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Peter Szijjarto said that EU leaders would like Hungary to have "a government that serves their interests"BUDAPEST, August 14. /TASS/. European Union leaders, along with Ukraine, seeking a change of government in Hungary, are openly supporting the political opposition in the country, hoping for its victory in the 2026 parliamentary election, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said, commenting on a report from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) saying that Brussels and Kiev want Prime Minister Viktor Orban ousted from his position. EU leaders would like Hungary to have "a government that serves their interests, refrain...

The participants have also spoken in favor of firm security guarantees for UkraineLONDON, August 13. /TASS/. The European ‘Coalition of the Willing’ urged to toughen anti-Russian sanctions if the forthcoming talks between the presidents of Russia and the United States in Alaska fail to produce a ceasefire, according to a statement released by the UK Prime Minister’s Office. The participants of the recent online meeting on Ukraine "were clear that the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine," reads the joint statement, published on behalf of the meeting’s co-chairs - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President...

"It is impossible to talk about Ukraine without Ukraine," Vladimir Zelensky said OSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. Ukraine will not recognize the decision taken at the Russia-US summit in Alaska without its participation, Vladimir Zelensky said. "It is impossible to talk about Ukraine without Ukraine, and no one will recognize that. That’s why this conversation may be important for their [Russia-US] bilateral track, but they cannot decide anything on Ukraine without us. I hope the US president understands that and takes into account," the head of the Kiev regime said at a forum. On August 8, Trump announced that he was...

"Expect further steps," Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman addedMOSCOW, August 4. /TASS/. The lifting of a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-and shorter-range missiles (INF) is a new reality that Russia’s opponents must deal with now, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. "The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles is the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy. This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with. Expect further steps," he wrote on the X social network. On August 4, the Russian Foreign...

"The plan involves organizing a major act of sabotage the losses of which would allow the transportation of Russian oil to be declared a threat to all international shipping," the document saidMOSCOW, August 4. /TASS/. The UK's secret services are planning to enlist NATO allies in a large-scale operation targeting the "shadow fleet," which could lead to an environmental disaster in international waters, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement obtained by TASS. "British secret services are planning ecological disaster in international waters. The press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the...

"If a major comprehensive Russian-American agreement is reached in the coming weeks or months, the world will become a safer place and the risk of a third World War can be eliminated," the Hungarian foreign minister believesBUDAPEST, July 23. /TASS/. A comprehensive cooperation agreement between Russia and the United States is required to resolve the military conflict in Ukraine, a move that would benefit the security of the whole world, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who is taking part in UN events, said. "To end the war in Ukraine, a major comprehensive, multifaceted Russian-American cooperation agreement is needed," he told...

"Pressure is coming directly from the embassies of Germany and Britain, as well as from a number of politicians close to Alexander Soros’s circle," the source addedMOSCOW, July 21. /TASS/. Germany and the UK are exerting pressure on Belgrade in order to remove politicians advocating stronger ties with Russia from the Serbian government, a Serbian source told TASS. "The West has been putting pressure lately for Milos Andjic, a politician who calls for good and close relations with Russia, to be removed from the position of chief of staff of the Serbian prime minister and security advisor," he said. "Pressure...

"The Russian side has repeatedly stated that a deployment of armed forces of other countries in Ukraine under any pretense would be absolutely unacceptable and it would regard this as preparations for foreign military intervention," Maria Zakharova statedMOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. Russia treats the idea of the "coalition of the willing" to create a multinational force as a plan of military intervention and will regard its units in Ukraine as legitimate targets, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The diplomat was commenting on the outcome of the coalition’s earlier meeting. Following the event, the office of UK Prime Minister...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of orchestrating the migrant crisis that the United Kingdom is struggling with."Yes, folks, there is one ultimate beneficiary of this whole nightmare, and that is Emmanuel Macron of France. As he made clear during his press conference with [UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer, the French president is blatantly using this crisis to make a political point – namely that Brexit Britain has been unable to control its borders," Johnson wrote in a Friday article for the Daily Mail newspaper. Johnson claimed that all of the...

The secretary of state added that the US president was also disappointed by the lack of progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace processKUALA LUMPUR, July 10. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump has been frustrated by the rigidity on the Russian side over the conflict in Ukraine. Nevertheless, the United States is prepared to continue dialogue for reconciliation. "The president has been pretty clear: he is disappointed and frustrated that there’s not been more flexibility on the Russian side to bring about an end to this conflict. We hope that can change. We are going to...

According to the portal, the new US administration does not consider Europe to be a partner, but as a "political battleground"BRUSSELS, July 8. /TASS/. The US is taking steps to carry out a "regime change" in the EU, trying to rig elections to put far-right forces in power to "turn Europe and allies like Canada and Mexico into US vassals," said Caroline de Gruyter in a column she contributed to the Brussels portal EUobserver. EUobserver previously always expressed the interests of the globalist European elite, which prevails among the supranational officials of the EU and NATO, as well as their...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interview to Magyar Nemzet, a Hungarian newspaper, discussing Moscow’s stance on peace talks with Ukraine, and NATO’s expansion as a pivotal risk to national security. He also addressed Russia’s pragmatic relations with Hungary and dismissed claims of imperial ambitions in Europe.Is Russia genuinely seeking peaceful settlement, or is all of that just playing for time in order to adjust the military strategy by redeploying troops or mobilizing supplies to the line of contact?Russia has always been and remains open to a political and diplomatic settlement in Ukraine. However, it must bring durable peace,...

"There will be no exceptions to this policy," the US leader warnedWASHINGTON, July 7. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 10% tariff on countries supporting policies being pursued by the BRICS grouping. "Any country aligning themselves with the anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an additional 10% tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy," the US leader warned on his Truth Social media platform. In June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who also serves as Russia’s BRICS Sherpa, told the TASS Analytical Center in an interview that the developments at BRICS...

On July 3, Putin and Trump held a phone conversationWASHINGTON, July 5. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump acknowledged that Russia has been able to cope with the sanctions imposed on it and called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a professional. "We talk about sanctions a lot," the US leader told reporters, recalling his July 3 telephone conversation with Putin. "He has been able to manage sanctions," Trump said, referring to his Russian counterpart. "But these are pretty binding sanctions," he added, referring to the possibility of new anti-Russian restrictions in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. "Now we talk about...

Zelensky described the conversation with the US leader as "very important and useful"MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky discussed air defense and the situation on the front line with US President Donald Trump amid reports about a pause in Washington’s weapons supplies to Kiev. "We discussed air defense opportunities and agreed to work toward increasing the protection of the skies. And we agreed to hold a corresponding meeting between our teams," Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel following a phone call with Trump. Zelensky described the conversation as "very important and useful" and said that Trump "is very well...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine has stopped receiving any military supplies from the US, including shells and spare parts, the Economist has reported, citing Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian officials believe that the administration of US President Donald Trump tries to push Ukraine for political concessions by halting the supplies, the media said. Since January, Trump has not made any new commitments regarding weapons for Ukraine, it recalled. On Tuesday, US media reported that the Pentagon paused deliveries of certain air defense missiles and precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that the US's own stock was running critically low. White House spokeswoman Anna...

Yulia Zhdanova, head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said that the negotiations should aim to find ways to reconcile these positionsMOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. The settlement memorandums that Russia and Ukraine exchanged are absolute opposites of each other, said Yulia Zhdanova, head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control. "During a speech to the press on June 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that our country is fundamentally ready for a third round of talks with Kiev. We assume that its agenda will include...

The Kremlin said after the last conversation that its topic was the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power station, Ukraine’s shelling of the civilian infrastructure of Donbass, and prospects for a grain deal that subsequently failed due to the policies of Western countriesMOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. The Presidents of Russia and France, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, have spoken over the phone for the first time in almost three years, according to TASS calculations. The last such conversation, of which the Kremlin informed, took place on September 11, 2022. The Kremlin said in a statement after the last conversation that...

These protests are, in his words, advantageous for the West, which is reluctant to cooperate with the Serbian president, who, despite being oriented toward the EU, "holds a principally different position, defends Serbia’s sovereignty," and acts in the interests of his countryMOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. The kindling for a color revolution in Serbia was laid in 2024, and now it is burning slow, with the authorities at risk of being ousted, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said. "Anti-Serbian forces, mainly from abroad, used these protests in their vile interests," he said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 television channel....

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a church in the Dweila district of​​ Damascusm Syria, on Sunday. It's been confirmed that 8 people were killed and more than 20 injured as a result of the attack, a Sputnik correspondent reports. Women and children are said to be among the victims of the explosion. The terrorist who attacked the church was a member of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, banned in Russia), the Syrian Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "A militant belonging to the terrorist organization IS stormed the Church of St. Elijah in the Duweila...