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⚡️ Russian MFA Statement on the resolution “Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine” of the 70th session of the IAEA General Conference (September 18, 2026)

On September 17, the 70th session of the IAEA General Conference considered and voted on the draft resolution “Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine”, prepared by Canada and Ukraine.

The ritual submission of this politicised document, which calls into question our country’s territorial integrity, at the annual sessions of the IAEA General Conference has become an obligatory element of the efforts by Kiev and its Western handlers to undermine the Agency’s stable and effective functioning.

❌ As before, the majority of delegations did not support the initiative.

Alongside Russia, a number of states voted against the draft, while others abstained. Several dozen more IAEA member states refused to take part in this Western-orchestrated farce, signalling their rejection of the anti-Russian text by sitting out the vote.

❗️ We condemn this latest clumsy attempt by a small group of Western countries to use the Agency to advance their political objectives in violation of its strictly technical mandate.

This anti-Russian initiative by Western states is especially cynical given Ukraine’s relentless attacks on Russia’s Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), its staff and their families, and the plant’s host city of Energodar.

Instead of finally reining in the increasingly brazen Zelensky regime, these countries continue to shield it from accountability for its reckless actions and encourage further adventurism. Clearly, the resolution’s sponsors have no real interest in nuclear safety, nuclear security or IAEA safeguards. Their sole aim is to settle political scores with our country.

The resolution is not only openly provocative but also goes far beyond the Agency’s Statute.

☝️ Like previous documents of this kind, we regard it as legally and politically null and void. It will have no consequences under international law. None of its provisions will be implemented.

Russia will continue to ensure the safety and security of the ZNPP in accordance with its national legislation and international obligations.

🎙️ Ответы Генерального консула Российской Федерации в Торонто
В.В.Епифанова на вопросы «РИА Новости»

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🔹На территории консульского округа Генконсульства России в Торонто образован избирательный участок
№ 8151 для проведения выборов, сформирована участковая избирательная комиссия. Двери избирательного участка в Генеральном консульстве будут открыты с 8:00 до 20:00 по местному времени.

🔹Граждане проявляют значительный интерес к проведению выборов. Будем делать максимум для того, чтобы проголосовать смогли все.

🔹Исходим из того, что любые возможные попытки недоброжелателей помешать ходу голосования будут незамедлительно пресечены канадскими правоохранительными органами.

🔹Ожидаем, что большинство наших граждан изъявит желание выразить свою волю на выборах в Государственную Думу и явка будет максимальной.

#Выборы2026

🎙Комментарий Посла России в Канаде О.В.Степанова информагентству РИА Новости в связи с предстоящим голосованием на выборах депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации девятого созыва на территории Канады (17 февраля 2026 г.)

❓Как проходит подготовка к выборам на территории Канады?

Подготовка ведется в соответствии с календарем ЦИК. 20 сентября с 8.00 до 20.00 по местному времени будут открыты три избирательных участка: в посольстве в Оттаве, генеральных консульствах в Монреале и Торонто. Наша главная задача – обеспечить каждому российскому гражданину возможность спокойно и беспрепятственно выразить свою волю.

❓Ожидаете ли Вы провокаций и помогают ли местные власти обеспечивать безопасность?

Обстановка вокруг российских загранучреждений остается непростой. Весь наш персонал в повышенной готовности. Задача - сделать максимум, чтобы для избирателей день голосования прошел спокойно. Находимся в постоянном контакте с местными правоохранительными органами и МИД. И рассчитываем, что они, как принимающая сторона, обеспечат надлежащие условия для безопасного волеизъявления.

❓Насколько активно соотечественники интересуются выборами и порядком голосования?

Судя по поступающим обращениям, интерес устойчивый и закономерно растет по мере приближения дня выборов. Граждане уточняют требования к документам, адреса участков и порядок голосования. Всю необходимую информацию заблаговременно разместили на информационных ресурсах наших загранучреждений. Задействовали ряд радиовещательных компаний и газет.

❓Какое количество избирателей ожидается на каждом избирательном участке на территории Канады и повлиял ли прогнозируемый уровень явки на меры безопасности и организацию голосования?

При подготовке ориентируемся на опыт президентских выборов 2024 г., когда в Канаде проголосовали ок. 2,5 тыс. человек. Наибольшая нагрузка традиционно приходится на Торонто. Значительную явку ожидаем также в Монреале и Оттаве. Организационно участки готовы принять всех желающих.

#Выборы2026
#Госдума2026
#ЕДГ2026

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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks on the 2026 elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Moscow, September 18, 2026)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Dear friends,

Voting is now underway to elect the ninth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

🗳 On September 18-20, we are all called upon to make a choice of great importance to our country.

In his address to Russian citizens, President of Russia Vladimir Putin stressed the significance of these elections for Russia’s future, its continued development, and the protection of its security and sovereignty.

The President urged all of us to exercise our constitutional right and make a responsible choice, so that the election results demonstrate the maturity and resilience of Russian society.

👉 This will be our collective response to those who seek to weaken Russia and deny us the right to determine our own destiny.

#Elections2026

#KievRegimeCrimes #BuchaHoax

⚡️ On September 17, the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis presented its report “Heirs of Goebbels: Falsification of the Events in Bucha and Bloody Staged Performances of the Kiev Regime”.

💬 Excerpts from the opening remarks by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

• Let me stress once again: the Kiev regime’s Western sponsors stood behind this fabrication. They were dissatisfied with the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul, which were progressing rapidly towards concrete agreements and an early end to the conflict. These Western countries – and, of course, Britain was at the heart of this little gang – were not merely unhappy with the talks. They needed to derail them, and that is exactly what they did.

• As the political talks were being derailed, dozens of bodies seemingly appeared in Bucha, a suburb of Kiev. What do I mean by “seemingly appeared”? They appeared when the media showed them. The first reports did not come from residents or neighbours unable to find their friends or loved ones at home or worried that they had not heard from them. Nothing of the sort happened. The story first emerged in the media – and from the outset, it was clearly framed to blame Russia.

• Over the years, in various forums, in person and in writing, the Russian Federation repeatedly appealed to the UN Secretary-General. He and his colleagues had visited Bucha on several occasions, at what they described as the crime scene. We demanded lists of the people to whom they had supposedly paid their respects. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres never provided them. Yet he repeatedly claimed – including while looking Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the eye – that an investigation had been conducted and that they held some confidential information. This further convinced us that this was more than a provocation by the Kiev regime – it was a global information campaign.

• The Ukrainian authorities built an entire memorial to what they call the “Bucha massacre”, yet never circulated a list of the victims of this proclaimed “tragedy” on which they had staked so much. The Ukrainian delegation routinely circulated all kinds of material as official documents: photographs, videos, lists and more. Yet in this case, no list was circulated.

❗️ This is unquestionably a fabrication.

📄 Full report (PDF)

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🗳 В воскресенье в Канаде состоится голосование на выборах депутатов Государственной Думы

Напоминаем, что для россиян, проживающих или временно находящихся на территории Канады, будет открыто три избирательных участка:

📍 № 8148, Посольство России в Канаде (Оттава) – 285 Charlotte Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N8L5;

📍 № 8150, Генеральное консульство России в Монреале – 3685, Avenue du Musée, Montréal, Québec, H3G 2E1;

📍 № 8151, Генеральное консульство России в Торонто – 60 Saint Clair Avenue East, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, M4T 1N5.

Голосование пройдёт 20 сентября с 08:00 до 20:00 по местному времени.

☝️Принять участие в голосовании смогут совершеннолетние граждане Российской Федерации. Для этого необходимо лично явиться на избирательный участок и предъявить действительный заграничный паспорт РФ.

Предварительная регистрация не требуется.

❓По всем возникающим вопросам:

📍 Оттава (№ 8148)

Электронная почта: info@rusembassy.ca
Телефоны: +1 (613) 236-14-13 и + 1 (613) 235-43-41

📍 Монреаль (№ 8150)

Электронная почта: consulat_mtl@bellnet.ca
Телефоны: +1 (514) 623-59-05

📍Торонто (№ 8151)

Электронная почта: gctoronto@mid.ru
Телефоны: +1 (647) 879-84-14

Дополнительная информация о предстоящих выборах размещена на официальном сайте ЦИК России: www.cikrf.ru.

#Выборы2026
#Госдума2026
#ЕДГ2026

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⚡️ The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis has published a report “Heirs of Goebbels: Falsification of the Events in Bucha and Bloody Staged Performances of the Kiev Regime”, presenting its findings on the Bucha hoax, and how the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors through mainstream media support falsified the events of what occurred in Bucha in 2022.

The Tribunal brings together civil society representatives from 35 countries. Drawing on Ukrainian media reports, memorial records and eyewitness testimony, the publication debunks the claim that the individuals commemorated at the Bucha memorial were civilians killed by Russia's Armed Forces.

Key findings:

▪️ Military personnel presented as civilian victims

The report identifies Ukrainian servicemen and combatants listed among the memorial’s “civilian victims”.

Examples include Evgeny Petrash, a serviceman of Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov battalion; Andrey Vaskevich, an Azov company commander; Ruslan Belous and Roman Dovgalyuk, military pilots whose aircraft was downed near Berezovka. Other entries include a sniper of Ukraine's 80th separate air assault brigade Oleg Tsimbal, members of territorial defence units, airborne formations and military intelligence.

▪️ Discrepancies in the location and cause of death

A number of people commemorated at the Bucha memorial died elsewhere. Ukrainian sources place the deaths of a number of servicemen near Vorzel, Moshchun, Kopylov and other settlements.

The report also cites 68-year-old Galina Semenyuk, who died of cancer but somehow appears on the memorial. Such cases highlight the need to establish each person’s circumstances of death before presenting the entire list as “civilian victims killed by the Russian military”.

▪️ Witness accounts of shelling and manipulated coverage

The publication includes 16 witness accounts from Avdeevka, Ugledar, Dzerzhinsk and other towns and cities. Witnesses recount Ukrainian attacks on residential areas followed by the arrival of journalists, coverage blaming Russia, and pressure on residents to repeat that account.

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The Tribunal’s conclusion is unequivocal: the material it has collected points to blatant falsification of events in Bucha by the Kiev regime with Western support, alongside a broader practice of killing civilians to produce footage blaming Russia.

☝️ The cases presented in this publication form only part of the evidence assembled by the Tribunal.

📄 Full report (PDF)

#BuchaHoax

🎙 Remarks and answers to questions by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the session “A New Global Architecture: An Open Dialogue with Sergey Lavrov” during the Federal Educational Marathon “Znanie. Pervye” (Yekaterinburg, September 16, 2026)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: The philosophy of equality, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s world, is particularly characteristic of #BRICS, the latest Summit of which has just taken place in New Delhi.

The countries within this group represent a wide range of civilisations, yet demonstrate #unity in their pursuit of greater opportunities for shared development – to ensure their peoples’ prosperity and security, without harming anyone else or advancing at anyone else’s expense.

☝️ Russia is fully committed to this approach, which also characterises other groupings of a new type, including the #SCO, #CIS, #EAEU and #CSTO.

👉 Unfortunately, the objective process of strengthening multipolarity faces aggressive resistance from our Western colleagues and their elites.

They continue to view these developments as a threat to the dominance they enjoyed for five hundred years – through slavery and colonialism. They are trying to preserve their slipping supremacy by resorting to the most unscrupulous methods, including unlawful ones: unilateral sanctions, direct pressure, interference in domestic affairs and instigation of conflicts.

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Key points:

• The adaptation of international relations to multipolar realities is an objective process. The #GlobalMajority wants it to succeed, although it will take time and may span an entire historical era.

• We envisage a #MultipolarWorld as one in which small and medium-sized countries are free from blackmail, threats and sanctions, where all such countries are respected and can choose their own partners.

• For us, the Ukrainian conflict resolution requires achieving the objectives set at the beginning of the special military operation, which are aimed at eliminating the root causes of the crisis. These include plans to bring NATO and its military infrastructure right up to Russia’s borders, as well as Ukraine's official state policy, enshrined in law, of eradicating everything Russian.

• I would welcome nationally minded political forces coming to power in European countries. What the Brussels bureaucracy is doing – appropriating powers and rights that essentially belong to national governments – violates, first and foremost, the EU’s own rules.

• We did not sever our relations with Europe – Europe did. We now have all the markets and partners we need. Despite the hybrid war against Russia, things are progressing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.

• As in previous years, we are seeing particularly pronounced attempts by the West to interfere directly in our citizens’ exercise of their voting rights and in the election campaign. This is especially evident abroad, but such attempts are also taking place within Russia.

• If and when European countries wish to resume a serious dialogue, we will first listen to what they have in mind and what they can offer, and then decide whether it is acceptable to us.

• If Europe, which speaks daily about preparing for war against Russia, attacks the Russian Federation, it will be an entirely different war. And it will be a very short one.

❗️ I hope this warning has been heard in European capitals and by the institutions now attempting to speak for a united Europe.

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❗️ Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov awards the commander of corvette Soobrazitelny for competent and decisive actions in preventing provocation of Danish Air Force helicopter in Baltic Sea.

For skilful and decisive actions in preventing the provocation by a helicopter of the Air Force of Denmark, the commander of the corvette Soobrazitelny was awarded the medal 'For Combat Distinctions' by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov.

On 14 September, at 14:22, the corvette Soobrazitelny of the Baltic Fleet performed tasks in neutral waters in the south-western part of the Baltic Sea, detected an aerial target identified as the Danish Air Force Fennec-type helicopter, which was approaching the Russian warship and did not respond to calls via the international channel.

In order to prevent the provocation of the Danish helicopter, the commander of the corvette decided to launch two red light flares, after which the helicopter left the area of the Russian warship.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the roundtable discussion “The Ukraine Crisis: The West’s Legal Aggression” (Moscow, September 15, 2026)

Key points:

• The history of the Ukrainian crisis is a textbook example of how the West and its puppets consistently disregard their international obligations, to put it mildly.

• Even the most fundamental human right – the right to life – is not respected in Ukraine. You regularly see footage of “human catchers” rounding up young men, and also not-so-young men, on the streets of Ukrainian cities. I have no doubt that they will soon start going after women as well.

• The West is fond of interpreting the UN Charter, but only selectively and in its own interests, cherry-picking the specific principles and articles that suit its political plans at any given moment.

• “Legal aggression” against Russia has a long history. The European Court of Human Rights was regularly used for this purpose even before the events in Ukraine. Since 2014, however, this aggression has become systematic. It began with attempts to delegitimise the historic choice made by the people of Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya.

• In January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered its final judgment – it recognised that Russia had not financed terrorism; that the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics were not terrorist organisations; that there was no discrimination against Crimean Tatars or Ukrainians in Crimea; and that the ban on the extremist organisation Mejlis was lawful.

• Ukraine’s second case against Russia also failed. It was filed in February 2022, when Kiev accused us of abusing the Genocide Convention by defending the people of Donbass against genocide. In February 2024, the Court ruled that Russia’s actions had not violated the Genocide Convention. Full stop. All accusations against Russia were dismissed.

• In 2016, Ukraine initiated arbitration proceedings under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in an attempt to challenge Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, restored in accordance with the freely expressed will of the peninsula’s residents. On June 15, 2026, the arbitral tribunal to which Ukraine had brought its case upheld Russia’s position in its final award.

• Ukraine lost every one of the said cases. They were brought in bad faith from the outset. Both the Kiev regime and its Western handlers knew that their claims were unfounded and, in some instances, had no connection whatsoever to the subject matter of the respective conventions.

• Russia is, of course, not the only country facing the West’s “legal aggression” – any country in the world could become a target. Any state’s gold and foreign exchange reserves held in Western depositories could be frozen.

☝️ Protecting the international justice system and international law as a whole from bad-faith politicisation serves the interests of all sensible states that have their national interests in mind.

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