Interstate relations

The American side did not support the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold a conversation with US President Joe Biden in the format of a videoconference in an open mode to discuss bilateral problems.

The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to China immediately after difficult negotiations between representatives of Beijing and Washington in Alaska is not directed against other states.

Kiev refused to fully comply with the ceasefire in Donbass. This became known following the results of the latest videoconference of political advisers to the heads of the Normandy Four, which includes Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France.

Local media reports, that civil servants who had access to classified information have been detained.

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President noted, that the Kremlin hopes for the best, but is ready for an unpleasant turn of events.

US Secretary Anthony Blinken accused China of cyber attacks, economic blackmail of Washington's allies, human rights violations in Hong Kong and oppression of Uighurs.

The bill provides for the allocation of multimillion-dollar financial assistance to Kiev to protect it from aggression from Russia and to advance along the path of reforms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Joe Biden health, who earlier spoke very insultingly about him.

Permanent Representative of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic's government Georgy Muradov called the sanctions barriers around the Russian Crimea "complete stupidity and stupidity".

The deputy of the German Bundestag Waldemar Gerdt commented on the statement of the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnik, who called on Berlin to contribute to the "return" of Crimea to Kiev.

The US Department of Commerce intends to extend export restrictions on Russia due to the situation with blogger Alexei Navalny.

US President Joe Biden said in an interview with ABC News that he considered Russian President Vladimir Putin a "killer."

Europe made mistakes in its dialogue with Moscow, Christoph Leitl, president of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, as it is said in an article in the Austrian edition of Kurier.

The accusations of American intelligence against Russia of interfering in the US presidential elections are groundless. This was announced at the embassy in Washington.

The North Korean authorities responded with threats.