🇷🇺 The Russian Investigative Committee has launched more than 3,200 cases over nine years covering the Kiev regime's atrocities in Donbass, and among them, 849 key figures are military personnel, politicians and members of law enforcement, the committee’s Chairman Alexander Bastrykin told Sputnik.

Everyone involved in the atrocities will be held accountable and be brought to justice, the official vowed.

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🇷🇺 Moscow to offer African countries solutions to food issues

Russian and African leaders are expected to adopt a declaration, a plan of joint action until 2026 and three sector-specific documents at the Russia–Africa forum in St. Petersburg, the head of the forum's secretariat Oleg Ozerov told Sputnik.

According to the official, dozens of bilateral documents will be signed and a solid package of agreements is being put together. Russia will also offer African countries solutions to food problems given the termination of the Black Sea grain deal, Ozerov added.

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📹 Russian Ka-52 Alligator chopper targets Ukrainian armored vehicle in Zaporozhye direction

The Ka-52 is known to be armed with up to a dozen Vikhr laser-guided missiles, designed specifically to target armored vehicles, including those with reactive armor, at ranges of up to 8 km.

The missiles are fitted with a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) fragmentation warhead with contact and proximity fuses. In addition to attack helicopters, the Russian military is known to attach Vikhrs to aircraft like the Su-25 ground attack jet and some warships.

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West No Longer Dictates How the World Runs, says Russian Diplomat 🇷🇺

🗯 “It all comes down to the shift in global power dynamics on the world stage. The West is no longer the sole, unique technological, political, and military center that can exert a dominant influence over other power centers – which include Russia, China, India, and BRICS countries. Many nations, including African ones, aspire to be part of this influential bloc,” Oleg Ozerov, ambassador at large at the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.

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Suspect in targeted murder of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky faces final charges

Daria Trepova is being charged with terrorism, trafficking in explosives and counterfeiting documents.

Earlier, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the St. Petersburg cafe terrorist attack that killed the blogger was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence and their agents.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 Russian delegation headed by Shoigu will visit North Korea on July 25-27, MoD says

The delegation will participate in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the DPRK's victory in the Korean War of 1950-1953.

The visit will contribute to strengthening Russian-North Korean military ties and will be an important stage in the development of cooperation between the two countries, the ministry said.

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❗️Ukrainian forces failed miserably in a late night botched attack using two unmanned boats against Russia’s Sergey Kotov patrol ship in the Black Sea, the MoD says

The ship destroyed both boats, and there were no casualties, the ministry said.

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❗️Key statements made by Kremlin spokesman Peskov at a daily press briefing:

▪️All African states were subjected to unprecedented pressure from US, France, and other Western countries;

▪️The policy of US, France, and other Western countries to exert pressure on African nations should be condemned;

▪️Russia-Africa Summit important, will discuss grain deal and Russia's support for African countries;

▪️It is impossible for Russia to return to the grain deal, obligations not fulfilled;

▪️The letter from Guterres contained an action plan for the grain deal, a promise that obligations towards Russia could someday be fulfilled;

▪️It is important that delivery channels of Ukrainian grain not be used for military purposes, Russia will keep countering it;

▪️The offer of Baltic countries to export Ukrainian grain via their ports is their sovereign right.

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Russia to receive $88.5Bln in revenues from sale of gas, oil in 2023, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Tuesday.

He recalled that the Finance Ministry predicted the total volume of Russia’s oil and gas revenues at the level of 8.9 trillion rubles this year. Out of this sum, 8 trillion rubles will be spent to cover expenses, while the remaining 900 billion rubles are expected to be transferred to the Russian National Wealth Fund.

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⚡️ Chinese Parliament announces resignation of Foreign Minister Qin Gang and appoints Wang Yi as the new Foreign Minister

Wang previously held the position of foreign minister until December 2022. Qin Gang has not appeared in public for the past month. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not commented on his whereabouts or health condition.

Western media, meanwhile, have reported on alleged extramarital relations between the minister and a journalist from a Chinese television channel, which could have been a catalyst for his disappearance from the public arena.

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