"Official Paris is continuing its attempts to derail the emerging peace process... being structured within the framework of Russian-American agreements."

"Coming to the United States is a privilege, not a right. If you don't align with our values and laws, you are not welcome here," Leavitt said.

💬 "Chinese-Russian relations are the most stable, mature, and strategically significant relations between major powers in today’s unstable and changing world, and the strategic security consultations between China and Russia undoubtedly concern peace and stability worldwide," Chinese expert Zhou Chengyang tells Sputnik, commenting on another round of strategic security consultations between the two countries.

"The MIDVOLGA-2 tanker, loaded with vegetable oil and en route from Russia to Georgia, reported being attacked 80 nautical miles off the coast of Turkiye. No requests for assistance have been received at this time," the Turkish Maritime Authority said.

💬 "It's exchange of high technologies, exchange of know-hows, and it really paves the way for a bright future in this field of cooperation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

💬"Our trade interaction cannot be affected by third countries," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We're going to continue and enlarge the volume of our bilateral business with India, not letting anyone interfere in that," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We have a deep experience in performing under regime of these illegal sanctions. We have our own technologies in doing that," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We do appreciate the readiness of New Delhi to contribute to search of peaceful solution in this very complicated conflict," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"India wants to listen to us, we want to explain ourselves, India hears us and it's a mutual understanding. So we do appreciate it," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"China is also our privileged strategic partner and we enjoy a very high level of cooperation with China in various fields like with India," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Before that they had a couple of weeks of a very intensive work with the Ukrainian side," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We have to secure our relationship, we have to secure our trade that brings mutual benefit," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.