Meeting of Contact Group on Ukraine opens in Minsk, Belarus

The president also noted that it is up to each state to determine how to ensure its own security

"Russia understands this very well and plans its actions taking this into account," Evgeny Stanislavov noted

"I’m not even talking about the risks of military confrontation and escalation," Shalva Papuashvili said

"The life and health of Bulgarian citizens should be the top priority," Rumen Radev pointed out

According to the statement, "The aim of the exercise is to develop the capability for the surveillance and protection of undersea infrastructure and to repel undersea military threats"

According to Reuters, three people were found alive while 12 more are considered missing

He noted that given Kuwait's membership in OPEC, Russia will continue to coordinate positions on energy policy with the country

It is reported that various special services have already tried to carry out such activities in Turkey, which is inadmissible

Online voting on the name for the baby panda has kicked off in Moscow

According to Evgeny Stanislavov, the bilateral trade turnover in the first eight months of 2023 fell by 26.8% compared to the same period last year

Xi Jinping stressed that countries should join efforts to build a better world

It is specified that the memorandums and documents signed by Iran and Cuba address the fields of science, technology, healthcare, agriculture, energy, mining, communications and medicine

The so-called law on self control is effective from February 21, 2021

"We know what Russophobia is, we faced it long ago. First and foremost, this is everything that happened before the entire world’s eye in the Baltic states long before the special military operation," Russian President said

According to Sergey Kiriyenko, back in 2007 Putin set the task of not just staying at the global nuclear market, but to become the global leader in this domain

Yerzhan Nildibayev specified that the Kazakh air defense forces plan to buy ten Su-30SM jets and two Tor-M2 batteries in 2023-2024

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

According to The Times of Israel, IDF forces are closing the circle around the Shejaiya neighborhood in the southern part of Gaza

The first stage to upgrade the Russian telecommunications and relay satellite constellation in geostationary orbit is anticipated to be launched by 2030

Investors increased their placements not merely in stocks

Hafez Assad was handed his diploma by the rector of the university, Viktor Sadovnichy, along with other Syrian students who also graduated from MSU

According to Head of the US Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young, "there is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment"

Sergey Shoigu said he was going to review in detail the new products presented today

Lubos Blaha also said that the visit to Roudnice was his first foreign trip after being elected as Deputy Speaker of the National Council

The Russian president expressed hopes during the ceremony that the world will see better times sooner or later, from the standpoint of politics and the sanitary-epidemiological situation

According to the Washington Post, "Ukrainian, U.S. and British military officers held eight major tabletop war games to build a campaign plan"

Russia will also "expand contacts with foreign partners on humanitarian and cultural tracks," the Russian leader stressed

"If you look at the map, you will understand that this is unacceptable for Russia under any circumstances," the foreign minister pointed out

"Russia withdrew from a number of international human rights organizations, but that does not mean that we reject the principles, cemented in the Human Rights declaration," he said

Apart from that, according to the IDF, Israeli artillery shelled several targets in Lebanese territory

About 120 mission officers are permanently present in the country

According to the media, 75 servicemen died during the ground offensive

Dmitry Peskov added that Russia's economy adjusted to the conditions of the special military operation to ensure the required level for continuation

he tank has received a fundamentally new turret differing from the serial-produced combat module and a more powerful 1,130 hp engine

All of them were evacuated on Sunday via the Rafah crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt

The Palestinian group also reported rocket strikes at cities of Sderot and Netivot in southern Israel

The Russian president recalled that the other day marked the 80th anniversary of the Tehran Conference, which laid the groundwork of the modern system of international relations

"It’s no secret that Western investors, same as any investors, are interested in returning funds and they are ready to take steps to get their funds one way or the other," Ivan Chebeskov noted

Song Kui also mentioned the recent dynamic development of the Sino-Russian trade and economic relations

It is reported that Qassam fighters have also shelled military gatherings with heavy artillery shells and directed intensive missile attacks towards various targets inside the Zionist entity

The Russian leader noted with regret that the relations between Russia and South Korea are currently not in the best shape

By maintaining cooperation with Russia in those areas that are not subject to restrictions, "Budapest is acting for its own benefit and at least partially mitigating the damage caused by sanctions," Evgeny Stanislavov added

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, December 4th

It is crucial to boost ammunition production, Jens Stoltenberg said

Time has been choosing the Person of the Year annually since 1927

It was the worst Osprey crash in terms of casualties since this type of aircraft entered into full-scale service

As of 02:18 a.m. Moscow time, 34 flights were delayed at Sheremetyevo airport, 17 flights were delayed and three canceled in Domodedovo, 13 flights were delayed in Vnukovo and six flights were delayed in Zhukovsky

His program includes "a bilateral meeting with the Russian foreign minister"

One of the volunteers who helped Putin take cards off the Christmas tree noted that "many wishes" would come true

Russian forces eliminated roughly 100 Ukrainian troops and four armored vehicles in the south Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported

According to the statement, the order "encompasses tens of thousands of complete 155mm artillery shells"

"Since the start of the humanitarian mission 12 flights of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered to the city of El-Arish over 288 metric tons of food, medicine, clothes, footwear and other necessities," the ministry’s spokesman Roman Okhotenko said

The countries and territories mentioned in the list imposed or joined the sanctions against Russia after the start of a special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine

According to Oleg Tsaryov, the situation is now being publicly discussed in Ukraine’s political circles

The meeting was held at the initiative of the Iraqi diplomat

Alexander Gusev conveyed his condolences to Zavadsky’s relatives, adding that the officer had been faithful to his duty and his profession as a defender of the Fatherland to the end

The Russian leader’s previous visits to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia took place in October 2019, before the COVID-19 lockdowns

Viktor Medvedchuk drew special attention to the ongoing transport blockade against Kiev

The cryptocurrency grew by 6.4%

The Askold will be the second Project 22800 corvette built at the Kerch Shipyard

At the same time, the second line of Arctic LNG-2 could start LNG output in December 2024

According to Nasser Kanaani, the money is available to the Islamic Republic and the Iranian authorities can use it to suit their needs, as he also called on Washington to honor its commitments to Tehran

The Russian mass media are exposed to sophisticated sanctions, such as blocking of bank accounts, discrediting, political pressure, and fines by media regulators

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military using 50 military hardware, including heavy armored bulldozers. Israeli snipers are on their positions in various parts of the city

Social networks are obliged to monitor and delete banned content posted on such networks

Senior Colonel Tian Junli noted that the Chinese Navy took preventive measures, tracking the movements of the American ship

It is reported that the Treaty on Good-Neighborly Relations and Alliance in the 21st Century remains one of the fundamental elements of the interstate cooperation legal framework

The British authorities has not made an official announcement about the shipment of Martlet missiles, but they were first mentioned as being used in Ukraine back in 2022

The Russian leader cited energy cooperation between the two countries as an example of projects already underway

Sergey Nechayev also noted Russia "still has many friends in Germany"

The American journalist also said that the Israeli army continues to bombard the gas into ruins

"This agreement authorizes the disposal of chemical waste from companies linked with financier George Soros in the black soil of Ukraine," he said

According to Mohammad Shtayyeh, the area of the enclave used to be about 555 square kilometers, but today it is little more than 364 square kilometers

"We denounce that the government of the United States of America intends to militarize the situation," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said

The minesweepers’ crews reconnoitered areas to search for explosives and practiced operations to overcome and destroy mine obstacles in the daytime and at night

The Russian leader recalled that in 2024-2025 Algeria will get a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council

According to the Naharnet news portal, the launch sites were near the villages that were abandoned by the majority of their residents back in October

Vivek Ramaswamy warned against sending military assistance to Israel, calling on the US administration to confine itself to diplomatic support

According to the Belarusian leader, Minsk is very interested in China as a powerful country

The enemy is preparing an attempt to attack Russian troop positions in that area, Yan Gagin reported

Free visas will also be provided to mass media representatives

Earlier, the Armenian authorities said that they intended to diversify their arms purchases, as Yerevan claimed that it had not received the weapons it had already paid for from Russia

The title went to Natalya Amineva and her family

TASS highlights the history of creation and the unique potential integrated into the Russian fighter-interceptor, and also the capabilities of the Kh-47M2 invincible missile

Moldovan law prohibits the activity of mercenaries

US President Joe Biden announced on January 25 that Washington would hand over 31 M1 Abrams tanks to the Kiev regime

According to Nicolas Maduro, "the powerful voice of national unity must encourage the president of Guyana to return to the Geneva Agreement and to the mechanisms of peaceful diplomatic negotiations"

European underground gas storage facilities received 1.2 bln cubic meters in November, which is 2.2-fold lower than last year’s figures

The Russian leader said that "цe still hope that the traditional ties of spiritual closeness, mutual sympathy and respect of the Russian and Greek peoples will eventually help revive mutually beneficial partnership between our countries as well as normal business relations"

Alexey Selivanov noted that Ukrainian soldiers were using the Volga radio frequency to declare they were ready to lay down arms

Hersh said, citing a US official, that Zaluzhny had US backing in holding the talks

According to the report, approaches to the oil terminal have been sealed off

The politician pointed out that it was necessary to form mechanisms of control over research activities in such bio-laboratories and to use international platforms for this purpose

Phosphoric acid production gained 5.3% to 3,063 mln metric tons within 11 months of this year

Ethem Sancak referred to recent polls showing that at least 80% of the Turkish population believe that "the United States is a country running the most hostile and destructive policy" toward the republic

According to the sources, US and Israeli warships repelled the attack

The adversary’s losses amounted to 95 troops, an armored fighting vehicle, two cars and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky said

Deposit interest rates are monitored by the regulator in Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, the Credit Bank of Moscow, Tinkoff Bank, Sovcombank, Bank FC Otkritie, Promsvyazbank, and the Russian Agricultural Bank

The Russian leader recalled that Russia and Germany had been developing "pragmatic, business-like cooperation" for more than half a century