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Trump has two-point lead over Harris in US pre-election survey

The poll was conducted on October 20-23 with over 3,400 Americans participating

NEW YORK, October 25. /TASS/. Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump is ahead of his rival, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, by two percentage points in the latest daily tracking poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports.

According to the survey, if the election were held today, 49% of responders would vote for Trump and 47% would vote for Harris.

That said, 2% of the survey participants say they’d vote for some other candidate and 3% are undecided.

The poll was conducted on October 20-23 with over 3,400 Americans participating. The margin of sampling error is one percentage point.

The United States presidential election is set to be held on November 5. The Democrats were expected to be represented by the current US president, Joe Biden. However, following his poor performance at the June debate with ex-US President Trump, he opted to withdraw from the race and endorsed Vice President Harris. She was later formally nominated as the party’s presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Putin answers questions from 12 reporters during hour-long BRICS press conference

Media from unfriendly countries were also present, including a BBC reporter

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BRICS member states will continue coordination "in the interests of further expansion of cooperation," the Russian president stressed

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"The world is going through intensifying geopolitical competition, multiple disruptions and major crises," Maris Sangiampongsa said

Putin expresses confidence Republika Srpska will overcome challenges, defend its interests

The president said cooperation between Russia and Republika Srpska is developing on the basis of mutual respect "as it should be between brotherly nations"

Russia, Brazil hold different positions on Venezuela, Putin says

The Russian leader stressed that he was "saying this openly"

Attempts to isolate Russia futile, push Serbia towards BRICS — deputy prime minister

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Kiev twice addressed Russia via Turkey, but immediately rejected initiatives — Putin

"Ultimately, we need to determine whether they are ready and what they are ready for," the Russian leader stated

Israel delays attack on Iran after intelligence leak — newspaper

The newspaper notes that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "to retaliate in a measured way"

West did everything to neutralize BRICS agenda — MFA

No matter how hard the West tried to suppress information about the successful development of BRICS, these attempts became futile after the historic expansion of the organization in 2024, Maria Zakharova stressed

Russia to use revenues from foreign persons’ assets in response to West’s actions

Such decisions will be made and implemented, Anton Siluanov noted

Russian forces encircling Ukrainian troops in Kurilovka near Kupyansk — expert

The Ukrainian military command has to "take some urgent action" for its battlegroup stationed in Kurilovka because Russian forces may cut off the enemy’s main supply routes and stifle Ukraine’s troops entrenched east of Kupyansk "even without fully encircling it," Andrey Marochko said

Ukraine on brink of demographic abyss, situation worse than in UN report, envoy says

According to Rodion Miroshnik, the situation will continue to worsen

Iran waging direct war against US, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general says

According to Mojtaba Fada, Israel and the US seek to trigger a civil war in Lebanon

BRICS member states now discuss partner status of 13 countries — Kremlin aide

According to Yury Ushakov, the issue of obtaining the status of a partner country is "a subject of consultations between delegations"

Putin states that US economy has enough problems despite GDP growth

"The Eurozone economy is teetering on the brink of recession," the Russian leader pointed out

Germany can easily restart Nord Stream 2 but isn't doing it for political reasons — Putin

The Russian leader added that Germany's main partner, which is the United States, "created such conditions that entire sectors of the German economy are moving [out of the country]"

BRICS countries interested in Turkey joining association — Kremlin

"We seek to build relations with Turkey as a country, not a NATO-member," Dmitry Peskov said with regard to claims that the country's membership in the alliance is incompatible with participation in BRICS

West continues attempts to stage coup d’etat in Serbia — deputy PM

Aleksandar Vulin noted that, having had this experience, Belgrade "will never allow it anymore"

Russia not refusing to supply energy resources to Europe — Putin

"The Western countries decided - and rejected our energy resources," the Russian president noted

Press review: BRICS unites India and China while Seoul weighs military aid to Ukraine

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BRICS countries not inventing separate payment system — Putin

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The leaders discussed issues related to the advancement of the bilateral peace agenda, including the peace agreement, border delimitation and other issues of mutual interest

Russian forces even out frontline near Nevskoye, Makeyevka in LPR — expert

Andrey Marochko noted that resistance near Nevskoye is "not active" because "the enemy has been demoralized"

Ukraine’s army loses stable command and control of troops encircled in Kursk area — Putin

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Russia, DPRK free to decide how to use military article of partnership treaty — Putin

The Russian leader compared this situation to Ukraine's decision concerning its relationship with NATO

BRICS-affiliated development banks to attract interest — US expert

According to John Kavulich, the "remarkable statistics" indicate that "one member of NATO (Turkey) and two members of the G20 (Turkey and Indonesia) are seeking partnership status within the BRICS"

Russia considers vulnerabilities of NATO weapons in building new arms — defense chief

According to Andrey Belousov, today’s joint Russian-Belarusian defense ministry board meeting in Minsk affirmed the continuity of efforts to establish a common defense space and ensure the military security of the Union State

Indonesia expresses desire to join BRICS at Kazan summit — MFA

"Indonesia joining BRICS serves as a manifestation of its independent foreign policy," Foreign Minister Sugiono said

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BRICS Summit marks beginning of end of US hegemony — former UK MP

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Serbia sees referendum to join BRICS or EU as realistic option — Deputy PM Vulin

"Right now, the group is becoming ever more popular among Serbs and in Serbia in general," he said

China's MFA confirms withdrawal of PRC, Indian troops from joint border

Lin Jian clarified that the process is "proceeding well"

BRICS doesn’t want confrontation with anyone — Putin

Russian President said BRICS countries are creating new tools, new mechanisms of cooperation

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Putin hails Vietnam’s desire to build partnership with BRICS

"We certainly support Vietnam’s desire to join the BRICS group’s multifaceted activities," the president said

Russian ambassador says UK doesn’t support potential strikes inside Russia

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Russia-North Korea treaty aims to reduce risks of escalation on Korean Peninsula — MFA

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ICC used only to prosecute countries of Global South — Venezuelan president

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Serbian deputy PM says BRICS would give Serbia access to markets of Russia, China, India

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German chancellor says sending long-range missiles to Ukraine would be wrong step

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