Relentless Russiagaters and media pundits are working themselves into a tizzy over Donald Trump’s admission that he would take information on his 2020 opponent from a foreign citizen — but the outrage is fake and disingenuous. Trump told ABC News reporter George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday that he would want to hear information offered to him…

Police in central Poland responded to a late evening call over an incident that surely sent chills down the spines of Russophobe conspiracy theorists: a T-55 tank rampaging down the main street. When police arrived at the scene in the town of Pajeczno on Thursday night, they found the Soviet-era tank casually parked on a…

The UK’s decision to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US should be taken as a warning to all liberals who still have any faith in ‘American liberal democracy,’ says cultural philosopher Slavoj Zizek. The Slovenian sociologist told RT that signing of the extradition order is just one of two recent events that really…

Not content with just sending astronauts into the cosmos, India is also planning an ambitious project to develop and launch its own space station, the head of its space agency has announced. Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told reporters on Thursday that the effort will be an extension of its…

The United States is concerned about China’s deepening investment in Israel, and its latest military budget bill explicitly warns its Middle Eastern ally against doing business with Beijing, citing “security implications.” Though President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked up his unwavering support for Israel and its now troubled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the US Senate…

US investment in Russia was 13 times bigger than official numbers show, statistics released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have revealed. The data shows that the US was the largest investor in Russia, accounting for 8.9 percent or $39.1 billion of the $441.1 billion total accumulated investments at the end…

Chinese overseas direct investment has fallen precipitously in the last four years, John Quelch, dean of the University of Miami Business School has told Boom Bust. While discussing the effects of the heated trade conflict between the world’s biggest economies, Quelch said that China’s direct investment in the United States has plunged from $55 billion…

In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan discusses developing relations with Moscow, his hopes from the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the ongoing crisis with rival India. Sputnik: Do you plan to have talks with the Russian leadership in the near future? Do you yourself plan any visits to Russia? Imran Khan: I would love to visit…

Hundreds attended a rally in Moscow to support reporter Ivan Golunov on the day after drugs charges against him were dropped and his house arrest ended. The rally wasn’t sanctioned by officials, who had approved another date. The drug-dealing charges against Golunov, an investigative journalist with Meduza, were dropped on Tuesday due to lack of…

A senior adviser to the EU’s top court said on Thursday that products from Israeli-occupied territories must be clearly labeled as such to avoid misleading consumers. The European Court of Justice is not obliged to follow the Advocate General Gerard Hogan’s legal advice. However, the former Irish judge’s legal opinions are seen as highly influential…