🇷🇺🪞🎤 Guinness World Records holder #Yuri_Lenshin has been working on the art of glassblowing for over 40 years, exhibiting it across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.

Renowned glassblowing maestro Yuri Lenshin left an Indian audience mesmerized by demonstrating the art of making glass miniatures during a live masterclass at Delhi's Russian Culture Centre on Thursday.

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📸 Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

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US Senate Bans Azov Battalion Funding From $1.7 Trillion Bill

The US Senate Committee on Appropriations has blocked any funds from Monday’s 2023 fiscal year bill being used to provide arms, training or any assistance to the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, according to the committee’s website.

The $1.7 trillion bill, submitted to Congress on Monday, contains a tranche of $44.9 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine and NATO allies.

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⚡Russian Deputy Foreign Minister says face-to-face talks on grain deal with UN representatives will be held in January.

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📸 Altai, Russia

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Dear friends! 🎉We are happy to present you another edition of the Russia Digest magazine, published to mark 12 years since the 🇷🇺Russian-Indian🇮🇳 strategic partnership has been elevated to the level of the special and privileged on December 21, 2010. Hard copy you can find with today’s Economic Times, meanwhile digital copy ➡️ HERE

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📸 Kaliningrad, Russia

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🎄As the #NewYear2023 celebrations approach, Russian Father Frost 🎅 is seen more often here and there. Recently he visited students of the Delhi University and wished them all the best in the coming year.

'Journalists are priority targets for Ukrainian intelligence. I, personally, was put on their wanted list.’ Evgeny Poddubny knows how dangerous it is to be a Russian war correspondent in Donbass now. Kiev is ready to pay thousands of dollars for their elimination.

The behind-the-scenes life of reporters in the special operation zone can be found in one of the most anticipated documentary premieres of the year - ‘War Correspondents’. Tomorrow we’ll post it on our telegram channel. Don't miss it!

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🇷🇺📈🇮🇳 Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov participated in the 13th Annual #RussiaIndia Business Dialogue Forum today.

#Alipov: We’re seeing a huge surge of interest from businesses - both large & small. Remarkably, provinces play an important role in the bilateral economic cooperation.

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🇮🇳🇷🇺 रूस स्टार्ट-अप के स्तर पर भारत के साथ सहयोग की अपार संभावनाएं देखता है - रूसी राजदूत

भारत में रूस के राजदूत डेनिस अलीपोव ने गुरुवार को रूस-भारत व्यापार वार्ता 2022 में कहा कि इन योजनाओं के कार्यान्वयन को "भुगतान स्थगितकरण, साथ ही रसद मार्गों" से संबंधित समस्याओं को हल करने पर दोनों देशों की सरकारों के दिये गये ध्यान से मदद मिली है।

राजदूत ने यह भी कहा कि, "हम इस मामले में उत्तर-दक्षिण अंतर्राष्ट्रीय परिवहन गलियारे और होनहार व्लादिवोस्तोक-चेन्नई समुद्री गलियारे जैसी परियोजनाओं पर विशेष ध्यान रखते हैं।"

🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin spoke at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Defence Ministry, which was held at the National Defence Control Centre.

Key talking points:

🔹 The goal of our strategic adversaries is to weaken and divide our nation. This has been the case for centuries, and there is nothing new in this now.

🔹 The military potential and capabilities of almost all major NATO countries are being widely used against Russia

🔹 We will continue maintaining and improving the combat readiness of the nuclear triad. It is the main guarantee that our sovereignty and territorial integrity, strategic parity and the general balance of forces in the world are preserved.

🎙 Excerpts from Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's report:

🔹 Today in Ukraine, Russia is fighting against the collective forces of the West. The United States and its allies have been sending weapons to Ukraine, training Kiev’s military personnel, providing them with intelligence, sending advisers and mercenaries, and waging an information and sanctions war on Russia.

🔹 The current situation primarily benefits the 🇺🇸 United States, which seeks to take advantage of it to maintain global dominance and weaken other countries, including its allies in Europe.

🔹 The United States and its allies are spending considerable funds on exerting information and psychological influence on Russia and our allies.

🔹 The Ministry of Defence develops relations with the armed forces of 109 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. This year, we have held 350 significant international events.

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📸 Moscow, Russia

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Despite predictions of Russia’s collapse, devastation and economic catastrophe, nothing of the sort happened

#Putin: Russia confidently shows indicators much better than those in many countries of the G20

Learn more from the Russian President’s presser ➡️ HERE

Sergey Cheremin, Minister of the Moscow Government: Today, India is developing very rapidly with its key infrastructure projects. The amount of money allocated for infrastructure projects is about $1.3 trillion over the next few years.

💬 When we visited certain regions of the country, we have seen for ourselves how fast the hi-tech sector and engineering industry is developing in India. All this is also in demand in Russia

XIII India-Russia Business Dialogue results have been summed up ➡️ HERE

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