🇷🇺🇮🇩 On April 13, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto held talks at the Kremlin.
The agenda focused on the current state and prospects for deepening the Russia-Indonesia strategic partnership, as well as pressing international and regional issues.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Dear friend,
I am very pleased that our contacts are regular in nature and underscore the special character of our relations. We recently signed a declaration to that effect, and this special character is indeed being filled with concrete substance.
The strategic nature of Russia-Indonesia relations is evident first and foremost, of course, in the economic sphere. Last year, our trade turnover grew by 12.5%.
At the beginning of 2026, there was unfortunately some slowdown, but our intergovernmental commission is working actively. I hope that your visit will help us find the necessary solutions so that the situation remains stable and, by the end of 2026, shows continued growth.
Our colleagues on both Sides, as well as the two of us personally, have repeatedly highlighted the most promising areas of cooperation – energy, space, agriculture, industrial cooperation and pharmaceuticals.
We also attach great importance to developing humanitarian ties, including in culture and education. And, of course, our Foreign Ministries are working intensively and in close contact with each other across all international platforms.
Indonesia has become a full member of #BRICS, which also opens up another avenue for cooperation, just as relations between Indonesia and the Eurasian Economic Union do.
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I believe your visit is especially timely – both in light of the developments taking place in the world and from the standpoint of strengthening and intensifying our bilateral ties.
Once again, thank you for being here in Moscow today.
It is especially meaningful to receive Easter greetings from the Head of State of the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. Russia is a multi-confessional nation, and together with our brothers and sisters of other faiths – including Muslims – we also mark their holidays.
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The agenda focused on the current state and prospects for deepening the Russia-Indonesia strategic partnership, as well as pressing international and regional issues.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Dear friend,
I am very pleased that our contacts are regular in nature and underscore the special character of our relations. We recently signed a declaration to that effect, and this special character is indeed being filled with concrete substance.
The strategic nature of Russia-Indonesia relations is evident first and foremost, of course, in the economic sphere. Last year, our trade turnover grew by 12.5%.
At the beginning of 2026, there was unfortunately some slowdown, but our intergovernmental commission is working actively. I hope that your visit will help us find the necessary solutions so that the situation remains stable and, by the end of 2026, shows continued growth.
Our colleagues on both Sides, as well as the two of us personally, have repeatedly highlighted the most promising areas of cooperation – energy, space, agriculture, industrial cooperation and pharmaceuticals.
We also attach great importance to developing humanitarian ties, including in culture and education. And, of course, our Foreign Ministries are working intensively and in close contact with each other across all international platforms.
Indonesia has become a full member of #BRICS, which also opens up another avenue for cooperation, just as relations between Indonesia and the Eurasian Economic Union do.
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I believe your visit is especially timely – both in light of the developments taking place in the world and from the standpoint of strengthening and intensifying our bilateral ties.
Once again, thank you for being here in Moscow today.
It is especially meaningful to receive Easter greetings from the Head of State of the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. Russia is a multi-confessional nation, and together with our brothers and sisters of other faiths – including Muslims – we also mark their holidays.
#RussiaIndonesia
🛬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in China on an official visit
Further details regarding the upcoming talks
📍 Beijing, April 14
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Further details regarding the upcoming talks
📍 Beijing, April 14
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🇷🇺🇮🇷📞 On April 13, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi had a telephone conversation.
Abbas Araghchi briefed Sergey Lavrov on the details of the April 11 Iran-US talks held in Islamabad.
The Russian Side welcomed the continued commitment to diplomatic efforts and the search for solutions that would resolve the underlying causes of the conflict and help achieve long-term stabilization in the region, with due regard for the legitimate interests of Iran and its neighbours.
Minister Lavrov stressed the importance of preventing a renewed armed confrontation and reaffirmed Russia’s unwavering readiness to assist in resolving the crisis, which has no military solution. He also recalled Russia’s initiative to develop a Concept for Collective Security in the Persian Gulf with the participation of all littoral states and the support of extra-regional countries capable of making a positive contribution to the negotiation process.
🕯The Russian Foreign Minister also extended his sincere condolences to Abbas Araghchi over the brutal killing of former Iranian Foreign Minister and Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Kamal Kharraz.
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Abbas Araghchi briefed Sergey Lavrov on the details of the April 11 Iran-US talks held in Islamabad.
The Russian Side welcomed the continued commitment to diplomatic efforts and the search for solutions that would resolve the underlying causes of the conflict and help achieve long-term stabilization in the region, with due regard for the legitimate interests of Iran and its neighbours.
Minister Lavrov stressed the importance of preventing a renewed armed confrontation and reaffirmed Russia’s unwavering readiness to assist in resolving the crisis, which has no military solution. He also recalled Russia’s initiative to develop a Concept for Collective Security in the Persian Gulf with the participation of all littoral states and the support of extra-regional countries capable of making a positive contribution to the negotiation process.
🕯The Russian Foreign Minister also extended his sincere condolences to Abbas Araghchi over the brutal killing of former Iranian Foreign Minister and Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Kamal Kharraz.
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🇷🇺🇦🇪📞 On April 13, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan had a telephone conversation.
The Foreign Ministers exchanged views on the situation in the Gulf following the recent US-Iran talks in Islamabad.
They spoke in favour of an immediate cessation and non-resumption of all hostilities, as well as continued political and diplomatic efforts to overcome the crisis triggered by the unprovoked US and Israeli attack on Iran.
Both Sides shared the view that any harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure in the countries of the region is unacceptable.
Sergey Lavrov and Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to remain in contact in order to help identify ways towards a sustainable settlement and the restoration of normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and other regional waterways.
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The Foreign Ministers exchanged views on the situation in the Gulf following the recent US-Iran talks in Islamabad.
They spoke in favour of an immediate cessation and non-resumption of all hostilities, as well as continued political and diplomatic efforts to overcome the crisis triggered by the unprovoked US and Israeli attack on Iran.
Both Sides shared the view that any harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure in the countries of the region is unacceptable.
Sergey Lavrov and Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to remain in contact in order to help identify ways towards a sustainable settlement and the restoration of normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and other regional waterways.
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🇷🇺🇹🇷📞 On April 13, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan had a telephone conversation.
The Ministers discussed ways to help resolve the crisis triggered by the unprovoked US and Israeli attack on Iran. Moscow and Ankara reaffirmed their readiness to contribute to efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement.
Hakan Fidan also touched upon the latest developments around Ukraine and the prospects for resuming the trilateral negotiating process involving the US, confirming Türkiye’s readiness to provide the Istanbul platform for that purpose.
Sergey Lavrov, in turn, shared Russia’s assessments of the actions and statements of the Kiev regime at the current stage.
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The Ministers discussed ways to help resolve the crisis triggered by the unprovoked US and Israeli attack on Iran. Moscow and Ankara reaffirmed their readiness to contribute to efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement.
Hakan Fidan also touched upon the latest developments around Ukraine and the prospects for resuming the trilateral negotiating process involving the US, confirming Türkiye’s readiness to provide the Istanbul platform for that purpose.
Sergey Lavrov, in turn, shared Russia’s assessments of the actions and statements of the Kiev regime at the current stage.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳🤝 Foreign Ministers of Russia & China Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi commence bilateral talks in Beijing
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⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 ⚡️ During Holy Week, in the lead-up to Easter – the most important Orthodox holiday – Ukrainian militants killed 29 civilians, including three children. Nearly 200 civilians were injured during the same period, among them 12 children.
Ukrainian militants carried out a whole series of attacks against civilians, including the killing of a family with a 12-year-old child in the Vladimir Region, a strike on a school in the Zaporozhye Region, and an attack on paramedics in the Belgorod Region, which left three ambulance workers wounded.
❗️ There were casualties even during the Easter truce. Ukrainian armed formations violated the temporary ceasefire no fewer than 6,558 times, continuing strikes on both Russian positions and civilian facilities in Russia’s regions.
On April 6-12, 199 civilians suffered from shelling by Ukrainian Nazis: 170 were wounded, including 12 minors, while 29 people, including three minors, were killed. In total, Ukrainian militants fired no fewer than 2,892 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 ⚡️ During Holy Week, in the lead-up to Easter – the most important Orthodox holiday – Ukrainian militants killed 29 civilians, including three children. Nearly 200 civilians were injured during the same period, among them 12 children.
Ukrainian militants carried out a whole series of attacks against civilians, including the killing of a family with a 12-year-old child in the Vladimir Region, a strike on a school in the Zaporozhye Region, and an attack on paramedics in the Belgorod Region, which left three ambulance workers wounded.
❗️ There were casualties even during the Easter truce. Ukrainian armed formations violated the temporary ceasefire no fewer than 6,558 times, continuing strikes on both Russian positions and civilian facilities in Russia’s regions.
On April 6-12, 199 civilians suffered from shelling by Ukrainian Nazis: 170 were wounded, including 12 minors, while 29 people, including three minors, were killed. In total, Ukrainian militants fired no fewer than 2,892 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
🎙 Opening remarks by Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov during talks with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi (April 14, 2026, Beijing)
💬 This is our first in-person meeting this year, although we have already had several telephone conversations. They are always substantive and detailed.
I have no doubt that we will have many more opportunities to speak again this year and thus prepare additional decisions ahead of new contacts between our Leaders. These contacts are already scheduled. Today, we will discuss this in detail.
I fully agree that the foundations of international relations are now being put through the most serious trials. One need only look at what happened at the beginning of the year in Latin America, in Venezuela, and at what is happening now in the Middle East.
The Ukrainian crisis, which the West sought to manufacture artificially in order, as it claimed, to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia, is now being used, above all by the Europeans, to begin hatching plans for the creation of a new aggressive bloc in the west of the Eurasian continent, involving the Kiev regime, with the obvious aim of directing this new formation against our country.
In the eastern part of the Eurasian continent, dangerous games are also continuing – both over Taiwan and in the South China Sea, while tensions are being fuelled on the Korean Peninsula.
The same applies to the space which for many years was a place of cooperation and good-neighbourliness – the so-called ASEAN-centred space. Attempts are being made to dismantle it by creating small-group and bloc-based structures with the aim of containing both China and Russia, which also border this most important region and form part of Eurasia.
Our vast continent as a whole requires constant attention. I am confident that today we will be able to discuss in practical terms our concrete steps both in line with the initiatives put forward by the President of China on global security and in other areas, and in line with President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to build a pan-continental Eurasian security architecture.
I believe our meeting is very timely. Thank you for the invitation. I am focused on concrete and productive work.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 #RussiaChina
💬 This is our first in-person meeting this year, although we have already had several telephone conversations. They are always substantive and detailed.
I have no doubt that we will have many more opportunities to speak again this year and thus prepare additional decisions ahead of new contacts between our Leaders. These contacts are already scheduled. Today, we will discuss this in detail.
I fully agree that the foundations of international relations are now being put through the most serious trials. One need only look at what happened at the beginning of the year in Latin America, in Venezuela, and at what is happening now in the Middle East.
The Ukrainian crisis, which the West sought to manufacture artificially in order, as it claimed, to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia, is now being used, above all by the Europeans, to begin hatching plans for the creation of a new aggressive bloc in the west of the Eurasian continent, involving the Kiev regime, with the obvious aim of directing this new formation against our country.
In the eastern part of the Eurasian continent, dangerous games are also continuing – both over Taiwan and in the South China Sea, while tensions are being fuelled on the Korean Peninsula.
The same applies to the space which for many years was a place of cooperation and good-neighbourliness – the so-called ASEAN-centred space. Attempts are being made to dismantle it by creating small-group and bloc-based structures with the aim of containing both China and Russia, which also border this most important region and form part of Eurasia.
Our vast continent as a whole requires constant attention. I am confident that today we will be able to discuss in practical terms our concrete steps both in line with the initiatives put forward by the President of China on global security and in other areas, and in line with President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to build a pan-continental Eurasian security architecture.
I believe our meeting is very timely. Thank you for the invitation. I am focused on concrete and productive work.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 #RussiaChina
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🇷🇺🇨🇳✍️ Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi sign a Plan for bilateral inter-ministerial consultations for 2026
📍 April 14, 2026, Beijing
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📍 April 14, 2026, Beijing
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🇷🇺🇧🇩 Russian Embassy in Bangladesh:
🗓️ On April 12, a ceremony was held at the National Museum of Science and Technology to unveil a bust of Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, to mark the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. The event was organised with the support of the Russian House in Dhaka and the National Museum of Science and Technology of Bangladesh.
The ceremony was officially commenced by Alexandra Khlevnoy, Director of the Russian House in Dhaka. In her inaugural address, the Director articulated the exploration of space as a unifying force that transcends geographical and linguistic boundaries, underscoring that the installation of the monument serves as a testament to the enduring friendship between Russia and Bangladesh.
The Ambassador of Russian Federation to Bangladesh, Alexander Khozin, emphasised the profound implications of this event for the entire global community, underscoring the pivotal contributions of Soviet and Russian science to the exploration of space, and extolling the courage of Yuri Gagarin. He articulated his aspiration for the imminent and inaugural spaceflight of a Bangladeshi citizen, expressing his hope for this momentous occasion.
The Chairman of the Russian Society of Friendship with Bangladesh, Sattar Mia, was the speaker at the event. In his speech, he emphasised the increasingly significant role of scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and Bangladesh.
Schoolchildren from the Embassy's school in Dhaka participated in the ceremony, with several delivering short scientific research on space-related topics. They recited poems and sang the song 'Grass Near the House', which has great significance in the field of cosmonautics. The event was further enhanced by an exhibition of entries from the children's drawing competition.
The inauguration of the bust was also attended by the museum's director Munira Sultana and the Chairman of the Bangladesh Astronomical Association, Moshurul Amin, who emphasised the significance of the monument's installation for the youth of Bangladesh.
🗓️ On April 12, a ceremony was held at the National Museum of Science and Technology to unveil a bust of Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, to mark the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. The event was organised with the support of the Russian House in Dhaka and the National Museum of Science and Technology of Bangladesh.
The ceremony was officially commenced by Alexandra Khlevnoy, Director of the Russian House in Dhaka. In her inaugural address, the Director articulated the exploration of space as a unifying force that transcends geographical and linguistic boundaries, underscoring that the installation of the monument serves as a testament to the enduring friendship between Russia and Bangladesh.
The Ambassador of Russian Federation to Bangladesh, Alexander Khozin, emphasised the profound implications of this event for the entire global community, underscoring the pivotal contributions of Soviet and Russian science to the exploration of space, and extolling the courage of Yuri Gagarin. He articulated his aspiration for the imminent and inaugural spaceflight of a Bangladeshi citizen, expressing his hope for this momentous occasion.
The Chairman of the Russian Society of Friendship with Bangladesh, Sattar Mia, was the speaker at the event. In his speech, he emphasised the increasingly significant role of scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and Bangladesh.
Schoolchildren from the Embassy's school in Dhaka participated in the ceremony, with several delivering short scientific research on space-related topics. They recited poems and sang the song 'Grass Near the House', which has great significance in the field of cosmonautics. The event was further enhanced by an exhibition of entries from the children's drawing competition.
The inauguration of the bust was also attended by the museum's director Munira Sultana and the Chairman of the Bangladesh Astronomical Association, Moshurul Amin, who emphasised the significance of the monument's installation for the youth of Bangladesh.
⚡️ Russia's Agency for Strategic Initiatives:
Today, April 15, Russia is launching a digital service for submitting applications from foreigners who want to live and work in the country — TimeToLiveInRussia
The new programme is overseen by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent to Russia” acting as the operator.
❗️ Highly qualified specialists from other countries can apply for recognition as individuals of interest to Russia on the “Time to Live in Russia” website.
The new structure operates as a one-stop shop. It reviews applications, verifies whether a foreign applicant meets the program’s criteria, and provides support throughout the relocation process.
The key requirement is having in-demand skills and expertise, as well as respect for traditional Russian values.
✍️ From Presidential Decree No. 883 of December 2, 2025:
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Today, April 15, Russia is launching a digital service for submitting applications from foreigners who want to live and work in the country — TimeToLiveInRussia
The new programme is overseen by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent to Russia” acting as the operator.
❗️ Highly qualified specialists from other countries can apply for recognition as individuals of interest to Russia on the “Time to Live in Russia” website.
The new structure operates as a one-stop shop. It reviews applications, verifies whether a foreign applicant meets the program’s criteria, and provides support throughout the relocation process.
The key requirement is having in-demand skills and expertise, as well as respect for traditional Russian values.
✍️ From Presidential Decree No. 883 of December 2, 2025:
It is established that foreign citizens and stateless persons (hereinafter also referred to as foreign citizens) may, starting from April 15, 2026, submit a request to be recognized as persons of interest to the Russian Federation if they:
a) have achievements in science and technology, industry, sports, creative industries, the cultural and humanitarian sphere, or education;
b) have contributed to the development of society, the economy, or to strengthening the defense capability and security of the Russian Federation;
c) possess highly sought-after professions (specialties), qualifications, or skills.
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