📌 До 15 сентября 2024 г. открыта регистрация на международный конкурс «Лучшая русская школа за рубежом».
К участию приглашаются образовательные организации и педагоги, реализующие программы изучения русского языка или ведущие обучение на русском языке в системе общего и дополнительного образования.
Цель конкурса – выявление, поддержка и поощрение профессионального и творческого потенциала школьных педагогических команд и педагогов, участвующих в реализации мероприятий по распространению лучших педагогических практик обучения на русском языке и изучения русского языка за рубежом.
Конкурс проходит в очно-заочном формате по двум номинациям:
- «Лучший педагогический коллектив русской школы»;
- «Учитель-международник».
Ознакомиться с условиями проведения конкурса, а также подать заявку на участие можно на официальном сайте проекта: https://ruschoolcicedu.ru/
К участию приглашаются образовательные организации и педагоги, реализующие программы изучения русского языка или ведущие обучение на русском языке в системе общего и дополнительного образования.
Цель конкурса – выявление, поддержка и поощрение профессионального и творческого потенциала школьных педагогических команд и педагогов, участвующих в реализации мероприятий по распространению лучших педагогических практик обучения на русском языке и изучения русского языка за рубежом.
Конкурс проходит в очно-заочном формате по двум номинациям:
- «Лучший педагогический коллектив русской школы»;
- «Учитель-международник».
Ознакомиться с условиями проведения конкурса, а также подать заявку на участие можно на официальном сайте проекта: https://ruschoolcicedu.ru/
🎙️ Из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой, Москва, 11 сентября 2024 года
🇳🇴 О растущей милитаризации Норвегией архипелага Шпицберген
💬 Норвежские власти продолжают деструктивный курс на вовлечение Шпицбергена в сферу военного планирования и его закрепление в зоне ответственности агрессивного блока НАТО.
В числе последних шагов – заход в августе с.г на архипелаг фрегата ВМС Норвегии «Отто Свердруп» с целью «утверждения норвежского суверенитета» и отработки выполнения задач в сложных климатических условиях. Одновременно растет интенсивность использования аэропорта «Лонгиер» военной авиацией. Корабли норвежской Береговой охраны, входящей в состав ВМС, на постоянной основе патрулируют акватории архипелага и заходят в его порты. Шпицберген регулярно посещают представители и руководство ВС Норвегии. Расширяются инфраструктурные возможности станции спутникового слежения «Свалсат». Напомню, она является, по сути, объектом двойного назначения. Включение архипелага в систему мероприятий осуществляется и посредством распространения на него соответствующего национального законодательства. Осло продвигает провокационный тезис о применимости в отношении Шпицбергена Вашингтонского договора 1949 г.
Подобные действия, в том числе под предлогом изменения геополитической обстановки, идут вразрез с обязательствами Норвегии по Договору 1920 г. о Шпицбергене, устанавливающему невозможность его использования в целях войны, и заявлениями Осло о нацеленности на сохранение низкой напряженности в Арктическом регионе, наносят ущерб усилиям по обеспечению мира и стабильности в Арктике.
Подтверждаем российскую позицию о недопустимости милитаризации Норвегией Шпицбергена. Призываем норвежские власти неукоснительно соблюдать положения Договора 1920 г. и впредь не допускать привнесения на архипелаг элементов военной активности.
🇳🇴 О растущей милитаризации Норвегией архипелага Шпицберген
💬 Норвежские власти продолжают деструктивный курс на вовлечение Шпицбергена в сферу военного планирования и его закрепление в зоне ответственности агрессивного блока НАТО.
В числе последних шагов – заход в августе с.г на архипелаг фрегата ВМС Норвегии «Отто Свердруп» с целью «утверждения норвежского суверенитета» и отработки выполнения задач в сложных климатических условиях. Одновременно растет интенсивность использования аэропорта «Лонгиер» военной авиацией. Корабли норвежской Береговой охраны, входящей в состав ВМС, на постоянной основе патрулируют акватории архипелага и заходят в его порты. Шпицберген регулярно посещают представители и руководство ВС Норвегии. Расширяются инфраструктурные возможности станции спутникового слежения «Свалсат». Напомню, она является, по сути, объектом двойного назначения. Включение архипелага в систему мероприятий осуществляется и посредством распространения на него соответствующего национального законодательства. Осло продвигает провокационный тезис о применимости в отношении Шпицбергена Вашингтонского договора 1949 г.
Подобные действия, в том числе под предлогом изменения геополитической обстановки, идут вразрез с обязательствами Норвегии по Договору 1920 г. о Шпицбергене, устанавливающему невозможность его использования в целях войны, и заявлениями Осло о нацеленности на сохранение низкой напряженности в Арктическом регионе, наносят ущерб усилиям по обеспечению мира и стабильности в Арктике.
Подтверждаем российскую позицию о недопустимости милитаризации Норвегией Шпицбергена. Призываем норвежские власти неукоснительно соблюдать положения Договора 1920 г. и впредь не допускать привнесения на архипелаг элементов военной активности.
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🎙️Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, September 11, 2024
🇳🇴 Norway’s increasing militarisation of the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Archipelago
🇳🇴 Norway’s increasing militarisation of the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Archipelago
💬The Norwegian authorities continue to carry out their destructive policy of involving Spitsbergen in military planning and securing it in the zone of responsibility of the aggressive NATO bloc.
The latest steps include the Norwegian Navy frigate Otto Sverdrup’s visit to the archipelago in August in order to “assert Norwegian sovereignty” and exercise tasks in difficult climatic conditions. Meanwhile, the Longyearbyen airport workload by military aviation is growing. Norwegian Coast Guard ships, part of the Norwegian Navy, constantly patrol the waters of the archipelago and call at its ports. Representatives and leadership of the Norwegian Armed Forces regularly visit Spitsbergen. The infrastructure capabilities of the Svalsat satellite tracking station are expanding. Let me remind you that it is, in fact, a dual-use facility. The inclusion of the archipelago in the system of measures is also carried out by extending the relevant national legislation to it. Oslo is promoting a provocative suggestion that Spitsbergen may be subject to the 1949 Washington Treaty.
Actions like this, including those carried out under the pretext of the changing geopolitical situation, run counter to Norway’s obligations under the 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty, which states that the archipelago cannot be used for military purposes, as well as Oslo’s statements about its focus on maintaining low tensions in the Arctic region. They are detrimental to efforts to ensure peace and stability in the Arctic.
We can reaffirm Russia’s position that Norway militarising Spitsbergen is unacceptable. We call on the Norwegian authorities to strictly comply with the 1920 Treaty and refrain from stepping military activities on the archipelago in the future.
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Посольство России в Норвегии - Russlands Ambassade i Norge
🎙️Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, September 11, 2024 🇳🇴 Norway’s increasing militarisation of the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Archipelago 💬The Norwegian authorities continue to carry out their destructive policy of involving…
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's answer to a media question
❓ Question: Over the past few days, we have been hearing statements at a very high level in the UK and the United States that the Kiev regime will be allowed to strike targets deep inside Russia using Western long-range weapons. Apparently, this decision is either about to be made, or has already been made, as far as we can see. This is actually quite extraordinary. Could you comment on what is going on?
💬 President Putin: What we are seeing is an attempt to substitute notions. Because this is not a question of whether the Kiev regime is allowed or not allowed to strike targets on Russian territory. It is already carrying out strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles and other means. But using Western-made long-range precision weapons is a completely different story.
The fact is that – I have mentioned this, and any expert, both in our country and in the West, will confirm this – the Ukrainian army is not capable of using cutting-edge high-precision long-range systems supplied by the West. They cannot do that. These weapons are impossible to employ without intelligence data from satellites which Ukraine does not have. This can only be done using the European Union’s satellites, or US satellites – in general, NATO satellites. This is the first point.
The second point – perhaps the most important, the key point even – is that only NATO military personnel can assign flight missions to these missile systems. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this.
❗️ Therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It is about deciding whether NATO countries become directly involved in the military conflict or not.
If this decision is made, it will mean nothing short of direct involvement – it will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are parties to the war in Ukraine. This will mean their direct involvement in the conflict, and it will clearly change the very essence, the very nature of the conflict dramatically.
⚠️ This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us.
❓ Question: Over the past few days, we have been hearing statements at a very high level in the UK and the United States that the Kiev regime will be allowed to strike targets deep inside Russia using Western long-range weapons. Apparently, this decision is either about to be made, or has already been made, as far as we can see. This is actually quite extraordinary. Could you comment on what is going on?
💬 President Putin: What we are seeing is an attempt to substitute notions. Because this is not a question of whether the Kiev regime is allowed or not allowed to strike targets on Russian territory. It is already carrying out strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles and other means. But using Western-made long-range precision weapons is a completely different story.
The fact is that – I have mentioned this, and any expert, both in our country and in the West, will confirm this – the Ukrainian army is not capable of using cutting-edge high-precision long-range systems supplied by the West. They cannot do that. These weapons are impossible to employ without intelligence data from satellites which Ukraine does not have. This can only be done using the European Union’s satellites, or US satellites – in general, NATO satellites. This is the first point.
The second point – perhaps the most important, the key point even – is that only NATO military personnel can assign flight missions to these missile systems. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this.
❗️ Therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It is about deciding whether NATO countries become directly involved in the military conflict or not.
If this decision is made, it will mean nothing short of direct involvement – it will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are parties to the war in Ukraine. This will mean their direct involvement in the conflict, and it will clearly change the very essence, the very nature of the conflict dramatically.
⚠️ This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us.
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📄 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation prepared the Report on terrorist crimes committed by the Kiev regime in the period from 2022 throughout the first half of 2024.
The document, which summarizes materials made public by the Russian competent authorities, public organizations, journalists and independent experts, seeks to systemize facts on terrorist manifestations on the part of the Kiev regime, which makes no secret that it has made it a daily routine to carry out illegal attacks on Russian civilian facilities and civilians.
The report is a logical follow-up to many years of efforts of the Russian MFA to make the broader international community aware of the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian armed formations, special services, nationalist structures and terrorist organizations participating in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This document contains data on the Kiev regime's involvement in organizing hundreds of attacks committed with a view to provoking maximal public outcry and split our country, discredit the authorities, instill an atmosphere of mass fear and panic, incite ethnic discord, xenophobia and nationalism in the Russian society.
The report focuses on and gives a detailed rundown of the following problems:
• the most high-profile terrorist acts against Russian political and public figures and media staff organized and carried out by the Kiev regime in the reported period,
• certain aspects of the financing of these activities,
• the use of terrorist and other prohibited means and methods of warfare by Ukraine,
• the link between Ukraine's military and political leadership and international terrorist organizations.
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The document, which summarizes materials made public by the Russian competent authorities, public organizations, journalists and independent experts, seeks to systemize facts on terrorist manifestations on the part of the Kiev regime, which makes no secret that it has made it a daily routine to carry out illegal attacks on Russian civilian facilities and civilians.
The report is a logical follow-up to many years of efforts of the Russian MFA to make the broader international community aware of the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian armed formations, special services, nationalist structures and terrorist organizations participating in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This document contains data on the Kiev regime's involvement in organizing hundreds of attacks committed with a view to provoking maximal public outcry and split our country, discredit the authorities, instill an atmosphere of mass fear and panic, incite ethnic discord, xenophobia and nationalism in the Russian society.
The report focuses on and gives a detailed rundown of the following problems:
• the most high-profile terrorist acts against Russian political and public figures and media staff organized and carried out by the Kiev regime in the reported period,
• certain aspects of the financing of these activities,
• the use of terrorist and other prohibited means and methods of warfare by Ukraine,
• the link between Ukraine's military and political leadership and international terrorist organizations.
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❗️Уважаемые граждане,
Напоминаем, что с 29 мая 2024 г. в Норвегии действуют ограничения на въезд и транзит российских граждан.
Просим ознакомиться с информацией: Вниманию граждан России, направляющихся в Норвегию
Напоминаем, что с 29 мая 2024 г. в Норвегии действуют ограничения на въезд и транзит российских граждан.
Просим ознакомиться с информацией: Вниманию граждан России, направляющихся в Норвегию
Forwarded from Евразийская экономическая комиссия
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Рынок 🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺Евразийского экономического союза представляет собой экономическое пространство, в котором обеспечивается свободное передвижение товаров, услуг, капитала и рабочей силы.
✔️Что касается услуг, то в ЕАЭС в формате единого рынка предоставляются услуги более чем в 140 секторах.
✔️Предприниматели освобождены от необходимости повторного учреждения юрлица, оформления разрешений на предоставление этих услуг и подтверждения квалификации сотрудников.
✔️Такие условия, безусловно, приносят только плюсы бизнесу и экономике в целом, причем всех стран ЕАЭС без исключения. Речь идет о сокращении издержек услугодателей, снижении цен и тарифов, повышении конкурентоспособности товаров, работ и услуг.
❗️В конечном счете главным выгодополучателем становится потребитель.
🎥Детально о едином рынке услуг в ЕАЭС рассказывает Лусине Тумян, заместитель директора Департамента развития предпринимательской деятельности ЕЭК
#Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС #единыйрынокуслуг #ЕАЭС #ЕЭК
✔️Что касается услуг, то в ЕАЭС в формате единого рынка предоставляются услуги более чем в 140 секторах.
✔️Предприниматели освобождены от необходимости повторного учреждения юрлица, оформления разрешений на предоставление этих услуг и подтверждения квалификации сотрудников.
✔️Такие условия, безусловно, приносят только плюсы бизнесу и экономике в целом, причем всех стран ЕАЭС без исключения. Речь идет о сокращении издержек услугодателей, снижении цен и тарифов, повышении конкурентоспособности товаров, работ и услуг.
❗️В конечном счете главным выгодополучателем становится потребитель.
🎥Детально о едином рынке услуг в ЕАЭС рассказывает Лусине Тумян, заместитель директора Департамента развития предпринимательской деятельности ЕЭК
#Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС #единыйрынокуслуг #ЕАЭС #ЕЭК
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🗓 On September 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in a roundtable discussion noscriptd “The Ukraine Crisis: Terrorist Methods of the Kiev Regime.” The event involved ambassadors and representatives from 72 diplomatic missions of Global Majority states, accredited in Moscow, and international organisations.
In his remarks, the Minister noted that the Kiev regime was not even trying to hide its terrorist essence, with the connivance and direct support of Western patrons. After failing to defeat our country on the battlefield, Kiev has focused on criminal attacks against civilian facilities; it is futilely trying to cause a maximum public outcry, to destabilise the work of Russia’s state agencies and sow panic among people.
At the same time, the “collective West” continues to supply the Kiev regime with attack weapons and give it a carte blanche to use them on Russian territory against peaceful residents and civilian infrastructure facilities.
Numerous facts of terrorist attacks, including those against nuclear power plants, were mentioned. Information about Kiev’s role in organising a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert facility, as well as the crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the Kursk Region, was provided separately.
The event participants discussed the Kiev regime’s support for international terrorism on the African continent, the investigation of attacks that wrecked the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and Kiev’s attempts to blackmail its European partners by shutting down oil transits.
The Minister touched upon numerous facts of the Kiev regime’s efforts to terrorise its own population, specifically, the eradication of all things Russian, including the Russian language, and persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The event participants gained an insight into the Foreign Ministry’s report on the terrorist crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
The Minister also touched upon other issues, including prospects for a negotiating process to resolve the Ukraine crisis and food security, and he also replied to questions from participants in the roundtable discussion.
In his remarks, the Minister noted that the Kiev regime was not even trying to hide its terrorist essence, with the connivance and direct support of Western patrons. After failing to defeat our country on the battlefield, Kiev has focused on criminal attacks against civilian facilities; it is futilely trying to cause a maximum public outcry, to destabilise the work of Russia’s state agencies and sow panic among people.
At the same time, the “collective West” continues to supply the Kiev regime with attack weapons and give it a carte blanche to use them on Russian territory against peaceful residents and civilian infrastructure facilities.
Numerous facts of terrorist attacks, including those against nuclear power plants, were mentioned. Information about Kiev’s role in organising a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert facility, as well as the crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the Kursk Region, was provided separately.
The event participants discussed the Kiev regime’s support for international terrorism on the African continent, the investigation of attacks that wrecked the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and Kiev’s attempts to blackmail its European partners by shutting down oil transits.
The Minister touched upon numerous facts of the Kiev regime’s efforts to terrorise its own population, specifically, the eradication of all things Russian, including the Russian language, and persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The event participants gained an insight into the Foreign Ministry’s report on the terrorist crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
The Minister also touched upon other issues, including prospects for a negotiating process to resolve the Ukraine crisis and food security, and he also replied to questions from participants in the roundtable discussion.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ The Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the Kiev Regime's War Crimes Rodion Miroshnik continues to meticulously record the most heinous crimes of the Kiev regime.
📖 Another digest focuses on the war crimes and terrorist acts of the Kiev regime in the Kursk Oblast.
On the night of August 5-6, AFU militants opened a massive mixed fire on the Kursk Oblast using aviation, UAVs, precision attack missiles, rocket and cannon artillery. <...> At about 6 a.m., the first units of Ukrainian militants crossed the state border of the Russian Federation at several sections and subsequently entered a number of towns and settlements.
❌ The attacks were launched deliberately, in blatant disregard for international humanitarian law (IHL). From the outset of the foray, private houses and residential buildings, healthcare and education institutions, premises of local authorities and social institutions were hit.
On 6-10 August, AFU militants expanded their presence in the Kursk Oblast and deployed additional forces to gain a foothold in a number of settlements in the Sudzha and Korenevo districts. The Ukrainian military's actions in these territories can be qualified as punitive.
Between August 12 and 17, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to achieve a considerable stabilization in the border areas of the Kursk Oblast. By that time, the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation had drawn the full list of Ukrainian units involved in the terrorist attack against the Kursk Oblast.
According to highly reliable reports, militants of radical nationalist units such as Nachtigall were dispatched to the Kursk Oblast. There is evidence of the presence of Polish and Canadian mercenaries as well as fighters of the so-called "Georgian Legion" on the ground.
☝️ On 17 August, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation confirmed that the seizure and damage of radiation hazard facilities forming part of the Kursk NPP had been one of the objectives of the AFU terrorist attack against the Kursk Oblast. The official regional authorities reported attempted strikes on the Kursk NPP with Tochka U missiles and combat fixed-wing UAVs as well as
MLRS systems.
Noteworthy is the fact that most AFU units involved in the foray into the territory of the Kursk Oblast, used intelligence obtained by Kiev from its "Western partners" and were equipped with NATO hardware and means of communication, while the soldiers used Western-model small arms.
▪️ According to the operations headquarters in the Kursk Oblast, as of the evening of 5 September, 31 people were killed and 236 civilians including 11 children were wounded in the AFU attacks.
During their foray, Ukrainian militants committed a number of war crimes against the civilian population of the attacked Russian border territories, including:
• the killing and wounding of civilians,
• violence, including sexual violence, against civilians,
• taking hostages and using civilians as human shields,
• looting and destroying private property in the captured territories,
• obstructing evacuation.
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❗️ The Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the Kiev Regime's War Crimes Rodion Miroshnik continues to meticulously record the most heinous crimes of the Kiev regime.
📖 Another digest focuses on the war crimes and terrorist acts of the Kiev regime in the Kursk Oblast.
On the night of August 5-6, AFU militants opened a massive mixed fire on the Kursk Oblast using aviation, UAVs, precision attack missiles, rocket and cannon artillery. <...> At about 6 a.m., the first units of Ukrainian militants crossed the state border of the Russian Federation at several sections and subsequently entered a number of towns and settlements.
❌ The attacks were launched deliberately, in blatant disregard for international humanitarian law (IHL). From the outset of the foray, private houses and residential buildings, healthcare and education institutions, premises of local authorities and social institutions were hit.
On 6-10 August, AFU militants expanded their presence in the Kursk Oblast and deployed additional forces to gain a foothold in a number of settlements in the Sudzha and Korenevo districts. The Ukrainian military's actions in these territories can be qualified as punitive.
Between August 12 and 17, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to achieve a considerable stabilization in the border areas of the Kursk Oblast. By that time, the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation had drawn the full list of Ukrainian units involved in the terrorist attack against the Kursk Oblast.
According to highly reliable reports, militants of radical nationalist units such as Nachtigall were dispatched to the Kursk Oblast. There is evidence of the presence of Polish and Canadian mercenaries as well as fighters of the so-called "Georgian Legion" on the ground.
☝️ On 17 August, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation confirmed that the seizure and damage of radiation hazard facilities forming part of the Kursk NPP had been one of the objectives of the AFU terrorist attack against the Kursk Oblast. The official regional authorities reported attempted strikes on the Kursk NPP with Tochka U missiles and combat fixed-wing UAVs as well as
MLRS systems.
Noteworthy is the fact that most AFU units involved in the foray into the territory of the Kursk Oblast, used intelligence obtained by Kiev from its "Western partners" and were equipped with NATO hardware and means of communication, while the soldiers used Western-model small arms.
▪️ According to the operations headquarters in the Kursk Oblast, as of the evening of 5 September, 31 people were killed and 236 civilians including 11 children were wounded in the AFU attacks.
During their foray, Ukrainian militants committed a number of war crimes against the civilian population of the attacked Russian border territories, including:
• the killing and wounding of civilians,
• violence, including sexual violence, against civilians,
• taking hostages and using civilians as human shields,
• looting and destroying private property in the captured territories,
• obstructing evacuation.
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🗓 On September 17, 1939, the Red Army launched a military operation in Poland’s eastern regions, also known as the Red Army’s Polish Campaign. The academic community and media, primarily outside Russia and in the West, have adopted an excessively biased interpretation of these events seeking to equate the Third Reich and the USSR and cast Moscow as an aggressor. This approach is completely at odds with the historical truth and facts.
Nazi troops invaded Poland on September 1, and by mid-September they defeated the core forces of the Polish army. On September 16, 1939, Army Group South joined Army Group North near Włodawa. They encircled the main Polish forces to the east of Warsaw. In the east, the German army reached the line which included Grajewo, Białystok, Brest, Vladimir Volynsky, Lvov and Stry. In the early hours of September 17, Poland started moving its government agencies to Romania, and the next night President Ignacy Mościcki, and Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły with their staff followed down the same road.
There were two options for the Soviet leaders: let the German troops reach what used to be the Soviet-Polish border, or stop them further away from it. Moscow signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Germany on August 23, 1939, all while understanding that it did nothing but delay the inevitable armed conflict with the Third Reich. Therefore, having a bigger distance between Moscow and other major cities of the Soviet Union, on the one hand, and the Wehrmacht’s advance positions, on the other hand, offered the Red Army more strategic and tactical advantages.
It is also worth noting that the Soviet forces saved people in Eastern Poland, i.e., in Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, from genocide, including Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles, Russians… The Soviet authorities enabled many Polish nationals and refugees to emigrate.
As for the Republic of Poland, it ended up suffering from its own political short-sightedness and from putting its bets on working with the Nazis while hoping to make its expansionist plans come true. In March 1938, even before benefiting from the 'Munich Conspiracy' to annex part of Czechoslovakia, the Poles threatened Lithuania. In fact, the Soviet Union was the only country to stand up for Lithuania.
The Red Army did not define the outcome of the September 1939 campaign by interfering in these developments. It was the German military supremacy, coupled with the fact that the Polish armed forces were ill-prepared and committed tactical missteps. Overall, statements focusing on a two-fold aggression do not hold up to scrutiny. When the Red Army crossed the border of the Republic of Poland on September 17, it was unable to resist, and the country was doomed.
The Red Army did not go beyond the regions of Western Ukraine, Byelorussia and the Wileńszczyzna – all three were occupied by Poland in 1920 and 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War. The Red Army reached the so-called Curzon Line, a demarcation line designated as Poland’s eastern border by the Entente’s Supreme War Council.
☝️ Neither London, nor Paris viewed the USSR’s interference as an act of aggression. By the same token, they did not voice any formal protests against Moscow, nor declared war against the Soviet Union. It was obvious that the agreements between the USSR and Germany were not meant to last, especially since the armed forces of these two countries have taken positions along the same line of contact.
It is no wonder that in Belarus September 17 is marked as the Day of Unity as it was on this date in 1939 that the people of Belarus reunited, liberated by the Red Army.
Nazi troops invaded Poland on September 1, and by mid-September they defeated the core forces of the Polish army. On September 16, 1939, Army Group South joined Army Group North near Włodawa. They encircled the main Polish forces to the east of Warsaw. In the east, the German army reached the line which included Grajewo, Białystok, Brest, Vladimir Volynsky, Lvov and Stry. In the early hours of September 17, Poland started moving its government agencies to Romania, and the next night President Ignacy Mościcki, and Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły with their staff followed down the same road.
There were two options for the Soviet leaders: let the German troops reach what used to be the Soviet-Polish border, or stop them further away from it. Moscow signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Germany on August 23, 1939, all while understanding that it did nothing but delay the inevitable armed conflict with the Third Reich. Therefore, having a bigger distance between Moscow and other major cities of the Soviet Union, on the one hand, and the Wehrmacht’s advance positions, on the other hand, offered the Red Army more strategic and tactical advantages.
It is also worth noting that the Soviet forces saved people in Eastern Poland, i.e., in Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, from genocide, including Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles, Russians… The Soviet authorities enabled many Polish nationals and refugees to emigrate.
As for the Republic of Poland, it ended up suffering from its own political short-sightedness and from putting its bets on working with the Nazis while hoping to make its expansionist plans come true. In March 1938, even before benefiting from the 'Munich Conspiracy' to annex part of Czechoslovakia, the Poles threatened Lithuania. In fact, the Soviet Union was the only country to stand up for Lithuania.
The Red Army did not define the outcome of the September 1939 campaign by interfering in these developments. It was the German military supremacy, coupled with the fact that the Polish armed forces were ill-prepared and committed tactical missteps. Overall, statements focusing on a two-fold aggression do not hold up to scrutiny. When the Red Army crossed the border of the Republic of Poland on September 17, it was unable to resist, and the country was doomed.
The Red Army did not go beyond the regions of Western Ukraine, Byelorussia and the Wileńszczyzna – all three were occupied by Poland in 1920 and 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War. The Red Army reached the so-called Curzon Line, a demarcation line designated as Poland’s eastern border by the Entente’s Supreme War Council.
☝️ Neither London, nor Paris viewed the USSR’s interference as an act of aggression. By the same token, they did not voice any formal protests against Moscow, nor declared war against the Soviet Union. It was obvious that the agreements between the USSR and Germany were not meant to last, especially since the armed forces of these two countries have taken positions along the same line of contact.
It is no wonder that in Belarus September 17 is marked as the Day of Unity as it was on this date in 1939 that the people of Belarus reunited, liberated by the Red Army.
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Plenary Session of the IV Eurasian Women's Forum (Saint Petersburg, September 18, 2024):
💬 Dear Friends,
I extend my warm greetings to the participants and guests of the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum. Welcome to Russia and to St Petersburg.
Your forum is one of the most highly respected international platforms demonstrating the potential and capabilities of modern women and their truly colossal role in virtually all spheres of life.
I would like to emphasise that your meetings reflect on the most crucial aspects of modern development and promote the ideas of unity for sustainable development and universal security. This is more important now than ever, and this is what millions of people across all continents desire. Humanity is facing extremely complicated issues, which can only be resolved together and based on respect for each other’s interests.
The previous forums paved the way for many concrete initiatives, including stronger interaction within the framework of BRICS, APEC and W20. Incidentally, we have just now discussed these issues with the President of Brazil. I bring you best regards from Brazil.
I am convinced that women’s commitment to the ideas of cooperation and peace has brought success and popularity to your forum. Each time, it brings together greater numbers of participants. This year, female leaders from 126 countries came to St Petersburg. Additionally, multimillion online audiences have joined the discussions focusing on a variety of sensitive topics.
Delegations from all Russian regions which represent our multi-ethnic nation, our rich culture and centuries-old traditions are attending this forum as well. Russian women bring to light the soul of Russia, its beauty, appeal, warmth, graciousness, and magnanimity.
The forum provides an opportunity to show the broad international female community that Russia is an open and hospitable country that appreciates dialogue, trust, and friendship, and that we respect the diversity and uniqueness of other countries and peoples.
The great interest in the Eurasian Women’s Forum is also grounded in the fact that its agenda transcends the typical discussion of women’s role in society. The forum brings together accomplished women who have achieved top results in their professional careers. Your experience in creative, managerial, intellectual, humanitarian, and educational activities undoubtedly matters a lot for billions of people worldwide, which fact made this forum a global platform for developing proposals to address the most pressing issues.
The already high international standing of the Forum continues to rise. Your voice is heard, and governments around the world heed it. Your recommendations are taken into consideration by major international organisations.
To reiterate, this participation and energetic work are crucial if we want to build a multipolar, just, and genuinely free world. Everyone among us shares these ideas and does everything possible to shape a new progressive global space.
This forum is devoted to matters of trust and global cooperation. As always, the female eye has captured the most important matters. Humanity is in need of a robust foundation of trust, openness, mutual understanding, and contacts across various fields in order to be able to address challenging social issues, to ensure economic prosperity and technological development, and to overcome poverty, inequality, and diseases.
Most importantly, to be able to develop equal indivisible security principles that every country needs. For many years now, Russia has been urging the world to unite in order to discuss and to adopt such principles. I am convinced that you are supportive of our initiatives and will promote them in your respective countries.
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💬 Dear Friends,
I extend my warm greetings to the participants and guests of the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum. Welcome to Russia and to St Petersburg.
Your forum is one of the most highly respected international platforms demonstrating the potential and capabilities of modern women and their truly colossal role in virtually all spheres of life.
I would like to emphasise that your meetings reflect on the most crucial aspects of modern development and promote the ideas of unity for sustainable development and universal security. This is more important now than ever, and this is what millions of people across all continents desire. Humanity is facing extremely complicated issues, which can only be resolved together and based on respect for each other’s interests.
The previous forums paved the way for many concrete initiatives, including stronger interaction within the framework of BRICS, APEC and W20. Incidentally, we have just now discussed these issues with the President of Brazil. I bring you best regards from Brazil.
I am convinced that women’s commitment to the ideas of cooperation and peace has brought success and popularity to your forum. Each time, it brings together greater numbers of participants. This year, female leaders from 126 countries came to St Petersburg. Additionally, multimillion online audiences have joined the discussions focusing on a variety of sensitive topics.
Delegations from all Russian regions which represent our multi-ethnic nation, our rich culture and centuries-old traditions are attending this forum as well. Russian women bring to light the soul of Russia, its beauty, appeal, warmth, graciousness, and magnanimity.
The forum provides an opportunity to show the broad international female community that Russia is an open and hospitable country that appreciates dialogue, trust, and friendship, and that we respect the diversity and uniqueness of other countries and peoples.
The great interest in the Eurasian Women’s Forum is also grounded in the fact that its agenda transcends the typical discussion of women’s role in society. The forum brings together accomplished women who have achieved top results in their professional careers. Your experience in creative, managerial, intellectual, humanitarian, and educational activities undoubtedly matters a lot for billions of people worldwide, which fact made this forum a global platform for developing proposals to address the most pressing issues.
The already high international standing of the Forum continues to rise. Your voice is heard, and governments around the world heed it. Your recommendations are taken into consideration by major international organisations.
To reiterate, this participation and energetic work are crucial if we want to build a multipolar, just, and genuinely free world. Everyone among us shares these ideas and does everything possible to shape a new progressive global space.
This forum is devoted to matters of trust and global cooperation. As always, the female eye has captured the most important matters. Humanity is in need of a robust foundation of trust, openness, mutual understanding, and contacts across various fields in order to be able to address challenging social issues, to ensure economic prosperity and technological development, and to overcome poverty, inequality, and diseases.
Most importantly, to be able to develop equal indivisible security principles that every country needs. For many years now, Russia has been urging the world to unite in order to discuss and to adopt such principles. I am convinced that you are supportive of our initiatives and will promote them in your respective countries.
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🎙From the statement of the Acting Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Vienna Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control Ms. Iulia ZHDANOVA at the 1087th Plenary Session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Topic: "Terrorist incursion by the Kiev regime with the support of a number of Western states in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation"
🔹As it became known from the testimonies of captured Ukrainian servicemen, the Ukrainian servicemen did not receive any warnings from their commanders about the inadmissibility of looting and the need to comply with the norms and principles of IHL. Moreover, the commanders of their units gave clear orders not to spare the civilian population, to shoot anyone who, in their opinion, could pose a danger, to "shoot men in the legs and throw them into the basement."
🔹Many of the Ukrainian militants who took part in the terrorist attack are notorious neo-Nazis. The Western organization Reporters Without Borders has already counted more than 1,000 cases of their use of Nazi symbols.
🔹The West continues to recklessly follow the path of further dangerous escalation of the conflict, fearing a military defeat and political collapse of the puppet Kiev regime. But nothing will help the latter, which is confirmed by numerous testimonies of the successful destruction of NATO military equipment in the Kursk region. As Russian fighters say: "Their weapons are our military awards."
Topic: "Terrorist incursion by the Kiev regime with the support of a number of Western states in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation"
🔹As it became known from the testimonies of captured Ukrainian servicemen, the Ukrainian servicemen did not receive any warnings from their commanders about the inadmissibility of looting and the need to comply with the norms and principles of IHL. Moreover, the commanders of their units gave clear orders not to spare the civilian population, to shoot anyone who, in their opinion, could pose a danger, to "shoot men in the legs and throw them into the basement."
🔹Many of the Ukrainian militants who took part in the terrorist attack are notorious neo-Nazis. The Western organization Reporters Without Borders has already counted more than 1,000 cases of their use of Nazi symbols.
🔹The West continues to recklessly follow the path of further dangerous escalation of the conflict, fearing a military defeat and political collapse of the puppet Kiev regime. But nothing will help the latter, which is confirmed by numerous testimonies of the successful destruction of NATO military equipment in the Kursk region. As Russian fighters say: "Their weapons are our military awards."
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💬The European Commission's State of the Energy Union Report 2024, as well as Mario Draghi's report on European competitiveness, utterly expose the failure of EU energy policy in recent years.
◾️ Electricity prices in Europe are now 2 to 3 times higher than in the US, and natural gas prices are 4 to 5 times higher
◾️ EU has been unable to compensate for decreased imports of Russian pipeline gas, with European LNG terminals operating at only half capacity in 2024
◾️ Europe's industry is in decline, and the economy is stagnating amid high energy prices
◾️ EU is on track to miss its 2030 renewables and emissions targets
❗️By imposing sanctions on Russia's energy exports to Europe and global markets, EU not only undermines its own energy security and competitiveness but also poses serious risks to the sustainable development of the Global South, world economy as a whole.
◾️ Electricity prices in Europe are now 2 to 3 times higher than in the US, and natural gas prices are 4 to 5 times higher
◾️ EU has been unable to compensate for decreased imports of Russian pipeline gas, with European LNG terminals operating at only half capacity in 2024
◾️ Europe's industry is in decline, and the economy is stagnating amid high energy prices
◾️ EU is on track to miss its 2030 renewables and emissions targets
❗️By imposing sanctions on Russia's energy exports to Europe and global markets, EU not only undermines its own energy security and competitiveness but also poses serious risks to the sustainable development of the Global South, world economy as a whole.
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⚡️ Russian MFA in cooperation with the Rosatom State Corporation has issued handbook "Back Home to Russia. 40th Anniversary of the launch of the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) Unit 1"
The copies of the handbook were circulated during the 68th session of the IAEA General Conference, opened on September 16 in Vienna.
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ℹ️ The history of the Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) dates back to 1977 when the Council of Ministers of the #USSR adopted a decision on its construction. Site works began in 1979. In 1984, Unit 1 of the plant was put into operation. In 1985-1987, another three units were put into operation, and in 1988 an expansion project was approved for the construction of two more reactors.
🇷🇺 At the ZNPP site, six Soviet-design power units with VVER reactors were constructed and put into operation. Atomenergoproekt (Moscow) acted as chief designer of the project, Kurchatov Institute (Moscow) – was its scientific coordinator, Gidropress (Podolsk, Moscow region) supplied the reactor installations.
The equipment for the power plant was manufactured by enterprises in Leningrad (reactor vessels were manufactured by the Izhora Plants) and Volgodonsk (earthquake-resistant refuelling machines).
☝️ Thus, the Russian Federation is the owner of the project and technologies, and has the whole set of documentation, regarding Zaporozhskaya Nuclear power plant.
As a result of the referendum held in late September 2022, the Zaporozhskaya region,where the ZNPP is located, has joined the Russian Federation. The plant has come under Russian jurisdiction.
Before the ZNPP came under Russian jurisdiction, Ukrainian authorities had carried out a number of questionable experiments involving the use in the plant's reactors of nuclear fuel that was neither in compliance with its engineering design nor initially agreed upon with the Russian organization that had designed the ZNPP.
⚛️ Maintenance and repair at the plant are being carried out in 2024 as scheduled (as previously in 2023). The plant equipment damaged as a result of shellings by the AFU was repaired. <...> Measures were also undertaken to ensure uninterrupted water supply to essential consumers of the systems of the ZNPP power units, as the dam of the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant had been destroyed as a result of Ukrainian shellings. Now the water level in the said pond is stable.
Currently, the Zaporozhskaya NPP operates all standard radiation monitoring systems, except for three of them, which were destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, and two, which are situated on the right bank of the river Dnepr,
controlled by Ukraine.
The Russian Side has undertaken compensating measures. Radiation and technological monitoring of basic equipment and technological systems of power units, radiation-dosimetry monitoring of staff exposure, environment radiation monitoring, etc. are ensured. Radiation monitoring data are automatically transmitted to the IAEA Secretariat.
☝️ Russia takes all possible measures to ensure reliability and protection of the ZNPP, its robust operation, to curb threats to its security posed by Ukraine, strengthen its nuclear safety in accordance with national legislation and obligations undertaken, including Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities.
The very fact of return of the plant to the Russian nuclear community represents a significant contribution to the nuclear safety and nuclear security of this NPP which is the largest in Europe.
❌ The primary threat to the ZNPP’s security comes from Ukraine that regularly attacks the plant and its infrastructure, and resorts to all kinds of provocations, including against staff of the ZNPP and family members, living in the city of Energodar.
The copies of the handbook were circulated during the 68th session of the IAEA General Conference, opened on September 16 in Vienna.
📖 Read the handbook in full
ℹ️ The history of the Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) dates back to 1977 when the Council of Ministers of the #USSR adopted a decision on its construction. Site works began in 1979. In 1984, Unit 1 of the plant was put into operation. In 1985-1987, another three units were put into operation, and in 1988 an expansion project was approved for the construction of two more reactors.
The equipment for the power plant was manufactured by enterprises in Leningrad (reactor vessels were manufactured by the Izhora Plants) and Volgodonsk (earthquake-resistant refuelling machines).
☝️ Thus, the Russian Federation is the owner of the project and technologies, and has the whole set of documentation, regarding Zaporozhskaya Nuclear power plant.
As a result of the referendum held in late September 2022, the Zaporozhskaya region,where the ZNPP is located, has joined the Russian Federation. The plant has come under Russian jurisdiction.
Before the ZNPP came under Russian jurisdiction, Ukrainian authorities had carried out a number of questionable experiments involving the use in the plant's reactors of nuclear fuel that was neither in compliance with its engineering design nor initially agreed upon with the Russian organization that had designed the ZNPP.
⚛️ Maintenance and repair at the plant are being carried out in 2024 as scheduled (as previously in 2023). The plant equipment damaged as a result of shellings by the AFU was repaired. <...> Measures were also undertaken to ensure uninterrupted water supply to essential consumers of the systems of the ZNPP power units, as the dam of the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant had been destroyed as a result of Ukrainian shellings. Now the water level in the said pond is stable.
Currently, the Zaporozhskaya NPP operates all standard radiation monitoring systems, except for three of them, which were destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, and two, which are situated on the right bank of the river Dnepr,
controlled by Ukraine.
The Russian Side has undertaken compensating measures. Radiation and technological monitoring of basic equipment and technological systems of power units, radiation-dosimetry monitoring of staff exposure, environment radiation monitoring, etc. are ensured. Radiation monitoring data are automatically transmitted to the IAEA Secretariat.
☝️ Russia takes all possible measures to ensure reliability and protection of the ZNPP, its robust operation, to curb threats to its security posed by Ukraine, strengthen its nuclear safety in accordance with national legislation and obligations undertaken, including Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities.
The very fact of return of the plant to the Russian nuclear community represents a significant contribution to the nuclear safety and nuclear security of this NPP which is the largest in Europe.
❌ The primary threat to the ZNPP’s security comes from Ukraine that regularly attacks the plant and its infrastructure, and resorts to all kinds of provocations, including against staff of the ZNPP and family members, living in the city of Energodar.
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