The head of state recalled that the Russian side had long ago urged the Kiev regime to withdraw its troops from the territories of the republics which do not want to live under nationalist control

The MOEX and RTS indices were up by 1.12% at 2,783.67 and 1,095.85 points, respectively

The Russian leader recalled how the report on the liberation of Seversk was presented

The Russian leader emphasized that the European Union is trying to do it overtly

The president pointed out that apart from Russia, many other countries also keep their gold and currency reserves in Europe

Wang Yiwei said the idea of using frozen assets for military purposes «effectively exposes the hypocrisy of the EU»

The Chief Executive Officer of Russian Direct Investment Fund added that Friedrich Merz and Ursula von der Leyen «spent all their political capital, promised results – and delivered a spectacular failure»

The program's call center, located at the People’s Front headquarters, is in its 16th day of operation

The deployment of the Russian-made hypersonic missile system in Belarus is an issue of strategic deterrence, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin stressed

On the evening of December 13, a shooting occurred at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, leaving at least two dead and nine others injured

«The Act will enable the DoW [Department of War] to carry out my Peace Through Strength agenda, protect the homeland from domestic and foreign threats, and strengthen the defense industrial base,» the US leader said

Four of the victims are currently in critical condition

«The member states have agreed to finance Ukraine through an EU borrowing on the capital markets for an amount of 90 billion euro for the next two years,» Ursula von der Leyen said

As a result, five people were killed

The European Council agrees to provide a loan to Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 based on EU borrowing on the capital markets backed by the EU budget headroom

«We have seen that in recent weeks both the Kiev regime and its European patrons, contrary to common sense, have been trying to disown those, in my opinion, sound, fair compromises proposed in the so-called Trump peace plan,» Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said

«Starting with false pretexts of combatting drug trafficking and terrorism, Washington has already moved on to open threats of military aggression and seizure of the territory and natural resources of a sovereign state,» Vasily Nebenzya said

«Those who made decisions collectively, those who made decisions individually and those who put them into practice will all bear responsibility,» Dmitry Peskov said

«They no longer prioritize ‘strategic defeat,’ because they have already realized that it will be impossible, so they want to deal maximum damage to Russia instead,» director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said

«There is a huge possibility that no matter what kind of aid they would want to provide to Ukraine, Hungary will stay away from it,» he said

The North Atlantic Alliance, under the pretext of a so-called Russian military threat, has «significantly increased» its military presence near Russia’s borders

The Belarusian leader that the country held a record level of gold and foreign exchange reserves at present and suggested rethinking the strategy for managing international reserve assets

The Russian Prime Minister said the government also expects an increase in the use of domestically bred seeds, which is a critically important factor in ensuring the country’s food security

The regulator said that it is too early to speak about any assessments

According to the source, the Trump administration has been pressing Natanyahu for several weeks to approve the deal

Sergey Naryshkin said «the Ukrainian people must find the strength and will to eliminate the neo-Nazi plague»

Viktor Orban also criticized the EU leadership for their arrogance in holding the EU-Western Balkans summit

According to John Mark Dougan, «this is not just some minor corruption; this is billions of US dollars in stolen taxpayer money from citizens of the United States and Europe»

The poll was conducted among 1,035 registered voters across the US from December 11 to 15

Ukrainian media outlets reported earlier that the exposure of a large-scale corruption scheme in Ukraine’s energy sector might be followed by similar probes into the involvement of top officials in corruption schemes in the defense sector

When asked about the presence of Western servicemen in the area of the Russian special military operation, Xavier Moreau emphasized that there are «many British» in Ukraine

Two Thai soldiers were killed in armed hostilities in the Sisaket and Sa Kaeo provinces on December 17

«It is much easier to spend other’s money than one’s own,» Tino Chrupalla, co-chair of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party noted

At the same time, Christian Stocker stated that Austria is set to remain committed to the principle of neutrality

The Republican-majority House voted 216 to 210 against this resolution