❗️ Other statements by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan:

▪️As soon as all the points of the Russia-UN memorandum are fulfilled, Moscow will immediately return to the grain deal;

▪️Lavrov said the UN secretary-general told him about his new initiatives to restore the grain deal, but they do not provide any guarantees for Moscow;

▪️Situation after grain deal termination exaggerated by foreign media, food prices did not increase;

▪️Russia is ready to increase gas supplies to Turkiye, including creating a gas distribution center there;

▪️Russia brought to the attention of Turkiye what it deems should be done in the West to restore the deal;

▪️Lavrov said he had discussed Putin's initiative to supply one million tons of Russian grain at a reduced price for further processing with the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

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Pepe Escobar: does BRICS need its own currency?

Sputnik's columnist Pepe Escobar reflects on the need for the emergence of a BRICS currency. The author goes into the history of the issue and the current state of the world economy, citing expert analytics to sort out this issue.

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❗️Trump pleaded not guilty to the Georgia election meddling case and also refused to appear in person at the first court hearing for a formal reading of the charges, the court document says.

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😴 A feature of the US political system: "experienced" people in power sometimes want to take a nap at work

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🗣️ On the West's cancel policy towards those who's challenging their narrative:

“I'm considered to be a public enemy of the West. And I think you guess why, because in this conversation I've tried to explain in short terms what's my position. And it is not difficult to understand why I am so demonized, I am so criticized, I'm so blamed. And why they could not afford, the liberals could not go for a real dialogue with myself. They prefer to kill me, as they have killed my daughter. And when you kill your opponents, and that means you have no serious arguments against,”Alexander Dugin, one of the world’s most famous political philosophers, told Sputnik.

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For the rotation of observers of the IAEA mission at the Zaporozhye NPP, a ceasefire was declared, which was strictly observed by the Russian military, the Russian MoD said.

The Ukrainian side made an attempt to discredit the Russian forces: means were used that simulated explosions of ammunition on the route of the inspectors. Despite the provocation staged by the Ukrainians, the Russian Army was able to ensure the safe passage of the mission's observers and their delivery to the station.

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EU boosts Russian LNG imports to 10.8Bln cubic meters in January-June 2023

The European Union has increased imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to 10.8 billion cubic meters (bcm) from January to June 2023, compared to 2022, when the bloc procured 19.3 bcm of Russian LNG for the whole year, Tim McPhie, the European Commission's spokesman for climate action and energy, said on Thursday.

🗣 "In 2021, in the whole year, we imported 13.5 bcm of Russian LNG, in 2022, it was 19.3 bcm, and in the first half of 2023, so to end of June, it is 10.8 bcm, so the levels are on course to be pretty consistent with what we had in 2022 as well," McPhie told a briefing.

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🌐 Earlier, the news report claimed that Indian market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had flagged “suspicious” stock market activity by Adani Group as early as 2014.

🇮🇳 It also claimed that the probe into the charges didn’t go through after Indian PM Narendra Modi was elected as the leader the same year.

▪In a statement on Thursday, the #AdaniGroup termed the news report as “another concerted bid by (Hungarian-American billionaire George) Soros-funded interests supported by a section of the foreign media to revive the meritless Hindenburg report”.

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🇬🇦 Gabon’s ‘bloodless’ military takeover: what’s known so far?

In the early hours of Wednesday, the incumbent President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected as the country's head for a third term after securing 64.2% of the votes.

Shortly after the announcement of the election results, the Gabonese military delivered a televised address, declaring that the election results had been canceled in connection with the alleged fraud.

Army officers, who seized power in Gabon, have named General Oligui Nguema as the Central African country's transitional leader.

How did the military takeover unfold and where’s the Gabonese president? Sputnik answers these and other questions.

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❗️Russia's air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian aircraft-type drone over the Bryansk region at about 20.00, the Russian MoD has said

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🗣️ On US social cutbacks:

“The US is following the path of austerity. I suppose Joe Biden can say that he's not in control of the House and so he wanted to spend more money and increase social programs, but the Republicans won't let him… The Biden administration is saying that their policies are working until they stop working. Then they'll have to shift to another explanation for why things are bad. And that explanation will be 'the Republicans have done it,” Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, told Sputnik.

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🗺 What is G20?

Ahead of the G20 Summit due to take place in Delhi on September 9-10, let's take a closer look at the purposes and features of the organization.

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On Tuesday, the father of one of the 13 US service members killed in the August 2021 Kabul airport bombing told Congressmen that President Joe Biden should be held to account for the massacre which occurred after he reneged on predecessor Donald Trump's peace treaty with the Taliban*.

Mark Schmitz, the father of US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that Biden a "disgrace" and an "a**hole."

*The Taliban is an organization under UN sanctions for terrorism.

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❗️ Russian air defense foiled the attack of Ukrainian terrorists as a drone was shot down over the Bryansk region, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said. The thwarted strike did not cause any injuries or damages.

🇺🇸 US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been medically evaluated and given the go-ahead to continue with his schedule as normal, the attending physician for Congress said in a statement on Thursday after the senator a day earlier again froze due to lightheadedness.

"I have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team. After evaluating yesterday's incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned," the attending physician said in the statement.

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🔭 According to American media, some of the US' most powerful telescopes have been disabled since August 1 due to suspicious cyber-activity in their systems.

The telescopes in question are the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii and the Gemini South telescope in Chile, as well as a number of minor telescopes.

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🇳🇪 The Nigerien military leadership has reportedly called for the temporary suspension of UN agencies and NGOs from working in military zones.

The announcement was said to be made through the country’s Interior Ministry via a statement broadcasted on national radio.

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❗️ The airspace control post in the Pskov region undertook measures to neutralize a single unidentified object, Governor Mikhail Vedernikov has said