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Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, November 1st

The resident of the borderline Kursk Region explained that her family was rescued by Russian troops

The Russian politician said the goal of Zelensky and his team is to stay in power in the country as long as possible

"In fact, it was a neocolonial regime, all other countries were squeezed dry, all other countries were effectively turned into an object from which dividends were pumped out," Dmitry Peskov stated

According to the top Russian diplomat, the place and significance of BRICS today and its ability to influence the global agenda are determined by objective factors

"This is what we have called and are still calling on all participants in international communication to do," the president went on to say

Chief executive of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Andrey Puchkov reported to the president that the ice-breaker is ready

"This is the country that survived on fractures of the Soviet Union and became the successor to that once-great power," Dmitry Peskov underlined

It is noted that the countries where color revolutions, supported by the West, took place had experienced "decreased living standards, weakened economic potential, the uncontrolled drain of capital and resources, and, in the worst-case scenario, the country becoming an instrument for implementing the interests of Western elites"

Ramzan Kadyrov noted that there is no need to worry about hostilities currently happening on Russian territory

According to Major General Vladimir Kupriyanyuk, "the collective West continues to demonstrate an increase in the intensity of activities aimed at early preparations for military action"

On average, the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club, including Vladimir Putin's speech and answering questions, lasts about three hours

"Experts point to the threats stemming from new regional conflicts, global epidemics, the complicated and controversial ethical aspects of interaction between humans and artificial intelligence, as well as to the way traditions and progress go together," the head of state noted

The United States held its presidential election on November 5

He also pledged to prevent World War Three

Moscow is interested in developing various forms of interaction with Astana, the top Russian diplomat said

"The strategic situation worsened after Finland and Sweden joined the North Atlantic Alliance," Imangali Tasmagambetov pointed out

The media notes that due to the nature of the operations, the reconnaissance base needs strong military protection around it, both from attacks using conventional weapons and from electronic warfare

Vladimir Rogov emphasized that all the victims were involved in the production of drone components

The United States Presidential Inauguration will be held on January 20, 2025

The Ukrainian president mentioned that Kiev had prepared its own settlement plan and intended to continue pushing for its implementation

Maryana Bezuglaya also proposed that Syrsky himself stay in the Kursk Region

The Belarusian president believes that the US will continue to put pressure on Europe, as it needs no competitors, but he did not rule out the possibility of the European Union (EU) restoring normal relations with Minsk and Moscow

"Yesterday one of chiefs of the Kiev regime Buganov openly admitted that the Ukrainian intelligence service prepared assassination attempts on the Russian president. This assassination attempt was again prepared with US money," Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel

According to Putin, Russia’s goal at the time was to use all means to hold the country together

Anton Siluanov noted that Russia turned out to be ready for such challenges

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called such actions of the Kiev regime "political tourism on the blood of its own citizens, its own servicemen"

The South African Foreign Ministry’s spokesman told that the country planned to maintain the group’s effective activities during its 2023 chairmanship

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, November 6th

The Hungarian prime minister openly supported Trump in the US bipartisan struggle and made no secret that he was counting on his return to the White House

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, November 7th

The head of state recalled that some had already tried to ruin Russia and to eliminate everything that remained after the collapse of the Soviet Union

The Russian leader added that a sustainable international order can be based only on the principles of sovereign equality

According to the Russian president, almost all developed countries are now facing "an increasingly less controlled flow of those who hope to improve their financial situation"

The Ufa is heading from the Baltic Sea to join the Pacific Fleet

"The president-elect of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, has been speaking in roughly the same vein. It remains to be seen how this will function in reality," Putin concluded

"It is the West’s monopoly, which arose after the collapse of the Soviet Union and which it gained for some time at the end of the 20th century that is under threat," the Russian leader said

Three armored personnel carriers and two pickups destroyed in the Russian artillery attack

"We are very close in a spiritual and cultural sense," Valentina Matviyenko noted

The goal is to make Armenia’s social and political processes as anti-Russian as possible, the service argued

Officially, the results have not yet been summarized, but according to US media, Republican Donald Trump, who held the presidency in 2017-2021, won about 300 electoral votes, thus exceeding by far the necessary minimum of 270

More than 13% of the capital's residents have already participated in the online voting

The Belarusian president did not rule out that in the future, the EU might unite and begin collaborating with Belarus and Russia

TASS has compiled congratulatory messages and reactions to Donald Trump's apparent win

As the Russian leader noted, the society gets "to not only comprehend, but be direct participants of the extremely complex processes"

Sergey Prokopyev pointed out that the fact that US astronauts did land on the Moon "is confirmed by automatic probes and cannot be subjected to doubt"

The top Russian diplomat described the problems facing Russia-US relations as "very deep," stemming from the perception by the American elite that any rivals in the international arena should be suppressed unless someone questions the US global dominance

The German chancellor said he would call for a confidence vote on January 15, 2025, in the Bundestag, which could trigger a snap election before late March

Previously, The Wall Street Journal said that Donald Trump’s potential victory in the election will create even greater uncertainty in regards to Ukraine

Earlier, when talking about a potential call from Trump, he noted that he would not consider it a disgrace to call Trump himself

"The United States received for no apparent reason $12 trillion over the last decade, on account of issuing and giving. These funds then go as a rule to their banks, to their financial system, and also clipping coupons, having gains from that," Putin noted

"Ever more often democracy is beginning to be interpreted as the rule of the minority rather than the majority," the Russian president said

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that "not all of the countries are ready so far to close interaction as regards creation of some payment systems"

The party "needs a complete reboot," hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said

Over the day, the enemy lost more than 250 servicemen, eight fighting infantry vehicles, including two US-made Bradley IFVs, six armored combat vehicles, two artillery guns, two mortars and eight motor vehicles

"It looks just like The Wall Street Journal's plan for Ukraine," Dmitry Peskov pointed out

"America is the country, which can bring the conflict around Ukraine to a close very quickly, because this is a country that is involved in this conflict directly and indirectly," Dmitry Peskov said

This will allow to launch development of around 10 major deposits of different natural resources

Alexander Shokhin touched upon the formula that Russian big business follows in relation to improvement of relations with the West

"The former hegemons, who have been in the habit of ruling the world since colonial times, are increasingly surprised to discover that they are no longer being obeyed," the Russian leader stated

Control of this community allows Russian troops to straighten the front line in this area

Such objects have never been found in the northern Black Sea area before, according to the head of the underwater unit of Russia’s Academy of Sciences

At the same time, according to the Belarusian leader, not everything will depend on the US president-elect

The Russian president noted that the US agency had achieved its goal of changing the government but failed to see what it would evolve into

The official euro rate was reduced by fourteen kopecks to 105.5679 rubles

"An increasing number of countries are abandoning the dollar and the euro as instruments of mutual payments," the Russian Security Council secretary pointed out

"Some Arab regimes and their voices are talking about Trump in a bid to intimidate our people," Abdul Malik al-Houthi said

In the past 24 hours, militants have shelled several settlements in Syria's regions of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo, head of the Russian reconciliation center Sergei Solomatin said

The countries’ aspiration for cooperation already helps overcome the most acute situations, the Russian president stressed

"Wars suck the political oxygen (and financial resources) from other administration initiatives, so the goal is to find solutions quickly," John Kavulich added

According to the ministry, soldiers of the regiment's reconnaissance company with the call signs Porsh and Pochta destroyed the enemy that was covering the passage in the engineering barriers and moved forward to fulfill the combat mission

According to NBC News, Trump is winning the election after the victory in Wisconsin allowed him to overcome the threshold of 270 electoral votes

Russia is not struggling with the US currency but is thinking of creating new instruments in response to new trends of global economic development, he added

"After the exact location coordinates of the enemy’s combat vehicle were determined and confirmed, a decision was made to deliver a pinpoint strike," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement

The aircraft will take part in the airshow’s flight demonstration program while visitors will also be able to see the aircraft at the show’s static display

The top Russian diplomat emphasized that as long as the organization exists, Russia and Kazakhstan will continue to "closely coordinate their actions there"

Victor Gumenny said the advanced systems may solve the tasks of air-space defence and may fight hypersonic weapons

In his comments on the results of the US presidential election, Dmitry Suslov noted that Trump "will indeed try to quickly resolve the conflict in Ukraine"

According to Maria Zakharova, Donald Trump’s position is radically different from the ideology imposed by "ultra-liberal circles"

The Russian Security Council secretary pointed out that Kiev's aggression in the Kursk Region was aimed at seizing the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

The ban of G7 countries to import Russian raw and polished diamonds may completely ruin chain of supplies existing for decades, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev said

On Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister announced the decision to dismiss Gallant as defense minister and appoint Foreign Minister Israel Katz in his place

"Those who are in the habit of performing solo and who wish to perform exclusively solo further on will have to get used to the new world score," the Russian president added

According to the Russian president, the lag of many countries and societies in terms of socio-economic development is a complex phenomenon

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 430 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

World military expenditure reached $1739 bln in 2017, the highest level since the end of the Cold War

"Frankly speaking, I do not know anyone who takes such publications seriously," Dmitry Peskov noted

Yury Ushakov recalled that Anatoly Antonov had worked in Washington for quite a while

Other variants are impossible and harmful, the Russian leader added

It is noted that politically, BRICS is a common forum that could bolster Russia and China’s positions in the Security Council of the United Nations

There were 26 people in the accident zone, 18 of them were killed, three were rescued and taken to hospital, the condition of one miner is very grave

The Russian president noted that even a trained athlete "cannot swim against the current, no matter what tricks and doping he might use"

Units of the battlegroup continued offensive operations, defeating Ukrainian formations in the areas of the settlements of Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo

Igbal Guliev noted that Donald Trump "now offers an ambitious plan to boost hydrocarbon production in the country and keep fuel prices at a low level, promising to become an 'energy president' of the United States"

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 8th

The British authorities have imposed restrictive measures against the Afrika Corps paramilitary organization, allegedly linked to Russia

Earlier, Dmitry Peskov also said the Russian president had no plans for congratulating Donald Trump

"The negativity, caused by the war in Ukraine gets exacerbated every day," the Turkish leader noted

According to the US authorities, the airline allegedly continued violate US export restrictions imposed on Russia