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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
As you know, CNN did not travel to Starobelsk on May 24, citing logistical reasons.
Yesterday, CNN itself showed what it had been working on while correspondents from around the world were witnessing the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack by Banderites on the dormitory and academic building of a pedagogical college in the LPR.
CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh – arrested in absentia in Russia for taking part in the incursion into the Kursk Region – was filming a propaganda piece on how Kiev carries out drone attacks on Russian cities. The report had been prepared somewhat in advance, but aired on 26 May – four days after the strike on Starobelsk, which claimed more than twenty lives. Neither the anchors’ intro nor Walsh himself said a single word about it.
Instead, CNN ran what was essentially an advertising campaign for the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones: “We're now with perhaps Russia's most keenly sought target in the war, a deep strike Ukrainian drone unit, launching this night a wave of 200. And in Russian Stavropol, these Ukrainian drones hit”.
It is this casually mentioned detail – regarding Stavropol – that suggests Nick Walsh may have been embedded with an AFU militant unit at the very moment when the planned attack on the college in Starobelsk was being coordinated there. After all, Kiev’s drones did indeed strike Stavropol the day before the attack on Starobelsk.
This casts the situation in a different light.
The AFU hires CNN to film the work of its drone killers.
Yet when Russia invites CNN correspondents to see for themselves the consequences of Ukrainian drone attacks – the killing of civilians, including children, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure – the American journalists cite holidays, logistics and so on. At the same time, there is a strong possibility that CNN correspondents were filming preparations for this horrific terrorist attack.
In the channel’s view, its audience apparently does not need to know about the aftermath of the crime.
It is perfectly obvious that this is not journalism.
CNN now has other tasks – propaganda, distortion and manipulation, but certainly not informing its audience.
This is exactly how the Völkischer Beobachter newspaper operated in 1944. Its editorial policy was coordinated by the NSDAP agitation bodies, its staff saluted and praised the “feats of German arms”, and until 1945 it kept telling readers about the Reich’s imminent victory over the USSR and the Allies. Anything that did not fit this picture simply did not exist. After the collapse of the Hitler regime, by decision of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the editor-in-chief of Völkischer Beobachter spent the rest of his life in labour camps.
☝️Today, the Western mainstream is likewise shaping a deliberately distorted vision of the world.
As you know, CNN did not travel to Starobelsk on May 24, citing logistical reasons.
Yesterday, CNN itself showed what it had been working on while correspondents from around the world were witnessing the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack by Banderites on the dormitory and academic building of a pedagogical college in the LPR.
CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh – arrested in absentia in Russia for taking part in the incursion into the Kursk Region – was filming a propaganda piece on how Kiev carries out drone attacks on Russian cities. The report had been prepared somewhat in advance, but aired on 26 May – four days after the strike on Starobelsk, which claimed more than twenty lives. Neither the anchors’ intro nor Walsh himself said a single word about it.
Instead, CNN ran what was essentially an advertising campaign for the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones: “We're now with perhaps Russia's most keenly sought target in the war, a deep strike Ukrainian drone unit, launching this night a wave of 200. And in Russian Stavropol, these Ukrainian drones hit”.
It is this casually mentioned detail – regarding Stavropol – that suggests Nick Walsh may have been embedded with an AFU militant unit at the very moment when the planned attack on the college in Starobelsk was being coordinated there. After all, Kiev’s drones did indeed strike Stavropol the day before the attack on Starobelsk.
This casts the situation in a different light.
The AFU hires CNN to film the work of its drone killers.
Yet when Russia invites CNN correspondents to see for themselves the consequences of Ukrainian drone attacks – the killing of civilians, including children, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure – the American journalists cite holidays, logistics and so on. At the same time, there is a strong possibility that CNN correspondents were filming preparations for this horrific terrorist attack.
In the channel’s view, its audience apparently does not need to know about the aftermath of the crime.
It is perfectly obvious that this is not journalism.
CNN now has other tasks – propaganda, distortion and manipulation, but certainly not informing its audience.
This is exactly how the Völkischer Beobachter newspaper operated in 1944. Its editorial policy was coordinated by the NSDAP agitation bodies, its staff saluted and praised the “feats of German arms”, and until 1945 it kept telling readers about the Reich’s imminent victory over the USSR and the Allies. Anything that did not fit this picture simply did not exist. After the collapse of the Hitler regime, by decision of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the editor-in-chief of Völkischer Beobachter spent the rest of his life in labour camps.
☝️Today, the Western mainstream is likewise shaping a deliberately distorted vision of the world.
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🇷🇺🇰🇿 President of Russia Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit (May 27-29), as well as to take part in a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the Eurasian Economic Forum.
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greeted Vladimir Putin upon arrival.
The President of Russia and Kazakhstan will hold bilateral talks to discuss key issues pertaining to the comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kazakhstan and address a number of current regional and international matters.
It is expected that a Joint Statement by the Heads of State and a substantial package of intergovernmental, interdepartmental, and business agreements will be signed at the end of the visit.
On the evening of May 28, the President of Russia will address the Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, while on May 29, he will take part in a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
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President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greeted Vladimir Putin upon arrival.
The President of Russia and Kazakhstan will hold bilateral talks to discuss key issues pertaining to the comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kazakhstan and address a number of current regional and international matters.
It is expected that a Joint Statement by the Heads of State and a substantial package of intergovernmental, interdepartmental, and business agreements will be signed at the end of the visit.
On the evening of May 28, the President of Russia will address the Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, while on May 29, he will take part in a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
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⚡️ Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia “On the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine” (May 2026)
Read the full report (PDF)
✍️ The report, alongside daily evidence in the media and online, exposes the scale of Ukraine’s human rights collapse.
First and foremost, the main reason for this degradation is the illegitimate neo-Nazi regime in power in Kiev, which is now quite openly and diligently copying its ideological inspiration – Nazi Germany.
One of many telling confirmations of this was a recent interview with former Ukrainian presidential press secretary Yulia Mendel, in which she said that Zelensky, faced with falling approval ratings, demanded that his subordinates conduct “Goebbels-like propaganda”. With such approaches on the part of the authorities, countless systematic human rights violations in every sphere of public life come as no surprise.
Yet in Ukraine, no one seems concerned. Kiev does not give a thought to the rights of its own citizens, or to the need to create at least some opportunities for them to exercise their lawful rights. Instead, it continues to profit from their blood and deaths.
Recently, the West confirmed new tranches of financial injections and weapons for the Zelensky regime. The monstrous corruption opportunities created by these enormous flows of funds, along with the preservation of power – this is what preoccupies Bankova and its residents. In today’s Ukrainian reality, this means only one thing: continued hostilities “to the last Ukrainian”.
All of this fully confirms what has been noted before: the servile readiness of Kiev’s leadership to sacrifice its country, its people, as well as the history and memory of its authentic past, is precisely why its Western handlers continue not only to turn a blind eye to the neo-Nazi ideology and crimes of the Zelensky junta, but also to justify them and even push Kiev towards ever new crimes.
History knows many such examples of the West nurturing openly racist and fascist regimes. Their unenviable fate is well known – and perhaps that is the only way they secure a place in history. This was discussed at length during the celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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Glorification of Nazism
• At the state level, Ukraine is falsifying history and whitewashing Nazi criminals and fascist collaborators. Members of Ukrainian nationalist military formations from the Second World War – the OUN and UPA – as well as their leaders, have been recognised as fighters for independence. Criminal liability has been introduced for negative assessments of the activities of these structures.
Ban on the Russian language
• The Kiev regime is pursuing a consistent policy of legislatively entrenching the dominant role of the Ukrainian language and reducing opportunities for the use of other languages in public life. The Russian language – native to millions of Ukrainian citizens, not only ethnic Russians, but also Belarusians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Hungarians and representatives of other nationalities – has been subjected to harsh repressions.
Incitement of hatred against Russians and discrimination against them
• Regular efforts have been recorded to promote intolerance towards Russian residents, the Russian language and Russian culture as a whole. Such actions not only met with no condemnation or response from the authorities, but were also carried out by Ukraine’s own leadership. Russophobic statements and calls to kill Russians were regularly heard on air.
Persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• A large-scale information campaign was launched against the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, aimed at discrediting its priests in the eyes of the flock and portraying them as “accomplices of the enemy”. Numerous cases of violent seizures of churches belonging to the canonical Church have been recorded.
Read the full report (PDF)
✍️ The report, alongside daily evidence in the media and online, exposes the scale of Ukraine’s human rights collapse.
First and foremost, the main reason for this degradation is the illegitimate neo-Nazi regime in power in Kiev, which is now quite openly and diligently copying its ideological inspiration – Nazi Germany.
One of many telling confirmations of this was a recent interview with former Ukrainian presidential press secretary Yulia Mendel, in which she said that Zelensky, faced with falling approval ratings, demanded that his subordinates conduct “Goebbels-like propaganda”. With such approaches on the part of the authorities, countless systematic human rights violations in every sphere of public life come as no surprise.
Yet in Ukraine, no one seems concerned. Kiev does not give a thought to the rights of its own citizens, or to the need to create at least some opportunities for them to exercise their lawful rights. Instead, it continues to profit from their blood and deaths.
Recently, the West confirmed new tranches of financial injections and weapons for the Zelensky regime. The monstrous corruption opportunities created by these enormous flows of funds, along with the preservation of power – this is what preoccupies Bankova and its residents. In today’s Ukrainian reality, this means only one thing: continued hostilities “to the last Ukrainian”.
All of this fully confirms what has been noted before: the servile readiness of Kiev’s leadership to sacrifice its country, its people, as well as the history and memory of its authentic past, is precisely why its Western handlers continue not only to turn a blind eye to the neo-Nazi ideology and crimes of the Zelensky junta, but also to justify them and even push Kiev towards ever new crimes.
History knows many such examples of the West nurturing openly racist and fascist regimes. Their unenviable fate is well known – and perhaps that is the only way they secure a place in history. This was discussed at length during the celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
***
Glorification of Nazism
• At the state level, Ukraine is falsifying history and whitewashing Nazi criminals and fascist collaborators. Members of Ukrainian nationalist military formations from the Second World War – the OUN and UPA – as well as their leaders, have been recognised as fighters for independence. Criminal liability has been introduced for negative assessments of the activities of these structures.
Ban on the Russian language
• The Kiev regime is pursuing a consistent policy of legislatively entrenching the dominant role of the Ukrainian language and reducing opportunities for the use of other languages in public life. The Russian language – native to millions of Ukrainian citizens, not only ethnic Russians, but also Belarusians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Hungarians and representatives of other nationalities – has been subjected to harsh repressions.
Incitement of hatred against Russians and discrimination against them
• Regular efforts have been recorded to promote intolerance towards Russian residents, the Russian language and Russian culture as a whole. Such actions not only met with no condemnation or response from the authorities, but were also carried out by Ukraine’s own leadership. Russophobic statements and calls to kill Russians were regularly heard on air.
Persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• A large-scale information campaign was launched against the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, aimed at discrediting its priests in the eyes of the flock and portraying them as “accomplices of the enemy”. Numerous cases of violent seizures of churches belonging to the canonical Church have been recorded.
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent a video address to the participants of the International Security Forum taking place in Moscow.
💬 Over the course of several days, 25 thematic sessions will be held – conferences, round tables, briefings and presentations – during which you will have the opportunity to comprehensively discuss key issues of regional and global security.
Today, as the world faces serious challenges, such representative world-level meetings and direct professional dialogue are particularly relevant.
As before, international terrorism, the risks of uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons, extremism, drug trafficking and cybercrime pose a serious threat to all states without exception.
The modern world is interdependent and interconnected, which is why escalating tensions in individual regions have an adverse impact on the entire international community.
❗️ I want to stress that we support close cooperation in ensuring comprehensive stability on the regional and global scale, and advocate for indivisible security.
We believe that timely work on such significant and strategic issues is especially relevant right now, as the #MultipolarWorld is taking shape. Russia is actively involved in this process, including as a member of integration associations that operate on the principles of equality and respect for sovereignty, national interests, historical, cultural and civilisational identities of countries and peoples.
This Forum’s objective is to tackle security problems and assist with expanding pragmatic cooperation between countries for the protection from internal and external threats.
I am certain that the ideas and proposals put forward during the Forum will help strengthen security partnerships between our countries and contribute to achieving a strong balance of power in the world. Of course, they will also help strengthen friendships and trust between our nations.
🤝 I wish you productive work and all the best.
💬 Over the course of several days, 25 thematic sessions will be held – conferences, round tables, briefings and presentations – during which you will have the opportunity to comprehensively discuss key issues of regional and global security.
Today, as the world faces serious challenges, such representative world-level meetings and direct professional dialogue are particularly relevant.
As before, international terrorism, the risks of uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons, extremism, drug trafficking and cybercrime pose a serious threat to all states without exception.
The modern world is interdependent and interconnected, which is why escalating tensions in individual regions have an adverse impact on the entire international community.
❗️ I want to stress that we support close cooperation in ensuring comprehensive stability on the regional and global scale, and advocate for indivisible security.
We believe that timely work on such significant and strategic issues is especially relevant right now, as the #MultipolarWorld is taking shape. Russia is actively involved in this process, including as a member of integration associations that operate on the principles of equality and respect for sovereignty, national interests, historical, cultural and civilisational identities of countries and peoples.
This Forum’s objective is to tackle security problems and assist with expanding pragmatic cooperation between countries for the protection from internal and external threats.
I am certain that the ideas and proposals put forward during the Forum will help strengthen security partnerships between our countries and contribute to achieving a strong balance of power in the world. Of course, they will also help strengthen friendships and trust between our nations.
🤝 I wish you productive work and all the best.
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🇷🇺🇰🇿 Opening remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin during Russia-Kazakhstan talks in expanded format (Astana, May 28, 2026)
💬 President Putin: Russia-Kazakhstan relations are following an upward trend and are developing dynamically on the principles of equality and mutual respect.
During your state visit to Moscow last year, we stated in our Joint Statement that our bilateral relations had reached the level of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance. This is indeed the case – we are working across all areas.
Of course, we were very pleased to see you in Moscow at the May 9 celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the Great #Victory. We honour the feat of the Soviet soldiers and the selflessness of the home front workers, who made a decisive contribution to saving the world from Nazism.
📈 Russia is among the Republic’s leading trade partners. In 2025, trade turnover grew steadily. 70 joint investment projects are being implemented – and this is only the beginning. We discussed this, and our teams have done good work in preparing for today’s meeting: promising areas of our cooperation have been outlined, which will undoubtedly produce very good results.
We have also already spoken about cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as well as projects in this sphere. In November 2025, the Days of Culture of Kazakhstan were successfully held in Moscow. You have just mentioned the Days of Russian Culture. This is very important for our interaction along such a vital track as the humanitarian one. Contacts between our citizens are also very important. All this strengthens our cooperation.
About 60,000 citizens of Kazakhstan are studying at Russian universities. Branches of eight leading Russian higher education institutions operate in the Republic.
I would like to particularly note the establishment, at your initiative, of the International Organisation for the Russian Language, which has already begun its statutory activities. I would also like to note that yesterday, during our one-on-one conversation in an informal setting, you also mentioned this and made certain observations on how this work could be organised going forward. Once again, I heard very useful initiatives from you. I would like to thank you for that.
In international affairs, our joint work in the #EAEU, #CSTO, #CIS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, #BRICS and the #UN, as well as in the Caspian Five and Russia-Central Asia formats, serves as an example of constructive cooperation.
🤝 In short, we are working very actively and across all areas. I would like to thank you for the invitation. I have no doubt that our work will be very useful for both Sides.
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💬 President Putin: Russia-Kazakhstan relations are following an upward trend and are developing dynamically on the principles of equality and mutual respect.
During your state visit to Moscow last year, we stated in our Joint Statement that our bilateral relations had reached the level of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance. This is indeed the case – we are working across all areas.
Of course, we were very pleased to see you in Moscow at the May 9 celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the Great #Victory. We honour the feat of the Soviet soldiers and the selflessness of the home front workers, who made a decisive contribution to saving the world from Nazism.
📈 Russia is among the Republic’s leading trade partners. In 2025, trade turnover grew steadily. 70 joint investment projects are being implemented – and this is only the beginning. We discussed this, and our teams have done good work in preparing for today’s meeting: promising areas of our cooperation have been outlined, which will undoubtedly produce very good results.
We have also already spoken about cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as well as projects in this sphere. In November 2025, the Days of Culture of Kazakhstan were successfully held in Moscow. You have just mentioned the Days of Russian Culture. This is very important for our interaction along such a vital track as the humanitarian one. Contacts between our citizens are also very important. All this strengthens our cooperation.
About 60,000 citizens of Kazakhstan are studying at Russian universities. Branches of eight leading Russian higher education institutions operate in the Republic.
I would like to particularly note the establishment, at your initiative, of the International Organisation for the Russian Language, which has already begun its statutory activities. I would also like to note that yesterday, during our one-on-one conversation in an informal setting, you also mentioned this and made certain observations on how this work could be organised going forward. Once again, I heard very useful initiatives from you. I would like to thank you for that.
In international affairs, our joint work in the #EAEU, #CSTO, #CIS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, #BRICS and the #UN, as well as in the Caspian Five and Russia-Central Asia formats, serves as an example of constructive cooperation.
🤝 In short, we are working very actively and across all areas. I would like to thank you for the invitation. I have no doubt that our work will be very useful for both Sides.
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🇷🇺🇰🇿 Joint Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the Seven Pillars of Friendship and Good-Neighbourliness between the Peoples of Russia and Kazakhstan (Astana, May 28, 2026)
Today, the world is undergoing profound and rapid change. The system of international relations is facing serious challenges and threats, global instability and a crisis of trust are intensifying, and familiar approaches to ensuring security and sustainable development are being reassessed.
Russia and Kazakhstan are convinced that there is no alternative to building a more just world order – one that opens up opportunities for sustainable development and is capable of placing the international situation on a path towards stabilisation and fundamental recovery.
In such periods, strong and time-tested principles of interstate interaction acquire particular value – principles based on mutual respect, good-neighbourliness, consideration of national interests and equal partnership.
🤝 The bond between our countries rests precisely on these approaches, drawing on close historical ties, mutual support and mutually beneficial cooperation.
In this regard, efforts will be made to strengthen the following pillars of friendship and good-neighbourliness between the peoples of Russia and Kazakhstan:
The FIRST pillar – shared history and a responsible approach to its objective interpretation in the spirit of friendship and good-neighbourliness.
The SECOND pillar – joint efforts to develop Eurasian integration and to form a regional space of cooperation, security and dialogue.
The THIRD pillar – the common border as a space of good-neighbourliness and cooperation.
The FOURTH pillar – economic partnership.
The FIFTH pillar – linguistic and cultural diversity as a shared heritage, traditional values and civilisational affinity.
The SIXTH pillar – youth cooperation, educational exchanges and cooperation in sports.
The SEVENTH pillar – a shared vision of the future.
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We see the future of Russia-Kazakhstan relations as a space of sustainable and mutually beneficial development, in which our countries act as equal partners, strategic allies and good neighbours.
By consistently strengthening these seven pillars, we are reinforcing trust and stability and expanding opportunities for a worthy future for our peoples.
☝️ We are convinced that the friendship and good-neighbourliness of Russia and Kazakhstan, grounded in a common history and a shared commitment to creation, will remain a reliable foundation for our interstate relations for the long historical perspective.
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Today, the world is undergoing profound and rapid change. The system of international relations is facing serious challenges and threats, global instability and a crisis of trust are intensifying, and familiar approaches to ensuring security and sustainable development are being reassessed.
Russia and Kazakhstan are convinced that there is no alternative to building a more just world order – one that opens up opportunities for sustainable development and is capable of placing the international situation on a path towards stabilisation and fundamental recovery.
In such periods, strong and time-tested principles of interstate interaction acquire particular value – principles based on mutual respect, good-neighbourliness, consideration of national interests and equal partnership.
🤝 The bond between our countries rests precisely on these approaches, drawing on close historical ties, mutual support and mutually beneficial cooperation.
In this regard, efforts will be made to strengthen the following pillars of friendship and good-neighbourliness between the peoples of Russia and Kazakhstan:
The FIRST pillar – shared history and a responsible approach to its objective interpretation in the spirit of friendship and good-neighbourliness.
The SECOND pillar – joint efforts to develop Eurasian integration and to form a regional space of cooperation, security and dialogue.
The THIRD pillar – the common border as a space of good-neighbourliness and cooperation.
The FOURTH pillar – economic partnership.
The FIFTH pillar – linguistic and cultural diversity as a shared heritage, traditional values and civilisational affinity.
The SIXTH pillar – youth cooperation, educational exchanges and cooperation in sports.
The SEVENTH pillar – a shared vision of the future.
***
We see the future of Russia-Kazakhstan relations as a space of sustainable and mutually beneficial development, in which our countries act as equal partners, strategic allies and good neighbours.
By consistently strengthening these seven pillars, we are reinforcing trust and stability and expanding opportunities for a worthy future for our peoples.
☝️ We are convinced that the friendship and good-neighbourliness of Russia and Kazakhstan, grounded in a common history and a shared commitment to creation, will remain a reliable foundation for our interstate relations for the long historical perspective.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Statements to the media by President of Russia Vladimir Putin following Russia-Kazakhstan bilateral talks (Astana, May 28, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin: Our talks today were indeed businesslike and constructive, and proved highly productive. This is fully in keeping with the nature of the truly friendly and good-neighbourly relations between Russia and Kazakhstan.
We had a detailed discussion of the key issues of bilateral cooperation in politics, the economy, and cultural and humanitarian affairs, and also touched upon current matters on the international agenda.
✍️ A Joint Statement has been signed, setting out priority tasks for strengthening the entire range of Russian-Kazakh cooperation. A number of important intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents have also been concluded, covering a wide variety of sectors – from energy and finance to healthcare and education.
Considerable attention during the talks was devoted to economic cooperation. In 2025, our trade reached almost $29 billion, and we are, of course, moving steadily towards the $30 billion mark. There is no doubt that this threshold will be crossed in the very near future.
The structure of foreign trade is expanding and diversifying, including through goods with high added value. Practically all settlements between our two countries are carried out in national currencies. This means that mutual export-import operations are reliably protected from external influence and negative trends on global markets.
As part of the visit, agreements were approved on the parameters for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan and on financing the project through a Russian state export credit. Once commissioned, the plant will make a significant contribution to ensuring the energy supply of the country’s economy and will help provide enterprises and households with affordable and clean energy.
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is being jointly operated, and through our common efforts a new launch pad, Baiterek, has been created. A month ago, as the President also noted, the new and promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicle was sent into space from this site.
Cooperation in digitalisation and innovative technologies is advancing at a good pace. Russia and Kazakhstan are working together to introduce artificial intelligence and other modern solutions across a wide range of sectors of the economy and social life. Incidentally, on the initiative of our Kazakh friends, the topic of high technologies will be discussed this evening at the Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, which will be attended by the Leaders of the EAEU member states.
It is important that the Russian language is widely used in Kazakhstan, and that its use in various spheres of life is supported by the leadership of the republic. The new Constitution, adopted in a referendum on March 15 at the initiative of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich, confirms the status of Russian as an official language. It was Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich who put forward the initiative to establish the International Organisation for the Russian Language.
When reviewing key international issues, we confirmed that the positions of Russia and Kazakhstan on most of them are very close or practically coincide.
Our countries coordinate their approaches at the #UN and in other multilateral formats – the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
🤝 And of course, I would like to note Kazakhstan’s successful chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union this year. Tomorrow, the Union’s Summit will adopt a number of important decisions aimed at deepening our integration cooperation.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Our talks today were indeed businesslike and constructive, and proved highly productive. This is fully in keeping with the nature of the truly friendly and good-neighbourly relations between Russia and Kazakhstan.
We had a detailed discussion of the key issues of bilateral cooperation in politics, the economy, and cultural and humanitarian affairs, and also touched upon current matters on the international agenda.
✍️ A Joint Statement has been signed, setting out priority tasks for strengthening the entire range of Russian-Kazakh cooperation. A number of important intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents have also been concluded, covering a wide variety of sectors – from energy and finance to healthcare and education.
Considerable attention during the talks was devoted to economic cooperation. In 2025, our trade reached almost $29 billion, and we are, of course, moving steadily towards the $30 billion mark. There is no doubt that this threshold will be crossed in the very near future.
The structure of foreign trade is expanding and diversifying, including through goods with high added value. Practically all settlements between our two countries are carried out in national currencies. This means that mutual export-import operations are reliably protected from external influence and negative trends on global markets.
As part of the visit, agreements were approved on the parameters for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan and on financing the project through a Russian state export credit. Once commissioned, the plant will make a significant contribution to ensuring the energy supply of the country’s economy and will help provide enterprises and households with affordable and clean energy.
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is being jointly operated, and through our common efforts a new launch pad, Baiterek, has been created. A month ago, as the President also noted, the new and promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicle was sent into space from this site.
Cooperation in digitalisation and innovative technologies is advancing at a good pace. Russia and Kazakhstan are working together to introduce artificial intelligence and other modern solutions across a wide range of sectors of the economy and social life. Incidentally, on the initiative of our Kazakh friends, the topic of high technologies will be discussed this evening at the Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, which will be attended by the Leaders of the EAEU member states.
It is important that the Russian language is widely used in Kazakhstan, and that its use in various spheres of life is supported by the leadership of the republic. The new Constitution, adopted in a referendum on March 15 at the initiative of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich, confirms the status of Russian as an official language. It was Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich who put forward the initiative to establish the International Organisation for the Russian Language.
When reviewing key international issues, we confirmed that the positions of Russia and Kazakhstan on most of them are very close or practically coincide.
Our countries coordinate their approaches at the #UN and in other multilateral formats – the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
🤝 And of course, I would like to note Kazakhstan’s successful chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union this year. Tomorrow, the Union’s Summit will adopt a number of important decisions aimed at deepening our integration cooperation.
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🗓 Astana to host a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Councill today. It will be attended by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
The event is taking place on May 29 – the Eurasian Economic Union Day – established in 2022 to mark signing the Treaty on the EAEU in 2014.
Ahead of the meeting, the Heads of Delegations of the #EAEU member states took part in a welcome ceremony and a joint photo op.
The event is taking place on May 29 – the Eurasian Economic Union Day – established in 2022 to mark signing the Treaty on the EAEU in 2014.
Ahead of the meeting, the Heads of Delegations of the #EAEU member states took part in a welcome ceremony and a joint photo op.
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🎙 Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the expanded meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (Astana, May 29, 2026)
💬 It is indeed symbolic that exactly 12 years ago, On May 29, 2014, the founding Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union was signed here in Astana.
The consistent and painstaking joint work carried out by our states to implement this document has made it possible to create a truly effective integration association. The assessments voiced by our colleagues – both positive and critical – clearly show that the Eurasian Economic Union is functioning successfully overall and continues to develop further.
I would like to particularly emphasise that, given the specifics of the current situation, close Eurasian integration brings real benefits to each member state of our Association. It helps increase business revenues and improve the quality of life and well-being of our countries’ citizens.
📈 The key macroeconomic indicators of our “five” show a stable positive dynamic, and this speaks for itself. Total industrial production in the Eurasian Union increased by 1.6%, agricultural production by 4.6%, and construction by 4.2%. Growth is also being recorded in most sectors of the economy.
Trade flows between the states of our association reached $95 billion in 2025. The structure of trade is improving thanks to expanded supplies of high-tech products and a simultaneous decrease in the share of raw materials.
Trade barriers are being consistently eliminated within the EAEU, and non-tariff regulation rules are being unified.
Practically all settlements between our countries are carried out in national currencies. This means that mutual export-import operations are reliably protected from external influence and negative trends on global markets.
Measures are being taken to further harmonise the customs legislation of the member states.
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We have all repeatedly emphasised that the Eurasian Economic Union and our integration activity attract considerable attention abroad.
Many foreign states and major regional structures – such as the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – are showing interest in developing ties with the “five”.
For its part, the EAEU remains invariably open to mutually beneficial and equal cooperation with constructively minded countries and associations.
The circle of the “five’s” preferential partners is steadily expanding year by year. In 2025, trade agreements were concluded with Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Negotiations on trade liberalisation with India have also intensified.
☝️ I would like to stress that deepening allied ties with all EAEU states is an unconditional priority for Russia. We intend to continue fully supporting the development of integration processes across the entire Eurasian space.
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💬 It is indeed symbolic that exactly 12 years ago, On May 29, 2014, the founding Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union was signed here in Astana.
The consistent and painstaking joint work carried out by our states to implement this document has made it possible to create a truly effective integration association. The assessments voiced by our colleagues – both positive and critical – clearly show that the Eurasian Economic Union is functioning successfully overall and continues to develop further.
I would like to particularly emphasise that, given the specifics of the current situation, close Eurasian integration brings real benefits to each member state of our Association. It helps increase business revenues and improve the quality of life and well-being of our countries’ citizens.
📈 The key macroeconomic indicators of our “five” show a stable positive dynamic, and this speaks for itself. Total industrial production in the Eurasian Union increased by 1.6%, agricultural production by 4.6%, and construction by 4.2%. Growth is also being recorded in most sectors of the economy.
Trade flows between the states of our association reached $95 billion in 2025. The structure of trade is improving thanks to expanded supplies of high-tech products and a simultaneous decrease in the share of raw materials.
Trade barriers are being consistently eliminated within the EAEU, and non-tariff regulation rules are being unified.
Practically all settlements between our countries are carried out in national currencies. This means that mutual export-import operations are reliably protected from external influence and negative trends on global markets.
Measures are being taken to further harmonise the customs legislation of the member states.
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We have all repeatedly emphasised that the Eurasian Economic Union and our integration activity attract considerable attention abroad.
Many foreign states and major regional structures – such as the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – are showing interest in developing ties with the “five”.
For its part, the EAEU remains invariably open to mutually beneficial and equal cooperation with constructively minded countries and associations.
The circle of the “five’s” preferential partners is steadily expanding year by year. In 2025, trade agreements were concluded with Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Negotiations on trade liberalisation with India have also intensified.
☝️ I would like to stress that deepening allied ties with all EAEU states is an unconditional priority for Russia. We intend to continue fully supporting the development of integration processes across the entire Eurasian space.
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🎙Comment of the Ambassador of Russia to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, to ITAR-TASS News Agency (March 29, 2026)
On Canada-Ukraine agreement on drone production
The agreement on the production of uncrewed aerial systems for the Kiev regime, officially announced by Ottawa, is part of the hostile policy pursued by PM Mark Carney’s cabinet towards our country. It is further evidence of a desire to fuel the conflict in order to profit from it.
❗️In effect, Ottawa is moving to a new level of involvement in the Ukrainian crisis — from supplying weapons and financial aid to direct cooperation with the illegitimate Kiev regime in the sphere of military-industrial production.
Russia will take this shift into account in its military and political planning.
On Canada-Ukraine agreement on drone production
The agreement on the production of uncrewed aerial systems for the Kiev regime, officially announced by Ottawa, is part of the hostile policy pursued by PM Mark Carney’s cabinet towards our country. It is further evidence of a desire to fuel the conflict in order to profit from it.
❗️In effect, Ottawa is moving to a new level of involvement in the Ukrainian crisis — from supplying weapons and financial aid to direct cooperation with the illegitimate Kiev regime in the sphere of military-industrial production.
Russia will take this shift into account in its military and political planning.
🎙Комментарий Посла России в Канаде О.В.Степанова новостному агентству ИТАР-ТАСС (29 марта 2026 г.)
О канадско-украинском сотрудничестве в сфере производства БПЛА
Анонсированная официальной Оттавой договорённость насчет производства беспилотных систем для киевского режима - часть враждебной по отношению к нашей стране политики кабинета М.Карни. Свидетельство желания подпитывать конфликт, чтобы на нем подзаработать.
❗️Фактически Оттава переходит на новый уровень вовлечённости в украинский кризис — от поставок вооружений и финансовой помощи к прямой кооперации с антинародной киевской хунтой в сфере экономики военно-промышленного производства.
Россия будет учитывать это изменение в своем военном и политическом планировании.
О канадско-украинском сотрудничестве в сфере производства БПЛА
Анонсированная официальной Оттавой договорённость насчет производства беспилотных систем для киевского режима - часть враждебной по отношению к нашей стране политики кабинета М.Карни. Свидетельство желания подпитывать конфликт, чтобы на нем подзаработать.
❗️Фактически Оттава переходит на новый уровень вовлечённости в украинский кризис — от поставок вооружений и финансовой помощи к прямой кооперации с антинародной киевской хунтой в сфере экономики военно-промышленного производства.
Россия будет учитывать это изменение в своем военном и политическом планировании.