Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov, senior Russian military adviser to the Syrian Army was killed on duty by Daesh terrorists near city of Deir ez-Zor. R.I.P.

Comment by the Information and Press Department on the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2875494

Deputy FM Oleg Syromolotov: Russia submitted to the UNSC a draft resolution on imposing embargo on ISIS-controlled territories, which was met with resistance from the Western states goo.gl/zuCkNi

#Russia's President Vladimir #Putin celebrates his 65th Anniversary today. Many happy returns of the day Vladimir Vladimirovich! #Putin65

#Ambassador of #Russia Mr. L.#Dzhagaryan in #Mehrabad airport took part to the seeing off ceremony of Mr.A.A.#Larijani who left for St.Petersburg in order to participate to the 137th #IPU Assembly

19th World Festival of Youth & Students is in full swing all across #Russia - over 30'000 young people from 188 countries participate #WFYS2017

#Ambassador of #Russia Mr. L.#Dzhagaryan at #Mehrabad airport took part to the welcoming ceremony of Mr.A.A.#Larijani who has returned from St.Petersburg #IPU_Assembly #Tehran

Press release on Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov’s meeting with a delegation led by leader of the Building the Syrian State opposition movement Louay Hussein https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2904659

President Vladimir Putin: Russia’s biggest mistake in its relations with the West in the recent years is that we trusted them too much, they saw it as a sign of weakness and abused it

Today marks 72nd Anniversary of the United Nations — on 24 October 1945 the UN Charter took effect. Happy Birthday UN!