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25 September 2023; MEMO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Saturday of hypocrisy and double standards in its approach to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Donbas region of Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference in New York, Lavrov referenced recent contradictory remarks by US officials on respecting the territorial integrity of UN member states while continuing to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Piotr Hofmanski has been declared wanted under a criminal article, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s data base.

"Hofmanski, Piotr Jozef. A Pole. Wanted under an article of the Russian Criminal Code," the database says without mentioning the article involved.

ICC First Vice President Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza and Judge Bertram Schmitt are also wanted on criminal charges.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev held Russian-Omani security consultations while visiting Muscat.

"A detailed discussion of prospects for the Russian-Omani relationship and cooperation in information security, as well as interaction between [the two countries’] law enforcement agencies, special services and financial intelligence was held," the Russian Security Council said. "In addition, the implementation of some economic projects was discussed," it noted.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: CEO of Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear corporation Alexey Likhachev and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi have agreed to continue communication as part of their working relationship, Rosatom press service said on Monday.

"Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on the sidelines of the 67th IAEA General Conference. The sides agreed to continue maintaining regular working contacts," it said.

24 September 2023; MEMO: Russia was lied to about the Black Sea grain deal, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency.

When asked by Anadolu if he has a response to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks when he said some are questioning if Russia has “any real interest in re-joining the Black Sea Initiative,” Lavrov said he cannot respond to “his mood at that.”

“We were lied to, and the Secretary-General was forced to, was misled,” he said.

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/: Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters of Russia’s Southern Military District have taken out some Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye area, the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS.

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/: Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Air defense systems near the Kleshcheyevka settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter," the ministry said.

MOSCOW, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday the likelihood was rising that ethnic Armenians would flee the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and blamed Russia for failing to ensure Armenian security.

If 120,000 people go down the Lachin corridor to Armenia, the small South Caucasian country could face both a humanitarian and political crisis.

MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov intend to foster relations between the two countries, the Kremlin press service noted following a phone conversation between the two leaders.

"The mutual intention for the further comprehensive development of Russian-Turkmen ties in the spirit of the expanded strategic partnership was confirmed," the Kremlin noted.

MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/: The Kiev regime launched a missile attack on Sevastopol in the afternoon, damaging the historic headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, with the Russian Air Defense Troops downing five missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"This afternoon, the Kiev regime launched a missile attack on the city of Sevastopol. In the course of repulsing the missile attack, the Air Defense Troops shot down five missiles. As a result of the attack, the historic headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was damaged," the statement said.