🇷🇺🇨🇳 More than 80% of trade between Russia and China carried out in rubles and yuan, Vladimir Putin said

The Russian Federal Security Service apprehended a Ukrainian citizen in the Lugansk People's Republic, accused of espionage

Since October 2022, the individual in custody had been collecting and sharing information about the deployment and movement of LPR and Russian troops to help Ukrainian forces fight Russian service members participating in the ongoing military operation in Ukraine, the FSB added.

An investigation into this case has begun, the authorities also noted.

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Violations of the safe operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant were not recorded following its recent disconnection from the Dnepr power line by the Kiev regime

Radiation background levels have been reported as normal, the plant has said.

🗣 Jens Stoltenberg says he will remain as NATO secretary general for another year - until October 2024

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🇧🇾 Belarus stands for the integration of the SCO, the EAEU and the BRICS, Alexander Lukashenko said

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🇮🇷 Iran becomes a full member of the SCO

🇷🇺 🇮🇳 WATCH full speech of Vladimir Putin's at today's 🌐 #SCO summit, which concludes India's presidency in the grouping

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More than 1,000 shops were set on fire and looted during the riots in France, Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said

250 bank offices, 450 tobacco shops, 200 shopping centers and more than 1,000 stores were also attacked, according to the minister.

📹 For a long time, an ‘Anti-Russia’ was cobbled together near Russia’s borders from Ukraine pumped up with neo-Nazi ideology, in order to stifle the development of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin said at the SCO summit

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❗️Key statements from the New Delhi declaration of the SCO Heads of State Council:

▪️Belarus signs Memorandum of Commitment in order to obtain status of SCO member state;

▪️Unilateral economic sanctions, except those adopted by UNSC, incompatible with international law, negatively affect int'l relations: SCO declaration;

▪️SCO countries confirm organization not directed against other states and international organizations;

▪️SCO countries exclude bloc, ideologized and confrontational approaches to solving international problems;

▪️SCO countries stress importance of destroying all declared stockpiles of chemical weapons as soon as possible;

▪️SCO advocates keeping outer space free of weapons.

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WATCH: Flag-raising ceremony at SCO headquarters after 🇮🇷 Iran officially becomes member of grouping

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Power supply of Zaporozhye nuclear plant through the main external line has been restored, the station is operating normally after its recent disconnection from the Dnepr power line by the Kiev regime

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White powder has been found on the grounds of the White House.

According to preliminary data, it is cocaine, and an investigation is underway, the Washington Post reports.

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❗️LIVE NOW: Vladimir Putin chairs online meeting with Russian government

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There are no grounds for further continuation of the grain deal expiring on July 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Moscow is making the necessary efforts so that all participating vessels can successfully complete their mission and exit the Black Sea before the specified date, the ministry added.

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A new Iranian warship will be equipped with hypersonic missiles, Iranian top military official said.

Earlier, it was announced that the domestically-produced Jamaran-class destroyer Damavand-2 is going to be outfitted with both "defensive and offensive missiles."

The destroyer is expected to bolster the naval capabilities of the Islamic Republic in the Caspian Sea when the vessel enters into service.

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📹 "It's going down!": Listen to a conversation between a Ka-52 helicopter pilot and an operator while conducting a sortie and destroying one Ukrainian tank and two armored personnel carriers in the zone of the special military op (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

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