Sanchez Effect

‘This is not an attack on the plant. This is a manhunt driven by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge’ – Alexey Likhachev
‘This is not an attack on the plant. This is a manhunt driven by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge’ – Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. What happens when a nuclear power plant sits on the edge of a war zone? In an...
Nov 12, 2026 18:09
Sanchez Effect is a journalistic rebellion. RT’s flagship program is led by Rick Sanchez, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning newsman who’s made a career out of defying the status quo. “When only one side of a story is permitted, that’s when I push harder. If Moscow is deemed off-limits, it’s precisely where I want to be. Because more often than not, truth resides in the places we’re told not to look.”

‘This is not an attack on the plant. This is a manhunt driven by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge’ – Alexey Likhachev
‘This is not an attack on the plant. This is a manhunt driven by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge’ – Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. What happens when a nuclear power plant sits on the edge of a war zone? In an...
Nov 12, 2026 18:09
‘Democrats and self-proclaimed progressives want to declare war in all countries that differ from us’ – James Carden
On this episode of Sanchez Effect, Rick sits down with James Carden, author of ‘The Great Betrayal: How the Democrats became the party of war’. From LBJ’s devastating campaign in Vietnam and Clinton’s bombing of Belgrade to...
Nov 10, 2026 17:39
‘The only way for France and others in the EU to survive is to get their sovereignty, their independence back’ – Pierre de Gaulle
On the latest episode of Sanchez Effect, Rick sits down with Pierre de Gaulle – grandson of the legendary French General Charles de Gaulle – who pulls no punches in saying Europe has traded its sovereignty for a culture of short-term...
Nov 9, 2026 17:22
The Democrats ran on the GOP’s America First agenda, used that playbook to their own advantage, and won’
In this post-midterm election breakdown, Rick sits down with former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to dissect the political earthquake. He argues that the Democrats co-opted the original 2016 ‘America First’ playbook...
Nov 5, 2026 17:57
Inside the Alyoshki Siege: Rick Sanchez on the frontlines of a Humanitarian Disaster
Rick Sanchez returns to the frontlines of the Ukraine conflict for his second deep-dive report, this time entering the infamous town of Alyoshki – once a peaceful community, now a devastated war zone experiencing one of the most severe...
Oct 31, 2026 17:01
‘Africa has a seat at the table and its own voice now. We choose our own friends’ – Salim Kikeke
‘Africa has a seat at the table and its own voice now. We choose our own friends’ – Salim Kikeke, award-winning Tanzanian journalist, deputy CEO of Crown Media. For decades, the global perception of Africa has been shaped by...
Oct 28, 2026 17:43
‘The West wants Kenya to ignore Russia. But Russia is a big country in every sense of the word, and cannot be ignored’
On the latest episode of Sanchez Effect, Kenya is tearing up the old geopolitical playbook. Rejecting Western pressure to pick sides, Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi makes it clear: the “Silicon Savannah” answers only to...
Oct 27, 2026 18:11
No country in whole of Europe matches Russia when it comes to contribution to liberation of African continent – Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
The much-anticipated third Russia-Africa Summit is on the horizon – so RT’s Sanchez Effect discusses African issues with popular blogger and former South African Member of Parliament Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. He says the continent still misses...
Oct 26, 2026 18:55
‘It is hard to work in US politics and be free of Zionism’ – Calla Walsh
‘All the US politicians I’d worked for were so progressive on climate and healthcare but support genocide, and looting the resources of the world to profit for themselves. It is hard to work in US politics and be free of Zionism.’...
Oct 22, 2026 19:09