Russia's foreign trade surplus reaching $282.3 bln in 2022 — Central Bank

The foreign trade surplus in Russia soared more than 1.6 times year-on-year and amounted to $282.3 bln in 2022, the Central Bank of Russia reported on Tuesday.
The current account surplus surged almost twofold to $227.4 bln in the reporting period.

"The increase of the current account surplus is associated with significant expansion of the positive balance of goods and services as a result of growth of the cost volume of supplies, driven by a rise in global prices for main commodities of Russian exports," the regulator said.

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Ukrainian channels report that the chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, is asking Zelensky to start withdrawing troops from Seversk, which has lost its supply routes and will become the next target of the Russian army.

"The commander-in-chief, Zaluzhny, considers it pointless to hold the city, which currently does not play a role in strategic terms, and its retention will cost a lot of forces for the Armed Forces of Ukraine." 

We may soon hear reports of an operational encirclement of Seversk.

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Russia's Lavrov brings Arab envoys to Moscow up to speed on developments in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting on Tuesday with the heads of diplomatic missions of Arab countries accredited in Moscow and the mission of the League of Arab States (LAS) during which he briefed the diplomats on the events unfolding around Ukraine in the context of the special military operation.

"The head of Russia’s foreign policy agency informed the Arab diplomats in detail about the developments around Ukraine in the context of the special military operation conducted by Russia," a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

According to the diplomatic agency, the meeting’s participants reviewed a wide scope of issues of Russian-Arab interaction related to the fundamental interests of the peoples of Russia and Middle Eastern and North African countries as well as to the tasks of ensuring peace and security in the region.
"Moscow also confirmed its intent to intensify ties with Arab countries in the political, trade and economic, investment and cultural spheres, both in a bilateral and multilateral format, including within the framework of the existing mechanisms of interaction along the Russia-LAS and Russia-GCC (The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf - TASS) lines," the ministry noted. "Special attention was paid to issues of the Middle Eastern settlement, the promotion of a comprehensive settlement in Syria and the normalization of the situation in Libya and Yemen," the statement said.
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🇺🇸The US has withdrawn from its sanctions against Russia to "provide agricultural products" - US Treasury

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She didn't cry for him long...charming🙄

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Foreign weapons abandoned by nationalists near Artemovsk

Several foreign-made grenade launchers and a box of ammunition intended for an American Browning large-calibre machine gun were found near captured Ukrainian positions.

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The Netherlands mulls sending Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine - Bloomberg

Dutch defense ministry spokeswoman Sascha Luoff said their authorities prioritize military deliveries to Ukraine (without specifying details of specific weapon systems or deliveries).

📝 "The Netherlands is constantly looking at military support to Ukraine," Louwoff said.

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Andrei Botnar, a member of the nationalist All-Ukrainian Freedom Association party, has been denazified in the Kremenna district. He was one of the founders of the Freedom Legion. He took part in combat operations as a member of the 95th Division of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He had been fighting in the Ukrainian army since 2014.

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German General Erich Fahd said in a column for Emma that no amount of Western arms supplies would change the balance of power in the EEU, and Russia would soon occupy the entire Donbass.

"Militarily, we are in a stalemate situation that cannot be resolved by military means. Incidentally, US Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley agrees. He said that no military victory for Ukraine could be expected and that negotiations were the only possible way out," the German general said.

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⚡️ During the missile attack on Saturday, 14 January, the Russian Air Force destroyed 9 generation units of several thermal power plants, three primary substations, a main power transmission line - Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmygal

He also said that due to the strike, the deficit in Ukraine's energy system had decreased even further, and the situation is critical.

Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities had only flaunted strikes on transformer substations.

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As part of its support for Ukraine against Russian aggression, Hugo Boss has announced that it will sew and donate 100,000 sets of uniforms to the army.

Few people know that the founder of the famous Hugo Boss brand produced uniforms for the Wehrmacht army during the Second World War. Not only him, but also many other well-known companies - Siemens, Nestle, BMW, Volkswagen, IBM, for example - are known of having links to the Nazis.

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To look handsome and a little less dead?

On Artemovsk: 

PMC Wagner successfully knocked out Ukrainian militants from Mine #7, as well as captured a company stronghold in the direction of Soledar-Razdolovka and advanced 1 km in depth. The settlement of Sol was completely liberated. 

During the night offensive in the direction of Soledar-Vasyukovka, Wagner's advancement was up to 1.2 km.

The aim at the moment is to take under fire the road Konstantinovka-Artemovsk and pin down the Ukrainians from the direction of Kleshcheevka. There is heavy fighting for Klescheyevka (Kleshcheevka).

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