China extends visa-free transit for Russia, other countries to ten days
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 12/17/2024
Russians earlier had a right to visa-free transit for 72 or 144 hours, depending on the entry point in China
In Russian newspapers
Trump blasts Biden’s permission to use US weapons for strikes inside Russia as 'stupid'
The US President-elect said that nobody asked him to weigh in on the decision
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 16/12/2024
Press review: EU imposes new anti-Russian sanctions and Russia braces for NATO conflict
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 17th
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 17/12/2024
The Ukrainian capital has renamed a street to honor Taras ‘Bulba’ Borovets, a WWII German collaborator and murderous (…)
[RT] - 16/12/2024
Britain could soon fine social media giants up to 10% of their annual earnings for failing to remove illegal content (…)
[RT] - 16/12/2024
The Swiss government has tightened regulations on arms exports after a Polish company resold 645,000 rounds of (…)
[RT] - 17/12/2024
Assad Regime Airlifted $250M From Syria to Russia – FT
The cash shipments, consisting of $100 bills and 500 euro notes, were sent between 2018 and 2019 and reportedly (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 16/12/2024
Trump Says Zelensky Should be Prepared to Make Deal to End Ukraine Conflict
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky should be (…)
[Sputnik] - 16/12/2024
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he did not invite Vladimir Zelensky to his inauguration at the US Capitol (…)
[RT] - 16/12/2024
Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for December 17 to 102.91 rubles
The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 31 kopecks to 108.7016 rubles
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 16/12/2024
Russia, UNCTAD working to resolve issues in banking settlements — MFA
The ministry noted that both sides confirmed the importance of continuing efforts to normalize access of Russian (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 17/12/2024
New authorities in Syria to avoid escalating tensions with Russia — expert
Vitaly Naumkin underscored that the new Syrian authorities are not "friends of the collective West, or the (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 16/12/2024
