‼️ВНИМАНИЮ ГРАЖДАН, ПРОЖИВАЮЩИХ В ИСЛАНДИИ🇮🇸‼️

С 1 августа 2023 года в связи с прекращением консульским отделом Посольства России в Исландии🇮🇸 приема документов на оформление виз в Россию проживающие в Исландии граждане по решению МИД России имеют право обращаться по вопросу оформления виз в Россию в консульские учреждения России в Норвегии🇳🇴 и консульский отдел Посольства России в
Дании🇩🇰.

‼️INFORMATION FOR THOSE RESIDING IN ICELAND🇮🇸‼️

In accordance with the decision of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, due to the termination of the admission of documents for visa processing at the Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in Iceland, citizens residing in Iceland will have the right to apply for visas to Russia at the Russian consular posts in Norway and Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in Denmark starting from August 1, 2023.

‼️Размещаем перечень пунктов пропуска через государственную границу Российской Федерации (согласно распоряжению Правительства РФ от 23.10.2020 N 2741-р, ред. от 19.07.2023 г.), через которые иностранные граждане могут осуществлять въезд в Российскую Федерацию и выезд из Российской Федерации на основании единой электронной визы.

Настоятельно рекомендуем уточнять график работы указанных пунктов попуска в Пограничной службе России.

I. Автомобильные пункты пропуска🚗

Багратионовск
Брусничное
Бурачки
Верхний Ларс
Вяртсиля
Гусев
Ивангород
Куничина Гора
Кяхта
Люття
Мамоново (Гжехотки)
Мамоново (Гроново)
Морское
Пограничный (Калининградская область)
Полтавка
Светогорск
Советск
Соловьевск
Староцурухайтуйский
Торфяновка
Турий Рог
Убылинка
Чернышевское
Шумилкино

II. Воздушные пункты пропуска✈️

Абакан
Анадырь (Угольный)
Архангельск (Талаги)
Астрахань (Нариманово)
Барнаул
Белгород
Брянск
Владивосток (Кневичи)
Владикавказ (Беслан)
Волгоград (Гумрак)
Грозный (Северный)
Екатеринбург (Кольцово)
Жуковский
Иркутск
Казань
Калининград (Храброво)
Калуга (Грабцево)
Кемерово
Краснодар (Пашковский)
Красноярск (Емельяново)
Липецк
Махачкала (Уйташ)
Минеральные Воды
Москва (Внуково)
Москва (Домодедово)
Москва (Шереметьево)
Мурманск
Нальчик
Нижний Новгород (Стригино)
Новосибирск (Толмачево)
Омск (Центральный)
Оренбург (Центральный)
Пермь (Большое Савино)
Петропавловск-Камчатский (Елизово)
Ростов-на-Дону (Платов)
Самара (Курумоч)
Санкт-Петербург (Пулково)
Саратов (Гагарин)
Сочи
Сыктывкар
Томск (Богашево)
Тюмень (Рощино)
Улан-Удэ (Мухино)
Ульяновск (Восточный)
Уфа
Хабаровск (Новый)
Чебоксары
Челябинск (Баландино)
Чита (Кадала)
Южно-Сахалинск (Хомутово)
Ярославль (Туношна)

III. Железнодорожные пункты пропуска🚂

Забайкальск
Мамоново
Махалино
Наушки
Пограничный
Санкт-Петербург - Финляндский
Советск
Хасан

IV. Морские пункты пропуска⛴️

Большой порт Санкт-Петербург (участки Морской вокзал, Форт Константин, Английская набережная и набережная Лейтенанта Шмидта)
Владивосток
Высоцк
Зарубино
Калининград (участки в гг. Калининграде и Светлом)
Корсаков
Магадан
Николаевск-на-Амуре
Пассажирский порт Санкт-Петербург
Петропавловск-Камчатский
Посьет
Сочи (участок Международный центр морских пассажирских и круизных перевозок)


V. Пешеходные пункты пропуска🚶🏻🚶🏻‍♀️

Ивангород

VI. Смешанные пункты пропуска

Амурзет
Благовещенск
Покровка

VII. Речные пункты пропуска⛴️

Хабаровск

‼️Below you can find the list of the Russian state border crossing points (in accordance with the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 23, 2020 No. 2741-p, as amended on July 19, 2023) through which foreign citizens holding unified electronic visas may enter and leave the Russian Federation.

We highly recommend that you check the opening hours of these entry points by contacting the Russian Border Service.

I. Vehicle border crossing points🚗
 
Bagrationovsk
Brusnichnoe
Burachki
Verkhny Lars
Vartsila
Gusev
Ivangorod
Kunichina Gora
Kyakhta
Lyuttya
Mamonovo (Grzechotki)
Mamonovo (Gronovo)
Morskoye
Pogranichny (Kaliningrad region)
Poltavka
Svetogorsk
Sovetsk
Solovyovsk
Starotsurukhaytuysky
Torfyanovka
Turiy Rog
Ubylinka
Chernyshevskoye
Shumilkino

II. Air border crossing points✈️
 
Abakan
Anadyr (Ygolny)
Arkhangelsk (Talagi)
Astrakhan (Narimanovo)
Barnaul
Belgorod
Bryansk
Vladivostok (Knevichi)
Vladikavkaz (Beslan)
Volgograd (Gumrak)
Grozny (Northern)
Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo)
Zhukovsky
Irkutsk
Kazan
Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo)
Kaluga (Grabtsevo)
Kemerovo
Krasnodar (Pashkovsky)
Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo)
Lipetsk
Makhachkala (Uytash)
Mineralnye Vody
Moscow (Vnukovo)
Moscow (Domodedovo)
Moscow (Sheremetyevo)
Murmansk
Nalchik
Nizhny Novgorod (Strigino)
Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo)
Omsk (Tsentrlny)
Orenburg (Tsentralny)
Perm (Bolshoe Savino)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo)
Rostov-on-Don (Platov)
Samara (Kurumoch)
St. Petersburg (Pulkovo)
Saratov (Gagarin)
Sochi
Syktyvkar
Tomsk (Bogashevo)
Tyumen (Roshchino)
Ulan-Ude (Mukhino)
Ulyanovsk (Vostochny)
Ufa
Khabarovsk (Novy)
Cheboksary
Chelyabinsk (Balandino)
Chita (Kadala)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo)
Yaroslavl (Tunoshna)

III. Railway border crossing points🚂
 
Zabaikalsk
Mamonovo
Makhalino
Naushki
Pogranichny
St Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Sovetsk
Hassan
 
IV. Maritime border crossing points⛴️
 
Great Port of St. Petersburg (sections Marine Station, Fort Konstantin, Angliyskaya Naberezhnaya and Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment)
Vladivostok
Vysotsk
Zarubino
Kaliningrad (sites in the cities of Kaliningrad and Svetly)
Korsakov
Magadan
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
Passenger port of St. Petersburg
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Posyet
Sochi (International Center for Maritime Passenger and Cruise Transportation)
 
 
V. Pedestrian border crossing point🚶🏻🚶🏻‍♀️
 
Ivangorod
 
VI. Mixed border crossing points
 
Amurzet
Blagoveshchensk
Pokrovka
 
VII. River border crossing points⛴️
 
Khabarovsk

Declaration of the Second Russia–Africa Summit

✍️ We, the Heads of State and Government of the Russian Federation and African States recognized by the United Nations (UN) (hereinafter also referred to as the Russian Federation and African States), and representatives of the African Union and Africa's leading integration organizations, gathered on 28 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) to participate in the Second Russia–Africa Summit,

<...> Building on the historical and time-tested friendly ties between the Russian Federation and African States, mutual respect and trust, traditions of joint struggle for the eradication of colonialism and the establishment of independence of African States,

<...> Reaffirming the need to jointly oppose neo-colonialism, imposing conditions and double standards while not allowing these practices to deprive States and peoples of the right to make sovereign choices of their development paths,

<...> Acting in accordance with the national legislations of the Russian Federation and African States, have agreed as follows:

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Mechanism for Dialogue Partnership

1. Strengthen the role of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum as the cornerstone of Russia-Africa multilateral cooperation that implements the decisions of the Summit.

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Political and Legal Cooperation

4. Enhance equal and mutually beneficial cooperation between the Russian Federation and African States in order to contribute tо the establishment of a more just, balanced and stable multipolar world order, firmly opposing all types of international confrontation in the African continent.

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Security Cooperation

32. Strengthen cooperation between States to counter new challenges and threats, in particular terrorism, extremism, including violent extremism conducive to terrorism, transnational organized crime, illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, piracy and armed robbery at sea, based on strict compliance with the generally recognized principles and norms of international law, primarily the UN Charter and relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and taking into account the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

<...> 34. Continue close cooperation to resolve and prevent conflicts in Africa. The principle of ”African solutions to African problems“ should continue to serve as the basis for conflict resolution.

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Trade and Economic Cooperation

41. Encourage further strengthening of trade, economic, and investment cooperation between the Russian Federation and African States.

<...> 43. Facilitate equitable access of all States to the benefits of the world economy and the international division of labour, as well as to modern technologies to support equitable and even development.

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Scientific and technical, humanitarian, educational, cultural, sports, health, youth and information cooperation

60. Develop cooperation in the field of education, facilitate participation in joint research projects, organization of scientific conferences and seminars, expansion and deepening of collaboration between educational institutions of the Russian Federation and African States.

<...> 63. Respect civilizational and national diversity of the Russian Federation and Africa, emphasize the uniqueness of the traditions and historical heritage of our peoples.

Environmental and Climate Cooperation

<...> 73. Recognize the right of each State to choose its own best mechanisms and means for protecting and managing the environment, adapting to climate change and ensuring a just energy transition in line with national circumstances and capacities.

#RussiaAfrica

🇷🇺🌍 Press statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin following the second Russia-Africa Summit

📍 Saint Petersburg, July 28, 2023

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Key points:

• We are happy that the delegations of the overwhelming majority of African countries and the heads of all leading integration structures of Africa are taking part in the summit.

• Representatives of African states displayed political will and demonstrated their independence and interest in developing cooperation with our country.

• Following the work, the participants adopted a solid package of joint documents. First, I will mention the St Petersburg Declaration that was approved by the leaders. It formalises strategic areas for the development of Russia’s cooperation with African countries in long-term perspective.

• All our states confirmed their commitment to the formation of a fair and democratic multipolar world order based on the universally recognised principles of international law and the UN Charter.

• They expressed their joint resolve to counter neocolonialism, the practice of using illegitimate sanctions and attempts to undermine traditional moral values.

• The Sochi agreement has been confirmed – to hold Russia-Africa summits every three years.

• The large-scale Action Plan until 2026 contains specific goals on invigorating the Russia-Africa economic and humanitarian partnership and implementing decisions of the Petersburg summit as a whole.

• We are planning to build up our trade in quality and quantity and improve its pattern. We are also going to gradually switch to national currencies, including the ruble, in making financial payments on commercial deals.

• Our country will continue supplying our African friends with crops both contractually and free of charge, help them develop their power industry to meet the growing needs of the African economies in hydrocarbon fuel and electricity generating capacities.

#Announcement

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on current foreign policy issues at approximately 11 am MSK (8 am GMT) on August 2.

❗️ Accreditation is open until 10 am on August 1.

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, August 2, 2023)

🔷 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔷 #RussiaAfrica Summit
🔷 Ukrainian crisis
🔷 Kiev regime’s crimes and use of terrorist methods
🔷 Actions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
🔷 Developments in Niger
🔷 New evidence of militarist Japan’s crimes

And more...

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#Ukraine

Сriminal activity involving the open use of terrorist methods has long become routine for the Kiev regime. Its representatives are no longer afraid to admit this openly, assuming responsibility for attacks on civilian facilities and acts of terrorism against civilians.

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Western countries are not only verbally encouraging the terrorist methods of the Kiev regime, but are also directly involved in the organisation of terrorist acts by supplying weapons and passing on the necessary intelligence.

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With the Ukraine conflict moving into a more intensive phase, we are witnessing major violations of the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons by the United States (2000) and the Principles Governing Conventional Arms Transfers (1993). By supplying all these weapons to the neo-Nazis in Kiev, the West encourages human rights violations by the receiving state, escalates the armed confrontation and becomes an accomplice in the war crimes perpetrated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians.

🕯 #OnThisDay in 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing almost 80,000 people. About as many people would die in agony later from radiation poisoning. This was the first time in human history that a nuclear device was used in warfare. In fact, it was a merciless test on the civilian population.

The United States has been carrying out research on military applications for nuclear weapons since 1939, seeking to create a formidable weapon that would enable Washington to impose its will on the entire world. Codenamed Manhattan, the project received almost $2 billion in funding.

Three nuclear bombs were developed by mid-summer 1945, cynically codenamed the Gadget, Little Boy and Fat Man. The Gadget was to be used in a test explosion, while the other two were intended to intimidate Japan and also impress the USSR as it reinforced its positions.

Almost all clocks in Hiroshima stopped ticking at 8:15 am. The city was completely wiped from the surface of the Earth with the blast from the explosion turning people into ashes.

Attempts by Western historians to justify this monstrous crime by saying that the United States wanted to force Japan to withdraw from World War II do not hold water. Japan’s military resources were largely depleted by early August 1945, and it was the USSR’s entry into war in the Far East that played a decisive role here.

Therefore, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was nothing other than a barbarous display of force and an attempt to justify all the money that had been invested in the Manhattan Project. It never occurred to President Harry Truman or any of his successors in this office to apologise for the suffering the people of Hiroshima had to endure.

💬 Sergey Lavrov on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 2020): To this day, the terrible death of innocent civilians strikes a chord with millions of people on our planet. It is hard to fully understand what the masterminds and perpetrators of such an inhumane act were guided by.

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about the meeting on Ukraine in Jeddah

❓ Question: What is your comment on the recent meeting on the Ukrainian crisis in Jeddah?

💬 The Foreign Ministry of Russia took note of the news about the consultations concerning the Ukraine crisis, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 5 and 6, at the initiative of the Kiev regime and the G7.

👉 None of its 10 points is aimed at finding a negotiated and diplomatic solution to the crisis, while in their totality they constitute a senseless ultimatum to Russia, directed at dragging out the hostilities. No peaceful settlement is possible on this basis.

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🤝 We greatly appreciate the mediating and humanitarian initiatives advanced by our friends from countries of the Global South, initiatives aimed at reaching peace. Unlike the Kiev regime, which broke off and banned negotiations with Russia, we have always been open to a diplomatic solution to the crisis and are ready to respond to serious proposals.

No meetings on the Ukraine crisis add any value without Russia’s participation or regard for its interests.

❗️ We are confident that a truly comprehensive, stable and just settlement is only possible if the Kiev regime stops its combat operations and terrorist attacks and if its Western sponsors stop inundating the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons.

They should confirm the original foundations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, that is, its neutral, non-bloc and nuclear-free status. They should recognise the new territorial realities that took shape after the residents in the new Russian regions exercised their right to self-determination enshrined in the UN Charter. The next step is to ensure Ukraine’s demilitarisation and de-Nazification as well as the rights of its Russian speakers and ethnic minorities.

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🕯 On August 9, 1945, the United States carried out a nuclear strike on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, three days after dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The attack wiped the city off the face of the earth, killing more than 70,000 people instantly; another 95,000 died years and decades later from diseases caused by radioactive contamination.

💬 From the memoirs of an eyewitness, Yasuaki Yamashita: The A-Bomb had turned the centre of Nagasaki into an inferno of death and devastation. Communications and transportation were disrupted. There was no food in the city and we were starving. One week after the explosion we walked through the rubble of the city centre where fires still burned. Some years later I worked in the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital. It was very painful to see the survivors still suffering from the effects of burns and radiation.

The attack on Nagasaki was the final stage of a monstrous test of a new weapon of mass destruction to see how effective it was when used on cities, infrastructure and people.

Americans took the bombing calmly, believing it would accelerate the end of the war (in reality, that was brought about by the USSR starting hostilities against Japan). US President Harry Truman, who ordered the attack on the Japanese cities, had no doubts about his decision until the end of his life, referring to the Japanese as savages and barbarians in his diary.

💬 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Atomic bombings by the United States were in fact a show of force and an operational test of nuclear weapons on civilians. The United States was the first and only country to use this type of weapons of mass destruction. We must join our efforts to ensure that the terror and pain of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will never repeat. The tragedy left a deep imprint on the hearts of the Russian people. (Sergey Lavrov’s message to the participants of the memorial ceremony in Hiroshima on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing, August 6, 2020).

#NoStatuteOfLimitations

🚀 On August 11, the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat booster lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome and launched the Luna 25 automatic station into Earth orbit.

Russia’s first lunar station in the contemporary history of the country will land near the lunar south pole, an area with a rough landscape, and carry out lengthy research. This mission is expected to kick off the exploration of the Earth’s natural satellite in Russia.

In keeping with Russian law, our country has fulfilled its international obligations, according to the established procedure, and advised the UN Secretary-General of the nuclear sources of energy on board the Luna 25.