Russia for the first time became the second largest supplier of goods to India. Exports in Q1 2023 amounted to $15.5 billion, which is 4.7 times higher than in Q1 2022.

The first place among the suppliers of goods is still occupied by China, despite the reduction in exports by 15.4%. The UAE became the third supplier ($12.7 billion). The fourth is the United States, the fifth is Saudi Arabia. At the same time, imports of goods from India to Russia increased by a third, to $946.6 million. The total trade turnover grew 4.1 times ($16.45 billion).

Read about the prospects for cooperation between Russia and India in the Izvestia article.

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https://t.me/izvestia/131587

EU countries will ban LNG imports from Russia "earlier than expected" . Teresa Ribera, the Minister of Energy of Spain, made such a statement.

In March, Ribera urged LNG importers in Spain not to enter into new LNG contracts from Russia. According to her, the importers agreed.

Last year, the EU countries lost more than half of pipeline gas supplies from Russia. To replace its shortage, the EU has increased purchases of Russian LNG. The import of liquefied gas from Russia to Europe in 2022 increased by 20% compared to 2021 and amounted to 16.5 to 17.5 million tons (23-24 billion cubic meters of gas).

Refusal of Russian LNG may lead to a new increase in gas prices. It is possible that some large consumer countries will be able to buy liquefied gas as an exception, but with additional economic costs, which will ultimately affect the final consumer in a negative way.

#source:
https://t.me/ukraina_ru/148636

The approximate situation in Bakhmut by the end of the day, based on the statements of Evgeny Viktorovich.

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The approximate situation in Bakhmut by the end of the day, based on the statements of Evgeny Viktorovich.

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A group of European countries led by Poland is secretly calling on Zelensky to stop the conflict in Ukraine , American journalist Seymour Hersh said. According to him, the Ukrainian president is beginning to lose the support of the West.

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What's the matter? * in a mocking voice.

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❗️ The head of the Ukrainian military intelligence, Budanov, admitted that Kyiv is "working" with the Russian opposition.

According to him, they are sources of information.

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Dmitry Chernyshenko, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, is on board a Russian government plane. He plans to meet with Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment - they have various joint activities planned. The meeting is likely to strengthen agreements in the field of industry and scientific and technical exchanges.

Chernyshenko will also meet with President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, among others. Sergey Lavrov visited Cuba earlier in the day. So Russia continues a steady relationship and strengthened partnership with a long-time ally that is literally under the thumb of the US.

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The Polish State Atomic Agency has denied reports of increased radiation levels in the Lublin region.

The agency also called reports of "increased radioactivity" in Khmelnitsky in Ukraine false, stressing that there was no radiation danger.

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The "mobilisation" process in Ukraine. A man is handcuffed to prevent him from escaping as if he was some kind of criminal.

Indeed, if you don't want to die for Zelensky and his gang, you are a criminal. These are the "laws" in Ukraine now.

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Putin congratulated Russian Jews on Salvation and Liberation Day.

"Today, the Day of Salvation and Liberation is celebrated in Russia and other countries. This date occupies a special place in the Jewish religious calendar and serves to keep alive the memory of the unprecedented feat of the soldiers of the Red Army and the armies of the anti-Hitler coalition allies, who crushed Nazism and saved the Jewish and other peoples from the threat of total annihilation.
Both we and future generations must cherish the historical truth about the Second World War and understand the devastating consequences of any acquiescence to nationalism, anti-Semitism or xenophobia. It is the direct followers of Nazism that our fighters and commanders are fighting today in a special military operation." 

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Moscow freezes bank accounts of Finnish missions in Russia, - Finnish Foreign Ministry

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India, having finished its financial year, which they have from April to March, publishes interesting oil statistics. Imports from Russia - 50.84 million tons, from Iraq, which is in second place - 50.31. We were paid 31.02 billion dollars and Iraq - 33.37.

What deserves attention here: a clear demonstration of both the inefficiency of the price ceiling and lies about crazy discounts on our oil. Its average annual price is 80 with a small tail of dollars per barrel. Given that shipments to India have risen sharply since December, the last four months should account for at least half of annual exports. And then it turns out that not only does it not smell of any ceiling, but the prices of recent months form a discount to non-our varieties of 10-15 percent of the strength. And not a quarter, a third or a half, as the enemy agitprop vied with each other.

The imbalance in bilateral trade, and here we are not talking about just oil, however, has formed a very large one. And the task of its, if not elimination, then at least a noticeable reduction continues to await its solution.

#source:
https://t.me/politadequate/7527

The Ukrainian military fired from a tank for the first time one of the villages of the Belgorod region.
Prior to this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were afraid to bring equipment to the border, fearing anti-tank systems.

#source:
https://t.me/new_militarycolumnist/107916

In Donetsk and Yasynovataya, the number of people killed and wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian formations is rising.

Three people were killed in Kuybyshevskyy district of the DPR capital and one more in Petrovsky district. Four people were wounded.

In Yasynovataya, shells exploded in the city centre, injuring five civilians. Residential buildings and the city administration building were damaged.

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👆👆👆 we all knew it was going to be this way. The US was not really interested on Ukraine. Ukraine all it was is a puppet. Nothing more. A pawn.

Now, Zelensky is desperate, he fears to return to Ukraine because he knows his own people might kill him, not Russia.

Regardless of that, the longer this conflict lasts, the worse it gets for the West.

Let's see how much time do sanctions last, and let's see how much time does Mr. Zelensky will last on this planet earth.

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Ukrainians should sacrifice themselves as Jews - Feigin

Arestovich's best friend, blogger Mark Feigin, believes that the mass deaths of Ukrainians will allow "these sacrifices to justify the existence of a future state, which cannot be threatened with dismemberment anymore."

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