🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address at the meeting of the United Russia Party General Council Commission on International Cooperation and Support for Compatriots Abroad (Perm, May 29, 2025)
💬 I would like to congratulate the participants on the 10th meeting of the Commission.
Since its establishment, the Commission has accumulated a wealth of experience, and it can be said with confidence that its operations in accordance with President Vladimir Putin’s instructions are promoting the coordination of actions by the Foreign Ministry and other foreign policy agencies, as well as party and parliamentary diplomacy, in the interests of protecting and strengthening Russia’s positions on the international stage. <...>
Encouraging closer interregional and border cooperation is a priority of the Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic service in general.
I would like to emphasise that our regions have reacted to changes in the geopolitical situation and quickly redirected the bulk of their external ties towards reliable partners, primarily former Soviet republics.
A graphic example is the active development of interregional cooperation with our Belarusian friends, which is given a powerful impetus at the annual Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus. The strengthening of interregional interaction with the Republic of Belarus and other #EAEU member states is a vital part of our common efforts to boost Eurasian integration processes.
🌐 Our great neighbour, China, is playing a major role in the group of Global South and East countries. We also welcome the dynamic development of relations between Russian regions and their partners in India, Vietnam, Türkiye, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Argentina and many other countries of the Global Majority.
Major international forums held in Russian regions offer a venue for strengthening interregional cooperation. <...>
Participation in the specialised #BRICS mechanisms offers broad opportunities for realising the regions’ foreign economic potential.
The Foreign Ministry of Russia has sufficient powers and the necessary capabilities to render effective assistance to the regions as they promote their international agendas. The 20-year-old Council of the Heads of Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remains an important and highly relevant venue for discussing a broad range of inter-regional cooperation issues.
Our missions abroad and in the Russian regions have been proactive in fulfilling their mandate by helping regions hold international events and find new trade partners. They have been offering diplomatic, consular support, advice and information to the Russian regions in their foreign contacts. <...>
🤝 We believe that no one should impose any inadequate frameworks on the regions in their international relations. The way they organise these efforts must be organic and relevant. <...> Those who represent their regions, must be the ones who define ways to achieve their objectives. The Foreign Ministry will do everything to facilitate these efforts from its headquarters. Of course, all these initiatives must comply with our single foreign policy as approved by the President of the Russian Federation. I have no doubt that this will be the case in the future, just as it is today.
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💬 I would like to congratulate the participants on the 10th meeting of the Commission.
Since its establishment, the Commission has accumulated a wealth of experience, and it can be said with confidence that its operations in accordance with President Vladimir Putin’s instructions are promoting the coordination of actions by the Foreign Ministry and other foreign policy agencies, as well as party and parliamentary diplomacy, in the interests of protecting and strengthening Russia’s positions on the international stage. <...>
Encouraging closer interregional and border cooperation is a priority of the Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic service in general.
I would like to emphasise that our regions have reacted to changes in the geopolitical situation and quickly redirected the bulk of their external ties towards reliable partners, primarily former Soviet republics.
A graphic example is the active development of interregional cooperation with our Belarusian friends, which is given a powerful impetus at the annual Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus. The strengthening of interregional interaction with the Republic of Belarus and other #EAEU member states is a vital part of our common efforts to boost Eurasian integration processes.
🌐 Our great neighbour, China, is playing a major role in the group of Global South and East countries. We also welcome the dynamic development of relations between Russian regions and their partners in India, Vietnam, Türkiye, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Argentina and many other countries of the Global Majority.
Major international forums held in Russian regions offer a venue for strengthening interregional cooperation. <...>
Participation in the specialised #BRICS mechanisms offers broad opportunities for realising the regions’ foreign economic potential.
The Foreign Ministry of Russia has sufficient powers and the necessary capabilities to render effective assistance to the regions as they promote their international agendas. The 20-year-old Council of the Heads of Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remains an important and highly relevant venue for discussing a broad range of inter-regional cooperation issues.
Our missions abroad and in the Russian regions have been proactive in fulfilling their mandate by helping regions hold international events and find new trade partners. They have been offering diplomatic, consular support, advice and information to the Russian regions in their foreign contacts. <...>
🤝 We believe that no one should impose any inadequate frameworks on the regions in their international relations. The way they organise these efforts must be organic and relevant. <...> Those who represent their regions, must be the ones who define ways to achieve their objectives. The Foreign Ministry will do everything to facilitate these efforts from its headquarters. Of course, all these initiatives must comply with our single foreign policy as approved by the President of the Russian Federation. I have no doubt that this will be the case in the future, just as it is today.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the meeting with delegation of the Permanent Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (Perm, May 29, 2025)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Dear colleagues, dear friends,
This is the year when the International Conference of Asian Political Parties commemorates its 25th anniversary. And because of their reputation and their authority, they are a platform for exchanging views and experience in the context of party-to-party cooperation. Cooperation at this level is one of our priorities. It's a very useful addition to the so-called classical diplomacy and that contributes a lot to promoting mutual trust, mutual understanding between peoples.
The creation of the conference is a signal, a very clear signal to the entire world. And very timely response to reconsider the place of the Asian countries in international and global developments.
We assess very positively the increase of the political work of your conference. And we see with pleasure the sustainable process of expanding your influence in the continental architecture, in the architecture of regional organizations, some of which are experiencing erosion of their influence, if not degradation, since they abandoned practically all of the key principles of the UN Charter.
I have in mind such organizations on our Eurasian continent as the European Union, which became more Euro-Atlantic than Eurasian following NATO. <...>
In the last 10-15 years, all these principles including equal and indivisible security, including the statement that no one, be it the country or organization, should prepare to dominate in Europe, all this was abandoned, violated.
🌐 We need Eurasia of course. And by the way, Eurasia is the biggest, the richest continent. The continent which, unlike Africa and Latin America, is home of several world civilizations with thousands and thousands of years of history. <...>
#Eurasia is the only continent which doesn't have any universal continental structure, like African Union in Africa, like CELAC in Latin America. We have quite a lot, many integrational movements, organizations which address security issues, like Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, Collective Security Treaty Organization (#CSTO), Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (#SAARC) and there is no umbrella.
We are very much in favor of promoting party-to-party dialogue. Our ruling party, United Russia, in cooperation with other parliamentary parties and their fractions is promoting very actively this kind of cooperation. And I will highlight the initiative of United Russia of last year, when they convened a meeting of various parties to consider methods of fighting the new forms of colonialism and neo-colonialism. <...> A movement created on the basis of the conference, which is called "Freedom of Nations".
☝️ The inadmissibility of neo-colonial forms of exploitation is one of the agenda items of the Group of Friends of the UN Charter. Last year, we initiated, through this group, the resolution of the UN Committee on Decolonization. The draft resolution supported by this committee was accepted by the UN General Assembly. <..> A clear majority supported it.
The idea is to announce the 14th of December, the day of the adoption of The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples of 1960, as a date of fighting the new forms of neo-colonialism.
Сolonial exploitation was very blunt. Slaves, you know, digging the resources and leaving the countries in very poor condition. If you take the economic system in the world, countries, especially in Africa, mostly produce, they provide natural resources to the western countries
We would like to promote the movement to resolve this injustice. Without fighting any country, we never want to isolate any country from cooperation, but cooperation must be based on equal footing, just principles.
🤝 We express our readiness to cooperate with your conference.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Dear colleagues, dear friends,
This is the year when the International Conference of Asian Political Parties commemorates its 25th anniversary. And because of their reputation and their authority, they are a platform for exchanging views and experience in the context of party-to-party cooperation. Cooperation at this level is one of our priorities. It's a very useful addition to the so-called classical diplomacy and that contributes a lot to promoting mutual trust, mutual understanding between peoples.
The creation of the conference is a signal, a very clear signal to the entire world. And very timely response to reconsider the place of the Asian countries in international and global developments.
We assess very positively the increase of the political work of your conference. And we see with pleasure the sustainable process of expanding your influence in the continental architecture, in the architecture of regional organizations, some of which are experiencing erosion of their influence, if not degradation, since they abandoned practically all of the key principles of the UN Charter.
I have in mind such organizations on our Eurasian continent as the European Union, which became more Euro-Atlantic than Eurasian following NATO. <...>
In the last 10-15 years, all these principles including equal and indivisible security, including the statement that no one, be it the country or organization, should prepare to dominate in Europe, all this was abandoned, violated.
🌐 We need Eurasia of course. And by the way, Eurasia is the biggest, the richest continent. The continent which, unlike Africa and Latin America, is home of several world civilizations with thousands and thousands of years of history. <...>
#Eurasia is the only continent which doesn't have any universal continental structure, like African Union in Africa, like CELAC in Latin America. We have quite a lot, many integrational movements, organizations which address security issues, like Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, Collective Security Treaty Organization (#CSTO), Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (#SAARC) and there is no umbrella.
We are very much in favor of promoting party-to-party dialogue. Our ruling party, United Russia, in cooperation with other parliamentary parties and their fractions is promoting very actively this kind of cooperation. And I will highlight the initiative of United Russia of last year, when they convened a meeting of various parties to consider methods of fighting the new forms of colonialism and neo-colonialism. <...> A movement created on the basis of the conference, which is called "Freedom of Nations".
☝️ The inadmissibility of neo-colonial forms of exploitation is one of the agenda items of the Group of Friends of the UN Charter. Last year, we initiated, through this group, the resolution of the UN Committee on Decolonization. The draft resolution supported by this committee was accepted by the UN General Assembly. <..> A clear majority supported it.
The idea is to announce the 14th of December, the day of the adoption of The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples of 1960, as a date of fighting the new forms of neo-colonialism.
Сolonial exploitation was very blunt. Slaves, you know, digging the resources and leaving the countries in very poor condition. If you take the economic system in the world, countries, especially in Africa, mostly produce, they provide natural resources to the western countries
We would like to promote the movement to resolve this injustice. Without fighting any country, we never want to isolate any country from cooperation, but cooperation must be based on equal footing, just principles.
🤝 We express our readiness to cooperate with your conference.
#Opinion by Maria Zakharova, Russian MFA Spokeswoman
Polish President Andrzej Duda has expressed outrage over the lack of awareness in Ukraine regarding the genocide during the Volhynia Massacre: “It is absurd – when I arrive in Ukraine, I am embraced and thanked by individuals wearing armbands in the colours of the Bandera flag. I tell them we cannot accept this, and they shrug, asking, ‘What do you mean?’… We will never agree that Bandera has been declared a hero.”
💬 Nevertheless, it is the Polish official authorities who have played a significant role in erasing the historical truth of the Second World War. By demolishing monuments to genuine heroes, they have made way for false idols – Nazi collaborators.
As it is written in the Bible: “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.” (Matthew 12:43–45).
After the defeat of Nazism, monuments to heroes were erected on liberated lands – a reminder of the battle between good and evil that unfolded across the planet. However, as soon as these monuments began to be dismantled, traces of neo-Nazism and the images of its ideological inspirers emerged in their place like brown stains. Evil, once eradicated, has returned to Europe.
The monuments to Soviet soldiers – anti-fascist heroes – were the force that prevented Nazi ghouls and Holocaust executioners from being elevated onto pedestals. When, particularly, the Polish authorities began demolishing them under the pretext that they were supposedly not heroes, true values were overturned, and the evil spirit of neo-Nazism multiplied sevenfold.
https://xn--r1a.website/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/10675
Polish President Andrzej Duda has expressed outrage over the lack of awareness in Ukraine regarding the genocide during the Volhynia Massacre: “It is absurd – when I arrive in Ukraine, I am embraced and thanked by individuals wearing armbands in the colours of the Bandera flag. I tell them we cannot accept this, and they shrug, asking, ‘What do you mean?’… We will never agree that Bandera has been declared a hero.”
💬 Nevertheless, it is the Polish official authorities who have played a significant role in erasing the historical truth of the Second World War. By demolishing monuments to genuine heroes, they have made way for false idols – Nazi collaborators.
As it is written in the Bible: “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.” (Matthew 12:43–45).
After the defeat of Nazism, monuments to heroes were erected on liberated lands – a reminder of the battle between good and evil that unfolded across the planet. However, as soon as these monuments began to be dismantled, traces of neo-Nazism and the images of its ideological inspirers emerged in their place like brown stains. Evil, once eradicated, has returned to Europe.
The monuments to Soviet soldiers – anti-fascist heroes – were the force that prevented Nazi ghouls and Holocaust executioners from being elevated onto pedestals. When, particularly, the Polish authorities began demolishing them under the pretext that they were supposedly not heroes, true values were overturned, and the evil spirit of neo-Nazism multiplied sevenfold.
https://xn--r1a.website/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/10675
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📆 On May 29, 2025, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Toronto Vladlen Viktorovich Epifanov, during a working trip to the province of Alberta, congratulated veterans on the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
🇷🇺 On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the commemorative medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” were presented to the following veterans:
1️⃣ Lev Faustovich Nevler (1925 y.o.) — WWII veteran;
2️⃣ Mikhail Alexandrovich Shmuilovich — home front worker;
3️⃣ Lina Ilyinichna Kishnevskaya — concentration camp survivor and former civilian under occupation;
4️⃣ Bronislava Torgovetskaya — concentration camp survivor;
5️⃣ Semyon Semyonovich Lazar — concentration camp survivor.
🎼 A small concert followed the ceremony, organized by members of the Russian-speaking community in Edmonton. Wartime songs and words of remembrance were shared.
🕯 The veterans spoke of their experiences, their families, and the courage of the Soviet people during the war years.
🔴 🔴 No one is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten!
#Victory80 #WeRemember
🇷🇺 On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the commemorative medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” were presented to the following veterans:
1️⃣ Lev Faustovich Nevler (1925 y.o.) — WWII veteran;
2️⃣ Mikhail Alexandrovich Shmuilovich — home front worker;
3️⃣ Lina Ilyinichna Kishnevskaya — concentration camp survivor and former civilian under occupation;
4️⃣ Bronislava Torgovetskaya — concentration camp survivor;
5️⃣ Semyon Semyonovich Lazar — concentration camp survivor.
🎼 A small concert followed the ceremony, organized by members of the Russian-speaking community in Edmonton. Wartime songs and words of remembrance were shared.
🕯 The veterans spoke of their experiences, their families, and the courage of the Soviet people during the war years.
#Victory80 #WeRemember
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🇷🇺 Interview by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov to «Izvestia» newspaper
❓In March 2025, a meeting was held in Beijing with the participation of China, Russia and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue. Later, in April, consultations were held in Moscow, also in a trilateral format. When is the next meeting of representatives of Russia, China and Iran planned, but at an official level, as in Beijing?
💬 The situation around the Iranian nuclear program is developing dynamically, and this may well require another round of consultations between Russia, China and Iran on this issue at the level of deputy heads of the foreign ministries. There is no specific date yet. But the trilateral format is actively functioning in any case - literally today another «comparison of notes» at the level of Permanent Representatives of the three countries to the International Organizations was held in Vienna. There is a need to coordinate steps in anticipation of the session of the IAEA Board of Governors, which is opening on June 9
❓Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko stated that Russia is ready to help Iran and the United States reach a consensus on the issue of a possible agreement on nuclear issues that they are discussing. Has there been a request from Tehran or Washington to organize a meeting on this issue in a trilateral format with Moscow's participation?
💬 Indeed, the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated its readiness to assist Iran and the United States in reaching an agreement on nuclear issues. But for this to happen, both Tehran and Washington need to make such a request. So far, there has been no such request
❓Is it possible and under what circumstances to resume cooperation between Russia and the United States in the field of peaceful nuclear energy? Are there any contacts on this issue now?
💬 It should be said that even in the current circumstances, despite the sanctions, certain cooperation between Russia and the United States in the field of peaceful nuclear energy takes place. The Russian side supplies the United States with Russian enriched uranium product, as well as isotope products for medical and industrial purposes
❓In March 2025, a meeting was held in Beijing with the participation of China, Russia and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue. Later, in April, consultations were held in Moscow, also in a trilateral format. When is the next meeting of representatives of Russia, China and Iran planned, but at an official level, as in Beijing?
💬 The situation around the Iranian nuclear program is developing dynamically, and this may well require another round of consultations between Russia, China and Iran on this issue at the level of deputy heads of the foreign ministries. There is no specific date yet. But the trilateral format is actively functioning in any case - literally today another «comparison of notes» at the level of Permanent Representatives of the three countries to the International Organizations was held in Vienna. There is a need to coordinate steps in anticipation of the session of the IAEA Board of Governors, which is opening on June 9
❓Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko stated that Russia is ready to help Iran and the United States reach a consensus on the issue of a possible agreement on nuclear issues that they are discussing. Has there been a request from Tehran or Washington to organize a meeting on this issue in a trilateral format with Moscow's participation?
💬 Indeed, the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated its readiness to assist Iran and the United States in reaching an agreement on nuclear issues. But for this to happen, both Tehran and Washington need to make such a request. So far, there has been no such request
❓Is it possible and under what circumstances to resume cooperation between Russia and the United States in the field of peaceful nuclear energy? Are there any contacts on this issue now?
💬 It should be said that even in the current circumstances, despite the sanctions, certain cooperation between Russia and the United States in the field of peaceful nuclear energy takes place. The Russian side supplies the United States with Russian enriched uranium product, as well as isotope products for medical and industrial purposes
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❗️Russian Embassy's Comment on another anti-Russian propaganda story by ABC News
The assumption pushed by the ABC's recent "masterpiece of journalism" is that Mariupol residents are being forced to become Russian citizens.
What a shame that Australia's national public broadcaster relies on biased data and neglects basic fact-checking.
The Presidential Executive Order
No 159 On the Specifics of the Legal Status of Certain Categories of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation, Amending and Invalidating Certain Presidential Executive Orders (dated March 20, 2025) states:
Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions joined the Russian Federation as full-fledged subjects as a result of the referenda held in full conformity with the norms and principles of international law. The residents of these territories, including citizens of Ukraine, have made a conscious and free choice in favour of Russia and, accordingly, must comply with the Russian law.
☝️The requirement for Ukrainian citizens to regularise their legal status by September 10, 2025, only confirms that a special legal regime has been in effect for them for a long time, providing for a whole range of exceptions and concessions. Forcing people to become Russian citizens has never been on the agenda.
The same cannot be said about the criminal case opened in September 2024 by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation under Section 3 Article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code against US citizen Kathryn Diss, ABC correspondent and author of this piece of anti-Russian propaganda, who had illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region.
The assumption pushed by the ABC's recent "masterpiece of journalism" is that Mariupol residents are being forced to become Russian citizens.
What a shame that Australia's national public broadcaster relies on biased data and neglects basic fact-checking.
The Presidential Executive Order
No 159 On the Specifics of the Legal Status of Certain Categories of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation, Amending and Invalidating Certain Presidential Executive Orders (dated March 20, 2025) states:
<…> to protect the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens, and in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Article 3 of Federal Law No 115-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (dated July 25, 2002), Ukrainian citizens currently residing in the Russian Federation, who lack legal grounds for their stay or residence, must either leave the Russian Federation independently or, by September 10, 2025, regularise their legal status in accordance with Presidential Executive Order No 1126
On Temporary Measures to Regulate the Legal Status of Certain Categories of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation in Connection with the Implementation of the Expulsion Regime (dated December 30, 2024).
Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions joined the Russian Federation as full-fledged subjects as a result of the referenda held in full conformity with the norms and principles of international law. The residents of these territories, including citizens of Ukraine, have made a conscious and free choice in favour of Russia and, accordingly, must comply with the Russian law.
☝️The requirement for Ukrainian citizens to regularise their legal status by September 10, 2025, only confirms that a special legal regime has been in effect for them for a long time, providing for a whole range of exceptions and concessions. Forcing people to become Russian citizens has never been on the agenda.
The same cannot be said about the criminal case opened in September 2024 by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation under Section 3 Article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code against US citizen Kathryn Diss, ABC correspondent and author of this piece of anti-Russian propaganda, who had illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region.
✉️ Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and participants of the 10th international conference Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era
✍️ It is my pleasure to welcome the participants of the 10th international conference Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era.
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to its organisers – the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). It is through their efforts that this forum has become a respected platform for political analysis, which provides substantial expert support for comprehensive Russian-Chinese cooperation and strategic partnership.
This conference is being held in the year of the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory. Russia and China cherish the memory of the heroism of our predecessors who took up arms to defend the world from German Nazism and Japanese militarism. Strong evidence of our indissoluble friendship is that President of China Xi Jinping accepted the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to be the main guest at the May 9 celebrations in Moscow that marked the Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The day before, our Leaders held extensive and substantive talks on all items on the bilateral and international agenda. The Russian President reaffirmed his intention to accept the invitation to attend the celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese people's Victory over Japanese aggression, which will be held in Beijing on September 3.
Russian-Chinese ties have become a true model of relations between great powers in a multipolar world. They are self-sufficient and resilient to global fluctuations and external influence. We continue to strengthen our trust-based political dialogue, expand our trade and economic cooperation and deepen our cultural and humanitarian contacts.
Moscow and Beijing are firmly committed to the creation of a more just and stable world order. We are working jointly to coordinate the parameters of and conditions for interstate relations in the new era. We reject any manifestations of hegemony, unilateral restrictive measures and other modern practices of neocolonialism. We call for eradicating terrorism, extremism and Nazism in all their forms and manifestations, and we are working to ensure that the goals and principles of the UN Charter are interpreted and applied by all members of the international community in their entirety. Our countries remain committed to the principle of equal and indivisible security and are promoting initiatives for its practical implementation at the global and Eurasian levels.
I am confident that, in line with established tradition, this Russian-Chinese conference will be held in a constructive and forward-looking manner, and that the valuable ideas put forth during your discussions will be applied in the efforts of our executive authorities in effectively implementing the instructions of our Leaders.
I would like to wish you rewarding work and all the best.
#RussiaChina
✍️ It is my pleasure to welcome the participants of the 10th international conference Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era.
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to its organisers – the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). It is through their efforts that this forum has become a respected platform for political analysis, which provides substantial expert support for comprehensive Russian-Chinese cooperation and strategic partnership.
This conference is being held in the year of the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory. Russia and China cherish the memory of the heroism of our predecessors who took up arms to defend the world from German Nazism and Japanese militarism. Strong evidence of our indissoluble friendship is that President of China Xi Jinping accepted the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to be the main guest at the May 9 celebrations in Moscow that marked the Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The day before, our Leaders held extensive and substantive talks on all items on the bilateral and international agenda. The Russian President reaffirmed his intention to accept the invitation to attend the celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese people's Victory over Japanese aggression, which will be held in Beijing on September 3.
Russian-Chinese ties have become a true model of relations between great powers in a multipolar world. They are self-sufficient and resilient to global fluctuations and external influence. We continue to strengthen our trust-based political dialogue, expand our trade and economic cooperation and deepen our cultural and humanitarian contacts.
Moscow and Beijing are firmly committed to the creation of a more just and stable world order. We are working jointly to coordinate the parameters of and conditions for interstate relations in the new era. We reject any manifestations of hegemony, unilateral restrictive measures and other modern practices of neocolonialism. We call for eradicating terrorism, extremism and Nazism in all their forms and manifestations, and we are working to ensure that the goals and principles of the UN Charter are interpreted and applied by all members of the international community in their entirety. Our countries remain committed to the principle of equal and indivisible security and are promoting initiatives for its practical implementation at the global and Eurasian levels.
I am confident that, in line with established tradition, this Russian-Chinese conference will be held in a constructive and forward-looking manner, and that the valuable ideas put forth during your discussions will be applied in the efforts of our executive authorities in effectively implementing the instructions of our Leaders.
I would like to wish you rewarding work and all the best.
#RussiaChina
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC meeting on Ukraine (New York, May 29, 2025)
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: The script of today's meeting is absolutely clear and predictable. Much like previous similar initiatives by our Western and, of late, European colleagues, this meeting is not geared either towards solving problems or bringing the Ukrainian crisis closer to a peaceful settlement. Instead, the goal is to prop up the image of a supposedly free and democratic Ukraine. Thus, Ukraine is portrayed as the victim of alleged “Russian aggression” with the European sponsors of the Kiev regime trying to keep this image afloat, as they began to shape it long before Russia started its special military operation in Ukraine.
It is becoming more and more difficult for London, Paris, Berlin and their satellites to inflate this propaganda “bubble”, since it’s way too obvious now that what they have in Ukraine is nothing but a dictatorship and the Kiev expired princeling would stop at nothing to hold on to power, which he would lose if peace prevails. <...>
Today, yet again in this chamber, they are trying to make us believe that Russia is deliberately shelling residential areas of Ukrainian cities. What they offer as evidence are the consequences of the operation of Ukrainian air defense stationed near homes and social facilities in violation of the basic IHL norms.
At the same time, what is being hushed up is the fact that our strikes target exclusively objects related to Ukraine's military-industrial complex, and we are successfully destroying them or rendering them inoperable. <...>
Another fact that is being hushed up is that Russia is doing what I’ve just mentioned only in response to the massive and targeted shelling of peaceful Russian towns by the Kiev regime. <...>
The plans concocted by Zelensky and his posse are way too plain and clear.
👉 Their task is to trick and mislead American President Donald Trump, who is taking decisive steps toward peace; they are ready to go to any lengths only to return the US – which has already wasted hundreds of billions of dollars helping Ukraine – to an anti-Russian and Russophobic course. <...>
What is also clear and undeniable are peace initiatives and tangible steps on the part of the Russian leadership.
We intend to continue pursuing this course and are willing to proceed with the serious direct negotiations with Ukraine, which Ukraine itself suspended in April 2022 at the instigation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and like-minded Russophobes. This negotiation process should bring about such a solution that would definitively address the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict and the threats to the security of my country emanating from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian side has been invited to meet in Istanbul on June 2 to discuss the content of our memoranda regarding approaches to the negotiation process.
As long as Kiev tries to prolong the war and provoke Russia by striking at residential and civilian infrastructure in our territory, we will continue our special military operation and we will continue destroying facilities having to do with the Kiev regime's military capabilities. And neither new anti-Russian sanctions, nor arms supplies to Ukraine, nor other hostile steps vis-a-vis Russia will be able to prevent the inevitable military defeat of the Zelensky regime.
❗️ The ball is in Ukraine’s court: either talks followed by peace or imminent defeat on the battlefield with different conditions for ending the conflict.
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💬 Vassily Nebenzia: The script of today's meeting is absolutely clear and predictable. Much like previous similar initiatives by our Western and, of late, European colleagues, this meeting is not geared either towards solving problems or bringing the Ukrainian crisis closer to a peaceful settlement. Instead, the goal is to prop up the image of a supposedly free and democratic Ukraine. Thus, Ukraine is portrayed as the victim of alleged “Russian aggression” with the European sponsors of the Kiev regime trying to keep this image afloat, as they began to shape it long before Russia started its special military operation in Ukraine.
It is becoming more and more difficult for London, Paris, Berlin and their satellites to inflate this propaganda “bubble”, since it’s way too obvious now that what they have in Ukraine is nothing but a dictatorship and the Kiev expired princeling would stop at nothing to hold on to power, which he would lose if peace prevails. <...>
Today, yet again in this chamber, they are trying to make us believe that Russia is deliberately shelling residential areas of Ukrainian cities. What they offer as evidence are the consequences of the operation of Ukrainian air defense stationed near homes and social facilities in violation of the basic IHL norms.
At the same time, what is being hushed up is the fact that our strikes target exclusively objects related to Ukraine's military-industrial complex, and we are successfully destroying them or rendering them inoperable. <...>
Another fact that is being hushed up is that Russia is doing what I’ve just mentioned only in response to the massive and targeted shelling of peaceful Russian towns by the Kiev regime. <...>
The plans concocted by Zelensky and his posse are way too plain and clear.
👉 Their task is to trick and mislead American President Donald Trump, who is taking decisive steps toward peace; they are ready to go to any lengths only to return the US – which has already wasted hundreds of billions of dollars helping Ukraine – to an anti-Russian and Russophobic course. <...>
What is also clear and undeniable are peace initiatives and tangible steps on the part of the Russian leadership.
We intend to continue pursuing this course and are willing to proceed with the serious direct negotiations with Ukraine, which Ukraine itself suspended in April 2022 at the instigation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and like-minded Russophobes. This negotiation process should bring about such a solution that would definitively address the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict and the threats to the security of my country emanating from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian side has been invited to meet in Istanbul on June 2 to discuss the content of our memoranda regarding approaches to the negotiation process.
As long as Kiev tries to prolong the war and provoke Russia by striking at residential and civilian infrastructure in our territory, we will continue our special military operation and we will continue destroying facilities having to do with the Kiev regime's military capabilities. And neither new anti-Russian sanctions, nor arms supplies to Ukraine, nor other hostile steps vis-a-vis Russia will be able to prevent the inevitable military defeat of the Zelensky regime.
❗️ The ball is in Ukraine’s court: either talks followed by peace or imminent defeat on the battlefield with different conditions for ending the conflict.
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 On May 29, Russian-Vietnamese inter-agency consultations on ensuring biological safety and security took place in Hanoi.
The two Sides exchanged views on biological safety and security in the Asia-Pacific Region as well as globally. The issues of developing bilateral cooperation in the field of biological safety and security and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (#BTWC) regime were discussed.
🤝 The two Sides noted the need for continued consultations and cooperation both bilaterally and within relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC and the UN.
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The two Sides exchanged views on biological safety and security in the Asia-Pacific Region as well as globally. The issues of developing bilateral cooperation in the field of biological safety and security and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (#BTWC) regime were discussed.
🤝 The two Sides noted the need for continued consultations and cooperation both bilaterally and within relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC and the UN.
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📻 Interview of Russia’s Ambassador to Norway Nikolay Korchunov to BBC 4 «Today» Radio Program (May 22, 2025)
Key points:
• The policy and activities of the Russian Federation in the Arctic are carried out in accordance with the Strategy for Developing the Russian Arctic Zone and Ensuring National Security until 2035 and the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, which aim at finding solutions to common challenges – contribute to sustainable development of the region, preserve the fragile nature of the Arctic and ensure well-being of all people living in the High North including Indigenous Peoples.
• The key task is to preserve the Arctic as the territory of peace, stability and mutually beneficial cooperation based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit, maintaining pragmatic dialogue on the Arctic agenda, including within the Arctic Council.
• Arctic states bear special responsibility for the region. Many pending problems in the Arctic need joint efforts. Climate change, permafrost degradation, loss of biodiversity, natural or man-made disasters, wildfires, well-being of Indigenous Peoples require common solutions within the framework of existing intergovernmental formats and for the sake of developing international science.
• Growing activities of NATO in the Arctic are not contributing to resolving multiple challenges this region is facing, such as climate change, biodiversity degradation, pollution, frozen scientific cooperation. NATO's presence only escalates tension without tackling any of these challenges.
• Anti-Russian agenda of Western countries, which is supported by Norway, undermines a long history of peaceful relations and mutually beneficial cooperation between our nations and contributes to the growing risks and threats in the Arctic region. However, the reality is that Russia and Norway are «doomed» to cooperate. We are neighbors and I hope that sooner or later common sense would prevail.
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Key points:
• The policy and activities of the Russian Federation in the Arctic are carried out in accordance with the Strategy for Developing the Russian Arctic Zone and Ensuring National Security until 2035 and the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, which aim at finding solutions to common challenges – contribute to sustainable development of the region, preserve the fragile nature of the Arctic and ensure well-being of all people living in the High North including Indigenous Peoples.
• The key task is to preserve the Arctic as the territory of peace, stability and mutually beneficial cooperation based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit, maintaining pragmatic dialogue on the Arctic agenda, including within the Arctic Council.
• Arctic states bear special responsibility for the region. Many pending problems in the Arctic need joint efforts. Climate change, permafrost degradation, loss of biodiversity, natural or man-made disasters, wildfires, well-being of Indigenous Peoples require common solutions within the framework of existing intergovernmental formats and for the sake of developing international science.
• Growing activities of NATO in the Arctic are not contributing to resolving multiple challenges this region is facing, such as climate change, biodiversity degradation, pollution, frozen scientific cooperation. NATO's presence only escalates tension without tackling any of these challenges.
• Anti-Russian agenda of Western countries, which is supported by Norway, undermines a long history of peaceful relations and mutually beneficial cooperation between our nations and contributes to the growing risks and threats in the Arctic region. However, the reality is that Russia and Norway are «doomed» to cooperate. We are neighbors and I hope that sooner or later common sense would prevail.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding statements by Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan and the U.S. President's Special Envoy Keith Kellogg on direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul
❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding statements by Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan and the U.S. President's Special Envoy Keith Kellogg about their respective positions on the direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on June 2 and plans by officials from the United States, the UK, Germany and France to visit this city on this day?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have seen reports quoting Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan. As far as we can see, he talked about going with a more flexible approach as suggested by Russia in the context of the upcoming talks in order to prevent Russia from finding itself at disadvantage.
We have also taken note of Keith Kellogg’s remarks on the possible presence in Istanbul on June 2 of officials from the countries you have mentioned for holding quadrilateral discussions of some sort on Russia-Ukraine talks. There was also speculation against the backdrop of Hakan Fidan’s current visit to Kiev alleging that Türkiye was unable to exercise its mediating role all by itself and needed someone to assist it in its efforts.
❗️ If we are talking about Russia’s position on this matter, we would like to note that the initiative as set forth by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and supported by President of the United States Donald Trump provides for launching direct bilateral Russia-Ukraine talks. As you know, these talks resumed in Istanbul on May 16 after a three-year pause.
Of course, we are very grateful to our Turkish friends for their hospitality and creating the necessary working conditions as the hosts of this negotiating venue. However, we are not talking about Türkiye or anyone else playing any mediating role in this process.
☝️ We can confirm that the Russian delegation with Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky at its head will be in Istanbul on June 2 for holding the second round of talks as described above. This delegation will bring along a draft memorandum and other proposals regarding a ceasefire.
As for what Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said, being a democratic country which adheres to the rule of law, Russia respects the universal principle of the freedom of movement as a fundamental human right. Anyone is free to travel where he or she desires. That said, we cannot see in what way the movements by officials from the four countries you have mentioned in your question relate to the bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.
❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding statements by Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan and the U.S. President's Special Envoy Keith Kellogg about their respective positions on the direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on June 2 and plans by officials from the United States, the UK, Germany and France to visit this city on this day?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have seen reports quoting Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan. As far as we can see, he talked about going with a more flexible approach as suggested by Russia in the context of the upcoming talks in order to prevent Russia from finding itself at disadvantage.
We have also taken note of Keith Kellogg’s remarks on the possible presence in Istanbul on June 2 of officials from the countries you have mentioned for holding quadrilateral discussions of some sort on Russia-Ukraine talks. There was also speculation against the backdrop of Hakan Fidan’s current visit to Kiev alleging that Türkiye was unable to exercise its mediating role all by itself and needed someone to assist it in its efforts.
❗️ If we are talking about Russia’s position on this matter, we would like to note that the initiative as set forth by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and supported by President of the United States Donald Trump provides for launching direct bilateral Russia-Ukraine talks. As you know, these talks resumed in Istanbul on May 16 after a three-year pause.
Of course, we are very grateful to our Turkish friends for their hospitality and creating the necessary working conditions as the hosts of this negotiating venue. However, we are not talking about Türkiye or anyone else playing any mediating role in this process.
☝️ We can confirm that the Russian delegation with Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky at its head will be in Istanbul on June 2 for holding the second round of talks as described above. This delegation will bring along a draft memorandum and other proposals regarding a ceasefire.
As for what Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said, being a democratic country which adheres to the rule of law, Russia respects the universal principle of the freedom of movement as a fundamental human right. Anyone is free to travel where he or she desires. That said, we cannot see in what way the movements by officials from the four countries you have mentioned in your question relate to the bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.
🇷🇺 The Security Council of the Russian Federation:
⚡️ The comprehensive high-level international dialogue on the future architecture of global security has definitively dispelled the myth of Russia’s isolation.
The 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues concluded in Moscow. The three-day international dialogue chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu held at Rossiya National Centre was attended by 126 delegations from 105 countries that are members of #BRICS, the #SCO, #ASEAN, the #CIS, #CELAC, the African Union, the #CSTO, and other international organisations.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the plenary session, during which 60 speakers delivered their remarks. The Minister shared his assessments of the Ministry’s performance amid dynamic global processes.
The Russian delegation held over 80 bilateral meetings, while foreign representatives held more than 40 bilateral meetings among themselves. Multilateral meetings were held in BRICS, the SCO, the CIS, and Russia-ASEAN formats. A briefing was organized for delegations from African countries, while an expert seminar on global security issues took place as well.
💬 From Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergey Shoigu’s remarks at a news conference following the meeting:
Foreign delegations expressed strong interest in the exhibition ‘Journey across Russia’ by the National Centre, which showcased the diversity of our country’s scientific research and cultural endeavours and the multifaceted achievements of modern-day Russia, as well as in the ‘We Accuse’ photo exhibition about the crimes committed by the Kiev regime during the special military operation in Ukraine, as well as in an exhibition dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
⚡️ The comprehensive high-level international dialogue on the future architecture of global security has definitively dispelled the myth of Russia’s isolation.
The 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues concluded in Moscow. The three-day international dialogue chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu held at Rossiya National Centre was attended by 126 delegations from 105 countries that are members of #BRICS, the #SCO, #ASEAN, the #CIS, #CELAC, the African Union, the #CSTO, and other international organisations.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the plenary session, during which 60 speakers delivered their remarks. The Minister shared his assessments of the Ministry’s performance amid dynamic global processes.
The Russian delegation held over 80 bilateral meetings, while foreign representatives held more than 40 bilateral meetings among themselves. Multilateral meetings were held in BRICS, the SCO, the CIS, and Russia-ASEAN formats. A briefing was organized for delegations from African countries, while an expert seminar on global security issues took place as well.
💬 From Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergey Shoigu’s remarks at a news conference following the meeting:
“The high level of participants and the sheer number of participating countries clearly showed the urgency and the demand for holding such events and dispelled the myth of Russia’s isolation this time again. The participants unanimously noted that the meeting was held in an atmosphere of mutual trust, and the discussions were informative and productive. The open and trust-based dialogue about the need for forming equal and indivisible security architecture served as an effective confirmation of the fact that the multipolar world, in which the security of each country matters, already exists.”
Foreign delegations expressed strong interest in the exhibition ‘Journey across Russia’ by the National Centre, which showcased the diversity of our country’s scientific research and cultural endeavours and the multifaceted achievements of modern-day Russia, as well as in the ‘We Accuse’ photo exhibition about the crimes committed by the Kiev regime during the special military operation in Ukraine, as well as in an exhibition dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.