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⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry statement on developments in the Persian Gulf
Moscow is seriously concerned over the ongoing armed confrontation in the Persian Gulf and the risks of escalation.
The scale of damage to energy and other critical infrastructure in Iran and neighboring Arab states continues to grow.
🔉 Audio statement by Maria Zakharova (in Russian)
We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities resulting from the unprovoked aggression by the US and Israel against Iran.
Russia, together with China, Türkiye and other like-minded partners, stands ready to facilitate a settlement and help resolve existing differences through political and diplomatic means, with a view to achieving long-term, sustainable stabilisation in the region, taking into account the interests of all states concerned.
We consistently advocate creating conditions for peaceful coexistence, security and good-neighbourly relations between the Arab countries, with which we maintain friendly ties, and Iran.
❗️ We emphasise that the first step must be an immediate end to the US and Israel’s military venture.
In this context, we note the thoughtful and balanced article by Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, published in The Economist on March 18, 2026.
The proposals outlined in the article are largely in line with our own vision of establishing a security architecture in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf based on a balance of interests among all regional states. We share the Omani Minister’s view on the need to launch an inclusive regional dialogue aimed at reaching agreements on confidence-building and transparency measures in the field of nuclear energy, as well as mutual security guarantees.
👉 Russia has for several years been promoting an initiative to develop a concept of collective security in the Gulf, aimed at establishing lasting peace and cooperation among all littoral states.
We remain ready to continue providing constructive assistance in resolving the conflict and overcoming existing contradictions in the Middle East through political and diplomatic means, including by fostering conditions for joint efforts towards a sustainable settlement based on a balance of the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.
Moscow is seriously concerned over the ongoing armed confrontation in the Persian Gulf and the risks of escalation.
The scale of damage to energy and other critical infrastructure in Iran and neighboring Arab states continues to grow.
🔉 Audio statement by Maria Zakharova (in Russian)
We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities resulting from the unprovoked aggression by the US and Israel against Iran.
Russia, together with China, Türkiye and other like-minded partners, stands ready to facilitate a settlement and help resolve existing differences through political and diplomatic means, with a view to achieving long-term, sustainable stabilisation in the region, taking into account the interests of all states concerned.
We consistently advocate creating conditions for peaceful coexistence, security and good-neighbourly relations between the Arab countries, with which we maintain friendly ties, and Iran.
❗️ We emphasise that the first step must be an immediate end to the US and Israel’s military venture.
In this context, we note the thoughtful and balanced article by Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, published in The Economist on March 18, 2026.
The proposals outlined in the article are largely in line with our own vision of establishing a security architecture in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf based on a balance of interests among all regional states. We share the Omani Minister’s view on the need to launch an inclusive regional dialogue aimed at reaching agreements on confidence-building and transparency measures in the field of nuclear energy, as well as mutual security guarantees.
👉 Russia has for several years been promoting an initiative to develop a concept of collective security in the Gulf, aimed at establishing lasting peace and cooperation among all littoral states.
We remain ready to continue providing constructive assistance in resolving the conflict and overcoming existing contradictions in the Middle East through political and diplomatic means, including by fostering conditions for joint efforts towards a sustainable settlement based on a balance of the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on attacks against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran (21 March 2026)
💬 The US-Israeli tandem continues to carry out massive strikes against Iranian military and civilian targets, including - most alarmingly - nuclear facilities, without regard for civilian casualties or potential radiological or environmental consequences.
Notwithstanding the well-known allegations about obliteration of the Iranian nuclear programme by US air raids last June, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, which is under IAEA safeguards, was subjected to an air attack in the morning of March 21.
❗️ This constitutes a high-handed breach of international law, UN and IAEA charters, special resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the #IAEA General Conference.
The international community, including the UN and the IAEA, must give an unbiased and uncompromising assessment of these irresponsible actions that create risks of a catastrophe for the entire Middle East and are explicitly aimed at further undermining peace, stability, and security in the region.
💬 The US-Israeli tandem continues to carry out massive strikes against Iranian military and civilian targets, including - most alarmingly - nuclear facilities, without regard for civilian casualties or potential radiological or environmental consequences.
Notwithstanding the well-known allegations about obliteration of the Iranian nuclear programme by US air raids last June, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, which is under IAEA safeguards, was subjected to an air attack in the morning of March 21.
❗️ This constitutes a high-handed breach of international law, UN and IAEA charters, special resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the #IAEA General Conference.
The international community, including the UN and the IAEA, must give an unbiased and uncompromising assessment of these irresponsible actions that create risks of a catastrophe for the entire Middle East and are explicitly aimed at further undermining peace, stability, and security in the region.
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🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for Looking Back television programme hosted by Leonid Mlechin (Moscow, March 21, 2026)
Key points:
• Diplomacy is about national interests, mutual respect, understanding, and willingness, as well as the ability to appreciate the legitimate positions of your dialogue partner or vis-à-vis and, by all means, pragmatism.
• Every negotiation is unlike the other and largely - if not decisively - depends on personalities of the people at the negotiating table, their education level and whether they possess the qualities we particularly value in the Russian diplomatic service.
• For talks to be productive, it is, without a doubt, important to be versant in the subject matter, especially when discussing deep-rooted issues that go back decades or even centuries. In the Middle East, saying “Here’s the deal, take it before it’s too late” will never work.
• History unfolds in a spiral. Another well-known observation is that history tends to repeat itself as a farce. <...> Overall, we are witnessing a stage in history which may be a spiral, but it is taking us back to a world where nothing existed - no international law, no Versailles system, no Yalta system - nothing. A world where might makes right. Yet, as you know from a famous line by a well-known film character, “God is not in strength, but in truth.”
• Look at what is happening. The United States has officially stated that it is not taking orders from anyone and is concerned only with its own wellbeing. It is prepared to defend that wellbeing by whatever it takes – coups, abductions, or even the killings of leaders of the countries that possess natural resources that are of interest to the United States. Our US colleagues do not hide the fact that oil is what they are after in Venezuela and Iran.
• They have ruthlessly cut Europe off. Even back when the Nord Stream pipelines were being built, the Americans urged Europe not to use them. Now, Europe has been denied access to Nord Stream. Germany has been humiliated - everyone is aware of that. What’s the upshot?
• Now the Hungarians and Slovaks are fighting with all they have to uphold their interests in maintaining inexpensive and accessible energy as a driver of their economies, but are told to buy at double the price, because Russia must be “punished.” This is not the proper way to approach international relations. It’s an attempt to go back to the colonial era.
• Our US colleagues are telling us: let’s settle the situation in Ukraine – we were ready to do so back during the summit in Alaska, but they are not so sure about it now – suggesting that we make more concessions, and vast economic opportunities will open up to us after that. At the same time, what I have just described is effectively taking place. We are being forced out of all global energy markets. <...> However, if we are prepared to carry out mutually beneficial projects on our territory and provide Americans with whatever may interest them, while taking our own interests into account, they, too, must take our interests into consideration.
• Europe, which ruled the world for 500 years during the eras of colonialism and slavery, is now trying to entrench neo-colonialism. It still wants to live at the expense of others and dictate terms to everyone. The hubris and contempt for others are – pardon me the expression – simply oozing from today’s European politicians when they start lecturing others.
• Since the time of the Russian Empire, we knew that Russia had only two allies: its army and its navy. Now we also have the aerospace forces which we cannot ignore, and new unmanned aerial units, which fact means we have even more allies now.
• The President of Russia has repeatedly made it clear that the weak get beaten. That sums it all up. We must be strong. Russia is a very strong country. It is strong in spirit, immensely rich in natural resources, and boasts great scientific potential. The key is to translate all of that into technologies at the highest level.
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Key points:
• Diplomacy is about national interests, mutual respect, understanding, and willingness, as well as the ability to appreciate the legitimate positions of your dialogue partner or vis-à-vis and, by all means, pragmatism.
• Every negotiation is unlike the other and largely - if not decisively - depends on personalities of the people at the negotiating table, their education level and whether they possess the qualities we particularly value in the Russian diplomatic service.
• For talks to be productive, it is, without a doubt, important to be versant in the subject matter, especially when discussing deep-rooted issues that go back decades or even centuries. In the Middle East, saying “Here’s the deal, take it before it’s too late” will never work.
• History unfolds in a spiral. Another well-known observation is that history tends to repeat itself as a farce. <...> Overall, we are witnessing a stage in history which may be a spiral, but it is taking us back to a world where nothing existed - no international law, no Versailles system, no Yalta system - nothing. A world where might makes right. Yet, as you know from a famous line by a well-known film character, “God is not in strength, but in truth.”
• Look at what is happening. The United States has officially stated that it is not taking orders from anyone and is concerned only with its own wellbeing. It is prepared to defend that wellbeing by whatever it takes – coups, abductions, or even the killings of leaders of the countries that possess natural resources that are of interest to the United States. Our US colleagues do not hide the fact that oil is what they are after in Venezuela and Iran.
• They have ruthlessly cut Europe off. Even back when the Nord Stream pipelines were being built, the Americans urged Europe not to use them. Now, Europe has been denied access to Nord Stream. Germany has been humiliated - everyone is aware of that. What’s the upshot?
• Now the Hungarians and Slovaks are fighting with all they have to uphold their interests in maintaining inexpensive and accessible energy as a driver of their economies, but are told to buy at double the price, because Russia must be “punished.” This is not the proper way to approach international relations. It’s an attempt to go back to the colonial era.
• Our US colleagues are telling us: let’s settle the situation in Ukraine – we were ready to do so back during the summit in Alaska, but they are not so sure about it now – suggesting that we make more concessions, and vast economic opportunities will open up to us after that. At the same time, what I have just described is effectively taking place. We are being forced out of all global energy markets. <...> However, if we are prepared to carry out mutually beneficial projects on our territory and provide Americans with whatever may interest them, while taking our own interests into account, they, too, must take our interests into consideration.
• Europe, which ruled the world for 500 years during the eras of colonialism and slavery, is now trying to entrench neo-colonialism. It still wants to live at the expense of others and dictate terms to everyone. The hubris and contempt for others are – pardon me the expression – simply oozing from today’s European politicians when they start lecturing others.
• Since the time of the Russian Empire, we knew that Russia had only two allies: its army and its navy. Now we also have the aerospace forces which we cannot ignore, and new unmanned aerial units, which fact means we have even more allies now.
• The President of Russia has repeatedly made it clear that the weak get beaten. That sums it all up. We must be strong. Russia is a very strong country. It is strong in spirit, immensely rich in natural resources, and boasts great scientific potential. The key is to translate all of that into technologies at the highest level.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitations
On March 24, 1999, NATO launched a military aggression against Yugoslavia.
This invasion marked a tragic milestone in the history of the Serb nation, dealt a destructive blow to international law and shattered the post-World War II foundations of European security.
For 78 days, Communities across Yugoslavia, including infrastructure serving exclusively civilian purposes, suffered from missile strikes and bombing attacks carried out by the United States and its allies.
▪️ According to Belgrade, this barbaric shelling killed over 2,500 people, including 89 children, and wounded 12,500 civilians.
Not a single NATO representative has been held to account. The victims of the aggression were designated as collateral damage – this is what it means to pay in blood for the geopolitical ambitions of the United States, the UK and their satellite states.
In fact, this marked the beginning of the West’s quest to substitute legitimate mechanisms governing international relations with what they call a rules-based order, even if it remains unclear what this order represents.
A sovereign state in the centre of Europe was targeted with 3,000 cruise missiles and 80,000 tonnes of aviation bombs.
NATO used depleted uranium shells, which polluted vast territories and led to an unprecedented increase in the occurrence of various types of cancer – people are still suffering from them. Over 200,000 non-Albanians from the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija were forced to leave their homes.
Fighters from the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army used the NATO aggression as a cover-up for perpetrating monstrous atrocities, including kidnapping Serbs for organ transplants.
The issue of holding NATO allies accountable for the way they undermined international relations and for the damage they caused in Yugoslavia has yet to be addressed.
NATO’s military operation against sovereign Yugoslavia 27 years ago became a tragedy, but its long-term and multifaceted reverberations can be felt to this day.
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👉 Report and exhibition: War crimes committed by NATO countries in former Yugoslavia (by Foundation for the Study of Democracy)
The publication presents testimonies and offers a detailed review of the crimes committed by NATO, including:
▪️ Shelling residential neighbourhoods and killing civilians
▪️ Bombing civilian sites and energy infrastructure
▪️ Destroying manufacturing and energy facilities
▪️ Using cluster munitions and depleted uranium shells.
For more information, you can read and watch:
• FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview for a documentary marking 25 years of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia
• A retrospective video containing archival footage about what happened on March 24, 1999, and the consequences of NATO’s aggression
On March 24, 1999, NATO launched a military aggression against Yugoslavia.
This invasion marked a tragic milestone in the history of the Serb nation, dealt a destructive blow to international law and shattered the post-World War II foundations of European security.
For 78 days, Communities across Yugoslavia, including infrastructure serving exclusively civilian purposes, suffered from missile strikes and bombing attacks carried out by the United States and its allies.
▪️ According to Belgrade, this barbaric shelling killed over 2,500 people, including 89 children, and wounded 12,500 civilians.
Not a single NATO representative has been held to account. The victims of the aggression were designated as collateral damage – this is what it means to pay in blood for the geopolitical ambitions of the United States, the UK and their satellite states.
In fact, this marked the beginning of the West’s quest to substitute legitimate mechanisms governing international relations with what they call a rules-based order, even if it remains unclear what this order represents.
A sovereign state in the centre of Europe was targeted with 3,000 cruise missiles and 80,000 tonnes of aviation bombs.
NATO used depleted uranium shells, which polluted vast territories and led to an unprecedented increase in the occurrence of various types of cancer – people are still suffering from them. Over 200,000 non-Albanians from the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija were forced to leave their homes.
Fighters from the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army used the NATO aggression as a cover-up for perpetrating monstrous atrocities, including kidnapping Serbs for organ transplants.
The issue of holding NATO allies accountable for the way they undermined international relations and for the damage they caused in Yugoslavia has yet to be addressed.
NATO’s military operation against sovereign Yugoslavia 27 years ago became a tragedy, but its long-term and multifaceted reverberations can be felt to this day.
***
👉 Report and exhibition: War crimes committed by NATO countries in former Yugoslavia (by Foundation for the Study of Democracy)
The publication presents testimonies and offers a detailed review of the crimes committed by NATO, including:
▪️ Shelling residential neighbourhoods and killing civilians
▪️ Bombing civilian sites and energy infrastructure
▪️ Destroying manufacturing and energy facilities
▪️ Using cluster munitions and depleted uranium shells.
For more information, you can read and watch:
• FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview for a documentary marking 25 years of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia
• A retrospective video containing archival footage about what happened on March 24, 1999, and the consequences of NATO’s aggression
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⚡️ Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the unlawful actions of Western countries in the World Ocean (March 23, 2026)
The situation unfolding in the World Ocean lately has become absolutely unacceptable.
European states such as France, Sweden and Finland are stopping vessels they deem undesirable with impunity and escorting them to their ports, accusing them of violating some so-called “international” sanctions.
The pretext invoked is the need to enforce the unlawful restrictions imposed by the EU.
In pursuit of their goal of depriving Russia of revenues from international trade, the EU has invented the term “shadow fleet”, which does not exist in international maritime law, and is using it as cover for outright piracy on maritime routes.
❗️ Under far-fetched and strained pretexts, vessels that fully meet all the criteria for free and unimpeded navigation are being subjected to inspections and detentions.
We remind European leaders that the only sanctions that are truly international are those approved by the UN Security Council.
Unilateral illegal restrictions adopted by individual states or limited groupings thereof are neither international nor legitimate. The inconsistency of unilateral sanctions with international law has been repeatedly confirmed in UN General Assembly resolutions.
The West seeks to justify its actions by claiming that vessels sailing without a flag are allegedly not entitled to freedom of navigation and must therefore be detained. Interestingly, vessels operating under false flags in the interests of European states themselves somehow do not fall under such restrictions. What matters is not the flag, but the destination. If the oil is intended for Europeans, then no matter what vessel carries it, the European authorities somehow find no grounds for detention.
An especially outrageous violation of international law was the terrorist attack carried out by unmanned boats and drones against the LNG tanker Arctic Metagas, sailing under the Russian flag in the Mediterranean Sea. Not a single European state condemned those actions by their Ukrainian protégés. In this case, Europe is not merely a silent witness, but a direct accomplice in the lawlessness of the Kiev regime.
The Russian Side regards these practices by EU countries as unacceptable and impermissible, grossly violating both the letter and the spirit of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and will use all political, legal and other instruments at its disposal to ensure respect for the principle of freedom of navigation. Those intent on turning the Baltic Sea, as well as other maritime areas, into the “internal waters” of NATO and the EU should understand that such acts of piracy and lawlessness will not go unanswered on our part, including through the use of all necessary means.
We call upon the international community to take a principled stand in support of the regime established by the 1982 Convention, and on flag states not to yield to neo-colonial diktat, but to unite in defending their legitimate interests and bona fide maritime carriers.
☝️ We are convinced that the Global majority is fully aware of all the threats and risks associated with the attempts by Western states to turn maritime spaces into a zone of confrontation, establish unilateral control over sea lanes and deprive nations of the world of sources of development.
The situation unfolding in the World Ocean lately has become absolutely unacceptable.
European states such as France, Sweden and Finland are stopping vessels they deem undesirable with impunity and escorting them to their ports, accusing them of violating some so-called “international” sanctions.
The pretext invoked is the need to enforce the unlawful restrictions imposed by the EU.
In pursuit of their goal of depriving Russia of revenues from international trade, the EU has invented the term “shadow fleet”, which does not exist in international maritime law, and is using it as cover for outright piracy on maritime routes.
❗️ Under far-fetched and strained pretexts, vessels that fully meet all the criteria for free and unimpeded navigation are being subjected to inspections and detentions.
We remind European leaders that the only sanctions that are truly international are those approved by the UN Security Council.
Unilateral illegal restrictions adopted by individual states or limited groupings thereof are neither international nor legitimate. The inconsistency of unilateral sanctions with international law has been repeatedly confirmed in UN General Assembly resolutions.
The West seeks to justify its actions by claiming that vessels sailing without a flag are allegedly not entitled to freedom of navigation and must therefore be detained. Interestingly, vessels operating under false flags in the interests of European states themselves somehow do not fall under such restrictions. What matters is not the flag, but the destination. If the oil is intended for Europeans, then no matter what vessel carries it, the European authorities somehow find no grounds for detention.
An especially outrageous violation of international law was the terrorist attack carried out by unmanned boats and drones against the LNG tanker Arctic Metagas, sailing under the Russian flag in the Mediterranean Sea. Not a single European state condemned those actions by their Ukrainian protégés. In this case, Europe is not merely a silent witness, but a direct accomplice in the lawlessness of the Kiev regime.
The Russian Side regards these practices by EU countries as unacceptable and impermissible, grossly violating both the letter and the spirit of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and will use all political, legal and other instruments at its disposal to ensure respect for the principle of freedom of navigation. Those intent on turning the Baltic Sea, as well as other maritime areas, into the “internal waters” of NATO and the EU should understand that such acts of piracy and lawlessness will not go unanswered on our part, including through the use of all necessary means.
We call upon the international community to take a principled stand in support of the regime established by the 1982 Convention, and on flag states not to yield to neo-colonial diktat, but to unite in defending their legitimate interests and bona fide maritime carriers.
☝️ We are convinced that the Global majority is fully aware of all the threats and risks associated with the attempts by Western states to turn maritime spaces into a zone of confrontation, establish unilateral control over sea lanes and deprive nations of the world of sources of development.
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🇷🇺🤝🇳🇴«А.С.Пушкин вдохновил меня на мир, а наша организация всегда стремилась строить мосты между народами», - сказал Турэ Нэрланд.
В Государственной Думе состоялась встреча Председателя Комитета по физической культуре и спорту Олега Матыцина и Первого заместителя председателя Комитета Государственной Думы по международным делам Светланой Журовой с делегацией норвежской организации «Велосипедное движение за мир» (Bike for Peace / BFP) во главе с основателем движения господином Турэ Нэрландом.
🔵 Деятельность организации «Велосипедное движение за мир».
«Велосипедное движение за мир» (Bike For Peace) основано в 1977 году и более 45 лет занимается продвижением миротворчества и ядерного разоружения через международные велопробеги, организовав более 115 акций в 120 странах. Организация имеет давнюю историю взаимодействия с Россией и СССР, начиная с 1970-х годов, включая совместные проекты с российскими НПО и планы на новые поездки в 2026 году. Деятельность движения и его основателя Туре Нэрланда получила широкое международное признание, включая номинации на Нобелевскую премию мира и государственные награды Норвегии и Казахстана.
🔵 Принципы честной спортивной конкуренции и недискриминации.
Председатель Комитета отметил, что недавно завершившиеся Паралимпийские игры 2026 года в Италии, где российские спортсмены выступали под своим флагом и гимном, стали важным подтверждением того, что спорт должен объединять, а не разъединять людей. И сегодня триумфом наших спортсменов восхищается весь мир, ведь делегация всего из 6 человек смогла занять третье место в медальном зачете.
🔵 Инициативы по развитию совместных спортивных проектов.
Россия открыта к совместным спортивным инициативам. Олег Матыцин пригласил представителей Норвегии, в том числе активистов движения «Bike for Peace», к участию в Международном фестивале молодёжи, который пройдёт с 11 по 17 сентября 2026 года в Екатеринбурге.
Господин Турэ Нэрланд поблагодарил за тёплый приём и содержательный диалог:
💭 По итогам встречи стороны подтвердили взаимный настрой на развитие диалога и реализацию совместных гуманитарных и спортивных проектов.
🏛 Комитет Госдумы по спорту
В Государственной Думе состоялась встреча Председателя Комитета по физической культуре и спорту Олега Матыцина и Первого заместителя председателя Комитета Государственной Думы по международным делам Светланой Журовой с делегацией норвежской организации «Велосипедное движение за мир» (Bike for Peace / BFP) во главе с основателем движения господином Турэ Нэрландом.
«Велосипедное движение за мир» (Bike For Peace) основано в 1977 году и более 45 лет занимается продвижением миротворчества и ядерного разоружения через международные велопробеги, организовав более 115 акций в 120 странах. Организация имеет давнюю историю взаимодействия с Россией и СССР, начиная с 1970-х годов, включая совместные проекты с российскими НПО и планы на новые поездки в 2026 году. Деятельность движения и его основателя Туре Нэрланда получила широкое международное признание, включая номинации на Нобелевскую премию мира и государственные награды Норвегии и Казахстана.
Председатель Комитета отметил, что недавно завершившиеся Паралимпийские игры 2026 года в Италии, где российские спортсмены выступали под своим флагом и гимном, стали важным подтверждением того, что спорт должен объединять, а не разъединять людей. И сегодня триумфом наших спортсменов восхищается весь мир, ведь делегация всего из 6 человек смогла занять третье место в медальном зачете.
Россия открыта к совместным спортивным инициативам. Олег Матыцин пригласил представителей Норвегии, в том числе активистов движения «Bike for Peace», к участию в Международном фестивале молодёжи, который пройдёт с 11 по 17 сентября 2026 года в Екатеринбурге.
Господин Турэ Нэрланд поблагодарил за тёплый приём и содержательный диалог:
Мы верим, что спорт и велосипедное движение могут объединять людей независимо от политики. Визит в Россию — это наш вклад в укрепление дружбы между норвежским и российским народами», — сказал основатель движения «Bike for Peace».
«В завершении приведу слова великого норвежского композитора Эдварда Грига „Слова иногда нуждаются в музыке, но музыка не нуждается ни в чём“.
Убеждён, что спорт, как и музыка, говорит на универсальном языке, который объединяет людей и помогает находить взаимопонимание между народами», — резюмировал Олег Матыцин.
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#MartyrsForTruth
⚡️ The Russian Union of Journalists has published a report – Inconsistencies in the Public Accounting of Killed Journalists in 2025:: A Comparative Analysis of CPJ, UNESCO and IFJ Materials.
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF / Telegraph)
❗️ The report is based on open sources and addresses a fundamental question: why do some cases of journalists being killed receive full international visibility, while others – despite being publicly recorded by international organisations such as #UNESCO, the International Federation of Journalists (#IFJ), and a number of international bodies – are effectively omitted from the statistics?
The analysis reveals inconsistencies between the Committee to Protect Journalists' (#CPJ) public reporting for 2025 and a number of cases involving Russian journalists whose deaths were recognized by other international bodies.
👉 This raises questions not only about the integrity of the record, but about the credibility of the entire international system for documenting journalists’ deaths.
The analysis was prompted by the observed discrepancy between the CPJ’s overall reporting on Ukraine for 2025 and a number of cases involving Russian journalists and media workers, whose deaths were recorded and commented on by other international organisations.
More specifically, on February 25, 2026, the CPJ reported that 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025 – the highest figure in the organisation’s history. In the same review, the CPJ stated that four journalists were killed in Ukraine in 2025. The organisation’s public materials lists a number of Ukrainian journalists and French photojournalist Anthony Lallican among those cases.
❗️ At the same time, several cases involving Russian journalists and media workers killed in 2025 do not appear in the CPJ’s open-source materials, despite public statements by the IFJ and UNESCO, and, in a number of instances, reporting by Reuters. They include:
▪️ Alexander Martemyanov
▪️ Alexander Fedorchak
▪️ Alexander Sirkeli
▪️ Andrey Panov
▪️ Anna Prokofyeva
▪️ Ivan Zuev
👉 The key question is not about disputing the figures or removing names already included in international lists. It is whether all comparable cases are being recorded publicly, consistently, and by the same standards.
That is why the focus of professional discussion should not be the slogan of “double standards” as such, but the specific gap between the CPJ’s published methodology and what can be observed in its public reporting on a number of 2025 cases.
When that consistency is missing – or left unexplained – it raises questions not just about one report, but about the credibility of the entire international system for documenting threats to journalists.
⚡️ The Russian Union of Journalists has published a report – Inconsistencies in the Public Accounting of Killed Journalists in 2025:: A Comparative Analysis of CPJ, UNESCO and IFJ Materials.
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF / Telegraph)
❗️ The report is based on open sources and addresses a fundamental question: why do some cases of journalists being killed receive full international visibility, while others – despite being publicly recorded by international organisations such as #UNESCO, the International Federation of Journalists (#IFJ), and a number of international bodies – are effectively omitted from the statistics?
The analysis reveals inconsistencies between the Committee to Protect Journalists' (#CPJ) public reporting for 2025 and a number of cases involving Russian journalists whose deaths were recognized by other international bodies.
👉 This raises questions not only about the integrity of the record, but about the credibility of the entire international system for documenting journalists’ deaths.
The analysis was prompted by the observed discrepancy between the CPJ’s overall reporting on Ukraine for 2025 and a number of cases involving Russian journalists and media workers, whose deaths were recorded and commented on by other international organisations.
More specifically, on February 25, 2026, the CPJ reported that 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025 – the highest figure in the organisation’s history. In the same review, the CPJ stated that four journalists were killed in Ukraine in 2025. The organisation’s public materials lists a number of Ukrainian journalists and French photojournalist Anthony Lallican among those cases.
❗️ At the same time, several cases involving Russian journalists and media workers killed in 2025 do not appear in the CPJ’s open-source materials, despite public statements by the IFJ and UNESCO, and, in a number of instances, reporting by Reuters. They include:
▪️ Alexander Martemyanov
▪️ Alexander Fedorchak
▪️ Alexander Sirkeli
▪️ Andrey Panov
▪️ Anna Prokofyeva
▪️ Ivan Zuev
👉 The key question is not about disputing the figures or removing names already included in international lists. It is whether all comparable cases are being recorded publicly, consistently, and by the same standards.
That is why the focus of professional discussion should not be the slogan of “double standards” as such, but the specific gap between the CPJ’s published methodology and what can be observed in its public reporting on a number of 2025 cases.
When that consistency is missing – or left unexplained – it raises questions not just about one report, but about the credibility of the entire international system for documenting threats to journalists.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees (Moscow, March 24, 2026)
💬 Colleagues,
<...> In recent months and weeks we have witnessed dramatic developments in Latin America and the Middle East. These events are a direct outcome of the Western minority’s attempts to preserve what remains of its dominance in the international arena using crude force and disregarding earlier signed and ratified obligations under international law concerning civilised relations among all countries in accordance with the UN Charter.
The year began with an armed invasion of Venezuela by the United States. Dozens of people have been killed, and the legitimately elected president, Nicolas Maduro, and his spouse have been captured and taken out of the country. A brutal military aggression by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran has been underway since late February.
The situation risks destabilising global trade, global energy security, and international transport and business communications, not just the Persian Gulf area, which it has already done, and the entire Middle East, which is a developing process. We can all clearly see all of that. Iran’s top leaders and civilian infrastructure, including nuclear energy facilities under IAEA safeguards, have been declared a legitimate target and are under attack.
I would say the IAEA leadership is failing to respond appropriately to direct threats to nuclear safety as a result of the aggression. Civilians are affected not only in the countries directly involved in the conflict - Iran and Israel - but in other countries in the region and the GCC countries which are Arab monarchies as well. <...>
Not long ago we reminded all our colleagues of a long-standing Russian initiative, namely, a Concept for Collective Security in the Persian Gulf, providing for interaction between the six Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic of Iran, measures to ensure military transparency, confidence-building, and other, essentially straightforward, steps that have been earlier employed across the world, which would help calm and stabilise this critically important region.
☝️ We are convinced that this is the way forward. The path of negotiations, unity, and alignment of interests, rather than the attempts to force any country (especially the Islamic Republic of Iran) into following diktat imposed from abroad, serves the interests of this vital region of the world. <...>
The Western minority, or rather, the elites of Western countries, continue to invest their remaining political and economic capital in the confrontation with Russia, using for this purpose the human resources and military infrastructure of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. The EU and NATO have kept this course of action unchanged. We hear EU and NATO leaders reiterate their position daily. <...>
The escalation of tensions around Cuba, which is facing increasing external pressure, is causing our serious concern. We stand behind our Cuban friends in their right to follow a sovereign path of development. We will continue to provide Havana with the necessary help and support, including material aid. Humanitarian aid is particularly important for our Cuban friends at this junction. <...>
Our foreign policy priorities remain unchanged amid this turbulence. They are designed to ensure national security, to create favourable external environment for the country’s internal development, and to improve the quality of life in our country. This is enshrined in the Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Vladimir Putin in March 2023. These goals remain unchanged.
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💬 Colleagues,
<...> In recent months and weeks we have witnessed dramatic developments in Latin America and the Middle East. These events are a direct outcome of the Western minority’s attempts to preserve what remains of its dominance in the international arena using crude force and disregarding earlier signed and ratified obligations under international law concerning civilised relations among all countries in accordance with the UN Charter.
The year began with an armed invasion of Venezuela by the United States. Dozens of people have been killed, and the legitimately elected president, Nicolas Maduro, and his spouse have been captured and taken out of the country. A brutal military aggression by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran has been underway since late February.
The situation risks destabilising global trade, global energy security, and international transport and business communications, not just the Persian Gulf area, which it has already done, and the entire Middle East, which is a developing process. We can all clearly see all of that. Iran’s top leaders and civilian infrastructure, including nuclear energy facilities under IAEA safeguards, have been declared a legitimate target and are under attack.
I would say the IAEA leadership is failing to respond appropriately to direct threats to nuclear safety as a result of the aggression. Civilians are affected not only in the countries directly involved in the conflict - Iran and Israel - but in other countries in the region and the GCC countries which are Arab monarchies as well. <...>
Not long ago we reminded all our colleagues of a long-standing Russian initiative, namely, a Concept for Collective Security in the Persian Gulf, providing for interaction between the six Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic of Iran, measures to ensure military transparency, confidence-building, and other, essentially straightforward, steps that have been earlier employed across the world, which would help calm and stabilise this critically important region.
☝️ We are convinced that this is the way forward. The path of negotiations, unity, and alignment of interests, rather than the attempts to force any country (especially the Islamic Republic of Iran) into following diktat imposed from abroad, serves the interests of this vital region of the world. <...>
The Western minority, or rather, the elites of Western countries, continue to invest their remaining political and economic capital in the confrontation with Russia, using for this purpose the human resources and military infrastructure of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. The EU and NATO have kept this course of action unchanged. We hear EU and NATO leaders reiterate their position daily. <...>
The escalation of tensions around Cuba, which is facing increasing external pressure, is causing our serious concern. We stand behind our Cuban friends in their right to follow a sovereign path of development. We will continue to provide Havana with the necessary help and support, including material aid. Humanitarian aid is particularly important for our Cuban friends at this junction. <...>
Our foreign policy priorities remain unchanged amid this turbulence. They are designed to ensure national security, to create favourable external environment for the country’s internal development, and to improve the quality of life in our country. This is enshrined in the Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Vladimir Putin in March 2023. These goals remain unchanged.
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🇷🇺🤝🇳🇴 Встреча в Совете Федерации с делегацией норвежской общественной организации «Велосипедное движение за мир» (24 марта 2026 г.)
Заместитель председателя Комитета СФ по международным делам Сергей Кисляк провел встречу с председателем норвежской общественной организации «Велосипедное движение за мир» Туре Нэрландом, который возглавил делегацию, включающую представителей общественности и бизнесменов.
Состоялась дискуссия, в ходе которой затронут широкий круг вопросов в сфере политики, экономики, мирового устройства, а также последних событий в мире.
Внимание, в частности, было уделено современному состоянию российско-норвежских отношений, ситуации на Украине, на Ближнем Востоке, отношениям России с НАТО, западными странами.
«Мы пытаемся построить систему, которая будет способствовать развитию нормальных, взаимоуважительных отношений, учитывающих интересы всех, и где безопасность каждой страны не будет строиться за чужой счёт», — подчеркнул Сергей Кисляк.
Законодатель рассказал о роли российских парламентариев в процессе сближения позиций для налаживания диалога. «Мы по‑прежнему открыты для честного и взаимоуважительного сотрудничества с другими странами», — заявил Сергей Кисляк.
Туре Нэрланд и члены норвежской делегации обещали донести полученную информацию до широких кругов общественности и политиков в Норвегии.
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Заместитель председателя Комитета СФ по международным делам Сергей Кисляк провел встречу с председателем норвежской общественной организации «Велосипедное движение за мир» Туре Нэрландом, который возглавил делегацию, включающую представителей общественности и бизнесменов.
Состоялась дискуссия, в ходе которой затронут широкий круг вопросов в сфере политики, экономики, мирового устройства, а также последних событий в мире.
Внимание, в частности, было уделено современному состоянию российско-норвежских отношений, ситуации на Украине, на Ближнем Востоке, отношениям России с НАТО, западными странами.
«Мы пытаемся построить систему, которая будет способствовать развитию нормальных, взаимоуважительных отношений, учитывающих интересы всех, и где безопасность каждой страны не будет строиться за чужой счёт», — подчеркнул Сергей Кисляк.
Законодатель рассказал о роли российских парламентариев в процессе сближения позиций для налаживания диалога. «Мы по‑прежнему открыты для честного и взаимоуважительного сотрудничества с другими странами», — заявил Сергей Кисляк.
Туре Нэрланд и члены норвежской делегации обещали донести полученную информацию до широких кругов общественности и политиков в Норвегии.
ℹ️ Организация «Велосипедное движение за мир» («Bike For Peace», BFP) основана в 1977 г. норвежскими общественниками Туре Нэрландом (Tore Naerland) и Хельге Хундэйде (Helge Hundeide) для продвижения ядерного разоружения и справедливого мироустройства.
За время своего существования НПО организовала более 115 велопопробегов в 120 странах. Деятельность «BFP» и лично Туре Нэрланда получила широкое признание как в самой Норвегии, так и за её пределами. В 2013, 2017, 2019 и 2021 гг. норвежец номинировался на Нобелевскую премию мира.
В декабре 2025 г. Туре Нэрланд обратился в Посольство России в Осло с просьбой о содействии в подготовке визита представителей организации в Москву 19–27 марта 2026 г. «для продвижения мира, взаимопонимания и диалога между народами». В планах также поездка в мае 2026 г. по железной дороге из Мурманска во Владивосток с участием представительных организаций из Норвегии и других стран северной Европы.
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🇷🇺🤝🇳🇴 Møte i Føderasjonsrådet med en delegasjon fra den norske organisasjonen «Bike for Peace» (24. mars 2026)
Nestleder i Føderasjonsrådets komité for internasjonale forhold, Sergej Kislyak, hadde et møte med grunnleggeren for den norske organisasjonen «Bike for Peace», Tore Nærland, som ledet en delegasjon bestående av representanter fra det norske samfunnet og næringslivet.
Det ble avholdt en diskusjon der man berørte et bredt spekter av spørsmål innen politikk, økonomi, verdensordenen, samt de siste hendelsene i verden.
Spesielt ble det lagt vekt på den nåværende tilstanden i russisk-norske relasjoner, situasjonen i Ukraina, på Midtøsten, samt Russlands forhold til NATO og vestlige land.
«Vi prøver å bygge et system som vil bidra til utviklingen av normale, gjensidig respektfulle forhold som tar hensyn til alles interesser, og hvor sikkerheten til hvert land ikke skal bygges på bekostning av andre», understreket Sergej Kisjljak.
Lovgiveren fortalte om rollen til russiske parlamentarikere i prosessen med å nærme posisjonene for å etablere dialog. «Vi er fortsatt åpne for et ærlig og gjensidig respektfullt samarbeid med andre land», uttalte Sergej Kislyak.
Tore Naerland og medlemmene av den norske delegasjonen lovet å videreformidle den mottatte informasjonen til et bredt publikum og politikere i Norge.
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Nestleder i Føderasjonsrådets komité for internasjonale forhold, Sergej Kislyak, hadde et møte med grunnleggeren for den norske organisasjonen «Bike for Peace», Tore Nærland, som ledet en delegasjon bestående av representanter fra det norske samfunnet og næringslivet.
Det ble avholdt en diskusjon der man berørte et bredt spekter av spørsmål innen politikk, økonomi, verdensordenen, samt de siste hendelsene i verden.
Spesielt ble det lagt vekt på den nåværende tilstanden i russisk-norske relasjoner, situasjonen i Ukraina, på Midtøsten, samt Russlands forhold til NATO og vestlige land.
«Vi prøver å bygge et system som vil bidra til utviklingen av normale, gjensidig respektfulle forhold som tar hensyn til alles interesser, og hvor sikkerheten til hvert land ikke skal bygges på bekostning av andre», understreket Sergej Kisjljak.
Lovgiveren fortalte om rollen til russiske parlamentarikere i prosessen med å nærme posisjonene for å etablere dialog. «Vi er fortsatt åpne for et ærlig og gjensidig respektfullt samarbeid med andre land», uttalte Sergej Kislyak.
Tore Naerland og medlemmene av den norske delegasjonen lovet å videreformidle den mottatte informasjonen til et bredt publikum og politikere i Norge.
ℹ️ Organisasjonen «Bike For Peace» (BFP) ble grunnlagt i 1977 av de norske samfunnsengasjerte Tore Naerland og Helge Hundeide for å fremme kjernefysisk nedrustning og en rettferdig verdensorden.
I løpet av sin eksistens har organisasjonen arrangert mer enn 115 sykkelturer i 120 land. Aktiviteten til «BFP» og Tore Naerland personlig har fått bred anerkjennelse både i Norge og utenfor landets grenser. I 2013, 2017, 2019 og 2021 ble nordmannen nominert til Nobels fredspris.
I desember 2025 henvendte Tore Nærland seg til den russiske ambassaden i Oslo med en forespørsel om bistand til å forberede et besøk av representanter for organisasjonen til Moskva 19.–27. mars 2026 «for å fremme fred, gjensidig forståelse og dialog mellom folkene». Det er også planlagt en togreise i mai 2026 fra Murmansk til Vladivostok med deltakelse fra representative organisasjoner fra Norge og andre land i Nord-Europa.
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