India plans self-reliance in production of missiles for defense purposes by 2022

Ararat Mirzoyan and Feridun Sinirlioglu also exchanged views on the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey

The prisoners’ swap with Ukraine was implemented on April 19

The European diplomats pointed out that during talks in Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not mentioned "increasing the pressure on Russia"

"I will not disclose who will be on the team," Sergey Leshchenko said

The ceasefire is in force for 30 hours, from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 19 until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the United States could withdraw from the negotiation on Ukraine if the parties sabotaged it

The Barents Sea Council/The Euro-Arctic Region was established in 1993

The cosmonauts and the astronaut were evacuated later from the return vehicle of the spacecraft

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, April 17th

In Antonio Maillo's view, Europe has two options: "The first is to erect a wall of rearmament along the Russian border, and the second is to engage in dialogue with Russia, which is part of Europe"

The DPR government said that Ukrainian troops fired four rounds from 155mm artillery systems

The second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran concluded on Saturday after nearly four hours of discussions in Rome, mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi

Voting will continue until the end of May, and its results will be summarized under strict control with the participation of a notary

The sources indicated that "a final decision on the matter hadn’t yet been taken"

In his words, they fired conventional 120mm mortar rounds, silent munitions and at least one FPV drone with a fragmentation charge

Russian servicemen have liberated the Shevchenko settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Defense Ministry said

"With great love, sincerity, and affection", the US President wished happy Easter to all, "including the Radical Left Lunatics" who are seeking to bring dangerous criminals, such as members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Salvadorian gang, back to the United States

Earlier, Andrey Yermak, the head of the office of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, said he along with the Ukrainian defense and foreign ministers, Rustem Umerov and Andrey Sibiga, respectively, had arrived in Paris for talks with senior US officials

Alexey Pushkov assumed that Vladimir Zelensky had urgent telephone talks with Prime Minister of the Unied Kingdom Keir Starmer and France’s President Emmanuel Macron, during which the decision to consent to the truce was made

It will continue growing but not for everyone, because employees in the IT sphere more and more focus on the practical experience of IT specialists, President of the SuperJob job service Alexey Zakharov noted

Imports lost 24% in value terms to $800.61 mln, the Main Customs Administration of China said

The document was signed on April 17

The most frequent targets include the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions

Turkey’s authorities have repeatedly expressed their support for all initiatives geared toward reaching a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine and their readiness to act as mediators in the settlement effort

Eyal Zamir vowed that Israel will retain its military presence there, the IDF said

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The world’s economy is expected to experience the first shock waves provoked by Washington’s tariff policy very soon, according to the agency

A group of Federal Security Service experts said in a report published by Serbia’s Security Information Agency on Wednesday that the government of Serbia did not use sonic devices to disperse the March 15 rally in Belgrade

This year Orthodox Easter coincides with the holy day for Catholics

In February 2025, Qatar became the second largest LNG exporter worldwide after the US

The experts have studied snow cover at 620 Arctic weather stations

The primary issues on their agenda include disarmament, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East

The proposals presented by the US to its allies in Paris also imply that all territories liberated by Russia remain under Moscow’s control, while "Kyiv’s aspirations of joining NATO would be off the table"

Iran insists that it has the right to uranium enrichment and this is one of Tehran’s redlines at the talks, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi added

The Holy Fire symbolizes the light of Christ's resurrection

According to Maria Zakharova, this was quite expected from the Ukrainian side

Russian foreign ministry ambassador at large Rodion Miroshnik said that violations by the Ukrainian armed forces are still being reported

The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed confidence that Kiev won’t be able to evade responsibility for the shelling of civilians in Kramatorsk

In the course of joint practical measures, the troops will accomplish the combat training tasks of ensuring the state’s territorial integrity

According to the source, Ukrainian special services practice recruiting of Russian nationals, including minors, to commit acts of sabotage at these facilities for insignificant money award

The chruch, as usual on Easter Day, is filled with several thousand believers

According to Minister of Economic Development of the Stavropol Region Anton Doronin, about 5,000-6,000 guests are planned

Also, Rubio informed Lavrov about his contacts with Ukrainian delegates in France

Aviation, artillery and missile troops continued to defeat manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region, as well as their reserves in the Sumy region

He added, "If complete calm prevails, Ukraine offers to extend the ceasefire beyond Easter Sunday hours on April 20 onward"

According to the television channel, the camp’s population has nearly halved since 2019 thanks to the efforts by Syrian and Iraqi authorities

The Guardian noted that "Russia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran’s nuclear program," pushing the UK, Germany, and France to the sidelines

During one of these clashes, fighter eliminated two Ukrainian soldiers in hand-to-hand combat

The lamp with the fire will be delivered to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Russia’s capital

According to the document, 73,000 Ukrainian soldiers have received EU training

The current US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff package "doesn’t seem to include US-backed security guarantees," The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote

However, a longstanding anti-Russian sentiment - built over many years and decades - hinders their ability to pursue reasonable solutions, Yury Ushakov said

Storage facilities are filled only to 2.22%, "the lowest level over the entire record of their operation," Sergey Makogon, former CEO of Ukraine’s GTS Operator, said

The European Union’s intention to establish a coalition on sending troops to Ukraine demonstrates a superiority intention, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Vladimir Putin approved the framework of Russia's state nuclear deterrence policy in 2020

According to the New York Post, in order to attract Russia to negotiations on the said proposal, Washington may offer Moscow an easing of anti-Russian sanctions and possibly the unblocking of Russian assets frozen in the West

The value of Russian oil supplies amounted to $13 bln over the reporting quarter

The Ukrainian army has also attacked Gorlovka, with four artillery shells fired at the town, according to the administration of the Donetsk People Republic’s head and government reported

According to Maxim Grigoriev, all Ukrainian units participated in the shooting of civilians in Selidovo

The Ukrainian army attacked the positions of Russian forces 444 times after the Easter truce was declared, as well as carried out 900 drone attacks, the Defense Ministry reported

"Even the tiniest efforts, the modest mites will not lose the value in eyes of the Lord if we, following the gospel precepts, will labor to the benefit of our neighbors," he said

Yevgeny Balitsky also noted that four Challengers were now near Stepnogorsk and two in Orekhov

The Gagauz leader emphasized that all criminal cases against her had been fabricated and were politically motivated

The US leader expressed confidence that all sides were showing enthusiasm to reach the agreement

Apart from that, the Russian president’s plans for the coming week include several international contacts, including a meeting with the sultan of Oman

According to the deputy prime minister, the strategy also provides for the diversification of resource supplies, the development of new logistics routes, including the Northern Sea Route

The civilians were transferred to the Israel Police for further questioning, the Israel Defense Forces said

Russia is closely monitoring civil sites, while the military are fully informed about how the parties cooperate in the military context, the diplomat added

Participants in the 72nd long-duration expedition at ISS Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald Pettit are on board

The Ministry has downgraded its forecast for the average annual US dollar exchange rate for 2025 from 96.5 to 94.3 rubles per dollar

Russia was the 12th-biggest trade partner of South Korean exporters of cars

Bottling of drinking and mineral waters gained 10.8% over the same period

Over the period of fighting in the Kursk frontline area, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 75,000 troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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"

Shares of more than 300 Chinese companies are traded on the American stock exchanges, including Alibaba, Sinopec, JD.com and NetEase

At the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to adjust parameters for incentives offered to small and medium-sized businesses in the Far North, and to expand the list of industries for such incentives

Ukraine has repeatedly broken ceasefire agreements reached within the Minsk and Normandy format, Miroshnik added

The pilots managed to land the aircraft at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

This year orthodox believers will celebrate Easter on April 20

Companies that left the Russian market after February 22, 2022 will be subject to this measure

According to the DPR government, shelling was conducted from the village of Pleshcheyevka

The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk Region have exceeded 75,000 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry added

TASS has reviewed the key points of the meeting

"Aleksandar Vulin has been removed from the government because of pressure from Brussels," the source pointed out

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the West is trying to maintain instability in Afghanistan in order to advance its own geopolitical interests

The 88-year-olf pontiff called for peace in the Holy Land and across the entire Middle East, for extending prayers for Christian communities in Lebanon and Syria, and called for peace in Ukraine

The Admiral Vladimirsky left Kronshtadt on March 13

US President Donald Trump suggested earlier that the Ukrainian conflict may have been triggered by Kiev’s ambitions to join the alliance

"Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America," US leader said

The Defense Ministry said that the Russian Armed Forces had liberated Oleshnya

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, April 18th

Spokeswoman for the US Department of State Tammy Bruce added that US President Donald Trump "would expect that to be signed toward the end of next week"

Japan is also considering an opportunity to offer simplified access of US vehicles to the country’s market, Nikkei reported

As Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on April 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ordered to extend it