⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

💬 The August 8 press conference of Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Zelensky in Belgrade cast a distinctly brown shadow by Michael Martens, a correspondent for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). His question was: “Can you tell us Europeans what we can concretely do to help you kill more Russians? More Russian soldiers, of course”.

To leave no doubt as to the motives behind the provocation, he later clarified on social media: “It is not scandalous to ask the Ukrainian President how Europe can help Ukraine to kill more Russians. That is what is needed. Outside Barbieworld, this is how wars are fought”.

This German clearly knows how wars are supposed to be fought in the real world and how to “kill Russians”. Martens previously worked, with the support of – or, more accurately, on assignment from – the German Foreign Ministry, as an editor at Russian-German newspapers in Bishkek, Almaty, St Petersburg and Kiev.

☝️ He himself comes from a Nazi family. His grandfather, Hans-Hermann Martens, a member of the NSDAP, was a senior Nazi officer who served on the staff of the Wehrmacht High Command under Alfred Jodl, who was executed following the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is not difficult to imagine what atrocities Hans-Hermann Martens committed under the command of this Nazi criminal.

Like many public figures in today’s Germany, this descendant of Nazi filth has learned to weaponise the brown legacy for his own ends.

Now a word about the technique involved. In 2024, Martens wrote on X: “Before the trip to Wrocław, I had decided not to take part in any political discussions about Israel, should they occur. Being German and being the descendant of an officer in the Wehrmacht command staff in WWII, I thought I should remain silent”.

There you have it – tolerance in action, while morality remains in the concentration camp. Martens is a textbook brown propagandist – peddling xenophobia, dehumanising Russians and legitimising anti-Russian hate speech.

Has anyone in the West condemned the revanchist remarks of this descendant of Nazis? Where are all those celebrated human rights advocates, journalists and humanists who are so quick to react to every supposedly intolerant word and every instance of hate speech?

🤐 Silence. Deafening silence. Because for the supposedly “civilised” world, this Nazi grandson merely said out loud what they all think. He simply called it not “inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia”, but, quite literally, “killing Russians”.

Anyone who shakes his hand now should not be surprised to find a brown stain on theirs.

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the terrorist attacks by Ukrainian militants against Belgorod and Nizhnekamsk (August 10, 2026)

💬 On the night of August 8-9, the Kiev neo-Nazis, suffering defeats on the battlefield, once again took their revenge on civilians, launching drone attacks against residential areas of Belgorod. Six civilians were killed. Another 27 were injured, including boys aged four and nine.

Around 30 apartment buildings, social facilities, administrative and commercial buildings, as well as more than 30 vehicles, were damaged.

On the morning of August 10, the neo-Nazi Kiev regime launched drones at residential and industrial buildings in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan. Thirteen people were killed. Another 39 were injured.

▪️ We express our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and wish the injured a speedy recovery.

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases on charges of terrorism. All those involved will be identified and face inevitable severe punishment or military retribution.

The Kiev regime continues to commit crimes against civilians in other Russian regions on a daily basis, causing casualties among children, women and the elderly.

❗️ These strikes, devoid of any military purpose, are carried out deliberately as acts of terror.

We strongly condemn yet another vile attack by the Ukrainian Banderites.

We call on all reasonable members of the international community, relevant international organisations and independent media to categorically condemn Kiev’s terrorist crimes.

Silence will be regarded as complicity and as encouragement for further attacks against Russian civilians.

💬 Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Human Rights Cooperation Grigory Lukiyantsev:

🌐 Every year on August 9, the world marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It was first proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1994 to raise awareness of the challenges facing indigenous populations.

Indigenous peoples live in all regions of the world and occupy around 22% of the planet’s land area. They speak the vast majority of the world’s roughly 7,000 languages and represent some 5,000 distinct cultures.

Knowing how much our Western colleagues like to raise the issue of alleged “violations of the rights of indigenous small-numbered peoples” in Russia, I will cite just a few facts from our own human rights dossiers on the countries concerned, illustrating the systemic nature of the problems they themselves face in this area.

• Australia. Out of every 1,000 Aboriginal children, 58 are in state care, compared with just 4.7 among the rest of the population – more than 12 times fewer.

• Denmark. According to statistics, homelessness among Inuit people is five times higher per capita than among ethnic Danes.

• Canada. From the 1890s to the present day, at least 15,000 indigenous women have been subjected to forced sterilisation.

• New Zealand. The indigenous Māori population accounts for a disproportionately high share of suicides, while in psychiatric institutions Māori patients are more frequently subjected to seclusion as a form of punishment and discipline.

• Norway. According to statistics, three out of four Sámi people – who live predominantly in the three northern counties of Finnmark, Troms and Nordland – experience discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, gender and place of residence.

• United States. More than a quarter of representatives of the “First Nations” live below the poverty line, while only 15% hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.

• Finland. Finnish authorities issue permits for geological exploration and quarry development on Sámi lands while disregarding objections from the Sámi community, thereby depriving its members of their traditional habitat.

• Sweden. Citing its commitment to the “green transition”, the country is actively accelerating mineral development without due regard for the preservation of lands traditionally used for reindeer herding, Sámi culture or its international obligations to protect minority rights.

• Japan. Discrimination against the Ainu, who live in the north of the country, and the Ryukyuans, who inhabit the southern islands, continues. Indigenous people face discrimination in employment, education and social welfare.

Even these bare facts show that a number of states which portray themselves as “model democracies” treat their own populations harshly. This concerns not only policies of assimilation and the displacement of indigenous peoples from their traditional lands, but even efforts to forcibly reduce their populations.

🔍 More information on the situation regarding the rights of indigenous peoples in a number of countries are available in the relevant thematic report by the Russian MFA.

#KievRegimeCrimes

⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:

💬 Over the past week, 43 civilians, including four children, were killed as a result of criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces. Around 420 people were affected in total. Every day, Kiev regime militants fired more than 1,000 munitions of various types at civilian targets across Russia.

The most severe consequences followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a crowded beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, Krasnodar Region. The Moscow Region also came under massive drone attacks, with strikes on residential areas and an industrial zone in the Chekhov Municipal District resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.

At the same time, systematic strikes on key substations caused rolling power outages in Crimea, a prolonged blackout in the Kherson Region, and prompted the introduction of a technological emergency regime in the Zaporozhye Region due to water supply disruptions.

Attacks on residential areas, industrial and logistics hubs, and infrastructure facilities were recorded in 16 regions located far from the combat zone.

The highest numbers of civilian casualties resulting from Kiev’s attacks were recorded in the Belgorod Region, Krasnodar Region, DPR, Zaporozhye Region, and Kherson Region.

On August 3-9, Ukrainian neo-Nazi shelling affected 419 civilians: 376 people, including 24 children, were injured, while 43 people, including four children, were killed.

Over the seven-day period, Ukrainian militants fired at least 7,061 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.

🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statement on the death of foreign nationals in the terrorist attack by Ukrainian militants on Nizhnekamsk (August 10, 2026)

💬 The terrorist attack by the Kiev regime against civilian sites in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, on August 10 resulted in at least 13 fatalities, most of them foreign nationals.

According to preliminary reports, the victims included eight citizens of Uzbekistan and one citizen of Tajikistan. Approximately 20 foreign nationals were wounded.

The Kiev neo-Nazis deliberately targeted facilities where people from our friendly countries live and work, aiming to drive a wedge between our nations and undermine our brotherly relations.

The terrorist attacks perpetrated by Ukrainian militant have claimed the lives of not only Russian civilians, but also foreign nationals.

▪️ We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims and wish speedy recovery to the wounded.

The Russian Foreign Ministry calls on all members of the international community to condemn the barbaric crimes of the Ukrainian Nazis.

⚡️ Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:

EU ready to do anything to prevent Russia’s return to international sport

The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, Europe’s so-called elites are deeply alarmed by the International Olympic Committee’s decision to lift sanctions against the Russian Olympic Committee and Russian athletes.

In Brussels and EU capitals, there is much lamenting that the IOC’s move effectively nullifies years of Western efforts to “isolate” our country from international sport. What has caused particular alarm among Eurobureaucrats, bordering on panic, is the prospect of Russian athletes participating in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles under their national flag and anthem.

In the totalitarian and fascist manner typical of Euro-liberals, they now intend to “punish” the International Olympic Committee itself. The plan is to “hit them in the wallet” by restricting funding for the IOC and other sports organisations that agree to allow Russians to compete.

❗️A fresh push is underway to undermine Russia’s standing as a major sporting power.

Europe’s “undertakers” of the Olympic Movement intend to step up anti-Russian propaganda among countries and sports federations that take a constructive approach towards Moscow, seeking to persuade them to sabotage the IOC’s “apolitical” decision.

The EU has already included Russian sports officials, including Russian Sports Minister and President of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev, in its 21st sanctions package. It is also considering visa bans and additional targeted restrictions against an even broader range of Russian athletes and representatives of Russian sports organisations.

Another effective way of “taking the Russians out of the game”, according to the EU, is to stage provocations against members of Russian teams ahead of competitions. This approach was tested in Munich in early July, when police detained members of the Russian team competing at the European Junior Artistic Swimming Championships on suspicion of “espionage”.

The intimidation, however, did not prevent the Russians from confidently topping the tournament’s overall medal table.

👉 It seems Russophobia has so clouded Eurobureaucrats’ judgment that they are ready to sacrifice the Olympic Movement itself. Yet the IOC’s latest decision shows that the global sporting community will not follow the lead of those seeking to bury Pierre de Coubertin’s great legacy.

☢️ Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP):

On August 11, three people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Energodar’s industrial area. Two of them are employees of the electrical grid workshop at the Zaporozhskaya NPP (part of Rosatom).

The employees were en route to restore power to facilities in the industrial area damaged in previous AFU attacks.

ZNPP electrical grid personnel work every day to restore power to Energodar and industrial facilities following Ukrainian strikes. Often working under the threat of renewed attacks, they make every effort to promptly restore electricity to damaged areas.

It was these very people – on their way to restore power supplies – who were targeted.

All those injured were taken to Medical Unit No. 145, where they are receiving all necessary medical care. Unfortunately, one of them is in serious condition.

❗️ The AFU deliberately put Zaporozhskaya NPP personnel at risk as they carry out work vital to the city. They repair damaged infrastructure and maintain power supplies to social and industrial facilities – doing so every day despite the constant threat of attack.

The plant’s personnel continue to perform their professional duties, ensuring the safety and uninterrupted functioning of Energodar.

💬 Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova:

Together with the Russian Defence Ministry and the relevant agencies, we regularly provide the Ukrainian side with lists of our citizens who are expected back home.

❌ Unfortunately, Kiev often rejects the proposals we put forward – it does not want to take back all of its own people and, most importantly, is in no hurry to return ours. That is precisely what has happened once again.

It is necessary to set the record straight on a situation the Ukrainian authorities are trying to distort.

The Ukrainian side has published lists of our people from the LPR, DPR and Republic of Crimea who have been held captive since 2014 and 2022, claiming that “Moscow refuses to include them in exchange lists”. I believe it is necessary to give a clear and principled assessment of the situation.

For our part, we are ready for an exchange. In the past month alone, we proposed three different lists – including ordinary soldiers and individuals convicted in Russia under various criminal statutes. But Ukraine refuses to take back its own citizens.

We have already agreed on a list of 224 people. These are Ukrainian nationals convicted of various crimes committed on our territory. We are ready to exchange them as early as tomorrow morning, with one goal in mind – to bring OUR people home – those from the DPR, LPR and Crimea who have been waiting to return since 2014 and 2022. But Ukraine refuses to take the mentioned 224 people. It needs PR, not people’s lives.

👉 The Ukrainian authorities, which refuse to take back their own convicted citizens, in reality treat them as expendable. They are the ones feeding them false hope through video appeals while refusing to approve an exchange.

We are ready for a wide range of exchange formats. Our goal is to secure the release of our people held captive. We are publishing the list of Ukrainian citizens whom we are ready to exchange for ours.

📄 List of 224 Ukrainian citizens proposed by Russia for exchange

🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the Kiev regime’s attacks in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea undermining global food security (August 12, 2026)

💬 Throughout the summer, the Kiev regime has been stepping up attacks on coastal transport, logistics infrastructure and civilian vessels in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, using unmanned systems and intelligence supplied by NATO and EU countries.

Key agricultural cargoes have come under attack, including grain and sunflower oil transported under foreign trade contracts.

👉 We would like to highlight several incidents involving casualties that illustrate Kiev’s criminal activity:

– On June 5, Ukrainian drones struck the dry cargo vessels Natra and Zircon in the Sea of Azov. Sailing under the flags of Belize and Palau, they were en route from Turkiye to the port of Rostov-on-Don to arrange the transportation of grain. Five people were killed and three were injured.

– In July, at least 100 Ukrainian drone attacks were recorded against commercial vessels in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea carrying Russian agricultural products to global markets.

• On July 18, the Marshall Islands-flagged commercial bulk carrier MV OMORFI, which was transporting grain, was attacked in Russian territorial waters. One crew member, an Indian national, was killed.

• On July 25-27, Ukrainian attacks damaged an export grain terminal in Rostov-on-Don.

• On July 30, the seaport of Taman was also damaged.

– On August 3, Ukrainian drones targeted the Cameroon-flagged vessel Nadezhda, owned by a Turkish operator, some 30 miles off the Russian coast. The vessel was carrying fruit and vegetables from Samsun, Tгrkiye, to Novorossiysk. Four sailors were injured, the engine room was damaged and a fire broke out on board.

• On August 3, Ukrainian drones also attacked another Turkish dry cargo vessel, Yaȿar.

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Apart from civilian casualties and material damage to international merchant vessels and port infrastructure, these AFU strikes, which serve no military purpose and violate international law guaranteeing the safety of civilian shipping, have disrupted the dispatch of prepared cargoes along established export routes. They have caused delays in deliveries of grain, oilseeds and feed crops to international importers, the needs of which are met to a significant extent by Russian companies.

Against this backdrop, Russia's Armed Forces are taking steps to ensure the safety of navigation. They are carrying out precision strikes against facilities used by the AFU in the Black Sea to destabilise the maritime security environment, as well as infrastructure and vessels involved in delivering Western weapons and military equipment to the Kiev regime. This work will continue until the threats to security in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea are fully eliminated.

☝️ It is clear that the Kiev regime’s cynical military campaign aimed at sowing chaos on the global food market – despite Ukraine’s relatively modest share of global food production, however much the Kiev regime may try to claim otherwise – serves the interests of a number of Western countries.

It goes hand in hand with illegitimate unilateral restrictions in the financial, economic and energy sectors imposed by the Kiev regime’s Western sponsors, who are acting according to the logic of imposing a neocolonial “rules-based order”. Taken together, these actions exacerbate shortages of grain and fertilisers, drive up global food prices and increase the burden on countries of the Global South and East, which are being held hostage to the irresponsible policies of these “players”.

❗️ We call on the international community and relevant multilateral institutions to provide an objective assessment of the Kiev regime’s crimes, use every available means to put an end to its unlawful activities and ensure the unhindered export of agricultural products.

✉️ Президент России В.В.Путин направил приветствие участникам, организаторам и гостям Международного форума коренных народов (13 августа 2026 года)

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