RT News - November 15 2026 (17:00 MSK)

Distressing images ahead as the leader of a drug cartel - mired in kidnappings, beatings and scam call centres - makes the bombshell claim that his organisation paid off Ukrainian police and politicans alike. While in the stories that shaped the week - Moscow and Kiev agree to a major prisoner swap during trilateral talks alongside the US in Abu Dhabi. And that's as the Russian president states he wants nothing more than peace but questions if that's possible when Europe talks of sending its troops into Ukraine the moment fighting ends.