Over 3,500 troops take part in military drills in Russia’s Far East — spokesman

Judging by documents recently released by the US Congress, the matter concerns a formidable arsenal that includes offensive weaponry, she said

The German Chancellor said that Russia always was a reliable supplier

According to its sources, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law met with mediators in the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas, with Hamas leaders, and with Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza Board of Peace high representative

The economic activity was supported by existing government measures

According to the regional crisis center, damage was done to four apartment houses

Earlier, Andrey Marochko said that Russian forces are on the offensive on a front of 10 kilometers near the town

It allowed the Battlegroup East to expand its zone of control northwest of Novoye Pole, the Defense Ministry reported

Russia’s Charge d’Affaires in Turkmenistan Pyotr Shchukin emphasized that there is currently no single scientific explanation for the causes of the present-day drop in water levels

According to Mikhail Mishustin, the contribution of tourism and the hospitality industry to Russia's GDP has been increasing over recent years, exceeding 3% by the end of 2025

The majority were neutralized by air defense forces on the distant approaches, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said

The authority expects "most production" to recover by early 2027

Western sanctions have heightened interest in business networking among business representatives at major international events in Russia, such as the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and the Russian Economic Week, Russian Presidential Aide and Executive Secretary of the Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said

According to the report in Der Spiegel, an abnormal heatwave has caused their proliferation

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A fire crew was attacked by a drone in one of the liberated settlements, leaving two Russian emergencies ministry’s employees wounded, DPR’s head Denis Pushilin said

According to Yury Slyusar, more than 150 UAVs were destroyed over three cities and nine districts in the region

Freight and insurance costs have skyrocketed, said Sergey Kuyun, head of the consulting firm A-95

According to Chairman of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia Zhou Liqun, the number of Chinese enterprises in Russia's Far East is growing, alongside their operating income

Assuming further normalization, global demand is expected to resume growth by November, the report says

Makhachev won by unanimous decision at the UFC 330 tournament in Philadelphia

The United States wanted to organize closed-door bilateral settlement talks in Iraqi Kurdistan’s administrative center, the city of Erbil

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law plans to discuss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the implementation of the next stage of settling the situation in the Gaza Strip, Axios said, citing its sosurces

All the injured are receiving qualified medical assistance

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,385 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry

Accoridng to he Russian Economic Development Ministry, growth in the second quarter was driven by robust domestic demand and positive performance across several sectors of the real economy

An issue is being considered on the participation of foreign aerobatic teams, the deputy defense minister said

No country wants to voluntarily build an autarky, Anton Kobyakov said

According to the report by Khaosod, law enforcement and emergency services are at the scene

Russian drones struck facilities for the production and storage of components for uncrewed boats used by Ukraine to attack Russian coastal cities, ships and infrastructure facilities in the Black Sea, the Russian defense ministry said

The overall level of investment activity remaining high, said Adviser to Central Bank Governor Kirill Tremasov

The source recalled that France was one of the few NATO countries that did not shy to send its career servicemen to take part in combat operations

He participated in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian forces incognito

The Russian team of Kliment Kolesnikov, Ivan Kozhakin, Andrey Minakov, and Egor Kornev covered the distance in 3 minutes and 28.67 seconds

36.34 million people were transported on domestic flights

Prior to the strikes, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance, the Israel Defense Forces said

Eight hundred people were evacuated from the facility in advance

Multifaceted damage resulting from such supplies is inevitable, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

As follows from the OPEC table, Russia’s quota will be increased by 62,000 barrels a day

The drills are set to practice preparing and carrying out a peacekeeping operation by the CSTO peacekeeping forces

Mysl Polska editor Tomasz Jankowski said that after every scandal, Western partners ask Zelenskyy to "tighten controls" and fight corruption

The Fund also expects global trade growth to slow from 5.1% to 2.8% year-on-year in 2026

"Brave Iranian women who will do this will receive double the reward", the Iranian army commander Amir Hatami said

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According to Andrey Marochko, the sector near Olkhovatka is being cleared of Ukrainian troops

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the city of San Jose del Palmar in the Choco department on August 10

According to chairman of the regional branch of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association Marios Poliviou, Israelis account for the largest share of the visitors to the province, followed by the British, Germans, Poles and Greeks

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Azov and Black Seas

GDP growth was driven primarily by retail trade turnover, food service turnover and freight turnover

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian forces also hit assembly facilities and storage sites for long-range drones and unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries in 159 areas

A total of 23 people were injured

Russia supplied around 2.2 mbd of oil to India in June

The White House should seek to expand trade and joint projects in the spirit of Anchorage, said Diane Sare

Representatives from the Pentagon, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, as well as the US Navy and Air Force are taking part and are cooperating with Ukraine's NABU, SAPO, the police, and the prosecutor general’s office

The price of silver futures contracts for September 2026 delivery was up by 2.26%

"From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT), Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 72 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Regions, and the Black and Azov Seas

The former mayor of Makhachkala, Said Amirov, was detained on June 1 and later placed under arrest on suspicion of organizing a murder conspiracy against an Interior investigator

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops also struck the UkrDefens company in Kyiv, which produces components for attack drones, Khrushch interceptor drones, and Harpia anti-aircraft missiles

The International Automobile Federation imposed restrictions on Russian and Belarusian auto racers on March 1, 2022

Ivan Timofeyev, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, said that Turkey has maintained quite a close and long-time relationship with Ukraine in the military-technical sphere

TASS publishes first video footage of China's J-20 fifth generation fighter that was shown to the visitors of Airshow China 2016

Ukrainian farm exports have dwindled by approximately 60%

The number of people injured in the Kiev regime’s overnight attack climbed to 24, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said

The Russian army also destroyed 14 guided air bombs, a HIMARS projectile and 9 Flamingo long-range cruise missiles

Sergey Lavrov stressed that Moscow will not stoop to Kiev’s methods but will take much tougher measures to destroy everything that fuels the Ukrainian military machine from the West

Regional head Sergey Aksyonov urged residents of Crimea to stay calm and vigilant

First responders and security services are working in the area

Nikolay Tavdumadze says embassy staff are in contact with the authorities to verify information about allegedly affected Russians

Compared to July 2025, Russia's oil export revenues in July 2026 were lower by $720 million

The alliance’s production volume amounted to 28.928 mbd

The Forum was hopefully useful and interesting for investors this year and led to exchange of information and opinions about work structuring, the president said

Nikolay Patrushev mentioned the emergence of dangerous domestic and external factors that may cause previously unheard-of diseases, epidemics and pandemics as he proposed discussing extra measures to ensure biosecurity

Fuel tanks were also destroyed, the Russian defense ministry said

The system is capable of detecting cyberattacks in real time, assessing their level and seriousness, and then it takes the necessary countermeasures

According to Sergey Sobyanin, emergency specialists are working at the scene where drone debris fell

An informed source said that questions of putting the journalist on an international wanted list and choosing his pretrial detention measure in absentia are being decided

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that everyone involved in commercial shipping operations must bear legal and moral responsibility for clearing the aftermath in the region

Russia will also engage in nuclear deterrence against those countries that offer their territory, maritime zones, airspace, and resources for aggression against it

The yuan exchange rate against the ruble added 5 kopecks to 12.3 rubles

The strikes targeted both industrial and civilian facilities

Asia has not forgotten the lessons of history, and nobody will allow them to be rewritten to serve political ambitions, Natalya Nikonorova said

The first Konteiner radar went on combat duty in the Volga area region of Mordovia on December 1, 2019

Ivan Noskov added that a crisis management center has been set up at the scene

In total, over ten air crews took part in the exercise.

The US leader noted that South Korea sends a hostile signal to North Korea

Israel’s Defense Forces have launched Operation Northern Shield to expose and destroy tunnels, built by the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah

The Russian athlete covered the distance in 21.37 seconds

The drone fell in the city of Zadonsk

Alejandro Eder added that 86 people had already been rescued

Sergey Sobyanin said that air defenses shot down most of them at distant approaches

Rustam Minnikhanov expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased

The radicals reiterated that they "accept the roadmap proposed to them," but did not revealed its details

The naval task force is made up of the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the frigate Fleet Admiral Kasatonov, the large anti-submarine warfare ship Vice Admiral Kulakov and support vessels

The Russian athlete covered the distance in 52.57 seconds

The aircraft carrier has been in service for more than eight months instead of the expected six, and the staff does not know when they will be able to return home

Ivan Timofeyev, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, said that the US is not seeking a military defeat for Ukraine

A teenager born in 2011 was injured when a drone attacked a residential building, DPR head Denis Pushilin said

North Korean leader wished Russian President good health and success in his work

As a countermeasure, Russia may close the Goethe-Institut, said Sergey Nechaev

The average aluminum price in July plummeted 8.7% from June to $3,150 per tonne on London Metal Exchange

Seventy-four people have been rescued