🇺🇸JD Vance visits Christianity’s holiest site in Jerusalem

US Vice President JD Vance visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, joined by representatives of the Armenian, Greek, and Latin Patriarchates — the traditional custodians of the site.

He paused to pray at the Stone of Anointment, where Jesus’ body is said to have been prepared for burial.

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🙅‍♀️ ‘No particular problems for Russia’ — Russian MFA spox shrugs off new US-EU sanctions

🗣 Taking aim at Washington’s sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the move was “entirely counterproductive”, adding that the measures won’t cause any real damage.

Commenting on the EU's new sanctions, she noted that Brussels’ restrictive measures have “largely exhausted themselves,” and warned that Moscow would respond in a measured but decisive way.

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🇷🇺 Putin: Russia strengthens digital rights protection

Russia is “consistently implementing a set of measures to protect citizens’ digital rights” and “introducing advanced methods of ensuring cybersecurity,” Vladimir Putin said in a written greeting to participants of the Eurasian Ombudsman Alliance meeting in Moscow.

👉The president noted that the rapid development of AI and digital technologies brings not only new opportunities but also “serious risks.”

✅Putin emphasized that “Russia remains open to sharing experience and active cooperation with foreign partners” in safeguarding digital rights.

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🚨🗣'Stupid political stunt' - JD Vance on Knesset vote on West Bank 

US Vice President JD Vance called the recent West Bank vote “weird” and a "stupid political stunt."

He stressed that the Trump administration’s policy remains clear: the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel.

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🇷🇺Lavrov: 'Human rights must not turn into tool for interference'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent greetings to participants of the 9th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Problems of Human Rights Protection: Exchange of Best Practices Among Ombudsmen.”

👉He noted that the forum has become an “authoritative international platform” bringing together experts from the Global Majority, and warned against “the politicization of the human rights agenda by the collective West and its use as a tool to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states.”

Lavrov emphasized that discussions on human rights in the digital era should aim to form a “fair and equal system for regulating digital technologies based on the principles of the UN Charter.”

💬“We need to secure human rights in the digital realm and provide security, protecting people from cyber threats. Our activity should be based on the principles of the UN Charter and further international cooperation. I am quite sure that this time again the conference will demonstrate productive dialogue based on mutual respect and the unique cultural identity of each state. Wishing you the most productive work and all the best.”

He emphasized that discussions should aim to build a “fair and equal system for regulating digital technologies based on the principles of the UN Charter.”

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🇷🇺 Putin emphasizes family as bedrock of Russia's future

At a meeting of the Council on Demographic and Family Policy, President Vladimir Putin outlined the next steps in strengthening Russia’s demographic strategy, highlighting family support as “a key priority across all national projects.”

Key statements:

🔶 Supporting families is an absolute priority — it requires joint efforts from the state, business, society, and the media.

🔶 Russian authorities are focused on a comprehensive approach to demographic challenges.

🔶 The global decline in birth rates is a major challenge worldwide — and Russia is no exception.

🔶 Different countries respond to demographic crises in different ways, including through uncontrolled migration.

🔶 Large families should become the norm in Russia.

🔶 An increasing number of Russians want their families to be large.

🔶 Russia can tackle its demographic challenges by harnessing its own potential and revitalizing the tradition of large families.

🔶 Russia’s demographic policy must be grounded in strong moral and philosophical principles.

🔶 The birth of a child is a personal decision for every family — there must be no pressure or coercion.

🔶 Solving demographic issues is a task for all levels of government, Putin emphasized.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces have struck energy facilities that were supporting the operations of Ukrainian militants' complex enterprises

◻️ Air defense superiority: three guided aerial bombs and 293 fixed-wing UAVs

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,580 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨The conflict in Ukraine would already be over if Europe hadn’t blocked peace efforts - Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that members of the so-called “coalition of the willing” should rather be called “the willing to die for Ukraine.”

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🚨Russia has returned 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine and received 31 bodies of fallen Russian fighters

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🇷🇺 🤝 🇵🇰 'Good relations, great ideas': Pakistan’s ombudswoman praises Russian practices

Strengthening legal awareness in rural areas is key, Ayesha Hamid, ombudswoman of Pakistan's Punjab, tells Sputnik at the Eurasian Ombudman Alliance meeting in Moscow.

She notes her interest in Russia’s outreach programs that send lawyers and civil society representatives to remote communities — an approach Punjab hopes to learn from and apply among its 70 million rural citizens.

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