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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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🎥 Toxic War — an RT Doc Film.
Synopsis: In this investigative documentary, military documentarians from RT provide evidence of the systematic and widespread use of chemical substances by the Kiev regime against civilians, which constitutes a gross violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
In the zone of the special military operation, members of the Russian forces have recorded over 400 cases of Ukrainian armed formations using toxic substances and chemicals. At the abandoned AFU positions, laboratories, drones, and toxic agents intended for dispersal over residential areas were discovered.
Several surviving witnesses describe how they were paralyzed after being exposed to an unknown deadly substance and how Ukrainian soldiers arrived at the site of the "operation" not to offer help, but to confirm that the experiment on humans had been successful.
📺 Watch the documentary to learn more about the Kiev regime's use of banned chemical weapons, see who is covering up these crimes, and hear the stories of the victims of inhumane experiments by Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
#KievRegimeCrimes
🎥 Toxic War — an RT Doc Film.
Synopsis: In this investigative documentary, military documentarians from RT provide evidence of the systematic and widespread use of chemical substances by the Kiev regime against civilians, which constitutes a gross violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
In the zone of the special military operation, members of the Russian forces have recorded over 400 cases of Ukrainian armed formations using toxic substances and chemicals. At the abandoned AFU positions, laboratories, drones, and toxic agents intended for dispersal over residential areas were discovered.
Several surviving witnesses describe how they were paralyzed after being exposed to an unknown deadly substance and how Ukrainian soldiers arrived at the site of the "operation" not to offer help, but to confirm that the experiment on humans had been successful.
📺 Watch the documentary to learn more about the Kiev regime's use of banned chemical weapons, see who is covering up these crimes, and hear the stories of the victims of inhumane experiments by Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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🌟 On April 30, 1945, just 10 days before Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered, Red Army soldiers Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev and Grigory Bulatov raised the first Red Banner on the facade of the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin.
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On April 28, fierce fighting for the Reichstag was in full swing, which the Nazis had turned into a fully-fledged stronghold defended by more than a thousand soldiers, including SS troops, supported by artillery and armor.
The distance between the former Himmler's house and the Reichstag was less than 500 metres.
It took Bulatov and Koshkarbayev 7 hours to cover the distance under constant heavy fire — they carried a makeshift flagpole with a simple scarlet cloth with them.
Later after the battle, Koshkarbayev recalled:
According to the 150th Division's combat log, at 14:25 Bulatov and Koshkarbayev "crawled to the central part of the building and placed a red flag on the steps of the main entrance".
It was the first of the banners the liberators raised over the Reichstag.
🎖 Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev and Grigory Bulatov were awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the courage and heroism during the assualt on the Reichstag. Monuments to Koshkarbayev have been erected in his home region of Akmola in Kazakhstan and in the republic's capital, Astana, and to Bulatov in Kirov.
#WeAreProud
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On April 28, fierce fighting for the Reichstag was in full swing, which the Nazis had turned into a fully-fledged stronghold defended by more than a thousand soldiers, including SS troops, supported by artillery and armor.
The distance between the former Himmler's house and the Reichstag was less than 500 metres.
It took Bulatov and Koshkarbayev 7 hours to cover the distance under constant heavy fire — they carried a makeshift flagpole with a simple scarlet cloth with them.
Later after the battle, Koshkarbayev recalled:
“The artillery fire began, and with the very first fires, Bulatov and I dashed toward the Reichstag. I lifted him up by the legs, and together, on the second floor, we raised our flag.”
According to the 150th Division's combat log, at 14:25 Bulatov and Koshkarbayev "crawled to the central part of the building and placed a red flag on the steps of the main entrance".
It was the first of the banners the liberators raised over the Reichstag.
🎖 Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev and Grigory Bulatov were awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the courage and heroism during the assualt on the Reichstag. Monuments to Koshkarbayev have been erected in his home region of Akmola in Kazakhstan and in the republic's capital, Astana, and to Bulatov in Kirov.
#WeAreProud
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🗓 April 30 marks 5️⃣0️⃣ years since South Vietnam’s liberation. On this day in 1975, South Vietnam, a puppet regime, fell, unable to resist the offensive by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the popular uprising. It is celebrated annually as the Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification in Vietnam.
This signalled the end to many years of war, creating a path towards national unity, while also serving as a symbol of unbreakable courage and resilience of the people of Vietnam in their fight for their sovereignty and unity.
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When Japan capitulated and World War II ended, Ho Chi Minh, who at the time led Viet Minh, a paramilitary and political organisation fighting for Vietnam’s independence from France and Japan, immediately proclaimed the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) across the entire territory of Vietnam.
France refused to accept losing its former colony and sent an expeditionary force to Indochina. In the fall of 1945, these troops reinstituted the colonial administration in southern Vietnam.
🕯 Feeling their impotence, they resorted to killing civilians, torturing and raping people, destroying their homes and civilian infrastructure, and looting. Nevertheless, despite all these atrocities, Paris found itself in an untenable, if not hopeless situation by 1954. Signed in July 1954, the so-called Geneva Accords signalled the end of the eight-year war. The document provided for temporarily dividing Vietnam into two zones along the 17th parallel north, as well as holding elections.
The US refused to accept this outcome. It viewed what happened in Vietnam as part of an effort to promote communism in the region.
This is how the US started using toxic chemicals during the War in Vietnam. It happened on August 10, 1961. Operation Ranch Hand consisted of spraying defoliants and herbicides across South Vietnam.
On March 2, 1965, the US launched Operation Rolling Thunder by sending its air force to carpet bomb North Vietnam. These bombing attacks continued until October 31, 1968.
Unlike other precedents, these bombing attacks intentionally targeted civilians and non-military civilian infrastructure in the DRV.
During the war, the American troops dropped over 100 kilogrammes of bombs per person in Vietnam, both North and South, while also spraying the territory with 77 million litres of toxic chemicals which cause mutations. Over 14 percent of Vietnam’s territory was contaminated with these extremely toxic agents.
▪️ March 16, 1968, marked one of the most tragic episodes in the Vietnam war. On that day, the US Army committed a mass murder of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, Quang Ngai Province. After artillery shelling, US Army soldiers from C Company landed west of the village and opened indiscriminate fire at the peasants who were working on rice paddies. The Americans threw grenades at the huts and tortured and shot their residents. Overall, they brutally killed 567 civilians, including 173 children and 182 women, 17 of them pregnant women.
Despite Washington’s cruel attempts to snatch the initiative, the US Army continued to sustain heavy losses, which made the war increasingly more unpopular in the US.
In January 1969, the conflicting parties started negotiating an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. The US finished the withdrawal of its troops from Vietnam on March 29, 1973.
Contrary to the sides’ agreement to hold free and democratic elections in South Vietnam under international control, that provision was not implemented and hostilities soon resumed with renewed vigour.
✊ On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces raised their flag over the Independence Palace in Saigon. The footage of Operation Frequent Wind, conducted by the US on April 29 and 30, 1975, to evacuate Americans from Saigon went down in history as a bright example of a shameful retreat.
That is how the disgraceful and pointless Vietnam war, with its numerous war crimes and massacres of civilians, ended for the US.
This signalled the end to many years of war, creating a path towards national unity, while also serving as a symbol of unbreakable courage and resilience of the people of Vietnam in their fight for their sovereignty and unity.
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When Japan capitulated and World War II ended, Ho Chi Minh, who at the time led Viet Minh, a paramilitary and political organisation fighting for Vietnam’s independence from France and Japan, immediately proclaimed the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) across the entire territory of Vietnam.
France refused to accept losing its former colony and sent an expeditionary force to Indochina. In the fall of 1945, these troops reinstituted the colonial administration in southern Vietnam.
🕯 Feeling their impotence, they resorted to killing civilians, torturing and raping people, destroying their homes and civilian infrastructure, and looting. Nevertheless, despite all these atrocities, Paris found itself in an untenable, if not hopeless situation by 1954. Signed in July 1954, the so-called Geneva Accords signalled the end of the eight-year war. The document provided for temporarily dividing Vietnam into two zones along the 17th parallel north, as well as holding elections.
The US refused to accept this outcome. It viewed what happened in Vietnam as part of an effort to promote communism in the region.
This is how the US started using toxic chemicals during the War in Vietnam. It happened on August 10, 1961. Operation Ranch Hand consisted of spraying defoliants and herbicides across South Vietnam.
On March 2, 1965, the US launched Operation Rolling Thunder by sending its air force to carpet bomb North Vietnam. These bombing attacks continued until October 31, 1968.
Unlike other precedents, these bombing attacks intentionally targeted civilians and non-military civilian infrastructure in the DRV.
During the war, the American troops dropped over 100 kilogrammes of bombs per person in Vietnam, both North and South, while also spraying the territory with 77 million litres of toxic chemicals which cause mutations. Over 14 percent of Vietnam’s territory was contaminated with these extremely toxic agents.
▪️ March 16, 1968, marked one of the most tragic episodes in the Vietnam war. On that day, the US Army committed a mass murder of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, Quang Ngai Province. After artillery shelling, US Army soldiers from C Company landed west of the village and opened indiscriminate fire at the peasants who were working on rice paddies. The Americans threw grenades at the huts and tortured and shot their residents. Overall, they brutally killed 567 civilians, including 173 children and 182 women, 17 of them pregnant women.
Despite Washington’s cruel attempts to snatch the initiative, the US Army continued to sustain heavy losses, which made the war increasingly more unpopular in the US.
In January 1969, the conflicting parties started negotiating an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. The US finished the withdrawal of its troops from Vietnam on March 29, 1973.
Contrary to the sides’ agreement to hold free and democratic elections in South Vietnam under international control, that provision was not implemented and hostilities soon resumed with renewed vigour.
✊ On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces raised their flag over the Independence Palace in Saigon. The footage of Operation Frequent Wind, conducted by the US on April 29 and 30, 1975, to evacuate Americans from Saigon went down in history as a bright example of a shameful retreat.
That is how the disgraceful and pointless Vietnam war, with its numerous war crimes and massacres of civilians, ended for the US.
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🗓 On April 28−29, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the Brazil-chaired meeting of #BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro.
The event also included an expanded Ministerial session with the participation of representatives of BRICS partner states (Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan). The decision to establish this category of states was made at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024.
The Ministers held an in-depth exchange of views on a wide range of current international issues and on interaction at multilateral venues. They also discussed further cooperation under the BRICS auspices and preparations for the upcoming 17th BRICS Summit scheduled for July 6−7. They reaffirmed their countries’ intent to continue working in all three key strategic partnership areas: politics and security, the economy and finances, culture and the humanitarian ties.
🤝 The participants of the meeting unanimously called for strengthening multilateralism and preserving the UN’s central role in maintaining peace and security, ensuring sustainable development, and aligning efforts in the fight against climate change.
There were earnest discussions on the state of and prospects for a reform of the international system with an eye to ensuring a fair and equal security, sustainable development, and long-term economic growth for all states without exception.
The Russian Foreign Minister pointed to the relevance of joint efforts to ensure sustainable development of the Global South and East countries and reduce the conflict potential in various regions of the world. In this context, he stressed the importance of the concept of new equal and indivisible security architecture in Eurasia, put forward by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The event also included an expanded Ministerial session with the participation of representatives of BRICS partner states (Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan). The decision to establish this category of states was made at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024.
The Ministers held an in-depth exchange of views on a wide range of current international issues and on interaction at multilateral venues. They also discussed further cooperation under the BRICS auspices and preparations for the upcoming 17th BRICS Summit scheduled for July 6−7. They reaffirmed their countries’ intent to continue working in all three key strategic partnership areas: politics and security, the economy and finances, culture and the humanitarian ties.
🤝 The participants of the meeting unanimously called for strengthening multilateralism and preserving the UN’s central role in maintaining peace and security, ensuring sustainable development, and aligning efforts in the fight against climate change.
There were earnest discussions on the state of and prospects for a reform of the international system with an eye to ensuring a fair and equal security, sustainable development, and long-term economic growth for all states without exception.
The Russian Foreign Minister pointed to the relevance of joint efforts to ensure sustainable development of the Global South and East countries and reduce the conflict potential in various regions of the world. In this context, he stressed the importance of the concept of new equal and indivisible security architecture in Eurasia, put forward by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
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⚡️ The Agency for Strategic Initiatives, in accordance with the Decree №702 of August 19, 2024, issued by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “On Providing Humanitarian Support to Persons Sharing Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values”, has published a guide for foreign citizens moving to Russia.
This decree grants foreign citizens and stateless persons the right to move to Russia and obtain a temporary residence permit (TRP) in a simplified manner — without considering the established quota and without undergoing testing for knowledge of the Russian language, history, and legislation.
🇷🇺 Russia is the largest country in the world. It borders 18 states and is washed by 12 seas. Russia has always been home to many peoples, and people of different faiths live side by side here. Today, more than 190 ethnic groups live in the country.
Today, Russia is the keeper and guardian of traditional spiritual and moral values and culture. The country is free, safe, and welcoming to its friends. Russia is a country where one wishes to live and work because of safety, a low crime rate, and social stability. It offers free education and healthcare, as well as excellent infrastructure.
The guide provides detailed information about the country’s geography, its ethnocultural diversity, traditions, and values.
Three stages on your way to Russia
1️⃣ Stage one. Before the move
• Learn more about Russia (1, 2);
• Gather documents to apply for a single-entry ordinary private 90‑day visa;
• Apply with the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy or to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation;
• Search the list of Russian embassies and consulates;
• Visa appointment through the system run by the Consular Department of the MFA of Russia;
• Be sure to review the information for those moving with children.
2️⃣ Stage two. The move
• Customs clearance;
• Housing arrangements (1, 2, 3).
3️⃣ Stage three. In Russia
• Get a registration document at the place of stay at a police office;
• Apply for a temporary residence permit (TRP) with the territorial authorities of the MIA of Russia;
• Employment in the Russian Federation (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
👉 Read the guide in full (pdf version)
This decree grants foreign citizens and stateless persons the right to move to Russia and obtain a temporary residence permit (TRP) in a simplified manner — without considering the established quota and without undergoing testing for knowledge of the Russian language, history, and legislation.
🇷🇺 Russia is the largest country in the world. It borders 18 states and is washed by 12 seas. Russia has always been home to many peoples, and people of different faiths live side by side here. Today, more than 190 ethnic groups live in the country.
Today, Russia is the keeper and guardian of traditional spiritual and moral values and culture. The country is free, safe, and welcoming to its friends. Russia is a country where one wishes to live and work because of safety, a low crime rate, and social stability. It offers free education and healthcare, as well as excellent infrastructure.
The guide provides detailed information about the country’s geography, its ethnocultural diversity, traditions, and values.
Three stages on your way to Russia
1️⃣ Stage one. Before the move
• Learn more about Russia (1, 2);
• Gather documents to apply for a single-entry ordinary private 90‑day visa;
• Apply with the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy or to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation;
• Search the list of Russian embassies and consulates;
• Visa appointment through the system run by the Consular Department of the MFA of Russia;
• Be sure to review the information for those moving with children.
2️⃣ Stage two. The move
• Customs clearance;
• Housing arrangements (1, 2, 3).
3️⃣ Stage three. In Russia
• Get a registration document at the place of stay at a police office;
• Apply for a temporary residence permit (TRP) with the territorial authorities of the MIA of Russia;
• Employment in the Russian Federation (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
👉 Read the guide in full (pdf version)
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following BRICS Ministerial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro (April 29, 2025)
💬 I would like to once again thank our Brazilian friends for their traditional hospitality and the excellent organisation of the BRICS Ministerial Meeting, as well as for holding the additional meeting between BRICS participants and their partner countries.
These countries were able to take part in today’s meeting following the Kazan Summit. Held as part of Russia’s chairmanship, it made a historical decision to create this partner category, which includes Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. <...>
🌐 We spoke out in favour of further enhancing the contribution by #BRICS and the countries of the Global Majority in general to addressing the key challenges the world is facing today. We noted that collective actions by our group can play an important role in achieving sustainable development goals, ensuring security and fostering economic growth.
At the meeting, we paid special attention to the need to continue our efforts to promote reform within international financial institutions, primarily by revising IMF quotas, which must reflect the role of the Global South and East in the global financial system and economy. <...>
There was quite a lengthy discussion on the latest regional and international developments, including the multiple crisis situations around the world. The deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories and across the Middle East in general, as well as in many regions of the African continent is a matter of special concern. <...>
We reaffirmed our support for reforming the UN Security Council, including our support for India and Brazil becoming permanent members of the UN Security Council, while also addressing the issue of Africa’s representation.
👉 Much has been said about the Ukraine situation. Once again, we offered a detailed insight into our principled approaches to settling this conflict by addressing its root causes.
Excerpts from the Q&A session:
• Our proposal, which President Vladimir Putin has made public, is to initiate direct talks without any preconditions. In the current situation, a ceasefire is a preliminary condition that will be used to provide assistance to the Kiev regime and reinforce its combat capabilities.
• Certainly, it is imperative that all parties have a clear understanding of the evolving dynamics between Moscow and Washington. <...> We advocate for an honest and equal dialogue aimed at building a balance of interests. The United States has reciprocated with similar signals. Russia and the US are working together across multiple domains. In fact, they continue to cooperate literally as we speak.
• National currencies account for over 65% of trade between BRICS countries, while the share of the US dollar has diminished to one third. Other tasks stipulate the creation of payment instruments and platforms, including discussing the possibility of creating a cross-border payment system and an electronic depository and clearance system (BRICS Clear), and a unified mechanism for exchanging trade and economic information.
• The International Criminal Court has completely discredited itself. It is being steered by Western countries. It protects some countries from criticism even though they openly violate international law, and adopts measures aimed at punishing other countries, up to and including arrest warrants, in the absence of factual proof.
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💬 I would like to once again thank our Brazilian friends for their traditional hospitality and the excellent organisation of the BRICS Ministerial Meeting, as well as for holding the additional meeting between BRICS participants and their partner countries.
These countries were able to take part in today’s meeting following the Kazan Summit. Held as part of Russia’s chairmanship, it made a historical decision to create this partner category, which includes Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. <...>
🌐 We spoke out in favour of further enhancing the contribution by #BRICS and the countries of the Global Majority in general to addressing the key challenges the world is facing today. We noted that collective actions by our group can play an important role in achieving sustainable development goals, ensuring security and fostering economic growth.
At the meeting, we paid special attention to the need to continue our efforts to promote reform within international financial institutions, primarily by revising IMF quotas, which must reflect the role of the Global South and East in the global financial system and economy. <...>
There was quite a lengthy discussion on the latest regional and international developments, including the multiple crisis situations around the world. The deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories and across the Middle East in general, as well as in many regions of the African continent is a matter of special concern. <...>
We reaffirmed our support for reforming the UN Security Council, including our support for India and Brazil becoming permanent members of the UN Security Council, while also addressing the issue of Africa’s representation.
👉 Much has been said about the Ukraine situation. Once again, we offered a detailed insight into our principled approaches to settling this conflict by addressing its root causes.
Excerpts from the Q&A session:
• Our proposal, which President Vladimir Putin has made public, is to initiate direct talks without any preconditions. In the current situation, a ceasefire is a preliminary condition that will be used to provide assistance to the Kiev regime and reinforce its combat capabilities.
• Certainly, it is imperative that all parties have a clear understanding of the evolving dynamics between Moscow and Washington. <...> We advocate for an honest and equal dialogue aimed at building a balance of interests. The United States has reciprocated with similar signals. Russia and the US are working together across multiple domains. In fact, they continue to cooperate literally as we speak.
• National currencies account for over 65% of trade between BRICS countries, while the share of the US dollar has diminished to one third. Other tasks stipulate the creation of payment instruments and platforms, including discussing the possibility of creating a cross-border payment system and an electronic depository and clearance system (BRICS Clear), and a unified mechanism for exchanging trade and economic information.
• The International Criminal Court has completely discredited itself. It is being steered by Western countries. It protects some countries from criticism even though they openly violate international law, and adopts measures aimed at punishing other countries, up to and including arrest warrants, in the absence of factual proof.
Read in full