Ukrainian deputies’ support for Grozny attack may entail prosecution — Lavrov

BAC Consulting has blocked access to its website following claims by Gold Apollo, the Hungarian Telex website reported

Prices rose sharply after the US Federal Reserve decided to cut its key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points for the first time in four years to 4.75-5%

At a plenary meeting on Wednesday, the State Duma considered draft laws to exempt those mobilized or people who sign up for military service from criminal charges

The list of wounded includes two law enforcement officers who arrived at the site to stop criminal actions

Yevgeny Lisnyak said the victims were mostly elderly people who struggle to take care of themselves

Alexander Lukashenko stressed that by cooperating with the DPR, Belarus "is absolutely not violating any international norms"

The Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a strike with a glide munition

The constant shelling of the Lebanon-Israel border continued amid Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN said that "the continued terrorist actions and violations of international law by the Israeli regime pose a serious threat to international peace and security"

As Maxim Buyakevich noted, the discussion is afoot in the West about the possibility of using high-accuracy long-range weapons against facilities deep inside Russian territory

The document was supported by 202 members of the House while 220 voted against

Yoon Suk Yeol told ahead of his visit to the Czech Republic, where he said he plans to discuss Russia’s cooperation with North Korea, as well as Pyongyang’s nuclear missile program

"I think the highest risks are linked with gas transit via Ukraine," Igor Dodon said

"Many are attracted by the fact that payment platforms are being developed within BRICS, which allow trading, investing, carrying out other economic operations without being dependent on those that decided to weaponize the dollar and the euro," the foreign minister said

Anatoly Antonov reiterated that there must never be a nuclear war and that there can be no winners in any nuclear conflict

The newspaper noted that at least two other front companies were set up to conceal the identities of Israeli intelligence officers involved in the operation

The launch was carried out on September 18 to test its accuracy at a distance of up to 320 kilometers, KCNA said

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The issue reportedly concerns private and state-owned Turkish banks that do not have foreign partners, mainly Western ones

Major General Vahur Karus noted that, as opposed to a decade ago, Estonia can unequivocally count on allied units, stationed on its soil, to immediately participate in a conflict with Russia

According to Robert Baer, the pager attack rendered the Lebanese Shia group unable to coordinate operations effectively, giving Israel a significant strategic advantage

According to the Yemeni news agency, Saleh is expected to hold a number of meetings with Russian officials during his visit, which will last a few days

Aide to the Russian health minister Alexey Kuznetsov noted that 15 more people were being examined by doctors

Israeli forces are on high alert in the north of the country, Halevi said following the meetings

Russia’s battlegroup Center has continued to advance into enemy defenses and wiped out more than 500 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said

More than 140,000 people have participated in the program, and more than 92,000 hectares of land have been allocated for free

Major General Apty Alaudinov added that, on Thursday, he visited the rightmost flank of the Russian troops on the Kursk direction - near cities of Rylsk and Lgov

"The CSTO cannot and does not pose any threat to Armenia’s sovereignty," Dmitry Peskov stressed

"I will attend certain international events, which we consider important, but we will not travel much - our responsibility lies here," Claudia Sheinbaum said

The newspaper emphasized that Israel had deployed a military contingent of thousands of special forces and paratroopers from the south to the north of the country

In this context, the foreign minister noted with appreciation that the position of Russia enjoys "the broadest support from like-minded BRICS countries and other states of the world majority"

"In the context of the discussion of the current situation in bilateral relations, Andrey Kelin, at the request of the British side, explained the motives behind the Russian side’s decision," the statement reads

The shooting took place at the entrance to the Wildberries office in the Romanov Dvor business center, the emergency services reported

"China seeks friendly cooperation with all countries of the world and normal relations with other states without targeting third parties," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said

Inclusion in the sanctions list entails the freezing of assets in the US and a ban on American citizens and companies doing business with sanctioned persons and entities

On August 31, 2024, the forces of the Ukrainian air defense system carried out a false launch of an anti-aircraft guided missile, which hit civilian objects in the area of Yuriev Park in Kharkov, Yevgeny Lisnyak said

Ankara always looks for new opportunities to expand its trade and economic cooperation anyway, Hakan Fidan added

Explosions of portable radios, phones and other devices running on lithium-ion batteries and solar batteries were recorded in different regions of Lebanon

The food embargo, introduced in response to the unfriendly actions of the West, has been in effect in Russia since August 7, 2014

The decree will come into force on December 1,

The Belarusian leader emphasized that the DPR could count on Belarus when it came to restoring and developing the region

"It has been decided that we will switch to the domestic VK-800 engine," Anton Alikhanov said

The lawmakers recognized Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate president of Venezuela and urged EU member countries to do the same

The chain's owner Alexander Govor said in early September that Vkusno I Tochka was ready to open restaurants in the Chinese city of Heihe and is waiting for the US company's decision on this issue

Sources in the Lebanese security forces told the television channel that the explosives were planted in the pagers by the Israeli Military Intelligence and Mossad

According to Vyacheslav Volodin, it is crucial for the parliaments of the United States and European countries to "understand and realize what can happen"

Anton Nemkin explained that nowadays almost all the functions that pagers once performed have been completely taken over by smartphones, messengers, social networks and e-mail

The company said that it received information that walkie-talkies with its logo had exploded in Lebanon and promised to share the results of the probe

Earlier reports said a fire occurred at the scene where drone fragments fell in Toropets

According to the sources, Zelensky also hopes to meet with US President Joe Biden in New York

The politician underscored that no one really needs a nuclear conflict - it is "a very bad story with a very difficult outcome."

The Russian leader said that the Eurasian Women’s Forum is "one of the more prestigious international venues which showcases the potential and opportunities of modern women"

According to Major General Apty Alaudinov, the entire frontline in moving forward, with Ukrainian soldiers surrendering

Kiev believes these measures would increase pressure on Moscow in military, economic, political, and diplomatic terms

According to the report, the enemy sustained more than 510 casualties and lost two vehicles, a Msta-B 152mm howitzer, a D-30 122mm howitzer, a US-made M101 105mm artillery mount and a Rapira 100mm anti-tank gun

The Russian leader emphasized that "drones of various classes have already become an indispensable attribute of modern combat operations"

Ukraine is still facing the question of the legitimacy of power in the absence of parliamentary and presidential elections, which cannot be held during martial law

Former NSA employee and whistleblower blamed Israel for this, slamming its actions as reckless, bordering on terrorism

As Denis Pushilin noted, for now the word "peace" is interpreted in different ways, but everything should end in negotiations sooner or later

According to the report, radios, phones, fingerprint devices, as well as devices working on solar and lithium-ion batteries exploded in different regions of the country

The Tupolev-22M3M was equipped with the newest on-board digital radio-electronic equipment

According to the report, the officers assumed that some pager owners believed the messages were from the supreme leadership of the Shiite Hezbollah movement

"His ill-considered and reckless policy of reorienting Armenia strategically away from Russia and toward the West has been one of the main issues on which I have focused my critical attention," Arman Grigoryan stressed

As a result, according to the security services, Krasnoarmeysk has been virtually cut off from supplies

Yegor Chernev shared a "feeling" that the Western world is ready to declare as a victory for Ukraine at least the fact that "Kiev has not fallen" and that it "has not lost its sovereignty"

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"We have warned from the beginning that those who help the Zelensky clique stay afloat will become our legitimate targets," Vasily Nebezya reminded

"We focus attention on the technical rearmament of the army and navy," the Russian leader underlined

Vyacheslav Volodin commented on a recent resolution of the European Parliament to allow strikes inside Russia with Western weapons

"Citing the EU standards, Moldova plans to toughen imports of all types of packaged merchandise, including food, to Transnistria," Transnistrian foreign ministry said

Abolfazl Zohrevand pointed out that the country’s Foreign Ministry has repeatedly denied allegations of arms sales

The Russian president was accompanied by Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin and Presidential Aide Alexey Dyumin

In addition, the EU member states and NATO allies are asked to "collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily, with no less than 0.25% of their GDP annually"

It was done in order to have more possibilities to reach foreign audiences, Dmitry Peskov said

Russia’s tactical successes and ongoing offensive in Donbass cause big losses in the Ukrainian army, Politico said, citing the Ukrainian military

According to Russian Ambassador to France Alexey Meshkov, the French treat Durov’s case as an interaction between the state of France and its citizen

The domestic MC-21 is the most promising aircraft for international markets, Anton Alikhanov said

The Russian forces are making progress in the Orekhov direction near Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, and Marfopol

According to the poll, 50% of its participants are ready to support Harris at the presidential election, with 48% of those polled supporting Trump

In Vyacheslav Volodin's opinion, the possibility of mass production of "such ‘weapons’ takes terrorism to a new level"

Republican presidential candidate did not say however where and when this meeting might take place

"Of special concern for us are security risks stemming from the continuing terrorist activities of the Islamic State Afghan wing," Vasily Nebenzya said

The Russian leader noted that products manufactured by small enterprises, including drones, are not inferior in quality to those made by large ones

According to the investigation, the accused women were members of the Islamic Liberation Party international terrorist organization

According to the ministry’s bulletin posted on its Telegram channel, the number of those wounded has increased to 460

"We are actually waiting for permission to conduct flight tests," Anton Alikhanov said

According to commander of the Akhmat special forces unit Apty Alaudinov, the situation is under control

According to the sources, the walkie-talkies were stuffed with explosives in advance by Israeli intelligence and then supplied to Hezbollah as par of the emergency communication system to be used during combat operations with Israel

The majority of freshly mobilized Ukrainian soldiers have no military specialty record, Andrey Marochko stressed

The Russian Embassy in London has not yet commented on Andrey Kelin's summons to the Foreign Office

"In all likelihood the organizers of this high-tech attack purposefully sought to foment a large-scale armed confrontation with the aim to provoke a major war in the Middle East," Maria Zakharova said

The explosion occurred in a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado off-road vehicle parked on Korovinskoye highway in the north of Moscow, when the driver started the SUV

The National Guard noted that its troops provide extra protection measures for important state facilities

The Russian military repelled three attempts by the Ukrainian military to break through the border near Novy Put, Malaya Obukhovka and Medvezhye

Viktor Medvedchuk emphasized that Russia may intensify its attacks on Ukraine which practically lacks its own air force or nuclear weapons

The German government and the White House declined to comment on the report to the NTV

According to its information, the Budapest-registered BAC Consulting served merely as an intermediary with the Taiwanese company, while the Sofia-based company was directly involved in purchasing the devices

The Bulgarian State National Security Agency said that it had initiated inspections "regarding the involvement of the company registered in Bulgaria" in cooperation with relevant agencies

Over the day, Ukraine lost up to 400 troops and 23 armored vehicles