
Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the government, said that the recent State Duma elections were a vote for military personnel, noting the high level of citizens' trust in the army.
AI-generated summary
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation took place.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an address to the military after the State Duma elections, said that this vote was for them. RIA Novosti reports this.
On Wednesday, September 23, the head of state held a meeting with members of the government. Putin emphasized that Russians trust military personnel. “They believe in your courage, in your heroism, in your devotion to the Motherland,” the president noted.

US sanctions against the International Criminal Court could disrupt its day-to-day operations and investigations by cutting off access to the US financial system and technology, according to Artur Gulasaryan of Kutafin Moscow State Law University, who warned that restrictions would block dollar transactions and impair IT infrastructure without special OFAC authorization.

Closed negotiations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, held on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, ended in New York. The meeting lasted about an hour.

An hour-long meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ended in New York. The parties discussed issues of bilateral relations and the situation around Ukraine against the backdrop of new US sanctions.

Russian Foreign Ministry official Kirill Logvinov stated that UN Security Council reform should prioritize increased representation for countries from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, potentially including new permanent members, while emphasizing the need for global consensus.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the fifth article of the alliance’s collective defense treaty is deliberately worded vaguely so as not to reveal to opponents the conditions for its application.

Maria Zakharova said that prolonging the conflict in Ukraine is beneficial to the Western military-industrial complex. Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky signed a hundred-year cooperation agreement with Canada and a defense treaty providing for the supply of missiles worth 350 million Canadian dollars.