[Russia] - Russian Chief of Staff Visits Troops in East Ukraine

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov visited troops battling in east Ukraine as Russian forces advance in the area, the Defense Ministry
stated Saturday
General Valery Gerasimov ..
visited a command post in the Donetsk area, it said in a statement.Russia is seeking to win control of Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk, 2 essential
frontline fortress for the Ukrainian army.Further to the north, Russia previously on Saturday declared the capture of Novolyubivka in the
Luhansk area which is now mostly under its control.The Ukrainian army manages simply a handful of localities in Luhansk, whose annexation
Moscow claimed in 2022, the year it began its full-scale offensive on Ukraine.Gerasimovs see to the front comes as Washington and Moscow
engage in a rapprochement, targeting a quick end to a conflict that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.Russia meanwhile hopes to get
the lifting of American sanctions which have actually battered its economy.But a possible go back to the Russian market of American and
Western business will happen on a case-by-case basis, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov stated on Saturday
The Russian market has actually been and stays open, Reshetnikov said as he suggested Moscow wishes to preserve a balance between taking
into consideration customer interests and keeping market plurality in order to guarantee competitors and keep prices under control
Since 2022 brought an avalanche of Western sanctions, the Russian economy has actually changed
Therefore, the requirements of foreign business regarding location, investments and innovations will be very various, Reshetnikov warned.