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🎙 Answers by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to media questions following his working visit to Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, September 1, 2026)
Key points:
#RussiaUS
• Contacts between Russia and the US have always existed, even during the most difficult periods of the Cold War, and they continue today.
• Direct contacts are maintained between the Heads of the intelligence services. Quite recently, we returned a US citizen to the American Side who had been serving a prison sentence in Russia.
• We are absolutely comfortable working with people we know well and generally trust. They are close to President Trump, sincere people who are trying to give our work concrete substance. And President Trump trusts them, which is very important. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are therefore always welcome guests in Russia, and we are pleased to work with them.
#UkrainianCrisis #NATO
• We believe that negotiations – any negotiations – should above all have concrete substance. If someone is capable of making a positive contribution to a negotiating process that is currently, to a certain extent, frozen, we have no objection. What is needed here are specialists, military experts and diplomats.
• The collective West was given a very apt description back in Soviet times – the sharks of imperialism. If anyone tries to drag us down the food chain and devour us, they may well get their teeth knocked out. Russia is ready to do that, despite the rapidly growing appetites – and teeth – of these sharks.
• Despite everything, Russian forces continue to increase the pace of their advance in the special military operation zone.
• Strikes continue against Ukrainian military facilities, industrial enterprises, ports and logistics infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces – in response, as is well known, to the Kiev regime’s continuing attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, fuel and energy facilities and oil refineries.
❗️ Any military facilities in Ukraine are legitimate targets for us – British or otherwise.
• The Russian Armed Forces have been instructed to prepare and carry out large-scale strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities. They strike ours – they will get a response.
#Germany #Leipzig
• As for the actions of the German authorities, they are primarily driven by Germany’s domestic political situation.
• Chancellor Merz is in a difficult domestic political position and does not enjoy the confidence of his citizens. It is clear why: he is not defending Germany’s national interests, but trading them away. There are obvious economic failures – businesses are closing, people are losing their jobs and living standards are falling.
• [Germany's recent move] is yet another mistake – a serious one – and, in my view, one that clearly runs counter to the interests of the German people.
#Japan
• We have not taken a single step toward worsening Russia-Japan relations. We treated them with great care. Everything happening now in Russia-Japan relations, including their deterioration, is entirely of the Japanese government’s making.
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Key points:
#RussiaUS
• Contacts between Russia and the US have always existed, even during the most difficult periods of the Cold War, and they continue today.
• Direct contacts are maintained between the Heads of the intelligence services. Quite recently, we returned a US citizen to the American Side who had been serving a prison sentence in Russia.
• We are absolutely comfortable working with people we know well and generally trust. They are close to President Trump, sincere people who are trying to give our work concrete substance. And President Trump trusts them, which is very important. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are therefore always welcome guests in Russia, and we are pleased to work with them.
#UkrainianCrisis #NATO
• We believe that negotiations – any negotiations – should above all have concrete substance. If someone is capable of making a positive contribution to a negotiating process that is currently, to a certain extent, frozen, we have no objection. What is needed here are specialists, military experts and diplomats.
• The collective West was given a very apt description back in Soviet times – the sharks of imperialism. If anyone tries to drag us down the food chain and devour us, they may well get their teeth knocked out. Russia is ready to do that, despite the rapidly growing appetites – and teeth – of these sharks.
• Despite everything, Russian forces continue to increase the pace of their advance in the special military operation zone.
• Strikes continue against Ukrainian military facilities, industrial enterprises, ports and logistics infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces – in response, as is well known, to the Kiev regime’s continuing attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, fuel and energy facilities and oil refineries.
❗️ Any military facilities in Ukraine are legitimate targets for us – British or otherwise.
• The Russian Armed Forces have been instructed to prepare and carry out large-scale strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities. They strike ours – they will get a response.
#Germany #Leipzig
• As for the actions of the German authorities, they are primarily driven by Germany’s domestic political situation.
• Chancellor Merz is in a difficult domestic political position and does not enjoy the confidence of his citizens. It is clear why: he is not defending Germany’s national interests, but trading them away. There are obvious economic failures – businesses are closing, people are losing their jobs and living standards are falling.
• [Germany's recent move] is yet another mistake – a serious one – and, in my view, one that clearly runs counter to the interests of the German people.
#Japan
• We have not taken a single step toward worsening Russia-Japan relations. We treated them with great care. Everything happening now in Russia-Japan relations, including their deterioration, is entirely of the Japanese government’s making.
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🔴 #LIVE: Remarks by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at the panel session “Information Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region: Strategies for Countering Destructive External Influence Amid Growing Conflict Potential” on the sidelines of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF)
📍 Vladivostok, September 2
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📍 Vladivostok, September 2
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Leonov had a rare acting talent and was equally convincing in both comedic and dramatic roles. Throughout his long career, he portrayed dozens of characters, many of whom became an enduring part of Russia’s cultural heritage.
Theater also held a special place in Leonov’s artistic career. On stage, he brought numerous memorable characters to life, while his distinctive style — a unique combination of humor, warmth, and emotional depth — made him one of the most recognizable figures in Russian culture.
Today, films and theatrical productions featuring Yevgeny Leonov continue to resonate with audiences, preserving his unique artistic legacy and the special connection he established with several generations of viewers.
#Culture
#Cinema
#OutstandingRussians
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🗓 On August 31 – September 1, 2026, President of Russia Vladimir Putin visited Bishkek, where he took part in the events of the anniversary Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO), marking the Organisation’s 25th anniversary.
Key events of the anniversary Summit:
👏 Opening ceremony of the VI World Nomad Games
🎙 Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State
🎙 SCO Plus meeting
💬 From Vladimir Putin’s remarks at the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State:
✍️ Following the meeting, a package of 28 documents was adopted, including the Bishkek Declaration on the 25th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
***
🤝 On the sidelines of the Summit, Vladimir Putin held bilateral meetings with:
🇨🇳 President of China Xi Jinping
🇮🇳 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🇺🇿 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇰🇿 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🇮🇷 President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
🇹🇯 President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
🇹🇷 President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇲🇳 President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
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🎙 Concluding his working visit to Kyrgyzstan, Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists, addressing key issues on the international agenda.
Key events of the anniversary Summit:
👏 Opening ceremony of the VI World Nomad Games
🎙 Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State
🎙 SCO Plus meeting
💬 From Vladimir Putin’s remarks at the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State:
Over the past 25 years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has come a long way, becoming one of the independent and influential centres of the emerging #MultipolarWorld.
Today, the SCO is effectively the largest regional association not only on our common Eurasian continent, but in the world as a whole.
Its member states account for almost half of the world’s population and more than one-third of global GDP.
✍️ Following the meeting, a package of 28 documents was adopted, including the Bishkek Declaration on the 25th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
***
🤝 On the sidelines of the Summit, Vladimir Putin held bilateral meetings with:
🇨🇳 President of China Xi Jinping
🇮🇳 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🇺🇿 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇰🇿 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🇮🇷 President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
🇹🇯 President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
🇹🇷 President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇲🇳 President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
***
🎙 Concluding his working visit to Kyrgyzstan, Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists, addressing key issues on the international agenda.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 On September 1, a volunteer humanitarian convoy – four vehicles carrying food and medicines – was attacked by Ukrainian drones while approaching the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region.
For several months, Ukrainian militants have been using drone strikes and remote mining to obstruct civilian traffic, including ambulances, travelling to and from Alyoshki.
According to eyewitnesses, a Ukrainian drone hovered in front of the lead vehicle, forcing the volunteer group to stop. The drone then circled all the vehicles, giving its operator ample opportunity to verify that they were carrying only civilians and humanitarian cargo. The first vehicle was then struck by a Ukrainian UAV.
Further strikes on the civilian vehicles followed one after another until the cars were badly damaged and the aid cargo destroyed. The drivers and volunteers accompanying the shipment managed to leave the vehicles and take cover in a nearby wooded area.
According to preliminary information, one volunteer was injured.
❗️ An attack on civilian vehicles and civilians is unequivocally a war crime. This attack is further aggravated by the fact that the volunteers were carrying out a humanitarian mission to the city, which was deliberately disrupted.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 On September 1, a volunteer humanitarian convoy – four vehicles carrying food and medicines – was attacked by Ukrainian drones while approaching the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region.
For several months, Ukrainian militants have been using drone strikes and remote mining to obstruct civilian traffic, including ambulances, travelling to and from Alyoshki.
According to eyewitnesses, a Ukrainian drone hovered in front of the lead vehicle, forcing the volunteer group to stop. The drone then circled all the vehicles, giving its operator ample opportunity to verify that they were carrying only civilians and humanitarian cargo. The first vehicle was then struck by a Ukrainian UAV.
Further strikes on the civilian vehicles followed one after another until the cars were badly damaged and the aid cargo destroyed. The drivers and volunteers accompanying the shipment managed to leave the vehicles and take cover in a nearby wooded area.
According to preliminary information, one volunteer was injured.
❗️ An attack on civilian vehicles and civilians is unequivocally a war crime. This attack is further aggravated by the fact that the volunteers were carrying out a humanitarian mission to the city, which was deliberately disrupted.
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⚡️ Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (#Rosaviatsiya)
Ukraine’s aviation authorities have backed the terrorist rhetoric of their leadership aimed at disrupting the operation of Russia’s civil aviation and issued an illegitimate NOTAM alleging that Russian airspace is unsafe.
In response, Rosaviatsiya issued a NOTAM stating that all documents published by Ukraine concerning Russian airspace have no legal force and violate the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
❗️ Russia’s air transport system and ground infrastructure continue to operate as normal, receiving and dispatching flights, including those of foreign airlines.
Rosaviatsiya, in coordination with other federal and regional authorities, is implementing additional measures to ensure the safe use of Russian airspace and strengthen the security of transport infrastructure on the ground.
Ukraine’s aviation authorities have backed the terrorist rhetoric of their leadership aimed at disrupting the operation of Russia’s civil aviation and issued an illegitimate NOTAM alleging that Russian airspace is unsafe.
In response, Rosaviatsiya issued a NOTAM stating that all documents published by Ukraine concerning Russian airspace have no legal force and violate the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
❗️ Russia’s air transport system and ground infrastructure continue to operate as normal, receiving and dispatching flights, including those of foreign airlines.
Rosaviatsiya, in coordination with other federal and regional authorities, is implementing additional measures to ensure the safe use of Russian airspace and strengthen the security of transport infrastructure on the ground.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitations
◾️ On September 1-3, 2004, Russia endured one of the most horrific tragedies in its modern history – the inhuman Beslan terrorist attack.
22 years ago, a festive back-to-school ceremony at School No.1 was shattered by bursts of gunfire.
The terrorists took 1,128 people hostage – children, their parents and teachers. They were forced into a cramped gymnasium, which the terrorists turned into a deadly trap. For nearly three days, the hostages were held at gunpoint without food or water.
For hundreds of families, those three days lasted an eternity.
During the counterterrorism operation, 811 people were rescued. But, to our great sorrow, not all could be saved.
🕯 The terrorist attack claimed 334 lives, including 186 children.
We remember and mourn the children, their parents and teachers who perished during those terrible September days. We bow our heads before the courage of those who entered the school rigged with explosives, carried children out under fire and rescued hostages, risking and sacrificing their own lives.
Beslan will forever remain our shared pain – a wound that does not heal with time.
💬 As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said on September 4, 2004:
***
In memory of the victims of Beslan and other terrorist attacks, Russia observes the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism on September 3.
On this day, we remember all our compatriots who were killed by terrorists in Beslan, at Dubrovka, in Budyonnovsk, in the apartment bombings in Moscow, Buynaksk and Volgodonsk, in the horrific Crocus City Hall tragedy, at the hands of Ukrainian militants in Donbass and the Kursk Region, in other terrorist attacks.
❗️ Russia considers it its duty to consistently combat international terrorism, promote the consolidation of international efforts against this pure evil and counter all its manifestations – including those perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Ukraine and other ideological followers of misanthropic ideologies.
📷 © Head of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania Sergey Menyaylo
◾️ On September 1-3, 2004, Russia endured one of the most horrific tragedies in its modern history – the inhuman Beslan terrorist attack.
22 years ago, a festive back-to-school ceremony at School No.1 was shattered by bursts of gunfire.
The terrorists took 1,128 people hostage – children, their parents and teachers. They were forced into a cramped gymnasium, which the terrorists turned into a deadly trap. For nearly three days, the hostages were held at gunpoint without food or water.
For hundreds of families, those three days lasted an eternity.
During the counterterrorism operation, 811 people were rescued. But, to our great sorrow, not all could be saved.
🕯 The terrorist attack claimed 334 lives, including 186 children.
We remember and mourn the children, their parents and teachers who perished during those terrible September days. We bow our heads before the courage of those who entered the school rigged with explosives, carried children out under fire and rescued hostages, risking and sacrificing their own lives.
Beslan will forever remain our shared pain – a wound that does not heal with time.
💬 As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said on September 4, 2004:
What happened in Beslan was an inhuman terrorist crime, unprecedented in its cruelty. It was a challenge to all of Russia, to our entire people. It was an attack on our country.
The terrorists believe they are stronger than us. That they can intimidate us with their cruelty, paralyse our will and tear our society apart. And it may seem that we have a choice – to fight back or accept their demands. To surrender, to allow Russia to be destroyed and torn apart in the hope that they will eventually leave us alone.
I am convinced that in reality we simply have no choice.
We were and always will be stronger than them – through our moral values, our courage and our human solidarity. I saw that again last night.
***
In memory of the victims of Beslan and other terrorist attacks, Russia observes the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism on September 3.
On this day, we remember all our compatriots who were killed by terrorists in Beslan, at Dubrovka, in Budyonnovsk, in the apartment bombings in Moscow, Buynaksk and Volgodonsk, in the horrific Crocus City Hall tragedy, at the hands of Ukrainian militants in Donbass and the Kursk Region, in other terrorist attacks.
❗️ Russia considers it its duty to consistently combat international terrorism, promote the consolidation of international efforts against this pure evil and counter all its manifestations – including those perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Ukraine and other ideological followers of misanthropic ideologies.
Despite the hybrid war unleashed against us – against Russia and the Russian people – by the “collective West”, including through terrorist and extremist groups of all stripes, Russia remains firmly committed to a principled fight against the terrorist threat and to strengthening counterterrorism security, relying on cooperation with partners genuinely interested in this work.
– briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, August 28, 2024
📷 © Head of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania Sergey Menyaylo
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🔴 #LIVE: Russia's President Vladimir Putin's remarks and answers to questions at the XI Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF2026) Plenary Session
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📍 Vladivostok, September 3
📍 Vladivostok, September 3
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🇷🇺🇮🇳On August 8, the team of the Russian Consulate General in Kolkata visited one of the city's oldest educational institutions - Scottish Church College, founded in 1830 and currently executing under the aegis of the University of Calcutta.
🏛During a tour around the historic building, representatives of the Consulate General got an opportunity to see unique books and manuscripts held in the college library.
📝A meeting with the college administration also took place, during which the establishment of academic and cultural cooperation between this esteemed Indian educational institution and Russian universities was discussed.
🏛During a tour around the historic building, representatives of the Consulate General got an opportunity to see unique books and manuscripts held in the college library.
📝A meeting with the college administration also took place, during which the establishment of academic and cultural cooperation between this esteemed Indian educational institution and Russian universities was discussed.