Kiev has used toxic chemicals on authorities in the country’s former territories, an official has said Russia’s deputy minister of trade and industry, Kirill Lysogorsky, has accused Washington and its allies of supplying “toxic chemicals” to Kiev, claiming their use in attacks on Russian officials in the former Ukrainian territories that joined Russia in 2022.

Mikhail Bogdanov said the man’s release was negotiated outside of the Hamas-Israel deal Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has held a meeting with the family of a released Russian national who had been held captive by Palestinian militants in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The West has destroyed free global competition and the immunity of property, Russia’s foreign minister says   The US is using the dollar to unleash trade wars worldwide, while international economic cooperation is also being weaponized, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.