#Intervision

🎤 On September 20, the final of the international music contest "Intervision" will take place at the Live Arena venue.

Artists from over 20 countries will participate, including states from #BRICS, #CIS, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

A video adress to the contest participants was sent by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

🔊 The participants’ musical tracks are available to listen to👇

🇷🇺 Russia — SHAMAN, “Straight to the Heart” (VK)

🇧🇾 Belarus — Nastya Kravchenko, “Moth” (VK)

🇧🇷 Brazil — Luciano Calazans & Thais Nader, “Popcorn with Love” (VK)

🇨🇳 China — Wang Xi, “天边” (VK)

🇨🇴 Colombia — Nidia Góngora, “En Los Manglares” (VK)

🇨🇺 Cuba — Zulema Iglesias Salazar, “Guaguancó” (VK)

🇪🇬 Egypt — Mustafa Saad, “Ben elbanat” (VK)

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — AMRE, “Steppe Light” (VK)

🇰🇪 Kenya — Sanaipei Tande, “Flavour” (VK)

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan — The Nomad Trio, “Jalgiz saga” (VK)

🇲🇬 Madagascar — Denise & D-Lain, “Tiako Hanjeky” (VK)

🇶🇦 Qatar — Dana Al Meer, “Huwa Dha Anta” (VK)

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Zena Emad, “Mojrd Ham” (VK)

🇷🇸 Serbia — Slobodan Trkulja, “Three Little Roses” (VK)

🇿🇦 South Africa — Mzansi Jikelele, “Home” (VK)

🇹🇯 Tajikistan — Farrukh Hasanov, “Burn!” (VK)

🇺🇸 USA — Brandon Howard, “We Are Champions” (VK)

🇻🇪 Venezuela — Omar Acedo, “La Fiesta de la Paz” (VK)

🇻🇳 Vietnam — Duc Phuc, “Phù Đổng Thiên Vương” (VK)

👉 Competition Website

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📆 Reminder: Press conference on the preparation and holding of the international music contest "Intervision" will be held at 11 am on September 16, at the Reception House of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spiridonovka St., 17).

Participants: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Head of the Organizing Committee of the international music contest “Intervision” Dmitry Chernyshenko and General Director of the Channel One Russia Konstantin Ernst.

We also wish to inform that First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, Sergey Kiriyenko, will also attend the press conference.

📍 September 16, 11:00 — Moscow, Spiridonovka St., 17

Russian and foreign journalists are invited to attend the press conference.

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#DebunkingFakes

📹 On Kiev regime fakes and hoaxes

👉 For every #fake made by the Kiev regime and its Western handlers... there will be an #antifake.

This video was presented at the Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion on resolving the situation around Ukraine with the participation of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

🇷🇺🇮🇳📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation (September 17, 2025)

During the phone call, Vladimir Putin offered his best wishes to Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday, wishing him good health, prosperity and further success in his service to the nation.

The President of Russia emphasised that under Narendra Modi's leadership, India is pursuing an independent, sovereign policy while demonstrating impressive economic results.

🤝 Vladimir Putin stressed that throughout the course of recent history, the relations between India and Russia have remained friendly and enjoyed nation-wide support in both countries. He also expressed satisfaction with the current progress of the special and privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India, which also enjoys Narendra Modi's considerable personal contribution.

The two Leaders discussed the preparations for the Russian President's upcoming visit to India, which is planned for December this year, and addressed a range of international issues, including the situation surrounding Ukraine.

In addition, the President of Russia sent Narendra Modi a message of greetings.

#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion 'Ukraine Crisis: Compliance with the UN Charter Goals and Principles' (Moscow, September 17, 2025)

💬 This is the ninth round table discussion held in this format.

We appreciate the interest of the #GlobalMajority, which you represent, in the efforts that are being taken in connection with the Ukraine crisis. We try to inform our friends about our stance, actions and plans as openly and explicitly as possible.

Today, I would like to speak about the situation, its history and current developments from the perspective of the #UNCharter, which all countries represented here have ratified and which formalised the universal principles of regulating interstate communication.

These principles include the sovereign equality of states, the non-use of force or threat of force, and respect for human rights regardless of race, sex, language or religion. All UN member states have subscribed to them.

❗️ However, our Western “colleagues” <...> disregard the principles of the UN Charter.

In particular, the West never had any regard for the sovereign equality of states. Cast your mind back to the international crises that took place in the period after the creation of the UN. The West did not show respect for the principle of sovereign equality of state in any of these crises, regarding itself superior to others.

Even when the Werst cites some principles to justify its actions, it does so selectively, choosing principles that suit it in the given instance, and depending on its actions. In the case of Kosovo, they said that they were acting in accordance with the principle of self-determination of nations, on the basis of which they proclaimed its independence without holding a referendum.

In other cases, for example, #Crimea, where over 95 percent of the people openly and transparently voted for reuniting with Russia, the West stated that the principle of self-determination was not applicable and demanded respect for the principle of territorial integrity.

☝️ We are fully aware of these double standards.

The residents of Crimea (in March 2014) and the residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions (in September 2022) exercised their right to self-determination, enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter, through referenda.

We, the Russian Federation, recognised them and, in the face of the continuing aggression from the Nazi Kiev regime, supported by the West, offered them protection in full compliance with Article 51 of the UN Charter that grants countries the right to individual or collective self-defence.

The Kiev regime’s violations of international humanitarian law are so obvious that they simply cannot be denied. There are more than enough facts. But the [UN] Secretariat is taking an opposite stance and attempting to whitewash the acts committed by the Kiev regime <...>.

Europe is clearly — and rather unceremoniously — trying to get a place of its own at the negotiating table. Truth be told, its position of revanchism and inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia makes it unfit to have a seat at the negotiating table.

Europe is talking about sending its contingents to Ukraine. We have already made it clear that they would be considered a legitimate military target. Europe is trying to promote security guarantees for Ukraine, which are being drafted without our participation and openly seek to create military threats to the Russian Federation.

The security guarantees must fully comply with the West’s obligations, enshrined in the UN Charter and in the OSCE consensus documents adopted in Istanbul in 1999 and Astana in 2010. These security guarantees, as was agreed then, must rely on the principle of indivisible security and the principle under which no country has the right to strengthen its own security at the expense of others.

❗️ This is precisely what the West is currently trying to accomplish in Ukraine in its attempts to save it from total collapse.

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📢 Важная информация для граждан России в Сингапуре

Уважаемые соотечественники!

Напоминаем, что в Сингапуре действуют очень строгие законы, касающиеся вейпов, электронных сигарет, устройств нагреваемого табака (IQOS и т.п.), а также вещества этомидат (etomidate). Нарушения могут повлечь за собой серьёзные последствия: штрафы, арест, тюремное заключение и/или депортацию.

🚭 Электронные сигареты, вейпы, IQOS и другие устройства нагрева табака

Полный запрет: ввоз, продажа, покупка, хранение и использование.

Штрафы и наказания (по Закону о табаке (контроль за продажей и рекламой) (Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act)):

Использование / хранение: штраф до S$2 000.

Продажа / импорт:
- Первое нарушение — до S$10 000 и/или до 6 месяцев тюрьмы.
- Повторное — до S$20 000 и/или до 12 месяцев тюрьмы.

С 1 сентября 2025 года вводятся новые фиксированные штрафы для потребителей:

Взрослые (18+) — S$700 за первое нарушение.
Несовершеннолетние (до 18 лет) — S$500.

Повторные нарушения — обязательное прохождение программы реабилитации; при дальнейшем несоблюдении — возможное уголовное преследование.

ℹ️ Подробнее: HSA

💊 Etomidate (этомидат) и «K-pods»

С 1 сентября 2025 года этомидат временно включён в список контролируемых наркотиков класса C по Закону о злоупотреблении наркотиками (Misuse of Drugs Act).
Хранение / употребление: обязательное наблюдение и реабилитация; при повторных нарушениях — уголовное преследование.
Импорт / контрабанда: наказание от 3 до 20 лет лишения свободы и от 5 до 15 ударов ротанговой палкой (caning).
Продажа / распространение: от 2 до 10 лет лишения свободы и от 2 до 5 ударов ротанговой палкой.

ℹ️ Подробнее: CNB

⚠️ Законы Сингапура распространяются на всех лиц без исключения, включая иностранцев.

Возможные последствия нарушений:
- штрафы,
- арест и тюремное заключение,
- отказ во въезде или депортация (по усмотрению властей).

ℹ️ Подробнее: The Straits Times