Western sanctions against Russia may last until 2017 — minister

There is still no full clarity regarding the future of Ukraine's western regions, the Russian foreign minister went on to say

According to Faustin-Archange Touadera, since becoming the president, his actions have been guided by the need "to modernize the army and take into account new challenges"

The plane crashed in a field in the Krasnogvardeysky district of southern Russia’s Stavropol Region

MIFF President Nikita Mikhalkov, a celebrated Russian film director, declared the festival open, praising the bravery of foreign cultural figures who are visiting Russia at this time

In 2023 the Russian economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience and growth, Alexey Overchuk said

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

Funding will be provided from the federal, regional and local budgets, as well as taxes from gambling transferred to the organizer

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said in February that the Russian side had agreed with WADA to pay the membership fee for the year of 2023

One suspect was arrested in connection with the threat

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

Emmanuel Macron added that Europe’s resources are limited, and the European Union will continue helping Kiev keeping in mind its own reserves

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, April 19th

According to the official, flood waters receded from 1,117 homes and households in the Urals region of Orenburg in the past day, which is the highest number recorded in the flooded regions

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also expressed condolences to Eremin’s family and friends

Vasily Anokhin urged local residents to remain calm and refrain from filming air defenses in operation.

On April 10, the vehicle was also spotted when the North Korean leader visited Kim Jong Il Military and Political Academy

The Russian Foreign Minister noted that "Ukrainian negotiators came and said that, for example, on the issue of maneuvers with the participation of third countries, let's replace the wording 'if all guarantor countries agree' with 'unless the majority agrees'"

He may face up to 20 years in jail

Stoltenberg said NATO believes Ukraine has the right to strike "legitimate military targets" inside Russia

Investigators have established that the funds that were received through commercial organizations, such as the oil and gas company Burisma Holdings operating in Ukraine, have been used to carry out terrorist acts in Russia and abroad

Victor Gumenny said the advanced systems may solve the tasks of air-space defence and may fight hypersonic weapons

All the presented drones and payload were created from domestic composite materials and elements

Infrastructure is required to implement the investment project, both power transmission lines and the railroad, Andrey Chibis noted

In monetary terms, Russian oil exports to China increased by 17.9% to $13.858 bln in the first quarter of the year

israeli Permanent Representative Gilad Erdan was to address the council after Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour

The Ukrainian army lost more than 3,550 troops, four tanks and five armored combat vehicles in battles with Russian forces in the Donetsk area over the past week, the ministry reported

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signed the mobilization law passed by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in the second and final reading on April 11

According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, a private residence in the village of Poroz caught fire when the unmanned aerial vehicles dropped two explosive devices

The first negotiations between Russia and Ukraine after the start of the special military operation took place in early March 2022 in Belarus, but they did not bring tangible results

This means that we don’t have a line of engagement but a border, while a border is a sign of peace, Nikol Pashinyan said

There were no casualties or damage

An attempt by the Kiev regime to use a fixed-wing drone to carry out a terrorist attack on targets in Russia was foiled at about 1:00 p.m. Moscow time

"This military whirlpool can drag Europe to the bottom. Brussels is playing with fire and angering God," the Hungarian prime minister said

The first Konteiner radar went on combat duty in the Volga area region of Mordovia on December 1, 2019

Vladimir Saldo called on other Ukrainian servicemen to switch to the Russian side and request the corresponding assistance

According to the news agency, one PMF fighter was killed and six were wounded

Arnulf Damerau said that he provided details of the meeting, along with evidence and a list of names of those involved, to US and European intelligence agencies

According to Al Jazeera, Israeli security forces have killed at least five people over the past 24 hours

Another explosion rocked the Kiev-controlled city of Zaporozhye

According to Al Jazeera, air strikes hit the towns of Deir al Balah and Rafah

The tragedy occurred near the village of Priyutnoye located on the border of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye Region

It cannot be ruled out that the House of Representatives may pass this package as early as Saturday

"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

The decision was sealed in a meeting between US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Niger’s prime minister, Ali Lamine Zeine

Dmitry Polyansky noted that the IAEA chief is being very cautious about the issue of attacks on the nuclear facility

Stephane Dujarric noted that the secretary general "encourages the parties to continue the delimitation and demarcation of the remaining sections of the border and tackle all outstanding bilateral issues toward achieving full normalization of relations."

Units of Battlegroup Center have improved their tactical positions

According to the official, the investigation established that Mikhail Maurov planned to travel to Ukraine to join the ranks of a right-wing Ukrainian organization called the Freedom of Russia Legion

The law enforcement employees exert efforts to identify the instigators of this crime, Igor Krasnov said

Earlier, the media reported, citing a US official, that Israel had launched a missile strike on a site in Iranian territory

Evacuation campaigns are regularly organized by the Kiev government, under the pretext of security issues

Erdogan and Haniyeh touched upon the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the exchange of hostages with Israel and the humanitarian aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave

According to the media outlet, "the US administration will support the plan for a military operation in Rafah put forward earlier," which provides for dividing the city into numbered sectors that will be mopped up one by one

The Russian foreign minister emphasized that the situation on the ground had changed significantly

Ivan Paskar is charged with illegally transporting explosive substances, but he does not recognize his guilt

Donald Tusk said that German Chancellor’s call to send more air defense systems to Kiev had no relation to Poland, provided the country's geographical position near the frontline

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has visited a testing ground in the Moscow Military District where new models of small arms developed with the participation of snipers who carried out missions in the special military operation zone were presented

The minister also inspected the training process in Omsk Armor Engineering Institute

Ararat Mirzoyan also said that Yerevan is currently making efforts to expand cooperation with the European Union and the United States

The Security Service of Ukraine announced earlier that in a joint operation with law enforcement agencies in Ukraine and Poland it thwarted an attempt to assassinate Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that BRICS nations have already established a special channel for information exchange between their central banks

"The Hungarian community’s opportunities to use its native language in the fields of education, culture, media and self-governance have been significantly limited," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto specified

The man set himself on fire

Russia’s top diplomat noted that Josep Borrell may made the statement in a moment of weakness

He also revealed that some weapon batches contained anti-armor systems whose service life had expired

According to the foreign minister, Russia has decided not to depend on the West in all spheres, including those in which it can limit the country's development

The conference will take place from April 23 to 25 in St. Petersburg

"We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack," a senior Iranian official reported

Ahmad Haghtalab said on April 18 that Tehran has identified the location of Israel's "nuclear centers" and will be ready to destroy them in case the Jewish state responds to the recent Iranian attack on Israeli military facilities

The top Russian diplomat referred to a swindling trick used by a thimblerigger who puts a small round object, such as a ball or pea, under one of three thimbles or cups and asks the player to guess under which the object is, while unfairly manipulating this object

Earlier in its report on the development of the world economy, the IMF noted that Russian oil is sold on the world market mainly above the price ceiling that the West tried to set

The IMF states that the restrictions led to the need to rebuild the economy

It has reached 911 centimeters

A request for transit via the Sokhranovka gas pumping station was rejected

Armand Duplantis bettered his previous world record of 6.23 meters

Blasts were also reported in the city of Dnepr and the Kiev-controlled city of Zaporozhye

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that the Ukrainian armed forces were deliberately targeting Russian journalists

The Foreign Minister pointed to the fact that Switzerland is on board with all Western sanctions

Earlier, it was reported that Ukraine had developed a UAV with a range of up to 3,000 kilometers

According to the embassy, the delegation is expected to hold talks with the Russian agriculture minister and meet with officials from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision and the Federal Agency for Fishery

At the same time, the top Russian diplomat pointed out that "there is information that not only French mercenaries, but also instructors, maybe even together, but along with some other representatives of military and special services of European countries are working there [in Ukraine]"

Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia, became full-fledged members of BRICS from January 1, 2024

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

A power test of a super-large warhead designed for "Hwasal-1 Ra-3" strategic cruise missile was held as well

There are no casualties, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said

In chemicals production, prices edged up by 26.8% for ethers, organic peroxides, epoxides, acetals and semiacetals and their derivatives

According to the top Russian diplomat, the leaders who rule countries where they claim to be from while holding foreign passports "will not enjoy support and authority for long"

Bentley came to Donbass from the United States in 2014

According to the president, this step will help strengthen his country’s defense potential and contribute to bolstering the national armed forces’ capabilities

Recommendations on opportunities of using frozen Russian assets in interests of Ukraine will be presented before the G7 summit in June 2024

The International Federation of Phygital Sports is expected to announce on June 1 where the next Games of the Future will take place, Igor Stolyarov said

The group contains US finance and justice ministers, representatives of Australia, the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan, as well as the European Commission

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

This measure is not a prohibitive one and will make it possible to make competitive conditions equal for Russian producers, the ministry said

"They would have been scared had anyone come down on them with similar ferocity," the Russian foreign minister added

Maria Zakharova described France’s decision to place its aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, directly under NATO control as a symbolic move marking the end of "the era of an independent Paris in the international arena"

The Collective Security Treaty came into force on April 20, 1994 to herald the emergence what would eventually become the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The six member-countries are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

On March 12, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Yerevan asked its CSTO partners to answer where the CSTO's zone of responsibility in the republic was

Sergey Shoigu handed down an instruction for the defense enterprise to ramp up the production of T-80BVM tanks, the Defense Ministry said

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, an Aerospace Forces’ Tu-22M3 bomber crashed after completing a combat mission while returning to the airfield