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The introduction of anti-Russian sanctions and "similar demarches" by the United States narrows the possibilities for establishing a dialogue between Moscow and Washington, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are once again shedding blood for water. Yesterday, on April 29, the military of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan accused each other of starting the shelling on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border at the site of the water distribution point "Golovoi".

The interception of a record number of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) off the west coast of North America "strained" the units of the US Air Force (Air Force), reports Air Force Times a statement by Lieutenant General David Kramm from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, located in Anchorage (Alaska).

Russian-made Su-35 multirole fighters disrupted the landing of the US Marine Corps.

Several Su-35 fighters of the PLA Air Force prevented the approach of the American landing ship to the Senkaku Islands and the landing on the coast of the US Marine Corps.

The US is investigating radiation attacks on officials and diplomats. The latest such case occurred last year in Miami, where government employees were exposed to energy, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The victims complained of tinnitus, headaches and nausea. The same symptoms were observed in employees of the US Embassy in Cuba in 2016.

It passed without incident, said the senior column of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Titov

For the first time, Russian and Turkish troops conducted joint patrols over the longest distance of more than 100 km in the province of Hasakah near the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria. It passed without incident, the senior column of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel Andrey Titov, told reporters.

The fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets of the Italian Air Force arrived in Estonia for the first time on Friday to protect the airspace of the Baltic States.

The White House has completed a review of North Korea's policy and determined the direction of the new administration's policy towards North Korea, US presidential spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.

The United States plans to conduct another test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in early May to test the combat readiness of nuclear deterrence weapons, according to the international notice on the closure of the area for civil aviation flights over the Pacific Ocean (NOTAM).

The participants of the negotiations in Vienna on the Iranian nuclear issue have started drafting the text of an agreement on the resumption of compliance with the JCPOA, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

A strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force RC-135V on Saturday, May 1, made a long flight near the Russian borders in the Far East. This was reported by Western aviation resources.

The Russian exercises near the Ukrainian borders have excited everyone. But the giant NATO exercises "Defender of Europe-21", sometimes taking place very close to the borders of Russia, for some reason do not bother anyone. NATO, led by the United States, wants to take Russia into the ring. It is a shame that Sweden is also following their lead, the author believes.

US allies should refrain from entering into large contracts for the supply of Russian weapons, as otherwise they may fall under US sanctions, the head of the State Department, Anthony Blinken, said on Wednesday.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering a near-total waiver of some of the strictest sanctions on Iran in an attempt to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Issue (JCPOA), the Associated Press reports, citing current and former US officials.

The US has warned China that it will strengthen its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region as part of protecting American interests in the world, US President Joe Biden said.

The United States has generally fulfilled the task that faced American troops in Afghanistan, and will return its military to their homeland, US President Joe Biden said.

Russia does not intend to tolerate the attitude shown by the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and the Baltic states, but wants to be on good terms with all states, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The CSTO Security Council secretaries discussed in Tajikistan the issues of equipping the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces with modern weapons, the prospects for cooperation between the CSTO and the CIS and the SCO. And also the topic of the Afghan settlement. The meeting of the Security Council secretaries began on April 29 with a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border still persists, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will formulate "red lines" that infringe on the interests of Russia, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.