Darth Vader seeking seat in Ukraine’s parliament denied ballot paper

He condemned the opposition, which he said is "only thinking about the presidential election."

Malaysia as a country chairing ASEAN in 2025 will be able to facilitate establishment of cooperation with partners, including with BRICS member states, Tengku Zafrul Aziz noted

The Russian-Belarusian highest-level meeting will take place on December 6 in Minsk within the Union State Supreme Council

In June 2023, the IOC ruled at its session to strip the IBA of its Olympic membership

TASS’ military analyst fills us in on one of the greatest secrets of Russia’s defense industry

The Russian foreign minister expressed regret that "the OSCE leadership and those who manipulate it deliberately keep this organization from doing constructive work and outside the objective course of history"

On December 2, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced plans to revive the Astana Format and hold a ministerial meeting between Turkey, Russia and Iran as soon as possible

"I think he's a very strong person. A person who wants results," the Russian top diplomat said

"We prefer the manners which dominate in BRICS, in Shanghai Cooperation Organization, where the UN Charter principle of sovereign equality of states is really embodied," the Russian top diplomat stressed

According to Peter Szijjarto, the outgoing US administration "is trying to make sure that it is hard to establish peace after January 20"

Malaysia as a BRICS partner country is aware of Trump’s threats to impose tariffs for participants of the alliance should they abandon the dollar in mutual trade settlements, Malaysian Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said

"We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia as it were, we are sending signals," the Russian foreign minister stressed

The president added that the West already has "a few candidates" for the post of Ukraine’s president

The Serbian president also stated that various parties in Europe and the world are not ready to engage in a dialogue to solve all the problems that have piled up

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 560 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a German-made Leopard tank in its area of responsibility over the past day

"The message which we wanted to send by testing in real action this hypersonic system is that we will be ready to do anything to defend our legitimate interests," the Russian foreign minister stressed

Sergey Lavrov noted that Israel's operation in response to the terrorist attack acquired the proportion of collective punishment, which is against international humanitarian law

The minister warned that terrorists are working to take advantage of the current situation in their media efforts

For the first time ever, the French government has collapsed just three months into its term, Vyacheslav Volodin stressed

All three attacks were carried out in the Gorlovka direction

The Pentagon and the US Joint Chiefs of Staff have not yet replied to a TASS request for a comment

No one in Washington "is working to make sure that this conflict doesn’t become a nuclear holocaust," the journalist said

The Russian foreign minister expressed hope that the context which the sides were planning for this week would help stabilize the situation

According to Slovakia's Foreign Ministry statement dated August 28, the Republic will close its embassies in such countries as Denmark and Norway, as well as the consulates general in Krakow and St. Petersburg by December 31, 2024

The Russian top diplomat emphasized that according to Russia's military doctrine, the most important thing was to avoid a nuclear war

The Americans are using the profits from the oil and grain sold to help the separatists, Sergey Lavrov said

When asked if the conversations were meaningful, the Russian top diplomat replied in negative

According to the NOAA website, there is currently "no tsunami warning, advisory, watch, or threat.".

It is reported that employees of recruitment centers are being reassigned to army positions at the home front

According to Maria Zakharova, the interview is currently being translated and will be released in a couple of days

The assets of the blacklisted individuals and entities will be frozen, and engaging in business with them will be prohibited, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said

Russia responded by firing its newest Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Yuzhmash Ukrainian defense industry plant in the city of Dnepr, President Vladimir Putin said earlier

Mark Rutte once again called on NATO countries to increase weapons supplies to Kiev

According to the report, enemy troops are defecting in large numbers in this section of the frontline

Ruben Brekelmans pointed out in a parliamentary debate that Moscow was capturing increasingly large areas in the east, and Russia's "military might is growing"

The Russian leader noted that the dollar was now used as a tool of political pressure

According to the report, this was one of the most important Ukrainian strongholds in the area

This is important both for the economy as a whole and for maintaining and improving the country's defense capability, the head of state said

A meeting of the ministers of the Astana Process countries is also planned amid the escalation of the situation in Syria

The launch in question took place on December 3, 2024, during joint exercises by the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

The Russian foreign minister recalled that the monitoring mission of OSCE presented a positive report on the elections in Georgia

It happened just as the Russian delegation was about to board a flight from Moscow, the ministry said in a statement

The top Russian diplomat recalled that back in 1987, US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev approved a formula that meets the interests of the entire international community: "no nuclear war"

The Russian foreign minister emphasized that the countries were not at war

Gazprombank can now open not merely type K special accounts but ruble and currency accounts also

The foreign minister emphasized that Russia cannot tolerate the situation "when the Ukrainian legislation prohibits the Russian language, the Russian media, the Russian culture, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church"

The examples are numerous, including in regards to the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian top diplomat stressed

A ministerial meeting of countries participating in the Astana format is also expected to take place in Doha amid aggravation of the situation in Syria

The POWs are currently being kept safe and are receiving all necessary assistance

The Russian foreign minister recalled Vladimir Zelensky's interview in September 2021, where the Ukrainian leader advised people feeling associated with the Russian culture to "get out to Russia"

"It's obvious that the Biden administration would like to leave a legacy to the Trump administration as bad as they can," the Russia's top diplomat pointed out

Minsk made a strategic decision to preserve and develop its domestic capacities despite the sanctions, Alexander Rogozhnik said

"We are all interested, both consumers and suppliers, in continuing this cooperation," the official stressed

"There are several channels, but mostly on exchange of people who serve terms in Russia and in the United States. There were several swaps," the top Russian diplomat said

Rosneft CEO added that the US has lost its leadership in science, industry, and finance and has failed to maintain a fair world order

"The Hamas delegation concluded meetings in Cairo, where it held a dialogue with representatives of the Fatah movement on the establishment of a committee to run Gaza, which will facilitate the implementation of agreements at the national level to achieve full unity and end the division of Palestinian ranks," the group said in a statement

According to the report, the rhetoric has changed as Russian troops break through Ukrainian defenses on their increasingly rapid westward advance

What is going on in Ukraine is that some people call it hybrid war, the Russian foreign minister noted

According to the report, this move could allegedly be accompanied by the country's "swift" accession to the EU, with economic aid for reconstruction and the deployment of European peacekeeping forces

Talking to the American journalist, the Russian foreign minister noted the indifference of politicians and UN officials, as well as representatives of the Western press

At some point, the participants decided to leave the square in front of the parliament building, marching down Rustaveli Avenue towards the Tbilisi Opera building

The message was sent to the United States 30 minutes in advance

The Ukrainian battlegroup actually has no chances left to leave the town, the source specified

Maria Zakharova also pointed to the fate of former South Korean leaders: some were killed, overthrown, imprisoned, some committed suicide

There were no further details provided regarding the UAV attack

The document came into force on December 4 and will be valid indefinitely

Vladimir Rogov told TASS earlier that Russian troops had moved past the city center in Kurakhovo to fight in the city’s west

In Isaac Herzog's view, resolving the situation in the Palestinian enclave could open the door to renewed negotiations on normalizing Israel's relations with Saudi Arabia

Maria Zakharova earlier said that the interview with Russia’s top diplomat turned out to be "very interesting" and it included questions regarding the present-day relations with the United States, Ukraine as well as other issues

"We bear in mind that after the end of the Cold War, the West agreed on some right things, extolled these right things in theory, however, in practice, blatantly violated all agreements and did everything to undermine the legitimate interests of Russia, and any other competitor in general," the minister said

According to Sergey Lavrov, the US Secretary of State told him that the US that wanted to inflict strategic defeat upon Russia "only in Ukraine"

"In my opinion, the United States should invest in the reconstruction of Afghanistan after everything it has done and abandoned there," the top security official emphasized

The Russian president stressed that Russia allowed its German partners to operate under free market conditions in the country

US entrepreneur, along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami, will head the newly created "Department of Government Efficiency" in Donald Trump’s administration

On December 4, Vladimir Rogov said that the Russian army was conducting a mop-up operation in the settlement of Stariye Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic

The warning covers the northern part of California, including San Francisco, and a portion of the neighboring state of Oregon

According to the latest data, 40% of all deaths happen among children under the age of five

As of November 1, 2024, the National Wealth Fund amounted 12.73 trillion rubles

"President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin has repeatedly said that we were left with no other option but to start the special military operation," the Russian foreign minister stressed

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Maria Berlinskaya noted the demoralization of Ukrainian society that, she said, is brought about by the actions of the country's military and political leadership and the corruption of officials

Gazprombank does not provide assistance any more to foreign buyers in converting foreign exchange to rubles for purposes of payments for natural gas, the credit institution said

The operation involves clearing a pocket of land south of Kurakhovo, Vladimir Rogov said

Lavrov's conversation with Carlson lasted almost an hour and a half

A group of unidentified your people unexpectedly brought fireworks and started firing them

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski offered no answer to the interviewer's question whether Warsaw was going to take any action in response to Russia's decision

"The Russian side strongly prefers a peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interest of Russia, and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine," Sergey Lavrov stressed

The minister recalled that Russia had warned for years that NATO's approach to its borders would create a problem, and Russian President Vladimir Putin had spent years explaining this on international platforms to people who dreamed of the "end of history" and their dominance

The top Russian diplomat noted that earlier, US National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that the Americans do not want any escalation while their European allies will suffer if nuclear weapons are used

"The more we live under sanctions, the more we understand that it is better to rely on yourself, and to develop mechanisms, platforms for cooperation with ‘normal’ countries who are not unfriendly to you, and don't mix economic interests and policies and especially politics," the top diplomat said

The Russian foreign minister underscored that, to the West’s displeasure, the process of building a new architecture of security in Eurasia has already started

According to the Kremlin press service, at the meeting "special attention will be paid to strengthening the common defense space of Russia and Belarus"

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 5th

According to senior officer, also was destroyed 9 multiple rocket launchers, seven tanks, 28 armored combat vehicles

Maria Zakharova pointed to alarming statements by Kiev officials, "which not only question the viability of the Budapest Memorandum but could also be interpreted as an outright attempt to review Ukraine's non-nuclear status"

The top Russian diplomat noted that statements by some NATO officials about the possibility of preventive strikes on Russia cause concern

The Russian delegation is represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

The foreign minister stressed that Russia respected the choice of the American people

Investigators started a criminal case against Colonel Pavlo Rozlach, who ordered cluster munitions with poisonous substances to be used in the Kursk Region