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◾️ Today a great Russian artist of worldwide renown, People's artist of Russia Zurab Tsereteli passed away.
Among his many works of art — Good defeats Evil at the UN Headquarters. It depicts a retelling of the Saint George and the Dragon tale.
Rest in peace, Zurab Konstantinovich.
Among his many works of art — Good defeats Evil at the UN Headquarters. It depicts a retelling of the Saint George and the Dragon tale.
Rest in peace, Zurab Konstantinovich.
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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, April 17, 2025)
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime’s “anti-terrorist operation” against Donbass (2014)
🔹 Situation in and around Gagauzia
🔹 On Estonia’s plans to sink civilian ships in the Baltic
🔹 Violations of the rights of Russian citizens in Estonia and Finland
🔹 UNESCO
🔹 United Action and Remembrance Day on the genocide against the Soviet nation by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War
📰 Read
📺 Watch
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#KievRegimeCrimes
We once again underscore the Kiev regime’s failure to adhere to the 30-day moratorium on strikes against the fuel and energy complex facilities.
AFU have conducted nearly daily UAV attacks targeting Russian fuel and energy infrastructure. Since the declared “energy truce,” over 80 such attacks have been recorded.
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For several days now the collective West has been raging about the high-precision strike the Russian Armed Forces carried out with a high-explosive missile at the building where commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Western instructors were gathering in Sumy on April 13. The Westerners began to push a hastily concocted propaganda fake about the Russian missile that allegedly killed women and children.
Does the UN Secretary-General António Guterres know about what is happening in Ukraine now with these resignations, with the obituaries for Ukrainian military personnel, with the use of civilian population as a human shield in a military gathering?
#NATO #Militarism #Russophobia
Paris and London still fail to achieve consensus on their delusional proposal to deploy a “multinational peacekeeping contingent” comprising NATO member-state units to Ukraine.
Media reports suggest that aside from France and Britain, only the rabidly Russophobic Baltic regimes (note: not their populations, often kept ignorant by those in power) are prepared to join this reckless venture, which risks direct military confrontation between the Alliance and Russia.
Most coalition members doubt the feasibility of such an intervention without US backing. Washington continues to avoid entanglement in these Allied escapades, likely recognising the real consequences they would entail.
#Estonia #Baltic #Piracy
Starting from April 14, 2025, legal amendments came into effect in Estonia, enabling its Navy to use force against foreign ships.
If Russian ships are affected by any of these actions, our country will respond to the risks and threats posed by Estonia, a NATO member state, accordingly.
Russia firmly condemns these pirate-like aspirations because the mandate of the Estonian Navy transcends and violates international law.
#UNESCO #Journalists #DoubleStandards
The subject of protecting journalists’ safety was once again resonantly raised during the 221st session of the UNESCO Executive Board, where participants highlighted the UNESCO leadership’s recent action – or rather inaction – in this field.
We have repeatedly indicated our resolve to compel UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to fulfil her mandate in good faith before it ends.
The heated debates on this issue at the Executive Board meeting clearly demonstrated that the disagreements over the UNESCO Secretariat’s policy on the track of (not) protecting the safety of journalists are becoming fundamental.
This trend became especially pronounced after Audrey Azoulay’s notorious report she delivered last year, which failed to mention Russian frontline reporters and other media workers who died at the hands of Kiev regime militants in 2022 and 2023.
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime’s “anti-terrorist operation” against Donbass (2014)
🔹 Situation in and around Gagauzia
🔹 On Estonia’s plans to sink civilian ships in the Baltic
🔹 Violations of the rights of Russian citizens in Estonia and Finland
🔹 UNESCO
🔹 United Action and Remembrance Day on the genocide against the Soviet nation by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War
📰 Read
📺 Watch
***
#KievRegimeCrimes
We once again underscore the Kiev regime’s failure to adhere to the 30-day moratorium on strikes against the fuel and energy complex facilities.
AFU have conducted nearly daily UAV attacks targeting Russian fuel and energy infrastructure. Since the declared “energy truce,” over 80 such attacks have been recorded.
***
For several days now the collective West has been raging about the high-precision strike the Russian Armed Forces carried out with a high-explosive missile at the building where commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Western instructors were gathering in Sumy on April 13. The Westerners began to push a hastily concocted propaganda fake about the Russian missile that allegedly killed women and children.
Does the UN Secretary-General António Guterres know about what is happening in Ukraine now with these resignations, with the obituaries for Ukrainian military personnel, with the use of civilian population as a human shield in a military gathering?
#NATO #Militarism #Russophobia
Paris and London still fail to achieve consensus on their delusional proposal to deploy a “multinational peacekeeping contingent” comprising NATO member-state units to Ukraine.
Media reports suggest that aside from France and Britain, only the rabidly Russophobic Baltic regimes (note: not their populations, often kept ignorant by those in power) are prepared to join this reckless venture, which risks direct military confrontation between the Alliance and Russia.
Most coalition members doubt the feasibility of such an intervention without US backing. Washington continues to avoid entanglement in these Allied escapades, likely recognising the real consequences they would entail.
#Estonia #Baltic #Piracy
Starting from April 14, 2025, legal amendments came into effect in Estonia, enabling its Navy to use force against foreign ships.
If Russian ships are affected by any of these actions, our country will respond to the risks and threats posed by Estonia, a NATO member state, accordingly.
Russia firmly condemns these pirate-like aspirations because the mandate of the Estonian Navy transcends and violates international law.
#UNESCO #Journalists #DoubleStandards
The subject of protecting journalists’ safety was once again resonantly raised during the 221st session of the UNESCO Executive Board, where participants highlighted the UNESCO leadership’s recent action – or rather inaction – in this field.
We have repeatedly indicated our resolve to compel UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to fulfil her mandate in good faith before it ends.
The heated debates on this issue at the Executive Board meeting clearly demonstrated that the disagreements over the UNESCO Secretariat’s policy on the track of (not) protecting the safety of journalists are becoming fundamental.
This trend became especially pronounced after Audrey Azoulay’s notorious report she delivered last year, which failed to mention Russian frontline reporters and other media workers who died at the hands of Kiev regime militants in 2022 and 2023.
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В ЕЭК открылась фотовыставка, посвященная 80-летию Победы
Выставка разделена на две большие экспозиции и охватывает основные этапы Великой Отечественной войны – от вторжения нацистской Германии в СССР в 1941 году до победных боёв в Берлине в 1945 году.
Основная часть выставки включает в себя фронтовые фотографии, отобранные сотрудниками Комиссии в государственных архивах стран Евразийского экономического союза. Современные аудиовизуальные эффекты – проецирование на стены черно-белых кадров, художественный свет, музыкальное сопровождение – придают экспозиции неповторимую атмосферу. Внимание посетителей также привлекают подборки пожелтевших от времени газет и солдатских писем.
«Мы отдаем дань глубокого уважения мужеству и великому ратному подвигу наших отцов, дедов и прадедов во имя Победы над фашизмом, – подчеркнул, открывая выставку, Председатель Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии Бакытжан Сагинтаев. – Каждый экспонат нашей выставки имеет особую ценность, потому что за портретами и фамилиями героев – уникальные истории их подвигов».
В другой части выставки, которая называется «Наши герои», представлены около 600 фотографий родственников сотрудников ЕЭК, принявших участие в Великой Отечественной войне. Информация по каждому ветерану дополнительно изучена через открытые архивные источники: созданы и обновлены биографические справки, восстановлены сведения о наградах и воинских званиях.
С этой экспозицией можно также ознакомиться на сайте ЕЭК в разделе «Наши герои».
Выставка разделена на две большие экспозиции и охватывает основные этапы Великой Отечественной войны – от вторжения нацистской Германии в СССР в 1941 году до победных боёв в Берлине в 1945 году.
Основная часть выставки включает в себя фронтовые фотографии, отобранные сотрудниками Комиссии в государственных архивах стран Евразийского экономического союза. Современные аудиовизуальные эффекты – проецирование на стены черно-белых кадров, художественный свет, музыкальное сопровождение – придают экспозиции неповторимую атмосферу. Внимание посетителей также привлекают подборки пожелтевших от времени газет и солдатских писем.
«Мы отдаем дань глубокого уважения мужеству и великому ратному подвигу наших отцов, дедов и прадедов во имя Победы над фашизмом, – подчеркнул, открывая выставку, Председатель Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии Бакытжан Сагинтаев. – Каждый экспонат нашей выставки имеет особую ценность, потому что за портретами и фамилиями героев – уникальные истории их подвигов».
В другой части выставки, которая называется «Наши герои», представлены около 600 фотографий родственников сотрудников ЕЭК, принявших участие в Великой Отечественной войне. Информация по каждому ветерану дополнительно изучена через открытые архивные источники: созданы и обновлены биографические справки, восстановлены сведения о наградах и воинских званиях.
С этой экспозицией можно также ознакомиться на сайте ЕЭК в разделе «Наши герои».
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22 апреля 2025 г. Генеральный консул России в Киркенесе Н.А.Коныгин представил в Никеле книгу о памятниках советским воинам на территории Северной Норвегии. Собравшиеся в Краеведческом музее представители научного сообщества, деятели образования, организаций ветеранов и поисковых отрядов ознакомились с собранными материалами.
22. april 2025 i Nikel fremviste Russlands generalkonsul i Kirkenes N.A.Konygin boken om minnesmerker til sovjetiske soldater i Nord-Norge. De oppmøtte forskere, lærere, representanter for veteranorganisasjoner og letemannskap ble kjent med innsamlet materiell.
22. april 2025 i Nikel fremviste Russlands generalkonsul i Kirkenes N.A.Konygin boken om minnesmerker til sovjetiske soldater i Nord-Norge. De oppmøtte forskere, lærere, representanter for veteranorganisasjoner og letemannskap ble kjent med innsamlet materiell.
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📄 Russia's Foreign Ministry Report by «Eighty Years After the Great Victory: Europe has Once Again Fallen in the Shadow of Nazism»
In May of 1945, amidst the wave of universal jubilation, it seemed that Nazism had been eradicated forever. The world, Europe, and especially the Soviet people paid the highest possible price for the Victory over the "brown plague."
However, as life has shown, only the visible part of this sinister iceberg was destroyed in that war. The roots and the breeding ground remained, and today Nazism is once again rearing its head in Europe.
🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Western European countries <...> actively indulged revanchist sentiments in the newly formed States, especially in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, where today the whitewashing of Nazism has been elevated to the rank of State ideology. <...>
🇵🇱 In Poland the task of falsifying the history of World War II to suit the political situation is being actively pursued. The decisive contribution of the Soviet Union and the Red Army to the Victory over Hitler's Germany and the liberation of Europe from Nazism is denied.
Warsaw and the Baltic "troika" became the main driving forces behind anti-Russian initiatives by the collective West. <...>
The West is trying in every possible way to whitewash the darker chapters of its own past.
🇫🇷 In France, which was designated as one of the "victors" after the war, significantly more Frenchmen fought on the side of the German army than participated in the Resistance and fought on the side of the Allied forces. <...>
🇫🇮 In Finland, the country's participation in the Great Patriotic War as an ally of Nazi Germany is portrayed in muted terms. <...>
🇧🇪 In Belgium there is a tendency to hush up the fact that during the years of fascist occupation, Belgians actively joined the ranks of collaborators. <...>
🇮🇹 Despite the fact that Italy's current 1947 Constitution prohibits the re‑establishment of the fascist party in any form, the ideas of anti-fascism were gradually eroded in the post-war period, and Italians' attitude towards the period of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship is far from unequivocally negative. <...>
🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom, there is an established practice of juggling the concepts of "Nazism" and "Fascism" for opportunistic interests – to describe any "undesirable" phenomena in the country or on the international stage, or to characterize public and political figures. <...>
🇩🇪 The desire to turn a blind eye to its Nazi past is already becoming commonplace in modern Germany as well. Active attempts are being made in various forms to blur this "burden."
The strengthening of Russia's position in international affairs became a consolidating factor for European countries around the goal of inflicting maximum damage on our country's authority. And the Special Military Operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine and to protect the civilian population of Donbass became the trigger for a massive Russophobic information attack. <...>
❗️ The European bureaucracy nurtured the Nazi regime in Kiev in order to unite Europe under racist and Nazi banners for a war against Russia. The explicit ignoring of gross human rights violations in Ukraine is evidence of the European Union's indulgence of neo-Nazi ideas. <...>
☝️ Russia, as the country that suffered the most from the horrors of World War II and the Great Patriotic War, and that bore immense sacrifices to restore peace on the continent, will never allow the lessons of the past to be forgotten. <...>
A key priority for Russia remains the preservation of the memory of the genocide committed against the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. <...>
☝️ For the sake of our shared future, everything must be done to prevent the rehabilitation of Nazism and the glorification of Nazi criminals, so that the people of Europe are never again forced to ask, “For whom the bell tolls?”, fully understanding what the answer will be if this mission fails.
In May of 1945, amidst the wave of universal jubilation, it seemed that Nazism had been eradicated forever. The world, Europe, and especially the Soviet people paid the highest possible price for the Victory over the "brown plague."
However, as life has shown, only the visible part of this sinister iceberg was destroyed in that war. The roots and the breeding ground remained, and today Nazism is once again rearing its head in Europe.
🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Western European countries <...> actively indulged revanchist sentiments in the newly formed States, especially in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, where today the whitewashing of Nazism has been elevated to the rank of State ideology. <...>
🇵🇱 In Poland the task of falsifying the history of World War II to suit the political situation is being actively pursued. The decisive contribution of the Soviet Union and the Red Army to the Victory over Hitler's Germany and the liberation of Europe from Nazism is denied.
Warsaw and the Baltic "troika" became the main driving forces behind anti-Russian initiatives by the collective West. <...>
The West is trying in every possible way to whitewash the darker chapters of its own past.
🇫🇷 In France, which was designated as one of the "victors" after the war, significantly more Frenchmen fought on the side of the German army than participated in the Resistance and fought on the side of the Allied forces. <...>
🇫🇮 In Finland, the country's participation in the Great Patriotic War as an ally of Nazi Germany is portrayed in muted terms. <...>
🇧🇪 In Belgium there is a tendency to hush up the fact that during the years of fascist occupation, Belgians actively joined the ranks of collaborators. <...>
🇮🇹 Despite the fact that Italy's current 1947 Constitution prohibits the re‑establishment of the fascist party in any form, the ideas of anti-fascism were gradually eroded in the post-war period, and Italians' attitude towards the period of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship is far from unequivocally negative. <...>
🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom, there is an established practice of juggling the concepts of "Nazism" and "Fascism" for opportunistic interests – to describe any "undesirable" phenomena in the country or on the international stage, or to characterize public and political figures. <...>
🇩🇪 The desire to turn a blind eye to its Nazi past is already becoming commonplace in modern Germany as well. Active attempts are being made in various forms to blur this "burden."
The strengthening of Russia's position in international affairs became a consolidating factor for European countries around the goal of inflicting maximum damage on our country's authority. And the Special Military Operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine and to protect the civilian population of Donbass became the trigger for a massive Russophobic information attack. <...>
❗️ The European bureaucracy nurtured the Nazi regime in Kiev in order to unite Europe under racist and Nazi banners for a war against Russia. The explicit ignoring of gross human rights violations in Ukraine is evidence of the European Union's indulgence of neo-Nazi ideas. <...>
☝️ Russia, as the country that suffered the most from the horrors of World War II and the Great Patriotic War, and that bore immense sacrifices to restore peace on the continent, will never allow the lessons of the past to be forgotten. <...>
A key priority for Russia remains the preservation of the memory of the genocide committed against the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. <...>
☝️ For the sake of our shared future, everything must be done to prevent the rehabilitation of Nazism and the glorification of Nazi criminals, so that the people of Europe are never again forced to ask, “For whom the bell tolls?”, fully understanding what the answer will be if this mission fails.
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#Victory80
8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on April 25, 1945, only fifteen days before Nazi Germany’s surrender, the historic Meeting of Soviet and American troops on the Elbe River took place.
On that day, the 58th Rifle Division of the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front, under the command of Marshal Ivan Konev, linked up with units of the 69th and 104th Infantry Divisions of the US 1st Army, led by General Omar Bradley.
#WeWereAllies
This event had major symbolic significance, signalling the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany and marking the climax of the fight against Nazism. The spirit of unity in the fight against the common enemy, later known as the #SpiritOfTheElbe, laid the groundwork for future post-war cooperation.
☝️ It is no coincidence that, on April 25, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of this historic event, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump issued a joint statement:
Back in 1945, Soviet and US brothers-in-arms, setting aside cultural differences and language barriers, exchanged badges, insignia, personal items and even valuables as keepsakes. Celebrations continued at the Soviet command headquarters on the eastern bank of the Elbe, where General Bradley met with Marshal Konev. At the end of the event, the Soviet commander presented his American counterpart a banner bearing the innoscription “From the soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front” and his warhorse. General Bradley later sent Konev a "Willys" jeep.
Soldiers on both sides eagerly anticipated the moment of meeting and firm handshake. General Joseph Lawton Collins, Commander of the US 7th Army Corps, nominated several Soviet soldiers for American military awards for their distinguished combat performance during the advance to the Elbe.
On April 28, Marshal Konev and General Bradley met again. During the meeting, the US general emphasised that the "people of the United States had always admired the battles and victories of the glorious Red Army, adding that American soldiers and officers aspired to follow the example set by the forces of the 1st Ukrainian front".
A reporter from Life magazine took a picture of two participants in the Elbe meeting, Alexander Sylvashko, right, and William Robertson, left, making them world-famous overnight. Both soldiers often recalled this historic meeting. Alexander Sylvashko said that if the spirit of camaraderie between American and Soviet soldiers had endured, the world might have become a different and better place. William Robertson described the atmosphere of the meeting with Soviet forces as one that gave him a sense of global unity.
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In the years that followed #WWII, even during the Cold War, when former allies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition became bitter rivals, the Spirit of the Elbe was alive in the hearts of those who had taken part in that legendary meeting in Torgau. The Soviet and American veterans who had performed a heroic deed in the name of saving the world from the 'Nazi plague' cherished the memory of their wartime brotherhood, their shared struggle, and the hardships they had overcome.
🖋 In 1963, Private Joe Polowsky of the US Army, who had been part of the scout unit that first crossed the Elbe and met with Red Army units, wrote a letter to Marshal Konev on behalf of American veterans.
✉️ The letter reads, in part:
8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on April 25, 1945, only fifteen days before Nazi Germany’s surrender, the historic Meeting of Soviet and American troops on the Elbe River took place.
On that day, the 58th Rifle Division of the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front, under the command of Marshal Ivan Konev, linked up with units of the 69th and 104th Infantry Divisions of the US 1st Army, led by General Omar Bradley.
#WeWereAllies
This event had major symbolic significance, signalling the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany and marking the climax of the fight against Nazism. The spirit of unity in the fight against the common enemy, later known as the #SpiritOfTheElbe, laid the groundwork for future post-war cooperation.
☝️ It is no coincidence that, on April 25, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of this historic event, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump issued a joint statement:
“The Spirit of the Elbe is an example of how our countries can put aside differences, build trust, and cooperate in pursuit of a greater cause. As we work today to confront the most important challenges of the 21st century, we pay tribute to the valour and courage of all those who fought together to defeat fascism.
Their heroic feat will never be forgotten.”
Back in 1945, Soviet and US brothers-in-arms, setting aside cultural differences and language barriers, exchanged badges, insignia, personal items and even valuables as keepsakes. Celebrations continued at the Soviet command headquarters on the eastern bank of the Elbe, where General Bradley met with Marshal Konev. At the end of the event, the Soviet commander presented his American counterpart a banner bearing the innoscription “From the soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front” and his warhorse. General Bradley later sent Konev a "Willys" jeep.
Soldiers on both sides eagerly anticipated the moment of meeting and firm handshake. General Joseph Lawton Collins, Commander of the US 7th Army Corps, nominated several Soviet soldiers for American military awards for their distinguished combat performance during the advance to the Elbe.
On April 28, Marshal Konev and General Bradley met again. During the meeting, the US general emphasised that the "people of the United States had always admired the battles and victories of the glorious Red Army, adding that American soldiers and officers aspired to follow the example set by the forces of the 1st Ukrainian front".
A reporter from Life magazine took a picture of two participants in the Elbe meeting, Alexander Sylvashko, right, and William Robertson, left, making them world-famous overnight. Both soldiers often recalled this historic meeting. Alexander Sylvashko said that if the spirit of camaraderie between American and Soviet soldiers had endured, the world might have become a different and better place. William Robertson described the atmosphere of the meeting with Soviet forces as one that gave him a sense of global unity.
***
In the years that followed #WWII, even during the Cold War, when former allies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition became bitter rivals, the Spirit of the Elbe was alive in the hearts of those who had taken part in that legendary meeting in Torgau. The Soviet and American veterans who had performed a heroic deed in the name of saving the world from the 'Nazi plague' cherished the memory of their wartime brotherhood, their shared struggle, and the hardships they had overcome.
🖋 In 1963, Private Joe Polowsky of the US Army, who had been part of the scout unit that first crossed the Elbe and met with Red Army units, wrote a letter to Marshal Konev on behalf of American veterans.
✉️ The letter reads, in part:
"The soldiers on both sides pledged to do all they could to build a better life based on goodwill, mutual respect and peace between our two nations – a peace their children and all humanity needed.
And the promise made on April 25, 1945, must be upheld.”
Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
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At the #IFAP Intergovernmental Council, 🇷🇺 Russia presented the achievements of the Programme's National Committee
📍For 25 years, the Committee has been actively working in all priority areas, contributing to the achievement of #IFAP goals at national and international levels.
📍The annual international conferences 'Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age' in Khanty-Mansiysk, with the participation of more than 40 countries, receive a wide response in the expert community.
📍Russia actively participates in the implementation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages #IDIL.
📍Important projects are carried out to support the languages and cultures in the digital world, including the 'World Treasury of Mother Tongues' conference and the 'My Mother Tongue' programme.
📍For 25 years, the Committee has been actively working in all priority areas, contributing to the achievement of #IFAP goals at national and international levels.
📍The annual international conferences 'Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age' in Khanty-Mansiysk, with the participation of more than 40 countries, receive a wide response in the expert community.
📍Russia actively participates in the implementation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages #IDIL.
📍Important projects are carried out to support the languages and cultures in the digital world, including the 'World Treasury of Mother Tongues' conference and the 'My Mother Tongue' programme.
Forwarded from Russian Embassy in South Africa
✍️ From the article “Lost Illusions, or How the International Criminal Courthas become a legal nonentity” by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman, Security Council of the Russian Federation, PhD in law
🔹 The world keeps changing, and not always for the better. We have witnessed the rapid degradation of many supranational legal structures, which have fallen victim to their dependence on the will, funding and values of the so-called collective West. This is true, for instance, for the International Criminal Court (the Hague Criminal Court).
🔹 As of February 2025, 125 states are parties to the Rome Statute (in the UN there are 193 members). Despite their number, the ICC does not represent the international community of states as a whole and does not act in its name. Three out of five permanent members of the UN Security Council are not parties to it (Russia, China and the USA), along with industrialised and densely populated Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia), many Arab countries.
🔹 It is no coincidence that former Chair of the African Union Commission Jean Ping told journalists that the Court is a toy of declining imperial powers. Opinions spread that apparently the ICC was only interested in prosecuting Africans who confronted the Western influence, and used Africa as a laboratory for testing international criminal justice.
🔹 Yet it was in terms of the arrest warrants issued for heads of sovereign states that the ICC reached the pinnacle of nonsense and disutility, including Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in respect of the situation in Ukraine. Passing such decisions the ICC officials were well aware of the fact that they would never bring any practical result, saving propaganda consequences obviously in the interests of the same Anglo-Saxon world.
🔹 Unfortunately, at this point we need to recognise [ICC’s] total inefficiency in performing its main task – bringing to liability all those guilty of genocide, aggression, war crimes, those who escaped punishment under national law. All of them, including citizens of Western countries and NATO member states. Of course, it is doubtful that the Hague Criminal Court in its present form and role will make efforts to this end. That is why it shall sink into oblivion.
🔹It seems entirely possible to develop on the regional level (for instance, in the framework of BRICS) a concept of establishing an international legal body as an alternative to the Hague Criminal Court. This new judicial body in BRICS could reiterate the common commitment of its member states to the UN Charter principles, including the principles of immunity of heads of sovereign states from any foreign jurisdiction and non-interference into internal affairs of the states, including by way of unlawful foreign instructing of opposition leaders.
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🔹 The world keeps changing, and not always for the better. We have witnessed the rapid degradation of many supranational legal structures, which have fallen victim to their dependence on the will, funding and values of the so-called collective West. This is true, for instance, for the International Criminal Court (the Hague Criminal Court).
🔹 As of February 2025, 125 states are parties to the Rome Statute (in the UN there are 193 members). Despite their number, the ICC does not represent the international community of states as a whole and does not act in its name. Three out of five permanent members of the UN Security Council are not parties to it (Russia, China and the USA), along with industrialised and densely populated Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia), many Arab countries.
🔹 It is no coincidence that former Chair of the African Union Commission Jean Ping told journalists that the Court is a toy of declining imperial powers. Opinions spread that apparently the ICC was only interested in prosecuting Africans who confronted the Western influence, and used Africa as a laboratory for testing international criminal justice.
🔹 Yet it was in terms of the arrest warrants issued for heads of sovereign states that the ICC reached the pinnacle of nonsense and disutility, including Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in respect of the situation in Ukraine. Passing such decisions the ICC officials were well aware of the fact that they would never bring any practical result, saving propaganda consequences obviously in the interests of the same Anglo-Saxon world.
🔹 Unfortunately, at this point we need to recognise [ICC’s] total inefficiency in performing its main task – bringing to liability all those guilty of genocide, aggression, war crimes, those who escaped punishment under national law. All of them, including citizens of Western countries and NATO member states. Of course, it is doubtful that the Hague Criminal Court in its present form and role will make efforts to this end. That is why it shall sink into oblivion.
🔹It seems entirely possible to develop on the regional level (for instance, in the framework of BRICS) a concept of establishing an international legal body as an alternative to the Hague Criminal Court. This new judicial body in BRICS could reiterate the common commitment of its member states to the UN Charter principles, including the principles of immunity of heads of sovereign states from any foreign jurisdiction and non-interference into internal affairs of the states, including by way of unlawful foreign instructing of opposition leaders.
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🌷 On April 25, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with the participation of the foreign diplomatic corps accredited in Moscow, took place in Alexander Garden.
🌷 On April 25, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with the participation of the foreign diplomatic corps accredited in Moscow, took place in Alexander Garden.
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Диктант Победы в Арктике
26 апреля 2025 года в преддверии празднования 80-й годовщины Победы в Великой Отечественной войне Генеральное консульство России на Шпицбергене распахнуло свои двери для участников международной патриотической акции «Диктант Победы» и стало одной из самых северных площадок ее проведения.
Мероприятие собрало 27 полярников Баренцбурга, в том числе учащихся и учителей школы российского поселка, ученых и исследователей Российского научного центра на архипелаге, а также работников государственного треста «Арктикуголь».
С приветственным словом к участникам обратились Генеральный консул А.А.Чемерило и директор школы Н.Ю.Бажукова.
Вопросы диктанта касались наиболее важных и ключевых событий Великой Отечественной войны, личностей великих полководцев, проявлений героизма воинов-победителей и увековечивания их памяти.
По итогам акции всем полярникам были вручены памятные свидетельства.
#ДиктантПобеды #Победа80 #МыПомним
26 апреля 2025 года в преддверии празднования 80-й годовщины Победы в Великой Отечественной войне Генеральное консульство России на Шпицбергене распахнуло свои двери для участников международной патриотической акции «Диктант Победы» и стало одной из самых северных площадок ее проведения.
Мероприятие собрало 27 полярников Баренцбурга, в том числе учащихся и учителей школы российского поселка, ученых и исследователей Российского научного центра на архипелаге, а также работников государственного треста «Арктикуголь».
С приветственным словом к участникам обратились Генеральный консул А.А.Чемерило и директор школы Н.Ю.Бажукова.
Вопросы диктанта касались наиболее важных и ключевых событий Великой Отечественной войны, личностей великих полководцев, проявлений героизма воинов-победителей и увековечивания их памяти.
По итогам акции всем полярникам были вручены памятные свидетельства.
#ДиктантПобеды #Победа80 #МыПомним
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🗓 On April 26, 1945, the city of Brno, one of Czechoslovakia’s major industrial centres, was liberated by the Red Army from the Nazi invaders as part of the Bratislava-Brno offensive.
After the Soviet forces expelled the Nazis from Bratislava, the Red Army breached the Wehrmacht’s Moravia massive defensive line, encircling the Brno sector on April 22. The next day, the Soviet soldiers launched the decisive attack on the Nazis.
Following the occupation of Czechoslovakia, Brno had turned into a major Third Reich industrial and production hub where the Skoda and Zbrojovka weapons manufacturers were located, as well as a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim).
The city being strategically important, the Nazi invaders mounted counterattacks in a desperate effort to halt the Red Army’s onslaught. However, by April 25, Soviet units had already reached several sectors of Brno, engaging the enemy on its outskirts and crossing the Svitava River. By the evening of April 26, the Soviet forces took full control of the city. On the same day, a 20-volley artillery salute of 224 guns was performed in Moscow to mark the event.
🎖 The 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps commanded by Ludvík Svoboda, along with Czechoslovak partisans, were actively involved in the liberation of country, providing substantial support to the Red Army units. Six Czechoslovak citizens were awarded the noscript of Hero of the Soviet Union for their deeds during the Great Patriotic War, more than any other foreign nationals.
☝️The liberation of Brno allowed the Red Army to launch an offensive on the remaining enemy forces and clearing the way to Nazi-occupied Prague.
The monument to the Soviet liberator soldier, unveiled on Brno’s Moravian Square, commemorates the Red Army’s heroic deeds. Unfortunately, it has been repeatedly vandalised. We trust that there are still those in the Czech Republic who cherish the memory of the fallen heroes.
#Victory80
After the Soviet forces expelled the Nazis from Bratislava, the Red Army breached the Wehrmacht’s Moravia massive defensive line, encircling the Brno sector on April 22. The next day, the Soviet soldiers launched the decisive attack on the Nazis.
Following the occupation of Czechoslovakia, Brno had turned into a major Third Reich industrial and production hub where the Skoda and Zbrojovka weapons manufacturers were located, as well as a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim).
The city being strategically important, the Nazi invaders mounted counterattacks in a desperate effort to halt the Red Army’s onslaught. However, by April 25, Soviet units had already reached several sectors of Brno, engaging the enemy on its outskirts and crossing the Svitava River. By the evening of April 26, the Soviet forces took full control of the city. On the same day, a 20-volley artillery salute of 224 guns was performed in Moscow to mark the event.
☝️The liberation of Brno allowed the Red Army to launch an offensive on the remaining enemy forces and clearing the way to Nazi-occupied Prague.
The monument to the Soviet liberator soldier, unveiled on Brno’s Moravian Square, commemorates the Red Army’s heroic deeds. Unfortunately, it has been repeatedly vandalised. We trust that there are still those in the Czech Republic who cherish the memory of the fallen heroes.
#Victory80
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