Slovak premier says he will be in Moscow on May 9 despite threats from EU diplomatic chief
According to Robert Fico, Kaja Kallas' statement underscores the need for a debate on the essence of democracy within the European Union
Situation with inflation in Russia changing to the better — Putin
The Bank of Russia and the economic bloc of the government want to achieve reduction of mortgage lending to improve the macroeconomic situation, including as regards inflation, the Russian leader stressed
Swedish Foreign Ministry summons Russian envoy
The diplomat was summoned over "recent attacks on the cities of Krivoy Rog and Sumy"
Russian diplomat meets with IAEA chief ahead of his visit to Iran
Mikhail Ulyanov discussed with Rafael Grossi the upcoming contacts between IAEA and Iran
Pashinyan to attend victory parade in Moscow as Armenian people helped win war — lawmaker
The Armenian PM agreed to visit Moscow during his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Kremlin does not think EU foreign policy chief’s aggressive rhetoric ‘right’
Earlier, Kaja Kallas demanded that EU member states and candidate countries refrain from taking part in the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, threatening "consequences" for violating this demand
Kremlin to clarify deadline for moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure
According to Dmitry Peskov, everything will depend on further orders from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Emir of Qatar to visit Russia on April 17 — TASS source
The agenda of the visit will include bilateral and international topics
Share of domestic products in Russia’s timber industry up to almost 90% in five years
The import substitution policy has been successfully pursued in Russia’s timber industry, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov noted
Russia’s car market may decline 20% by end of 2025
According to Daniil Shkurygin, the primary factor behind the decline in auto sales is the high key interest rate
Syria’s ambassador has no plans to return to Damascus for now — source
Earlier, the source said that Bashar Jaafari had requested asylum in Russia
Russia expected renewal of sanctions by Trump — Kremlin
Moscow and Washington are only at the start of normalizing bilateral relations and Russia therefore had no exaggerated expectations as regards US actions, Dmitry Peskov noted
Russian army prevails in Sumy due to being better trained than Ukrainian servicemen
The Russian serviceman noted that the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment deployed to the Kursk Region in August 2024 and had been involved in all key operations there alongside a neighboring unit
Implementation plan for energy strategy to be prepared within six months
Earlier, the government prepared and approved Russia’s energy strategy through 2050
Ukraine’s military strikes energy facilities in five Russian regions over past day
At 2:55 p.m. on April 13, a Ukrainian UAV attack on the 110kV Suzemka electrical substation of Bryanskenergo, a branch of the Rosseti Center Power Grid Company, damaged a transformer and left about 2,800 people in the Suzemsky district without electricity
Trump promises to announce tariffs on semiconductors next week
Earlier, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the US administration has temporarily exempted shipments of smartphones, computers and other electronics from the reciprocal tariffs
Trump says decision on Iran to be made soon
The second round of the consultations between representatives of Tehran and Washington on the settlement of the situation around the Iranian nuclear program will take place on April 19
Trump calls Ukrainian crisis ‘Biden's war’ that he wants to stop
US president said that he is 'just trying to get it stopped'
Opposition figure Gonzalez refuses to recognize defeat in Ecuador's presidential election
According to the politician, Ecuadorian citizens had witnessed 'blatant electoral fraud'
Ecuador's National Electoral Council declares Daniel Noboa winner of presidential election
According to Council head Diana Atamaint, the results of the vote count 'are an accurate reflection of the will of the people'