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🇷🇺🇮🇳📞 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Minister of the External Affairs of India @DrSJaishankar spoke over the phone. The two Ministers discussed current issues of #RussiaIndia cooperation, as well as regional and international affairs. t.me/MFARussia/33275

🎙 On Wednesday, November 11, Russia’s FM Spox Maria #Zakharova will hold her weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues. 🕜 2:00 pm MSK 🕥 11:00 am GMT 🕦 12:00 am CET 🕡 7:00 pm CST ❗️ Accreditation is open until November 10, 10:00 am MSK: t.me/MFARussia/33274

⚡️ Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service: After catastrophic Ukrainian military losses, EU leaders have turned to 1+ million Ukrainian men living in the EU. 👉 Brussels sees them as expendable & plans to force them home by any means necessary. t.me/MFARussia/33256

❗️The lists attached to the report again ignore huge number of journalists killed We urge @UNESCO's Director-General correct mistakes of the previous leadership & condemn killing of each journalist Crimes against journalists have #NoStatuteOfLimitations t.me/MFARussia/33244

#Victory81 🏛 #OTD in 1945, having survived barbaric Nazi siege of Leningrad, a few months after the #Victory #StateHermitageMuseum again opened its doors ❗️Hermitage's return to peaceful life became one of the symbols of #Leningrad's post #WW2 recovery t.me/MFARussia/33247

#Victory81 🎖 #OTD our country marks 8️⃣5️⃣th Anniversary of historic military Parade held on Red Square during #WW2. Just within four years aftermath: 👉 The enemy was defeated. 👉 Nazism was eradicated. 👉 The Reich was no more. 👉 Victory was ours. t.me/MFARussia/33243

#Victory81 🎖 On November 5, 1957 a solemn ceremony was held in #Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to unveil a monument to the Soviet liberator soldier — #Alyosha It was created at the initiative of the Bulgarian people to commemorate the Red Army sacrifice & heroism t.me/MFARussia/33236

💬 #Zakharova: November 6 marks the 83rd anniversary of the liberation of #Kiev from the Nazis. Numerous settlements around Kiev were liberated from the invaders. A bridgehead was established which would later play a major role in the liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine.

🗓 #LavrovSchedule: • 9 Nov – talks with @OficialEsp • 10 Nov – Joint meeting of the #CSTO Council of FMs, Council of Defence Ministers & Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils.

💬 President #Putin: Harmony, mutual respect & unity among Russia’s peoples underpin sovereignty. Preserving each people’s culture, customs & language remains a national priority t.me/MFARussia/33232

💐 On November 4 – Russia's National Unity Day – President Vladimir #Putin laid flowers at the iconic monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky on Red Square in Moscow. 🇷🇺 #UnityDay2026 t.me/MFARussia/33223

💬 FM Sergey #Lavrov following the IV Minsk International Conference on #EurasianSecurity: No one should strengthen their security at the expense of others & no country, organisation or group of countries should seek dominance in any geopolitical space. t.me/MFARussia/33221

🤖 On October 31, the #BattleOfRobots championship concluded in Kazan. 🌐 In 2026, the championship brought together 144 teams from 11 countries. Congrats to the winners! t.me/MFARussia/33217

🇷🇺 Today #Russia & all its many peoples celebrate national #UnityDay! This day symbolizes the unity of our multiethnic nation, celebrates true diversity, honours the unerring ultimate devotion to the Motherland. ❗️ Happy #UnityDay! #UnityDay2026

💬 FM #Lavrov: The current state of @OSCE is frankly deplorable, as it requires a fundamental overhaul if it is to remain viable. ☝️ This is the result of the same confrontational logic of bloc mentality pursued by Western countries. t.me/MFARussia/33208

🛬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Minsk, Belarus to participate in the IV Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security 📍 Minsk, November 2 #EurasianSecurity

💬 #Zakharova: On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, their safety keeps deteriorating. Russian journalists are constantly hunted by Kiev's militants, yet intl. bodies fail to condemn their killings. t.me/MFARussia/33167 #MartyrsForTheTruth

⚡️ #Starobelsk. PART II. Maxim Grigoryev, Chairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, continues gathering testimonies on the attack on the Starobelsk college. #KievRegimeCrimes t.me/MFARussia/33166

💬 Sergey Lavrov following the #G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: When the interests of Russia and the US align, it would be foolish and wrong not to translate that alignment into the execution of joint, mutually beneficial projects. t.me/MFARussia/33165

💬 President Putin to President Isaias Afwerki: 🇷🇺🇪🇷 #RussiaEritrea must pay greater attention to trade & economic cooperation. We see promising opportunities in energy, mining, infrastructure, agriculture & fisheries. t.me/MFARussia/33160