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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a media question during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, March 1, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Russia Liberates Three Villages Near Avdeyevka Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Troops also repelled 48 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in which Kiev's losses amounted to more than 2,600 soldiers and 23 tanks, including US-made Abrams, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 14:30 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 13:30 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using fixed-wing UAVs against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 12:00 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch terrorist attack using fixed-wing UAVs against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• US, UK, French Military Officers Present in Ukraine - Russian FM Lavrov Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- The military officers of the United States, United Kingdom and France are present in Ukraine, not just mercenaries from those countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.
• Russia Ready to Hand Over to Ukraine Bodies of Those Died in Il-76 Crash Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has told Sputnik that Russia is ready to hand over to Ukraine the bodies of those killed in the crash of the Russian cargo plane Il-76 in the Belgorod Region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council President of Russia 01 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.
• Guard missile cruiser Varyag arrives in Sri Lanka Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- Today, the Pacific Fleet's flagship - the guard missile cruiser Varyag - has made a business call at the port of Colombo, the Republic of Sri Lanka.
• Two Tu-142M3 ASW aircraft make flights over Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific Fleet Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- Two Tu-142M3 antisubmarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet Naval Aviation made the training flights over Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific Fleet.
• Yoshkar-Ola missile formation test-fires the Yars mobile solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple warhead Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a unit of the Yoshkar-Ola missile formation has test-fired the Yars mobile solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a multiple warhead.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions at the special session of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, March 1, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Republic of Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Minister Joly announces additional ban on imports of Russian diamonds Canada 01 Mar 2024 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada, alongside G7 partners, is imposing additional import restrictions on Russian diamonds under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations.
• Ukraine: Switzerland implements the EU's 13th package of sanctions Federal Council - Swiss Government 01 Mar 2024 -- The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), which is responsible for sanctions, decided on 29 February to impose further sanctions against Russia. Switzerland is thus joining the 13th sanctions package of the European Union (EU), adopted in response to Russia's ongoing military aggression against Ukraine over the past two years. The measures will enter into force at 6pm on 1 March.

News Reports

• Navalny Buried In Moscow As Tens Of Thousands Risk Arrest To Say Farewell RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison under mysterious circumstances, was laid to rest in a cemetery near his childhood home in Moscow as tens of thousands of supporters defiantly risked reprisal from the authorities as police kept them from joining in the services.
• Thousands Defy Putin to Pay Respects to Navalny VOA 01 Mar 2024 -- Top U.S. diplomats in Russia paid their respects Friday to Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, saying he "remains a shining example of what Russia could and should be."
• Russia-China 5G, Satellite Cooperation Poses Risk For Ukraine, Report Warns RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- Russia is increasing its cooperation with China in 5G and satellite technology and this could facilitate Moscow's military aggression against Ukraine, a report by the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) security think tank warns.
• The Week In Russia: 'Sinking Into Darkness' RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- As Aleksei Navalny's family prepared to bury him, Russians remembered Boris Nemtsov, assassinated near the Kremlin nine years ago, and a leading human rights activist, Oleg Orlov, was sentenced to prison for his criticism of the war against Ukraine.
• Kasparov Says Russia May Shed Some Territories If It Loses War In Ukraine RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- Self-exiled Russian opposition politician and co-founder of the Free Russia Forum Garry Kasparov told RFE/RL in an interview on March 1 that Russia's current borders may "not necessarily remain" if Moscow loses the war in Ukraine but stressed that a total dissolution of Russia is unlikely.
• Wanted Former Wirecard Executive Spied For Russia For Years, Investigative Journalists Say RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- The former chief operating officer of the defunct German fintech giant Wirecard, who fled to Russia in 2020 to evade possible prosecution on embezzlement and fraud charges, spied for Moscow for years, according to an investigation by German, Austrian, and Russian media outlets published on March 1.