India's average diamond imports over 10 years amounted to $15 billion, and in 2024 they totaled $12 billion, while this year diamond prices fell to $125 per carat, according to Tolstykh's presentation
Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, when militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian movement Hamas staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from Gaza
Azerbaijan Airlines earlier suspended flights to Volgograd, Grozny, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Sochi, and Ufa until the investigation of the Embraer 190 plane crash, which occurred on December 25, is finished
On December 26-27, the embassy building in Moscow lowered the Azerbaijani national flag to half-mast and opened a book of condolences
According to the source, the Shiite organization has now switched its focus to providing material assistance to the population affected by Israeli aggression and does not want to be drawn into a new confrontation, even if Israel delays the withdrawal from southern Lebanon
On July 19, Serbia and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding on a strategic partnership in the field of raw materials
It is reported that Brazil’s BRICS chairmanship will announce the countries’ acquisition of the partner status as soon as it receives their confirmation
Nikolay Korchunov pointed out that Greenland and Denmark are not the only Arctic Council members feeling pressure on their sovereignty, and are in a difficult position in light of possible moves by the incoming Trump administration
According to the source, the parties are holding negotiations to ensure that circumstances of force majeure, including military actions and regime changes in the republic, do not become a pretext for canceling the agreements
TikTok was twice brought to administrative responsibility under a similar article in 2024, having been fined 4 mln rubles ($38,277.7) in July and November
Azerbaijan Airlines earlier announced the suspension of flights to several Russian cities
The Ursa Major bulk carrier sank in the Mediterranean Sea
On September 26, 2022, Nord Stream AG reported unprecedented damage that occurred the day before on three strings of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipelines
According to Mikhail Kovalchuk, the advance of modern technologies in biology and genetics raises the risk of creating such a bioweapon that is indistinguishable from natural pathogens
"These strikes are an additional part of IDF’s efforts aimed at thwarting weapons smuggling from Syria to Lebanon and prevention of the reopening of Hezbollah arms smuggling routes," the statement reads
Earlier, Bayraktar announced plans to open a gas trading center in Istanbul in 2025 with the participation of the Turkish company Botas and Russia's Gazprom as part of the international gas hub project
Earlier, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas attributed responsibility for the Baltic Sea incidents to the tanker fleet transporting Russian oil, even before the investigation concluded
Mohammed Al Sudani stressed that Baghdad respects the will of the Syrian people, hoping for progress toward a comprehensive political process
Kazakhstan’s authorities earlier stated that analysis of the black boxes from the crashed Embraer 190, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, would commence following the arrival of Brazilian experts on December 27
Experts attribute the increase to such factors as the introduction of an e-visa regime, fine-tuning mechanisms of visa-free group travel from China and Iran, as well as the broadening of air traffic with key markets
Germany faces an acute crisis after the ruling coalition clashed on budgetary and economic policies, including aid to Kiev and easing the "debt brake" rule
During the ceremony, the Russian Navy chief handed in the St. Andrew’s naval flag to the submarine commander, Captain First Rank Alexander Gladkov
The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190, en route from Baku to Grozny, crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25
On December 25, Reuters reported that Finland’s police and border guards have detained an oil tanker, which flies under the flag of the Cook Islands, suspecting that an anchor of the vessel may have damaged the EstLink 2 cable
According to the source, "another woman is in a coma, hit by a bullet when she was standing at the window, possibly filming" the protest on video