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🗓 On April 25, 2025, a solemn ceremony to lay flowers and wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was held in Alexander Garden, attended by members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Moscow, senior officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and representatives of the Ministry’s veterans’ organisations.
Over 150 foreign ambassadors and diplomats participated in the ceremony, honouring those who fell in the struggle against Nazism.
🕯 Attendees paid tribute to the heroism and self-sacrifice of soldiers who did not return from the battlefield, observing a minute of silence.
The broad participation of representatives from foreign states in this ceremony unequivocally demonstrated that the valiant deeds of the heroes who saved the world from the fascist menace remain remembered and revered globally.
📹 Watch the wreath-laying ceremony
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Over 150 foreign ambassadors and diplomats participated in the ceremony, honouring those who fell in the struggle against Nazism.
🕯 Attendees paid tribute to the heroism and self-sacrifice of soldiers who did not return from the battlefield, observing a minute of silence.
The broad participation of representatives from foreign states in this ceremony unequivocally demonstrated that the valiant deeds of the heroes who saved the world from the fascist menace remain remembered and revered globally.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the liberation of the Kursk Region (April 26, 2025)
💬 On April 26, with the liberation of the village of Gornal, the Kursk Region was completely cleansed of the Ukrobanderite occupiers and foreign militants.
It became possible thanks to the unbending strength of spirit and heroism of many people who selflessly, day after day, did their best to defeat the enemy who had treacherously invaded our land.
This is not the first time in history that the Kursk Region has become a theatre of military operations, whose outcome determined so much. More than 80 years ago, in the summer of 1943, Hitler's Germany, in an attempt to defeat the Red Army, concentrated here a significant strike force.
The Nazis threw their, as they thought, best forces into the battle, including SS tank divisions. It did not work. The failure of the Kursk Bulge battle for the Nazis is well known to everyone.
In August 2024, the Kiev regime, following the same schemes as its ideological idols, also decided to put its fate to the test.
The terrorist attack on the Kursk Region involved elite units of Ukraine's armed units supplemented with Western weapons and armoured vehicles. Its preparation and execution were carried out by foreign military advisers. This barbaric attack was presented to the international community as an operation to "demonstrate the combat capability of the Ukrainian army" and "improve Ukraine's negotiating positions."
The enemy faced the unwavering steadfastness and courage of our soldiers and officers, who, at the cost of their lives, did not allow the Ukro-Nazis to penetrate deep into the region, and then liberated it metre by metre. As a result, the enemy was completely defeated and the remnants of its troops were thrown out of the Kursk Region.
We admire the valour of the Russian Federation servicemen who took part in combat operations in this area. Their unequalled valour, bravery and readiness for self-sacrifice made it possible to successfully carry out combat tasks assigned to them.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 A new page has appeared in the glorious chronicle of the combat brotherhood between the Russian and the Korean peoples.
The soldiers of the Korean People's Army, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the DPRK, which entered into force on December 4, 2024, fought shoulder to shoulder, in the same trench and shed blood with our soldiers and officers in the Kursk Region and made a significant contribution to the liberation of the Russian land from the enemy invaders.
The Kursk people, who were forced to leave their homes, lost contact with their relatives and were subjected to atrocities and torture by Ukrainian militants, bore an enormous burden of the invasion. We pay tribute to those of them who, in the first days of the tragedy, did not tremble in the face of heavily armed thugs and stood up to defend their land, often at the cost of their own lives.
The Russian law enforcement authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation into all crimes committed in the Kursk Region by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries. Those involved will be identified, prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law.
❗️Following the Kursk Region, all territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation still under the Kiev regime's control, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, will definitely be liberated.
💬 On April 26, with the liberation of the village of Gornal, the Kursk Region was completely cleansed of the Ukrobanderite occupiers and foreign militants.
It became possible thanks to the unbending strength of spirit and heroism of many people who selflessly, day after day, did their best to defeat the enemy who had treacherously invaded our land.
This is not the first time in history that the Kursk Region has become a theatre of military operations, whose outcome determined so much. More than 80 years ago, in the summer of 1943, Hitler's Germany, in an attempt to defeat the Red Army, concentrated here a significant strike force.
The Nazis threw their, as they thought, best forces into the battle, including SS tank divisions. It did not work. The failure of the Kursk Bulge battle for the Nazis is well known to everyone.
In August 2024, the Kiev regime, following the same schemes as its ideological idols, also decided to put its fate to the test.
The terrorist attack on the Kursk Region involved elite units of Ukraine's armed units supplemented with Western weapons and armoured vehicles. Its preparation and execution were carried out by foreign military advisers. This barbaric attack was presented to the international community as an operation to "demonstrate the combat capability of the Ukrainian army" and "improve Ukraine's negotiating positions."
The enemy faced the unwavering steadfastness and courage of our soldiers and officers, who, at the cost of their lives, did not allow the Ukro-Nazis to penetrate deep into the region, and then liberated it metre by metre. As a result, the enemy was completely defeated and the remnants of its troops were thrown out of the Kursk Region.
We admire the valour of the Russian Federation servicemen who took part in combat operations in this area. Their unequalled valour, bravery and readiness for self-sacrifice made it possible to successfully carry out combat tasks assigned to them.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 A new page has appeared in the glorious chronicle of the combat brotherhood between the Russian and the Korean peoples.
The soldiers of the Korean People's Army, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the DPRK, which entered into force on December 4, 2024, fought shoulder to shoulder, in the same trench and shed blood with our soldiers and officers in the Kursk Region and made a significant contribution to the liberation of the Russian land from the enemy invaders.
The Kursk people, who were forced to leave their homes, lost contact with their relatives and were subjected to atrocities and torture by Ukrainian militants, bore an enormous burden of the invasion. We pay tribute to those of them who, in the first days of the tragedy, did not tremble in the face of heavily armed thugs and stood up to defend their land, often at the cost of their own lives.
The Russian law enforcement authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation into all crimes committed in the Kursk Region by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries. Those involved will be identified, prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law.
❗️Following the Kursk Region, all territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation still under the Kiev regime's control, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, will definitely be liberated.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with CBS (Moscow, April 27, 2025)
📖 Read the interview in full
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Key talking points
• We continue our contacts with the American Side on the situation in Ukraine. There are several signs that we are moving in the right direction, first of all, because President Trump is probably the only leader on Earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation. When he said that it was a huge mistake to pull Ukraine into NATO, and this was a mistake by the Biden administration, and he wants to rectify this.
• We only target military goals or civilian sites used by the military. President Putin expressed this for so many times, and this is not different this time as well. We never consciously target civilian sites, unlike the Zelensky regime.
• The Trump administration is interested in searching for a balance of interests. They sincerely want to understand better the Russian position. And they're getting this understanding. And we understand better the American position through negotiations and meetings and discussions, which we have with them.
• We are really polite people. And unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations. Otherwise, negotiations are not serious.
• Whenever we discuss Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, anything, American negotiators put on top human rights. They have claims in this regard to China, to us, to anybody. But whenever Europeans and other Western nations speak about Ukraine, nobody can even mumble the words "human rights".
• We have nothing against American companies, but those companies who decided to leave their business in Russia might find that their place has been already taken by Russian or other foreign investors. And in this case, we would not make any decisions which would discriminate those who came to invest in Russia instead of Americans. If American companies would like to come to a place which is not yet occupied, if they want to propose a project, a new project on top of the previous business ties, of course, we will look into this. And if we find balance of our interests, I think it would be only natural to get into business together.
• We have been promoting for many years in the United Nations a resolution prohibiting putting any nuclear weapons into outer space. The country which is categorically against it is the United States. At least during the Biden administration, this was the case, they were categorically against it. At the same time, the United States promotes an approach according to which they want to prohibit putting conventional weapons in outer space. And they cannot answer the question, "Does this mean that nuclear weapons, they would be planning to move to the orbit?"
• It was the United States which broke the process of strengthening strategic stability. And if the United States is willing to get back to this track, we will see what are the conditions under which this might be possible.
• We welcome the dialogue between the US and Iran. We would be certainly ready to help if both parties believe this is going to be useful. And they know that we are ready.
📖 Read the interview in full
📺 Watch on YouTube
Key talking points
• We continue our contacts with the American Side on the situation in Ukraine. There are several signs that we are moving in the right direction, first of all, because President Trump is probably the only leader on Earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation. When he said that it was a huge mistake to pull Ukraine into NATO, and this was a mistake by the Biden administration, and he wants to rectify this.
• We only target military goals or civilian sites used by the military. President Putin expressed this for so many times, and this is not different this time as well. We never consciously target civilian sites, unlike the Zelensky regime.
• The Trump administration is interested in searching for a balance of interests. They sincerely want to understand better the Russian position. And they're getting this understanding. And we understand better the American position through negotiations and meetings and discussions, which we have with them.
• We are really polite people. And unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations. Otherwise, negotiations are not serious.
• Whenever we discuss Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, anything, American negotiators put on top human rights. They have claims in this regard to China, to us, to anybody. But whenever Europeans and other Western nations speak about Ukraine, nobody can even mumble the words "human rights".
• We have nothing against American companies, but those companies who decided to leave their business in Russia might find that their place has been already taken by Russian or other foreign investors. And in this case, we would not make any decisions which would discriminate those who came to invest in Russia instead of Americans. If American companies would like to come to a place which is not yet occupied, if they want to propose a project, a new project on top of the previous business ties, of course, we will look into this. And if we find balance of our interests, I think it would be only natural to get into business together.
• We have been promoting for many years in the United Nations a resolution prohibiting putting any nuclear weapons into outer space. The country which is categorically against it is the United States. At least during the Biden administration, this was the case, they were categorically against it. At the same time, the United States promotes an approach according to which they want to prohibit putting conventional weapons in outer space. And they cannot answer the question, "Does this mean that nuclear weapons, they would be planning to move to the orbit?"
• It was the United States which broke the process of strengthening strategic stability. And if the United States is willing to get back to this track, we will see what are the conditions under which this might be possible.
• We welcome the dialogue between the US and Iran. We would be certainly ready to help if both parties believe this is going to be useful. And they know that we are ready.
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⚡️ Statement by the President of the Russian Federation
On April 26, 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed the defeat of a group of Ukrainian militants that invaded the Kursk Region, putting an end to the criminal provocation perpetrated by the Ukrainian authorities in an attempt to seize part of the Russian Federation territory.
Units of the Korean People’s Army played an active role in the defeat of the neo-Nazi formations of the Kiev regime that invaded our territory, in full compliance with international law and in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of June 19, 2024 – in particular, Article 4 of the Treaty, which requires each of the Parties to provide immediate military assistance in the event of an armed attack against the other.
🇰🇵 Our Korean friends' decision was guided by a sense of solidarity, justice and genuine comradery. We highly appreciate this and are sincerely grateful, personally to the Chairman of State Affairs, Comrade Kim Jong-un, as well as the entire leadership and the people of the DPRK.
We commend the DPRK soldiers’ heroism, their excellent training and dedication displayed while fighting, shoulder to shoulder with Russian soldiers, defending our Motherland as their own. They fulfilled their duty with honour and valour, covering themselves with unfading glory.
The Russian people will never forget the heroism of the DPRK special forces. We will always honour the heroes who gave their lives for Russia, for our common freedom, fighting side by side with their Russian brothers in arms.
🤝 We are confident that the strong bond of friendship, neighbourly relations and cooperation between our countries, tempered on the battlefield, will continue to grow and expand across the board.
#RussiaDPRK
On April 26, 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed the defeat of a group of Ukrainian militants that invaded the Kursk Region, putting an end to the criminal provocation perpetrated by the Ukrainian authorities in an attempt to seize part of the Russian Federation territory.
Units of the Korean People’s Army played an active role in the defeat of the neo-Nazi formations of the Kiev regime that invaded our territory, in full compliance with international law and in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of June 19, 2024 – in particular, Article 4 of the Treaty, which requires each of the Parties to provide immediate military assistance in the event of an armed attack against the other.
🇰🇵 Our Korean friends' decision was guided by a sense of solidarity, justice and genuine comradery. We highly appreciate this and are sincerely grateful, personally to the Chairman of State Affairs, Comrade Kim Jong-un, as well as the entire leadership and the people of the DPRK.
We commend the DPRK soldiers’ heroism, their excellent training and dedication displayed while fighting, shoulder to shoulder with Russian soldiers, defending our Motherland as their own. They fulfilled their duty with honour and valour, covering themselves with unfading glory.
The Russian people will never forget the heroism of the DPRK special forces. We will always honour the heroes who gave their lives for Russia, for our common freedom, fighting side by side with their Russian brothers in arms.
🤝 We are confident that the strong bond of friendship, neighbourly relations and cooperation between our countries, tempered on the battlefield, will continue to grow and expand across the board.
#RussiaDPRK
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Everyone who has been to St. Petersburg knows the architectural masterpieces of Carlo Rossi!
He was dubbed “the first in taste and talent” and this was no exaggeration. He thought globally: when taking on a new project, he didn’t just create a building, but also designed an entire block around it.
General Staff
He united the Corps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff with a majestic triumphal arch in honor of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812, thereby completing the ensemble of the palace square.
Mikhailovsky Palace
Emperor Alexander I commissioned the construction of a palace for his younger brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich. Between the Moika River and Nevsky Prospekt, a magnificent mansion with a square, as well as two new streets – Inzhenernaya and Mikhailovskaya – and a garden overlooking the Field of Mars arose. The monarch personally accepted the work from Rossi and presented him a diamond ring and awarded him an order for his efforts. Later, the palace was transferred to the Russian Museum.
Alexandrinsky Theater
The architect decorated the building in the Russian Empire style with a deep loggia and a sculptural frieze with antique masks and statues of muses. He also chose an ultramodern solution for the time: the auditorium consisted of a parterre, an amphitheater and boxes arranged in five tiers. Rossi also designed the ornaments that decorate the royal box and the boxes near the stage. In addition, Rossi even thought out a system of corridors and staircases, thanks to which 1,700 spectators could move around inside without crowding.
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🤓 Gateway to Russia
He was dubbed “the first in taste and talent” and this was no exaggeration. He thought globally: when taking on a new project, he didn’t just create a building, but also designed an entire block around it.
General Staff
He united the Corps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff with a majestic triumphal arch in honor of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812, thereby completing the ensemble of the palace square.
Mikhailovsky Palace
Emperor Alexander I commissioned the construction of a palace for his younger brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich. Between the Moika River and Nevsky Prospekt, a magnificent mansion with a square, as well as two new streets – Inzhenernaya and Mikhailovskaya – and a garden overlooking the Field of Mars arose. The monarch personally accepted the work from Rossi and presented him a diamond ring and awarded him an order for his efforts. Later, the palace was transferred to the Russian Museum.
Alexandrinsky Theater
The architect decorated the building in the Russian Empire style with a deep loggia and a sculptural frieze with antique masks and statues of muses. He also chose an ultramodern solution for the time: the auditorium consisted of a parterre, an amphitheater and boxes arranged in five tiers. Rossi also designed the ornaments that decorate the royal box and the boxes near the stage. In addition, Rossi even thought out a system of corridors and staircases, thanks to which 1,700 spectators could move around inside without crowding.
Credit: Westend61/ Getty Images, Anna_Pakutina/ Getty Images, onfilm/ Getty Images
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Коротко о главном
#Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС
🇦🇲 Армения вновь в числе популярных направлений на майские праздники для россиян. Лидером среди стран СНГ в этом году стала Беларусь, следом идет Узбекистан, а замыкает тройку Армения, согласно данным OneTwoTrip.
🇧🇾 Разработана эмблема председательства Республики Беларусь в органах ЕАЭС.
🇰🇿 Казахстан расширяет применение электронных очередей "CarGoRuqstat" на общих границах стран ЕАЭС. Суть проста: перевозчики могут заранее бронировать время для пересечения границы в приложении. Сейчас на границе Казахстана и России к системе подключены 24 автомобильных пункта, в мае подключат ещё 4. В этом году онлайн-очереди внедрят и на границе с Кыргызстаном. Cистема призвана минимизировать коррупционные риски в сфере международных перевозок.
🇰🇬 В первом квартале 2025 года в Кыргызстане наибольшим спросом пользовались армянские товары на Wildberries. Покупки таких товаров в Кыргызстане увеличились на 96% по сравнению с первым кварталом 2024 года. В топ-5 популярных категорий декор интерьера, ювелирные украшения, продукты, белье, мебель малых форм. При этом у россиян наибольшим предпочтением пользовались бытовая химия, здоровье, хранение вещей, книжная продукция, продукты.
🇷🇺 Российские инвестиции в экономику Казахстана выросли на 32% и достигли в 2024 году рекордных $4 млрд. За 20 лет РФ вложила более $26 млрд прямых инвестиций в РК, заявил премьер страны Бектенов на переговорах с российским коллегой Мишустиным. Сейчас в Казахстане работают более 23 тыс. предприятий с российским участием – это почти 40% от всех компаний с иностранным участием в стране.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
📑 The quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in January — March 2025 has been compiled by Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, and has been presented on April 28, 2025, during the Ambassador's briefing.
During the first three months of 2025, the armed formations of the Kiev regime systematically shelled objects of civilian infrastructure on the territory of the Russian Federation, deliberately targeting civilians.
During this period, at least 22,221 munitions were fired at civilian targets. In total, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have fired at least 251,865 munitions of various calibres and modifications at Russian civilian sites.
❗️ A sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian shelling attacks was recorded in the last weeks of March. This is how Kiev reacted to the start of the negotiating process between Moscow and Washington. The number of attacks during this period reached 300 per 24 hours, or more than 2,000 per week, which is approximately 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February.
The increase in the number of civilian victims documented in the second half of March is directly linked to Kiev’s attempts to oppose the search for a peaceful settlement and to the thwarting of the agreement on a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy facilities. The Ukrainian side deliberately carried out a number of targeted attacks on crowded places resulting in numerous civilian victims.
▪️ Civilian sites in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Kherson, Kursk and Zaporozhye regions, as well as the Lugansk People’s Republic, were most frequently shelled during the above-mentioned period.
• From January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, there were at least 1,489 verified civilian victims resulting from the Ukrainian forces’ attacks:
🔻 1,197 people, including 63 minors, wounded;
🔻 292 civilians, including five children, killed.
• At least 21,002 civilian victims caused by the Ukrainian formations’ attacks since the beginning of the conflict:
🔻 14,287 people, including 880 minors, wounded;
🔻 6,715 people, including 218 children, killed.
During this period, victims of numerous murders committed by Ukrainian militants in the Kursk Region’s villages of Russkoe Porechnoye, Makhnovka, and Cherkasskoe Porechnoye were found. The bodies of civilians were discovered in the town of Chasov Yar, DPR, who had been killed by the Ukrainian military while attempting to evacuate from the war zone. Moreover, fresh burials of civilians with signs of violent death have been found in the village of Dvurechnaya, Kharkov Region, which was liberated from Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
During the first three months of 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensively used various types of UAVs to attack objects of civilian infrastructure, and to kill and maim civilians. <...> 409 civilians were hurt in Ukrainian drone attacks. Twenty-three people, including three children, were killed, and 386 people, including 24 minors, were wounded. <...> The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out barrages of targeted strikes on medical personnel, rescue and emergency workers.
Since the beginning of the year, the AFU militants have intensified a targeted manhunt for media teams covering the special military operation and the Kiev regime’s criminal acts against civilians on the frontline territories. A premeditated attack on a group of journalists in the Kremennaya District, LPR, is a compelling example. A US-made HIMARS MLRS was used to kill three Russian journalists on the spot. All in all, over the past three months, 13 Russian media workers fell victim to criminal actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. Six of them died.
📖 Full report (pdf)
📑 The quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in January — March 2025 has been compiled by Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, and has been presented on April 28, 2025, during the Ambassador's briefing.
During the first three months of 2025, the armed formations of the Kiev regime systematically shelled objects of civilian infrastructure on the territory of the Russian Federation, deliberately targeting civilians.
During this period, at least 22,221 munitions were fired at civilian targets. In total, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have fired at least 251,865 munitions of various calibres and modifications at Russian civilian sites.
❗️ A sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian shelling attacks was recorded in the last weeks of March. This is how Kiev reacted to the start of the negotiating process between Moscow and Washington. The number of attacks during this period reached 300 per 24 hours, or more than 2,000 per week, which is approximately 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February.
The increase in the number of civilian victims documented in the second half of March is directly linked to Kiev’s attempts to oppose the search for a peaceful settlement and to the thwarting of the agreement on a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy facilities. The Ukrainian side deliberately carried out a number of targeted attacks on crowded places resulting in numerous civilian victims.
▪️ Civilian sites in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Kherson, Kursk and Zaporozhye regions, as well as the Lugansk People’s Republic, were most frequently shelled during the above-mentioned period.
• From January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, there were at least 1,489 verified civilian victims resulting from the Ukrainian forces’ attacks:
🔻 1,197 people, including 63 minors, wounded;
🔻 292 civilians, including five children, killed.
• At least 21,002 civilian victims caused by the Ukrainian formations’ attacks since the beginning of the conflict:
🔻 14,287 people, including 880 minors, wounded;
🔻 6,715 people, including 218 children, killed.
During this period, victims of numerous murders committed by Ukrainian militants in the Kursk Region’s villages of Russkoe Porechnoye, Makhnovka, and Cherkasskoe Porechnoye were found. The bodies of civilians were discovered in the town of Chasov Yar, DPR, who had been killed by the Ukrainian military while attempting to evacuate from the war zone. Moreover, fresh burials of civilians with signs of violent death have been found in the village of Dvurechnaya, Kharkov Region, which was liberated from Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
During the first three months of 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensively used various types of UAVs to attack objects of civilian infrastructure, and to kill and maim civilians. <...> 409 civilians were hurt in Ukrainian drone attacks. Twenty-three people, including three children, were killed, and 386 people, including 24 minors, were wounded. <...> The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out barrages of targeted strikes on medical personnel, rescue and emergency workers.
Since the beginning of the year, the AFU militants have intensified a targeted manhunt for media teams covering the special military operation and the Kiev regime’s criminal acts against civilians on the frontline territories. A premeditated attack on a group of journalists in the Kremennaya District, LPR, is a compelling example. A US-made HIMARS MLRS was used to kill three Russian journalists on the spot. All in all, over the past three months, 13 Russian media workers fell victim to criminal actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. Six of them died.
📖 Full report (pdf)
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Ассоциация коренных малочисленных народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока отметила 35-летие
В России проживает 47 коренных малочисленных народов, которые сохраняют самобытную культуру, язык, развивают традиционные ремесла. Поддержка коренных народов в сотрудничестве с Ассоциацией КМНС – один из приоритетов работы Минвостокразвития России.
🌱 С 2022 года Минвостокразвития России реализует Программу государственной поддержки традиционной хозяйственной деятельности коренных малочисленных народов АЗРФ.
✅ В Якутии построены 10 торгово-логистических центров для Северного завоза, приобретены 20 беспилотных летательных аппаратов для сельского хозяйства, 29 жилых помещений оленеводов обеспечены возобновляемыми источниками энергии, создано 45 объектов социальной туристической инфраструктуры, а также 9 производственных баз.
✅ В Ненецком автономном округе обеспечены убойными пунктами три оленеводческих хозяйства, создана мастерская по переработке шкуры оленя, а также многое другое.
👍 Утверждены стандарты ответственности резидентов Арктической зоны РФ во взаимоотношениях с коренными малочисленными народами Российской Федерации.
В России проживает 47 коренных малочисленных народов, которые сохраняют самобытную культуру, язык, развивают традиционные ремесла. Поддержка коренных народов в сотрудничестве с Ассоциацией КМНС – один из приоритетов работы Минвостокразвития России.
🌱 С 2022 года Минвостокразвития России реализует Программу государственной поддержки традиционной хозяйственной деятельности коренных малочисленных народов АЗРФ.
✅ В Якутии построены 10 торгово-логистических центров для Северного завоза, приобретены 20 беспилотных летательных аппаратов для сельского хозяйства, 29 жилых помещений оленеводов обеспечены возобновляемыми источниками энергии, создано 45 объектов социальной туристической инфраструктуры, а также 9 производственных баз.
✅ В Ненецком автономном округе обеспечены убойными пунктами три оленеводческих хозяйства, создана мастерская по переработке шкуры оленя, а также многое другое.
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✍️ Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Brazilian O Globo newspaper (April 28, 2025)
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❓Question Expanding trade among BRICS countries is one of the objectives for Brazil’s chairmanship in this group in 2025. What kind of opportunities does Russia see in terms of increasing the share of trade transactions in national currencies?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are witnessing an accelerating trend in the fragmentation of the global economy. Against this backdrop, it is quite natural for the countries of the Global South and East to reduce the share of Western currencies in their mutual settlements. No one wants to suffer from sanctions. <...>.
We have been working within #BRICS to ensure that there are no disruptions when carrying out payments and have been quite effective in our efforts. To give you an example, the ruble and currencies of our friendly countries accounted for 90% of Russia’s settlements with BRICS countries in 2024. <...>
❓ Question: Reinforcing global governance and promoting multilateralism is another major topic for BRICS. What do you think BRICS countries can do to this effect?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: BRICS has become much stronger compared to when this group took shape back in 2006. Today, it stands as a focal point with a mission to coordinate the interests of the Global Majority’s leading countries. BRICS fully adheres to the principles of equality, mutual respect and balance of interest.
Russia views this group as one of the pillars of a multipolar world and an important mechanism for international cooperation. <...> BRICS countries are not seeking to take someone else’s place. Their aim consists of creating a favourable environment for building capacity.
❓ Question: Brazil calls for expanding the UN Security Council. What is Russia’s current stance on this issue? Would it vote for making Brazil a permanent member?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Russia believes in a balanced reform of the Security Council as one of the main UN bodies. <...> Shaping of a multipolar world should include broader representation of the countries of the Global South and East, that is, Asian, African and Latin American countries, at the UNSC.
🇧🇷 Brazil is the right candidate for a permanent seat on the UNSC.
We are against giving more seats to Western countries and their allies.
Key points:
• We got the impression that our American counterparts now have a better understanding of Russia’s stance on the situation around Ukraine. We hope that this will help them during their dialogue with Kiev and individual European countries.
• The fact that the current administration in the United States is trying to understand the root causes of the crisis is quite encouraging and contrasts with the Joe Biden administration which pumped the Kiev regime full of lethal weapons and was proactive in its efforts to draw Ukraine into NATO.
• Zelensky’s regime has shown that is lacks the political will for peace and the ability to stop the war, which is being fuelled by the Russophobic circles of certain EU countries, primarily France and Germany, as well as Britain.
• Instead of facilitating a settlement, the European Union has been seeking to undermine agreements by arguing that there has been little, if any, effort to invite it to contribute to these talks.
• Russia appreciates the striving of our partners to help create conditions for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. Over 20 countries and a number of regional associations in Latin America, Asia and Africa have put forth such initiatives.
• We have made no secret regarding our position on the settlement. Russia proceeds from the premise that Kiev’s non-accession to NATO, as well as reaffirming its neutral and non-aligned status. <...> The second pillar consists of overcoming the legacy of the neo-Nazi regime which took power in Kiev after the February 2014 putsch. <...> The international recognition of Crimea, Sevastopol, the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as part of Russia is another imperative.
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❓Question Expanding trade among BRICS countries is one of the objectives for Brazil’s chairmanship in this group in 2025. What kind of opportunities does Russia see in terms of increasing the share of trade transactions in national currencies?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are witnessing an accelerating trend in the fragmentation of the global economy. Against this backdrop, it is quite natural for the countries of the Global South and East to reduce the share of Western currencies in their mutual settlements. No one wants to suffer from sanctions. <...>.
We have been working within #BRICS to ensure that there are no disruptions when carrying out payments and have been quite effective in our efforts. To give you an example, the ruble and currencies of our friendly countries accounted for 90% of Russia’s settlements with BRICS countries in 2024. <...>
❓ Question: Reinforcing global governance and promoting multilateralism is another major topic for BRICS. What do you think BRICS countries can do to this effect?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: BRICS has become much stronger compared to when this group took shape back in 2006. Today, it stands as a focal point with a mission to coordinate the interests of the Global Majority’s leading countries. BRICS fully adheres to the principles of equality, mutual respect and balance of interest.
Russia views this group as one of the pillars of a multipolar world and an important mechanism for international cooperation. <...> BRICS countries are not seeking to take someone else’s place. Their aim consists of creating a favourable environment for building capacity.
❓ Question: Brazil calls for expanding the UN Security Council. What is Russia’s current stance on this issue? Would it vote for making Brazil a permanent member?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Russia believes in a balanced reform of the Security Council as one of the main UN bodies. <...> Shaping of a multipolar world should include broader representation of the countries of the Global South and East, that is, Asian, African and Latin American countries, at the UNSC.
🇧🇷 Brazil is the right candidate for a permanent seat on the UNSC.
We are against giving more seats to Western countries and their allies.
Key points:
• We got the impression that our American counterparts now have a better understanding of Russia’s stance on the situation around Ukraine. We hope that this will help them during their dialogue with Kiev and individual European countries.
• The fact that the current administration in the United States is trying to understand the root causes of the crisis is quite encouraging and contrasts with the Joe Biden administration which pumped the Kiev regime full of lethal weapons and was proactive in its efforts to draw Ukraine into NATO.
• Zelensky’s regime has shown that is lacks the political will for peace and the ability to stop the war, which is being fuelled by the Russophobic circles of certain EU countries, primarily France and Germany, as well as Britain.
• Instead of facilitating a settlement, the European Union has been seeking to undermine agreements by arguing that there has been little, if any, effort to invite it to contribute to these talks.
• Russia appreciates the striving of our partners to help create conditions for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. Over 20 countries and a number of regional associations in Latin America, Asia and Africa have put forth such initiatives.
• We have made no secret regarding our position on the settlement. Russia proceeds from the premise that Kiev’s non-accession to NATO, as well as reaffirming its neutral and non-aligned status. <...> The second pillar consists of overcoming the legacy of the neo-Nazi regime which took power in Kiev after the February 2014 putsch. <...> The international recognition of Crimea, Sevastopol, the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as part of Russia is another imperative.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
🗓 On April 28, Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, held a briefing at the Ministry's Press Centre. A summary report of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the first quarter of 2025 was presented.
👉 Quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime (January — March 2025)
Excerpts from the statement by Rodion Miroshnik:
• The data presented [in the report] was collected through our cooperation with the relevant federal agencies and local administrations in regions affected by the conflict. <...> Our conclusions are based on testimonies from victims and witnesses of crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
• Crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against civilians have been carried out as part of a coordinated state policy by the Kiev regime aimed at attacking civilian population of Russian regions. The criminal strategy of the Zelensky regime is to sow panic among local civilian population and to undermine Russia from within.
• The increase in shelling and casualties among civilians is directly linked to Zelensky's policies and those of his puppeteers. <...> The sharp rise in the number of Ukrainian shellings was recorded in the last weeks of March. It has been in reaction to negotiations between Moscow and Washington. During this period, the number of daily shellings reached 300, or more than 2'000 shellings per week, around 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February 2025.
• From January 1 to March 31, the actions of the Ukrainian army caused casualties among at least 1'489 civilians. 1'197 were wounded and 292 were killed. 68 minors were harmed, and five were killed.
• After March 18, following the telephone conversation between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the number of victims from Ukrainian shelling increased by at least 33%. In the last two weeks of March, more than 150 civilians were killed by Ukrainian forces each week.
• Now that the liberation of our territory from Ukrainian punishers and militants has been completed, investigations into the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups will be intensified. In several towns, such as Nikolaev-Daryiny, Plekhova, and Guyeva in the Kursk region, only half of the civilians who were unable to evacuate before the Ukrainian Nazis took over survived.
• Ukrainian militants captured by Russian forces have already confessed, admitting that they were ordered by their commanders not to spare civilians.
• With almost no trust between the parties to the conflict, [the Kiev regime] has completely derailed the agreement regarding the introduction of a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.
• We are witnessing a dangerous trend that in the context of attempts by the United States and Russia to find peaceful solutions to the situation, the risk of provocations by the Ukrainian side is increasing. As practice shows, Kiev is prone to organising such provocations on its own territory, resulting in the deaths and injuries of its own citizens, especially when independent investigations into these incidents are virtually impossible.
🗓 On April 28, Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, held a briefing at the Ministry's Press Centre. A summary report of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the first quarter of 2025 was presented.
👉 Quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime (January — March 2025)
Excerpts from the statement by Rodion Miroshnik:
• The data presented [in the report] was collected through our cooperation with the relevant federal agencies and local administrations in regions affected by the conflict. <...> Our conclusions are based on testimonies from victims and witnesses of crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
• Crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against civilians have been carried out as part of a coordinated state policy by the Kiev regime aimed at attacking civilian population of Russian regions. The criminal strategy of the Zelensky regime is to sow panic among local civilian population and to undermine Russia from within.
• The increase in shelling and casualties among civilians is directly linked to Zelensky's policies and those of his puppeteers. <...> The sharp rise in the number of Ukrainian shellings was recorded in the last weeks of March. It has been in reaction to negotiations between Moscow and Washington. During this period, the number of daily shellings reached 300, or more than 2'000 shellings per week, around 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February 2025.
• From January 1 to March 31, the actions of the Ukrainian army caused casualties among at least 1'489 civilians. 1'197 were wounded and 292 were killed. 68 minors were harmed, and five were killed.
• After March 18, following the telephone conversation between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the number of victims from Ukrainian shelling increased by at least 33%. In the last two weeks of March, more than 150 civilians were killed by Ukrainian forces each week.
• Now that the liberation of our territory from Ukrainian punishers and militants has been completed, investigations into the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups will be intensified. In several towns, such as Nikolaev-Daryiny, Plekhova, and Guyeva in the Kursk region, only half of the civilians who were unable to evacuate before the Ukrainian Nazis took over survived.
• Ukrainian militants captured by Russian forces have already confessed, admitting that they were ordered by their commanders not to spare civilians.
• With almost no trust between the parties to the conflict, [the Kiev regime] has completely derailed the agreement regarding the introduction of a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.
• We are witnessing a dangerous trend that in the context of attempts by the United States and Russia to find peaceful solutions to the situation, the risk of provocations by the Ukrainian side is increasing. As practice shows, Kiev is prone to organising such provocations on its own territory, resulting in the deaths and injuries of its own citizens, especially when independent investigations into these incidents are virtually impossible.
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📸 #FamilyPhoto
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in family photo ceremony together with heads of delegations of the BRICS and partner countries
📍 Rio de Janeiro, April 29
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in family photo ceremony together with heads of delegations of the BRICS and partner countries
📍 Rio de Janeiro, April 29
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📄 Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia «Eighty Years After the Great Victory: Europe has Once Again Fallen in the Shadow of Nazism» (April 25, 2025)
💬 In the memorable 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. The West is trying in every possible way to whitewash the darker chapters of its own past.
❗️ 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.
‼️ For the sake of our common future, everything must be done to prevent the rehabilitation of Nazism and the glorification of Nazi criminals, so that people in European countries do not once again ask themselves: "For whom the bell tolls?", understanding what the answer will be if this mission fails.
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💬 In the memorable 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. The West is trying in every possible way to whitewash the darker chapters of its own past.
❗️ 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.
‼️ For the sake of our common future, everything must be done to prevent the rehabilitation of Nazism and the glorification of Nazi criminals, so that people in European countries do not once again ask themselves: "For whom the bell tolls?", understanding what the answer will be if this mission fails.
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