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🔍 Russia’s Su-57: How does it outshine the US’ F-35?

January 29 marked the 15th anniversary of a maiden flight of Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet, which has repeatedly hit global headlines.

What’s so special about this warplane?👇

✔️Сombines the functions of an attack aircraft and a fighter, which is nearly invisible to enemy radars

✔️Has a service ceiling of 20 km, a range of 5,500 km and a top speed of 2,470 km per hour

✔️Is known for its extreme maneuverability, which is not affected by the Su-57’s stealth features

✔️Is armed with ballistic missiles and active phased array antenna-guided missiles as well as aerial bombs, which outshine the arsenal of the US’s F-35 fifth-generation plane

✔️Has the R-37M long-range missile that allows the Su-57 to hit air targets at a distance twice that of the F-35

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🗓 On January 28, an official Russian inter-agency delegation, led by Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov visited Damascus.

This visit marked the first of its kind following the change of administration in the Syrian Arab Republic.

☝️ The delegation met with the head of Syria’s new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and engaged in substantive discussions with him. Participants also included members of Syria’s interim government: Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Minister of Health Maher al-Sharaa.

During a candid exchange on the comprehensive spectrum of Russian-Syrian relations at this pivotal moment, both sides underscored their commitment to advancing multifaceted bilateral cooperation founded on the principles of traditional friendship and mutual respect between Russia and Syria.

The Russian delegation reiterated its unwavering support for the unity, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, along with its readiness to extend essential assistance to the Syrian people in their post-crisis national recovery.

In addressing the evolving situation in and around #Syria, emphasis was put on the imperative for Syrians themselves to resolve internal challenges through fostering a viable political process. This should be achieved via inclusive dialogue encompassing the entirety of the nation’s political forces and ethno-confessional groups.

🤝 Both Parties agreed to maintain bilateral engagement with a view to formalising pertinent arrangements, reflecting a mutual resolve to deepen comprehensive ties and understanding between Moscow and Damascus, including in foreign policy aspects.

#RussiaSyria


🎙️ Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin (28.01.2025):

▪️Vladimir Zelensky is illegitimate and cannot sign any documents

▪️If Ukraine ‘runs out of bullets,’ the conflict will be over in a month or two

▪️Under the Ukrainian constitution, the president has no right to extend his powers even under martial law

▪️Talks can be held with anyone but Zelensky cannot sign anything due to his illegitimacy

▪️Appropriate people will be appointed from the Russian side, should Zelensky want to participate in talks with Moscow

▪️On the Ukrainian issue, Russia will defend its interests

▪️In 2022, Russia offered Kiev to withdraw from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s republics to prevent bloodshed

▪️The 2022 Istanbul agreements were based on Ukrainian proposals

▪️Russia was ready to implement the Istanbul agreements in spite of having certain issues with them

▪️In the spring of 2022, Putin was ready for a face-to-face meeting with Zelensky


💬 Russia’s MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

Latvia is demonstrating its complete dependence on Washington by suspending training of Ukrainian medical workers following Trump's order to freeze foreign aid.


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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Kultura television channel for UNESCO: 70 Years in Russia film

Key points

💬 The Soviet Union decided to join #UNESCO guided by the goals, principles and ideals laid out in its Charter, which included universal welfare, refusal of confrontation, equality, mutual respect, and equal rights for all people on Earth without exception in the spheres of culture, science, and education.

The Soviet Union was among the leaders. Now, as the Russian Federation, we are trying to keep this position. In the 1960s-1970s (the Soviet Union joined UNESCO in 1954), we began to strongly promote specific projects that fit into UNESCO’s mandate.

• Our country and a group of enthusiasts have initiated an international communications programme, which was built on crucial principles such as ensuring freedom of speech, safe journalistic activities, and unhindered conditions for journalistic work.

• We have indeed made a vast contribution to shaping the existing UNESCO agenda. Every year, we hold a meeting of the governmental Commission for UNESCO, which I chair. It is a major entity reflecting the entire range of our achievements in science, culture and education.

🌍 We are helping African countries in several areas. Africa is a priority for UNESCO, meaning that, in all areas of activity, including bodies, commissions and other events that we initiate, we pay special attention to this continent.

• Just like the UN Secretariat, the UNESCO Secretariat has been largely privatised by the West. Time after time, it has strayed from its statutory duties which require it to be a unifying body and to stick to a neutral and unbiased position, rather than to do any government’s bidding. All these principles from the UN Charter and the UNESCO Charter often get violated.

• The saddest part about the reputation of the current UNESCO leaders is that they have adopted an absolutely biased stance with regard to the Ukraine crisis in flagrant violation of the UNESCO Constitution, which insists on ensuring equal rights when it comes to access to education for all.

☝️ I believe pulling out of UNESCO is not an option. We should instead fight this absolutely biased and unacceptable stance on the part of the Secretariat from within. That is exactly what we are doing: requesting information. The Secretariat is under obligation to respond to requests filed by member countries. Whenever we receive perfunctory answers to our inquiries, we make that state of affairs public.

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🇷🇺 🥇Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko:

In 2025 Russia will host 95 international sport competitions, including those with participation of representatives of BRICS, SCO, EAEU and CIS countries.


What an isolation.


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🕯 On January 27, the world observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #OnThisDay, 8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front led by USSR Marshal Ivan Konev liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim), the largest Nazi concentration camp.

In memory of the Holocaust tragedy, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in November 2005, co-authored by the Russian Federation, proclaiming January 27 as a day of remembrance for the millions of victims of the Nazi genocide — Jews, Roma, Slavs and members of other ethnic groups.

The Nazi regime’s systematic policy of exterminating peoples deemed undesirable by Hitler’s Germany resulted in the ruthless murder of over 6 million Jews, along with millions of others.

In January 1942, during the Wannsee Conference, the Third Reich’s senior officials approved the so-called “Final solution to the Jewish question”, which aimed to annihilate 11 million Jews. That same year, the Nazi leadership finalised the Generalplan Ost, which called for the “relocation” or extermination of over 30 million Slavs and the “Germanisation” of Eastern Europe.

📄 The full extent of the Holocaust’s horrors became known to the general public after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in 1945. Irrefutable evidence of genocide, including documentary materials, survivor testimonies and confessions from the Nazis themselves, were presented during the Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946). Key Nazi leaders, including those directly involved in the Holocaust organisation and execution, were convicted and sentenced to death or life imprisonment.

Today we honour all victims of the Holocaust and the bravery of the Red Army soldiers who liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Around the world, Jewish organisations lead commemorative events marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, emphasising the urgency of combating xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance. In Russia, the Holocaust Remembrance Week, organised by the Russian Jewish Congress, is being held for the 11th time this year, running from January 15 to 31.

🙏 These commemorative events help preserve the historical truth about the atrocities of World War II, remind of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, and honour the heroism of all peoples of the former USSR and their role saving Jews and other peoples across Europe. Representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry traditionally take part in these events.

#NoStatuteOfLimitations #NeverForget #Victory80


🎖️On January 27, the Russian Cultural Center in Colombo, together with the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka, commemorated the 81st anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad.

In his speech Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan emphasized the resilience of Leningrad's defenders and, drawing parallels with the Ukrainian crisis, once again stressed the Russia’s readiness to stand firm till all the conditions announced by our President Vladimir Putin in June 2024 are fulfilled.

The event featured numerous representatives of Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Forces. Mohotti Sayri, young local researcher, presented a detailed review of the Leningrad siege, its influence on the outcome of the Great Patriotic War and modern-day reflections.

#Victory80 #WeRemember


🇷🇺🇱🇰 On January 27 Ambassador Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Mr. Arun Hemachandra.

A comprehensive and fruitful exchange of views on bilateral relations and their perspectives took place with participation of the newly appointed Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to Russia Ms. Shobini Gunasekera.


❗️West’s efforts to undermine 80th Victory anniversary celebrations will fail - Russia’s SVR Chief

The West is trying to disrupt the participation of heads of different countries in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Moscow, Sergei Naryshkin, the director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said in an interview with Sputnik.

Other key statements by the SVR Chief:

Non-governmental organizations abroad, especially in the United States, Germany, and Poland, are working to belittle the liberation of our country and all of Europe from Nazism.

Western capitals understand that their success in such actions will have a significant impact on their plans and dreams of the complete isolation of the Russian Federation.

But, of course, they fail to achieve this.


🎖️On January 27 Russia marks the end of the Nazi’s siege of Leningrad.

The Siege of Leningrad St. Petersburg endured from September 1941 to January 1944, when food and military supplies were delivered to the city via Lake Ladoga, the only route called the Road of Life that connected the city with the rest of Russia.

In January 1942, in the midst of an unusually cold winter, when Adolf Hitler's forces tightened their grip on the Soviet Union, the city's food rations reached an all-time low of only 125 grams (about 4-1/2 oz.) of bread per person a day. In just two months, 200,000 people died in Leningrad of cold and starvation.
The blockade was partially broken on 18 January 1943, but the city residents had to wait for one more year until its complete removal.

The Russian Baltic Fleet provided 30 per cent of aviation power for the final strike against the Nazis.

#Victory80 #WeRemember


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🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin's answers to questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin (January 24, 2025, Moscow)

❓Question: Mr President, newly inaugurated President Trump has made multiple statements about a possible meeting with you and prospects for a Ukrainian settlement. I would like to know what you think about this

💬 President Putin: Indeed, the US President has made many statements to this effect.

My first point is that Russia has never turned down contacts with the US administration, and it is not our fault that the previous administration chose not to establish such contacts. I have always had business-like, strictly business-like, but at the same time pragmatic and trust-based, I would say, relationships with the current President of the United States.



All I can say is that we hear the current President say he is ready to work together. We remain open to that.

Regarding talks about Ukraine, we have consistently made it clear, and I wish to underscore it one more time, we remain open to them. Here, too, certain matters need our particular attention.

For instance, it is well known that back when he was a fairly legitimate head of state, the current leader of the Kiev regime issued an executive order prohibiting talks. How can talks be resumed now that they have been outlawed?

This meeting is taking place in the building of Moscow University. As you may be aware, I am a trained lawyer. I graduated from the law department of St Petersburg University, formerly Leningrad University. I can tell you that if talks begin based on the existing legal framework, they would be, strictly speaking, illegitimate, meaning that the outcomes of such talks could likewise be declared illegitimate.

The current Kiev regime appears quite content to receive hundreds of billions from its benefactors and – excuse me for using this homely phrase – to pig out on this money like there is no tomorrow. However, it shows little haste in acting on the instructions issued by its sponsors – and we know that they have indeed issued such instructions – to rescind the executive order banning talks.

Nonetheless, I am of the opinion that, ultimately, those who provide the funding should compel him to act, and I believe he will have no choice but to comply. Until this executive order is rescinded, it is rather difficult to talk about starting and, more importantly, finishing these talks in a proper way. Preliminary plans may, indeed, be outlined, but engaging in serious talks remains a particularly difficult proposition, especially considering the ban imposed by the Ukrainian side.

Overall, we may have quite a few common points with the current US administration and we could jointly look for solutions to the key issues of today, including strategic stability and the economy, by the way.



So, indeed, it makes sense for us to meet based on the realities of today, to sit down and discuss without haste the areas that are of interest to the United States and Russia. We are ready to do that. But, again, this, first of all, depends on the decisions and choices of the current US administration.

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📸 The 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is open for entries.

Andrei Stenin is an outstanding Russian photojournalist, who was killed by the Kiev regime in the line of duty in Donbass in 2014.

The contest is an annual competition organized by Rossiya Segodnya media group to discover young talent among photojournalists aged 18 to 33. Sputnik news agency and radio is its international media partner.

👉 Apply

Entries can be submitted in five categories:

📸 Top News
📸 Portrait. A Hero of Our Time
📸 My Planet
📸 Sports
📸 Top View

The award ceremony for the 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is traditionally slated to take place in Moscow in September−October 2025.

🌐 Continuing the tradition of showcasing the winning photographs, the contest will once again embark on exhibition tours in both Russian and international cities in the coming year. Since its inception, the exhibitions have been displayed to audiences in countries such as China, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, DR Congo, Türkiye, Lebanon, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Egypt, and numerous others.

Entries close on February 28, 2025.


🪖🎓On January 24 Ambassador Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan took part at the 26th ASEAN Regional Forum - Heads of Defence Universities, Colleges and Institutions Meeting (ARF HDUCIM) 2025, hosted by General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), under the theme “Defence Education in an Era of Transition”.

The Russian delegation was represented by the Military Engineering Academy from Nakhabino (Moscow region) with major general Andrei Kruglov as its head who presented the report on “Ensuring energy security through comprehensive responses to transit processes in energy”.


🎙️Some of the main recent statements by Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The USSR paid the highest price for the victory over fascism, the US helped, but for them it was business;

▪️The Russian Federation will never forget the US assistance during World War II and hopes that Trump and the Americans will share the joy of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Victory;

▪️The Kremlin sees nothing new in Trump's threats to impose sanctions if a deal on Ukraine is not reached;

▪️The Russian Federation continues contacts with the Syrian leadership on all current issues;

▪️The West's unfriendly actions towards the Russian Federation and its assets will not remain without consequences;

▪️The Russian economy's safety margin allows it to fully meet both military and social needs.


🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺Eurasian Economic Union including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia is an important element of the international economic relations architecture.

☝️ Currently, there are about 80 memorandums of cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEU’s executive body) and third parties:

▪️ memorandums with governments and governmental bodies (Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Faroe Islands, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan, etc);

▪️ memorandums with regional integration associations (the CIS Executive Committee, the Permanent Committee of the Union State, the SCO, ASEAN, the Andean Community, MERCOSUR, the Pacific Alliance, the Latin American Economic System (SELA), the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), the Competitions Commission of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA));

▪️ memorandums with specialized international or intergovernmental organizations (over 40).


💬 Russia’s MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

The US Department of State has banned American missions abroad from displaying LGBT flags (movement recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). Now it is forbidden to display any flags other than the US national flag. An employee who violates the new instructions will be subject to disciplinary action, including termination of the contract.

Now, these banners can be seen only over the embassies of the EU countries, which were once again played off and left alone with the problems.



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