Lukoil sells gas stations in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary

This is also to cover up mass immigration, child abuse gangs, rising crime rates and economic decline, Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev said

"The deployment of troops largely depends on the situation, context, and specific tasks," Germany's Social Democratic Party leader Matthias Miersch said

First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said the self-driving solutions trend is also current for railway transport

The protests, where people demanded the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Robert Fico, a Social Democrat, were organized by opposition liberal parties and movements of Slovakia

The command in Rzeszow has been taken over by the Dutch military

"All information from the questions of Russians to the direct line is constantly reported to the president," Dmitry Peskov stressed

According to Russian instructor with the call sign Gipalon, the group is always on full combat alert

The six-page document lists US grievances against the organization, veiled attacks on China for accumulating huge trade surpluses and on India for blocking improvements in the WTO's decision-making process

The Russian government and regional authorities are instructed to ensure the implementation of measures related to the call-up of citizens for military training and the conduct of these training sessions

Russia and Iran actively cooperate through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, as well as through the Iranian delegation to the Eurasian Economic Union, Leonid Slutsky said

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

"The meeting may be organised, though it is unlikely the ministers will decide to make tougher the sanctions against Russia. Most likely, they will just publish a statement,” the source said

The IAEA director general said the agency's inspectors at the nuclear power plant were forced to take shelter indoors the day before after hearing loud bursts of gunfire from near the main administrative building

The Drone Force company previously announced the development of a reconnaissance version of the 15-inch Force drone with proprietary software and shifted control frequencies

Russia continues renovation of Russian settlements in Spitsbergen, Alexey Chekunkov said

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 to Belarusian President, Roman Protasevich and his accomplices plotted a 'massacre and a bloody coup' in Belarus

Recent reports by The New York Times revealed that during a covert operation in 1965, the CIA installed a SNAP-19C nuclear generator on Mount Nanda Devi’s summit to monitor Chinese missile activity

The European Commission requests EU members to make sure that their UGS facilities are 90% full from October 1 to December 1 of each year for ensuring elevated reserves for the winter period

The parties agreed to continue searching for missing persons

The Serbian president said he would appeal to his supporters camping out near the parliament building to disperse

Moscow has not yet received this information, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

As of November 1, the fund amounted to $173.89 bln

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

Masoud Pezeshkian pointed out that Iran-Russia cooperation continued to develop, "reaching a strategic level"

Andrey Kelin noted that the British military department's 2025 overruns may amount to more than 2 billion pounds

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

The messages for Russia-US relations sent by the administration of US President Donald Trump differs from approaches of previous administrations, the Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted

Petteri Orpo said he does not want to think about that

ANO MPs announced their decision to journalists in Strasbourg

The official euro exchange rate has been raised by 58 kopecks to 93.8054 rubles

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 sources, Midad Energy plans to fully acquire Lukoil's assets, and American companies may also participate in the deal

Sergey Ryabkov stressed that the desire for cooperation in this format remained strong

Alfred de Zayas stressed that "NATO boots on the ground would only mean an escalation to the war"

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

Medvedev noted a high level of trust and cooperation between the two countries’ businesses, so "it is up to the European politicians to make up their mind"

Project 677 diesel-electric submarines are designed to destroy enemy surface ships and vessels, conduct patrols, conduct reconnaissance, protect sea lanes, lay minefields, and perform other missions

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

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

Among the participants of the meeting are Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov

Bulgaria’s For Free Russia, Estonia’s House of Ingria, Norway’s Nature and Youth, and Germany’s Alliance for a Free Democratic Russia were also added to the list

Silver capitalization is computed by multiplying the current silver price by the silver volume estimated to be mined to date, about 1,751,000 metric tons of silver

In Valery Zaluzhny's words, "the end of the war and the return of around one million of soldiers" will be "another challenge to the state and civil society"

The news outlet also predicts "even greater" growth for defense spending than expected, following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October

Dmitry Peskov also noted that there will be journalists from unfriendly countries as well

According to the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, the US President laid out "in clear and simple terms" that there is a turning point that Europe is facing

Roscosmos is currently laying an "experimental foundation" for formulating further goals for human exploration of space, Denis Kutovoy emphasized

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

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

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

Thierry Mariani said the lack of a clear mechanism for lifting the freeze is a conscious decision of the authors of the initiative

The yuan-to-ruble rate fell 1.9 kopecks to 11.26 rubles

Irakli Kobakhidze emphasized that Tbilisi should be pragmatic about the developments

Peter Szijjarto emphasized that Ukraine’s membership in NATO was "purely a Ukrainian agenda item"

According to the newspaper, 22 illegal Cuban migrants are now housed there

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

The former Austrian Foreign Minister stressed that the signature of Vladimir Zelensky at the moment "for a variety of reasons cannot have much weight"

According to Armen Gasparyan, if the media does not adhere to the request of the Human Rights Council, the state should punish them

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

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

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

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that there were fewer pressing questions from the participants of the special military operation

The rate in the third ten days of November was 15.62% per annum, and 15.5% per annum in the second ten-day period of October, according to the regulator

Restrictions are still in force in the airports of Tambov and Kaluga now

Kiev could have made a peace deal with Russia on more advantageous terms right after the conflict began, Robert Kalinak recalled

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

German Chancellor admitted that Europe has certain fears concerning the potential use of Russian frozen assets

According to the source, there's no ammunition on board

Yevgeny Ivanov served as the Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department since 2013

According to Soren Pellmann, the deployment of NATO forces to ensure the security of Ukraine’s airspace would lead to the "further escalation of the situation"

Vladimir Putin also relayed congratulations with the Day of the city of Grozny, Teacher’s Day and the Day of the Chechen Youth

The diplomatic mission emphasized that Russia had no plans, intentions or reasons to engage in armed confrontation with the United Kingdom

The suspects were detained in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg

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

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

Turkey issue a clear warning to both sides concerning this matter, the Turkish president said

The event will be held at noon on December 19

According to the statement, 2,642 trucks delivered food (53,120 tons), 787 - medicines (9,100 tons), 762 - water (15,300 tons), 712 - equipment for temporary shelters (10,540 tons). The remaining 502 trucks carried mixed cargo (7,650 tons)

On Saturday, the Czech car maker Skoda and the Nivea Men brand announced they would withdraw from sponsoring the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in case Belarus co-hosted the tournament

The Russian foreign minster noted that, overall, "there are certain advances" in the work of the Arctic Council

Police cordoned off the court building and did not allow people to enter

Moscow Department of Russia’s Investigative Committee spokeswoman Olga Vrady added that investigators have begun a sweep of the school

Karin Kneissl noted that the European Union had ditched a number of its own rules and norms

The Russian foreign minister noted that European countries are trying to seize Russia’s foreign currency reserves because they don’t have enough money to continue military operations in Ukraine

Mario Bojic said it needed to happen for the world to change

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

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

According to the report, the negotiations were conducted very secretly with journalists having no access at all to information about the particular level of the talks between the officials

Earlier in the day, the US leader announced his plans to address the nation on Wednesday evening

Fuel for the Paks nuclear power plant will be produced at a joint venture in Europe established by Rosatom and the French company Framatome, Lantos noted

Production will depend on market conditions, Marinychev said, adding that the company intends to remain a global leader

Last year several countries began working within the BRICS framework, and many states are planning to join this association, the diplomat noted

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

The price of futures contracts of WTI crude oil for February 2026 delivery was down by 2.92%

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,520 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours