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Ukraine Invasion

• Deadly Russian Drone Strike Hits Bus In Wave Of Attacks On Ukraine's Regions RFE/RL 23 Apr 2025 -- A Russian drone attack hit a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, local authorities said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission President of Russia 23 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.
• Putin Gives New Orders for Army Tech: 'We Need to Be One Step Ahead' Sputnik 23 Apr 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at a meeting of the Military Industrial Commission proposed to discuss issues related to the development of the armed forces today and in the future.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Apr 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov, Samarkand, April 23, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Apr 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address to participants of the 4th International Youth Forum "Russia - Africa: What's Next?" and the 1st Russia - Africa Young Diplomats Forum, Moscow, April 23, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Apr 2025
• Putin's adviser says Iran-Russia cooperation is more important than ever IRNA 23 Apr 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's economic adviser, Anton Kobyakov, says Tehran-Moscow cooperation has become increasingly important amid a gradual shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order.
• Upon arrival in Beijing, Araghchi hails China, Russia as Iran's strategic partners Press TV 23 Apr 2025 -- The Iranian foreign minister has hailed China and Russia as the country's two strategic partners and close friends, as he arrives in Beijing for consultations with top Chinese officials ahead of the third round of high-stakes talks with the United States on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
• Foreign Ministry statement on reciprocal personal sanctions on UK Parliament members Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Apr 2025

News Reports

• Russia Expels Moldovan Ex-Spy Over Espionage Plot: Here's the Lowdown Sputnik 23 Apr 2025 -- A former Moldovan intelligence agent has been expelled from Russia and banned from entering the country for 60 years, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced.
• Lithuania Accuses Russia, Belarus Of Plotting Violent Attacks On Belarusian Exiles RFE/RL 23 Apr 2025 -- Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD) says it has uncovered a covert operation by Russian and Belarusian intelligence services aimed at inciting violence against Belarusian exiles living in Lithuania.