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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of the Initiative Technical Council under the Presidential Directorate for State Defence Industry Policy President of Russia 16 Oct 2025
• Plenary session of Russian Energy Week International Forum President of Russia 16 Oct 2025 -- Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 8th Russian Energy Week International Forum.

Foreign Policy

• Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov following a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump President of Russia 16 Oct 2025
• After Phone Call, Trump Says He Will Meet Putin In Budapest RFE/RL 16 Oct 2025 -- US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have agreed to meet in Budapest following a phone call held a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to visit Washington.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question about Russia-Serbia energy cooperation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a news conference held jointly with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Residing Abroad of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita, Moscow, October 16, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2025
• Morocco and Russia agree on the fact that international law and principles cannot be interpreted in a way that halts the progress towards a resolution for the Moroccan Sahara issue, said, on Thursday in Moscow, the minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita. Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita, Moscow, October 16, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2025
• Russia is testing us, therefore we have to jointly neutralize the airspace violations, claims D. Šakalienė in Brussels Lithuania MND 16 Oct 2025 -- While attending the North Atlantic Council Defence session in Brussels, Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė underscored the necessity to step Allied air defence, defence industry capabilities, support to Ukraine and pressure on russia.
• The security of NATO's eastern flank remains a priority Poland - Ministry of National Defence 16 Oct 2025 -- On Wednesday, 15 October, the deputy prime minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz was in Brussels, where he took part in a meeting of the NATO countries' ministers of defence, the Foreign Affairs Council with ministers of defence and a number of side events.
• Delegation of Communist Party of Russian Federation Leaves KCNA 16 Oct 2025 -- The delegation of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation led by Dmitri Novikov, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the party and first vice-chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma, left here for home on October 15 after taking part in the celebrations of the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

News Reports

• A Former Russian Diplomat, Implicated In FBI Agent Scandal, To Be Sentenced RFE/RL 16 Oct 2025 -- A former Russian diplomat linked to a sanctions-evasion scandal involving one of the FBI's top former counter-intelligence agents and a notorious Russian oligarch was set to be sentenced on charges of lying to U.S. law enforcement.