Tourist flow between Russia, Iran grows significantly in last five years — ambassador
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 02/4/2025
Kazem Jalali stressed that an increase in tourist trips by Russian citizens to Iran was observed already in 2024
In Russian newspapers
Church apologizes for underestimating risk of abuse by British pastor
An archbishop says “God’s people” were exposed to the threat of abuse during the late John Smyth’s time in Cape Town (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
US transfered $35 billion to Ukraine through USAID since 2022 — news outlet
According to the news outlet, the agency also played an important role in providing Ukraine with a $20 billion loan (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s New Migration Regulations ‘Very Dangerous’ For Millions of Foreign Laborers, Activists Warn
Millions of migrants, predominantly from Central Asian countries, help fuel the Russian economy. A new law will make (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Chechen Domestic Violence Survivor Briefly Detained in Kazakhstan, Activists Say
Elza Soltayeva was reportedly taken to a police station in western Kazakhstan after officers demanded she speak with (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Kazakhstan's probe into AZAL plane crash inconclusive, Russia not privy to key evidence
Earlier, the preliminary report on the investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near Aktau in (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Consumer demand for gold up 6.2% annually in Russia last year
Per capita gold purchases increased to 0.52 grams
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
US will ‘take over’ Gaza – Trump
President Donald Trump said that the US will assume control over the Palestinian enclave and turn it into the (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
US ready to take over Gaza, start rebuilding it — Trump
The US government is examining the possibility of long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip, the US president said
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia and Ukraine Swap 150 POWs Each in Latest Exchange
Moscow said that the freed Russian soldiers were undergoing medical checks in allied Belarus before heading back to (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
US authorities' decisions on USAID may be just 'internal political squabbles' — legislator
Leonid Slutsky recalled that Moscow first told USAID to pack bags in 2012, after uncovering attempts to "use (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Ukrainian sources put number of desertion cases at around 200,000
Ukraine has no official statistics on such cases at present, said Ukrainian lawyer Vladislav Mikhaylenko
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025