❗️Lavrov meets with foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to strengthen ties with Russia

The minister emphasized that the Sahel countries’ alliance is developing dynamically, which opens up opportunities for strengthening cooperation with Moscow.

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❗️Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have attacked Russian energy infrastructure FOUR TIMES despite the moratorium on attacks on energy facilities, the Defense Ministry said.

A branch of Russia's power company Rosseti was attacked in the Kursk region, leaving more than 1,200 consumers without power.

Another Rosseti branch was attacked in the Belgorod region, leaving more than 1,700 consumers without power.

In addition, the Vasilyevka electrical substation was attacked in the Zaporozhye region, and the Svatovo gas distribution station in Lugansk, where the gas supply to more than 11,000 consumers was cut off.

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🇮🇷🗣 Foreign threats to bomb Iran's nuclear energy infrastructure will inevitably lead to IRREVERSIBLE consequences and are unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Moscow is committed to finding negotiated solutions to eliminate Western prejudices regarding Iran's nuclear program, the ministry added.

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🗣 Foreign companies from Europe and the US have shown interest in the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) before, but not publicly, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Earlier, the Roscongress Foundation said that US companies are planning to participate in SPIEF-2025 and that applications have already been received.

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🔊LIVE NOW: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov gives a press conference after meeting his counterparts from the Alliance of Sahel States

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❗️Ukraine, with West's tacit approval, supports terrorists in the Sahel region — Lavrov

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📹 Russia is willing to contribute to the forming of the ARMED FORCES of the Alliance of Sahel states — Lavrov

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❗️Mali considers Ukraine terrorist state as Sahel militants supported by Kiev — Malian Foreign Minister

"Some states are helping these terrorists [in the Sahel region], organizing the rear for them. For example, Ukraine. For us, Ukraine is a terrorist state," Abdoulaye Diop said.

Ukraine is a sponsor of terrorism and must be stopped, the minister added.

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Hungary ‘opting out’ of GLOBALIST institutions – expert

By choosing to withdraw from International Criminal Court, Hungary shows its policy is “in line with the thinking of the Trump administration," Dr. George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at The Global Policy Institute, told Sputnik.

“It's obviously a major development because this is the first NATO and EU country that had signed on to the ICC, had signed onto the Rome Statute and is now withdrawing… Hungary breaking ranks is significant," he stressed.

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🇭🇺 Hungary withdraws from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it believes that the organization turned from independent to political in recent years — Orban

Hungary's foreign minister is to submit a bill to parliament on Thursday to withdraw from the ICC Rome statute, PM Viktor Orban said.

"The reason [for Hungary's withdrawal from ICC] is that we are convinced that the court is turning into a political one. In other words, in recent years it is no longer an impartial court based on the rule of law, but a political court. And this is most clearly seen in his decision regarding Israel," Orban told a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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📹 Vance confirms Musk will STAY ON as a White House adviser once he steps away from DOGE

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