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The Russian General Staff has begun preparations for the exercises of the missile formations of the Southern District with the involvement of aviation and naval forces (Navy).

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of Merit in Culture and Art to Mikhail Turkish, artistic director of the Soloists Choir and leader of the Turkish Choir

Russia will take tough retaliatory measures against Denmark in the event of restrictions on the passage of tankers with Russian oil through the Baltic Straits, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

The State Duma has introduced bill No. 617801-8 on the transfer of seized firearms to be disposed of, one of the authors of the bill, First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak, said.

Russia does not engage in repression on religious grounds, all violators of the law receive well-deserved punishment, the Foreign Ministry rejects such a distortion of reality

The Presidents of the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon, had a telephone conversation, the Kremlin's press service reported on Friday.

In Lipetsk, a lawyer of the Moscow Region Law Chamber was arrested on charges of handing over a multimillion-dollar bribe to the police. 

The leader of the Patriots party, Florian Philippot, on the social network X condemned French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the conditions for sending troops to Ukraine.

Russia has put on the wanted list former Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko, who was a member of the National Security and Defense Council.

Former football player of the national team Alexander Mostovoy criticized the format of the Russian Cup. He shared his opinion on his Telegram channel "TSAR". 

The United States disrupted a meeting of the BRICS Finance Ministries and Central Banks (CB) by not issuing visas to the Russian side.

At the beginning of 2024, Russian companies occupied more than a third of the Indian fertilizer market

In Russia, the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2023 decreased by 4.6 percent compared to the previous year.

The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, announced the cancellation of the Victory Parade in the region in his Telegram channel.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting at the headquarters of the joint group of forces in the zone of special military operation (SVO