‘We have only one Putin’ - Kremlin spokesman on president’s ‘body doubles’

Vasily Nebenzya also noted the failure of attempts "to justify this aggression by Security Council Resolution 2722 or by references to the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter"

According to Irakli Kobakhidze, it "will play a crucial role in ending the so-called polarization that was imposed from the outside"

In the course of joint practical measures, the troops will accomplish the combat training tasks of ensuring the state’s territorial integrity

Mikhail Drapaty, who continues to be a deputy chef of the general staff, replaced former Kharkov group commander, Yury Galushkin, who was appointed to the post in early April 2024 to succeed Andrey Gritskov

Other heads of security ministries and services, as well as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, will retain their posts in the government

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Earlier, Navka’s team said on its social networks that the Ruslan and Lyudmila ice show will be performed in Sochi in the summer

Meanwhile, in quarterly terms Q2 inflation will total 4.6%, while in Q1 it equaled 5.7%

Vershininn is taking part in the second meeting of national coordinators of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, which is underway in Caracas

Denis Manturov noted that the geopolitical situation was prompting the need constantly to improve operational characteristics of armaments and military hardware

Rescuers ask citizens to be extremely attentive and careful, as it is unsafe to be at the scene

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on May 12 that Russian troops had inflicted roughly 50 casualties on the Ukrainian army in the Kherson direction over the past 24 hours

The head of the regional military administration said that "only nine children with foster parents from the Volchansk community have volunteered to leave"

The Middle East conflict affects directly the global logistics flows, Alexey Fadeev noted

Maria Zakharova said veteran organizations in unfriendly countries weren’t affected by the decision not to invite officials

On May 7, the day of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration, the Russian government resigned, in accordance with the law

Acceptance of applications will begin no later than May 16

In the first four months of 2024, Madrid purchased 26,854 GWh of gas from Russia, according to data provided by Spanish energy company Enagas

"On the battlefield today, the winner is the one who is more open to innovation <…>. Therefore, at this stage, the president has made a decision for a civilian to head the Defense Ministry," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin thanked State Duma lawmakers for approving his candidacy for the prime minister’s office

Antony Blinken will travel to Ukraine this week, the newspaper reported

That was the last good link that we had, Frank Cohn said

"As many as 28 people have been evacuated from buildings," Leonid Pasechnik said

Protestors refuse to follow the instructions of the police, a TASS correspondent reported

According to Deputy Director of the FSO Lieutenant General Viktor Shlemin, the service's resources are sufficient to complete its assigned tasks in full

Mikhail Bogdanov described Africa as "the continent of the future," a place of "truly inexhaustible natural and human resources" with "an increasingly large and high-margin market"

It is reported that the Polish Agriculture Ministry failed to solve all the problems of the farmers, which led to their mass protests

Growth of labor efficiency is the key factor for Russia to become one of the world’s top four economies, Alexander Novak noted

Martin Jaeger added that Germany also provided Ukraine with Gepard self-propelled air defense systems and a completely new system that was developed in Germany: the Skynex

The RS-28 Sarmat is the newest heavy liquid-propelled intercontinental ballistic missile currently being co-developed to replace the world’s largest and most formidable ballistic missile, the Voyevoda

Gazprom regularly provides daily supplies above contractual obligations, the company noted

Su-35S have passed ground and flight trials and flew from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the deployment airfield

According to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, "fierce fighting" is taking place in the Kharkov Region

Belgorod and its suburbs came under massive shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces earlier on May 12

Mir cards are now accepted in nine countries but operations of the system are limited in six of them

Serial production of Tu-160M2 bombers should begin in 2023

"The reaction of American officials to the deadly strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on residential areas, or rather the absence of even a hint of condolences, is very telling," Anatoly Antonov said

The innovation was prompted by the existence of gray zones in areas of combat operations that are dangerous for groups to evacuate wounded personnel, Denis Oslomenko noted

"Depending on the development of the situation the build-up of the group will continue," according to the report

According to Alexey Kuznetsov, seventeen people were taken to hospitals following the shelling attack and nine more received outpatient assistance

According to Sergey Storchak, BRICS nations are facing the task of integrating existing systems with each other instead of creating a new one

Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov and member of the Yemeni Advisory Council Rashid Barabaa also discussed prospects for implementing joint projects in the field of green energy

A forensic examination will be held to establish the cause of the man’s death

The Ukrainian side expressed hope of signing an agreement on the purchase of the equipment in June

Alexander Grushko discussed with Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt Khalid Emara in Cairo "the processes of formation of a multipolar world, key trends in the evolution of international relations, and the changing role of international organizations and associations"

At least eight people were reported to have been killed and 20 - wounded, including two children

"The personnel of the Battlegroup North actively employ FPV drones in the special military operation to eliminate the Ukrainian army’s dugouts, manpower and various military equipment," Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

Russian air defenses also downed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet

The head of the military administration cited the delay in Western arms deliveries as the reason for the Ukrainian forces' failures

According to Olesya Polunina, leader of the Expedition for Books project, in the 1980s, scientists Valentin Rassadin and Vadim Shibkeev wrote Literary Reading textbooks

The terrorist acts committed by the regime of Ukrainian President Vladimir "Zelensky against the civilian population of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and other Russian border territories are criminal," said Mikis Filaniotis head of the Cypriot branch of the International Russophile Movement

Victor Gumenny said the advanced systems may solve the tasks of air-space defence and may fight hypersonic weapons

The candidates were nominated by President Vladimir Putin and their names were submitted to the council on May 12

Rodion Miroshnik cited as an example this March, when during the presidential election in Russia's regions bordering Ukraine the number of shellings increased significantly, especially in the Kursk Region

Vladimir Putin and Luis Arce focused on "the implementation of mutually beneficial joint projects in trade, economy and energy"

Sergey Lavrov stressed that "the conference has long been the talk of all those who are trying to defeat Russia on the battlefield"

Only two percent of respondents are confident that the German army is well prepared to defend the country, while 39% believe the armed forces are in poor condition.

The Georgian parliament's Legal Affairs Committee endorsed the third reading of the bill on foreign agents on Monday

Zakharova expressed confidence that Stoltenberg is interested in Ukraine's future only in the context of confrontation with Russia, while he "takes no interest at all" in the future of Ukrainians

According to Leonid Pasechnik, missile fragments, presumably of US-made ATACAMS, were found in a park and near a residential house

Russia handed over the document to the Ukrainian side on April 15, Vladimir Medinsky recalled

Apart from that, in his words, one shelling attack on positions of Syrian government troops by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra was reported in the Aleppo governorate in the Idlib de-escalation zone

TASS’ military analyst fills us in on one of the greatest secrets of Russia’s defense industry

"We do not rule out the United States may use so-called defensive technologies for offensive purposes, as well as for global governance by creating crisis situations of biological nature," lieutenant general Igor Kirillov stressed

On Tuesday, Vladimir Zelensky failed to secure a breakthrough in talks with Congress which remains deadlocked over US President Joe Biden’s request for supplemental funding for Kiev

"However, the talks’ success will rest on Kiev’s willingness to hold dialogue, which is absent judging by the recent statements by Ukrainian leaders," the source added

The dollar-to-ruble rate was down by 0.98% to 91.35 rubles, while the euro-to-ruble rate decreased by 0.95% to 98.55 rubles

One of the injured is in serious condition, according to the report

Alexander Stepanov noted that the Pentagon has formed a kind of strike group comprising Japan, the Philippines and Australia, which includes high-accuracy and long-range weapons systems and components of the US missile defense and air defenses

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, May 13th

The pilot ejected and was not injured in the accident

According to his decree, the distribution of authority between deputy prime ministers has changed

Nemo Mettler won with The Code song

Vyacheslav Gladkov added that another drone fell down near a multi-apartment building

On May 11, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported liberating several populated localities in the Kharkov Region

First and foremost, the pardon covers women with minor children, pregnant women and women, whose relatives are involved in the special military operation

Russian troops improved their frontline positions and inflicted casualties on the Ukrainian army in the Kharkov area over the past day, the ministry reported

Even though there was an announcement to end the rally, people are staying near the legislature at Rustaveli Avenue

The officials said Egypt is also blocking any humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the French Army is "visibly concerned" over the growing number of French citizens killed in Ukraine

In April, at a meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the CIS armed forces special attention was paid to the development of the joint communication and air defense systems

According to Head of the Kharkov Region’s interim civil administration Vitaly Ganchev, residents are already making numerous enquiries about receiving the Russian citizenship

Dmitry Peskov added that the service is headed by Dmitry Shugayev

However, these missile systems should not be underestimated as they are high-precision weapons that have an operational range of up to 560 kilometers, depending on specific modification, Alexander Stepanov said

He said that the opposition movement "will increase pressure across the entire country, from the north to the south"

"They think that they can intimidate us but we know that our victory is near," Ivan Sanayev noted

The first Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after the launch of Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine took place in Belarus in early March 2022 but the talks yielded no tangible results

Serbia’s embassy in Kiev suspended operation in March 2022 due to security considerations

According to Peskov, currently, "the moment is crucial."

Bilateral exchanges between Russia and North Korea have intensified since the second half of 2012

"We will build at least 350 sports facilities per year in our regions for all age categories until 2030," Dmitry Chernyshenko noted

Many in Ukraine reportedly believe that their country’s situation in the conflict with Russia has significantly worsened

Tomasz Schmidt sees some "positive" trends in Polish society, which, unlike the authorities, is determined to restore relations with Moscow and Minsk

It is noted that the number of destroyed Western armored vehicles could be considerably larger

The officials on the Ukrainian side were Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and the presidency’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, the US official said

Sergey Lavrov reiterated that Russia was ready to negotiate peace not only in words, but also in deeds

Putin recalled that the countries had established a new form of dialogue, namely a ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum

The T-72B3M is a heavily upgraded version of the T-72 main battle tank

Waldemar Skrzypczak said he believes Russia is involved in the suppression of the GPS signal over the Baltic Sea to "test the alliance's reaction"

The government is tasked to present eleven new National Projects by September 1 of this year