Russia demands immediate release of Lifenews journalists in Ukraine

The Russian leader is confident that Iran "will endure all trials and steadily continue along the path of stable national development and the bolstering of state sovereignty"

"This is an important tactical success, which allows us to approach one of the special military operation goals: the complete liberation of Russia’s new regions," Igor Korotchenko underlined

The Russian leader described Raisi’s death as a big loss

Kakha Kaladze emphasized that Georgia is ready for friendship, cooperation and partnership, for healthy relations

143 out of 193 UN member nations, including Russia, had recognized Palestine

Moscow and Pyongyang also agreed on data exchange on precipitation in the floodplain of the Tumen River and information on meteorological observations and forecasts

Dmitry Peskov also described Antony Blinken's words as "a boorish statement toward an entire nation"

According to National Nuclear Security Administration Jill Hruby, Washington is "working to reduce nuclear risks in Ukraine"

Stephane Dujarric said that the UN adhered to rulings of "competent courts," which described these events as genocide

"We have every reason to affirm that Ukraine is an artificial state that was shaped at Stalin's will," the Russian President said

According to Sergey Ryabkov, the BRICS culture is about not getting bogged down in differences between member states, but moving forward in a positive direction

The minister refused to say whether a reduction of voluntary oil output cuts by some countries of the alliance is under consideration

The longest flare lasted 44 minutes

According to the document, "the rules protecting sovereign assets are not applicable to these revenues"

She will split the 50,000 pound sterling prize with translator Michael Hofmann

Charles Brown said Ukraine has the capabilities to strike inside Russia, which are not provided by the US

"Finns have no reasons to worry," Elina Valtonen said

Delcy Rodriguez thinks that joining BRICS "with the new international financial system will be a positive factor" in the country’s economic development

The video uploaded by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows that Russian forces launched an ODAB-1500 fuel-air-explosive bomb against Ukrainian militants

The promotion of the BRICS currency initiative is relevant now more than ever as "the global financial architecture has failed in recent years with financial instruments being weaponized."

According to him, earlier the Ukrainian forces fired, presumably, six HIMARS munitions at downtown Lisichansk, damaging two nine-story buildings

The US American Express is the founder of the credit organization in the Russian Federation

According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Ukrainian special equipment and manpower were wiped out in the airstrike

Peter Szijjarto stressed that Hungarians grew "tired of the attempts to drag all of Europe and even the entire world into the war"

According to Dmitry Peskov, the general fairway of Washington's foreign policy is aimed at "provoking war to the last Ukrainian"

It happened due to technical difficulties of cutting production, the Russian Energy Ministry said

Kiev conceded that the situation in the Kharkov Region is extremely challenging for the Ukrainian troops

Kiev attempted attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted, it said

"We do know that there are tens of thousands of Russian troops inside Ukraine," Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said

The Russian foreign minister noted that he recalls with warmth the meetings with the Iranian president and foreign minister

"This will alter the Russian state maritime border due to a change in the territorial sea’s external bounds," it says

As part of the plan, 737 low-orbit communications satellites will be put into orbit by 2030

The rating covers all key areas, including family support, education, healthcare, ecological well-being, the formation of environment for life in regions, the Russian leader noted

Denis Pushilin said the total number of wounded people in the DPR reached nine so far on Wednesday

Technical and substantive aspects of the forthcoming exchange of views are being worked on

The Russian artillery unit monitored the mission using the Orlan-30 reconnaissance drone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The bill allowing inmates to be mobilized was signed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on May 17

The Agency for Strategic Initiatives on promotion of new projects is an autonomous non-profit organization, which has been established for supporting promising important social projects that improve the quality of life

According to Tomasz Schmidt, "the ruling coalition in Poland is about to take off its completely false mask of democracy"

The visit agenda includes the meeting with Northern Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov, visits to a number of Fleet military units and ships, examination of sailors’ service conditions, discovery of the Kola Arctic, and cultural events

Earlier, Latvia banned imports of certain food items from Belarus, and Lithuania followed suit imposing a year-long ban on imports of agricultural products and fodder from Belarus

Sebastien Lecornu said that the launch "demonstrates their superiority and operational reliability"

Vitaly Ganchev noted that the access to settlements at the contact line for civilian personnel is restricted

In addition, according to the statement, the ‘Weimar Triangle’ will provide financial aid to Moldova in order to stimulate its economic development and the process of its accession to the EU, as well as support Chisinau’s combating "disinformation campaigns."

The SVR stressed that Western countries’ "insincere official wishes of good health for Fico conceal the true face of the globalist sect"

Sergey Ryabkov is confident that "everyone is now assessing the political messages that were sent" during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China

Following the visit to Russia, the king of Bahrain plans to visit China for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Dmitry Peskov underscored that the level of confrontation in the region required to take appropriate steps to ensure Russia's security

"China’s position on Ukraine has been just and objective," Liu Pengyu said

Alexander Litvinenko also pointed to Washington’s "absolutely unfair" ban on the Ukrainian army using American-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia

The IAEA director general visited Iran on May 6-7

Reuters says Kiev’s expectations of the event have become way less optimistic

According to Finnish President Alexander Stubb, "Russia has not been in contact with Finland on the matter"

"Under the order of the commander-in-chief, a military exercise involving practice of preparation and use of tactical nuclear weapons started in the Southern military district under the supervision of the General Staff," the ministry said

Most developers are from Russia, China, Singapore, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan

Meanwhile, the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Finance underscored that "the asset fund of the Central Bank of Russia remains untouched"

Six strikes hit the facility

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The Turkish president reiterated the need to hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for crimes committed in the Gaza Strip

Speaking at the hearing in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs he claimed that the Department of State did not work on provision and support of attacks beyond Ukraine

Volga cars will be produced at the site of the Nizhny Novgorod automobile cluster, while the serial production will start in 2024 and from 2025 the production will be carried out in a full cycle mode

According to eyewitnesses, the victims were mostly displaced women and children

Tornado struck the city of Greenfield, Iowa, on May 21

According to the statement, the decision made by these three European countries was the culminating point of their desire to render "support to the Palestinian people in full compliance with the principles of international law"

Tensions escalated along the line of contact in Donbass on February 17

"No casualties were reported among residents," acting Governor Alexey Smirnov wrote

However, the top German diplomat emphasized that Berlin, Paris and Warsaw seek to join efforts within the Weimar Triangle in order to fight disinformation

"Such provocative statements are extremely dangerous and reckless", Anatoly Antonov noted

According to Vitaly Ganchev, Russian troops control strategic heights in the Liptsy area, which enables them to keep under fire control the main roads around the settlement

The statement emphasized that nuclear weapons make up 90% of the global stockpile of highly enriched uranium

The minister also called ridiculous the West's attempts to lure countries to the Swiss meeting on Ukraine and then address Russia with an ultimatum

The decision to impose retaliatory measures by China comes into force on May 22, 2024

Vitaly Ganchev said that the Ukrainian forces shelled the villages while retreating, not knowing whether Russian troops were even there

"During the attack, a command-and-observation post <…> was damaged," the armed wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah party claimed on Telegram

The Russian Aerospace Forces’ strikes have taken out two bases of militants who had left the Al-Tanf area and holed up in hard-to-reach mountainous areas of the Amour Range in Homs province

Vasily Bolya reiterated that Moldova’s neutral status is enshrined in the constitution and the status needs to be reinforced

It also paves the way to longer warranty periods for certain equipment, installed at the facility

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invitation to visit Moscow and praised the "close friendly relations" between the two countries

State Duma deputies passed the bill defining the legal basis for the creation of a special type of priority development area, international priority development area in the Far Eastern Federal District, at the first reading at a plenary session in February

There are no tangible decisions yet, Polish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pawel Wronski said

Vitaly Ganchev emphasized that the civilians evacuated from the liberated areas of the Kharkov Region had begun to apply for Russian citizenship

Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit came out with similar statements

Russian troops moved deep into the enemy’s defenses and inflicted roughly 255 casualties on the Ukrainian army in the Kharkov area over the past day

The leaders of Russia and China also expressed their intention "to boost Afghanistan-related partner interaction both at the bilateral level and on multilateral platforms"

According to the statement, the drones "presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region"

According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties," Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote

Thierry Mariani said that he does not believe in "the Russian nuclear threat"

According to the general, three violations by the coalition of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019, which are related to UAV flights not coordinated with the Russian side, were recorded over the past 24 hours

Alexey Maslov described as an important outcome China’s statement that it was meaningless to participate in the peace conference in Switzerland without Russia

About 50 foreign delegations will take part in the farewell ceremony for the late president, which will take place in Tehran on May 22

One of the goals of the meeting was to establish direct communication with Myanmar’s government-owned media

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military blew up several residential buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp

According to Yury Popov, the humanitarian mission’s goal was to help solve problems with water supplies for the population of the region

Rassvet-2 is a space laboratory for experimental testing of technical solutions developed by Bureau 1440, which will form the basis of the target space system

It is stressed that these are "originally Russian territories and it is unlikely that Ukraine manages to retain them"

"As I said to Congressman [Bill] Keating, we're always open to listening to our partners," Antony Blinken said in response to a remark that the US should send a clearer signal to Ukraine that it can deliver retaliatory strikes on the Russian territory with US weapons

Police officers detained the driver, the media group said

"As for TASS, we bear a double responsibility," Andrey Kondrashov noted

"As part of Russia’s chairmanship in BRICS, we will definitely discuss the agency’s proposals on these topics," the president said

According to the Kremlin press service, the sides plan to discuss the current state and prospects of Russian-Bahraini cooperation in trade, economy, energy and humanitarian affairs