🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on the freezing of Russian assets by the EU (December 13, 2025)

❓ Question: How does Russia view the freezing of our assets, and does it intend to take retaliatory steps? If so, what kind?

💬 Maria Zakharova: Using Russia’s sovereign assets without its consent, be it through their indefinite freeze, expropriation, or attempts to palm off their actual confiscation as a “reparation loan”, is a completely unlawful act and a flagrant violation of international law.

☝️ Whatever pseudo-legal tricks Brussels may use to justify this, it amounts to blatant, outright theft.

We recall that Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever– and it is precisely in Belgium that the Euroclear depository is registered, which currently holds the bulk of Russian assets and, consequently, Belgium would suffer most from their de facto confiscation – compared the European Commission’s initiative to “stealing furniture from a foreign embassy”. 👉 A vivid and accurate denoscription.

Attempts to showcase the EU’s much-vaunted “unity” through a decision to indefinitely block the assets of the Bank of Russia have failed spectacularly.

Representatives of a number of EU member states have openly declared their categorical rejection of the blatantly fraudulent scheme engineered by the European Commission with the backing of aggressively Russophobic EU capitals against Russian assets.

The EU’s approach to Russia has long departed from rationality and now increasingly borders on the absurd.

📉 The course of inflicting damage on our country at any cost has already led to dire economic consequences within the EU itself: near-zero economic growth, rapidly rising public debt and budget deficits, declining output and de-industrialisation amid soaring energy costs.

One would think Brussels should have calmed down and come to its senses by now, yet there are no signs of this. The current EU leadership remains gripped by Russophobia and an unhealthy urge to undermine Russian interests in every sphere and on every platform – even where the EU seemingly has no place.

It is increasingly apparent that Ursula von der Leyen and her associates are determined to derail efforts aimed at a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, by whatever means necessary. Hence the haste and the timing of the decision on Russian assets – a direct strike against the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump.

It is telling that the European Commission justifies its proposals for the unlawful use of Russian assets by referring to EU legal provisions allowing for emergency measures in the event of a severe economic situation within the EU itself.

👉 Thus, the EU is exposing itself: this is not merely about financing a failed Ukrainian project, but also about a clear attempt to prop up its own economy at the expense of billions in Russian state reserves. The EU has effectively admitted that the Ukrainian burden has become unbearable, forcing it to resort to theft.

Brussels carefully conceals the fact that EU citizens will pay the price for these political ambitions. Our retaliatory measures will not be long in coming.

A detailed statement on this matter was published by the Bank of Russia on December 12. Specific steps are already being implemented.

On the same day, the Russian regulator notified of the filing of a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court against Euroclear to recover damages incurred by the Bank of Russia.

As for the EU itself, it will be unable to compensate for the damage these actions will inflict on its own financial and economic system – and on its reputation worldwide as a once reliable trade and investment partner.

❗️Such delicts in international relations do not go without consequences.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 45th meeting of the Foreign Ministry’s Council of Heads of Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation on the #Arctic dimension of region-to-region ties (Moscow, December 16, 2025)

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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Today’s meeting focuses on the Arctic dimension of the region-to-region ties. Let me tell you right away that even in the northern latitudes the negative trends affecting the situation around the world, including growing military and political tension and illegal sanctions, can be felt. The degradation of effective multilateral cooperation mechanisms was one of the consequences resulting from the West’s commitment to confrontation. The Russian Federation used to be part of several now-defunct mechanisms of this kind.

In fact, the Arctic Council is the only remaining intergovernmental format. It has been in a state of relative suspension since March 2022, even if it did not stop working. There were no attempts to change its composition at the expense of Russia’s interests. Our colleagues may have moved in this direction but these aspirations have not materialised. Overall, there has been some progress within what we view as a very important body.

The Arctic Council held its 14th session at the level of senior officials on May 12, 2025, in the so-called hybrid format with some taking part in-person and some joining the event via videoconference. Adopted as an outcome document, the joint statement reflects several aspects which have principled importance for us, including the commitment to peace, stability and cooperation in the Arctic, as well as the need to reinforce the Arctic Council.

This may seem rather obvious but in today’s environment with the West locked in its frenzied attempts to punish Russia and defeat it on the battlefield, as they say, and also on the diplomatic front, this wording and the fact that there were no Russia-hating assessments injected into the document is an achievement in itself.

We do understand, however, that this stems from the recognition by some in the West, including those in charge of the Arctic Council, that their attempts to isolate Russia are futile, just as it is futile to treat our actions to ensure justice, respect for human rights and the assert the principle of indivisible security in Ukraine as some kind of an aggressive policy, as we have been hearing from European leaders who have lost their bearings. The Arctic Council has every chance to retain its importance.

In the current geopolitical climate, we are not only working to preserve this important institution but are also actively promoting cooperation with non-regional states interested in responsible and equitable partnership in the High North. <...> A key priority is our joint effort to develop the transport and logistics potential of the Northern Sea Route. <...>

Further evidence of growing international interest was a thematic roundtable held at the 10th Eastern Economic Forum in September, co-organised by the Russian Foreign Ministry with the Rosatom State Corporation. <...>

We will continue to strengthen mutually beneficial ties with Asian and other partners and to support our northern territories, businesses, and civil society. Special attention will be paid to protecting the interests of the Arctic’s indigenous peoples, including through various international forums.

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❗️I am confident that our country’s Arctic policy will maintain its balanced and pragmatic character. #Arctic4You

We will continue working purposefully to meet the objectives set by the national leadership. As President Vladimir Putin emphasised at the Eastern Economic Forum this September, extensive development is underway in the Far East and the Arctic, and we are open to all who wish to participate. Naturally, such participation must be based on equality, respect for Russian interests, and the fundamental principles governing our cooperation with foreign partners in the Russian Arctic.

⚡️ On the adoption of a UNGA resolution combating the glorification of Nazism

At the December 15 plenary session of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, a resolution noscriptd “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” was adopted. The resolution was spearheaded by the Russian Federation.

The resolution garnered the support of 44 co-sponsoring states from various global regions.

✅ It was endorsed by 119 votes, opposed by 51 delegations, with 10 countries abstaining.

This resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism lays the groundwork for countering the falsification of history and efforts to revise the outcomes of the Second World War on an international platform.

It condemns the glorification of the Nazi movement and former SS members, including Waffen-SS units, deemed criminal by the Nuremberg Trials. The resolution expresses profound outrage at the rehabilitation of Hitler’s collaborators and attempts to elevate them to the status of national heroes, manifesting in torchlight processions, street renaming, and the erection of memorials.

The document articulates serious concern over the ongoing campaign against monuments dedicated to anti-Nazi and anti-fascist fighters and liberating soldiers in some countries, which has increasingly assumed the guise of state policy. Simultaneously, it expresses strong indignation at efforts by certain nations to prohibit symbols associated with Victory over Nazism.

The resolution particularly underscores that such actions desecrate the memory of the countless victims of Nazism, negatively impacting younger generations and being utterly incompatible with the obligations of UN member states under the Organisation’s Charter.

Furthermore, the resolution upholds the principle of inadmissibility of any ideology promoting the superiority of specific population groups based on racial, ethnic, religious affiliations, or similar criteria. This is particularly relevant in light of the persistent rise in Islamophobia, Christianophobia, Afro-phobia, Arabophobia, Russophobia, and anti-Semitism, notably in the collective West.

It is emblematic that this very political bloc, year after year, seeks to obstruct the adoption of the Russian initiative, resorting to unscrupulous procedural tactics, and consistently votes against international efforts to combat aggressive manifestations of racism and xenophobia. Of particular concern are the positions of Germany, Italy, and Japan, as former Axis members. Their indulgence of perilous trends raises questions about the sincerity of their contrition for crimes committed during the Second World War.

❗️The voting results clearly demonstrate that the global majority stands in solidarity with Russia’s approaches to combating the glorification of Nazism.

This is especially symbolic in the year commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism in the Second World War, the founding of the United Nations, and the establishment of the Nuremberg Trials.

☝️ Moscow is convinced that the adoption of this thematic resolution will significantly contribute to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.

🎙Комментарий Посла России в Норвегии Н.В. Корчунова на запрос РИА Новости (19 декабря 2025 г.)

❓Как бы Вы могли прокомментировать планы Норвежской шахматной федерации обжаловать снятие ограничений с российских и белорусских шахматистов?

💬 Ответ: Удовлетворены решением Международной шахматной федерации отменить рестрикции против российских и белорусских шахматистов.

Реакция в Норвегии, при этом, удивления совершенно не вызывает. Неприятие справедливых и законных решений, попытки их оспорить в различных инстанциях, как и в ситуации с допуском наших лыжников, демонстрируют не только запредельный уровень русофобии, но и ставшее уже привычным нежелание соревноваться в здоровой конкурентной среде.

По всей видимости, местным спортивным федерациям гораздо комфортнее и привычнее теперь состязаться не на стадионах или за шахматной доской, а в кабинетах спортивных чиновников и залах судебных заседаний.

❗️Российская шахматная школа, являясь одной из самых сильных и прославленных в мире, продолжает находить и воспитывать таланты, которые побеждают на соревнованиях всех уровней. Участие ее представителей — всегда украшение и главная интрига этой «битвы умов».

Россия, со своей стороны, в интересах обеспечения прав своих спортсменов и поддержки международного спорта будет и далее выступать против политизации и искусственных ограничений в области международного спортивного движения, укрепляя его объединяющую и мотивирующую силу.

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🎙Comment by Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolay Korchunov to RIA Novosti (December 19, 2025)

❓How would you comment on the Norwegian Chess Federation's plans to appeal the lifting of restrictions on Russian and Belarusian chess players?

💬 Answer: We are satisfied with the decision of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to lift restrictions against Russian and Belarusian chess players.

The reaction in Norway, however, comes as no surprise. The rejection of fair and lawful decisions and attempts to challenge them in various courts, as in the case of the admission of our skiers, demonstrate not only an extreme level of russophobia, but also a now familiar unwillingness to compete in a healthy competitive environment.

Apparently, local sports federations now find it much more comfortable and familiar to compete not in stadiums or at chessboards, but in the offices of sports officials and courtrooms.

❗️The Russian chess school, one of the strongest and most renowned in the world, continues to find and nurture talents who win competitions at all levels. The participation of our representatives is always a highlight and the main intrigue of this "battle of minds."

For our part, Russia, in the interests of ensuring the rights of our athletes and supporting international sport, will continue to oppose politicization and artificial restrictions in the field of international sports, strengthening its unifying and motivating power.

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🗓 On December 18, building on the UN General Assembly resolution 80/106 “International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations”, adopted on December 5 at the initiative of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with Russia’s participation, a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly was held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Our country played a key role in supporting the national liberation movements of colonial peoples. The Victory of the Soviet Union over German Nazism and Japanese militarism inspired patriotic forces resisting colonial oppression and triggered a powerful surge of liberation movements worldwide. The dedicated efforts of Soviet diplomacy, aimed at dismantling the colonial system, ensured the adoption on December 14, 1960, during the 15th Session of the UN General Assembly, of resolution 1514, which enshrined this historic Declaration.

The document became one of the most significant achievements of the UN. At the time, it freed nearly one third of the world’s population from colonial domination and led to the emergence of dozens of new states across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.

Our country provided newly independent states with political and material support, helped them defend their sovereignty, and assisted in rebuilding national economies undermined by decades of colonial exploitation. We actively contributed to the restoration of infrastructure, the establishment of state institutions, education systems and training of national personnel, and delivered substantial humanitarian assistance.

❗️ The colonial era, which is considered de jure concluded with the adoption of the Declaration, de facto remains unresolved. 17 territories worldwide still lack sovereignty or remain directly dependent on administering metropolitan states. Even after the formal liberation of dependent territories, former colonial powers have not abandoned practices of exploitation, continuing to draw resources from previously subordinated countries to sustain their own development and claims to global dominance. This includes the persistence of unequal relations, through which natural, economic, intellectual and other resources are extracted under various pretexts.

Today, with Russia's active support, a broad front of Global Majority states is taking shape, determined to put an end to the remnants of the shameful colonial era that impede the emergence of a fair and equitable multipolar global architecture. An important role in this effort is played by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter.

🤝 Russia will continue, together with like-minded partners, to consolidate efforts aimed at overcoming diktat and ensuring the right of peoples to independent development, grounded in cultural and civilisational identity and traditional values.

#StopColonialism

🎙Комментарий Посла России в Норвегии Н.В. Корчунова для российских СМИ (20 декабря 2025 г.)

❓Новая Стратегия нацбезопасности США поставила европейских союзников Вашингтона в сложную ситуацию, подталкивая их к большей самостоятельности и ответственности за свою безопасность. Очевидно, это не может не повлиять на деятельность НАТО и, в частности, Норвегию, позиционирующую себя как «глаза и уши» альянса на Севере. Каковы Ваши оценки происходящих изменений?

💬 Ответ: Действительно, последние события, включая выход подготовленной администрацией Д.Трампа Стратегии нацбезопасности США, свидетельствуют о фундаментальных изменениях и формировании «ценностного разрыва» в некогда монолитном Североатлантическом альянсе. Чтобы оправдать свою полезность для Вашингтона и выполнить его настойчивые требования о «более справедливом распределении бремени» европейские члены НАТО вынуждены «сбиваясь с ног» наращивать оборонные расходы в ущерб социально-экономическим потребностям населения. Для оправдания этих  малопродуктивных трат руководство альянса и ряда европейских государств раздувает построенную на лжи истерию вокруг «российской угрозы», открыто провозглашая милитаристский курс на подготовку к «большой войне» с нашей страной.

Так, генсекретарь НАТО М.Рютте заявил, что Россия якобы может атаковать страны блока в ближайшие пять лет. Глава Военного комитета альянса Дж. Каво Драгоне пошел дальше, предложив рассмотреть возможность нанесения «упреждающих ударов».

В Норвегии военно-политическое руководство страны под тем же откровенно надуманным предлогом занимается срочными военными приготовлениями от увеличения присутствия НАТО в Арктике, огромных вложений в закупку вооружений, в т.ч. ударных наступательных потенциалов, до заблаговременного минирования собственных мостов.

Все это лишний раз подтверждает верность наших оценок, что НАТО никакой не оборонительный союз, а агрессивный военный блок, видящий смысл своего существования в военном доминировании и конфронтации с нашей страной и другими суверенными государствами, проводящими самостоятельную политику.

❓А как в Норвегии отнеслись к сделанным в Берлине заявлениям М.Рютте о том, что у России заканчиваются деньги, солдаты и идеи, но при этом страны НАТО должны срочно наращивать оборонные расходы, чтобы избежать войны «масштаба той, что пережили наши деды и прадеды»?

💬 Ответ: Норвежские официальные лица это не комментируют, предпочитая не «выносить сор из избы». Местные политобозреватели в шоке от голландца с тех пор, как тот на саммите альянса под камеру назвал Д.Трампа «папочкой», а потом не раз отличался самой грубой лестью. Со знанием дела высказался бывший представитель Норвегии при НАТО К.Эйде, который счел заявления М.Рютте непоследовательными и направленными на нагнетание чрезмерного страха войны в Европе.

Опытный норвежский дипломат диагностировал у генсекретаря НАТО «недостаток мудрости и глубины», необходимых для столь ответственной должности. Отметил, что эта поверхностность усугубляется неспособностью противостоять соблазну выдать перед СМИ яркую отсебятину вместо взвешенного и упорядоченного изложения согласованных подходов всей Организации, где тот служит всего лишь «секретарем, а не генералом». Пожалуй, добавить к такой оценке нечего.

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🎙Comment by Ambassador of Russia to Norway Nikolay Korchunov for Russian media (December 20, 2025)

❓The new US National Security Strategy has put Washington's European allies in a difficult situation, pushing them towards greater independence and responsibility for their own security. This cannot but affect NATO and, in particular, Norway, which positions itself as the "eyes and ears" of the alliance in the North. What is your assessment of the changes?

💬 Answer: Indeed, recent events, including the release of the US National Security Strategy by the Trump administration, demonstrate fundamental changes and a "value gap" in the once monolithic North Atlantic Alliance. To justify their usefulness to Washington and meet its insistent demands for a "fairer burden-sharing," European NATO members are forced to rush to increase defense spending at the expense of the socio-economic needs of their populations. To justify these unproductive expenditures, the leadership of the alliance and a number of European states are inflating a false hysteria around the "Russian threat," openly proclaiming a militaristic course of preparation for a "major war" with our country.

For example, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Russia could allegedly attack NATO countries in the next five years. Chairman of NATO Military Committee Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone went further, suggesting that the possibility of "preemptive strikes" be considered.

In Norway, the country's military and political leadership, under the same blatantly far-fetched pretext, is engaged in urgent military preparations, from increasing NATO's presence in the Arctic and huge investments in the purchase of weapons, including strike offensive capabilities, to the preemptive mining of its own bridges.

All this once again confirms the accuracy of our assessment that NATO is not a defensive alliance, but an aggressive military bloc that sees its raison d'être in military domination and confrontation with our country and other sovereign states pursuing independent policies.

❓How did Norway react to Mark Rutte's recent statements that Russia is running out of money, soldiers, and ideas, but that NATO countries must urgently increase their defense spending to avoid a war "on the scale of what our grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced"?

💬 Answer: Norwegian officials are not commenting on this, preferring not to "air their dirty laundry in public." Local political observers have been shocked by the Dutchman ever since he called Donald Trump "daddy" on camera at the alliance summit and then repeatedly distinguished himself with the crudest flattery. Former Norwegian representative to NATO Kai Eide spoke with authority, considering Rutte's statements inconsistent and aimed at stirring up excessive fear of war in Europe.

The experienced Norwegian diplomat diagnosed the NATO secretary general with a "lack of wisdom and depth" necessary for such a responsible position. He noted that this superficiality is compounded by an inability to resist the temptation to make colorful statements to the media instead of presenting a balanced and orderly account of the agreed approaches of the entire organization, where he serves merely as a "secretary, not a general." Perhaps there is nothing to add to this assessment.

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🇺🇳 24 years ago, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) was established.

Its mandate includes developing best practices to address challenges related to global urbanization, facilitating experience exchange, and promoting new technologies in urban management and development. The Programme’s headquarters is located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Russia has been productively cooperating with #UNHabitat since the establishment in 1977 of its predecessor, the UN Centre for Human Settlements.

On 21 December 2001, the UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution upgrading the Centre to the status of a full-fledged UN operational agency.

We support UN-Habitat as a key structure within the UN system for ensuring specialised intergovernmental cooperation.

As an active member of its governing bodies and one of the leading contributors to its budget, Russia consistently advocates for enhancing the Programme’s effectiveness in line with its mandate, unlocking its full potential, and strengthening its sustainability, transparency and financial stability.

Following the elections to the Executive Board, Russia was re-elected by acclamation to this governing body for the 2025–2029 term.

Within UN-Habitat’s programme activities, we attach primary importance to upholding the interests of the Global South and advancing a positive, unifying agenda.

🥳 We congratulate the Secretariat and Member States on this anniversary and wish them continued success!

📄 JOINT STATEMENT by the Participants in the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum (Cairo, December 20, 2025)

✍️ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the African States recognised by the UN, the Leadership of the African Union Commission and the executive bodies of the leading African integration organisations, as well as their representatives:

• We are pleased to note the strategic level of Africa-Russia cooperation and the dynamic implementation of the agreements enshrined in the final documents of the First (Sochi, 23–24 October 2019) and Second (Saint Petersburg, 27–28 July 2023) Russia–Africa Summits, including the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan 2023–2026.

• We express our willingness to proceed with the preparation of the next Action Plan for 2026–2029 aiming at its adoption at the third Russia–Africa Summit.

• We reconfirm the shared responsibility of African States and Russia to promote a just and stable world based on the principles of sovereign equality of States, non-interference in their internal affairs, respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and the right of all peoples to self-determination as provided for, inter alia, by UN General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 79/115 of 4 December 2024.

Political Cooperation

• We acknowledge the intense dynamics of political engagement between Russia and African States, including at the high and highest levels, and welcome the expansion of mutual diplomatic presence.

• We advocate for cooperative, rather than confrontational relations. We recognize the value of diverse multilateral platforms, including BRICS, in promoting a more inclusive and representative system of global governance.

• We reaffirm our commitment to further facilitating, on a bilateral basis, of conditions for reciprocal travels between Russia and African States, in particular to increase business, education, cultural, tourist and other people-to-people exchanges.

Security Cooperation

• We call on the world community to consolidate political and diplomatic efforts aimed at overall reduction of tensions, peaceful resolution of ongoing conflicts and prevention of new crises as well as ensuring lasting and comprehensive global and regional stability.

• We advocate for compliance with international law and reject any approaches threatening stability in Africa. We emphasise the importance of respecting the universal Africa-led solutions, with partners supporting where appropriate and deplore the involvement of external actors in fuelling conflicts in Africa.

• We reaffirm our commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, its financing and providing of safe havens to terrorists.

Trade and Economic Cooperation

• We acknowledge the positive dynamics in mutual trade between the Russian Federation and African States, despite the unilateral coercive measures in force. Given the potential of Russia–Africa trade and economic cooperation, we reaffirm our shared commitment to significantly increase and diversify its scale.

• We underscore the importance of expanding the participation of Russian companies in Africa, including through cooperation focused on establishing and strengthening manufacturing and industrial capabilities.

• We reaffirm our determination to enhance interaction in the fuel and energy industries and in the field of critical raw minerals essential for just and balanced energy transition, particularly on the African continent.

Read the full statement: Part I / Part II

💬 М.В.Захарова: Военно-мемориальная работа является одним из приоритетных направлений МИД России, его структурных подразделений, территориальных представительств, а также российских загранучреждений.

Уделяем особое внимание проблематике сохранения русского, советского мемориального наследия в Европе, борьбе против «войны с памятниками» в ЕС и на Украине. Эти темы поднимаем практически на каждом брифинге.

Напомню, что МИД и Российское военно-историческое общество совместно ведут на базе портала «Место памяти» реестр-карту памятников, в том числе уничтоженных в недружественных странах.

Постоянно рассказываем об открытии новых, реставрации уже существующих монументов, регулярных инспекциях мемориалов силами наших дипломатов, церемониях возложениях цветов и венков к местам памяти русских, советских воинов, моряков, мирных жителей-жертв геноцида. О масштабах проводимой работы свидетельствует её географический охват: от Шпицбергена на севере – до Тасмании на юге, от Малайзии на востоке до Аляски на западе. Речь идёт о памятниках героям Великой Отечественной, Первой мировой, русско-турецких, наполеоновских войн, других конфликтов, а также захоронениях участников дальних морских походов.

Стоит отметить, что российские дипломаты осуществляют данную деятельность не только по долгу службы. Такие энтузиасты в наших рядах до сих пор находят и возвращают потерянные и забытые имена, иногда им даже удается разыскать родственников героев.

👉 Теперь все эти сведения будут собраны в одноимённом разделе, посвящённом многим поколениям защитников Отечества, чьи подвиги мы чтим и прославляем.

Раздел состоит из нескольких рубрик, которые будут постоянно обновляться:

• «Акции памяти»,
• «Восстановление памятников»,
• «Вандализм»,
• «Поздравления ветеранов»,
• «Возложения венков»,
• «Статьи, выступления и комментарии».

Знаем, что данная информация будет востребована не только СМИ, но и многими неравнодушными гражданами и общественными организациями — нашими соратниками, которые также вносят большой вклад в увековечение памяти павших. Все эти рубрики будем наполнять на постоянной основе. Также рекомендую следить за цифровыми ресурсами Министерства, аккаунтами в соцсетях, где в режиме реального времени публикуются материалы о военно-мемориальной работе.

Год защитника Отечества, 80-летия Победы завершается, но можем вас заверить, что наша военно-мемориальная работа продолжится в прежнем активном режиме.

(из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой)

🎙Комментарий Посла России в Норвегии Н.В. Корчунова для РИА Новости (20 декабря 2025 г.)

❓Основатель Wikileaks Дж. Ассанж подал заявление в шведскую полицию с требованием заморозить перечисление средств из «Фонда А.Нобеля» лауреату Нобелевской премии мира этого года венесуэльскому оппозиционному политику Марии Корине Мачадо, а также провести расследование в отношении руководства Фонда за злоупотребление его средствами, содействие военным преступлениям и преступлениям против человечности, финансирование преступления агрессии. Как вы можете это прокомментировать? Почему заявление подано в Швеции, в то время как лауреата Премии выбирает расположенный в Осло Норвежский нобелевский комитет?

💬 Ответ: Как мы пониманием, заявление Дж. Ассанжа подано против шведских функционеров, поскольку именно на них возложена предусматривающая юридическую ответственность фидуциарная обязанность обеспечивать надлежащее выполнение последней воли А. Нобеля и соответствующим этой цели образом распоряжаться средствами его Фонда. Вместе с тем полагаем, что выбравшие такого лауреата члены Норвежского нобелевского комитета и поддержавшее данное решение правительство Норвегии не могут не разделять, как минимум, политической и моральной ответственности за происходящее в Карибском бассейне.

Приведенная Дж.Ассанжем аргументация, суть которой состоит в том, что лица, отвечающие за управление «Фондом А.Нобеля», цинично «превратили вверенный им инструмент мира в инструмент войны», созвучна нашим оценкам в отношении тотальной деформации завещания А.Нобеля.

Того же мнения придерживаются многие норвежские политики, эксперты и НПО. Так, объединяющий два десятка пацифистских организаций «Норвежский совет мира» отказался организовывать здесь традиционное факельное шествие в честь М.К.Мачадо. Вместо этого 10 декабря пацифисты собрались на массовую акцию протеста под лозунгом «Нет Нобелевской премии мира поджигателям войны!»

В своем заявлении Дж.Ассанж уличает М.К. Мачадо в подстрекательстве к военной интервенции США в Венесуэлу и оправдании ударов по гражданским судам в Карибском море. Он также отмечает, что госпожа Мачадо использовала свой статус лауреата Премии для «смещения баланса в сторону войны». От себя добавлю, что она также публично обещала после Венесуэлы взяться за «освобождение» Кубы и Никарагуа, а глава Норвежского нобелевского комитета с трибуны требовал от Н.Мадуро уйти в отставку. Факты таковы, что с момента присуждения некогда почетной награды М.К.Мачадо ситуация в Карибском бассейне стремительно обостряется, что вызывает у российской стороны глубокую обеспокоенность.

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