❗️Russia prepared to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine — Lavrov

Moscow is ready to confer about security guarantees for Ukraine, but for a settlement it is necessary to agree on broader security issues, he specified.
 
Turkiye has offered to mediate in possible future negotiations on Ukraine, the Russian foreign minister added.

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Lavrov: Greater Eurasian Partnership needs to be expanded

The partnership enables us to pave the way for more efficient avenues of economic exchanges, the Russian foreign minister said.

It encompasses a range of promising projects, such as the Belt and Road Initiative, the Northern Sea Route, and the Port of Chittagong aimed at fostering cooperation, he noted.

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Lavrov: Kurdish leaders' rejection of dialogue contributed to power vacuum

We proposed engagement between Kurdish organizations and the central government, but their reliance on US support undermined this, according to the Russian foreign minister.

Warnings about regional opposition were disregarded. This created a power vacuum, leading to instability, he said.

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Lavrov: Speaking with Putin, Scholz sticks to his daily script on Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in his most recent phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, repeated his public statements about Ukraine, but did not utter a word about the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian foreign minister pointed out.

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Lavrov: West blocks Sputnik despite calls for media freedom

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized Western countries for denying media freedom to Sputnik, calling it "tool of propaganda." He recalled a 1990 OSCE document, championed by France and the EU, which guaranteed unrestricted access to information.

Lavrov noted the contradiction, as Western nations now block Russian channels and impose bans. When Russia raised the issue with France, citing the OSCE principles, their concerns were dismissed.

"They aren’t willing to listen to us," Lavrov said.

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Japan lost diplomatic subtlety in its ties with Russia - Lavrov

Tokyo bears responsibility for the erosion of regular and respectful political dialogue with Moscow, the Russian diplomacy chief said.

Japan has always stood out for its very subtle attitude toward life, from cuisine to rituals. This subtlety seems to have vanished in its relations with Russia, Lavrov pointed out.

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We will inevitably end up in a situation that has been predicted by Russia and Turkiye and Azerbaijan: regional players will be in charge of resolving all the problems, Lavrov said.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Terny and Neskuchnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced

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🇷🇺🪖 Key statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation:

◻️ Ukrainian forces lost up to 600 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Russian Zapad Battlegroup;
 
◻️ Ukrainian losses amounted to 220 militants in the area of responsibility of the Russian Yug combat group;
 
◻️ Due to the actions of Russia's Sever and Dnepr Battlegroups, Ukrainian troops lost up to 100 soldiers;
 
◻️ Ukrainian losses amounted to 500 fighters in the area of responsibility of the Russian Tsentr combat group.;
 
◻️ Ukrainian forces lost up to 220 soldiers as a result of the actions of the Russian Vostok Battlegroup;
 
◻️ Russian air defense systems shot down six ATACMS missiles, eight Storm Shadow missiles, a HIMARS projectile, and 180 drones.

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⚡️At night, the Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on targets in the Russian Bryansk region with six ATACMS missiles, six Storm Shadow missiles, and 31 drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
 
All means of attack were shot down by the air defense forces, and there were no casualties.
 
The ministry stressed that the actions of the Kiev regime, supported by Western curators, will not go unanswered.

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Lavrov: France’s National Front, Germany’s AfD seek to revive national consciousness

France's National Front and Alternative for Germany (AfD) are systemic political parties, and voters are increasingly flocking to cast their ballots for them, according to the Russian foreign minister.

"I have engaged in discussions with members of both parties and found no grounds to claim they oppose the right to self-determination. On the contrary, they seek to revive national consciousness," Lavrov said.

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'Looting'

That's how Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov described the news of the US possibly buying the Nord Stream pipeline.

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The Slovak opposition will submit to parliament a motion of no confidence in the government of Robert Fico, chief of the pro-European Progressive Slovakia Party said.
 
The Slovak opposition quoted Fico's foreign policy stance as a reason for its move.

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❗️Ukraine may well cease to exist in 2025 as talks about Kiev's fate are possible only with the US - Putin's aide

Negotiations on Ukraine should be conducted between Russia and the United States without the participation of other Western countries, said Nikolai Patrushev, a member of Russia's Security Council and presidential aide.

Moscow has nothing to talk about either with London or Brussels, he stressed. Patrushev did not rule out that in 2025 Ukraine would cease to exist.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷Russia-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement subject to ratification by Iranian Parliament and valid for 20 years — Iranian Ambassador to Russia
 

"After signing the agreement, it must be ratified by the Iranian Parliament. After the ratification, it will be valid for 20 years," Kazem Jalali told IRIB.

 
The ambassador did not specify whether the possibility of an automatic extension of the agreement has been envisaged.

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🇷🇺Russian flag raised over liberated Neskuchnoye settlement in Donetsk People's Republic

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❗️Ukrainian losses in Russia's Kursk region in one day amounted to more than 460 soldiers and three tanks, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In total, during military operations in the region, Kiev has lost up to 51,900 soldiers, the ministry added.

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NATO Lake project still haunts the minds of Western politicians? Alliance plans to boost its Baltic military presence - Tusk
 
According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, this measure is aimed at protecting the underwater and surface infrastructure.
 
But it has not yet been decided who exactly and what kind of reinforcement will be provided. Tusk himself stressed that the Polish navy has limited capabilities.
 
Poland is ramping up its armed forces amid Western claims that Russia is preparing to invade eastern Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin scotched the idea that his country poses a threat to Poland or the Baltic states. "Moscow is not going to attack NATO countries because it doesn’t make any sense,” he repeatedly said.
 
Still, Putin noted that Moscow had revived the Leningrad Military District and started concentrating military units there due to NATO's activity in the Baltics.

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'Dying from Western sanctions' Russia shocks Slovak politician with abundance and availability of goods
 
The Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament, Andrej Danko, went to a supermarket during his visit to Moscow and experienced a shock:
 

"Here we have Finnish butter and 'Farmer's Butter.' The average price is between 1.30 and 2.80 euros. I would probably buy this in a heartbeat. My good friends, here we have about 6 meters of space with about 50 different kinds of butter," Danko said.

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Not for sale! Greenlanders against joining the US

Residents of Greenland's capital Nuuk mostly oppose joining the United States and are outraged by statements by US President-elect Donald Trump about his intention to buy the island, Sputnik's correspondent reports.

"They can't buy us as if we were sheep," one local woman said.

Other residents consider the plan to buy Greenland to be revolting and contradicts all moral values.

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🇳🇪 Hundreds of people took to the streets in the capital of Niger to take part in a protest against neocolonialism, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

They expressed support for the ruling National Council for the Defense of the Fatherland, thanking it for its steps to remove the country from the sphere of influence of the United States and France.

In July 2023, a group of military personnel from the presidential guard in Niger announced the removal of the head of state Mohamed Bazoum. The National Council, headed by the commander of the guard, Abdourahmane Tchiani, was formed to govern the country.

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