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Putin offers condolences over death of former Greek president

Karolos Papoulias served as Greece’s president for two consecutive five-year terms, from 2005 to 2015

Sweden increases combat readiness level amid situation in Ukraine

A special attention is being paid to the strategically important island of Gotland, located in the Baltic Sea

Minsk says Polish serviceman seeking political asylum in Belarus

It is mentioned that the member of the service asked for political asylum because he disagreed with Poland’s policy regarding the migration cris…

Russia’s Proton rocket to orbit Ekspress telecoms satellites on December 13

Originally, the launch was expected in 2020 but it was delayed over the late delivery of payloads for these space vehicles from Italy due to the…

Putin to hold talks with Greek prime minister on Wednesday — Kremlin

They plan to discuss the entire range of issues of Russian-Greek cooperation

Polish border guards detain Russian freighter in Baltic Sea, web portal says

According to Polish media outlets, the ship has been detained and is currently in Gdansk’s port

Lukashenko points to tens of thousands of NATO troops amassed near Belarusian border

Addressing the Belarusian military, Lukashenko asked them "to learn one thing: the situation around Belarus must not be viewed as a stand-alone…

West’s standpoint on his legitimacy does not concern him, Lukashenko states

According to Belarusian President, it is important for him how his people see him

Poland ready to close border with Belarus, including transit and trade — prime minister

Mateusz Morawiecki also mentioned that there was a video showing how Belarusian services were instructing migrants on how to attack Polish secur…

Minsk notes improvement in contacts with Polish side over border crisis

Spokesman for Belarus’ State Border Committee stressed that the Belarusian side is open "for discussing equal and mutually beneficial cooperatio…

Polish defense chief says migrants made several border crossing attempts overnight

According to Polish police, the night was quiet near Kuznica, where a massive storming of the border occurred on Tuesday

Russia-US consultations on bilateral issues about to kick off in Vienna

Earlier, the envoys of Moscow and Washington agreed to hold special consultations on visa issues and the activities of diplomatic missions

San Marino ready to use Sputnik Light for booster shots, official says

The talks on vaccine supplies are underway

Lithuanian border guards turn back scores of illegal migrants to Belarus overnight

According to Commander of the State Border Guard Service General Rustamas Liubajevas, no mass crossing attempts were made, nor was there a breac…

Press review: Shots fired on Polish-Belarusian border and who plotted to kill Iraqi PM

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, November 9th

Austria lifts restrictions on air travel with Russia from November 9

State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Magnus Brunner thanked the Russian Ministry of Transport for th…

Putin congratulates Austrian leaders on country’s National Day

Austria celebrates a National Day on October 26 in connection with the adoption of the constitutional law on permanent neutrality

Lithuania’s Klaipeda District mayor detained in Russia for border violation

Lithuanian border guards also confirmed reports about the border violation incident involving a Lithuanian boat with three persons aboard