Russia, Iran discuss cooperation in energy, aircraft, car manufacturing
According to Alexey Overchuk, Iran is interested much in Russia’s aviation equipment
RDIF chief describes scale of US firms’ losses after withdrawal from Russia to Americans
The participants discussed economic issues in the second part of talks after a short break
US not going to reduce military presence in Europe — Duda
The Polish president made such statement after a meeting with US Presidential Special Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg
Russia-US talks in Riyadh come to end after 4.5 hours of discussions
Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev
European elites to face consequences of supporting Kiev regime — diplomat
According to Maria Zakharova, the reason for the "blindness" of Western elites lies in the fact that "they need to justify themselves in the eyes of their own citizens, they need to justify their own failure, the failure of their own policies"
European shares up to all-time high on defense sector boost
The surge came after EC President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission would propose exempting defense spending from EU government spending limits
Finland, Sweden should focus on Greenland rather than Ukraine — Zakharova
US President Donald Trump stated on January 7 that Greenland should become part of the US and threatened to slap high trade tariffs on Denmark if it doesn’t give up the island
Divide between US, EU 'even wider than previously imagined' — Italian expert
Tiberio Graziani, the president of the International Institute for Global Analyses Vision & Global Trends, noted that the "abridged" meeting in Paris, convened by French President Emmanuel Macron to include a limited number of European leaders, merely underscored the deepening crisis
Moscow notes West’s nervous reaction to Russia-US contacts — diplomat
Maria Zakharova pointed to "an unprecedented phenomenon in international relations: the imposition of one's own participation in the negotiation process"
Good Russia-US relations key to global stability — RDIF chief
"Only jointly can Russia and the US address lots of world problems, resolve for global conflicts and offer solutions," Kirill Dmitriev underlined
Russian gas supplies to Europe via TurkStream hit record highs for second consecutive week
In particular, gas flows through the Strandzha 2 compressor station on the Turkish-Bulgarian border exceeded 396 mln cubic meters on February 10-16, reaching the highest weekly level since the gas pipeline’s launch in January 2020
Military police ensured safe rotation of IAEA experts 12 times in 2024
The Ukraine army had tried several times to undermine IAEA rotations, Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Balakishiyev, the region’s deputy military commandant, said
US will not change Europe’s security architecture to resolve Ukraine issue — senator
According to Jim Risch, "there will be no absolutely happy people" once the conflict is settled because Kiev and its Western allies will have to make compromises
Russian official highlights global importance of Russia-US relations
"I think that Russia-US relations are very important for the world. I think it’s very important that the US and Russia cooperate together, and jointly, we can solve problems," Kirill Dmitriev said
US wants to find out at meeting in Riyadh if side can move forward — Department of State
Russian and American delegations are expected to meet in Riyadh on February 18
Hungarian economy reacts positively to news of Russia-US talks — Orban
The Hungarian forint strengthened slightly against other currencies over the past week
Russian stock indices in the green as trading on Moscow Exchange closes on Monday
The MOEX index rose by 3.87%, while the dollar-denominated RTS index increased by 2.6%
Premature to draw conclusions from European officials' statements in Munich — Kremlin
Dmitry Peskov noted that Moscow keeps a record of all statements
Poland rules out sending troops to Ukraine, issue closed — PM
"Poland will continue to support Ukraine as it has before: organizationally, according to our financial capacity, and humanitarianly," Donald Tusk stressed
Russia’s top diplomat Lavrov, Kremlin aide Ushakov to meet with US officials in Riyadh
The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that relations with the US "hit their lowest point" under former US President the Joe Biden