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#President
🔹 Russia-Seychelles talks
🔹 Ceremony to present state decorations
🔹 Meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
🔹 Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the participants of commemorative events marking the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum
🔹 Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda Olivier Nduhungirehe
🔹 Meeting with Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
🔹 Meeting with Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the National Community Abroad, and African Affairs of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ahmed Attaf
🔹 Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by Nazis and their accomplices during 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s participation in a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Libya’s Government of National Unity delegation
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a reception on the occasion of Orthodox Easter
🔹 Press release on a reception at the Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Orthodox Easter
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV programme
🔹 Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting of the Supervisory Board and Board of Trustees of Foreign Ministry’s MGIMO University
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with the leaders of Russian non-profit organisations
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s welcoming address to the participants of the 50th session of the Joint Verification Group for the Implementation of the 1996 Shanghai Agreement and the 1997 Moscow Agreement

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valery Gerasimov inspected combat missions of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov meets with Chinese counterpart in Moscow

⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the “Spirit of the Elbe” Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
🔹 International patriotic campaign #DictantPobedy

#WeRemember
🔹 On April 20, 1942, the Red Army emerged victorious in the Battle of Moscow
🔹 On April 22, 1945, the Red Army liberated the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen during WWII

#OTD (On This Day)
🔹 On April 19, 1783, Russia’s Empress Catherine II the Great signed the Imperial Manifesto on the Accession of Crimea, Taman and Kuban into the Russian Empire
🔹 On April 19, 1900, Alexander Ptushko was born
🔹 On April 19, 1971, the Salyut 1 space station was launched
🔹 On April 24, 1946, the first Soviet jet fighter took to the skies

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 The Karachay-Cherkess Republic

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#President
🔹 A ceasefire is declared on 8–9 May 2026 in honour of the celebration of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War
🔹 Greetings to leaders and citizens of foreign states on the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on World Press Freedom Day
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding developments concerning Iran
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Mohammed Al Thani
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Kiev regime militants’ attack on a TASS photo correspondent
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions of the Latin American and Caribbean countries accredited in Moscow
🔹 Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a wreath-laying ceremony at memorial plaques in the Foreign Ministry building

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Statement on a ceasefire declared on 8–9 May 2026 in honour of the celebration of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War
🔹 Russian Defense Minister congratulates servicemen of 41st Motorised Rifle Regiment on liberation of Miropolye (Sumy region)
🔹 Divine Liturgy takes place at Main Temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
🔹 Members of Russian Defense Ministry Board lay flowers and wreaths at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Commemorating Victory and Preserving Historical Memory: Immortal Regiment March in Washington, D.C.
🔹 Great event at the Embassy on May 6th to honor upcoming Victory Day!
🔹 Wonderful reception at the Embassy on May 7th to celebrate Victory Day over Nazi Germany May 9th in the Great Patriotic War

#WeRemember
🔹 May 2, 1945 — the final surrender of the Nazi garrison in Berlin
🔹 On May 4, 1945 in the very heart of the defeated Reich the first Victory Parade of the Soviet Union was held
🔹 On May 6, 1945 the Prague offensive of the Red Army commenced

#OTD (On This Day)
🔹 On May 2, 1729, Catherine the Great was born
🔹 Legendary Russian aerobatic team the ‘Swifts’ celebrates its 35th anniversary
🔹Ahead of May 9 – Victory Day – streets of all Russian cities are adorned with commemorative liveries

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Perm Krai

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#President
🔹 Victory Parade on Red Square
🔹 Laying flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
🔹 Reception on behalf of the President of Russia marking Victory Day
🔹 Meeting with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico
🔹 Meeting with Supreme Ruler of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim
🔹 Meeting with President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith
🔹 Meeting with President of Republika Srpska Sinisa Karan
🔹 Meeting with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba
🔹 Meeting with President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev
🔹 Answers to media questions
🔹 Meeting with Vera Gurevich
🔹 Statement by the President on the successful test launch of Sarmat missile
🔹 Telephone conversation with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
🔹 Meeting with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff
🔹 On May 14, President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to President of India Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🔹 Congress of the Union of Machine Engineers of Russia
🔹 Meeting on economic issues

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to questions from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television programme
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to audiences of the documentary Assistance without Borders
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming visit to India
🔹 Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the 2nd CIS International Legal Forum
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT India
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the upcoming BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at talks with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s talks with Foreign Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to participants in the 10th Forum of Young Diplomats from OIC countries
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeow
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Mauro Vieira
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greeting to the participants of the gala event marking the 50th anniversary of the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s participation in BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the situation around Ukraine
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Foreign Minister of Malaysia Mohamad Hasan, New Delhi

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulates servicemen and veterans on Victory Day
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov reviewed the parade marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on Red Square in Moscow
🔹 Tricolour above Russia’s heart
🔹 Pride of our country marches on Red Square
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Remembering the Heroes of Victory Day in Annapolis
🔹 A series of memorial events
🔹 Alexander Volkov"s UFC Victory
🔹 Deepening Friendly Ties with Sahel Confederation States
🔹Event at the U.S. Navy Memorial Visitor Center

#WeRemember
🔹 May 9, 1945 – Victory Day of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War
🔹On May 9, 1945, at 0:43 am Moscow time, the Instrument
of Unconditional Surrender of the Nazi Germany was
signed

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Pskov Region

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#President
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of the UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🔹 Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council
🔹 Address ahead of the official visit to China
🔹 Vladimir Putin arrived in China on an official visit
🔹 Russia-China talks
🔹 Press statements following Russia-China talks
🔹 Ceremony launching Cross Years of Russia-China Cooperation in Education
🔹 Meeting with Peng Pai
🔹 Meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang
🔹 Visiting photo exhibition co-hosted by TASS and Xinhua news agencies
🔹 Tea reception with Xi Jinping
🔹 Nuclear forces exercise
🔹 Ceremony to present state decorations
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s opening remarks at talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophone Affairs of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Simeón Oyono Esono Angue
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint press conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Diaspora of Equatorial Guinea Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov received Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilisations Miguel Angel Moratinos
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s meeting with Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman M.Zakharova regarding the IAEA’s incoherent and inconsistent reaction to strikes on nuclear energy facilities
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s interview with Shanghai Media Group
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants, and guests of the VIII Moscow Academic Economic Forum
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister – Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeu
🔹 Foreign Ministry statement regarding a new round of tensions between Cuba and the USA
🔹 Foreign Minister Lavrov’s meeting with members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Vice President of the State of Palestine and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Hussein Al Sheikh
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Detskaya Redaktsiya online publication
🔹 Foreign Ministry statement regarding the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strike on the Lugansk State Pedagogical University college

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 In the period from 19 to 21 May 2026, the Armed Forces of the Russia undergo a drill to prepare and use nuclear forces in the face of the threat of aggression
🔹 Opening remarks by Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Belousov holds talks with Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Vietnam
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Reception in the Kyrgyz Embassy in the USA
🔹Day of Slavic Literature and Culture

#WeRemember
🔹 On May 16, 1924, the first issue of «Murzilka» was published in Moscow
🔹 On May 16, 1910, Olga Bergholz was born
🔹 In 1922, the USSR marked the birth of the Pioneer movement
🔹 In 1961, the Soviet Venera1 probe made history as the first man-made object to approach Venus
🔹 In 1742, Semyon Chelyuskin reached the northernmost point of Eurasia
🔹 May 21 is Russia’s Polar Explorer Day
🔹 On May 21, 1924, Boris Vasilyev was born
🔹 21 May marks International Tea Day
🔹 On May 22, the Tretyakov Gallery celebrated its 170th anniversary
🔹 In 1940, the Gold Medal “Hammer and Sickle” was established

#DiscoverRussia
🔹Republic of Adygea

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#President
🔹 Vladimir Putin congratulated Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on his Name Day
🔹 Condolences to President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping
🔹 President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to the Heads of State and Government of African countries on Africa Day
🔹 Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of the 29th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
🔹 Telephone conversation with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain
🔹 Russia–Kazakhstan: Alliance in the Heart of Eurasia
🔹 Greetings to Muslims of Russia on Eid al-Adha
🔹 Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit
🔹 Address on Border Guards Day
🔹 Video address to the participants of the International Security Forum
🔹 Russia-Kazakhstan talks
🔹 Plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum
🔹 Media statements following Russia-Kazakhstan talks
🔹 Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 On May 25, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 34th Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
🔹 Foreign Ministry statement on the ending of the NPT Review Conference
🔹 Foreign Ministry statement regarding the strikes by armed units of the Kiev regime against the Russian civilian population
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the reception celebrating Africa Day
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky
🔹 Press release on Foreign Ministry Board meeting
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Chairman of Srbijagas Supervisory Board Aleksandar Vulin
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Special Advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Brazil Celso Amorim
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of The Bolshoi: 21st Century and The Bolshoi Theatre Rarities at the Russian State Art Library exhibitions
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Maria Theresa Lazaro
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greeting to the organisers and participants of the 2nd forum “The Arctic – Our Common Home”

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspects Vostok Group of Forces
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspects Zapad Group of Forces
🔹 The Pacific Fleet’s Grachonok-class patrol boats practised countering modern maritime threats
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Comment by the Embassy of Russia in the USA
🔹 Children’s Rights Bulletin Issue #4 (May 2026)

#WeRemember
🔹 Faces Of Victory – Anna Morozova

#OTD
🔹 On May 24, Russia celebrated the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture
🔹 70 years ago, the first inland station in Antarctica opened
🔹 In 1873, Alexander Ostrovsky’s play “The Snow Maiden” premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre
🔹 On May 27, St. Petersburg celebrated its 323rd anniversary

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Republic of Ingushetia

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#President
🔹 Presentation of the Mother Heroine and Parental Glory orders
🔹 Greetings on International Children’s Day
🔹 Meeting on support measures for the victims and progress in the investigation into the terrorist attack in Starobelsk
🔹 Meeting of the Council for State Policy on Promoting the Russian language and Languages of the Peoples of Russia
🔹 Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🔹 Russian-Tanzanian talks
🔹 Meeting with heads of international news agencies
🔹 Meeting with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🔹 Launch of construction of the first power unit of the integrated NPP in Uzbekistan
🔹 Plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s message to organisers and participants of the 11th International Conference, Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era
🔹 Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Philippines
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s congratulatory message to Raúl Castro Ruz on the occasion of his 95th birthday
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and participants of the All-German Conference of Russian Compatriots
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Nenad Popovic, Minister Without Portfolio in the Government of the Republic of Serbia
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT Arabic
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with VK Video Bloggers’ Studio: Direct Dialogue Space
🔹 Article by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov for the Republic of the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs’ Foreign Service Institute publication
🔹 On the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov with the Special Representative of the Co-Presidents of Nicaragua for the Development of relations with Russia, L. Ortega
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question on the sidelines of the 29th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Izvestia International Information Centre

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov opens meeting of CSTO Council of Defense Ministers
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov sums up results of CSTO Council of Defense Ministers meeting
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov holds talks with Belarusian counterpart
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov holds talks with Minister of Defense of Tajikistan
🔹 The Northern Fleet’s nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Arkhangelsk fired one Oniks cruise missile as part of combat training
🔹 Promising weapons and hardware were demonstrated to CSTO Defense Ministers

#SpecialMilitaryOperation
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 On June 1-2, diplomats of the Embassy provided consular service for Russian citizens in Los Angeles, California
🔹Celebrating Alexander Pushkin’s Birthday in Washington, D.C.
🔹An Artistic Soirée on the Occasion of the Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birthday and the Upcoming International Day of the Russian Language


#WeRemember
🔹 On May 31, 1942, a football match took place in Leningrad under siege
🔹 How the USSR helped rebuild life in Berlin after World War II

#OTD
🔹 135 years ago, construction on the world’s LONGEST railway began
🔹 On May 30, 1934, Alexei Leonov was born
🔹 June 4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
🔹 In 1846, legendary Russian jeweller Karl Fabergé was born

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 The Republic of Kalmykia

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#President
🔹 Meeting with Government Members
🔹 Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address on Russian Language Day
🔹 Opening remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Khalilur Rahman
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Khalilur Rahman
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with UN Secretary-General candidate Michelle Bachelet
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to participants and guests of the 3rd ASEAN Future Forum
🔹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at the expanded-format meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers
🔹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint press conference with CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov following the meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers
🔹 Opening remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Northern Fleet’s search and rescue duty forces conduct training exercise on assisting submarine in Barents Sea
🔹 Russian Defense Minister presents Gold Star medals to distinguished participants of special military operation

#SpecialMilitaryOperation
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Russia’s National Day Reception

#WeRemember
🔹 Faces Of Victory
🔹 Why Soviet snipers were better than the German ones

#OTD
🔹 Happy Birthday, Tetris
🔹 On June 6, 1889, Igor Sikorsky was born
🔹 June 9 marks the 340th anniversary of Andrei Osterman’s birth
🔹 354 years ago, Peter the Great (1672-1725) was born
🔹 On June 8, 1837, Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy was born
🔹 In 1936, Russia’s oldest animation studio – Soyuzmultfilm – came into being

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🔹 Rostov Region

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#President
🔹 Laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
🔹 Meeting with graduates of military academies
🔹 Condolences to Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez Gomez
🔹 Address to participants in the 13th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions
🔹 Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🔹 Address to school graduates
🔹 Answers to questions from a Russian journalist

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s conversation with UN Secretary-General Candidate Maria Fernanda Espinosa
🔹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during the Ambassadorial Roundtable discussion “Ukraine Crisis: The West’s True Goals and Role”
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev
🔹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the 12th International Scientific and Expert Forum Primakov Readings
🔹On June 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Belize John Briceño exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Strategic Tu-160 bombers of the Long-Range Aviation (Russian Aerospace Forces) have completed a scheduled sortie in airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas
🔹 The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army of China conducted joint air patrols in the Asia-Pacific region
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 On June 22 a solemn ceremony was held to observe the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in memory of the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany and its European collaborators
🔹 On June 24, the Russian Embassy in the United States hosted a screening of the legendary film The Cranes Are Flying
🔹 Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy A.V. Kim, together with members of the Russian compatriot community, visited Great Patriotic War veteran Vladimir Mikhailovich Gutkin
🔹 Diplomats of the Embassy and students of the Embassy School visited two residents of the Greater Washington area who lived through the wartime siege of Leningrad
🔹 Birthday Congratulations to Professor William Brumfield

#WeRemember
🔹 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow — the most tragic date in the history of our country
🔹 22 июня 1941 года — Heroic defense Brest Fortress
🔹 On June 23, 1944, Operation Bagration commenced
🔹On June 24, 1945, to celebrate the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, a ceremonial Parade was held on Red Square in Moscow

#OTD
🔹 Why was Russian master Semyon Nalimov called the ‘Stradivarius of balalaika makers’?
🔹 On June 23, 1855, Lydia Tseraskaya was born
🔹 June 25 — Seafarer’s Day
🔹 72 years ago, world’s first NPP in Obninsk, Russia, was launched
🔹 June 27 — World Fisheries Day
🔹 June 27 — Youth Day
🔹 In 1946, the GAZ-M20 Pobeda (Victory) rolled off the assembly line

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Krasnoyarsk Krai

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#President
🔹 Commentary by Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov following Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump
🔹 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin congratulated President of the United States of America Donald Trump on the 250th Anniversary of the independence of the United States of America
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🔹 Farewell ceremony for Sergei Ivanov
🔹 On July 3, President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent greetings to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the country’s national holiday
🔹 Visit to the Joint Force auxiliary command post
🔹 President Vladimir Putin congratulated the people of the Kaliningrad Oblast on the 80th Anniversary of the day when the region was founded

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s greetings on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of United States independence
🔹 Оn a meeting of the Foreign Ministry Board
🔹 Press release of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s message to organisers and participants of the 69th annual meeting of the Russian International Law Association
🔹 Оn the exchange of greetings between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Seychelles Barry Faure
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of the Foreign Ministry’s Business Council
🔹 Оn a meeting of the Foreign Ministry’s Business Council
🔹 Оn Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
🔹 Foreign Minister’s greetings to Yevgeny Bekasov, Deputy Director General – Editor-in-Chief of the Main Editorial Board, Rossiya 24 news channel
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and participants of the 3rd High-Level International Conference World Treasury of Mother Tongues
🔹 Foreign Minister’s opening remarks during talks with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric
🔹 Foreign Minister’s meeting with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s message of greetings to Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and guests of the exhibition marking 150 years since the passing of Iosif Goshkevich
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s message of greetings to Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov
🔹 Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with candidate for the position of the UN Secretary General Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett
🔹 Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov’s greetings to Kaliningrad Region Governor Alexey Besprozvannykh
🔹 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman’s response to a media question
🔹 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova’s comment on NATO’s anti-Russia plans to develop advanced weapon systems on behalf of the Kiev regime
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman regarding the EU Court of Justice judgment on the legality of criminal prosecutions for the dissemination of RT materials
🔹 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman’s comment on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the market in Tokmak

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Defense Minister Belousov's meeting with military correspondents
🔹 Defense Minister inspects Black Sea Fleet
🔹 Russian Defense Minister congratulates servicemen on liberation of Konstantinovka in Donetsk People’s Republic
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#Embassy
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Happy 250 Anniversary, America!

#WeRemember
🔹 June 29 – Russia’s Day of Partisans and Underground Fighters

#OTD
🔹 On July 1, 1889, Vera Mukhina was born
🔹 On July 2, 1839, Konstantin Makovsky was born
🔹 In 1957, the turboprop Ilyushin Il18 made its maiden flight
🔹 On July 5, 1802, Pavel Nakhimov was born
🔹 On July 5, 1832, Pavel Chistyakov was born

#DiscoverRussia
🔹Moscow Region

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#President
🔹 Meeting with Director General of the Russian Export Centre Veronika Nikishina
🔹 Meeting with Government members
🔹 Greeting to 16th Elena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers
🔹 Meeting with Security Council members
🔹 Greetings to participants and guests of the Russia and the World: Trends in Healthy Longevity Forum
🔹 Greetings to Denis Matsuev Summer Music Festival in Suzdal

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 JOINT STATEMENT Russian Federation – African Union High-Level Consultation
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during expanded-format talks with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following consultations with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s working visit to Ethiopia
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organizers and participants of the 16th Yelena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at Russia-AES ministerial meeting
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions during a joint news conference with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad Karamoko Traore following the second Russia- Confederation of Sahel States (CSS) ministerial meeting
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Karamoko Traore
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali Abdoulaye Diop
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meetings with President of the Republic of the Niger Abdourahamane Tchiani and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad of the Republic of the Niger Bakary Yaou Sangare
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Mozambique Maria Lucas
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at an expanded format meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas
🔹 Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following talks with President of the Republic of Mozambique Daniel Francisco Chapo
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Mozambique
🔹On July 9, 2026, Sergey Lavrov paid a visit to Maputo
🔹Sergey Lavrov on a working visit to the Republic of Burundi

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Opening of Maritime Interaction 2026 joint Russian-Chinese exercise takes place at Qingdao port in China
🔹 Ships enter Yellow Sea during Maritime Interaction 2026 exercise
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
Performance by Russian Virtuoso Violinist Mikhail Simonyan at Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, Georgia

#WeRemember
🔹 On July 12, 1943, the Battle of Prokhorovka took place

#OTD
🔹 This Soviet vehicle could dig itself out of the ground
🔹 Exactly 90 years ago, the slogan ‘Thank you, Comrade Stalin, for our happy childhood’ was coined
🔹 230 years ago, Tsar Nicholas I was born
🔹 Did you know THIS was invented in Russia?
🔹 What does Russia celebrate on July 8 and why?
🔹 10 July marks the Victory of the Russian Army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava
🔹 On July 12, 85 years ago, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom concluded the Anglo-Soviet Agreement on Joint Actions in the War Against Germany
🔹 On July 8, 1895, Igor Tamm was born
🔹 In 1561, one of the world’s most recognizable landmarks, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, was consecrated
🔹 In 1988, the USSR launched Phobos2 probe toward Mars and its moon

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Orenburg Region

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#President
🔹 Meeting with Acting President of South Ossetia Kambolov
🔹 Popular Front’s Everything for Victory! forum
🔹 Greetings to members of the Russian national team who took part in the 56th International Physics Olympiad 2026
🔹 Greetings on opening the 35th Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk International Arts Festival
🔹 Meeting with members of the Security Council
🔹 Meeting with DPRK FM Choe Son-hui

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Opening remarks by FM Lavrov during talks with Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad of the Republic of Chad Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul
🔹 FM Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad of the Republic of Chad Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul
🔹 On FM Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad of the Republic of Chad Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul
🔹 On FM Lavrov’s telephone conversation with FM of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin
🔹 FM Lavrov’s address to participants of a regional meeting on enhancing capacity to prevent the supply of weapons to terrorists in Central Asia
🔹 Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the killing of the Chief Engineer of the Zaporozhskaya NPP Alexander Yakovlev by the Ukrainian militants
🔹 Article by FM Lavrov “A constant in an era of radical change: On the 25th anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship, and Cooperation”
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau
🔹 FM Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau
🔹 On FM Lavrov’s talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Communities of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks at talks with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov
🔹 FM Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with FM of Azerbaijan Bayramov
🔹 On FM Lavrov’s talks with FM of Azerbaijan Bayramov
🔹 On DPRK FM Choe official visit to Russia
🔹 On FM Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and FM of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 A joint Russian-Myanmar educational and training session of the special operations forces
🔹 Deputy Minister of Defense Osmakov held a meeting with Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation Mohamed Islam
🔹 The ships of the Russian Navy and the PLA Navy completed the Maritime Interaction 2026 exercise and carry out joint patrols at sea
🔹 A meeting between Deputy Minister of Defense Osmakov and Minister of Defense of Sudan Lieutenant General Hassan Daoud Kabron
🔹 Deputy Minister of Defense Osmakov held a meeting with Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Nepal to the Russian Federation Maheshwar Mani Tripathi
🔹 Deputy Minister of Defense Osmakov met Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation Vinya Kumar
🔹 Under the direction of Minister of Defense Belousov the Defense Ministry Board Session was held
🔹 Russian Deputy Defense Minister Osmakov reports on main areas of international military cooperation and innovations
🔹 Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Gerasimov inspected the Zapad Group of Forces
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#Embassy
🔹 Honoring the Legacy of Col.Frank Cohn

#WeRemember
🔹 On July 13, 1944, Vilnius was liberated from Nazi invaders by the Red Army
🔹 85 years ago, the ‘Katyusha’ made its debut

#OTD
🔹 The launch of spacecraft Soyuz MS-29
🔹 On July 15, 1975, the Soviet-US ‘Apollo-Soyuz’ space mission began
🔹 15 July 1240 — Battle Of The Neva
🔹 150 years ago, on July 17, 1876, Litvinov was born
🔹 On July 18, 1909, Gromyko was born

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Sakhalin Oblast

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#President
🔹 Meeting with Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky
🔹 Meeting on economic issues
🔹 Meeting with members of the Security Council
🔹 Congratulations to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🔹 Visit to Irkutsk Aviation Plant
🔹 Meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🔹 22nd Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum
🔹 Greetings on Navy Day
🔹 Reports by fleet commanders on the security landscape and current missions

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Choe Son-hui
🔹 FM Lavrov’s message of greetings to FM of Nepal Shisir Khanal
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with candidate for the position of the UN Secretary General Macky Sall
🔹 FM Lavrov’s talks with FM of the DPRK Choe Son-hui
🔹 FM Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and FM of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongsavanh Phomvihane
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongsavanh Phomvihane
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks at the Russia-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
🔹 FM Lavrov’s statements at a news conference following Russia-ASEAN ministerial meeting
🔹 Russia-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with FM of Bangladesh Khalilur Rahman
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Vijitha Herath
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with FM of Brazil Mauro Vieira
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines Maria Theresa Lazaro
🔹 EAS Foreign Ministers’ meetings and ASEAN Regional Forum
🔹 FM Lavrov took part in a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
🔹 FM Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following a meeting of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with FM of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov
🔹 FM Lavrov’s talks with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
🔹 Results of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO Member States
🔹 FM Lavrov’s message of greetings to graduates of Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Tu-22m3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces perform scheduled flight over neutral water of the Baltic Sea
🔹 Russian and Myanmar servicemen wipe out mock terrorist base in jungle
🔹 Defense Minister Belousov congratulated military personnel and veterans on Navy Day
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#Embassy
🔹 Congratulations to a Great Patriotic War veteran

#OTD
🔹 July 20 — International Chess Day
🔹 On July 21, 1774, the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji between the Russian and Ottoman Empires was signed
🔹 On July 26 Russia celebrated Navy Day
🔹 Did you know that the laser was invented in Russia?

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Sverdlovsk Oblast

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#President
🔹 Meeting with deputies of the 8th State Duma
🔹 Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🔹 Meeting with faction leaders
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
🔹 Meeting with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko
🔹 Address to participants and guests of 3rd Games of the Future International Multisport Tournament

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS News Agency Director General Andrey Kondrashov
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding the latest UAV attacks on vessels in the Black Sea
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the strike on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
🔹 To the organisers and participants of the diploma award ceremony for graduates of the MGIMO continuing professional training programme for veterans of the special military operation
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding increased terrorist activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Military delegation of South Africa arrives in Moscow
🔹 A New Nuclear Giant Emerges
🔹 ‘Step by step, you bring us closer to our common victory’
🔹 Special Forces boarding
🔹 ‘Strategic success opens up new opportunities for the advancement of our offensive’
🔹 Valentin Rykov enters into service of Baltic Fleet
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#Embassy
🔹 Ambassador A.N. Darchiev attends a reception at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
🔹 Comment on the bill in honor of the late Senator Graham
🔹 Laying Flowers at the Commemorative Plaque on the Embarcadero
🔹 A brochure on the Programme for Supporting National Literature of the Peoples of the Russian Federation
🔹 On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

#WeRemember
🔹 On July 30, 1942, the Rzhev–Sychyovka offensive operation was launched by the Red Army
🔹 On July 31, 1944, the Red Army completed the Pskov-Ostrov Offensive
🔹 Why were Soviet soldiers’ letters from the front lines triangular?

#OTD
🔹 July 27 marks the Day of Remembrance for the Child Victims of the War in Donbass
🔹 July 28 — Day of the Christianization of Rus’
🔹 On July 29, 1817, Ivan Aivazovsky was born
🔹 Meet the ‘Soviet Terminator’

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Saratov Oblast

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#President
🔹 Greetings to current and former Airborne Forces personnel
🔹 Closing ceremony of the Bolshaya Peremena contest finals
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
🔹 Meeting with Defense Ministry leadership
🔹 Meeting with Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova
🔹 Meeting with Chairman of the Russian Union of Theatre Workers Vladimir Mashkov
🔹 Message to the participants in the 8th Russia-Kyrgyzstan Economic Forum and the 12th Russia-Kyrgyzstan Inter-Regional Conference
🔹 Telephone conversation with Guards Colonel Abdulaziz Shikhabidov, Commander of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of the UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
🔹 Meeting with members of the Security Council

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Mohammed Al Thani
🔹 31st session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
🔹 Comment by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated servicemen and veterans on Airborne Troops Day
🔹 The Northern Fleet carried out a large-scale exercise in the Barents Sea
🔹 Pacific Fleet launches Far Eastern frontiers defense exercise
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#Embassy
🔹 The Russian Cultural Heritage Festival was held at Fort Ross Historical Park

#WeRemember
🔹 On August 3, 1943, Operation «Rail War» commenced
🔹 On August 5, 1941, the heroic defense of Odessa commenced

#OTD
🔹 August 1 marks the Day of Remembrance of the Russian soldiers who died in the World War I
🔹 On August 3, 1980, the Moscow Olympic Games came to a spectacular and deeply moving close
🔹 On August 6, 1961, the second manned spaceflight took place
🔹 August 6 – the heroic defense of the Osowiec Fortress – a memorable date in Russia’s military history

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Tver Oblast

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#President
🔹 Greetings to Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un
🔹 Greetings to President of India Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🔹 Greetings to President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto
🔹 Greetings to the fifth Youth Environmental Forum-Festival The Arctic: The Ice Has Broken
🔹 Russia-Myanmar talks
🔹 Press statements by President of Russia and President of Myanmar
🔹 Telephone conversation with Interim President of Mali Assimi Goïta
🔹 Visit to the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin
🔹 Meeting on the development of Russia’s nuclear energy sector
🔹 Meeting with members of the Security Council

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Opening remarks by Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov during talks with Foreign Minister of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding plans by the United States and Türkiye to supply arms to Kiev
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s talks with Foreign Minister of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
🔹 Statement and answers to media questions by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa following talks
🔹 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the statement by the US Ambassador to Tokyo on the sovereignty of the Southern Kuril Islands
🔹 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statement on the disruption of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s visit to the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant and Energodar
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and participants of the 4th International Buddhist Forum
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Vesti programme
🔹 Interview of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S.A.Ryabkov to the information portal News.ru

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspected the progress of combat missions being carried out by formations and units of the Vostok Group of Forces in the special military operation zone
🔹 UAVs continue to grow in effectiveness
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 A photo exhibition titled “Crimean Gold: ‘Civilized’ Europe plunders Russian Treasures”
🔹Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation

#WeRemember
🔹 On August 15, 1945, the Soviet forces liberated Korea from Japanese colonial rule
🔹 On August 18, 1945 Soviet forces launched the Kuril Islands Landing Operation
🔹 On August 23, 1943, Battle оf Kursk ended with a decisive victory of the Soviet force

#OTD
🔹 August 19 proclaimed World Humanitarian Day
🔹 220 years ago today, the Russian circumnavigated the globe
🔹 On August 20, 1939, the decisive Soviet-Mongolian offensive at Khalkhin Gol started

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Tyumen Oblast

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#President
🔹 United Russia party Congress
🔹 Answers to media questions
🔹 Address on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Akhmat Kadyrov’s birth
🔹 Meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🔹 Congratulations to President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🔹 Greetings on the opening of the national forum of volunteers and civic activists Patriots of Russia
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa
🔹 Greetings to the international music festival Music of the Proud
🔹 Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of the 6th ASI forum Strong Ideas for a New Time
🔹 Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of Together We Will Win national forum of special military operation veterans
🔹 Greetings to the participants and guests of the 3rd Festival of New Media
🔹 Greetings to readers of the encyclopaedia Russia’s Greatest Monuments
🔹 Plenary session of ASI forum Strong Ideas for a New Time
🔹 Visit to Volga Arena sports complex
🔹 Visit to Nizhny Novgorod automotive cluster
🔹 Meeting with Gorky Automobile Plant engineers
🔹 Visit to Moscow State Pedagogical University
🔹 Opening of new educational facilities in Russian regions
🔹 Meeting with teachers and students pursuing teaching careers
🔹 Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🔹 Birthday greetings to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🔹 Greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Press release on the exchange of greetings
🔹 FM Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the 27th Summer Diplomatic Games
🔹 FM Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow.Kremlin.Putin television programme
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations
🔹 FM Lavrov’s remarks at a joint news conference following talks with Holy See Secretary
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with Secretary of the Holy See
🔹 FM Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty
🔹 FM Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with the leadership of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation and veterans of the special military operation – delegates of the Together We Will Win forum
🔹 FM Lavrov’s meeting with the leadership of the state foundation Defenders of the Fatherland and special military operation veterans participating in the Together We Will Win forum
🔹 FM Lavrov’s interview with the RBC television channel
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira
🔹 FM Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the Dialogue of Young Diplomats of the Greater Eurasian Partnership
🔹 Article by FM Lavrov, “International Cooperation in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities” published on Arctic.ru

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Northern Lights of Plesetsk
🔹 The frigate Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov returned to Severomorsk
🔹 Maloyaroslavets: 5th in the series
🔹 Shaping strategic partnership through trust and transparency
🔹 Andrei Belousov presents Gold Star medals to our heroes
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Congratulations to a Survivor of the Siege of Leningrad

#WeRemember
🔹 On August 28, 1941, the Tallinn Breakout of the Soviet Baltic Fleet towards Kronstadt commenced

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Republic of Crimea

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#President
🔹 Meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner
🔹 Comment by Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov following Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner
🔹 Meeting with President of China Xi Jinping
🔹 Meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🔹 Opening ceremony of the sixth World Nomad Games
🔹 Independence Day greeting to President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
🔹 Meeting with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🔹 Meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🔹 Greetings on Knowledge Day
🔹 Meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council
🔹 Greetings to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🔹 SCO Plus meeting
🔹 Meeting with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
🔹 Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
🔹 Meeting with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🔹 Meeting with President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🔹 Conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🔹 Meeting with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
🔹 Answers to media questions
🔹 Vladimir Putin arrived in Vladivostok
🔹 Visit to the Zvezda shipbuilding complex
🔹 Greetings on Russian Guards Day
🔹 Visit to the Kapitan Yunak fishing trawler
🔹 Conversation with Prime Minister of Mongolia Nyam-Osoryn Uchral
🔹 Conversation with Vice Premier of the State Council of China Ding Xuexiang
🔹 Presentation on the development of the Far East and the launch of new enterprises
🔹 Meeting on the development of the Russian Far East
🔹 Conversation with President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto
🔹 Plenary meeting of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum
🔹 Greetings on the opening of the 8th Russia-China Energy Business Forum
🔹 Meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee
🔹 Meeting with members of the Security Council
🔹 Moscow City Day
🔹 Launching Moscow infrastructure facilities
🔹 Launch of the Vostok Oil project

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Zheenbek Kulubaev
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s message of greetings to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during a dedicated lecture and educational programme of the Russian Znanie Society on the sidelines of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Andrei Belousov inspected the readiness of the Moscow Guards Higher Combined Arms Command School for the start of the new academic year
🔹 The minister inspires to win: ‘Good luck! Greetings to everyone’
⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

#Embassy
🔹 Congratulations to a veteran of the Great Patriotic War

#OnThisDay
🔹 On August 31, 1941, the first Arctic Convoy, codenamed ‘Operation Dervish’
🔹 On September 5, 1929, Andriyan Nikolaev was born
🔹 55 years ago, the Berlin Agreement was signed
🔹 360 years ago, Tsar Ivan V, co-ruler with Peter the Great, was born
🔹 On September 5 and 6, Russia celebrated Moscow Day

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Republic of Udmurtia

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#President
🔹 Comment by Aide to the President Yury Ushakov following Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with US President Trump
🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
🔹 Greetings to President of Brazil Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
🔹 Greetings to the Union of Women of Russia on the 85th anniversary of its establishment
🔹 Russian-Vietnamese talks
🔹 Opening of Russian-Vietnamese Laboratory
🔹 Awarding Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize to President of Vietnam
🔹 State dinner hosted by the President of Russia in honor of the President of Vietnam
🔹 Conversation with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🔹 Visit to the Innoprom.India
🔹 BRICS Business Forum
🔹 Meeting with President of the RSA Cyril Ramaphosa
🔹 Meeting with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
🔹 Conversation with Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
🔹 Meeting with New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff
🔹 Answer to a media question
🔹 BRICS Summit
🔹 Conversation with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
🔹Conversation with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
🔹Meeting in the BRICS Outreach/Plus format
🔹Greetings to participants and guests of the 2026 International Youth Festival

#ForeignMinistry
🔹FM Lavrov’s remarks during the meeting with MGIMO University students
🔹FM Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and participants of the conference titled Fifty Years of Friendship
🔹FM Lavrov’s answer to a media question
🔹FM Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
🔹FM Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
🔹FM Lavrov’s talks with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
🔹FM Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers and guests of the meeting of the Expert Council on Memorialising the Victims the Genocide of the Soviet People
🔹FM Lavrov’s interview with Channel One’s Bolshaya Igra show
🔹FM Lavrov’s message of greetings to FM of the DPRK Choe Son-hui
🔹 FM Lavrov’s message of greetings to FM of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin
🔹 FM Lavrov’s greetings to the participants of the reception marking the Russian Jewish Congress’ 30th anniversary
🔹 FM Lavrov’s interview with the RBC tv channel
🔹 MFA Spokeswoman Zakharova’s answer regarding the new EU human rights report
🔹 MFA Spokeswoman Zakharova’s answer about the deployment of a US medium- and short-range missile launcher in Norway
🔹 MFA Spokeswoman Zakharova’s comment on the International Day of Journalists’ Solidarity

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Strengthening strategic partnership
🔹 Arctic mission: detachment of Northern Fleet enters Laptev Sea
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#Embassy
🔹 On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russia
🔹 As Americans mourn the thousands of innocent victims of 9/11 that happened 25 years ago

#WeRemember
🔹 On September 7, 1945, a joint military parade of units from the USSR, the United States, UK, and France was held in Berlin
🔹 On September 8, 1941, the Siege of Leningrad began
🔹 Faces Of Victory

#OTD
🔹 On September 7, 1870, Alexander Kuprin was born
🔹 September 8 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino
🔹 On September 8, 1967, the Bratsk Hydro Power Plant was commissioned
🔹 On September 8, 1923, Rasul Gamzatov was born
🔹 On September 9, 1828, Leo Tolstoy was born
🔹 On September 10, 1721, the Treaty Of Nystad was signed between Russia and Sweden
🔹 On September 11, 1812, the Russian settlement of Fort Ross was founded
🔹 On September 11, 1943, the Faceted Glass was born
🔹 On September 11, 1935, Soviet Cosmonaut Titov was born
🔹 The first major merchants’ guild in Russia
🔹 in 1913, Russian military pilot Pyotr Nesterov performed the world’s first “loop de loop”

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 Kamchatka Krai

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#President
🔹 Address ahead of the elections
🔹 Greetings to the ninth Global Fishery Forum
🔹 Birthday greetings to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🔹 Presentation of new civil aviation facilities
🔹 Meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission
🔹 Telephone conversation with President-elect of South Ossetia Marat Kambolov
🔹 Greetings to Marat Kambolov on his election as President of the Republic of South Ossetia

#ForeignMinistry
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s congratulations to Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev
🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with candidate for the office of UN Secretary-General Olara Otuunnu
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at an embassy roundtable discussion titled “The Ukraine Crisis: The West’s Legal Aggression,”
🔹 On September 15, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov took part in a roundtable on “The Ukrainian Crisis: The West’s Legal Aggression”, organised by the Diplomatic Academy of MGIMO University of the Russian MFA
🔹 Response by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to a Media Question Concerning Statements by the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Regarding Possession of Orbital Weapons
🔹 Remarks and answers to questions by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the session “A New Global Architecture: An Open Dialogue with Sergey Lavrov” during the Federal Educational Marathon “Znanie.Pervye”
🔹 Address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the closing ceremony of the International Youth Festival
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the 4th congress of the International Russophile Movement
🔹 Kiev Regime Crimes Bucha Hoax
🔹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks on the 2026 elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

#DefenseMinistry
🔹 Tu-95ms in air
🔹 Security as common language
🔹 Pacific-style calibration: Ufa engages targets with bullseye hit
🔹 Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov awards the commander of corvette Soobrazitelny for competent and decisive actions in preventing provocation of Danish Air Force helicopter in Baltic Sea
🔹 Space bound: successful Soyuz rocket launch from Plesetsk
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#Embassy
🔹 Ambassador A.N.Darchiev opened the polling station at the Embassy, marking the start of voting

#WeRemember
🔹 On September 14, 1944, the Red Army launched the Baltic strategic offensive operation
🔹 How an ancient Russian fortress held out against the Nazis for nearly 500 days
🔹 On September 17, 1939, the Red Army launched a military operation in the eastern regions of Poland

#OTD
🔹 On September 15, 1907, Mikhail Gerasimov was born
🔹 On September 17, 1857, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was born
🔹 How the first amusement park appeared in Tsarist Russia
🔹 What role did Russia play in the U.S. Civil War?
🔹 Faces Of Victory
🔹 On September 19, 1943, operation codenamed ‘Concert’ commenced by Soviet partisan units

#DiscoverRussia
🔹 The Republic of Bashkortostan

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