Russian Bolshoi Ballet heads for Monaco to unveil Year of Russia

According to Yury Ushakov, Russian leader Vladimir Putin will deliver a keynote address at the SPIEF plenary session

The EU has insisted that Yerevan cut all religious and spiritual ties with Moscow as a prerequisite for integration into the bloc, the SVR noted

European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius also called for faster integration of the Ukrainian army and military industry into the European defense and industrial environment

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, June 3rd

Alexander Shchetinin said that Cuba remains Russia's partner and friend

Topics of discussion will include expanding cooperation, international and regional issues, and preparations for the 3rd Russia-Africa Summit

US Central Command air defenses successfully downed multiple drones and ensured no American personnel or assets were harmed

The prime minister said Hungary needs access to affordable energy in order to grow

Candace Owens said that she had faced verbal attacks and accusations of involvement in a "Russian conspiracy"

The publication noted that the deployment of British troops near the Russian border is largely "symbolic," given the limited capabilities of the UK's armed forces

According to Wladysіaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, defense ministers will hold a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 18, and one of the topics will be nuclear deterrence capacities

Candice Owens revealed that the US leader called her from Mar-a-Lago and told her about the French president's demands

Sergey Ryabkov added that it leads to a widening gap between rich and poor nations, as well as between the rich and the poor within countries

Alexander Pankin highlighted that the export of Russian products, their transportation, supply, sales, and the overall global operations of Russian companies were being "obstructed at every step"

The Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic called on all international bodies to take appropriate measures in response to this incident

Time is running out: 48 hours remain before all hell rains down on them, US President said

Russian President said he wished the Donbass problem could be settled through talks and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, but "regrettably, this is no longer relevant"

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is Russia’s leading annual economic conference, held since 1997

The Russian Northern Fleet’s press service clarified that, according to live monitoring data, the warhead of the Oniks missile successfully hit a floating target

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held talks with his Belarusian counterpart, Viktor Khrenin

"There's not going to be some sort of advanced signing bonus or good faith front," Marco Rubio said

The United Aircraft Company has achieved good results and is on par with competitors in terms of heavy combat drones, Vadim Badekha said

Iran also fired at two US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conducting a search and rescue operation

As for the SPIEF’s central event, it will be a plenary session as always and it is scheduled for Friday, Yury Ushakov said

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that Iran respects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and considers it a brotherly nation

Sergey Belyaev said the measures will include the military-technical ones

Early on Wednesday morning, a passenger bus traveling from Moscow to Simferopol was hit by a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle in Yenakiyevo in the DPR, DPR head Denis Pushilin said

According to Dmitry Peskov, Russia will continue its special military operation specifically aimed at preventing attacks like the one on St. Petersburg

According to Denis Manturov, the production cost of the first aircraft will exceed the market price, as the plane received modifications and new components as part of the import substitution process

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,300 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours

According to Igor Dodon, Chisinau should return to the platforms that the Moldovan authorities decided to abandon, namely the CIS and the EAEU

One of the facility’s security guards was killed, Iran’s AEOI said

According to Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the attack caused casualties and serious damage to some of the airport facilities

Governor Alexander Beglov said the forum remains a leading platform for discussing global economic issues despite the geopolitical situation

The Russian president earlier said that "the Kiev leadership has decided to turn a new page in the series of its crimes"

According to Evgeny Chereshnev's calculations, training a modern typical model with 1.7-2 trillion parameters costs developers about $100 million per cycle

The US president assumed that it can happen at some point

The RDIF chief noted that Global South countries are increasing their economic power, actively moving toward partnership with Russia, and will be widely represented at the forum

The Russian foreign minister congratulated Raul Castro on his 95th birthday

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian invited the world to judge which side engages in terrorism

Moldovan leadership has embarked on a course toward European integration, disregarding historical, economic, and any humanitarian ties, Oleg Ozerov noted

The Hungarian prime minister believes that no one is interested in a new economic and political cold war emerging

The Russian side is committed to constructive and fruitful cooperation with Khalilur Rahman, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement

Vadim Badekha noted that the work of creating a wide-body long-range aircraft is currently at the research and configuration determination stage so far

According to the newspaper, Chisinau is also discussing the possibility of denouncing the 2001 Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation with Russia

The attack was launched in response to the Kiev regime’s terrorist acts

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badekha pointed out that India has a significant need for such aircraft

Sergey Ryabkov said the hypothetical extreme situations were outlined in detail in Russia’s military doctrine and the fundamentals of Russia’s state policy on nuclear deterrence

Maria Zakharova emphasized that the Kiev regime’s increased terrorist activity in the Black Sea creates risks to civilian navigation

Andrey Marochko said the Ukrainian army lost over 107,000 soldiers and mercenaries in battles on all the fronts in spring

The Russian-US Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms expired on February 5

According to the TV channel, Iranian negotiators verbally assured the United States that the Islamic Republic would eventually agree to a number of conditions regarding its nuclear program, but Donald Trump considered these guarantees insufficient

The Kremlin has a positive view of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Russia

The meeting will take place in a European country

Dmitry Peskov noted that the conflict in Ukraine could be resolved by the end of the day if Vladimir Zelensky ordered his troops to withdraw from Russian regions

Peter Magyar said that Hungary can provide diplomatic and humanitarian assistance

Maria Zakharova added that Western countries are fully justifying such practices

According to CEO Vadim Badekha, the engine is undergoing trials, and the first flight with it has already taken place and was successful

According to head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of the North Atlantic Alexander Gusarov, in terms of practical results, the emerging dynamic of restoration in relations has yet to be tested

Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Zelensky must order his armed forces to withdraw from Russia to achieve this

The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister warned that any aggression against Iran would be met with a resolute response

Wildberries is considering launching the messenger in foreign markets, the company's founder and chief executive of Wildberries & Russ Tatiana Kim said

Samia Suluhu Hassan's visit will last until June 5, when she will speak at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Governor Alexander Drozdenko said that 59 unmanned aerial vehicles had been downed over the past night

According to the ministry, the provocative anti-Russian rhetoric of British officials indicates the unrelenting attitude of the leadership of the United Kingdom to continue a tough systemic confrontation with Russia

Russian athletes are allowed to participate under the colors and national symbols of their country at the 2026 FIE World Championships in China’s Hong Kong on July 22-30

Two emergency workers were killed and another two suffered injuries in a drone strike in the country’s western Smolensk Region

No information on casualties or damage has been reported yet

Spanish mercenary Perez Rodriguez, a former Marine, had been fighting in Ukraine since 2024, spending most of his time in rear-echelon units

However, US Secretary of State emphasized that Iran has military equipment of "Chinese origin"

The Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by airborne, ground-based and seaborne long-range precision weapons, including air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles and attack unmanned aerial vehicles

The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the Sokol-I drone can be hand-launched in a matter of seconds, without the use of additional equipment

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the US Arms Control Association Thomas Countryman also noted that it would be a waste of money

Certification efforts for SJ-100 and MC-21 airplanes at the closing phase, the company's CEO Vadim Badekha said

The mercenaries were surrounded and were forced to lay down their arms

According to CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean, the pilots of the downed fighter had sidearms

According to Kirill Dmitriev, Germany and other European countries can see they are actually pushing their economy to the brink of collapse

The Su-57 is a flying command center, which can also operate from the 'fog of war,' remaining undetected by enemy radars

"Whether the enriched uranium is transported to Russia or is down blended with other material within Iran, they are both good solutions to what is a looming nuclear proliferation problem," Thomas Countryman said

Candace Owens revealed that Macron's wife was suing her not for saying Brigitte was a man but for saying she had stolen her sister's or her brother's ID

According to the statement, since the start of the naval blockade of Iran on April 13, US forces have disabled 6 commercial vessels and diverted 122

"All Iranian attacks on American forces failed," CENTCOM said

Peter Magyar made a similar statement at a meeting in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and at other venues earlier

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian army, in response to Kiev's terrorist act in Starobelsk, carried out a massive strike on Ukraine's military-industrial complex and Ukrainian army airfields on the night of June 2

There is also an option to install screens and other comfort accessories, Vadim Badekha said

According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, the goals of the strike were achieved

The US Secretary of State stressed that the decision would be made by the US Department of the Treasury

The forum will take place on June 3-6 and will become the 29th edition

According to CEO Georgy Yemelin, once potential sites are identified, specialists will begin engineering and geodetic surveys, as well as soil assessments

No information has been provided about the goal of Mark Rutte's visit

The International Atomic Energy Agency practices double standards when it comes to Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Sergey Ryabkov noted

In Vyacheslav Volodin’s opinion, Nikol Pashinyan hopes that accession to the European Union will help him hold on to power

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin recalled the rapid militarization of Europe, the deployment of coalition troops to NATO's eastern border, and the maintenance of a forward military presence in Poland and the Baltic states

"The real danger is not what happened today, it's what happens next," Jim Ferguson said

Andris Kulbergs also emphasized that Latvian pharmaceutical companies cannot requalify quickly, so the matter will be discussed separately with industry heads

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said this on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Spokesman for the presidium of the Iranian parliament Abbas Goudarzi mentioned the nationalization of the oil sector as an example

Such crimes must be investigated and those responsible must be punished, Dmitry Peskov said

The Russian leader earlier stated that with their gravest crimes against children, "the Kiev leadership has opened a new page in their crimes, giving the Ukrainian conflict a new dimension"

Aggregate defense spending in three neighboring countries - Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia - exceeded 52 billion euro in 2025, Belarusian Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva office Larisa Belskaya said