RT News - April 22 2021 (17:00 MSK)

Russia's defense minister announces an end to a large-scale military exercise in the country's Crimean Peninsula after claims from Western powers that Moscow was preparing for war with Ukraine. The UK government is caught up in a corruption scandal, as a report reveals that over 20 percent of the money spent on the Covid response went to firms connected to politicians. At least a hundred people per day are found to be entering Britain with fake Covid cerificates potentially bringing in new variants, and undermining the entire containment strategy. Black Lives Matter rallies fanned by US Democrats call for the abolition of America's police force warning that an officer's conviction for George Floyd's killing will not suffice.