Russian combat helicopter crashes in Syria — defense ministry

The figure stood at 108.85 mln passengers in 2025

According to Alexey Overchuk, there are a lot of interests surrounding this road

According to sources cited by the channel, the official is in critical condition

95 people were injured

Tehran is ready to reach agreements with European, Asian, and Arab countries on this issue, Head of the Government Information Council Elias Hazrati said

Currently, Russia has diplomatic relations with 191 states

Andrey Belousov said the countries work closely within the CIS, CSTO, and SCO

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The delegation's visit is planned with the focus of resuming the business activity after the end of the conflict in Ukraine

In January-March, EU imports of Russian LNG amounted to approximately 6.8 billion cubic meters, compared to 5.7 billion cubic meters a year earlier

The launch was carried out successfully at 23:06 Moscow time

The flow was smaller in 2021-2022, Russian Railways CEO Oleg Belozerov noted

The diplomats also discussed some issues of Russian-Israeli relations

The Indian prime minister conveyed warm regards to the Russian leader

Abdul Malik al-Houthi is convinced that the Iranian operations were accompanied by "heavy losses among officers and soldiers" of the armies of the United States and Israel

As Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted, the NATO report again names Russia as the most significant threat to security, peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region

The attack was repelled by joint efforts of Russian Defense Ministry forces and mobile task forces, preventing damage to the Gazprom PJSC facility, the company stated

Earlier on Thursday, Iran’s elite army unit claimed to have carried out strikes on a cloud computing center of US tech firm Amazon in Bahrain

The UAV, which has been repeatedly detected in this area, including near the city of Bushehr, has been in the air for multiple hours and is operating at an altitude above 14.5 km, according to the source

Earlier, the US leader asserted that Iran’s Navy and Army have been obliterated, while the Islamic republic’s missile capabilities will soon be reduced to a minimum

According to the report, the goal of this collaboration is to strengthen Delo Group’s positions as a national transport and logistics integrator

Sergey Lavrov and Abbas Araghchi also exchanged opinions on the course of debate at the UN Security Council regarding ways to ensure the safe passage of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

The MOEX Russia Index lost 0.03% to 2,774.41 points, while the RTS Index edged up by 0.33% to 1,087.97 points

Over the past 12 months, nine additional flights to Moscow from five countries, chairman of the Russian capital’s tourism committee, Yevgeny Kozlov, said

Irina Yarovaya noted that the facts uncovered by the commission confirm that experiments were conducted on Ukrainian troops as well as wide-ranging work "in Ukraine specifically on the components of biological weapons"

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that the strike had been launched in response to attacks on Iranian industry which resulted in the deaths and injuries of a number of workers

The holding company clarified that the attack was carried out by three fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles

Tatyana Moskalkova revealed that an agreement had been reached with Ukrainian authorities prior to the holiday to ensure that prisoners of war can observe Easter in a manner that honors their traditions

According to Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, the geography and currency of payments changed over that period

Alexey Likhachev did not specify the exact date for the start of the next wave of evacuation

Ceypetco is ready to immediately pay for shipments as soon as the company receives a commercial proposal, Mayura Neththikumarage added

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that the Russian President had outlined the tasks for the special military operation

Jens Stoltenberg wrote in his memoirs that he agreed to consider the possibility of withdrawing some NATO troops from Eastern Europe

Russia won't leave the Cubans hanging, Sergey Tsivilyov said

Rostec noted that the Novosibirsk plant is awaiting a new stage of upgrades and technical re-equipment of production

The funds will be directed "to sustain the Ukrainian State, preserve essential public services" and support the Ukrainian military

Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that Egypt has the second project of creating a Russian industrial zone

Maxim Oreshkin noted that the rapidly growing countries of Southeast Asia, which played a key role in economic growth in the first quarter of this century, will be joined by countries in South Asia and Africa

Russia is not planning to take part in Kiev’s debt restructuring program

Earlier, Berlin has already repeatedly denounced death sentences

The NATO summit in Ankara is to take place on July 7 and 8

According to the Russian Security Council secretary, everybody is extremely concerned about the situation in the Middle East

"We see that revenues moved up by 10% and profits of agricultural producers remained in general at the 2022 year level," Deputy Minister of Agriculture Elena Fastova noted

Reunifying children with their loved ones in this region of the world remains one of the most important global issues today, the First Lady said in a statement

The decision was enacted through a two-thirds majority vote during a session livestreamed on the legislative body's official website

It is impossible to predict which way the gas carrier will drift, said Khaled Ghulam, official representative of the Libyan Emergency Committee dealing with the incident

Official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning also called on the parties concerned to "work together to de-escalate the situation and prevent further negative effects of regional instability on global economic and energy security"

Russian troops liberated two communities in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye Regions over the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

The IRGC earlier announced strikes against a United States Steel plant in Abu Dhabi

According to the ministry, the decision was made in response to a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, in which Tehran condemned Buenos Aires for its decision to recognize the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization

The conversation will take place after the Russian president’s talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty

There were no fatalities or injuries

Head of the Government Information Council Elias Hazrati said that Iran will invite European, Asian, and Arab countries that want to use the Strait of Hormuz to enter into an agreement

Denis Manturov was received by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

"There’s turbulence ahead, but long term it’s a huge win for the United States," Tucker Carlson said

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized that "every bridge and building will be built back stronger"

Kazem Jalali said the Islamic Republic of Iran "has always welcomed any constructive and sincere efforts to establish stability and security in the region"

The British aircraft traversed Dutch, German, and Central European airspace before beginning a flight along the Romanian Black Sea coast

According to radio station sources, the gas tanker was attacked by a Ukrainian Magura V5 sea drone

Kazem Jalali cited a warning from the martyred Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that should the American side wage a war, it would escalate to a regional conflict

Discussions are already underway with certain countries in building such railway lines

Alexey Overchuk said the strikes "did not inspire confidence among investors looking to invest in the restoration of the Meghri section"

Andrey Polyakov clarified that a decision had already been made to carry out the physical reconstruction of the arch according to the Russian project, but the change of political regime in Syria has led to the suspension of the process for now

The Russian president invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Russia and expressed hope that Egypt will be represented at a high level at the Russia-Africa summit in October

A five-point initiative proposed earlier by China and Pakistan to restore peace and stability in the Middle East has been met with approval in the region and beyond

Both countries are very close to NATO in all aspects, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pointed out

In the opinion of Ahmed Aboul Gheit, "the draft document on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council should be supported"

A chart shows that connectivity remains at around 1% of normal levels

Radio jamming of all kinds is not a problem for Skvorets-opto drones

According to Yosmany Fernandez Pacheco, the tanker’s arrival is an important element in the context of acts of solidarity with Cuba now being demonstrated by various countries

The drone is equipped with a more powerful engine-propeller unit and new-generation batteries, which will allow the drone, weighing approximately 10 kg, to operate over long distances

Sweden and Finland will also be seen as such if they join the alliance, Dmitry Polyansky stressed

The situation in the region is of universal concern, the Russian leader said

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,305 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours

Russia has a lot of friends in Armenia, the Russian leader emphasized

The movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saree also indicated the Houthis "will act according to further developments, based on escalation or de-escalation by the enemy"

Wang Yi expressed hope that the European side would develop a comprehensive and objective view of China and support the right direction for the development of relations between the EU and Beijing

On April 2, 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed in Moscow a treaty establishing the Community of Russia and Belarus, which envisaged the creation of a politically and economically integrated association

The ministry pointed out that IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi personally supervised the rotation of the agency’s experts, and the Russian side strictly observed the ceasefire on the route of the observers to make this possible

Dmitry Peskov said the current situation in the Middle East should be "shepherded to the peace track" as soon as possible

They have a culture of talking, the United States has a culture of action, Matthew Whitaker told

Esmaeil Baghaei once again assured that no negotiations are currently underway between Iran and the United States

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov added that the radiation level in the area of the nuclear power plant did not exceed the natural background

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Russia increased supplies of highly sought-after mineral fertilizers to India by 40% as of the end of 2025 and is ready to continue meeting its needs for such products

The Arsenyevsky aviation plant is fully loaded with production of such helicopters, the source added

The Upyr FPV drone was engineered in the Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals and is designed to strike enemy targets in the front’s depth and wipe out armor at sheltered positions

Turkey’s approach to Black Sea security is based on maintaining the balance and stability ensured by the convention and on the leading role of the Black Sea littoral states, the ministry noted

According to Ebrahim Zolfaghari, with such an assumption the US will only sink deeper into the swamp they are already in

In January-March, Russian gas supplies to the EU totaled almost 11.5 billion cubic meters

A representative of the Iranian armed forces Abolfazl Shekarchi stressed that "under no pretext will they approach it"

A civilian was wounded

Badr Abdelatty emphasized that Egypt's position fully coincides with that of the Russian Federation regarding the need to find a political-diplomatic solution to this crisis

The official euro rate was lowered by 71.17 kopecks to 92.7326 rubles

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps emphasized that this is only a first warning, and if the aggression continues, "the next companies, which have already been mentioned, will be punished much more severely"

The contract worth about $2.5 billion on the deliveries of 24 fighter jets to China was signed in 2015

It will take at least ten years to restore livestock, Gennady Shcherbak, the owner of the herd, told

Additional protection mechanisms are launched when necessary, the the Ministry of Digital Development added