The fine for spreading propaganda promoting voluntarily choosing not to have any children (the so-called childfree movement) may reach up to approximately $53,791 for legal entities if a relevant bill is passed, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said, News.Az reports citing TASS .

Moscow, as per its previous statements, will not conduct any nuclear tests as long as the US also refrains from doing so, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, News.Az reports citing TASS .

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Tehran will never give up on its missile program, as it needs such deterrence for its security in a region where its arch-foe Israel is able to “drop missiles on Gaza every day," News.Az reports citing Times of Israel .

A Russian munitions depot in the region of Voronezh was hit by multiple drones overnight, according to Ukrainian security sources, News.Az reports citing the Telegraph .

Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov is convinced that Russia should adequately respond to restrictions imposed on its media by the West, News.Az reports citing Gazeta.Ru.