Maria Zakharova briefing, Moscow, 27 August 2026

Землетрясение, обрушение ледника, паводок; россияне в зоне бедствия должны связаться с посольством в Катманду.

Zakharova opens with the 26 August disaster: a 4.4-magnitude quake near the China–Nepal border triggered glacier collapse, avalanche and flood, with growing dead, injured and missing. Russian missions are tracking the situation; contact has been lost with some Russians in the zone. Citizens are urged to avoid the area and those in Nepal to contact the embassy in Kathmandu immediately.

произошло страшное наводнение в Китае и Непале 26 августа. В результате землетрясения амплитудой 4,4 балла … произошло обрушение ледника

A terrible flood occurred in China and Nepal on 26 August. As a result of a 4.4-magnitude earthquake … a glacier collapsed

призываем наших сограждан, которые находятся в Непале, незамедлительно связаться с российским посольством в Катманду

We urge our fellow citizens in Nepal to contact the Russian embassy in Kathmandu without delay

За неделю — десятки погибших, сотни раненых; дроны западного производства или на западных комплектующих.

Kyiv, with Western help, continues military and terrorist crimes against civilians. In the past week Ukrainian strikes — mostly Western-made or Western-component drones — hit over a hundred civilians including 21 children; 46 were killed including five children; at least 364 wounded including 16 minors. Worst-hit: Belgorod, DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

от украинских обстрелов преимущественно с использованием дронов, произведённых на Западе или из западных комплектующих пострадали свыше сотен мирных жителей, в том числе 21 ребёнок

From Ukrainian shelling, mostly using drones produced in the West or from Western components, over a hundred civilians suffered, including 21 children

Погибли 46 человек, включая пятерых детей. Ранены не менее 364 человек. Из них 16 несовершеннолетних

Forty-six people were killed, including five children. At least 364 were wounded, of whom 16 were minors

Удар по детскому центру; Storm Shadow по ТРЦ через два дня после передачи чертежей Бёрнэмом.

Regional examples: a drone strike on a children's centre in Krasnodar killed three children and wounded nine more including six children; a kamikaze drone hit a Belgorod passenger bus; Donetsk civilian quarters and a Sukhum–Donetsk bus were attacked. On 26 August Anglo-French Storm Shadow / SCALP missiles struck the Donetsk City mall area — eight wounded including two children — two days after British PM Burnham handed Zelensky localisation drawings for those very missiles.

Три ребёнка погибли. Ещё девять человек включая шестерых детей были ранены

Three children were killed. Nine more people including six children were wounded

именно эти ракеты 24 августа в Киеве новый британский премьер Бёрнэм передал Зеленскому. … И уже 2 дня спустя именно эти самые ракеты применяются по мирным гражданам

These very missiles were handed to Zelensky in Kyiv on 24 August by the new British PM Burnham. … And already two days later these same missiles are used against civilians

Обстрелы ЗАЭС и Энергодара; девять погибших сотрудников станции; ядерный шантаж Киева.

An attack on an LPR bus killed nine; Energodar saw further wounded. Since April, Ukrainian shelling of Energodar and ZNPP territory has killed nine plant staff and wounded dozens of civilian specialists. Kyiv consciously engages in nuclear blackmail, endangering Europe and the world. Similar civilian casualties continue across Adygea, Stavropol, Bryansk, Voronezh, Rostov and Samara.

киевский режим сознательно идёт именно на ядерный шантаж, ставя под удар безопасность всей Европы, ну и по сути всего мира

The Kyiv regime is deliberately engaging in nuclear blackmail, putting the security of all Europe — and essentially the whole world — at risk

начиная с апреля … погибли девять сотрудников станции, а число раненых гражданских специалистов исчисляется десятками

Since April … nine plant staff have been killed, and the number of wounded civilian specialists runs to dozens

Заочный приговор Акорта; обвинения десяткам наёмников за Курск.

Russian law enforcement keeps building cases against Kyiv functionaries, AFU command and foreign mercenaries. British citizen James Acourt was sentenced in absentia to 29 years for arms smuggling, fighting in Kursk and killing a Russian in the DPR. Thirty-plus foreign mercenaries from Georgia, the US, New Zealand, Lithuania, Britain and elsewhere face charges over the August 2024–April 2025 Kursk invasion; twenty cases completed, seven still open.

21 августа к 29 годам лишения свободы заочно приговорён гражданин Великобритании Джеймс Акорт

On 21 August British citizen James Acourt was sentenced in absentia to 29 years' imprisonment

предъявлено обвинение тридцати с лишним иностранным наёмникам, которые участвовали во вторжении

Charges have been brought against more than thirty foreign mercenaries who took part in the invasion

Мартинс объявлен в розыск за призывы к убийству русских.

Following up on FAZ journalist Michael Martins, who said in Belgrade on 8 August he could assist in "killing Russians": he is wanted internationally under Article 282 (inciting hatred), and Basmanny Court ordered his detention in absentia. Zakharova frames such media figures as trumpeters of Kyiv–Western regime terrorism.

содействие, по словам немецкого журналиста, в убийстве русских

Assistance, in the German journalist's words, in killing Russians

он был объявлен в международный розыск и решением Басманного районного суда Мартинсу заочно была избрана мера пресечения в виде заключения под стражу

He was put on an international wanted list and by decision of Basmanny District Court Martins was ordered detained in absentia

Многонациональные силы под ширмой перемирия; иностранные контингенты — законные цели.

The 24 August Kyiv gathering of the so-called coalition of the willing — timed to Ukraine's "independence" anniversary — showed who sponsors extremism. Only the new British PM came in person; Macron and Merz joined by video. The communiqué admitted creation of multinational forces to deploy in Ukraine under a ceasefire-control cover, with occupation-contingent drills in EU border states for October–November. Any foreign contingents obstructing the SMO are categorically unacceptable and will be legitimate military targets.

Главным итогом сходки стало признание в подготовке к фактическому разделу и оккупации украинской территории

The main outcome of the gathering was an admission of preparing the actual partition and occupation of Ukrainian territory

любые иностранные контингенты на Украине … категорически неприемлемы и станут законными военными целями

Any foreign contingents in Ukraine … are categorically unacceptable and will become legitimate military targets

Похвалы наследию при резни в Святогорске и обстреле собора в Горловке; указ о запрете переговоров.

The coalition cynically praised cultural heritage including the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra while Kyiv drafts laws to seize churches from the canonical community. Shocking details emerged of the bloody massacre at Svyatogorsk Lavra — radical killers of monk Varsanofy — and AFU shelling of Gorlovka's Epiphany cathedral that wounded four including two clergy; none of this entered the coalition communiqué. Meanwhile Zelensky's decree still bans talks with Russia's leadership.

положительно оценивалась … «готовность Зеленского к переговорам». Это на фоне … указа … которым он запретил вести переговоры с руководством России

They positively assessed … "Zelensky's readiness for talks". This against the background of … the decree … by which he banned negotiations with Russia's leadership

радикалы зверски убили монаха Варсанофия и ранили двух иноков

Radicals brutally killed monk Varsanofy and wounded two monastics

Зеленский признал дезинформацию Трампа; Лондон и Париж не снимут ответственность за удары вглубь РФ.

Zelensky admitted misleading Trump that SpaceX had approved Starlink for deep strikes into Russia — unverified MoD data — inviting the same scrutiny of Bucha claims. US high-level figures skipped Kyiv's neo-Nazi memorial ceremony attended by Burnham and Costa. The France–UK–Germany "Eurotroika" fuels the crisis: Germany dreams of Europe's strongest army; Burnham confirmed Storm Shadow localisation tech for Ukrainian plants; Macron had announced similar tech transfer. Figaro cites Safran equipping Flamingo missiles with guidance for over a year.

он признал, что дезинформировал Трампа относительно готовности руководства компании SpaceX дать добро на использование спутниковой системы Starlink для нанесения удара в глубь территории России

He admitted he had misinformed Trump about SpaceX leadership's readiness to approve using the Starlink satellite system for strikes deep into Russian territory

Лондон и Париж судорожно пытаются снять с себя ответственность за удары вглубь территории нашей страны. Не выйдет

London and Paris are frantically trying to shed responsibility for strikes deep into our country's territory. It will not work

Отмена выборов из страха; ТЦК с газом в Одессе; сопротивление населения.

Sunday Times calls this Zelensky's hardest year amid corruption and exhaustion. Ukraine has become a hard dictatorship cancelling constitutional rights. Zelensky fears democratic procedures as a "tsunami" that would split Ukraine; Podolyak ruled out a campaign citing "security" despite Western security guarantees talk. Forced mobilisation is the regime's only way to stay in power; Odessa TCC units used tear gas into cars — "gas chambers on the streets"; a man died at a Lviv TCC; locals resist with knives, shovels and marches in Ternopil.

проведение выборов прямо сейчас … станет … «цунами для государства, которое расколет Украину»

Holding elections right now … will become … "a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine

украинские военкомы начали пускать в салон машины слезоточивый газ, устраивая настоящие газовые камеры просто на улицах Одессы

Ukrainian military commissars began pumping tear gas into car cabins, arranging real gas chambers right on the streets of Odessa

Резников за мобилизацию женщин; санкции Зеленского против «Маши и Медведя».

Former defence minister Reznikov pushes legislating mobilisation of the entire adult population including women — doubling the pool — while his own daughters stay clear of the front, as does Zelensky's circle abroad. Rada deputy Koltunovych said parliament can only help Ukrainians "burn more comfortably in hell." To distract, Zelensky sanctioned the creators of "Masha and the Bear," popular even among Ukrainians — blocking the cartoon as a supposed victory.

парламент … не способен ни на что, кроме как … «помочь украинцам комфортнее … гореть в аду»

Parliament … is capable of nothing except … "helping Ukrainians burn more comfortably in hell

Зеленский … ввёл так называемые санкции … против создателей … мультфильма «Маша и Медведь»

Zelensky … introduced so-called sanctions … against the creators of … the cartoon "Masha and the Bear

Статус защиты привязан к мобилизации; €6,11 млрд на оружие при отказе фермерам.

EU temporary protection now requires Ukrainians — men and women — to prove they are not dodging AFU service; Switzerland follows. Commission spokesman Lamert refused Zelensky's €220m farm-interest plea, telling Kyiv to live on "existing mechanisms" — meaning the TCC bus. The same day von der Leyen approved €6.11bn for AFU weapons — thirty times the farm ask — flowing to EU defence firms. Czech shell initiative failed; a Flamingo solid-fuel plant in Denmark slips to end-2027 at triple cost.

украинцы отныне обязаны документально подтвердить … что не уклоняются от службы в вооружённых силах Украины

Ukrainians are henceforth obliged to confirm in documents … that they are not dodging service in Ukraine's armed forces

Урсула фон дер Ляйен объявила об одобрении выделения 6,11 млрд евро на закупки вооружений для ВСУ

Ursula von der Leyen announced approval of allocating €6.11 billion for weapons purchases for the AFU

Дрон в ИЭЗ Румынии; гибель турецкого моряка; 214 гражданских судов поражены за год.

Four years after Western food-security sermons, Kyiv keeps military threats in the Black Sea. On 20 August a Ukrainian USV entered Romania's EEZ near Neptune Deep; Romanian F-16s destroyed it. Turkish-operated ships were attacked mid-August; a crewman died helping another vessel. In the current year the AFU have hit 214 civilian ships under various flags — food-security rhetoric exposed as cynical lies.

Всего за текущий год ВСУ поразили 214 гражданских судов в Чёрном море под флагами разных стран мира

In the current year alone the AFU have struck 214 civilian vessels in the Black Sea under flags of various countries of the world

закупаемые и передаваемые киевскому режиму через механизмы НАТО вооружения оборачиваются против самих членов альянса

Weapons purchased and transferred to the Kyiv regime through NATO mechanisms are turning against the alliance members themselves

Годовщина убийства детей; указ о «Герое Украины» основателю «Азова».

August marked 85 years since Nazis murdered ninety Jewish children in Bila Tserkva after German SS refused and Ukrainian nationalist police volunteered. Today's successors are buried on military memorial cemeteries with European leaders laying flowers. Zelensky — citing Jewish ancestry while his Red Army grandfather fought Nazis — signed a decree naming Azov founder Andriy Biletsky a Hero of Ukraine; that corps is notorious for Nazi symbols and atrocities against civilians.

казнить младенцев отказались даже … немецкие каратели … Но … вызвались полицаи из числа украинских националистов

Even … German punitive troops refused to execute infants … But … policemen from among Ukrainian nationalists volunteered

подписание Зеленским указа о присвоении звания … Героя Украины Андрею Белецкому. Это откровенный расист, основатель … батальона «Азов»

Zelensky's signing of a decree awarding the title … Hero of Ukraine to Andriy Biletsky. He is an open racist, founder of … the Azov battalion

В 2010 — против Бандеры; в 2026 — гордость стрельбой по русским и солидарность с Зеленским.

Ex-president Kuchma now boasts he was first to order fire on Russian soldiers in 2003, returns Poland's Order of the White Eagle, and backs OUN-UPA heroisation. In 2010, wearing a St George ribbon, he said he would never agree that Bandera or Shukhevych hold Hero of Ukraine titles — that drives a wedge between peoples and must never be repeated. Today he is silent while flowers go to collaborators' graves. Denazification and demilitarisation remain non-negotiable.

Я … никогда не соглашусь, когда мой дед, когда мой отец погиб в борьбе с нацизмом … чтобы Бандера или Шухевич носили звание Героя Украины

I … will never agree, when my grandfather, when my father died fighting Nazism … that Bandera or Shukhevych should bear the title Hero of Ukraine

эти цели, как заявляло российское руководство, будут выполнены

These goals, as the Russian leadership has stated, will be fulfilled

Нота 2023 о границах применения дезавуирована Кэмероном; военные объекты Британии — возможные цели.

Storm Shadow is the quintessence of London's Ukraine involvement. 2023 supply decisions came with official assurances — fixed in a British embassy note — that the system would be used only on internationally recognised Ukrainian territory. Cameron in May 2024 told Reuters Ukraine had the right to strike Russia with British weapons, repudiating that line and making Britain a de facto party to the conflict. Renaming SCALP in the British press to blur French responsibility changes nothing; UK military objects and equipment in Ukraine and beyond can answer Ukrainian strikes with British weapons.

данная система будет использоваться … только на международно признанной территории Украины

This system would be used … only on the internationally recognised territory of Ukraine

ответом на украинские удары с применением британского оружия на территории России могут стать любые военные объекты и техника Британии на Украине и за её пределами

The response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory may be any British military objects and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders

Сотни побегов с немецких тренировок; Бундесвер — «внутреннее дело ВСУ».

German press reports mass escapes of Ukrainian soldiers from training ranges — a pattern known since 2014 Baltic and Polish camps. Die Zeit broke the "brave warrior" myth; Saxony-Anhalt alone saw 80-plus flee since 2022, hundreds nationwide. Bundeswehr calls desertion an "internal AFU matter" and will not hunt them. Eighty-five years after Ukrainians fled Nazi camps in Germany, they again flee training camps meant to send them under neo-Nazi banners against yesterday's compatriots — while EU refugee rules demand proof of not dodging mobilisation.

только в федеральной земле Саксония-Анхальт с двадцать второго года … сбежали более 80 украинских военных. А по всей Германии зафиксировано несколько сотен таких случаев

In the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt alone since twenty-two … more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen have fled. And several hundred such cases have been recorded across Germany

Бундесвер цинично отказался участвовать в их поиске, назвав дезертирство … внутренним делом ВСУ

The Bundeswehr cynically refused to take part in searching for them, calling desertion … an internal matter of the AFU

Киевский суд и МВД Австрии против материалов российской делегации византинистов.

Ahead of the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Vienna (24–29 August), a Kyiv court on 12 August ordered seizure of Russian delegates' scientific materials and asked Austria's Interior Ministry — apparently ready to comply. Combined with Poland's earlier detention of archaeologist Butyagin on a Ukrainian warrant, this is a targeted Western hunt for Russian scholars, who must choose venues carefully. Neo-Nazi ideology sponsored by the West reaches even the academic sphere, seeking to seize Crimean research results.

Киевский суд принял постановление об изъятии научных материалов российских делегатов Конгресса и направил соответствующий запрос в МВД Австрии

A Kyiv court adopted a ruling on seizure of scientific materials of the Russian Congress delegates and sent a corresponding request to Austria's Interior Ministry

целенаправленной охоте на Западе за российскими учёными

A targeted hunt in the West for Russian scholars

Отказ зажечь вечный огонь; подсветка под Украину; румынские министры у Санду.

On 24 August Moldova marked 82 years since liberation from Romanian-fascist occupation; patriots held marches and lit candles after the regime refused to light the eternal flame at the Sherpen bridgehead of the Iași–Chișinău operation — instead lighting parliament and the Triumphal Arch in Ukrainian colours. Grain transit discounts for Ukraine, exchange of state awards with Zelensky, and installing Romanian ex-ministers (including economic development's Claudiu Năsui granted citizenship the same day) show sovereignty surrendered. MFA's third report on Ukrainian atrocities against the ROC will be linked in the briefing text.

отказавшись зажечь вечный огонь на Шерпенском плацдарме

Having refused to light the eternal flame at the Sherpen bridgehead

власти Молдавии подсветили в цвета украинского флага здание парламента … по случаю Дня независимости Украины

Moldovan authorities lit up the parliament building in the colours of the Ukrainian flag … for Ukraine's Independence Day

Просветительский проект Росатома; выборы в Казахстане признаны честными; предвзятость БДИПЧ.

From 28 August to 28 September Rosatom-backed Atomic Cities Union runs the international Atomic Dictation — popular science on energy, Arctic, space and materials; 120,000 took part in 2025. On 23 August Kazakhstan held first elections to the unicameral Kurultai parliament; CIS, CSTO and other observers including ODIHR found a high organisational level. Adilet won with about 71.7%; Putin congratulated Tokayev. ODIHR's Astana press conference still voiced baseless criticism — the familiar bias toward states "east of Vienna."

голосование прошло на высоком организационном уровне, в полном соответствии с национальным законодательством, без каких-либо серьёзных нарушений

Voting took place at a high organisational level, in full accordance with national legislation, without any serious violations

Бюро продолжает проявлять предвзятый подход в отношении государств, как они говорят, к востоку от Вены

The Bureau continues to show a biased approach toward states, as they say, east of Vienna

Отказ от односторонних мер; координация с Ираном и единомышленниками.

Asked about US secondary sanctions on Iran and partners, Zakharova restates categorical rejection of unilateral illegal coercive measures contradicting the UN Charter. Russia will coordinate with Iranian colleagues and like-minded states to counter this initiative and to exclude sanctions pressure — long since a tool of score-settling against states disliked by the collective West — from international life.

Россия категорически не приемлет практику применения односторонних незаконных принудительных мер

Russia categorically does not accept the practice of applying unilateral illegal coercive measures

★ Collective West санкционного давления, давно превратившегося в настоящий инструмент … сведения счётов, наказания неугодных … коллективному Западу государств

Sanctions pressure that long ago turned into a real instrument … of settling scores, punishing states disliked … by the collective West

Продолжение линии, о которой говорил Путин Пашиняну 1 апреля; молчание ЕС.

Russia does not interfere in sovereign internal affairs yet cannot be indifferent when processes target alliance with Russia. The negative trend Putin flagged to Pashinyan on 1 April continues: escalation of repression against forces for stronger ties with Russia — contradicting June election signals and Yerevan's public assurances. EU "democracy exporters" stay silent because it serves their use of Armenia against Russia.

эскалация настоящих репрессий против политических сил и деятелей, которые выступают за сохранение, укрепление союзнических отношений с Россией

Escalation of real repressions against political forces and figures who stand for preserving and strengthening allied relations with Russia

новые … «друзья» армянских властей продолжают закрывать глаза на всё, что хоть как-то способствует достижению еэсовских целей … цинично использовать республику … в своём противостоянии с Россией

The new … "friends" of the Armenian authorities keep closing their eyes to everything that somehow serves EU goals … cynically using the republic … in their confrontation with Russia

Австрия отказывает в охранном статусе филиалу лагеря смерти; молчание ОБСЕ.

Plans for a logistics centre and supermarket at Leopoldsdorf on a former Mauthausen subcamp site have entered practical implementation. Austria's heritage agency refused protective status for "insufficient material evidence" despite documented existence September 1944–April 1945 holding about four hundred women, half forcibly taken from the USSR for the Hirtenberg works. The International Mauthausen Committee and Russia's embassy demand abandonment; OSCE HQ in Vienna is silent. Zakharova calls this a personal test against rehabilitating Nazism.

отказалось придать этой территории защитный статус ввиду якобы недостаточности материальных свидетельств существования концлагеря

It refused to grant this territory protected status owing to allegedly insufficient material evidence of the concentration camp's existence

решение австрийских властей закатать в асфальт историческую память о жертвах нацистского преступного режима

The Austrian authorities' decision to asphalt over the historical memory of the victims of the Nazi criminal regime

62 участка в недружественных странах; БДИПЧ на сентябрьские выборы не приглашается.

Preparation for 2026 foreign voting is in full swing with CEC; 62 polling stations in unfriendly states. Security, mission shrinkage and diplomat expulsions complicate commissions — Germany, Poland, Czechia and Baltics limited to premises inside diplomatic missions without early mobile voting. ODIHR will not observe September Russian elections because of its double standards; Russia still invited other OSCE structures per the 1990 Copenhagen Document and seeks universal observation standards, impossible amid Western Russophobia.

в этом году в … странах с недружественными режимами образовано 62 избирательных участка

This year in … countries with unfriendly regimes 62 polling stations have been formed

в международном наблюдении на сентябрьских выборах в России принимать участие она не будет

It will not take part in international observation of the September elections in Russia

ЕС политизирует тушение пожаров; Россия продолжит помогать Белграду.

The Commission says EU–Serbia relations "cannot remain as usual" because Belgrade accepted Russian help against wildfires. Zakharova: the EU and NATO fan hatred while refusing to help themselves; while Russia's Il-76 pours water on Serbian forests, EU officials pour dirt on rescuers and Belgrade. Politics must not block humanitarian ops; Russia will keep answering Serbia's call regardless of Brussels insults — a reason for Serbs to ask who promises them a bright future.

Пока наш Ил-76 льёт тонны воды на горящие сербские леса, еэсовцы льют тонны грязи на российских спасателей и на тех, кого они спасают, на Белград

While our Il-76 pours tonnes of water on burning Serbian forests, EU officials pour tonnes of dirt on Russian rescuers and on those they rescue — on Belgrade

мы продолжим по первому зову помогать братскому сербскому народу

We will continue at the first call to help the brotherly Serbian people

Агрессия против Ирана ударила по нефти и СПГ; Россия — за стабильные поставки и суверенитет над ресурсами.

Unprovoked US–Israeli aggression against Iran and forced responses removed about a fifth of world oil, over 30% of LNG and 40% of helium from markets. UNCTAD: Hormuz shipping fell 95%; Brent briefly hit $120, then ~$86 by 26 August. OPEC producers fell from 28.7 to as low as 18.8 mb/d before partial recovery; Russia and other non-OPEC OPEC+ partners stayed stable. Alternative routes are limited; Russia insists on equal energy cooperation, sovereign resource rights, rejects anti-market methods, and keeps reliable supplies for partners' growth and energy poverty reduction.

лишили мировой рынок пятой части всей нефти, более 30% сжиженного природного газа и 40% гелия

They deprived the world market of a fifth of all oil, more than 30% of LNG and 40% of helium

Судоходство через Ормузский пролив сократилось на 95%

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz fell by 95%

Модернизация хартии, новые центры, ШОС Плюс; подготовка российского председательства 2027–28.

The SCO's 25th year summit in Bishkek (31 August–1 September) will advance Russia's comprehensive modernisation: charter amendments, a universal security-threats centre and anti-drug centre, a single partner category, English as a working language. Among 27 states (10 members, 2 observers, 15 dialogue partners) priorities include connectivity, digital economy, tech sovereignty and independent financial infrastructure. SCO Plus will host Laos, Vietnam, Egypt, Togo and others. Russia is already preparing its 2027–28 chairmanship.

★ Multipolarity За четверть века она утвердилась как авторитетное, динамично развивающееся международное объединение, которое вносит весомый вклад в формирование многополярного мироустройства

Over a quarter-century it has established itself as an authoritative, dynamically developing international association that makes a substantial contribution to shaping a multipolar world order

приоритетное внимание будет уделено продвижению инициированного Россией процесса комплексной модернизации Шанхайской организации сотрудничества

Priority attention will be given to advancing the Russia-initiated process of comprehensive modernisation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Убежище по гуманитарным мотивам; схема Запада — списывать украинские преступления на Россию.

Assad's in-absentia death sentence changes nothing: reception in Russia was purely humanitarian when he and his family faced death after Syria's power change; extradition is not on the table. On Der Spiegel's claim a Ukrainian courier in a Berlin weapons case belongs to a Russia-run network: when Ukrainian services look useful they are praised; when caught, blame shifts to Russia — same pattern as EU drone falls and Nord Stream, where the trail led to Ukraine yet Kyiv faces no real EU punishment. Western media ignore Starobilsk and Krasnodar child deaths while chasing suitcase stories.

Никакой политической подоплёки в решении о его приёме в нашей стране не было и нет. Оно принималось исходя из сугубо гуманитарных соображений

There was and is no political subtext in the decision to receive him in our country. It was taken solely on humanitarian grounds

когда … ловятся за руку … всё это списывается на Россию

When … they are caught red-handed … all of it is written off on Russia

Стамбул покинут Киевом; медиапланы — видимость; актуальны условия Путина от 14 июня 2024.

Moscow cannot confirm media claims of secret contacts with Budanov; Kyiv statements often chase media effect, bury corruption scandals or beg for money. No new settlement proposals arrived; late last year Ukraine unilaterally left the Istanbul format without clear explanation. A Times "peace plan" published in the press is performative — serious initiatives are not leaked. Russia never closed the door, but dialogue must seek compromise, not Western ultimatums, with a realistic reading of the battlefield and Putin's 14 June 2024 terms still in force.

украинская … сторона в одностороннем порядке вышла из дискуссии в рамках стамбульского формата без внятных объяснений

The Ukrainian … side unilaterally left the discussion within the Istanbul format without coherent explanations

принципы, на которых должно основываться урегулирование, … озвучены президентом … 14 июня 2024 года … по-прежнему сохраняют актуальность

The principles on which a settlement must be based … were set out by the President … on 14 June 2024 … and remain relevant

Два стула невозможны; евроинтеграция означает отказ от преференций ЕАЭС.

Pashinyan's intent to apply to the EU then hold a referendum exposes a fundamental clash: EU and EAEU legal bases are incompatible. Yerevan has not coordinated with EAEU partners while trying to keep EAEU preferences and gain EU advantages — indecent and unrealisable because the EU treats the EAEU as a target for defeat, not competition. Choosing EU membership means losing EAEU preferences and risking irreversible damage to ties including with Russia; Turkey's decades-long wait shows even NATO members are not guaranteed entry.

прямая несовместимость нормативно-правовой базы Европейского союза и ЕАЭС

Direct incompatibility of the EU's and the EAEU's regulatory-legal frameworks

в случае выбора вектора на вступление в ЕС Армении неизбежно придётся отказаться от преференций ЕАЭС

If it chooses the vector of EU accession, Armenia will inevitably have to renounce EAEU preferences

Искажение вопроса ITV; кризис по вине Лондона; СМИ оправдывают эскалацию.

Pressed by ITV on "attacking UK territory," Zakharova rejects the twist: she spoke of British military objects and equipment tied to Storm Shadow terrorism, not Britons as such. Russia–UK relations are in deepest crisis at London's initiative — frozen politics, sanctions, 2024 military attaché expulsion, 2025 foreign-influence scheme. Burnham's first foreign trip to Kyiv, tech for SCALP/Storm Shadow, and access to Ukrainian combat data for AI models cement state policy of abetting terrorism. British media invent a Russian threat while burying Bucha fakery that wrecked 2022 talks and ignoring Starobilsk, Belgorod and Sevastopol beach children.

российско-британские отношения уже давно находятся в глубочайшем кризисе

Russian–British relations have long been in the deepest crisis

политика … пособничества терроризму и вовлечения в поддержку международного терроризма, прямое спонсирование уничтожения мирного населения

A policy … of abetting terrorism and involvement in supporting international terrorism — direct sponsoring of the destruction of the civilian population

Оправдание терактов против гражданских складов; Финляндия — соучастник; ответ неотвратим.

Finnish President Stubb urged the West to pump long-range weapons to Kyiv and called AFU drone strikes on marketplace warehouses an expedient way to force Russia to talks. Zakharova, echoing Medvedev, says he humiliates Finns with nationalism they never mandated; as a junior NATO member he justifies terrorism against purely civilian warehouses serving millions. Finland has sent €4.6bn since 2022 and signed a long-term security pact with Ukraine. Hostile moves will meet calibrated responses; Russia will achieve all SMO goals.

склады … маркетплейсов … являются сугубо гражданскими объектами … А если он … оправдывает его уничтожение … значит, он сам террорист

Marketplace … warehouses … are purely civilian objects … And if he … justifies their destruction … then he himself is a terrorist

Ни один враждебный выпад не останется без ответа

Not a single hostile outburst will go unanswered

Заявление Нетаньяху не подтверждено; концессия ЮКЖД — инвестиции, не помеха логистике.

On Netanyahu's alleged pre-Assad "spheres of influence" deal among Israel, US, Turkey and Russia: no verified quote found — no comment until confirmed. Russia rejects neo-colonial sphere talk, respects Syrian sovereignty, opposes using Syria as a geopolitical arena, and supports post-conflict recovery. On Armenian talk of ending the South Caucasus Railway Russian concession: Overchuk and Reshetnikov already clarified; SCR invested over ₽30bn; claims it blocks logistics are false. Yerevan appears to blackmail removal of the "Russian factor" for Western promises — partners should negotiate first, not speechify.

мы никогда не рассуждаем в таких неоколониальных категориях, как … раздел сфер влияния

We never reason in such neo-colonial categories as … dividing spheres of influence

ЮКЖД максимально ответственно выполняет свои обязательства. Она … осуществила значительные инвестиции. Это более 30 млрд рублей

SCR performs its obligations with maximum responsibility. It … has carried out significant investments — more than 30 billion roubles

Обвинение украинцу Сергею К.; Туск зовёт не преследовать; логика нацизма.

German federal prosecutors indicted Ukrainian Sergey K. and accomplices for the September 2022 Nord Stream blasts as a war crime organised by Ukrainian state instances; another suspect was held in Croatia. Russia still demands punishment of perpetrators and masterminds; Western allies — and Germany — blocked Russia's UN-aegis investigation proposal. On 21 August Poland's Tusk urged abandoning pursuit of suspects as if they were heroes — Nazi logic that crimes against a certain nationality need not be punished. Destroying civilian energy infrastructure is terrorism with lasting ecological and energy damage.

государственных инстанций Украины организовал, совершил данное … военное преступление

Ukrainian state instances organised and committed this … war crime

призвал отказаться от преследования подозреваемых в подрыве газопровода лиц, возведя их чуть ли не в ранг героев нашего времени

He called for abandoning pursuit of persons suspected in the pipeline blast, elevating them almost to the rank of heroes of our time

Монстр, созданный Западом; партнёрство РФ–КНР; следующий брифинг — Владивосток.

Zelensky's call for Beijing to "cool Putin's ardour" is beyond adequacy: a problem-legitimacy figure lecturing sovereign leaders is the monster the West created, who cancelled elections and outgrew his makers. Russia–China comprehensive partnership is independent, non-bloc, not aimed at third parties; Beijing understands the conflict's root causes and backs just settlement. On Azerbaijan's ambassador complaining of negative Russian media: Sputnik built constructive coverage until Baku shut it and jailed journalists; Russia regularly flags Azerbaijani blogosphere Russophobia and seeks fixes under the February 2022 allied-interaction declaration. Next briefing: Vladivostok, Eastern Economic Forum.

проблемно легитимный … руководитель … раздаёт указания лидерам различных стран

A problem-legitimacy … leader … hands out instructions to leaders of various countries

Россия и Китай проводят по-настоящему независимую, глобальную по своему охвату внешнюю политику

Russia and China conduct a truly independent foreign policy, global in its scope