❗️Emotional expectations are understandable, but it’s just one conversation in the chain of contacts - Peskov on Putin-Trump talks

More statements by the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

💬Calling the Putin-Trump conversation the "new Yalta" is incorrect.

💬The Kremlin will "inform in the best way" about the outcome of the Putin-Trump talks.

💬Russia's main negotiator for contacts with the US has not been chosen.

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🇮🇷US accusations of Iran are 'BASELESS' and 'BELLIGERENT' — Iranian ambassador to UN

"They were attempting desperately to unlawfully justify the US’ acts of aggression and war crimes against Yemen, leveling baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and openly threatening the use of force against Iran,” Amir Saied Iravani wrote in a letter to the UN.

Earlier, Trump threatened to hold Iran responsible for "any shot fired by Houthis."

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🗣 Russia's special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation and CEO of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, has announced a meeting with US entrepreneur Elon Musk in the near future, calling him a unique leader who aims to move humanity forward.

Dmitriev, said that he discussed with Dmitry Bakanov, the head of Russia's state space agency Roscosmos, the possibility of cooperation with the United States in space, in particular flights to Mars.

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More statements by Russia's special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation and CEO of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev:

▪️The Biden administration did much to destroy relations with the Russian Federation, and the Trump administration is certainly focused on dialogue.

▪️Many American companies want to return to the Russian market, but many niches are already occupied.

▪️Russia and the United States can cooperate in the field of rare earth metals, Russia is open to American partners investing in deposits.

▪️Russia and the United States are conducting an economic dialogue in various areas, but politics is now at the forefront.

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📹 A fuel tanker has exploded in the Syrian city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus.

According to Syrian media, a powerful explosion rocked the area, injuring several people.

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🗣 Russia deeply regrets Israel's resumption of military operations in Gaza, its Foreign Ministry says.

Moscow calls on Israeli and Palestinian sides to return to negotiation process, the ministry said, adding that Russia strongly condemns any actions that lead to the death of civilians.

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🔊LIVE NOW: Putin speaks at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

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❗️Sanctions are not temporary measures, but a mechanism to put pressure on Russia as competitors will always want to restrain its development, Putin said

More statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the congress of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs:

▪️Anti-Russian sanctions have become a catalyst for positive changes in the economy, including in the financial sector.

▪️Russian business faces serious challenges, but entrepreneurs know how to work under sanctions.

▪️Sanctions against Russia disrupt freedom of investment and world trade.

▪️In total, 28,595 sanctions have been imposed against individuals and legal entities in Russia.

▪️Even if sanctions are eased, another way will be found to put a spoke in the wheel.

▪️Global competition has intensified and a new spiral of economic rivalry is now unfolding in the world.

▪️The sliding Western dominance and the emergence of new growth centers is a long-term trend.

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🗣 Putin on the number of sanctions imposed against Russia

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❗️It is unclear why G7 is 'great,' what great is about it? — Putin on the Group of Seven

"In 2024, the Eurozone's GDP growth was 0.9%. And the Big Seven... why is it big? It's not clear. What's big there? No matter where you look, you can't see anyone on the map. This seven has 1.9% growth. And BRICS has 4.9%. In Russia, it's 4.1% for two years in a row," Putin said.

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❗️Sanctions - mechanism to put pressure on Russia — Putin

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📹 We must treat this with respect and take all the best, but not copy — Putin

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⚡️Putin commented on foreign companies wishing to return to Russia

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German lawmakers to vote on landmark spending bill

The $528 billion (483 billion euros) package is expected to loosen fiscal restrictions and allow investment in defense, infrastructure, and climate.

Last month, Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, presented his plan to increase infrastructure and defense spending five times compared to what Scholz originally planned to implement. He also said there would be an amendment to the constitution to exempt defense and security from limits on fiscal spending.

Later, Merz bargained a coalition with the Greens in the Bundestag to secure the two-thirds majority needed to move his package forward.

However, some of the lawmakers as well as analysts argue that the proposed infrastructure budget will be implemented “at the expense of social spending and badly needed investments in infrastructure and research and development."

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