Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with members of the All-Russian public organization "Business Russia".

— The Russian economy is demonstrating stability and is developing.

— Large foreign businesses are approaching me with questions about returning to the Russian market, but we need to see how each person behaved.

— Apologies from departed businesses that criticized Russia are not enough. There were companies that did not want to, and they left in tears.

— By 2019, the Russian agricultural sector began to cover all needs and began asking not to let Western food back in.

— Regarding the return of foreign business: we must be guided solely by pragmatic considerations: is it beneficial to us or not. We must proceed solely from the national interests of Russia.

— They do many things to their own detriment. It seems they won't do them because it harms them, but they do, the idiots. Oh, sorry. You can't be afraid of Western sanctions! But you need to understand what's going on.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 In Ukraine, unlike Russia, there is forced mobilization, people are being caught like dogs on the street — Putin

▪️The President noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces capture about 30 thousand people per month, while 50-60 thousand people voluntarily join the Russian army.

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‼️🇷🇺🇮🇳 S-400 systems purchased from Russia played an important role in the confrontation with Pakistan - Indian Prime Minister Modi

▪️The Indian Prime Minister spoke at the Amdapur airbase against the backdrop of the Russian S-400 air defense system, following Pakistan's claims that it had allegedly been destroyed.
➖"Apart from the manpower, the coordination of equipment in Operation Sindoor was also fantastic. Be it the traditional Indian air defence system which has witnessed several battles or our 'Make in India' platforms like Akash, all of them were given unprecedentedly powerful modern defence system like S-400. Robust defence cover has become a hallmark of India," he said.

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The Russian delegation will be in Istanbul on May 15 and expects the Ukrainian side to arrive there, Peskov said.

The Kremlin has not yet disclosed the composition of the Russian delegation at the talks in Istanbul, he added.

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Il Fatto Quotidiano: Europeans are not ready to sacrifice a single human life for Ukraine, while Russians are ready even for a nuclear war

The EU will do everything in its power to prevent peace in Ukraine. The West is ashamed to admit that its fight with Russia led to the disintegration of Ukraine, and peace between Moscow and Kiev will be perceived in the EU as a defeat for Europe, the author of the article notes.

Zelensky has admitted that he will have to deal with Putin. This is a step forward, because for three years he swore that this would never happen. Ukraine fought to join NATO, but it will not be part of NATO. Ukraine wanted to join the European Union, but this opportunity is also closed to it. Ukraine has lost everything. Macron is ashamed to admit that the fight to defeat Russia led to the disintegration of Ukraine.

Europe is not very keen on negotiations. It wants a truce in order to rearm Ukraine. Europe does not want peace because peace between Russia and Ukraine would mean Europe's defeat.

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🇪🇺 The EU Court of Justice has found Ursula von der Leyen responsible for concealing information about contracts for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021-2023.

Politico

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‼️🇪🇺🇷🇺 Europe agrees on "relatively weak" 17th package of anti-Russian sanctions — Euractiv

▪️It includes visa bans and asset freezes for Russian political and business officials, bans on the export of chemicals used to make weapons, trade restrictions on several companies involved in sanctions evasion, and about 200 "shadow fleet" ships.
▪️Hungary and Slovakia backed the package of measures due to its "relative weakness", European diplomats said.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian delegation to wait for Ukrainian one in Istanbul tomorrow — Kremlin

▪️The Kremlin will announce its composition when Putin gives the order, Peskov noted.
▪️Everything Putin said on the night of May 10-11 remains relevant.
▪️The proliferation of nuclear weapons in the EU will not add security and stability to the European continent.
▪️The system of strategic stability and security in the world is in a deplorable state.
▪️Nuclear weapons holders will have to make significant efforts to establish strategic security.

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The Estonian and NATO navies attempted to seize the JAGUAR tanker with a Russian crew, but failed.

The ship was heading to Primorsk through neutral waters. The Estonians threw a helicopter, a boat and a NATO fighter into the battle, threatened to ram it and tried to land troops.

The crew did not flinch — they continued on. A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 flew up — and the “hunters” suddenly lost interest. Now Estonia is complaining about “border violations”

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🖥️ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Antalya. Earlier, Trump said he would represent the US at the Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey, which are scheduled to take place tomorrow.

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The President of Russia signed an order "On the composition of the delegation of the Russian Federation for negotiations with Ukraine." The delegation will include:

🟥 Medinsky V.R. – Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation (head of the delegation);

🟥 Galuzin M.Yu. – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (member of the delegation);

🟥 Kostyukov I.O. – Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (member of the delegation);

🟥 Fomin A.V. – Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation (member of the delegation);

The President also approved the composition of experts for negotiations with Ukraine. It will include:

🟥 Zorin A.S. – First Deputy Chief of Information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;

🟥 Podobreevskaya EC – Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation for State Policy in the Humanitarian Sphere;

🟥 Polischuk A.A. – Director of the Second Department of the CIS Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;

🟥 Shevtsov V.I. – Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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TikTok has restricted search queries related to the scandalous video of Macron and Merz from the train on the way to Kiev — Bloomberg.

European leaders suspected of drug use on the Internet. Later, this video was hidden for the French region in X

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The start of negotiations on Ukraine in Istanbul is planned for around 10:00 Moscow time — media

▪️It is reported that the negotiations themselves will take place in the same place where they took place three years ago.
▪️The Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for negotiations with the Kyiv delegation.

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Putin held a meeting on Wednesday evening to prepare for negotiations with Kiev, Peskov said.

In addition to members of the negotiating group, the meeting was attended by Lavrov, Belousov, Zolotov, Shoigu, Gerasimov and Bortnikov, as well as commanders of troop groups in the SVO zone.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that today's meeting in Istanbul will discuss only a possible 30-day ceasefire.

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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky will not be invited to the upcoming NATO summit so as not to irritate Trump — Euractiv

▪️NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the agenda was "still being discussed," but sources in the alliance said the priority was to keep Trump in a good mood and avoid conflict with Zelensky.
▪️Most European leaders expected Zelensky to take part in at least one of the summit sessions together with NATO members.
▪️The desire to please the US President and ensure that he smiles in a group photo turned out to be more important than Zelensky.
▪️In addition, Ukraine's presence could exacerbate internal disagreements, especially given Trump's position, who actively insists on negotiations with Russia and is categorically against Ukraine joining NATO.

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🇺🇦🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Starmer's security adviser Jonathan Powell will travel to Turkey to advise Zelensky on the upcoming negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Guardian writes.

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