Dollar down to 72.01 rubles as trading on Moscow Exchange opens

The Khuzestan province’s deputy governor told Fars that a missile strike was delivered on areas in the vicinity of the city

Compared to a similar poll in early September, Friedrich Merz's approval rating has fallen by 1 percentage point

It is noted that this is not the first time that Putin has attended a major concert marking milestone events

Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov added that the movement to sustainable global economy should be carried out with obligatory participation and consideration of the interests of all countries

Russian track and field athletes previously submitted appeals to the United Nations, the IOC and World Athletics against their ban in international tournaments

The cities are heavily fortified, Andrey Marochko said

Estonia’s Niina Petrokina with an overall score of 205.94 took first place

According to the leader of the French party The Patriots, "such a political choice is unbearable for the French people"

The document says that "further efforts are needed" in terms of military support to Ukraine

First of all, Ukraine will need to embrace a neutral, non-nuclear status, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said

Russian air defenses destroyed fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar regions

Restrictive measures were for the first time introduced in respect of 35 ships

Taalatbek Masadykov added that conflict potential is rising in CSTO border regions

According to Maxim Reshetnikov, at present Russia is solving the task of consistent development and cooperation with consideration of its interests

The agency underlines that sanctions risks would remain high under the Joe Biden administration

A spokesman for the law enforcement agencies said that reports about a riot are not true

On December 5, an embargo on maritime Russian oil shipments to the European Union came into force

The monument stands in the village of Kruzlovz, near Svidnik in northeastern Slovakia’s Presov Region

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 40 troops, an armored combat vehicle, two pickup trucks and three quads

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev highlighted to the aerospace industry, energy, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology, among other spheres of cooperation between Moscow and Tehran

According to Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko, Kiev should "send a signal" to Moscow that it is willing to discuss Ukraine’s neutral status to launch a peaceful dialogue

According to the IC, their criminal actions caused mass civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure

According to Oleg Ozerov, Moldova blames Russia for all its troubles - following the lead of the European Union - without providing any evidence

European Commission Spokeswoman Paula Pinho said there is no financial gap

The Russian president was expected to meet his U.S. counterpart Barrack Obama, but the latter cancelled his visit to Indonesia

No civilian casualties have been reported

In September, a report by the International Public Tribunal on Crimes by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis regarding the falsification of events in Bucha was presented

Alexandre Guerreiro noted that the investigation involved examining official documents and hearing testimony from witnesses with direct knowledge of the events

Leonid Ivlev said Russia had many times warned that retaliatory strikes would be launched against Ukraine's infrastructure facilities

The category of the fire was downgraded to two out of possible five

Authorities in the Ukrainian capital closed three bridges across the Dnieper river to traffic

The Belarusian president stressed that Minsk will always remain committed to a common course with Moscow

Russia is also increasing production of such systems, Andrey Marochko said

Russian forces also destroyed 24,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, 30 unmanned surface vessels, 70 marine vessels, Andrey Marochko said

There’s fatigue from the topic, Rodion Miroshnik said

The head of state stressed that it is Russia's competitive advantage

The selection process will proceed in two stages: a remote review of applications followed by in-person testing of required skills and physical and psychological indicators

Restrictive measures were for the first time introduced in respect of 35 ships that may be associated with Moscow, in the opinion of Tokyo

Alexander Borodai also claimed that Vladimir Zelensky had long made arrangements for potential future residence in Europe and Israel

Unrest in Iran began on December 29, 2025, after street protests triggered by a sharp fall in the Iranian rial exchange rate, spreading across most major cities

Russian athletes have won 173 gold medals

According to the baseline forecast, the price of gas supplied to China will total $247.9 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2026

The strikes involved combat aircraft, drones, artillery and missile systems, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Col. Majed Al-Nuzaili said

The Federal Penitentiary Service also warned against spreading false information following the incident

According to Kim Yo Jong, a department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials from the General Missile Bureau reported to the head of state that new technologies enable the missiles to follow at least four different flight trajectories depending on the target and mission

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Dmitry Peskov added that Moscow is not engaged in any concrete talks on bilateral agreements

European Commission representative Anna-Kaisa Itkonen confirmed that the EC was coordinating a plan to use diesel from European strategic reserves with the International Energy Agency and the G7

The 12-year-long presence of the so-called anti-ISIS international coalition in Iraq ended on September 12, Maria Zakharova said

The investigation found that the co-pilot who attacked the captain had planned to carry out a terrorist attack, the state-run WAM news agency quoted Al Shamsi as saying

Five houses, six civilian infrastructure facilities, a shuttle bus, two small passenger vans, special vehicles, four trucks and nine passenger cars were damaged in the attacks

Andrey Marochko also claimed that the Russian Armed Forces have surpassed the Ukrainian military in both the number of long-range UAVs launched and the effectiveness of their strikes

According to the newspaper, attacks "could weaken the bridges’ supporting structures," forcing the authorities "to close them indefinitely"

Footage from the scene shows one demonstrator holding a sign reading: "Stop the war, peace only!"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is destroying the country despite having an approval rating of just 10%, Kirill Dmitriev said

The two-day event will bring together classic, alternative and folk rock musicians

Some participants also carried Russian tricolor flags

In China, the route is known as the Ice Silk Road or the China-Europe Arctic Express

The incident occurred on Friday at a shopping mall near California State University in the Northridge neighborhood, ABC reported

Meanwhile, support for the Alternative for Germany has reached a record high of 30%

Dmitry Medvedev maintained that for nukes only can in effect thwart a global conflict as recent events showed in no uncertain terms

These relics were removed in 1917, at the height of World War I, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

Dmitry Medvedev also added Russia would like the Hormuz and Ban el-Mandeb straits to function normally

According to the report, supporters of the court fear this could lead to its dissolution

Air quality monitoring is ongoing

The source found it difficult to say when the plane could possibly return

Malika Pandey noted that Russia consistently upholds the principles of sovereignty, strategic independence and building a more representative international order

The ministry reiterated that the Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out systematic and consistent strikes on military facilities in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities in response to terrorist actions by the Ukrainian army against Russia’s civilian population and infrastructure

Based on European market prices, these losses are valued at approximately $580.2 million per month for steel, $274.9 million for pig iron, and $449.9 million for rolled products

Syria TV said the Israeli artillery also attacked the outskirts of the village of Ma’ariya in the western Daraa Governorate in the Arab Republic’s south

According to the sources, the diplomatic missions could relocate to Lvov or eastern Poland

According to the Axios, the United States has rebuffed a Saudi request to join the operation and conduct airstrikes against Houthi positions for the second time in recent weeks

According to Gazprom, gas reserves in Europe’s underground storage facilities remain below previous significant lows

The relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia have reached unprecedented heights, Dmitry Medvedev said

According ABC News sources, extremist materials were discovered in 2024 belonging to him, and investigators have yet to determine how he was cleared to operate a Flydubai flight as a co-pilot

The first five goals were scored by Lechi Sadulayev in the 37th minute

The attack left one convoy officer dead and three others wounded

The lineup features performances previously recognized at major theater festivals in Russia and abroad

Emergency services are working at the scene to find the source of the fire

Russia’s Battlegroup North thwarted all the Ukrainian army’s attempts during the past week to break out of the encirclement in the northeast of the Kharkov Region, the Defense Ministry reported

The group is scheduled to arrive in the republic on July 22

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun commented on the prospects of a one-on-one between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be hosted by China’s Shenzhen in November

Aleksandar Vucic will lead the ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s list and become its candidate for prime minister

"It is unnecessary to explain to any normal person that this is pure Satanism and is beyond human comprehension," the Russian Foreign Minister added

Footage published by the outlet shows long traffic jams already forming on the bridges

Ukraine lost approximately 1,325 troops over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian military operations in the special military operation zone

The center also "issued an air threat warning for Vilnius County and the area around the city of Ukmerge"

The US leader noted that over the past two days, more oil has passed through the strait than ever before

Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, said that A pair of the coalition’s F-16 fighter jets and a pair of A-10 Thunderbolt attack bombers violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, four times during the day