Attempts to justify use of force in Syria counterproductive — Lavrov

Initially, an official meeting with the Pope was announced by Buckingham Palace but later, it was postponed due to needs related to the Pope’s convalescence following his lengthy hospital stay

Evghenia Gutsul was detained on March 25 at Chisinau Airport and subsequently arrested for 20 days

Nicolas Maduro said that 'this is a lethal wound to international trade and economic law, bilateral and multilateral trade agreements'

The tariffs committee under China’s State Council said earlier that Beijing will increase additional duties on imports from the US to 84%

According to Scott Bessent, the US administration is already negotiating with Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam

Bart De Wever argued that the European Union needs a security system based entirely on diplomac

Thomas DiNanno posited that Washington should not have agreed to extend the Treaty Between the US and Russia on Measures for the New START "with no strings attached, no further negotiations"

Maria Zakharova stressed that "the Kiev regime has long turned war into a business"

According to Evghenia Gutsul, her case "serves as a warning to other opposition politicians"

Zhang Weiwei also claimed that in the first round of the trade war, 90% of the US tariffs against China were paid by American companies and consumers

"They will kill Israel" and "they'll come after us," Lindsey Graham said

Natalia Oreiro said in an interview that she had applied for Russian citizenship in June 2020

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said that the claims regarding Chinese nationals' involvement in the special military operation were completely unfounded

"The negative macroeconomic effects will not be confined to the United States and China but will extend to other economies, especially the least developed nations," WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala added

The Russian delegation will be led by Russian Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiyev

Maria Zakharova said that before the French president "started opening his nuclear umbrella over everyone, he was saying that he absolutely needed a place at the negotiating table"

Meanwhile, Europe lacked a coherent strategy or understanding regarding its supply chains

The North Atlantic Alliance is doing everything to add fuel to fire in the Ukraine conflict, Maria Zakharova said

"Congress did the right thing a couple of years ago and revoked permanent normal trade relations with Russia," Jamieson Greer added

According to Robert Fico, he feels satisfaction when he hears from "German and other companies" that they cannot do without Russian gas any longer

"We have $36 trillion of debt for a reason. We don't have a debt for fun. And people took advantage of our country, and they ripped us off for decades," the US leader emphasized

Russian Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Irina Volk specified that the offender had stolen money from banks from 2006 to 2007 in an organized group

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova highlighted that more than 30 foreign journalists and investigators from different countries are either members of the association or collaborate with it

"According to reconnaissance reports, the targets were successfully engaged," the ministry stated

According to Oleg Ivanov, Ukrainian soldiers are likely to barricade themselves in the Gornal monastery and continue fighting but the village will be liberated anyway

Prices growth rates remained at the last-year level in the non-food segment

"It would mark the beginning of confrontation, further worsening the situation along Russia’s western border and in eastern Europe," Lieutenant General Batkybek Bekbolotov stressed

Authorities now want to peg dues to the ship capacity, thus reducing payments for vessels of smaller size

"The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of a high-precision strike by a missile with a high-explosive warhead on the site of a meeting with commanders of formations and Western instructors, the enemy’s losses amounted up to 85 servicemen and foreign officers, as well as up to 20 motor vehicles," Vasily Nebenzya said

The 2028 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles on July 14-30

The measure was taken in response to the increase of tariffs on Chinese products by US President Donald Trump

The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier in the day that the Russian delegation will be led by Ambassador to Washington Alexander Darchiev

Aleksandar Vulin stressed that Serbia 'is not ready to finance the war in Ukraine'

"We are monitoring the developments, and we will comprehensively analyze the potential consequences and, obviously, take measures to minimize the potential damage to our country," the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman added

According to the sources, at least three strikes were delivered on Houthi targets near Mount Noqum

"For 20 years, we've been fulfilling every wish and demand of the EU, and then we're told that the next full members of the EU, without meeting a single condition, are Ukraine and Moldova," the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister said

"We work that together as a team with our Russian colleagues and all of our other international partners," Ken Bowersox said

According to Chairman of the International Public Tribunal Maxim Grigoryev, residents of the Kursk region described numerous Ukrainian war crimes, and only a small part of them are mentioned in the report

Both drones were destroyed at a safe distance from the facility

Alexander Darchiyev will head the Russian delegation in the second round of talks in Istanbul on April 10

According to Kaja Kallas, there is still certain progress in discussions between EU countries on providing two million shells

It took several hours for soldiers of Russia’s Battlegroup East to rescue these people

The roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed on Tuesday, and the police initially reported 13 victims, but the death toll surged later

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the proposed "coalition of the willing" as nothing more than "a meme"

A source earlier told TASS that the European Union started a process of imposing sanctions on Alexandar Vulin following his speech in the European Parliament on Wednesday

According to the report, the death toll from US strikes delivered on Tuesday night on Yemen’s city of Hodeidah has climbed to 12, including six women and four children

Details of new tariffs are not given but mass media reported earlier that they will total up to 25% and cover US exports to the EU amounting to 21 bln euro

The 2026 Olympics will be take place in Italy on February 6-22

Andrey Rudenko clarified that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia and Iran is not a military alliance

According to him, it is China that is not very enthusiastic about signing the deal at the moment

According to the diplomat, the West "covers up" the crimes of the Kiev regime by turning a blind eye to the atrocities of Ukrainian forces

Fierce battles continue in the village of Gornal and the farmstead Oleshnya

Gaza’s health ministry said that number of casualties will grow after rescuers clear the debris

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, April 7th

Defense Minister Israel Katz added that Israeli servicemen are "destroying terrorists, identifying and destroying terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, even in places like the Morag Axis where the military has not acted so far"

According to the TV channel, as of the close of trading on Tuesday, Microsoft's value was $2.64 trillion, while Apple's market capitalization was $2.59 trillion

As Dmitry Peskov noted, "the Iranian authorities are taking the necessary precautionary measures"

According to the report, all the drones were shot down, which prevented the station from suffering any damage

Andrey Sokolov noted that even areas which wouldn’t traditionally be considered travel destinations have seen an uptick in interest from Russians

He noted that the upcoming consultations with Iran will be only the beginning of a long process

Paris intensifies the already strained relations with Moscow, Dmitry Peskov stressed

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 435 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed four US-made armored vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day

According to the document, 73,000 Ukrainian soldiers have received EU training

Maria Zakharova recalled that the Ukrainian authorities had long legalized expedited procedures for transplant surgeries

Andrea Lucidi was denied permission to cross the border under the pretext that he is illegally taking cash and a camera drone to Russia even though he was in possession of these when entering Estonia

The European Union, according to Aleksandar Vulin, bans all media outlets 'that are not echoing what Brussels is saying'

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the attack led to the enemy losing up to 85 personnel, including service members and foreign military officers

"Together with the Defense Ministry, we have filed a petition to suspend proceedings in the case and change pre-verdict restrictions in connection with a decision to send Ivan popov to the special military operation," the lawyer said

"This measure is a response to Romania's unfounded decision to declare the military attache at the Russian embassy in Bucharest and his assistant as personae non gratae," the statement reads

"They are proud people. And President Xi is a proud man," the US leader emphasized

It is a complicated task to strengthen the Russian-US diplomatic ties, Alexander Darchiyev added

Maria Zakharova stated that the primary "instigators" of this "group of fixated fanatics" are the United Kingdom and France, led by President Emmanuel Macron

Alexander Darchiev underlined that it is "of critical importance for the restoration of normalcy in the entire bilateral relationship"

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, April 9th

After the artillery strike, Russian data-recording equipment registered the destruction of two enemy mortar teams and eight soldiers of the Ukrainian infantry

Pete Hegseth said that US President Donald Trump will make a determination about the force structure of US troops in Europe

According to Alexander Hoffmann, it is a direct consequence of NATO assuming the responsibilities for coordinating military assistance to Ukraine, a transition formalized during the summit in Washington last July

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, April 8th

"More than 150 companies continuing their operations in Russia took part in the meeting," Kirill Dmitriev said

His visit to Saudi Arabia is scheduled for May

Beniamin Shakhnazarov noted that the US president’s order shines a light on what it calls an imbalance of trade conditions under the WTO framework

Vladimir Ilyichev deemed insignificant the US tariffs' impact on Russia

"Russia remains an open economy interested in expanding cooperation with foreign partners," Deputy Minister of Economic Development Vladimir Ilyichev said

The Central Bank sees global tariff wars intensifying and evaluates the channels of their influence on the Russian economy, Elvira Nabiullina added

"Only after World War Two, when Europe was weakened, the Americans became the leaders of the so-called free world, and then it was them who initiated the majority of conflicts on the planet," the minister said

"Russia as a major exporter and responsible participant of a multisided trade system is interested in fair, open trade relations," Maria Zakharova stressed

According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, it will involve officials from the two countries’ foreign ministries

The US "is enforcing tariffs on China indiscriminately," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said

"The EU has lost all moral authority to lead us and to judge us," the Serbian deputy prime minister stressed

"The Russian side firmly rejects the hypocritical explanations of the Estonian side," the statement said

Earlier on Wednesday, the Serbian deputy prime minister told the European Parliament that Serbia will never go to war with Russia in exchange for EU membership

According to Elvira Nabiullina, the Central Bank has not received any requests on return of foreign companies in the financial sector to Russia yet

The Bank of Russia will consider an opportunity of lifting the key rate if the disinflation rate proves to be insufficient for the return of inflation to the target by 2026

According to the source, the procedure should be completed within a few days

When asked by reporters whether he has plans to reduce the number of US troops stationed in Europe, he said, "Well, good. I mean, it depends."