Bank of Russia raises dollar rate for July 3 to 87.992 rubles

Earlier, Minsk reported Ukrainian troops amassing on the border with Belarus. General Chief-of-Staff Pavel Muraveiko noted the active movement of Ukrainian forces, periodic drone flights across the border and the activization of reconnaissance of Belarusian territory

According to Nikol Pashinyan, "Armenia greatly values the role of the United States in the peace-building process in our region and deeply appreciates the US support for the sovereignty, independence, democracy, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of the Republic of Armenia in accordance with the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration"

Elvira Nabiullina added that the business is adapting to the situation and the Central Bank is helping it in this aspect

The court ruled that the Austrian company will have to pay Gazprom Export about 623.2 mln euros, if it violates the ban

According to Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina, the budget rule does not change

It is reported that SCO's members consider it important to ensure equal rights for all countries to regulate the Internet as well as their sovereign right to manage it as they wish within their borders

According to Apty Alaudinov, officials in Kiev have figured out that the war is nearing an end

Azim Yarakhmedov also noted that Zambia is very interested in attracting Russian business and investment

According to the report, six ships came under attack over the past week alone, with weapons including ballistic and cruise missiles, drones and speed boats

After his talks in Kiev on Tuesday, Viktor Orban proposed that Ukraine consider a ceasefire as a step toward starting talks with Russia to settle the armed conflict at a press briefing

Both politicians appear to be incompetent about some important issues, according to the professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island Nicolai Petro

The leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Abdel Malek al-Houthi, advised Arab and Muslim countries to show caution so that Washington could not launch its attacks on Yemen from their sovereign territories

"It can be said now that none of the world's other militaries has experience in creating air defense concentrations of this magnitude," Russian Air and Missile Defense Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Andrey Semyonov said

Ballistic missile delivered at the base in the Dnepropetrovsk region

According to the statement, this operation was carried out in response to the assassination of Hezbollah military commander Mohammed Naame Nasser by an Israeli drone

Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky noted that such advanced and upgraded armaments were being developed to achieve supremacy in the aerospace, which is a vital condition for ground and naval groupings of forces to conduct combat operations successfully

In order to address its troop shortage, Kiev reportedly needs to recruit at least 50,000 people every quarter

Sergey Ryabkov pointed out that one of the key priorities of Russia's BRICS chairmanship in terms of the association's expansion is to ensure "the smooth integration of new participants into the existing cooperation system"

The Indian space agency eyes an opportunity of studying the object when it is 32,000 km away from Earth in 2029

The US presidential candidate said that it will be easier to compete against Harris whom he considers "pathetic"

"The declaration of state land is one of the main methods by which the State of Israel seeks to assert control over land in the occupied territories," the human rights organization Shalom Achshav said

Russia attaches great importance to cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which "continues to develop progressively on the principles of equal rights, consideration of each other's interests"

The Russian president said that Moscow ultimately "faced deception again as all agreements [involving the troops withdrawal], which had been reached in Istanbul, were thrown in the trash"

Konstantin Rozhkov came to the USA to shoot a documentary about America in the run-up to the presidential election

Exact dates are not known at this point, they are yet to be agreed upon, Dmitry Peskov said

According to the Russian president, the situation "could be resolved in principle only if the corresponding UN decisions are implemented"

The use of factory-made and improvised unmanned aerial vehicles, which are made with special composite materials to reduce their visibility and are capable of flying at extremely low altitudes, has become unprecedented, Andrey Semyonov said

The Foreign Ministry slammed the statement that "the unresolved status of the region has led to the strengthening of local repressive mechanisms" and that "the 5+2 format is not functional"

The opposition party is projected to win 410 seats in the parliament

According to the statement, the Turkish leader affirmed Ankara's intention to "continue to strive for peace"

Konashenkov also said that several Russian soldiers have been taken prisoner

US President have to to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Donald Trump at the elections, Reed Hastings said

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, it was destroyed in the Avdeyevka area with the use of a Msta-S self-propelled gun

The participants will recap the organization’s work in 2023-2024

Uralkali has already sent a letter to Haas with details for delivery of the race car used in the 2021 season

"We therefore need to estimate forces and understand how we work with constraints," Elvira Nabiullina added

The document starts from stating that "tectonic shifts are underway" in global politics, economy and other areas now

Dmitry Peskov highlighted the special significance of icons in Russian military history and added that the image of Savior Not Made by Hand has been the protective icon of Russian troops over several centuries

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, July 2nd

The Russian president noted that "an increasing number of countries are calling for a fairer world order and express determination to defend their legitimate rights and traditional values; new centers of power and economic development are emerging and growing stronger"

The S-500 will replace the S-400 Triumph air defense system

In case of violation of the ban, the court ruled to recover 3.62 mln euros from the Slovak company in favor of Gazprom Export

There is concrete, there are concrete fortifications, as it is not a bare steppe, said Viktor Vodolatsky

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, July 4th

The Russian leader doubted any mediator would be delegated enough powers to bring the matters to signing the final documents

Ukraine is using ATACMS missiles as well in an attempt to intimidate its people, Andrey Semyonov said

In the course of the special military operation, it was confirmed that Russian air defense systems have the potential to repel strikes by all types of enemy air attack capabilities

The Chinese president underscored the need for close contacts between Beijing and Ankara

DPR defense circles told TASS on July 3 that Ukrainian troops had abandoned their positions in the east of Chasov Yar and were trying to reinforce defenses in the town’s western part. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on July 3 that Russian troops had fully liberated the Novy neighborhood in Chasov Yar

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow also invited the SCO countries to participate in the implementation of energy and communications projects in Afghanistan

Dmitry Peskov confirmed that at today’s meeting, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Vladimir Putin touched upon the conflict in Ukraine

In all, aircraft of the US-led international coalition violated Syrian airspace in the Al-Tanf zone 12 times over the past 24 hours

Germany is Ukraine’s second largest military equipment donor after the United States

It is noted that before destroying an enemy UAV, the Vogan must get a corresponding command from an operator who makes a decision based on the image from the drone’s video camera

They US military destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels

Igor Korotchenko said the most effective way to fight such targets is to use long-range surface-to-air missile systems, such as the S-400 or S-300V, which are armed with long-range SAMs, as well as use air-to-air missiles carried by MiG-31s

"Nobody says in general that this is impossible or this should not be or need not be done," the Russian leader pointed out

"Payments are made while they are needed, and economic entities in many countries need our market; the economic interest is in place," Governor Elvira Nabiullina said

Russia’s Southern Battlegroup inflicted roughly 450 casualties on the Ukrainian army and destroyed two enemy tanks in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

"We are going to post detailed methodology in the near time," Elvira Nabiullina said

A three-storey apartment building and a power substation were damaged

In a separate development, the Russian military police conducted patrol missions in the provinces of Raqqa and Al Hasakah

The results are expected to be known in the morning of July 6

The new torpedoes will equip the Project 955A Borey-A (NATO reporting name: Dolgorukiy-class), Project 885 Yasen-class (Severodvinsk-class) and Project 885M Yasen-M in the first place

Details are being verified

The Russian president emphasized that a special cooperation program approved at the Astana summit would facilitate the fight against separatism and extremism in the SCO countries

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, July 3rd

Meanwhile, according to Dmitry Peskov, "this does not mean that more reasonable people in the collective West and in Ukraine itself have not considered this plan"

The document notes that interested member states that have opted for the use of peaceful nuclear energy will develop cooperation on voluntary and mutually agreed terms in the field of research, innovation, development and implementation of civil nuclear technologies in accordance with national legislation

During the hearing, the prosecutor asked for 12 years in a penal colony

"The battlefield and point air defense of the Russian military has shown itself to be up to the task during large-scale combat operations in the zone of the special military operation," Russian Air and Missile Defense Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Andrey Semyonov said

Earlier, the media reported explosions in Odessa, as well as in the port of the city of Chernomorsk

According to the news agency, the plant manufactures 105mm to 155mm artillery shells

According to preliminary results, Labour Party members have already won 55 parliament seats, the Conservative Party got only six

Russian president and his chinese counterpart held negotiations in Astana on July 3

Isenmann testified during his interrogation that his platoon, part of the Wiking Division, arrived in Lvov immediately after the Germans occupied it - at the end of June and the beginning of July 1941

"We hope Germany will provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from China and elsewhere in the world," Mao Ning said

The Russian president asked Mohammad Mokhber to "pass along his wishes for good health and prosperity to Iran's Supreme Leader" Ali Khamenei

In the course of the special military operation, Russian air defense systems confirmed their potential to repel strikes by all types of enemy air attack capabilities, Andrey Semyonov said

The ban on distributing information in the Internet that advertises or popularizes tools to bypass blockings is effective in Russia since March 1 of this year

The Russian leader also thanked SCO member countries for their efforts in pursuit of the same goal

The MOEX Russia Index lost 2.16% to 3,133.81 points, while the RTS Index plunged by 2.35% to 1,120.31 points

According to regulator's Governor Elvira Nabiullina, discussions on the rate increase will be on the agenda in July

"We see growth and that its pace is maintained," the regulator pointed out

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov tod a press briefing that the Kremlin views the visit as a key priority

The Russian-Chinese joint naval group is set to conduct anti-submarine and air defense drills and practice search and rescue measures at sea during their joint patrol, the Fleet’s press office specified

The briefing was organized by Russia’s permanent mission to the United Nations

Maxim Likhachev described it as a "long-awaited document"

According to the Ukrainian president, a ceasefire would only freeze the conflict, not end it, so there needs to be a clear plan about what comes next

Tehran views the SCO as a major instrument for increasing the factor of multilateralization in the region, Mohammad Mokhber noted

According to Vitaly Kiselyov, the Ukrainian military will be amassing forces and capabilities at its alternate positions in the Kharkov frontline area

The exact date when the interview will be published was not disclosed

Designer Gosha Rubchinskiy was seeing him off

In this regard, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko

"We have repeatedly put on the negotiations table our concrete proposals regarding this issue," the Russian president noted

Russia’s Dnepr Battlegroup inflicted roughly 140 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported

"It was Ukraine that rejected negotiations, and it did so publicly and on direct instructions" from London and Washington, the Russian leader stressed

The spokesman pointed out Moscow’s principal position, which says that these agreements may become a basis for the settlement, which, however, "does not mean that they may become a basis point by point"

Moscow can give a mirror-like response in case US short-and medium-range missiles are placed in any region of the world, the Russian leader noted