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Apr 19 2026 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, April 18, 2026
Mr Lavrov is particularly sharp and his disdain shines through as he tells the story.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2096508/
Question: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s great to be here again at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. As of April 2026, the world is closely watching three wars: Ukraine, Iranб and the quiet war that’s being waged against the international order. And at… Continue reading
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Apr 17 2026 
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Yemen
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Yemen
[There are two interesting and valid considerations in Mr Nebenzia’s address on Yemen and the risk of further civil war. They are both bolded. The one is that Russia considers Ansar Allah as a full and necessary part of Yemen’s governance. (That is true for… Continue reading -
Apr 15 2026
Vassily Nebenzia at the UNSC accused the EU of preparing a major war against Russia
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181965
Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the EU of preparing a major war against Russia during a UN Security Council meeting on April 13, 2026.
The meeting was the annual session on UN-EU cooperation. Nebenzia used it to deliver sharp criticism of the bloc and also took the time to address the EU Chief Foreign Affairs… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2026 
FM Lavrov : Opening Remarks & answers to media questions – China Visit
Opening remarks (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2094722/) by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping:
📍 April 15, 2026, Beijing
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Mr President, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your warm words addressed to us and for this meeting.
It underscores your personal attention to the development… Continue reading
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Apr 06 2026 
Article by Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organisations Kirill Logvinov for TASS News Agency
All we can say is … AT LAST! Some simple truth as to what is happening in the UN and what needs to be done.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2091349/
The UN must cast off Western shackles
Despite the unrelenting geopolitical turbulence besetting international affairs, the appointment of a new UN Secretary-General which is the central foreign policy event of this year… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2026 
“We are an autocratic nation: we do not go under anyone and do not let the world fall.”
The new president of the RIAC Dmitry Trenin – about the partners and opponents of Russia
Since April 1, the Russian Council on International Affairs (RIAC) has a new president – a well-known international expert Dmitry Trenin. In his first interview in his new position, he told Kommersant correspondent Elena Chernenko, how he sees the development… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2026 
Russian MFA Foreign Policy Planning Department ; SouthEast Asia in a multipolar world
Southeast Asia in the Multipolar World, an article by Russian Foreign Ministry’s Foreign Policy Planning Department Director Alexey Drobinin and Deputy Director Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva for the journal Russia in Global Affairs, April 3, 2026
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2091308/“European values are European values.
Asian values are universal values.”
Mahathir Mohamad,
Malaysian statesman, Prime Minister of Malaysia
(1981−2003, 2018−2020)
Some experts writing about international developments come… Continue reading
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Apr 01 2026 
FM Lavrov: general meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Mr Ivanov,
Colleagues,
I am pleased to welcome the participants of the general meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) members both those present here in person and our colleagues joining us via videoconference. As always, it is gratifying to see many familiar faces that are directly involved in RIAC’s work or otherwise closely cooperate with… Continue reading
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Mar 24 2026 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees,
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees
Colleagues,I am pleased to welcome all members of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund to this meeting.
Before we begin, I would like to thank all Board members for their help in implementing numerous… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2026 
Excerpt : FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview for Looking Back television
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2087463/
Question: Speaking of the art of Russian diplomacy, what does is look like today? There must be some art to it.
Sergey Lavrov: There is, indeed. It is set out in doctrinal documents such as Russia’s Foreign Policy Concept which prioritises defending our national interests while respecting the interests of other countries that are willing to… Continue reading
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Mar 17 2026 
Remarks by Sergey Shoigu : Countering 56 countries waging terror
Sergey Shoigu said that amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the threat of terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure is becoming “even more imminent and widespread”
YEKATERINBURG, March 17. /TASS/. Russia must now with “the utmost coordination” counter the actions of 56 countries attempting to carry out terrorist attacks and sabotage at critical facilities, Russian Security… Continue reading
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Mar 17 2026 
Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs under the hashtag, No Statute of Limitations
https://t.me/MFARussia/28727
The formal documentation from Russian Foreign affairs tell the history of My Lai (Sơn Mỹ). No Statute of Limitations as a hashtag tells clearly what they think – it is a warning. This historical rendering was immediately followed by a Foreign Affairs Statement, which follows hereunder.
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On March 16, 1968, soldiers… Continue reading
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Mar 16 2026 
Dmitry Trenin : How should we perceive Trump and US policy?
By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
Trump promised “America First”. Instead, the world got America everywhere. Tariff wars, strikes on Iran, pressure on Venezuela, talk of… Continue reading
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Mar 16 2026 
US tries to assemble Hormuz tanker coalition as Russia eyes new fuel markets
https://tass.com/pressreview/2102005
MOSCOW, March 16. /TASS/. Washington is unlikely to succeed in persuading its allies to escort oil tankers in the Persian Gulf; Paris launches talks on joint nuclear deterrence with nearly a dozen European countries; and Russian petroleum product producers are redirecting fuel shipments to new markets. These stories topped Monday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
Washington will… Continue reading
