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The main guest of the event was Lyubov Kovaleva, a witness to the Battle of Stalingrad. Representatives of the diplomatic corps, Norwegian citizens, and compatriots living in Norway were also present.
In his address to the guests, Ambassador of Russia to Norway Nikolai Korchunov emphasized:
"The Great Patriotic War affected every family in our country. Today, we pay tribute to those who made our Victory possible.
<...> In memory of the Battle of Stalingrad and all those who fell, we are opening an exhibition of paintings by British artist Kenneth Loynes, ‘The Stalingrad Suite’. <...> In times of geopolitical tension, culture and art remain one of the most important tools for restoring trust and reminding us of universal human values."
During the evening, songs from the war years and classical musical compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev were performed by Timur Dorfman, Adrian Kharitonov, and Svyatoslav Grabovsky.
Guests were shown an excerpt from a documentary film by Norwegian filmmaker Jarle Andhøy about veterans of the Great Patriotic War who survived the Battle of Stalingrad. An interview with artist Kenneth Loynes, provided by his friend Margrete Geurts-Lakin, was also shown.
In conclusion, Nikolay Korchunov awarded our compatriot Tatyana Toresen with the Honorary Sign of a Compatriot of the Commission for the Affairs of Compatriots Living Abroad for her work in identifying the names of Soviet prisoners of war buried in Norway and searching for their relatives.
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🇷🇺🇦🇪📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke over the phone (February 7, 2026)
Vladimir Putin thanked Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for ensuring effective cooperation between the two countries' security agencies and for the assistance of the Emirati side in apprehending the suspect in the assassination attempt on General Vladimir Alekseyev.
In addition, the Leaders had a further discussion of the issues raised during the President of the UAE's recent visit to Moscow.
#RussiaUAE
Vladimir Putin thanked Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for ensuring effective cooperation between the two countries' security agencies and for the assistance of the Emirati side in apprehending the suspect in the assassination attempt on General Vladimir Alekseyev.
In addition, the Leaders had a further discussion of the issues raised during the President of the UAE's recent visit to Moscow.
#RussiaUAE
🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to the TV BRICS international media network (Moscow, February 9, 2026)
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Key talking points
• The global arena is undergoing a transformation that began some time ago with the objective transition toward a multipolar world order. This is neither the bipolarity of the Soviet-American era with the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, nor the unipolarity that emerged after the Soviet Union’s collapse. <...> Multiple centres of rapid economic growth, power, and financial and political influence have thus emerged.
• It is equally important that we develop action plans tailored for each partner country covering trade and economic cooperation, investment, scientific collaboration, and coordinated activity on the international stage, including at the United Nations and other organisations, based on agreements reached between presidents and prime ministers. Particular attention is devoted to #CIS, #EAEU, #CSTO, and the post-Soviet space at large. This day-to-day work relies on long-term planning and delivers tangible mutual benefits to both Russia and its partners.
• Multiple centres of rapid economic growth, power, and financial and political influence have thus emerged. The world is being reshaped through competition. The West is reluctant to relinquish its formerly dominant positions.
• Safeguarding security demands sustained action to ensure that the Nazi state established on our borders in Ukraine – and supported by the West as a vehicle for renewed confrontation – cannot continue to exist in its present form. Nazi foundations must be eliminated. We will ensure, and I have no doubt about it, our own security interests, by preventing the deployment on Ukrainian territory of any weapons threatening us, and, second, by guaranteeing reliable and full protection for the rights of Russian and Russian-speaking people, who have been living in Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya for centuries, and whom the Kiev regime that came to power after a coup declared subhuman “species” and “terrorists” and unleashed a civil war against.
• Russia chaired #BRICS in 2024. At that time, a summit was held in Kazan, and a number of our initiatives were put into action: alternative payment platforms, payment mechanisms in national currencies, the creation of reinsurance opportunities for trade within BRICS and between the association and its partners, the creation of a grain exchange, and a new investment platform.
All this is not to spite anyone, especially the United States. This is due to the fact that the United States seeks to bring all processes in the areas I mentioned under its strict control and demands unilateral concessions. Without giving up contacts with them, to the extent that they are willing to engage on a mutually beneficial basis, we are interested, together with our BRICS partners, in creating an architecture that will not be subject to the illegal actions of one or another player from the Western flank.
• The Greater Eurasian Partnership was bound to appear on the agenda. Many years ago, at the 2015 Russia – #ASEAN Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested this term which is based on an objective trend of Eurasia becoming the biggest, richest and fastest-growing continent, especially its Pacific part. It is the most heavily-populated continent which, importantly, has seen several great civilisations emerge and continue to exist – the Chinese, Indian, Arab, Persian and Russian civilisations.
☝️ It is for a reason that our initiative on building a common Eurasian security architecture, set forward by President Putin in 2024, is gaining momentum. It is increasingly attracting interest.
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Key talking points
• The global arena is undergoing a transformation that began some time ago with the objective transition toward a multipolar world order. This is neither the bipolarity of the Soviet-American era with the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, nor the unipolarity that emerged after the Soviet Union’s collapse. <...> Multiple centres of rapid economic growth, power, and financial and political influence have thus emerged.
• It is equally important that we develop action plans tailored for each partner country covering trade and economic cooperation, investment, scientific collaboration, and coordinated activity on the international stage, including at the United Nations and other organisations, based on agreements reached between presidents and prime ministers. Particular attention is devoted to #CIS, #EAEU, #CSTO, and the post-Soviet space at large. This day-to-day work relies on long-term planning and delivers tangible mutual benefits to both Russia and its partners.
• Multiple centres of rapid economic growth, power, and financial and political influence have thus emerged. The world is being reshaped through competition. The West is reluctant to relinquish its formerly dominant positions.
• Safeguarding security demands sustained action to ensure that the Nazi state established on our borders in Ukraine – and supported by the West as a vehicle for renewed confrontation – cannot continue to exist in its present form. Nazi foundations must be eliminated. We will ensure, and I have no doubt about it, our own security interests, by preventing the deployment on Ukrainian territory of any weapons threatening us, and, second, by guaranteeing reliable and full protection for the rights of Russian and Russian-speaking people, who have been living in Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya for centuries, and whom the Kiev regime that came to power after a coup declared subhuman “species” and “terrorists” and unleashed a civil war against.
• Russia chaired #BRICS in 2024. At that time, a summit was held in Kazan, and a number of our initiatives were put into action: alternative payment platforms, payment mechanisms in national currencies, the creation of reinsurance opportunities for trade within BRICS and between the association and its partners, the creation of a grain exchange, and a new investment platform.
All this is not to spite anyone, especially the United States. This is due to the fact that the United States seeks to bring all processes in the areas I mentioned under its strict control and demands unilateral concessions. Without giving up contacts with them, to the extent that they are willing to engage on a mutually beneficial basis, we are interested, together with our BRICS partners, in creating an architecture that will not be subject to the illegal actions of one or another player from the Western flank.
• The Greater Eurasian Partnership was bound to appear on the agenda. Many years ago, at the 2015 Russia – #ASEAN Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested this term which is based on an objective trend of Eurasia becoming the biggest, richest and fastest-growing continent, especially its Pacific part. It is the most heavily-populated continent which, importantly, has seen several great civilisations emerge and continue to exist – the Chinese, Indian, Arab, Persian and Russian civilisations.
☝️ It is for a reason that our initiative on building a common Eurasian security architecture, set forward by President Putin in 2024, is gaining momentum. It is increasingly attracting interest.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of February 2-8, 2026:
▪️ February 2, Stary Oskol, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike hit a private residential house.
▪️ February 3, Maslova Pristan settlement, Belgorod Region – a UAV attack on a private household. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ February 3, Nechaevka village, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone struck a civilian cargo vehicle.
▪️ February 3, Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region – an artillery strike hit the MFC building. 3 civilians were killed, 13 more were wounded.
▪️ February 4, Vasilyevsky Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region – artillery shelling of a residential area.
▪️ February 4, Surkovo village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car.
▪️ February 5, Belyanka village, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone struck a civilian passenger car. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ February 5, Grafovka village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car. 4 civilians were wounded.
▪️ February 5, Rovenky, LPR – a UAV strike hit an apartment building. 5 civilians were wounded, including 3 children.
▪️ February 7, Verkhny Lyubazh village, Kursk Region – a UAV strike hit a private residential house. 4 civilians were wounded, including a 13-year-old girl.
⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of February 2-8, 2026:
▪️ February 2, Stary Oskol, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike hit a private residential house.
▪️ February 3, Maslova Pristan settlement, Belgorod Region – a UAV attack on a private household. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ February 3, Nechaevka village, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone struck a civilian cargo vehicle.
▪️ February 3, Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region – an artillery strike hit the MFC building. 3 civilians were killed, 13 more were wounded.
▪️ February 4, Vasilyevsky Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region – artillery shelling of a residential area.
▪️ February 4, Surkovo village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car.
▪️ February 5, Belyanka village, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone struck a civilian passenger car. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ February 5, Grafovka village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car. 4 civilians were wounded.
▪️ February 5, Rovenky, LPR – a UAV strike hit an apartment building. 5 civilians were wounded, including 3 children.
▪️ February 7, Verkhny Lyubazh village, Kursk Region – a UAV strike hit a private residential house. 4 civilians were wounded, including a 13-year-old girl.
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🇷🇺🤝🇱🇸 Russia - Lesotho: Partnership Built on Respect and Shared Values
Key takeaways from the article by Ambassador Roman Ambarov, published in the "Public Eye" newspaper on 6 February 2026:
• On 1 February 2026, the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Lesotho marked the 46th anniversary of diplomatic ties, rooted in friendship, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to sovereignty.
• The diplomatic relations between our countries date back to 1980, with agreements concluded in culture, education, science, and economics. These ties continue to guide cooperation today.
• Russia-Lesotho relations have never been shaped by colonialism or external pressure - a key source of mutual understanding and trust.
• Moscow and Maseru often hold similar positions on international issues, standing for genuine sovereignty and independent development paths.
• Russia-Africa Summits and Russia-Africa Partnership Forum have created a solid framework for political, economic, and humanitarian cooperation across the continent.
• Russia-Africa trade exceeded $27 billion in 2024 and continues to grow, with new opportunities for cooperation with Lesotho.
• Food security remains one of the most pressing global challenges. Russia makes a consistent contribution to addressing this issue in Africa through regular supplies of grain, fertilizers, and fuel, including the urgent humanitarian deliveries.
☝️In recent years, 200,000 tons of Russian wheat and more than 100,000 tons of fertilizers have been donated to the African countries in need.
• Over 32,000 African students study in Russia today. Lesotho students are warmly invited, especially in sustainable development fields.
• Russia supports Africa’s modern struggle for sovereignty and works with African partners at the UN to counter all forms of neo-colonialism.
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Key takeaways from the article by Ambassador Roman Ambarov, published in the "Public Eye" newspaper on 6 February 2026:
• On 1 February 2026, the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Lesotho marked the 46th anniversary of diplomatic ties, rooted in friendship, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to sovereignty.
• The diplomatic relations between our countries date back to 1980, with agreements concluded in culture, education, science, and economics. These ties continue to guide cooperation today.
• Russia-Lesotho relations have never been shaped by colonialism or external pressure - a key source of mutual understanding and trust.
• Moscow and Maseru often hold similar positions on international issues, standing for genuine sovereignty and independent development paths.
• Russia-Africa Summits and Russia-Africa Partnership Forum have created a solid framework for political, economic, and humanitarian cooperation across the continent.
• Russia-Africa trade exceeded $27 billion in 2024 and continues to grow, with new opportunities for cooperation with Lesotho.
• Food security remains one of the most pressing global challenges. Russia makes a consistent contribution to addressing this issue in Africa through regular supplies of grain, fertilizers, and fuel, including the urgent humanitarian deliveries.
☝️In recent years, 200,000 tons of Russian wheat and more than 100,000 tons of fertilizers have been donated to the African countries in need.
• Over 32,000 African students study in Russia today. Lesotho students are warmly invited, especially in sustainable development fields.
• Russia supports Africa’s modern struggle for sovereignty and works with African partners at the UN to counter all forms of neo-colonialism.
READ IN FULL (in Telegraph)
#RussiaLesotho
🇷🇺🇴🇲📞 On February 8, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi had a telephone conversation.
The Ministers exchanged views on the situation around Iran in the context of the recent round of indirect talks between Iranian and US representatives held in Muscat with Omani mediation.
The Sides expressed a shared view on the need to facilitate the continuation of the negotiating process and to seek mutually acceptable agreements, which would help eliminate the risks of armed confrontation and ensure regional stability.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov highly commended the efforts undertaken by the leadership of the Sultanate of Oman in this regard.
#RussiaOman
The Ministers exchanged views on the situation around Iran in the context of the recent round of indirect talks between Iranian and US representatives held in Muscat with Omani mediation.
The Sides expressed a shared view on the need to facilitate the continuation of the negotiating process and to seek mutually acceptable agreements, which would help eliminate the risks of armed confrontation and ensure regional stability.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov highly commended the efforts undertaken by the leadership of the Sultanate of Oman in this regard.
#RussiaOman
🔴 #LIVE: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of Tanzania Mahmoud Kombo commence talks in Moscow
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#Announcement
🎙 On Wednesday, February 12, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold her weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues.
🕙 10.00 am MSK
🕖 7.00 am GMT
🕗 8.00 am CET
🕒 3.00 pm CST (Beijing)
For accreditation inquiries, please contact the MFA Press Centre. Accredited journalists will receive details on the technical aspects of submitting questions.
The Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre.
❗️ Accreditation is open until February 10, 12.00 pm MSK.
🎙 On Wednesday, February 12, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold her weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues.
🕙 10.00 am MSK
🕖 7.00 am GMT
🕗 8.00 am CET
🕒 3.00 pm CST (Beijing)
For accreditation inquiries, please contact the MFA Press Centre. Accredited journalists will receive details on the technical aspects of submitting questions.
The Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre.
❗️ Accreditation is open until February 10, 12.00 pm MSK.