🎓 Open Doors 2026: Russian Scholarship Project

Open Doors is an online academic competition for international students and young researchers, offering opportunities to study at leading Russian universities.

Since 2017, more than 618,000 participants from over 200 countries have taken part, with more than 16,700 winners.

The competition covers 14 subject areas, from engineering, natural and social sciences to the humanities, with four tracks: Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral (PhD) and Postdoctoral.

🏆 Winners of the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral tracks can receive tuition-free education for foreign citizens in Russia under the education quota, as well as Government grant support. Postdoctoral winners can receive a research position at a Russian university.

Registration for Open Doors 2026 started on 20 August 2026. Participation is online, in Russian or English.

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🎙 Excerpt from statement by Russia's Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC briefing (New York, 10 September 2026)

💬 If our Western colleagues were genuinely concerned about upholding the global non-proliferation regime, they would explicitly identify the true source of direct threats thereto.

Not only did the United States provoke the crisis surrounding the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by unilaterally withdrawing from it in 2018, but ultimately resorted to the use of force. Together with Israel, the US carried out a series of strikes against Iran’s peaceful nuclear infrastructure under IAEA safeguards.

These unlawful and reckless actions by Washington and West Jerusalem, which could trigger a large-scale catastrophe with unpredictable consequences for the entire Middle East, constituted an attempt to undermine the authority of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the safeguards system underpinning it.

It was precisely these actions that prevented IAEA inspectors from carrying out their verification activities on Iranian territory without any interruptions. But even despite this, Tehran has expressed its readiness to continue its engagement with the IAEA Secretariat on this matter.

Nevertheless, not only do the European delegations refuse to call a spade a spade, they also either pretend that nothing has happened and nothing is happening, or worse still, they support aggressive actions against Iran and its nuclear facilities while blaming Tehran for the current situation.

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❓ How did 9/11 change international relations? In your opinion, what was the most serious mistake made in the new order of things?

💬 FM Lavrov: Relations have not changed for the better.

The United States exploited the international solidarity [...] not so much to fight terrorism, but to pursue its own geopolitical goals and expand its presence and influence.

After that, the same pattern played out in a number of other places.

Prior to Afghanistan, there was Yugoslavia – an unprovoked act of aggression and the senseless destruction of a sovereign state.

Afghanistan was followed by Iraq, where all the structures of the Ba’ath Party were dismantled after the invasion. All the army officers – all of them members of Ba’ath Party – were left to their own devices. They began forming what later became ISIS.

Then came Libya, which was utterly destroyed. It was arguably the most prosperous country around [...] Now, fifteen years on, they are still trying to piece it back together, and there is no telling when that will be done.

There was Georgia. There was Ukraine. Regrettably, this was an attempt by the unipolar world to somehow cling to the course of history.

📺 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the RBC television channel for a documentary marking the anniversary of the tragic 9/11 events

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Today’s European elites seek to frighten their populations with a mythical Russian threat, purportedly dating back to the Soviet era. But such a threat does not exist, and never has.

We do not threaten European countries, nor do we intend to. No one appears to consider that we have no grounds for any conflict with Europe. All issues were resolved by the outcome of the Second World War [...]

They persist in this course, demanding certain changes. But what changes do they seek? Are they attempting to revise the results of the Second World War? To what end are they steering their peoples? Toward war with the Russian Federation?

Now, they speak of contemplating the dispatch of troops to the territory of Ukraine. This would mean war with Russia.

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🗓 12 сентября сотрудники консульского отдела Посольства России провели в Ливерпуле очередное выездное обслуживание российских граждан.

Во время сессии около ста соотечественников получили возможность воспользоваться широким спектром консульских услуг – подать заявление о выдаче заграничного паспорта, оформить гражданство несовершеннолетним детям, удостоверить доверенности и другие документы, в том числе акты о личной явке для продолжения выплаты пенсии. Сотрудники подробно проконсультировали российских граждан по различным аспектам их пребывания в Великобритании.

Особое внимание было уделено инвалидам, пенсионерам и многодетным семьям.

Накануне выборов в Госдуму информировали посетителей о возможности проголосовать на избирательном участке, который откроется в Посольстве России в Лондоне 20 сентября. В зале, где проходил приём, был размещён соответствующий информационный стенд.

Исходим из того, что практика консульских выездов в различные регионы Великобритании является важной и полезной. Продолжим работу по обеспечению максимально широкого доступа российских граждан к консульским услугам.

⚡️ On September 12, the XVIII BRICS Summit adopted the New Delhi Declaration “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.

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1. We, the Leaders of #BRICS countries, met in New Delhi, India, from September 12 to 13, 2026 for the XVIII BRICS Summit held under the theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.

2. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.

Building on two decades of BRICS, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation, and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.

3. We recognise the valuable contribution of Partner countries to BRICS cooperation. We underscore our strong belief that advancing the BRICS partnership with Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (#EMDCs) will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation for the benefit of all.

We reaffirm our commitment to fostering inclusive, mutually beneficial and development-oriented partnership with Partner countries. We encourage their increasing participation in BRICS engagements and practical cooperation in areas of shared interest.

4. We commend India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue segment of the XVIII BRICS Summit, which injects new impetus to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity.

7. On the landmark occasion of the 2️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of BRICS, we reiterate our commitment to reforming and improving global governance by promoting a more just, equitable, agile, effective, efficient, responsive, representative, legitimate, democratic and accountable international and multilateral system in the spirit of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.

Bearing in mind the need to adapt the current architecture of international relations to better reflect the contemporary realities, we reiterate our commitment to strengthening multilateralism and multipolarity and to upholding international law, including the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness in a balanced and inclusive manner, as its indispensable cornerstone, and the central role of the #UN in the international system.

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139. We commend India’s BRICS Chairship in 2026 and express our gratitude to the government and people of India for holding the XVIII BRICS Summit in the city of New Delhi.

140. We extend full support to China for its BRICS Chairship in 2027 and the holding of the XIX BRICS Summit in China.

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🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin address at a meeting of the 18th BRICS Summit (New Delhi, 12 September 2026)

💬 The balance of power [in the world] is shifting in favour of new centres of growth in the Global South and East. An increasing number of states are making it clear that they are ready to defend their national interests and contribute to addressing global challenges.

The formation of a multipolar world is facing resistance from those who are accustomed to thinking in essentially colonial terms, dividing the world into a flourishing garden and wild jungles, and living at others’ expense [...]

All means are being brought into play, including tariff wars, illegitimate sanctions, attempts at economic diktat and blackmail, interference in internal affairs and simply the use of brute force [...]

Against this backdrop, Russia attaches particular importance to preserving and strengthening the central role of the United Nations in world affairs. Its Charter is the key source of international law, despite attempts by certain countries to replace it with some kind of order based on so-called rules drawn up by people whose identity is unclear.

We believe it is necessary to continue working together with our BRICS partners to improve the quality of the UN’s work.

In particular, this would be helped by expanding its Security Council and strengthening the representation of countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: For decades, we have sought to promote a friendly and unifying agenda with regard to our Western neighbours.

This includes creating an architecture of peace, equal and indivisible security, and mutually beneficial, practical cooperation across the vast space from the Atlantic to the Pacific. All of that is now history.

The West spurned it all, failing to learn how to interact on an equal footing.

The West made its choice long ago in favour of containing Russia, including through the forceful and brazen expansion of NATO towards Russia’s borders. We often hear the EU leaders talk about the need to prepare for war with our country. This is the most popular topic in the speeches of today’s European elites.

We have repeatedly made it clear that we have no intention of attacking Europe [...]

However, if Europe, which never stops speaking about preparing for war against Russia, attacks the Russian Federation, it will be a completely different war. A very short one. I hope European capitals and the entities that are now trying to portray themselves as united Europe heard this warning.

Excerpt from FM Lavrov’s remarks at the session “A New Global Architecture: An Open Dialogue with Sergey Lavrov” during the Federal Educational Marathon “Znanie.Pervye” in Ekaterinburg (16 September 2026)