Interstate relations

Russia condemns the terrorist attack in Kabul and expresses condolences to the families of the victims. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, told RIA Novosti that Ukraine will never become a full member of the EU.

The Prime Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland called the flow of illegal immigrants from the territory of Belarus a «hybrid attack» on the EU.

This follows from the document posted on the website of the official Internet representation of the head of state.

Talks between Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have begun in the Kremlin.

Moscow welcomes the statement of the Taliban that they are ready to enter into dialogue with other political forces in Afghanistan, and will encourage such processes, seeking to translate their intentions into concrete deeds, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

In June, American intelligence predicted that Kabul would come under the control of the Taliban only 6-12 months after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the court's verdict unacceptable and unlawful.

Ukraine has offered the United States to deploy US air defense units on its territory, said Oleksiy Reznikov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine.

Russia will definitely pay Ukraine for reunification with Crimea, said Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for Reintegration of the so-called "temporarily occupied territories" Alexei Reznikov in an interview with Yevgeny Kiselev.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, instead of uniting the country and its multinational people, throws a stone of discord at people, finishing off Ukraine, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The peoples of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have the right to self-determination, Russia will never withdraw the recognition of these republics, Senator from Crimea Sergei Tsekov told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

Strengthening cooperation with the three post-Soviet countries will allow Europe to expand its global influence and "build up economic muscles." This opinion was shared with Foreign Affairs by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.

The Russian Ministry of Health is in consultation with the European Union on the mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

Russian regions, including Crimea, will never be a topic for deals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the Turkish professor's idea of ​​recognizing Crimea in exchange for recognizing Northern Cyprus.