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🌍 On September 24, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Confederation of Sahel States (#AES) in New York on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly:
🇧🇫 Foreign Minister of #BurkinaFaso Karamoko Traore;
🇲🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of #Mali Abdoulaye Diop;
🇳🇪 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad of the Republic of #Niger Bakary Yaou Sangare.
👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks
The Sides discussed a wide range of issues in priority areas of political, economic, financial, transport, logistics and information cooperation within the Russia-AES dialogue, with a view to preparing for and holding the events of the Third Russia-Africa Summit, scheduled for October 28–29 in Moscow.
They held a frank exchange of views on the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international platforms.
#RussiaAES
🇧🇫 Foreign Minister of #BurkinaFaso Karamoko Traore;
🇲🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of #Mali Abdoulaye Diop;
🇳🇪 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad of the Republic of #Niger Bakary Yaou Sangare.
👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks
The Sides discussed a wide range of issues in priority areas of political, economic, financial, transport, logistics and information cooperation within the Russia-AES dialogue, with a view to preparing for and holding the events of the Third Russia-Africa Summit, scheduled for October 28–29 in Moscow.
They held a frank exchange of views on the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international platforms.
#RussiaAES
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🇺🇳💪 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov continues his intensive work on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly.
#Day3 📹 #VideoRecap
🎙 Sergey Lavrov took part in a ministerial meeting marking the start of negotiations on drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.
On September 25, Minister Lavrov held 14 bilateral meetings:
🇧🇧 Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley
🇺🇬 Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo
🇰🇿 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi
🇮🇳 External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🇸🇬 Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan
🇸🇩 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sudan Mohieldin Salem Ahmed Ibrahim
🇰🇼 Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
🇬🇹 Foreign Minister of Guatemala Carlos Ramiro Martínez
🇺🇾 Foreign Minister of Uruguay Mario Lubetkin
🇬🇾 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana Hugh Todd
🇲🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita
🇮🇶 Foreign Minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein
🇲🇻 Foreign Minister of of Maldives Iruthisham Adam
🇾🇪 Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazeer
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👉 Follow the activities of the Russian delegation, led by Minister Sergey Lavrov at the High-Level Week of the #UNGA81 in real time!
#Day3 📹 #VideoRecap
🎙 Sergey Lavrov took part in a ministerial meeting marking the start of negotiations on drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.
💬 We proposed establishing a new Eurasian security architecture as a foundation for the peaceful and steady development of all the peoples of our largest and richest continent, home to several of the world's oldest civilisations.
In putting forward this initiative, we took into account the fact that the rise of #Multipolarity is the most enduring trend in global affairs for years to come.
On September 25, Minister Lavrov held 14 bilateral meetings:
🇧🇧 Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley
🇺🇬 Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo
🇰🇿 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi
🇮🇳 External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🇸🇬 Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan
🇸🇩 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sudan Mohieldin Salem Ahmed Ibrahim
🇰🇼 Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
🇬🇹 Foreign Minister of Guatemala Carlos Ramiro Martínez
🇺🇾 Foreign Minister of Uruguay Mario Lubetkin
🇬🇾 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana Hugh Todd
🇲🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita
🇮🇶 Foreign Minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein
🇲🇻 Foreign Minister of of Maldives Iruthisham Adam
🇾🇪 Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazeer
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👉 Follow the activities of the Russian delegation, led by Minister Sergey Lavrov at the High-Level Week of the #UNGA81 in real time!
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🎙 Remarks and answers to media questions by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, September 26, 2026)
Key points:
• Without a doubt, the UN needs to be adapted to the new realities, including through reform of the Security Council by adding representatives from Asia, Africa and Latin America. We cannot envisage any additional seats for Western countries. We cannot allow that, because the West is already overrepresented on the UN Security Council.
• We expect the new Secretary-General to represent the interests of all humanity, not just the “golden billion,” and to meet all the criteria set out in the UN Charter, including impartiality, objectivity and proper performance of the functions of the Organisation’s chief administrative officer.
• I have repeatedly set out the sequence of events in the development of the Ukraine crisis. There is no lack of trust on our part. Moreover, we continued the bilateral talks in Istanbul, and trilateral talks were also held in Abu Dhabi with US participation. None of these rounds of negotiations were terminated by us, but by those who now claim that “the Russians are avoiding contacts and have nothing to say”.
• We believe that the Islamabad Memorandum was, as they say, a fair deal. Since it was signed at the highest level, it was presumably done consciously. So why not return to it?
• As for drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, we are not setting any artificial deadlines. At the same time, we certainly would not want this work to drag on, given that our Eurasian continent badly needs a continent-wide framework open to all countries and organisations of the continent without exception and free from any external interference.
•All the damage being inflicted on commercial shipping is the result of Ukrainian terrorist attacks, not only in the Black Sea but also in the Caspian Sea.
• The trend towards outright Nazism is evident not only in Europe’s support for the Kiev regime, but also in what I mentioned in my statement. German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said – more than once, so this was no slip of the tongue – that his goal is to ensure that Germany “once again becomes the leading military power in Europe”. Does he understand the meaning of the words “once again” in that context? These are very dangerous trends, prompting many analysts to speak of attempts to create a “Fourth Reich”.
• We maintain a regular dialogue with the administration of US President Donald Trump in various formats, and that alone is already a sign of normality. If relations are reduced to issuing propaganda statements every morning condemning Russia and demanding that Russia suffer a “strategic defeat,” then that is not diplomacy.
• In today’s world, no country – not even one as powerful as the US – can solve all global problems single-handedly, especially at the expense of others.
👉 I am confident that reality will teach our American partners to start thinking in terms of #Multilateralism. They are not the only economic and military power in the world, nor the only independent actor on the international stage.
• I am frankly tired of discussing this issue [European leaders calling for preparations for war with Russia]. We have stated our position many times, so I have nothing to add. President of Russia Vladimir Putin has recently reaffirmed it in St Petersburg: we are not going to wage war against Europe. The very idea is absurd and nonsensical.
☝️ Yet it is Europe that is preparing for war with us.
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Key points:
• Without a doubt, the UN needs to be adapted to the new realities, including through reform of the Security Council by adding representatives from Asia, Africa and Latin America. We cannot envisage any additional seats for Western countries. We cannot allow that, because the West is already overrepresented on the UN Security Council.
• We expect the new Secretary-General to represent the interests of all humanity, not just the “golden billion,” and to meet all the criteria set out in the UN Charter, including impartiality, objectivity and proper performance of the functions of the Organisation’s chief administrative officer.
• I have repeatedly set out the sequence of events in the development of the Ukraine crisis. There is no lack of trust on our part. Moreover, we continued the bilateral talks in Istanbul, and trilateral talks were also held in Abu Dhabi with US participation. None of these rounds of negotiations were terminated by us, but by those who now claim that “the Russians are avoiding contacts and have nothing to say”.
• We believe that the Islamabad Memorandum was, as they say, a fair deal. Since it was signed at the highest level, it was presumably done consciously. So why not return to it?
• As for drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, we are not setting any artificial deadlines. At the same time, we certainly would not want this work to drag on, given that our Eurasian continent badly needs a continent-wide framework open to all countries and organisations of the continent without exception and free from any external interference.
•All the damage being inflicted on commercial shipping is the result of Ukrainian terrorist attacks, not only in the Black Sea but also in the Caspian Sea.
• The trend towards outright Nazism is evident not only in Europe’s support for the Kiev regime, but also in what I mentioned in my statement. German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said – more than once, so this was no slip of the tongue – that his goal is to ensure that Germany “once again becomes the leading military power in Europe”. Does he understand the meaning of the words “once again” in that context? These are very dangerous trends, prompting many analysts to speak of attempts to create a “Fourth Reich”.
• We maintain a regular dialogue with the administration of US President Donald Trump in various formats, and that alone is already a sign of normality. If relations are reduced to issuing propaganda statements every morning condemning Russia and demanding that Russia suffer a “strategic defeat,” then that is not diplomacy.
• In today’s world, no country – not even one as powerful as the US – can solve all global problems single-handedly, especially at the expense of others.
👉 I am confident that reality will teach our American partners to start thinking in terms of #Multilateralism. They are not the only economic and military power in the world, nor the only independent actor on the international stage.
• I am frankly tired of discussing this issue [European leaders calling for preparations for war with Russia]. We have stated our position many times, so I have nothing to add. President of Russia Vladimir Putin has recently reaffirmed it in St Petersburg: we are not going to wage war against Europe. The very idea is absurd and nonsensical.
☝️ Yet it is Europe that is preparing for war with us.
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#Выборы2026
🗳 ЦИК России подвёл итоги голосования на выборах депутатов Государственной Думы IX созыва Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
Голосование прошло в 1️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ странах мира на 333 избирательных участках (с учётом г.Байконура, Казахстан). Всего в выборах приняло участие 280355 граждан России, находящихся за рубежом.
Результаты голосования за рубежом:
🐻 Единая Россия — 58% (162355 человек)
🇷🇺 ЛДПР — 5.2% (14683 человека)
🟥 КПРФ — 10.3% (28970 человек)
🟨 Справедливая Россия — 5.7% (16027 человек)
🧴 Новые люди — 13.2% (37122 человека)
В недружественных государствах, где накануне избирательной кампании с подачи властей не прекращались попытки запугать россиян, наши соотечественники, стойко и мужественно, вопреки оказываемому на них психологическому давлению, активно принимали участие в голосовании.
💬 Председатель ЦИК России Элла Памфилова:
👉 По традиции, собрали все публикации по выборам на зарубежных участках в нашей расширенной подборке — #КакЭтоБыло:
🗳 Голосование 18-20 сентября
🗳 Досрочные выездные голосования
🇷🇺 Благодарим всех россиян, которые вдали от Родины приняли участие в волеизъявлении и достойно исполнили свой гражданский долг.
🗳 ЦИК России подвёл итоги голосования на выборах депутатов Государственной Думы IX созыва Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
Голосование прошло в 1️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ странах мира на 333 избирательных участках (с учётом г.Байконура, Казахстан). Всего в выборах приняло участие 280355 граждан России, находящихся за рубежом.
Результаты голосования за рубежом:
В недружественных государствах, где накануне избирательной кампании с подачи властей не прекращались попытки запугать россиян, наши соотечественники, стойко и мужественно, вопреки оказываемому на них психологическому давлению, активно принимали участие в голосовании.
💬 Председатель ЦИК России Элла Памфилова:
Несмотря на все сложности и массу препятствий, которые были созданы для наших избирателей во враждебных странах, все, кто хотел, пришли и проголосовали. Спасибо нашим дипломатическим работникам. Даже в чрезвычайных условиях они сделали всё для успешного проведения голосования.
👉 По традиции, собрали все публикации по выборам на зарубежных участках в нашей расширенной подборке — #КакЭтоБыло:
🗳 Голосование 18-20 сентября
🗳 Досрочные выездные голосования
🇷🇺 Благодарим всех россиян, которые вдали от Родины приняли участие в волеизъявлении и достойно исполнили свой гражданский долг.
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The President of the United States on April 24, 2025 signed Executive Order No. 14285, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources,” aimed at exploration and development of seabed mineral resources, including those on continental shelf beyond its national jurisdiction.
❌ Washington’s actions drew negative response from a number of states and international organizations. Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) L. Carvalho noted that such unilateral action sets a dangerous precedent that could destabilize the existing system of global ocean governance. Such an approach violates the international legal regime established by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea for the seabed area beyond national jurisdiction, while its resources are the humankind common heritage.
❗Despite not being a Party to the 1982 Convention, the USA signed the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention, and is therefore obliged to refrain from actions defeating the object and purpose of the treaty.
🌐 Against this background, the 31st session of the ISA Assembly was held in Kingston on July 27-31, 2026, attended by the Russian delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment D.Tetenkin. Moscow once again emphasized the central role of the ISA in implementing the Convention and stated that the D. Trump Administration is undermining the mandate of the Authority, thereby posing a threat to the economic and social development primarily of developing states.
🇷🇺 In this regard, Russia once again called on the United States to become Party to the 1982 Convention in order to fully comply with its provisions and procedures, while refraining from unilateral measures and the establishment of parallel mechanisms capable of undermining the objectives of the organized, safe and rational development of seabed resources.
Photo: ISA Secretariat
❌ Washington’s actions drew negative response from a number of states and international organizations. Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) L. Carvalho noted that such unilateral action sets a dangerous precedent that could destabilize the existing system of global ocean governance. Such an approach violates the international legal regime established by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea for the seabed area beyond national jurisdiction, while its resources are the humankind common heritage.
❗Despite not being a Party to the 1982 Convention, the USA signed the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention, and is therefore obliged to refrain from actions defeating the object and purpose of the treaty.
🌐 Against this background, the 31st session of the ISA Assembly was held in Kingston on July 27-31, 2026, attended by the Russian delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment D.Tetenkin. Moscow once again emphasized the central role of the ISA in implementing the Convention and stated that the D. Trump Administration is undermining the mandate of the Authority, thereby posing a threat to the economic and social development primarily of developing states.
🇷🇺 In this regard, Russia once again called on the United States to become Party to the 1982 Convention in order to fully comply with its provisions and procedures, while refraining from unilateral measures and the establishment of parallel mechanisms capable of undermining the objectives of the organized, safe and rational development of seabed resources.
Photo: ISA Secretariat
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Registration is now open for the MGIMO International School Olympiad! 🌐 📚
Are you a high school student dreaming of studying at one of Russia’s leading universities? Put your knowledge to the test at the MGIMO International School Olympiad for international students!
❗️ On September 1, 2026, registration opened on int-olymp-mgimo.com for the fifth anniversary season of the MGIMO International School Olympiad.
During the past four seasons, over 11,000 students have taken part in the Olympiad, and more than 60 winners and prize-winners have already become MGIMO students!
🌏 This year, the competition is open to citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Mongolia, India, Iran, African countries and Latin American countries. For the first time, the Olympiad will also welcome citizens of China and ASEAN countries.
Participants will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of:
✅ Russian (for citizens of CIS countries)
✅ English
✅ Geography, World History and International Relations
The competition will consist of two stages:
🗓️ November 2026 — qualifying round in an online test format
🗓️ March 2027 — final round in a hybrid format in the country of the competition
Don’t miss your chance to become part of the international MGIMO community — this Olympiad could be the first step on your journey to MGIMO!❤️
👉 Learn more about the Olympiad on int-olymp-mgimo.com
Find out more about MGIMO on the website
🌐 MGIMO International (ENG) / МГИМО для иностранцев (RUS)
Are you a high school student dreaming of studying at one of Russia’s leading universities? Put your knowledge to the test at the MGIMO International School Olympiad for international students!
⚡️ The Olympiad offers international school students a unique opportunity to pursue tuition-free studies at MGIMO.
During the past four seasons, over 11,000 students have taken part in the Olympiad, and more than 60 winners and prize-winners have already become MGIMO students!
Participants will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of:
The competition will consist of two stages:
Registration is open until October 31, 2026.
Don’t miss your chance to become part of the international MGIMO community — this Olympiad could be the first step on your journey to MGIMO!
Find out more about MGIMO on the website
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🗓 On September 30, 2022, following referendums, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions officially became part of the Russian Federation.
✍️ Looking back at #HowItHappened (Signing of the treaties on the accession of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia)
In the referendums held on September 23-27, 2022, residents of the four regions made a historic decision that determined their future. International observers from Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Latvia and other countries (133 in total) who monitored the voting recognised the results as legitimate.
In 2014, the Kiev regime unleashed full-scale hostilities against the civilian population of Donbass, while neo-Nazis and radicals intimidated and attacked people in Zaporozhye and other regions as well. For eight long years, people endured relentless shelling, terrorist attacks and persecution.
Despite shelling and numerous provocations by the Kiev regime, people went to the polls and expressed their will.
🗳 Four years ago, the people voted in favour of joining Russia:
• DPR – 99.23%, with a turnout of 97.5%;
• LPR – 98.42%, with a turnout of 92.6%;
• Zaporozhye Region – 93.11%, with a turnout of 85.4%;
• Kherson Region – 87.05%, with a turnout of 76.9%.
Behind these figures are the lives of millions of people and their hopes for safety, for the freedom to speak their native language, to honour their ancestors – true heroes of the Great Patriotic War (instead of Hitler’s henchmen) – to preserve their culture and raise their children without fearing for their lives.
❗️ Russia’s position remains unchanged: the people of Donbass and Novorossiya exercised their legitimate right to self-determination, enshrined in the UN Charter, the 1966 International Covenants on Human Rights and the 1975 CSCE Helsinki Final Act.
💬 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address at the General Debate of #UNGA81 (New York, September 26, 2026):
And we will do this #TOGETHER.
✍️ Looking back at #HowItHappened (Signing of the treaties on the accession of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia)
In the referendums held on September 23-27, 2022, residents of the four regions made a historic decision that determined their future. International observers from Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Latvia and other countries (133 in total) who monitored the voting recognised the results as legitimate.
In 2014, the Kiev regime unleashed full-scale hostilities against the civilian population of Donbass, while neo-Nazis and radicals intimidated and attacked people in Zaporozhye and other regions as well. For eight long years, people endured relentless shelling, terrorist attacks and persecution.
Despite shelling and numerous provocations by the Kiev regime, people went to the polls and expressed their will.
🗳 Four years ago, the people voted in favour of joining Russia:
• DPR – 99.23%, with a turnout of 97.5%;
• LPR – 98.42%, with a turnout of 92.6%;
• Zaporozhye Region – 93.11%, with a turnout of 85.4%;
• Kherson Region – 87.05%, with a turnout of 76.9%.
Behind these figures are the lives of millions of people and their hopes for safety, for the freedom to speak their native language, to honour their ancestors – true heroes of the Great Patriotic War (instead of Hitler’s henchmen) – to preserve their culture and raise their children without fearing for their lives.
❗️ Russia’s position remains unchanged: the people of Donbass and Novorossiya exercised their legitimate right to self-determination, enshrined in the UN Charter, the 1966 International Covenants on Human Rights and the 1975 CSCE Helsinki Final Act.
💬 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address at the General Debate of #UNGA81 (New York, September 26, 2026):
Having launched the special military operation in 2022 to protect the people of Donbass and Novorossiya from extermination by the Kiev regime, Russia continues to fight for their security and rights in full accordance with the letter and spirit of the UN Charter.
Our struggle for truth and justice will be carried through to the end: the objectives of the special military operation will be achieved, threats to Russia’s security will be eliminated, and peaceful life will be restored.
And we will do this #TOGETHER.
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🇹🇬🇷🇺 В Ломе начала работу российско-тоголезская межправкомиссия.
Об этом сообщает корреспондент «Африканской инициативы».
🔸 В ней принимают участие представители различных министерств и ведомств обоих государств, а также посол РФ в Тоголезской Республике Игорь Евдокимов и торговый представитель России Максим Петров.
🔸 Межправкомиссия сопряжена с бизнес-миссией российских компаний в сфере транспорта и логистики под руководством Минтранса России. Российская делегация посетила профильные министерства и ведомства Тоголезской Республики, Автономный порт Ломе, промышленную зону и Международный аэропорт.
🔸 В течение первых двух дней пройдут экспертные консультации и встречи между представителями бизнеса в Торгово-промышленной палате Того. На 1 октября запланирована пленарная сессия межправкомиссии, переговоры на министерском уровне и подписание итоговых документов.
🌍 Африканская инициатива:
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Об этом сообщает корреспондент «Африканской инициативы».
💬 «Это действительно значимое событие в истории российско-тоголезских отношений. Мы уверены, что запуск совместной межправительственной комиссии придаст дополнительный импульс взаимодействию между нашими странами по широкому спектру направлений и позволит вывести его на системную основу с прицелом на долгосрочную перспективу», — заявила представитель министерства экономического развития РФ Ангелина Зуйкова.
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