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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that a new mechanism is needed to ensure the security of commercial shipping in the Black Sea amid the Ukraine conflict, the president told the US magazine Newsweek. “I believe there is a need for a mechanism that will permanently ensure the security of commercial maritime transport in the Black Sea,” Erdogan said.
The forthcoming winter will remind Europe again of implications of rejecting Russian energy resources, Special Presidential Envoy for Investment and Economic Cooperation and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said. "The ‘worst winter since 2022’ that will once again expose EU bureaucrats’ energy suicide of decoupling from Russian energy,” he wrote on X.
❗Key takeaways from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly report on the progress of the special military operation: Russian forces: ▪took control of eight settlements in the encirclement in the Kharkov Region ▪carried out two massive and seven group strikes, hitting military plants, metallurgical industry facilities and Ukraine’s energy sector ▪disabled a number of infrastructure facilities at Ukrainian ports used…
Russian Press Review, September 25: Russia, the US, and Ukraine are not currently preparing for a new round of talks amid ongoing discussions and bilateral meetings; the EU is considering approving a new loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets in light of the upcoming 2027 elections in some member states; and the likely duration and impact of the US-China trade truce on bilateral relations. These stories topped…
The State Duma has undergone a significant renewal following the elections, Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said at a meeting summing up the election results. “Nearly half of the deputies will be new. But a very strong core, which worked admirably and effectively in the previous Duma, remains,” she noted.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has appealed to US entrepreneur Elon Musk to expand the coverage area of the Starlink satellite internet service to help Kiev launch strikes deep into Russia, Reuters reported. The Finnish leader also noted that Ukraine needs air defense capabilities, and extending Starlink coverage across the entire territory of Russia could help repel attacks by the Russian Armed Forces. In…
The death toll from bear attacks in Russia in recent months has risen to 21, according to TASS estimates. In 2026, bears have approached populated areas in more than 40 Russian regions. The situation has been particularly dire in Eastern Siberia, where the animals have wandered near schools and military units and attempted to enter private homes in the north of the region.
Being a journalist in the United States is dangerous, US journalist and DD Geopolitics founder Sarah Bils told TASS during a trip to Donbass. Bils earlier said she does not intend to return to America due to pressure from authorities.
❗TASS News Roundup, September 24: ▪ Russia’s battlegroup East liberated the settlement of Svetlaya Dolina in the Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry said ▪ Russia continues to adhere to its principled position on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine and believes that lasting peace rather than a ceasefire is needed, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ▪ The European Union’s transfer to Ukraine of 8 bln euros in…
The concurrent rise of the debt amount and the cost of its servicing in the United Kingdom and Europe is an explosive financial cocktail, Special Presidential Envoy for Investment and Economic Cooperation and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said. “OECD government debt is twice its pre-2008 crisis share of GDP. German 10-year yields hit a 15-year high; French 30-year yields, a 23-year high,”…
NATO allies, including the United States, are prepared to provide security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a potential settlement, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. According to Rutte, the decision on whether Ukraine ultimately joins the alliance rests with Kiev. However, he said NATO allies, including the United States, are ready to provide the necessary security guarantees.
Moscow would welcome a meeting between the leaders of Russia, the United States and China – Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping – during the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS in an interview. “As for the possibility of a trilateral Russia-US-China meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, nothing can be ruled out,” the diplomat said.…
