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2022-09-02 06:44:35 We invite you to pay last respects to the former USSR President H.E. Mikhail #Gorbachev who passed away August 30 at the age of 91 via a Virtual Book of Condolences.
Your sympathy messages may be sent to rusemb.condolences@gmail.com starting today till next Tuesday. Open / Comment

2022-09-02 04:00:43 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Knowledge Day ceremony at Primakov School, Moscow, September 1, 2022

I am confident that knowing your country, knowing your Motherland is of particular importance in the process of maturing. They say people should be taught to love their Motherland. But I think they should also be taught to know it.

I can assure you that the better and deeper you know its history, geography, and nature, our multi-ethnic nation, the more successful you will be in your lives. Only those who promote the identity inherent in a particular nation, can achieve success.

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2022-09-02 03:49:51 Russia's EMERCOM has delivered over 75'000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people of #Donbass since March this year, medicaments & food supplies included.

Clean water is also being provided in bulk (50'000+ metric tonnes). Water treatment plants are also being installed in the region.

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2022-09-02 03:46:10 URGENT: Russian Ministry of Defence on the prevented assault on the ZNPP attempt by the Ukrainian military aimed at disrupting IAEA mission

Today at about 6 AM (Moscow time), two Ukrainian sabotage groups of up to 60 soldiers in seven boats landed on the coast of Kakhovskyi reservoir three kilometres north-east of Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) and attempted to seize the power plant. Measures were taken to neutralize this assault.

In addition, since 8 AM, the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed shelling of the site of IAEA mission near Vasil’evka and the ZNPP.

The Kiev regime's provocation is aimed at disrupting the arrival of IAEA working group at Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant.

Despite attempts by the Kiev regime to disrupt the visit of a group of IAEA experts to Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian side confirms its readiness to receive them with full security for further work.

The situation in the NPP area is complicated, but remains under full control. Open / Comment

2022-09-02 03:43:01 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at a meeting with participants in the Znaniye educational marathon, Moscow, August 31, 2022

Diplomacy is primarily an ability to listen, hear and convince. It’s a great regret but over the past few years, especially after the end of the Cold War, everyone thought an era of general welfare had arrived. Some political scientists even announced “the end of history.”

The era we are living in is truly a long historical period. We have to be ready to count only on ourselves.

We will continue to promote our agenda based on the principles of the UN Charter. The key principle is respecting the sovereign equality of states.

The prevailing tendencies in the world are those in favour of returning to the origins of the UN Charter and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. Open / Comment

2022-09-02 01:25:57 UN Nuclear Watchdog IAEA claims it will maintain permanent presence at Zaporozhye plant - IAEA head

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2022-09-02 01:25:53 UN Notes Safety of IAEA Inspectors Ensured by Russia

The UN has acknowledged that Russia is ensuring the safety of IAEA inspectors at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Secretary General's office reported.

Strikes on the plant have continued however, according to the local authorities, who have reported hits on the thermal power plant located in the immediate vicinity of the NPP.

Although IAEA chief Rafael Grossi left the delegation earlier on Thursday, there are between eight and 12 remaining inspectors in the Russia-controlled part of the NPP territory, the head of the city administration Alexander Volga told Interfax.

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2022-09-01 10:27:12 Russian Defence Ministry statement on threats of shelling of schools by AFU

The Kiev regime continues its deliberate shelling of socially important facilities in Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics and other areas liberated from nationalists during the special military operation. Schools, hospitals, kindergartens and residential buildings have been hit.

Long-range strike means supplied by the US and European countries have significantly increased the Kiev regime's ability to launch criminal strikes against residential infrastructure and educational institutions with Western-made artillery and missile weapons.

Such actions are a war crime and require the entire international community to take urgent measures to prevent the Kiev regime from shelling schools and killing children.

On the eve of the new school year, we inform that 1,422 schools in Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics, as well as in Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions, will open their doors to 326,438 pupils on September 1, 2022.

The Russian side implements a set of all necessary measures to protect educational institutions' data from any threats.

At the same time, for the unconditional safety of students and teachers, the Russian Ministry of Defence have sent to the UN, international humanitarian organisations and the Ukrainian leadership the addresses and exact location data of all schools starting on September 1, 2022 in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, as well as in Zaporozhye, Kherson and Lharkov regions.

We demand that the United Nations and the entire international community take effective measures to prevent the shelling of schools by the Kiev regime and guarantee that these facilities and their surroundings are excluded from fire by the Ukrainian armed forces and other paramilitary groups.

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2022-09-01 07:54:26 #Zakharova: Giving more weapons to Ukrainian nationalists who are fighting their own people only prolongs the conflict and increases casualties.

Those who facilitate these efforts share the responsibility with the Kiev regime for all the new crimes and human suffering. Open / Comment

2022-09-01 04:28:52 (English below)

В этот день 18 лет назад – 1 сентября 2004 года – было совершено одно из наиболее бесчеловечных преступлений в истории не только нашей страны, но и всего мира: террористы захватили в заложники детей, родителей и преподавателей в школе № 1 города Беслана (Северная Осетия).

В течение двух с половиной дней экстремисты удерживали в заминированном здании более 1100 человек. В результате погибли 334 заложника, в т.ч. 186 детей. В ходе контртеррористической операции подразделения Центра специального назначения ФСБ РФ «Альфа» и «Вымпел» удалось спасти 811 жизней. При штурме погибли десять спецназовцев ФСБ и двое сотрудников МЧС.

Сегодня в России и за рубежом скорбят о невинных жертвах теракта.

#ВечнаяПамять

Терроризм - общая для всех стран и народов угроза. Искоренить фундаментальное зло терроризма можно только коллективными и консолидированными усилиями на основе норм и принципов международного права.

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Today, on Knowledge Day, not only schools open doors and the First Bell rings, but the entire nation remembers the tragedy of Beslan, mourns the 334 victims (including 186 kids) of the terrorist attack in there that happened 18 years ago - on 1 September 2004.

The pain of this tragedy is still as acute as ever, is shared by all Russians & many abroad.

The tragedy serves as a reminder that international terrorism is a common threat to all nations and peoples!

We are convinced that it is possible to eradicate the fundamental evil of terrorism only though collective and concerted efforts on the basis of the norms and principles of international law. Open / Comment