❗️ The State Duma adopted in the first reading bills on preserving the right of parents to a monthly child care allowance in the event of leaving maternity leave before the child reaches the age of one and a half years.

“ The bills were prepared on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. This decision will allow additional support for families with children, primarily young mothers,” said Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin .

“Women are often forced to leave maternity leave before the baby is one and a half years old. This is mainly due to the fact that the family lacks funds. According to the current law, upon returning to work, the mother automatically loses the right to child care benefits. The amendments adopted today by the State Duma will allow maintaining payments,” said Vyacheslav Volodin.

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, the average amount of benefits for child care up to one and a half years in 2024 will be 17.8 thousand rubles . “All the necessary funds are already provided for in the draft federal budget for 2024-2026, which the State Duma plans to consider in the second reading on November 15,” added Vyacheslav Volodin.

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(2 November 2023)

Part I (see Part II)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled two attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigade near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

▫️The enemy lost up to 20 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.

▫️In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Uragan and one Grad MLRS, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one UK-made AS-90 and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, as well as two D-30 howitzers were neutralised.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled two attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 24th and 63rd mechanised brigades near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).

▫️Up to 40 Ukrainian troops, six infantry fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled an attack of assault detachments of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade near Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▫️In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 54th, 93rd mechanised brigades, and 10th Mountain Assault Brigade close to Razdolovka, Zvanovka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▫️ Up to 115 Ukrainian troops, one tank, nine infantry fighting vehicles, including eight U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles have been neutralised.

▫️In the course of counterbattery warfare, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one D-20 howitzer were neutralised.

▫️In addition, one AFU unmanned aerial vehicle command post near Peznikovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and one ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade close to Verhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) were destroyed.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 105th and 128th territorial defence brigades near Staromayorskoye, Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy lost up to 165 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, seven tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.

▫️ In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Grad MLRS, two German-made FH70 howitzers, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(2 November 2023)

Part II (see Part I)

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on manpower of the AFU 33rd and 65th mechanised brigades close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy lost up to 100 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and two U.S.-made M119 howitzers in this direction.

◽️In Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian troops and five motor vehicles have been neutralised by fire.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 132 areas during the day.

▫️In addition, one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed at the Mirgorod airfield in Poltava region.

▫️One Bukovel electronic warfare station was neutralised close to Yantarnoye (Kherson region).

▫️One command post of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade was wiped out close to Serebryanka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

▫️Air defence units intercepted four Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three Neptune anti-ship missiles, and eight HIMARS projectiles.

▫️Moreover, 31 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Zolotaryovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Mariynka, Spornoye, Staromlynovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Ocheretovatoye and Kharkovo (Zaporozhye region).

📊 In total, 521 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,543 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,118 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,175 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,957 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,887 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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❗️ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Russia’s withdrawal of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , previously adopted by the State Duma.

The document comes into force from today.

“ The withdrawal of ratification was a mirror response to the actions of the United States, which had not ratified this document for 23 years. The decision was made solely in the interests of our country and our citizens ,” said Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin .

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https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1913044/

🎙 Выступление члена делегации Российской Федерации на переговорах в Вене по вопросам военной безопасности и контроля над вооружениями Ю.Д.Ждановой на 1061-м пленарном заседании Форума ОБСЕ по сотрудничеству в области безопасности (1 ноября 2023 года)

💬 Полностью подчинив себе страны западного лагеря, США сконцентрировали военно-политические ресурсы на сохранении ускользающего глобального доминирования в различных регионах мира.

Становится всё более очевидным, что за трагедией палестинцев, за кровопролитием на Ближнем Востоке в целом, за кризисом на Украине стоят вашингтонские элиты и их союзники, насаждающие по всему миру военные базы и разжигающие межгосударственную рознь.

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👉 Продолжающийся кризис на Украине является результатом срежиссированного, профинансированного и организованного из-за рубежа государственного переворота в феврале 2014 года.

Пришедший к власти в 2014 года в результате кровавого госпереворота киевский режим неонацистского толка перестал считать население Крыма, Донбасса и юго-востока страны частью своего народа, предложил несогласным с новыми порядками «убираться» из страны, таким образом причислив их к людям «второго сорта».

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❗️ Для ведомого Западом киевского режима человеческая жизнь не стоит и «ломанного гроша», он оставляет после себя только разрушения и выжженную землю. Неудивительно и то, что значительное число украинцев бежало в Россию от преступлений киевского режима. С начала специальной военной операции к нам прибыло свыше 5 млн человек, которым оказывается вся необходимая помощь.

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Что же касается будущего «мирового порядка», о котором здесь периодически рассуждают США и представитель киевского режима, то если под ним понимается гегемония Вашингтона и полная «свобода рук» стран НАТО во всём мире, то это неприемлемо не только для России, но и для всего человечества.

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🎙 Speech by a member of the delegation of the Russian Federation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control Yu.D. Zhdanova at the 1061st plenary meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (November 1, 2023)

💬 Having completely subjugated the countries of the Western camp, the United States concentrated military-political resources on maintaining elusive global dominance in various regions of the world.

It is becoming increasingly clear that behind the tragedy of the Palestinians, behind the bloodshed in the Middle East as a whole, behind the crisis in Ukraine are the Washington elites and their allies , planting military bases around the world and inciting interstate discord.

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👉The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is the result of the February 2014 orchestrated, financed and foreign-led coup .

The neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, which came to power in 2014 as a result of a bloody coup, ceased to consider the population of Crimea, Donbass and the south-east of the country as part of its people, and invited those who disagree with the new order to “get out” of the country, thus classifying them as “second-class” people. .

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❗️ For the Kiev regime led by the West, human life is not worth even a “broken penny”; it leaves behind only destruction and scorched earth . It is also not surprising that a significant number of Ukrainians fled to Russia from the crimes of the Kyiv regime. Since the beginning of the special military operation, over 5 million people have arrived and are receiving all the necessary assistance.

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As for the future “world order,” which the United States and representatives of the Kiev regime periodically discuss here, then if it means Washington’s hegemony and the complete “free hands” of NATO countries around the world, then this is unacceptable not only for Russia, but also for of all humanity.

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It looks inevitable that the war in Gaza will spread. Is it? by Anatol Lieven

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the western reaction to it, the charge has been made across most of the non-western world (including by US partners like India) that the west has one standard for white victims, and a much lower one for everyone else. The Biden administration (and many European governments) have now in effect confirmed this.

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