Iran expects its nuclear program to be limited for no more than ten years

According to Kakha Kaladze, the country faced unprecedented pressure because of this

Finland and Estonia are connected by two sets of high-voltage submarine cables

The authorities of Chechnya handed over 200 "Jihad mobile"

The emergencies ministry has published the official list of Kazakh citizens who perished in the crash

In most of the cases, a child came to Russia with one of the parents, while the other remained abroad, the office of the Russian children’s right commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova said

No reports of damage or casualties have been received so far

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that Washington had not contacted Moscow in order to discuss the possibility of a visit by Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg and communication with him

"Overall, we are expressing deepest condolences to those who lost their near and dear in this air disaster," Dmitry Peskov said

Belousov and Austin had a phone call on July 12

11M 2024 production totaled 679,000 passenger cars

Unfavorable weather has made things worse for the enemy in that sector of the line of engagement, Andrey Marochko said

"And we hope that in conclusion of early presidential election, and it is set in Abkhazia for February 15, 2025, a leader will be elected that will continue working on progressive development of Abkhazia and bilateral relations with close ties with our country," Zakharova added

It is confirmed that two children were injured

As of December 25, a total of 4,100 people have been taking part in the cleanup effort

The effort has been under way since 2018, with almost 600 children brought from Syrian refugee camps to their relatives in Russia

"It’s important to note that the primary development in this context is the markedly increased role of non-Arab states in the region, particularly two key players," Vitaly Naumkin said

According to Maria Zakharova, for a peacekeeping force to participate in any conflict it requires the consent of all participants and a decision of the UN Security Council

"We have never stated that the incoming administration of [US President-elect Donald] Trump will necessarily give a start to negotiations on global security, on Ukraine," Sergey Lavrov noted

Asked what countries could be behind the attack, Karin Kneissl replied that, like in an Agatha Christie novel, "there are many suspects in this imaginary room"

Alexander Novak noted that Russia will achieve leadership in a number of areas, including the extraction of hard-to-recover gas deposits

The Republican candidate secured sufficient Electoral College votes in the November 5 presidential election, according to state-by-state vote counts

Also, one aircraft used onboard weapons systems to detect enemy air defense sites, according to the ministry

He expressed hope that the US president-elect will be able to achieve a settlement of the conflict in Ukraine in a "relatively near term."

A ten-minute-long solar flare classified as M4.7 was recorded in X-rays in sunspot group 3932

According to Kazakh Transportation Minister Marat Karabayev, in total, 67 people were onboard the plane

The launch vehicle blasted off at 10:45 am Moscow time (7:45 am GMT)

The aircraft’s crew chief, Igor Kshnyakin, clocked more than 15,000 hours of flight time

The spacecraft, taking 75 mice and 1,500 drosophila flies, as well as plants and microorganisms to space, was initially planned to blast off on September 1, 2024

According to Vladimir Rogov, actions by the Russian Armed Forces will compel the garrison of the Ukrainian armed forces in Velikaya Novosyolka to face difficulties with supplies and reinforcements

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, December 25th

Some Western media outlets reported earlier, citing anonymous Sudanese intelligence sources, that Khartoum had allegedly annulled an agreement with Moscow on placing a Russian naval logistics support base due to potential US sanctions

The platform will offer propellers, frames, engines, communication systems, the head of the United Russia party’s central executive committee Alexander Sidyakin said

Benjamin Netanyahu promised that "this lesson would be learned throughout the Middle East"

The most difficult situation for Ukrainian troops is observed in the Krasnoarmeisk (Pokrovsk), Kurakhovo and Vremevka frontline areas

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

Maria Zakharova also highlighted the fact that the Middle East turned into "the concentration of a large amount of corrupt interests and ambitions" of Western countries with their negative consequences being "hard to even compare to anything"

According to the Kazakh Transport Ministry, the plane belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines

The document says that the goal of the payment is to ensure the representation of Russian staffers in the convention’s secretariat

The attack resulted in the deaths of three individuals, with a fourth victim passing away from injuries at the hospital shortly afterward

Denmark plans to increase the number of personnel at the Joint Arctic Command in the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 380 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

Major General Aleksey Rtishchev said that branches of the US National Naval Military Medical Center are stationed in Ghana and Djibouti where active work is carried out in natural disease foci, isolation and sequencing of pathogens

According to Kazakh Deputy Transport Minister Talgat Lastayev, data will be retrieved from flight recorders during the investigation, and interviews will be conducted with eyewitnesses and air controllers

According to Karin Kneissl, Russia doesn’t want to trigger any nuclear war

In the food sector, prices growth rates declined to 0.76% during the reporting week

According to the report Al Hadath, the operation was aimed at detaining a high-ranking former officer of the previous government

His participation in the upcoming meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union is unclear

Flights to other destinations are being made as scheduled, the air carrier said

The capacity of the new gas pipeline should be 45 billion cubic meters per year, Alexander Novak said

Maria Zakharova noted that "under such a scenario, the Russian peacekeeping presence in the region will be jeopardized"

"It is important for us to achieve all the goals that we face in ensuring the security of our country," Dmitry Peskov emphasized

According to Maria Zakharova, this is not the first statement of its kind from the US Department of State

Yury Borisov added that over the past year, Roscosmos has expanded its Earth remote sensing constellation by introducing high-resolution observation satellites, including a Resurs-P satellite and a Kondor radar imaging satellite

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

Earlier, the Israeli army press office reported that air-raid sirens sounded in several areas of central Israel following the launch of a missile from Yemen

According to Maria Zakharova, Russia regards the social, political and economic situation in Belarus as stable

Some 4,950 square meters of shoreline have been cleared from oil pollution in the seaport of Anapa

"By declaring on the one hand the intention to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and on the other hand, the readiness to discuss ways of maintaining stability, Washington deprives the hypothetical dialogue of a meaningful basis," Maria Zakharova said

At the same time, the volume of investments in the global oil industry has returned to the level of 2019, Russia’s deputy prime minister said

A presidential election campaign is starting in Belarus on January 1, with the election scheduled for January 26

Previously, a curfew was imposed in another large Syrian city, Homs, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. local time

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 245 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy howitzers in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

The Ursa Major dry cargo ship wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea

The 2025 Winter Youth Games are scheduled to run between January 8 and 14 and the tournament’s program includes nine Olympic competitions

The vessel carried 2 portal cranes, 2 crane kibbles, 2 ship bilge covers, one 20-foot container with spare parts for the covers and 129 empty containers

The top diplomat pointed out that Russia's partners in the international arena are aware of this situation, and most of them are in solidarity with Moscow that sooner or later the West "will have to accept the realities of a multipolar world, and then all issues will be resolved on the basis of a balance of interests"

The spokeswoman went on to say that the stalemate began when Western countries de-facto blocked the work in this format

According to Maria Zakharova, this speaks of the fact that the West continues to do everything to escalate the conflict with Russia, not sparing effort or anyone in Ukraine

The top Russian diplomat expressed disappointment that virtually none of the Western nations have joined Russia’s condemnation of these attacks, including the leaders of international organizations like the UN, OSCE, or UNESCO

Previously, nine law enforcement officers were killed by gunfire during an operation to detain a high-ranking former officer of the previous government

The BREST-300 fast neutron reactor is due to be launched in 2026-2027 and to go on stream in 2028

According to Joost Niemoller, Israel is the main winner from the changes in Syria, while Iran seems the biggest loser

Two sets of underwater high-voltage direct current power cables connect Finland and Estonia

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, December 23rd

The share of profitable entities accordingly declined from 73.3% a year before to 72.7% in the reporting period of this year

According to the report, the people of Greece witnessed the passage of convoys of Greek and foreign-made trucks transporting containers, mainly with shells, to Balkan states and Poland, and eventually to Ukraine

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

The rest of the passengers in the vehicle did not get injured

According to the press service, Ilham Aliyev has ordered the relevant government agencies to investigate the causes of the crash and take urgent action

Maria Zakharova was commenting on remarks by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi who claimed that Iran may develop nuclear weapons

Inflation was 0.35% a week earlier, from December 10 to 16

Resurs-P satellites are designed for the Earth’s remote sensing and for regional and local monitoring of its surface

"Such illegal actions, including the transfer of this billion, may surely prompt legal action. And we will surely use all possibilities in the future to protect our rights and the rights to our property," Dmitry Peskov noted

According to emergency services, the incident was caused by a household gas explosion

Cardboard boxes caught fire at the plant

According to Maria Zakharova, the interim self-governance bodies in Pristina, enabled by the United States and the EU, make steps to create intolerable conditions for the Serb population of Kosovo, effectively trying to drive it out of the region

In 2014, the Donetsk airport was one of the hottest spots of the confrontation between Ukrainian forces and Donbass militias

In addition, by the end of the year, Alrosa will perform a record volume of mining, having extracted almost 95 mln cubic meters of rock mass, the report noted

According to the foreign minister, these agreements should be aimed at eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict

A total of 1,534 prisoners, including 29 terrorism convicts, escaped

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

The first Kiev-initiated conference on Ukraine was held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 15-16

According to Alexander Stepanov, strikes are systematic efforts to gradually wipe out the military capabilities of Ukraine

29 people had been hospitalized

The top Russian diplomat drew attention to the fact that "the Kiev regime plays into the hands the West, which needs to remove such a strong competitor as Russia from the international scene"

The experiment that allowed testing the supercomputer prototype took place on December 19, the Moscow State University said

A number of tankers of the ships' owner Volgatransneft did not have a license for transporting dangerous cargoes in inland waters

Among other things, "members of the Commonwealth have been increasing cooperation in the fight against extremism, transborder crime, and drug trafficking, and everyday activities and contacts between security agencies have been established," the Russian president said