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The huge statue is the work of the famous Georgian-born sculptor Zurab Tsereteli

The agency said the aircraft were already in Iran and accepted into service

The group inflicted damage on troops and equipment of groups of a mechanized and a jaeger brigades of Ukraine’s assault regime near Bogatyr, Volnoye Pole, Otradnoye, Malinovka, Zelyonoye Pole, Alekseyevka, Yablokovo, and Zelyony Kut, Gordeyev added

The marathon, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, will be held on April 28-30

Sergey Nechaev recalled that Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz explicitly stated that the incident was a terrorist act and emphasized that the perpetrators and organizers of this heinous event must be identified and brought to justice

The French military expert confidently stated that Russia will continue its operations not only until it fully liberates the four federal regions but may even advance as far as Odessa

The artillery units also destroyed four artillery weapons, including two Western-made, and ten mortar squads, Bigma added

The 2025 Madrid Open is a clay-court tournament played at the Park Manzanares in the Spanish capital between April 22 and May 4

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Paris that US President Donald Trump may abandon efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine if no progress is made soon

"We have repeatedly stressed that Syria will be no threat to any country, including Israel," Asaad Hassan al-Shibani emphasized

According to Sergey Nechayev, the German coastal town of Lubmin had everything in place to start getting gas

Users across Ukraine are complaining that they cannot pay with bank cards in stores, on transport and in the taxi service

According to Yury Slyusar, no one was hurt

In February, the SVR press bureau reported that "NATO headquarters is preparing a large-scale operation to discredit Zelensky"

Alexander Savchuk said that battlegroup Center continues carrying out military tasks in the area of the special military operation

According to Russian foreign minister, US leader said "it was a huge mistake to pull Ukraine into NATO, and this was a mistake by the Biden administration, and he wants to rectify this"

According to the report, the Ukrainian plan consists of five points, the first of which concerns renouncing its claims to Crimea and the regions that became part of Russia after the start of the special military operation

Sergey Nechayev stressed that Moscow "did not deliberately burn any bridges in the Russian-German dialogue"

Fyodor Voytolovsky, Director of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, emphasized that Russia remains either the second or an equal first in terms of nuclear capabilities

Agent of Ukrainian special services Ignat Kuzin born in 1983 with a Ukrainian residence permit was detained

According to Vasily Nebenzya, Russia urges the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "to pay special attention to the humanitarian situation in these regions"

The US advanced arguments that there is a need for a fundamental reform for the system of settling disputes in the organizations

According to the official, "the Ukrainian special services are actively seeking those supporting pro-Ukrainian nationalist and neo-Nazi groups"

Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin said earlier in an interview with TASS that the latest publications in Western newspapers indicated that Great Britain was conducting undeclared hostile actions against Russia

The US president stressed that it would be "a big honor" for him to broker an agreement between Moscow and Kiev

US officials expects agreements on reciprocal tariffs to be reached by July 8

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that earlier, "Putin repeatedly stated this"

According to the agency, primary disagreements between the US’ suggestions on the one hand and Europe and Ukraine’s proposals on the other, "are over the sequencing for resolving questions over territory, the lifting of sanctions on Russia, security guarantees and the size of Ukraine's military"

"Given the intense confrontation among political forces in Georgia, tensions are likely to escalate," Andrey Bystritsky noted

According to Elvira Nabiullina, Russian exports to the US are insignificant

Russian air defense forces destroyed 236 Ukrainian UAVs and eight JDAM smart bombs over the past day, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

The strike destroyed a large number of the Ukrainian army’s personnel together with special equipment and explosives, the defense source said

"We are busy with this exact process," the minister said

According to the official, Russia is "carefully monitoring Europe’s military preparations"

Earlier, India almost halved its embassy staff in Islamabad, declared the military advisors of the Pakistani diplomatic mission in India personae non gratae, and closed the key Attari checkpoint on the border with Pakistan

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff and the Russian Defense Ministry’s negotiator, was killed in a car explosion on Friday morning

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

"TWe are witnessing heightened risks to financial stability, mounting inflationary pressures, and a weakening of fiscal discipline," Anton Siluanov said

The par value of OFZ bonds owned by nonresidents as of the beginning of April 2025 totaled $11.6 bln

The Russian foreign minister criticized what he described as a "false and crude primitive explanation" of the Ukraine conflict being promoted in French society

The funeral of the first Latin American pope is being attended by over 160 delegations, including more than 60 heads of state and governments and also leaders of the European Union, according to the data of the Holy See’s press office

The US leader cited the European Union as an example, stressing that the union's relations with the United States are unfair, because Washington is losing about $300 billion from trade imbalances

Sergey Shoigu underscored the importance of creating backup production facilities, given the threats that emerged during the special military operation

Trump’s stay in the Italian capital is limited by 15 hours

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin received US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin

Military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS that there is 'major combat clashes are underway'

The Kremlin said earlier on Friday it is symbolic that the latest meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff happened on the day of the 80th anniversary of the Elbe meeting

Harald Wilimsky urged the EU to adhere to its core principles

The aircraft en route from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on the morning of April 25

Chandrakant Raghunath Patil said that India plans to demineralize rivers to stop the stream and direct it to another waterway

TASS has collected key statements of the Central Bank chief

Colin Powell said that Vladimir Zelensky should "call elections for a date certain in the not too distant future, and become the savior of what remains of an independent and neutral country in the heart of a new Europe ready to build with Russia a new security architecture for Eurasia"

The Pola Marina vessel supplied 6,600 tons of wheat to the Syrian port of Latakia on Sunday, April 20

Vasily Nebenzya also said that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is finishing work with the Syrian authorities to agree on "how to implement the $8 mln Russia-funded project aimed at restoring the country’s agriculture sector"

The service claims that the vessel was allegedly loaded with wheat in the port of Sevastopol in late 2024

From the Russian side, the meeting is also attended by Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov and the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev

The enemy also lost eight armored combat vehicles, including HMMWV, nine cars, six field branch artillery weapons, including three Western-produced, with two electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots destroyed, Tretyakov added

Roman Kodryan said that Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted damage on groups of a mechanized brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian army near Zaporozhye, Pavlovka, Novodanilovka, Ponyatovka, and Antonovka

According to the Omani Foreign Ministry, the talks between the US and Iran will continue next week with another high-level meeting slated for May 3

This issue needs to be addressed, perhaps, through bilateral talks, according to the president

Sergey Naryshkin commented on the situation with Gagauzia's head Evghenia Gutsul and other politicians

According to the US president, he is 'much rather have a deal than the other alternative that would be good for humanity'

Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov stressed that the 1945 event "is a symbol of the two countries’ combat alliance in the fight against Nazism"

"This once makes it clear that regardless of peace talks, we need to remain vigilant and be aware of the nature of this regime," Dmitry Peskov added

Overall Russian troops "have slightly advanced" in this section of the frontline, Marochko added

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that President Vladimir Putin had received Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin

The funeral of Pope Francis has brought together 160 delegations, including more than 60 heads of state and governments and the EU leaders

Kyrgyz law enforcement told TASS earlier that a female employee of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Kyrgyzstan and three other defendants in the case of recruiting mercenaries for a foreign army would be released from custody and placed under house arrest

"This is a decision for the president, and I am sure that you will be informed about it very soon," the Russian foreign minister said

Yaroslav Yakimkin said that in the Belgorod area, units of Battlegroup North inflicted damage on groups of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army near settlements of Yablonovka, Yunakovka, and Petrushevka of the Sumy region

The Kiev regime lost more than 76,000 troops in its incursion in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, Valery Gerasimov said

There are no regular flights between the two countries

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine has lost over 75,000 troops and more than 400 tanks since fighting began in the Kursk Region

Ukrainians usually choose to move to Germany or Poland

"This mere fact demonstrates that there are principally different views on our common history, on our present and, I am sure, on our shared future," the top Russian diplomat noted

Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with visiting US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff

The Vatican said the pope died earlier on Monday

Battles have begun at approaches to that community, the defense source added

The Kiev regime’s venture has failed completely and the enemy has suffered huge losses, the Russian President said

"They lost a lot of territory," US President said

The meeting between the Russian president and the US special envoy lasted three hours

The duty on corn will be $9.65 per metric ton, the Ministry of Agriculture said

According to Dmitry Peskov, "it is about mediation efforts that the United States is making"

Maria Zakharova also stressed that Zelensky 'is now also eliminating his own fellow citizens who live in the rest of Ukraine'

Asked whether Donald Trump wants to be remembered as a president who expanded American territory, he replied, "Wouldn’t mind"

The Ukrainian military is close to relinquishing its positions in Gornal, the Akhmat commander said

According to Russian Foreign Minister, Moscow is making and considering serious proposals on settlement of the Ukrainian conflict

According to the US president, sides need to meet "at very high levels"

"If the investigation confirms that Ukraine is behind this, it will again demonstrate to the international community the barbaric and treacherous nature of the Kiev regime," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

Earlier, India reduced the staff of its embassy in Islamabad by almost a half, declared military advisors of the Pakistani embassy in India personae non gratae, and shut down the key Attari checkpoint on the border with Pakistan

According to Yevgeny Lisnyak, Ukraine is also busy assembling various military equipment

During the meetings at the deputy foreign minister level, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov represented their respective countries

The previous encounter took place in St. Petersburg on April 11 and lasted for more than four hours

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 1,320 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy tanks and seven multiple rocket launchers in its areas of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

According to Sergey Shoigu, rather, the notion of `peacekeepers’ conceals the pursuit of control over Ukraine and its mineral resources