📷The 5th Art and Industrial Exhibition-Forum "Unique Russia" is being held in Moscow from January 23 to February 9, 2025.
It brings together more than 50 special projects of patriotic, social and spiritual themes. This year more than 70 regions of Russia and international delegations are taking part in the event.
▪️Russia has been always ready for dialogue with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin
▪️The new Syrian authorities have unilaterally canceled the investment contract on the management of Syria’s Tartus seaport, without notifying Russia of the decision, two sources told TASS
▪️Air defense forces shot down 121 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over 13 Russian regions overnight, Russia's Defense Ministry reported
▪️The Russian Armed Forces liberated nine settlements over the past week, the Russian defense ministry said
▪️Russia’s nuclear umbrella also covers Belarus and can be used in the same framework scenarios as Russia would for defense purposes, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said in an interview with TASS
▪️On Saturday, January 25, Palestine’s radical Hamas movement will release four Israeli servicewomen, who are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip, said Abu Ubaida, spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
▪️More than 3,000 vehicles carrying humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza since the ceasefire began, Al Jazeera reported
▪️The permanent representatives of 27 European Union member states have approved the suspension of the EU’s visa waiver for Georgian diplomats due to the country’s so-called diplomatic setback, a source in an EU nation’s delegation told TASS
▪️The International Chess Federation (FIDE) ruled to allow Under-18 players from Russia and Belarus to participate in international team competitions, the press office of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) announced in a statement
