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Enjoy The Russian Embassy Weekly # 4️⃣3️⃣8️⃣ Main topics: #President 🔹 Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed 🔹 President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to President of Ethiopia Taye Atske Selassie and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed over the landslides and floods 🔹 Congratulations to President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the successful referendum on the new Constitution 🔹 Meeting with Government members 🔹 Expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General Office’s Board 🔹 Presentation of state awards to the winners and medalists of the 14th Paralympic Winter Games 🔹 President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s Muslims on Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan 🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev #ForeignMinistry 🔹 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Yván Gil exchanged congratulatory messages on the 81st anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Venezuela 🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi 🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to participants in the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference 🔹 Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the escalation of the crisis in the Middle East 🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the gala concert “World Musicians Honour Russian Performing Traditions” 🔹 Russian MFA statement on the escalation of tensions around Cuba 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan 🔹 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statement on the missile strike on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant 🔹 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding the remarks of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on US “space dominance” 🔹 International teleconference on “War crimes of the AFU against civilians in the Belgorod Region” 🔹 Russian Foreign Ministry statement on developments in the Persian Gulf 🔹 On the Meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Ambassadors of the ASEAN Moscow Committee #DefenseMinistry 🔹 Address by Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov to veterans, command, and personnel of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation on its 75th anniversary 🔹 The large landing ship Admiral Nevelskoy conducted a comprehensive exercise in Peter the Great Gulf 🔹 The MiG-31 aircraft equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles made a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan 🔹 Andrei Belousov inspects Sever Group of Forces ⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION #OTD (On This Day) 🔹 March 16: Birthdays of Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, sci-fi writer Alexander Belyaev, and radio inventor Alexander Popov 🔹 March 17: Birthday of artist Mikhail Vrubel; 🔹March 18: 1965 – Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first human to perform a spacewalk 🔹 March 18: Day of Crimea’s Reuni­fication with Russia #DiscoverRussia 🔹 Yaroslavl Region Download and read our #NewsBulletin t.me/EmbUSA/9878

🚀 On March 18, 1965, the Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performed the very first spacewalk in history aboard Voskhod-2. A bold step forward by Soviet science and courage - humanity's gateway to the stars opened by the USSR (Russia)! #USSR #FirstInSpace #AlexeiLeonov #SpacePioneers #RussiaInSpace

🇷🇺 #CrimeaIsRussia 1️⃣2️⃣ years ago – on March 18, 2014 – the Agreement on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea in the Russian Federation was signed. Time has only cemented Crimeans’ confidence in their historic decision. #Russia + #Crimea = one indivisible destiny ❤️

⚡️ Amid an artificially fuelled atmosphere of confrontation, Russia reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the Government & the brotherly people of #Cuba. We strongly condemn attempts at gross interference in the internal affairs of Cuba. t.me/MFARussia/28750

❗️ Through their treacherous and unprovoked attack on Iran, the US and Israel have unleashed an unprecedented spiral of violence in the Middle East. ☝️ We reiterate our resolute call to all parties for an immediate cessation of hostilities. t.me/MFARussia/28733

💬 #Zakharova: Over the past 12 years, #Crimea has undergone profound changes. One of the most significant achievements has been the major modernization of the Crimea’s infrastructure. Massive projects are underway in every sector! #CrimeaIsRussia 🤍💙❤️

🇷🇺 On March 16, 2014 – 1️⃣2️⃣ years ago – the all-Crimean referendum took place. 96.77% of Crimea’s population voted to join Russia, with turnout at 83.1%. ✅ It's clear that the choice made by the people of Crimea was the right one! t.me/MFARussia/28712 #CrimeaIsRussia

🇷🇺 #TeamRussia finished 3rd in the medal standings at the Milano Cortina Winter #Paralympics2026! 🔥 Our Paralympic athletes won 12 medals with a small team of just 6 athletes + 1 guide: 🥇 8 gold 🥈 1 silver 🥉 3 bronze 👏 Heartfelt congratulations to our champions! Incredible strength, determination and pride for Russia! 🇷🇺 #Paralympics #MilanoCortina2026 #Паралимпиада t.me/EmbUSA/9832 📷 TASS, RIA Novosti

#TeamRussia 🇷🇺 For the FIFTH time at the Milano Cortina #Paralympics2026, the National Anthem of the Russian Federation was played! 🥇 Today it sounded once again after para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina’s stunning gold in the women’s slalom standing! 🔥 Bravo, Varvara! 🇷🇺 #Paralympics #MilanoCortina2026 #Russia

Enjoy The Russian Embassy Weekly # 4️⃣3️⃣7️⃣ Main topics: #President 🔹 Commentary by Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov on the telephone conversation between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump 🔹 Greetings on International Women’s Day 🔹 Meeting on the situation in the global oil and gas market 🔹 Meeting with Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin 🔹 Telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian 🔹 Telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev 🔹 Telephone conversation with President of the UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 🔹 Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council #ForeignMinistry 🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television programme 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan 🔹 On March 11, Moscow hosted the first Ministerial Conference of the International Organisation for the Russian Language 🔹 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the first Ministerial Conference of the International Organisation for the Russian Language 🔹 Russia’s Foreign Ministry statement on the missile strike of the Ukrainian militants on Bryansk 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of External Relations of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani 🔹 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla 🔹 On March 13, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Moscow with Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Robert Floyd 🔹 On March 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi #DefenseMinistry 🔹 The small anti-submarine ship MPK-107 of the Pacific Fleet held an exercise in the Avacha Gulf ⚡️ SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION #Embassy 🔹Laying of flowers at the grave of the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Russian Empire to the United States, A.A.Bodisko #OTD (On This Day) 🔹 8 March - International Women’s Day 🔹 220 years ago, the Kremlin Museums were established 🔹 On March 9, 1934, Yuri Gagarin was born #DiscoverRussia 🔹 Ulyanovsk Region t.me/EmbUSA/9829

🥇 Super-giant slalom could not withstand Varvara #Voronchikhina, as she won the first GOLD for #TeamRussia at @Paralympics! 🇷🇺 For the first time in 12 years, the Russian national anthem was played & the tricolour raised at a Paralympic medal ceremony! #Champion ♥️ #SoProud

#Announcement 🗓 The International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation is scheduled to take place on May 26-29, 2026. 👉 Forum & media accreditation details: t.me/MFARussia/28653

🇷🇺 For the THIRD day in a row, the Russian Federation anthem is played at the #Paralympics2026! Proud for #TeamRussia! What joy to see the tricolor raised and hear our national anthem once again at the world's premier para sports stage! ❤️ Huge congratulations to Ivan Golubkov on his golden victory! #IvanGolubkov #WinterParalympics 📹 Paralympic Games / YouTube

🇷🇺 The Russian anthem was played again at the #Paralympics2026! Happy for Anastasia #Bagiyan and Sergey #Sinyakin! Gold in the cross-country sprint classic for visually impaired athletes — what a powerhouse performance! 🔥🥇 Back-to-back days of our anthem on the podium. So proud of our champions! ❤️ #TeamRussia #WinterParalympics

⚡️ Yesterday's AFU strike on Bryansk was carried out using British long-range Storm Shadow missiles. London's goal is to derail the peace process through a large-scale provocation involving civilian casualties & trigger an escalation of hostilities. t.me/MFARussia/28650

💬 Russian MFA Spox #Zakharova: On March 10, the Kiev regime deliberately struck the civilian population in Bryansk. The UN Secretariat & @antonioguterres cannot pretend not to see this. Nor can they ignore the number of civilian casualties. Will they remain silent again?

🇷🇺🇺🇸📞 On March 9, Presidents of Russia & the US spoke over the phone. The Leaders focused the conversation on the conflict around Iran, the trilateral negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement, as well as the situation in Venezuela. t.me/MFARussia/28633