❗️ Russia decides to allocate $1.5 billion loan to Belarus for import substitution, agreement signed or to be signed soon - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk to Sputnik

📹 Russia's MoD has published footage depicting mobilized personnel attending combat training in Leningrad region.

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🌐The BRICS will strengthen amid new political conditions, remaining one of the principal instruments of the global economy, Russian Ambassador to Brazil Aleksei Labetskiy said.

👉The Ambassador added that BRICS is a settled format of international cooperation. The organization is admired by both separate countries and other international bodies and has a constantly expanding agenda.

🤝The BRICS unites Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Argentina and Iran, among many other countries, are willing to join the organization.

🇶🇦 🇨🇿 Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, has interrupted his visit to the Czech Republic and left the country ahead of schedule, not having been there for a whole day out of the planned three.

▪️ He managed to negotiate with President Zeman and met with the Prime Minister of the Republic, Petr Fiala.

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❗️Ex-policeman reportedly kills at least 32 in shooting attack on children's center in Thailand

📹 Footage allegedly from the scene where an ex-cop reportedly shot at least 32 people.

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❗️ The EU adopts its eighth package of sanctions against Russia.

▪️ New EU sanctions against Russia expand the ban on imports and exports of goods, including steel products, machinery, chemicals, plastics, and cigarettes.

▪️EU sanctions provide for a ban on the sea transportation of oil from Russia at a price above the established ceiling from December, while petroleum products are banned from February.

▪️The EU sanctions extend the ban on the import and export of goods, including steel products, machinery, chemicals, plastics and cigarettes, and also provide punishment for participants in schemes to circumvent sanctions.

▪️The new package of EU sanctions introduces a ban on the maintenance of crypto wallets of citizens and residents of Russia.

▪️The package also includes a ban on EU citizens holding senior positions in a number of Russian state-owned companies.

▪️The EU has imposed a ban on the provision of IT, engineering and legal services to Russia.

▪️EU sanctions against Russia provide punishment for those who circumvent them.

📹 Russia’s MoD published footage showing the Western Military District’s air defence units.

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❗️ Kiev decided on the "impossibility of negotiations" with President Putin at the behest of the West - Russian Foreign Ministry

❗️ Russia's MFA on the prospects of an investigation being held into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines without Moscow's participation: Not allowing the owner to access the gas pipelines means they are hiding something

⚡️Denmark's unwillingness to involve Russia in the investigation may indicate that Copenhagen knows who committed the sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

⚡️Moscow will seek an open investigation into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines with the participation of Russian agencies and Gazprom - Russian Foreign Ministry

🙄 The dramatic story of Twitter's purchase by Elon Musk may soon be resolved, as the billionaire and the tech giant are on their way to reaching an agreement, so they may end their court battle in the coming days, Reuters reported on Wednesday night, citing a source close to the matter.

▪️ In a bid to cease the litigation, both sides agreed to postpone the billionaire's deposition in court scheduled for Thursday, the agency added - however, according to judge Kathaleen McCormick, Musk and Twitter are yet to file an official stipulation and reach the accord.

▪️ Previously, the social media platform said that Musk announced his intention to close the transaction at $54.20 per share ($44 billion total).

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