Bank of Russia sets official dollar rate at 80.22 rubles for May 15

Russian President said at a meeting with the heads of the world's leading news agencies organized by TASS, when asked what Russia's reaction would be if Israel were to assassinate the ayatollah

Putin noted that in order to achieve a resolution to the conflict, Ukraine must recognize the results of the referendums held in Donbass and Novorossiya

"The agenda of the talks included international issues and the situation in the world in general, regional issues and Belarusian-US relations," the BelTA news agency reported

Andrey Marochko said the settlement is actually a suburb of Kupyansk

According to information obtained by New York Post, Trump favors limited strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in Natanz and Fordow

Shortly after the report, the IDF announced "a series of strikes against missile storage and launching infrastructure sites in central Iran"

Maria Zakharova said that it would be an extremely dangerous step with unpredictable negative consequences

US President didn't go into details

As Putin emphasized, if Israel "has certain concerns, they must be addressed

Under the Istanbul agreements, Russia handed over 6,060 bodies of deceased Ukrainian servicemen to Ukraine, while Kiev returned only 78 bodies to Moscow

The voting was held at a plenary meeting of the 19th General Assembly of the organization in St. Petersburg

According to NTV television, OIC foreign ministers will hold a special meeting on Iran as part of their convention

According to the report, the fighter plane was taken down in the Javadabad area of the Varamin municipal district

"I'm not going to speculate on a hypothetical dynamic at this point," US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said

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According to Vasily Nebenzya, Western countries are obviously seeking to demonize Russia and keep afloat the unconvincing narrative picturing Ukraine as a victim and Russia as an aggressor

The protesters gathered downtown near the entrance to the House of Trade Unions, which was cordoned off by the police

As the Russian president pointed out, Russia "was forced to create security zones along the border" after the Ukrainian army was expelled from the Kursk Region

Denis Pushilin said that many deposits are still classified

Brazil took over BRICS presidency from Russia on January 1

Maria Zakharova warned against assuming that just because so-called "precision strikes" are being carried out, a nuclear disaster is out of the question

The Russian leader stressed that these are very significant indices

Numerous people sustained injuries, according to the Daily Post

"Hence such intensive contacts of our head of state with the conflicting sides, regional players, all the countries involved," Maria Zakharova said

In Viktor Yevtukhov words, "the demand for drones will only grow" in the future

Earlier, media outlets reported claims that in the process of transferring more than 6,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, Russia was allegedly substituting them with the bodies of Russian servicemen

The Russian president noted that Russia-China relations continue to grow stronger

"This would be a colossal mistake on the part of those Russia is calling the neo-Nazis on the territory of current Ukraine," the Russian leader said

According to Corriere della Sera, the painting is a 1690 portrait of Ferdinando de Medici by Nicoletto

On the night of June 13, Israel launched a military operation against Iran

According to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran launched three such missiles into Israeli territory

Kiev authorities personally formed a line of combat contact stretching along for almost two thousand kilometers, the Russian president said

The report also noted that since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian forces have destroyed a total of 663 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 64,682 UAVs, 611 surface-to-air missile systems, 23,997 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,572 multiple-launch rocket system vehicles, 26,451 artillery pieces and mortars, and 37,102 units of special military automotive equipment

Russian President does it after the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

"Our role is to formalize this process and facilitate it, ensuring it develops in a more balanced way that aligns with the interests of the vast majority of nations," the Russian president said

According to the Iranian official, the attack came as a surprise for the Israel

Kneissl went on to say that since mid 1990s, the European Union has been expanding without deepening integration

At the same time, Ukrainian armed forces sustained losses exceeding 1,350 servicemen over the past 24 hours in the zone of the special military operation

"I would like to emphasize that Russia has always stood for ensuring the security of each country without prejudice to the security of any other country," the Russian president said

Maxim Reshetnikov noted that figures point to slowdown

According to Maria Zakharova, "the situation with free speech in Italy has reached a really frightening stage"

Russian forces strike Ukrainian military-industrial, fuel and energy sites over week

On Wednesday morning, 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Iranian facilities used in the production of uranium enrichment centrifuges

Vitaly Ganchev added that Moskovka was one of the settlements where the Kiev regime had pursued "decommunization and derussification"

The Russian leader also noted that Russia has traditionally friendly allied relations with the Arab and Islamic world

"I would say two weeks would be the maximum," US President noted

According to the president, Russia relied "on the certain level of relations with Israel, on the recovering relations with the United States"

The strike was delivered on the territory of the Sefidrud Technology Park

Presidential Adviser and Executive Secretary of the SPIEF Organizing Committee Anton Kobakov noted that the overall atmosphere of the forum was marked by a strong sense of optimism about the recovery of business relations

As Dmitry Peskov noted, there are so many speculations that "it’s impossible to comment on them"

The Russian president noted that the right thing would be to come back to these fundamental values at the core of Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty

"As China has proven in recent years, the stronger the blow, the swifter the progress and development," Ding Xuexiang said

Araghchi also said he views the possibility of US joining the attacks on Iran as very dangerous

According to the Fars news agency, explosions were heard in the city of Ahvaz and the port of Mahshahr

A statement by the IDF press service says the attack involved 15 Israeli fighter jets

The Russian president said that Russia's actions are caused, among other things, by the constant shelling of the country's border territories by the Ukrainian forces

This will be the ninth day of ban on civilian air traffic in the region

According to Putin, these conditions form the foundation for long-term regional stability

According to the American journalist Seymour Hersh, the operation will "entail heavy American bombing"

"This is not a major issue for our armed forces, this is quite a realistic task given the current personnel crisis in the Ukrainian army," Yan Gagin said

According to the report, sirens went off in areas including near Tel Aviv, and at least one loud explosion was heard during the attack

The vice president added that Trump is "not going to tell anybody exactly when or what he's going to do"

According to the official, Iranian missiles are equipped with a navigation system for the final phase of their flight that helps them accurately hit designated targets

Since the early 90s and over decades, we have been told that in no case NATO would expand eastward, the Russian president said

"They are working to topple a government of a country," former Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl said

The Russian economy should be more technologically advanced

Alexey Likhachev said Germany had abandoned the Bushehr nuclear power station, damaged but later restored by Russian specialists

According to the Russian president, Russians and Ukrainians are one people

"We know that Israel has a secret nuclear program," the Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman said

Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz called one of the goals of the military operation against Iran was that Khamenei "cease to exist"

According to Anton Kobyakov, the US needs to address its negative trade balance and budget deficit

"You know, they're sitting on the top of one of the largest piles of oil in the world," US President said

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Andrey Marochko noted that this is a very short distance

Presidential Adviser and Executive Secretary of the SPIEF Organizing Committee Anton Kobakov also announced that the second Russia-Africa Foreign Ministers’ Forum is expected to take place in Cairo

"That's quite understandable, and self defense is a legitimate rights of every country," Abbas Araghchi said

"It's very hard to stop," US President noted speaking about Israel and Iran exchanging strikes

The representatives of 14 European countries have promised to "take appropriate action within international law," if vessels "fail to fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea"

According the newspaper, which cited military sources and TV channels, similar miniature bionic robots are best suited to reconnaissance and special missions on the battlefield

"United States again to show their determination for going for a negotiated solution, or they have something else in their mind and they want to attack Iran anyway," Araghchi said.

The United States closely watched the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said

According to the investigation, Nadezhda Rossinskaya systematically raised funds for the Ukrainian army, disguising them as humanitarian projects and partially transferring them to a terrorist organization banned in Russia

As Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov announced, the meeting’s main topic was the Middle Eastern escalation

Right now, Russian military personnel are in Belarus, where they are receiving psychological and medical assistance

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is taking place on June 18-21

"There is a lot of conflict potential, it is growing," the Russian president said

The Russian president also commented on criticism in Western media that Moscow allegedly should have helped Iran against Israel

Only time can show how long will NATO continue to exist, ex-Austrian foreign minister and head of the Geopolitical Observatory for Russia’s Key Issues said

The FPV jam-resistant drone was tested in August 2024 when Ukraine intruded into the Kursk region

Leon Panetta is convinced that the United States made a "terrible mistake" by going into Iraq in 2003, and believes that it should serve as a lesson for Trump

Vaishnaw added that there are many areas for mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in the IT sector

Masoud Pezeshkian noted that Tehran welcomes dialogue and negotiations, but only if the country's legitimate rights are respected

According to John Coale, US President Donald Trump "encouraged this trip"

According to Milorad Dodik, Zelensky believed the words of Western politicians "who clapped him on the shoulder and promised him a lot of things, but they failed in all of this"

According to the report, two military police vans were seen leaving the airport, one of them presumably carrying Promes

Vasily Nebenzya added that the document was based on principles voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2024

The rockets have an advanced inertial guidance system that successfully operates in conditions of satellite channel jamming, which is important in modern war that uses a lot of electronic warfare systems

Vasily Nebenzya thanked the United States for supporting the direct dialogue between Moscow and Kiev

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova added that "many EU countries are on the verge of recession"

"The operation used a large number of Shahed-136 combat drones, along with high-precision solid and liquid-fuel missiles," said the statement