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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS News Agency (December 28, 2025)
Key points
• Russia appreciates efforts by President of the United States Donald Trump and his team to achieve a peace settlement. We are committed to continuing to work with the American negotiators to devise lasting agreements for addressing the conflict’s root causes.
We see that Vladimir Zelensky’s regime and his European curators are not ready to engage in constructive talks. <...> Meanwhile, almost all European countries with few exceptions have been pumping the Kiev regime full of money and weapons.
• There has been a thorough effort to review the updated version of the US National Security Strategy, which is quite understandable. Its central tenets must be supported by what the US does, but even today it offers a new vision. Experts believe that this could be indicative of an effort in Washington to reconsider its international standing. <...> 👉 Speaking of Russia, one thing worth mentioning is the fact that the strategy does not contain any calls to subject our country to a system-wide containment and deterrence policy.
It may be the first time for the United States when it publicly questioned NATO’s long-standing commitment to expansionism, even if it stopped short of undertaking not to expand NATO. <...> Some of the ideas set forth in this strategy are not at odds with efforts to promote dialogue between Russia and the United States. That said, we will make our final decisions only by looking at what the US administration does on the international stage.
• The EU has been seeking to dismantle mechanisms for working with Russia. It all started somewhere around 2014, when the ruling elites in most European countries started <...> inciting Russia-hating and militarist sentiment among their people.
• In 2025, we witnessed unprecedented events with Israel carrying out a direct act of aggression against Iran together with the United States, which targeted facilities related to the Iranian nuclear programme with missile and bomb strikes despite the fact that these facilities benefit from IAEA’s guarantees. <...> We would like to note that the Iranians have been exercising maximum restraint and composure by responding to all the provocations and blackmail on behalf of the West by stating their commitment to dialogue and resolving the lingering differences by political means.
We have shared our assessment of the situation in the Gaza Strip many times. We welcomed international mediation efforts. Thanks to these efforts the hot phase of the bloodshed that lasted since October 2023 was stopped and the mass starvation of the Palestinians prevented. <...>
The main thing here is to remedy the historical injustice and provide for establishing a viable Palestinian state, which would coexist with Israel.
• Taiwan is currently used as a tool of military-strategic deterrence against the PRC. This is also a matter of pursing vested interests. <...> We believe that the Taiwan problem is an internal affair of the PRC.
• Whether leaders like Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron and the like have reached a point of no return is hard to say. We do see that so far, the European war party has been investing its political capital in inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, and is ready to go the whole nine yards. <...> Not only they do not care about the Ukrainians but they do not care about their people either.
This is the only way to explain the fact that there is still talk in Europe about sending military forces to Ukraine as part of the so-called coalition of the willing. We have said many times that in this case our Armed Forces would view them as a legitimate target.
❗️My messages for European politicians who seem to have problems getting to grips with this fact – I hope they get to read this interview – is to repeat one more time 👉 there is no need to be afraid of Russia attacking anyone. However, should anyone consider attacking Russia, they would face a devastating blow.
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Key points
• Russia appreciates efforts by President of the United States Donald Trump and his team to achieve a peace settlement. We are committed to continuing to work with the American negotiators to devise lasting agreements for addressing the conflict’s root causes.
We see that Vladimir Zelensky’s regime and his European curators are not ready to engage in constructive talks. <...> Meanwhile, almost all European countries with few exceptions have been pumping the Kiev regime full of money and weapons.
• There has been a thorough effort to review the updated version of the US National Security Strategy, which is quite understandable. Its central tenets must be supported by what the US does, but even today it offers a new vision. Experts believe that this could be indicative of an effort in Washington to reconsider its international standing. <...> 👉 Speaking of Russia, one thing worth mentioning is the fact that the strategy does not contain any calls to subject our country to a system-wide containment and deterrence policy.
It may be the first time for the United States when it publicly questioned NATO’s long-standing commitment to expansionism, even if it stopped short of undertaking not to expand NATO. <...> Some of the ideas set forth in this strategy are not at odds with efforts to promote dialogue between Russia and the United States. That said, we will make our final decisions only by looking at what the US administration does on the international stage.
• The EU has been seeking to dismantle mechanisms for working with Russia. It all started somewhere around 2014, when the ruling elites in most European countries started <...> inciting Russia-hating and militarist sentiment among their people.
• In 2025, we witnessed unprecedented events with Israel carrying out a direct act of aggression against Iran together with the United States, which targeted facilities related to the Iranian nuclear programme with missile and bomb strikes despite the fact that these facilities benefit from IAEA’s guarantees. <...> We would like to note that the Iranians have been exercising maximum restraint and composure by responding to all the provocations and blackmail on behalf of the West by stating their commitment to dialogue and resolving the lingering differences by political means.
We have shared our assessment of the situation in the Gaza Strip many times. We welcomed international mediation efforts. Thanks to these efforts the hot phase of the bloodshed that lasted since October 2023 was stopped and the mass starvation of the Palestinians prevented. <...>
The main thing here is to remedy the historical injustice and provide for establishing a viable Palestinian state, which would coexist with Israel.
• Taiwan is currently used as a tool of military-strategic deterrence against the PRC. This is also a matter of pursing vested interests. <...> We believe that the Taiwan problem is an internal affair of the PRC.
• Whether leaders like Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron and the like have reached a point of no return is hard to say. We do see that so far, the European war party has been investing its political capital in inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, and is ready to go the whole nine yards. <...> Not only they do not care about the Ukrainians but they do not care about their people either.
This is the only way to explain the fact that there is still talk in Europe about sending military forces to Ukraine as part of the so-called coalition of the willing. We have said many times that in this case our Armed Forces would view them as a legitimate target.
❗️My messages for European politicians who seem to have problems getting to grips with this fact – I hope they get to read this interview – is to repeat one more time 👉 there is no need to be afraid of Russia attacking anyone. However, should anyone consider attacking Russia, they would face a devastating blow.
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Forwarded from Gateway to Russia
How St. Petersburg is decorated for the New Year 2026!
The main Christmas tree on Palace Square, a scarlet heart and illuminations on the Griboedov Canal and crowns on Nevsky Prospect.
📷 Alexander Demyanchuk, Valentin Yegorshin / TASS, Viktoria Viatris, Alexei Danichev / Sputnik
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The main Christmas tree on Palace Square, a scarlet heart and illuminations on the Griboedov Canal and crowns on Nevsky Prospect.
📷 Alexander Demyanchuk, Valentin Yegorshin / TASS, Viktoria Viatris, Alexei Danichev / Sputnik
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The Embassy of Russia in Bangladesh was deeply saddened to learn about the demise of Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Russia will remember her with gratitude for the cordial relations maintained with our country during her two tenures as the head of the Government. We extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends and fellow party members.
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🎄On December 29, in anticipation of the New Year, the Russian Embassy School organized a festive concert. The audience enjoyed beloved songs familiar to every Russian person since childhood as the students and their teachers staged a live-action musical based on the Soviet animated film "The Bremen Town Musicians."
Minister-Counselor Vyacheslav Sentyurin thanked the schoolchildren for their vibrant performance and wished the young actors, their teachers and parents, as well as compatriots who attended the concert, success and prosperity in the New Year.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, main characters of every Russian New Year celebration, greeted the children, while the students sang songs and recited poems. The event concluded with games, traditional circle dance around the Christmas tree, and the distribution of gifts.
Minister-Counselor Vyacheslav Sentyurin thanked the schoolchildren for their vibrant performance and wished the young actors, their teachers and parents, as well as compatriots who attended the concert, success and prosperity in the New Year.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, main characters of every Russian New Year celebration, greeted the children, while the students sang songs and recited poems. The event concluded with games, traditional circle dance around the Christmas tree, and the distribution of gifts.
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🎄 29 декабря в преддверии Нового года школа при Посольстве России в Бангладеш организовала праздничный концерт. Со сцены актового зала зазвучали с детства любимые всеми песни, ведь учащиеся и их учителя поставили настоящий мюзикл по мотивам советского мультфильма «Бременские музыканты».
Советник-посланник В.В.Сентюрин поблагодарил школьников за яркое выступление и пожелал юным актерам, их преподавателям и родителям, а также соотечественникам, собравшимся на концерт, успехов и благополучия в Новом году.
Детей поздравили Дед Мороз и Снегурочка, а школьники спели для них песни и рассказали стихи. Мероприятие завершилось веселыми играми, хороводом вокруг елки и, конечно, подарками.
Советник-посланник В.В.Сентюрин поблагодарил школьников за яркое выступление и пожелал юным актерам, их преподавателям и родителям, а также соотечественникам, собравшимся на концерт, успехов и благополучия в Новом году.
Детей поздравили Дед Мороз и Снегурочка, а школьники спели для них песни и рассказали стихи. Мероприятие завершилось веселыми играми, хороводом вокруг елки и, конечно, подарками.
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⚡️ Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation regarding the further development of the situation around Venezuela
We are extremely concerned by reports that the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his spouse were forcibly taken out of the country during today’s aggressive actions by the United States.
We demand immediate clarification of these reports.
If such actions did in fact take place, they represent an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, the respect for which is a fundamental principle of international law.
We are extremely concerned by reports that the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his spouse were forcibly taken out of the country during today’s aggressive actions by the United States.
We demand immediate clarification of these reports.
If such actions did in fact take place, they represent an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, the respect for which is a fundamental principle of international law.
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