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🗓 On October 22, the Nizhny Novgorod Economic Forum concluded in Nizhny Novgorod.
Thanks to the extensive business programme, representatives of government, Russian and foreign entrepreneurs, academia and development institutions had the opportunity to discuss practical solutions for implementing international projects.
The main event was the Plenary Session “Advancing international cooperation at the confluence of the Oka and Volga”.
🌐 The event gathered more than 600 government representatives, business leaders and diplomats from 27 countries, including China, India, Brazil, Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka.
The Forum was organised by the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Oka Agency.
💬 Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin:
Throughout the discussion, speakers emphasised that, as the world moves towards #Multipolarity, Russia is developing new logistics routes and strengthening ties within the #EAEU, #CIS, #SCO and #BRICS, while attempts to isolate our country are doomed to fail.
💬Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov:
Chinese representatives proposed making greater use of the Yangtze-Volga cooperation mechanism to establish joint production facilities, conduct scientific research and enter third-country markets.
Cooperation with African countries was also identified as a promising area, with companies from the Nizhny Novgorod Region well placed to supply industrial equipment, medical devices, food products and IT solutions.
✍️ Three cooperation agreements were also signed at the Forum:
• between Privolzhsky Research Medical University and the University Clinical Centre of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina);
• between the Nizhny Novgorod Region Export Support Centre and the Association for Business Cooperation between Exporters and Middle Eastern Countries;
• between the Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent and the Oka Agency.
The success of the inaugural Forum has set the course for its development – this is only the beginning!
Next year, the Forum is expected to become a two-day event, with a stronger focus on interregional cooperation, pooling the capabilities of Russia’s regions to attract foreign partners and implement joint projects.
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#NEF2026
Thanks to the extensive business programme, representatives of government, Russian and foreign entrepreneurs, academia and development institutions had the opportunity to discuss practical solutions for implementing international projects.
The main event was the Plenary Session “Advancing international cooperation at the confluence of the Oka and Volga”.
🌐 The event gathered more than 600 government representatives, business leaders and diplomats from 27 countries, including China, India, Brazil, Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka.
The Forum was organised by the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Oka Agency.
💬 Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin:
Before 2022, almost 80% of our region’s exports went west – to Europe and the US.
Over the past few years, however, the vast majority of enterprises in the Nizhny Novgorod Region have managed to redirect their sales to new markets – primarily India and China. Companies in our region and across Russia have learned to compete with leading global manufacturers under these extremely challenging conditions.
Throughout the discussion, speakers emphasised that, as the world moves towards #Multipolarity, Russia is developing new logistics routes and strengthening ties within the #EAEU, #CIS, #SCO and #BRICS, while attempts to isolate our country are doomed to fail.
💬Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov:
It is deeply symbolic that this forum is taking place in Nizhny Novgorod, where fairs have been held for centuries, helping establish and develop trade and personal ties between Russia, Europe, Central Asia, India and Persia.
I hope the Nizhny Novgorod Economic Forum will likewise become a meeting point for all those interested in doing business with our country.
Chinese representatives proposed making greater use of the Yangtze-Volga cooperation mechanism to establish joint production facilities, conduct scientific research and enter third-country markets.
Cooperation with African countries was also identified as a promising area, with companies from the Nizhny Novgorod Region well placed to supply industrial equipment, medical devices, food products and IT solutions.
✍️ Three cooperation agreements were also signed at the Forum:
• between Privolzhsky Research Medical University and the University Clinical Centre of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina);
• between the Nizhny Novgorod Region Export Support Centre and the Association for Business Cooperation between Exporters and Middle Eastern Countries;
• between the Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent and the Oka Agency.
The success of the inaugural Forum has set the course for its development – this is only the beginning!
Next year, the Forum is expected to become a two-day event, with a stronger focus on interregional cooperation, pooling the capabilities of Russia’s regions to attract foreign partners and implement joint projects.
👉 LEARN MORE
#NEF2026
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🏋️♂️ Russia's Weightlifting Federation:
🇷🇺 Russia will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships! They will take place in Moscow in 2030 and serve as a qualifying event for the 2032 Olympic Games.
Russia's Weightlifting Federation is the first federation representing an Olympic sport to secure the return of an official top-level competition in an Olympic discipline to the Russian Federation since 2022, following a lengthy hiatus.
Hosting rights for the 2030 World Championships were awarded as part of a single strategic package within a major IWF bidding process. Russia’s bid offered the strongest long-term programme, promising a significant boost to weightlifting’s media profile and infrastructure.
🏆 The international community has praised the standard of events hosted in our country and the federation’s work.
The World Championships are returning to Russia thanks to cooperation between the Russian Weightlifting Federation, led by Alexander Vinokurov, and the International Weightlifting Federation (#IWF), with support from Russia's Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev.
💬 President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation Alexander Vinokurov:
🇷🇺 We look forward to seeing you in Moscow!
🇷🇺 Russia will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships! They will take place in Moscow in 2030 and serve as a qualifying event for the 2032 Olympic Games.
Russia's Weightlifting Federation is the first federation representing an Olympic sport to secure the return of an official top-level competition in an Olympic discipline to the Russian Federation since 2022, following a lengthy hiatus.
Hosting rights for the 2030 World Championships were awarded as part of a single strategic package within a major IWF bidding process. Russia’s bid offered the strongest long-term programme, promising a significant boost to weightlifting’s media profile and infrastructure.
🏆 The international community has praised the standard of events hosted in our country and the federation’s work.
The World Championships are returning to Russia thanks to cooperation between the Russian Weightlifting Federation, led by Alexander Vinokurov, and the International Weightlifting Federation (#IWF), with support from Russia's Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev.
💬 President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation Alexander Vinokurov:
We thank the International Weightlifting Federation for its trust.
Russia has all the experience and capabilities needed to host competitions of the highest standard. Moscow has repeatedly hosted major international sporting events and has modern infrastructure.
Our task is to deliver a world-class championship and provide the best possible conditions for athletes, coaches and everyone taking part. I am confident that the competition will be a true celebration of weightlifting and a crucial step on the athletes’ journey to the 2032 Olympics.
Much work lies ahead, but today we have achieved a truly historic result!
🇷🇺 We look forward to seeing you in Moscow!
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🥈 “Echoes of War” – 2nd Place (Series, “Portrait: A Hero of Our Time” Nomination)
A powerful photo essay by Sergey Bobylev (#Russia), captured in Sudzha (Russia's Kursk Region), in March 2025, immediately after the town’s liberation by the Russian army.
For seven months, Sudzha was occupied by the Ukrainian militants. Its residents endured heavy shelling, struggling to survive without food or medicine, torture, abuse, mass murder and other #KievRegimeCrimes. Russian paratroopers liberated the town during Operation Potok.
Bobylev’s photographs capture the grim aftermath of conflict and the resilience of those who lived through it. Sudzha is being rebuilt, and peaceful life is gradually returning as the town and its people recover from the horrors they have endured.
📸 2026 ANDREI STENIN INTERNATIONAL PRESS PHOTO CONTEST
🥈 “Echoes of War” – 2nd Place (Series, “Portrait: A Hero of Our Time” Nomination)
A powerful photo essay by Sergey Bobylev (#Russia), captured in Sudzha (Russia's Kursk Region), in March 2025, immediately after the town’s liberation by the Russian army.
For seven months, Sudzha was occupied by the Ukrainian militants. Its residents endured heavy shelling, struggling to survive without food or medicine, torture, abuse, mass murder and other #KievRegimeCrimes. Russian paratroopers liberated the town during Operation Potok.
Bobylev’s photographs capture the grim aftermath of conflict and the resilience of those who lived through it. Sudzha is being rebuilt, and peaceful life is gradually returning as the town and its people recover from the horrors they have endured.
📸 2026 ANDREI STENIN INTERNATIONAL PRESS PHOTO CONTEST
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⚡️ Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova:
💬 I would like to respond to statements by the Ukrainian side, which, citing Ukrainian legislation, says that families with children must be forcibly evacuated from #Alyoshki.
As a Commissioner for Human Rights, I find the word “forcibly” unacceptable.
We are talking about people capable of making their own informed decisions. Everything must be done voluntarily and in their interests, rather than those of the Kiev authorities, who have suddenly become so “concerned” about the people living there.
Do you want people to make an informed decision? Give them that opportunity. Let them live in peace! Order your military to stop shelling the city every day and laying mines on the roads. Then people will be able to decide whether to stay in Alyoshki or go wherever they wish.
☝️ I would also like to recall that the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region is Russian territory, where only the laws of the Russian Federation apply. References to Ukrainian legislation are therefore unacceptable.
Zelensky said that the Russian side “must” clear all the mines so that this humanitarian mission can proceed. My response is this: give your military a direct order to stop shelling the city and mining all the roads leading to it!
❗️ For its part, Russia is doing and will do everything possible to ensure that people can exercise their freedom of choice as safely as possible. We hope the Ukrainian side will take no steps to obstruct this, as it has done repeatedly in the past.
Let me emphasise once again that the main purpose of our humanitarian mission is to assess the humanitarian needs of the people living in the city, assemble a humanitarian convoy and deliver assistance – medicines, food, hygiene supplies and other essentials.
👉 Another task, of course, is to ensure that those who choose to leave can do so – and I stress that this must be their own voluntary decision.
I am in contact with the regional and district authorities. Few people in Alyoshki have expressed a wish to leave, as most of those who wanted to have already left. They did so entirely voluntarily. Those who remain and wish to leave will certainly be given that opportunity.
💬 I would like to respond to statements by the Ukrainian side, which, citing Ukrainian legislation, says that families with children must be forcibly evacuated from #Alyoshki.
As a Commissioner for Human Rights, I find the word “forcibly” unacceptable.
We are talking about people capable of making their own informed decisions. Everything must be done voluntarily and in their interests, rather than those of the Kiev authorities, who have suddenly become so “concerned” about the people living there.
Do you want people to make an informed decision? Give them that opportunity. Let them live in peace! Order your military to stop shelling the city every day and laying mines on the roads. Then people will be able to decide whether to stay in Alyoshki or go wherever they wish.
☝️ I would also like to recall that the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region is Russian territory, where only the laws of the Russian Federation apply. References to Ukrainian legislation are therefore unacceptable.
Zelensky said that the Russian side “must” clear all the mines so that this humanitarian mission can proceed. My response is this: give your military a direct order to stop shelling the city and mining all the roads leading to it!
❗️ For its part, Russia is doing and will do everything possible to ensure that people can exercise their freedom of choice as safely as possible. We hope the Ukrainian side will take no steps to obstruct this, as it has done repeatedly in the past.
Let me emphasise once again that the main purpose of our humanitarian mission is to assess the humanitarian needs of the people living in the city, assemble a humanitarian convoy and deliver assistance – medicines, food, hygiene supplies and other essentials.
👉 Another task, of course, is to ensure that those who choose to leave can do so – and I stress that this must be their own voluntary decision.
I am in contact with the regional and district authorities. Few people in Alyoshki have expressed a wish to leave, as most of those who wanted to have already left. They did so entirely voluntarily. Those who remain and wish to leave will certainly be given that opportunity.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about the situation surrounding ZNPP (October 26, 2026)
❓ Question: The Kiev regime has stepped up the attacks on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the satellite town of Energodar, which fact has significantly destabilised the operation of the ZNPP. How would you comment on these attacks?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The Kiev authorities completely lost their minds and intensified targeted attacks on the #ZNPP and the satellite town of Energodar, which is home to the plant’s personnel, who continue to perform their duties heroically under extremely challenging conditions, as do their families.
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian forces targeted exclusively civilian sites, namely, an art school and the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s fire and rescue unit. Clearly, unable to strike the ZNPP directly, the Kiev regime continues its futile attempts to destabilise the plant’s operations by intimidating its personnel.
Such criminal actions clearly show that the sole true objective of Zelensky and his junta is to multiply the number of casualties and turn the Zaporozhye Region into a barren land of radioactive contamination.
Having failed the test of their own competence, the former actors continue to labour under the delusion that any criticism, or even condemnation, amounts to publicity that can be monetised.
It is time for the Western patrons and sponsors of this deranged clique, to whom they have effectively given carte blanche to get away with any crimes, to realise that they are dumping their money not merely in a failed anti-Russia project, but also in creating direct radiological threats in the heart of Europe, including to their own citizens.
We are compelled to note that international bodies, above all the #IAEA, have reacted with considerable restraint to Kiev’s provocative antics and have yet to muster the courage to identify Ukraine directly as the culprit. Apparently, they fail to appreciate that such spineless behaviour could lead to catastrophe.
❗️ For our part, we consistently bring detailed information about Ukraine’s outrages to the attention of the international public, including at relevant international forums, and spare no effort to protect the ZNPP, its personnel, and the people of Energodar from Kiev’s attacks.
❓ Question: The Kiev regime has stepped up the attacks on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the satellite town of Energodar, which fact has significantly destabilised the operation of the ZNPP. How would you comment on these attacks?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The Kiev authorities completely lost their minds and intensified targeted attacks on the #ZNPP and the satellite town of Energodar, which is home to the plant’s personnel, who continue to perform their duties heroically under extremely challenging conditions, as do their families.
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian forces targeted exclusively civilian sites, namely, an art school and the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s fire and rescue unit. Clearly, unable to strike the ZNPP directly, the Kiev regime continues its futile attempts to destabilise the plant’s operations by intimidating its personnel.
Such criminal actions clearly show that the sole true objective of Zelensky and his junta is to multiply the number of casualties and turn the Zaporozhye Region into a barren land of radioactive contamination.
Having failed the test of their own competence, the former actors continue to labour under the delusion that any criticism, or even condemnation, amounts to publicity that can be monetised.
It is time for the Western patrons and sponsors of this deranged clique, to whom they have effectively given carte blanche to get away with any crimes, to realise that they are dumping their money not merely in a failed anti-Russia project, but also in creating direct radiological threats in the heart of Europe, including to their own citizens.
We are compelled to note that international bodies, above all the #IAEA, have reacted with considerable restraint to Kiev’s provocative antics and have yet to muster the courage to identify Ukraine directly as the culprit. Apparently, they fail to appreciate that such spineless behaviour could lead to catastrophe.
❗️ For our part, we consistently bring detailed information about Ukraine’s outrages to the attention of the international public, including at relevant international forums, and spare no effort to protect the ZNPP, its personnel, and the people of Energodar from Kiev’s attacks.
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📹 Watch the full recording of the VI International Telebridge “Zaporozhye Region: the Escalation of the Terrorist War by the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, held on October 22, 2026, at the initiative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Vienna negotiations on military security and arms control and Ambassador-at-Large, MFA of Russia, Mr. Rodion Miroshnik.
⏱️ Key Speakers:
◽ 00:00:00 — Opening remarks by the Head of the Delegation Iulia Zhdanova
◽ 00:04:40 — R.V.Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
◽ 00:19:10 — E.V.Paramonov, Acting Minister of Energy of the Zaporozhye Region
◽ 00:23:27 — N.D.Plotnikov, Head of the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; presentations by leading specialists and experts from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
◽ 00:42:14 — Yu.A.Chernichuk, Director of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
◽ 00:50:28 — M.I.Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the International Organizations in Vienna
◽ 00:58:56 — M.O.Pukhov, Head of the Administration of the Enerhodar District
◽ 01:11:13 — S.V.Gubichev, Officer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, UAV expert
◽ 01:27:22 — N.V.Ilyina, victim of shelling
◽ 01:35:45 — N.A.Romanichenko, Head of the Vasilievsky Municipal District of the Zaporozhye Region
◽ 01:42:35 — D.I.Khurilenko, Deputy Chief Physician of the Melitopol Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine
◽ 01:51:20 — Free discussion (Q&A session)
◽ 03:11:56 — Video address by S. Ritter, American journalist (watch full version here)
◽ 03:22:43 — D.Simic, Head of the Association of Journalists of the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
◽ 03:33:38 — Closing remarks by the Head of the Delegation Iulia Zhdanova
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#Announcement
📣 We invite you to take part in the II International Contest “Russia – Country of Traditional Values”.
🌏 This year, it has become international on the initiative of the Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.
Within the framework of the Contest, participants familiarise themselves with the list of Russian traditional values, choose the one that resonates most with them, explore how it is manifested in the culture, traditions and daily life of their home country, and then perform an act that demonstrates this value in real life.
The Competition features three categories:
✍️ “A Story About a Traditional Value” (presentation);
📹 “Traditional Values Through the Lens” (video);
🖼️ “Traditional Values in Art” (drawing).
All interested individuals aged 7 and older, residing anywhere in the world, are invited to participate.
🗣️ All entries (works) are bilingual: they are prepared in Russian and any foreign language.
Each participant of the Contest receives an electronic certificate and a letter of thanks. Winners receive diplomas and gifts from sponsors.
❗️Applications are accepted until 20 December on the website.
👉 Regulations
☝️ Methodological Recommendations
📣 We invite you to take part in the II International Contest “Russia – Country of Traditional Values”.
🌏 This year, it has become international on the initiative of the Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.
Within the framework of the Contest, participants familiarise themselves with the list of Russian traditional values, choose the one that resonates most with them, explore how it is manifested in the culture, traditions and daily life of their home country, and then perform an act that demonstrates this value in real life.
The Competition features three categories:
✍️ “A Story About a Traditional Value” (presentation);
📹 “Traditional Values Through the Lens” (video);
🖼️ “Traditional Values in Art” (drawing).
All interested individuals aged 7 and older, residing anywhere in the world, are invited to participate.
🗣️ All entries (works) are bilingual: they are prepared in Russian and any foreign language.
Each participant of the Contest receives an electronic certificate and a letter of thanks. Winners receive diplomas and gifts from sponsors.
❗️Applications are accepted until 20 December on the website.
👉 Regulations
☝️ Methodological Recommendations
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🇷🇺🇫🇮🇳🇴📞 On October 27, President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store at the request of the Finnish and Norwegian sides.
They exchanged views on resolving the Ukrainian crisis in light of Vladimir Putin’s talks with Special Envoy of the US President Stephen Witkoff in St Petersburg on October 21 and Alexander Stubb’s and Jonas Gahr Store’s contacts with Stephen Witkoff and Zelensky in Oslo.
The leaders welcomed the agreement to resume trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November, focusing, in particular, on security arrangements for Russia and Ukraine following a complete cessation of hostilities.
Vladimir Putin assessed the current situation in the conflict zone in Ukraine and recalled the conflict’s root causes.
☝️ He stressed that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved if the Russian Federation’s legitimate interests are fully and unconditionally taken into account. He also drew attention to the confrontational policies of EU and NATO countries, which are prolonging the hostilities.
The sides also addressed security and stability in the Baltic Sea region and Northern Europe. In this context, the President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway reaffirmed the importance of respecting international maritime law and the principle of freedom of navigation.
Russia's President provided an update on the launch of a US-mediated humanitarian operation near the Russian town of Alyoshki and the introduction of a temporary ceasefire in the Kherson sector for this purpose.
The leaders of the three countries agreed to maintain direct telephone contacts.
They exchanged views on resolving the Ukrainian crisis in light of Vladimir Putin’s talks with Special Envoy of the US President Stephen Witkoff in St Petersburg on October 21 and Alexander Stubb’s and Jonas Gahr Store’s contacts with Stephen Witkoff and Zelensky in Oslo.
The leaders welcomed the agreement to resume trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November, focusing, in particular, on security arrangements for Russia and Ukraine following a complete cessation of hostilities.
Vladimir Putin assessed the current situation in the conflict zone in Ukraine and recalled the conflict’s root causes.
☝️ He stressed that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved if the Russian Federation’s legitimate interests are fully and unconditionally taken into account. He also drew attention to the confrontational policies of EU and NATO countries, which are prolonging the hostilities.
The sides also addressed security and stability in the Baltic Sea region and Northern Europe. In this context, the President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway reaffirmed the importance of respecting international maritime law and the principle of freedom of navigation.
Russia's President provided an update on the launch of a US-mediated humanitarian operation near the Russian town of Alyoshki and the introduction of a temporary ceasefire in the Kherson sector for this purpose.
The leaders of the three countries agreed to maintain direct telephone contacts.