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Crew Dragon ship with Russian cosmonaut Peskov on board on its way to ISS
NEW YORK, March 15. /TASS/. The US Crew Dragon spacecraft belonging to SpaceX with Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov as a member of the Crew-10 mission has taken off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, with NASA's website broadcasting the launch.


The Falcon 9 vehicle carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft took off from the launch pad of the US Space Force base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:04 p.m. local time (11:04 p.m. GMT). Accompanying Peskov into orbit are NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Saturday evening. Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov and US astronauts Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams are expected to leave the ISS aboard the Crew Dragon in mid-March.

Roscosmos and NASA have a seat-swap agreement for flights to the ISS. Under the deal, some US astronauts fly to the ISS aboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft, while some Russian cosmonauts fly on board America’s Crew Dragon capsules. Maxim Kharlamov, head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, told TASS in January that the agreement was extended until the end of 2026.

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How Russia’s Economy Has Survived Putin’s War
March 13th, 2025, 2:02 PM PDT

Despite years of sanctions for annexing Crimea and a later full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s economy endured. Now, with Donald Trump shifting global alliances, it’s Europe that’s at a crossroads. (Source: Bloomberg)

 
"Employee of one of the supervisory authorities of the Russian Federation was detained for treason"
23 марта, 23:45, обновлено 23 марта, 23:51 Видео
According to the FSB, the detainee proactively gave the Ukrainian side information about the ongoing work to protect industrial and energy facilities of border areas
MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. The FSB detained for treason an employee of one of the control and supervisory authorities of the Russian Federation. This was reported by TASS in the Center for Public Relations (TSOS) of the FSB of Russia.

"An employee of the central office of one of the supervisory authorities of the Russian Federation on suspicion of treason was detained," the DEC reported.

According to the investigation, he established cooperation on a confidential basis with representatives of Ukraine to assist in activities against the security of the Russian Federation. "In 2024, the detainee proactively gave the Ukrainian side information about the ongoing work to protect industrial and energy facilities of the border territories of the Russian Federation, as well as the locations of the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," the FSB said.

The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia opened a criminal case under article. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (high treason). The detainee was taken into custody.

Ex-Deputy head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov did not plead guilty to embezzlement
24 марта, 02:48, обновлено 24 марта, 03:13
MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. Former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov pleaded not guilty about 216 million rubles when buying two ferries for the Kerch ferry and withdrawing more than 3.9 billion rubles from Interkommerts, TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom.

"I can't admit guilt," the defendant said.

His former subordinate Anton Filatov also denied all charges. They are charged with the theft of about 216 million rubles on two episodes of embezzlement and the legalization of more than 3.92 billion rubles from the Intercommerz Bank. The organizer of all criminal acts, the state prosecution considers Timur Ivanov.

Ivanov withdrew more than 3.92 billion rubles from the Interkommerts bank with other defendants, the prosecutor said. Thus, the amount of theft imputed to the defendants in all episodes is 4.1 billion rubles.



MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. The fire from the burning shopping center in Rostov-on-Don spread to the roof of a residential building. This was reported by TASS in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.

“The fire spread to the roof of a standing five-story house, residents are being evacuated,” the ministry said.

The department added that the specialists of the laboratory were sent to the site of the fire for testing for the excess of harmful substances in the air. The area of fire is 800 sq. m. 15 people were evacuated from the house.

Later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the open burning was eliminated.

A building under construction in the center of Moscow, TASS was reported in operational services.

The area of the fire was 100 square meters. m, said the Agency interlocutor.

Later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on the elimination of open combustion on an area of 150 square meters.

The press service said that the fire occurred on the roof of a six-story building under construction. “There was no information about the victims. Fire and rescue units are on site. The information is being clarified," the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The consultations between Russia and the United States in Riyadh, as well as the attacks of the APU on energy facilities, were the main topics of Peskov’s briefing on March 24.

In the collision of a regular bus and a truck on the highway Simferopol - Evpatoria 6 people were killed. Another 37 people were taken to medical institutions, 22 of them were hospitalized.

TASS gathered the main thing about the incident.

Circumstances of the accident

A regular bus and a truck collided on the Simferopol-Yevpatoriya highway.

There were 32 people on the bus.According to preliminary information, the bus, driven by a man born in 1963, traveling along the Arkadyevka-Simferopol route, hit a truck with grain parked on the side of the road.

The bus belongs to the regional state enterprise "Krymtrolleybus", according to information on the organization's website.

Victims and injured

According to the latest data, 6 people died as a result of the accident.As reported by the Crimean Ministry of Health, 37 people, including 8 minors, were taken to medical institutions.

As a result of the examination, 22 of them were hospitalized, including a minor.

The condition of four patients is assessed as serious, 18 people are in a moderate condition.

Investigation

The regional prosecutor's office is supervising the investigation into the accident.

Two criminal cases have been opened - for violating traffic rules and for providing services that do not meet safety requirements.

The driver of the bus that collided with a truck in Crimea is sober and claims that he was blinded by the sun at the time of the accident, according to data from the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has been detained.

Investigators are seizing travel and accompanying documentation.Automotive and other necessary examinations have been ordered.

Eyewitnesses of the incident and passengers of the bus have been questioned.

Trump said that the United States and Ukraine agreed on a deal on rare earth metals, will soon be signed:

The infrastructure of the provider Lovit was attacked from the United States, Germany, Sweden
MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. DDoS attack on the infrastructure of the provider Lovit comes mainly from abroad, in particular from the USA, Germany, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, France and other countries. This was reported by TASS in the press service of Roskomnadzor (RKN).

“On March 21, the infrastructure of the provider Lovit was subjected to a massive DDoS attack mainly from abroad. The geography of attacking servers and botnets: the United States, Germany, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, France, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Russia.

As reminded in the RCN, the DDoS-attack began at 09:58 Moscow time on March 21. Its power at the peak was up to 219.06 Gbit / s, the speed - up to 22.39 million packets per second. “As of 13:44 Moscow time, it is still ongoing on March 24. However, its capacity has decreased to 36.59 Gbit / s, and the speed - to 4.01 million packages per second, "the press service added.

Specialists of the Center for Monitoring and Maintenance of the Public Communication Network (CMU SSOP), subordinated to Roskomnadzor, continue to help the provider to repel a cyber attack using the National DDoS Attacks.

MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. The fire occurred in a building under construction in the center of Moscow, TASS was reported in operational services.

The area of the fire was 100 square meters. m, said the Agency interlocutor.

Later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on the elimination of open combustion on an area of 150 square meters.

The press service said that the fire occurred on the roof of a six-story building under construction. “There was no information about the victims. Fire and rescue units are on site. The information is being clarified," the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

"RUSSIA CELEBRATES AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR DAYOn March 24, Russia honors the specialists whose precision and expertise are vital to military aviation — the navigators of the Aerospace Force"
 
MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. Despite statements by Vladimir Zelensky about the purported cessation of attacks on Russian energy facilities, over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army continued strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Over the past 24 hours, the Kiev regime has continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities," it said in a statement.

According to the ministry, the Kiev regime has just increased the number of attacks on energy infrastructure in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions, despite Zelensky’s claims.


Rospotrebnadzor monitors information on cases of illness with an allegedly unknown virus, the necessary information has been requested:
MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. Specialists of Rospotrebnadzor took control of information about cases of the disease with an allegedly unknown virus, the necessary information was requested. This was reported to journalists in the press service of Rospotrebnadzor.

Earlier in the Telegram channel Shot there was information that in Russia a virus that causes high fever and blood during expectoration, while tests for covid and influenza in patients are negative.

“Specialists of Rospotrebnadzor took control of reports of cases of the alleged unknown virus, which were distributed in the Telegram channel. The administration of the Telegram channel requests all available information related to the publication”, – stated in the message.

The situation is under the control of Rospotrebnadzo

False information is circulating on X of an attempted assassination of Putin.

 
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FSB cracks down on Scientology cell in Russia's Kaliningrad Distribution of Scientology literature and materials was outlawed in Russia in 2016, when it was legally classified a ‘cult’


In Taganrog due to the attack of the UAV injured two people
Acting Governor of the region Yuri Slyusar said that damaged two apartment buildings

ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 1. /TASS/. Two people were slightly injured due to an UAV attack in the city of Taganrog, Rostov region. There were fires, they were quickly extinguished, said the acting governor of the region Yuri Slyusar.

“According to operational information, because of the attack of the UAV in Taganrog, there was a fire in a 9-storey building on Lisa Chaikana Street, 57 and near a 7-storey building on Lenin Street, 147. <... > Fires are extinguished. At the moment, two people have applied to doctors with mild injuries: burns and cuts. They are being helped. Fortunately, there are no victims,” he wrote on Telegram-каналеthe Telegram channel.

Slyusar added that the houses have a cordon.

The acting governor of the region reported that "at the moment from a multi-storey house on the street Lisa Chaykina, 57, evacuated 85 residents. The house from communications is not disconnected, according to experts, the bearing structures of the house were not affected. After the survey by sappers, the tenants will be allowed to return to the apartments.

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Zakharova called vaudeville accusations of Moldova and a video at the Russian Embassy in Chisinau
1 April, 11:19
Maria Zakharova called the vaudeville scandal in the media with a video recording at the Russian Embassy in Chisinau and accusations from the authorities of Moldova of interfering in the internal affairs of the republic: https://vk.cc/cKpTWz
MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called vaudeville scandal in the media with a video at the Russian Embassy in Chisinau and accusations from the authorities of Moldova of interference in the internal Affairs of the Republic.

Chisinau tried to unleash a topic with some video around the Russian embassy, to be attached to the Russian ambassador for allegedly interfering in the internal affairs of Moldova (or with the help of [Moldavian President Maya] Sandu Romania?). The vaudeville is simple. Comment on the exhausted footage and video clipping Sandu is an empty matter,” the diplomat wrote on the Telegram channel.

But I would like to remind everyone: assistance to Russian citizens is a direct responsibility of Russian diplomats. So it was, is and will be,” added Zakharova.

The head of the Information and Security Service of Moldova, Alexander Mustyatse, said at a briefing on Monday that the Russian Embassy allegedly helped the deputy of the parliament from the Victory bloc, Alexander Nesterovsky, to hide from justice. According to him, Nesterovsky the day before the verdict was allowed to get to the territory of the diplomatic mission, and the next day by car with diplomatic numbers was taken to Transnistria. As evidence, the head of the service cited video.

Violation of the moratorium by Ukraine and the Black Sea initiative. What Lavrov said
1 апреля, 08:54
Russia has handed over to the United States, as well as to the UN and the OSCE, information on how Ukraine violates the moratorium on strikes on power facilities, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

He also noted that Moscow made specific proposals for the practical implementation of the Black Sea initiative.

TASS collected key statements of the foreign Minister.

On the violation of Ukraine moratorium on strikes on the energy infrastructure

Lavrov and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine’s non-compliance with a moratorium on strikes on the energy infrastructure:

“Belousov said that the moratorium is not observed, the energy facilities of the Russian Federation are being attacked all this time, maybe with a break for one or two days, and listed all the objects that were the targets of Ukrainian drones, over the past time. And I continued in the same direction.”

Russia gave the United States, as well as to its representatives in the UN and the OSCE, information on how Ukraine violates the moratorium on attacks on energy facilities, “so that they show in the work on specific facts, what is the word of the Ukrainian authorities of the current one, if you can call it power.”

Moscow “100%” observes a moratorium on strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Contacts with the United States

Russia and the United States are preparing a new meeting on the elimination of irritants in bilateral relations and the normalization of contacts, “there are telephone contacts, via video conference”:

“We see the emerging progress and the desire of American partners to remove these completely unacceptable obstacles to the normal work of diplomats in the capitals.”

It was not Russia that began to quarrel the work of diplomats: “Other Obama administration was actively noted in this field.”

The Black Sea Initiative

Russia needs “not empty promises, but concrete deeds” within the framework of the Black Sea initiative, the American side promised to “respond to respond soon.”

Putin at a meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council asked to talk about a meeting with the United States on the idea of resuming the Black Sea initiative.

“Moscow made concrete proposals for the practical implementation of the Black Sea initiative: “We supported, as I said, the readiness of the United States, which was fixed on paper after the meeting on March 24, but added concrete proposals on how this can be done in practice.”

Such proposals are absolutely necessary to not repeat the sad experience of the original Berne-Morean initiative approved in July 2022, which was made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “The Ukrainian part worked all this time, we have complied with our obligations. With regard to the Russian interests, which were enshrined as the obligations of our partners within the framework of that initiative, nothing was done.

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Putin held a Security Council meeting on the terrorist threat and the implementation of agreements with Ukraine to end attacks on energy infrastructure: Today we will discuss additional measures to combat the terrorist threat. This is a very important issue, and no further comments are necessary. But before we begin the discussion, I would like to ask Belousov a question. How are we implementing the agreements between Russia and Ukraine aimed at stopping attacks on energy systems?
 

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