The grain harvest in Ukraine will show a year-on-year decline in 2023 on the back of a reduction in total hectarage under cultivation combined with adverse weather conditions, Russian Grain Union President Arkady Zlochevsky told TASS.
Moldova has decided to reduce the number of employees at the Russian embassy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Nicu Popescu announced at a government meeting.
Russia should develop ways to minimize attacks on domestic resources given that a real war is now underway against the country in cyberspace, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
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Medvedev highlights need for active defense to counter ongoing cyberwar against Russia
Russian Security Council deputy chairman underlines that the sanctions and cyberattacks "require active efforts to protect critical information infrastructure"
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu leads delegation on first post-Soviet trip to North Korea; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan reignites social tensions; and Baku-Yerevan talks at impasse following latest round in Moscow. These stories topped Wednesday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
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Press review: Russian defense chief visits Pyongyang and Israeli court reform fuels unrest
Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, July 26th
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari discussed issues of cooperation in the trade, economic, and counterterrorism fields.
Monuments and memorials to the Great Patriotic War, destroyed in Ukraine, will be restored once the special military operation goals are achieved, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing.
Moscow resolutely denounces the latest incident involving the burning of a copy of the Quran, this time in Denmark, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing.
Russia can export up to sixty million metric tons of grain in the agricultural year of 2023-2024 [July 1, 2023 — June 30, 2024-TASS], President of the Russian Grain Union Arkady Zlochevsky told TASS in an interview.
Forty-five employees from the Russian Embassy, including diplomats and technical staff, will be expelled from Moldova, Igor Zakharov, advisor on communication at the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, told TASS.
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Over 40 Russian diplomats, technical staff to be expelled from Moldova
This decision was explained by the alleged numerous unfriendly moves and attempts to destabilize Moldova domestically
Ukrainian forces have fired more than 90 rounds of munitions on populated areas in Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region in the past 24 hours, with no casualties or destruction reported, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The Moscow City Court has sentenced Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of high treason, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom.
The committee of permanent representatives under the EU agreed upon toughening of sanctions against Belarus, the Spanish presidency in the EU tweeted.
An Egyptian delegation headed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrived in St. Petersburg to participate in the Russia-Africa summit, according to a TASS reporter.
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Egyptian president arrives in St. Petersburg for Russia-Africa summit
Egypt is part of a group of seven African countries that are working on a plan for a peaceful resolution to the situation around Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have begun talks in St. Petersburg. The meeting is being held at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna.
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Putin meets with Ethiopian PM on sidelines of Russia-Africa summit
The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Abiy Ahmed opens a series of contacts between the Russian leader and the heads of delegations coming to the forum and the Russia-Africa summit
A decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will not be made at the International Olympic Committee’s session in October, IOC President Thomas Bach told reporters.
The Moscow City Court has sentenced Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of high treason, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a meeting with President of BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff.
The Swedish Security Service reports a deteriorating security climate both domestically within the Scandinavian country and outside its borders against the background of recent Quran-burning incidents.
Russian forces repulsed a Ukrainian army’s massive tank attack in the Zaporozhye area, destroying 22 enemy tanks and retaining their positions over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported.
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Russian forces repulse massive Ukrainian tank attack in Zaporozhye area
During the battle, Russian forces "destroyed 22 enemy tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, an armored combat vehicle and over 100 Ukrainian personnel," Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported
The number of participants in the Russia-Africa Summit has been reduced due to changes in the working schedules of a number of leaders, while Western pressure has also played a certain role, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.