🎙 President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (#SPIEF).

💬 Vladimir Putin: As in the past years, the event’s rich and substantive agenda covers a broad range of relevant and significant issues. Scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians and public figures will discuss key trends and prospects related to the Russian and global economy. They will examine the profound tectonic shifts that are gaining momentum today.

These are in no small measure due to the ongoing formation of a multipolar world and efforts by most countries to secure political and economic independence. Given this, I consider it to be both vital and timely that the theme for this year’s Forum is Sovereign Development as the Basis of a Just World: Joining Forces for Future Generations.

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🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues

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🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/

6 нюня российскому гражданину, работающему на борту ледостойкой платформы «Северный полюс», потребовалась срочная медицинская эвакуация.

Морской спасательный координационный центр в Мурманске связался с Главным спасательным центром северной Норвегии, после чего норвежскими властями было принято решение о доставке росгражданина в больницу норвежского посёлка Лонгиербюен на Шпицбергене вертолётом Губернатора архипелага.

В связи с тем, что научная платформа «Северный полюс» расположена примерно в 800 км от посёлка потребовалась дозаправка вертолета на северной оконечности архипелага. Еще одна дозаправка понадобится на самом судне для возвращения вертолета с пациентом на Шпицберген.

После прибытия в на архипелаг Шпицберген будет решаться вопрос о дальнейшей врачебной помощи. Не исключена доставка пациента в губернскую больницу г.Тромсё (северная Норвегия).

Генеральное консульство России на Шпицбергене взаимодействует с конторой Губернатора архипелага, Посольство России в Осло находится в контакте с МИД Норвегии.

Отслеживаем ситуацию. Держим ситуацию на контроле.

🇷🇺🇺🇳 On June 6, the Russian Language Day was held at the headquarters of the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

With an opening speech, the guests were addressed by Acting Executive Secretary of the UNECA Mr. Antonio Pedro and H.E. Ambassador of Russia to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin.

The program of the event included Russian poetry recital (poems by A. Pushkin and N. Gumilyov) by Ethiopian graduates of Russian universities, a presentation about the Kamchatka Territory, Russian folk dances and songs, a quiz on Russian history and literature. Director of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Addis Ababa Vyacheslav Konnik made a presentation on teaching Russian in Africa.

A lecturer at the Wolkite University Mikael Jima, who finished his Master's degree in Moscow in 2020, shared his experience of studying in Russia. As part of the event, an exhibition of photographs of Russian tourist attractions, Russian art and traditional souvenirs was organised.

🗓 On June 5, First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov chaired a regional meeting of the Russian ambassadors to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

The participants discussed in detail the status of Russia’s relations with the said states and determined priorities for Russian diplomatic and consular missions in implementing the provisions of the updated Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation.

They stated that the hostile anti-Russia line of these states has destroyed all contacts and practical results of the multilateral dialogue that had accumulated over decades of mutually beneficial cooperation. Finland’s accession to NATO and Sweden’s upcoming accession are seriously changing the military-political situation in the Baltic Sea and the North of Europe in general by projecting tensions and conflict potential into this part of Europe.

☝️ The participants noted that the anti-Russia steps by unfriendly countries that have adopted a course towards confrontation with us would inevitably trigger response measures.

They emphasised that discrimination against Russia in regional cooperation formats in the North of Europe and the Arctic is leading to the disintegration of regional organisations due to the West’s fault, which is fraught with negative consequences for the entire region.

Considering new policy goals, the ambassadors discussed ways to reformat Russian foreign offices and their activities to promote Russia’s interests.

During their meeting with the leaders of the St Petersburg government, the ambassadors noted the city’s tangible role in developing mutually advantageous cooperation in the new areas of international and foreign economic activities and the importance of preserving the St Petersburg cluster’s potential in the Baltic Region.

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Press-release following the participation of the Russian delegation in the conference “Protecting Children in Armed Conflict” (5-6 June 2023, Oslo, Norway)

Russia resolutely condemns all six types of grave violations against children (killing and maiming, recruitment and use of children, sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, abduction and denial of humanitarian access) in armed conflicts wherever they occur. All perpetrators should be held accountable in strict compliance with international law.
In this regard, we attach great importance to the mandate of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC) Virginia Gamba. We commend the constructive cooperation with SRSG CAAC on the prevention of the relevant violations in various regions of the world.
We believe that the UN’s efforts in this area, as mandated by the Security Council, contribute to promoting a real improvement of the situation in the most acute conflicts.

During Virginia Gamba’s visit to Moscow on 18-19 May, 2023 at the invitation of the Russian side, the Special Representative had productive consultations with Sergey Lavrov and his deputy Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Minister of Defence, Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, as well as with Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova who, from the Russian side, will lead interagency coordination on the development of bilateral cooperation with the SRSG CAAC.

Strengthening the efforts of the international community to protect children in hostilities in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar, as well as in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement was on the agenda of the talks. We expect that the next report of the UN Secretary-General on children scheduled for release ahead of the UNSC open debate on July 6, 2023, will make a practical contribution to this work.

Special attention was paid to the situation in and around Ukraine, including in the context of the special military operation. Various measures to prevent casualties among civilians, primarily children, were outlined in detail. The attention of the UN representatives was drawn to Kiev's numerous serious crimes against civilians, which since 2014 resulted in hundreds minors were killed and wounded, especially many of them – in Donbass.
We underline the importance of an objective and balanced consideration of information on violations against children from all parties concerned. In this highly sensitive matter, impartiality and refraining from sweeping accusations are of particular importance. Double standards and politicization of child protection are unacceptable.

Russia will continue constructive interaction with the UN Secretariat and all countries interested in minimizing the harm to children in armed conflicts around the world.
Russia is a State Party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict. In January 2024, consideration of the next combined 6th and 7th periodic reports on the implementation of the provisions of this Convention is expected.

⚡️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s reply to a question from International Affairs magazine (June 9, 2023)

❓ Question: Mr Lavrov, what can you say about another package of Western accusations against our country – this time because of the detonation of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Western politicians and their baited media have long been accusing Russia of all kinds of “mortal sins” without citing any evidence.

Just think about the Skripals case, the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny, the Malaysian Airlines crash, the terrorist attack against the Nord Stream pipelines and the staged murders of civilians in Bucha. Incidentally, as regards Bucha, we have asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres many times to intercede and demand that Kiev publish the names of those whose bodies the Kiev regime presented to the international community in early April last year. Silence has been the only response. Everyone is silent. No reaction. <...>

Now we are hearing statements to the effect that it does not matter who blew up the Kakhovka HPP. The only reason for this is Russia’s "invasion" of Ukraine.

❗️Meanwhile, nobody in the West or the UN Secretariat, for that matter, recalls that starting in the summer of 2022, the Ukrainian regime repeatedly shelled the Kakhovka HPP using, in part, American HIMARS MLRSs and then publicly flaunted these actions.

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In this situation, we are bound to be concerned about the dual position of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He is actually playing up to the West on the situation in Ukraine. Meanwhile, by virtue of his mandate, he must represent the entire international community rather than service the interest of the gold billion <...> It is impossible to understand why the UN Secretary-General is playing these games.

☝️ We urge him to look to the UN Charter more often so as to not forget the scope of his powers and duties.

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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on Russia sending notifications to states-parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

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Federal Law No. 179-FZ On Denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe by the Russian Federation, adopted on May 29, 2023, took effect on June 9.

Russia sent notifications as prescribed by this treaty, also known as the CFE, to the treaty’s depositary (the Netherlands) and other states-parties via their embassies in Moscow and through delegations in the Joint Consultative Group on the CFE in Vienna.

Russia notified the states-parties of its decision to withdraw from the CFE within 150 days of the notice, or at midnight on November 7, 2023.

Due to Russia’s withdrawal from the CFE, two other associated legally binding documents will cease to be in force for the Russian Federation:

👉 the Budapest Agreement on Maximum Levels of Holdings of Conventional Arms and Equipment for the Members of the Warsaw Treaty of November 3, 1990 (was designed to determine the levels of conventional arms for each member of the then-effective Warsaw Pact and level change mechanisms);

👉 the Flank Document Agreement of May 31, 1996 (prescribed a temporary solution to the issue of flank restrictions that resulted from the dissolution of the USSR).

It is clear that, in today’s conditions, the CFE has definitely become a vestige of the past.

⚠️ Our opponents should not have any illusions about Russia returning to the CFE compliance.

💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman #Zakharova:

This is how the proAmerican ghouls single-mindedly pursued their goal - to destroy the dam.

👉 Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant: a detailed timeline and chronology.

It were these methodical attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the HPP that resulted in the destruction of its structures, which began on June 6, 2023, and the uncontrolled discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir downstream of the Dnieper.

⚡️ Russia's Ministry of Defence:

A close-up view of a fraction of the destroyed Western hardware supplied to the Neo-Nazis of the Kiev regime 🔥

Уважаемые посетители,
Просим обратить внимание, что в связи с государственным праздником в понедельник 12 июня 2023 г. консульский отдел Посольства будет закрыт.

Dear visitors,
Due to the public holiday, Consular section of the Embassy of the Russian Federation will be closed on Monday, June 12, 2023.

🇷🇺 Happy Russia Day!

#RussiaDay #RussiaDay2023 #Russia1Love #WeAreRussia

❗️ The decision taken by the Icelandic authorities to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia destroys the entire range of Russian-Icelandic interaction, which has traditionally been based on mutual respect and multifaceted cooperation.

It is well known that our country made an important contribution to the establishment of a sovereign Icelandic state, was one of the first countries to recognise its independence, and did much to protect the interests of Iceland during the difficult times for the Icelandic people.

☝️ The responsibility for this development lies entirely on Iceland’s side. We will take this unfriendly decision into account when building our relations with Iceland in the future.

There will inevitably be a response to all of Reykjavik's anti-Russia actions.