🎙Comment of the Embassy of Russia in Norway to NRK on Russia's climate policy (November 18, 2025)

❓On November 10-21, Brazil is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30. Russia has recognized that the world must cut emissions to avoid even worse climate change. As the biggest source of emissions is fossil fuels, why does Russia have no plans to phase out fossil fuel production?

💬 Answer: The Russian Federation participates in the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

In August, the President of the Russian Federation approved a target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which became the basis for Russia's new nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, presented ahead of COP30 in Brazil.

The target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 65–67% by 2035 compared to the 1990 levels exceeds the previous target and can provide a cumulative reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions during this period of more than 66.6 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which is a significant contribution to achieving the global temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.

Russia has significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the development of energy-efficient technologies, as well as through the measures to increase the absorption capacity of ecosystems. In accordance with Paris Agreement one of the prerequisites for a successful transition to a low-emission economy is strong cooperative action on technology development and transfer as well as enabling know-how and innovation.

At the same time, unfortunately, not all the parties of the Agreement exhibit responsible attiutude to obligations. Simple and evident example is the half-frozen work of the Arctic Council (where climate and environment are in theory high on the agenda) as a consequence of the shortsighted political actions of the Western member-states.

❗️Unlawful sanctions of the Western states against Russia are clear evidence of their policy of creating artificial obstacles for other countries to implement the Agreement and apparently less interest in the climate change issue. This leads to reduced investment in green technologies, disruptions in supply chains, and limited access to full-scale international cooperation, negatively impacting the dynamics of the energy transition. Clearly, militaristic interests in Europe have pushed the green transition to the sideline.

📷 Photo credit: https://cop30.br/

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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, November 14, 2025)

🔹 #KievRegimeCrimes
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Moldovan government’s decision to denounce seven CIS agreements
🔹 Developments in El Fasher, Sudan
🔹 The US counter-narcotics policy in Latin America
🔹 Anti-Russian conference in Dublin
🔹 G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Canada

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#KievRegimeCrimes

The neo-Nazi regime in Kiev continues to terrorise civilians in Russia.

Over the past week, 53 Russian citizens suffered from artillery shelling and drone strikes, with 8 people killed and 45 injured, including six children.

Russian courts continue to hand down sentences to Ukrainian neo-Nazis and mercenaries. In absentia, mercenaries from Georgia, Colombia, and the Czech Republic who participated in combat on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been sentenced to 28, 13.5, and 13 years in prison.

#Ireland #EU #Militarisation

Militaristic rhetoric of the [Brussels bureaucracy] finds fertile ground in Dublin, where the ruling coalition <…> is pursuing a course to revise constitutional restrictions on the participation of Irish service members in overseas missions.

The Irish run the risk of becoming pawns in reckless geopolitical games of the Westerners (Anglo-Saxons), who are clearly acting against Russia, with all the negative consequences for [Ireland] that this entails.

#US #LatinAmerica

Since September 2025, we have been witnessing an unprecedented military campaign launched by Washington in Latin America under the pretext of allegedly combating drug-trafficking routes into the United States.

We are extremely concerned by the military methods chosen by the United States to address this issue, which amount to little more than blatant interference in the internal affairs of Latin American states.

We firmly oppose the use of force or the threat of force to interfere in internal affairs under various pretexts, including counter-narcotics operations.

#AxisJapan #WarCrimes #NoStatuteOfLimitations

We continue our work on disclosing information about the crimes of Japanese militarism.

We have repeatedly emphasised that these crimes have no statute of limitations. Procedural actions aimed at bringing all those responsible to justice continue to this day.

Between March and June, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation adopted decisions annulling the conclusions issued in the 1980s–2000s that had granted rehabilitation to 24 Japanese citizens.

Following the review of court rulings in cassation and supervisory instances, it was established that these individuals are not subject to rehabilitation. Their guilt has been fully proven.

#US #Tariffs

From an economic standpoint, the introduction of 500% tariffs on goods from third countries that purchase Russian oil and gas seems absurd.

This is tantamount to the discontinuation of all trade relations between countries, as such a tariff rate is prohibitive.

Russian energy resources are supplied to dozens of states around the world, including Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, China, and India. It is downright impossible to substitute such volumes of oil and natural gas on the global market within reasonable timeframes.

Those who call for [such measures] are likely unaware of the negative consequences this would have both for the United States itself and for the global economy as a whole. Moreover, such a step would be a gross violation of international trade law.

🎙 Russia's Ambassador to ASEAN Evgeny Zagaynov’s article on the outcomes of the ASEAN-related Summits and the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur (November 18, 2025, The Jakarta Post)

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Key points:

ASEAN-related Summits remain a cornerstone of regional cooperation. The Summit week marked an important moment in ASEAN’s evolution, reinforcing both its internal cohesion and its outward-looking agenda. New trade and investment frameworks were adopted, commitments to sustainable and digital transitions were made, and Timor-Leste’s accession completed Southeast Asia’s geographic footprint.

At the 20th East Asia Summit (#EAS), Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk led the Russian delegation. Russia’s priorities included food security, trade and economy, energy, connectivity, critical supply chains, disaster management, as well as cultural diversity.

Russia strongly supported Malaysia’s chairmanship, particularly its emphasis on inclusivity and sustainability – principles that are becoming increasingly important amid global challenges to economic stability and to the multilateral trading system.

📄 A significant milestone in 2025 was the adoption of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the 20th Anniversary of the EAS, alongside a Joint Statement on Disaster Preparedness and Response. Russia, with substantial experience in disaster management, stands ready to expand cooperation on the basis of the 2021 bilateral Memorandum of Understanding.

At the same time, the inability to reach consensus on several non-political documents showed that politicization continues to hamper the EAS, even when the issues concern people’s well-being and regional trust-building.

ASEAN’s central role and convening capacity will be crucial in ensuring that the EAS remains an effective and result-oriented platform built on equality and cooperation as it enters its next decade.

Growing ASEAN-BRICS engagement was evident in Kuala Lumpur, with the participation of BRICS and BRICS+ representatives, including several heads of state. The themes of both chairs – “Inclusivity and Sustainability” (#ASEAN) and “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for a More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance” (#BRICS) – are closely aligned.

With Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam recently joining BRICS in various capacities, and others expressing interest, ASEAN-BRICS cooperation is gaining momentum. Both groupings contribute to a stronger and more united voice of the Global South, promoting sustainable development and a fairer global economic order.

This growing convergence offers ASEAN new opportunities for economic growth, trade diversification and development financing. Over time, ASEAN-BRICS synergy may become a key pillar of the emerging multipolar world, strengthening the values of equality, justice and balanced global governance.

🇷🇺🇺🇾 On November 18 Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov met with Ambassador-Designate of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the Russian Federation Rosario Portell Casanova, who presented copies of her credentials.

During their conversation, both Sides expressed satisfaction with the friendly nature of Russian-Uruguayan relations and noted mutual interest in continuing joint work to strengthen the entire set of bilateral ties, primarily in the trade, economic, scientific, technical and humanitarian areas.

#RussiaUruguay

⚛️ President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, together with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, participated via videoconference in a ceremony marking the installation of the reactor vessel for the first unit of Egypt’s El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (November 19, 2025)

The construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant is being carried out by the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom under a Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental agreement signed in 2015. The plant will consist of four power units with a total capacity of 4'800 megawatts.

International Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi addressed the ceremony participants with a video message.

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💬 Remarks by President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony:

Mr President, friends,

I warmheartedly welcome all participants of the ceremony marking the installation of the reactor pressure vessel for Unit 1 of the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.

The presentations by our colleagues, as well as the video we have just seen, clearly demonstrate that the construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant with Russian participation is progressing confidently and successfully.

In fact, we are now entering a crucial stage in the technological outfitting of the future plant. In the foreseeable future, it will begin generating the electricity required to meet the needs of Egypt’s growing economy.

The implementation of the El Dabaa project became possible largely thanks to the personal initiative and support of our friend, President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who, as has already been noted, celebrates his birthday today.

Happy birthday, Mr President, I wish you good health, prosperity, and continued success in your public service.

We are grateful for the consistent attention you devote not only to this flagship project in the field of the peaceful atom, but also to the overall expansion of diverse contacts with Russia. We fully share this approach and remain committed to a comprehensive strengthening and deepening of our partnership with friendly Egypt.

It is important that Russian-Egyptian relations are steadily developing on the basis of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement, in the spirit of equality, mutual respect, and consideration for each other’s interests.

Let me also recall that in the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet specialists actively contributed to the development of Egypt’s economy, helping to build major industrial, energy, and infrastructure facilities throughout the country.

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It is gratifying that our bilateral cooperation continues to develop consistently. Our trade is growing steadily. It increased by slightly more than one third last year. Our industrial cooperation is growing stronger. We are working to create a Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal area. <...>

Rosatom, which is a recognised leader in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, is using cutting-edge engineering solutions and economically effective and reliable technologies for building the nuclear power plant in Egypt. At the same time, it complies with all necessary standards and environmental requirements. <...> Russia is training nuclear engineering personnel for Egypt. Over 100 Egyptian students have received relevant education at Russian universities.

Russia will continue to provide assistance to its Egyptian partners at all vital stages of the nuclear project. This includes long-term supplies of reactor fuel, the technical maintenance of the plant, and spent nuclear fuel management. Rosatom is ready to share its unique technologies with Egypt, in particular, regarding the assembly of small modular reactors and the use of nuclear energy in medicine and agriculture.

In conclusion, I would like to thank the Russian and Egyptian engineers employed in the construction of the El Dabaa NPP for their diligence and hard work. <...>

I would like to congratulate our Egyptian colleagues on Egyptian Nuclear Energy Day.

Thank you very much. I wish you success, and all the best.

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🗓 November 19 marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Yury Knorozov, one of the most renowned Russian linguists and ethnographers, who managed to decipher Maya script.

In the first half of the XX century, the prevailing opinion in the global scientific community was that the language of this ancient civilization was impossible to decipher. Both prominent German ethnographer Paul Schellhas and leading English Mesoamerican archaeologist Eric Thompson held the same view. However, the Soviet scientist succeeded in solving this task in a library and his own study.

While translating into Russian the essential historical book by monk Diego de Landa titled in Spanish "Relación de las cosas de Yucatán" ("Account of the Things of Yucatán") of 1566, dedicated to the Mayan civilisation and its Spanish colonisation era, Yury Knorozov compared Landa’s data with available Mayan codices as well as inscriptions on monuments and ceramics. He realized that the Mayan glyphs corresponded to syllables rather than individual letters or ideograms, as many Western researchers before him believed, including Thompson.

Yury Knorozov’s discovery became a genuine scientific sensation and quickly gained international attention. In 1956, the world-famous scholar was even allowed to attend the International Congress of Americanists in Copenhagen. Eric Thompson himself was present at the gathering. It is said that when Yury Knorozov was delivering his speech on his work, Thompson’s blood pressure rose so dramatically that he became unwell. Subsequently, Thompson became Knorozov's uncompromising opponent, accusing him of promoting Marxism–Leninist propaganda and disputing his theory.

It seemed an unlikely success story: a young Soviet scholar, who had never seen Mayan cultural artifacts and worked only with ancient manuscripts managed to solve the unsolvable where an entire school of thought failed to achieve. When asked how such a thing was possible, Yury Knorozov answered ironically:

“I am a desk-bound scientist. You don't need to climb pyramids to work with texts."

Yury Knorozov’s discovery resonated deeply in the region inhabited by the Maya and later received worldwide recognition. In 1990, at the President of Guatemala's personal invitation, he visited this Central American country, and also traveled to Mexico in 1992, 1995 and 1997. During these trips, he toured the major archaeological sites, spoke with archaeologists and delivered lectures.

Today, the legendary Soviet linguist and ethnographer is widely honored in Russia and Latin America. A department at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala was named after him, where he was also posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate. The Mesoamerican Studies Center at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) named after Yury Knorozov maintains research departments in Mexico and Guatemala.

In 2022, Galina Ershova, director of the Mesoamerican Studies Center at RSUH, published the book “The Last Genius of the XX Century. Yuri Knorozov: The Researcher’s Fate.”

In 2018, a monument to Yury Knorozov was erected in the Mexican city of Merida, and in the year of his centennial birth anniversary, the scholar's bust was unveiled at the Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology.

Yury Knorozov’s discovery had an immense significance for world science, providing a foundation for future studies and deciphering of ancient languages. Not only did it become an important breakthrough in linguistics, but also contributed to fostering cultural ties between our country and the peoples of Latin America.

📰 Article by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for Lao media 🇷🇺🇱🇦 “Russia and Laos: 65 Years of Time-Tested Friendship” (November 20, 2025)

Full article (Telegraph)

✍️ On October 7, 2025, Russia and Laos marked the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Over the past decades, much has changed in our countries and in the world at large. What has remained immutable are the unifying traditions of friendship, mutual assistance, and camaraderie, rooted in the years of the national liberation struggle of the Lao people against French colonialists and American aggressors.

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Key points:

• The USSR took active part in the 1954 Geneva Conference, which put an end to French colonial rule in Indochina, and acted as a guarantor of Laos’s neutrality. During the “undeclared war”, extensive material support from the Soviet Union was an important factor in the victory of the Lao patriotic forces.

• #RussiaLaos: Today, Russian-Lao cooperation is dynamically advancing in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Treaty on the Principles of Friendly Relations between Russia and the Lao PDR of March 9, 1994, and the Declaration on bilateral Strategic Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Region of October 13, 2011.

• We attach great importance to the development of Russian-Lao practical cooperation, the volume of which continues to grow. The primary tasks in this area are the creation of new effective transport and logistics routes, the implementation of large joint investment projects, primarily in the fields of energy, exploration and mining, as well as support for the activities of small and medium-sized businesses. <…> We see good prospects in the project to construct a small modular reactor nuclear power plant in the Lao PDR with the participation of the Rosatom State Corporation.

❗️ The strengthening strategic partnership between Russia and Laos allows us to look to the future with hope and optimism.

• The priorities for joint work are determined by the leaders of our countries during their intensive and trust-based dialogue. On July 31, 2025, talks were held between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Lao PDR Thongloun Sisoulith during his official visit to Russia. In 2024, two meetings of the Heads of State took place – on May 9 in Moscow and on October 24 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan.

• Our countries’ approaches to a wide range of international issues coincide or are very close. We advocate for the unconditional observance of the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety, fullness, and interconnectedness. We are firmly committed to the formation of a just multipolar world order.

• We appreciate the desire of our Lao partners to establish contacts with the leading associations of the World Majority, including #BRICS and the #SCO, to “build bridges” with the #EAEU, and to participate in the processes of creating the Greater Eurasian Partnership and the Eurasian security architecture.

• We welcome Laos’s independent foreign policy, including its balanced position in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. Obviously, a lasting settlement of the conflict is only possible through eliminating its root causes

• The strengthening strategic partnership between our countries allows us to look to the future with hope and optimism. The 65 years of cooperation is evidence that we can solve the most complex issues for the benefit of our countries and peoples, in the interests of ensuring universal peace and prosperity.

🇴🇲 On November 20, the Sultanate of #Oman is celebrating National Day.

📆 The date is linked with founding the Al Bu Said dynasty whose members have been governing the state since the mid-18th century. In 1744, Sultan Ahmad ibn Said Al Busaidi gained power, expelled foreign invaders from the country and launched a large-scale economic and military modernisation programme. During his reign, Oman regained its regional influence, and the foundations of a state, which continues to develop successfully today, were also laid.

Almost 300 years on, the Sultanate has achieved impressive successes in its socio-economic development. The country has implemented a comprehensive economic modernisation programme and has become one of the most stable and safest Middle East states. The Oman Vision 2040 national strategy, implemented under the guidance of Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq, provides for further economic diversification, the development of the green energy sector and expanded international cooperation.

🤝 The Soviet Union and the Sultanate of Oman established diplomatic relations on September 26, 1985. In 1987, the Soviet Embassy opened in Muscat (for two years, the Soviet Ambassador to Jordan represented our country in Oman).

#RussiaOman: Bilateral cooperation is developing most actively in the field of education, culture and tourism. Russian artistic groups regularly perform in the Sultanate. In 2025, Muscat is hosting the large-scale Russian Seasons festival of Russian culture and art.

🎉 We wholeheartedly congratulate our friends and colleagues in Oman on their national holiday, and we wish them well-being and prosperity!