Anti-bear spray production starts in Siberia

Mark Carney said Canadians know "that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario"

Donbass, Novorossia, and eight other border regions will have the option of holding an early vote on their territory for security reasons

In particular, Battlegroup West units destroyed 57 enemy UAV control centers

Maria Zakharova said the responsibility for this will fall on Western politicians

Andrey Rublev will begin the tourney against Croatia’s Marin Cilic

Kiev’s main strategic objective is to maintain control over the remaining part of Donbass, and the Ukrainian army has created a defense in depth, Valery Gerasimov said

According to Dmitry Peskov, no telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump is planned at present

The United States remained the leading country by the number of billionaires

Acording to the state corporation, the production of combat fighter jets have been doubled and the production of artillery ammunition has been increased 20-fold

The Joint Expeditionary Force provides a political flexibility to respond to crises because consensus among all ten nations is not required, General Gwyn Jenkins said

On August 22, Donald Trump said that he already considered the Strait of Hormuz to be US territory

The heads of state may discuss the key areas of cooperation and pressing issues on the regional and international agenda, including security

This factor could make the Russian market extremely appealing, Vladislav Kochetkov said

Mohsen Rezaei said that Washington’s shift toward economic pressure demonstrates that "a military solution to the conflict produces limited results"

According to the ministry’s statement following Thursday’s summons of the charge d’affaires, Russia declared an employee of the Romanian embassy in Moscow persona non grata in retaliation

The IAEA director general said he had developed a very good working relationship with Russia

The case was heard in absentia after investigators took "exhaustive measures" to locate Alexey Arestovich and achieve his extradition, but determined that there was no possibility of securing his appearance in court

According to Yana Lantratova, Russian servicemen spend several months in torture cells before being transferred to general captivity

Built-in AI algorithms classify targets and filter out harmless ones, minimizing the number of false alarms, Russia’s state tech corporation said

General Mladic was serving a sentence at a UN detention facility in The Hague

The Ukrainian conscripts who have fled make it clear that they do not wish to fight for the ideas of this Kiev regime in its neo-Nazi guise, Maria Zakharova noted

Dmitry Peskov said the Kiev side knows Moscow's demands perfectly well

Sergey Naryshkin said there is nothing unusual to it

According to the journalist, US intelligence agencies may have concluded after the agent’s detention that Israel was aware of Epstein’s client list and the potential value of compromising material

John Ratcliffe visited the Russian capital on Tuesday

Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, announced on August 25 that the military force will be dissolved and integrated with the Syrian army

This "could have frightening consequences for the national security" of the United States, the newspaper writes

The official euro exchange rate has been raised by 2 rubles and 1.01 kopecks to 100.2998 rubles

The US authorities are currently focused on increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic, the newspaper said

According to Mikhail Razvozhayev, a drone struck a section of a five-story residential building

Dmitry Peskov also commented on why the Russian leader did not meet with the CIA director John Ratcliffe

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, August 28th

The former Bosnian Serb army commander died in prison in The Hague on August 27

The Associated Press linked the situation primarily to the transfer of US missile stocks from Europe to the Middle East amid the US war with Iran

Viktor Medvedchuk argued that European leaders could have helped bring about peace in Ukraine much earlier had they not supported the conflict

The FPV drone crews eliminated one International MaxxPro armored vehicle and two Humvee armored vehicles

IRMCT President Graciela Gatti Santana repeatedly denied humanitarian release "to the bedridden, terminally ill man," the ministry noted

According to the White House, the change has been made official in the Geographic Names Information System

According to Politico, NATO countries have already begun a "contest"

As part of a propaganda campaign, the Kiev regime is spreading false information about an allegedly successful offensive in the Zaporozhye Region

The Russian foreign minister said Moscow had a question, as information is leaked to the Western media on how exactly the administration of Donald Trump, is helping Ukraine with financial aid, weapons and intelligence

According to the Ukrainian serviceman, Russian electronic warfare systems are not blocking Starlink completely, but they are reducing its effectiveness

Energy facilities supplying power to Ukrainian ports in the Odessa Region were also struck, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Head of Rosnedra Oleg Kazanov noted that reserve additions are driven not only by new deposits but by additional geological exploration and the reassessment of existing deposits

Ruslan Pankratov said countries that remain outside such a dialogue can only "keep a close eye on the matter so that the event doesn’t pass them by without their obligatory comment"

The ministers will discuss ways to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the regional security situation

Russia can deal serious damage to the UK critical undersea infrastructure if it chooses to, Gwyn Jenkins said

Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Moscow on August 27

According to the Bank of Russia, banks prevented around 34 mln attempted thefts totaling approximately $43.05 bln in the first half of the year

Admiral Bradley Cooper added that since the the Strait of Hormuz blockade was resumed in mid-July, it has been maintained by over 20 US warships

King Harald V of Norway was hospitalized on August 17 due to an infection and complications from hemolytic anemia

Admiral Bradley Cooper claimed that since the US resumed its maritime blockade on Iran in mid-July, the Islamic republic "has exported zero oil from its shores"

Mohammad Ghalibaf also expressed confidence that the US economic blockade of Iran "would yield no results"

Sergey Lipovoy noted that even if Kiev manages to assemble them somewhere using available components, "it is not a given that these missiles will be fully controllable"

According to The Wall Street Journal, major technology companies that have made large donations to Trump’s projects fear becoming targets of congressional investigations and legal prosecutions

1,545 people have been wounded and rescued

Mohsen Rezaei added that "an end to all conflicts in the Middle East," particularly in Gaza and Lebanon, was the top-priority condition for the resumption of vessel traffic

According to Dmitry Peskov, Russia does not need "military escalation," as it is making advances in the special military operation without it

The statement emphasized that the European Union should make clear choices and reprioritize within the budget

Konstantin Kosachev said that even before the start of the special military operation, at least 16,000 people had been killed in Donbass by "the heirs, adherents, followers and admirers of Ukrainian nationalists"

All 12 people on board were rescued, the coast guards said

The European Commission president chose not to point out that the disruption of global trade and the blocking of energy supplies from Russia were a direct result of sanctions drafted by the European Commission

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the unifying potential of BRICS has grown significantly since the ideas of neocolonial dominance were revealed to the world in all their unattractive form

According to sources cited by the newspaper, John Ratcliffe's mission was "so sensitive" that even some White House officials had no prior knowledge of it

Given Ukraine’s strikes with British weapons, Moscow has every right to attack British military facilities, Maria Zakharova stated

According to the newspaper, Riyadh would prefer to preserve peace but is prepared for a military scenario

The Strait of Hormuz is open and loads of barrels of oil pass through it, said US President

In Taras Skvortsov's view, the Russian financial market has a sufficient margin of resilience to expect the situation to normalize

Dmitry Peskov specified that the Donald Trump's statements about holding "good talks" with Vladimir Putin refered to leaders' previous contacts

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 2,540 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed 12 enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

Gianni Infantino announced a proposal on July 30 to sell a share of the FIFA World Cup commercial rights to private investors

The US president downplayed Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow, calling it "routine"

A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that the visit took place in the framework of the first exchange on the governmental level in seven years

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, August 27th

Vasily Nebenzya cited Israeli Air Force strikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase and a drone attack on a vehicle near the town of Beit Jinn as examples

According to the report, Caracas discussed the idea of withdrawal with US officials, but the final decision is yet to be made

Dmitry Peskov added that Russia continues contacts with the United States on Ukraine "at the working level"

Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations Paul Richard Gallagher is in Russia on a five-day working visit, which began on Monday

According to available information, 13,295 people are involved in the rescue operation

Maria Zakharova noted that "such actions would be impossible without constant support for the Kiev junta by Western nations"

The Russian foreign minister said that the Europeans, alongside with Vladimir Zelensky, made a year-long lobbying effort before these statements were made

The Russian foreign minister said the UN and Western countries are sweeping under the rug Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure, as they have firmly sided with the Kiev regime

As a result of a drone attack in the Yaroslavl Region, one person was killed and 27 were injured

"This is an opportunity to show people how we have strengthened the country’s defense," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said

According to the report, the Israeli military blocked the road between the settlements of Ufaniyah and Khan Arnabah, where their patrols are searching homes in search of militants from radical groups and weapons caches

According to the source, the Volna has become a factor affecting not only the special military operation zone, but also having global influence

Armenia will also lose such a significant asset as the unhindered movement of labor, Anton Sviridenko added

Bradley Cooper said that mines in the strait’s international shipping lanes were laid by IRGC

Sergey Nechayev pointed to what he described as an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign in three eastern German states ahead of elections scheduled for September

Sergey Lavrov briefly commented on the visit by John Ratcliffe and Paul Richard Gallagher "on the very same day"

Tim Gallaudet added that he would not go into details because he does not want the location to be revealed

Two residential buildings, special equipment, and five civil infrastructure sites were damaged

Abbas Araghchi called on the US administration to engage in respectful dialogue, recognize Iran’s rights, and honor its commitments

The consequences are extremely serious, Musa Magomedov said

Earlier, BelTA reported that the Belarusian President plans to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during his working visit to Russia

The resilience of the sectors will be assessed by the subcommission through the lens of existing risks and damage incurred, Denis Manturov said

According to Mikhail Razvozhayev, two of them sustained minor injuries and declined hospitalization

Rodion Miroshnik says more than 300 people were wounded, including 17 minors, since the start of 2026