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Russia: Putin to speak with IAEA chief Grossi if necessary — Kremlin

MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi if necessary, but such a meeting is currently not on the Russian president’s work schedule, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

"There are no planned meetings on [Putin’s] schedule if we are speaking about Grossi," Peskov told journalists, adding that the Russian president and the IAEA chief agreed during their meeting in St. Petersburg last October "to carry on with the dialogue if necessary."

Russia: Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to launch to orbital outpost in unpiloted mode Feb. 20 — Roscosmos

MOSCOW, January 11. /TASS/: The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will launch in unpiloted mode to the International Space Station (ISS) on February 20 to return the crew to Earth, Roscosmos Chief Yury Borisov said on Wednesday, following the results of a state commission meeting.

"The state commission has made a decision to launch the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft in unpiloted mode on February 20, 2023 with the delivery of supplies to the International Space Station," Borisov said.

Extra non-oil and gas revenues help Russia in solving required issues — Putin

NOVO-OGAREVO, January 11. /TASS/:  Extra 200 bln rubles ($3 bln) of non-oil and gas revenues of Russia enable the country to solve required issues, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at the first meeting with Cabinet members in this year.

"We know additional budget revenues, associated exactly with non-oil and gas revenues and not with oil or with gas ones, [stand] at 200 bln rubles provisionally. This provides us with an opportunity to solve all tasks we set for development and for matters being current yet very serious and important," the head of state said.

Russia appoints top soldier Gerasimov to oversee Ukraine campaign

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military leadership.

Gerasimov, like Shoigu, has faced sharp criticism from Russia's hawkish military bloggers for multiple setbacks on the battlefield and Moscow's failure to secure victory in a campaign the Kremlin had expected to take just a short time.

Russia to focus on development despite external pressure: Putin

MOSCOW, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia will focus on its development despite any external pressures, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during his first meeting with government members this year.

"In the near future, we certainly need to find (solutions) to issues related to sovereign and independent development, despite any external pressure or threats," Putin said, according to a statement published by the Kremlin.

Russia to launch new capsule to return space station crew

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station’s crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant.

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio arrived at the station in September on board a Soyuz MS-22 and planned to use the capsule to return to Earth. But it leaked coolant last month, resulting in higher cabin temperatures.

Russia: Corporate trail apparent in all four assassinations of US presidents — security official

MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/: A corporate trail can be traced in all assassinations of US presidents, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview for aif.ru.

"All four assassinations of American leaders are tied to a corporate trail," he said in an interview published Tuesday.

Russian forces destroy two US-made counter-battery radars in Ukraine operation — top brass

MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/: Russian forces destroyed two US-made counter-battery radar stations in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Tuesday.

"In addition, two US-made AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed in the counter-battery warfare in areas near the communities of Artyomovsk and Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.

Russia : Medvedev announces setting up working group on armament production control

MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/: Russia’s Military Industrial Commission has set up a working group on armament production control, Security Council Deputy Chairman, Military Industrial Commission First Deputy Head Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday.

‘Within the scope of the powers now vested in me, I have signed a resolution on setting up the Commission’s working group on control of the production of needed armaments, military and special equipment, weapons, combat gear and outfits," Medvedev said.

The politician held a meeting of this working group on Tuesday.

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