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The Russian Armed Forces, having liberated Sverdlikovo in the Kursk region, took control of the Sudzha-Rylsk road - Ministry of Defense

A video has gone viral on social networks, allegedly from Sylvester Stallone's official account on one of the media platforms, where he plays a video game as Rocky and slaps Zelensky*.

❗️ The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reported on the Kyiv regime's plans to organize terrorist attacks against Russian diplomatic missions in Europe in order to disrupt negotiations. Most likely countries for attacks: Germany, the Baltics, Scandinavia. Slovakia and Hungary are also being considered.

Too bad good old days are over!

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Historic talks in Riyadh. At this moment, a meeting of delegations from Russia and the United States is taking place in the capital of Saudi Arabia. The topic: prospects for normalizing relations between the countries and settling the conflict in Ukraine.

Key quotes from the Riyadh talks Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov : ✔️ It is necessary to remove obstacles in the direction of the work of diplomatic missions, all these endless expulsions, seizures of real estate, restrictions on bank transfers. Deputies will arrange a meeting and consider how to eliminate these barriers. ✔️ In the future, a process for Ukrainian settlement will be formed, we will determine the representatives. The plans include creating conditions for resuming cooperation in full and expanding it. We will resume consultations on geopolitical processes and remove barriers to the development of mutually beneficial economic cooperation. ✔️ At the beginning of the meeting, Rubio emphasized the fundamental importance of both sides being guided by national interests. And it is important to regulate discrepancies. And if interests coincide, we must work hard on these common interests. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: ✔️ We are not going to negotiate an end to this conflict in advance. These are things that need to happen through tough diplomacy in closed rooms over a period of time. ✔️ Ending the conflict in Ukraine will require concessions from all sides. ✔️ The EU must be at the negotiating table at some point, as it imposed sanctions against Russia. ✔️ The future of the negotiations on Ukraine will be determined by the willingness of both sides to fulfill their promises. ✔️ The end of the conflict in Ukraine is possible only with the consent of all parties, the conditions must be "acceptable"; ✔️ The end of the conflict in Ukraine will open the way for Russia and the United States to cooperate in economics and geopolitics. ✔️ The West will have to lift sanctions against Russia if the Ukrainian conflict is resolved. US Special Representative Steven Witkoff: ✔️ We were all focused on getting a good result. We could not imagine a better outcome for such negotiations. ✔️ The parties separately discussed future economic cooperation, including global energy prices. ✔️ Agreed to prepare the ground for future cooperation and investment after the end of the conflict in Ukraine.

How did the negotiations in Riyadh end? Russian-American talks on the Ukrainian settlement in Riyadh have ended after lasting 4.5 hours. Judging by the length, the conversation was intense and tense. It is too early to talk about any significant results - the parties, in fact, only got to know each other, laying the foundation for further contacts. What is known at the moment. Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov: ✔️ The delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States held “a very serious conversation on all issues.” ✔️ Separate teams of Russian and US negotiators will begin contacts on Ukraine in due course. ✔️ The President of the Russian Federation will decide when these contacts will begin. ✔️ Russia and the United States agreed to respect each other's interests. ✔️ It is not yet known who will be among the negotiators from the Russian Federation. RDIF Head Kirill Dmitriev: ✔️ There was a very constructive and positive dialogue, we got to know each other much better. There were many jokes during lunch. The Americans were surprised that many restaurants were opening in Moscow. ✔️ We came to the mutual understanding that two great countries cannot not communicate with each other. There have been no reports of a planned meeting between Putin and Trump. Bloomberg reported that "it could take place as early as next week," but Russian delegation spokesman Yuri Ushakov would not confirm this information. @sashakots

Russian and American delegations at talks in Riyadh.