🇷🇺🇰🇵 A grand opening of the DPRK art exhibition “The Country of the Great People” took place in Moscow, at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art. The event was attended by Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu.
🎨 The exhibition features 123 works – Korean national paintings, engravings, ceramics, mosaics, embroidery, and unique decorative items that have never been displayed in Russia.
🖼 Among the exhibits are paintings reflecting the history of Korea and its majestic natural landscapes: “Mount Paektu” by Choe Chang Ho, “The Country of Unity and Cohesion” by Pak Myong Il and other authors, “The Detachment of Glorious Battle Standards” by Ri Gil Ho, “Our Happy Homeland” by Hwang Min, and many other works.
💬 In her welcoming remarks, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova noted:
❗️ Special attention in the exposition is given to works dedicated to the DPRK’s struggle for independence, as well as to the heroic feat of Korean soldiers who, alongside their Russian brothers-in-arms, took part in expelling Ukrainian terrorists from the Kursk Region.
ℹ️ The exhibition is open to visitors from September 9 to October 10, 2025, from 10:00 to 21:00 at the address: Moscow, Delegatskaya St., 3, Bld. 1.
More information can be found HERE.
© Photos – Eduard Kudryavitsky
🎨 The exhibition features 123 works – Korean national paintings, engravings, ceramics, mosaics, embroidery, and unique decorative items that have never been displayed in Russia.
🖼 Among the exhibits are paintings reflecting the history of Korea and its majestic natural landscapes: “Mount Paektu” by Choe Chang Ho, “The Country of Unity and Cohesion” by Pak Myong Il and other authors, “The Detachment of Glorious Battle Standards” by Ri Gil Ho, “Our Happy Homeland” by Hwang Min, and many other works.
💬 In her welcoming remarks, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova noted:
“This cultural exchange is a strategically important bridge between our countries. The exhibition not only demonstrates the artistic heritage of Korea, but also emphasizes mutual respect and the desire to develop interstate relations through art”.
❗️ Special attention in the exposition is given to works dedicated to the DPRK’s struggle for independence, as well as to the heroic feat of Korean soldiers who, alongside their Russian brothers-in-arms, took part in expelling Ukrainian terrorists from the Kursk Region.
ℹ️ The exhibition is open to visitors from September 9 to October 10, 2025, from 10:00 to 21:00 at the address: Moscow, Delegatskaya St., 3, Bld. 1.
More information can be found HERE.
© Photos – Eduard Kudryavitsky
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📍 September 8, 2025, Geneva
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovʼs greetings to the organisers and participants of the XI St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures (September 10, 2025)
✍️ I offer my most cordial greetings to the organisers and participants of the XI St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum.
Over the years, the Forum has become a credible international platform bringing together cultural celebrities, government officials and business leaders.
The multipolar world order is impossible without the convergence of the potentials of different civilizations, religions, cultures and will promote mutually respectful dialogue. Your meetings will contribute to these joint efforts.
I am convinced that the Forum will be a vibrant and memorable event that will further foster international humanitarian cooperation and offer its participants an opportunity to discover more of the beauty and rich cultural and historical heritage of Russia's northern capital.
🤝 I wish you interesting discussions, fruitful work, establishing mutually beneficial ties, and all the best.
SERGEY LAVROV
✍️ I offer my most cordial greetings to the organisers and participants of the XI St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum.
Over the years, the Forum has become a credible international platform bringing together cultural celebrities, government officials and business leaders.
The multipolar world order is impossible without the convergence of the potentials of different civilizations, religions, cultures and will promote mutually respectful dialogue. Your meetings will contribute to these joint efforts.
I am convinced that the Forum will be a vibrant and memorable event that will further foster international humanitarian cooperation and offer its participants an opportunity to discover more of the beauty and rich cultural and historical heritage of Russia's northern capital.
🤝 I wish you interesting discussions, fruitful work, establishing mutually beneficial ties, and all the best.
SERGEY LAVROV
📄 Article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for TASS news agency (September 8, 2025)
The new Finnish doctrine: Ignorance, deception, and ingratitude
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Key points:
• A visit to our northwestern regions in early autumn inevitably brings to mind one of the most tragic dates in the history of St. Petersburg, which is the onset of the siege on September 8, 1941. Yet, it seems that we are the only ones to remember those dark days. The direct perpetrators of those events are making every effort to erase the traces of their crimes from historical memory, or at least to avoid “inconvenient” parallels with their current policies.
• We should not forget that it would have been impossible to impose the Siege of Leningrad, a blockade that took hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, without the involvement of the Finnish armed forces.
• The general staff of the Finnish army and the general staff of Wehrmacht planned a joint invasion of the Soviet Union. Joint operations during the offensive on Leningrad were plotted in accordance with Operation Barbarossa <...> The then Finnish authorities were also responsible for the deaths and ruined lives of millions of Soviet citizens who did not have enough time to evacuate from western territories deep into the country.
• The genocide and war crimes of Finland against the Soviet civilians were not limited to Leningrad. The Finnish hangmen reaped the bulk of their bloody harvest in Karelia. Today, the descendants of the Finnish Nazi holdovers speak of this rarely, reluctantly, and with obvious discomfort.
• Prime Minister of Finland called “baseless” the ruling by the Supreme Court of Karelia, passed on August 1, 2024, which recognised the criminal actions of the occupation authorities and the Finnish troops against 86'000 Soviet residents of the republic during the Great Patriotic War.
• In addition, from the autumn of 1941 to the summer of 1944, on the territory of the then Karelo-Finnish SSR (21 of 26 districts were completely occupied, another partially, and 8 of 11 cities were taken) a network of concentration camps and labour camps was deployed by Mannerheim’s order.
• The number of prisoners in such concentration camps reached 20% of the entire population under occupation which are extremely large figures even by the standards of World War II. Over 80 population centres were destroyed. <...> Only due to the political will of the Soviet Union did representatives of the military-political authorities of Finland avoid trial in Nuremberg and the trials of a number of their leaders took place in Finland. The sentences were quite lenient.
• As a satellite of Nazi Germany that invaded the Soviet Union, Finland bears exactly the same amount of responsibility for unleashing the war and all the horrors and suffering of our people. Criminal liability for genocide and war crimes does not imply the use of the statute of limitations, and the time of the crimes does not affect their classification as crimes against humanity.
• Considering that after the war Finland pursued a balanced policy based on the military non-alignment principles, the issue of the crimes committed by the Finns was not raised between us.
• After joining the NATO bloc, which designates Russia as its enemy, Finland directly and brazenly tramples on the historical and legal basis on which it exists.
• This revisionism must be brought to an immediate end. From a legal point of view, the rupture of the synallagmatic link of the treaties — the mutual conditionality of compliance by both parties — raises the question of the validity of the treaties themselves by virtue of the principle of do, ut des (I give, so that you may give).
❗️ Since the military-political component of the treaty is absent, then there is likewise no reason for us to forgo closing the compensatory "historical issues" and clearly raising the question of the moral responsibility of the current Finnish government for the actions of its predecessors.
The new Finnish doctrine: Ignorance, deception, and ingratitude
Read in full
Key points:
• A visit to our northwestern regions in early autumn inevitably brings to mind one of the most tragic dates in the history of St. Petersburg, which is the onset of the siege on September 8, 1941. Yet, it seems that we are the only ones to remember those dark days. The direct perpetrators of those events are making every effort to erase the traces of their crimes from historical memory, or at least to avoid “inconvenient” parallels with their current policies.
• We should not forget that it would have been impossible to impose the Siege of Leningrad, a blockade that took hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, without the involvement of the Finnish armed forces.
• The general staff of the Finnish army and the general staff of Wehrmacht planned a joint invasion of the Soviet Union. Joint operations during the offensive on Leningrad were plotted in accordance with Operation Barbarossa <...> The then Finnish authorities were also responsible for the deaths and ruined lives of millions of Soviet citizens who did not have enough time to evacuate from western territories deep into the country.
• The genocide and war crimes of Finland against the Soviet civilians were not limited to Leningrad. The Finnish hangmen reaped the bulk of their bloody harvest in Karelia. Today, the descendants of the Finnish Nazi holdovers speak of this rarely, reluctantly, and with obvious discomfort.
• Prime Minister of Finland called “baseless” the ruling by the Supreme Court of Karelia, passed on August 1, 2024, which recognised the criminal actions of the occupation authorities and the Finnish troops against 86'000 Soviet residents of the republic during the Great Patriotic War.
• In addition, from the autumn of 1941 to the summer of 1944, on the territory of the then Karelo-Finnish SSR (21 of 26 districts were completely occupied, another partially, and 8 of 11 cities were taken) a network of concentration camps and labour camps was deployed by Mannerheim’s order.
• The number of prisoners in such concentration camps reached 20% of the entire population under occupation which are extremely large figures even by the standards of World War II. Over 80 population centres were destroyed. <...> Only due to the political will of the Soviet Union did representatives of the military-political authorities of Finland avoid trial in Nuremberg and the trials of a number of their leaders took place in Finland. The sentences were quite lenient.
• As a satellite of Nazi Germany that invaded the Soviet Union, Finland bears exactly the same amount of responsibility for unleashing the war and all the horrors and suffering of our people. Criminal liability for genocide and war crimes does not imply the use of the statute of limitations, and the time of the crimes does not affect their classification as crimes against humanity.
• Considering that after the war Finland pursued a balanced policy based on the military non-alignment principles, the issue of the crimes committed by the Finns was not raised between us.
• After joining the NATO bloc, which designates Russia as its enemy, Finland directly and brazenly tramples on the historical and legal basis on which it exists.
• This revisionism must be brought to an immediate end. From a legal point of view, the rupture of the synallagmatic link of the treaties — the mutual conditionality of compliance by both parties — raises the question of the validity of the treaties themselves by virtue of the principle of do, ut des (I give, so that you may give).
❗️ Since the military-political component of the treaty is absent, then there is likewise no reason for us to forgo closing the compensatory "historical issues" and clearly raising the question of the moral responsibility of the current Finnish government for the actions of its predecessors.
⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry’s statement on Israeli strikes against Doha
On September 9, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on buildings in a residential district of Doha, the capital of Qatar, targeting senior leaders of the Palestinian movement Hamas. According to available information, six people were killed in the attack, including an employee of Qatar’s Interior Ministry, and several others were injured.
❗️ Russia regards these actions as a flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter, an encroachment on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent state and a step that risks further escalation and destabilisation in the Middle East. Such methods of dealing with those whom Israel considers its enemies and opponents deserve the strongest condemnation.
At the same time, the missile strike on Qatar – a country playing a key mediating role in indirect talks between Hamas and the Israeli leadership on ending the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza and securing the release of those held captive – can only be seen as an attempt to undermine international efforts to find a peaceful solution.
☝️ In this regard, Moscow once again calls on all parties involved to act responsibly and to refrain from steps that could further degrade the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and complicate the search for a political settlement.
Russia reaffirms its principled and consistent position on the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We firmly believe that a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question, on the well-established international legal basis, is the only viable way forward.
On September 9, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on buildings in a residential district of Doha, the capital of Qatar, targeting senior leaders of the Palestinian movement Hamas. According to available information, six people were killed in the attack, including an employee of Qatar’s Interior Ministry, and several others were injured.
❗️ Russia regards these actions as a flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter, an encroachment on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent state and a step that risks further escalation and destabilisation in the Middle East. Such methods of dealing with those whom Israel considers its enemies and opponents deserve the strongest condemnation.
At the same time, the missile strike on Qatar – a country playing a key mediating role in indirect talks between Hamas and the Israeli leadership on ending the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza and securing the release of those held captive – can only be seen as an attempt to undermine international efforts to find a peaceful solution.
☝️ In this regard, Moscow once again calls on all parties involved to act responsibly and to refrain from steps that could further degrade the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and complicate the search for a political settlement.
Russia reaffirms its principled and consistent position on the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We firmly believe that a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question, on the well-established international legal basis, is the only viable way forward.
#HistoryOfDiplomacy
📜 On September 10, 1721, Russia and Sweden signed the Treaty of Eternal Peace at the conclusion of a diplomatic congress in Nystad, bringing an end to the Great Northern War, which had lasted for 21 years (1700-1721), and sealing Russia’s victory.
A major achievement of the reign of Peter the Great, the Treaty of Nystad was reached as a result of brilliant military victories, including in the battles of Poltava, Gangut, Grengam and Lesnaya, as well as through Russia’s sustained diplomatic efforts across Europe.
✍️ The document was signed on the Russian Side by General Feldzeugmeister (General of Artillery) and President of the Berg Manufaktur Collegium (Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing) Count Yakov Bruce, and member of the Foreign Affairs Collegium (Ministry) Andrey Osterman. The Swedish signatories were State Councillor Count Johan Paulinus Lillienstedt and Baron Otto Reinhold Strömfelt.
The war’s most important outcome was the achievement of a centuries-old goal – that of securing for Russia a strategically vital access to the Baltic Sea. In addition, vast territories were ceded to Russia, including Livonia (Latvia) with its capital city, Riga, and Estland (Estonia) with Revel (Tallinn) and Narva, as well as lands lost during the Time of Troubles and under the Treaty of Stolbovo, such as Ingia (Izhora) and part of Karelia.
Peter the Great himself highly regarded the Treaty of Nystad. In a letter to Russian diplomat Prince Vassily Dolgoruky, he likened the long war to schooling, which “lasted three times over, but, thankfully, ended as well as could possibly be.”
☝️ Following the signing of the Treaty of Nystad, Tsar Peter assumed the noscripts of Peter the Great, Father of the Fatherland and Emperor of All Russia at a ceremony in St. Petersburg on November 2, 1721.
From that moment on, the Tsardom of Russia was officially renamed the Russian Empire.
#HistoryOfRussia
📜 On September 10, 1721, Russia and Sweden signed the Treaty of Eternal Peace at the conclusion of a diplomatic congress in Nystad, bringing an end to the Great Northern War, which had lasted for 21 years (1700-1721), and sealing Russia’s victory.
A major achievement of the reign of Peter the Great, the Treaty of Nystad was reached as a result of brilliant military victories, including in the battles of Poltava, Gangut, Grengam and Lesnaya, as well as through Russia’s sustained diplomatic efforts across Europe.
✍️ The document was signed on the Russian Side by General Feldzeugmeister (General of Artillery) and President of the Berg Manufaktur Collegium (Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing) Count Yakov Bruce, and member of the Foreign Affairs Collegium (Ministry) Andrey Osterman. The Swedish signatories were State Councillor Count Johan Paulinus Lillienstedt and Baron Otto Reinhold Strömfelt.
The war’s most important outcome was the achievement of a centuries-old goal – that of securing for Russia a strategically vital access to the Baltic Sea. In addition, vast territories were ceded to Russia, including Livonia (Latvia) with its capital city, Riga, and Estland (Estonia) with Revel (Tallinn) and Narva, as well as lands lost during the Time of Troubles and under the Treaty of Stolbovo, such as Ingia (Izhora) and part of Karelia.
Peter the Great himself highly regarded the Treaty of Nystad. In a letter to Russian diplomat Prince Vassily Dolgoruky, he likened the long war to schooling, which “lasted three times over, but, thankfully, ended as well as could possibly be.”
☝️ Following the signing of the Treaty of Nystad, Tsar Peter assumed the noscripts of Peter the Great, Father of the Fatherland and Emperor of All Russia at a ceremony in St. Petersburg on November 2, 1721.
From that moment on, the Tsardom of Russia was officially renamed the Russian Empire.
#HistoryOfRussia
⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry statement on Poland’s accusations of Russia
💬 In connection with accusations against Russia over the alleged intentional violation of the airspace of the Republic of Poland by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) during a combined precision strike delivered at the military infrastructure of the Kiev regime last night, we would like to draw your attention to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry of Russia on September 10, 2025.
The Defence Ministry has unequivocally reaffirmed that the strike did not include any targets in the territory of the Republic of Poland, and that the range of the drones that delivered a strike at the Ukrainian defence industry facilities, which, according to Warsaw, entered Poland’s airspace, is below 700 kilometres.
These facts overturn the myths which Poland is spreading again to aggravate the Ukrainian crisis.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had to confirm this. Speaking after a meeting of the NATO Council under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty held at Poland’s request, he failed to provide any answer regarding any proof of “intent” behind that “incident.” He only said that “a full assessment is ongoing.”
☝️ Despite the obvious inconsistency of Warsaw’s allegations, and seeking to fully clarify the incident for all sides interested in preventing further escalation of the situation, the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation has stated readiness to hold consultations on this issue with the Defence Ministry of the Republic of Poland. The Foreign Ministry of Russia is ready to contribute to these efforts.
💬 In connection with accusations against Russia over the alleged intentional violation of the airspace of the Republic of Poland by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) during a combined precision strike delivered at the military infrastructure of the Kiev regime last night, we would like to draw your attention to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry of Russia on September 10, 2025.
The Defence Ministry has unequivocally reaffirmed that the strike did not include any targets in the territory of the Republic of Poland, and that the range of the drones that delivered a strike at the Ukrainian defence industry facilities, which, according to Warsaw, entered Poland’s airspace, is below 700 kilometres.
These facts overturn the myths which Poland is spreading again to aggravate the Ukrainian crisis.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had to confirm this. Speaking after a meeting of the NATO Council under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty held at Poland’s request, he failed to provide any answer regarding any proof of “intent” behind that “incident.” He only said that “a full assessment is ongoing.”
☝️ Despite the obvious inconsistency of Warsaw’s allegations, and seeking to fully clarify the incident for all sides interested in preventing further escalation of the situation, the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation has stated readiness to hold consultations on this issue with the Defence Ministry of the Republic of Poland. The Foreign Ministry of Russia is ready to contribute to these efforts.
🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Vladivostok, September 4, 2025)
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Bucha Hoax
🔹 Upcoming 80th General Assembly Session marking 80 years of the UN
🔹 NATO’s Namejs 2025 exercise
🔹 Russophobic lies from Ursula von der Leyen
🔹 Developments on the Korean Peninsula
🔹 The 35th anniversary of “German unity”
🔹 Situation in Moldova
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📺 Watch
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#UNGA80 #UNCharterIsOurRules
The 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA80) opened on September 9, 2025, in New York. The Russian delegation at the High-Level Week (September 23-29, 2025) will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The UNGA session will convene amid growing global turbulence, conflicts and crises on the global political and economic stage.
The main cause of these negative developments is the striving of the collective West to hold onto elusive global dominance through dirty methods, such as illegal unilateral sanctions, restricted access to new technologies, exploitation of other countries’ resources, and sometimes even open military interventions.
#KievRegimeCrimes
The Kiev regime continues to carry out terrorist attacks against the civilian population of our country.
In a week's time, 110 Russian civilians came under shelling and enemy UAV attacks, of whom 12 died and 98, including three minors, were wounded. A total of 2'592 munitions were fired at civilian targets.
According to Russian military doctors, the Ukrainian military use expanding bullets banned by international law in order to inflict greater damage.
#Ukraine #West
All the ideas of the Kiev chieftain, which are essentially carbon copies of initiatives by the European party of war, are unacceptable. They aim to preserve Ukraine as a bridgehead for terror and provocations against Russia.
Ukraine has long lost its sovereignty, is governed from abroad, and has, in effect, become a true colony of its Western handlers. Any talk of independence is meaningless.
The Western powers continue to arm the Kiev regime with a single objective — to prolong the war "to the last Ukrainian". Any assistance to the Ukrainian neo-Nazis merely extends the regime’s agony and carries serious risks of an uncontrollable escalation.
#KoreanPeninsula
From August 18 to 28, 2025, the United States and the Republic of Korea conducted the joint military exercise, Ulchi Freedom Shield 2025, in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
Despite official claims that the drills were “defensive,” the scale and composition suggest otherwise, with tens of thousands of troops taking part alongside US F-35 fighter jets and other offensive military assets.
As long as sanctions and military pressure on Pyongyang continue to intensify systematically, any prospects for a fundamental change in the regional situation remain out of reach.
#Germany
On August 31, 1990, the GDR and the FRG signed the Treaty on the Establishment of German Unity. Thirty-five years later, Germany is still a deeply divided country with first-rate and second-rate citizens. There was no real unification for them.
East Germans, even those who were born years after the reunification, do not feel like fully integrated. Even official statistics can’t hide this fact. A wave of repression and mass dismissals has swept through the eastern regions. As a result of the so-called lustration, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, were stripped of their property, awards and pensions.
All this while the German government still dutifully pays pensions to former Nazis.
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Bucha Hoax
🔹 Upcoming 80th General Assembly Session marking 80 years of the UN
🔹 NATO’s Namejs 2025 exercise
🔹 Russophobic lies from Ursula von der Leyen
🔹 Developments on the Korean Peninsula
🔹 The 35th anniversary of “German unity”
🔹 Situation in Moldova
📰 Read
📺 Watch
***
#UNGA80 #UNCharterIsOurRules
The 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA80) opened on September 9, 2025, in New York. The Russian delegation at the High-Level Week (September 23-29, 2025) will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The UNGA session will convene amid growing global turbulence, conflicts and crises on the global political and economic stage.
The main cause of these negative developments is the striving of the collective West to hold onto elusive global dominance through dirty methods, such as illegal unilateral sanctions, restricted access to new technologies, exploitation of other countries’ resources, and sometimes even open military interventions.
#KievRegimeCrimes
The Kiev regime continues to carry out terrorist attacks against the civilian population of our country.
In a week's time, 110 Russian civilians came under shelling and enemy UAV attacks, of whom 12 died and 98, including three minors, were wounded. A total of 2'592 munitions were fired at civilian targets.
According to Russian military doctors, the Ukrainian military use expanding bullets banned by international law in order to inflict greater damage.
#Ukraine #West
All the ideas of the Kiev chieftain, which are essentially carbon copies of initiatives by the European party of war, are unacceptable. They aim to preserve Ukraine as a bridgehead for terror and provocations against Russia.
Ukraine has long lost its sovereignty, is governed from abroad, and has, in effect, become a true colony of its Western handlers. Any talk of independence is meaningless.
The Western powers continue to arm the Kiev regime with a single objective — to prolong the war "to the last Ukrainian". Any assistance to the Ukrainian neo-Nazis merely extends the regime’s agony and carries serious risks of an uncontrollable escalation.
#KoreanPeninsula
From August 18 to 28, 2025, the United States and the Republic of Korea conducted the joint military exercise, Ulchi Freedom Shield 2025, in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
Despite official claims that the drills were “defensive,” the scale and composition suggest otherwise, with tens of thousands of troops taking part alongside US F-35 fighter jets and other offensive military assets.
As long as sanctions and military pressure on Pyongyang continue to intensify systematically, any prospects for a fundamental change in the regional situation remain out of reach.
#Germany
On August 31, 1990, the GDR and the FRG signed the Treaty on the Establishment of German Unity. Thirty-five years later, Germany is still a deeply divided country with first-rate and second-rate citizens. There was no real unification for them.
East Germans, even those who were born years after the reunification, do not feel like fully integrated. Even official statistics can’t hide this fact. A wave of repression and mass dismissals has swept through the eastern regions. As a result of the so-called lustration, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, were stripped of their property, awards and pensions.
All this while the German government still dutifully pays pensions to former Nazis.
🛬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Sochi to take part in the 8th round of the Russia–Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC) Strategic Dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministers
👉 Learn more about the upcoming event
👉 Learn more about the upcoming event
🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the Future of UN Peace Operations (New York, September 9, 2025)
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: Both peacekeeping and special political missions are vital tools for addressing conflicts and crises that threaten international peace and security. At the same time, they differ significantly in terms of their mandates, objectives, types of forces and resources involved, as well as their funding methods.
At the same time, both types of presence are facing similar challenges, inter alia the so-called host State’s consent crisis. <...>
The efforts of missions established by the UNSC should focus on facilitating political settlement.
When it comes to peacekeeping operations, it means creating appropriate security conditions that the host country or other countries involved in the conflict are unable to provide for various reasons.
☝️ The guiding principles here should be the UN Charter in its entirety, the sovereignty of the host state, and the basic principles of peacekeeping. Both the UN missions active “on the ground” and the UN Secretariat must strictly abide by Articles 100 and 101 of the UN Charter in their work. <...>
Many UN representatives and UN-affiliated experts are repeating the claims that the problems of UN missions stem from so-called geopolitical rifts or disagreements within the Security Council.
We believe that this is true only with regard to a very limited number of contentious issues.
👉 Disagreements arise more often when missions are overloaded with tasks that are not directly related to the Security Council, such as overinvolvement in domestic affairs and governance, human rights, climate change, development, and the like. <...>
Under these circumstances, it is necessary – not only in words but in deeds – to revive and implement in practice the traditional UN “division of labor”, whereby missions do their jobs, while funds and programs do theirs. <...>
Any new ideas on transforming peace operations should be discussed by Member States within the specialized Fourth and Fifth Committees of the General Assembly and the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.
❗️ Any closed formats with opaque participant selection are for us nothing but interest-based forums where no specific and binding decisions can be taken.
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💬 Vassily Nebenzia: Both peacekeeping and special political missions are vital tools for addressing conflicts and crises that threaten international peace and security. At the same time, they differ significantly in terms of their mandates, objectives, types of forces and resources involved, as well as their funding methods.
At the same time, both types of presence are facing similar challenges, inter alia the so-called host State’s consent crisis. <...>
The efforts of missions established by the UNSC should focus on facilitating political settlement.
When it comes to peacekeeping operations, it means creating appropriate security conditions that the host country or other countries involved in the conflict are unable to provide for various reasons.
☝️ The guiding principles here should be the UN Charter in its entirety, the sovereignty of the host state, and the basic principles of peacekeeping. Both the UN missions active “on the ground” and the UN Secretariat must strictly abide by Articles 100 and 101 of the UN Charter in their work. <...>
Many UN representatives and UN-affiliated experts are repeating the claims that the problems of UN missions stem from so-called geopolitical rifts or disagreements within the Security Council.
We believe that this is true only with regard to a very limited number of contentious issues.
👉 Disagreements arise more often when missions are overloaded with tasks that are not directly related to the Security Council, such as overinvolvement in domestic affairs and governance, human rights, climate change, development, and the like. <...>
Under these circumstances, it is necessary – not only in words but in deeds – to revive and implement in practice the traditional UN “division of labor”, whereby missions do their jobs, while funds and programs do theirs. <...>
Any new ideas on transforming peace operations should be discussed by Member States within the specialized Fourth and Fifth Committees of the General Assembly and the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.
❗️ Any closed formats with opaque participant selection are for us nothing but interest-based forums where no specific and binding decisions can be taken.
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🇷🇺🇶🇦📞 During a telephone conversation between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar Mohammed Al Thani, the head of Russian diplomacy expressed solidarity with the leadership and people of Qatar following the Israeli strikes on Doha on September 9, 2025.
Sergey Lavrov conveyed sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased Qatari nationals, alongside wishes for a swift recovery to those injured.
The Russian Side reaffirmed its resolute condemnation of this aggressive act as a flagrant violation of international law and an unacceptable assault on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of friendly Qatar. Serious concern was articulated regarding Israel’s actions, which risk further destabilising the situation in the Middle East.
Mohammed Al Thani expressed gratitude for Russia’s clear and principled stance in support of the sovereignty and independence of the State of Qatar, as well as its endeavours to safeguard its independence and territorial integrity.
🤝 The Parties agreed to continue close coordination, including in the context of an emergency UN Security Council meeting scheduled for September 11, 2025, in New York at Qatar’s initiative, which Mohammed Al Thani will attend.
#RussiaQatar
Sergey Lavrov conveyed sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased Qatari nationals, alongside wishes for a swift recovery to those injured.
The Russian Side reaffirmed its resolute condemnation of this aggressive act as a flagrant violation of international law and an unacceptable assault on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of friendly Qatar. Serious concern was articulated regarding Israel’s actions, which risk further destabilising the situation in the Middle East.
Mohammed Al Thani expressed gratitude for Russia’s clear and principled stance in support of the sovereignty and independence of the State of Qatar, as well as its endeavours to safeguard its independence and territorial integrity.
🤝 The Parties agreed to continue close coordination, including in the context of an emergency UN Security Council meeting scheduled for September 11, 2025, in New York at Qatar’s initiative, which Mohammed Al Thani will attend.
#RussiaQatar
🎙 Remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with students and faculty at MGIMO (Moscow, September 8, 2025)
Key talking points
• As you know, on August 16, the historic Summit between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place in Alaska. Just over a week later, at the end of August and the beginning of September, President Putin undertook an unprecedented tour, which included a four-day visit to China to attend the SCO Summit, conduct a separate Russia-China bilateral Summit, and participate in events commemorating the 80th Anniversary of both the Victory over Japanese militarism and the end of World War II. The near future is unlikely to be any less challenging.
• This week, another meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council states is being held. Next month will see the first-ever summit between Russia and the League of Arab States. The second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum is scheduled for November. Before the end of the year, there will also be meetings of the EAEU – both ministerial and at the highest level – as well as sessions of the CIS and the CSTO. The bodies of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, including top-level ones, are actively engaged.
• After the start of the special military operation, many predicted economic collapse, complete isolation, and that our country and its leadership would become international pariahs. Yet the statistics – provided not by us, but by Western institutions, including the World Bank – show that Russia is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity, following the USA, China, and India, and the largest economy in Europe by the same measure.
As for claims of our “isolation,” events like the SCO meetings and last year’s BRICS Summit in Kazan clearly demonstrate that these assertions are baseless. They were invented merely to allow some Western countries to publicly “wave their banners,” proclaiming themselves the leading global powers and insisting that everyone abide by the “rules” they define for the international order. These so-called rules have become uninteresting to discuss, no one has seen them, and in reality, they amount to only one thing: everyone must accept what serves the West in a particular moment. This approach will not succeed.
• President of Russia Vladimir Putin reiterated this in Vladivostok, where he arrived right after the “autumn marathon” in China. He made it clear that Russia has not severed ties with anyone and does not intend to ignore anyone. When our former Western partners – now no more than neighbours – regain their senses and wish to return to Russia to work here again, we shall not turn them away. But we shall consider under what conditions such cooperation may resume.
• After the Russian Federation regained its identity, returned to the foundations of our consciousness and values, and, since the 2000s, began to pursue a policy reflecting our national interests, we have never sought to weaken anyone or cause harm. On the contrary, we have always been ready for honest and equitable cooperation. While the West endeavoured to fragment both the former socialist bloc and the USSR, and later the Russian Federation itself, we consistently strove to unite.
• Forming a multipolar world is a long process that can take a historical era to complete. You will definitely have enough work ahead for you.
• Eurasia is the largest and richest continent, where the greatest human civilisations lived, evolved, and are preserved. They preserve and develop their traditions and identity. We are not guided by the desire to “wall ourselves off” from any portion of this continent. We have always proceeded from the fact that the processes of forming the Greater Eurasian Partnership will be open to the western part of our continent as well, when and if they stop thinking of themselves as the “golden billion,” or the “garden surrounded by the jungle”.
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Key talking points
• As you know, on August 16, the historic Summit between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place in Alaska. Just over a week later, at the end of August and the beginning of September, President Putin undertook an unprecedented tour, which included a four-day visit to China to attend the SCO Summit, conduct a separate Russia-China bilateral Summit, and participate in events commemorating the 80th Anniversary of both the Victory over Japanese militarism and the end of World War II. The near future is unlikely to be any less challenging.
• This week, another meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council states is being held. Next month will see the first-ever summit between Russia and the League of Arab States. The second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum is scheduled for November. Before the end of the year, there will also be meetings of the EAEU – both ministerial and at the highest level – as well as sessions of the CIS and the CSTO. The bodies of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, including top-level ones, are actively engaged.
• After the start of the special military operation, many predicted economic collapse, complete isolation, and that our country and its leadership would become international pariahs. Yet the statistics – provided not by us, but by Western institutions, including the World Bank – show that Russia is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity, following the USA, China, and India, and the largest economy in Europe by the same measure.
As for claims of our “isolation,” events like the SCO meetings and last year’s BRICS Summit in Kazan clearly demonstrate that these assertions are baseless. They were invented merely to allow some Western countries to publicly “wave their banners,” proclaiming themselves the leading global powers and insisting that everyone abide by the “rules” they define for the international order. These so-called rules have become uninteresting to discuss, no one has seen them, and in reality, they amount to only one thing: everyone must accept what serves the West in a particular moment. This approach will not succeed.
• President of Russia Vladimir Putin reiterated this in Vladivostok, where he arrived right after the “autumn marathon” in China. He made it clear that Russia has not severed ties with anyone and does not intend to ignore anyone. When our former Western partners – now no more than neighbours – regain their senses and wish to return to Russia to work here again, we shall not turn them away. But we shall consider under what conditions such cooperation may resume.
• After the Russian Federation regained its identity, returned to the foundations of our consciousness and values, and, since the 2000s, began to pursue a policy reflecting our national interests, we have never sought to weaken anyone or cause harm. On the contrary, we have always been ready for honest and equitable cooperation. While the West endeavoured to fragment both the former socialist bloc and the USSR, and later the Russian Federation itself, we consistently strove to unite.
• Forming a multipolar world is a long process that can take a historical era to complete. You will definitely have enough work ahead for you.
• Eurasia is the largest and richest continent, where the greatest human civilisations lived, evolved, and are preserved. They preserve and develop their traditions and identity. We are not guided by the desire to “wall ourselves off” from any portion of this continent. We have always proceeded from the fact that the processes of forming the Greater Eurasian Partnership will be open to the western part of our continent as well, when and if they stop thinking of themselves as the “golden billion,” or the “garden surrounded by the jungle”.
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