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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin exchanged a handshake for the first time on Friday as they arrived for the G20 summit in Germany, the Kremlin said, AFP reported.

Leaders from the world's top economies prepared for tough talks on July 7 as a Group of 20 summit got underway in Germany, with Chancellor Angela Merkel welcoming her guests. 

World leaders have condemned the terrorist attack in London that cost the lives of seven people, leaving at least 48 injured. US President Donald Trump spoke to Mrs May to offer his condolences for the “brutal” terror attack, the White House said.
He has also tweeted condolences and support.

Kyiv security services on May 29 said they were conducting searches in the Ukrainian offices of the popular Russian internet company Yandex as part of a treason probe.

"The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is conducting searches in the offices of the subsidiary of the Russian company Yandex in Kiev and Odessa", SBU spokeswoman Olena Gitlyanska wrote on her Facebook page.

Russia is in contact with Turkey after Ankara imposed restrictions on Russian wheat supplies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on May 24, Reuters has reported. 

Peskov said Turkey's move may have been prompted by remaining limits maintained by Moscow on exports of some vegetables from Turkey to Russia.

MOSCOW - Indian PM Narendra Modi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern will attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), scheduled for June 1-3, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Friday, Reuters reports.

Serbia will take part in the forum as a guest of honour country.

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Elizavetta Peskova, the Turkey-born daughter of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov, is scheduled to visit the southern resort province of Antalya to attend a fashion show.

Peskova announced that she would be in Antalya to attend Turkey's biggest fashion show, "Dosso Dossi Fashion Show," which will be held between June 8 and June 13.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says military and technical cooperation is "among the issues discussed at the highest level in Russian-Serbian contacts."

He was responding to a TASS question about whether the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems to Serbia was discussed "at the level of the heads of both countries."

Russian authorities breached European human rights laws when they stormed a school seized by Islamist militants in 2004, contributing to the deaths of more than 300 hostages, the continent's rights court ruled on April 13.

Russia has suspended its memorandum of understanding on air safety over Syria with the United States following the deadly US missile attack on the Sha'irat airfield, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.

"Russia suspends the memorandum on the prevention of incidents and ensuring air safety during operations in Syria reached with the US," the ministry said in a statement.