NATO to find excuse for tension with Russia if not Ukraine — Lavrov

The main reasons for the flight are forced mobilization and incompetence of the command staff, which practically does not appear on the front line, preferring to sit in dugouts several kilometers off the front line, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies said

Besides the strike potential, the modernization program of the Russian Navy, recognized by Forbes as the largest since the Cold War, is aimed not at simply increasing the number of ships, but at creating multifunctional missile carriers that radically change the balance of power, Alexander Stepanov said

The Hungarian Foreign Minister said that even among his ministerial colleagues in Europe there is a clear opinion that the sanctions are not working as planned

The commander of the assault unit of the 121st Regiment of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division also noted that 25 buildings were liberated in the city over the past day

Summit expressed its appreciation to Cyril Ramaphosa "for convening the Extraordinary Summit and accepting to chair the regional body"

According to the newspaper's sources, earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was willing to allow the fighters trapped in the tunnels under the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip to leave, but Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich openly opposed the idea

The man was detained at the entrance to the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, Nikolayev Region, in the south of the country

The US Treasury Department previously stated that it did not intend to grant Gunvor a license to conduct business and generate profits until the conflict in Ukraine was resolved

The meeting lasted more than one hour

According to Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Irina Volk, the perpetrator initiated correspondence with an unknown person via a messenger app and indicated his willingness to assist Ukrainian security agencies

The SBU stated that Sergey Sobyanin is accused of organizing the recruitment of personnel for the Russian Armed Forces in the Russian capital, as well as introducing measures to support the Russian military-industrial complex

The actress had to go to the territorial recruitment center in person to have him released

"Look what's happened to Ukraine, it's much smaller country and a lot of people are dead," the US President said

Abbas Araghchi also stressed that Tehran has no intention of holding direct talks with Washington

Dmitry Pishchikov said that he is currently at a training center

The woman attempted to cross the rail tracks away from the established safe crossing

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Kiev regime’s leader completely lost touch with reality, relying on inaccurate reports from Ukrainian army commander Alexander Syrsky

The Embraer 190 passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, flying from Baku to Grozny, crashed on December 25 near the Kazakh city of Aktau

The total number of registered firms from Russia in the republic exceeded 23,000, having doubled since 2021

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, November 7th

Khaled El-Enani's immediate priorities include solving budget problems that have worsened amid US plans to withdraw from UNESCO, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

According to the report, fighters from the 218th Guards Tank Regiment of the 127th Division belonging to the Battlegroup East’s 5th Army passed through Uspenovka under drone cover on their way to its southwestern outskirts

Gleb Boiko, a lawyer at the NSP Law and Compliance Practice, told RBC that they are aware of three successful cases of such unblocking by different brokers

Russians already in possession of a valid multiple-entry Schengen visa are not affected

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 450 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

In October 2025, 59,900 used cars were imported by Russia

If Belgium withdraws its objections, the European Commission will begin developing the appropriate legislative framework

Igor Kimakovsky clarified that some groups were forced to fall back to their previous positions, while others were eliminated by FPV-drone strikes

According to the Russian Defense Ministry; the captive Ukrainian troops recounted that the number of the injured in the city had been rising by the day and that providing them with assistance was impossible over the lack of medicines

The 43rd brigade’s leadership has failed to rebuild its ranks with untrained conscripts

The IAEA Director-General noted that the ceasefire would allow specialists to begin restoring the power supply from the Ferrosplavnaya-1 substation to the Ukrainian line on Saturday

Alexey Seredin recalled that there used to be charter flights to the Dominican Republic from various Russian cities, but they had been suspended since the pandemic

Grigory Karasin pointed out that this is not a new tactic for the European Union

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 3,285 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed 26 enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the week

The region’s operational headquarters reported that a woman died instantly of injuries from a drone strike in Mikhailovka

The delivered volume exceeded Gazprom's contractual obligations

Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for economic cooperation, said that APEC is predominantly an economic forum in which geopolitics takes a back seat

Aerotechnical, chemical and other forensic examinations have been appointed to establish the causes of the accident

TASS compiled a comprehensive factsheet explaining the concept of the nuclear triad and highlighting recent exercises conducted by Russia’s strategic nuclear forces

Eddie Gonzales emphasized that if such plans are carried out, radioactive contamination would spread across all of Europe, including territories controlled by Kiev

On November 6, Nancy Pelosi said she would not be re-elected to the lower house of Congress from her district of San Francisco

Viktor Medvedchuk observed that while Trump claims to be ending wars, his administration is facing significant setbacks on the home front, notably the election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who openly mocked the US president

"Any major media outlet that fails to become expert at integrating video, text, and photos, that doesn't find its way into the little box called a smartphone, doesn’t stand a chance," Andrey Kondrashov said

Consumer prices in Russia edged up by 0.06% from early November and by 5.23% year-to-date

Sergey Ryabkov noted that the Russian and the American sides maintain uninterrupted contacts, with security issues holding a central stage

The official yuan rate is fixed at 11.37 rubles, up three kopecks

Earlier, the European Commission announced a complete ban on issuing new multiple-entry visas to Russian citizens

"Their velocity will be thrice as high as the speed of the sound, and they will ne hypersonic in the future," the president said

The yuan rate moved downward slightly to 11.32 rubles

According to the US leader, this is not about the Pentagon’s arbitrary decision

The Russian politician called Ukrainian officials who have squandered billions of dollars of Western funding in the past few years `bloodthirsty Kiev clowns’

Alexander Ovechkin will now set his sights on another historic mark owned by Wayne Gretzky - combined regular season and playoff goals

Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Greece is "the natural entry point for US LNG to replace Russian gas in the region"

The vessel departed from Trabzon on Wednesday evening and called at the Sochi roadstead in the morning on Thursday

Thirty billion rubles may be directed to the dividend distribution in total

The charges are partly based on Israel's actions against the ships of the Sumud flotilla, the Prosecutor General's Office said

"The effort to return our hostages is ongoing and will not cease until the last hostage is returned," Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said

The Armenian Prime Minister added that it is necessary to understand how, in practice, goods can be exported from Armenia via the same route to Russia or Kazakhstan

The Bank of Russia completed the assessment in due course

The price growth rates for foods declined to 0.2%

The Kornet anti-tank missile system also helps effectively destroy small-size targets, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, the Rostec press office said

The Ka-226 chopper, belonging to JSC Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant, crashed near the Achi-Su settlement of the Karabudakhkent district

Russian Prime Minister Mikahil Mishustin is on a visit to China on November 3-4. On Monday, the 30th regular meeting of the two countries’ heads of government took place in Hangzhou

"This piece was intended to cause ripples, to be heralded as a primary source," Maria Zakharova said

Military expert Andrey Marochko also added that Kiev’s attacks near Peschanoye were aimed at cutting off Russian logistics routes in the area

The Hungarian government attaches great importance to the construction of Paks-2 NPP, having secured its exemption from sanctions by the US and the European Union

"All nations continue to advance the development of their defense systems, but this does not constitute a nuclear test," Dmitry Peskov emphasized

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized that Ukraine lost its sovereignty

According to Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo, the guerrillas blew up a section of the Izmail-Odessa railway on October 17

According to the expert, the simplest scenario for Lukoil would be to sell the assets to its current partners

Just 74 parliament members agreed with the presidential veto while the other 125 lawmakers decided to turn it down

According to the service, Chinese scientists have discovered a new strain of the HKU5 coronavirus in bats

This is a serious setback for the Ukrainian command, as Uspenovka serves as a key defensive stronghold for their forces, the agency’s source said

According to Alexander Stepanov, NATO strategists missed the main point - a devastating retaliatory strike could follow from the depths of the sea

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the economic situation within the union itself is already critical

The same decree also endorses a temporary procedure for issuing residence permits to this category of foreigners and persons without citizenship

Dorin Junghietu said that Moldovan authorities are simultaneously holding talks with suppliers from Bulgaria and Romania to ensure sufficient fuel volumes

UAC CEO Vadim Badekha assured that the staff at UAC’s production facilities are maintaining a high manufacturing pace to meet the scheduled delivery targets

Dmitry Nevmyvako said that military leaders prohibited Ukrainian troops from communicating with civilians

The US president added that "Hungary is in a different position" because it does not have access to seaports

Director M. Night Shyamalan in an interview with TASS

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov said that it was necessary to draw public attention to such phenomena as neo-Nazism and neocolonialism

Dmitry Pishchikov did not say however whether he will have to serve in the army or not

In particular, a new heavy bomber, the B-21 Raider, is being developed and preparatory work is underway to convert 30 B-52H strategic bombers back into nuclear weapons carriers

"The frigate features all combat capabilities and is capable of accomplishing a whole range of objectives typical of a multi-purpose ship both in the close-in and distant maritime zones," Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev said

Earlier, the US leader said that holding a Russian-American summit continues to be discussed

Russian servicemen entered the city after a dash from the side of Predtechino settlement, military expert Andrey Marochko said

The opportunity of holding the US-Russia summit in Budapest is being discussed, the US leader stressed

Dmitry Peskov also said that there is absolutely no trust between Russia and Ukraine currently

The Hungarian prime minister noted that he still considers it erroneous to believe that Ukraine can defeat Russia on the battlefield

"Let us hope that the IAEA will not stop and will continue acting as an authoritative international agency overseeing the security of peaceful uses of nuclear energy should," Alexander Uvarov, director of Atominto-ccenter, said

The alleged organizer of the assassination attempt returned to Iran

The report said that under consideration is a plan to deliberately sabotage the plant, resulting in a meltdown of its nuclear reactor cores

"By imposing these bans, Europe ends up harming itself and its own economic interests," Konstantin Kalachev noted

Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation at the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Birichevsky noted that Russia had been saying for several years that EU sanctions could at some point affect any country

Roman Starikov pointed out that Ukraine's military is experiencing ongoing setbacks, citing losses in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk

Military attaches from 17 countries are attending the exercise

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, November 5th

According to commander of the assault group of the 1486th motorized rifle regiment, another two groups numbering a total of eight militants were eliminated over the past day

The potential demand for labor force to 2035 in the Arctic is estimated at 182,400 new jobs