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🇷🇺 Today, September 8, we mark the Day of the Languages of the Peoples of Russia for the first time.
The main goal of the holiday is to preserve and support Russia’s linguistic diversity, promote native languages, and strengthen interethnic harmony and respect for the cultures of all the peoples of our country.
Russia fosters more than 150 languages, each of which is an invaluable cultural heritage of the peoples of our nation.
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🔹 More than 190 peoples live in Russia, each with its own cultural and linguistic traditions. There are more than 270 different languages and dialects in total, which can be divided into several major groups:
• Slavic languages. Russian is the state language and the most widely spoken language.
• Turkic languages. These include Tatar, Bashkir and Chuvash.
• Finno-Ugric languages. These include Mari, Udmurt and Komi.
• Caucasian languages. These include Avar, Chechen and Ingush.
• Paleoasiatic languages. These include Chukchi and Koryak.
🔹 105 languages are represented in the education system: 24 are used as languages of instruction, while 81 are taught as academic subjects.
🔹 Russian is the state language and the most widely spoken language throughout the country.
🔹 The rarest languages of the peoples of Russia include Itelmen and Copper Island Aleut, each of which has only one competent speaker remaining. Several other languages have fewer than ten speakers, including the Orok language on Sakhalin, Negidal and Udege languages in Khabarovsk Krai, Southern Yukaghir in Yakutia, Southern Selkup in Tomsk Region, Votic in Leningrad Region, as well as Kildin Sámi and Akkala Sámi in Murmansk Region.
| 2 |  🇺🇳 📆 From September 7 to October 7, Geneva will host the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
The Session is expected to address a broad range of issues on the international human rights agenda, including:
• protection and promotion of economic, social and cultural rights,
• ensuring the right to development,
• protection of children,
• combating discrimination against women,
• advancing the interests of indigenous peoples,
• preventing the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, as well as other thematic issues.
At Russia’s initiative, a high-level thematic discussion will be held to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
The Council will adopt the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of the national reports of Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Namibia, Niger, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Palau, Paraguay, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Estonia.
At the initiative of the EU, the Council will once again consider a politicised and highly confrontational draft resolution on the human rights situation in Russia, aimed at extending for another year the mandate of the relevant HRC Special Rapporteur, Mariana Katzarova of Bulgaria.
❗️ Russia’s stance on this matter remains unchanged: we do not recognise the mandate of this illegitimate special procedure, and any form of interaction with it is unacceptable to us.
The Russian delegation, which will participate in the Session as an observer, intends, as before, to make active use of all available opportunities to overcome confrontation and promote a unifying agenda, as well as to foster among international partners an understanding of the importance of establishing constructive international dialogue on the promotion and protection of human rights, with due respect for the national, religious, cultural and historical characteristics of every state.
A number of special side events will be organised to present Russia’s approaches to the most pressing issues on the session’s agenda to the international community. | 33 |
| 3 |  📆 September 8 marks a Day of Military Glory of Russia – the anniversary of the Battle of #Borodino.
On September 7, 1812, near the village of Borodino, some 120 kilometres west of Moscow, the Russian army under Mikhail Kutuzov faced Napoleon’s invading Grande Armée.
⚔️ The Battle of Borodino became the largest and bloodiest single-day battle of the Patriotic War of 1812, with well over 200,000 troops engaged on both sides.
The fighting began early in the morning and raged throughout the day. Napoleon repeatedly committed fresh forces in an attempt to break the Russian army, but the French failed to crush Russian resistance.
Despite losses, Russian regiments continued to fight with extraordinary determination, contesting every key position. By the end of the day, Napoleon had failed to achieve his principal objective – the destruction of the Russian army.
The losses of the European invaders were even heavier, and although, the battlefield was for the moment theirs, Russian forces retreated in full order, having preserved the army and manpower.
Borodino became an enduring symbol of courage, resilience and devotion to the Fatherland, while the soldiers and commanders who fought there entered Russian history forever.
✍️ As the great Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov wrote in his 1837 poem Borodino:
“That all of Russia remembers – no less,
About the day of Borodino…
You are not to see such struggles!..
Banners whirled round, like shadows,
Against the smoke the shots would blaze,
Sounds of steel, screams of gunfire,
Warriors’ hands starting to tire,
And cannonball’s flight would mire,
The bloody mound that there now lays”.
🎥 © Russian Military Historical Society | 38 |
| 4 |  🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the new EU human rights report (September 7, 2026)
❓ Question: In August, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy released its annual report on human rights and democracy around the world for 2025. What is your assessment of this document?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Yes, we have seen it. And frankly, it is a perfect compilation of all the EU’s favourite clichés and slogans: the usual self-promotion of their supposed role as a “global champion of human rights,” a laundry list of politicised accusations against third countries, alongside intrusive and patronising lecturing.
What’s more, the level of criticism isn’t calibrated to the facts on the ground but is determined solely by how pliant each state is towards Brussels.
A case in point: the section on Ukraine, which is utterly toothless and, in places, almost fawning – this for a country mired in corruption, lawlessness, and neo-Nazi ideology.
It is telling that Brussels no longer even bothers to hide its use of the human rights agenda as a cover for blatant interference in the internal affairs of states that pursue independent policies. They openly admit to funnelling significant funds into “civil society,” media, journalists, and activists in targeted countries with the explicit aim of shaping domestic politics and steering foreign policy choices.
One passage in particular stands out: how the EU frames its own policy towards Russia. In the country-specific section, they unabashedly call it a “wartime approach” – as if that somehow justifies their glaring lies about our country, their double standards, and their willingness to sweep under the rug the EU’s own violations of our citizens’ rights.
❗️ In essence, Brussels is openly declaring that it intends to weaponise human rights as leverage against Russia.
Throughout the report, Brussels once again presumes to speak from a self-appointed moral high ground, casting itself as a “force for good in the world.” These statements look particularly cynical against the backdrop of the EU’s own steadily deteriorating human rights record.
Intolerance is on the rise across the bloc, with racism and hate speech becoming increasingly frequent. European institutions either turn a blind eye to Russophobia, including its most grotesque manifestations – or, worse, actively condone it. The shameful reality of mass statelessness in the Baltics, alongside the systematic denial of education in their native language to local Russian-speaking populations, is a glaring case in point.
For all their outward talk of democracy and the rule of law, inside the EU they are clamping down on dissent through censorship, bans on inconvenient media outlets, and the silencing of political actors who dare to criticise current Brussels policies.
All of this is dressed up as “safeguarding democracy” when, in fact, what they are doing is engineering a more pliable socio-political environment, tightening their grip on the information space and on the will of their own citizens.
For a more accurate picture of the real human rights situation in Europe, including in Ukraine, I would refer you to the joint report published in June by the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, entitled “Human Rights Situation in Certain Countries.” It is available in English, so that anyone interested, including international audiences, can judge for themselves which document shows genuine concern for human rights.
☝️ And I think we can safely say that the comparison will not reflect well on the opus signed by Kaja Kallas. | 32 |
| 5 |  🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's response to a question from RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) on the US deployment of a launcher for intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in Norway (September 7, 2026)
❓ Question: How does Moscow assess the US deployment of a launcher for intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in Norway, including in the context of the stalled strategic stability dialogue? Is any response planned? If so, what kind?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We regard the appearance in Europe of US systems capable of launching intermediate- and shorter-range missiles as yet another step in the endless series of acutely destabilising actions by NATO countries.
In pursuing plans to deploy Western ground-launched intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in the region, NATO not only makes no secret of its intention but openly flaunts its ambition to acquire a substantial capability to strike deep into Russia’s territory.
At the same time, NATO is seeking to bring vast maritime areas of the region within its sights, establishing dominant control over sea routes of critical military, commercial and transport importance.
In this context, we note that the US missile systems equipped with Mk 41 launching systems, which are being brought into Europe and have now been deployed in Norway, are capable of launching a wide range of missiles against both land and maritime targets.
☝️ We also take into account that these systems can be used to launch long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, while their deployment in Norway puts a substantial part of Russia’s European territory, including Moscow, within range.
Thus, these missile systems could be used in aggressive actions by NATO countries against our country to accomplish strategic-level objectives.
Those in Washington and Oslo who made the decision to deploy these systems in Norway should therefore not be surprised that, as part of Russia’s response measures, the deployment sites of the US systems, their command and control facilities, as well as the infrastructure supporting them, are becoming a particular focus for Russia’s strategic deterrence forces. This includes planning for the combat employment of the relevant strike assets in the event of an armed conflict.
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As for the dialogue with the US on strategic stability, we would like to recall that it did not simply “stall”. It was unilaterally suspended by the Joe Biden administration.
The current US authorities, meanwhile, are unrealistically discussing the launch of some kind of “multilateral” negotiations with China’s mandatory participation, even though Beijing has repeatedly and unequivocally stated that it has compelling reasons not to become involved in such work at this stage.
❗️ For our part, we have repeatedly explained in detail that the conditions for a substantive and productive strategic dialogue with the US are not in place.
Steps such as the deployment in Europe of US ground-launched intermediate- and shorter-range missiles that threaten Russia will, to put it mildly, eliminate any basis for a constructive strategic dialogue with the US. | 40 |
| 6 |  +6🇷🇺 Russia's Ministry of Sports:
🐎 The VI World Nomad Games have concluded in Kyrgyzstan. The major ethnosports festival brought together competitions in traditional disciplines, national culture and the unique atmosphere of the “Universe of Nomads”!
#TeamRussia confirmed its status as one of the strongest teams, finishing THIRD in the overall standings with a total of 34 medals:
🥇 7 GOLDS
🥈 7 SILVERS
🥉 20 BRONZES
The hosts, #TeamKyrgyzstan, topped the standings with 72 medals.
#TeamKazakhstan finished second with 64 medals.
🤝 Congratulations to our athletes on an excellent result! We’re already looking forward to the next Games in 2028 time in #Kazan! | 51 |
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| 8 |  🇺🇳 From September 7 to October 7, Geneva will host the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
The Session is expected to address a broad range of issues on the international human rights agenda, including:
• protection and promotion of economic, social and cultural rights,
• ensuring the right to development,
• protection of children,
• combating discrimination against women,
• advancing the interests of indigenous peoples,
• preventing the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, as well as other thematic issues.
At Russia’s initiative, a high-level thematic discussion will be held to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
The Council will adopt the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of the national reports of Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Namibia, Niger, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Palau, Paraguay, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Estonia.
At the initiative of the EU, the Council will once again consider a politicised and highly confrontational draft resolution on the human rights situation in Russia, aimed at extending for another year the mandate of the relevant HRC Special Rapporteur, Mariana Katzarova of Bulgaria.
❗️ Russia’s stance on this matter remains unchanged: we do not recognise the mandate of this illegitimate special procedure, and any form of interaction with it is unacceptable to us.
The Russian delegation, which will participate in the Session as an observer, intends, as before, to make active use of all available opportunities to overcome confrontation and promote a unifying agenda, as well as to foster among international partners an understanding of the importance of establishing constructive international dialogue on the promotion and protection of human rights, with due respect for the national, religious, cultural and historical characteristics of every state.
A number of special side events will be organised to present Russia’s approaches to the most pressing issues on the session’s agenda to the international community. | 48 |
| 9 |  +3🗓 Today is Lake Baikal Day. It is celebrated in Russia in late August, early September.
There is no single date, however, as the lake is located across several regions of the Russian Federation — Irkutsk Region, the Republic of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai — each of which sets its own date for the celebration.
Thus, in Buryatia, Lake Baikal Day is observed on the first Sunday of August; in Irkutsk Region — on the first Sunday of September; and in Zabaykalsky Krai — on the second Sunday of September. The different dates make it possible to hold environmental, educational and cultural events over several weeks, ensuring maximum public attention to Lake Baikal and the need to preserve its unique ecosystem.
The date was first established in 1999 at the initiative of public organisations and environmentalists. The immediate impetus was #Baikal’s inclusion in 1996 on the #UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision was based on the unique combination of geological features significant for the study of the Earth’s evolution, as well as the richness and diversity of Baikal’s flora and fauna. The lake’s inclusion on the UNESCO list confirmed its global environmental value.
💬 From the greeting by Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia, on the occasion of Lake Baikal Day:
Preserving Baikal and its ecosystems is one of the priorities of Russia’s state environmental policy. To this end, a network of specially protected natural areas has been established, and Russia’s first nature reserve, the Barguzinsky Nature Reserve, was created right here, on the shores of Lake Baikal.
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🔹 Lake Baikal is 636 km long, stretching from southwest to northeast in the shape of a giant crescent. Its width ranges from 24 to 79 km, while its water surface covers 31,722 km² (excluding islands). The length of its shoreline exceeds 2,000 km.
Baikal is the deepest lake on the planet. Its maximum depth reaches 1,642 metres, while its average depth is approximately 744 metres.
Lake Baikal contains approximately 23,615 km³ of water. It is the world’s largest natural reservoir of fresh water, holding around 20% of the world’s surface freshwater reserves.
Baikal is a true museum of endemic species — species found nowhere else on Earth. The lake is home to around 2,600 species of animals and plants, approximately 60–70% of which are endemic, including the beloved Baikal seal — the world’s only freshwater seal species.
#Russia | 63 |
| 10 |  +6🎉 Today Moscow and Muscovites celebrate #CityDay — a holiday that reflects our Motherland’s history, culture, and traditions.
This year, our beloved capital turns 8️⃣7️⃣9️⃣ years old.
📜 Moscow was first mentioned in the ancient chronicles circa 1147. The Ipatiev Chronicle describes an invitation from Prince Yury Dolgoruky to his friends and allies, led by Prince Svyatoslav Olegovich of Novgorod-Seversk, to meet in Moscow:
“Come unto me, brother, to Moscow. And Svyatoslav went to him with his son Oleg.”
Over the past centuries, the small fortress and settlement have grown into a global metropolis and the capital of the great country.
Today, Moscow is Russia’s largest city with a population of over 13 million covering an area of over 2'500 square kilometres. In total, more than 20 million people live in the Moscow agglomeration. It has a major role in the country’s political, cultural, and academic life and is an attraction hub for talents and ideas from across the globe.
✨ Moscow's city day is not only a tribute to history but also a look forward into the future. The capital incorporates old traditions and modern achievements, preserving its rich heritage while progressing at a dynamic pace. The Smart City is an exact reflection of our beloved capital — a leader in the digitisation of urban services.
The history of Moscow is a story of courage, creation, and the unity of the entire nation. A Hero City, a symbol of resilience and spiritual strength, Moscow is rightly considered the heart of Russia. Moscow will host more than a hundred events on September 5 and 6 to celebrate its 8️⃣7️⃣9️⃣th Anniversary.
👉 See more about the celebration events
Happy Birthday, dear Moscow! 🎉
#Moscow879 | 67 |
| 11 |  ⚡️ In connection with Ukrainian statements aimed at creating direct threats to civil aviation, the competent Russian authorities are in contact with the leadership of the International Civil Aviation Organization (#ICAO) in Montreal.
An urgent appeal on the matter has been sent to ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar.
❗️ The Russian Federation has issued a strong protest over Ukraine’s reckless terrorist actions, which run counter to international law.
The NOTAMs issued by the Ukrainian authorities alleging that Russian airspace is unsafe have been categorically rejected. They have no legal force, distort the actual situation and mislead users of Russian airspace.
We called on the ICAO Secretary General to condemn the Kiev regime’s unlawful interference in civil aviation and the direct threats it is creating, and to take targeted steps to put an end to these actions by Ukraine.
☝️ The Russian Federation remains firmly committed to ensuring the safety of civil aviation. | 65 |
| 12 |  🎙 Remarks and answers to questions by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a lecture hosted by the Russian Znanie Society on the sidelines of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (Vladivostok, September 3, 2026)
Key points:
• We are not building walls, nor do we want to cut ourselves off from Europe. It is Europe that has cut itself off from us. It apparently believed that our past cooperation mattered so much to Russia that we would come running back and beg: “All right, forgive us, forget what happened. Let us return – just lift the sanctions”. That is not going to happen.
• NATO and the EU – always need an enemy. Without an artificially created image of Russia as the enemy, people would get rid of their governments in the overwhelming majority of EU and NATO countries.
• When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he would once again make Germany Europe’s leading military power, I was simply stunned. If this person does not understand what the word “again” means in this context, that is deeply troubling and extremely dangerous for Europe, which is once again becoming a source of ideas of national and racial superiority.
• Germany has Goethe-Institut branches in Moscow, St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. Of course, they will be closed after our cultural centre was expelled from Germany. Otherwise, we would have no self-respect.
• If the legislative prohibition of the Russian language in education, culture, daily life, and the media reflects European values, then Europe is welcome to revert to Nazism. The ban on the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church likewise aligns with “European values”.
• The principles on which we, and everyone else, recognised Ukraine’s independence were thrown on the scrap heap long ago. Yet the West continues to defend Ukraine as a country supposedly standing up for “European values”. Meanwhile, the EU has economically shot itself in both the foot and the head, and in other parts of the body as well, by rejecting Russian energy supplies and blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.
Read in full | 67 |
| 13 |  +3🎙 Address by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Plenary Session of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (Vladivostok, Russky Island, September 3, 2026)
The event was also attended by President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, Prime Minister of Mongolia Nyam-Osoryn Uchral, Vice President of Myanmar U Nyo Saw, and Vice Premier of the State Council of China Ding Xuexiang.
Key points:
• Russia is an active participant in investment and trade cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. We engage with our partners and the region’s leading integration associations on an equal footing.
• Our strategic objective is to ensure that the Far East remains a region of cooperation and dynamic transformation in the economy and infrastructure, technological development, workforce training and, of course, the social sphere.
• Over the past 11 years, around 25 trillion rubles in capital investment has been attracted to Russia’s Far Eastern regions. As a result, the Far East’s gross regional product has more than tripled over this period – a very strong pace of growth.
• The Far East’s key macroeconomic indicators are growing faster than the national average. This is precisely what we sought to achieve when we declared the region’s development a strategic priority for Russia throughout the 21st century.
• It is important to continue creating convenient and predictable conditions for investors, taking into account the needs of businesses and the regions while proceeding from Russia’s national interests.
• For investors in such projects, and for those launching new enterprises in the Far East and the Arctic, it is important to ensure stable demand for their products. Offset contracts, which are being developed with the support of State Development Corporation VEB.RF, should be used for this purpose as well.
• In today’s challenging global environment, amid risks to international shipping and trade, the Northern Sea Route is intended to provide greater flexibility and security for international deliveries, open up new opportunities for transit and coastal shipping, and ensure uninterrupted supplies to Arctic regions.
• Our goal is to make navigation along the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor year-round. To achieve this, we are building icebreakers and ice-class vessels, expanding our service and rescue fleet and satellite constellation, and strengthening port infrastructure.
• We expect that by the end of this decade, freight traffic along the Trans-Arctic Corridor will reach at least 70 million tonnes per year – at least double the current level.
• To expand international capital participation in our Far Eastern and Arctic projects, we need to make use of the potential of the Eastern Exchange. As I have already said, we plan to establish a modern financial centre on its basis.
• We need to develop new cross-border routes with Asia-Pacific, #BRICS and #EAEU countries. We are open to cooperation with all our partners in this area.
Full transcript | 71 |
| 14 |  The Embassy paid attention to some paragraphs of the article “Civilizational dialogue proving a remote possibility as realpolitik rages” by L.Ockersz.
We would like to provide an adequate response.
References to the alleged «defeat of the USSR in Afghanistan» are completely inappropriate. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was completed
in February 1989 in an orderly manner. H.E. Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of Russia to Sri Lanka and Maldives, worked in the USSR Embassy in Kabul and was an eye-witness to those events. The orderly withdrawal of Soviet army contrasts sharply with the disgraceful escape of NATO troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 while abandoning expensive equipment following a humiliating defeat from the Taliban.
Soviet experts established vital infrastructure: hospitals, schools, roads and industrial facilities. In contrast,
NATO constructed nothing but destroyed the social, industrial and logistic infrastructure depriving Afghan people of access to it. | 91 |
| 15 | 🔴 #LIVE: Remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a lecture hosted by the Russian Znanie Society on the sidelines of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF)
📍 Vladivostok, September 3
🔴 Russia's MFA Website
🔴 EEF Website | 73 |
| 16 | 🔴 #LIVE: Russia's President Vladimir Putin's remarks and answers to questions at the XI Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF2026) Plenary Session
🔴 Roscongress
🔴 Rumble (RT)
📍 Vladivostok, September 3 | 71 |
| 17 |  +3#NoStatuteOfLimitations
◾️ On September 1-3, 2004, Russia endured one of the most horrific tragedies in its modern history – the inhuman Beslan terrorist attack.
22 years ago, a festive back-to-school ceremony at School No.1 was shattered by bursts of gunfire.
The terrorists took 1,128 people hostage – children, their parents and teachers. They were forced into a cramped gymnasium, which the terrorists turned into a deadly trap. For nearly three days, the hostages were held at gunpoint without food or water.
For hundreds of families, those three days lasted an eternity.
During the counterterrorism operation, 811 people were rescued. But, to our great sorrow, not all could be saved.
🕯 The terrorist attack claimed 334 lives, including 186 children.
We remember and mourn the children, their parents and teachers who perished during those terrible September days. We bow our heads before the courage of those who entered the school rigged with explosives, carried children out under fire and rescued hostages, risking and sacrificing their own lives.
Beslan will forever remain our shared pain – a wound that does not heal with time.
💬 As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said on September 4, 2004:
What happened in Beslan was an inhuman terrorist crime, unprecedented in its cruelty. It was a challenge to all of Russia, to our entire people. It was an attack on our country.
The terrorists believe they are stronger than us. That they can intimidate us with their cruelty, paralyse our will and tear our society apart. And it may seem that we have a choice – to fight back or accept their demands. To surrender, to allow Russia to be destroyed and torn apart in the hope that they will eventually leave us alone.
I am convinced that in reality we simply have no choice.
We were and always will be stronger than them – through our moral values, our courage and our human solidarity. I saw that again last night.
***
In memory of the victims of Beslan and other terrorist attacks, Russia observes the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism on September 3.
On this day, we remember all our compatriots who were killed by terrorists in Beslan, at Dubrovka, in Budyonnovsk, in the apartment bombings in Moscow, Buynaksk and Volgodonsk, in the horrific Crocus City Hall tragedy, at the hands of Ukrainian militants in Donbass and the Kursk Region, in other terrorist attacks.
❗️ Russia considers it its duty to consistently combat international terrorism, promote the consolidation of international efforts against this pure evil and counter all its manifestations – including those perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Ukraine and other ideological followers of misanthropic ideologies.
Despite the hybrid war unleashed against us – against Russia and the Russian people – by the “collective West”, including through terrorist and extremist groups of all stripes, Russia remains firmly committed to a principled fight against the terrorist threat and to strengthening counterterrorism security, relying on cooperation with partners genuinely interested in this work.
– briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, August 28, 2024
📷 © Head of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania Sergey Menyaylo | 93 |
| 18 |  📃 Following the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Bishkek Declaration on the 25th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was signed (Bishkek, September 1, 2026)
🤝 We, the Leaders of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO), gathered for a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State and marking the 25th anniversary of the SCO, reaffirm our firm commitment to the goals and principles enshrined in the SCO Charter, as well as to further strengthening good-neighbourliness, friendship and effective multifaceted cooperation, and declare:
Since its establishment, the Organisation has successfully passed through a historic stage of institutional and conceptual development and established itself as a widely recognised and dynamically developing multilateral association, the role of which in international and regional affairs continues to grow steadily.
Over the past quarter-century, a solid legal foundation for the SCO’s activities and effective mechanisms of cooperation have been established, while strategic directions for its further development have been defined.
The Member States will continue their efforts to further consolidate the SCO in implementing the tasks and achieving the goals set out in the SCO Development Strategy until 2035.
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Key provisions:
✍️ The Member States
• Reaffirm their unwavering commitment to the universal norms and principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter and stress the need to strengthen the UN’s role as a guarantor of international peace and security, sustainable development, and the establishment of a representative, democratic and just #MultipolarWorld. They are making a growing contribution to collective efforts to improve the global system of governance.
• Advocate ensuring sustainable international peace and call for joint efforts to counter traditional and emerging security challenges and threats.
• Expressing concern over growing information security risks, strongly oppose the militarisation of the information and communications technology (ICT) sphere and the creation of threats to critical information infrastructure.
• Reaffirm the need to ensure the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence technologies, including the inadmissibility of their use to deliberately cause harm to human life and health, as well as to the national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of states.
• Oppose unilateral coercive measures that run counter to the UN Charter and other norms of international law, as well as the rules and principles of the World Trade Organization, and which undermine international security interests, including food, energy and humanitarian security, and adversely affect the global economy.
• Support reform of the international financial architecture aimed at increasing the representation and strengthening the role of developing countries in the governing bodies of international financial institutions, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund.
• Underscoring the significance of the 200th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy’s birth and the 100th anniversary of Chingiz Aitmatov’s birth, support initiatives to hold SCO events in 2028 dedicated to the memory of these outstanding writers, who made an invaluable contribution to world literature, the advancement of humanistic values and the strengthening of cultural and humanitarian ties between peoples.
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| 19 |  +2🇷🇺🇮🇳 Opening remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin during the meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the SCO Summit (Bishkek, August 31, 2026).
💬 President Putin: I am very glad to meet with you again.
This time, our meeting is taking place on the eve of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit – an organisation that works to deepen contacts among the countries of the Global South and East, promotes the region’s socioeconomic and cultural development, and contributes to building a just #MultipolarWorld.
🤝 I am also pleased to note that Russia-India relations continue to strengthen on the principles of a special and privileged strategic partnership.
Mr Prime Minister, this is undoubtedly facilitated by your personal attention to the development of Russia-India relations, as well as by the close personal friendship that has developed between us, for which I am very grateful to you.
Recently, Foreign Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during our meeting in Moscow, conveyed your message, and I fully share everything set out in it.
Next year, we will mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, and, of course, we are seriously preparing for the upcoming #BRICS Summit in New Delhi in September.
📈 Trade and economic cooperation is showing positive trends overall. There was a slight decline last year, but in the first half of 2026, trade turnover increased by 2.6%. A week ago, the Intergovernmental Commission met in Moscow and also reported good results.
I would also like to say a few words about humanitarian cooperation. India is among the leaders in terms of the number of students studying in Russia: over the past 10 years, their number has increased sevenfold and now stands at almost 40,000.
Cultural festivals are held regularly – both Indian culture festivals and Russian culture festivals. The next one is scheduled to take place in India in 2027.
Tourist exchanges are also developing rapidly, increasing by 16% in 2025.
🌐 We closely coordinate our efforts within the #UN, #BRICS, #G20 and, of course, the #SCO. Today, we have a very good opportunity to compare notes and chart the way forward in developing Russia-India relations.
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| 20 |  ⚡️ Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, “International Cooperation in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities,” published on Arctic.ru
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✍️ On 19 August, a landmark event took place in Arctic shipping. For the first time, a container ship from China arrived at the port of Murmansk via the Northern Sea Route, a vital part of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. In collaboration with our international partners this represents the start of a new phase in the development of Russia’s Arctic region, which accounts for at least 10 percent of the country’s GDP and is home to more than 2.5 million of our citizens.
In this regard, I would like to share a number of considerations on how we assess the current state of affairs in the Arctic and how we plan to develop international cooperation there.
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Russia and international partners in the Arctic
• The Foundations of the Russian State Policy in the Arctic for the Period up to 2035, approved by President Vladimir Putin, focus the efforts of all government bodies on improving the quality of life for the population of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, promoting economic growth in its territories, protecting the environment and fostering mutually beneficial international cooperation. <...> Foreign policy priorities in high latitudes have been enshrined in the currently effective Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation of March 31, 2023.
• In the Arctic, Russia is seeking to preserve peace and stability, reduce the level of threats to national security, and create favourable external conditions for the country’s socio-economic development. We are open to interaction with all constructively minded foreign countries displaying reciprocal readiness to put these ideas into practice.
• The countries that cooperate closely with us in the Arctic include, first and foremost, China and India. <...> There are prospects for interaction in the Far North with Brazil, Indonesia, Iran and other #BRICS countries.
Challenges for international cooperation in the Arctic
• Preserving the Arctic as an area of peace and cooperation meets the interests of the entire international community, and Russia is undoubtedly interested in this as well.
• Meanwhile, there are those who do not share this point of view. How else can one explain the fact that NATO countries, as well as the Alliance as a whole, are driving the region towards militarisation and creating hotbeds of international tension there? <...> NATO is conducting large-scale military exercises involving non-regional countries and introducing new components of its command-and-control system.
• Such military activity in the Far North poses a direct threat to Russia’s security. <...> NATO and other Western countries make no secret of their true motives, openly declaring their intention to turn the Arctic into a new front for opposing the development of Russia and its like-minded partners.
• One manifestation of the West’s anti-Russian policy has been the disruption of previously effective mechanisms of multilateral cooperation in the Far North. <...> The Arctic Council, established almost 30 years ago, on September 19, 1996, remains the only functioning intergovernmental format. Russia is ready to resume the full-fledged work of the Arctic Council, provided that all parties engage in good faith and take into account the legitimate interests of every participant.
The future of international cooperation in the Arctic
• A glance at the world map makes it clear that Russia has been, is, and will remain a leading Arctic state. <...> The strategic importance of the Arctic to our country’s national interests and security will also continue to grow.
• In our economic activities, we will continue to proceed from the understanding that the Arctic maritime areas form an integral part of the World Ocean.
• Russia’s foreign policy in the Arctic will remain comprehensive and pragmatic. We support the Arctic’s development as an integral part of the broader Eurasian space of security and cooperation. | 126 |
