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Brazil to participate in SPIEF 2025 — Russian envoy

Members of the delegation have not been named yet

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In pursuit of freedom of speech West forgets about respect for feelings — UN official

High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations Miguel Angel Moratinos stressed that it is important to correctly assess the framework of freedom of expression

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IN BRIEF: What we know about last night’s Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian regions

Three buildings at an industrial zone in Murom were damaged

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Moody's keeping China’s rating highlights economic stability of country — ministry

According to the statement, the decision by Moody's agency to keep China’s sovereign credit rating reflects strong prospects of the Chinese economy

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Russian stocks up as main trading session opens

The MOEX had narrowed gains to 0.88% as it traded at 2,723.73 points, while the RTS was up by 0.88% at 1,076.83 points

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Washington starts grasping Moscow’s stance on Ukraine — Russian diplomat

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that "there have been some positive changes" in relations between Moscow and Washington

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Decision on Ukraine arms made ‘months ago’ — German chancellor

As Friedrich Merz said, "the countries that set range restrictions lifted them quite some time ago"

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Russia requests UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine — Russia’s UN envoy

Dmitry Polyansky said that Moscow expects the Greek presidency of the UN Security Council to schedule the meeting for May 30

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Path to better Russia-US ties difficult but Moscow ready for honest dialogue

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that developing dialogue with the US will not be carried out at the expense of Russia's strategic relations with its partners in BRICS and other friendly countries

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Russia expanding BRICS New Development Bank financing in national currencies

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov noted that Russia’s BRICS partners share its concerns over the negative influence of unlawful sanctions not only on the economic situation in separate countries, but also on the global economic system overall

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Rosoboronexport displays new drones at high-level security meeting in Moscow

The company for the first time displays Supercam X4, Goliath, Karakurt-R and Boomerang quadcopters, as well as high-power fragmentation, incendiary and cumulative warheads which they release

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West pushes Finland towards all-out confrontation with Moscow — Russian diplomat

Maria Zakharova pointed to a significant surge in military exercises in the West, which indicate NATO’s intention "to fully explore the territory of its new members, namely Finland"

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Russian energy ministry expects further growth of global oil demand

Department head Anton Rubtsov said that "real potential on growth of reserves, on growth of production is held by friendly countries meaning those coordinating with OPEC+, including Russia"

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Fact-checking network exposes methods behind recent Romanian presidential election

Before the vote, there was a visible increase in the number of alarming reports by the Romanian media, with journalists and experts trying to convince the audience that the economic situation in the country would worsen

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Russian diplomat sees Zelensky trying to stifle momentum for peace

Maria Zakharova noted that Zelensky had been begging his patrons to increase assistance to Bankovaya Street

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Russia’s draft memorandum on Ukraine to include potential settlement dates — diplomat

Maria Zakharova stressed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is daily commenting on the process of its development

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Lavrov, UN relief chief to discuss OCHA’s work in Ukraine on June 2 — diplomat

At the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Tom Fletcher plan "to discuss the most acute situations in the zone of humanitarian crises," Maria Zakharova said

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Moscow takes Norway's military preparations near borders into account in planning — MFA

Maria Zakharova stressed that such actions could have detrimental effects on Russian-Norwegian relations

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Lavrov notes stable development of trade cooperation between Russia, Turkey

The Russian foreign minister noted that Moscow and Ankara "have many plans within the bilateral agenda"

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Merz seeks to pull Trump into Kiev support by raising long-range arms issue — diplomat

"Statements, hysteria in the media - all this is a part of an orchestrated campaign, the task of which is to persuade, compel, or tempt Trump to resume supplying Ukraine with military and financial means," Rodion Miroshnik stated