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Russian government had hugely successful term
President Vladimir Putin told members of the outgoing government on Monday that Russia’s adversaries had failed to achieve their goals. Putin met with the cabinet, led by PM Mikhail Mishustin, before its customary post-inaugural resignation to sum up the results of its work. Below, Sputnik details the outgoing Russian government’s successful track record.
🔸 Russia's economy outpaced the US and Europe in growth last year. The Federal Service for State Statistics (Rosstat) said it grew by 3.6%, despite being subject to a raft of harsh economic sanctions. That was higher than many economic forecasts.
🔸 Russia became the fifth fastest-growing economy in the Group of 20 in 2023.
🔸 According to the World Bank, Russia is one of five largest global economies in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).
🔸 The official estimate for Russia's GDP was $4.172 trln at the end of 2023 in PPP terms.
🔸 Federal budget revenues in 2023 exceeded 29 trillion rubles; that was almost 5% more than the same figure for 2022. Execution of federal budget expenditures in 2023 was close to 100% - the best result in recent years.
🔸 Russia's annual inflation rate came in at 7.42% by the end of 2023 (Rosstat).
🔸 The Bank of Russia's profits at the end of 2023 amounted to 140 bln rubles.
🔸 Growth of real disposable income among the Russian population was estimated at 5.4% for 2023.
🔸 The jobless rate in Russia in March 2024 reached a historic low of 2.7%.
🔸 Russian economy is becoming less dependent on commodity exports: in 2023, non-oil and gas revenues increased by a quarter.
🔸 Agricultural advances contributed to food security.
🔸 Economy is transitioning away from Western markets; 77% of Russia's trade is now with friendly countries.
🔸 Volume of Russia’s foreign trade in 2023 amounted to $710 bln; share of Asian countries in the total volume of Russian exports at the end of 2023 was 72%.
🔸 Volume of Russia-China trade reached a record $240.11 billion, an increase of 26.3%, by the end of 2023. Imports from China increased by 46.9%, while exports of Russian products to China also increased by 12.7%.
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President Vladimir Putin told members of the outgoing government on Monday that Russia’s adversaries had failed to achieve their goals. Putin met with the cabinet, led by PM Mikhail Mishustin, before its customary post-inaugural resignation to sum up the results of its work. Below, Sputnik details the outgoing Russian government’s successful track record.
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"We are wholeheartedly praying for you"
Russia's Patriarch Kirill blessed Putin after a thanksgiving prayer
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🎥Patriarch Kirill presented Putin with an icon of the Virgin Mary as a blessing for his new presidential term
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A court in the Russian city of Vladivostok has arrested the US soldier, Gordon Black, on charges of stealing until July 2, the court press secretary, Elena Oleneva, told Sputnik. On Monday, US Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith confirmed to Sputnik that Russian…
Arrest of US serviceman in Russia: what we know so far
▪️The Russian authorities in Vladivostok detained a US soldier charged with theft in early May, US Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told Sputnik.
▪️Gordon Black, 34, who served in South Korea, according to NBC News, is accused of stealing money from his girlfriend, whom he met in South Korea, the press service of the local department of Russia’s Interior Ministry reported.
▪️According to the police, the two had a conflict after the American went to visit the woman. When he left, she found money missing and turned to the police.
▪️Black was detained at a hotel when he was about to fly home, according to the regional department of the Interior Ministry.
▪️Russia informed the US State Department about the detention, and the serviceman is being provided with consular support, the US Army told Sputnik.
▪️The White House said it was aware of reports of the detention, but referred the issue to the Pentagon.
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▪️The Russian authorities in Vladivostok detained a US soldier charged with theft in early May, US Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told Sputnik.
▪️Gordon Black, 34, who served in South Korea, according to NBC News, is accused of stealing money from his girlfriend, whom he met in South Korea, the press service of the local department of Russia’s Interior Ministry reported.
▪️According to the police, the two had a conflict after the American went to visit the woman. When he left, she found money missing and turned to the police.
▪️Black was detained at a hotel when he was about to fly home, according to the regional department of the Interior Ministry.
▪️Russia informed the US State Department about the detention, and the serviceman is being provided with consular support, the US Army told Sputnik.
▪️The White House said it was aware of reports of the detention, but referred the issue to the Pentagon.
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Russia should move to assert control over Odessa and Kharkov later this month, head of Russia's Chechen republic Ramzan Kadyrov told reporters. Once these areas are secured, Ukrainian President Zelensky should be compelled to surrender and sign the required documents, he added.
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❗️ Russia’s Armed Forces have destroyed an Abrams and a Leopard 1 tank in the special op zone: Russian MoD
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The XVI European Economic Congress started in Katowice
And this is how Polish farmers greet the participants of the Congress, including the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Farmers spread manure and gave protest speeches at the rally.
In their opinion, following the tenets of the so-called “Green Deal," which is advocated by the EC, leads to the death of agriculture in Poland.
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And this is how Polish farmers greet the participants of the Congress, including the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Farmers spread manure and gave protest speeches at the rally.
In their opinion, following the tenets of the so-called “Green Deal," which is advocated by the EC, leads to the death of agriculture in Poland.
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❗️ Russia’s Armed Forces hit a Ukrainian solid rocket fuel production shop and military equipment warehouses – Russian MoD
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️ Ukraine lost up to 335 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad;
▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Yug;
▪️ Battlegroup Vostok units destroyed up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen;
▪️ Russian air defenses shot down 32 Ukrainian drones, seven Hammer bombs, and seven Vampire MLRS shells;
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack near Ocheretino in the DPR.
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🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️ Ukraine lost up to 335 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Zapad;
▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup Yug;
▪️ Battlegroup Vostok units destroyed up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen;
▪️ Russian air defenses shot down 32 Ukrainian drones, seven Hammer bombs, and seven Vampire MLRS shells;
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack near Ocheretino in the DPR.
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Putin sent message to the West that Russia is “there to stay” as major world power
Newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin has sent a clear message to the West that “Russia is there to stay as one of the world’s major powers,” strategic analyst Paolo Raffone told Sputnik.
The director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels noted Putin’s comments as signaling Russia’s intent to “use political and diplomatic means to defend its lawful interests,” while remaining “open to negotiations and dialogue.”
In his inauguration speech, Putin “rightly claims that after 2000 he, with the support of the Russian people, ‘stood firm against the attacks of international terrorism and saved the country from the very real threat of collapse’,” noted Raffone.
He singled out two cornerstone statements by the Russian president. Firstly, that “The main objective of the coming [six] years is now to transform the potential we have built up into a new development energy and to use it to bring about a fundamentally new quality of life for our people and a real, tangible increase in their prosperity”.
The second was that “Russia’s success and prosperity cannot and should not depend on one single person or one political party, or political force alone.”
As for US-driven calls in Western capitals and mainstream press to delegitimize the Russian presidential election process, “It is the continuation of the historic confrontation of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia,” said Raffone.
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Newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin has sent a clear message to the West that “Russia is there to stay as one of the world’s major powers,” strategic analyst Paolo Raffone told Sputnik.
The director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels noted Putin’s comments as signaling Russia’s intent to “use political and diplomatic means to defend its lawful interests,” while remaining “open to negotiations and dialogue.”
In his inauguration speech, Putin “rightly claims that after 2000 he, with the support of the Russian people, ‘stood firm against the attacks of international terrorism and saved the country from the very real threat of collapse’,” noted Raffone.
He singled out two cornerstone statements by the Russian president. Firstly, that “The main objective of the coming [six] years is now to transform the potential we have built up into a new development energy and to use it to bring about a fundamentally new quality of life for our people and a real, tangible increase in their prosperity”.
The second was that “Russia’s success and prosperity cannot and should not depend on one single person or one political party, or political force alone.”
As for US-driven calls in Western capitals and mainstream press to delegitimize the Russian presidential election process, “It is the continuation of the historic confrontation of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia,” said Raffone.
“Despite the US/UK-imposed boycott, there is no united Western front against Russia… The reaction of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia is a weak representation of the relativization of their global standing, a process with which their political elites have difficulty to come at terms. Despite their bellicose rhetoric, there is mounting sentiment that the relation with Russia cannot be eased without fresh diplomatic initiatives,” Raffone concluded.
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‘They’re not bluffing’: Russian tactical nuke drills are loud warning to NATO to stay out of Ukraine “This is a signal to the Western leaders that they are serious. They are not bluffing,” retired US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik, commenting on…
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NATO's 1999 Chinese embassy bombing: Misguided Missiles or Misleading Excuses?
On May 7, 1999, NATO once again violated international law. The illegal bombings of Yugoslavia had been ongoing for a month and a half by that time. But on that very day, NATO missiles struck the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
The attack killed Xinhua news agency correspondent Shao Yunhuan, Chinese newspaper reporter Xu Xinghu and his wife Zhu Ying and injured 20 others — severely damaging the building, which was later demolished.
NATO claimed that the target was supposed to be a different building and blamed the use of outdated maps for the error.
Serbian war correspondent Davor Lukac, who covered the conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo, witnessed these events. In an interview with Sputnik, he dismissed NATO's excuses.
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On May 7, 1999, NATO once again violated international law. The illegal bombings of Yugoslavia had been ongoing for a month and a half by that time. But on that very day, NATO missiles struck the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
The attack killed Xinhua news agency correspondent Shao Yunhuan, Chinese newspaper reporter Xu Xinghu and his wife Zhu Ying and injured 20 others — severely damaging the building, which was later demolished.
NATO claimed that the target was supposed to be a different building and blamed the use of outdated maps for the error.
Serbian war correspondent Davor Lukac, who covered the conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo, witnessed these events. In an interview with Sputnik, he dismissed NATO's excuses.
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The Berlin police have begun clearing a protest camp set up by pro-Palestinian activists in the courtyard of the Free University of Berlin.
Law enforcement officers gradually began to remove the protesters, without hesitating to use force. According to recent local media reports, there were approximately 300 people demonstrating in the university courtyard.
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Law enforcement officers gradually began to remove the protesters, without hesitating to use force. According to recent local media reports, there were approximately 300 people demonstrating in the university courtyard.
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