Norilsk Nickel to sell 2 enterprises in Australia

According to Sergey Lavrov, Brussel pushes EU countries toward "disregarding the interests of own people"

The Turkish Ministry of Defense did not specify where exactly the drone came from

European countries disagree with Washington's position, believing that the issue of territories is not subject to discussion until Ukraine receives security guarantees

Two civilians were reported injured

The incident caused no casualties

Russia is open-minded in terms of what decisions might be made, Sergey Ryabkov noted

Alexander Lukashenko emphasized that he had raised the Venezuela issue at a recent meeting in Minsk with US Special Envoy for Belarus John Cole

According to US officials, Washington expects that "Russia would accept such an arrangement in a final deal, as well as permit Ukraine to join the European Union"

Sergey Lavrov also noted that Russia has smooth, stable relations with the new authorities

"The West is turning a deaf ear to everything related to real facts Russia has repeatedly pointed to within the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and at meeting with ambassadors to Moscow," Sergey Lavrov said

The US leader did not give any details

The German government also plans to build a sort of alliance with its European partners to jointly purchase weapons for Ukraine

Nicolas Maduro added that Caracas would host a meeting of the Venezuela-Russia High-level Intergovernmental Commission in the first quarter of 2026

According to the report, Belgium, Hungary, and Slovakia initially opposed the plan, and they have now been joined by Italy, Bulgaria, Malta, and the Czech Republic

The official noted that the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard was one of the first Russian shipbuilding companies to implement a comprehensive digitalization project

Brussels claims that it will be "investment into Europe’s security," but, from Hungary believes "there's no logic in this"

"Europe is using the Ukrainian crisis to assert themselves, to put a spoke in the United States wheel in its quest to seek a just settlement," the Russian foreign minister said

Donald Tusk said that it won’t come to any fundamental decisions at the European Council meeting

The first round of talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations took place in Berlin on December 14

According to Politico, Kiev must agree to these terms immediately; otherwise, the next US proposal would be less favorable

According to Moscow Deputy Mayor Natalia Sergunina, the total amount of transactions made with the support of the city was over $12.6 mln

"This will escalate the conflict to a degree that we cannot foresee, and will put Hungary and its people into a serious danger," Peter Szijjarto stressed

According to Sergey Ryabkov, the sides were inches away from what he called a complete conclusion of the efforts in 2022

"Freezing such assets is illegal under both European and international law," Adrian Severin noted

The Hungarian government has repeatedly stated that it will not allow Ukraine's fast-tracked accession to the EU, as it would ruin the European economy and spark a direct armed conflict with Russia

The EU Council claims that John Mark Dougan holds American and Russian citizenship

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 16th

Armando Mema emphasized that the EU is not doing "one thing right" and the bloc "should respect Belgium’s sovereignty" and its decision to refuse to transfer the assets to Ukraine

According tp the report, Battlegroup West forces are firmly rebuffing all the Ukrainian army’s attacks on communities near Kupyansk, keeping them under control

"Berlin has chosen the path of destroying the unique bilateral interaction formats built by generations of predecessors," Sergey Nechayev noted

According to the source, the US delegation "is taking Russia’s position" on this issue

The UK is urging the European Commission to justify the theft of Russian assets by exploiting legal gaps in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and by referring to "exceptional circumstances"

According to the news agency, the US leader requested at least $5 billion in damages

The citizens were persuaded to cooperate with false security services, under the threat of being charged with treason, for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment, for financing the Ukrainian armed forces

Russian Foreign Minister also noted that the situation around Russia’s frozen assets made it clear that "stealing is in the Europeans’ blood"

Sergey Ryabkov stressed that "everyone on both sides is guided exclusively by national interests, national security interests, national economic interests"

The diplomat noted that in 2022, following referendums, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, were formally incorporated into Russia

Keir Starmer stated that the prior question is whether a just and lasting peace can be achieved

The first round of negotiations between the US and Ukrainian delegations took place in Berlin on December 14 and lasted about five hours

The main critics of the deal are European farmers, particularly beef, poultry, and dairy producers

Friedrich Merz stressed, however, that the parties would need to discuss the details

The US business invested about $100 bln during 25 years in Russia, the AmCham President said

One child was killed and a security guard was injured in the attack, the Russian Investigative Committee’s press service reported

The agenda includes a wide range of political issues and economic projects, Kazem Jalali said

The owner is willing to surrender Kuzya if professional care is ensured

The Ukrainian mass media are disseminating reports alleging that the Ukrainian army has taken control of the settlements of Kondrashovka, Radkovka, and Moskovka northwest and southwest of Kupyansk

According to the newspaper, the government also "encrypted" certain obstacles to approving a form of "reparation loan" to Kiev at the expense of frozen Russian assets

Kaja Kallas emphasized the need for tangible security guarantees

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, December 15th

The reports say that a student stabbed a security guard, used pepper spray, and then stabbed a 10-year-old schoolboy who died of his injuries

Our efforts were collaborative, involving other international partners, primarily Iran and Turkey, noted Lavrov

Sergey Ryabkov reiterated that Russia "stands firm" on the understandings reached during the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Anchorage

Lavrov said that one should not forget that besides trade between the two countries, there is also investment cooperation

According to the Hungarian foreign minister, EU leaders want to raise over 200 billion euros for Ukraine

Some European leaders, the head of the European Commission and the NATO secretary general, are expected in the German capital in the evening

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said that Moscow will encourage the resumption of Iran-IAEA cooperation

"The Iranian nuclear program was dismantled, despite the fact that it was endorsed by the UN Security Council resolution," Sergey Lavrov pointed out

Slop is defined as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence"

Both parties - Israel and Hamas - say that its provisions are being violated, Russian Foreign Minister said

Dmitry Peskov noted that Moscow has only seen media reports about the joint statement by EU leaders on security guarantees for Kiev

The two countries’ two leading news agencies, TASS and Xinhua, co-organized the event

Alexander Lukashenko also said that "drug trafficking cannot be defeated with missiles"

A total of eight men were killed during these actions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Moscow has tried to work with the Europeans to persuade Washington to return to compliance

In particular, gas reserves in UGS facilities in the Netherlands have fallen below 60%

Emergency personnel are working at the site where debris came down

During the liberation of the settlement, servicemen of the 36th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army of Battlegroup East destroyed more than two platoons of Ukrainian army personnel from the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade

The AmCham President also informed about the poll on the issue of the impact of Western sanctions on the US business

Among those who voted against the resolution were Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan

The EU leaders "appreciated the strong convergence between the United States, Ukraine and Europe"

Earlier, Xtellus had offered to organize a swap of Lukoil securities held by U.S. investors in a cashless deal to return them to Lukoil in exchange for the Russian company's global assets

The agency, which failed to condemn the attacks and has no instructions regarding the inspection of damaged sites has no grounds to declare its intentions to inspect," head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami said

Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia wants to cooperate with Iran and with its other neighbors, including within the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Rustem Umerov was appointed to lead Ukraine’s delegation to the talks with the US side on November 29 in place of Vladimir Zelensky’s office head Andrey Yermak

At the same time, Karol Nawrocki himself stated that he still dreams of being at the same negotiating table for peace in Ukraine with the leaders of Russia, the United States and representatives of Kiev

"Moscow strongly condemns the barbaric extremist attack, as a result of which 15 innocent civilians, including a ten-year-old girl, were killed and dozens were injured," Maria Zakharova stated

Seventeen individuals and four legal entities were added to the list in total

According to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, "there is a one million percent guarantee that it’s impossible"

Support for the EU among Europeans has reached a record high in polls, the newspaper noted

Aleksandar Vulin said that freedom reigns supreme in Serbia, but that’s not the case in the EU

Italian deputy prime minister and minister of transport and infrastructure Matteo Salvini emphasized that sanctions brought European economies to their knees, leading to more expensive energy for Italians

Viktor Orban noted that the EU can agree to establish a joint borrowing fund to finance Ukraine, considered to be a "wonder weapon", and this decision would not even require a unanimous consensus of the member countries

He also reaffirmed Russia's stance, condemning the unjustified attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities

The ban was effective until the end of 2025

The NTI Fund specified that, unlike other domestic solutions and foreign analogues, the technology offers precise positioning of up to 15-20 cm

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,480 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours

Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Washington has started to understand what needs to be done to achieve a lasting and long-term settlement of the conflict

In recent days, Vladimir Zelensky and leaders of several European countries, namely France, Germany and the UK, held talks on a Ukrainian settlement in London and Berlin

The paper’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief and correspondent Paul Ronzheimer noted that the official statements differ significantly from behind-the-scenes conversations

The spat started with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s post, which stated that the EU leaders’ decision to seize Russian assets without consulting Hungary violates numerous laws and is "a declaration of war"

Donald Trump also added that the US is working with Europe on the security guarantee

Bild reported that Kiev is allegedly also ready to "freeze" the current line of engagement but refuses to withdraw its troops from the entire Donbass territory

Petteri Orpo said he does not want to think about that

Russian Foreign Minister recalled that all other Caspian littoral states have ratified the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea

The European Union intends now to sanction tankers without waiting for approval of huge sanction packages, the EU top diplomat noted

Sergey Ryabkov noted that "Russia's special military operation was inevitable because things were developing in a very wrong direction"

The US delegation includes special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and the American leader's son-in-law, entrepreneur Jared Kushner

According to the report, US President Donald Trump, during a recent conversation, told Benjamin Netanyahu that he needs to be a "better partner" regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip

Peter Szijjarto noted that Budapest intends to "stay away from this"

The White House views the December 14-15 talks in Berlin as positive