Over nearly a century of its history, the theatre has come a long way — from the first touring performances in courtyards and schools to the famous building on Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Street in Moscow. During these years, more than 100 plays have been created here, many entered the golden fund of world puppetry.
Before the play and during the intermission, guests can visit the museum of dolls from around the world, which is located in the theater lobby. First exhibits became the dolls and props of Ivan Zaitsev, the last wandering puppeteer of Russia. The theater is decorated with a unique clock - at noon, you can see owls, goat kids, and cats peeking out of the small windows to music.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question on foreign media insinuations regarding an allegedly deliberate strike by Russian forces on a passenger train that carried several former and current Western politicians and officials (September 15, 2026)
❓ Question: The Ukrainian and foreign media write that the Russian Armed Forces have allegedly intentionally attacked, as part of the September 13 strikes on targets in Western Ukraine, the trains in which former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former CIA Director David Petraeus and officials of several other Western countries travelled from Kiev. Could you comment on this situation?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Yes, we know about these reports, as well as about a rather strange reaction to them from Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga and several European politicians and diplomats.
We would like to say in this connection that unlike the Ukrainian military, Russia's Armed Forces do not wage war on civilians, target civilian vehicles, or open fire on helpless people – women, senior citizens and children.
Regarding the strikes mentioned in the media, our military did deliver them on September 13, but they targeted exclusively military facilities and the Kiev regime’s transport and logistics infrastructure used for military purposes, including in Western Ukraine.
Judging by the monitoring data, these strikes were highly effective and resultative. We have issued numerous warnings that the railway junctions, depots and rolling stock, primarily train engines, which are being actively used to transport Western weapons for the AFU, are legitimate military targets.
We will not comment on the cheap publicity stunt involving certain political individuals who were in the vicinity of the targeted train with military cargo. The goal of this information ballyhoo to try to get more military supplies for Zelensky’s regime by intimidating ordinary Europeans with a mythical “Russian threat at the NATO’s gate”.
☝️ It should be noted that in May we repeatedly recommended – and even sent respective notes to the diplomatic corps in Moscow and through our embassies abroad – that foreign citizens, including diplomats and their families, leave Kiev in connection with the transition of the Russian Armed Forces to systematic and consistent strikes against Ukraine’s defence facilities and command and decision-making centres in the capital and other cities of Ukraine.
👉 I would like to remind you that such strikes are delivered in response to AFU’s terrorist attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia.
We have also long been drawing the attention of all kinds of Western “political tourists” and VIPs that Zelensky’s regime is cynically using them as a human shield for its military trains.
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❓ Question: The Ukrainian and foreign media write that the Russian Armed Forces have allegedly intentionally attacked, as part of the September 13 strikes on targets in Western Ukraine, the trains in which former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former CIA Director David Petraeus and officials of several other Western countries travelled from Kiev. Could you comment on this situation?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Yes, we know about these reports, as well as about a rather strange reaction to them from Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga and several European politicians and diplomats.
We would like to say in this connection that unlike the Ukrainian military, Russia's Armed Forces do not wage war on civilians, target civilian vehicles, or open fire on helpless people – women, senior citizens and children.
Regarding the strikes mentioned in the media, our military did deliver them on September 13, but they targeted exclusively military facilities and the Kiev regime’s transport and logistics infrastructure used for military purposes, including in Western Ukraine.
Judging by the monitoring data, these strikes were highly effective and resultative. We have issued numerous warnings that the railway junctions, depots and rolling stock, primarily train engines, which are being actively used to transport Western weapons for the AFU, are legitimate military targets.
We will not comment on the cheap publicity stunt involving certain political individuals who were in the vicinity of the targeted train with military cargo. The goal of this information ballyhoo to try to get more military supplies for Zelensky’s regime by intimidating ordinary Europeans with a mythical “Russian threat at the NATO’s gate”.
☝️ It should be noted that in May we repeatedly recommended – and even sent respective notes to the diplomatic corps in Moscow and through our embassies abroad – that foreign citizens, including diplomats and their families, leave Kiev in connection with the transition of the Russian Armed Forces to systematic and consistent strikes against Ukraine’s defence facilities and command and decision-making centres in the capital and other cities of Ukraine.
👉 I would like to remind you that such strikes are delivered in response to AFU’s terrorist attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia.
We have also long been drawing the attention of all kinds of Western “political tourists” and VIPs that Zelensky’s regime is cynically using them as a human shield for its military trains.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the roundtable discussion “The Ukraine Crisis: The West’s Legal Aggression” (Moscow, September 15, 2026)
Key points:
• The history of the Ukrainian crisis is a textbook example of how the West and its puppets consistently disregard their international obligations, to put it mildly.
• Even the most fundamental human right – the right to life – is not respected in Ukraine. You regularly see footage of “human catchers” rounding up young men, and also not-so-young men, on the streets of Ukrainian cities. I have no doubt that they will soon start going after women as well.
• The West is fond of interpreting the UN Charter, but only selectively and in its own interests, cherry-picking the specific principles and articles that suit its political plans at any given moment.
• “Legal aggression” against Russia has a long history. The European Court of Human Rights was regularly used for this purpose even before the events in Ukraine. Since 2014, however, this aggression has become systematic. It began with attempts to delegitimise the historic choice made by the people of Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya.
• In January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered its final judgment – it recognised that Russia had not financed terrorism; that the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics were not terrorist organisations; that there was no discrimination against Crimean Tatars or Ukrainians in Crimea; and that the ban on the extremist organisation Mejlis was lawful.
• Ukraine’s second case against Russia also failed. It was filed in February 2022, when Kiev accused us of abusing the Genocide Convention by defending the people of Donbass against genocide. In February 2024, the Court ruled that Russia’s actions had not violated the Genocide Convention. Full stop. All accusations against Russia were dismissed.
• In 2016, Ukraine initiated arbitration proceedings under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in an attempt to challenge Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, restored in accordance with the freely expressed will of the peninsula’s residents. On June 15, 2026, the arbitral tribunal to which Ukraine had brought its case upheld Russia’s position in its final award.
• Ukraine lost every one of the said cases. They were brought in bad faith from the outset. Both the Kiev regime and its Western handlers knew that their claims were unfounded and, in some instances, had no connection whatsoever to the subject matter of the respective conventions.
• Russia is, of course, not the only country facing the West’s “legal aggression” – any country in the world could become a target. Any state’s gold and foreign exchange reserves held in Western depositories could be frozen.
☝️ Protecting the international justice system and international law as a whole from bad-faith politicisation serves the interests of all sensible states that have their national interests in mind.
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Key points:
• The history of the Ukrainian crisis is a textbook example of how the West and its puppets consistently disregard their international obligations, to put it mildly.
• Even the most fundamental human right – the right to life – is not respected in Ukraine. You regularly see footage of “human catchers” rounding up young men, and also not-so-young men, on the streets of Ukrainian cities. I have no doubt that they will soon start going after women as well.
• The West is fond of interpreting the UN Charter, but only selectively and in its own interests, cherry-picking the specific principles and articles that suit its political plans at any given moment.
• “Legal aggression” against Russia has a long history. The European Court of Human Rights was regularly used for this purpose even before the events in Ukraine. Since 2014, however, this aggression has become systematic. It began with attempts to delegitimise the historic choice made by the people of Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya.
• In January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered its final judgment – it recognised that Russia had not financed terrorism; that the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics were not terrorist organisations; that there was no discrimination against Crimean Tatars or Ukrainians in Crimea; and that the ban on the extremist organisation Mejlis was lawful.
• Ukraine’s second case against Russia also failed. It was filed in February 2022, when Kiev accused us of abusing the Genocide Convention by defending the people of Donbass against genocide. In February 2024, the Court ruled that Russia’s actions had not violated the Genocide Convention. Full stop. All accusations against Russia were dismissed.
• In 2016, Ukraine initiated arbitration proceedings under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in an attempt to challenge Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, restored in accordance with the freely expressed will of the peninsula’s residents. On June 15, 2026, the arbitral tribunal to which Ukraine had brought its case upheld Russia’s position in its final award.
• Ukraine lost every one of the said cases. They were brought in bad faith from the outset. Both the Kiev regime and its Western handlers knew that their claims were unfounded and, in some instances, had no connection whatsoever to the subject matter of the respective conventions.
• Russia is, of course, not the only country facing the West’s “legal aggression” – any country in the world could become a target. Any state’s gold and foreign exchange reserves held in Western depositories could be frozen.
☝️ Protecting the international justice system and international law as a whole from bad-faith politicisation serves the interests of all sensible states that have their national interests in mind.
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🔴 #LIVE: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the International Festival of Youth – 2026 closing ceremony
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🗓 On September 15, Consul General of Russia in Chennai Valerii Khodzhaev took part in a conference organized by Rotary Club of Madras to mark International Peace Day.
🗣 Consul General spoke about the strengthening of the Russian-Indian special and privileged strategic partnership in view of the bilateral contacts between the leaders of Russia and India which took place on September 11-13 as well as the related events, including the first joint industrial exhibition "INNOPROM.India" in New Delhi.
📌 Against the backdrop of the recent 18th BRICS Summit, Valerii Khodzhaev emphasized the organization's enhanced status on the international stage and its growing influence on world processes, including ensuring global stability through economic growth and the removal of trade barriers.
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#DruzhbaDosti
🗣 Consul General spoke about the strengthening of the Russian-Indian special and privileged strategic partnership in view of the bilateral contacts between the leaders of Russia and India which took place on September 11-13 as well as the related events, including the first joint industrial exhibition "INNOPROM.India" in New Delhi.
📌 Against the backdrop of the recent 18th BRICS Summit, Valerii Khodzhaev emphasized the organization's enhanced status on the international stage and its growing influence on world processes, including ensuring global stability through economic growth and the removal of trade barriers.
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#DruzhbaDosti
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Thank you to everyone who was with us at the International Festival of Youth – 2026! ❤️
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s response to a media question regarding statements by the US Secretary of the Air Force on possessing orbital weapons (September 15, 2026)
❓ Question: US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink recently stated that his country possesses “orbital weapons to control space”. How would you comment on this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have taken note of these remarks.
❗️ For the first time, US officials have thus confirmed that their country possesses space-based weapons capabilities.
These statements provide direct evidence that the US is putting into practice its policy of deploying weapons in outer space and using it for combat operations to secure its own dominance and superiority.
In pursuit of its narrow, self-serving interests, Washington is prepared to completely disregard the catastrophic consequences for humanity that any armed conflict in orbit would entail.
The long-term sustainability of space activities is being put at risk, as are the prospects for space exploration by all states without exception. Enormous risks are being created for numerous socioeconomic processes on Earth on which people’s well-being directly depends.
Troy Meink’s statements also demonstrate that US international initiatives on space security are aimed solely at diverting the international community’s attention from Washington’s own aggressive ambitions in outer space.
Washington’s absurd allegations that Russia supposedly intends to develop nuclear anti-satellite weapons are merely a pretext designed to create the conditions for implementing these hegemonic plans.
The moratorium on destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing promoted by the “collective West” is steeped in hypocrisy. In reality, it places no restrictions on the use of such weapons already in the US arsenal, nor does it cover other types of anti-satellite capabilities that Washington is interested in developing.
For many years, Russia has consistently drawn the international community’s attention to the grave consequences of Washington’s destructive policy for international security. We stress the need for urgent practical measures to prevent an arms race in outer space (#PAROS).
☝️ Troy Meink’s remarks only underscore the pressing need for Russia’s multilateral PAROS initiatives, which seek to launch negotiations as soon as possible on a multilateral, legally binding instrument prohibiting the placement of weapons in outer space and the threat or use of force against or by means of space objects.
The UN General Assembly resolutions “Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space”, “No first placement of weapons in outer space” and “Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities”, authored by Russia, also pursue this goal.
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❓ Question: US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink recently stated that his country possesses “orbital weapons to control space”. How would you comment on this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have taken note of these remarks.
❗️ For the first time, US officials have thus confirmed that their country possesses space-based weapons capabilities.
These statements provide direct evidence that the US is putting into practice its policy of deploying weapons in outer space and using it for combat operations to secure its own dominance and superiority.
In pursuit of its narrow, self-serving interests, Washington is prepared to completely disregard the catastrophic consequences for humanity that any armed conflict in orbit would entail.
The long-term sustainability of space activities is being put at risk, as are the prospects for space exploration by all states without exception. Enormous risks are being created for numerous socioeconomic processes on Earth on which people’s well-being directly depends.
Troy Meink’s statements also demonstrate that US international initiatives on space security are aimed solely at diverting the international community’s attention from Washington’s own aggressive ambitions in outer space.
Washington’s absurd allegations that Russia supposedly intends to develop nuclear anti-satellite weapons are merely a pretext designed to create the conditions for implementing these hegemonic plans.
The moratorium on destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing promoted by the “collective West” is steeped in hypocrisy. In reality, it places no restrictions on the use of such weapons already in the US arsenal, nor does it cover other types of anti-satellite capabilities that Washington is interested in developing.
For many years, Russia has consistently drawn the international community’s attention to the grave consequences of Washington’s destructive policy for international security. We stress the need for urgent practical measures to prevent an arms race in outer space (#PAROS).
☝️ Troy Meink’s remarks only underscore the pressing need for Russia’s multilateral PAROS initiatives, which seek to launch negotiations as soon as possible on a multilateral, legally binding instrument prohibiting the placement of weapons in outer space and the threat or use of force against or by means of space objects.
The UN General Assembly resolutions “Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space”, “No first placement of weapons in outer space” and “Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities”, authored by Russia, also pursue this goal.
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🎙Weekly Briefing on foreign policy issues by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Yekaterinburg, September 15, 2026)
#UNGA81
The high-level week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly opens in New York on September 22. As is customary, the Russian delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The centrepiece of his programme will be his address to the General Assembly on Saturday, September 26.
Sergey Lavrov will also hold a series of bilateral meetings with representatives of friendly states taking a constructive approach.
An extensive programme of multilateral events is also planned.
#NATO
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has made yet more belligerent anti-Russia remarks: “Russia wants to divide us – but we are united. Russia wants to stop us helping Ukraine – but we are going to do more for Ukraine. Russia wants to act tough – but we, we are stronger”.
☝️We cannot make them hate one another any more than they already do.
Mark Rutte should have told the truth: Within their own community, they are prepared to interfere even in something as sacrosanct as elections. We have seen this in Romania, Hungary and elsewhere – wherever it takes to prevent the democratic expression of the people’s will and preserve a show of “solidarity”.
For that alone, they were willing to undermine the democratic process – and that is exactly what they did.
#Poland
On September 4, a monument of gratitude to Red Army soldiers was demolished in Bytom by decision of the Polish authorities. The memorial stood in a cemetery where Soviet soldiers and officers of the 21st Army of the First Ukrainian Front are buried. They fell in January 1945 during the fighting to liberate this part of Poland.
Warsaw takes “credit” for supposedly caring properly for military graves in the country and loudly proclaims its commitment to centuries-old Catholic Christian traditions. In practice, however, its barbaric behaviour demeans itself. In defiance of all moral standards, it continues its campaign against the memory of Poland’s liberation by the Red Army in 1944-1945.
#DialogueOnFakes
On September 22, the Fourth International “Dialogue on Fakes” Forum, also known as “Dialogue on Fakes 4.0”, will take place at the National Centre RUSSIA in Moscow.
🌐 The will bring together more than 2,000 participants from 80 countries.
The event has attracted considerable interest. This reflects the high regard in which the expert community holds the forum, which, since its launch in 2023, has already become one of the leading international platforms for fact-checking.
It was at the “Dialogue on Fakes” Forum in 2024 that the Global Fact-Checking Network was established. Today, it is among the leading organisations in this field, bringing together 130 experts from 55 countries.
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#UNGA81
The high-level week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly opens in New York on September 22. As is customary, the Russian delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The centrepiece of his programme will be his address to the General Assembly on Saturday, September 26.
Sergey Lavrov will also hold a series of bilateral meetings with representatives of friendly states taking a constructive approach.
An extensive programme of multilateral events is also planned.
#NATO
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has made yet more belligerent anti-Russia remarks: “Russia wants to divide us – but we are united. Russia wants to stop us helping Ukraine – but we are going to do more for Ukraine. Russia wants to act tough – but we, we are stronger”.
☝️We cannot make them hate one another any more than they already do.
Mark Rutte should have told the truth: Within their own community, they are prepared to interfere even in something as sacrosanct as elections. We have seen this in Romania, Hungary and elsewhere – wherever it takes to prevent the democratic expression of the people’s will and preserve a show of “solidarity”.
For that alone, they were willing to undermine the democratic process – and that is exactly what they did.
#Poland
On September 4, a monument of gratitude to Red Army soldiers was demolished in Bytom by decision of the Polish authorities. The memorial stood in a cemetery where Soviet soldiers and officers of the 21st Army of the First Ukrainian Front are buried. They fell in January 1945 during the fighting to liberate this part of Poland.
Warsaw takes “credit” for supposedly caring properly for military graves in the country and loudly proclaims its commitment to centuries-old Catholic Christian traditions. In practice, however, its barbaric behaviour demeans itself. In defiance of all moral standards, it continues its campaign against the memory of Poland’s liberation by the Red Army in 1944-1945.
#DialogueOnFakes
On September 22, the Fourth International “Dialogue on Fakes” Forum, also known as “Dialogue on Fakes 4.0”, will take place at the National Centre RUSSIA in Moscow.
🌐 The will bring together more than 2,000 participants from 80 countries.
The event has attracted considerable interest. This reflects the high regard in which the expert community holds the forum, which, since its launch in 2023, has already become one of the leading international platforms for fact-checking.
It was at the “Dialogue on Fakes” Forum in 2024 that the Global Fact-Checking Network was established. Today, it is among the leading organisations in this field, bringing together 130 experts from 55 countries.
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