Acting president of Abkhazia makes appointments to several key posts

According to the top Russian diplomat, it is especially concerning that the three Western nuclear powers are among the key sponsors of the Kiev regime and the main initiators of various inflammatory moves

Viktor Orban noted that there should be a buffer zone between NATO and Russia and Ukraine could serve as one

The man, Roman Chervinsky, was under arrest in the case of a failed operation to recruit a Russian pilot

On April 20, the House passed the legislation that would ban the platform in the United States unless the Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells its stake within a year

"The very fact that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States returns back to its roots is a good sign," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said

Dmitry Peskov noted that the trial will be "very complex," but will cause severe damage to US economic interests if the US authorities finally approve the bill regarding Russian assets

"There is one more or less suitable road but it is also being shelled," adviser to the DPR head Igor Kimakovsky said

The enemy lost up to 440 troops, three cars and an Osa-AKM air defense system, a 152mm D-20 weapon

"That’s what happens when the head of state doesn’t care about his own people and sells out his country," Dmitry Polyansky said

On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the village had been liberated

Ukrainian troops suffered significant losses in the fighting for the control of this town

Maria Berlinskaya emphasized that the real effectiveness was determined in real combat conditions, and not at "some training ground in Texas"

The fundamental point is that in the Valieva case there was nothing to exclude that that was the end of an excretion, that the pharmacological dose of trimetazidine hadn't been taken several days before

During the visit to the German foreign ministry on April 18, 2024, we did not receive any answers to our questions, Sergey Nechayev said

"Regrettably, we have to state that UNESCO is being used in geopolitical interests and Russian representatives going to work in the organization have to face unprecedented discrimination, sometimes being forced to wait over a year for visas," the foreign minister said

"Preparations for a world war are intensifying in Brussels," Peter Szijjarto warned

This must be followed by a decree of the Ukrainian president on the appointment

The ship's crew continues to fulfill the mission it was given for the long-range voyage

The chancellor also said Germany will make every effort to produce 80% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030

Yevgenia Gutsul underlined that Gagauzia plans to start exporting products to Russia in the near future

The level of water grew by 69 cm in 24 hours

The operation to recover bodies of people killed in Israeli bombardments continues in the city

According to the law enforcement, the search for the fourth crew member is ongoing

Romanian media regularly report the discovery of young Ukrainians in the mountainous terrain on the Romanian-Ukrainian border

The spy boats managed to come at such a close distance for the first time since the Dnieper brigade started to hold these positions on the Kinburn Spit, the brigade’s commander sayd

Those on the bridge and in the inspection area are asked to stay calm and follow the instructions of transport security personnel

"However, you have nothing to worry about, as Ze’s Ukraine has blown its chances for such a favorable outcome, and therefore any possible deal will now reflect its capitulation," Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said

This is North Korea’s fourth ballistic missile launch this year

On January 1, Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the BRICS group of nations, which currently brings together ten states

"This is dozens of sorties, carried out along the same routes, more or less", said Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Deputy Commander Colonel Lieutenant Eduard Zhmakin

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"The first one is the technology agenda, the very large one, with huge demands for our own small, medium and large solutions," Maxim Oreshkin said

The foreign minister also pointed out that Russia is firmly committed to its international legal obligations, including the 1967 Outer Space Treaty

Russian combat aircraft and artillery "have begun to operate more intensively" at that frontline, delivering "precision strikes" on the Ukrainian army, Andrey Marochko said

"The North-South transport corridor should become an example of the broadest international cooperation," the Russian leader said

"Now, our country has every reason to make symmetrical decisions against foreign assets," Vyacheslav Volodin said

"There has been no new peace initiative, there has been a statement of the fact of Russia's readiness for a peace solution to the Ukrainian problem," Dmitry Peskov said

Arms supplies are only reasonable if a large number of military personnel able to use those weapons in defense and assault operations is available

The US decision may provoke panic among investors that would start withdrawing their funds from European banks, being concerned of their freeze and further confiscation

"Ukraine today is fully dependent on supplies of Western weapons, military hardware, ammunition, financing, intelligence, and assistance from military advisers," Sergey Nechayev said

"The greater portion is railroad projects - 60%," Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valentin Ivanov said

Among representatives are Governor of the autonomous Gagauzia region of Moldova Yevgenia Gutsul and parliamentary deputy Marina Tauber

Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that "relations between the CSTO and Armenia, which is a member state of our organization, are far from being at their best"

Talking about the current situation in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh noted that "the resistance is still strong"

The Hungarian Foreign Minister noted that the participants of the EU foreign and defense ministers meeting "did not challenge the information about the degree of Russia’s arms superiority"

According to Natalia Parasca, around 100 delegates to the Moldovan opposition forum in Moscow were held at the Chisinau airport for about three hours

Also, the EU Council will consider using immobilized Russian assets to help Kiev

"In any case, whatever the modality of providing this aid, de facto it is about provoking Ukraine into further hostilities down to the last Ukrainian, putting guarantted money in the pockets of the US," Dmitry Peskov said

Kirill Budanov acknowledged that the Ukrainian army had long experienced problems on the frontline

The yuan added to 12.851 rubles

Dmitry Peskov added that the Russian authorities will try to minimize the effect of new EU sanctions against the country

On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine initialed an agreement in Istanbul, which he described as "not bad"

The top Russian diplomat stressed that "striving to attain decisive military superiority, Washington and its allies are enlarging the network of alliances directed against third countries"

Russia views the West’s encroachment on its assets as "a blatant and shameless theft for the purpose of lining its pockets," Maria Zakharova noted

Moreover, Qiwi plc acknowledged impairment by $155 mln in 2023 due to the same reason

The Russian foreign minister also described Armenia and Russia as more than formal allies

The bombers will get advanced precision weapons while their radio-electronic devices and engines will be similar to the equipment aboard the latest Tu-160M2 aircraft

All parties involved in combat operations must meet at the negotiating table, Peter Szijjarto said

Units of Battlegroup Center have improved their tactical positions

"Geopolitical realties in the region have changed and there are no more operational functions left for the peacekeepers," the Kremlin spokesman said

Tobias Billstrom deemed adopting the 14th sanctions package "one of the most important things"

"The position of the majority of Western states negatively affects the probability of a peaceful settlement of the conflict, creating a risk of further escalation," Jiraporn Ruamphongphatthana believes

Nikolay Patrushev also held talks with Brazilian Special Advisor for International Affairs Celso Amorim

"To this end we intend to implement plans of expedited upgrade of BAM, the Trans-Siberian Railway, development of the entire eastern range of railroads on the basis of advanced technologies," the Russian President said

"The Western world cannot accept Ukraine's defeat, because from the point of view of our security, a Russian victory in the war would be a failure," Francisco Rubio pointed out

"We have left all of Europe behind in terms of purchasing power parity but as for the per capita indicator, we need to work harder," the Russian leader stressed

Military commanders of Ukrainian army brigades "lack both personnel and the required amount of equipment" while Russian troops enjoy a considerable superiority, especially in artillery, Sergey Krivonos noted

Russia, in his words, is "correcting what others have done"

One shelling attacks on the positions of Syrian government army by the Jabhat al-Nusra (outlawed in Russia) group was reported in the Idlib de-escalation zone

Russia’s Battlegroup West repulsed four Ukrainian army counterattacks over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

The opposition suggests that Moldovan President Maia Sandu is behind the law enforcement officers’ actions

To complete the transaction, the German company is yet to receive the approval from Russian authorities

BAM personifies giant labor and courage of two million very young people from across the entire Soviet Union, the Russian leader said

Earlier, Ukrainian media reported an explosion in Kharkov, which was cofirmed later by Mayor Igor Terekhov

Only 11 out of 36 hospitals are partially functional in Gaza at the moment

"Design engineers and construction workers from Azerbaijan built two settlements with terminal facilities during BAM construction - Ulkan and Angoya," the Russian President said

America preys on any conflict and then steps aside to watch the growing havoc, waiting for a moment to deal a knockout blow, Bashar Assad said

The Russian leader recalled that Heydar Aliyev, the father Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, supervised construction of the Baikal-Amur railway

"We expect that President Putin and Prime Minister Pashinyan will have an opportunity to personally discuss these and, if necessary, other current issues in the near future," Dmitry Peskov said

Digital TV signal interruptions are now observed in the city

Ilham Aliyev reiterated that Azerbaijan and Russia have been working for more than two years within the framework of the Declaration on Allied Interaction signed by their presidents in February 2022

The drill’s main purpose is to demonstrate the reliability, superiority, might and diverse means of the DPRK's nuclear force

We have always been standing and will continue to stand for friendly relations with Russia, Yevgenia Gutsul said

"Poland’s authorities make no secret of their striving to lean closer on the US nuclear weapons deployed in Europe and are actively using these ambitions in their hostile Russian policy," Maria Zakharova stressed

Yerevan's defense spending is 15-20% of what Azerbaijan spends on it, Nikol Pashinyan said

The 12th International Meeting of High Representatives is scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg on April 23-25

According to Imangali Tasmagambetov, "the opportunities for successful settlement of such conflicts are shrinking sharply due to the fundamentally different views of the leading world players on the structure of the future world order"

The presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, met with veterans, builders and employees of the Baikal-Amur Mainline on Monday

Polish President pointed out that this issue is being raised during his meetings with NATO partners from time to time

The gas pipeline has its operations suspended on October 8 of the last year because of the detected leak

According to Grigory Karasin, many BRICS members share the opinion that the association should be in no hurry to adopt a strict charter, "seeing how counterproductively and even provocatively the European Union is acting"

The Armenian government provided Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh with places for temporary deployment in Goris and Sisian

Earlier, Yevgenia Gutsul noted that the Gagauz autonomy would withdraw from Moldova if Chisinau decides it wants to unify with Romania

Sergey Krivonos added that relocation of troops from one direction to another will not solve Ukrainian forces’ problems, and that each fighter should be used according to their specialization

"The supply of our agricultural products to the Chinese market is growing," the top Russian diplomat noted

Prime Minister said that it is possible if proponents of peace, not war, win the June elections to the European Parliament and the US Presidential elections in November

It is reported that at the meeting, Sergey Ryabkov and Robert Floyd focused on cooperation between Russia and the CTBTO

The battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma said that a Gvozdika self-propelled system, nine mortar squads, two Furiya fixed-wing type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed

Earlier it was reported that the German automobile concern Mercedes-Benz plans to sell its enterprise located in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region

According to the journalist, the decision to conduct the operation was made by US President Joe Biden personally, following nine months of discussions with White House national security advisers