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Russia welcomes Vatican’s desire to help with Ukrainian conflict settlement — Kremlin

Pope Leo XIV stated earlier that the Holy See was ready to facilitate efforts to resolve the crisis and urged the parties to engage in direct dialogue

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Russia to prepare separate list of conditions for ceasefire — Kremlin spokesman

"An agreement on that was reached in Istanbul," Dmitry Peskov added

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Gold price surpasses $3,300 per troy ounce on Comex first since May 9

By 1:23 a.m. Moscow time, the price of gold had extended gains slightly to 2.8% as it was trading at $3,303.4 per troy ounce

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US conducts another test launch of Minuteman III ICBM

According to the report, the ICBM test launch underscores the strength of the nation's nuclear deterrent

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Russia, China may increase pace of developing transport corridors — deputy PM

Marat Khusnullin noted that there is also great potential in developing cooperation with China in the areas of housing construction, housing and utilities, master planning

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IN BRIEF: What is known about murder of Ukrainian ex-presidential aide

The politician was listed on the Ukrainian Mirotvorets extremist website database

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Chisinau Court of Appeal leaves head of Gagauzia under house arrest

According to the ruling, this decision cannot be challenged

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Rosatom doing its best to start construction of Paks-2 NPP this year — CEO

The Paks NPP, which was built with Soviet technologies, and which uses Russian nuclear fuel, provides half of all generated and one third of consumed electricity in Hungary

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Fair security system must be built from 'ground up' — Lavrov

As the Russian foreign minister pointed out, "there are a number of integration associations on the Eurasian continent"

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Rosatom plans to connect new power unit at Kursk NPP-2 to grid in 2025

"Construction of new units at Kursk NPP-2 has not been halted for even a minute," CEO Alexey Likhachev stressed

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Russian troops strike Ukrainian military airfield, army training camp over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 210 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy tanks in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

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EU approves plan to finance 150 bln euro in military assets

Next, the plan, titled Security Action for Europe, must be greenlighted by the EU foreign ministers before submission to the European Parliament

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Police confirm murder of ex-Yanukovich advisor Portnov near Madrid

The incident took place in Madrid’s wealthy suburb Pozuelo de Alarcon near the entrance to a local school

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European security system proves ineffective, Lavrov says

"The Euro-Atlantic institutions have discredited themselves," the Russian foreign minister noted

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Rosatom needs to solve four issues to launch Zaporozhye NPP — CEO

According to Alexey Likhachev, these four problems are ensuring the plant’s water supply, repairing and connecting the power grid, resolving the issue of fuel and identifying energy consumers

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Trade turnover between Japan, Russia up 2.48% to over $600 bln in April

Supplies of cars to Russia fell by 19.4% in the reporting period, while deliveries of components lost 4.1%

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Brussels beginning to regret naming Kallas EU foreign policy chief — SVR

"Kaja Kallas is a visible manifestation of the European Union’s crisis," the statement reads

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Top Armenian diplomat describes talks with Lavrov as constructive

Ararat Mirzoyan also stressed that Yerevan had no plans to change the shape of its allied relations with Moscow

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More than 5,600 civilians killed in Donbass since 2014 — Russian Investigative Committee

Alexander Bastrykin said that injuries of varying degrees of severity have been suffered by 13,199 civilians

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After achieving peace in Ukraine it is crucial to mend relations with Russia — Slovak MFA

Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar said that severing ties "would have detrimental effects on the entire EU economy, including Slovakia"