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In this way Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on a statement by the Latvian Foreign Ministry that Kiev had already received from some partners Western weapons with permission to use them for strikes on Russian territory

Dmitry Peskov characterized Cameron’s remarks as "yet another very dangerous claim"

It is reported that the defense unit has not been affected

The inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for May 7

The imports ban would also unlock $2.7 bln from previous legislation for building out the domestic uranium industry, Kathryn Huff noted

Previously, Russian Defense Minister Sergey announced, that, in 2024, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 111,000 troops and 21,000 weapons and vehicles

"I would like to remind that it is fundamentally important for us to maintain responsible, balanced and completely realistic approaches in the budgetary policy sphere, including planning of the main financial document of the country based on budgeting rules," the President noted

The EU, Canada, the US and Japan froze Russian assets in a total amount of around $300 bln after the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine

The EU countries expected a new proposal from Belgium, but it never came, the newspaper says

According to Vadim Skibitsky, "meaningful negotiations can begin only in the second half of 2025 at the earliest"

It will be possible to supply sugar in certain volumes to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union

The saboteur was caught emptying yet another cache full of weapons outside Gatchina in the Leningrad Region which he was planning to use in an attack at a fuel depot in the Tosno District in the same region

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, May 2nd

Kaspars Lazdins noted that once the ditches were ready, the so-called dragon’s teeth barriers would be set up on the border

"Two plants were constructed in Crimea and one in the Taman Peninsula - the Udarnaya, which we will launch in full as early as in this year," Sergey Chemezov noted

According to Irakli Kobakhidze, Degnan's actions were intended to promote violence by foreign-funded interest groups and to support revolutionary processes

As the POW elaborated, the intensity of Russian strikes on Ukrainian army positions was very high and it was hardly probable to hold the positions in these conditions

It is said in a statement posted on the Telegram channel of Hamas that the delegation to the Egyptian capital city will be sent on May 4

According to the TV channel, people have been wounded as a result of the Israeli strike on Nuseirat

Maria Zakharova emphasized that all Western projects similar to Ukraine "ended the same way"

The Russian Defense Ministry opened an exhibition of trophy equipment in front of the Victory Museum on May 1

According to the journalist, everything that Washington does shows that it wants this war

"Contrary to the Ukrainians' interests, Zelensky, blindly obeying the external control of the collective West, wants to give its lands, cities and subsoil to other countries," Viktor Medvedchuk pointed out

His attorney said that his jail term should be less than 10 years

The US pushing to sign an agreement when G7 leaders convene in Italy in June

According to the newspaper, certain countries expect this problem to fall by the wayside because Ukraine is in a more stable financial position now

The journalist emphasized that the alliance "is terrible for the United States and should be disbanded immediately"

The POW said that the Ukrainian army was experiencing a shortage of personnel

Maria Zakharova noted by Josep Borrell who asserted that without Western arms supplies Kiev would capitulate in two weeks

The Ukrainian army lost over 350 personnel and several items of military hardware in battles with Russian forces in the Kupyansk area over the past day, the ministry reported

"It will allow our armed forces to continue cleaning the territory of Novorossiya from neo-Nazis without interference and without looking back at someone's moronic 'peace initiatives,' and all of us - to carry out meticulous work on the speedy return of our ancestral territories to Russia," Dmitry Medvedev pointed out

This is the opinion of the US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance Mallory Stewart

Meanwhile, Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position is also "well known," adding that "Russia’s position is consistent"

David Cameron opined that Ukraine's defeat in a conflict with Russia would create a "very dangerous future" because it would signal to China and Iran that aggression against their neighbors is acceptable

Milorad Dodik also touched upon the topic of sanctions mentioned by Patrushev earlier

Maria Zakharova noted that the new sanctions should be viewed as an attempt by the United States to "maintain leadership in the absence of the opportunity to do this legally"

It is reported that a lot of Western soldiers struggle in Ukraine as things were not as they had expected

The ex-Pentagon adviser Douglas Macgregor also noted the continued Russian advance on the front line

Ali Belali described Iranian weapons as "an important factor of strength and the exercise of power in the world"

Rostec is "building up the production of air bombs of all calibers and types," Sergey Chemezov said

The document was presented at a meeting of an expert council on sustainable development at the Economic Development Ministry headed by Minister Maksim Reshetnikov

Russian Foreign Ministry's special envoy for the crimes of the Kiev regime Rodion Miroshnik noted that the regime of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will not conduct this investigation

Earlier UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the tragedy

The sanctions list includes the largest US arms corporations Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and the company Skydio, which specializes in the production of drones

The Russian diplomats also said that during the conversation, al-Ahmed informed about his participation in the meeting of Fatah and Hamas delegations organized in Beijing

220mm TOS-2 is a successor to TOS-1A with improved characteristics

Neither Russia nor Germany will disappear from the European map, Sergey Nechayev noted

"The tank fires to a longer range and more accurately. It also has better protection," the head of state noted

The Diehl Group also makes ammunition and communications systems

The survey also found that 37% of voters believe another civil war is more likely to happen if incumbent President Joe Biden is re-elected

Earlier, Vitor Gaspar, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department, said that the growth of the US national debt spurred side effects across the globe

On May 2, Reuters published an interview with Cameron where he said Ukraine has the right to use UK-provided weapons to strike targets inside Russia

Artillery of the Battlegroup Center delivered a strike on the Ukrainian army’s field ammunition depot in the Krasnoarmeisk direction

Dmitry Lyskov clarified that Russian passenger planes use the same GPS system as European ones and do not experience any difficulties in navigation

This year Russian export is to reach $5.6 bln, Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov said

It will be put on public display at the Patriot Park on Poklonnaya Hill

The inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held on May 7

As of 9:40 p.m. Moscow time the Brent price was down by 1.02% at $82.85 per barrel

Western countries are "exploring alternative ways of extracting funding" for Ukraine from the frozen assets, the newspaper said

Sergey Chemezov also added that tests of the PD-35 engine are already underway

Hundreds of people went near a church that sits opposite the parliament building and are burning candles on the occasion of coming Orthodox Easter

According to the Al Hadath television channel, they are going to reach a deal on the swap of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails

"We begin by talking to civilians and asking whether they came across anything unexploded," said the commander, identified by only his call sign Panda

The Russian army carried out active defensive operations on the left bank of the Dnieper, conducting precise strikes on enemy military facilities, equipment and artillery weapons on the right bank

Maj. Gen. Yury Popov said that no shelling attacks on the positions of government forces were reported in the Idlid de-escalation zone

Ministry of Emergency Situations employees continue to remove the debris

According to the French leader, "a new geopolitical, economic and societal paradigm for Europe" is needed to address these challenges

Former US President will not reveal it until the election, the Daily Telegraph reported

The TV channel Al Manar said that the strikes have also been delivered on the villages of Aitaroun and Maroun El Ras

Maria Zakharova emphasized that Switzerland cannot serve as a platform for a settlement dialogue

A special feature of AYYA T1 is the impossibility of unauthorized data collection by cameras and microphone thanks to the option of their hardware shutdown

Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said earlier that the ministry planned purchasing interventions on the grain market in the volume of up to 2 mln tons, adding that global grain prices and high yield expectations put pressure on domestic grain prices

Viktor Medvedchuk pointed out that in a premeditated act of intimidation, the Kiev regime led by then acting Ukrainian President Alexander Turchinov burned people alive inside Odessa’s Trade Union House

He is charged with aiding terrorism

Vadim Skibitsky admitted that the Russian forces now operate as a "single body, with a clear plan, and under a single command"

Marek Estok stressed that there is no military solution to the conflict

In recent days, Maria Zakharova continued, Ukrainian forces "have been seen using several US-made ATACMS long-range missiles, which were secretly received a month ago, against Crimea"

In addition, seven aircraft associated with this airline were removed from the sanctions list

As of today, 141 out of the 193 UN member states, including Russia, recognize Palestine as an independent nation

A first-instance court on May 3 ruled to place the three in custody until August 16, the local media said

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

Maria Zakharova stressed that the Kiev regime banned the Russian language, "ignoring its own constitution"

On May 2, the French President named in an interview two conditions for sending troops to Ukraine: Kiev's request and Russia's breakthrough on the front line

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, May 3rd

The Russian Foreign Ministry also pointed to the "incessant arbitrariness committed by the Western authorities against the Russian media and journalists, who have fully felt the repressive machine of the neoliberal West"

The bill was submitted to parliament in January

The entire group of Ukrainian militants was killed in the strike

Powerful solar flares were registered on April 30 and May 1

News of the Russian deployment to the airbase follows after Niger’s military rulers told Washington in March that it must withdraw the nearly 1,000 US military personnel stationed in the country

Firefighters have suspended extinguishing a blaze due to the threat of contaminating local water with chemicals, Bild reported

The Interior Ministry said that protesters appealed to police officers to join them

According to Maria Zakharova, ahead of Victory Day celebrations in Russia, "the Kiev regime and its Western patrons are plotting new terror attacks on Russian soil," while aiming for the news to "reverberate in the media and have a propaganda effect"

Maria Zakharova said Russian agencies in charge of defending the country would undoubtedly retaliate if there were any strikes inside Russia

It is pointed out that the Russian government has limited the import of cars as part of parallel imports and now, in order to make an official delivery, one should obtain a VTA (vehicle type approval)

Hungarian Foreign Minister noted that Europe is living through an emergency situation, with a war being held

Earlier, Reuters reported, citing a senior US defense official, that Russian troops had allegedly entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops

According to Kyle Shostak, the new restrictions imposed by the United States may affect bilateral trade in consumer goods between Russia and China as "Chinese banks will be increasingly selective toward the servicing of Russian and related Chinese counterparties"

Britain and Spain are not against the sale of fighter jets to Ankara, while Germany, as a member of the consortium that produces the Eurofighter, has not yet approved the deal

The confiscation risk is that "if we just start ignoring the principles [of international law - TASS], they can equally be used against us by other states and that we set a precedent that can have unintended effects down the line," Philippa Webb said

"I don’t think that anyone in Finland would venture to impose any restrictions," Alexander Shenzheryuk-Zhidkov noted