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🎙 President Vladimir Putin's statement at the state awards ceremony for Russian athletes (Moscow, April 22, 2026)
💬 I am sincerely pleased to congratulate everyone on your successes. Your performances and results are a substantial contribution to reaffirming Russia’s leading position in world sport – a strong and unshakable position, despite all the underhanded attempts to weaken it.
☝️ The disgraceful – and, I would say, cowardly – politically motivated conduct of the previous leadership of the International Olympic Committee inflicted enormous damage on the Olympic movement and on the very principles of Olympism.
Selective sanctions against Russian athletes, imposed under the pretext of condemning Russia’s actions to defend our people and our interests in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, while ignoring numerous other similar tragedies and armed conflicts around the world, merely exposed the corruption and political bias of a significant part of the international sporting establishment.
👉 I hope that the new leadership of the International Olympic Committee and other international sports organisations will overcome this legacy as soon as possible – a heavy and shameful legacy left by their predecessors.
I am certain that many more sporting triumphs lie ahead for you, as well as for your teammates representing a wide range of disciplines – including at the biggest international competitions – and, without fail, under our national flag and to the sound of Russia’s national anthem.
Russia is steadily returning to the world’s sporting arenas, and doing so with dignity. Last season, our swimmers, fencers, canoeists, gymnasts, judokas and wrestlers all delivered brilliant victories.
The truly special – indeed unique, without any exaggeration – achievement was the triumph of Russia’s Paralympians in Milan. As you know, they secured third place in the overall standings with a team that was several times smaller than those of their main rivals. This was an outstanding result. These victories were won not by numbers, but by skill, talent and the will to win.
Russia will continue to develop sport in all areas, ensuring the broadest possible opportunities for participation in elite sport, professional sport and mass sport alike, while actively promoting sport above all among children and young people. Because, as we all know well, sport is not simply about physical strength and agility – it is a way of life built on the values of health, mutual respect, and, crucially, determination and responsibility.
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💬 I am sincerely pleased to congratulate everyone on your successes. Your performances and results are a substantial contribution to reaffirming Russia’s leading position in world sport – a strong and unshakable position, despite all the underhanded attempts to weaken it.
☝️ The disgraceful – and, I would say, cowardly – politically motivated conduct of the previous leadership of the International Olympic Committee inflicted enormous damage on the Olympic movement and on the very principles of Olympism.
Selective sanctions against Russian athletes, imposed under the pretext of condemning Russia’s actions to defend our people and our interests in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, while ignoring numerous other similar tragedies and armed conflicts around the world, merely exposed the corruption and political bias of a significant part of the international sporting establishment.
👉 I hope that the new leadership of the International Olympic Committee and other international sports organisations will overcome this legacy as soon as possible – a heavy and shameful legacy left by their predecessors.
I am certain that many more sporting triumphs lie ahead for you, as well as for your teammates representing a wide range of disciplines – including at the biggest international competitions – and, without fail, under our national flag and to the sound of Russia’s national anthem.
Russia is steadily returning to the world’s sporting arenas, and doing so with dignity. Last season, our swimmers, fencers, canoeists, gymnasts, judokas and wrestlers all delivered brilliant victories.
The truly special – indeed unique, without any exaggeration – achievement was the triumph of Russia’s Paralympians in Milan. As you know, they secured third place in the overall standings with a team that was several times smaller than those of their main rivals. This was an outstanding result. These victories were won not by numbers, but by skill, talent and the will to win.
Russia will continue to develop sport in all areas, ensuring the broadest possible opportunities for participation in elite sport, professional sport and mass sport alike, while actively promoting sport above all among children and young people. Because, as we all know well, sport is not simply about physical strength and agility – it is a way of life built on the values of health, mutual respect, and, crucially, determination and responsibility.
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🗓 24 апреля Министр иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лавров провёл ежегодную встречу с руководителями российских некоммерческих организаций.
Участники – около 150 представителей федеральных и региональных НКО – обменялись опытом и планами своей деятельности на международной арене.
Были затронуты темы развития публичной дипломатии, сохранения исторической памяти, популяризации русского языка и культуры, наблюдения за электоральными процессами в России и зарубежных странах.
👉 Вступительное слово С.В.Лаврова
Особое внимание уделено участию неправительственного сектора и научно-академических кругов в работе многосторонних диалоговых форматов, а также молодёжному измерению общественной дипломатии.
Представители гражданского общества выступили с рядом перспективных инициатив, направленных на более плотное подключение НКО к решению задач по укреплению роли России как самостоятельного центра мировой политики, и высказались за уплотнение взаимодействия с Министерством иностранных дел в реализации инициатив международного характера.
Участники – около 150 представителей федеральных и региональных НКО – обменялись опытом и планами своей деятельности на международной арене.
Были затронуты темы развития публичной дипломатии, сохранения исторической памяти, популяризации русского языка и культуры, наблюдения за электоральными процессами в России и зарубежных странах.
👉 Вступительное слово С.В.Лаврова
Особое внимание уделено участию неправительственного сектора и научно-академических кругов в работе многосторонних диалоговых форматов, а также молодёжному измерению общественной дипломатии.
Представители гражданского общества выступили с рядом перспективных инициатив, направленных на более плотное подключение НКО к решению задач по укреплению роли России как самостоятельного центра мировой политики, и высказались за уплотнение взаимодействия с Министерством иностранных дел в реализации инициатив международного характера.
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🎙 Opening remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with leaders of non-profit organisations (Moscow, April 24, 2026)
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: President Putin repeatedly underscored that the world had entered an era of unprecedented change. Similar assessments have been made publicly by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. As President Putin has noted, in these turbulent circumstances, Russia, due to its history, geography, and civilisational identity, is playing a central role in these processes.
The collective West policy is posing the main threat to international peace and security. <...> Their strategic goal, we have no doubt about it, remains the same and is to dominate by any means, <...> and to preserve their hegemony for as long as possible, while containing the growth of new global centres and competitors in the #WorldMajority countries in #Asia, #Africa, and #LatinAmerica.
<...> In order to preserve their hegemony and to achieve these unseemly goals, illegal sanctions, plunder, the theft of other countries’ sovereign assets, blackmail, threats and, of course, the use of military force are employed, as we saw in Venezuela and now in Iran.
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👉 The West’s decades-long expansion into the Eurasian continent, primarily the regions where Russia has historically had strong influence and legitimate traditional interests is another major factor of global destabilisation. This persistent push, which in recent years has openly manifested itself in the slogan of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, reflects a long-standing, indeed, as it now turns out, centuries-long strategy.
❗️ A war against us has been openly declared.
The Kiev regime is being used as the tip of the spear.
The Kiev regime and the Ukrainian state are being openly taken advantage of as a geopolitical battering ram. Some rather outspoken individuals, I believe in the Belgian General Staff, publicly stated that they were getting ready for war with Russia and that Ukraine was helping them buy time. As they say, they couldn’t be clearer.
The West — above all the international bureaucracy in Brussels (both EU and NATO, which are increasingly becoming one), as well as Berlin, Paris, and, of course, London — are attempting to demonise everything Russian and openly speak about gearing up for war with us in the foreseeable future.
Despite the difficult circumstances, we will continue to pursue our foreign policy and to defend our vital national interests, creating the most favourable foreing environment for our country’s sustainable development as a multi-ethnic sovereign state strengthening our sovereignty in all areas.
Our priorities include promoting equal and mutually beneficial partnerships with all those willing to cooperate on an equal footing, based on the universally recognised principles of the UN Charter — #UNCharterIsOurRules.
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We continue to believe — strength lies in truth.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: President Putin repeatedly underscored that the world had entered an era of unprecedented change. Similar assessments have been made publicly by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. As President Putin has noted, in these turbulent circumstances, Russia, due to its history, geography, and civilisational identity, is playing a central role in these processes.
The collective West policy is posing the main threat to international peace and security. <...> Their strategic goal, we have no doubt about it, remains the same and is to dominate by any means, <...> and to preserve their hegemony for as long as possible, while containing the growth of new global centres and competitors in the #WorldMajority countries in #Asia, #Africa, and #LatinAmerica.
<...> In order to preserve their hegemony and to achieve these unseemly goals, illegal sanctions, plunder, the theft of other countries’ sovereign assets, blackmail, threats and, of course, the use of military force are employed, as we saw in Venezuela and now in Iran.
***
👉 The West’s decades-long expansion into the Eurasian continent, primarily the regions where Russia has historically had strong influence and legitimate traditional interests is another major factor of global destabilisation. This persistent push, which in recent years has openly manifested itself in the slogan of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, reflects a long-standing, indeed, as it now turns out, centuries-long strategy.
❗️ A war against us has been openly declared.
The Kiev regime is being used as the tip of the spear.
The Kiev regime and the Ukrainian state are being openly taken advantage of as a geopolitical battering ram. Some rather outspoken individuals, I believe in the Belgian General Staff, publicly stated that they were getting ready for war with Russia and that Ukraine was helping them buy time. As they say, they couldn’t be clearer.
The West — above all the international bureaucracy in Brussels (both EU and NATO, which are increasingly becoming one), as well as Berlin, Paris, and, of course, London — are attempting to demonise everything Russian and openly speak about gearing up for war with us in the foreseeable future.
Despite the difficult circumstances, we will continue to pursue our foreign policy and to defend our vital national interests, creating the most favourable foreing environment for our country’s sustainable development as a multi-ethnic sovereign state strengthening our sovereignty in all areas.
Our priorities include promoting equal and mutually beneficial partnerships with all those willing to cooperate on an equal footing, based on the universally recognised principles of the UN Charter — #UNCharterIsOurRules.
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We continue to believe — strength lies in truth.
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⚔️ April 25, 1945 – the #ElbeDay – a memorable date in Russia’s military history.
Around midday, by the town of Torgau on the Elbe River, Soviet troops advancing into Germany linked up for the first time with American forces.
That moment marked the high point of relations between the USSR and the US during the Second World War. The Soviet unit was led by Senior Lieutenant Grigory Goloborodko, while the American patrol that crossed the Elbe was commanded by First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue.
🤝 The handshake between the two lieutenants made headlines around the world and became one of the defining images of the Allied #Victory over Nazism. One of the direct participants in that first meeting, US Army Private Joe Polowsky, later recalled:
The soldiers embraced and vowed never to forget that meeting. It came to symbolise what would later be known as the Spirit of the Elbe.
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#Victory81 #WeWereAllies
Around midday, by the town of Torgau on the Elbe River, Soviet troops advancing into Germany linked up for the first time with American forces.
That moment marked the high point of relations between the USSR and the US during the Second World War. The Soviet unit was led by Senior Lieutenant Grigory Goloborodko, while the American patrol that crossed the Elbe was commanded by First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue.
🤝 The handshake between the two lieutenants made headlines around the world and became one of the defining images of the Allied #Victory over Nazism. One of the direct participants in that first meeting, US Army Private Joe Polowsky, later recalled:
“There were tears in our eyes. It was a moment of joy, but also, perhaps, a moment in which some already sensed that the future would not be without difficulties”.
The soldiers embraced and vowed never to forget that meeting. It came to symbolise what would later be known as the Spirit of the Elbe.
🎥 © Russian Military Historical Society
#Victory81 #WeWereAllies
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of April 20 – 26, 2026:
▪️ April 22 – a UAV strike on a private household in Belgorod, Belgorod Region.
▪️ April 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ April 22 – a UAV strike on a shop car park in the village of Nikolskoye, Belgorod Region. Two civilians were wounded, one of them a 15-year-old teenager.
▪️ April 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Syzran, Samara Region. Two civilians were killed and 12 wounded.
▪️ April 23 – artillery shelling of residential areas in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ April 23 – a kamikaze drone strike on a humanitarian organisation’s vehicle delivering food to civilians in frontline settlements in the DPR. Two people were wounded.
▪️ April 23 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Samara.
▪️ April 25 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Alekseyevka, Belgorod Region.
▪️ April 25 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on a residential complex in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region. Nine civilians were wounded.
▪️ April 25 – a kamikaze drone strike on an EMERCOM special-purpose vehicle in Rubezhnoye, LPR. A follow-up strike targeted the rescue team that had arrived at the site of the UAV attack.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of April 20 – 26, 2026:
▪️ April 22 – a UAV strike on a private household in Belgorod, Belgorod Region.
▪️ April 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ April 22 – a UAV strike on a shop car park in the village of Nikolskoye, Belgorod Region. Two civilians were wounded, one of them a 15-year-old teenager.
▪️ April 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Syzran, Samara Region. Two civilians were killed and 12 wounded.
▪️ April 23 – artillery shelling of residential areas in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ April 23 – a kamikaze drone strike on a humanitarian organisation’s vehicle delivering food to civilians in frontline settlements in the DPR. Two people were wounded.
▪️ April 23 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Samara.
▪️ April 25 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Alekseyevka, Belgorod Region.
▪️ April 25 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on a residential complex in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region. Nine civilians were wounded.
▪️ April 25 – a kamikaze drone strike on an EMERCOM special-purpose vehicle in Rubezhnoye, LPR. A follow-up strike targeted the rescue team that had arrived at the site of the UAV attack.
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🇺🇳 #UNCharterIsOurRules
🌐 International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace was observed on April 24. It was established by UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/73/127 on December 12, 2018, in order to promote the UN values and to reaffirm the belief of our peoples in the purposes and principles enshrined in its Charter:
Russia has consistently supported multilateralism and the leading role of the UN in world affairs, actively participating in efforts to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
This is especially relevant today, when the UN and other multilateral institutions have come under unprecedented pressure from a small group of states, and the standing of the World Organisation has been noticeably down, including due to the Secretariat refusing to adhere to the equidistance principle. The collective West keeps attempting to subordinate the Organisation to its narrow self-interests and to impose the controversial concept of a rules-based world order to replace international law.
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (excerpt from a speech on February 11, 2026):
According to the Foreign Policy Concept, Russia prioritises restoring the UN’s role as the central coordinating mechanism for aligning the interests of member states.
Our country contributes to the formation of a more representative, democratic, fair, and multipolar world order with the central coordinating role of the UN, based on respect for cultural diversity, mutually beneficial and equal cooperation among countries.
📄 Excerpt from the Concept:
Our shared responsibility is to preserve the UN as a model of multilateralism and coordination in global politics. The path to this end lies through joint work, rejection of claims to any form of exclusivity, and respect for the sovereign equality of states.
At the same time, an important task includes strengthening the potential of multilateral regional associations and integration entities involving Russia, including enhancing the international role of #BRICS, #SCO, #CIS, #EAEU, #CSTO, #RIC, and other interstate associations and international organisations.
🌐 International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace was observed on April 24. It was established by UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/73/127 on December 12, 2018, in order to promote the UN values and to reaffirm the belief of our peoples in the purposes and principles enshrined in its Charter:
“The International Day constitutes a means to promote the values of the United Nations and to reaffirm the faith of our peoples in the purposes and principles enshrined in its Charter, to reaffirm the importance and relevance of multilateralism and international law and to advance the common goal of lasting and sustained peace through diplomacy.”
Russia has consistently supported multilateralism and the leading role of the UN in world affairs, actively participating in efforts to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
This is especially relevant today, when the UN and other multilateral institutions have come under unprecedented pressure from a small group of states, and the standing of the World Organisation has been noticeably down, including due to the Secretariat refusing to adhere to the equidistance principle. The collective West keeps attempting to subordinate the Organisation to its narrow self-interests and to impose the controversial concept of a rules-based world order to replace international law.
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (excerpt from a speech on February 11, 2026):
At the UN platform, in conjunction with our like-minded partners in the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, we are working to ensure that the principles enshrined in the UN Charter are observed in their full scope, entirety, and interconnection, rather than selectively, as the West prefers.
The UN is going through rough times and is bearing the brunt of profound differences between the world’s leading powers. Nevertheless, the Organisation’s role as a platform for aligning states’ interests is undeniable.
According to the Foreign Policy Concept, Russia prioritises restoring the UN’s role as the central coordinating mechanism for aligning the interests of member states.
Our country contributes to the formation of a more representative, democratic, fair, and multipolar world order with the central coordinating role of the UN, based on respect for cultural diversity, mutually beneficial and equal cooperation among countries.
📄 Excerpt from the Concept:
“The mechanism for shaping universal international legal standards should be based on the free will of sovereign states, and the UN should remain the main venue for progressive development and codification of international law.”
Our shared responsibility is to preserve the UN as a model of multilateralism and coordination in global politics. The path to this end lies through joint work, rejection of claims to any form of exclusivity, and respect for the sovereign equality of states.
At the same time, an important task includes strengthening the potential of multilateral regional associations and integration entities involving Russia, including enhancing the international role of #BRICS, #SCO, #CIS, #EAEU, #CSTO, #RIC, and other interstate associations and international organisations.
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🎙 Комментарий официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой в связи с гибелью сотрудника Запорожской АЭС (27 апреля 2026 года)
💬 Киевский режим продолжает демонстрировать свою кровавую и преступную сущность. 27 апреля совершено новое безрассудное и преступное нападение на российский объект мирной атомной энергетики – Запорожскую АЭС (#ЗАЭС), в результате которого трагически оборвалась жизнь одного из сотрудников станции.
▪️Решительно осуждаем это злодеяние. Выражаем глубокие соболезнования семье и близким погибшего.
Отмечаем мужество и стойкость персонала ЗАЭС, который, несмотря на смертельные угрозы и провокации со стороны ВСУ, продолжает выполнять свой долг и поддерживать безопасное функционирование станции, демонстрируя при этом высочайший уровень профессионализма.
Особый цинизм действиям Киева придаёт то, что они были совершены буквально через несколько дней после закрытия 10-го Совещания Договаривающихся сторон Конвенции о ядерной безопасности. В ходе этого форума российская делегация твёрдо отстаивала позицию о недопустимости атак на мирные атомные установки. Продолжим данную линию на открывающейся сегодня в Нью-Йорке Конференции по рассмотрению действия ДНЯО.
Очевидно, что украинская сторона придерживается иного мнения, ясно давая понять: она ни во что не ставит ядерную безопасность, равно как и тех, кто продолжает «выгораживать» и оправдывать ядерные авантюры Зеленского. Судя по всему, сознательно создавая радиологические угрозы в центре Европы, Киев не прочь «поиграть на нервах» у своих западных спонсоров, чтобы те поживее раскошеливались. Произошедшая трагедия – пример того, на что идут эти вливания.
Рассчитываем, что Секретариат МАГАТЭ и лично гендиректор Агентства Р.Гросси будут непримиримы к чинимому Украиной беззаконию.
Убеждены, что международное сообщество обязано вынести киевскому режиму заслуженный и суровый приговор, заставив его прекратить атаки на ЗАЭС и другие мирные ядерные объекты.
💬 Киевский режим продолжает демонстрировать свою кровавую и преступную сущность. 27 апреля совершено новое безрассудное и преступное нападение на российский объект мирной атомной энергетики – Запорожскую АЭС (#ЗАЭС), в результате которого трагически оборвалась жизнь одного из сотрудников станции.
▪️Решительно осуждаем это злодеяние. Выражаем глубокие соболезнования семье и близким погибшего.
Отмечаем мужество и стойкость персонала ЗАЭС, который, несмотря на смертельные угрозы и провокации со стороны ВСУ, продолжает выполнять свой долг и поддерживать безопасное функционирование станции, демонстрируя при этом высочайший уровень профессионализма.
Особый цинизм действиям Киева придаёт то, что они были совершены буквально через несколько дней после закрытия 10-го Совещания Договаривающихся сторон Конвенции о ядерной безопасности. В ходе этого форума российская делегация твёрдо отстаивала позицию о недопустимости атак на мирные атомные установки. Продолжим данную линию на открывающейся сегодня в Нью-Йорке Конференции по рассмотрению действия ДНЯО.
Очевидно, что украинская сторона придерживается иного мнения, ясно давая понять: она ни во что не ставит ядерную безопасность, равно как и тех, кто продолжает «выгораживать» и оправдывать ядерные авантюры Зеленского. Судя по всему, сознательно создавая радиологические угрозы в центре Европы, Киев не прочь «поиграть на нервах» у своих западных спонсоров, чтобы те поживее раскошеливались. Произошедшая трагедия – пример того, на что идут эти вливания.
Рассчитываем, что Секретариат МАГАТЭ и лично гендиректор Агентства Р.Гросси будут непримиримы к чинимому Украиной беззаконию.
Убеждены, что международное сообщество обязано вынести киевскому режиму заслуженный и суровый приговор, заставив его прекратить атаки на ЗАЭС и другие мирные ядерные объекты.