🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow — the most tragic date in the history of our country.
On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war.
⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country.
Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people.
The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation.
The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations.
Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis
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⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors.
The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten.
It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'.
The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations.
💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):
This year marks 85 years since Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union.
This date carries both the sorrow of millions of lives lost and a reminder of the terrible consequences of blind belief in one’s own superiority, racism, xenophobia, and the denial of other peoples’ right to identity.
🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)
The atrocities committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War have no statute of limitations.
Russia has recognised these crimes at the legislative level as the genocide of the Soviet people and will tirelessly seek recognition of this fact by European countries and the so-called West as a whole. <...>
Today we mourn those who, at the cost of their lives, fulfilled the sacred duty of defending the Motherland. We will not allow the feat of the Soviet people, who saved Europe and the world from the horrors of the brown plague, to be erased from memory.
We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory.
🕯 We remember. We mourn.
We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten.
#DayOfMemoryAndSorrow2026
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🗓 The Russia-ASEAN Summit, marking the 35th anniversary of relations between our country and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Kazan, June 17-18) has successfully concluded.
The key items on the agenda of the Kazan Summit included a review of the strategic partnership between Russia and #ASEAN, new areas of cooperation in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as an exchange of views on current international and regional issues.
• Key events of the anniversary Summit:
👏 Reception in honour of the Heads of delegations
🎙 Plenary Session of the Russia-ASEAN Summit
🎙 Statements to the media by Presidents of Russia and the Philippines following the Summit
• Following the Summit, a package of documents was adopted, including:
✍️ the Kazan Declaration 2026
✍️ the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Russia-ASEAN
✍️ the Joint Statement on Cultural Cooperation
✍️ the Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation
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On June 17-18, President Vladimir Putin held a series of bilateral meetings with Heads of delegations of ASEAN member states on the sidelines of the Summit, including with:
🇵🇭 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
🇧🇳 Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah
🇲🇾 Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
🇱🇦 Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone
🇻🇳 Prime Minister of Vietnam Le Minh Hung
🇸🇬 Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong
🇹🇭 Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul
🇹🇱 Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
🇰🇭 Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet
#RussiaASEAN #MultipolarWorld
✍️ Kazan Declaration 2026 “Russia-ASEAN: Unity in Diversity – 35 Years Together” (adopted on June 18, 2026)
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We, the Heads of State and Government of the Russian Federation and the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN), gathered on June 18, 2026 in Kazan, Russia, at the Kazan Summit to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of relations between the Russian Federation and ASEAN.
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Hereby reaffirm our readiness to:
1. REAFFIRM our friendship, mutual trust and respect as well as a common vision for the peaceful, stable and secure future of the wider Asia-Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and Eurasia region;
2. PROMOTE our shared interests in ensuring that the open, inclusive and ASEAN-centred regional architecture continues to foster peace, security, stability and prosperity;
3. UPHOLD high-level engagements, including ASEAN-Russia Summits and ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conferences with the Russian Federation, which serve to further advance the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership;
4. STRENGHTHEN dialogue on security matters to better address traditional and non-traditional security challenges;
5. PROMOTE closer cooperation and joint practical initiatives through ASEAN-led mechanisms, such as the East Asia Summit (#EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF), the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (#ADMMPlus) as well as the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (#EAMF);
6. FOSTER maritime cooperation, as well as promote security, safety, and stability, peaceful resolution of disputes, freedom of navigation and overflight and unimpeded commercein accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (#UNCLOS); enhance research activities with regard to biodiversity and sustainable use of marine resources, address challenges such as sea piracy, armed robbery against ships and threats to critical underwater infrastructure (#CUI); and explore the possibility of establishing a dialogue mechanism;
7. STRENGTHEN regional biological safety and security aimed at preventing and reducing public health hazards caused by infectious diseases and pandemics, climate change, urbanization, ecological shifts and potential bioterrorism and to that end explore establishing a dialogue between ASEAN and Russia to facilitate coordination on tackling existing and potential biosecurity threats;
8. STRENGTHEN and support capacity-building and sharing best practices, as well as explore further cooperation on combatting transnational crimes, including those with the use of information and communication technologies (#ICTs), on the basis of mutual interest;
9. ENDEAVOR to intensify efforts to enhance trade and investment, including in services, in accordance with the Agreement between the Governments of the Member Countries of the ASEAN and the Government of the Russian Federation on Economic and Development Cooperation (2005) to bring economic benefits to the people of the ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation;
10. DEEPEN cooperation in key sectors including energy and food security, transport and logistics, agriculture, digitalisation, science and technology, including artificial intelligence, tourism and creative industries;
13. SUPPORT the strengthening of partnership between ASEAN and #EAEU, and ASEAN and #SCO, as mutually agreed;
16. STRENGTHEN cultural collaboration in accordance with the Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Governments of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Government of the Russian Federation (2010) with a focus on traditional culture, customs, eco-tourism, and the appreciation and preservation of cultural heritage, arts, and sports.
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⚡ Comment by the Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU regarding the EU’s Adoption of New So-Called Anti-Russian Restrictive Measures, 16 June 2026
Against the backdrop of the ongoing discussions on the 21st “package” of sanctions, the European Union decided to fill the “pause” and, on 15 June 2026, adopted another set of the so-called “individual”, “human rights” and “hybrid” restrictions against our country. As before, all these restrictive measures imposed by the EU are illegitimate and unilateral in nature.
The European Union added to its sanctions lists Russian and foreign companies, businessmen, journalists, writers, publicists, public figures, representatives of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary and even the Head of the Crimean Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea. We are certain that the time will come when Europeans will feel ashamed of the irresponsible actions and cynical decisions that are currently being undertaken against our country by the leaders of their states and the leadership of EU institutions.
By doing so, Brussels has once again clearly demonstrated the true value of its so-called “democracy” and “European values”. The European Union is determined to do everything in its power to support the terrorist and corrupt regime in Kiev, while persecuting Russian citizens for their culture, freedom of speech and for their faith.
❗Russia firmly condemns any illegitimate unilateral coercive measures. This approach finds support across the world. The Russian side will, undoubtedly, take effective retaliatory measures.
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❗️О функционировании ряда консульских сервисов
📧 В настоящий момент заявители, имеющие ящики электронной почты на сервисе «Gmail», могут испытывать сложности с записью на прием или получением уведомлений о готовности электронной визы в связи с частичной блокировкой компанией «Google» электронных писем, отправляемых с почтового сервера Консульского департамента МИД России kdmid.ru на ящики электронной почты Gmail.
Консульский департамент принимает меры для разрешения этой ситуации, тем не менее, прогнозировать сроки снятия ограничений не представляется возможным.
👆🏻Заявителям рекомендуется пользоваться другими почтовыми сервисами (например, в домене «.ru»).
🔗 Проверить информацию о готовности электронной визы иностранные граждане могут в личном кабинете на сайте.
🔗 Подробная информация о порядке записи на прием размещена на сайте Консульского департамента.
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⚡️ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus have published their third Joint Report on the human rights situation in selected countries.
👉 Read the Report in full
The document follows up on the annual reports by MFAs of Russia and Belarus on the human rights situation around the world and is designed to support our joint efforts to draw the attention of the international community to the challenges and threats facing modern society in the field of human rights protection.
👉 First Joint Report
👉 Second Joint Report
The report will be presented on June 30, July 7 and July 9 during conferences at the #CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, at the #OSCE headquarters in Vienna, and on the sidelines of the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The information collected in the report clearly exposes a very serious problem of our time – the spread of ideologies that seek to justify inequality.
In practice, this manifests itself in the growing prevalence of racism, racial discrimination and related intolerance. The danger lies in the fact that these ideologies and practices are used to serve the ambitions of Western countries and eliminate “threats” to their dominance, which they have preserved by fair means or foul for the past 500 years, enabling them to extract disproportionate benefits at the expense of other societies and to the detriment of all humanity.
At first, this dominance was maintained directly – through the exploitation of colonies, the siphoning off of resources, the organisation of slavery, and so on. Today, neocolonial methods are widely used.
⚠️ And the West sees the “threat” in the alternative offered by Russia, Belarus and other countries pursuing independent domestic and foreign policies.
The West has designated them as its competitors and even adversaries. In this way, it justifies its aggressive policy, stopping at nothing and using any measures – often illegal ones – against those it finds undesirable.
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Confrontation is being deliberately fuelled, and pressure on sovereign states is mounting. Direct interference in their internal affairs, including through the use of force, is also being employed. Across the globe, the West is creating zones of conflict and seeking to impose its own rules, following the old colonial maxim of “divide and conquer”.
This is happening at a time when the European – and, more broadly, Western – model of social development, along with the Euro-Atlantic security model, has discredited itself. Through its actions, the West is making it increasingly clear that it is unable to defend its own development models in fair competition, and is therefore sinking ever deeper into the unseemly politicisation of all areas of interaction, while only creating more and more problems for those it has declared to be its “competitors”.
Since 2022, the West has been actively using the illegitimate neo-Nazi regime in Kiev as a geopolitical and military foothold against Russia. More recently, it has begun floating the idea of using the Kiev junta against the Republic of Belarus as well.
Only truly equal cooperation among all states gives humanity a chance to completely eradicate colonialism and its modern forms. And only such interaction will prevent individual countries from bending the system of international law to their will and using its universal human rights mechanisms for selfish purposes.
Unlike similar Western studies, the report prepared jointly by the Foreign Ministries of Russia and Belarus is not intended to lecture or moralise.
☝️ This Joint Report summarises factual information on human rights violations in the countries mentioned. 👉 The right to pass moral judgment on them remains with the readers.
✨ 🇷🇺 Happy Russia Day!
Today, millions of Russians at home and abroad come together to celebrate one of the nation's most significant modern public holidays.
This special day marks the anniversary of the First Congress of People's Deputies adopting the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR in 1990, a historic milestone that established the supremacy of the constitution, political equality, and the foundational principle of the separation of powers.
☝️More than just a celebration, this holiday marks the swift rise of a modern nation. Our country officially became the Russian Federation on 25 December 1991, just six months after holding its first historic presidential election on 12 June 1991. Formally designated as "Russia Day" in 2002, the holiday now honours the incredible diversity, deep cultural heritage, and resilient spirit of the Russian people.
We extend our warmest, most heartfelt congratulations to all our subscribers celebrating Russia Day today! May it bring joy, unity, kindness, and happiness to you and your loved ones!
#RussiaDay2026
🇷🇺 Happy #RussiaDay!
Russia is home to 195 peoples. A nation, a continent-spanning civilization. Russia simply IS
#Russia1Love #RussiaDay2026
🎙️Interview with Ambassador of Russia to Norway Nikolay Korchunov for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in response to Western journalists’ “investigation” into “Russia’s preparations for war with Europe” (June 10, 2026)
Key points:
· Russia has never initiated a military confrontation and has no plans, reasons or interests – whether geopolitical, economic or military – to attack NATO. Claims to the contrary by the ruling elites and security services of Western states are an attempt to whip up hysteria and mislead their own citizens in order to justify increased military spending and divert attention from acute socio-economic and domestic political problems.
· Russia poses no threat to anyone and has no interest in armed or "hybrid" confrontation with NATO or individual European member states of the alliance. Our aim is to avert a global catastrophe and, by addressing the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict, to create long-term, sustainable conditions for the establishment of an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Europe and, more broadly, in Eurasia.
· Russia cannot fail to respond adequately to threats to its national security arising from the deployment of NATO countries’ military infrastructure and offensive weapons systems near its borders. The military-technical measures being taken by our country, including in the north-western regions, are of a necessary and purely defensive nature.
· Russia’s doctrinal principles regarding nuclear deterrence remain strictly defensive in nature and quite strictly define the extreme circumstances in which Russia would consider the use of nuclear weapons. This refers exclusively to situations in which it would be necessary to counter aggression.
· The Western media should cease perpetuating the myth of NATO as a "defensive alliance". No one has ever attacked the alliance’s member states. The aggressive nature of this militaristic bloc is well known throughout the world; its sole aim is to use force to maintain the collective West’s slipping global dominance.
· NATO countries have repeatedly demonstrated a readiness to restrict the freedom of commercial shipping on strategic maritime routes, including in the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic, through their unlawful actions.
· Having set themselves the unattainable goal of inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia in the context of the Ukrainian conflict, the alliance’s member states have embarked on a path of escalation, the control of which is an illusion.
· In Kiev, whose own resources are nearing depletion, attempts are being made to draw the alliance’s member states into hostilities, making no secret of their interest in such a development, which is fatal for European and global security.
· Within the EU and NATO, such provocative actions by the Kiev regime are either ignored or supported, fuelling its sense of impunity and unwillingness to compromise.
🔗 Read full text on the Embassy’s website
📰 Link to the article
🎙️ Интервью Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова для норвежской гостелерадиокомпании «НРК» в связи с «расследованием» западных журналистов о «подготовке России к войне с Европой» (10 июня 2026 г.)
Ключевые тезисы:
• Россия никогда не инициировала военное противостояние и не имеет планов, резонов и интереса – геополитического, экономического, военного – нападать на НАТО. Утверждения правящих элит и спецслужб западных государств об обратном – это попытка нагнетания истерии и введения своих граждан в заблуждение с целью оправдания наращивания военных расходов, отвлечения внимания от острых социально-экономических и внутриполитических проблем.
• Россия никому не угрожает, не заинтересована в вооруженном или «гибридном» противостоянии с НАТО и отдельными европейскими странами альянса. Наша цель – избежать глобальной катастрофы и, устранив первопричины украинского конфликта, создать долгосрочные устойчивые условия для формирования архитектуры равной и неделимой безопасности в Европе и – шире – в Евразии.
• Россия не может оставить без адекватного ответа угрозы своей национальной безопасности, возникающие вследствие приближения к ее границам военной инфраструктуры и наступательных систем вооружений стран НАТО. Предпринимаемые нашей страной меры военно-технического характера, в т.ч. в северо-западных регионах, носят вынужденный и сугубо оборонительный характер.
• Российские доктринальные установки в области ядерного сдерживания сохраняют сугубо оборонительную направленность и достаточно строго очерчивают те крайние обстоятельства, в которых Россия допускает возможность прибегнуть к ядерному оружию. Речь идет исключительно о таких ситуациях, в которых возникала бы необходимость противостоять агрессии.
• Западным СМИ следует прекратить ретранслировать миф о НАТО как «оборонительном союзе». На страны-члены альянса никто никогда не нападал. Всему миру хорошо известна агрессивная суть этого милитаристского объединения, единственная цель которого – силовыми методами поддерживать ускользающее глобальное доминирование коллективного Запада.
• Страны НАТО неоднократно продемонстрировали готовность своими противоправными действиями ограничивать свободу коммерческого судоходства на стратегических морских коммуникациях, в т.ч. в Балтийском море и Северной Атлантике.
• Поставив перед собой недостижимую цель нанесения России «стратегического поражения» в контексте украинского конфликта, страны альянса встали на путь эскалации, контроль над которой является иллюзией.
• В Киеве, собственные ресурсы которого близки к исчерпанию, пытаются втянуть в боевые действия страны альянса, не скрывая своей заинтересованности в таком фатальном для европейской и глобальной безопасности развитии событий.
• В ЕС и НАТО такие провокационные действия киевского режима либо игнорируют, либо поддерживают, подпитывая его чувство вседозволенности и недоговороспособность.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement at the expanded-format meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers (Kazan, June 10, 2026)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: It is in Eurasia, on our continent, that processes are unfolding which have a direct impact on the formation of a more just #MultipolarWorld. Above all, this concerns the emergence and strengthening of new global centres located here, as well as their integration associations.
It is obvious that a polycentric architecture must be based on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness, take into account the cultural and civilisational diversity of the modern world, and respect the right of nations to determine their own paths and models of development. These are precisely the values underpinning our allied relations within the #CSTO.
❌ We do not accept disregard for fundamental norms of international law, or the desire to solve one’s problems at the expense of others – especially through the use of force. All this leads not to peace, but to the chaos of international life, the aggravation of old conflicts, and the emergence of new ones.
This destructive course, pursued by our Western colleagues out of historical inertia, found expression in the active effort to drag Ukraine into NATO and use the neo-Nazi Kiev regime they brought to power as an anti-Russian military battering ram.
❗️ The security system in Europe has been finally destroyed by the hands of our Western “colleagues”. All key arms control treaties have been eliminated. That is why it is important for us to prevent what was once called the “common Eurasian home” from turning into an arena of geopolitical confrontation.
It is important to pre-emptively neutralise the risks of hotbeds of tension escalating into large-scale conflicts, and to prevent crises similar to the Ukrainian one from emerging.
These were precisely the tasks addressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative, put forward in the summer of 2024, to form a new continent-wide architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia. Ideas proposed by a number of other political figures are also moving in this direction.
Today, during the restricted-format meeting, we discussed in detail the Belarusian-Russian initiative proposed by Minsk – namely, the development of a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.
We are interested in ensuring that the process of forming such a security architecture remains open and allows for a combination of bilateral and multilateral guarantees, with a view to the gradual but steady reduction of the destructive military influence and presence of extra-regional powers.
🤝 Stepping up dialogue among the existing Eurasian structures dealing with security issues would largely serve this purpose. The CSTO is among them.
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📆 6 июня 2026 г. в разных городах Норвегии прошли мероприятия, посвященные Дню русского языка.
В Дейкманской библиотеке Осло дипломаты Посольства возложили цветы к бюсту великого русского поэта Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, который считается основоположником современного литературного русского языка.
Для детей сотрудников Посольства в Осло был организован конкурс чистописания, в рамках которого они смогли продемонстрировать свое знание родного языка, а также познакомиться с историей славянского алфавита и его развития.
В Ставангере на западе Норвегии русскоязычное общество губернии Рогаланд провело культурно-образовательное мероприятие, в ходе которого дети смогли познакомиться с жизнью и творчеством А.С.Пушкина в формате викторины и театральной постановки, а взрослые - принять участие в интерактивной лекции "Любимые стихи А.С.Пушкина и малоизвестные факты о поэте" с чтением произведений гениального поэта. Также состоялась выставка книг А.С.Пушкина на русском и норвежском языках.
#ДеньРусскогоЯзыка
🇷🇺✨Today marks the official UN-designated celebration of the Russian language
🖋 Signed into effect by executive order by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2011, this day honours the language as a global cultural treasure and a vital tool for international communication.
The global celebration aligns with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin—the legendary "father" of Russian literature whose genius laid the foundation for the modern Russian literary language and tradition.
🌐Here is why Russian is truly a global language:
🔹 Over 255 million speakers use Russian across the globe today.
🔹 One of the 6 official languages of the United Nations.
🚀 The "International Language of Space"– astronauts from all nations need to learn Russian to operate and communicate on the International Space Station.
🔹 A pillar of science, ranking among the top 5 languages for international scientific database publications.
🔹 A dominant language of business, serving as the most geographically widespread tongue across the vast Eurasian economic space.
🎙 From the press briefing of Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on June 4: “The Russian Federation is making consistent, purposeful efforts to protect and support the Russian language and to strengthen its position abroad.
We strive to meet the existing genuine needs abroad for studying and using the Russian language, expanding knowledge about Russia, and broadening the Russian-speaking information space.
The practical work of the International Organization for the Russian Language has been launched. This intergovernmental structure is open to accession by all states that share its goals and view the Russian language as an integral part of the world heritage, a language of international science and culture, and a means of interethnic and international communication.”
👉 Read more about the International Organization for the Russian Language
#RussianLanguageDay2026
❗️Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on Western policy:
◾️Russia remains open to all countries interested in equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.
◾️European bureaucracy's aggressive policies are short-sighted.
◾️European elites are fueling chaos and seeking to draw more and more countries into it.
◾️The West has deliberately created a global system of dependency and resource extraction.
◾️The world becomes fairer as economic development extends to a growing number of countries.
◾️The roots of today's global turbulence lie in the transition from a "vertical" model to a multipolar world order.
#SPIEF2026
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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the shelling by the Ukrainian militants of a regular passenger bus in the DPR on June 3, 2026 (June 3, 2026)
The Kiev regime has once again exposed its inhuman neo-Nazi nature by committing yet another cynical and bloody crime.
In the early hours of June 3, a regular Moscow-Simferopol passenger bus was shelled in the centre of the Yenakiyevo municipal district in the DPR. The bus burned out completely.
Seven people were killed, while eleven others, including one child, sustained injuries of varying severity.
❗️ We strongly condemn this terrorist act.
We express our sincere and deepest condolences to the families of those killed and wish the injured a speedy recovery.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into the terrorist attack. The details of the crime, as well as all those involved, are being established.
It is noteworthy that, after the shelling, Ukrainian reconnaissance drones were spotted in the skies above the site of the tragedy, apparently documenting the aftermath of the war crime committed.
The Kiev regime, suffering defeat on the battlefield, is seeking to vent its impotent rage on defenceless civilians. This is exactly how the German Nazi invaders and their Bandera accomplices acted more than 80 years ago as they fled the occupied territories, sensing their inevitable defeat.
❗️ We call on all responsible governments, relevant international organisations and independent media to firmly condemn the brutal terrorist attack in Yenakiyevo.
Silence over this crime, like its other heinous atrocities, amounts to approval of the Zelensky regime’s misanthropic policy.
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⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
On June 3, at approximately 3:40 am, a regular passenger bus travelling from Moscow to Simferopol was struck by a Ukrainian fixed-wing UAV while passing through the centre of Yenakiyevo in the DPR.
There were 46 civilians in the bus – peacefully the transport continue on its route. The strike killed 8 civilians on the spot and wounded 11 others, including a 10-year-old child.
❗️ An attack on a civilian passenger bus can only be regarded as a deliberate terrorist act with multiple casualties, aimed at killing and intimidating the civilian population.
The neo-Nazis are using Western military support to paralyse civilian transport links and create unbearable living conditions for peaceful people.
All substantive details proving the criminal actions of the Nazis will be collected and transmitted to our representatives at international platforms.
The heinous attacks by Kiev’s unhinged terrorist regime demand not only international condemnation, but also firm practical measures to bring the criminals to justice under wartime conditions.
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The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation:
🎙 Statement by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in connection with the unprecedented coercive pressure by the United States on the Republic of Cuba (June 2, 2026)
💬 The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation expresses its profound concern over the actions by the United States of America aimed at creating conditions for an armed intervention into the Republic of Cuba and firmly condemns the deployment of a US naval strike force in the Caribbean Basin for this purpose.
The Russian Federation senators note that the allegations by the US Department of Justice regarding Army General Raul Castro Ruz, a leader of the Cuban revolution, are a blatant attempt at blackmailing the Cuban authorities.
Thirty years ago, the Cuban Air Force shot down two light planes, which resulted in the death of four individuals, including three US nationals.
Washington is using these events as a pretext for interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and regime change in the Republic of Cuba contrary to the will of its citizens.
These aggressive US actions run completely counter to the universally recognised principles and norms of international law, as well as the provisions of the UN Charter, are infringing on the legitimate rights and freedoms of the citizens of the Republic of Cuba, bringing suffering to the people, and pose a serious threat to security and stability in the Caribbean Basin.
🤝 The Russian Federation senators express their firm support for the people and authorities of the Republic of Cuba in their courageous defence of the sovereignty, freedom and independence of their country, as well as a just demand for the termination of the use of force by the United States.
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation declares that the illegal US economic, trade, financial and energy blockade of Cuba must be lifted.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba: The Russian Federation senators emphasise the traditionally friendly relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba.
The Russian Federation will continue to strengthen friendship and foster mutual assistance and bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Cuba.
❗️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation calls on the United Nations Organisation, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and other international parliamentary organisations, as well as the parliaments of foreign states to condemn the unprecedented coercive US pressure on the Republic of Cuba, to call for the unconditional lifting of the US economic, trade, financial and energy blockade of the Republic of Cuba, and demand that Washington immediately stop its aggressive policy towards the Island of Freedom.
🎙️Statement by the Embassy of Russia in Norway to the RIA Novosti (1 June 2026)
❓French President Emmanuel Macron previously stated that Norway had agreed to join his initiative on cooperation in the field of nuclear deterrence. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has stated that the country will be protected by the French ‘nuclear umbrella’, whilst nuclear weapons will not be deployed on Norwegian territory in peacetime.
Could the Embassy comment on these arrangements? What will this mean in practice, and what is the likelihood that nuclear weapons will nevertheless appear on Norwegian territory? How would Russia react in such a case?
💬 Answer: As far as we are aware, Jonas Gahr Støre did not say that Norway would be protected by a French ‘nuclear umbrella’, nor has Paris undertaken any such commitments. Norway’s ‘nuclear umbrella’ is, as before, provided by the US/NATO.
The Norwegian Prime Minister used cautious, vague wording regarding the country’s participation in ‘the ongoing process of more detailed discussion on how French nuclear weapons can contribute to security and deterrence in Europe’.
At the same time, he unequivocally confirmed that such a move by Oslo would not lead to a change in the principles of Norwegian “nuclear policy”, including the ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons on Norwegian territory in peacetime. Norway, he said, will not fund the maintenance and modernisation of the French nuclear arsenal. We assume this to be the case.
At the same time, it cannot be ruled out that Franco-Norwegian cooperation within the framework of Macron’s initiative will not, after all, be limited to a dialogue of little substance.
This could involve joint exercises, during which Norway, like other non-nuclear participants in the initiative, could provide its conventional forces—primarily F-35 aircraft—to support French nuclear delivery systems, as it has already done during NATO’s annual Steadfast Noon nuclear manoeuvres.
❗️The Russian side takes a strongly negative view of such cooperation between NATO member states, regarding it as ‘joint nuclear missions’ that undermine the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), security in the Euro-Arctic region and global stability in a broader sense.
Furthermore, Norway and France have agreed to step up the exchange of intelligence data. Of greatest interest to Paris is, evidently, the information gathered by the Norwegians on behalf of NATO regarding the military activities of the Russian Armed Forces in northern regions and Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces, to which Oslo has recently been paying excessive attention, a fact that clearly indicates the anti-Russian nature of the French initiative.
Norway also plans to deploy strike weapons in its northern regions, including South Korean multiple launch rocket systems with a range of up to 500 km, which will be aimed at Russian targets on the Kola Peninsula.
👆🏻Naturally, such actions and plans on the part of Norway pose a direct threat to our country’s national security and will not go unanswered by an adequate military-technical response, the specific parameters of which are under the purview of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
🔗 Published in RIA Novosti: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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