RT News - August 22 2026 (18:00 MSK)

We'll stand united against our enemy - this from the Russian president while addressing the audience at the United Russia party assembly taking place in Moscow. Vladimir Putin says the country's willpower and unity will be key to achieving victory on the frontlines, Kiev's forced mobilisation efforts carry on across the country, as draft officers clash with civilians trying to prevent these abductions. A Western journalist's camera even captures one such incident. As China's former richest man is jailed for life by Beijing over fraud involving his massive property empire, we compare the very different approach to justice, with the global financial crash of 2008, which saw almost no one punished.