Izvestia

Russian air defences destroyed a drone approaching Moscow, the city's mayor said on Friday, a day after a similar attack on the capital.

Moscow has been targeted by a barrage of Ukrainian drone attacks in recent weeks after Kyiv vowed in July to "return" the conflict to Russia.

Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov assessed as extremely risky the destructive policy of NATO, which ignores the "red lines" marked by Moscow.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia, he said that this leads to further escalation that could lead to a military conflict between nuclear powers with serious consequences.

The European Union and Russia have agreed on the transit of goods in the Kaliningrad region, the newspaper "Izvestia" reports, citing high-ranking sources from the Russian side.

"The European Union and Russia have agreed on the transit of goods in the Kaliningrad region. Brussels has provided a document that 'fully satisfies' Moscow," the message said.

300 international units of antibodies in the blood are needed for complete protection against the Delta coronavirus variant. This was announced to the Russian newspaper "Izvestia" Alexander Ginzburg, director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology "Gamaleya".

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has issued a protest note about recent comments made by the Serb member of Bosnia's state presidency in support of Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Earlier this week, Milorad Dodik stated in his interview to Russkiy reporter that he "considers Crimea to be Russian", and that Bosnian recognition of this unilateral annexation was "necessary".

Milorad Dodik, who won the Serb seat on Bosnia and Herzegovina's tripartite state presidency at the weekend, told Russian newspaper Izvestia on Tuesday that one of his first moves will be to launch an initiative to recognise Crimea as part of Russia.

The Netherlands and France hinder Bulgaria's entry into the Schengen zone, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.

The authorities in Moldova are to resume negotiations with the breakaway region in Vienna on November 27-28 in a "5+2" format, encompassing Russia, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine and the OSCE, plus observers from the European Union and the United States.

Renowned Russian internet portal Izvestia.ru warns that after the early elections on June 11, extreme nationalists will reach the authorities in Pristina and they will begin the process of creating a "Greater Albania" and that war criminal Ramush Haradinaj will get one of the most important functions in the new government.

US military dolphins and sea lions are due to participate in NATO's summer naval exercises in the Black Sea, a report by the newspaper Izvestia has suggested.

Speaking for the Russian edition, a spokesman for the US Navy's marine mammals program allegedly made the announcement.