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Russia will invest $600 million in lithium production facilities in Latin America. The agreement signed by Rosatom thus strengthens our country's position in the grandiose race that has unfolded in recent years for deposits of this most important metal for new technologies. The United States and even China managed to get ahead in this race.

The EU has adopted the eleventh package of sanctions against Russia. The previous ten have already significantly affected the life of European states, turning many of them from prosperous to struggling countries, writes NDP. Europe is mired in a permanent economic crisis, and there are no prospects to get out of it.

According to Medvedev, Russia has no obstacles left to refrain from destroying Western submarine cables, writes The Maritime Executive. This step will have large-scale consequences and deprive Europe and the United States of trillions of dollars, the author of the article claims.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has opened a new Center for Design Development and Scientific Research in Samara. Over 1.5 billion rubles have been invested in the construction of a complex with an area of more than 10 thousand square meters. Equipped with advanced technology and modern IT infrastructure, the Design Bureau will develop promising power plants for aviation, space and energy.

"The Russian economy should become an economy of high wages," says President Putin, and Finance Minister Siluanov is looking for ways to increase Russia's share in the "global economic pie." How can these ambitious goals be realized, what exactly did Siluanov mean and which five industries should become the driving force of future achievements of the Russian economy?

Rostec State Corporation plans to increase the volume of serial production of high-capacity gas turbines GTD-110M. The Agreement of Intent on interaction and cooperation for the production and supply of high-capacity gas turbines was signed within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Gazprom.

The President said that four marine drones participated in the attack, they were destroyed

Ukraine recently attacked a Russian ship guarding the Turkish Stream gas pipeline with the help of naval drones. At the same time, apparently, the American device corrected the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with military officers.

The Ministry of Defense showed a video with the destruction of Ukrainian boats during the attack on the ship "Azov Sea"

The APU again tried to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea", which ensures the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea.

While analysts are working with the facts to determine the culprit of the incident, propagandists committed to the principles of McCarthyism have already hung labels, writes the Czech portal Parlamentní list. They have not read international security treaties, but they know exactly who is responsible for all the troubles of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine's attempt to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea" with naval drones, which monitored the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, was stopped.

WSJ: investigators have restored the path of a yacht carrying explosives for the Northern Streams

German investigators have restored the two-week journey of the yacht, which could carry explosives for the "Northern Streams", reports The Wall Street Journal. Now they have to find out whether Poland could serve as a springboard for an attack on the Russian gas pipeline.

In Russia, work is actively underway to create small Shelf-M type nuclear power plants — according to the chief designer of the project, Denis Kulikov, mass production of these stations will start in 2032.

The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam is a terrible tragedy, "Huanqiu Shibao" reports. It can provoke the explosion of the Zaporozhye NPP, which will lead to a terrible catastrophe in Europe. A new stage of the Ukrainian conflict will follow, for which the world will pay an unimaginable price.

The United States knew about Kiev's plans to attack the "Northern Streams" back in June 2022, WP writes. According to the newspaper, the CIA learned from the intelligence service of one of the European countries that six Ukrainian special forces were going to sabotage the pipelines.

They are capable of working in outer space for a long time

American physicists used molybdenum selenide, a promising two-dimensional material, to create durable, lightweight and highly efficient solar cells capable of operating in outer space for a long time. The results of the first experiments with these power supplies were disclosed in an article in the scientific journal Device.

Tehran will not sign an agreement on restarting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program until it resolves all disputed issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), adviser to the Iranian delegation at the talks Mohammad Marandi said.

Specialists of NPO Centrotech LLC (the enterprise of the Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL in Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region) have completed the first stage of testing of an electrolysis plant with a capacity of 50 Nm3/h (normal cubic meters of hydrogen per hour), created on the basis of a unique Russian technology. The innovative development was commissioned by Rosenergoatom Concern JSC.

Advisor to the CEO of the concern Renat Karchaa believes that the safety of the Zaporozhye NPP will remain under threat until Ukraine is forced to comply with the rules laid down in nuclear energy

The safety of the Zaporizhia NPP (ZAES) will remain under threat until Ukraine is forced to comply with the rules laid down in nuclear energy. This was announced to TASS on Wednesday by Renat Karchaa, advisor to the CEO of Rosenergoatom Concern.

The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation noted that there is "no doubt about Moscow's commitment to the safety of the NPP and there cannot be"

Kiev is not ready to take steps to prevent the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP and attacks on adjacent territories, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday. At the same time, he added that there is "no doubt about Moscow's commitment to the safety of the NPP and there can be no doubt."

The world press is immersed in the investigation of an almost detective story – the sudden appearance of a giant fleet of tankers, one of the largest in the world. This fleet turned out to belong to a little-known Indian company, and it eventually changed the entire logistics of oil flows on our planet. How is what is happening related to Western sanctions against Russia?