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BRICS strengthens role of African countries in tackling global issues — Russian senator
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro underscored the significance of the organization and showed that African countries are fully engaged in the process of solving international problems, Ivan Novikov, the member of the...
Senior diplomat underscores need for Russia to keep boosting defense capability
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Moscow needs to continue strengthening its defense capability and national security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters, commenting on NATO’s behavior. "I think we all agreed at today’s meeting...
TRANSNISTRIAN RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY CONCLUDE CONTRACTS FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN RUSSIAN ARMY
Infotag
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July 8, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on July 7, according to which persons without (Russian) citizenship will now officially be able to conclude a contract on military service in the Russian Armed Forces and other military formations....
Bank of Russia sells yuan worth $95.9 mln with settlements on July 7
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The Bank of Russia sold yuan on the domestic market with settlements on July 7, 2025, in the amount of 7.5 bln rubles ($95.9 mln), according to data published on the regulator’s website. The sale of currency on the domestic...
Trump’s trade war on BRICS reminds senior Russian senator of quote from Orwell’s novel
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The tariff war being waged by US President Donald Trump against countries supporting BRICS constitutes a departure from the principles of the UN Charter and evokes a quote from British author George Orwell about some...
Trade between Russia and Algeria is second among African countries — lawmaker
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Trade turnover between Russia and Algeria is second among African countries, State Duma deputy speaker Vladislav Davankov (the New People party) stated. He was speaking at a meeting of the State Duma deputy group for...
Two injured as Russian forces strike vehicle in Kherson with drone
Ukrinform
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Russian forces carried out a drone strike on a vehicle in central Kherson, injuring two civilians. According to Ukrinform, the Kherson City Military Administration announced this on Telegram. "At around 08:30, Russian occupiers used a drone to...
Russian transport minister allegedly dies by suicide hours after dismissal by Putin
BNO News
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July 8, 2025
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Vladimirovich Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot wound in his personal car just hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee and local media....
Ukrainian Drones Cause Russian Flight Chaos
The New York Sun
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July 8, 2025
Bringing the war home during the peak of Russia’s summer vacation season, Ukrainian drones forced 2,385 flight delays or cancellations, largely from Russia’s two biggest cities — Moscow and St. Petersburg. Disruptions are easing, a spokesman for...
Errol Musk Plans Visit to Russian-Occupied Ukraine, Praises Moscow
Mezha
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July 8, 2025
Errol Musk, the father of the well-known billionaire Elon Musk, expressed his intention to visit Ukrainian territories currently under temporary Russian occupation. This information was released by the Russian news agency RBC. He also shared the...
Fired Russian transport minister found dead with gunshot wound
USA Today - Virginia
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July 7 (Reuters) - Russia's former transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state investigators said on Monday, hours after President Vladimir...
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Cause Major Disruptions in Russian Aviation
Mezha
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July 8, 2025
On July 5-6, Ukrainian drones carried out a massive attack on Russian territory, causing a serious collapse in the country’s civil aviation. Due to the increased drone activity in the airspace over more than ten Russian cities, airports were...
In Russian Federation, An Airplane Crashed Near An Apartment Building And Caught Fire
Charter 97
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6 The plane crashed after losing control. In Russia's Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, an airplane crashed into the site of a residential building, it is claimed that the plane was a training flight, nv.ua reports. The corresponding footage was...
Peace In Ukraine Won’t End The West’s Hybrid War On Russia
Pressenza
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July 8, 2025
Their refined Hybrid War model will involve efforts to win the “tech race”, a new Western division of labor for containing Russia in Europe, and AI-generated anti-Russian infowars. Russia’s natural resource wealth and new role in accelerating...
Ukraine hands 15-year sentences to Russian sports icons TASS
Oklahoma City Sun
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The verdicts have reportedly targeted figures who supported Donbass independence Ukrainian courts have sentenced 12 Russian lawmakers, including former athletes, to 15 years in prison in absentia for actions that Kiev claims undermined the...
Ukraine Calls for Probe into Suspected Russian Use of Chemical Weapons
Arise News
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July 8, 2025
Kyiv requested a formal investigation into Russia’s suspected use of toxic munitions, following fresh intelligence findings from Dutch and German agencies. Ukraine has formally asked the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...
1 in 3 Russians Support Unemployment Tax – State Poll
The Moscow Times
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July 8, 2025
One in three Russians supports a tax on able-bodied individuals who choose not to work, a new survey by the state-run VtSIOM pollster has said. The proposal, long debated in government circles, comes as Russia contends with a shrinking labor force...
Asian News International and Russia’s Izvestia MIC sign Strategic Media Partnership
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 8, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Asian News International (ANI) and one of Russia's most prominent media conglomerates, Izvestia Multimedia Information Centre (Izvestia MIC) have have entered into a strategic partnership agreement outlining...
Czech President Petr Pavel on Ukraine War and Russia Relations
Mezha
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July 8, 2025
At the beginning of 2023, Petr Pavel, a former general who actively supports Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, became the president of the Czech Republic. He has dedicated his life to the military and only entered politics a few...
Ukraine warns: Russia is strengthening its military base in Armenia
IPN
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July 8, 2025
0 The Russian Federation is intensifying and consolidating its military presence in Armenia. The warning comes from the External Intelligence Service of Ukraine, which has published a classified telegram signed by Sergei Zemskov, the interim chief...