The French army is preparing for a military confrontation with Russia, News.Az reports citing Politico .

Contacts between Russia and Israel have not been interrupted, said Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov, News.Az reports citing Gazeta.Ru.

The issue of opening new consulate general of Russia on the territory of Azerbaijan is being worked on at the political level, the head of the consular department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aleksey Klimov, said in an interview with TASS, News.Az reports

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation on the front line of the war against Russia was "very, very difficult," and Ukraine's forces had to do everything they could over the autumn period, News.Az reports citing KyivPost.

Russian stock indices ended the trading session on Monday with a downward trend, according to market data, News.Az reports.

At the end of 2023, monthly volumes of fossil fuel exports from Russia to Europe fell 16 times in monetary terms - from a maximum of $16 billion at the beginning of 2022 to about $1 billion, News.Az reports citing statistics from analysts at Bruegel .

Roskomnadzor (RKN) issued five decisions on the Discord service regarding its operation in Russia from September 20, News.Az reports citing Kommersant .

Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government saying it was using new legal powers for the first time to target LNG vessels directly, News.Az reports.