🎙 Interview with Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia for the programme “America with Valentin Bogdanov” on Rossiya 24 (New York, September 20, 2026)

Key points:

#Ukraine

Negotiating efforts are underway. Our American partners genuinely want to help, unlike the Europeans.

I think it would be fair to say that I sense fatigue over this issue at the UN, including among Kiev’s sponsors. They feel obliged to keep it on the agenda as a matter of ritual, holding at least one meeting a month so that no one forgets.

The UNGA High-Level Week is approaching. Naturally, the centrepiece of the French presidency will be a meeting on Ukraine with Zelensky taking part. But I think everyone has grown rather tired of this subject.

#Iran

The impression is that the US administration does not know how to get out of this conflict without losing face. Goals were announced, but they have not been achieved.

Iran has not proved to be another easy victory for them, as elsewhere, and has demonstrated its capacity to resist. It is a vast nation, an entire civilisation.

#MultipolarWorld

The unipolar world – a world of colonial and postcolonial domination – is disappearing. New centres of power are emerging, as we know.

We hope that out of this chaos a new world will emerge, with new relations between states, different from those we see today.

#UNSG

We would welcome the election of a Secretary-General who understands what it means to serve as the Organisation’s chief administrative officer – someone who, in accordance with Article 100 of the UN Charter, demonstrates the highest levels of competence and impartiality, along with the other qualities expected of an international civil servant.

☝️ This must not be someone who is in anyone’s pocket, including Russia’s. The Secretary-General must be objective and serve all Member States.

📺 Full interview (in Russian)