🇷🇺🇿🇦 Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in India (New Delhi, September 11, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, I am very glad to see you.
Our previous discussions also took place at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, yet we remain in constant contact – as do our respective teams.
Last year, we had the opportunity to compare positions on the full spectrum of current issues with your Vice-President, who, at your instruction, participated in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
🤝 Relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Africa are developing successfully. Just last week, on September 5, we marked the 20th anniversary of our basic treaty, signed in 2006 – the Treaty on Friendship and Partnership between our states.
Political dialogue and inter-parliamentary ties are developing, with the heads of our Foreign Ministries maintaining regular contact.
Trade may not be increasing at a rapid pace, but it continues to grow and remains at a solid level.
We have traditionally developed cooperation in the cultural and educational spheres, particularly in personnel training and education. For the 2026–27 academic year, the state quota has been increased to 100 scholarships for your young people to study in Russia.
We note the similarity of our approaches to key international and regional issues, and we are grateful for South Africa’s support for Russian initiatives at the United Nations.
Naturally, Russia attaches great importance to the comprehensive development of relations with African countries as a whole.
We are preparing, in a robust manner, for the Third Summit Russia-Africa, which will take place in Moscow from October 28 to October 29. Among the main subjects are digital technologies, artificial intelligence, peaceful use of freedom, and food security. And we do expect to have a representative delegation from your state.
#RussiaSouthAfrica #RussiaAfrica #BRICS2026
💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, I am very glad to see you.
Our previous discussions also took place at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, yet we remain in constant contact – as do our respective teams.
Last year, we had the opportunity to compare positions on the full spectrum of current issues with your Vice-President, who, at your instruction, participated in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
🤝 Relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Africa are developing successfully. Just last week, on September 5, we marked the 20th anniversary of our basic treaty, signed in 2006 – the Treaty on Friendship and Partnership between our states.
Political dialogue and inter-parliamentary ties are developing, with the heads of our Foreign Ministries maintaining regular contact.
Trade may not be increasing at a rapid pace, but it continues to grow and remains at a solid level.
We have traditionally developed cooperation in the cultural and educational spheres, particularly in personnel training and education. For the 2026–27 academic year, the state quota has been increased to 100 scholarships for your young people to study in Russia.
We note the similarity of our approaches to key international and regional issues, and we are grateful for South Africa’s support for Russian initiatives at the United Nations.
Naturally, Russia attaches great importance to the comprehensive development of relations with African countries as a whole.
We are preparing, in a robust manner, for the Third Summit Russia-Africa, which will take place in Moscow from October 28 to October 29. Among the main subjects are digital technologies, artificial intelligence, peaceful use of freedom, and food security. And we do expect to have a representative delegation from your state.
#RussiaSouthAfrica #RussiaAfrica #BRICS2026
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⚡️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin has arrived at the meeting of the 18th #BRICS Summit.
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🌳 Russian President Vladimir Putin, together with #BRICS nations’ Heads of State and Heads of delegations, took part in a ceremonial tree-planting event.
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📸 President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in an official family photo ceremony with heads of delegations prior to the outreach/BRICS Plus session
📍 New Delhi, September 13, 2026
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the meeting of the 18th BRICS Summit in the BRICS Outreach/Plus format (September 13, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin: The broad representation at today’s meeting confirms that the international community’s interest in BRICS continues to grow.
Our fundamental values and ideals – such as commitment to an independent and autonomous course, striving to solve problems collectively while relying on international law and the key provisions of the UN Charter – appeal to many in the world.
The BRICS group has always advocated that all countries without exception should have equal and unlimited opportunities for consistent and balanced economic and social growth, for ensuring their populations’ wellbeing, while being able to preserve unique national cultures and traditions and to adhere to their own sovereign development models. <...>
I would like to emphasise that today BRICS is a powerful driving force behind the strengthening of genuine multilateralism in international relations, and plays a major role in shaping a new, fairer and multipolar world order.
It is worth noting that the BRICS nations are seeing steady population growth and strengthening domestic markets; they have established robust industrial, technological, financial and academic hubs, as well as modern transport, energy and digital infrastructure. Trade within our association has already reached $1.2 trillion. Member states account for almost a quarter of global exports, and it is BRICS that, at 49 percent, provides most of global GDP growth.
That said, the potential for the further development of BRICS is far from exhausted. One of the main untapped resources so far is the complementarity of the member states’ economies. The differences in their structure and specialisation offer vast opportunities for practical cooperation, for creating new production chains, technologies, services, and markets. <...>
I also invite everyone to take a closer look at the promising initiatives put forward by Russia to streamline our cooperation. These include establishing a BRICS payment, depository and clearance infrastructure, as well as setting up a reinsurance mechanism and a grain exchange within the association. I am convinced that both member states and partners of BRICS will be able to employ all these tools in the future. Further strengthening the capacity of the BRICS New Development Bank and updating its business model is a pressing task. <...>
Naturally, technological transformation is a key driver of global growth and sovereign development. With the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, the development of autonomous systems, and the rise of digital trade platforms and financial solutions, the very model of economic value creation is shifting.
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#BRICS #RussiaBRICS
💬 Vladimir Putin: The broad representation at today’s meeting confirms that the international community’s interest in BRICS continues to grow.
Our fundamental values and ideals – such as commitment to an independent and autonomous course, striving to solve problems collectively while relying on international law and the key provisions of the UN Charter – appeal to many in the world.
The BRICS group has always advocated that all countries without exception should have equal and unlimited opportunities for consistent and balanced economic and social growth, for ensuring their populations’ wellbeing, while being able to preserve unique national cultures and traditions and to adhere to their own sovereign development models. <...>
I would like to emphasise that today BRICS is a powerful driving force behind the strengthening of genuine multilateralism in international relations, and plays a major role in shaping a new, fairer and multipolar world order.
It is worth noting that the BRICS nations are seeing steady population growth and strengthening domestic markets; they have established robust industrial, technological, financial and academic hubs, as well as modern transport, energy and digital infrastructure. Trade within our association has already reached $1.2 trillion. Member states account for almost a quarter of global exports, and it is BRICS that, at 49 percent, provides most of global GDP growth.
That said, the potential for the further development of BRICS is far from exhausted. One of the main untapped resources so far is the complementarity of the member states’ economies. The differences in their structure and specialisation offer vast opportunities for practical cooperation, for creating new production chains, technologies, services, and markets. <...>
I also invite everyone to take a closer look at the promising initiatives put forward by Russia to streamline our cooperation. These include establishing a BRICS payment, depository and clearance infrastructure, as well as setting up a reinsurance mechanism and a grain exchange within the association. I am convinced that both member states and partners of BRICS will be able to employ all these tools in the future. Further strengthening the capacity of the BRICS New Development Bank and updating its business model is a pressing task. <...>
Naturally, technological transformation is a key driver of global growth and sovereign development. With the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, the development of autonomous systems, and the rise of digital trade platforms and financial solutions, the very model of economic value creation is shifting.
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#BRICS #RussiaBRICS
#FacesOfVictory
On September 13, 1943, the leaders of the Soviet 'Young Guard' underground resistance & youth organisation, which fought the Nazis during #WW2 in #Donbass, were awarded the title of the #HeroOfTheSovietUnion:
🌟 Ulyana Gromova
🌟 Ivan Zemnukhov
🌟 Oleg Koshevoy
🌟 Sergey Tyulenin
🌟 Lyubov Shevtsova
The #YoungGuard was formed in the coalminers’ city of Krasnodon (#Donbass) after it had been occupied by the Nazis (July 1942). The city's residents, who found themselves in the enemy’s rear, had to mine coal — a strategic raw material for the war industry — for the needs of the Nazi troops. So, different local underground resistance groups began to fight the enemy in the city.
The Young Guard underground headquarters was helmed by Ulyana Gromova, Oleg Koshevoy, Lyubov Shevtsova, Ivan Zemnukhov, Sergey Tyulenin and other boys and girls. The youngest member of the organisation — Radiy Yurkin — was only 14.
The selfless activists of the 'Young Guard', who embarked on the path of fighting against the Nazi occupants, were no different from their peers. They also went to school, engaged in extracurricular routine, dreamed and made plans for the future. But the #GreatPatrioticWar began, having changed radically their fate: in the fight against the Nazis, they sacrificed the most valuable that they had — their lives.
The 'Young Guard' members started fighting the Nazis by making and distributing counter-propaganda leaflets. In December 1942, they set on fire one of the Nazi-occupied buildings in Krasnodon, where the enemy kept the lists of the people who were planned to be deported to Germany as slaves. About 2,500 young men and women of Krasnodon were saved from the deportation.
▪️In January 1943, shortly before fleeing from the advancing Red Army, the Nazi “polizei” intensified their efforts to eliminate the Komsomol-Communist underground resistance movement in Krasnodon. Using their informants, the Germans traced the young Soviet partisans and began mass hunt and arrests of the Young Guard members.
🖋 Excerpt from the testimony of Otto Schen — chief of the Nazi 'polizei' of during the occupation of Krasnodon:
Neither torture nor brutal interrogation broke the spirit of the courageous youngsters who understood that the Nazis would not leave them alive.
They steadfastly and courageously endured, refusing to cooperate with the enemy. All the arrested members of the underground resistance were executed on January 15, 16 and 31, 1943. The deep pit of Coal Mine Number 5 in Krasnodon was where they were brutally killed by the fascists.
In February 1943, Krasnodon was liberated by the Red Army. After the Nazis were expelled out of the city, local residents discovered the mass burial in Coal Mine 5 — they saw a terrible picture: a black abyss, blood, pieces of clothes and footgear. 71 bodies were taken out from the 53-meter depth of the mine.
🎖 Courageous Yong Guard members, who sacrificed their lives for Motherland, inspired thousands of their peers to perform heroic deeds during the Great Patriotic War.
The novel of the same name by writer Alexander Fadeyev is dedicated to the memory of the members of the "Young Guard" — the book inspired many generations of Soviet and Russian schoolchildren with its example of selfless devotion and self-sacrifice for the Motherland.
#WeRemember #Victory81
On September 13, 1943, the leaders of the Soviet 'Young Guard' underground resistance & youth organisation, which fought the Nazis during #WW2 in #Donbass, were awarded the title of the #HeroOfTheSovietUnion:
The #YoungGuard was formed in the coalminers’ city of Krasnodon (#Donbass) after it had been occupied by the Nazis (July 1942). The city's residents, who found themselves in the enemy’s rear, had to mine coal — a strategic raw material for the war industry — for the needs of the Nazi troops. So, different local underground resistance groups began to fight the enemy in the city.
The Young Guard underground headquarters was helmed by Ulyana Gromova, Oleg Koshevoy, Lyubov Shevtsova, Ivan Zemnukhov, Sergey Tyulenin and other boys and girls. The youngest member of the organisation — Radiy Yurkin — was only 14.
The selfless activists of the 'Young Guard', who embarked on the path of fighting against the Nazi occupants, were no different from their peers. They also went to school, engaged in extracurricular routine, dreamed and made plans for the future. But the #GreatPatrioticWar began, having changed radically their fate: in the fight against the Nazis, they sacrificed the most valuable that they had — their lives.
The 'Young Guard' members started fighting the Nazis by making and distributing counter-propaganda leaflets. In December 1942, they set on fire one of the Nazi-occupied buildings in Krasnodon, where the enemy kept the lists of the people who were planned to be deported to Germany as slaves. About 2,500 young men and women of Krasnodon were saved from the deportation.
▪️In January 1943, shortly before fleeing from the advancing Red Army, the Nazi “polizei” intensified their efforts to eliminate the Komsomol-Communist underground resistance movement in Krasnodon. Using their informants, the Germans traced the young Soviet partisans and began mass hunt and arrests of the Young Guard members.
🖋 Excerpt from the testimony of Otto Schen — chief of the Nazi 'polizei' of during the occupation of Krasnodon:
During interrogations, all members of the organisation were severely tortured.
They were beaten till they fell unconscious; the polizei broke their legs and arms, then showered with cold water and threw into the cell. <...>
The prisoners’ bodies were covered with bruises and abrasions all over.
Neither torture nor brutal interrogation broke the spirit of the courageous youngsters who understood that the Nazis would not leave them alive.
They steadfastly and courageously endured, refusing to cooperate with the enemy. All the arrested members of the underground resistance were executed on January 15, 16 and 31, 1943. The deep pit of Coal Mine Number 5 in Krasnodon was where they were brutally killed by the fascists.
In February 1943, Krasnodon was liberated by the Red Army. After the Nazis were expelled out of the city, local residents discovered the mass burial in Coal Mine 5 — they saw a terrible picture: a black abyss, blood, pieces of clothes and footgear. 71 bodies were taken out from the 53-meter depth of the mine.
🎖 Courageous Yong Guard members, who sacrificed their lives for Motherland, inspired thousands of their peers to perform heroic deeds during the Great Patriotic War.
The novel of the same name by writer Alexander Fadeyev is dedicated to the memory of the members of the "Young Guard" — the book inspired many generations of Soviet and Russian schoolchildren with its example of selfless devotion and self-sacrifice for the Motherland.
#WeRemember #Victory81
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's greetings to participants and guests of the 2026 International Youth Festival (September 13, 2026)
💬 Dear Friends! I am delighted to welcome participants and guests of the International Youth Festival.
This year, you have gathered in the capital of the Urals, Yekaterinburg – the city where Europe and Asia meet and where history literally lives in every stone.
For centuries, the Urals have produced ideas that changed our country for the better. First plants, Russia’s first industrial revolution, and hundreds of modern scientific breakthroughs. Where else but here, one of the centres of Russia’s industrial, cultural and intellectual legacy, would young leaders from different countries discuss how our life is changing with the arrival of new technology and what kind of world we want in the future?
🌏🤝 In the Russian language, the word “mir” means friendship, peace and accord; but at the same time, it means the world, the planet: humanity, all the countries and peoples on Earth.
That explains so much about the character of Russia’s multi-ethnic nation, our decisions and actions.
If we are friends, our friendship is strong and enduring. If we are neighbours, we seek fairness and respect for one another.
We want every person to remain human and for their fate be determined by things other than nationality, a wallet packed with money, status or background. We strongly believe that every nation is free to choose its path independently and is entitled to equal access to medications, food, water, energy and education opportunities, and to the use of the latest technology that must be available to all humanity.
It is our aspiration, our cause and our dream. If you share these aspirations, let’s change the world together.
We will welcome those who decide to join our projects in Russia. We are equally happy to see you build our shared new, open and, hopefully, just world in your own home countries.
I have no doubt that you, the younger generation, will succeed. It is your time.
🇷🇺 Follow your dreams with Russia.
I wish you the best of health, good luck and all the best.
💬 Dear Friends! I am delighted to welcome participants and guests of the International Youth Festival.
This year, you have gathered in the capital of the Urals, Yekaterinburg – the city where Europe and Asia meet and where history literally lives in every stone.
For centuries, the Urals have produced ideas that changed our country for the better. First plants, Russia’s first industrial revolution, and hundreds of modern scientific breakthroughs. Where else but here, one of the centres of Russia’s industrial, cultural and intellectual legacy, would young leaders from different countries discuss how our life is changing with the arrival of new technology and what kind of world we want in the future?
🌏🤝 In the Russian language, the word “mir” means friendship, peace and accord; but at the same time, it means the world, the planet: humanity, all the countries and peoples on Earth.
That explains so much about the character of Russia’s multi-ethnic nation, our decisions and actions.
If we are friends, our friendship is strong and enduring. If we are neighbours, we seek fairness and respect for one another.
We want every person to remain human and for their fate be determined by things other than nationality, a wallet packed with money, status or background. We strongly believe that every nation is free to choose its path independently and is entitled to equal access to medications, food, water, energy and education opportunities, and to the use of the latest technology that must be available to all humanity.
It is our aspiration, our cause and our dream. If you share these aspirations, let’s change the world together.
We will welcome those who decide to join our projects in Russia. We are equally happy to see you build our shared new, open and, hopefully, just world in your own home countries.
I have no doubt that you, the younger generation, will succeed. It is your time.
🇷🇺 Follow your dreams with Russia.
I wish you the best of health, good luck and all the best.
⚡️ On September 12, the XVIII BRICS Summit adopted the New Delhi Declaration “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.
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1. We, the Leaders of #BRICS countries, met in New Delhi, India, from September 12 to 13, 2026 for the XVIII BRICS Summit held under the theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.
2. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.
Building on two decades of BRICS, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation, and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.
3. We recognise the valuable contribution of Partner countries to BRICS cooperation. We underscore our strong belief that advancing the BRICS partnership with Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (#EMDCs) will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation for the benefit of all.
We reaffirm our commitment to fostering inclusive, mutually beneficial and development-oriented partnership with Partner countries. We encourage their increasing participation in BRICS engagements and practical cooperation in areas of shared interest.
4. We commend India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue segment of the XVIII BRICS Summit, which injects new impetus to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity.
7. On the landmark occasion of the 2️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of BRICS, we reiterate our commitment to reforming and improving global governance by promoting a more just, equitable, agile, effective, efficient, responsive, representative, legitimate, democratic and accountable international and multilateral system in the spirit of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.
Bearing in mind the need to adapt the current architecture of international relations to better reflect the contemporary realities, we reiterate our commitment to strengthening multilateralism and multipolarity and to upholding international law, including the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness in a balanced and inclusive manner, as its indispensable cornerstone, and the central role of the #UN in the international system.
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139. We commend India’s BRICS Chairship in 2026 and express our gratitude to the government and people of India for holding the XVIII BRICS Summit in the city of New Delhi.
140. We extend full support to China for its BRICS Chairship in 2027 and the holding of the XIX BRICS Summit in China.
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1. We, the Leaders of #BRICS countries, met in New Delhi, India, from September 12 to 13, 2026 for the XVIII BRICS Summit held under the theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.
2. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.
Building on two decades of BRICS, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation, and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.
3. We recognise the valuable contribution of Partner countries to BRICS cooperation. We underscore our strong belief that advancing the BRICS partnership with Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (#EMDCs) will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation for the benefit of all.
We reaffirm our commitment to fostering inclusive, mutually beneficial and development-oriented partnership with Partner countries. We encourage their increasing participation in BRICS engagements and practical cooperation in areas of shared interest.
4. We commend India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue segment of the XVIII BRICS Summit, which injects new impetus to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity.
7. On the landmark occasion of the 2️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of BRICS, we reiterate our commitment to reforming and improving global governance by promoting a more just, equitable, agile, effective, efficient, responsive, representative, legitimate, democratic and accountable international and multilateral system in the spirit of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.
Bearing in mind the need to adapt the current architecture of international relations to better reflect the contemporary realities, we reiterate our commitment to strengthening multilateralism and multipolarity and to upholding international law, including the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness in a balanced and inclusive manner, as its indispensable cornerstone, and the central role of the #UN in the international system.
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139. We commend India’s BRICS Chairship in 2026 and express our gratitude to the government and people of India for holding the XVIII BRICS Summit in the city of New Delhi.
140. We extend full support to China for its BRICS Chairship in 2027 and the holding of the XIX BRICS Summit in China.
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🎙 Opening remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin during the meeting with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the XVIII BRICS Summit (New Delhi, September 12, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin: I am glad to meet with you again.
I know that yesterday your country celebrated the beginning of the year 2019 according to the Ethiopian calendar, and, of course, I congratulate you and all the people of friendly Ethiopia on this occasion.
We are meeting today on the sidelines of #BRICS. We have just delivered our remarks, sharing our views on our organisation. Today, BRICS is a comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at consolidating the positions of the global majority and shaping a fair #MultipolarWorld.
Ethiopia has been a full member of the organisation since January 1, 2024, and we are very pleased about this. It is symbolic that our Ethiopian friends began their practical work within BRICS mechanisms as Russia assumed the chairship. Since then, Ethiopia has made a constructive contribution to its diverse activities.
🤝 Turning to bilateral relations, I would like to emphasise once again that Ethiopia is Russia’s longstanding and reliable partner on the African continent. I am pleased to note that Russia-Ethiopia ties continue to develop on the principles of equality and mutual benefit. Mr Prime Minister, I would like to thank you for your significant personal contribution to strengthening our ties.
Our bilateral trade has gained considerable momentum. In 2025, trade more than tripled and continues to grow. This is a good result.
We attach great importance to humanitarian cooperation. More than 20,000 of your citizens have received an education in Russia, providing a very solid foundation for our future cooperation in this area.
🌍 Of course, Russia attaches particular importance to the comprehensive development of relations with African countries as a whole. Ethiopia has played an active part in the #RussiaAfrica Summits. As we agreed, we look forward to welcoming you to the Third Summit, which will take place in Moscow on October 28-29 this year, where we will hold another bilateral meeting. Today, we have an opportunity to discuss the full range of our relations.
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🇷🇺🇪🇹 #RussiaEthiopia
💬 Vladimir Putin: I am glad to meet with you again.
I know that yesterday your country celebrated the beginning of the year 2019 according to the Ethiopian calendar, and, of course, I congratulate you and all the people of friendly Ethiopia on this occasion.
We are meeting today on the sidelines of #BRICS. We have just delivered our remarks, sharing our views on our organisation. Today, BRICS is a comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at consolidating the positions of the global majority and shaping a fair #MultipolarWorld.
Ethiopia has been a full member of the organisation since January 1, 2024, and we are very pleased about this. It is symbolic that our Ethiopian friends began their practical work within BRICS mechanisms as Russia assumed the chairship. Since then, Ethiopia has made a constructive contribution to its diverse activities.
🤝 Turning to bilateral relations, I would like to emphasise once again that Ethiopia is Russia’s longstanding and reliable partner on the African continent. I am pleased to note that Russia-Ethiopia ties continue to develop on the principles of equality and mutual benefit. Mr Prime Minister, I would like to thank you for your significant personal contribution to strengthening our ties.
Our bilateral trade has gained considerable momentum. In 2025, trade more than tripled and continues to grow. This is a good result.
We attach great importance to humanitarian cooperation. More than 20,000 of your citizens have received an education in Russia, providing a very solid foundation for our future cooperation in this area.
🌍 Of course, Russia attaches particular importance to the comprehensive development of relations with African countries as a whole. Ethiopia has played an active part in the #RussiaAfrica Summits. As we agreed, we look forward to welcoming you to the Third Summit, which will take place in Moscow on October 28-29 this year, where we will hold another bilateral meeting. Today, we have an opportunity to discuss the full range of our relations.
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🇷🇺🇪🇹 #RussiaEthiopia
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of September 7 - September 13, 2026:
▪️September 7 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
▪️September 7 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Perm, Perm Territory. One civilian was killed, four others were injured.
▪️September 8 – a UAV strike on the Holy Dormition St Nicholas and St Basil Monastery in Nikolskoye, DPR.
▪️September 8 – a UAV strike on a secondary school building in Orlyanskoye, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️September 9 – a UAV strike on a market in Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
▪️September 9 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory. Four civilians, including a child, were killed. Another 29 were injured.
▪️September 9 – a naval drone strike on the waterfront in Sochi, Krasnodar Territory. Twenty-eight civilians, including two children, were injured.
▪️September 11 – a UAV strike on an ambulance in the Volnovakha District, DPR.
▪️September 12 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Oktyabrsky, Belgorod Region.
▪️September 13 – an artillery strike on a grocery store in Bekhtery, Kherson Region.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of September 7 - September 13, 2026:
▪️September 7 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
▪️September 7 – a fixed-wing UAV strike on an apartment building in Perm, Perm Territory. One civilian was killed, four others were injured.
▪️September 8 – a UAV strike on the Holy Dormition St Nicholas and St Basil Monastery in Nikolskoye, DPR.
▪️September 8 – a UAV strike on a secondary school building in Orlyanskoye, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️September 9 – a UAV strike on a market in Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
▪️September 9 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory. Four civilians, including a child, were killed. Another 29 were injured.
▪️September 9 – a naval drone strike on the waterfront in Sochi, Krasnodar Territory. Twenty-eight civilians, including two children, were injured.
▪️September 11 – a UAV strike on an ambulance in the Volnovakha District, DPR.
▪️September 12 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Oktyabrsky, Belgorod Region.
▪️September 13 – an artillery strike on a grocery store in Bekhtery, Kherson Region.