The Liberal Democratic Party has announced that its leader, Leonid Slutsky, will be its representative in the upcoming presidential race The head of the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Leonid Slutsky, has officially been nominated to participate in the March 2024 Russian presidential election following a vote at the party’s congress on Tuesday.

US national debt has continued to mount, jumping by $2.6 trillion in the six months through December to reach $33.8 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. The Treasury indicated that factors such as tax cuts, stimulus programs, increased government spending, and decreased tax revenues have been driving up debt.

Russia will bypass EU restrictions on the export of the country’s diamonds, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday. Responding to questions related to the latest package of the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow, Peskov insisted that the ban will not work.