Obama orders to sanction Russian officials undermining democratic institutions in Ukraine

Rodina party Chairman and State Duma Deputy Alexey Zhuravlev said that investigators had uncovered "a great many legal violations," primarily related to funding

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

The targeted strike was dealt with the use of numerous missiles and drones

According to Battlegroup West Spokesman Ivan Bigma, 62 enemy UAV control centers have been destroyed in the area of battlegroup's responsibility

Corruption is deeply rooted in Ukraine, chairman of Crimea’s State Council Vladimir Konstantinov pointed out

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that no EU or NATO country has yet severed relations with Russia

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, August 6th

According to the information obtained by hackers, Bart De Wachter currently is affiliated with Hybrid Analyze Vigilant Network, an organization connected to Special Operations Forces and NATO intelligence

According to The Atlantic, the US entrepreneur keeps saying that it’s time to make a deal

Russia’s trade surplus with China totaled $13.56 bln over the seven-month period, which is 1.7% higher than in the same period of 2025

According to Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky, prior to July, approximately 85% of Ukrainian agricultural exports were routed through Black Sea ports

According to available information, a NATO intelligence-linked hybrid warfare specialist, Bart de Wachter, provided the coordinates of oil and gas terminals in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions to Ukraine’s Security Service

According to the statement, the main threat to Germany today is not the notorious "hybrid attacks" by Moscow, which do not exist, but politicians who enthusiastically develop scenarios for an imminent war with Russia

Aleksandar Durdev says the reason for this sentiment is that Vladimir Zelensky is "a person representing a state that supplied Croatia with weapons and ammunition in the 1990s"

The yuan edged up by 0.16 rubles to 12.24 rubles

One of the agents was holding a bulletproof briefcase

On February 6, Macedonia became the 30th member of the Alliance

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov told a briefing on Friday that the United States and other NATO nations had been conducting military activities some 20-30 kilometers off the Russian border

Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexey Gruzdev said New Delhi is also showing interest in the potential localization of aircraft assembly

According to Dmitry Peskov, The Ukraine process is currently on hold

Authorities say the man's illicit activities commenced in October 2024

The sources said that these measures were taken after posts began circulating on social media about preparations for a new mass attempt to illegally cross the border with Ceuta

Russia’s construction industry currently demands long-term financing, the official stressed

According to the Armenian PM, strengthening cooperation with EAEU countries is one of Armenia’s priorities

The MV Gulluk vessel was heading to Taman when a drone hit its living premises

The US president did not specify what kind of progress he was referring to

The embassy says that statements about "an act of war against Germany and NATO and the need for Berlin to take retaliatory measures" have started to appear after the incident

The opposition parliamentary group stressed that Serbia "largely depends" on cheap Russian gas but no long-term deal on its supplies has been signed so far due to the government’s policy

According to the activists, people have begun to take a greater interest in underground movements

Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that employees of a private security firm documented six drone flights between Thursday evening and Friday morning and promptly alerted police

Maxim Reshetnikov highlighted the steady growth of intra-bloc trade despite ongoing external pressure

The document is intended to "protect the interests of both sellers and buyers," Mikhail Mishustin said

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stressed that Moscow and Astana consider these sanctions illegitimate, aimed at securing geoeconomic advantages through unfair competition

The House of Representatives is expected to review the legislation in September

Two children were among the injured

The aircraft have completed the entire cycle of required ground and flight factory tests and have departed for their duty stations

The destruction of the target has been successfully documented

The majority of the vehicles – 6,835 – are at the border with Poland

Al Hadath TV previously reported that Shiite groups are planning to launch drone strikes on neighboring countries in the next two days.

According to the hackers, the correspondence and documents reveal who supplied the precise coordinates of the facilities and who "incited Ukraine to commit acts of terror" in Russian regions

Sergey Chemezov said the Su-35S engages targets at distances of hundreds of kilometers

According to him, the Ukrainian military needs to do a better job on this direction of the front

Adalbi Shkhagoshev clarified that the Kiev regime’s 40-day plan aimed at obtaining additional support from Western allies, is "a modern analogue of the ultimatums issued by various terrorist organizations" back then

About 10 fighter crews participated in the exercise

The Russian Civic Chamber said that given the current aggressive US foreign policy toward Russia, the issue of Robert Gilman's release cannot be considered without reciprocal measures

A Geran drone destroyed a locomotive of the Ukrainian military train in the Kharkov Region

On-duty air defenses intercepted Ukrainian drones over 18 Russian regions

Sauli Niinisto said that during the Cold War, the presence of nuclear weapons forced the USSR and the US to begin negotiations to keep the situation under control

In addition, the Russian military have noticed the enemy's use of an American mobile electronic countermeasure and electronic warfare station AN/TPQ-36 near Izhevka, Andrey Marochko said

Tehran lodged a $4 billion lawsuit at an international court in Geneva against Russia’s arms export agency after Dmitry Medvedev in 2010 banned the supply of S-300 systems to Iran

The Central Command reported that two ships had been disabled and two others boarded

According to Kirill Dmitriev, only 13% of Germans are satisfied with warmongering Friedrich Merz

The Armenian prime minister said the strategic goal of adopting the law initiating the process of the republic’s accession to the EU is to create an alternative for the country

Eduard Kokoity separately said that NATO countries were turning Georgia into the most militarized state in the post-Soviet space

Acording to Program Director of Russia’s Valdai Discussion Club Yaroslav Lissovolik, the creation of a free trade zone with Indonesia

According to Denis Manturov, it took a month to produce that many FPV drones in 2023

Many vessels are carrying flammable or toxic cargo, including chemical fertilizers and coal, creating a significant hazard of incidents

Apty Alaudinov said that the Kiev regime buries the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen handed over by Russian forces without forensic examination and do not return these bodies to their families and loved ones

Milos Jovanovic, chairman of the opposition New Democratic Party of Serbia, said the Serbian people "have personal experience witnessing the destructiveness of interventions on behalf of Western powers"

A joint statement issued after the Mecca summit emphasizes that the agreement is aimed at strengthening joint deterrence against any aggression

Andrew Desiderio called the chances of approval "iffy"

The US president also stood firm in his belief that the GOP would come out on top, but said the Senate will have to "get smart" for that to happen

Two children were among the wounded

The official euro rate was raised by 77.81 kopecks to 94.8366 rubles

One crew member was killed and 20 were wounded as a result of these attacks, the company reported

According to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexey Gruzdev, Russia's proposals are comprehensive and extend far beyond raw material supplies

Spokesman Ivan Bigma reported that air defense crews and mobile armed units shot down 46 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles

About 15,000 consumers remain without electricity across the Smolensk Region

Sources in security agencies told ZDF that this indicates drone control via mobile communications

According to the Rospotrebnadzor, the test kit provides high sensitivity and specificity even in the early stages of infection

The US military has signed the first contract with tech company AeroVironment

Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexey Gruzdev said the Northern Sea Route has the potential to become an effective alternative to traditional maritime routes

According to the source, particular concern was focused on dwindling inventories of long-range offensive missiles, including ATACMS and PrSM

Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Alexey Gruzdev emphasized that Russia is keen to share its operational expertise in deploying unmanned aerial vehicles across different industries

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

Russian forces delivered two massive and 12 combined strikes by precision-guided weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military sites over the week

The ministry uploaded video footage of the strike

According to Christopher Hill, the deliveries were made through intermediaries in Poland or the Czech Republic

According to the sources, Washington also assured Lebanon of its "commitment to a successful completion of the negotiation process" with Israel

The European official said simultaneous accession was a highly likely scenario

Agricultural products exports in the 2026-2027 marketing year may decrease from 64.4 million tons to 29.6 million tons because of the prolonged blockage of ports, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said

According to the document, the invitation could break "centuries-long brotherly relations with the Russian people and the Russian state forever"

Alexey Fadeyev, deputy director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, added that Kiev had not proposed to resume diplomatic contacts

The Russian prime minister called for expanding this list

The player defeated Maya Joint of Australia

Mikhail Mishustin identified "further strengthening of industrial cooperation" as a priority

In April, the German Economy and Climate Action Ministry placed Gazprom Germania GmbH under the management of the Federal grid agency (Bundesnetzagentur) until September 30

It is reported that up to 60 Ukrainian nationalists, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, and nine various-purpose vehicles have been destroyed

The two frigates joined the patrol vessel Rayo and a logistics support ship that docked in Ceuta’s port on Thursday

The US president also claimed that fighting in the conflict with Iran is "going very well"

The regulator reported that 6.7 million tonnes of Russian grain and grain products were exported to Turkey

This happened in August 2008, said Eduard Kokoity

A preemptive evacuation was carried out at the facility, there are no casualties

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, August 4th

The sides discussed the Navalny case over the phone

The ceremony was attended by the presidents of Argentina, Chile, and Ecuador

According to the Russian Gymnastics Federation, the recent developments put into question the equal conditions of participation in qualifying competitions for athletes of all national federations

According to Vladimir Saldo, Russia is growing stronger and finding countermeasures for everything

According to Mikhail Shvydkoy, Saudi Arabia is not backing out of hosting the contest

According to the company, overnight, damage was done to seven oil and gas production facilities in the east of the country