South Stream will contribute to Europe’s energy security — Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia is ready for a peaceful resolution but has enough capability to act independently, Dmitry Peskov stressed

Consumer price growth rates totaled 0.25% over the week

The total area of destroyed winter wheat crops amounts to 1,479 hectares

For those who accept the offer, the laboratory guarantees permanent employment contracts, a competitive salary, and comprehensive relocation support for specialists and their families

For instance, Russia informed the organization about the discovery of smoke grenades with chloropicrin at Ukraine’s positions in the DPR, as well as about a Ukrainian drone attack carried out with improvised munitions containing the same substance on a school building in the DPR

Russia's Acting Permanent Representative to the UN Anna Yevstigneyeva stated that "deaths of innocent civilians, killings of women, children and the elderly will not stop them"

According to the Russian top diplomat, the primary task is to secure additional economic projects that will foster Mozambique’s economic independence and uphold its right to choose its own partners on the international stage

The new firearm has a highly powerful 9x21 caliber cartridge

Earlier, the deputy prime minister said that Russia had accumulated sufficient fuel reserves to supply the domestic market, but panic buying had led to a 20-30% increase in demand

The decision for the US to transfer a license for the production of Patriot systems to Ukraine was announced yesterday by US President Donald Trump

Federal budget revenue increased by 5.8% compared to the same period in 2025, to 18,622 bln rubles

The figure reached about $2.3 billion in May 2026

Vice President of the Defense Commission of the country's Transitional Council Fousseynou Ouattara emphasized that all the drones used by the terrorists are of Ukrainian origin

Besides, two more planes are flying over the Persian Gulf coast and two - over the neutral waters of the Gulf of Oman

The PD-8 engine designed for SJ-100 jets will undergo certification in April 2026

"The tall tales about '20,000 abducted Ukrainian minors,' as well as the various 'child return coalitions,' and the bills and resolutions hostile to Russia, have nothing to do with the truth or concern for the interests of children," Maria Zakharova emphasized

According to the ministry, "NATO has been conducting military drills one after another, particularly exercising the use of military force in close proximity to the Belarusian border"

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, regular high-precision strikes on fuel depots, gas stations, and railway infrastructure facilities are significantly disrupting the Ukrainian military's transport logistics

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, July 9th

The United States and Israel started a war with Iran on February 28

First Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Kursk Region government Alexander Chepik was not injured

Some predators which were housed in cages, including three lions, died

Mozambican Foreign Minister Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas says the talks would focus on the economic sphere

This follows from an audio recording of a telephone conversation between a Russian detained in Krasnodar and his Ukrainian handler

The president noted that Russia's current fuel difficulties are temporary, adding that the country's energy sector possesses a high margin of safety

Alaeddin Boroujerdi highlighted that the Americans saw it as their goal to interfere in the affairs of every independent country and bring war to it

Their delivery to the UAC aircraft plant and installation on the Superjet are scheduled for the near future

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,385 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours

Commander Mikhail Knyazkin says "a huge amount" of weapons and ammunition was left behind

"The Skat platform is remotely controlled and designed for underwater, surface, and land use," Executive Director of the Spektr Design Bureau Andrey Bratenkov said

The expo is being held in Beijing on June 22-26, featuring 676 leading enterprises, specialized innovation companies, and industry organizations from 85 countries and regions worldwide

The singer passed away in a hospital in Portugal following an illness for which she was undergoing treatment

The ruble-denominated MOEX Index dropped by 1.53%, the dollar-denominated RTS Index decreased by 0.92%

The enemy also lost 42 drone control centers, the battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Tikhomirov said

Head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergey Katyrin stressed that they were politically motivated

The cartridges are being mass-produced and supplied to Russian Armed Forces units performing combat missions

"U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline," the US Central Command said

The target value for non-resource non-energy exports for the year was set at $155 billion, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Roman Chekushov noted

According to the US leader, it is an escalation that could lead to an end to the conflict

As a result of operations conducted by law enforcement officers, a terrorist accomplice, a Russian female citizen, was detained

In particular, drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Krasnodar Regions, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of Tatarstan

The official also said that the Hawks took part in the invasion of the Kursk Region and terrorized the people of the border areas with drones

According to the report, a US destroyer was among those targeted

The highest fuel prices are recorded in California where a gallon of gasoline costs an average of $5.38

The money will be used for the production of new cartoons

No one was injured, and everyone on board managed to evacuate safely

The new weapon was unveiled by Putin on March 1 last year

"Nearly two years after the criminal case against Pavel Durov was opened, there is still no evidence to support the charges," AFP cited his lawyers

The Hungarian Foreign Minister said that even among his ministerial colleagues in Europe there is a clear opinion that the sanctions are not working as planned

Grigory Lukyantsev, Russian Foreign Ministry's department director, says the section on this country has become the largest in the joint report of Russia and Belarus on the human rights situation in some countries

Anna Yevstigneyeva emphasized that there was no military logic in those attacks

Vladimir Zelensky also said that Kiev and Washington had reached agreements about producing interceptor missiles for the Patriot systems on the territory of Ukraine

Alexander Stepanov added that the technology transfer implies setting up costly production lines

Dmitry Peskov noted that the Russian government is doing everything necessary to protect the country

Russia believes US President Donald Trump was mistaken in suggesting that an escalation of military operations between Russia and Ukraine could contribute to an early settlement, Dmitry Peskov stated

Georgy Emelin noted that companies such as Yandex, VK, and telecom operators are the future consumers of space technologies

Payments were made in accordance with the decree of the Russian Federation on the temporary procedure of honoring state debt liabilities of the Russian Federation to residents and foreign creditors

Dmitry Peskov stressed that the proposal voiced by the American president contradicted one of the set objectives of the Russian special military operation

Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza Holy Shrine, alongside his family members who were also killed as a result of US-Israeli bombings

US officials claimed the attacks had caused minor damage and no casualties

The deal includes anti-drone shotguns, anti-drone cartridges of various calibers and pistols, the holding noted

The targets hit included a Bogdana self-propelled gun, a T-62 tank, and armored combat vehicles transporting Ukrainian troops and ammunition to the front lines

According to Alexander Shokhin, for a tunnel to be economically and financially viable it will be necessary to build railways and roads and develop infrastructure

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, July 8th

The Innoprom business program included more than 100 events over four days

The notion that Russia, suffering defeat, might suddenly strike NATO territory tomorrow is utterly illogical, Anna Yevstigneyeva emphasized

The Russian Foreign Minister says negotiated solutions were reached back in 2014, 2015, and 2019, but the West’s guarantees were dismantled by the West itself

The Council of FIS didn’t discuss the issue of the return of Russian athletes at its July 7 meeting

All eligibility checks on the neutral status of Russian athletes have been scrapped, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said

The official also instructed that the monitoring of key macroeconomic indicators continue

Ivan Terekhov, Executive Director of Irbis Sky Tech, noted that the Aist has already undergone testing in the special military operational zone

According to the US leader, Greenland is "surrounded by China's ships and Russian ships"

Investigators reportedly examined the suspects’ financial transactions, noting that both had made multiple transfers to Anastasia Berezovskaya’s cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts

The Scythian gold exhibits were put on view at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam as part of the "Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea" exhibition in February 2014

As of 3:01 a.m. GMT, the Brent price was down by 1.48% at $75.94 a barrel

Deputy CEO Taras Skvortsov said the detailed forecast for the macroeconomic scenario will be announced in December

The launch of the UN committee on drafting a comprehensive international convention on the issue is the international community’s tangible response to this challenge, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov noted

"They hit actually three boats, not two, and when they hit, we hit back much harder," the president said

Alexander Novak stressed that all measures aimed at supplying such regions with necessary resources should be closely monitored by the authorities and decisions should be made as quickly as possible

The second and third most popular male names were Noah and Leo

According to the published statistics, despite the overall decline in bilateral trade turnover, China’s exports during the reporting period increased by 34.9% to $4.55 bln

Grigory Lukyantsev highlighted that outwardly the Western diplomats pretended that the report did not exist

Petr Pavel also called for further militarizing Europe

A military base on the outskirts of the city was attacked, Bushehr Province Deputy Governor Ehsan Jahanian said

A batch of Tigr multipurpose infantry mobility vehicles was also supplied this year to the structures of Russia’s Interior Ministry

The Israeli prime minister emphasized that the remarks were directed against the existence of the State of Israel

Nenad Popovic explained that economic openness was a priority for Serbia, as "the results of such cooperation benefit our citizens and contribute to the country's prosperity"

A parked car exploded at 12, Yasenevaya Street at around 7:00 a.m. Moscow time

Pablo Bustinduy emphasized that he wasn't ruffled by the US president’s latest remarks

There has been no official substantive reaction to the reports yet, Grigory Lukyantsev, Russian Foreign Ministry's department director, says

Normally, temperature monitoring in the soil is carried out by drilling wells and placing temperature sensors into them

Grigory Lukyantsev, Russian Foreign Ministry's department director, said that the number of states voting annually for the Russian resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism is stable

Governor of the Konarak County Mohammad Younes Haqqani says the attack, which was carried out in two stages, using fighter jets, resulted in two explosions

A number of NATO member states began transferring weaponry to Ukraine as early as 2014, when a coup d'etat in Ukraine resulted in a change of power

No one injured

Andrey Marochko added that Russian troops are also advancing southwest of Kutuzovka along the Byk River

The Russian top diplomat said that any other interpretations were irrelevant

Cultural and sporting events were also held, including several friendly basketball matches, the last of which featured Russian and Chinese sailors participating as part of combined international teams

Elvira Nabiullina noted that the threat to cybersecurity will only increase, so the authorities need to re-evaluate how they protect people from cyber crime

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