🤝How could BRICS countries share news about each other more effectively?

Dmitry Kiselev, director general of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, suggested that BRICS establish a line of communication and invited international colleagues to contact Sputnik to learn more about Russia and the Russian perspective on the current global landscape.

"Let's establish a direct line of communication so that information about us can reach each other's countries," Kiselev added.

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🇷🇺 Watch full video of Vladimir Putin's 2024 Q&A session at SPIEF

💬"Russia can respond asymmetrically and deliver weapons to countries confronting NATO member states involved in the Ukraine conflict."

The Russian President addressed the Ukraine conflict, NATO's arms deliveries and Ukraine's permission to attack targets on Russian territory, as well as Russia's economic development and the general geopolitical situation in the world.

💬"The US is killing the dollar with its own hands by cutting Russia off from the Western financial system and prohibiting it from using the greenback."

👆Watch full video of Russian President Vladimir Putin answering questions from the international press at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024.

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⚡️Scott Ritter will speak at SPIEF 2024 on June 7

“The disappointment I felt when my government deprived me of the opportunity to come to St. Petersburg in person was great. However, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, my voice will not be drowned out by those who disagree with the messages it conveys,” Ritter said.

On June 3, the ex-US Marine Corps intelligence officer was removed from a plane to Russia by CBP officers who seized his passport, claiming they were acting “by orders” from the US State Department.

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❗️The total losses of Ukrainian troops per day amounted to 1,490 soldiers, as follows from the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Units of the Yug Battlegroup have improved the situation along the front line over the last 24 hours. Ukrainian losses amounted to 640 soldiers;

▪️Units of the Zapad Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions within the last 24 hours, repelled two attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 155 soldiers;

▪️Units of the Sever Battlegroup have improved the situation along the front line. Ukrainian losses amounted to 140 soldiers;

▪️Units of the Tsentr Battlegroup repelled six attacks by Ukrainian troops;

▪️ Units of the Dnepr Battlegroup hit the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pyatikhatki in Zaporozhye, Mylovoye, Novotyaginka and Ingulets in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down 48 Ukrainian drones, a Neptune missile, seven HIMARS and Alder missiles in one day.

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Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto responds to Sputnik's question on nuclear sanctions against Russia

"Half of our electricity production comes from nuclear. And our nuclear power plant is being fueled by Russian nuclear fuel. So in case of a sanction regime against nuclear fuel, would absolutely make it impossible to supply our country with electricity safely. So therefore, it is not only that we do not support sanctions on nuclear, but we are interested in further improving our nuclear cooperation with Russia, simply because it is our national interest," Szijjarto said.

He also spoke about the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Hungary, for which Rosatom is the main contractor:

"We are now in a construction phase regarding our new nuclear power station, where the main contractor is Rosatom. And they are working together with American, French, and German soft contractors. And the new nuclear power plant is kind of a life insurance for us when it comes to the safe supply of electricity for the future and when it comes to being prepared for the new age of global economy," the Hungarian FM stated.

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How is BRICS different from the G7?

Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin explains:

"BRICS is built on respect for different cultures and traditions."

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US not authorizing strikes 200 miles into Russia nor on Moscow, President Joe Biden said in interview with ABC.

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❗️LIVE: Vladimir Putin meets world leaders at SPIEF

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🇷🇺🇧🇴 Russia welcomes continuity of Bolivian leadership's course towards Moscow, Vladimir Putin has said.

The Russian leader noted that the trade turnover between the two countries is still small, but there is an upward trend.

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❗️Foreign mercenaries of the International Legion are fighting Russian troops in Chasov Yar, Donetsk People's Republic, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin told Sputnik at the SPIEF

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📹 Now, more than 80% of all our payments with our BRICS colleagues are in national currencies, said First Deputy Chairman of Russia's State Duma Alexander Zhukov at the SPIEF session “BRICS Goals in the Context of the New World Order” about economic cooperation between the member countries of the organization.

Establishing payment mechanisms within BRICS that do not depend on the Western banking system is one of the most pressing topics today, Alexander Zhukov added.

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Iran blames UK, France and Germany for possible disruption of IAEA agreements

Europe’s Big Three (Britain, France and Germany) will be held responsible for Iran's possible response to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passing a resolution that claims that Tehran is not cooperating sufficiently with the organization, according to Mohsen Naziri Asl, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative at the UN and other international organizations in Vienna.

"Undoubtedly, this resolution will have a strong [negative] impact on the positive atmosphere for coordinating further steps between Iran and the IAEA. The European Big Three will have to bear responsibility for any consequences,” Asl pointed out.

The IAEA Board of Governors’ meeting was influenced by “provocative and unconstructive actions by a raft of countries with a record of non-compliance with international law," he said. Europe’s Big Three submitted the draft anti-Iranian resolution in order to "distract attention from their irresponsible behavior and to ignore the existing realities in the field of Iran's nuclear program, which is purely peaceful," the Iranian diplomat stressed.

He added that European countries' attempts to put pressure on Iran and prod it to renounce its rights to go ahead with peaceful nuclear activities will not be successful.

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❗️A French citizen suspected of collecting information about Russia’s military activities was detained in Moscow, the Investigative Committee reported.

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📹 The Investigative Committee published a video of a French citizen collecting military information. Judging by the footage, he was detained in a restaurant.

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