Israeli military intercepts drone attempting to smuggle weapons to Gaza Strip
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 02/20/2025
According to the IDF, several attempts to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip have been reported in recent days"
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Lavrov, Wang Yi discuss relations with US, Ukrainian crisis — Russian MFA
According to the statement, the foreign ministers also discussed interaction between Russia and China within the UN
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
Russia Claims to Have Retaken 64% of Kursk Territory Lost After Ukraine’s Offensive
“Currently the initiative in the Kursk region is fully on our side. Russian forces are advancing in all areas,” said (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 20/02/2025
Ruble Hits 6-Month High Amid U.S.-Russia Rapprochement
Russia’s Central Bank set the official exchange rate for Thursday at 88.5 rubles against the U.S. dollar, its (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 20/02/2025
Russian ministries drafting proposals to incentivize rare earth extraction
As Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov noted, the plan is to increase domestic output to 50,000 tons of (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
TikTok lays off global staff as part of restructuring — Reuters
The layoffs began the same day for teams in Asia and Europe, Middle East and Africa, the agency reported
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has denounced the bloc’s attempts to play “peacemakers,” accusing it of fueling (…)
[RT] - 20/02/2025
Central Bank chief says Visa, Mastercard not contacted regulator on return to Russia
Elvira Nabiullina stressed that "it is too early to speak about it"
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
Russians maintain high support for special operation for 3 years since start — research
According to General Director of the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion Valery Fedorov, even in (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
Lula says Brazil gave hard no to Scholz when he asked for weapons for Ukraine
Earlier, the Brazilian president remarked that "if Vladimir Zelensky had been wiser, he would have advocated (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
Trump could reshape the global order, and Moscow will be hoping he succeeds Read Full Article at RT.com
[RT] - 20/02/2025
36 Chinese planes approach Taiwan — defense ministry
Taiwan’s defense agency has regularly recorded the approach of Chinese warplanes and warships of late
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 20/02/2025
