Japan says Russian official’s visit to disputed island unlikely to affect dialogue

The Ramstein group meeting also discussed the state of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Alexander Syrsky said

Yury Popov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, also said that one shelling attack on the positions of government forces was reported in the Idlid de-escalation zone from positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra

According to the report of the IDF press office, the discovered missile was of "surface-to-surface" type

"If the UN did not exist, it should have been created," Vasily Nebenzya said

The Russian Security Council deputy chairman suggested enacting legislation to allow Russia to confiscate assets belonging to the citizens of unfriendly countries

The movement will analyze the Israeli proposal and will provide its own response afterwards, Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya said

According to Nikolay Patrushev, these countries "understand perfectly well who is financing" the Kiev regime

According to Nebenzya, the real goal of the West, which is seeking to persuade the world of the futility of international efforts, is "to keep on telling the tale of lost time" as long as possible in a hope that "international community will forget about this terrorist attack"

The Russian forces also foiled a counterattack of an assault group of the Ukrainian 80th mechanized brigade in the vicinity of the Krasnoye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic

Dmitry Peskov added that the EP "has turned into a machine brimming with internal contradictions that keeps generating boorish statements"

When the GPS signal is suppressed by Russian electronic warfare equipment, the munitions can only rely on their inertial navigation system to calculate their impact location, and this causes them to miss the target

Russia and Europe are geographically close anyway, Dmitry Peskov noted

The Russian embassy has not yet commented on the situation

Dmitry Peskov stated that the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin "is well-known"

The trade turnover between Russia and Belarus reached 4 trillion rubles ($43.8 bln)

Yury Chikhanchin pointed out that the perpetrators of the attack were provided with money, weapons, transportation and ammunition

Speaking about relations between the two countries, Dmitry Peskov noted that Hanoi was a good partner for Moscow

Ivan Zhelokhovtsev said that the agreements that were reached during the DPRK leader's visit to Russia represent "evidence of the mutual desire of the sides to consistently implement and expand the rich heritage" that was passed down from previous generations

Andrzej Duda slammed the reported instances of Russian missiles entering Poland's airspace as "a Russian provocation"

Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Moscow and Beijing would push ahead with developing cooperation

The Russian Investigative Committee added that measures are underway to locate their whereabouts and bring them to criminal liability

Irina Logominova noted that after catching dolphins was banned, their population was affected by large-scale fishing, which depleted their food base

"I wouldn’t describe it as a high-quality article that deserves attention," Dmitry Peskov went on to say

The film is focused on two teenagers Pedro and Lucio, who are forced to fight each other to the death in order to survive after being abducted

The Ukrainian military has suffered heavy casualties among personnel and military hardware in that community, Igor Kimakovsky said

"The investigation is already being conducted by the German Public Prosecutor General’s Office," the German foreign ministry spokesman said

The US businessman commented on remarks by Gad Saad, a Canadian professor of Lebanese origin, who insisted that "the path that the West is taking will result in civil war"

Vasily Nebenzya said that he has "good personal relations" with the secretary general

Russia’s GDP grew by 6% in January-February in annual terms, the Russian president stressed

"The high-level dialogue between Turkey and the US will continue," the spokesman Oncu Keceli said

Waldemar Skrzypczak underlined that "no tank is invincible"

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, April 24th

"The premises and rooms are being checked for explosives," the source said

The company has two contracts for LNG supplies to Europe from the Yamal LNG project and one for Asia that requires closer consideration, CEO of the French energy company Patrick Pouyanne said

A source told the news outlet that the agreement will be most likely reached in the next couple of days

Spokesman Wang Wenbin stressed that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones

The Belarusian President noted that, in the three last decades, Minsk and Pretoria supported each other at multilateral platforms, developed trade, industrial and scientific cooperation, expanded the contacts between businessmen

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, April 26th

The Taiwanese army said that 12 aircraft had crossed the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait

The deal still looks advantageous even after two years of war, Welt am Sonntag said

Russian troops improved their tactical position and repelled eight Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Avdeyevka area over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

Exports of goods are expected to drop to $419.7 bln this year. Imports are forecast to grow to $315.7 bln in 2024

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation signed an agreement with Fulton Bank to assume all of the closed bank’s deposits and on purchase of all its assets.

Pipeline gas exports are forecast to edge up by 7% to 108 bln cubic meters

According to the statement, a civilian fatality was reported, and two civilians sustained wounds

According to Dmitry Kuzyakin, "as long as there is a lack of direct communication between those who make the tanks and who use them, the Abrams will not evolve to meet modern warfare requirements"

The office of the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky notes that the Ukrainian army needs to stabilize the frontline

"The combat exercises were conducted in the Barents Sea waters closed for shipping," the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council added that the European Union’s financial system is not very stable and people are losing confidence

Russian military will do its utmost to repel such attacks, Apty Alaudinov said

Maria Zakharova pointed out that the lion’s share of the alliance’s wargames is designed precisely as the unfolding scenarios of confrontation with Russia

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that "the attempts to squeeze Russia out of energy markets continue"

On Friday, the Pentagon refused to comment on the rumored withdrawal of Abrams tanks from the battlefield and said that the Ukrainians themselves were in a position to say how they "use their Abrams tanks"

Five missiles hit Dnepropetrovsk while a strong blow with the subsequent detonation was registered in Krivoi Rog, the spokesman specified

There is confirmed evidence of his connections with French secret services

Local Administration Head Ivan Prikhodko said that "a female resident of Gorlovka was injured as a result of yesterday’s shelling of the Stroitel residential compound in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka"

Since the onset of Kiev’s military operation in Donbass in 2014, ceasefires have been repeatedly declared on major holidays, including religious ones and most of them were broken by Ukrainian forces within hours

According to the diplomat, Russia is engaged in "fierce battles on this issue in different committees of the General Assembly"

The Master has reported two attacks

People covered under the new rules will only be allowed to buy a sim card at physical telecom locations, and not via the Internet

According to the news agency Tasnim, when speaking about NATO eastward expansion, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani emphasized that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states should utilize the SCO potential in order to neutralize common threats

The current real state of economy allows improving its development forecasts, the head of state noted

Previously, the media reported that the Russian Health Ministry registered the first treatment for the Bekhterev’s disease in the world

Ten unmanned aerial vehicles flew directly into the plant, causing a big fire

According to Vasily Nebenzya, the situation is as though a year-long probe into a murder yielded a conclusion that "the victim was murdered"

The press service specified that investigative and procedural actions are underway in coordination with Russia’s Federal Security Service

The countries will jointly announce the time of this trip, Dmitry Peskov said

Top stories from the Russian press on Saturday, April 27th

"Some European intelligence agencies have been told of the US view," The Wall Street Journal added

The detention was reported earlier by the media, which said that police had captured Tajik national Djumokhon Kurbonov

The North Korean ambassador Sin Hong Chol praised the "sincere and excellent friendly relations" between Russian President Vladimir Putin and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un

Israel’s military upcoming operation in Rafah will also be on agenda, the New York Times reported

"Everybody knows very well that the document was actually initialed and everyone is also well aware, thanks to a statement from the Ukrainian side, of the reason behind Ukraine halting negotiations and not finalizing the document," Dmitry Peskov stressed

The report hasn’t been officially confirmed

It was reported earlier that the Belgian side did not recognize the exchange of blocked assets

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan added that the his country had doubled artillery production in order to help Kiev

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, April 25th

TASS has put together the highlights of Shoigu's speech

The move is to facilitate maintenance of stability of the foreign currency exchange rate and sustainability of the Russian financial market, the government noted

Germany is the second largest arms supplier to Ukraine after the US

The Russian foreign minister said that the sides would exchange opinions on how to develop bilateral relations along the path outlined by Bolivian President Luis Arce and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Beijing sticks to the principle of non-alignment with any blocs, the Chinese leader said and called on Washington "to refrain from teaming up in small groups"

Vinay Kumar added that Moscow and New Delhi will have to work on supporting this level of bilateral trade in coming years

Russian troops liberated the communities of Novomikhailovka and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and advanced deep into the enemy defense

The debris from air defense operations shattered windows and damaged walls in four private residences in the Yakovlevsky Municipal District

According to the US version of events, a pair of Russian Su-27 aircraft intercepted the MQ-9 while it was on a recon mission and dumped their fuel several times toward the drone

"It is very difficult to negotiate with those who are unable to make decisions, even if they want, they can’t, and only act as a side to a difficult conflict," Vladimir Medinsky explained

"I think that Beijing understands this perfectly well and will not even pretend being ready to reach any agreements with the Americans to the detriment of Russia’s interests," Sergey Ryabkov said

Igor Kimakovsky reported that the enemy "experiences problems with logistics and the supply of ammunition and essentials"

Alrosa is working in Angola since 1992

Maria Zakharova stressed that "the level of nuclear risks have risen dramatically as a result of the West’s destructive policy, which is fraught with a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers"

The German chancellor emphasized that Berlin's "offer to lend support in finding a long-term and acceptable solution remains valid"

Ingrida Simonyte called for getting ready for such a turn of events right away, and not just watch and wait

Tensions in the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and in Energodar, where the nuclear power plant is located, escalated at the beginning of the month

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu underlined that this is being done by strengthening "military-political structures such as QUAD, AUKUS and the US-Japan-Philippines triad"

Vasily Nebenzya stressed that insurers conclude on their own that the "explosion at the gas pipelines was made using an explosive devices, willfully and due to political motives," thereby confirming its terroristic nature

Nikolay Patrushev cited recent research showing that a simulated eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera, which has shown increasing signs of active volcanic status over the years, and what consequences such a natural disaster could potentially leave in its wake

The exercise under the classified Orsha plan involves 1,500 military personnel from Lithuania's Zemaitija Motorized Infantry Brigade, Poland's 15th Mechanized Brigade, allied US and Portuguese units, as well as about 200 pieces of military equipment

The spokesman also pointed out the claims of US officials about the "necessity of informational infiltration of Korea"

Ivan Tertel said various methods were being considered, up to "instigating a forceful seizure by illegal armed groups" being trained in the West and Ukraine