Lavrov begins talks with Swiss counterpart Cassis

"We are waiting for the most important thing: to ensure the safety of the plant," Yury Chernichuk stressed

"Crossing the border here doesn’t just carry the physical risk of being in a war zone; it also means that as individuals, we’re unlikely to ever be able to return to Russia," reporters Kathryn Diss and Fletcher Yeung write

The Russian leader noted that the Kursk attack was meant to stop the Russian advance in Donbass

Maria Zakharova noted that not so long ago, Western leaders had said that their key goal in Ukraine "is to support the Kiev regime on its journey to democracy"

The report emphasized that the plant faces challenges in terms of personnel, providing water to cool the reactors and accessing external power supply

The Finnish Presidential Office and the Ministry of Defense refused to make any comments

"Russia's maritime policy is aimed at further developing the forces and bases of the Pacific Fleet," the Russian presidential aide pointed out

Director General Rafael Grossi stressed that "we must keep a state of permanent alert until the conflict is over or it enters the phase where there is no more active military activity"

On March 17, 2023, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian presidential commissioner for children’s rights, for their alleged involvement in war crimes "consisting of the illegal deportation of the population," including children, and their illegal transfer to Russia

Anatoly Antonov ridiculed what might have been the downing of the first such fighter delivered to Kiev with a US-provided Patriot missile battery

The Defense Ministry also pointed out that four experts have arrived at the plant to replace the previous team

The Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman said that decrypting and processing the entire array of information on Telegram will take considerable effort and time

Project 20380 corvettes are designed to accomplish green-water missions, fight enemy surface ships and submarines and provide artillery support for amphibious assault operations

"This is very important, in high demand," the Russian president noted

According to the official, the deal has "three primary components"

The ukrainian president, "his closest mates, their accomplices and those who committed crimes against civilians" should receive just punishment no matter which country they may be staying, leader of the Other Ukraine movement said

Major General Apty Alaudinov noted that the Ukrainian armed forces relocated the best-prepared units, equipped with Western vehicles, for the Kursk operation

The meeting between the Russian president and the Serbian deputy prime minister took place on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island

According to Mikhail Kovalchuk, advancements in genetics have now reached such heights that it is possible to modify the genome as needed

The top Russian diplomat is scheduled to meet with the country’s political leadership in Conakry

According to Mikhail Ulyanov, Rafael Grossi's fifth visit to ZNPP will not point the finger at the attackers

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According to Irakli Kobakhidze, after the opposition did not vote in the parliament to impeach Salome Zourabichvili, she became "not the president of Georgia but the president of the National Movement and yet another ordinary puppet of the National Movement"

Consumer prices in the country ticked up by 5.17% year to date

Maria Zakharova also noted that the battalions that will now be created from Ukrainian citizens recruited in European countries "will also strike at Western European countries"

Apty Alaudinov stressed that the enemy's "entire frontline has collapsed and our troops are advancing, liberating several settlements every day"

A decision was made to expand ground tests of the spacecraft

Vladimir Saldo stressed that the military bloc is providing both financial and administrative support for the operation of such centers

The Kursk NPP is one of the country’s top four nuclear power plants in terms of capacity and is an important node of Russia’s national grid

Dmitry Polyansky noted that there a reports about shelling attacks on convoys and mass graves of Palestinians

According to Alexander Dyukov, the development of a large production center in Eastern Siberia is one of Gazprom neft’s priority for the coming years

"It seems to me that Zelensky just does not understand the position India and its leadership hold," Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova underlined

It also released a video showing Ukrainian servicemen fleeing en masse towards Zolotaya Niva and Shakhterskoye, leaving their wounded comrades on the battlefield

The systems are to replace the imported Ukrainian devices, according to the supplier

Maria Zakharova quipped that she had not heard anyone inviting NATO to the region

"Reconnaissance reports said that all the designated targets had been destroyed," the Defense Ministry reported

According to Vladimir Ivin, India possess a great potential in terms of import

The BRICS+ countries account for 46% of the world's population (8.1 billion)

According to the report, Ukrainian sabotage groups trying to penetrate deep into Russia’s interior continue to be met with resistance

Russian Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov noted that the task is at the level of transport ministries

Maria Zakharova noted that the European politicians "now only have one so-called Western piece of rhetoric left, the one about strategically defeating Russia" and they are not even mentioning the people of Ukraine anymore, or democracy

Apty Alaudinov specified that in recent days, the adversary has been tentative in advancing its hardware

According to the foreign minister, the US is starting to lose its sense of mutual restraint with Russia

Leonid Slutsky welcomed the IAEA’s attention to the developments around the ZNPP

There will be no additional vote on resignations today, and it is unclear when lawmakers will broach the Kuleba issue again

The Eastern Economic Forum is underway on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on September 3-6, 2024

The agent was gathering information about the social and political situation in Belarus, according to the report

According to the experts cited by SCMP, "the Chinese variant is more powerful and would deter US warships from entering the region in the event of a conflict"

"Obviously, we need to create a buffer zone for the future to ensure that nothing flies in," the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council said

The Battlegroup East liberated the settlement of Prechistovka in the Donetsk People's Republic in one day

Trump has repeatedly pledged to resolve the conflict in Ukraine before his inauguration, if elected

In addition, the US Department of State has restricted the Rossiya Segodnya media group and its subsidiaries - RIA Novosti, RT, TV-Novosti, Ruptly, and Sputnik

Under the document, such foreign nationals will have the right to apply for temporary residence in Russia "outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws"

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during talks with NATO Assistant Secretary General Boris Ruge in late August yet again confirmed the Balkan republic’s commitment to its military neutrality

Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui did not give a time frame

Maria Zakharova stressed that the mutual renunciation of territorial claims by Moscow and Beijing had been enshrined in the July 16, 2001, Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, with Moscow and Beijing putting border issues to bed once and for all by signing the Additional Agreement on the Eastern part of the Russia-China Border on October 14, 2004, and ratifying the document later"

The Eastern Economic Forum is underway on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on September 3-6, 2024

Tokyo did itself a disservice in attempts to isolate Russia, Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted

Currently, airport services and A-Technics specialists are assisting the foreign crew in preparing to continue the flight

"We will, of course, be persuading our partners from the international atomic agency to detail not only the facts following the events, but also the reasons for the occurrence of these threats," Alexey Likhachev stressed

According to Vladimir Ivin, the departure of EU countries from the leaders in trade turnover with Russia was gradual

According to Captain 1st Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, aircraft of the US-led international counterterrorism coalition violated the Syrian airspace in the area of al-Tanf eight times over the past day

According to the report, the suspect is currently in custody, and it is unclear if he is a student of this school

Dmitry Peskov noted that "all these issues will be discussed in Kazan," referring to the organization’s summit in Russia in late October

The government is stronger and more solid than ever, Irakli Kobakhidze said

The Egypt International Airshow 2024 is taking place for the first time on September 3-5. Russia is represented by a joint exposition organized by Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation). What samples of weapons and military equipment are on offer from Russian manufacturers to foreign customers, how Russia's military-technical cooperation with other countries is developing and more in this TASS factsheet

The Russian leader held talks with the Mongolian leadership, took part in celebrations on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the victory in the battle of Khalkhin-Gol

At the same time, the German chancellor claimed that Russia has allegedly been carrying out a large-scale arms buildup, including missiles, for years

The visit is part of the events marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Eritrea

According to the commander of the Akhmat special forces commando unit Apty Alaudinov, there were no large-scale attacks on Wednesday

According to Maria Zakharova, the Moldovan authorities are leading the country down the "disastrous path of Ukraine," as they follow an anti-Russian course upon instructions from the West

Russian President delivers a 30-minute or so speech and then answers questions

Questions to the candidates will be asked only by moderators and the candidates will have two minutes to answer

It was previously reported that eight people suffered injuries and three were killed

Igor Mosiychuk noted that the blame for what happened lies mainly with the Ukrainian military authorities, who allowed such a large number of servicemen to gather in one place

Verkhovna Rada speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk published a photo of Kuleba’s letter where he asks to resign without specifying any reasons for his decision

According to Maria Zakharova, these drones were assembled in the Vyshgorod district of the Kiev Region, and they were launched near Slavyansk in the Kiev-controlled part of DPR

It is currently at the stage of preparation and updating, Sergey Alexandrovsky said

Artem Dmitruk noted that the Ukrainian armed forces command did not order the servicemen to go down to basements during an air raid alert, which resulted in most servicemen getting killed

According to Irakli Kobakhidze, Salome Zourabichvili will define the results as illegitimate

It is reported that the circle around Ugledar is gradually tightening

The dead beluga whale was discovered in the sea near the city of Stavanger in western Norway on August 31

Further to logistics and natural resources production, the tourist segment has evolved, General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva said

"Over the last year, 106,000 open railcars with containers were shipped," CEO Irina Olkhovskaya said

However, according to Maria Zakharova, this will turn out to be "a plan of trouble" for Kiev rather than "a plan of victory"

Russian aviation has hit Ukrainian reserves in 15 localities in the Sumy Region over the day

According to the Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov, air flights from Vladivostok to Pyongyang have been organized for Russian tourist groups

According to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the authorities see "great interest in the country [Russia] from the global majority"

"And we must go our way to complete the special military operation and accomplish the tasks facing us," Dmitry Peskov added

Plant’s director Yury Chernichuk said the Zaporozhye NPP is preparing measures to justify further operation of the cooling tower

"They made money on everything, they humiliated Europe, they pulled the industry to their soil, they have not lost anything," Russian Security Council deputy chairman added

Dmitry Polyanski stressed that there are no indications that the authorities are ready to change this policy

Rodion Miroshnik added that the Russian court has already convicted several foreign mercenaries, "but, unfortunately, in absentia"

The flotilla chief told Putin about the troops and means from his unit as well as their operational procedures

According to earlier reports, a fire measuring 20 hectares in area was spotted in the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

The Dry Port transport and logistics center is a unique innovative project that will become one more significant container trains processing center in the free port of Vladivostok