🎙 From Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (Yerevan, May 21, 2025)
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Key talking points:
• We share the fundamental assessment whereby the European security system as we know it has proven its ineffectiveness, and has done so in a long while and repeatedly. Euro-Atlantic entities have formed the backbone of the existing security entities. If we consider an inclusive entity, it would be the #OSCE. However, if we consider an entity that, despite the creation of the Organisation, is dead set to do everything it can to maintain its dominant positions without transferring the functions of defining and implementing corresponding principles to the OSCE, but rather keeping them to itself that would be the North Atlantic Alliance.
• This begs the question: what kind of security system would be a better choice to ensure justice? We believe that a more just security system would not be the one imposed from above by a single entity, but one that is based on real-life circumstances. For example, there are a number of integration associations in Eurasia: the #EAEU, the #CIS, the #CSTO, #ASEAN, and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. There are sub-regional organisations in South Asia as well. Many of these entities have signed memoranda of cooperation with one another. Thus, a kind of Greater Eurasian Partnership (#GEP), as President Vladimir Putin described it, is naturally forming from the ground up.
• With regard to Azerbaijan using Russian weapons, you may be aware that Armenia, too, has used Russian-made weapons throughout the years following its independence, specifically, to seize seven Azerbaijani districts to which it had never officially laid claim.
• We are dealing with a situation where we are once again, as multiple times in the past, forced to fight against all of Europe, which, under Nazi slogans and using the Zelensky regime as a front, is waging war against Russia. Almost all European countries are involved. As you understand, given the circumstances, a lot of modern weapons are being sent to Ukraine, and we are compelled to respond.
• Our Armenian friends understand that, given the circumstances, we are not always able to fulfil our obligations on time. Nevertheless, even under these circumstances, several systems that were contracted by our Armenian partners are in the process of being delivered to them. We will continue this practice going forward.
• Buying weapons from other countries is not a problem. That is up to our Armenian friends. If they want to have France as a base for additional supplies, they are welcome to do so. We are not imposing anything on anyone.
• Of course, it is strange to see an ally rely on weapons from a country like France, which is at the helm of the hostile camp. President Emmanuel Macron and his ministers are overflowing with hatred towards Russia. They call Russia the only problem that stands in the way of a settlement in Ukraine. Their idea of a settlement is simply an unconditional ceasefire that would last at least a month, or longer, so they can build up the Ukrainian military and let it fortify its defensive positions.
• We still maintain a very good relationship with our Armenian friends, despite a number of problems which are probably due to misunderstanding each other’s positions.
• I see no reason whatsoever to talk about Ukrainianising Armenia. Armenia is our ally, our friend. Armenia is not outlawing the Russian language, or Russian culture, nor does it strip ethnic Russians or those who simply want to speak Russian of their legal rights. Unlike Ukraine, Armenia has not adopted laws banning any of the above.
#RussiaArmenia
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Key talking points:
• We share the fundamental assessment whereby the European security system as we know it has proven its ineffectiveness, and has done so in a long while and repeatedly. Euro-Atlantic entities have formed the backbone of the existing security entities. If we consider an inclusive entity, it would be the #OSCE. However, if we consider an entity that, despite the creation of the Organisation, is dead set to do everything it can to maintain its dominant positions without transferring the functions of defining and implementing corresponding principles to the OSCE, but rather keeping them to itself that would be the North Atlantic Alliance.
• This begs the question: what kind of security system would be a better choice to ensure justice? We believe that a more just security system would not be the one imposed from above by a single entity, but one that is based on real-life circumstances. For example, there are a number of integration associations in Eurasia: the #EAEU, the #CIS, the #CSTO, #ASEAN, and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. There are sub-regional organisations in South Asia as well. Many of these entities have signed memoranda of cooperation with one another. Thus, a kind of Greater Eurasian Partnership (#GEP), as President Vladimir Putin described it, is naturally forming from the ground up.
• With regard to Azerbaijan using Russian weapons, you may be aware that Armenia, too, has used Russian-made weapons throughout the years following its independence, specifically, to seize seven Azerbaijani districts to which it had never officially laid claim.
• We are dealing with a situation where we are once again, as multiple times in the past, forced to fight against all of Europe, which, under Nazi slogans and using the Zelensky regime as a front, is waging war against Russia. Almost all European countries are involved. As you understand, given the circumstances, a lot of modern weapons are being sent to Ukraine, and we are compelled to respond.
• Our Armenian friends understand that, given the circumstances, we are not always able to fulfil our obligations on time. Nevertheless, even under these circumstances, several systems that were contracted by our Armenian partners are in the process of being delivered to them. We will continue this practice going forward.
• Buying weapons from other countries is not a problem. That is up to our Armenian friends. If they want to have France as a base for additional supplies, they are welcome to do so. We are not imposing anything on anyone.
• Of course, it is strange to see an ally rely on weapons from a country like France, which is at the helm of the hostile camp. President Emmanuel Macron and his ministers are overflowing with hatred towards Russia. They call Russia the only problem that stands in the way of a settlement in Ukraine. Their idea of a settlement is simply an unconditional ceasefire that would last at least a month, or longer, so they can build up the Ukrainian military and let it fortify its defensive positions.
• We still maintain a very good relationship with our Armenian friends, despite a number of problems which are probably due to misunderstanding each other’s positions.
• I see no reason whatsoever to talk about Ukrainianising Armenia. Armenia is our ally, our friend. Armenia is not outlawing the Russian language, or Russian culture, nor does it strip ethnic Russians or those who simply want to speak Russian of their legal rights. Unlike Ukraine, Armenia has not adopted laws banning any of the above.
#RussiaArmenia
🇷🇺🇦🇲 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a working visit to Yerevan on May 20-21 at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan.
During the talks held at the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Ministers discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of bilateral cooperation, interaction within the Eurasian integration associations, and coordination at the #UN and other international platforms. They signed the Plan of inter-ministerial consultations for 2025-2026.
The Ministers had a substantive exchange of views on regional security issues. Russia reaffirmed its readiness to further support the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalisation process on the basis of the 2020-2022 trilateral agreements by the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders. The Parties agreed to step up efforts to implement the opportunities of the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform designed to ensure resolution of the South Caucasus problems by the states of the region themselves and their closest neighbors.
Sergey Lavrov was received by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan. The Parties expressed mutual intent to strengthen their political and interdepartmental dialogue and tap the potential of trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Armenia, which would promote mutual understanding and finding solutions to issues of interest for both parties.
They emphasised the identity of approaches to the preservation of historical memory, including in the context of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The Russian Foreign Minister spoke at the Russian-Armenian University to the faculty and students of the branches of Russian universities and the expert community, and also met with compatriots in the Russia House.
By tradition, flowers were laid at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a wreath was laid at the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
#RussiaArmenia
During the talks held at the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Ministers discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of bilateral cooperation, interaction within the Eurasian integration associations, and coordination at the #UN and other international platforms. They signed the Plan of inter-ministerial consultations for 2025-2026.
The Ministers had a substantive exchange of views on regional security issues. Russia reaffirmed its readiness to further support the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalisation process on the basis of the 2020-2022 trilateral agreements by the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders. The Parties agreed to step up efforts to implement the opportunities of the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform designed to ensure resolution of the South Caucasus problems by the states of the region themselves and their closest neighbors.
Sergey Lavrov was received by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan. The Parties expressed mutual intent to strengthen their political and interdepartmental dialogue and tap the potential of trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Armenia, which would promote mutual understanding and finding solutions to issues of interest for both parties.
They emphasised the identity of approaches to the preservation of historical memory, including in the context of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The Russian Foreign Minister spoke at the Russian-Armenian University to the faculty and students of the branches of Russian universities and the expert community, and also met with compatriots in the Russia House.
By tradition, flowers were laid at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a wreath was laid at the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
#RussiaArmenia
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at the 4th meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for Caspian Cooperation (Moscow, May 22, 2025)
💬 Strengthening cooperation in the Caspian Sea area is our priority.
It is clearly stipulated in the Russian Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Vladimir Putin in March 2023. We consistently promote the view that the five littoral states have exclusive competence in addressing any Caspian Sea issues, even though there is an increasing number of players wishing to interfere in those processes. <...>
It is obvious that greater interaction between the five parties to this convention will help develop a framework for broader economic cooperation in Eurasia, something President Vladimir Putin referred to as the Greater Eurasian Partnership, as well as build equal and indivisible security on the continent we share. Given its geopolitical and geostrategic importance, the Caspian region should be an integral part of this security system. <...>
The five Caspian states have held several important events since our last meeting:
👉 On February 17-18, Tehran hosted the 3rd Caspian Economic Forum (CEF). Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk led the Russian delegation attending the meeting. <...> Participants spoke in favour of strengthening joint research, including the study of the causes of Caspian shoaling. They noted the high level of cooperation between the littoral states in oil and gas as well as in power generation, including green energy projects. They also supported further expanding cooperation in transport, and building transport and logistics infrastructure.
👉 On May 5-7, the 10th meeting of the High-Level Working Group on Caspian Sea Issues took place in Moscow. Among other Caspian-related issues they reviewed, representatives of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed methods for drawing straight baselines in the Caspian Sea.
The littoral states continued the well-established practice of holding roundtables dedicated to Caspian issues on the sidelines of major international events.
👉 On May 14 this year, Rossotrudnichestvo and the Russian Foreign Ministry organised a meeting during the 16th International Economic Forum Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum. The discussion, "Caspian cooperation: Development of twinning relations", focused on interacting at the level of cities and municipalities. On May 16, the Russian Ministry of Transport organised a session on "Transport cooperation between the Caspian littoral states".
👉 The Defence Ministry’s Navigation and Oceanography Department is currently holding the Second Caspian Hydrographic Conference dedicated to hydrographic support of navigation in the Caspian Sea in Kaspiysk (Dagestan). The conference brought together representatives from the five states’ defence ministries.
👉 The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will hold a roundtable on the sidelines of the 11th Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St Petersburg to consider ways to intensify the activities of respective agencies in the five states to address the Caspian Sea’s environmental issues, above all, its continuing shoaling.
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💬 Strengthening cooperation in the Caspian Sea area is our priority.
It is clearly stipulated in the Russian Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Vladimir Putin in March 2023. We consistently promote the view that the five littoral states have exclusive competence in addressing any Caspian Sea issues, even though there is an increasing number of players wishing to interfere in those processes. <...>
It is obvious that greater interaction between the five parties to this convention will help develop a framework for broader economic cooperation in Eurasia, something President Vladimir Putin referred to as the Greater Eurasian Partnership, as well as build equal and indivisible security on the continent we share. Given its geopolitical and geostrategic importance, the Caspian region should be an integral part of this security system. <...>
The five Caspian states have held several important events since our last meeting:
👉 On February 17-18, Tehran hosted the 3rd Caspian Economic Forum (CEF). Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk led the Russian delegation attending the meeting. <...> Participants spoke in favour of strengthening joint research, including the study of the causes of Caspian shoaling. They noted the high level of cooperation between the littoral states in oil and gas as well as in power generation, including green energy projects. They also supported further expanding cooperation in transport, and building transport and logistics infrastructure.
👉 On May 5-7, the 10th meeting of the High-Level Working Group on Caspian Sea Issues took place in Moscow. Among other Caspian-related issues they reviewed, representatives of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed methods for drawing straight baselines in the Caspian Sea.
The littoral states continued the well-established practice of holding roundtables dedicated to Caspian issues on the sidelines of major international events.
👉 On May 14 this year, Rossotrudnichestvo and the Russian Foreign Ministry organised a meeting during the 16th International Economic Forum Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum. The discussion, "Caspian cooperation: Development of twinning relations", focused on interacting at the level of cities and municipalities. On May 16, the Russian Ministry of Transport organised a session on "Transport cooperation between the Caspian littoral states".
👉 The Defence Ministry’s Navigation and Oceanography Department is currently holding the Second Caspian Hydrographic Conference dedicated to hydrographic support of navigation in the Caspian Sea in Kaspiysk (Dagestan). The conference brought together representatives from the five states’ defence ministries.
👉 The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will hold a roundtable on the sidelines of the 11th Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St Petersburg to consider ways to intensify the activities of respective agencies in the five states to address the Caspian Sea’s environmental issues, above all, its continuing shoaling.
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🎙 On May 21, on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the World Health Assembly, the Ministries of Health of 🇷🇺Russia, 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇨🇳China, 🇨🇺Cuba, 🇮🇩Indonesia, and 🇿🇦South Africa organized an official side event on the topic “New Perspectives for a World Free of Tuberculosis”.
🤝 The event was attended by Cuban Minister of Health José Ángel Portal Miranda, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, senior officials from BRICS health ministries, representatives of civil society, and relevant international organizations.
🔬 Participants discussed the progress made by countries in combating tuberculosis at both global and national levels, as well as strategic initiatives and coordinated actions aimed at eradicating tuberculosis - the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. In 2023 alone, 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis, including 161,000 people living with HIV. Although around 79 million lives have been saved since 2000 through global efforts, the disease continues to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations and hinders sustainable development.
🎯 Participants reviewed the progress in fulfilling the commitments made at the 2023 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, where heads of state and government endorsed a set of ambitious targets. Current priorities include sustainable disease control efforts, intensified research and innovation, and increased funding.
🇷🇺 Russia is making a significant contribution to the fight against tuberculosis, has achieved notable progress in this area, and is ready to further strengthen constructive cooperation with partners to reduce the burden of this dangerous disease.
🤝 The event was attended by Cuban Minister of Health José Ángel Portal Miranda, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, senior officials from BRICS health ministries, representatives of civil society, and relevant international organizations.
🔬 Participants discussed the progress made by countries in combating tuberculosis at both global and national levels, as well as strategic initiatives and coordinated actions aimed at eradicating tuberculosis - the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. In 2023 alone, 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis, including 161,000 people living with HIV. Although around 79 million lives have been saved since 2000 through global efforts, the disease continues to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations and hinders sustainable development.
🎯 Participants reviewed the progress in fulfilling the commitments made at the 2023 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, where heads of state and government endorsed a set of ambitious targets. Current priorities include sustainable disease control efforts, intensified research and innovation, and increased funding.
🇷🇺 Russia is making a significant contribution to the fight against tuberculosis, has achieved notable progress in this area, and is ready to further strengthen constructive cooperation with partners to reduce the burden of this dangerous disease.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question by the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin news show (Moscow, May 22, 2025)
❓ Question: All these years we have been watching you, travelling with you and the President. Often, we are already “worn out.” How do you keep up with such a schedule?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would say that we all take our cue from President Vladimir Putin. His schedule is certainly the tightest. You can't envy him. But the way he copes with all these physical and, of course, moral hurdles is something we need to learn from.
I believe that the right words were said today, wishes from people — health and God's help.
❓ Question: All these years we have been watching you, travelling with you and the President. Often, we are already “worn out.” How do you keep up with such a schedule?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would say that we all take our cue from President Vladimir Putin. His schedule is certainly the tightest. You can't envy him. But the way he copes with all these physical and, of course, moral hurdles is something we need to learn from.
I believe that the right words were said today, wishes from people — health and God's help.
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❗️FAKE ACCUSATIONS MADE BY UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA
(2022-2025)
Since the beginning of the special military operation, Kiev, in order to construct an anti-Russian information agenda and incite Russophobic sentiments, both in Ukraine and in the international community, it pursues a consistent line of making fake accusations against Russia and resorts to carrying out targeted stagings and shifting responsibility for its own crimes onto our country. Below are the most striking examples of such provocations.
Missile strike on the city of Krivoy Rog
❌Fake: Vladimir Zelensky stated that on 4 April 2025, the Armed Forced of the Russian Federation had launched an attack with a ballistic missile with an alleged cluster warheads targeting the "Magellan" restaurant in Krivoy Rog, but hit a playground instead. According to him, 20 people were killed, 75 civilians were injured.
✅Fact. In reality: The Russian Defence Ministry officially stated that on 4 April 2025, a high-precision strike was carried out with a high-explosive missile against the meeting of unit commanders and Western instructors in a restaurant in Krivoy Rog. The enemy lost up to 85 servicemen and officers of foreign states.
On 8 April 2025, during the Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Vasily Nebenzya stressed that "due to unprofessional actions by the Ukrainian air defence, the Ukrainian missile launched to intercept caused the death of civilians in the area adjacent to the restaurant."
Missile strike on the city of Sumy
❌Fake: Vladimir Zelensky stated that the Armed Forced of the Russian Federation had allegedly intentionally launched missiles at houses and educational institutions in the city of Sumy, where were many civilians. It is claimed that 35 people were killed, 129 civilians were injured.
✅Fact. In reality: The Kiev regime continues to use its population as a "human shield" by holding events involving military personnel in the center of the densely populated city. The Russian Defense Ministry officially stated that on April 13, 2025, Russian troops launched two Iskander-M operational-tactical missiles at the location of a meeting of the command staff of the Seversk10 operational-tactical group in Sumy. As a result, more than 60 AFU militants were eliminated.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized that our country has at its disposal evidences confirming that at the time of the strike, a "meeting" of Ukrainian military commanders and their Western colleagues was taking place at the facility struck in Sumy.
The head of the Regional Military Administration of Sumy, Vladimir Artyukh, actually confirmed that the meeting and the military award ceremony were held, which gave Vladimir Zelensky a reason to sign a decree on his dismissal.
(2022-2025)
Since the beginning of the special military operation, Kiev, in order to construct an anti-Russian information agenda and incite Russophobic sentiments, both in Ukraine and in the international community, it pursues a consistent line of making fake accusations against Russia and resorts to carrying out targeted stagings and shifting responsibility for its own crimes onto our country. Below are the most striking examples of such provocations.
Missile strike on the city of Krivoy Rog
❌Fake: Vladimir Zelensky stated that on 4 April 2025, the Armed Forced of the Russian Federation had launched an attack with a ballistic missile with an alleged cluster warheads targeting the "Magellan" restaurant in Krivoy Rog, but hit a playground instead. According to him, 20 people were killed, 75 civilians were injured.
✅Fact. In reality: The Russian Defence Ministry officially stated that on 4 April 2025, a high-precision strike was carried out with a high-explosive missile against the meeting of unit commanders and Western instructors in a restaurant in Krivoy Rog. The enemy lost up to 85 servicemen and officers of foreign states.
On 8 April 2025, during the Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Vasily Nebenzya stressed that "due to unprofessional actions by the Ukrainian air defence, the Ukrainian missile launched to intercept caused the death of civilians in the area adjacent to the restaurant."
Missile strike on the city of Sumy
❌Fake: Vladimir Zelensky stated that the Armed Forced of the Russian Federation had allegedly intentionally launched missiles at houses and educational institutions in the city of Sumy, where were many civilians. It is claimed that 35 people were killed, 129 civilians were injured.
✅Fact. In reality: The Kiev regime continues to use its population as a "human shield" by holding events involving military personnel in the center of the densely populated city. The Russian Defense Ministry officially stated that on April 13, 2025, Russian troops launched two Iskander-M operational-tactical missiles at the location of a meeting of the command staff of the Seversk10 operational-tactical group in Sumy. As a result, more than 60 AFU militants were eliminated.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized that our country has at its disposal evidences confirming that at the time of the strike, a "meeting" of Ukrainian military commanders and their Western colleagues was taking place at the facility struck in Sumy.
The head of the Regional Military Administration of Sumy, Vladimir Artyukh, actually confirmed that the meeting and the military award ceremony were held, which gave Vladimir Zelensky a reason to sign a decree on his dismissal.
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions from teachers and students of the Armenian branches of Russian universities, members of the expert community, and activists of the youth wing of the Eurasia Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation (Yerevan, May 21, 2025)
💬 Subsequent to the meeting between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in autumn 2024 – during which our leaders resolved to reinstate comprehensive contacts across all areas, as these had, to a certain degree, lapsed somewhat in the period preceding their discussions – and in accordance with the leaders’ understanding, I received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan who visited Moscow in January. We are now here on a reciprocal visit.
We are engaging in the frankest discussions – not only on matters positively received by both capitals and conducive to expanding mutually beneficial projects, but also on issues where our perspectives diverge. This includes, notably, the processes unfolding in the South Caucasus, where, broadly speaking, two trends are in contention.
The first trend involves respecting the sovereign choices of the countries situated here – the nations of the South Caucasus, Transcaucasia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – while also acknowledging the legitimate interests of their immediate neighbours: Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. <...>
The second trend is precisely that our Western counterparts – primarily the European Union, <...> openly sought to extend their dominant influence over this region, to bend unfolding processes to their will, and to prevent the consolidation of the three South Caucasus states with their major neighbours – Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. This objective persists.
This trend, this modus operandi of our Western colleagues, is not unique to the South Caucasus but extends to Central Asia and other parts of our vast, shared continent. <...> In contrast, our stance is based on equality, mutual respect and, above all, the principles that have been set out in the UN Charter and are approved by everyone without exception.
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The promise not to expand NATO has been thrown down the drain. <...> We have warned them over the past 20 years, almost on the daily basis, that all this could come to grief. But after the 2014 coup d’etat, they began converting Ukraine to an “anti-Russia.” <...>
So now, when they tell us: Let us have a ceasefire and then we’ll see, we say: No way, guys, we have been through it all before. We don’t want it that way any longer. And so today, when all these Macrons, Starmers, Ursulas von der Leyen, and other European characters are writhing in hysterics and urging the US to join the anti-Russia crusade and increase the number of sanctions, this is a complete giveaway for them.
***
Geopolitics and geography alike underscore the necessity of building bridges among all nations across the Eurasian continent. This means, first and foremost, fostering cooperation among the existing regional structures: the #SCO, the #EAEU, the #CSTO, the #CIS, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the GCC, and ASEAN. <...>
However, there are those who are intent on preventing such a mutually beneficial unification of the countries across Eurasia, including those in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Nevertheless, we continue to advance this effort.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has proposed the creation of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, rooted in practical cooperation and the interaction of existing integration structures, which would serve as the foundation for a future Eurasian security architecture.
<...>
🤝 We anticipate that Armenia will take part in these processes. We fully respect the desire of our Armenian partners to develop relations with other countries, whether European or non-European, and with international organisations across various regions.
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💬 Subsequent to the meeting between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in autumn 2024 – during which our leaders resolved to reinstate comprehensive contacts across all areas, as these had, to a certain degree, lapsed somewhat in the period preceding their discussions – and in accordance with the leaders’ understanding, I received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan who visited Moscow in January. We are now here on a reciprocal visit.
We are engaging in the frankest discussions – not only on matters positively received by both capitals and conducive to expanding mutually beneficial projects, but also on issues where our perspectives diverge. This includes, notably, the processes unfolding in the South Caucasus, where, broadly speaking, two trends are in contention.
The first trend involves respecting the sovereign choices of the countries situated here – the nations of the South Caucasus, Transcaucasia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – while also acknowledging the legitimate interests of their immediate neighbours: Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. <...>
The second trend is precisely that our Western counterparts – primarily the European Union, <...> openly sought to extend their dominant influence over this region, to bend unfolding processes to their will, and to prevent the consolidation of the three South Caucasus states with their major neighbours – Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. This objective persists.
This trend, this modus operandi of our Western colleagues, is not unique to the South Caucasus but extends to Central Asia and other parts of our vast, shared continent. <...> In contrast, our stance is based on equality, mutual respect and, above all, the principles that have been set out in the UN Charter and are approved by everyone without exception.
<...>
The promise not to expand NATO has been thrown down the drain. <...> We have warned them over the past 20 years, almost on the daily basis, that all this could come to grief. But after the 2014 coup d’etat, they began converting Ukraine to an “anti-Russia.” <...>
So now, when they tell us: Let us have a ceasefire and then we’ll see, we say: No way, guys, we have been through it all before. We don’t want it that way any longer. And so today, when all these Macrons, Starmers, Ursulas von der Leyen, and other European characters are writhing in hysterics and urging the US to join the anti-Russia crusade and increase the number of sanctions, this is a complete giveaway for them.
***
Geopolitics and geography alike underscore the necessity of building bridges among all nations across the Eurasian continent. This means, first and foremost, fostering cooperation among the existing regional structures: the #SCO, the #EAEU, the #CSTO, the #CIS, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the GCC, and ASEAN. <...>
However, there are those who are intent on preventing such a mutually beneficial unification of the countries across Eurasia, including those in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Nevertheless, we continue to advance this effort.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has proposed the creation of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, rooted in practical cooperation and the interaction of existing integration structures, which would serve as the foundation for a future Eurasian security architecture.
<...>
🤝 We anticipate that Armenia will take part in these processes. We fully respect the desire of our Armenian partners to develop relations with other countries, whether European or non-European, and with international organisations across various regions.
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🎙 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members, via videoconference (May 22, 2025)
💬 Critically important issue for ensuring safety and protecting people’s lives and health is the demining of territories where combat operations occurred, including the elimination of unexploded ordnance, mines, and weapon caches left behind by militants.
I reiterate: this concerns the Kursk Region, the Bryansk Region, and the Belgorod Region, which have also suffered and continue to endure shelling. Moreover, the adversary typically targets objectives devoid of military significance: civilian infrastructure and people’s homes.
#KievRegimeCrimes: The most recent events only confirm what I just said: drone attacks as well as sabotage and reconnaissance actions target civilian transport, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. Most of the casualties are women and children.
❗️ A decision has been made to create a buffer security zone along the Russian border. Our Armed Forces are working on this now.
They are also effectively suppressing enemy firing points. At the same time, I would like to point out once again that, given the situation in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, we need to begin restoring and rebuilding everything that has been destroyed there right away.
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💬 Critically important issue for ensuring safety and protecting people’s lives and health is the demining of territories where combat operations occurred, including the elimination of unexploded ordnance, mines, and weapon caches left behind by militants.
I reiterate: this concerns the Kursk Region, the Bryansk Region, and the Belgorod Region, which have also suffered and continue to endure shelling. Moreover, the adversary typically targets objectives devoid of military significance: civilian infrastructure and people’s homes.
#KievRegimeCrimes: The most recent events only confirm what I just said: drone attacks as well as sabotage and reconnaissance actions target civilian transport, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. Most of the casualties are women and children.
❗️ A decision has been made to create a buffer security zone along the Russian border. Our Armed Forces are working on this now.
They are also effectively suppressing enemy firing points. At the same time, I would like to point out once again that, given the situation in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, we need to begin restoring and rebuilding everything that has been destroyed there right away.
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🔴 #LIVE: Opening of the Ambassadorial Conference "Historically South Russian Lands: National Identity and Self-Determination of Peoples"
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC meeting on Ensuring Safety of Civilians in Armed Conflict (New York, May 22, 2025).
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: In 2024, the UN registered 36'000 civilian deaths in 14 armed conflicts around the world. <...>
What we find relevant in the Secretary General's report is the conclusion that the evaluation of whether an action is legal or illegal in terms of international humanitarian law is something that in the modern world depends largely on political preferences.
Indeed, this is precisely what we are regularly witnessing at the Council. However, it is totally unacceptable when some political preferences become a basis for UN reports. <...>
The SG report prepared for today’s meeting, in its part dealing with Ukraine, mentions Russian civilians affected by the conflict only once, and solely in the context of displaced persons. At the same time, it is not explained there that this is about hundreds of civilians abducted by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region who are now being used as hostages.
❓ The following question arises – Are there no killed and wounded among Russian civilians, according to the Secretariat? Are there no attacks on civilian objects and civilian infrastructure? Why is this information completely missing in the report? <...>
Another important item on the agenda under discussion today is the issue of the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Kiev has been terrorizing Russian media professionals – those who are carrying out their professional duty covering what is happening in the area of the special military operation. A number of those killed and wounded since February 2022 is in double digits: since the beginning of this year alone, as a result of targeted attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, including using precision missile weapons, five Russian media workers have been killed.
⚠️ Despite our regular appeals, all these crimes do not receive the slightest condemnation from the UN. <...>
We believe that the report’s denoscription of the situation in Ukraine is something that merits an official investigation. How can we be talking about protecting civilians after such blatant lies and fact-twisting? First, we need to find out what is happening within the Secretariat itself and bring to account the authors for attempting to mislead the Security Council. <...>
We cannot understand the reason why every year the report persistently covers the activities of the ICC, which is a separate entity that has nothing to do with the United Nations.
❗️The ICC is mired in politicization and double standards and is notorious for its ineffectiveness. The report's call for States to accede to the statute of this “puppet tribunal” is totally inappropriate.
ICC ineffectiveness can only be rivaled by the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, which was also praised in the report. This body and its predecessor, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, cost the United Nations billions of dollars and became a byword for double standards and selective justice. <...>
☝️ We would like to draw your attention to another finding in the Secretary-General's report, which states that the situation with regard to the protection of civilians has been deteriorating for the past 150 years after the relevant norms were created. We cannot agree with that statement.
However difficult the situation of civilians in armed conflicts may be today, it cannot be compared to what happened more than 80 years ago during World War II on the territory of the USSR. During the 3 years of the occupation of Soviet territory by the German Nazis, more than 13 million civilians were killed.
At the same time, despite the Nuremberg Tribunal verdict, a significant part of the most abhorrent Nazis remained at large. Western countries, which are so much in favor of fighting impunity today, looked at this situation very calmly, they sheltered them and allowed numerous Nazi criminals to escape punishment.
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💬 Vassily Nebenzia: In 2024, the UN registered 36'000 civilian deaths in 14 armed conflicts around the world. <...>
What we find relevant in the Secretary General's report is the conclusion that the evaluation of whether an action is legal or illegal in terms of international humanitarian law is something that in the modern world depends largely on political preferences.
Indeed, this is precisely what we are regularly witnessing at the Council. However, it is totally unacceptable when some political preferences become a basis for UN reports. <...>
The SG report prepared for today’s meeting, in its part dealing with Ukraine, mentions Russian civilians affected by the conflict only once, and solely in the context of displaced persons. At the same time, it is not explained there that this is about hundreds of civilians abducted by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region who are now being used as hostages.
❓ The following question arises – Are there no killed and wounded among Russian civilians, according to the Secretariat? Are there no attacks on civilian objects and civilian infrastructure? Why is this information completely missing in the report? <...>
Another important item on the agenda under discussion today is the issue of the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Kiev has been terrorizing Russian media professionals – those who are carrying out their professional duty covering what is happening in the area of the special military operation. A number of those killed and wounded since February 2022 is in double digits: since the beginning of this year alone, as a result of targeted attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, including using precision missile weapons, five Russian media workers have been killed.
⚠️ Despite our regular appeals, all these crimes do not receive the slightest condemnation from the UN. <...>
We believe that the report’s denoscription of the situation in Ukraine is something that merits an official investigation. How can we be talking about protecting civilians after such blatant lies and fact-twisting? First, we need to find out what is happening within the Secretariat itself and bring to account the authors for attempting to mislead the Security Council. <...>
We cannot understand the reason why every year the report persistently covers the activities of the ICC, which is a separate entity that has nothing to do with the United Nations.
❗️The ICC is mired in politicization and double standards and is notorious for its ineffectiveness. The report's call for States to accede to the statute of this “puppet tribunal” is totally inappropriate.
ICC ineffectiveness can only be rivaled by the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, which was also praised in the report. This body and its predecessor, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, cost the United Nations billions of dollars and became a byword for double standards and selective justice. <...>
☝️ We would like to draw your attention to another finding in the Secretary-General's report, which states that the situation with regard to the protection of civilians has been deteriorating for the past 150 years after the relevant norms were created. We cannot agree with that statement.
However difficult the situation of civilians in armed conflicts may be today, it cannot be compared to what happened more than 80 years ago during World War II on the territory of the USSR. During the 3 years of the occupation of Soviet territory by the German Nazis, more than 13 million civilians were killed.
At the same time, despite the Nuremberg Tribunal verdict, a significant part of the most abhorrent Nazis remained at large. Western countries, which are so much in favor of fighting impunity today, looked at this situation very calmly, they sheltered them and allowed numerous Nazi criminals to escape punishment.
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🌍 African nations are displaying a strong interest in the XIII international Meeting of High Representatives For Security Issues to be held at the "Russia" National Centre in Moscow on May 27−29, 2025.
Forty-five delegations from over 40 countries of Africa, as well as several Africa-based international organisations, including the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development, have confirmed their intention to participate in the forum that will be chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.
🤝 In a separate briefing to be held on the sidelines of the 13th meeting, participants will discuss ways to further intensify relations between Russia and African countries even further, particularly in light of decisions approved by the Russia-Africa summits.
The Press Service of the Executive Office of the Security Council of Russia:
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Forty-five delegations from over 40 countries of Africa, as well as several Africa-based international organisations, including the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development, have confirmed their intention to participate in the forum that will be chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.
🤝 In a separate briefing to be held on the sidelines of the 13th meeting, participants will discuss ways to further intensify relations between Russia and African countries even further, particularly in light of decisions approved by the Russia-Africa summits.
The Press Service of the Executive Office of the Security Council of Russia:
“Large-scale geopolitical changes have directly affected the interests of states of the Global South and East. We hear an increasingly audible voice of African countries, which seek to conduct their foreign policy in the interests of their people and are ready to defend their right to freely choose their path of development. Russia has always rendered assistance to its African partners in their striving to defend their sovereignty, national interests and legitimate place in the system of international relations.”
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🎙 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the school bus bombing in Pakistan (May 23, 2025)
💬 On May 21, a suicide bomber attacked a school bus in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province killing several adults and children and injuring dozens more.
Moscow strongly condemns this barbaric act. All those complicit in it must be punished. We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.
Russia has consistently advocated a stronger unity among all members of the international community in the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism.
💬 On May 21, a suicide bomber attacked a school bus in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province killing several adults and children and injuring dozens more.
Moscow strongly condemns this barbaric act. All those complicit in it must be punished. We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.
Russia has consistently advocated a stronger unity among all members of the international community in the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism.
⚡️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions (Moscow, May 23, 2025)
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: From May 20 until 8:00 am on May 23, the Ukrainian side launched a record number of combat drones - 788 in total - against civilian targets and civilians in Russia. All attacks were repelled, though, regrettably, there are fatalities and injuries. The Foreign Ministry issued a special statement to this effect, which is being widely circulated among governments and international organisations.
We believe these attacks are a direct result of the support provided to Ukrainian Nazis, primarily by a number of European countries, led by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the EU leadership. We are convinced that they bear a portion of responsibility for these crimes. We will push to bring an end to this policy.
We are witnessing a clear attempt to derail peace talks and disrupt the process that began in Istanbul following an agreement between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump which included a 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange and further work on documents setting out specific conditions and requirements that are necessary to reach an agreement.
We will continue working on that despite provocations.
❓Question: Does Russia remain committed to a peaceful settlement?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Yes, we remain committed to a peaceful resolution. We remain open to talks. President Putin has confirmed this many times publicly and in his conversations with foreign leaders. <...> We are finalising preparations for the 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange.
We are also working hard on the second part of the agreement, which involves each party preparing a draft document outlining the terms for achieving a durable, lasting, and comprehensive resolution. Once the prisoner exchange is completed, we will be ready to present our draft to the Ukrainian side. The Russian side is in the process of finalising this document.
❓Question: You mentioned that international organisations would be informed about the Foreign Ministry statement. How do you expect them to react?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> We look forward to a response from the UN. So far, statements made by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his official representatives for as long as the special military operation has been underway suggest reluctance - or inability - to carry out their basic duties, especially those relating to upholding the principles of the UN Charter.
❓Question: In the past few weeks, numerous EU leaders and officials visited Kiev, including Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz, and Kaja Kallas, among others. Following their visits, there was a noticeable surge in terrorist attacks carried out by Kiev. Do you believe there’s a link? Should Zelensky’s foreign backers bear a portion of responsibility for killing civilians?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I believe the connection is undeniable.
Those sustaining the Kiev regime, including the figures you mentioned, don’t conceal their role. <...> There certainly is a degree of European responsibility involved. I think that when the conflict is finally resolved, and its outcomes are assessed, it will be difficult for those backing Kiev to avoid accountability.
❓Question: Do you believe that the Western European leaders you mentioned are deliberately trying to thwart President Trump’s mediation efforts in the Ukraine conflict? Could jealousy be a factor?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> Their actions is that they still hope to use some people from the US establishment to bring President Trump and his administration back into an anti-Russia camp and share responsibility or even shift the blame. But I believe they won’t succeed this time.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: From May 20 until 8:00 am on May 23, the Ukrainian side launched a record number of combat drones - 788 in total - against civilian targets and civilians in Russia. All attacks were repelled, though, regrettably, there are fatalities and injuries. The Foreign Ministry issued a special statement to this effect, which is being widely circulated among governments and international organisations.
We believe these attacks are a direct result of the support provided to Ukrainian Nazis, primarily by a number of European countries, led by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the EU leadership. We are convinced that they bear a portion of responsibility for these crimes. We will push to bring an end to this policy.
We are witnessing a clear attempt to derail peace talks and disrupt the process that began in Istanbul following an agreement between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump which included a 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange and further work on documents setting out specific conditions and requirements that are necessary to reach an agreement.
We will continue working on that despite provocations.
❓Question: Does Russia remain committed to a peaceful settlement?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Yes, we remain committed to a peaceful resolution. We remain open to talks. President Putin has confirmed this many times publicly and in his conversations with foreign leaders. <...> We are finalising preparations for the 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange.
We are also working hard on the second part of the agreement, which involves each party preparing a draft document outlining the terms for achieving a durable, lasting, and comprehensive resolution. Once the prisoner exchange is completed, we will be ready to present our draft to the Ukrainian side. The Russian side is in the process of finalising this document.
❓Question: You mentioned that international organisations would be informed about the Foreign Ministry statement. How do you expect them to react?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> We look forward to a response from the UN. So far, statements made by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his official representatives for as long as the special military operation has been underway suggest reluctance - or inability - to carry out their basic duties, especially those relating to upholding the principles of the UN Charter.
❓Question: In the past few weeks, numerous EU leaders and officials visited Kiev, including Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz, and Kaja Kallas, among others. Following their visits, there was a noticeable surge in terrorist attacks carried out by Kiev. Do you believe there’s a link? Should Zelensky’s foreign backers bear a portion of responsibility for killing civilians?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I believe the connection is undeniable.
Those sustaining the Kiev regime, including the figures you mentioned, don’t conceal their role. <...> There certainly is a degree of European responsibility involved. I think that when the conflict is finally resolved, and its outcomes are assessed, it will be difficult for those backing Kiev to avoid accountability.
❓Question: Do you believe that the Western European leaders you mentioned are deliberately trying to thwart President Trump’s mediation efforts in the Ukraine conflict? Could jealousy be a factor?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> Their actions is that they still hope to use some people from the US establishment to bring President Trump and his administration back into an anti-Russia camp and share responsibility or even shift the blame. But I believe they won’t succeed this time.
⚡ Foreign Ministry statement on Kiev’s latest drone attack targeting Russian civilians (May 23, 2025)
The Kiev regime is relentless in its terror attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in numerous Russian regions, including Moscow.
According to the Defence Ministry, from May 20 to 8 am on May 23, the number of aerial attacks amounted to multiples of what it used to be with 788 strikes by fixed-wing UAVs and Western-made missiles targeting Russian territory outside the area of the special military operation. Our air defence forces destroyed 776 drones and missiles, though unfortunately, 12 UAVs made it through our defences and hit their targets.
Casualties have been reported. On May 22, an attack on the village of Panteleymonovka, the Donetsk People’s Republic, wounded eight people. On the same day, a drone strike in the Vasilyevsky Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region, killed a woman born in 1990 and injured four children aged 10, 9, 8, and 1.
On the night of May 23, a downed UAV triggered fire in an industrial zone of Yelets, Lipetsk Region, injuring eight people. Additionally, the Ukrainian forces launched two HIMARS missiles on civilian targets in the city of Lgov, Kursk Region, also resulting in casualties, including two children.
Notably, even after the Ukrainian forces had been ousted from the Kursk Region, they keep trying to infiltrate our territory and launch drone, long-range artillery, and missile attacks.
Under these circumstances, the President was compelled to make a decision on establishing a security buffer zone on adjacent territory in order to minimise the ability of the Ukrainian forces to infiltrate and to attack our border regions using various munitions.
The latest barbaric terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime were carried out in an attempt to thwart direct Russia-Ukraine talks facilitated by the US Administration, which are designed to settle the conflict definitively. They also appear intended to derail the implementation of initial agreements reached in Istanbul on May 16, including a massive prisoner exchange.
These attacks are part of the strategy pursued by Ukraine’s party of war, which also includes violations of energy and Easter ceasefires that Russia has strictly observed, as well as the unilateral ceasefire declared by us during the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory celebrations.
Without a doubt, Russia will deliver a matching response to barrages of terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime.
Unlike the Ukrainian side, our targets will be strictly limited to military facilities and defence industry plants.
☝️ To reiterate, our fundamental commitment to a constructive search for a peaceful settlement through dialogue remains unchanged.
The Kiev regime is relentless in its terror attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in numerous Russian regions, including Moscow.
According to the Defence Ministry, from May 20 to 8 am on May 23, the number of aerial attacks amounted to multiples of what it used to be with 788 strikes by fixed-wing UAVs and Western-made missiles targeting Russian territory outside the area of the special military operation. Our air defence forces destroyed 776 drones and missiles, though unfortunately, 12 UAVs made it through our defences and hit their targets.
Casualties have been reported. On May 22, an attack on the village of Panteleymonovka, the Donetsk People’s Republic, wounded eight people. On the same day, a drone strike in the Vasilyevsky Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region, killed a woman born in 1990 and injured four children aged 10, 9, 8, and 1.
On the night of May 23, a downed UAV triggered fire in an industrial zone of Yelets, Lipetsk Region, injuring eight people. Additionally, the Ukrainian forces launched two HIMARS missiles on civilian targets in the city of Lgov, Kursk Region, also resulting in casualties, including two children.
Notably, even after the Ukrainian forces had been ousted from the Kursk Region, they keep trying to infiltrate our territory and launch drone, long-range artillery, and missile attacks.
Under these circumstances, the President was compelled to make a decision on establishing a security buffer zone on adjacent territory in order to minimise the ability of the Ukrainian forces to infiltrate and to attack our border regions using various munitions.
The latest barbaric terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime were carried out in an attempt to thwart direct Russia-Ukraine talks facilitated by the US Administration, which are designed to settle the conflict definitively. They also appear intended to derail the implementation of initial agreements reached in Istanbul on May 16, including a massive prisoner exchange.
These attacks are part of the strategy pursued by Ukraine’s party of war, which also includes violations of energy and Easter ceasefires that Russia has strictly observed, as well as the unilateral ceasefire declared by us during the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory celebrations.
Without a doubt, Russia will deliver a matching response to barrages of terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime.
Unlike the Ukrainian side, our targets will be strictly limited to military facilities and defence industry plants.
☝️ To reiterate, our fundamental commitment to a constructive search for a peaceful settlement through dialogue remains unchanged.
📃 Declaration by the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba on the Ways and Means to Counter, Mitigate and Redress the Adverse Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures
✍️ The Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba,
Renewing their commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Considering that “unilateral coercive measures” refers to coercive measures, <...>
Recognizing that unilateral coercive measures in certain cases run counter to Security Council resolutions, <...>
Bearing in mind the importance of free trade for the development of States and the well-being of their peoples,
Confirming that unilateral coercive measures create obstacles to the full enjoyment of human rights and impede the full realization of the rights set forth in major international human rights instruments,
Declare the following guidelines on the ways and means to counter, mitigate and redress the adverse impacts of unilateral coercive measures:
1. Recourse of any State to unilateral coercive measures is unlawful, contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and international law and will entail international responsibility,
2. Unilateral coercive measures, including those of extraterritorial nature, implemented by the third State, group or association of States in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law should not be recognized and implemented, <...>
7. A road map should be drawn up by States to reduce the dependency of international trade on national currencies that are prone to being used to implement unilateral coercive measures or to sustain a particular State’s monetary hegemony over the global economy,
8. In the face of unilateral coercive measures, States affected by them shall make efforts to create regional or other forms of inter-State financial institutions to strengthen their bilateral and multilateral financial relationships and eliminate the inequitable practices and processes that presently characterize certain global financial and development institutions, <...>
10. The evasion or circumvention of unilateral coercive measures by individuals shall not be considered as a ground for extradition, <...>
16. In the face of unilateral coercive measures States affected by them need to develop and implement mutually beneficial projects, both in a bilateral format and with the possible participation of third parties, in order to build practical cooperation in the industrial and scientific and technological fields, as well as to create secure financial, credit, payment, insurance and transport-logistics infrastructures that are immune to external influences,
17. States are encouraged to adopt laws and regulations to enforce the measures stipulated in these guidelines.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba
✍️ The Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba,
Renewing their commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Considering that “unilateral coercive measures” refers to coercive measures, <...>
Recognizing that unilateral coercive measures in certain cases run counter to Security Council resolutions, <...>
Bearing in mind the importance of free trade for the development of States and the well-being of their peoples,
Confirming that unilateral coercive measures create obstacles to the full enjoyment of human rights and impede the full realization of the rights set forth in major international human rights instruments,
Declare the following guidelines on the ways and means to counter, mitigate and redress the adverse impacts of unilateral coercive measures:
1. Recourse of any State to unilateral coercive measures is unlawful, contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and international law and will entail international responsibility,
2. Unilateral coercive measures, including those of extraterritorial nature, implemented by the third State, group or association of States in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law should not be recognized and implemented, <...>
7. A road map should be drawn up by States to reduce the dependency of international trade on national currencies that are prone to being used to implement unilateral coercive measures or to sustain a particular State’s monetary hegemony over the global economy,
8. In the face of unilateral coercive measures, States affected by them shall make efforts to create regional or other forms of inter-State financial institutions to strengthen their bilateral and multilateral financial relationships and eliminate the inequitable practices and processes that presently characterize certain global financial and development institutions, <...>
10. The evasion or circumvention of unilateral coercive measures by individuals shall not be considered as a ground for extradition, <...>
16. In the face of unilateral coercive measures States affected by them need to develop and implement mutually beneficial projects, both in a bilateral format and with the possible participation of third parties, in order to build practical cooperation in the industrial and scientific and technological fields, as well as to create secure financial, credit, payment, insurance and transport-logistics infrastructures that are immune to external influences,
17. States are encouraged to adopt laws and regulations to enforce the measures stipulated in these guidelines.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba