❗️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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Grain deal replacement?

Russia will offer Africa a new food security plan as an alternative to the defunct Black Sea Grain Deal during the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Oleg Ozerov told Sputnik.

What else can be expected from the summit and which countries will take part in it?

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Hey, everyone! A fresh New Rules episode is coming out soon. We're going to be talking about the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which has entered its seventh week; the prospect of an attempted naval blockade of Russia in the Black and Baltic Sea; and whether Zelensky has any chance of turning things around

Don't forget to check out our previous episodes:

💥 Tom Luongo 'Ukraine Hawks Run Into Economic Reality'
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🇷🇺 Russia enables 'God Mode': What if Joe Biden finds himself in the 🇮🇳'Singham' movie?

Ukraine & NATO showed up thinking they can take on Russia, but little did they know Russians hadn't even started yet? 💪

❔ Biden does look a bit bamboozled by the whole situation — it seems more like old age is catching up with him.

🌚 P.S. They still have no idea about the Onyx Missile

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🇷🇺 IMF revises Russia's 2023 growth forecast upward by 0.8 percentage points to 1.5% - WEO

“The forecast for Russia in 2023 has been revised upward by 0.8 percentage point to 1.5 percent, reflecting hard data (on retail trade, construction, and industrial production) that point to a strong first half of the year, with a large fiscal stimulus driving that strength,” the IMF said in its updated World Economic Outlook.

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❗️The Russian Ministry of Defense has reported on successful counterattacking operations by the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Krasny Liman direction. The settlement of Sergeevka has been liberated.

The overall advancement of Russian troops amounted to up to 4 km along the front line and up to 2 km into the depth of the defensive positions of the enemy.

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Hydrogen peroxide found on poles of Jupiter's Ganymede

A team of scientists has, through an analysis of data previously collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), discovered a notable 3.5-micrometer absorption band that indicates the presence of hydrogen peroxide in the northern regions of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon.

The team highlights that their discoveries contribute aimed at comprehending how Ganymede's magnetic field influences its surface chemistry. The identification and distribution of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede provide valuable insights into the moon's composition and the intricate interplay between its magnetic field and surface processes.

The study was published in the journal Science Advances.

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What are Black Hornet Nano drones and why is US sending them to Ukraine?

American officials have announced another military aid package for Ukraine, this time including a batch of tiny Black Hornet reconnaissance drones.

Are Black Hornets the smallest military drones in the world? Who makes them? What makes them expensive?

Sputnik explores

🗣️ On Brazilian President Lula De Silva paving the way for de-dollarization:

“What accelerated Lula's desire to de-dollarize is because the Biden administration has chosen to weaponize Delaware to the point that everybody in the world has lost confidence in the dollar… If you're holding the dollar, you don't know when the carpet will be pulled out from under you and your accounts will be frozen or confiscated for whatever willy-nilly reason. So the motivation is there,” George Koo, journalist, social activist, and international business consultant, told Sputnik.

🎧 Listen to more of Koo’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour

BRICS can play an important stabilizing role in international relations unlike US-led NATO, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday

BRICS can also undertake a key role in shaping the global development agenda as a platform for equal dialogue and collective efforts to resolve issues of global security, the Russian official added.

Moreover, Patrushev and his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, have discussed fight against terrorism.

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🗣️ On Dan Kovalik’s personal experience in Donbass:

“The war's been going on for nine, going on ten years. You know that 14,000 people died even before Russia intervened last year in a conflict that was really between the Ukrainian government and its own people in the Donbass. It was a brutal war, a racist war against Russian speakers and ethnic Russians. And the people in the Donbass are glad Russia came in and don't want Russian troops to leave,” Dan Kovalik, US human rights and labor lawyer and peace activist, told Sputnik.

🎧 Listen to more of Kovalik’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines

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Black Hornet microdrones have become part of a new package of military aid from the United States to Ukraine.

What are these drones and how will Russia counter them?

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