RT News - May 23 2023 (20:00 MSK) https://www.rt.com/shows/news/576711-rtnews-may-23-20msk/ One civilian is killed, 13 more wounded in a Ukrainian attack on Russia's Belgorod region. Moscow says over 70 militants were killed in the raid. The EU's foreign policy chief blackmails Balkan states into choosing between EU membership, and ties with Russia as Brussels pushes Belgrade to join in the sanctions against Moscow. Russia's Deputy National Security chief meets with the Defense Minister of Laos as the two countries seek to expand their military partnership, to counter security threats in Asia.

RT News - May 12 2022 (20:00 MSK) https://www.rt.com/shows/news/555315-rtnews-may-12-20msk/ Russia's Foreign Ministry says the country will be forced to retaliate with military measures - if Finland follows through with its plan to join NATO. Vladimir Putin says the West is heading for an economic disaster, due to the backlash of sanctions against Moscow while Ukraine makes things even worse for Europe, by suspending Russian gas transit through a key hub. A former French soldier rattles Western media by claiming he saw Ukraine's radical Azov Battalion torture and murder captured Russian troops. Latvia authorizes the demolition of a prominent World War Two-era memorial to Soviet soldiers - amid a conflict between Latvian authorities and residents over the removal of commemorative flowers at the monument.