Russia to be represented at corresponding level in Istanbul — Kremlin spokesman

Earlier, Dodik was banned from entering Australia and Germany

Hungarian Foreign Minister expressed the view that NATO should refrain from providing military assistance to Ukraine, instead concentrating on preventing the escalation of the conflict

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The organization’s delegation at the meeting will be led by the CSTO deputy secretary general

Vladimir Medinsky will make a statement at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time

"Everyone, of course, is talking about Ukraine right now due to the intrigue that is unfolding in Istanbul," the Russian foreign minister said

The Russian delegation has been waiting in Istanbul since this morning for Ukrainian representatives, who have not yet arrived, Dmitry Peskov pointed out

Ukraine has derailed all the agreements that have been reached over the past 11 years, Rodion Miroshnik said

"It’s high time for the West to cease this hysteria, regain composure, and bring their puppets in Kiev to the negotiating table," Maria Zakharova concluded

The primary markets for Russian grain last year were Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Libya

Since May 7, the plant’s own needs have been filled by a single 750 kV line, the ZNPP’s director of communications, Yevgeniya Yashina, said

Previously, US President said progress in the Ukrainian peace process will depend on whether he will have a chance to talk to Russian leader in person

When asked about the format of Friday’s talks, US Secretary of State said he planned to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and with the Ukrainian delegation

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"Practice shows that Kiev is completely unable to respect any agreements," Sergey Aksyonov noted

Dmitry Polyansky said that it was the former German foreign minister who recommended that representatives of Russia and Belarus not be invited to commemorative events of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe

It is based on leaked governmental documents and dozens of interviews with officials responsible for arms procurement, as well as arms traders and detectives

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The only way to achieve a breakthrough in a peaceful settlement in Ukraine will be direct negotiations between US and Russian leaders, he said

As the Swiss authorities claim, this is because these types of infrastructure are allegedly "used for the transport of drones, missiles and goods to support" Russia in the conflict against Ukraine

According to Vladimir Medinsky, the Russian delegation is determined to carry out a constructive dialogue aimed at finding a common ground and searching for possible solutions

Rodion Miroshnik noted that the start of the negotiations has already been postponed by 24 hours

Palestinian President said it on the occasion of Nakba, the date marking the Arab defeat in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

According to the US leader, it is still unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would travel to Turkey to take part in the talks

Vladimir Medinsky will represent Russia’s interests at the Istanbul venue and carry out the directives issued by the president, Rodion Miroshnik said

Russia has repeatedly expressed the opinion that a ceasefire regime can be achievable only when a unified settlement strategy has been built, Rodion Miroshnik said

Partnership financing should be utilized more for this purpose, Alexey Yakovlev said

They are building up several defense lines

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is convinced that the current Palestinian authorities are "very much fed up with the current situation" and "they want an end to this war"

Even though China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran "seek to avoid armed conflict with the United States," their conviction in "Western decline fosters a growing willingness to challenge the United States, General Gregory Guillot, commander of the United States Northern Command, said

Zelensky, who had previously rejected a ceasefire proposed by Russia, says that "it is necessary to put pressure on the side that does not want to put an end to the war"

Narendra Modi also praised domestically made Akash missile systems

The talks included both a one-on-one meeting and expanded talks with delegations

According to Andrey Marochko, the Russian troops are moving at quite a fast pace towards Dobropolye

He added that his country was not going to be "chasing this around the world anymore"

Dmitry Peskov dismissed the possibility of European countries' participation in the talks

The Russian delegation, led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, was ready for dialogue as early as Thursday morning

There were no reports of casualties or damage inflicted by falling missile fragments

The Russian delegation, led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, was ready for dialogue as early as Thursday morning

US Secretary of State made the remarks at talks with UK, Italian, French and German top diplomats in Antalya, Turkey on the sidelines of a NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Meeting

According to Anatoly Kozlachkov, head of the Association of Russian Banks, the bill on partnership financing, already submitted to the State Duma assumes that it is the ADB that will be engaged in standardization

The diplomat noted that the Ukrainian territory diminishes every time the Kiev regime disrupts the negotiating process

The Russian foreign minister recalled that Zelensky made some statements demanding that Putin attend in person

According to Vitaly Kiselev, the Ukrainian army have been preparing defenses in Torskoye since 2015

It’s been nearly 24 hours that the Russian delegation has been in Istanbul, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman wrote

According to a TASS reporter, the Russian delegation is heading to the Dolmabahce Palace, a presidential residence

Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oncu Keceli said the city will host teams from the US, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Ukraine, led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov; Russia, led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky; and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan

Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Torskoye and Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlement of Novoaleksandrovka through active operations

Extending the law on partnership financing, aka Islamic banking, for only three years may scare off potential investors, said the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets Anatoly Aksakov

"A ceasefire that will not be a part of a long-term solution will naturally not satisfy the Russian side," Rodion Miroshnik said

The TV channel reported that on Thursday, the Israeli troops carried out massive air strikes on the region’s three largest medical facilities

Earlier, a TASS source said that there was no understanding yet as to when Russia and Ukraine will start their talks as Kiev has not yet articulated its stance

The country has great resource and logistics potential, Vasily Osmakov said

According to Viktor Medvedchuk, Zelensky erred by overestimating his geopolitical role, as he has been a pawn, not a queen as he was told, since the very beginning

"This is a policy that Russian President Vladimir Putin recently highlighted again - ‘divide and conquer,’" the foreign minister emphasized

In his words, the delivery may take a lot of time and preparations, because special training is required for operating these missiles

The tax base in Donbass and Novorossiya has grown significantly in recent times, Marat Khusnullin said

Live-recording equipment at the western borders of the LPR enabled Russian forces to uncover amassments of Ukrainian military hardware and troops in the settlement of Druzhelyubovka

Commenting on whether Trump planned to attend the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, the White House official replied: "No, because we need to have all the parties decide"

"Ukraine has a delegation at the highest level," Vladimir Zelensky said

According to the Air Force, the pilot was quickly found and evacuated; his condition is satisfactory

Talking to journalists in the United Arab Emirates, the US leader indicated that he is likely to return to Washington

According to Donald Trump, the meeting should happen as soon as possible because "too many people are dying"

Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Bin added that Chinese-Russian cooperation was becoming more substantive

Miguel Diaz-Canel said the Cuban delegation visited Russia "to express solidarity and support to a friendly country, a fraternal nation"

"The delegation is seeking to find constructive solutions and find common ground," Vladimir Medinsky said

"No matter how loud these NATO benchwarmers shout from the sidelines, in order to take a shot on goal, the Ukrainian national team needs to take the field," Maria Zakharova said

German Chancellor emphasized his preference for Germany to collaborate with European partners on providing security guarantees for Ukraine, rather than taking on a leading European role

Turkey’s top diplomat, Hakan Fidan, will address the latter meeting with words of greeting, the sources said

The Russian delegation is headed by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky

The Russian president held a special meeting to prepare the Russian delegation for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday

The Russian delegation explained in detail its position on Ukraine, head of the Russian delegation, Presidential Aide said

The Russian delegation, sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was ready for dialogue back on Thursday

Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large on Kiev’s War Crimes noted that Kiev's position that only a truce can be discussed in Istanbul is incompatible with Moscow's approach

The country’s chief sanitary doctor Popova sees no need to launch industrial production of such prototypes, because the spillover event

According to the Russian top diplomat, this requires eliminating the root causes of the conflict

The sanctions, he said, would take effect immediately

Five members of the Insan charity foundation were killed during the bombing of the Jabaliya refugee camp

In Istanbul, May 16, there will be a US delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Ukrainian delegation headed by the defense minister, a Russian delegation headed by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan

Rodion Miroshnik that some of the Ukrainian delegates in Istanbul have a rather "questionable background"

Sergey Naryshkin added that Russia’s geopolitical rivals are hatching plans, with financial support from the West, to split Russia into multiple parts

Abdulrahman bin Suleiman Al-Ahmed confirmed that his country intends to strengthen cultural ties with Russia and invest in fostering people-to-people connections

Dialogue between Russia and NATO was officially suspended in 2021

Maria Zakharova recalled Sergey Lavrov's words that Ukraine would have kept a part of Donbass if the agreements reached at the April 2022 talks in Istanbul had been implemented

Marco Rubio noted that the situation around the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict remained complicated

The GECF attributed the revision of the forecast by a decrease in gas production volumes in Eurasia

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will lead the delegation

According to Sergey Lavrov, after the United States scaled back support for Ukraine and started prioritizing non-European areas of American foreign policy, Europe decided to look out for itself

"The EU invents this so-called Russian threat because spreading this narrative distracts the attention of their citizens from the disastrous situation in their own economies," Maria Zakharova noted

Currently, Nord Stream 2 does not have an operating license, Friedrich Merz said

According to Peskov, apart from the team of negotiators, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Viktor Zolotov, the chief of Russia’s National Guard Service, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu

The Russian delegation, led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, was ready for dialogue as early as Thursday morning

Last night, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the lineup of the Russian delegation and experts for talks with Kiev

Maria Zakharova noted that the Elysee Palace had immediately labeled the news as fake, but had not asked the Kiev regime to stop spreading false information

The Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center is hosting an exhibition showcasing the achievements of various countries in different fields

The source added that "it is still unclear whether a four-party format meeting, involving the US, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, will be held"

The Gepard features a ‘blind’ takeoff capability to counter enemy electronic reconnaissance and make the crew safe at the launch site

"The battlegroup commanders attended the meeting in order to report on the situation on various axes on the line of combat engagement," Dmitry Peskov said

The two men from the Czech Republic were trying to sneak to the Buran rocket