Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Russia has released a list of 47 countries where, according to the Kremlin, "neoliberal values" are being imposed, which it claims are in conflict with traditional Russian values. The list includes Bulgaria, most EU countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, North Macedonia, Albania, Iceland, and Norway.

Moscow declared the attackers of the Monument to the Soviet Army a day ago as criminals and threatened to hold them accountable.

The head of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered the initiation of a criminal case for the desecration of the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, reported the Russian state agency TASS, quoted by BTA.

This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova.

Western media claim that it is a question of revenge due to, as stated, the recent failures of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, and, as they write, the target was the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Daily Mail" states that the city was covered with water after the attack on the
Kalanchak Dam.

"Germany crossed a red line, which it should not have crossed, when it started supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons of its own production", stated Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev in an interview for "Izvestia".

Moscow expects that the visit of IAEA experts to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant will force the Kyiv authorities to stop nuclear blackmail.
This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova.

"The protection system has been raised to a higher level, I cannot reveal the details. We expect today to be fully prepared because everything can be expected from the Zelensky regime," said the representative of the regional administration, Vladimir Rogov.

"Washington does not need peace in Ukraine, and therefore the United States has suspended negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv", a member of the negotiating group with Kyiv and the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Serbia, scheduled for June 6th and 7th, has been canceled due to the refusal of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro to open their airspace to the Russian diplomat's plane, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"You can say no, not at the moment. Now there are basically no contacts," Peskov said. He also said that Russia had very clearly stated its demands regarding Ukraine.
"They are well known to Kyiv. Kyiv is now the one who freezes those negotiations," a Kremlin spokesman said.