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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions at the 12th International Scientific and Expert Forum Primakov Readings (Moscow, June 24, 2026)
Key points:
• This Forum is our way of paying tribute to Yevgeny Primakov, his outstanding personality, rich intellectual legacy and ideas, which remain fully relevant to our work today.
• The West remains unwilling to comply with the universally recognised norms of international law enshrined in the UN Charter, even though all states, by signing and ratifying the Charter, undertook to observe these norms in their entirety, totality and interrelation.
• A defining feature of the current moment is the West’s readiness to rewrite even its notorious “rules” on the fly – the very rules it until recently sought to substitute for international law. As soon as the West realised that free trade, fair competition, the inviolability of property and the unrestricted movement of capital had enabled new centres of development in Asia, Africa and Latin America to unlock their potential, it immediately weaponised the dollar and other global currencies, unleashed sanctions and tariff wars, and began seizing foreign exchange and gold reserves.
• The West is dismantling the foundations of the international security system built over decades. For many years, Russia has faced the irresponsible eastward geopolitical expansion of the “Atlantic community”, right up to our borders.
• Russia welcomes the agreement between the US and Iran to cease hostilities, as well as the negotiations now under way. We stand ready to assist in developing a comprehensive, long-term agreement between the two countries and a broader settlement involving their neighbours, should our good offices be required.
• Centuries of diplomatic experience point to one conclusion: the golden rule of lasting conflict settlement is to eradicate its root causes. For us, this applies first and foremost to the Ukrainian crisis, which was deliberately engineered by the West as part of its expansion towards Russia’s borders.
• I am convinced that a political and diplomatic settlement of the situation around Ukraine remains entirely possible. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated this. It requires specific, legally binding security guarantees based on the principle of indivisible security, including guarantees for Russia’s security along its western borders.
• The West must understand that it must abandon its plans for military-political, geoeconomic and ideological expansion into areas of Russia’s vital interests.
• #Multipolarity does not condemn the world to chaos and confrontation, despite what its critics claim. A balance of interests based on international law is fully achievable. #RussiaChina relations, particularly our comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, clearly demonstrate this.
• #BRICS and the #SCO show how the principles of sovereign equality and mutually beneficial cooperation can be implemented multilaterally. Their philosophy is close to and understood by all states seeking to pursue independent foreign policies and advance their national interests above all.
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Key points:
• This Forum is our way of paying tribute to Yevgeny Primakov, his outstanding personality, rich intellectual legacy and ideas, which remain fully relevant to our work today.
• The West remains unwilling to comply with the universally recognised norms of international law enshrined in the UN Charter, even though all states, by signing and ratifying the Charter, undertook to observe these norms in their entirety, totality and interrelation.
• A defining feature of the current moment is the West’s readiness to rewrite even its notorious “rules” on the fly – the very rules it until recently sought to substitute for international law. As soon as the West realised that free trade, fair competition, the inviolability of property and the unrestricted movement of capital had enabled new centres of development in Asia, Africa and Latin America to unlock their potential, it immediately weaponised the dollar and other global currencies, unleashed sanctions and tariff wars, and began seizing foreign exchange and gold reserves.
• The West is dismantling the foundations of the international security system built over decades. For many years, Russia has faced the irresponsible eastward geopolitical expansion of the “Atlantic community”, right up to our borders.
• Russia welcomes the agreement between the US and Iran to cease hostilities, as well as the negotiations now under way. We stand ready to assist in developing a comprehensive, long-term agreement between the two countries and a broader settlement involving their neighbours, should our good offices be required.
• Centuries of diplomatic experience point to one conclusion: the golden rule of lasting conflict settlement is to eradicate its root causes. For us, this applies first and foremost to the Ukrainian crisis, which was deliberately engineered by the West as part of its expansion towards Russia’s borders.
• I am convinced that a political and diplomatic settlement of the situation around Ukraine remains entirely possible. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated this. It requires specific, legally binding security guarantees based on the principle of indivisible security, including guarantees for Russia’s security along its western borders.
• The West must understand that it must abandon its plans for military-political, geoeconomic and ideological expansion into areas of Russia’s vital interests.
• #Multipolarity does not condemn the world to chaos and confrontation, despite what its critics claim. A balance of interests based on international law is fully achievable. #RussiaChina relations, particularly our comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, clearly demonstrate this.
• #BRICS and the #SCO show how the principles of sovereign equality and mutually beneficial cooperation can be implemented multilaterally. Their philosophy is close to and understood by all states seeking to pursue independent foreign policies and advance their national interests above all.
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🎼 Удмуртская государственная филармония при поддержке Благотворительного фонда «Новые имена» имени Иветы Вороновой объявляет набор на II Международный детско-юношеский конкурс «На родине П. И. Чайковского».
✅ Принять участие могут юные музыканты от 10 до 22 лет из России, ближнего и дальнего зарубежья.
Работы принимаются по специальностям:
📌 Фортепиано
📌 Струнные смычковые инструменты
📌 Деревянные духовые инструменты
📌 Медные духовые инструменты
📌 Народные инструменты – в Год единства народов России
Этапы проведения:
🔹 Приём заявок: с 1 апреля по 15 августа.
🔹 Очное прослушивание: 11-13 октября.
🔹 Финал конкурса: 14 октября.
Как принять участие?
1. Снимите свое выступление на видео
2. Подайте заявку до 15 августа со всеми необходимыми документами и ссылкой на выступление на почту: konkurs@operaizh.ru.
3. Смотрите результаты отбора на сайте не позднее 1 сентября.
👉 Положение, требования к видеозаписи и необходимые бланки представлены на сайте.
✨ Призовой фонд – 2 миллиона рублей. Гран-при — 1 миллион рублей!
🔗 Больше информации на официальном сайте.
🔗 Мы в МАКС
#России
✅ Принять участие могут юные музыканты от 10 до 22 лет из России, ближнего и дальнего зарубежья.
Работы принимаются по специальностям:
📌 Фортепиано
📌 Струнные смычковые инструменты
📌 Деревянные духовые инструменты
📌 Медные духовые инструменты
📌 Народные инструменты – в Год единства народов России
Этапы проведения:
🔹 Приём заявок: с 1 апреля по 15 августа.
🔹 Очное прослушивание: 11-13 октября.
🔹 Финал конкурса: 14 октября.
Как принять участие?
1. Снимите свое выступление на видео
2. Подайте заявку до 15 августа со всеми необходимыми документами и ссылкой на выступление на почту: konkurs@operaizh.ru.
3. Смотрите результаты отбора на сайте не позднее 1 сентября.
👉 Положение, требования к видеозаписи и необходимые бланки представлены на сайте.
✨ Призовой фонд – 2 миллиона рублей. Гран-при — 1 миллион рублей!
🔗 Больше информации на официальном сайте.
#России
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question (Moscow, June 26, 2026)
💬 Question: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently said that during the meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, where the situation around Ukraine was discussed, only a proposal on an approach to a settlement was put forward, and that no agreement had ever been reached there. Could you comment on this situation?
Sergey Lavrov: We are indeed receiving many questions on this subject. It is important to clarify the situation as we see it. I hope this will be clear to the audience.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that in Alaska there were only proposals, not agreements on the settlement in Ukraine. Therefore, allegedly, it is unclear why Moscow is so concerned. The point is that, if we look at the full picture, several days before the meeting in Alaska, US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and brought those very proposals from President Donald Trump. We took them into consideration. President Vladimir Putin promised to give his response at the meeting in Alaska.
Already in Anchorage, when the two Presidents “sat down for talks” – Marco Rubio and I were also present – President Vladimir Putin, looking at Steve Witkoff, who was also in the room, began listing the US proposals point by point. After each point, in the presence of President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vladimir Putin asked Steve Witkoff whether he had accurately captured the ideas that the latter had brought to Moscow ahead of Anchorage.
👉 Steve Witkoff answered each time in the affirmative. Therefore, when my colleague Marco Rubio says that there were only proposals in Alaska and no agreement, this raises a question for me as to what we mean by an agreement. If one Side – in this case, the US – puts forward its settlement proposals, its ideas on how to approach this crisis, and the other Side expresses consent to these proposals, then saying that there was no agreement does not sound particularly elegant.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said, while speaking at another event somewhere in the Middle East, that they are ready to step forward and play a constructive role, should they have such an opportunity. He said, in effect, that bringing the parties together and ending this war is what US President Donald Trump has been trying to do for a year and a half.
All of this can probably be taken as confirmation that in Alaska there were American proposals, and that we accepted them. But the quote I have just cited raises a question from another angle. I am referring to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent remarks at congressional hearings, when he said that the US could not be a mediator because it supports Ukraine.
Now, when Washington expresses interest in playing a constructive role and bringing the parties together, this already sounds like a bid for mediation.
❗️ Of course, this entire situation needs to be clarified. But the fact remains: US proposals were discussed in Alaska, and they were accepted by the Russian Side.
💬 Question: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently said that during the meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, where the situation around Ukraine was discussed, only a proposal on an approach to a settlement was put forward, and that no agreement had ever been reached there. Could you comment on this situation?
Sergey Lavrov: We are indeed receiving many questions on this subject. It is important to clarify the situation as we see it. I hope this will be clear to the audience.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that in Alaska there were only proposals, not agreements on the settlement in Ukraine. Therefore, allegedly, it is unclear why Moscow is so concerned. The point is that, if we look at the full picture, several days before the meeting in Alaska, US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and brought those very proposals from President Donald Trump. We took them into consideration. President Vladimir Putin promised to give his response at the meeting in Alaska.
Already in Anchorage, when the two Presidents “sat down for talks” – Marco Rubio and I were also present – President Vladimir Putin, looking at Steve Witkoff, who was also in the room, began listing the US proposals point by point. After each point, in the presence of President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vladimir Putin asked Steve Witkoff whether he had accurately captured the ideas that the latter had brought to Moscow ahead of Anchorage.
👉 Steve Witkoff answered each time in the affirmative. Therefore, when my colleague Marco Rubio says that there were only proposals in Alaska and no agreement, this raises a question for me as to what we mean by an agreement. If one Side – in this case, the US – puts forward its settlement proposals, its ideas on how to approach this crisis, and the other Side expresses consent to these proposals, then saying that there was no agreement does not sound particularly elegant.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said, while speaking at another event somewhere in the Middle East, that they are ready to step forward and play a constructive role, should they have such an opportunity. He said, in effect, that bringing the parties together and ending this war is what US President Donald Trump has been trying to do for a year and a half.
All of this can probably be taken as confirmation that in Alaska there were American proposals, and that we accepted them. But the quote I have just cited raises a question from another angle. I am referring to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent remarks at congressional hearings, when he said that the US could not be a mediator because it supports Ukraine.
Now, when Washington expresses interest in playing a constructive role and bringing the parties together, this already sounds like a bid for mediation.
❗️ Of course, this entire situation needs to be clarified. But the fact remains: US proposals were discussed in Alaska, and they were accepted by the Russian Side.
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding Romania’s ban on Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics team from using national symbols (June 27, 2026)
💬 Russian participants in the 2026 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup being held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from June 26 to June 28, faced yet another instance of outright arbitrary action and politicisation of international sport.
Notwithstanding the recent decisions by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the European Gymnastics Union to lift all existing restrictions and restore our athletes’ rights, they were forbidden to use their national flag and anthem at the World Challenge Cup in Romania. The Russian side’s responded in the only possible and logical way by refusing to participate in the competitions.
The situation looks all the more absurd because the so-called sanctions against our gymnasts were maintained due to the efforts by the local mayor who resorted to routine statements of countering the “aggressor state.”
Neither the event organisers nor the authorities dared to stand up to the provincial official who apparently decided to raise his “standing” in this way.
It is deplorable that the Russophobia being nurtured in Romania in recent years has yielded such ugly fruit – it exposes the disorder that reigns there, when random figures are allowed arbitrariness and shame a country that is apparently unable to provide equal conditions for participants in major international competitions, and therefore must lose the right to claim them.
☝️ The Russian Side will not dismiss this issue.
💬 Russian participants in the 2026 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup being held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from June 26 to June 28, faced yet another instance of outright arbitrary action and politicisation of international sport.
Notwithstanding the recent decisions by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the European Gymnastics Union to lift all existing restrictions and restore our athletes’ rights, they were forbidden to use their national flag and anthem at the World Challenge Cup in Romania. The Russian side’s responded in the only possible and logical way by refusing to participate in the competitions.
The situation looks all the more absurd because the so-called sanctions against our gymnasts were maintained due to the efforts by the local mayor who resorted to routine statements of countering the “aggressor state.”
Neither the event organisers nor the authorities dared to stand up to the provincial official who apparently decided to raise his “standing” in this way.
It is deplorable that the Russophobia being nurtured in Romania in recent years has yielded such ugly fruit – it exposes the disorder that reigns there, when random figures are allowed arbitrariness and shame a country that is apparently unable to provide equal conditions for participants in major international competitions, and therefore must lose the right to claim them.
☝️ The Russian Side will not dismiss this issue.
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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 June 22-28, 2026:
▪️ June 22 – a massive missile strike on Voronezh. Six civilians were killed and 68 injured.
▪️ June 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Shchyokino, Tula Region.
▪️ June 23 – a UAV strike on a passenger minibus in Proletarsky, Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ June 24 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Gorlovka, DPR. Three civilians were killed and four injured.
▪️ June 2 – an FPV drone strike on a residential house in Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ June 27 – a UAV strike on agricultural land near Bogdanovka, Kherson Region. More than 15 hectares of wheat were destroyed by fire.
▪️ June 27 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on the Sambek Heights museum complex in Rostov Region. One civilian was killed and 11 injured.
▪️ June 27 – an FPV drone strike on an apartment building in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ June 28 – an FPV drone strike on a private house in Gora-Podol, Belgorod Region.
▪️ June 28 – a UAV attack on a civilian passenger transport parking area in Skadovsk, Kherson Region. At least 40 buses burned down completely.
⚡️ 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 June 22-28, 2026:
▪️ June 22 – a massive missile strike on Voronezh. Six civilians were killed and 68 injured.
▪️ June 22 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Shchyokino, Tula Region.
▪️ June 23 – a UAV strike on a passenger minibus in Proletarsky, Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ June 24 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Gorlovka, DPR. Three civilians were killed and four injured.
▪️ June 2 – an FPV drone strike on a residential house in Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ June 27 – a UAV strike on agricultural land near Bogdanovka, Kherson Region. More than 15 hectares of wheat were destroyed by fire.
▪️ June 27 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on the Sambek Heights museum complex in Rostov Region. One civilian was killed and 11 injured.
▪️ June 27 – an FPV drone strike on an apartment building in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ June 28 – an FPV drone strike on a private house in Gora-Podol, Belgorod Region.
▪️ June 28 – a UAV attack on a civilian passenger transport parking area in Skadovsk, Kherson Region. At least 40 buses burned down completely.
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⚡️ Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, Ukrainian security structures are deliberately enabling the growing transit of drugs from Latin America to Europe.
Ukraine’s interest is clear. Zelensky’s corruption-ridden regime is seeking additional revenue, especially as its Western sponsors are increasingly unable to fulfill all of its insatiable demands.
Kiev also values the assistance of Latin American drug cartels in recruiting new mercenaries for the Ukrainian armed forces.
For their part, major Latin American criminal groups are looking to expand their drug trafficking routes, including for fentanyl, amid the intensified anti-drug campaign in the US.
They view Ukraine as a safe corridor into the European market due to the lack of proper border and customs control in the country.
❗️ The ports of the Odessa region are becoming the main transshipment hub on the drug route to Europe via Poland, Moldova and Romania.
Latin American drug cartels are also interested in gaining access to Ukraine’s black market for weapons.
☝️ This is a vivid illustration of the saying: “One man’s war is another man’s opportunity”. Then again, what else can be expected from the Kiev regime led by a drug-addled top brass?
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, Ukrainian security structures are deliberately enabling the growing transit of drugs from Latin America to Europe.
Ukraine’s interest is clear. Zelensky’s corruption-ridden regime is seeking additional revenue, especially as its Western sponsors are increasingly unable to fulfill all of its insatiable demands.
Kiev also values the assistance of Latin American drug cartels in recruiting new mercenaries for the Ukrainian armed forces.
For their part, major Latin American criminal groups are looking to expand their drug trafficking routes, including for fentanyl, amid the intensified anti-drug campaign in the US.
They view Ukraine as a safe corridor into the European market due to the lack of proper border and customs control in the country.
❗️ The ports of the Odessa region are becoming the main transshipment hub on the drug route to Europe via Poland, Moldova and Romania.
Latin American drug cartels are also interested in gaining access to Ukraine’s black market for weapons.
☝️ This is a vivid illustration of the saying: “One man’s war is another man’s opportunity”. Then again, what else can be expected from the Kiev regime led by a drug-addled top brass?
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🗓 The 14th St Petersburg International Legal Forum was held on June 24-26.
The event brought together over 6,000 participants from 80 countries, including prosecutors general, heads of foreign courts and relevant agencies, as well as representatives of government bodies, the diplomatic corps accredited in Russia, Russian and foreign legal organisations, business, academia, students and young professionals.
The Forum’s business programme featured over 160 events.
📄 More than 60 agreements and contracts were signed on the Forum's sidelines.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev took part in the Plenary Session.
💬 In his remarks, Dmitry Medvedev stressed that the current crisis of international law stems from the West’s attempts to turn it into a “privilege of the first for a narrow circle of the chosen”:
Representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry took part in a number of events, discussions and round tables.
• Grigory Lukyantsev, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Human Rights Cooperation and Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, spoke at the panel session “Europe’s Historical Amnesia” and at the discussion “Human Rights as a Weapon: When Rights-Based Rhetoric Undermines International Cooperation”.
• Maxim Musikhin, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Legal Department, spoke at the session “New Prospects for Russian Legal Diplomacy”.
• Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the #KievRegimeCrimes, took part in the discussion “The Concept of “Hostile Actions” by Unfriendly Foreign States toward Russia and Measures to Further Improve Russian Legislation in This Area”.
🌐 The 14th St Petersburg International Legal Forum once again reaffirmed its status as an important platform for dialogue among the legal, business and law enforcement communities to discuss key issues on the legal agenda and find responses to global challenges.
The event brought together over 6,000 participants from 80 countries, including prosecutors general, heads of foreign courts and relevant agencies, as well as representatives of government bodies, the diplomatic corps accredited in Russia, Russian and foreign legal organisations, business, academia, students and young professionals.
The Forum’s business programme featured over 160 events.
📄 More than 60 agreements and contracts were signed on the Forum's sidelines.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev took part in the Plenary Session.
💬 In his remarks, Dmitry Medvedev stressed that the current crisis of international law stems from the West’s attempts to turn it into a “privilege of the first for a narrow circle of the chosen”:
“Being first does not mean being the only one. Being a leader does not grant one the prerogative to cancel the rights and sovereignty of others. The true power of law lies not in protecting anyone’s privileges, but in absolutely guaranteeing equality for all people”.
Representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry took part in a number of events, discussions and round tables.
• Grigory Lukyantsev, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Human Rights Cooperation and Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, spoke at the panel session “Europe’s Historical Amnesia” and at the discussion “Human Rights as a Weapon: When Rights-Based Rhetoric Undermines International Cooperation”.
• Maxim Musikhin, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Legal Department, spoke at the session “New Prospects for Russian Legal Diplomacy”.
• Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the #KievRegimeCrimes, took part in the discussion “The Concept of “Hostile Actions” by Unfriendly Foreign States toward Russia and Measures to Further Improve Russian Legislation in This Area”.
🌐 The 14th St Petersburg International Legal Forum once again reaffirmed its status as an important platform for dialogue among the legal, business and law enforcement communities to discuss key issues on the legal agenda and find responses to global challenges.
🎉 30 June marks 4️⃣0️⃣ years since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation🇷🇺 and the Republic of Vanuatu🇻🇺.
🌏 Over the past four decades, our countries have maintained friendly relations based on mutual respect and constructive dialogue. Russia highly values its partnership with Vanuatu and remains committed to further strengthening bilateral cooperation, including within international organisations.
🤝 Sincere congratulations to our Vanuatuan friends on this significant milestone!
#RussiaVanuatu 🇷🇺🇻🇺
🌏 Over the past four decades, our countries have maintained friendly relations based on mutual respect and constructive dialogue. Russia highly values its partnership with Vanuatu and remains committed to further strengthening bilateral cooperation, including within international organisations.
🤝 Sincere congratulations to our Vanuatuan friends on this significant milestone!
#RussiaVanuatu 🇷🇺🇻🇺