Gaza truce over, radicals fire missiles at Israel

Top stories from the Russian press on Saturday, December 28th

The Bank of Russia carries out foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the "yuan - ruble" instrument

It is noted that the Russian Armed Forces will wait until the construction work reaches a certain point and then carry out strikes to destroy what has been built

"The flight recorders will be delivered to the CENIPA," the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan said

The first consignment will be enough to rearm one battalion

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the winner of last year’s championship, was earlier disqualified for breaching the dress code

According to the report, the majority of these crimes occurred between Spring and Summer this year

Igor Gromyko noted that in August, Mali's transitional government announced the termination of diplomatic relations with Ukraine

Marochko added that the operation allowed Russian troops to "expand their zone of control" in the area

Some offices, department and agency facilities will continue to operate on January 9 "for reasons of national security, defense or other public need"

"Washington and London presume that in such conditions they will be able to achieve more quickly their geopolitical goal of ensuring their long-term dominance in the region on the basis of a repulsive concept of the rules-based order," the statement reads

"So we’ll see. If the Americans begin to take our interests into account, dialogue will gradually recover. If not - then everything will remain the way it is," the top Russian diplomat said

According to Sevim Dagdelen, Friedrich Merz, Economic Minister Robert Habeck and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz 'will probably continue to burn German taxpayer money in Ukraine'

The Russian leader conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the plane crash victims

The size of the scholarship depends on its category; its maximum size stands at $555 every month

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, December 27th

Moscow selects targets for strikes on the territory of Ukraine, proceeding solely from threats to Russia, the foreign minister stressed

Ramzan Kadyrov noted that there is no need to worry about hostilities currently happening on Russian territory

The agreement will include funds from the PEACE in Ukraine project and part of the $20 bln US contribution to the G7 initiative, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal announced

It is specified that to this end, various ways of manipulating public opinion and spreading unreliable information are being increasingly used

The conference will involve 1,200 people, who will represent all segments of the society, as well as various religious and ethnic groups

He noted that over many years, Washington and its allies have been using "color revolutions" as a tool to contain their geopolitical rivals and get rid of those unwanted

The adversary attempted a counterattack with several of these attempts resulting in enemy losses

In this regard, the Ukrainian military command considers extending the term of preparing recruits for warfare from six to eight weeks, Alexander Syrsky said

At the same time, almost two thirds of the production falls on the Krasnodar region - in 2024 the rice harvest in the region amounted to 829,000 tons

The plane arrived at the international airport in the Kyrgyz capital on the night of December 30

" I know that Kiev's officials never stop speculating about the illegitimacy of the Russian Federation, because the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was written down in the UN Charter," the Russian foreign minister said

The Kazakh Transport Ministry earlier announced that it sent flight recorders from the plane to the Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center in Brazil

At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces hit energy facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, airfields, storage depots, command posts, and launch sites for attack drones over the day

Ukraine’s General Staff admitted earlier that the frontline situation remained tense for the Ukrainian army

One person was injured, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported

Earlier, the authorities admitted that all those on board had died, except for two surviving crew members who were in the rear of the plane

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

According to the Houthi-controlled television channel, two strikes hit targets in the Hodeidah province. No further information was provided

Trump’s transition team did not respond to a TASS request for comment

In 2024, according to a government decree, December 29-31 (Sunday through Tuesday) will be days off, while December 28 (Saturday) will be a working day

The Belarusian Army operates 12 Russian-made Mi-8MTV-5-1 military transport helicopters

The American president also said the US Department of Defense is in the process of delivering hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds and thousands of missiles to Kiev

Over the course of his career, del Monaco has directed more than 100 operas in major theaters around the world

Russia views the support of such activities by unfriendly countries, including the initiation of "color revolutions," as an extremist threat

The list did not include the leaders of the UK, Germany, the US, France, Japan, and other large states unfriendly to Russia

During the championship, Russian chess grandmaster Murzin scored 10 points in 13 rounds and secured his first place

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 26th

The euro exchange rate is trading above 109 rubles

Veronika Skvortsova noted that research is currently ongoing on drugs targeting glioblastomas and melanomas - malignant brain tumors and skin cancers

16 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ

The battlegroup East has eliminated up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the military emphasized

The source said that attempts to recruit more pilots in Poland and other Eastern European countries were not particularly successful

In some cases, the temporary stay term is being prolonged in accordance with the abovementioned federal law

"We do not make assumptions about the plans of the future US administration", Russian Foreign Minister said

According to the media, the Telegram messenger founder might be charged with terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering and child pornography

For comparison, ahead of the 2021 election, the CDU/CSU bloc enjoyed the support of 27% voters in opinion polls and came ahead of Scholz’s party by just a 9.5% margin

According to the report, Ukraine lacks personnel and Kiev has no confidence in further provision of military aid by the West

Zakharova noted that blocking a Russian news outlet is seen as the reinforcement of the West’s policy to suppress

They had arrived in Grozny on instructions from warlord Doku Umarov

Hassan al-Shaybani said that the new Syrian authorities hope to build strategic relationships with Riyadh in all areas

Earlier, on Wednesday, the deputy leader of the Turkish Motherland Party, Ethem Sancak, said that Turkey might leave NATO in five to six months due to provocative actions against Ankara

Alexander Stepanov believes that NATO intends to lock the Kaliningrad enclave, to lock the Russian trade fleet in Neva estuary and to simultaneously block the Leningrad naval base

It estimates that increasing public debt during the coronavirus pandemic was not seen as a priority in European countries due to low interest rates

"The Ukrainian military has abandoned its positions in Shevchenko. They could not withstand the onslaught of our troops and combined strikes," the sources told TASS

The system also intercepted a fixed-wing drone attempting to attack the Makeyevka machine-building plant

According to preliminary information, the disaster occurred due to a landing gear malfunction caused by a collision with birds

At the same time, Lavrov noted that Moscow has not received any official signals from the United States on the Ukrainian settlement at the moment

The Department for combating disinformation in the Turkish Presidential Office pointed out that its policy towards Israel in regards to the "policy of genocide," carried out in the Gaza Strip, remains unchanged, and the two countries do not engage in any contacts

The survey results show that more than half of Russians follow the tradition of making a wish as the New Year’s chimes strike

The list also concludes Biden calling Donald Trump’s supporters "garbage" during the US presidential campaign

Bild said the German Foreign Ministry commissioned an internal government analysis on defense from ballistic missiles

The country has declared a week of mourning

Both ports are now serving ships and handling cargo normally

Russian, Azerbaijani presidents hold telephone conversation on Aktau plane crash

The US national debt for the first time climbed above $36 trillion on November 15

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted that Vladimir Putin's June 14 comments "by and large did not impose conditions"

The deportation requirement will not be applied to foreigners, who want to stay on legal grounds and have met several preconditions

The main New Year’s tree celebration takes place in the State Kremlin Palace

The incumbent president, Zoran Milanovic, who opposes sending Croatian soldiers to the Ukrainian conflict zone, secured first place with 49.12% of the votes after 99.59% of the ballots were counted

According to the TV channel, a drone likely belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked a munitions depot near Adra about 25 kilometers away from the Syrian capital

The Carter Center non-governmental organization confirmed the death of Jimmy Carter

A large-scale farewell ceremony will be held in the American capital

His deputy was killed, Head of the region Vladimir Saldo reported

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 24th

It is highlighted that the Su-35S fighters practiced aerial cover in the designated area for sorties by bombers and attack aircraft and army aviation helicopters in delivering air strikes at Ukrainian armor and manpower

It is planned to launch it in general circulation in early 2025

Both crew members were in the rear part of the plane, which broke away from the fuselage "during the hit."

The application for pumping through Sokhranovka was rejected by the Ukrainian side

Robert Fico stated that the EU's governing bodies had not adequately evaluated the negative consequences of halting gas transit through Ukraine

The president also invited to his residence families of soldiers, who died in the special military operation

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed the General Prosecutor's Office and the government commission to conduct an impartial investigation of the plane crash near Aktau

According to the head of state, the system's serial production has begun

Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Moscow respects the peacekeeping efforts of various countries

"Russian units are also storming the industrial zone and we are also seeing combat in the vicinity of the thermal power plant," he said in a video address published on his Telegram channel

One infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

These include an agreement on the single customs transit system, a decision on the entry into force of the free trade agreement with Iran, and an order on the functioning of the single services market within the EAEU

US entrepreneur and founder of the SpaceX space technology company Elon Musk has called the prospect of delivering a Russian nuclear power plant to the Moon in 2033-2035 "interesting."

The president noted that the most important thing in the coming year is "the well-being of the Russian people, standard of living, stability"

Arshak Karapetyan has been put on the international wanted list under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, law enforcement bodies told TASS

Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov has signed a decree on the matter

"Units of the battlegroup North struck manpower and equipment of Ukraine’s mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade and formations of foreign mercenaries near Volchansk, Liptsy, Slatino and Neskuchnoye in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said

"I would like to particularly emphasize that this can only be about reliable, legally binding agreements which must remove the root causes of the conflict and enshrine the mechanism of the impossibility to violate them," he explained.

In conditions of competing China, Europeans pay significantly more for US LNG than for Russian gas, the official noted

Andrey Marochko noted that over the year the Russian army did not just manage to withstand the onslaught of the Ukrainian armed forces and mercenaries, but also "successfully advanced" deep into the enemy’s defense