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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 20.11.2023 Ukraine MOD 20 Nov 2023
• Russia urges Britain to avoid involvement in Ukraine crisis People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- Moscow urged Britain to stop its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, local media reported on Monday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of Ukrainian Euromaidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Nov 2023
• Kiev Loses Over 130 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 20 Nov 2023 -- Russia repelled one Ukrainian attack, and Kiev lost more than 130 soldiers and 9 equipment units in the Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

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Foreign Policy

• Xi, Putin congratulate meeting of China-Russia dialogue mechanism between ruling parties Global Times 20 Nov 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday respectively sent congratulatory letters to the 10th meeting of the dialogue mechanism between the ruling parties of China and Russia. The fact that the two leaders attach such importance to the dialogue mechanism between ruling parties shows that this kind of mechanism serves as an important pillar of bilateral relations, and also that China and Russia are willing to jointly enhance close communication of this kind between ruling parties, said Chinese experts.
• Russia vows retaliation against Finland's anti-Russian actions People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- A senior official from the Russian Foreign Ministry has pledged that Russia will retaliate against any anti-Russian measures taken by Finland, local media reported on Monday.
• Russia Lodges Protest to Finnish Ambassador Over Closure of Border Checkpoints Sputnik 20 Nov 2023 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry has lodged protest to Finnish Ambassador Antti Helantera over Helsinki's decision to close border checkpoints between the countries, the ministry said on Monday.
• Press release on the continuing evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Nov 2023
• Congratulations to Javier Gerardo Milei on his election as President of Argentina President of Russia 20 Nov 2023 -- Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Javier Gerardo Milei on his election as President of the Argentine Republic.

News Reports

• Kyrgyz Court Releases Kadyrov Critic, But Orders His Deportation RFE/RL 20 Nov 2023 -- A court in Bishkek has ruled that Russian citizen Mansur Movlayev, an outspoken critic of the authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who was sentenced in Kyrgyzstan earlier in October to six months in prison for illegal border-crossing, must be released but that his deportation order to Russia remains in force.