"We are now at the presentation of a big gift that the state of Myanmar has made to our country. It is six elephants: five girls and one boy. These are young elephants, aged three to four years. This is truly a big, serious, royal gift," said the circus director Edgard Zapashny.

"represents an attempt to inflict some damage on the Russian economy, even at the cost of risking destabilizing global markets ahead of the disgraceful end of President Joe Biden's term in office."

"While in the U.S., we keenly feel the local political establishment's desire to erase the pages of Russian-American alliance during World War II. A vivid confirmation of this is the refusal to approve the trip of Russian diplomats to Elizabeth City for the memorial ceremony," the publication states.