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🇷🇺🇨🇳President of Russia Vladimir Putin held talks via videoconference with President of China Xi Jinping(February 4, 2026) 💬Vladimir Putin: I would like to personally congratulate you and the Chinese people, our friends on the New Year 2026 and the upcoming Spring Festival, which will usher in the Year of the Red Fire Horse. This symbol embodies strength, energy and a drive to move forward – qualities that characterize the ties between our countries. Regardless of the international environment, I am confident in their resilience and steady, forward-looking development across all areas. The #RussiaChina comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction areexemplary in nature. This year, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation, which is fundamental to our relations. Its continued implementation undoubtedly serves the core interests of the peoples of both countries, contributes to strengthening truly comprehensive Russia-China cooperation and, most importantly, enhances the well-being of our citizens. 🤝 Taking this opportunity, I would like to reaffirm our strong support for all joint efforts aimed at ensuring the sovereignty and security of our two countries, their socio-economic prosperity and their right to choose their own path of development. Allow me to say a few words about the results of 2025. I believe we successfully commemorated the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War in May in Moscow and in September in Beijing. The fact that we were together on those days demonstrated to the entire world our solidarity and the readiness of Russia and China to defend historical truth and to carefully preserve the memory of the heroic feat of our peoples, who restored peace on the planet at the cost of tens of millions of lives. China’s chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization also concluded with substantial practical results, culminating in the summit in Tianjin. During our talks in Moscow and Beijing, we engaged in substantive discussions on key areas and outlined ambitious tasks for further deepening bilateral cooperation. At the governmental level, energetic, essentially day-to-day work is under way to implement these agreements. 📊Economic cooperation continued to develop steadily in 2025. Despite a slight decline – or rather, an adjustment of indicators – bilateral trade turnover has, for the third consecutive year, confidently exceeded the symbolic $200 billion mark. Russia ranks among the leading suppliers of energy resources to China. Our energy partnership is mutually beneficial and truly strategic in nature. We are maintaining an active dialogue in the field of peaceful nuclear energy and advancing high-technology projects, including in industry and space exploration. According to our data, trade in agricultural products has increased by more than 20%. As for the international situation, amid growing global turbulence, foreign policy coordination between Moscow and Beijing remains an important stabilizing factor. We stand ready to continue the closest coordination on global and regional issues, both bilaterally and across all multilateral platforms – including the #UN, #BRICS and the #SCO, among others – where the Russia-China tandem plays, in many respects, a key role. We wish success and, of course, will provide all necessary support to China’s chairmanship and to our Chinese friends within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Read in full

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🇷🇺🇨🇾 Comment by Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Dr. Murat Ziazikov to the TASS news agency on the Cyprus settlement 💬 Resolving the Cyprus issue has been one of the challenging tasks the United Nations has been facing for many years. The UN, the primary international forum for dispute resolution in today's multipolar world order, understands that only the leaders of the Cypriot communities themselves can achieve a settlement on the island through constructive dialogue, conducted under the auspices of the UN. The recent visit to the island by the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Cyprus, María Ángela Holguín, demonstrates the UN's serious approach to the island's problem and its commitment to finding a constructive basis for dialogue and agreeing on important measures to strengthen intercommunal trust. The Russian Federation's position on the Cyprus settlement remains unchanged. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has abiding interest in this issue. Moscow has always advocated for a comprehensive, viable, and just solution to the Cyprus problem that meets, first and foremost, the interests of the island's communities themselves, as well as the goal of ensuring peace, security, and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. Relations between the peoples of Russia and Cyprus have been shaped over centuries and remain fraternal, despite pressure from the European Union. The Russophobic rhetoric, unfortunately prevalent in some EU capitals, is aimed at fostering confrontation and falls far short of upholding the genuine interests of the peoples of Europe. It is becoming increasingly clearer that the policy of isolating Russia has proven futile and untenable. This is recognized by many residents of both Cyprus and other EU countries, where calls for Brussels to abandon this policy and embrace a constructive dialogue with Russia based on the principles of equality and mutual respect are becoming louder.

📆On February 3, 2026, the Embassy of Russia to Canada and representatives of the Russian community congratulated veterans on the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. 🇷🇺 On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the commemorative medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” were presented to the following veterans: 1️⃣ Nadezhda Evseeva - former concentration camp prisoner; 2️⃣ Tamara Mitnik - survivor of the Siege of Leningrad. 🕯 During the heartfelt and informal conversation, the veterans shared their wartime memories, spoke of their families' fates, and recalled the courage and resilience with which the Soviet people endured immense hardship. 🔴🔴No one is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten! #Victory81#WeRemember

#HistoryOfDiplomacy 🗓 On February 4, 1945, the Yalta Conference of the Leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition — Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt — officially commenced. The #YaltaConference stands as one of the most significant summits of the 'Big Three' Leaders during #WW2. The landmark talks in Yalta came to symbolise the successful cooperation of Moscow, Washington, and London in their common fightagainst the terrible evil the mankind had ever faced —the Nazi ideology. The historic agreements reached at the Forum defined the foundations of the post-war Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations, whose legal basis would be the #UNCharter. 💬 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: The participants in the Yalta Conference managed to overcome their differences, and, acting in the spirit of true solidarity, mutual respect and trust, abandoned their fleeting interests for the sake of defeating the common enemy and achieving a common victory, peace and freedom for all countries and peoples. *** 🌟 By early 1945, the Red Army had fully liberated the Soviet Union from the Nazi invaders and was mounting a decisive offensive: by January, the Nazi troops had been expelled from Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, and most of Poland. The Soviet forces had secured strategically important bridgehead on the western bank of the Oder river and were preparing for the final battle of #WWII — the fight for the Reich’s capital — Berlin. As the Red Army advanced rapidly from the Vistula-Oder direction, UK-American units were pushing towards the Rhine river. Despite fierce resistance from elite units of the Nazi war machine, Germany’s defeat was inevitable. With the common Victory approaching, the discussing issues the post-war world order became a top priority for the Allied Powers. Thus, it was decided to convene a major conference, with the Soviet city of Yalta chosen as the venue (February 4-11, 1945). A central focus of the #CrimeanConference was the post-war future of the defeated Germany. The Allies reaffirmed their commitment to the eradication of German militarism and Nazism and to ensuring that “Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world.” It was also agreed that Germany would be obliged to pay reparations for the damage inflicted by its aggression. During the Yalta negotiations, the 'Big Three' Leaders reached a compromise on the issue ofPoland’s borders.The Soviet delegation firmly advocated for Poland’s fundamental interests, upholding its right to independence and sovereignty. Churchill later described the Soviet Union’s historic role in liberating Poland from Nazism in his memoirs: But for the prodigious exertions and sacrifices of Russia, Poland was doomed to utter destruction at the hands of the Germans. Not only Poland as a State and as a nation, but the Poles as a race were doomed by Hitler to be destroyed or reduced to a servile station The considerable growth in the USSR’s international prestige significantly influenced the course and outcomes of the Yalta negotiations. This was due, in large part, to the Red Army’s remarkable successes on the battlefield. The image of the Soviet soldier as a Liberator was cemented, and the world recognised Soviet people's immense Sacrifice and Achievement in WWII The Conference produced several crucial documents, including the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which helped shape the international system for decades. The framework for the future #UnitedNations also took clearer form. Following Yalta, the Soviet Union secured agreement on the “principle of unanimity” among the five permanent UN Security Council members, embodied in the right of veto — #UNCharterIsOurRules. The Yalta agreements strengthened the unity of the anti-Hitler coalition in the final stages of World War II and contributed to the ultimate common victory over Germany. In the post-war years, ensuring the implementation of the Yalta decisions became a key objective of Soviet diplomacy. #Victory81#WeWereAllies

🇱🇰On February 4, Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day - a defining moment in the country’s history. On this day back in 1948, Ceylon (officially renamed Sri Lanka in 1972) gained independence from the British rule, ending nearly 450 years of European colonial domination by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. Independence was achieved through constitutional means, making Sri Lanka one of the first countries in South Asia to peacefully secure sovereignty through negotiation. 📝 Colonial policies, including the British “divide and rule” approach and the plantation-based economic model, significantly reshaped the island’s social structure and economy, with long-term consequences for interethnic relations and development. The independence movement was driven by political leaders, youth organizations, trade unions, and the Buddhist revival movement, which played a key role in preserving national identity, language, and cultural traditions. Sri Lanka, being one of the founding members of Non-Aligned Movement, has been steadily following a non-aligned foreign policy and remains an active participant in international and regional organizations. 🤝Diplomatic relations between our country and Sri Lanka were established on February 19, 1957. Over the decades, bilateral cooperation has expanded in areas such as education, culture, humanitarian exchanges, and people-to-people contacts, developing in a spirit of friendship, trust, and mutual respect. 💬Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of Russia to Sri Lanka: I warmly congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on their national holiday and wish the country peace, stability, prosperity, and continued development. #SriLanka#IndependenceDay

MGIMO Day in Hanoi: How It Was🌐🇻🇳 "Vietnamese MGIMO graduates, myself included, take great pride in being part of the MGIMO family!", – Nguyen Phuong Nga, MGIMO alumna, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, and former Chairwoman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations. On January 26, Hanoi, Vietnam, successfully hosted "MGIMO Day" – the first large-scale event in a series of meetings between the university's representatives and prospective students from ASEAN countries. 👉 The event brought together over one hundred and fifty school and university students, as well as representatives from the Embassy of Russia in Vietnam, the Russian House in Hanoi, MGIMO alumni, and journalists. Warm greetings were addressed to the audience by H.E. Gennady Bezdetko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Vladimir Murashkin, Head of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Hanoi. A valuable addition was the address to future applicants by Nguyen Phuong Nga, MGIMO alumna, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, and former Chairwoman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations. ➖Another alumnus of our alma mater, Nguyen Manh Tien, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for National Defense, Security, and International Relations of the National Assembly of Vietnam and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Russia, was also a guest of honor at the event. The International Marketing Group presented the distinguished guests with commemorative gifts and letters of gratitude from MGIMO Rector A.Torkunov. Then, the guests were fully immersed in the university atmosphere: MGIMO International Marketing Group gave a presentation about the university and answered all questions about admissions and the academic process in detail. 📚 The immersion into academic life continued with engaging lectures by leading MGIMO professors: Sergey Vasilyev, Deputy Director of the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, spoke to prospective students about the intricacies of energy diplomacy, and Anastasia Makarenko, Deputy Academic Supervisor of the MGIMO Economic Club Oeconomicus, delivered an interactive lecture "The Economic Puzzle: Why is Cooperation Beneficial for Russia and Vietnam?" ⚡️A special highlight was the "Russia-Vietnam Strategic Partnership" quiz for future leaders, where the most active participants received commemorative prizes from the university. 🇷🇺 This eventful day concluded with a performance by the Vietnamese ensemble "Berezka," whose sincerity once again reminded everyone of the deep cultural ties between the two countries. This is how we remember MGIMO Day in Hanoi – vibrant, informative, and truly inspiring. Thank you to everyone who was with us! We extend special gratitude to the Embassy of Russia in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Russian House in Hanoi, and the MGIMO Vietnamese Association for their invaluable assistance in organizing this meeting. Learn more about the event on the MGIMO website. 🌐MGIMO International (ENG) / МГИМО для иностранцев (RUS)

🎙Interview by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to TASS, Reuters and the WarGonzo project(February 2, 2026) Key outtakes: #Venezuela • What happened to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is an obvious violation of all norms of international law. There can be no other description than a catastrophe for international law and international relations. • The US has its own arguments which, in my view, are legally untenable. The actions taken against the president of a sovereign state – regardless of how Americans may view him – go far beyond purely American agendas. It undermines the entire system of international relations. • I am confident that within the US itself there will be many who will analyze what happened and explain how it contradicts, among other things, American approaches. #Britain • When I visited Britain on official trips in the past, our communication was absolutely normal. Yes, there were contradictions, and it was not always easy to come to agreements, but the key point was that we communicated. • What the current British leadership is doing amounts to rabid, primitive Russophobia aimed at propping up its own electoral ratings. These are purely practical reasons – regardless of the names of prime ministers, the course does not change. And that is regrettable. • I am not even mentioning that Britain’s position sustains and nourishes the neo-Nazi Bandera regime. The desire to dismantle the Soviet Union or Russia has always existed in Britain. What is particularly sad is that the trend emerged just a few years after we were Allies, fighting shoulder to shoulder against Nazism. • Our list of grievances against the British leadership and elites is very long. Only a fundamental change in Britain's positions can ultimately lead to an improvement in relations. #Ukraine • For the stability of international relations, it is critically important that the current political regime in Ukraine – not the state, but the political regime – simply disappears. This regime is anti-Russian and hostile to Russia, built on hatred of people who do not share its ideology. • Regardless of the size of the Ukrainian state that may remain after the end of hostilities – the key point is that no threat must ever again emanate from there. No threat of revanche. Especially if such a threat is encouraged by Western countries. #NewSTART • For nearly 60 years, our strategic nuclear potentials have always been subject to certain limitations. Now that situation may change. • I am not saying this immediately means catastrophe or that nuclear war will begin, but it should nonetheless be alarming to everyone. Counting the number of warheads and deployed delivery systems is merely a way to control the situation, not to resolve the problem as a whole. Still, it is a means of verifying each other’s intentions. • Despite all its drawbacks, the Treaty is an element of trust. When it exists, there is trust. When it does not, trust is exhausted. The fact that we are now entering such a situation is, in fact, evidence of a crisis in international relations. #EnemiesOfRussia • Who is an enemy of Russia is, in essence, a philosophical question. It is fairly obvious today: those are countries that wish Russia ill – its defeat and disintegration – and state this absolutely unequivocally. • Unfortunately, these are Western countries. Particularly regrettable is that this now includes a significant number of European states. It pains me that European countries, which in terms of civilizational code are close to us, have adopted such a rabid Russophobic stance. • “Unfriendly states” is a diplomatic term usually applied when there are no hostilities. When hostilities are underway, these are enemies. Those who help wage war against us act as enemies – by supplying weapons, providing intelligence, or inputting targets, for example, into the memory blocks of missiles and other weapons. • This will forever remain in the history of our relations. Read in full (in Russian)

🎙 Russia's Ambassador to Thailand Evgeny Tomikhin’s interview with RT(February 2, 2026) Read in full Key talking points: #BRICS 💬 Thailand has become a participant in BRICS events almost 10 years ago, since 2017, as an informal participant. <...> After the expansion of BRICS in 2024, when Russia was the Chair, and in 2025, when Indonesia joined BRICS as a full member, there is a new category — partner states, including Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. We see that there is a strong interest from ASEAN members to have much closer exchange, contacts, and cooperation with BRICS. Hopefully, we will see more active participation and engagement of Thailand in BRICS events. <...> I am sure that the Thai friends have decided that it might be interesting for them for the future development of the Kingdom. #RussiaASEAN 💬 Southeast Asia countries, as the #ASEAN group <...> all of them are very good friends, historically, of our country, and this year we will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the establishment of formal relations between the Russian Federation and ASEAN. Through this long period of time, we had accumulated a lot of experience, useful things. <...> We hope that our relations between Russia and ASEAN countries will develop smoothly, as before. We recognize the ASEAN centrality principle, which is one of the core elements of regional security and stability. #Thailand#Cambodia 💬 Russian representatives, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made many comments about the situation. I would like to reconfirm that Thailand, as well as Cambodia, are our good, long-time friends. Historically, we have very positive relations, so we are interested that two neighboring countries will settle down their problems peacefully through bilateral channels. <...> We really hope that the two countries will find an appropriate solution on how to resolve all the historical so-called "heritage" from the colonial times, because one of the problems is the borderline. In many places in the world during the colonial time, colonial superpowers just drew borders on the map, sometimes without any base or just the landscape situation taken into account. We hope that Thailand and Cambodia will coexist peacefully, and we will have friendly relations with both countries as before. 👉Read in full about #RussiaThailand relations

🇷🇺🇸🇦📞President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud had a telephone conversation (February 3, 2026) Ahead of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on February19, it was noted with satisfaction that bilateral relations have reached a high level and have acquired a genuinely comprehensive and mutually beneficial character. It was agreed to continue joint efforts to deepen cooperation in the political, trade and economic, and humanitarian spheres. The Leaders also discussed cooperation within the #OPEC+ format aimed at ensuring stability on the global energy market, as well as pressing international and regional issues. Personal contacts will continue. #RussiaSaudiArabia

⚡️Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation: The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports that, according to intelligence received by the SVR, France under President Macron is frantically seeking opportunities for a “political revanche” in Africa. Indeed, in recent years Paris has suffered what can only be described as significant “losses” on the continent – namely, the rise to power in a number of former French colonies of patriotic forces that prioritize the interests of their peoples and refuse to act as puppets of France’s financial and political globalist oligarchy. Whether inspired by the US operation aimed at capturing the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro or imagining himself an arbiter of African destinies, Macron has authorized his special services to launch a plan to eliminate “undesirable leaders” in Africa. 🇧🇫France’s involvement in an attempted coup in Burkina Faso on January 3 has already been established. Fortunately, the plot was thwarted. The mutineers had been tasked with assassinating President Ibrahim Traore, one of the leading figures in the struggle against neocolonialism. According to Paris’s calculations, this would not only have brought pro-French forces to power in Ouagadougou, but also struck a blow against all supporters of sovereignty and the ideology of Pan-Africanism across the continent. Despite the failure of this criminal scheme, the refined racists in Paris are not giving up. Their focus is on destabilizing “undesirable countries” in the Sahara–Sahel zone by using local terrorist groups and, of course, the Ukrainian regime, which supplies militants with drones and instructors. 🇲🇱The main strike in this campaign is aimed at Mali. Attacks on fuel tankers, attempts to blockade Malian cities, and terror against civilians all serve one purpose – to create conditions for the overthrow of President Assimi Goïta. Paris continues to look for ways to sow chaos in the Central African Republic as well. 🇲🇬Another target of France’s destructive attention is Madagascar, where in October 2025 forces came to power that set a course towards developing relations with #BRICS. Paris is working out ways to overthrow the country’s new President Michael Randrianirina and to “restore a loyal regime”. In essence, France has shifted to directly supporting terrorist groups of various kinds, making them its principal allies in Africa. 🪱This makes the political bankruptcy of Macron’s strategy all the more apparent, as it has failed to rid France of its image in Africa as a parasitic metropole that exploits former colonies and stifles their development. #StopColonialism

▪️ On the night of January 29, a group of militants (around 40 individuals) carried out an armed attackon Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital of Niger – Niamey, as well as on the nearby 101st Nigerien Air Force base, which hosts the operational command of the Joint Force of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES). Responsibility for the terrorist attack was claimed by the Islamic State group operating in the Sahara-Sahel region. The attack was repelled through joint efforts by the African Corps of the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Niger. Around 20 terrorists were neutralized, and weapons and equipment belonging to the attackers were seized. President of the Republic of Niger Abdourahamane Tchiani and Minister of State for National Defense Salifou Modi visited the location of the Russian military personnel and personally expressed their gratitude for the high level of professionalism demonstrated. ❗️Moscow strongly condemns the extremist attack. A similar assault took place in September 2024 against the international airport in the capital of Mali. According to available information, external forces are involved in these terrorist actions, providing instructional and technical support. Russia intends to further develop its comprehensive cooperation with the AES states, including Niger, and will continue to make a constructive contribution to strengthening regional security and combating terrorism – including by assisting in enhancing the combat capability of national armed forces and through the training of military personnel and law-enforcement officers.