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Lithuania's Foreign Minister: Russia is using Hamas-Israel conflict to ramp up its Ukraine offensive
Russia was waiting for Hamas to attack Israel in order to resume its offensive in Ukraine, said Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis, as reported by Ukrinform.
"We cannot forget or divert our attention from Ukraine, where the situation is not the easiest. We have seen that Russia has resumed its offensive. This reminded us that Russia is expecting a situation like this where we can be distracted and reduce our focus on these attacks. My main hope is that we can send a …
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Kremlin condemns Biden's comparison of Putin to Hamas
Emotional rhetoric from high-ranking world politicians towards Russian President Vladimir Putin is unacceptable, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing, commenting on the comparison made by US President Joe Biden, likening Putin to Palestinian terrorists from the Hamas movement.
"We consider such a tone towards the Russian Federation and our president unacceptable," said Peskov.
Continuing the topic, he noted that there is currently a "very alarming and potentially dangerous …
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Hungarian PM Orban and Russia's president Putin discuss energy cooperation and peace efforts in Beijing
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian president Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the "One Belt, One Road" forum in Beijing, reports the press service of the Hungarian government.
It is noted that Putin and Orban discussed Hungarian-Russian cooperation in gas and oil transportation, as well as nuclear energy.
"At the meeting, Viktor Orban emphasized the importance of peace," said Bertalan Havasi, the speaker for the Hungarian prime minister.
He explained …
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Russian Finance Minister: China is main supplier of drones to Russia
Nearly all of the imported drones currently owned by Russia were supplied by China, said the Russian Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov. Speaking during a meeting of the State Duma's budget and taxation committee on October 16, Siluanov revealed the source of Russia's drone imports, publicly disclosing this information for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"Today, the majority of drones are from the People's Republic of China. We are grateful to our partners. However, we need to …
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Anonymous Wagner mercenary claims Russian private military contractors invited to fight for Hamas in Gaza
Russian mercenaries from the private military company (PMC) Wagner are being offered to fight in the Gaza sector on the side of Hamas, said one of the Wagner fighters in an interview with the Russian news agency Eurasian News (EAN). The news outlet did not disclose the mercenary's name and callsign for his safety.
"We have good work for good money. There is always demand for us. There are offers for work: Libya - 180,000 rubles ($1842) per month, Syria and the Central African Republic - from 25 …