This arithmetic clearly shows that the Kiev regime’s European sponsors, above all in the European Union and the UK, do not even think about peace. They are thinking about how much money they will send to Kiev and how they will later retrieve it: not through official mechanisms, but through an entrenched and legalised corruption scheme. This is precisely why they continue to bet on escalation, deliberately prolonging the conflict and the bloodshed “to the last Ukrainian.” For them, it is only about money.
The EU governing agencies note that the Ukrainian military requirements are being transformed: earlier Ukraine was interested in a short-term training of soldiers, now it needs help in a long-term modernisation and restructuring of national armed forces. To satisfy this need in full, Europeans consider the possibility of transferring to Ukraine some of the EU military assistance training mission programmes for Ukrainian servicemen.
Well, it seems that soon there will be no one left to train. In Bankovaya Street they have decided to classify the desertion statistics (data circulated by the media differ from what is provided by the Kiev regime), to plug the gaps at the front, tighten the requirements for exemptions from military service and reduce the list of diseases that exempt from mobilisation. Those who voluntarily return from “desertion” are sent to assault units. Still, such measures will hardly help to solve the systemic problem of casualty replacement. Ukrainians understand what destiny is in store for them from Kiev corruptionists and do everything to save their lives.
On December 18, Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen Olga Reshetilova in her interview to The Glavred, a Ukrainian publication, admitted that “people often make their choice between death at war and several years of imprisonment in favour of imprisonment.” Their number is steadily growing. On December 20, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Kirill Budanov told the Levy Bereg publication that internal factors, including the ambitions of certain individuals, were behind the collapse of the mobilisation campaign in Ukraine. However, this failure has not deterred the Bankovaya Street. According to reports on Ukrainian social media, security forces have been tasked with “tightening the screws” and issuing around two million conscription notices in early 2026. In practice, it will be tantamount to general mobilisation.
On December 15, the “clergy” of the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine held its meeting at the St Michael’s Monastery in Kiev. It was timed to coincide with the 7th anniversary of the church’s establishment.
We do understand that they are not dissidents proceeding from their own interpretation of dogmas and theological analysis. This is a quasi organisation that must simply destroy the Orthodox faith, actually Christianity, in Ukraine. What the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is doing has nothing to do with religion or faith.
Judging by the photos posted on the Internet, this pseudo religious entity cannot boast a great number of clergy. The photographs show about 40 people whom, primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius (Dumenko), tried to portray, are former clergymen of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who allegedly voluntarily sided with the dissidents.
The defectors were tasked with persuading their former brethren in the canonical Church to renounce their faith and join the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, they failed to achieve this objective. In their own appeal, they admitted that “the episcopate and clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have overwhelmingly ignored the historic opportunity for timely synodical unity.” As the saying goes, they set out to do one thing, but ended up accomplishing something different.
The EU governing agencies note that the Ukrainian military requirements are being transformed: earlier Ukraine was interested in a short-term training of soldiers, now it needs help in a long-term modernisation and restructuring of national armed forces. To satisfy this need in full, Europeans consider the possibility of transferring to Ukraine some of the EU military assistance training mission programmes for Ukrainian servicemen.
Well, it seems that soon there will be no one left to train. In Bankovaya Street they have decided to classify the desertion statistics (data circulated by the media differ from what is provided by the Kiev regime), to plug the gaps at the front, tighten the requirements for exemptions from military service and reduce the list of diseases that exempt from mobilisation. Those who voluntarily return from “desertion” are sent to assault units. Still, such measures will hardly help to solve the systemic problem of casualty replacement. Ukrainians understand what destiny is in store for them from Kiev corruptionists and do everything to save their lives.
On December 18, Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen Olga Reshetilova in her interview to The Glavred, a Ukrainian publication, admitted that “people often make their choice between death at war and several years of imprisonment in favour of imprisonment.” Their number is steadily growing. On December 20, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Kirill Budanov told the Levy Bereg publication that internal factors, including the ambitions of certain individuals, were behind the collapse of the mobilisation campaign in Ukraine. However, this failure has not deterred the Bankovaya Street. According to reports on Ukrainian social media, security forces have been tasked with “tightening the screws” and issuing around two million conscription notices in early 2026. In practice, it will be tantamount to general mobilisation.
On December 15, the “clergy” of the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine held its meeting at the St Michael’s Monastery in Kiev. It was timed to coincide with the 7th anniversary of the church’s establishment.
We do understand that they are not dissidents proceeding from their own interpretation of dogmas and theological analysis. This is a quasi organisation that must simply destroy the Orthodox faith, actually Christianity, in Ukraine. What the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is doing has nothing to do with religion or faith.
Judging by the photos posted on the Internet, this pseudo religious entity cannot boast a great number of clergy. The photographs show about 40 people whom, primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius (Dumenko), tried to portray, are former clergymen of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who allegedly voluntarily sided with the dissidents.
The defectors were tasked with persuading their former brethren in the canonical Church to renounce their faith and join the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, they failed to achieve this objective. In their own appeal, they admitted that “the episcopate and clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have overwhelmingly ignored the historic opportunity for timely synodical unity.” As the saying goes, they set out to do one thing, but ended up accomplishing something different.
This outcome once again exposed the falsity of the figures long promoted by the schismatics regarding the alleged mass defection of parishes from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. According to the official data published by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, more than 2,000 parishes of the canonical Church have supposedly “voluntarily” transferred to it over the past seven years, including around 1,300 since February 2022. Even a basic mathematical assessment shows that the real number of such defections amounts to no more than 2–3 percent.
However, manipulation of statistics and bluffing have become standard practice for the Kiev regime. A striking example is the unfounded claim of “tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.” In July, Bankovaya Street effectively acknowledged the falsity of these assertions by presenting a list of just 339 minors during talks in Istanbul. Moreover, a significant portion of that list did not even meet the criteria under which it was allegedly compiled.
The aforementioned meeting of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is also notable because it clearly demonstrated its inability – despite the active involvement of state authorities pursuing a policy of dismantling the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – to become a genuine nationwide church.
In this situation, we noted the Day of Action by Orthodox Christians and Their Allies, held on December 16 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Around 200 believers, including representatives of local US Orthodox churches and human rights advocates, organised public events and meetings with members of the US Congress to highlight the flagrant persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Kiev regime. It was supported by Republican Congress members Anna Paulina Luna and Eli Crane, leader of the Young Republicans wing and representative of the Society of St John of Shanghai Katherine Whiteford, as well as NY Young Republicans Club president Stephano Forte. In their speeches, they detailed the actions taken by the Zelensky regime against the canonical Church and openly questioned continued financial support for Bankovaya Street, which systematically violates religious rights and freedoms – principles that US authorities have long proclaimed as an inviolable guideline dogma for the State Department policy for decades.
It is highly likely that the growing international attention to the deteriorating state of freedom of religion in Ukraine has had a restraining effect on the Kiev authorities’ attempts to accelerate the legal prohibition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Thus, the regular hearing of the 6th Kiev Administrative Court of Appeals, scheduled for December 11, concerning the lawsuit filed by the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience seeking to terminate the activities of the Kiev Metropolitan diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and confiscate its property, was postponed indefinitely. The formal reason cited was the need to resolve the appeal against the ruling of the court of first instance. On December 16, the Supreme Court of Ukraine dismissed the appeal of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, which sought to overturn the inferior court’s refusal to seize the property and bank accounts of the Kiev Metropolitan diocese. Two days later, on December 18, the appellate hearing on the Ministry of Culture’s lawsuit to evict monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was likewise postponed indefinitely.
On December 19, Ukrainian media reported a decision by Kiev City Council to dismantle “15 structures or specific elements linked to the history and symbolism of Russian and Soviet political ideology.” This includes the removal of memorial plaques dedicated to figures such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Anna Akhmatova, Mikhail Glinka, and Dmitry Manuilsky.
However, manipulation of statistics and bluffing have become standard practice for the Kiev regime. A striking example is the unfounded claim of “tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.” In July, Bankovaya Street effectively acknowledged the falsity of these assertions by presenting a list of just 339 minors during talks in Istanbul. Moreover, a significant portion of that list did not even meet the criteria under which it was allegedly compiled.
The aforementioned meeting of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is also notable because it clearly demonstrated its inability – despite the active involvement of state authorities pursuing a policy of dismantling the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – to become a genuine nationwide church.
In this situation, we noted the Day of Action by Orthodox Christians and Their Allies, held on December 16 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Around 200 believers, including representatives of local US Orthodox churches and human rights advocates, organised public events and meetings with members of the US Congress to highlight the flagrant persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Kiev regime. It was supported by Republican Congress members Anna Paulina Luna and Eli Crane, leader of the Young Republicans wing and representative of the Society of St John of Shanghai Katherine Whiteford, as well as NY Young Republicans Club president Stephano Forte. In their speeches, they detailed the actions taken by the Zelensky regime against the canonical Church and openly questioned continued financial support for Bankovaya Street, which systematically violates religious rights and freedoms – principles that US authorities have long proclaimed as an inviolable guideline dogma for the State Department policy for decades.
It is highly likely that the growing international attention to the deteriorating state of freedom of religion in Ukraine has had a restraining effect on the Kiev authorities’ attempts to accelerate the legal prohibition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Thus, the regular hearing of the 6th Kiev Administrative Court of Appeals, scheduled for December 11, concerning the lawsuit filed by the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience seeking to terminate the activities of the Kiev Metropolitan diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and confiscate its property, was postponed indefinitely. The formal reason cited was the need to resolve the appeal against the ruling of the court of first instance. On December 16, the Supreme Court of Ukraine dismissed the appeal of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, which sought to overturn the inferior court’s refusal to seize the property and bank accounts of the Kiev Metropolitan diocese. Two days later, on December 18, the appellate hearing on the Ministry of Culture’s lawsuit to evict monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was likewise postponed indefinitely.
On December 19, Ukrainian media reported a decision by Kiev City Council to dismantle “15 structures or specific elements linked to the history and symbolism of Russian and Soviet political ideology.” This includes the removal of memorial plaques dedicated to figures such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Anna Akhmatova, Mikhail Glinka, and Dmitry Manuilsky.
So Ukrainian children no longer need to know about classical music or its most celebrated composers. It is impossible to imagine the classical canon without Tchaikovsky. Clearly, that is not a consideration for the authorities in Kiev, who seem intent on ensuring that future generations forget his legacy entirely.
Have those responsible ever read Anna Akhmatova? Has anyone on the council read her Requiem – that stark, tragic, and profoundly honest elegy? No. We can assume Vitaly Klichko is basically literate, but did he ever read Akhmatova before issuing the order? The Kiev regime would do well to avoid such public disgrace, if any sense of shame remains (let alone conscience or a shred of morality.)
Other changes include redesigning the Viktor Vasnetsov plaque to remove the word “Russian,” and taking down the ‘Kiev – Hero City’ sign. The latter, sadly, makes a perverse kind of sense; under the current leadership, Kiev can scarcely be considered heroic. That city, built by previous generations through their dedicated work, sincere patriotism, and love for Ukraine, that spirit, forged through their courage and sacrifice, may one day return. But that is a matter for the future. Further revisions will see the text on the monument to liberator soldiers at St Michael’s Hospital translated into Ukrainian. The dates will be changed from “1941-1945” to “1939-1945,” and the “Great Patriotic War” will be re-designated as “World War II.”
Finally, the monument to Mikhail Bulgakov is slated for removal. It has already been shrouded in plastic and sandbags. Ironically, the very realities Bulgakov described are now unfolding in Ukraine. Despite this, Kiev residents continue to lay fresh flowers at its base.
No matter how hard the Banderites try to rewrite history and erase the memory of our shared past, they will not succeed.
The above facts underscore the relevance of our goals to denazify and demilitarise Ukraine and eliminate the threats from its territory. These objectives will be decisively achieved.
Have those responsible ever read Anna Akhmatova? Has anyone on the council read her Requiem – that stark, tragic, and profoundly honest elegy? No. We can assume Vitaly Klichko is basically literate, but did he ever read Akhmatova before issuing the order? The Kiev regime would do well to avoid such public disgrace, if any sense of shame remains (let alone conscience or a shred of morality.)
Other changes include redesigning the Viktor Vasnetsov plaque to remove the word “Russian,” and taking down the ‘Kiev – Hero City’ sign. The latter, sadly, makes a perverse kind of sense; under the current leadership, Kiev can scarcely be considered heroic. That city, built by previous generations through their dedicated work, sincere patriotism, and love for Ukraine, that spirit, forged through their courage and sacrifice, may one day return. But that is a matter for the future. Further revisions will see the text on the monument to liberator soldiers at St Michael’s Hospital translated into Ukrainian. The dates will be changed from “1941-1945” to “1939-1945,” and the “Great Patriotic War” will be re-designated as “World War II.”
Finally, the monument to Mikhail Bulgakov is slated for removal. It has already been shrouded in plastic and sandbags. Ironically, the very realities Bulgakov described are now unfolding in Ukraine. Despite this, Kiev residents continue to lay fresh flowers at its base.
No matter how hard the Banderites try to rewrite history and erase the memory of our shared past, they will not succeed.
The above facts underscore the relevance of our goals to denazify and demilitarise Ukraine and eliminate the threats from its territory. These objectives will be decisively achieved.
💬 Из стенограммы брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой, Москва, 25 декабря 2025 г.
О звучащих в Польше призывах отобрать здание бывшего Генерального консульства России в Гданьске
• В СМИ Польши появились сообщения о попытках польских властей установить контроль над зданием бывшего российского Генерального консульства в Гданьске. В этой связи хотела бы кое-что прояснить.
• Здание Генерального консульства России в Гданьске, прекратившего свою работу 22 декабря с.г. в соответствии с требованием польских властей, принадлежит Российской Федерации. Данный объект недвижимости перешел к СССР в бессрочное и безвозмездное пользование в послевоенный период взамен исторического здания, с XVIII века принадлежавшего Консульству Российской империи, а затем CCCР – и разрушенного в ходе боевых действий во время Второй мировой войны.
• Рекомендуем горячим, видимо от поднявшейся температуры, головам в Польше, если кто-то задумает реализовать подобное, прибрать к рукам российскую недвижимость, для начала просчитать все возможные последствия подобных противоправных и провокационных действий.
• Думаю, есть уже немало примеров, как Россия отвечает и насколько это болезненные ответы для тех, кто совершает правовой произвол в отношении нашей страны.
О звучащих в Польше призывах отобрать здание бывшего Генерального консульства России в Гданьске
• В СМИ Польши появились сообщения о попытках польских властей установить контроль над зданием бывшего российского Генерального консульства в Гданьске. В этой связи хотела бы кое-что прояснить.
• Здание Генерального консульства России в Гданьске, прекратившего свою работу 22 декабря с.г. в соответствии с требованием польских властей, принадлежит Российской Федерации. Данный объект недвижимости перешел к СССР в бессрочное и безвозмездное пользование в послевоенный период взамен исторического здания, с XVIII века принадлежавшего Консульству Российской империи, а затем CCCР – и разрушенного в ходе боевых действий во время Второй мировой войны.
• Рекомендуем горячим, видимо от поднявшейся температуры, головам в Польше, если кто-то задумает реализовать подобное, прибрать к рукам российскую недвижимость, для начала просчитать все возможные последствия подобных противоправных и провокационных действий.
• Думаю, есть уже немало примеров, как Россия отвечает и насколько это болезненные ответы для тех, кто совершает правовой произвол в отношении нашей страны.
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💬 Ze stenogramu briefingu oficjalnego przedstawiciela MSZ Rosji Marii Zacharowej, Moskwa, 25 grudnia 2025 r.
O rozbrzmiewających w Polsce apelach o odebranie budynku byłego Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku
• W polskich mediach pojawiły się informacje o próbach polskich władz przejęcia kontroli nad budynkiem byłego rosyjskiego Konsulatu Generalnego w Gdańsku. W związku z tym chciałabym coś wyjaśnić.
• Budynek Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku, który zakończył swoją działalność 22 grudnia br. zgodnie z żądaniem władz polskich, należy do Federacji Rosyjskiej. Nieruchomość ta została przekazana ZSRR w wieczyste i nieodpłatne użytkowanie w okresie powojennym w zamian za historyczny budynek, który od XVIII wieku należał do Konsulatu Imperium Rosyjskiego, a następnie ZSRR, i został zniszczony w trakcie działań wojennych podczas II wojny światowej.
• Zalecamy gorącym, najwyraźniej z powodu podwyższonej temperatury, głowom w Polsce, jeśli ktoś zamierza zrealizować podobne zamiary, przywłaszczyć sobie rosyjską nieruchomość, aby na początek obliczyły wszystkie możliwe konsekwencje takich bezprawnych i prowokacyjnych działań.
• Uważam, że istnieje już niemało przykładów tego, jak Rosja odpowiada i jak bolesne są te odpowiedzi dla tych, którzy dopuszczają się bezprawia wobec naszego kraju.
O rozbrzmiewających w Polsce apelach o odebranie budynku byłego Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku
• W polskich mediach pojawiły się informacje o próbach polskich władz przejęcia kontroli nad budynkiem byłego rosyjskiego Konsulatu Generalnego w Gdańsku. W związku z tym chciałabym coś wyjaśnić.
• Budynek Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku, który zakończył swoją działalność 22 grudnia br. zgodnie z żądaniem władz polskich, należy do Federacji Rosyjskiej. Nieruchomość ta została przekazana ZSRR w wieczyste i nieodpłatne użytkowanie w okresie powojennym w zamian za historyczny budynek, który od XVIII wieku należał do Konsulatu Imperium Rosyjskiego, a następnie ZSRR, i został zniszczony w trakcie działań wojennych podczas II wojny światowej.
• Zalecamy gorącym, najwyraźniej z powodu podwyższonej temperatury, głowom w Polsce, jeśli ktoś zamierza zrealizować podobne zamiary, przywłaszczyć sobie rosyjską nieruchomość, aby na początek obliczyły wszystkie możliwe konsekwencje takich bezprawnych i prowokacyjnych działań.
• Uważam, że istnieje już niemało przykładów tego, jak Rosja odpowiada i jak bolesne są te odpowiedzi dla tych, którzy dopuszczają się bezprawia wobec naszego kraju.
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🇷🇺 Key foreign policy outcomes of 2025
#Outcomes2025
In 2025, Russia made a significant contribution to strengthening the foundations of a just multipolar world order based on international law and cooperation between countries. Decisive steps were taken to protect the country’s vital national interests on the external front, with a focus on the CIS countries and Eurasia.
This year marked the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. Alongside its like-minded international partners, Russia reaffirmed its commitment to inviolability of the post-war world order and its foundation in the form of the full body of principles enshrined in the UN Charter understood as an indivisible and interdependent whole.
• In the Commonwealth of Independent States, 2025 was declared the Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight against Nazism.
• A solemn General Assembly session to commemorate WWII victims was held at Russia’s initiative at the New York UN headquarters in May. An annual resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism and neo-Nazism co-sponsored by 44 countries was adopted in December.
• Comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China received a strong boost thanks to successful leader diplomacy by President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping and reciprocal visits to Moscow in May and to Beijing in September.
• After the new US administration came to the White House in January, political dialogue with Washington at the top levels was restored. During the Russia-US summit in Anchorage on August 15, understandings were reached that could form the basis for resolving the Ukraine conflict by addressing its underlying causes, including military threats to Russia created by NATO expansion and policies undermining the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking populations.
• Relations with North Korea took on a new dimension, with the DPRK providing allied assistance in liberating the Kursk Region from Ukrainian militants and contributing significantly to creating proper conditions for the region’s return to peaceful life, in accordance with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.
• A new stage in relations with Iran was marked by the signing in January and entry into force in October of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.
• Tangible results were achieved in supporting integration processes in Eurasia.
• Within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), priority tasks were identified for implementing the collective security strategy, steps were taken to strengthen the combat readiness of collective forces, and an anti-narcotics strategy through 2030 was approved.
• On December 14, at the initiative of Russia and other member states of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day for the Elimination of Colonialism in all its forms, and on December 4, the International Day for Combatting Unilateral Coercive Measures.
• Measures taken to protect Orthodox Christianity and other Russian religions and denominations created favourable conditions for the resettlement of foreign nationals, including from countries with unfriendly governments, to our country under the framework of the Presidential Executive Order On Providing Humanitarian Support to Individuals Sharing Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values.
• Efforts to combat the spread of untruthful information about Russia in foreign printed and social media intensified, including through cooperation with our international partners within the International Fact-Checking Network.
❗️ The firm defence of national interests in relations with the countries whose governments undertake hostile anti-Russian actions forced them to recognise the impossibility of inflicting on Russia a “strategic defeat on the battlefield” and led them to adopt a concept of an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Ukrainian theatre of operations.
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#Outcomes2025
In 2025, Russia made a significant contribution to strengthening the foundations of a just multipolar world order based on international law and cooperation between countries. Decisive steps were taken to protect the country’s vital national interests on the external front, with a focus on the CIS countries and Eurasia.
This year marked the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. Alongside its like-minded international partners, Russia reaffirmed its commitment to inviolability of the post-war world order and its foundation in the form of the full body of principles enshrined in the UN Charter understood as an indivisible and interdependent whole.
• In the Commonwealth of Independent States, 2025 was declared the Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight against Nazism.
• A solemn General Assembly session to commemorate WWII victims was held at Russia’s initiative at the New York UN headquarters in May. An annual resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism and neo-Nazism co-sponsored by 44 countries was adopted in December.
• Comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China received a strong boost thanks to successful leader diplomacy by President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping and reciprocal visits to Moscow in May and to Beijing in September.
• After the new US administration came to the White House in January, political dialogue with Washington at the top levels was restored. During the Russia-US summit in Anchorage on August 15, understandings were reached that could form the basis for resolving the Ukraine conflict by addressing its underlying causes, including military threats to Russia created by NATO expansion and policies undermining the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking populations.
• Relations with North Korea took on a new dimension, with the DPRK providing allied assistance in liberating the Kursk Region from Ukrainian militants and contributing significantly to creating proper conditions for the region’s return to peaceful life, in accordance with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.
• A new stage in relations with Iran was marked by the signing in January and entry into force in October of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.
• Tangible results were achieved in supporting integration processes in Eurasia.
• Within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), priority tasks were identified for implementing the collective security strategy, steps were taken to strengthen the combat readiness of collective forces, and an anti-narcotics strategy through 2030 was approved.
• On December 14, at the initiative of Russia and other member states of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day for the Elimination of Colonialism in all its forms, and on December 4, the International Day for Combatting Unilateral Coercive Measures.
• Measures taken to protect Orthodox Christianity and other Russian religions and denominations created favourable conditions for the resettlement of foreign nationals, including from countries with unfriendly governments, to our country under the framework of the Presidential Executive Order On Providing Humanitarian Support to Individuals Sharing Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values.
• Efforts to combat the spread of untruthful information about Russia in foreign printed and social media intensified, including through cooperation with our international partners within the International Fact-Checking Network.
❗️ The firm defence of national interests in relations with the countries whose governments undertake hostile anti-Russian actions forced them to recognise the impossibility of inflicting on Russia a “strategic defeat on the battlefield” and led them to adopt a concept of an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Ukrainian theatre of operations.
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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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🎙 Интервью Временного поверенного в делах России в Польше А.Э.Ордаша телеканалу "Соловьев Live", 28 декабря 2025 г.
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🎙Wywiad Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Rosji w Polsce Andrei'a Ordasza dla telewizji "Sołowjow Live", 28 grudnia 2025 r.
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of December 22-28:
▪️ December 22 – A kamikaze drone attacked a civilian passenger car on the Shebekino–Ziborovka road in the Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 22 – A UAV strike targeted a civilian passenger car in the city of Grayvoron, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 23 – A fixed-wing UAV Chaklun-V struck an apartment building in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ December 23 – An FPV drone attacked a civilian passenger car in the Bondarenkov hamlet, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 23 – A UAV attack targeted a petrol station in Gorlovka, DPR.
▪️ December 24 – A munition was dropped from a UAV onto a civilian vehicle in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 25 – Artillery shelling of the Vinogradovo electrical substation in the Kherson Region left 60,000 residents without power.
▪️ December 25 – A UAV attack targeted a private residential house in the Shakhovka hamlet, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 27 – A UAV strike hit a civilian passenger car in Gorlovka, DPR. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 28 – Artillery shelling of a market in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of December 22-28:
▪️ December 22 – A kamikaze drone attacked a civilian passenger car on the Shebekino–Ziborovka road in the Belgorod Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 22 – A UAV strike targeted a civilian passenger car in the city of Grayvoron, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 23 – A fixed-wing UAV Chaklun-V struck an apartment building in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ December 23 – An FPV drone attacked a civilian passenger car in the Bondarenkov hamlet, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 23 – A UAV attack targeted a petrol station in Gorlovka, DPR.
▪️ December 24 – A munition was dropped from a UAV onto a civilian vehicle in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 25 – Artillery shelling of the Vinogradovo electrical substation in the Kherson Region left 60,000 residents without power.
▪️ December 25 – A UAV attack targeted a private residential house in the Shakhovka hamlet, Belgorod Region.
▪️ December 27 – A UAV strike hit a civilian passenger car in Gorlovka, DPR. One civilian was injured.
▪️ December 28 – Artillery shelling of a market in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
🎙Интервью Временного поверенного в делах России в Польше А.Э.Ордаша радиостанции «Комсомольская правда» (26 декабря 2025 года)
Ключевые тезисы:
Российско-польские отношения
• Текущее состояние отношений между Россией и Польшей является закономерным итогом последовательного курса Варшавы на их демонтаж на протяжении как минимум 12 лет. После 2014 г. по инициативе польской стороны был свернут ряд двусторонних форматов сотрудничества. Российская сторона надеялась выстроить нормальное взаимодействие с Польшей, однако этот настрой не нашел позитивного отклика. Наша страна готова к возобновлению диалога с польской стороной, но не будет стучаться в закрытую дверь. Россия не забудет враждебных шагов Польши, поэтому контакты будут восстанавливаться только в тех сферах, где у российской стороны есть реальный прагматический интерес.
Ситуация вокруг российской дипломатической недвижимости в Гданьске
• Здание бывшего Генерального консульства России в Гданьске было передано советской стороне городскими властями в бессрочное и безвозмездное пользование в 1950-е гг. в качестве компенсации за старинное здание XVIII века, разрушенное во время Великой Отечественной войны. С
1990-х гг. Польша придерживается ложной теории о том, что Россия пользуется данным зданием на бездоговорной основе. Никакую компенсацию польским властям мы платить не собираемся. С целью обеспечения сохранности российской недвижимости в здании бывшего Генконсульства дежурит сотрудник административно-технического персонала Посольства.
О визовых вопросах
• Поток польских граждан, направляющихся в Россию с туристическими целями, остается высоким благодаря простой процедуре выдачи визы соответствующего типа. При этом въезд российских граждан в Польшу чрезвычайно осложнен.
Об отказе Польши в признании российских небиометрических паспортов
• Указанное решение польская сторона приняла не уведомив Россию. Соответствующая нота в Посольство не поступала. С 1 января 2026 г. Варшавой не будут признаваться небиометрические дипломатические и служебные паспорта, с 1 апреля 2026 г. – общегражданские.
О перевооружении Польши
• Расходы Польши на оборону одни из самых высоких среди стран-членов НАТО – на следующий год они запланированы на уровне 4,8% ВВП. Польское руководство планирует увеличить численность армии с 215 тысяч до 300 тысяч чел. Вопрос о том, чего они хотят этим добиться, остается открытым.
Об использовании Польшей Украины в борьбе с Россией
• Польская сторона закрывает глаза на продвигаемую киевским режимом бандеровскую нацистскую идеологию, поскольку хотела бы использовать Украину для ослабления нашей страны.
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Ключевые тезисы:
Российско-польские отношения
• Текущее состояние отношений между Россией и Польшей является закономерным итогом последовательного курса Варшавы на их демонтаж на протяжении как минимум 12 лет. После 2014 г. по инициативе польской стороны был свернут ряд двусторонних форматов сотрудничества. Российская сторона надеялась выстроить нормальное взаимодействие с Польшей, однако этот настрой не нашел позитивного отклика. Наша страна готова к возобновлению диалога с польской стороной, но не будет стучаться в закрытую дверь. Россия не забудет враждебных шагов Польши, поэтому контакты будут восстанавливаться только в тех сферах, где у российской стороны есть реальный прагматический интерес.
Ситуация вокруг российской дипломатической недвижимости в Гданьске
• Здание бывшего Генерального консульства России в Гданьске было передано советской стороне городскими властями в бессрочное и безвозмездное пользование в 1950-е гг. в качестве компенсации за старинное здание XVIII века, разрушенное во время Великой Отечественной войны. С
1990-х гг. Польша придерживается ложной теории о том, что Россия пользуется данным зданием на бездоговорной основе. Никакую компенсацию польским властям мы платить не собираемся. С целью обеспечения сохранности российской недвижимости в здании бывшего Генконсульства дежурит сотрудник административно-технического персонала Посольства.
О визовых вопросах
• Поток польских граждан, направляющихся в Россию с туристическими целями, остается высоким благодаря простой процедуре выдачи визы соответствующего типа. При этом въезд российских граждан в Польшу чрезвычайно осложнен.
Об отказе Польши в признании российских небиометрических паспортов
• Указанное решение польская сторона приняла не уведомив Россию. Соответствующая нота в Посольство не поступала. С 1 января 2026 г. Варшавой не будут признаваться небиометрические дипломатические и служебные паспорта, с 1 апреля 2026 г. – общегражданские.
О перевооружении Польши
• Расходы Польши на оборону одни из самых высоких среди стран-членов НАТО – на следующий год они запланированы на уровне 4,8% ВВП. Польское руководство планирует увеличить численность армии с 215 тысяч до 300 тысяч чел. Вопрос о том, чего они хотят этим добиться, остается открытым.
Об использовании Польшей Украины в борьбе с Россией
• Польская сторона закрывает глаза на продвигаемую киевским режимом бандеровскую нацистскую идеологию, поскольку хотела бы использовать Украину для ослабления нашей страны.
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🎙Wywiad Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Rosji w Polsce Andrei'a Ordasza dla stacji radiowej „Komsomolskaja Prawda”
(26 grudnia 2025 roku)
Kluczowe tezy:
Stosunki rosyjsko-polskie
• Obecny stan relacji między Rosją a Polską jest logicznym skutkiem konsekwentnej polityki Warszawy zmierzającej do ich demontażu co najmniej od 12 lat. Po 2014 r., z inicjatywy strony polskiej, zawieszono szereg dwustronnych formatów współpracy. Strona rosyjska liczyła na zbudowanie normalnej współpracy z Polską, jednak takie nastawienie nie spotkało się z pozytywną odpowiedzią. Nasz kraj jest gotów do wznowienia dialogu ze stroną polską, lecz nie będzie pukać do zamkniętych drzwi. Rosja nie zapomni wrogich kroków Polski, a więc kontakty będą odbudowywane w razie konieczności dopiero w tych obszarach, gdzie strona rosyjska ma rzeczywiste, pragmatyczne zainteresowanie.
Sytuacja wokół rosyjskich nieruchomości dyplomatycznych w Gdańsku
• Budynek byłego Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku został przekazany stronie radzieckiej przez władze miejskie w latach 50. XX wieku w wieczyste i nieodpłatne użytkowanie jako rekompensata za zabytkowy budynek z XVIII wieku, zniszczony podczas Wielkiej Wojny Ojczyźnianej. Od lat 90. Polska kieruje się błędną teorią, zgodnie z którą Rosja korzysta z tego budynku bezumownie. Nie zamierzamy płacić żadnej rekompensaty władzom polskim. W celu zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa rosyjskiej nieruchomości w budynku byłego Konsulatu Generalnego dyżuruje pracownik personelu administracyjno-technicznego Ambasady.
O kwestiach wizowych
• Liczba obywateli polskich wyjeżdżających do Rosji w celach turystycznych pozostaje wysoka dzięki prostej procedurze wydawania wiz odpowiedniego typu. Jednocześnie wjazd obywateli rosyjskich do Polski jest skrajnie utrudniony.
O odmowie uznawania przez Polskę rosyjskich paszportów niebiometrycznych
• Strona polska podjęła tę decyzję bez poinformowania Rosji. Odpowiednia nota nie wpłynęła do Ambasady. Od
1 stycznia 2026 r. przez Warszawę nie będą uznawane niebiometryczne paszporty dyplomatyczne i służbowe, a od 1 kwietnia 2026 r. – paszporty ogólnocywilne.
O przezbrojeniu Polski
• Wydatki Polski na obronę są jednymi z najwyższych wśród państw członkowskich NATO – w przyszłym roku zaplanowano je na poziomie 4,8% PKB. Polskie kierownictwo planuje zwiększyć liczebność armii z 215 tysięcy do 300 tysięcy. Pytanie, co chcą przez to osiągnąć, pozostaje otwarte.
O wykorzystywaniu przez Polskę Ukrainy w walce z Rosją
• Strona polska przymyka oczy na promowaną przez reżim kijowski banderowską, nazistowską ideologię, ponieważ chciałaby wykorzystywać Ukrainę w celu osłabienia naszego kraju.
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(26 grudnia 2025 roku)
Kluczowe tezy:
Stosunki rosyjsko-polskie
• Obecny stan relacji między Rosją a Polską jest logicznym skutkiem konsekwentnej polityki Warszawy zmierzającej do ich demontażu co najmniej od 12 lat. Po 2014 r., z inicjatywy strony polskiej, zawieszono szereg dwustronnych formatów współpracy. Strona rosyjska liczyła na zbudowanie normalnej współpracy z Polską, jednak takie nastawienie nie spotkało się z pozytywną odpowiedzią. Nasz kraj jest gotów do wznowienia dialogu ze stroną polską, lecz nie będzie pukać do zamkniętych drzwi. Rosja nie zapomni wrogich kroków Polski, a więc kontakty będą odbudowywane w razie konieczności dopiero w tych obszarach, gdzie strona rosyjska ma rzeczywiste, pragmatyczne zainteresowanie.
Sytuacja wokół rosyjskich nieruchomości dyplomatycznych w Gdańsku
• Budynek byłego Konsulatu Generalnego Rosji w Gdańsku został przekazany stronie radzieckiej przez władze miejskie w latach 50. XX wieku w wieczyste i nieodpłatne użytkowanie jako rekompensata za zabytkowy budynek z XVIII wieku, zniszczony podczas Wielkiej Wojny Ojczyźnianej. Od lat 90. Polska kieruje się błędną teorią, zgodnie z którą Rosja korzysta z tego budynku bezumownie. Nie zamierzamy płacić żadnej rekompensaty władzom polskim. W celu zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa rosyjskiej nieruchomości w budynku byłego Konsulatu Generalnego dyżuruje pracownik personelu administracyjno-technicznego Ambasady.
O kwestiach wizowych
• Liczba obywateli polskich wyjeżdżających do Rosji w celach turystycznych pozostaje wysoka dzięki prostej procedurze wydawania wiz odpowiedniego typu. Jednocześnie wjazd obywateli rosyjskich do Polski jest skrajnie utrudniony.
O odmowie uznawania przez Polskę rosyjskich paszportów niebiometrycznych
• Strona polska podjęła tę decyzję bez poinformowania Rosji. Odpowiednia nota nie wpłynęła do Ambasady. Od
1 stycznia 2026 r. przez Warszawę nie będą uznawane niebiometryczne paszporty dyplomatyczne i służbowe, a od 1 kwietnia 2026 r. – paszporty ogólnocywilne.
O przezbrojeniu Polski
• Wydatki Polski na obronę są jednymi z najwyższych wśród państw członkowskich NATO – w przyszłym roku zaplanowano je na poziomie 4,8% PKB. Polskie kierownictwo planuje zwiększyć liczebność armii z 215 tysięcy do 300 tysięcy. Pytanie, co chcą przez to osiągnąć, pozostaje otwarte.
O wykorzystywaniu przez Polskę Ukrainy w walce z Rosją
• Strona polska przymyka oczy na promowaną przez reżim kijowski banderowską, nazistowską ideologię, ponieważ chciałaby wykorzystywać Ukrainę w celu osłabienia naszego kraju.
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