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Main topics:

#President

🇷🇺🇧🇾 News conference following Russian-Belarusian talks
🇮🇷 Condolences over the death of President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi
🌍 Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to heads of state and government of African countries on Africa Day
🇷🇺🇧🇭 Russian-Bahraini talks

#ForeignMinistry

🇮🇷 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s condolences to the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
🤝 On May 20-21, Sergey Lavrov took part in the Foreign Ministers Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member-countries
🇷🇺🇨🇳 On May 20, Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Astana
🌍 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a reception on the occasion of Africa Day
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions

#DefenceMinistry

🇷🇺🇧🇾 Russian and Belarusian defence ministers hold talks in Minsk

#Embassy

📰 Ambassador Anatoly Antonov exclusively for #Newsweek
❓ Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answers to media questions
📽 Movie night

#WeRemember

🏅 On May 20, 1942, the Red Army concluded the Kerch operation, the largest landing op on the Eastern Front

#OnThisDay

🖌 May 24 is the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture - tied to the Feast Day of St. Cyril and Methodius - the creators of the Slavonic script
🔔 255 years ago – on May 22, 1769, the iconic bell of Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin was cast
📆 500 years ago, on May 22, 1524, the Novodevichy Convent, most revered monastery in Moscow, was founded