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Час назад в Нью-Йорке в Четвёртом комитете Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН завершилось голосование по проекту резолюции «О противодействии современным формам колониализма», подготовленного Группой друзей в защиту Устава ООН, а соавторами выступили 19 государств.
85 — за при 23 воздержавшихся, 49 государств — против.
Результат говорит сам за себя и в целом демонстрирует, кто не на словах, а на деле борется против последствий колониальной эпохи и неоколониальных поползновений, а кто не спешит избавляться от привычки эксплуатировать целые страны и народы, по-прежнему страдает синдромом собственной исключительности.
Мировое большинство снова оказалось... в большинстве.
85 — за при 23 воздержавшихся, 49 государств — против.
Результат говорит сам за себя и в целом демонстрирует, кто не на словах, а на деле борется против последствий колониальной эпохи и неоколониальных поползновений, а кто не спешит избавляться от привычки эксплуатировать целые страны и народы, по-прежнему страдает синдромом собственной исключительности.
Мировое большинство снова оказалось... в большинстве.
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🎙️ Russia’s Ambassador to Australia Mikhail Petrakov’s remarks on the Bucha hoax
💬 When we talk about Kiev’s lies, the case of faking events in the town of Bucha comes to mind. This is the place from which a BBC film crew streamed a story in April 2022, showing dozens of dead bodies lying on the sidewalks. The thing is, it was done three days after Russian troops withdrew from the town, and its mayor confirmed this in the video message (without mentioning the bodies). It seems that nobody was noticing the dead people strewn along the town’s main street, although, according to Orthodox Christian tradition, the deceased are supposed to be buried within three days after death. That story was used to manipulate international public opinion and fuel yet another wave of anti-Russian hysteria in the West.
📑 We investigated it thoroughly. The results are reflected in the report “Heirs of Goebbels: Falsification of the Events in Bucha and Bloody Staged Performances of the Kiev Regime” published by the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis. The title of the report speaks for itself. The truth is that during the time that the town was under the control of the Russian armed forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent action.
🤔 But who in the West cares about truth?
💬 When we talk about Kiev’s lies, the case of faking events in the town of Bucha comes to mind. This is the place from which a BBC film crew streamed a story in April 2022, showing dozens of dead bodies lying on the sidewalks. The thing is, it was done three days after Russian troops withdrew from the town, and its mayor confirmed this in the video message (without mentioning the bodies). It seems that nobody was noticing the dead people strewn along the town’s main street, although, according to Orthodox Christian tradition, the deceased are supposed to be buried within three days after death. That story was used to manipulate international public opinion and fuel yet another wave of anti-Russian hysteria in the West.
📑 We investigated it thoroughly. The results are reflected in the report “Heirs of Goebbels: Falsification of the Events in Bucha and Bloody Staged Performances of the Kiev Regime” published by the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis. The title of the report speaks for itself. The truth is that during the time that the town was under the control of the Russian armed forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent action.
🤔 But who in the West cares about truth?
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🎙 Remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary Session of the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (Baku, October 15, 2026)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Over the past four years, challenging as this period has been, first Astana and then Baku, at the helm of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (#CICA), have made notable progress in strengthening our regional platform.
New mechanisms have been established: a financial summit, a women’s council and a partnership network of leading universities. The Secretariat has been significantly strengthened, including through broader geographical representation among its staff.
CICA’s voice is increasingly heard at multilateral events. Growing interest in its activities attests to its appeal.
🇱🇦 In this regard, we congratulate Laos on joining the Conference.
The system of international relations is undergoing fundamental changes. A new, fairer #MultipolarWorld order is taking shape before our eyes.
Against this backdrop, a clear message is emerging from Greater Eurasia: countries need to advance together, ensuring equal and indivisible security for all, whereby no State’s security can be ensured at the expense of the security of others. This philosophy is clearly reflected in the final declaration to be adopted at the conclusion of our meeting.
This shared outlook drives our efforts to create a stable and predictable political and economic environment across the Eurasian continent, conducive to deeper, mutually beneficial practical cooperation.
👉 We invite our partners to join us in drafting a political document on diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century that would apply across Eurasia.
We discussed this initiative with many of the countries represented here on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. We will continue these discussions at the Fourth Conference on Eurasian Security, to be held in Minsk in early November.
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We are convinced that CICA’s transformation towards a pan-Eurasian outlook, in keeping with the times, is a natural path for our association, dictated by objective realities.
Many participating countries are Eurasian in character, and some geographically as well. Our shared task is to adapt the Conference to new realities and harness its potential to promote growth and prosperity across the continent.
Today, the constructive atmosphere within our platform stems from a shared commitment to broad, pragmatic cooperation.
☝️ Not least because of its membership, CICA is unencumbered by contrived political constructs such as the “rules-based order” or bloc-based approaches designed to serve the interests and convenience of insiders alone.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Over the past four years, challenging as this period has been, first Astana and then Baku, at the helm of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (#CICA), have made notable progress in strengthening our regional platform.
New mechanisms have been established: a financial summit, a women’s council and a partnership network of leading universities. The Secretariat has been significantly strengthened, including through broader geographical representation among its staff.
CICA’s voice is increasingly heard at multilateral events. Growing interest in its activities attests to its appeal.
🇱🇦 In this regard, we congratulate Laos on joining the Conference.
The system of international relations is undergoing fundamental changes. A new, fairer #MultipolarWorld order is taking shape before our eyes.
Against this backdrop, a clear message is emerging from Greater Eurasia: countries need to advance together, ensuring equal and indivisible security for all, whereby no State’s security can be ensured at the expense of the security of others. This philosophy is clearly reflected in the final declaration to be adopted at the conclusion of our meeting.
This shared outlook drives our efforts to create a stable and predictable political and economic environment across the Eurasian continent, conducive to deeper, mutually beneficial practical cooperation.
👉 We invite our partners to join us in drafting a political document on diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century that would apply across Eurasia.
We discussed this initiative with many of the countries represented here on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. We will continue these discussions at the Fourth Conference on Eurasian Security, to be held in Minsk in early November.
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We are convinced that CICA’s transformation towards a pan-Eurasian outlook, in keeping with the times, is a natural path for our association, dictated by objective realities.
Many participating countries are Eurasian in character, and some geographically as well. Our shared task is to adapt the Conference to new realities and harness its potential to promote growth and prosperity across the continent.
Today, the constructive atmosphere within our platform stems from a shared commitment to broad, pragmatic cooperation.
☝️ Not least because of its membership, CICA is unencumbered by contrived political constructs such as the “rules-based order” or bloc-based approaches designed to serve the interests and convenience of insiders alone.
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary Session of the #CSTO, #CIS and #SCO Conference on Security in Central Asia and Afghanistan (Moscow, October 16, 2026)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Everyone has an interest in ensuring that Central Asia remains a region of peace & prosperity, underpinned by broad, mutually beneficial cooperation among all the states in the region and, of course, their immediate neighbours.
For Russia, this region holds particular strategic significance: geographical, historical and humanitarian factors mean that important Russian interests are concentrated here.
☝️ We see one way of safeguarding these interests in maintaining relations of alliance and strategic partnership on an equal footing with all Central Asian countries, helping them ensure peaceful and secure development both bilaterally and through the integration mechanisms operating in the region.
We assess the situation in Central Asia as stable and conducive to international cooperation, despite the well-known risks. We appreciate the enormous contribution made by the region’s Leaders to creating all the necessary conditions for this.
At the same time, we must not lose sight of the risks we all know about, which arise primarily from the actions of certain external players seeking to pursue their narrow, self-serving geopolitical objectives without regard for the region’s specific circumstances or the interests of the friendly peoples of Central Asia.
Today, especially before this audience, there is no need to convince anyone that the countries of the “collective West” have been trying for many years to create flashpoints along our borders. In particular, their role in deliberately engineering the Ukrainian crisis is well known – through years of relentless eastward NATO expansion towards Russia’s borders, as well as through unqualified support for the openly neo-Nazi, Russophobic Kiev regime, which is once again showing its true colours in these very days.
❗️ In this connection, I would emphasise that absolutely any country in the world, including our partners in Central Asia, could fall victim to the West’s geopolitical expansion and the “colour revolutions” it orchestrates. Such attempts have already been made against a number of our neighbours, but were successfully thwarted.
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Developments in Afghanistan could still adversely affect regional security, especially if unscrupulous external players exploit them for short-term interests that have nothing in common with those of Central Asian countries and Russia.
We strive to be realistic and, in this regard, understand that overcoming the grim legacy left by the US and other NATO countries after two decades of inglorious occupation of Afghanistan will take a long time.
👉 We proceed from the understanding that the Taliban government is a reality that must be reckoned with. A growing number of countries are coming to recognise this. On the political front, we are working to consolidate external support for the authorities in Kabul and those aspects of their work that objectively serve the interests of regional security.
Russia fully shares the vision of Afghanistan as an independent, united and peaceful state, free from war and drugs. We regard as an important success the fact that the latest meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, held in Moscow in early October, reaffirmed the participating countries’ rejection of a confrontational approach towards Kabul.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Everyone has an interest in ensuring that Central Asia remains a region of peace & prosperity, underpinned by broad, mutually beneficial cooperation among all the states in the region and, of course, their immediate neighbours.
For Russia, this region holds particular strategic significance: geographical, historical and humanitarian factors mean that important Russian interests are concentrated here.
☝️ We see one way of safeguarding these interests in maintaining relations of alliance and strategic partnership on an equal footing with all Central Asian countries, helping them ensure peaceful and secure development both bilaterally and through the integration mechanisms operating in the region.
We assess the situation in Central Asia as stable and conducive to international cooperation, despite the well-known risks. We appreciate the enormous contribution made by the region’s Leaders to creating all the necessary conditions for this.
At the same time, we must not lose sight of the risks we all know about, which arise primarily from the actions of certain external players seeking to pursue their narrow, self-serving geopolitical objectives without regard for the region’s specific circumstances or the interests of the friendly peoples of Central Asia.
Today, especially before this audience, there is no need to convince anyone that the countries of the “collective West” have been trying for many years to create flashpoints along our borders. In particular, their role in deliberately engineering the Ukrainian crisis is well known – through years of relentless eastward NATO expansion towards Russia’s borders, as well as through unqualified support for the openly neo-Nazi, Russophobic Kiev regime, which is once again showing its true colours in these very days.
❗️ In this connection, I would emphasise that absolutely any country in the world, including our partners in Central Asia, could fall victim to the West’s geopolitical expansion and the “colour revolutions” it orchestrates. Such attempts have already been made against a number of our neighbours, but were successfully thwarted.
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Developments in Afghanistan could still adversely affect regional security, especially if unscrupulous external players exploit them for short-term interests that have nothing in common with those of Central Asian countries and Russia.
We strive to be realistic and, in this regard, understand that overcoming the grim legacy left by the US and other NATO countries after two decades of inglorious occupation of Afghanistan will take a long time.
👉 We proceed from the understanding that the Taliban government is a reality that must be reckoned with. A growing number of countries are coming to recognise this. On the political front, we are working to consolidate external support for the authorities in Kabul and those aspects of their work that objectively serve the interests of regional security.
Russia fully shares the vision of Afghanistan as an independent, united and peaceful state, free from war and drugs. We regard as an important success the fact that the latest meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, held in Moscow in early October, reaffirmed the participating countries’ rejection of a confrontational approach towards Kabul.
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🎙 Remarks by Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik during the dialogue with Chair of the UN Committee against Torture Claude Heller (New York, October 15, 2026)
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💬 The UN’s excessively permissive attitude towards the existence of an entire network of “secret prisons” for POWs in Kiev-controlled territory encourages the spread of this criminal practice and disregard for the provisions of the relevant UN Convention.
Hundreds of Russian servicemen we have interviewed, who endured the hell of Ukrainian prison camps, consistently describe an entire network of facilities holding POWs. Several reports by foreign human rights defenders refer to them in highly evasive terms as “transit prisons”, where servicemen are held during the initial stages of captivity.
In these cramped stone cells, underground dungeons and cages, generally located on the premises of Ukrainian military units and nationalist battalions, everything human is subjected to utter degradation – from personal dignity to life itself.
Militants who conceal their faces behind masks and balaclavas and address one another by call signs subject captured Russian servicemen to inhuman abuse.
❗️ Simulated drowning, “electric chairs”, dog attacks and amputations without anaesthesia are just a fraction of the methods systematically employed there by Ukrainian punitive forces.
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The Kiev authorities deny human rights defenders and observers access to these torture chambers. Yet we have collected hundreds of accounts of what happens there and have repeatedly submitted them to the UN Secretariat. I am certain that conscientious, impartial human rights defenders could obtain this information with even a minimal willingness to do so.
We know for a fact that such “prisons” exist in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions, and even in Kiev.
In this connection, I have just one question: what will it take for the UN Committee against Torture to make it a priority to investigate Ukraine’s well-known yet persistently ignored system of “secret prisons”?
Many experts are aware of this shameful phenomenon. What is lacking is the political will to overcome pressure from foreign parties complicit in the conflict, who shield the Kiev regime from accountability and detailed investigations into its actions.
👉 I hope the Committee will take these remarks into account and finally address this unacceptable practice in order to put an end to it once and for all.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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💬 The UN’s excessively permissive attitude towards the existence of an entire network of “secret prisons” for POWs in Kiev-controlled territory encourages the spread of this criminal practice and disregard for the provisions of the relevant UN Convention.
Hundreds of Russian servicemen we have interviewed, who endured the hell of Ukrainian prison camps, consistently describe an entire network of facilities holding POWs. Several reports by foreign human rights defenders refer to them in highly evasive terms as “transit prisons”, where servicemen are held during the initial stages of captivity.
In these cramped stone cells, underground dungeons and cages, generally located on the premises of Ukrainian military units and nationalist battalions, everything human is subjected to utter degradation – from personal dignity to life itself.
Militants who conceal their faces behind masks and balaclavas and address one another by call signs subject captured Russian servicemen to inhuman abuse.
❗️ Simulated drowning, “electric chairs”, dog attacks and amputations without anaesthesia are just a fraction of the methods systematically employed there by Ukrainian punitive forces.
***
The Kiev authorities deny human rights defenders and observers access to these torture chambers. Yet we have collected hundreds of accounts of what happens there and have repeatedly submitted them to the UN Secretariat. I am certain that conscientious, impartial human rights defenders could obtain this information with even a minimal willingness to do so.
We know for a fact that such “prisons” exist in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions, and even in Kiev.
In this connection, I have just one question: what will it take for the UN Committee against Torture to make it a priority to investigate Ukraine’s well-known yet persistently ignored system of “secret prisons”?
Many experts are aware of this shameful phenomenon. What is lacking is the political will to overcome pressure from foreign parties complicit in the conflict, who shield the Kiev regime from accountability and detailed investigations into its actions.
👉 I hope the Committee will take these remarks into account and finally address this unacceptable practice in order to put an end to it once and for all.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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🎬 “Foreign Mercenaries. Betrayed by the Kiev Regime” – a documentary by Rossiya 24 and RT investigating the crimes of foreign “legionnaires” fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces.
Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death.
They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. Lured by promises of easy money, the fighters themselves describe their tours as a “safari”, or a “hunt for Russians”.
☝️ But behind this “bloody tourism” lie torture, robbery and the killing of civilians.
Who are these “soldiers of misfortune”? Why do they travel thousands of kilometres to fight in someone else’s war? And what happens when the reality of combat shatters their expectations?
👉 The film brings together eyewitness testimony, evidence gathered by Russian investigators and accounts from the mercenaries themselves.
Residents of the Kursk Region recount atrocities committed during the Ukrainian incursion, including by foreign fighters. Investigators continue their painstaking work to identify those responsible & bring them to justice.
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
(Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing, October 8, 2026)
#KievRegimeCrimes
Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death.
They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. Lured by promises of easy money, the fighters themselves describe their tours as a “safari”, or a “hunt for Russians”.
☝️ But behind this “bloody tourism” lie torture, robbery and the killing of civilians.
Who are these “soldiers of misfortune”? Why do they travel thousands of kilometres to fight in someone else’s war? And what happens when the reality of combat shatters their expectations?
👉 The film brings together eyewitness testimony, evidence gathered by Russian investigators and accounts from the mercenaries themselves.
Residents of the Kursk Region recount atrocities committed during the Ukrainian incursion, including by foreign fighters. Investigators continue their painstaking work to identify those responsible & bring them to justice.
***
💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
The filmmakers have compiled accounts of crimes committed by foreign nationals fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces.
Eyewitness accounts are supported by irrefutable evidence gathered by investigators and forensic specialists – the very evidence we have been talking about all these years.
The mercenaries themselves describe how they came to realise they had made the biggest mistake of their lives. Those who survived after the Kiev regime dragged them into Zelensky’s “favourite” meat grinder.
(Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing, October 8, 2026)
#KievRegimeCrimes
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#Анонс
Дирекция Всемирного фестиваля молодёжи:
Открыт приём заявок на Всероссийскую премию молодёжных достижений «Время молодых»!
Для участников доступны две международные номинации:
• «Друг России» — для молодых соотечественников от 18 до 35 лет, которые объединяют молодёжь и укрепляют связи с Россией.
• «Амбассадор России» — для зарубежных организаций, сотрудничающих с Россией, и российских организаций с международными проектами.
💬 Заместитель Председателя Правительства России Дмитрий Чернышенко:
Регистрация открыта до 9 ноября 2026 года.
Церемония награждения пройдёт 19 декабря в Национальном центре «Россия» в Москве.
Дирекция Всемирного фестиваля молодёжи:
Открыт приём заявок на Всероссийскую премию молодёжных достижений «Время молодых»!
Для участников доступны две международные номинации:
• «Друг России» — для молодых соотечественников от 18 до 35 лет, которые объединяют молодёжь и укрепляют связи с Россией.
• «Амбассадор России» — для зарубежных организаций, сотрудничающих с Россией, и российских организаций с международными проектами.
💬 Заместитель Председателя Правительства России Дмитрий Чернышенко:
«Премия «Время молодых» нацпроекта «Молодёжь и дети» – одна из главных наград в сфере молодёжной политики России. За прошлые 5 лет она уже помогла отметить заслуги более 1,2 тыс. человек – тех, кто создает возможности для молодёжи, служит обществу, развивает социально значимые проекты и показывает, что Россия – страна безграничных возможностей.
Победители смогли масштабировать свои проекты, получить информационную поддержку и поделиться опытом с другими. В этом году Премия проводится в номинациях по 7 тематическим блокам.
Приглашаю принять участие!»
Регистрация открыта до 9 ноября 2026 года.
Церемония награждения пройдёт 19 декабря в Национальном центре «Россия» в Москве.
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🗓 On October 15, the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Addressing Contemporary Forms of Colonialism”.
The draft was prepared by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, with Russia’s active participation. 19 states co-sponsored the resolution.
🌐 The resolution is non-confrontational and unifying in nature.
It stresses the need to eradicate neocolonial practices, including interference in internal affairs, unilateral coercive measures, the imposition of unfair international treaties and restrictions on technological development.
These practices are among the most serious obstacles to achieving the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and are a root cause of numerous problems on the UN agenda.
✅ The document was supported by 85 Member States, with 49 voting against and 23 abstaining.
Significantly, its supporters included #BRICS countries and states across Africa, Asia and Latin America, while its opponents were predominantly countries of the “collective West”, many of them former colonial powers. The latter refused to support the document, despite having participated in drafting it and having some of their amendments incorporated into the final text.
The voting results clearly demonstrate that the emergence of a #MultipolarWorld is well underway. Freeing interstate relations from all forms of pressure, subordination and dependence is an integral part of this process.
The Global Majority is unwilling to accept the monopoly held by a small group of countries. For these states, combating neocolonialism is no abstract notion: it is a matter of pursuing sovereign domestic and foreign policies, strengthening their security and preserving their national identity.
☝️ We expect the adopted resolution, which builds on two previous thematic resolutions of the General Assembly, to gain even broader support when it is considered shortly at a plenary meeting of the #UNGA.
This will help firmly establish the fight against all manifestations of colonialism as one of the UN key priorities.
The draft was prepared by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, with Russia’s active participation. 19 states co-sponsored the resolution.
🌐 The resolution is non-confrontational and unifying in nature.
It stresses the need to eradicate neocolonial practices, including interference in internal affairs, unilateral coercive measures, the imposition of unfair international treaties and restrictions on technological development.
These practices are among the most serious obstacles to achieving the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and are a root cause of numerous problems on the UN agenda.
✅ The document was supported by 85 Member States, with 49 voting against and 23 abstaining.
Significantly, its supporters included #BRICS countries and states across Africa, Asia and Latin America, while its opponents were predominantly countries of the “collective West”, many of them former colonial powers. The latter refused to support the document, despite having participated in drafting it and having some of their amendments incorporated into the final text.
The voting results clearly demonstrate that the emergence of a #MultipolarWorld is well underway. Freeing interstate relations from all forms of pressure, subordination and dependence is an integral part of this process.
The Global Majority is unwilling to accept the monopoly held by a small group of countries. For these states, combating neocolonialism is no abstract notion: it is a matter of pursuing sovereign domestic and foreign policies, strengthening their security and preserving their national identity.
☝️ We expect the adopted resolution, which builds on two previous thematic resolutions of the General Assembly, to gain even broader support when it is considered shortly at a plenary meeting of the #UNGA.
This will help firmly establish the fight against all manifestations of colonialism as one of the UN key priorities.
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🎙 Statement by Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Vorontsov at the Thematic Debate on Cluster I “Nuclear Weapons” in the First Committee of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
📍 New York, October 16, 2026
💬 Russia is committed to the ideals of nuclear disarmament according to a comprehensive approach envisaged by the provisions of the NPT. The Treaty unconditionally remains for us the key legal benchmark and the foundation for the efforts in this field. <...>
We consider ideas of a “shortcut” to “nuclear zero” – providing for the immediate and unconditional renunciation of nuclear weapons through arbitrarily outlawing them – to be unrealistic and counterproductive.
We are firmly convinced that disarmament initiatives must be appropriate for the military-political and strategic context.
The nuclear disarmament process, in particular, cannot be separated from the state of affairs in relations between nuclear-weapon States. <...>
❌ Factors which have an extremely negative impact on the military-political and strategic situation, and thereby hinder the implementation of disarmament initiatives, include, amongst others:
• NATO’s self-proclaimed “nuclear status” and the development by the bloc of schemes and means of “nuclear sharing” based on the forward deployment of the US nuclear weapons;
• the inclusion of elements of the NATO nuclear sharing into the United States “extended deterrence” arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region, with a tendency towards establishing a tripartite “nuclear alliance” between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan;
• the shift by the European nuclear-weapon States towards building up their arsenals, joint planning for their use, and engaging non-nuclear NATO allies in a multifaceted support for such operations within the framework of “forward deterrence” and other algorithms complementing the US nuclear “umbrella”;
• the establishment of a global and multi-domain US missile defence system coupled with the build-up of offensive systems designed for a disarming first strike;
• the forward deployment of the United States-made and other Western-made ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles;
• US steps to deploy weapons in outer space;
• the NATO countries’ pursuit of consolidation of their cumulative advantage in non-nuclear military capabilities in all operational environments;
• bringing the NATO strategic military infrastructure close to the borders of Russia and its allies, accompanied by a destabilising build-up of significant combat forces in those areas.
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The NPT remains one of the cornerstones of international peace and security.
<...>
It is important to exclude the use of the NPT and non-proliferation rhetoric for pursuing narrow, selfish political objectives unrelated to the Treaty’s objectives, let alone for justifying military aggression against undesired countries.
The mechanism for verifying States’ compliance with their non-proliferation obligations, and the IAEA safeguards system as its core element, should not be undermined. <...>
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (#CTBT).
The Russian Federation was the first of the five nuclear-weapon States to join the CTBT and did so on the day it was opened for signature, September 24, 1996. Russia remains a State Signatory to the CTBT, with all the rights and obligations arising from that status.
❗️ However, if the United States or other States Parties to the Treaty conduct full-scale nuclear tests, Russia, too, will have to appropriately and adequately respond. We continue to follow this approach consistently.
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📍 New York, October 16, 2026
💬 Russia is committed to the ideals of nuclear disarmament according to a comprehensive approach envisaged by the provisions of the NPT. The Treaty unconditionally remains for us the key legal benchmark and the foundation for the efforts in this field. <...>
We consider ideas of a “shortcut” to “nuclear zero” – providing for the immediate and unconditional renunciation of nuclear weapons through arbitrarily outlawing them – to be unrealistic and counterproductive.
We are firmly convinced that disarmament initiatives must be appropriate for the military-political and strategic context.
The nuclear disarmament process, in particular, cannot be separated from the state of affairs in relations between nuclear-weapon States. <...>
❌ Factors which have an extremely negative impact on the military-political and strategic situation, and thereby hinder the implementation of disarmament initiatives, include, amongst others:
• NATO’s self-proclaimed “nuclear status” and the development by the bloc of schemes and means of “nuclear sharing” based on the forward deployment of the US nuclear weapons;
• the inclusion of elements of the NATO nuclear sharing into the United States “extended deterrence” arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region, with a tendency towards establishing a tripartite “nuclear alliance” between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan;
• the shift by the European nuclear-weapon States towards building up their arsenals, joint planning for their use, and engaging non-nuclear NATO allies in a multifaceted support for such operations within the framework of “forward deterrence” and other algorithms complementing the US nuclear “umbrella”;
• the establishment of a global and multi-domain US missile defence system coupled with the build-up of offensive systems designed for a disarming first strike;
• the forward deployment of the United States-made and other Western-made ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles;
• US steps to deploy weapons in outer space;
• the NATO countries’ pursuit of consolidation of their cumulative advantage in non-nuclear military capabilities in all operational environments;
• bringing the NATO strategic military infrastructure close to the borders of Russia and its allies, accompanied by a destabilising build-up of significant combat forces in those areas.
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The NPT remains one of the cornerstones of international peace and security.
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It is important to exclude the use of the NPT and non-proliferation rhetoric for pursuing narrow, selfish political objectives unrelated to the Treaty’s objectives, let alone for justifying military aggression against undesired countries.
The mechanism for verifying States’ compliance with their non-proliferation obligations, and the IAEA safeguards system as its core element, should not be undermined. <...>
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (#CTBT).
The Russian Federation was the first of the five nuclear-weapon States to join the CTBT and did so on the day it was opened for signature, September 24, 1996. Russia remains a State Signatory to the CTBT, with all the rights and obligations arising from that status.
❗️ However, if the United States or other States Parties to the Treaty conduct full-scale nuclear tests, Russia, too, will have to appropriately and adequately respond. We continue to follow this approach consistently.
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📅 16 октября «на полях» Международного форума «Российская энергетическая неделя 2026» при участии МИД и Минэнерго России состоялась тематическая сессия «Платформа «3+3»: энергосотрудничество как опора мира и безопасности на Южном Кавказе».
Модератором дискуссии выступил Директор департамента экономического сотрудничества МИД России Д.А.Биричевский.
👉 Подробнее о данной тематической сессии
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💬 Д.А.Биричевский: В 2024 году в рамках формата «3+3» была поставлена задача приступить к формированию отраслевых диалогов, в том числе в области энергетики. <...>
⚡️ #Энергетика — одна из тех сфер, где разговор о региональном сотрудничестве на Южном Кавказе всегда является максимально предметным.
#ЮжныйКавказ уже встроен в крупные энергетические маршруты.
При этом всё более актуальным становится вопрос не только внешних поставок, но и внутренней устойчивости самого региона. Важно понять, как национальные энергетические системы могут дополнять друг друга, как повысить надёжность инфраструктуры, как сделать энергетическое сотрудничество гарантом долгосрочной предсказуемости.
☝️ Для России эта повестка имеет особое значение.
Наша страна исторически связана с регионом и заинтересована в том, чтобы Южный Кавказ развивался как устойчивое, открытое, взаимосвязанное пространство, как перекрёсток энергокоридоров по направлениям как север-юг, так и восток и запад.
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В дискусии также приняли участие заместитель Министра энергетики Российской Федерации Р.А.Маршавин, заместитель Министра нефти Исламской Республики Иран, глава Национальной иранской газовой компании (NIGC) С.Тавакколи, генеральный директор ЗАО «Армянская атомная электростанция» (ААЭС) Э.А.Мартиросян, вице-президент государственной нефтяной компании Азербайджанской Республики (SOCAR) Э.М.Насиров, основатель SIKHA Foundation А.Сихарулидзе.
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Краткие тезисы из выступлений:
💬 Р.А.Маршавин:
• Сегодняшняя сессия — первое заседание в формате именно энергодиалога в рамках платформы «3+3». У России со многими странами энергосистема создавалась как общая. В целом, практически с каждой стороной у России есть взаимосвязанность в плане инфраструктуры и линий электропередач, газопроводы, нефтепроводы и т.д.
• Масса совместных объектов, включая атомные электростанции, были построены с участием наших специалистов и в Турции, и в Армении, и в Иране. Мы также успешно сотрудничаем в рамках Электроэнергетического совета #СНГ, форума стран-экспортёров газа #ОПЕК.
• Россия, Иран, Азербайджан, которые являются экспортёрами энергоресурсов — не конкуренты, а партнёры. Есть примеры, когда мы выручали друг друга. У всех на слуху проект будущего газопровода из России в Иран через Азербайджан.
💬 Э.А.Мартиросян:
• Атомная энергетика для Армении имеет стратегическое значение. Армянская АЭС обеспечивает значительную часть электроэнергии страны и является одним из ключевых элементов её энергетической безопасности.
• Атомная энергетика в Армении — это 30-40% электроснабжения за счёт АЭС. Атомная электрогенерация имеет важное значение для безопасности страны и именно для энергетической безопасности Республики Армения.
• Развитие атомной энергетики, основанное на безопасности, профессионализме, доверии и обмена опытом, является важным вкладом в энергетическую безопасность и стабильность на Южном Кавказе.
💬 Э.М.Насиров:
• Формат «3+3» — важный элемент решения вопросов энергобезопасности [Южного Кавказа]. Все государства региона заинтересованы в надёжном обеспечении энергии, диверсификации поставок энергии.
• Наше сотрудничество с «Газпромом» — это наглядный пример того, как государственные компании взаимодействуют друг с другом, помогая наращивать взаимовыгодный товарооборот между странами.
• Энергосотрудничество следует рассматривать как опору мира и безопасности на Южном Кавказе. В декабре прошлого года мы впервые начали поставки в Армению бензина и дизельного топлива. Это важный пример того, как энергетическое сотрудничество способствует укреплению мира на Южном Кавказе, в регионе в целом.
#РЭН2026
Модератором дискуссии выступил Директор департамента экономического сотрудничества МИД России Д.А.Биричевский.
👉 Подробнее о данной тематической сессии
***
💬 Д.А.Биричевский: В 2024 году в рамках формата «3+3» была поставлена задача приступить к формированию отраслевых диалогов, в том числе в области энергетики. <...>
⚡️ #Энергетика — одна из тех сфер, где разговор о региональном сотрудничестве на Южном Кавказе всегда является максимально предметным.
#ЮжныйКавказ уже встроен в крупные энергетические маршруты.
При этом всё более актуальным становится вопрос не только внешних поставок, но и внутренней устойчивости самого региона. Важно понять, как национальные энергетические системы могут дополнять друг друга, как повысить надёжность инфраструктуры, как сделать энергетическое сотрудничество гарантом долгосрочной предсказуемости.
☝️ Для России эта повестка имеет особое значение.
Наша страна исторически связана с регионом и заинтересована в том, чтобы Южный Кавказ развивался как устойчивое, открытое, взаимосвязанное пространство, как перекрёсток энергокоридоров по направлениям как север-юг, так и восток и запад.
***
В дискусии также приняли участие заместитель Министра энергетики Российской Федерации Р.А.Маршавин, заместитель Министра нефти Исламской Республики Иран, глава Национальной иранской газовой компании (NIGC) С.Тавакколи, генеральный директор ЗАО «Армянская атомная электростанция» (ААЭС) Э.А.Мартиросян, вице-президент государственной нефтяной компании Азербайджанской Республики (SOCAR) Э.М.Насиров, основатель SIKHA Foundation А.Сихарулидзе.
***
Краткие тезисы из выступлений:
💬 Р.А.Маршавин:
• Сегодняшняя сессия — первое заседание в формате именно энергодиалога в рамках платформы «3+3». У России со многими странами энергосистема создавалась как общая. В целом, практически с каждой стороной у России есть взаимосвязанность в плане инфраструктуры и линий электропередач, газопроводы, нефтепроводы и т.д.
• Масса совместных объектов, включая атомные электростанции, были построены с участием наших специалистов и в Турции, и в Армении, и в Иране. Мы также успешно сотрудничаем в рамках Электроэнергетического совета #СНГ, форума стран-экспортёров газа #ОПЕК.
• Россия, Иран, Азербайджан, которые являются экспортёрами энергоресурсов — не конкуренты, а партнёры. Есть примеры, когда мы выручали друг друга. У всех на слуху проект будущего газопровода из России в Иран через Азербайджан.
💬 Э.А.Мартиросян:
• Атомная энергетика для Армении имеет стратегическое значение. Армянская АЭС обеспечивает значительную часть электроэнергии страны и является одним из ключевых элементов её энергетической безопасности.
• Атомная энергетика в Армении — это 30-40% электроснабжения за счёт АЭС. Атомная электрогенерация имеет важное значение для безопасности страны и именно для энергетической безопасности Республики Армения.
• Развитие атомной энергетики, основанное на безопасности, профессионализме, доверии и обмена опытом, является важным вкладом в энергетическую безопасность и стабильность на Южном Кавказе.
💬 Э.М.Насиров:
• Формат «3+3» — важный элемент решения вопросов энергобезопасности [Южного Кавказа]. Все государства региона заинтересованы в надёжном обеспечении энергии, диверсификации поставок энергии.
• Наше сотрудничество с «Газпромом» — это наглядный пример того, как государственные компании взаимодействуют друг с другом, помогая наращивать взаимовыгодный товарооборот между странами.
• Энергосотрудничество следует рассматривать как опору мира и безопасности на Южном Кавказе. В декабре прошлого года мы впервые начали поставки в Армению бензина и дизельного топлива. Это важный пример того, как энергетическое сотрудничество способствует укреплению мира на Южном Кавказе, в регионе в целом.
#РЭН2026