🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova:

The proof of mass murders of Soviet civilians and prisoners of war, tortures, slave labour and other manifestations of the inhuman #Nazi ideology, which has been collected during the investigation of the war crimes perpetrated by the Nazis and their accomplices in the occupied Soviet territories since 2020, serve as confirmation of deliberate, systematic and unprecedented genocide. This work is of fundamental significance for proving and formalising the facts of Nazis’ genocide of the Soviet peoples during the war. It will provide grounds for calling the culprits to account and help preserve the historical memory of those events.

❗️According to the materials of the Russian law enforcement authorities, civilian deaths in the #SovietUnion during the Nazi occupation amounted to more than 13.6 million. It is a matter of principle for us that the international community recognises the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as the genocide of the #Soviet people.

🔗Read Maria Zakharova’s interview ‘The Legal Front of Memory’

#WorldWar2 #Nazism #history #memory #WeRemember #HistoricalMemory #MemoryMatters

#Анонс

💬 5-6 июня в Нижнем Новгороде состоится Глобальный цифровой форум.

В нём примут участие более 2 тысяч иностранных гостей. Конференция станет ведущим отечественным мероприятием по тематике взаимодействия с развивающимися странами в области информационно-коммуникационных технологий.

Хотела бы отдельно анонсировать ту специальную сессию, которой непосредственно занимается Департамент информации и печати МИД России:

«Ответственный фактчекинг в эпоху постправды: новые возможности для сотрудничества»

В дискуссии примут участие иностранные журналисты и эксперты-фактчекеры из Турции, Франции и Ирландии.

Напомню, что в ноябре прошлого года в Москве состоялся второй международный форум «Диалог о фейках 2.0», организованный АНО «Диалог Регионы» при поддержке МИД России, в котором приняли участие более тысячи человек из 65 стран мира.

Ключевым событием форума стала презентация концепции Международной ассоциации по проверке фактов, включая Кодекс ответственного фактчекинга. Это глобальная гражданская инициатива родилась в качестве ответа на нескончаемый поток фейков, дипфейков, дезинформационных кампаний, продвигаемый Западом ангажированный «псевдофактчекинг». На сегодняшний день в ассоциацию уже входят более 55 экспертов из 20 стран мира.

Рассматриваем этот Форум в ряду важных мероприятий, направленных на продвижение Международной ассоциации по фактчекингу.

🌐 Полагаем, что проведение Глобального цифрового форума станет ежегодным и даст импульс для налаживания и углубления международного сотрудничества в этой сфере.

🖥 On June 5-6, Nizhny Novgorod will host the first Global Digital Forum.

The Forum is a unique platform for international digital cooperation, built on trust, respect, and equal opportunities for all nations.

🌐 The event will bring together representatives of international and regional organisations, governments, companies, academic and scientific communities from 110+ countries. Over 1'500 international guests are expected to attend in person, with another 10'000 participants joining online.

The Forum’s mission is to identify solutions for bridging the digital divide and strengthen the technological capacities of Global South countries.

Key agenda topics include:

👉 Artificial Intelligence
👉 Digital Literacy
👉 Combating Disinformation

Learn more about the GDF

#GDF2025

🎥 Объявлен Международный конкурс синопсисов (сценариев) на создание художественного сериала о вкладе народов СССР в Победу в Великой Отечественной войне.

🗒 Российское военно-историческое общество и Союз писателей России при поддержке Министерства культуры Российской Федерации объявляют Международный конкурс синопсисов (сценариев) на создание художественного сериала о вкладе народов СССР в Великую Победу среди стран СНГ. Конкурс проводится в память о единстве всего советского народа, победившего в Великой Отечественной войне.

✍️Участникам предлагается написать сценарий для сериала (4-8 серий) в жанре военной драмы о «Вкладе народов СССР в Победу в Великой Отечественной войне». Принять участие в конкурсе может любой желающий.

Конкурс пройдёт в 2 этапа:

С 25 апреля по 3 сентября 2025 года — приём заявок конкурсантов.
С 4 сентября по 4 ноября 2025 года — рассмотрение заявок экспертами, подведение итогов и награждение победителей.

Подробнее о положении конкурса и подаче заявок

🎙 Excerpt from the report by the Head of the Russian Federation’s Delegation to the Russia–Ukraine direct talks, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky, at a meeting between President of Russia Vladimir Putin with members of the Government (June 4, 2025)

💬 Vladimir Medinsky: Mr. President, colleagues,

The bilateral talks in Istanbul began with a restricted-format meeting that lasted more than three hours, followed by an expanded discussion, which included members of the delegations. The discussion was in Russian.

We presented the other side with our two-part draft memorandum on a peaceful settlement.

The first part contained terms for a long-term peace agreement.

The second part outlined the terms of the ceasefire.

The memorandum is guided by the basic principles that you formulated at the Foreign Ministry last June. The Ukrainian side promised to study it and give its comments later.

In general, during the talks, they reaffirmed their proposals, which basically include two main points. First, they want to begin with a 30- or 60-day unconditional ceasefire. Second, this ceasefire period is to be used to prepare for a summit meeting of the two heads of state. They set it all out in their version of the memorandum, which was handed over to us on May 28.

Humanitarian issues were also discussed on the sidelines. We emphasised the need to focus on working out the terms of peace rather than another temporary truce, and conveyed your opinion that a meeting at the level of heads of state is possible, but it needs to be substantively prepared to achieve results. The heads of state should approve agreements, not spend time working out the details. It is up to them to make final decisions on the drafts that have been fully prepared and coordinated.

When it comes to humanitarian issues, we agreed on the following.

First. Conduct an equal prisoner of war exchange, at least 1'000 people from each side, primarily from among those wounded, severely ill and below the age of 25. The final numbers of this equal exchange are being approved. We expect approximately 1'200 people from each side. It will be the biggest POW swap on record. We are ready to begin on June 7–9. We are fully prepared.

Second. Establish a communication line to promptly resolve urgent issues of immediate transfers of gravely wounded prisoners of war outside the framework of general exchanges.

Third. We proposed, unilaterally, to transfer to Kiev over 6'000 bodies of Ukrainian troops. <...> We are ready to begin shortly. We understand Ukraine may have bodies of our troops as well although in much smaller numbers. But we are prepared to receive any remains, if there are any.

Next. We have proposed arranging humanitarian pauses in certain sectors of the front, two or three days at a time, to collect remains, because it is impossible to do so under fire, for security reasons. Initially, they upheld our proposal and took it in, but literally two hours later, Zelensky publicly declined this potential agreement. Nevertheless, we are ready to revisit it.

Finally, the Ukrainian side handed over to us the list of 339 children allegedly kidnapped from the territory of Ukraine. Here is the list in question. We are working on it, through the office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights. We will investigate every name.

But I must note that, for propaganda purposes, they earlier claimed that tens and hundreds of thousands of children had been brought over here. In fact, the actual number is 339 and we still need to check how many are in Russia, evacuated by our soldiers from under fire, and how many will eventually turn up in Europe, as experience shows.

Mr. President, to conclude, we have established an effective communication channel on humanitarian issues. For other matters, the ball is in their court.

🎙️ Комментарий Посольства России в Норвегии для газеты «Известия» (4 июня 2025 г.)

❓Рассматривается ли в Норвегии возможность присоединения к программе милитаризации ЕС «Готовность 2030»? Какую роль может сыграть Осло в данных программах?

💬 В марте с.г. по итогам переговоров представителей Осло и Евросоюза была подтверждена возможность участия норвежских предприятий военно-промышленного комплекса (ВПК) NAMMO Raufoss и Kongsberg Gruppen в есовских механизмах финансирования проектов, предусмотренных «Белой книгой» о европейской обороне - «Готовность 2030». Норвежцы в этом весьма заинтересованы как по сугубо коммерческим соображениям, так и в контексте их бескомпромиссной приверженности усилиям «коллективного Запада» по сдерживанию нашей страны и нанесению ей «стратегического поражения».

Предприятия норвежского ВПК могут внести заметный вклад в милитаризацию ЕС поставками широкой номенклатуры высокотехнологичной продукции с упором на морские, ракетные, беспилотные и спутниковые технологии, средства ПВО, системы наблюдения и управления, ИКТ-решения, артиллерийские боеприпасы, взрывчатые вещества военного назначения и пр. Норвегия и прежде участвовала в таких программах ЕС по военно-промышленному сотрудничеству, как «Европейский оборонный фонд», инструменты стимулирования совместных закупок (European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement Act, EDIRPA) и увеличения производства боеприпасов (Act in Support of Ammunition Production, ASAP).

❓Как возможное участие Осло в программах милитаризации ЕС влияет на ситуацию в Арктике? Фиксируются ли попытки милитаризации региона?

💬 Под аккомпанемент пустых заверений в приверженности поддержанию «низкой напряженности в высоких широтах» Осло на практике интенсивно наращивает национальное военное присутствие в северных регионах, а также создает условия для «подтягивания» в Арктику других стран НАТО, включая внерегионалов - Великобританию, Германию, Нидерланды и Францию, в том числе под предлогом военного сдерживания Китая, который, в отличие от натовских неарктических государств, на деле демонстрирует в высоких широтах военную сдержанность.

При этом между Россией и Североатлантическим альянсом отсутствуют эффективные меры доверия и каналы коммуникации по военной линии, что существенно увеличивает вероятность опасных инцидентов. Разумеется, активизация военных приготовлений альянса оказывает дестабилизирующий эффект и повышает эскалационные риски в арктическом регионе.

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📰 Kommentar fra Russlands ambassade i Norge til avisen «Izvestia» (4. juni 2025)

❓Vurderer Norge å bli med i EUs militariseringsprogram «Beredskap 2030»? Hvilken rolle kan Oslo spille i disse programmene?

💬 I mars i år ble det etter forhandlinger mellom representanter for Oslo og EU bekreftet at norske forsvarsindustribedrifter NAMMO Raufoss og Kongsberg Gruppen kan delta i EUs finansieringsordninger for prosjekter som er omfattet av «Hvitboken om europeisk forsvar – Beredskap 2030». Nordmenn er svært interessert i dette, både av rent kommersielle hensyn og i lys av deres kompromissløse engasjement i det «kollektive Vestens» innsats for å avskrekke vårt land og påføre oss et «strategisk nederlag».
Norske forsvarsindustribedrifter kan gi et betydelig bidrag til militariseringen av EU gjennom leveranser av et bredt utvalg av høyteknologiske produkter med vekt på sjø-, rakett-, ubemannet og satellittteknologi, luftvernmidler, overvåkings- og kontrollsystemer, IKT-løsninger, artilleriammunisjon, eksplosiver til militær bruk osv. Norge har tidligere deltatt i EU-programmer for militærindustrielt samarbeid, som «Det europeiske forsvarsfondet», virkemidler for å stimulere felles innkjøp (European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement Act, EDIRPA) og økt produksjon av ammunisjon (Act in Support of Ammunition Production, ASAP).

❓Hvordan påvirker Oslos mulige deltakelse i EUs militariseringsprogrammer situasjonen i Arktis? Er det registrert forsøk på militarisering av regionen?

💬 Til tross for tomme løfter om å opprettholde «lav spenning i høye breddegrader», øker Oslo i praksis sin nasjonale militære tilstedeværelse i de nordlige regionene og skaper også betingelser for å «trekke opp» andre NATO-land til Arktis, inkludert land utenfor regionen – Storbritannia, Tyskland, Nederland og Frankrike – blant annet under påskudd av militær avskrekking av Kina, som i motsetning til NATO-landene utenfor Arktis i praksis viser militær tilbakeholdenhet i høye breddegrader. Samtidig mangler det effektive tillitsskapende tiltak og kommunikasjonskanaler på militærplan mellom Russland og NATO, noe som øker risikoen for farlige hendelser betydelig. Det er klart at alliansens økte militære forberedelser har en destabiliserende effekt og øker risikoen for eskalering i Arktis.

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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Arria-Formula Meeting on Understanding and Resolving the Ideological Roots of the Ukrainian Crisis (New York, June 4, 2025)

Key talking points:

• Over the years of independence of Ukraine about 15 neo-Nazi parties and groups have emerged. After the bloody coup d’etat of 2014 the representatives of the neo-Nazi Svoboda (Freedom) Party took key governmental positions, in particular Oleksandr Sych became deputy Prime-Minister.

• At the turn of the XX century, nationalist narratives combined with Russophobia led not only to the revival of Nazi ideas, but also to their deep penetration into the Ukrainian society. Today nationalism permeates almost the entire political system, education, and media. The Ukrainian authorities erect monuments and memorial plaques to honor the memory of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army fighters, the streets are named after them.

• We cannot ignore the troubling ideological shift that has taken place in Ukraine since 2014, which was gradually accumulating since independence. In the years following the coup, we have witnessed a state-sponsored campaign that has not only marginalized Russian-speaking citizens but has also sought to rehabilitate and glorify individuals and groups historically associated with Nazism. The silence, and at times quiet endorsement, from Western nations has only emboldened this distortion of historical truth.

• Miserable fate awaits Russian prisoners of war, who are tortured and abused in captivity. While desperately trying to present itself to the international community as the main peacemaker and human rights champion, Ukraine does not even bother to ensure that the norms of international humanitarian law are respected by its combatants. Neo-Nazis are not shy, but rather proud to publicly post videos showing prisoners being castrated and kneecapped to say nothing of being shot.

• We must remember that opportunities for peace have been on the table. In 2022, there was a real chance to reach an agreement. But tragically, some Western countries chose to undermine those efforts, prioritizing geopolitical objectives over human lives and seeking to prolong the war in vain hopes of inflicting strategic defeat on Russia. The cost of that choice has been immense for Ukraine.

☝️ We stand at a crossroads. There is hope that the world can shift its course away from escalation and towards the resolution of the conflict. If we are serious about peace, we must focus not just on ending hostilities but on addressing also the ideological and historical wounds that underpin this conflict. By facing these challenges with honesty and courage, we can pave the way for meaningful dialogue, mutual respect, and a future where lasting peace is not just a goal, but a shared reality.

• Not all Ukrainians are Nazis. Most of them are not. But the ideology that rules today in Ukraine is extreme nationalism and Nazism. And it is, to a large extent, complicit in the beginning of the conflict and in fueling it.

• The proof of the neo-Nazi backbone of the Kiev regime is everywhere to be seen in modern Ukraine, obsessed with whitewashing and the heroization of Nazi collaborators, naming streets and schools after them. Numerous cases of such troubling acts are being painstakingly documented internally by the Ukrainian Jewish Committee and Holocaust remembrance organizations in Israel.

• If they [our Western colleagues] embrace the truth, they will have to accept rightfulness of one of the aims of the special military operation — the denazification of Ukraine. And we owe it to our children. And it is a sacred duty to free Ukrainians themselves from it.

❗️ We will do everything in our power to eradicate Nazism at our borders.

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🗓 On June 4, under the chairmanship of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was held. The topic — “Furthering Russia’s cooperation with Africa.”

The session underscored the priority status of comprehensive relations with the African continent, as well as Russia’s commitment to fostering Africa’s emergence as a distinctive and influential centre of global development, in line with the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation approved by the President in 2023.

🇷🇺🌍 The Collegium noted the high momentum in #RussiaAfrica relations. A strong impetus to this process was provided by the establishment of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in 2019 and the successful organisation, within this framework, of two summits and the first ministerial conference. Active efforts are underway to expand Russia’s diplomatic presence in the region. In January of this year, a new department – the Department for Partnership with Africa – was formed within the Russian Foreign Ministry to oversee engagement at both pan-African and subregional levels.

The meeting reaffirmed the Russian Federation’s dedication to assisting the African nations in strengthening their sovereignty and countering the neocolonial policies of the collective West, which seeks to maintain dominance over the continent to serve its narrowly self-serving resource, economic, and geopolitical interests.

The session outlined concrete steps to further enhance Russia’s political, economic, cultural, and other ties with African nations and their integration blocs. Emphasis was placed on Russia’s readiness to continue supporting African partners in overcoming security challenges, guided by the African solutions to African Problems principle.

🤝 Special attention was given to preparations for the second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, scheduled to take place this year in an African state, which will serve as a key milestone ahead of the third Russia-Africa Summit in 2026.

🇷🇺🇺🇳Об избрании России в состав Экономического и Социального Совета ООН

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🗓4 июня 2025 года в ходе состоявшихся в Генеральной Ассамблее ООН выборов Россия была избрана в состав Экономического и Социального Совета (ЭКОСОС) на период 2026-2028 годов.

Благодаря поддержке развивающихся стран был успешно преодолен барьер политизированной блокировки нашей кандидатуры в предыдущие два года.

В качестве члена Совета Россия продолжит последовательно выступать за укрепление возложенной на этот орган роли по общесистемной координации, содействию экономическому и социальному развитию и сбалансированной интеграции экономических, социальных и экологических аспектов в интересах реализации Повестки дня в области устойчивого развития на период до 2030 года.

👉Россия признательна за поддержку, оказанную её кандидатуре в ходе прошедших выборов.

🗓 June 6 is #RussianLanguageDay in Russia.

✍️ #OnThisDay in 1799 the great Russian poet, writer, playwright, historian, publicist, creator of the modern Russian literary language Alexander #Pushkin was born.

🇷🇺 On June 6, 2011, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree on the annual celebration of Russian Language Day in order to “preserve, support and develop the Russian language as a national treasure of the peoples of the Russian Federation, a tool of international communication and an integral part of the cultural and spiritual heritage of world civilization”.

Russian is one of the most popular languages in the world.

It has a rich literary heritage and is one of the most dynamic languages. Today, Russian is spoken by over 250 million citizens of Russia and other countries.

Watch the video to learn more interesting facts 👆

#RussianLanguage