#Announcement

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on current foreign policy issues at approximately 12:00 MSK (09:00 am GMT) on January 31.

⏰ Accreditation is open until 11 am on January 30.

🔴 #LIVE: Opening of the BRICS Sherpas/sous-Sherpas Meeting, first in Russia's 2024 Chairmanship

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⚡️ On September 15 to 29 Moscow and Yekaterinburg will host the 2024 #WorldFriendshipGames, a new multi-sport tournament free from any form of discrimination.

Leading athletes from all continents are invited to take part. The only criterion for participation is the athlete's own sporting performance.

🚴‍♂️ The event will feature competitions in 33 summer sports.

🌐 About 7900 athletes from more than 70 countries are expected to take part.

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The International Road to Yalta Festival will be held in Moscow from April 28 to May 1.
It is dedicated to the Great Victory Day and will bring together artists from different countries performing military songs in their native languages.
Participants must submit an application by February 29, fill out the form and send a video of their performance via the link https://en.doroganayaltu.ru/competition/#send-request .
Cash prizes will be awarded within the framework of the Festival: a prize of 2,000,000 rubles for the first place, 1,500,000 rubles for the second place, and 1,000,000 rubles for the third place.
Please send additional questions to the following email address: [email protected]

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 26, 2024)

🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Organising the Russian presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 NATO military exercise - Steadfast Defender 2024
🔹 EU - agricultural problems
🔹 Anti-Serbian repression in Kosovo
🔹 The Day of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad
🔹 International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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▪️ #Ukraine #Terrorism

On January 21, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a targeted missile and artillery strike against a farmer’s market and retail outlets in the Tekstilshchik residential area, Kirovsky District, Donetsk. This was the most violent attack in recent years, killing 27 civilians, including two teenagers, and injuring another 25 residents.

The premeditated terrorist attack by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles launched from the Kharkov Region targeting Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on January 24 was another heinous crime committed by the Zelensky regime. Everyone onboard, including six crew members, three Russian escort officers, and 65 Ukrainian servicemen on their way to a pre-agreed prisoner swap, died on the spot.

Kiev was aware of this flight and its humanitarian mission, yet they issued an order to destroy it.

▪️ #NATO

Against the backdrop of constant calls for Russia to de-escalate, the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to hold Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest coalition military exercise since the Cold War, raise numerous questions. The manoeuvres amount to an overt provocation. For several months, a joint force consisting of 90,000 personnel from 31 NATO member countries and Sweden will be deployed near the Russian borders, spanning the territory from Norway to Romania.

This step is deliberately aimed at escalating tensions; it raises the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe.