☃️❄️ If you’re in #Moscow this December, don’t miss the XI “Iced Moscow” Winter Festival
Held at Victory Park (Poklonnaya Hill), the festival transforms the city into a spectacular ice kingdom with giant ice sculptures, family attractions, theatre shows, and interactive adventures for all ages.
This year’s theme is “Buratino” – a beloved fairy tale familiar to generations in Russia (similar to Pinocchio). The festival draws inspiration from the classic story, a popular musical film, and a new movie adaptation.
Highlights include a massive ice Kremlin sculpture with six ice slides for kids & adults, dozens of new ice art installations by artists from Russia and foreign countries, photo spots, daily fairy-tale parades, and much more.
There are also live “Buratino” stage performances three times daily, traditional fairground rides, and ice-sculpting workshops (advance booking required).
🤩 A magical winter experience, especially fascinating for visitors from warmer climates like South Africa!
#NewYear2026
Held at Victory Park (Poklonnaya Hill), the festival transforms the city into a spectacular ice kingdom with giant ice sculptures, family attractions, theatre shows, and interactive adventures for all ages.
This year’s theme is “Buratino” – a beloved fairy tale familiar to generations in Russia (similar to Pinocchio). The festival draws inspiration from the classic story, a popular musical film, and a new movie adaptation.
Highlights include a massive ice Kremlin sculpture with six ice slides for kids & adults, dozens of new ice art installations by artists from Russia and foreign countries, photo spots, daily fairy-tale parades, and much more.
There are also live “Buratino” stage performances three times daily, traditional fairground rides, and ice-sculpting workshops (advance booking required).
🤩 A magical winter experience, especially fascinating for visitors from warmer climates like South Africa!
#NewYear2026
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💬 Maria Zakharova: On December 17 in Maputo (#Mozambique) and December 18 in Lusaka (#Zambia), official ceremonies marking the delivery of Russian food assistance were held, attended by the Russian Ambassadors to these countries.
🇲🇿 Mozambique received 70 tonnes of vitamin-fortified sunflower oil for those in need.
🇿🇲 Zambia received a similar shipment of 93 tonnes, as well as 648 tonnes of yellow split peas.
These humanitarian deliveries were carried out through the UN World Food Programme, funded by Russia’s voluntary contribution for African countries, which amounts to USD 10 million annually.
Humanitarian assistance is an integral part of Russia’s support for its partners on the African continent, primarily aimed at helping the most vulnerable groups.
🇷🇺 Russia will continue to contribute to addressing Africa’s socio-economic challenges, using both bilateral assistance mechanisms and the potential of relevant international organizations.
(Excerpt from Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on December 26)
💬 Maria Zakharova: On December 17 in Maputo (#Mozambique) and December 18 in Lusaka (#Zambia), official ceremonies marking the delivery of Russian food assistance were held, attended by the Russian Ambassadors to these countries.
🇲🇿 Mozambique received 70 tonnes of vitamin-fortified sunflower oil for those in need.
🇿🇲 Zambia received a similar shipment of 93 tonnes, as well as 648 tonnes of yellow split peas.
These humanitarian deliveries were carried out through the UN World Food Programme, funded by Russia’s voluntary contribution for African countries, which amounts to USD 10 million annually.
Humanitarian assistance is an integral part of Russia’s support for its partners on the African continent, primarily aimed at helping the most vulnerable groups.
🇷🇺 Russia will continue to contribute to addressing Africa’s socio-economic challenges, using both bilateral assistance mechanisms and the potential of relevant international organizations.
(Excerpt from Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on December 26)
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🤩🎄 On the eve of the New Year 2026, students from the Russian Embassy School in South Africa once again spread festive cheer with a truly magical concert!
On 26 December 2025, young performers from the Russian Embassy School in Pretoria delighted the audience with a New Year fairy-tale musical, “New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya,” inspired by classic Russian folklore.
The stage came alive with beloved characters – Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal, Leshiy, Solovey the Robber, as well as the main symbols of the season: Ded Moroz (Father Frost), his granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden), and sparkling snowflakes.
💬 Roman Ambarov, the Russian Ambassador to South Africa, who attended the performance, extended warm New Year and Christmas greetings to the school’s staff, teachers, students, and their families, wishing everyone happiness, good health, creative inspiration, and faith in miracles.
#NewYear2026
On 26 December 2025, young performers from the Russian Embassy School in Pretoria delighted the audience with a New Year fairy-tale musical, “New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya,” inspired by classic Russian folklore.
The stage came alive with beloved characters – Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal, Leshiy, Solovey the Robber, as well as the main symbols of the season: Ded Moroz (Father Frost), his granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden), and sparkling snowflakes.
💬 Roman Ambarov, the Russian Ambassador to South Africa, who attended the performance, extended warm New Year and Christmas greetings to the school’s staff, teachers, students, and their families, wishing everyone happiness, good health, creative inspiration, and faith in miracles.
#NewYear2026
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🤩🎄 В преддверии Нового 2026 года учащиеся школы при Посольстве России в ЮАР вновь подарили всем праздничное настроение, представив по-настоящему волшебный концерт!
26 декабря 2025 года юные артисты школы при Посольстве России в Претории порадовали зрителей новогодним музыкальным спектаклем-сказкой «Новогодние приключения Маши и Вити», созданным по мотивам классического русского фольклора.
На сцене ожили любимые сказочные персонажи — Баба-Яга, Кощей Бессмертный, Леший, Соловей-Разбойник, а также главные символы Нового года: Дед Мороз, его внучка Снегурочка и сверкающие снежинки.
💬 Посол России в ЮАР Р.Амбаров, принявший участие в праздничном концерте, поздравил коллектив школы, педагогов, учащихся и их семьи с наступающим Новым годом, пожелав всем счастья, крепкого здоровья, творческого вдохновения и непременной веры в чудеса!
#НовыйГод2026
26 декабря 2025 года юные артисты школы при Посольстве России в Претории порадовали зрителей новогодним музыкальным спектаклем-сказкой «Новогодние приключения Маши и Вити», созданным по мотивам классического русского фольклора.
На сцене ожили любимые сказочные персонажи — Баба-Яга, Кощей Бессмертный, Леший, Соловей-Разбойник, а также главные символы Нового года: Дед Мороз, его внучка Снегурочка и сверкающие снежинки.
💬 Посол России в ЮАР Р.Амбаров, принявший участие в праздничном концерте, поздравил коллектив школы, педагогов, учащихся и их семьи с наступающим Новым годом, пожелав всем счастья, крепкого здоровья, творческого вдохновения и непременной веры в чудеса!
#НовыйГод2026
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🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the practice of applying unilateral coercive measures (December 26, 2025)
❓ Question: How would you comment on the differences in approaches between the “collective West” and the Global Majority to the use of unilateral coercive measures in contemporary international relations?
💬 Maria Zakharova: This practice runs counter to the UN Charter, which vests the exclusive prerogative to impose measures of this nature in the UN Security Council, and only in cases involving threats to peace and security.
In this context, the use of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) constitutes an encroachment on the unique powers of the UN Security Council. It is well known that the “collective West” routinely resorts to this practice, most often driven by geopolitical considerations.
UCMs represent a serious obstacle to the formation of a just and equitable polycentric world order.
They serve as one of the main instruments of the neocolonial policy of the “collective West”, the goal of which is evident – to preserve its slipping dominance, deprive the countries of the Global Majority of their right to an independent political choice, and slow down their economic, technological and industrial development.
Attempts by the initiators of UCMs to portray them as a “peaceful means of dispute settlement” do not withstand criticism. It is well known that, by hindering the full-fledged socio-economic development of the countries of the Global South and East, unilateral coercive measures undermine efforts to resolve crisis situations. Their indiscriminate nature violates fundamental human rights and freedoms, first and foremost affecting the most vulnerable segments of the population – a fact repeatedly condemned in resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.
At the forefront of efforts to counter UCMs within the United Nations stands the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, which includes the Russian Fededation.
Among the Group’s unquestionable achievements in this area is the adoption, at its initiative, of an entire package of UN General Assembly documents, including Resolution 78/329, which shifted the General Assembly debates on unilateral coercive measures from a three-year to a two-year cycle, as well as Resolution 79/293, adopted in June this year, which proclaimed December 4 as the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures.
It is important that the Group’s steps to counter this unlawful practice are part of a broader anti-neocolonial front. It was at the Group’s initiative that the UN General Assembly adopted the principled Resolutions 79/115, “Eradication of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations”, and 80/106, which proclaimed December 14 as the International Day against Colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.
❗️ We are confident that in a truly just multipolar architecture of international relations – which we all aspire to build – there is no place for coercion or neocolonial hegemony. Together with our partners – responsible members of the Global Majority – we will continue the fight against all remnants of the shameful colonial era.
#StopColonialism
❓ Question: How would you comment on the differences in approaches between the “collective West” and the Global Majority to the use of unilateral coercive measures in contemporary international relations?
💬 Maria Zakharova: This practice runs counter to the UN Charter, which vests the exclusive prerogative to impose measures of this nature in the UN Security Council, and only in cases involving threats to peace and security.
In this context, the use of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) constitutes an encroachment on the unique powers of the UN Security Council. It is well known that the “collective West” routinely resorts to this practice, most often driven by geopolitical considerations.
UCMs represent a serious obstacle to the formation of a just and equitable polycentric world order.
They serve as one of the main instruments of the neocolonial policy of the “collective West”, the goal of which is evident – to preserve its slipping dominance, deprive the countries of the Global Majority of their right to an independent political choice, and slow down their economic, technological and industrial development.
Attempts by the initiators of UCMs to portray them as a “peaceful means of dispute settlement” do not withstand criticism. It is well known that, by hindering the full-fledged socio-economic development of the countries of the Global South and East, unilateral coercive measures undermine efforts to resolve crisis situations. Their indiscriminate nature violates fundamental human rights and freedoms, first and foremost affecting the most vulnerable segments of the population – a fact repeatedly condemned in resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.
At the forefront of efforts to counter UCMs within the United Nations stands the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, which includes the Russian Fededation.
Among the Group’s unquestionable achievements in this area is the adoption, at its initiative, of an entire package of UN General Assembly documents, including Resolution 78/329, which shifted the General Assembly debates on unilateral coercive measures from a three-year to a two-year cycle, as well as Resolution 79/293, adopted in June this year, which proclaimed December 4 as the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures.
It is important that the Group’s steps to counter this unlawful practice are part of a broader anti-neocolonial front. It was at the Group’s initiative that the UN General Assembly adopted the principled Resolutions 79/115, “Eradication of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations”, and 80/106, which proclaimed December 14 as the International Day against Colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.
❗️ We are confident that in a truly just multipolar architecture of international relations – which we all aspire to build – there is no place for coercion or neocolonial hegemony. Together with our partners – responsible members of the Global Majority – we will continue the fight against all remnants of the shameful colonial era.
#StopColonialism
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🎅🤩 Father Frost’s New Year's Magic Train continues its annual tour of Russia for the fifth time!
His main residence is located in his hometown of Veliky Ustyug. Since not everyone has the opportunity to come and visit there, five years ago it was decided to jointly organize his All-Russian New Year's trip with the Russian Railways. This gave the winter wizard the opportunity to create a festive mood and present gifts to children in different cities, making this time of the year special for everyone.
✨ In 2025, Father Frost’s tour will cover more than 20,000 km in 70 cities of Russia✨
The New Year's Magic Train is equipped with festive carriages for games, performances, souvenirs, and the Snow Queen's icy kingdom, allowing children nationwide to meet Father Frost and his magic helpers - granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) and a troika (three-horse sleigh) - in person without visiting Veliky Ustyug, offering experiences & gifts during its extensive annual tour.
Photo: @telerzd
#NewYear2026
His main residence is located in his hometown of Veliky Ustyug. Since not everyone has the opportunity to come and visit there, five years ago it was decided to jointly organize his All-Russian New Year's trip with the Russian Railways. This gave the winter wizard the opportunity to create a festive mood and present gifts to children in different cities, making this time of the year special for everyone.
✨ In 2025, Father Frost’s tour will cover more than 20,000 km in 70 cities of Russia✨
The New Year's Magic Train is equipped with festive carriages for games, performances, souvenirs, and the Snow Queen's icy kingdom, allowing children nationwide to meet Father Frost and his magic helpers - granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) and a troika (three-horse sleigh) - in person without visiting Veliky Ustyug, offering experiences & gifts during its extensive annual tour.
Photo: @telerzd
#NewYear2026
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