RT News - January 23 2022 (12:00 MSK)

Personal views that can cost you your job: A German Navy admiral steps down after he sparked a diplomatic row by publicly saying Crimea is now part of Russia. Meanwhile, a 'useful meeting' with a 'candid exchange of opinions at a 'critical moment.' That's how the Russian and US foreign policy chiefs describe round two of their talks in Geneva this week, which come amid rising tensions over Ukraine and NATO expansion. After the latest round of de-escalation talks, the US joins other NATO member states in ramping up supplies of weapons to Kiev, but tells Russia to pull back its own troops on its own soil. A fight of fact checking: Russia lashes out at US officials and the media for pushing fresh unproven claims against Moscow, published right ahead of those crucial security talks.