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RT NEWSLETTER (20 August, 2021)

‘Thanks to your efforts’: Putin praises Merkel for improving relations as German leader visits Moscow for final time as chancellor

Russia & Former Soviet Union

20 August

‘Thanks to your efforts’: Putin praises Merkel for improving relations as German leader visits Moscow for final time as chancellor

Berlin has remained one of Moscow’s main trade and economic partners due to, among other reasons, 16 years of continuing efforts by the departing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

20 August

Biden orders new sanctions against Russian-German pipeline as Merkel meets Putin in Moscow

US President Joe Biden is ordering his government to place additional sanctions against Nord Stream 2, even as Russian and German leaders are meeting in Moscow ahead of the gas pipeline’s completion.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

20 August

With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, world must focus on preventing collapse of state & cross-border terrorism, Putin warns

The world has to accept the realities of the situation in Afghanistan and come together to prevent the collapse of the entire state, Vladimir Putin said during a joint press conference with Angela Merkel on Friday.

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20 August

Prescient, much? Bin Laden once plotted to kill Obama, as he thought a Biden presidency would create chaos and aid the Taliban...

The Al Qaeda leader made his prediction in a 2010 letter to a key lieutenant. It pains me to point out that, on this issue at least, he’s unfortunately been proved completely right, albeit a few years later than he...

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20 August

Slavoj Zizek: The true enemy for Islamists is not the West’s neocolonialism or military aggression, but our ‘immoral’ culture

Ayatollah Khomeini once wrote: “We’re not afraid of sanctions. We’re not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of Western immorality.” And it is this fear that fuels the Taliban.

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World News

20 August

'Taliban called and informed me I should continue my job,’ mayor of Afghanistan's capital tells RT

The mayor of Kabul will remain in power under the Taliban, he told RT, explaining how the Islamic fundamentalist group was able to so easily retake the country and what will now happen to the country's women.

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UK News

20 August

PM Johnson says UK will work with Taliban to ‘find a solution’ for Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK will work with the Taliban to “find a solution for Afghanistan,” and defended Foreign Minister Dominic Raab, who was holidaying as Kabul fell to the Islamist militants.

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USA News

20 August

Tesla to build humanoid robots to help owners with ‘dangerous & repetitive tasks’ (PHOTOS)

Elon Musk’s Tesla said it is using technology tested out on self-driving cars to build a humanoid robot designed to assist humans in day-to-day work. The prototype is set to be unveiled next year.

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USA News

20 August

Twitter accused of ‘de-verifying’ DeVito for supporting Nabisco strike after beloved actor briefly loses checkmark

Danny DeVito’s Twitter handle lost its verification checkmark for several hours after he expressed his solidarity with the striking workers of snacks producer Nabisco. Many suspect the two events must have been connected.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

20 August

NATO’s reluctance to admit Ukraine into transatlantic alliance is sign that Russia is ‘increasing its clout,’ Zelensky complains

Removing the uncertainty around Ukraine’s accession to NATO would provide Kiev with protection from a new Russian offensive, and that suggestions it shouldn’t be admitted into the US-led bloc due to mass corruption are bogus.

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