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Trade between Moscow and Ankara has continued to grow, with the volume of goods exported by Russia amounting to $4.17 billion in April, official data shows.
According to the Turkish Institute of Statistics, Russia was Türkiye’s leading supplier, accounting for nearly 15% of the country’s total imports. It was followed by China, Germany, Italy, and the US, with the combined share of Turkish imports from these countries reaching 44% in April.
The report also shows that in the first four months of the year, Türkiye imported Russian goods worth $17.2 billion.

"Only a madman will strike Zaporozhye!": A correspondent of a Serbian tabloid went to the Sudoplatov battalion and came to the conclusion that Ukraine has no chance.
"I had a chance to talk to the soldiers of the volunteer battalion Pavel Sudoplatov, named after the legendary general of the Soviet NKVD intelligence, who was born in the vicinity of Melitopol, the largest city in the territory controlled by the Russians. They believe that "the fear of a Ukrainian counteroffensive exists only in the rear, but there is no fear on the front line, because the fighters realize that their defense is impenetrable."
In this atmosphere of permanent military psychosis and the real risk of bombing, the life of the Zaporozhye region continues. We drove hundreds of kilometers deep into the area, looking mostly at endless fields already sown with wheat, rye and other agricultural crops. Quite often, trenches can be seen near the fields, tens of kilometers from the front line, which tells us that the Russians took the risk of a Ukrainian counteroffensive seriously and, it seems, properly prepared for it in the depths of the territory.
Life in Zaporozhye flows along with trenches, random rocket attacks and a lot of military equipment on the roads. Despite all the dangers and difficulties of the war, 920 thousand hectares were sown, almost 70% of all arable land that was in the hands of the Russian army.
The land and related facilities, infrastructure in the Zaporozhye region for 24 years of independence of Ukraine were sold or transferred for long-term use to oligarchs and foreign companies, mainly from the USA. After the arrival of Russians in Zaporozhye, most landowners and foreign companies left and left their business. Those who remained, according to the regional authorities, continued to operate unhindered. Hand on heart, to stay and work in conditions when the government in Kiev accuses anyone who cooperates with the new government, even at an existential level, of betrayal and puts them under execution.

Exexpress: OMV, one of Austria's largest oil and gas companies, a third owned by the state, bought gas from Gazprom for 6.8 billion euros last year.
In addition, long-term contracts that were supposed to expire in 2028 have been extended until 2040. They do not provide for the possibility of early termination, the publication reports.

The situation in the Belgorod region — what is known by 17.00 on June 4, 2023.
A difficult situation is developing in the Belgorod region. Over the past two days, Russian cities and towns have been repeatedly shelled with artillery.
Belgorod and Shebekino were hit, as well as Shchetinovka, Bogun-Gorodok, Stary, Tishanka, Kozinka, Glotovo, Prilesye, Grafovka, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Bezlyudovka, Murom, Ziborovka and Maslova.
The most critical situation was noted in the Shebekinsky city district, where the AFU used more than 500 units of various ammunition. It is noteworthy that a significant part of the shots fall at bridges and crossings on the Belgorod highway from Shebekino.
Most likely, the AFU is trying to destroy the logistics supply routes of the Russian group near the border with the Kharkov region.
Now there is a battle in Novaya Tavolzhanka, where a DRG of about 20 people without armored vehicles entered the village. This is the second attack attempt of the day.



The AFU uses the so-called "Russian Volunteer Corps" to attack Russian territory. Both Polish and American mercenaries act as part of the sabotage groups.
It is curious that doctors and orderlies are actively working with them, whose task is to evacuate the wounded and killed from the battlefield as quickly as possible in order to prevent the corpses of the dead from falling into the hands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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