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MOSCOW, September 13. /TASS/: The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were very informative, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"On the whole, the talks were very important, very informative. The very fact that Kim Jong Un came here is also a very important event from the point of view of bilateral relations," he said on Channel One, adding that North Korea is interested in the possibilities of cooperation with Russia in the sphere of aviation, transport and infrastructure.

VLADIVOSTOK, September 13. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are scheduled to hold talks in Moscow on September 18, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

"On September 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are holding talks in Moscow," the diplomat said. "They are due to exchange views on the Ukrainian settlement, as well as on ensuring stability and security in the Asia Pacific Region."

12 September 2023; MEMO: Russia is working to implement visa-free travel for citizens of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, the Minister of Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, said.

MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/: The political instability in some African countries is a consequence of France and Great Britain losing their foothold there, Russian Ambassador at Large and chief of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Secretariat Oleg Ozerov told TASS.

Commenting on Western media allegations that instability in African countries is linked with the recent Russia-Africa summit, he noted, "I think it is predominantly our Western partners who attribute this to us."

VLADIVOSTOK, September 12. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the government will not allow the pace of development to slacken in the Russian Far East as it is a strategic region for the country.

MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the longer Kiev delays negotiations with Moscow, the more difficult it will be to reach an agreement later.

VLADIVOSTOK, September 12. /TASS/: Russia can’t stop hostilities if it’s repelling an enemy counteroffensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum.

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin will break the record for the total time they have spent in the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced.

According to the space agency, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who has spent 355 days, three hours, 45 minutes, and 21 seconds on the ISS, a feat that he surpassed on Monday, holds the current record.

Sept 12 (Reuters) - A plane belonging to Russia's Ural Airlines with 167 people aboard and flying from Sochi to Omsk made an emergency landing in western Siberia's Novosibirsk region, Russian agencies reported on Tuesday.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

At a press conference, a Ural Airlines' director said that a hydraulics fault had been to blame.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised the central bank for keeping a lid on inflation with double-digit interest rates and said there were no insurmountable challenges when it came to limiting the rouble's volatility.

Putin used his speech at Russia's Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok to project a mood of financial calm, just weeks after the rouble's slump past 100 to the dollar led to Kremlin criticism of the bank's monetary policy and, ultimately, a 350-basis-point emergency rate hike to 12%.