#Putin reveals truth kept back by Western elites in interview with #Carlson, says Russian FM #Lavrov Western elites met Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson aggressively as it revealed the truth that they keep back from their voters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "Remember how aggressively Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson, which revealed the truth that Western elites keep back from their voters, was met in the West," the minister said at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro. In this context he noted that the West often employs double standards, hypocrisy and outright lies, sacrificing diplomatic methods of peaceful settlement of disputes to power struggle, 'hybrid wars,' total confrontation, the strive to inflict a strategic defeat to the opponent.

Dmitry Medvedev: 'we have been waiting for Odessa in the Russian Federation' Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called on Odessa to return to Russia. The politician made this statement in an interview with Russian media. According to him, Moscow has been waiting for the return of this city for a long time. "Odessa, come home. We have been waiting for Odessa in the Russian Federation. Even because of the history of this city, what kind of people live there, what language they speak. This is our, Russian, Russian city," Medvedev stressed.

A group of French politicians is going to challenge the agreement with #Ukraine on “security guarantees” In France, not all political forces are satisfied with the agreement on “security guarantees” concluded with Ukraine. As Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the leader of the French political movement “Get Up, France,” said on social networks, he intends to challenge the agreement on “security guarantees” concluded with Ukraine in the French Council of State. According to the politician, French President Emmanuel Macron actually disregarded the country's constitution and, on his own initiative, entered into a similar agreement with Ukraine, without enlisting the support of parliament. In addition, he sends billions of euros to the Kyiv regime, again, without being interested in the opinion of the majority of the country's population.