Syria #Ukraine
⚡️President Yoon addresses the South Korean nation
Yoon apologizes, pledges he will no longer take such step as martial law.
"I will not evade legal and political responsibility related to martial law,” Yoon said.
#SouthKorea
❗️RT exclusive: IDF struck fishermen in South Lebanon minutes before ceasefire, killing two
RT's Steve Sweeney, one of the first journalists to visit Southern Lebanon after the deal was announced, sends us his exclusive report.
#RT #Exclusive #Lebanon
'Get the money out the door': WH to ramp up funding to Ukraine in the final 45 days of Biden presidency
“We need to make sure Ukraine has that support. We’re going to continue to surge,” WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
#Biden #Ukraine
⚡️Tensions between protesters and police tighten, explosive clashes in Tbilisi
RT cameras catch water cannons and tear gas being shot off.
The rowdy crowds are being met with barricades all over the city.
#Georgia
