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MOSCOW, October 11. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Tuesday compared Kiev’s latest actions to those of the most heinous terrorist organizations.

According to the Russian diplomat, Kiev has been receiving Western money, weapons, intel and political support for years. The Kiev regime has recently been receiving exactly the same from the West "for the lawless actions it committed in the manner of the worst terrorist cells," she emphasized.

MOSCOW, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday that U.S. promises to supply advanced air defence systems to Ukraine will only extend the conflict and inflict more pain for Ukraine.

U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States will provide Ukraine with advanced air systems after a devastating missile barrage from Russia.

The spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, also said that the deliveries would not change Moscow's goals in its military operation in Ukraine.

10 October 2022; MEMO: United Arab Emirates President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, will travel to Russia on Tuesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, UAE state news agency, WAM, reported on Monday, Reuters reports.

The announcement came less than a week after OPEC+, a group of oil producers that includes the UAE and Russia, agreed steep oil production cuts in defiance of US pressure.

GROZNY, October 10. /TASS/: The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has said that he is now absolutely satisfied with the conduct of the special operation.

"Now I am one hundred percent satisfied with the way the special military operation is being conducted," he wrote on his Telegram channel on Monday.

"We warned you, Zelensky, that Russia has not really started yet. Stop complaining like a scum. You better run away, before you get hit. Run. Run, Zelensky, run without looking back at the West," Kadyrov added.

MOSCOW, October 10. /TASS/: While Russia is not allowed to investigate the sabotage at the Nord Stream pipeline, but the beneficiary is already known, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council.

"As you know, Russian representatives are not allowed to investigate the causes of explosions and destruction of international gas transmission systems passing through the bottom of the Baltic Sea, but we all know the ultimate beneficiary of this crime," Putin said.

MOSCOW, October 10. /TASS/: All the services involved in eliminating the consequences of a terror attack on the Crimean Bridge, including the Emergencies Ministry, worked promptly and efficiently, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

On Saturday morning, a truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge, collapsing two eastbound parts of its road section and subsequently setting ablaze a train of fuel tanks on a separate, adjacent rail portion of the bridge. As a result of the blast, three people were killed.

Oct 10 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin may meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan this week to discuss a Turkish proposal to host talks between Russia and the West on Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia had not received any signals about the prospect of negotiations with the West in Turkey, but did not rule out that Putin could discuss this with Erdogan.

Both Putin and Erdogan are expected to visit Kazakhstan this week.

MOSCOW, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The explosion on the Crimean Bridge was no doubt a terrorist act aimed at destroying Russia's critical civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

"Ukraine's special services were the initiators, performers and masterminds," Putin said when meeting with Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

Confirming Putin's statement, Bastrykin said that citizens of Russia and foreign countries were also involved in the incident.

10 October 2022; MEMO: On Saturday, Russia appointed Sergei Surovikin as the new commander of the war in Ukraine, he has been described by the British Ministry of Defence as "brutal and corrupt."

Surovikin ordered that soldiers shoot protesters in Moscow in the nineties. He has also been accused of leading an offensive on Syria six years ago as part of the Russian backed intervention on the side of Bashar Al-Assad's government.

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/: A decision by countries participating in the OPEC+ agreement on lower oil output is not "a victory of Russia" but "a victory of common sense," Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a live broadcast of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday.

"I am not inclined to say that this is a sort of our victory. No. This is a victory of common sense," the Kremlin spokesman said, replying to a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin.