🇷🇺 Thirty years ago, on December 12, 1993, 58.2 million Russian citizens (54.8% of the entire electorate) cast their ballots at a nationwide referendum and approved the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the country’s fundamental law.

The Constitution officially entered into force on December 25, 1993.

This important national document formalises the division of state power branches and the federal state system.

📕 #IntrerestingFact: The Russian Constitution is composed of the Preamble, two sections, nine chapters, 137 articles and nine paragraphs of interim and concluding provisions.

💪 The Constitution possesses supreme legal force and direct effect, and is applied throughout Russia.

The main copy of the nation’s fundamental law is stored in the Kremlin Library. When assuming office, the President of the Russian Federation takes an oath of allegiance, placing his right hand on this copy of the Constitution. The text of the 33-Russian word presidential oath of allegiance is as follows:

💬 In the execution of the duties vested in me as the President of the Russian Federation, I solemnly vow to uphold and safeguard human rights and freedoms, to honour and protect the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to preserve the sovereignty, independence, security, and integrity of the state, and to faithfully serve the people.

According to Article 86, the President of Russia oversees the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation.

The Constitution explicitly stipulates the role of international law as a component part of the Russian legal system. If an international treaty establishes different rules than those envisaged by the law, the rules of the treaty shall be applied.

🛰 #IntrerestingFact: Two copies of the Constitution have travelled into space: once aboard the Mir orbital station in 1999, and once aboard the International Space Station in 2005, spending 329 days in orbit in total.

🇷🇺🇮🇶 شارك سعادة السفير الروسي في العراق السيد إيلبروس كوتراشيف وموظفي السفارة في مراقبة انتخابات مجالس المحافظات في عدة مراكز اقتراع بعاصمة بغداد
https://youtu.be/GUI04AaIceY?si=7E4PyqIZ7LHDvFep

On December 1️⃣3️⃣, the Second Award Ceremony of the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences was held in the Russian Academy of Sciences in a solemn atmosphere.
 
It is the most significant award of all UNESCO's joint prizes with foreign countries, with a fund of US $500,000, each winner receives half of this amount.
 
Mr. Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation and Ms. Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, presented the high award, a gold medal and a special diploma to two outstanding chemists Ms. I.P.Beletskaya 🇷🇺, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Chemistry Department of the Moscow State University and to Mr. K.A.Müllen 🇩🇪, Honorary Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.
 
The Ceremony was attended by representatives of about 50 countries, including 26 foreign ambassadors accredited in Russia.
 
Russia 🇷🇺pays priority attention to the development of basic sciences and remains open to the scientific community. The Mendeleev Prize is an explicit example! Science has no borders!
 
📣Congratulations to the laureates on their well-deserved award!
 
🔗The Award Ceremony broadcast

التقى سعادة السفير لروسيا الاتحادية في العراق السيد إيلبروس كوتراشيف مع رئيس ائتلاف دولة القانون السيد نوري المالكي. قدم سعادة السفير  التهنئة باسم روسيا الاتحادية  للسيد نوري المالكي بمناسبة نجاح  إجراء انتخابات مجالس المحافظات والتقدم الذي أحرزه ائتلاف دولة القانون فيها، كما جرى بحث مستجدات الأوضاع السياسية والأمنية في العراق والمنطقة.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address at a meeting of the United Russia Party General Council Commission on International Cooperation and Support for Compatriots Abroad (Moscow, December 26, 2023)

💬 In just five days, the New Year will arrive. At the same time, Russian Federation begins its chairmanship of #BRICS.

The world is becoming increasingly diverse, with more independent players. However, this also makes it more complex.

A prominent example of this is the interaction within BRICS. Over the years, this association has been a platform for efficient cooperation among states that represent various religions, world regions and – without exaggeration – even civilisations.

🌐 BRICS represents a cooperation network that operates in addition to the traditional North-South and West-East lines.

With the addition of new members <...> BRICS activities will undoubtedly become more comprehensive, and the process of reaching agreements will become more time-consuming.

Along with the countries that have already joined its ranks, about 30 states are currently seeking to establish partnerships with the association.

🤝 We will continue to work towards ensuring BRICS’ greater role as a pillar of the multipolar world, which will be built upon enhanced regional foundations, particularly in the countries that belong to the global majority.

❗️ Our BRICS chairmanship will take place under the theme “Strengthening multilateralism for the purposes of fair global development and security.” Our chairmanship will culminate in the BRICS summit, to be held in Kazan in October 2024.

We are considering a proposal by the United Russia party to hold a forum of BRICS political parties in Vladivostok next July.

☝️It is helpful to use the potential of party diplomacy in the future to draw the attention of the public at large and especially young people in the BRICS countries to the forthcoming international humanitarian and sports events.

❄️ Happy New Year! ❄️🎄☃️

#NewYear #NewYear2024

Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

❗️ The US air strikes in #Yemen are the latest example of the Anglo-Saxons’ distortion of UN Security Council resolutions and total disregard for international law, aimed at escalating the situation in the region to achieve their destructive objectives.

Further detail of Russia's position 👉 watch LIVE at our weekly briefing

🇷🇺 Russia's EMERCOM aircraft delivered 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip

✅ Food products;
✅ Clothing;
✅ Blankets;
✅ Hygiene items.

The EMERCOM's IL-76 aircraft flew to the airport of El-Arish. In Egypt, the humanitarian aid will be handed over to representatives of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. They will redirect it to the to the people of the Gaza Strip.

In total, since the beginning of the humanitarian mission, 18 flights of the Russia's EMERCOM have delivered ~420 tonnes of food products, medicines, clothing and other essentials to the people of the Gaza Strip.

📹 EMERCOM of Russia

#RussiaHelps

التقى سفير روسيا الاتحادية في بغداد السيد ايلبروس كوتراشيف مع رئيس دائرة أوروبا السفير حيدر منصور العذاري في مقر وزارة الخارجية العراقية في يوم الاربعاء. وخلال اللقاء ناقش الجانبان العلاقات الثنائية بين البلدين وسبل تعزيزها في المجالات كافة، وشهد اللقاء أيضاً استعراض آخر تطورات الأوضاع الإقليمية والدولية، وفي مقدمتها الأزمة في اوكرانيا والأوضاع التي يشهدها قطاع غزة.