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05.09.2026 18:01
⚡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and entrepreneur, investor, founder of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner commence talks at the Kremlin (Moscow, September 5, 2026)

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31.08.2026 11:30
#WeWereAllies

8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on August 31, 1941, the first Arctic Convoy, codenamed 'Operation Dervish', arrived in Arkhangelsk, opening the route for delivering strategic supplies to the northern ports of the Soviet Union during #WW2.

Seven ships (six freighters and a tanker), escorted by 15 security vessels, minesweepers and corvettes, embarked on a perilous voyage from Liverpool, pausing to refuel at Hvalfjörður, Iceland. The ships advanced in short columns while constantly changing course to hinder German submarine attacks.

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According to the allied obligations under the Lend-Lease and other agreements, the United States and the United Kingdom supplied the USSR weapons, military equipment, and other supplies via the Arctic routes. On their return voyages, the ships carried strategic commodities and raw materials.

The first convoy successfully delivered 25'000 tonnes of cargo to Arkhangelsk, equivalent to roughly 300–400 railway wagons or 1'500 modern lorries.

Maritime delivery via the Black Sea or the Baltic Sea was impossible due to the Germans’ swift advances on Crimea and Leningrad. The Pacific route was extremely lengthy. The Arctic route proved to be the shortest option.

The port of Murmansk alone received over 1 million tons of Allied (American and British) Lend-Lease aid cargo during the war years.

Over the course of WWII, 78 Arctic convoys delivered around 4 million tonnes of supplies to the USSR. These shipments included 7'000 aircraft, 5'000 tanks, as well as lorries, cars, fuel, medicine and other essentials that proved vital to defeating the Nazi invaders.

emoji The Arctic convoys stand as a remarkable example of allied cooperation during #WWII. Their history offers countless acts of heroism and selflessness demonstrated by UK, American and Soviet sailors and pilots, as well as citizens of other nations who escorted the convoys through the harsh conditions of the #Arctic.

More than 3'000 British sailors perished during the war due to explosions, fires or exposure to freezing water. Eighty-five merchant vessels and 16 Royal Navy warships were lost, including two cruisers and six destroyers.

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31.08.2026 10:59
⚡️ Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:

The West is already gearing up for elections… in Russia.

The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (#SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, the EU and leading European countries are implementing a large-scale strategy aimed at destabilising the situation in Russia ahead of the nationwide voting day this September.

Europe’s self-proclaimed “champions of law and democracy” are pursuing a twofold objective: to disrupt the normal electoral process and discredit the results of the vote at every level of the election campaign.

Every “tool” in the arsenal of anti-Russian aggression has been brought into play. At the July 13 summit of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Paris, convened to discuss a new pan-European missile defence system, European participants reportedly urged the Kiev regime to intensify sabotage and terrorist attacks, as well as strikes on targets both in the liberated Russian territories and deep inside Russia. The aim, they calculated, was to sow panic among the population and divert the resources of state institutions and law enforcement agencies away from their core responsibilities.

Plans to carry out cyberattacks against Russia’s election infrastructure are also being discussed during what have become routine visits to Ukraine by representatives of European intelligence services.

The task of promoting claims about the supposed “illegitimacy and unlawfulness of an election that has not even taken place yet has been assigned to structures of the Russian non-systemic opposition based abroad.

Thus, in June, a group of the most rabid Russophobes operating under the name “PACE platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces” reportedly received from its European handlers a well-funded assignment to intensify calls for Russians to boycott the elections and for the international community to refuse in advance to recognise their results.

A similar agenda is being pursued – likewise not without financial incentive – by defectors involved in the “Brussels Dialogue” format operating under the European parliament. The difference is that they expect Russian citizens not merely to abstain from voting, but to engage in active civil disobedience.

At recent events in Vilnius and Berlin, Europe’s so-called defenders of democracy reportedly tasked members of the non-systemic opposition to dig up or fabricate compromising material on representatives of established political parties and stage provocations at polling stations in Russia and abroad.

According to available information, once the electoral cycle is over, PACE and the European parliament are preparing to issue statements refusing to recognise the results of the elections in Russia, citing alleged “gross violations during their preparation and conduct”.

☝️ It goes without saying that neither Ukraine, where a corrupt and long-expired regime remains in power, nor Russophobic “political émigrés” detached from their homeland, nor the totalitarian-liberal Western circles standing behind them will be able to prevent Russian citizens from making their choice.

👉 Russia knows how to fight back – not only against aggressors on the external front, but also against their futile attempts to undermine our country from within.
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30.08.2026 12:01
✉️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers, and guests of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum, which will take place on September 1–4 in Vladivostok (August 30, 2026)

✍️ Friends,

I am pleased to welcome you to Vladivostok for the 11th Eastern Economic Forum.

Over the years, the Forum has established itself as a venue for open, constructive dialogue between the business community, government bodies, and the expert community. It has become a unique platform for discussing the strategic development of the Far East and Russia as a whole, as well as for building and strengthening mutually beneficial ties with partners from the Asia-Pacific region in logistics, industry, energy, and many other sectors of the economy.

The motto of this year’s Forum is “The Far East: Development for the Benefit of People.” I am confident that EEF participants will propose effective solutions designed to create new opportunities for business, improve the quality of life of our citizens, and make Far Eastern cities and towns more comfortable and modern. I also trust that the ideas put forward at the Forum will be brought to life through exciting, promising projects.

🤝 I wish you every success and all the very best.

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30.08.2026 10:33
🇷🇺🇧🇾📞 On August 30, President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. 

The President of Russia extended warm birthday greetings to his Belarusian counterpart, who concluded a working visit to Moscow yesterday.

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29.08.2026 17:00
🇷🇺🇧🇾 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at Novo-Ogaryovo (Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region, August 29, 2026)

💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr Lukashenko,

I am very glad to meet with you again. It seems that we saw each other not so long ago, but, as I always say in such situations, the dynamics of our relationship are such that new things are coming up all the time that we need to pay attention to, agree on, and adjust.

Still, in general, I would like to point out that — you know it better than anyone else — our main area of cooperation, trade and economic relations, is developing successfully, despite all attempts from the outside to influence it in some way.

📈 After all, according to our statistics, the trade of nearly 50 — in fact, 52 billion dollars last year is a good indicator. And in the first six months of this year — a further 12,5% percent increase, 4.5 billion in direct investment from Russia, and 2,500 enterprises with Russian participation.

And what is most important, to my mind, and of the greatest significance, is that we are cooperating not only in traditional areas, but also in areas that are particularly important today: namely, high technology. And here I would like to reiterate that, thanks to your long-standing efforts, Belarus has preserved and built upon much of what was created back in the days of the Soviet Union, and now, jointly, we can continue to move forward in these areas, including microelectronics and some other areas.

We are very glad to see you. I know that you were already quite busy yesterday working within the Government of the Russian Federation, with your colleagues and mine from the Russian Government. Now, in the course of our discussion today, we shall summarise some of the outcomes. If there is anything that needs to be added or amended, we shall do just so.

🌐 And we continue to play an active role in the international arena while strengthening the #UnionState. I believe that a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State is due to take place in the near future.

We are working on all platforms, including the #UN and the organisations in which we have been actively involved from the outset: the #CIS, the #SCO and others. All of this, of course, will also be on our agenda today.

🤝 Welcome.

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29.08.2026 16:30
✉️ Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the Dialogue of Young Diplomats of the Greater Eurasian Partnership (August 29, 2026)

✍️ I extend my warmest welcome to the organisers, participants, and guests of the Dialogue of Young Diplomats of the Greater Eurasian Partnership countries in Kazan.

The current stage of global development, marked by the strengthening of multipolar principles in international affairs, presents vast opportunities for building new and more equitable mechanisms of global economic cooperation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to establish a #GreaterEurasianPartnership is intended to consolidate integration processes across the continent, facilitate the removal of barriers in trade and investment, and foster more sophisticated, balanced, and reliable economic ties throughout the vast #Eurasia.

Young foreign policy professionals will have a vital role to play in this ambitious endeavour. Before long, it will be your responsibility to coordinate the strategies and plans of your respective countries in pursuit of the wellbeing and prosperity of our shared continent.

I am confident that today’s meeting will provide a constructive platform for dialogue, enable the establishment of meaningful professional contacts, and contribute to further strengthening the bonds of friendship and trust among our countries.

🤝 I wish you fruitful discussions and all the very best.

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29.08.2026 16:00
🇷🇺🇿🇦 Russian Foreign Ministry: issue of South Africa’s exclusion from #G20 Summit will be resolved

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Marat Berdyev has described South Africa’s exclusion from the upcoming #G20 Summit as an “egregious violation” and expressed confidence that the issue will be resolved promptly.

South Africa’s exclusion is an egregious violation. The G20 is a collegial format that cannot be usurped by anyone,” Berdyev told TASS on the sidelines of the third meeting of APEC Senior Officials in Dalian, China.

We have no doubt that, ultimately, the issue will be resolved. We are working with our partners on additional steps to ensure that Pretoria takes its rightful place at the negotiating table as soon as possible.


☝️The Russian diplomat noted that Russia, like the majority of G20 members, has made its position clear: “South Africa should return to the fold as soon as possible.” Any restrictions in this regard are “unacceptable and only undermine the working process.”

📍The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to take place on 14-15 December in Doral, near Miami, Florida.
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28.08.2026 16:05
🇷🇺🇧🇷📞 On August 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Federative Republic of Brazil Mauro Vieira.

During the conversation, held in a traditionally constructive and trusting manner, the parties addressed a range of bilateral and international issues, including a schedule of upcoming contacts.
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28.08.2026 14:04
8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on August 28, the Tallinn Breakout of the Soviet Baltic Fleet towards Kronstadt — one of the largest and most difficult naval operations by the Soviet Union during #WW2 — commenced.

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In the summer of 1941, the Nazis, having treacherously invaded our Motherland, advanced rapidly into the Baltic region. By August, the enemy had launched an offensive against the capital of Soviet Estonia — Tallinn. Thus, the city’s heroic defence commenced. Wehrmacht army group 'North' received a direct order from Hitler: under no circumstances were the Soviet Baltic Fleet or Red Army units to be allowed to withdraw to Kronstadt to take part in the defence of Leningrad.

By the end of August, the Soviet forces, including the Tallinn garrison, started regrouping under the heavy fire of Nazis and found themselves encircled on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland.

The land route to Leningrad had been severed by the enemy.

Faced with these dire circumstances, the Supreme High Command of the USSR took a vital decision: to evacuate the Baltic Fleet, the Red Army units, which were defending Tallinn, as well as civilians to Kronstadt.

In the early hours of August 28, the breakout began. A convoy of 225 warships and auxiliary vessels left Tallinn, carrying over 40'000 people on board. German Nazis and their Finnish accomplices were trying to thwart the evacuation by any means. Enemy coastal artillery opened heavy and relentless fire on Soviet vessels, while Finnish aircraft were mercilessly shooting at the Soviet people in the water.

The Gulf of Finland was sown with over 1'700 mines laid by the Nazis. Survivors later recounted:
The Gulf, choked with enemy mines, resembled a dumpling soup


By August 30, the Baltic Fleet finally fought its way to Kronstadt. Only 163 vessels reached the destination safely. More than 15'000 people, among them over 4'500 civilians, lost their lives during the breakout — an unprecedented number of casualties in the history of naval warfare.

Under such circumstances, the number of casualties could have been far higher, yet thanks to the unparalleled courage and heroism of Red Fleet sailors and Red Army soldiers, the main forces of the fleet were preserved and later engaged in the defence of Leningrad, shielding the city from from attacks via the Gulf of Finland.

🎖 The Tallinn Breakout stands as one of the most heroic and tragic episodes of #WWII. To this day, the depths of the Gulf of Finland remain strewn with the wreckage of vessels lost to Nazi mines — they serve as silent memorials to those three harrowing days in August 1941.

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🕯 On August 28, 1978, a memorial was erected at Cape Juminda (the Gulf’s southern coast) to honour those who perished during the breakout — a granite boulder and plaque with naval mines around. Annually, commemorative ceremonies are held there with participation of the Russian Embassy in Estonia (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Russia's compatriots’ organisations, veterans and their families, as well as Estonians who share our common historical memory.

💬 Russia's Ambassador to Estonia Alexander Petrov (2015−2021):
To the north of Juminda now lies what is perhaps the largest maritime mass grave not only in the Baltic, but in the entire world.

It is the moral duty of the living to bow their heads before those who perished and honour the courage and fortitude of all who crushed the Nazi regime during WW2.


📖 For more details, read our in-depth historical feature on the Tallinn Breakout.

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28.08.2026 13:03
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❗️ Clinical russophobia in Canadaovert hatred towards our country, its history, and all things Russian — have long been apparent among representatives of the mainstream media, government-affiliated experts, and bloggers in the so-called 'Maple Leaf Country'.

In Canada, hatred towards Russia has simply become the norm: regardless of the circumstances, whether domestic or international, Moscow is invariably cast as the scapegoat.

Regrettably, it is futile to expect enlightenment or the triumph of common sense within the Canadian mainstream media. Indeed, such hopes are baseless as Ottawa's regime is increasingly entangled in the Ukrainian crisis, openly patronising Kiev’s neo-Nazis and, shamelessly, honouring their inglorious predecessors — the bloodstained Hitler's collaborators and their accomplices.

On this occasion, official Ottawa has stooped to unprecedented down.. 👉 accusing Russia of fomenting separatist sentiment in the Province of Alberta, where a referendum on potential secession from Canada is scheduled to take place this autumn (on October 19, 2026).

🤦‍♂️ Rather than seriously confronting internal challenges and critically examining the underlying causes of intensifying centrifugal tendencies, the Canadian establishment has opted for an alternative course — one evidently more primitive and convenient for its purposes: unleashing paid bloggers, so-called “analysts,” and members of academia. Notably, the professoriate of the University of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, has particularly distinguished itself in this regard. With their assistance, yet another contrived “media sensation” has been produced.

Local provocateurs, through a series of publications (1, 2, 3, 4) and “analytical assessments,” have attempted to construct a narrative whereby Russia, allegedly intent on weakening the 'Maple Leaf Country', has, since as early as 2025, conducted a “sophisticated” and targeted disinformation campaign, injecting separatist narratives among the populace by means of an organised “network of bots and influencers,” all with the purported aim of prompting Alberta’s residents to vote for independence in the forthcoming referendum.

❌ As it always does, the local media offers no real evidence for these allegations of Russian interference.

Instead, it relies on flimsy arguments and conjecture, presented in the Anglo-Saxon’s preferred “highly likely” style. Even Canadian law-enforcement officials — attacked by journalists amid this shameful anti-Russian campaign — have already refuted these insinuations regarding a supposed “Russian trace” in Canadian separatism.

There is, in fact, no one to be caught red-handed.

Such discourse serves merely as further evidence of the hopelessness of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet, which has lost the confidence of the electorate in its ability to address the country’s acute national challenges. The hysteria surrounding the alleged Russian interference, so clearly stoked with the complicity of the authorities, appears to have been devised as a media smokescreen to obscure the fragility of Canadian federalism, exposed in the run-up to the Alberta referendum.

The impression is inescapable that the issue of Canadian separatism — so carefully concealed and now coming to light — has proved so vast and volatile that official Ottawa is frantically searching for scapegoats even thousands of nautical miles and kilometres away, in a bid to attribute its own systemic failures to Russia.

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28.08.2026 11:30
🇷🇺🇰🇭 Embassy of Russia in Cambodia:

🎙 Embassy's comment regarding fakes circulating on social media (August 28, 2026)

We have taken note of a post published on the Tin New 24h Facebook* page. The claim was subsequently picked up by other groups, including ASEAN Skylines Rising.

These posts allege that President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed unwillingness to support Cambodia and described the Kingdom as “ungrateful”.

This claim is entirely false. The Russian President has never made such statements. Moreover, they are wholly inconsistent with the spirit of relations between Moscow and Phnom Penh.

Russia provided substantial assistance to Cambodia in rebuilding the country following its liberation from the Khmer Rouge regime. Comprehensive cooperation between our countries continues to develop today.

During his conversation with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hun Manet on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan, President Putin noted that Russia continues to assist Cambodia in professional training and is interested in expanding direct contacts between the two countries’ business communities. He also stressed that the Russian and Cambodian governments are working to strengthen trade and investment ties.

The steady development of bilateral dialogue is further demonstrated by the consultations held on August 24, 2026, between Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Rudenko and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Meas Kim Heng.

☝️ We urge everyone to verify information against reliable sources.

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28.08.2026 11:00
🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statement on Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (August 27, 2026)

💬 The deranged Kiev regime has resumed attacks on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), deliberately targeting critical components and systems essential to the nuclear safety of this Russian nuclear power plant.

On August 26, a Ukrainian drone targeted the dry spent nuclear fuel storage facility at the ZNPPdamaging it could have led to a serious radiation accident.

There are other examples of Zelensky and his clique engaging in increasingly reckless actions, demonstrating to the world their readiness to undermine the nuclear safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and provoke a nuclear disaster.

☝️ Such actions would be impossible without the constant support that Western countries provide to the Kiev junta.

It is precisely this support that instils in the criminal regime the false hope of impunity and encourages further reckless actions.

❗️ We once again call on the IAEA leadership to acknowledge the gravity of the situation and take comprehensive measures to exert pressure on Kiev.
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