Russian Black Sea fleet to receive about 30 modern new warships in next decades

Alireza Sanei says that Iran's proposals also include the unfreezing of assets "that have been frozen for many years in banks of various countries"

According to the news outlet, the recent Africa Forward summit in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is a prime example of this decline

The troops of the grouping are also successfully operating on the Boguslav and Rubtsovsk directions, the Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General said

Today it is more important for Russia to invest in its own cultural projects and cooperation with friendly countries of the CIS, Asia, BRICS, Airat Gibatdinov said

The US leader said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki "will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans"

According to The New York Times, American officials admit that the United States will enact a Venezuelan scenario in Cuba

Russia will not be drawn into any triangulation attempts by the US to pit Moscow and Beijing against one another, the Russian foreign minister said

Russia has been fighting for a Palestinian state for 70 years, Walid Hamid Shiltag says

According to data cited by Alireza Sanei, 220 children and 259 women were killed

There's no military in the world that makes adjustments as well as the United States military does, Brad Cooper said

Spokesperson Tommy Pigott says the State Department will reconvene the political track of negotiations, and a security track will be launched at the Pentagon with military delegations from both countries

According Sergey Lavrov, the expansion of illegal practices of unilateral coercive measures constitutes a challenge to the multilateral system of international relations

According to sources cited by the newspaper, US President Donald Trump is considering more aggressive bombing of Iran and a special forces ground operation to extract enriched uranium from Iranian nuclear facilities

"The New Development Bank, whose annual meeting is currently taking place in Moscow, could play an important role in implementing this initiative," the Russian foreign minister emphasized

It creates conditions for Russian troops’ further advance deep into Ukrainian territory, the defense source said

An attack UAV platoon commander, call sign "Funtik," noted that eliminating jamming stations and equipment the Russian military can more widely utilize various types of reconnaissance and attack drones

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian leader will travel to China very soon and preparations for his visit are over

The Chinese leader, while giving the US President a tour of the Zhongnanhai state residence, recalled that he had spoken with the Russian leader at the same location in 2024

The Russian top diplomat noted that it would allow for the accumulation of substantial funds, including through the use of digital assets

Russia’s Battlegroup West is conducting active offensive operations within its area of responsibility along a frontline of approximately 350 kilometers, the Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General said

According to the newspaper’s sources, many European Union countries and institutions backed the Saudi initiative

Earlier the Bank of Russia estimated the decline of Russian GDP in the first quarter of 2026 at 0.5% year-on-year

According to Sergey Lavrov, the situation in which the Secretariat has "effectively been privatized by a single group of countries" is unacceptable

Actions by the Kiev regime may lead to more resignations in Europe, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told

According to the statement, Lebanon would continue to engage constructively in the talks and reaffirms "its unwavering commitment to reaching an agreement that fully restores Lebanon’s national sovereignty and guarantees the safety and return of all its citizens"

Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya emphasized that Russia's cooperation with Syria is "based on the traditions of long-standing friendship and mutual respect"

This is a cynical and blatant manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine, Sergey Ryabkov said

The Russian foreign minister is convinced that "only through active collective efforts can the BRICS countries ensure that their interests and the interests of the Global South and East are genuinely taken into account in leading multilateral forums"

The Russian foreign minister said it was not Iran that created the problem, including with the Gulf countries

According to the top Russian diplomat, BRICS has a "special culture of communication, which rests on mutual respect, sovereign equality, due account of the opinions of all of its members, finding common solutions, and the striving for the common good"

According to Wang Yi, the talks between the two leaders were "an important signal to the world"

Maria Zakharova stressed that Moscow was open to contacts with Japan, but it is not asking for or insisting on such communication

According to Rodion Miroshnik, 47 civilians were injured in the period

Under the baseline scenario, the ministry expects production to rise to 516 mln tons in 2027

Valery Gerasimov praised the performance of the battlegroup and set further objectives

The Chinese president emphasized that force does not resolve problems and that dialogue is the only right path

The tapes, testimony and intercepted communications contain instructions from Zelensky on the procurement of faulty body armor, schemes involving Energoatom, Nikolay Azarov said

According to the publication, the program did not meet the requirements imposed on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz

No information on casualties or damage has been reported yet

Russia is at least several years ahead of its foreign partners in the technologies used in the Sarmat system, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said

UEC CEO Alexander Grachev noted that, being cut off from international cooperation in 2021, the corporation had to work "in isolation" for five years

Yegor Sergeyev, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, says that the need to increase military spending will inevitably impact other areas of national budgets

According to Egypt's Minister of Industry Khaled Ali Maher, Russia possesses strong technological capabilities, extensive localization of domestic production capacities, and valuable experience in personnel training and professional development

A three-year girl is among the wounded

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that racism and xenophobia have reached threatening proportions in the EU countries themselves

Arab League’s ambassador to Moscow Walid Hamed Shiltag opined that the risk of a major conflict in the region remained because there was still no definitive agreement between the US and Iran

According to Donald Trump, Washington deliberately chose not to destroy part of Iran’s infrastructure

According to Vadim Badekha, the country’s aircraft manufacturing industry became much more efficient

The US president says that Cuba "gonna have to come to us"

Sources cited by The Daily Telegraph said this scenario is possible if different factions within the Labour Party unite around Andy Burnham

In April, food prices decreased by 0.2% month-on-month and increased by 4.02% year-on-year

The US president noted that the US will resume and finish the operation in Iran, which is currently 70-75% complete

The US president expressed the utmost respect for Xi Jinping and described his relationship with the Chinese leader as "a very strong one"

The Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus, receiving the necessary medical assistance, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The Russian foreign minister also noted that Russia will never beg or chase anyone

According to Ola Kallenius, defense-related operations would account for only "a minor share" of the business compared with passenger cars and light commercial vehicles

Two multi-story residential buildings were also damaged as a result of the attack on Ryazan

The destruction of enemy formations in Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic continues, Valery Gerasimov said

Authorities in Helsinki earlier condemned the flights and crashes of Ukrainian drones, calling the incidents unacceptable

The US president says he wants the authorities in China and Taiwan "to cool down"

The decision was made after a situational assessment, the Israel Defense Forces said

Yaroslav Zheleznyak says that transactions for the remaining amount have been made, but the money did not reach the court’s account in time

The drone did not detonate upon falling, the ZNPP reported

Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia "did not expect, does not expect, and will not expect any reaction from Western adversaries" to tests of both new and existing systems

The Russian Defense Ministry previously reported that the Ukrainian armed forces hire mercenaries from various countries

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov says one should not allow drones flying toward Russia to pass through their territory

According to Israel Katz, Izz al-Din al-Haddad was one of the architects of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel

According to Donald Trump, the deal also implies the supply of General Electric engines

Maria Pavlova warned that Latvia could remain without a stable government until the parliamentary elections scheduled for October

The Russian foreign minister pointed out that such joint work is particularly relevant given that several countries are exploiting these issues "as a pretext for economic, political, and military pressure on unwelcome governments"

Robert Fico called the belief held by some European politicians that the conflict in Ukraine could be resolved by military means an illusion

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

The yuan declined by 5.7 kopecks to 10.71 rubles

The Russian president said the measures taken by the government to improve the economic situation are already yielding positive results

Russian troops delivered one massive and two combined strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, energy and transport infrastructure over the period of May 12-15 in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities

The figure is higher than during the same period in 2025 by nearly 190

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, May 15th

According to China’s top diplomat, the two sides "reached broadly balanced and positive results, including in further implementation of all agreements reached during previous consultations"

Sergey Ryabkov noted that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "set their schedules strictly according to necessity"

Commenting on Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy, Su Xiaohui noted that the mode of interaction between China and the US is not dictated by Washington

According to the Russian military personnel, the UAVs were directed toward substations, hospitals, and communication towers located in large population centers across Russia

Sergey Shoigu shared the Russian president’s assessments of the Sarmat ICBM test-launch, calling it a serious step

This system allows guaranteed penetration of both existing and any missile defense systems still in the development phase, Sergey Ryabkov said

The US leader emphasized: "I also said we don’t need assistance"

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

Since the beginning of May, consumer prices in the Russian Federation have edged up by 0.06%, and by 3.17% since the beginning of the year

Abbas Araghchi pointed to the Iranian authorities' efforts to maintain a ceasefire with the US in order to resolve the conflict diplomatically

According to Alireza Sanei, the US authorities know that the strait is controlled by Iran

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that Ukraine lost about 1,045 servicemen in the special military operation zone over the past day

According to the defense source, Charivnoye was a major defensive line of the Ukrainian army

According to Metropoles, Celso Amorim is expected to hold diplomatic consultations during the trip

According to the security agencies, units are patrolling streets and conducting inspections of houses and apartments

According to Alireza Sanei, the US also sought to undermine or destroy Iran’s missile arsenal and deprive the country of its drone capabilities

The Russian top diplomat confirmed Moscow's support for the ambitions of Brazil and India to secure permanent membership on the Council

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that complete cessation of hostilities is the only solution

Wang Yi noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed that a constructive relationship of strategic stability would become the new concept for bilateral relations

Leonid Slutsky noted that the head of Kiev regime could be trying to create a background for yet another "terrorist provocation, possibly not against Russia alone"

Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 19-20

The Russian foreign minister says that the global financial system must be transparent and non-discriminatory

The Russian president wished Ali al-Zaidi "all the best, as well as health and prosperity"