RT News - May 25 2025 (09:00 MSK)

Hundreds more servicemen touch down on home soil, during the second phase of the record prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. We hear from soldiers returning from captivity. 12 months and counting. This week marked one year since Vladimir Zelensky's presidential term expired and he officially became an illegitimate leader. We look back at his inaguaration promises and compare them with the actual situation on the ground today. Telegram's CEO reveals that France's intelligence chief visited Romania just days before a pro-EU candidate secured victory in a disputed presidential vote. We look at how politicians - unfavoured by Brussels - have a peculiar tendency to be swept aside domestically.