Protracted conflict in Ukraine may weaken Russian rouble — Central Bank

Finland and Estonia are connected by two sets of high-voltage submarine cables

Denmark plans to increase the number of personnel at the Joint Arctic Command in the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk

Moscow selects targets for strikes on the territory of Ukraine, proceeding solely from threats to Russia, the foreign minister stressed

The effort has been under way since 2018, with almost 600 children brought from Syrian refugee camps to their relatives in Russia

According to the Russian foreign minister, Paris proposed "to assist and facilitate dialogue on the Ukrainian issue"

29 people had been hospitalized

According to the report Al Hadath, the operation was aimed at detaining a high-ranking former officer of the previous government

One of the detainees stated that he had moved to Ukraine, where he was recruited by Ukrainian special forces

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Two sets of underwater high-voltage direct current power cables connect Finland and Estonia

Eduardo Paes Saboia also mentioned that the BRICS states' aim to increase the number of permanent members of the UN Security Council will drive the further growth of the organization, and Brazilian authorities will support this decision

Benjamin Netanyahu promised that "this lesson would be learned throughout the Middle East"

Asked what countries could be behind the attack, Karin Kneissl replied that, like in an Agatha Christie novel, "there are many suspects in this imaginary room"

"Such illegal actions, including the transfer of this billion, may surely prompt legal action. And we will surely use all possibilities in the future to protect our rights and the rights to our property," Dmitry Peskov noted

According to the report, the people of Greece witnessed the passage of convoys of Greek and foreign-made trucks transporting containers, mainly with shells, to Balkan states and Poland, and eventually to Ukraine

The aircraft’s crew chief, Igor Kshnyakin, clocked more than 15,000 hours of flight time

Among other things, "members of the Commonwealth have been increasing cooperation in the fight against extremism, transborder crime, and drug trafficking, and everyday activities and contacts between security agencies have been established," the Russian president said

According to Kazakh Deputy Transport Minister Talgat Lastayev, data will be retrieved from flight recorders during the investigation, and interviews will be conducted with eyewitnesses and air controllers

The ministry confirmed an earlier statement by the Kazakh authorities that the crash had killed 38 people

The spokeswoman went on to say that the stalemate began when Western countries de-facto blocked the work in this format

According to emergency services, the incident was caused by a household gas explosion

According to the Kazakh Transport Ministry, the plane belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines

Some Western media outlets reported earlier, citing anonymous Sudanese intelligence sources, that Khartoum had allegedly annulled an agreement with Moscow on placing a Russian naval logistics support base due to potential US sanctions

The foreign minister stressed that Russia was deceived "when they stated that NATO would not expand eastwards and when they emphasized their commitment to resolve [the conflict] based on the UN Charter"

According to Karin Kneissl, Russia doesn’t want to trigger any nuclear war

According to the law, an impeachment vote can take place no earlier than 24 hours after the initiative is introduced at a plenary session

According to the press service, Ilham Aliyev has ordered the relevant government agencies to investigate the causes of the crash and take urgent action

In most of the cases, a child came to Russia with one of the parents, while the other remained abroad, the office of the Russian children’s right commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova said

The source said that attempts to recruit more pilots in Poland and other Eastern European countries were not particularly successful

Dmitry Peskov recalled that the day before during the informal summit of the CIS, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered deep condolences to the families and friends of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured

The launch vehicle blasted off at 10:45 am Moscow time (7:45 am GMT)

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 380 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

In conditions of competing China, Europeans pay significantly more for US LNG than for Russian gas, the official noted

Resurs-P satellites are designed for the Earth’s remote sensing and for regional and local monitoring of its surface

It is planned to launch it in general circulation in early 2025

The Russian Federal Security Service reported earlier on Thursday that it had foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of high-placed Defense Ministry officials in Moscow and their family members

In 2014, the Donetsk airport was one of the hottest spots of the confrontation between Ukrainian forces and Donbass militias

According to Alexander Stepanov, strikes are systematic efforts to gradually wipe out the military capabilities of Ukraine

A total of 1,534 prisoners, including 29 terrorism convicts, escaped

"And we hope that in conclusion of early presidential election, and it is set in Abkhazia for February 15, 2025, a leader will be elected that will continue working on progressive development of Abkhazia and bilateral relations with close ties with our country," Zakharova added

Maria Zakharova noted that "under such a scenario, the Russian peacekeeping presence in the region will be jeopardized"

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The Ukrainian armed forces carried out a strike on the town of Lgov in the Kursk Region on December 25

The top Russian diplomat expressed disappointment that virtually none of the Western nations have joined Russia’s condemnation of these attacks, including the leaders of international organizations like the UN, OSCE, or UNESCO

The experiment that allowed testing the supercomputer prototype took place on December 19, the Moscow State University said

The first Kiev-initiated conference on Ukraine was held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 15-16

The most difficult situation for Ukrainian troops is observed in the Krasnoarmeisk (Pokrovsk), Kurakhovo and Vremevka frontline areas

The document says that the goal of the payment is to ensure the representation of Russian staffers in the convention’s secretariat

In the food sector, prices growth rates declined to 0.76% during the reporting week

Earlier, the Israeli army press office reported that air-raid sirens sounded in several areas of central Israel following the launch of a missile from Yemen

According to Maria Zakharova, the interim self-governance bodies in Pristina, enabled by the United States and the EU, make steps to create intolerable conditions for the Serb population of Kosovo, effectively trying to drive it out of the region

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The apprehended Ukrainian agent said that he had retrieved the explosive from a cache in the Moscow Region and tested its detonator

According to the foreign minister, these agreements should be aimed at eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict

The spacecraft, taking 75 mice and 1,500 drosophila flies, as well as plants and microorganisms to space, was initially planned to blast off on September 1, 2024

A presidential election campaign is starting in Belarus on January 1, with the election scheduled for January 26

The top Russian diplomat pointed out that those accords should first and foremost address the root causes of the Ukraine crisis

Andrey Marochko added that Russian servicemen have advanced east of Yampolovka, bringing the distance between that village and Russia’s frontline positions to less than 1.2 miles

"We are open to any negotiations, provided they essentially discuss the core causes [behind the Ukraine crisis] and the key principles put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June," the top diplomat said

"Overall, we are expressing deepest condolences to those who lost their near and dear in this air disaster," Dmitry Peskov said

The top Russian diplomat drew attention to the fact that "the Kiev regime plays into the hands the West, which needs to remove such a strong competitor as Russia from the international scene"

According to Maria Zakharova, for a peacekeeping force to participate in any conflict it requires the consent of all participants and a decision of the UN Security Council

He expressed hope that the US president-elect will be able to achieve a settlement of the conflict in Ukraine in a "relatively near term."

It is up to the US to take the first step towards restoring contact with Russia because it was Washington that suspended it after the launch of Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian foreign minister stated

In late November, Russian media outlets reported that Director of the Foreign Ministry’s North America Department Alexander Darchiev may become Russia’s new ambassador to the US, taking over for Anatoly Antonov who returned to Moscow, having been relieved of his duties as envoy by President Vladimir Putin’s decree

The Ursa Major dry cargo ship wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea

"We have never stated that the incoming administration of [US President-elect Donald] Trump will necessarily give a start to negotiations on global security, on Ukraine," Sergey Lavrov noted

As of December 25, a total of 4,100 people have been taking part in the cleanup effort

Previously, a curfew was imposed in another large Syrian city, Homs, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. local time

The Russian emergencies minister, Alexander Kurenkov, added, that weather anomalies are becoming more and more frequent

Alexander Stepanov emphasized that "the goal of the enemy’s terrorist campaign on international shipping routes was to disrupt trade and economic cooperation"

Maria Zakharova emphasized that "Canberra obediently follows in the footsteps of the collective West, which pursues a Russophobic policy"

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 26th

Denis Pushilin noted that shelling in Donetsk’s Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts is expected to diminish further once Kurakhovo is liberated

The authorities of Chechnya handed over 200 "Jihad mobile"

Previously, nine law enforcement officers were killed by gunfire during an operation to detain a high-ranking former officer of the previous government

"By declaring on the one hand the intention to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and on the other hand, the readiness to discuss ways of maintaining stability, Washington deprives the hypothetical dialogue of a meaningful basis," Maria Zakharova said

According to Maria Zakharova, this speaks of the fact that the West continues to do everything to escalate the conflict with Russia, not sparing effort or anyone in Ukraine

"It’s important to note that the primary development in this context is the markedly increased role of non-Arab states in the region, particularly two key players," Vitaly Naumkin said

The capacity of the new gas pipeline should be 45 billion cubic meters per year, Alexander Novak said

According to Kakha Kaladze, the country faced unprecedented pressure because of this

The Ukrainian intelligence services planned to detonate the explosive device remotely from the territory of Ukraine, the press office said

Marochko added that the operation allowed Russian troops to "expand their zone of control" in the area

The emergencies ministry has published the official list of Kazakh citizens who perished in the crash

In recent months, the United States has provided Ukraine with hundreds of air defense missiles, and more are on the way, the White House’s press service released

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, December 25th

No reports of damage or casualties have been received so far

The attack resulted in the deaths of three individuals, with a fourth victim passing away from injuries at the hospital shortly afterward

Six people were hospitalized with injuries of varying degrees

According to Maria Zakharova, this is not the first statement of its kind from the US Department of State

The rest of the passengers in the vehicle did not get injured

The bombs intended for killing high-placed Russian Defense Ministry officials were disguised as a power bank and a document folder, the FSB press office specified

According to Joost Niemoller, Israel is the main winner from the changes in Syria, while Iran seems the biggest loser

Also, one aircraft used onboard weapons systems to detect enemy air defense sites, according to the ministry

A number of tankers of the ships' owner Volgatransneft did not have a license for transporting dangerous cargoes in inland waters

As a BRICS partner state, Thailand hopes to raise the level of relations with the group’s members in order to gain better opportunities for the development of its economy

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, December 23rd

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 245 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy howitzers in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported