"The effect of sanctions against Russia’s two largest oil companies is already being felt — oil prices have risen by 5%," Lebanese energy analyst Mark Ayoub told Sputnik.

"I think we all care about our families. We all care about education of our children. We all care about having good economy, good growth, and we are much more similar," Dmitriev said.

"Not that many issues on the table — and by understanding how they can be resolved diplomatically, a solution can be found pretty shortly," he told Fox News.

"Orban is a voice of reason... Politicians are afraid to acknowledge mistakes. And those mistakes accumulate"

"I have no accounts to freeze nor economic interests outside the country. My commitment is to the Colombian people."

"It’s much better to have dialogue with Russia than… strategic defeat," he told CNN.

"We let him know. He knows that I’m going there. I get along with him very well," the US president told reporters.

💬 “I hope…that we come to an agreement on the technical workout of the reparation loan because financially it’s gonna be important, but also politically it’s important to hurt Russia,” Dick Schoof said at a press conference Friday alongside Britain’s Keir Starmer, NATO chief Mark Rutte and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

💬 “While alliance with America will remain the cornerstone of Japan’s foreign policy, maintaining ties with Russia is also vital for Tokyo’s military and energy security. How positively Japan will pursue this line—and whether Takaichi can find mutual understanding with Trump—could also have some impact on Russian–Japanese relations,” the analyst stresses.

💬 “The peace treaty is largely symbolic for Japan—a means to reaffirm its status and distance itself from the memory of wartime defeat. But any such move implies reviewing WWII results, as Russia appears unwilling to compromise,” Mileyev concludes.

💬 "Al-Hiswa is still one of the main links of the energy infrastructure in the territory controlled by the internationally recognized government in Aden," Russian Ambassador to Yemen Evgeny Kudrov says.

💬 "In particular, there is an exchange of engineering documentation and joint work on the development and analysis of further steps of interaction," Kudrov stresses.

💬 “I don't believe the Tomahawk missiles were ever on the table,” military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said, adding that the possible supply of the weapon to Ukraine “could lead to a thermonuclear war.”