Russia successfully test-launches long-range interceptor missile for defense system S-500

State trials of S-500 are under way at a testing range in southern Russia

Ukraine has prepared a budget with a record deficit for two years in a row and expects to cover most of this deficit with aid from Western partners

The current account surplus grew to $57.4 bln as of the end of January - November 2024 against $49.5 bln a year earlier

The experiment that allowed testing the supercomputer prototype took place on December 19, the Moscow State University said

Resurs-P satellites are designed for the Earth’s remote sensing and for regional and local monitoring of its surface

The Russian Defense Ministry also added that Russian forces repelled six counterattacks by Ukrainian assault teams in the past day

The Israeli special troops assaulted an Old City district in Nablus

The MOEX index fell by 2.61% to 2,420.3 points, while the RTS index fell by 2.12% to 740.87 points

Many well-known politicians, statesmen, scientists and cultural figures passed away in 2024

"In theory and in practice, Gretzky’s record is doable for Ovechkin," Roman Rotenberg said

At the same time, Lavrov noted that Moscow has not received any official signals from the United States on the Ukrainian settlement at the moment

The bus reportedly went out of control when nearing a motorway toll gate and rammed into a guardrail

According to Chinese President, mutual political trust and coordination of positions between China and Russia "regularly rise to higher levels under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries"

The relevant assignment was given in conclusion of the meeting of the Council for Strategic Development

In the food sector price growth rates amounted to 0.76% in the reporting week, the Economic Development Ministry said

The official yuan exchange rate has been raised by 5.02 kopecks to 14.0096 rubles

At least five mass strikes were also delivered from the beginning of the last year.

The bacteriophage has been isolated from soil at a bird colony north of Cape Flora on the West Northbrook Island, the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

The MOEX index accelerated its growth and was at 2,528.52 points, while the RTS index reached 771.31 points

The defenseman missed 16 matches due to a broken leg

"Unfortunately, the Ukrainian authorities don't care a bit about their own people and they don't hear our concerns," Alexander Lukashenko noted

Alexander Khinshtein emphasized that he is personally engaged in continuous monitoring of the situation

Overnight to February 28 Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in downtown Moscow

"By stopping the flow of Russian gas to Europe, Ukraine is pushing energy prices even higher," Bundestag member Sevim Dagdelen said

Data obtained from the Russian defense ministry’s daily bulletins and other open-access information from its officials indicates that Kiev lost some 595,000 troops as killed or wounded in action in 2024

The Russian president noted that the US agency had achieved its goal of changing the government but failed to see what it would evolve into

Inflation outlook has been upgraded to 9.2% (+1.5 pp compared to October) for 2024, to 6% (+0.7 pp) for 2025, and to 4.5% (+0.4 pp) for 2026

The US Department of Defense "has no statement or information to provide," a department’s spokesperson said

In 2023, Russian pipeline gas supplies to Europe stood at about 28.15 bln cubic meters

The ban was introduced in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Circassia, North Ossetia, Chechnya, Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions

Of these, 1,470 were transferred to rehabilitation centers, the crisis management center in the Krasnodar Region said

As of 10:15 Moscow time, the yuan rose by 15.1 kopecks to 13,95 rubles

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media outlets have reported several explosions in Kiev

The minister said that the halt of Russian gas transit was an act of "sabotage by Zelensky"

Top stories from the Russian press on Saturday, December 28th

According to KTNV, the suspect was an army veteran

According to regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the attacks damaged 15 private houses, four apartment buildings, five cars, three garages and a powerline

During the ceremony, the Russian Navy chief handed in the St. Andrew’s naval flag to the submarine commander, Captain First Rank Alexander Gladkov

According to John Mearsheimer, Russia has become much stronger over the past two to three years because it has managed to become "a truly sovereign country"

According to the results of 2024, tourists from Moscow, Novgorod and Murmansk regions showed the biggest interest in trips to St. Petersburg

One person died and seven others were wounded as a result of the Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday

The deal provided for the transit of 40 bln cubic meters of Russian gas through Ukraine annually

Bureau’s Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said noted that the investigation was at an early stage

Hungary and Bulgaria set the task for themselves "to find such legal and financial solution" of this problem that will enable making payments for the Russian gas and will be acceptable for all the parties, Peter Szijjarto said later on the air with M1 television

Funds were intended for implementation of the development program of the EU region by 2027

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom said that Kiev’s refusal to extend a gas transit deal with Moscow had forced the Russian company to stop gas transit on January 1

The American president also said the US Department of Defense is in the process of delivering hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds and thousands of missiles to Kiev

Russian President made 11 visits to other countries last year compared to six in 2023

Gaza’s Health Ministry stressed that in the past 24 hours, 28 Palestinians were killed and 59 wounded in the enclave as a result of Israeli bombardments

According to the Roscongress Foundation, "the sheer scale of the agreements concluded at EEF 2024 - over 5.5 trillion rubles"

Russia has celebrated New Year and Christmas with decorated fir trees since Peter the Great’s reign

Regis Chamagne added that Ukrainian men were now being chased on the streets and sent to fight 'as cannon fodder'

Russian air defenses downed seven HIMARS and Uragan rockets and 66 Ukrainian drones in the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s bulletin

The German Finance Ministry’s spokesman said at the end of December 2023 that the authorities had frozen Russian assets totaling about 4.1 bln euro

The contract on Russian gas transit via Ukraine expires at the turn of 2024

Also, the Russian president instructed to develop and submit to the State Duma a federal law "On the languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation" until May 1

Russian-Haitian cooperation is based on the principles of friendship, equality and respect for sovereignty, the ministry said in a statement

Regis Chamagnedescribed NATO and the EU as 'two sides of the same coin'

Earlier the Russian energy minister said LNG from the US is at least 30-40% more expensive than the pipeline gas from Russia

According to the minister of health in the interim government, Maher al-Sharaa, the Health Ministry has prioritized measures to address the sector's problems

According to Sevim Dagdelen, Friedrich Merz, Economic Minister Robert Habeck and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz 'will probably continue to burn German taxpayer money in Ukraine'

The Soviet Union’s first president believes that the Soviet authorities had underestimated the scale of inter-ethnic problems in the Soviet Union and the need for reforming the country

One person died and seven others were wounded as a result of the Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday

The attacker died from sustained injuries when being transported to a medical institution

The Finance Ministry and the Central Bank has drafted a decree by the Russian president that provides guarantees for new foreign investors on the Russian stock market

"The flight recorders will be delivered to the CENIPA," the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan said

Pensioners and public sector employees, whose wages and salaries have long lagged behind rocketing prices, will also be among the most affected

Domestic consumption will go up, Alexander Novak said

According to Al Mayadeen, fighters from Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the radical Palestinian organization Islamic Jihad, attacked Israeli military vehicles

Hooligans burned down 690 vehicles last year, earlier reports said

The organization is committed to documenting and investigating attacks on health care through an online surveillance system

The attack left two civilians injured, while two cars were damaged

The decree on retaliatory measures against the oil price cap initially came into effect on February 1, 2023, and was originally intended to last until July 1, 2023, but has been extended multiple times since then

Next year, Roscosmos and NASA are set to sign the third supplement to the agreement on seat swap flights to the International Space Station

The statutory monthly minimum wage is the minimum salary of Russians before deducting personal income tax

Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko added that she discussed humanitarian cooperation with the leader of Kazakhstan, including in the field of education

"It was a tragic waste of life for Ukraine to attack a larger army that had defense in depth, minefields and stronger artillery," american entrepreneur said

According to the Russian leader, the government would do right to blaze a trail with daring examples

Slovnaft, one of the largest oil refineries in Central European countries, is located in Bratislava

According to Maria Zakharova, the Kiev authorities decided to end the transit of Russian gas to European countries even though the Gazprom company was complying with its contract obligations

"The Ukrainian military has abandoned its positions in Shevchenko. They could not withstand the onslaught of our troops and combined strikes," the sources told TASS

Supplies of Russian liquefied natural gas to the EU increased by 21% to a record 21.5 billion cubic meters

The authorities in both Moldova and Transnistria have declared emergencies

Accortding to Tomas Amaral, the focus was on football and the best course of action for club

The head of the Rylsk district, as well as all emergency response services are at the scene of the attack

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, December 27th

According to the local police department, a 45-year-old man

Law enforcement authorities have not yet identified the deceased person

"The business of the two counties want to cooperate and looks for models of interaction in the environment of toughening of the so-called sanction. It seems important for me because there are avenues of interest for the business exactly with the long-term focus. This pertains to branches of industry, energy, transport, agriculture, pharmacy and food security provision," the Russian diplomat added

According to its information, the Israeli army delivered a strike against a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi

The president was also informed about the latest developments in the investigation into the attack in New Orleans

The drill for independent disconnection of the region from the BRELL took place in September and was not noticed by residents, Alexey Besprozvannykh said

Russian paratroopers destroyed vehicles in Kursk region

The US national debt for the first time climbed above $36 trillion on November 15

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed that "there are no factors on either the Hungarian or Russian side that would prevent us from finding a way out of the current situation"

The US Department of the Treasury said earlier that a $20 bln loan would be provided to Ukraine and paid in tranches

The prime minister underscored that, "the more serious the problems in Europe are, the more decisively the economic relations in all other markets should be promoted"

According to the ministry, a total of 651 aircraft have been destroyed since the start of Russia’s special military operation

Without the Ukrainian route, Russia's gas traffic to the EU will slump to 39 billion cubic meters per year, Alexey Bobrovsky, the director of the Institute for the Study of World Markets, predicts