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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned Washington not to interfere in Russia's internal affairs.
"Official Moscow registers U.S. interference in the Duma elections, but it does not make a PR campaign out of it and does not engage in megaphone diplomacy," Zakharova said, TASS reports.

Constitutional changes allowing Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024 sailed through Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday, opening the way for him to potentially stay in power until 2036, Reuters reported.

Russia is considering freezing its membership of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Council of Europe and reducing its contribution to this organization, BBC quoted Izvestia.

President Aleksandar Vucic spoke on Thursday with Russian State Duma member Sergei Zheleznyak and Lomonosov State University professor Olga Zinovieva.

Canada has extended the list of sanctions against Russian deputies and state employees. The Foreign Ministry in Ottawa announced that the list now includes 15 more people, including 6 deputies from the Crimea.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will pay a visit to the Russian Federation on December 22-23 to discuss with State Duma officials improvement of bilateral relations.

According to a statement from her office, Gojkovic will meet with State Duma President Sergey Naryshkin and then address the State Duma deputies.

Cyclist Anton Duma has set off on Sunday from Bacau in a tour of Romania that will encompass 5,000 km in order to raise funds for aiding 28 teenage girls that are presently in the care of the Betania Association of Bacau through their program titled "Youth Integration Center".

Russian officials reacted to the order of Bulgaria's PM Oresharski to temporarily suspend the construction of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria until it complies with EU law.

BELGRADE - The dramatic situation in Ukraine underlines the deep crisis affecting entire Europe, and MPs in European countries must approach this issue in a responsible manner to prevent the catastrophe of the 1914 Great War from repeating, participants of a Russian-Serbian scientific conference have said.

BELGRADE - The Russian Embassy in Belgrade organised a reception late on Monday to mark May 9, the Victory Day, and on this occasion Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin stated that Serbs and Russians have always been on the side of justice and have demonstrated that victories are scored by those who are backed by the truth and not by those who have the money and power.