🛬 Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Turkey.

🇷🇺🇹🇷 At the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, he will participate in the diplomatic forum taking place in Antalya.

🌏 The Russian minister has a series of meetings scheduled. As reported by Smolenskaya Square (Russian Foreign Ministry), discussions will focus on key aspects of the international agenda, including the situation in the Middle East, North Africa, the South Caucasus, the Black Sea region, and current issues in bilateral relations with specific states.

🇺🇦 According to Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, the situation around Ukraine will also be addressed, with the topic expected to arise in virtually every meeting.

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😍 This Saturday, the Pink Moon will be visible in Moscow.

This is the first full moon of spring, also known as the Paschal Moon.

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🥰 Welcome to the Republic of Bashkortostan

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😁 Such a thing is only possible in Russia

🚢 A nuclear-powered icebreaker passed by a tent with a sleeping fisherman. His friends apparently had no intention of waking him up or rescuing him, filming everything that was happening on video.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia is ready to supply China with as much oil as the country needs.

"China will act in its national interests. If they need to purchase oil, of course China will do so. We are ready to supply as much oil as they can consume," stated Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

📉 In recent days, amid the escalating trade war, prices for Russian Urals oil briefly dropped to $50 per barrel.

Experts estimate that Russia’s federal budget could lose around 1 trillion rubles in revenue by 2025 due to declining demand for oil and other raw materials during the U.S. trade war and tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

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👾 In honor of Cosmonautics Day, the Wildberries marketplace has sent its first space couriers to the streets.

🚀 If you see a man in a spacesuit on the streets of Moscow, don’t be alarmed! Instead, wish him a successful flight to Alpha Centauri. He still has orders to deliver there.

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🧐 Witkoff and Negotiations

🇺🇸 U.S. President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff proposed an accelerated ceasefire plan for Ukraine, which includes recognizing Russian control over four New Regions, including Zaporizhzhia.

Witkoff presented the plan to Trump after meeting with Kirill Dmitriev. The Americans and all allies immediately scrambled, while other administration officials, including General Keith Kellogg, the envoy for Ukraine, opposed the proposal. They argued that Ukraine would not agree to territorial concessions.

📈 Witkoff plays a central role in the Trump administration’s foreign policy, and his influence is growing. Even before Trump took office, Witkoff helped broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip (which later collapsed) and negotiated the return of U.S. citizen Marc Fogel from Russia.

🇮🇷 After meeting with Putin, Witkoff is set to travel to the Middle East for talks with Iran, effectively spearheading another top foreign policy priority for Trump.

🤯 “Witkoff and Trump have committed the mortal sin of diplomacy: they’ve flaunted their desperate desire to strike a deal,” said Ned Price, former State Department spokesperson under President Joe Biden.

🇷🇺 Nevertheless, Witkoff continues to resolve issues. Even more controversially, in breach of traditional security protocols, Witkoff invited Kirill Dmitriev, who is under U.S. sanctions, to his private residence for dinner ahead of a White House meeting during Dmitriev’s recent “visit” to America.

Globally, there are “rumblings” that the Trump administration lacks a clear plan on how to proceed if Russia “continues to stall.”

For now, Witkoff’s comments have shocked many U.S. national security officials—his rhetoric essentially mirrors Russian talking points.

Maybe it’s time we start calling him “Vitya” for short? 🤔

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☀️ Summer morning in St. Petersburg

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🏫 The selection process for school students and college students to participate in the Big Arctic Expedition has begun in Moscow, announced Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin.

The expedition will take place from late July to early August and last approximately two weeks.

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🔵 Biden’s Foolish Policy

This epithet was used by Sergei Lavrov to describe attempts to isolate Russia during his speech at the diplomatic forum in Turkey.

In our view, the key question is why the international isolation of a major power like Russia is virtually impossible, and why all efforts in this direction will never succeed.

1) First, Russia’s advantageous economic and geographical position. When a country borders 18 states, isolation is practically unfeasible. There will always be someone willing to trade. Even during the Civil War, Soviet Russia was recognized by Turkey, as President Kemal understood the benefits of engagement.

2) Second, its defense-political weight. The U.S. administration believed it could convince the majority of countries that Russia’s compelled use of force to protect its core interests was a sign of weakness. In reality, many quickly realized the opposite: the willingness to defend oneself reflects strength.

3) Third, its extensive network of international ties. Historically, Russia has been central to global institutions and dialogue platforms—not only traditional ones like the UN or Western-aligned bodies like the Council of Europe, but also alternatives long positioned as backups: the EAEU, BRICS, SCO, and others. Russia intensified its work in these forums long before the military operation, allowing it to painlessly evade U.S. isolation attempts.

Crucially, none of these factors depend on the U.S. or its will. Thus, Lavrov’s denoscription of the Biden administration’s policy as “foolish” is entirely justified. It was naive and overconfident to try influencing matters entirely beyond their control.

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🚀 On Cosmonautics Day, dreams become reality.

📨 Misha Serebryany from Barnaul wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking to fly in a plane.

The National Front responded to young Misha’s request and organized a flight on a sports plane for him and his brother Ilya.

🤩 The brothers’ emotions were through the roof: for the first time, they saw Earth from a bird’s-eye view, and the plane’s maneuvers literally took their breath away.

🇷🇺 The boys, who regularly assist soldiers of the special military operation, still dream of flying with the President of Russia.

🤔 Who knows—they might even turn this dream into reality too.

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🇷🇺 Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, took to the ice during the anniversary show of his wife Tatiana Navka on her birthday.

They danced to the song "A On Mne Nravitsya" ("But I Like Him").

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