Telegram founder and IT tycoon Pavel Durov in his interview to US journalist Tucker Carlson:

💬I did not do business in the United States because of the attack on me in San Francisco and close attention from the FB.

By the way, our account in Telegram: t.me/RusEmbSriLanka…

🇷🇺 Ambassador Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan was received by 🇲🇻 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ms. Sheryna Abdul Samad. During discussion special attention was payed to Ukraine and necessity for friendly to 🇷🇺 countries like Maldives to conduct a neutral policy in this regard.

On April 16 🇷🇺 Ambassador Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan met with 🇲🇻 Deputy Minister of Defence Ms. Fathimath Mizna Ali. Actual issues and possible avenues of bilateral Russian-Maldivian cooperation were raised during the discussion.

On April 15 High Commissioner of 🇱🇰 in Maldives Mr. A.M.J.Sadiq hosted a dinner in honor of 🇷🇺 Ambassador in Sri Lanka and Maldives Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan. It was attended by local business, diplomatic corps, high ranking 🇲🇻 officials and passed in a warm, friendly atmosphere.

❗ We express our extreme concern at yet another dangerous escalation in the Middle East.

We call on all parties involved in the conflict to exercise restraint. We expect them to resolve the existing problems through political and diplomatic means.

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❗️ The heinous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, has shocked Russia and the international community.

The masterminds, organisers, and accomplices will be identified and will receive just punishment.

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🚀 #OTD in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri #Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth, thus ushering humanity into the space era.

👨‍🚀 His flight embodied the triumph of the Soviet space programme and remains one of mankind's finest achievements.

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“Channel Eye” review of our recent media events dedicated to the participation of Sri Lankan delegation in the World Youth Festival in Sochi (March 1-7) and International Documentary Film Festival “RT.Doc: Time of Heroes” 🎥 #Rupavahini

Russia is a country which can offer breathtaking adventures for literally any taste, even the most extreme and polar ones. If you are into such things, dare to discover the land of bears with “Rosatom” icebreakers ⚛️

Video credit: Russia Beyond

🙏Our best wishes on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr to Honorary Consul of Russia in Maldives Mr. Ali Fauzy and all Muslims in Sri Lanka, Maldives and multinational Russia

🗓 25 years ago (on March 24, 1999) NATO launched a full-scale aggression and started mercilessly bombing Yugoslavia in gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter.

#NoStatuteOfLimitations

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🎙 Russia's MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova :

NATO was designed to become the key tool for establishing and maintaining the global hegemony of Washington and its allies, which it has remained to this day.

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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov at the roundtable on Ukraine with foreign envoys (Moscow, April 4, 2024)

Ukraine’s involvement in numerous acts of terrorism carried out in Russia, including the attack on Crocus City Hall, is beyond doubt.

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Press conference dedicated to World Youth Festival in Sochi (March 1-7, 2024) was held in the Russian Cultural Center.
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣passionate participants from SL shared the emotions they experienced and knowledge they gained while being part of this largest global youth event.

⚡️ New season of the VYZOV Prize for future technologies

Detailed information and nomination forms can be found at: vyzovaward.com/en/

215 years ago, 🇷🇺 novelist, playwright, critic and publicist Nikolai Gogol was born. He played a great role in development of Russian and world literature, while his influence on their work was acknowledged by Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka and many others.

🕊️ Sri Lanka keeps mourning the brutal terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall that claimed lives of 144 innocent people. Today HE M.Y.Abeywardena, Honorable Speaker of the Parliament, has visited the Embassy to express his deepest condolences in this regard.

🌋 Active volcano island in the north of the Kuril Islands - Atlasov Island. It’s the highest island in Russia and gradually increasing in size due to eruptions.

⚡️ Russia's Investigative Committee:

❗️ Interrogations of the detained [Crocus City Hall] terrorists, study of their technical devices & the analysis of information on their financial transactions point 👉 to their connections with Ukrainian nationalists

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Numerous high-ranking SL officials, diplomats, politicians, civic society activists visited Embassy to express condolences following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. We warm-heartedly thank all of them as well as those who keep sending us their words of compassion 🙏