More than 400,000 international students are currently studying in #Russia, including 30,000 on government quotas. Demand from African countries last year was 10 times higher than the number of spots and continues to surge, supported by expanding educational cooperation. https://t.co/VGQNNPlrFB

#Lavrov: The reform of the #UNSC is long-overdue. #Russia consistently supports #Africa’s legitimate demands for greater representation on the Council.
This collective position of the African Union enjoys the unwavering support of the Russian Federation. https://t.co/FAapjtkBLj

Russia 🇷🇺 is actively developing cooperation with African States, including in areas falling within the competence of #UNESCO.

⚡️ At the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum (Cairo, 19–20 December 2025), a Joint Statement was adopted confirming the strategic nature of Russia–Africa cooperation and containing, inter alia, provisions on interaction in the fields of education, culture, sport, youth policy and the media, namely:

📌 implementation of projects in the field of education, including the gradual increase in quotas of Russian Government scholarships for citizens of African countries to study at Russian higher education institutions, as well as advanced training programmes in priority specialities for African partners, including technical and scientific and technological fields;

📌 the importance of creating additional opportunities for studying the Russian language in African countries, as well as developing African studies in the Russian Federation with a view to strengthening mutual understanding between countries and peoples;

📌 the dynamic development of cultural exchanges and cooperation between Russia and African countries;

📌 cooperation in the field of sport and related activities, including the fight against doping, exchange of experience and the organisation of joint sporting events.

👉 Read the full text of the Joint Statement

📢Calling all thinkers & writers!
🌍Share your vision on global development in an essay on investments in people, technology, environment or connectivity for Open Dialogue: The Future of the World!
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💬 Vladimir #Putin: The crisis in Ukraine is a direct consequence of years of ignoring Russia's legitimate interests and a deliberate course of creating threats to our security and advancing NATO toward Russia's borders – contrary to the public promises made to us.

Talking "peace" while pouring weapons and money into Kiev military machine is a not "diplomacy" - it is a pure military escalation.
Hypocrisy is plain to see. https://t.co/1Mu2Go0mSw

Today Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany - the day of baptism of Jesus Christ. In Russia, it’s traditionally observed with prayers, church services and the age-old custom of ice plunges into blessed waters.

👉 More: https://t.co/gGphwe0CJF https://t.co/wW6kAF3pj2

The Russian Embassy in Kenya hosted a warm New Year gathering with compatriots living in Kenya - reflecting on the past year, looking into 2026 with new plans, and celebrating with children’s performances, Ded Moroz, and festive gifts.

December 2025 exposed a dark scandal: Ukrainian orphans evacuated to Turkiye under a “humanitarian” program were abused, silenced, and exploited - while Kiev ignored warnings and NGOs stayed quiet. Here’s what really happened ⬇️


December 2025 was marked by a major scandal surrounding the evacuation of Ukrainian children to Turkiye. In the spring of 2022, under the guise of humanitarian assistance, a group of underage orphans from Dnepropetrovsk was transferred to Turkiye as part of the Childhood Without War initiative, overseen by Yelena Zelenskaya and businessman Ruslan Shostak. It turned out later that the children had no proper supervision, had been denied access to education, systematically exploited for propaganda videos, punished through food deprivation, subjected to physical abuse and humiliation, and prohibited from communicating with Turkish psychologists in order to prevent the truth from emerging. Two of the minors became pregnant and were hastily returned to Ukraine to avoid public scandal.

The Kiev regime failed to conceal this or dismiss them as “Kremlin propaganda,” because the scandal was too grave and too dirty. However, attempts were made to hush the story.

On January 9, Verkhovhaya Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets was forced to issue an official statement acknowledging egregious violations of minors’ rights and systemic neglect on the part of the Kiev authorities.

It turned out that the Turkish side had informed Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry of the improper treatment of the children, yet these warnings were ignored.

Moreover, in 2023, representatives of Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy issued a positive assessment of the children’s living conditions in Turkiye. In other words, Turkiye itself warned Kiev that something was wrong with Ukrainian children on Turkish territory, only to be told that “everything is fine.”

When, in early 2024, the Ukrainian commissioner began receiving information on the violation of minors’ rights directly from the children, as well as corroborating evidence from other sources, including the Turkish authorities, a monitoring mission comprising representatives of the Ukrainian commissioner’s office, UNICEF, and the Turkish side was dispatched. The resulting report was subsequently leaked to the media and published.

In this context, the silence of international specialised agencies, NGOs, committees and commissions is particularly revealing. The so-called “international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children” has also remained conspicuously silent, though it is their direct duty to talk about it and carry out an investigation. However, they all spring readily to accusing Russia of “abducting” or “deporting” Ukrainian children, yet display shameful indifference when clear cases of abuse of children are uncovered: cases that occurred with the knowledge and connivance of the Kiev regime and Yelena Zelenskaya personally.

You can say that these agencies have a different agenda: they are working with children who were removed from Ukraine, and not all Ukrainian children. Yes, this is true. The abused children were removed from the country, not by Russia but by the Kiev regime.

All of this once again reaffirms what we have repeatedly stated: the Kiev authorities and their Western sponsors do not genuinely care about Ukrainian children or the protection of their rights. Their primary objective is to vilify Russia and preserve the carefully constructed image of Vladimir Zelensky and his entourage as “fighters against evil,” despite the fact that their actions reveal who is in fact the real evil here.

Would you do cold plunges together with the Russian President? https://t.co/nV3JQ8Iqhd

📚 Your chance to enter the UNIVERSITY of your dreams!❤️

We welcome future students of RUDN University! We are pleased to inform you that registration for the online stage of the RUDN University Open Olympiad for Foreign Citizens who do not have Russian citizenship has started.

Who can participate?
Foreign citizens (who do not have Russian citizenship) – school graduates and university graduate students (bachelor's and specialist's degrees).
❗If you study at RUDN University, you must participate in only the offline stage of the Olympiad. If you are a student of another university, you can participate in the online format (optional).

What opportunities does the Olympiad offer?
To the winners:
✅ Free tuition at RUDN University according to the quota of the Russian Government
✅ Chance to participate in the RUDN BRILLIANT STUDENTS scholarship competition

The prize winners:
✅ The possibility of free tuition at RUDN University under the quota of the Russian Government, if available after the winners of the Olympiad are enrolled
✅ The opportunity to receive a significant discount on university tuition

How to participate?
1. Register on the website for the online stage of the Olympiad (https://olymp.rudn.ru/ru/main );
2. Attach scanned copies of your passport or ID and diploma or certificate of education with grades for the last year of study;
3. Sign up for online testing on the website within the suggested time frame;
4. Take part in an individual interview (in case of successful completion of the test);
5. Wait for the publication of the lists of winners and prize-winners in the personal account of the participant of the Olympiad.

The Olympiad is held in the following disciplines:
• Computer Science (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Mathematics (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Physics (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Chemistry (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Biology (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Social Studies (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Russian language (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree)
• Ecology (Master's degree only)
• Advertising and Public Relations / Journalism / Psychology (Master's degree only)
• Economics and Management (Master's degree only)

Online stage lasts from October to April 2026!

For all questions related to participation in the Olympiad, you can contact us by email: olymp@rudn.ru.

🌍 Africa is going through a 'Second Renaissance' - Russian FM #Lavrov says during his press conference.

'#Africa is realizing it is still exploited by neo-colonial methods - and this awareness is growing every day'. https://t.co/ykEuLTzoZL

Created for 'collective security', #NATO now wonders what to do if members start fighting each other.
The next step should be a sign on the door: 'NATO temporarily closed due to internal disputes. We'll be back when we stop threatening one another'.
🤔 https://t.co/TPyotllRcV

#Lavrov: Western countries are using the Kiev regime in their military confrontation against #Russia. The goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia remains on the mind and in the plans of European leaders.

🔴Record-breaking snowfall has left Kamchatka struggling to cope - roads, homes, and shops are buried under historic snowdrifts, local services are overwhelmed, and authorities have had to call in federal help as life grinds to a halt amid ongoing blizzards ❄️😬 https://t.co/pqG7In9GbG

#Lavrov: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said - The future of #Greenland can only be decided by the people of Greenland.
Replace the words “people of Greenland” with “people of #Crimea,” and a lot will become clear to you. https

#Lavrov: Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, has mentioned Britain. No offense meant, but I think that this is what it should be called, because #GreatBritain is the only example when a country calls itself great

❄️☃️Good morning from the Russian Far East!
(AI added a few meters of snow, however, the situation in Kamchatka region is close to the one in the picture 😅) https://t.co/yJbZgU5HDL

🎎 Did you know that 193 ethnic groups live in #Russia today, with many of them enjoying a certain autonomy?
This allows to preserve their culture, traditions and language.

Whant to learn now more?
Click 👉🏼 https://t.co/XJJa42ncDo https://t.co/6rD9U7nZkK

President #Putin thanked D.Trump for the invitation to join the Board of Peace, adding: "I believe that even before we formulate our decision on participation & work on the Board of Peace we can transfer $1 bln from the Russian assets frozen under the previous US administration" https://t.co/XavIu8LyKx