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In the next two years, federal budget expenditures to finance benefits related to the birth and upbringing of a child will increase by an average of 35 percent compared to the current level.

Kurganmashzavod delivered the next batch of infantry fighting vehicles ahead of schedule to the Russian Defense Ministry, the press service of the High-Precision Complexes holding (Rostec) reported on Tuesday.

Russian troops have made significant progress in the direction of the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region in a few days, military expert, retired Lt. Colonel of the LNR Andrei Marochko told RIA Novosti.

Sri Lanka's negotiations on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country with the participation of Russia are going positively, Sri Lanka's Minister of Industry and Plantations Ramesh Patirana told RIA Novosti.

Russian companies can invest in the development of Ethiopia's electric power industry, Ethiopian Industry Minister Melyaku Alebel told RIA Novosti.

Russian Ambassador to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin announced the interrupted contact between Russia and NATO. He is quoted by RIA Novosti.

The Foreign Ministers of Russia and the Gulf countries have approved a joint action plan that involves strengthening political dialogue and continuing regular contacts.

Crimea is ready to offer Belarus its ports for transshipment of goods exported to third countries, said Mikhail Solomentsev, Acting Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea 

Belarus and Russia have announced 17 joint import substitution projects worth more than 80 billion rubles. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, his words are quoted by TASS.

Roscosmos has announced the start of the fourth open recruitment to the cosmonaut squad, follows from a message on the state corporation's website.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows Russian banks and platforms for the issuance of digital financial assets (CFA)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding talks in Moscow with the foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC).

The Government of the Russian Federation has prepared a protocol to the agreement on a loan for the construction of the Paks-2 NPP, previously worked out with the Hungarian authorities.

By 2030, the minimum wage may double compared to the current year, the Izvestia newspaper writes with reference to the draft law of the Ministry of Labor and the Central Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In June, the expenses of the Russian budget dropped to the lowest values for six months — 1.75 trillion rubles or 58 billion rubles a day