Russian rhythmic gymnastics team wins gold at Olympics in group competition

Earlier, it was reported that, on Monday morning, Kiev attempted to strike the two airstrips with Soviet-made jet drones in order to disable Russian long-range aviation planes

Previously regarded as one of the strongest in the region, Syria's air defense system has now been significantly weakened

Alexander Volfovich noted that border security and other structures are ready to protect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order of the republic

Alexander Smirnov, who was arrested in February and is in custody, faces four to six years in prison

The politician noted that by 1990 the economic conditions, mentality and language of people living in East and West Germany had diverged "even more than those of Taiwan and mainland China" or even the Smolensk Region and Donbass

The article points out that Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election will serve to expedite the peace talks

Social media and outlets have also posted a video showing the Brazilian leader walking a hospital corridor with his neurosurgeon

The global prestige of Washington is steadily declining, Sergey Naryshkin emphasized

According to the politician, Kiev is being "hand-fed" by countries of the collective West

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin added that two civilian infrastructure objects were also damaged in two districts of Gorlovka on Friday

The main suspect in the case is Abdelfetah Nourine, a dual citizen of Australia and Algeria

The issue of Russian bases in Syria is linked to the negotiating process between the Russians and Syria’s new authorities, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said

Trump’s advisers and cabinet nominees have yet to present a specific settlement plan, according to the report

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

The ceremony will take place on January 20, 2025

Member-countries of the association have not yet resolved all the issues they set for themselves, Roman Golovchenko said

As Dmitry Peskov remarked earlier, during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 11 Orban called for a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine and a Christmas truce, but Kiev rejected the idea

According to the report, Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions

"In a first for the IPDC Intergovernmental Council, the report was not adopted but merely taken note of," he said

"The decree only changes the terminology. The headgear itself did not change in any way," a Defense Ministry official said

Mikhail Degtyarev replaces previous ROC chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held a working meeting at the command center of the Battlegroup East in the special military operation area where he listened to commanders’ reports on the current situation

This is Lifintsev’s third gold at the 2024 World Aquatics World Championship (25m), adding to his triumphs in the 100-meter men’s backstroke competition and 4x50 mixed medley relay

According to Viktor Orban, these changes will impact the entire Western civilization as they "will take a long time in historical terms, leading from war to peace"

"This would occur only after achieving security and political stability in Syria, completing the political transition process, and establishing the political system that Syrians aspire to build," Mohammed Sabra added

Hafez Assad was handed his diploma by the rector of the university, Viktor Sadovnichy, along with other Syrian students who also graduated from MSU

Viber is a messaging and voice communication app developed by Viber Media

The restriction period is set from 8:00 p.m. GMT on December 12 to 3:00 p.m. GMT on December 18

The DPR residents believe that Ukraine's former ruling party, The Party of Regions, abandoned them, Denis Pushilin noted

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 3,350 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed five enemy tanks in its area of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

The state corporation specified that the Solntsepyok munition creates a very high temperature, burning everything that can burn

The export duty for wheat is calculated on the basis of the indicative price of $236.5 per ton, $197.8 per ton for barley, and $229 per ton for corn

"It was Vienna that suddenly declared our long-standing gas partnership a historical mistake, thereby destroying one of the key pillars of our bilateral relations and business ties," Dmitry Lyubinsky recalled

Dmitry Peskov specified that the meeting "addressed the implementation of major projects on the two countries’ [joint] agenda, including the Akkuyu [project]"

Latin American and African countries make up the second and third groups

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

Manuel Marrero noted that such areas of cooperation as pharmaceuticals, tourism, metallurgy, transport, and the development of banking relations are of particular importance for Cuba

"Although Europeans have been involved in the conflict from the very beginning by supplying ammunition, weapons, advisors, and intelligence, they refuse to acknowledge that they are at war," Guillaume Ancel said

The Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated the Russian side’s commitment to a realistic resolution to the conflict, as outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 14

Renewal of measures was caused by continued effect of sanctions of unfriendly countries against Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development noted

According to one of the TV channel's sources, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has been entrusted with the coordination of this work

Battlegroup East Commander Lieutenant General Andrey Ivanayev reported to the defense minister that the Battlegroup’s units had liberated seven communities over the month and gained control of an area of more than 300 square kilometers

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

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 10th

Valentin Zubreichuk cited his fellow soldiers who have long been in military service in Ukraine as saying that civilians have been taken out not only in the South Donetsk region but also in the village of Kleshcheyevka and in Artyomovsk

Anton Nemkin noted that fraudsters most often choose Viber for their schemes due to its wide popularity among retired people

Bayrou, aged 73, takes over from Michel Barnier, who also shares the same age and stepped down after France’s lower house passed a successful no-confidence motion against his cabinet on December 4

The real effective exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar in November fell by 2.8%, and since the beginning of the year - by 5%

The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that the "situation on the frontline remains challenging," highlighting the Krasnoarmeysk, Kurakhovo, and Vremevsky areas

The Bern Cantonal Police are investigating the incident

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, December 13th

According to the report, the strikes hit command centers and military depots that were used by the Syrian armed forces

"And all the more obvious is the foolishness of the idea that the true Ukrainian language, which exists 'somewhere out there' in Western Ukraine is so far removed from Russian," Dmitry Medvedev said

According to the report, the move could prompt Russia to agree to talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict

Russia is ready to deal a new blow to terrorists if they again try to break peace in Syria, the president said

Nathan Eismont added that all the satellite fragments recorded so far have been catalogued and their trajectories can be predicted

Earlier on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russia’s Armed Forces had launched high-precision strikes on Ukraine’s fuel and energy infrastructure, which generates power for its defense sector, in response to the attack on the Taganrog airfield with ATACMS missiles earlier this week

The local emergencies services said earlier that a Ukrainian missile had been shot down over central Donetsk. The shock wave broke windows in several houses

The yuan rate gained 0.5% to 13.87 rubles

On Wednesday, permanent representatives of 27 EU countries endorsed the 15th package of sanctions against Russia related to the conflict in Ukraine

Peter Szijjarto pointed out that during the main Christian holiday, "peace always comes first," but hostilities between Russia and Ukraine continue

In late November, armed opposition units launched a large-scale offensive on positions held by Syrian government forces in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces

According to Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the response will come when and how Russia thinks fit

According to Shalva Papuashvili, after the December 29 inauguration, Georgia will have a president focused on the country, its people, and respect for the constitution

An air alert has been declared across the entire country

The report highlights that, in addition to a manpower deficit, Kiev may also face critical shortages of ammunition and weapons

Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu said the government may also prohibit the vote on the territory of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau

"The Russian army hit hangars and warehouses at the site, with secondary detonations continuing for up to two hours," Vladimir Rogov said

Furthermore, the resolution was signed on amendments to Regulations on selection of joint cooperative projects in branches of industry and provision of financial assistance during their implementation by member-countries of the Eurasian Economic Union

The kill zone stretches for more than four kilometers (2.5 miles)

Nikolay Patrushev agreed that Trump, when he was still a candidate, "made many statements critical of the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current administration"

Georgia will hold its presidential election on December 14 and the new president will be inaugurated on December 29

Dmitry Medvedev criticized as "delusional" the so-called "Rus-Ukraine" paradigm, popularized by Ukrainian historian Mikhail Grushevsky "and his chauvinistic and xenophobic supporters" in the early twentieth century

Early on December 8, Israel officially announced the deployment of its forces to the buffer zone on the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack was carried out with the help of high-precision long-range airborne and sea-based weapons, as well as strike drones

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

Admiral Alexander Moiseyev emphasized that the condition and combat readiness of Russia's modernized naval strategic nuclear forces are at an exceptional level

The ministry recalled that on December 11 the UN General Assembly adopted by the overwhelming majority of votes two resolutions

On December 9, a TASS source said that on the previous day armed groups of Bashar al-Assad's opponents had established full control of the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, where Russian military bases are located

Previously, the media reported that Turkey appointed Ambassador to Mauritania Burhan Koroglu as its charge d'affaires in Syria

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 12th

Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles and three mortars

Wang Yi highlighted that the international community could help alleviate Syria’s pressing humanitarian crisis

On November 27, members of armed opposition groups launched a large-scale offensive against government forces' positions in Aleppo and Idlib governorates

According to Al Manar television, the explosions were caused by Israeli shelling

"No NATO ally would ever receive the copious amounts of [funds and weapons] that non-member Ukraine has," Maria Zakharova argued

According to the official, the plan is "quite in line with Washington's aspirations to bring the Asia-Pacific region into NATO's orbit and pit states against each other"

He did not disclose in which direction the Ukrainian troops will attempt their advance

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

He claimed that the newly-established Ministry of Unity will work on repatriation of these people

The New York Times also said that the test of Russia's newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile has increased pressure on Kiev and its allies

It is noted that Europe should play the main role in defending and supporting Ukraine

The Russian senior official pointed out that the very word "Ukrainians" did not take on its modern ethnic meaning until the mid-19th century

Robert Fico also emphasized that the conflict's repercussions would significantly impact Ukraine's internal stability

The flat nozzle technology is a breakthrough in modern aircraft-building, Major-General Vladimir Popov noted

Turkey’s authorities said earlier that they plan to complete the establishment of a buffer zone in northern Syria

Earlier, Trump slammed the decision which he said had been approved by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use US-made weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory as "crazy"

In early December, the Ukrainian government published the conditions for receiving funds using frozen Russian assets

"Ukraine will not agree to preserve transit for Hungary and the Republic of Moldova only," Oleg Serebrian noted