🎙 President Vladimir Putin's New Year Address to the Nation
💬 For Russia, the first quarter of the 21st century has been marked by numerous events, including developments of historical significance and great magnitude.
We set ambitious goals for ourselves and achieved them, coped with many challenges because we stood united.
This is what consolidated our unity, strengthened our confidence in ourselves, in our abilities, in our potential.
True, there is still a lot to be accomplished, but we can be rightfully proud of what we have already achieved. This is our joint achievement, a solid foundation for future progress.
Our nation – independent, free, and strong – has tackled successfully the most formidable challenges.
As we stand on the brink of a new year, we think about the future. We are confident that everything is going to be all right. We will continue to advance.
We know for sure that Russia's destiny and well-being of its people has always been and will remain our absolute value.
☝️ Sincere love for our Motherland gives our lives a deep sense of purpose, while determination to make our own contribution to protecting its sovereignty, security, interests, and freedom of development has become a matter of honour for us.
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💬 For Russia, the first quarter of the 21st century has been marked by numerous events, including developments of historical significance and great magnitude.
We set ambitious goals for ourselves and achieved them, coped with many challenges because we stood united.
This is what consolidated our unity, strengthened our confidence in ourselves, in our abilities, in our potential.
True, there is still a lot to be accomplished, but we can be rightfully proud of what we have already achieved. This is our joint achievement, a solid foundation for future progress.
Our nation – independent, free, and strong – has tackled successfully the most formidable challenges.
As we stand on the brink of a new year, we think about the future. We are confident that everything is going to be all right. We will continue to advance.
We know for sure that Russia's destiny and well-being of its people has always been and will remain our absolute value.
☝️ Sincere love for our Motherland gives our lives a deep sense of purpose, while determination to make our own contribution to protecting its sovereignty, security, interests, and freedom of development has become a matter of honour for us.
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🎙 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova's comment on Ukraine ending Russian gas transit
💬 Kiev has refused to extend the agreements between Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz and Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine, which expired on 1 January 2025. On the same day, the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the territory of Ukraine was stopped.
To emphasise, the Ukrainian authorities chose to halt Russian gas supplies to European residents despite Gazprom fulfilling its contractual obligations.
This move to cut off the supply of competitive and environmentally friendly Russian source of energy both reduces Europe's economic potential and severely affects the quality of life of European citizens.
The geopolitical context behind the Kiev regime's decision is obvious: the United States is the primary beneficiary of the redistribution of the energy market in Europe, as well as the main sponsor of the Ukrainian crisis.
The major European economy, Germany, has already become the first one to fall victim of its predatory strategy: it was forced to purchase natural gas at significantly higher prices following the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines. Germany also had to start shutting down a number of its major legendary production facilities.
Now other nations that were once part of the economically thriving and independent European Union will also bear the consequences of the US sponsorship.
❗️ The responsibility for halting Russian gas supplies lies entirely with the US, the puppet Kiev regime, and the authorities of European states that have chosen financial support for the American economy over the well-being of their citizens.
💬 Kiev has refused to extend the agreements between Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz and Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine, which expired on 1 January 2025. On the same day, the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the territory of Ukraine was stopped.
To emphasise, the Ukrainian authorities chose to halt Russian gas supplies to European residents despite Gazprom fulfilling its contractual obligations.
This move to cut off the supply of competitive and environmentally friendly Russian source of energy both reduces Europe's economic potential and severely affects the quality of life of European citizens.
The geopolitical context behind the Kiev regime's decision is obvious: the United States is the primary beneficiary of the redistribution of the energy market in Europe, as well as the main sponsor of the Ukrainian crisis.
The major European economy, Germany, has already become the first one to fall victim of its predatory strategy: it was forced to purchase natural gas at significantly higher prices following the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines. Germany also had to start shutting down a number of its major legendary production facilities.
Now other nations that were once part of the economically thriving and independent European Union will also bear the consequences of the US sponsorship.
❗️ The responsibility for halting Russian gas supplies lies entirely with the US, the puppet Kiev regime, and the authorities of European states that have chosen financial support for the American economy over the well-being of their citizens.
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🇷🇺 Russia's main foreign policy outcomes in 2024
While the collective West made attempts to preserve the rudiments of its global dominance and impose a "rules-based international order", Russia proposed a constructive alternative by advocating for the unconditional adherence to the principles of the UN Charter in all their completeness and interconnectedness.
By putting forth new initiatives for Eurasian security and against neocolonialism, Russia provided a new ideological framework for its policy course to enhance its standing on the international arena as one of the leading centres in a multipolar world.
✔️ The implementation of the strategic initiative to create an architecture of indivisible security in Eurasia, presented by Russia's President in June, has begun.
✔️ The economic potential of Greater Eurasia has been strengthened this year with the promotion of the North-South International Transport Corridor project.
✔️ Russia has launched a foreign policy initiative on international cooperation against neocolonialism.
✔️ Russia has played a leading role in pushing through the anti-neocolonial agenda at the UN General Assembly and, together with like-minded members of the Group of Friends of the UN Charter, ensured the adoption of the UNGA resolution "Eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations".
✔️ Relations with the countries and associations of the Global Majority have received a serious boost.
✔️ The BRICS Summit in Kazan has become the flagship international event, held for the first time in an expanded format under Russia's chairmanship, and finally dispelled the myth of Russia's international isolation.
✔️ Russia's interaction with the states of Africa, Southwest and Southeast Asia and Latin America has become more intensive and substantial.
❗️ On the Western track, in the context of continued escalation of forceful, economic, informational and ideological aggression by unfriendly states, Russian diplomacy this year neutralised repeated attempts to give us political ultimatums, and ensured that the majority of states acknowledged that the Ukraine crisis can only be resolved by eliminating its root causes – threats to Russia's security posed by NATO's eastward expansion, and violations of the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking citizens.
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While the collective West made attempts to preserve the rudiments of its global dominance and impose a "rules-based international order", Russia proposed a constructive alternative by advocating for the unconditional adherence to the principles of the UN Charter in all their completeness and interconnectedness.
By putting forth new initiatives for Eurasian security and against neocolonialism, Russia provided a new ideological framework for its policy course to enhance its standing on the international arena as one of the leading centres in a multipolar world.
❗️ On the Western track, in the context of continued escalation of forceful, economic, informational and ideological aggression by unfriendly states, Russian diplomacy this year neutralised repeated attempts to give us political ultimatums, and ensured that the majority of states acknowledged that the Ukraine crisis can only be resolved by eliminating its root causes – threats to Russia's security posed by NATO's eastward expansion, and violations of the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking citizens.
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🇷🇺 The Russian Federation welcomes the accession of the Republic of Indonesia to #BRICS as a full-fledged participant from January 1, 2025.
The candidacy of Indonesia was submitted and approved in advance during the first phase of BRICS’ expansion at the Summit in Johannesburg, the Republic of South Africa, in 2023. However, in the context of the 2024 presidential elections, Indonesian partners decided to postpone Jakarta’s official request pending the inauguration of the new head of state and the appointment of the government.
During Russia’s BRICS chairship in 2024, the Republic of Indonesia submitted an official request for joining BRICS. The document was examined in accordance with the guiding principles, standards, criteria and procedures for BRICS membership expansion. All BRICS states agreed, by consensus, to support the Indonesian bid.
🇮🇩 #Indonesia, the largest economy and most populous nation in Southeast Asia, shares BRICS values, advocates multilateral cooperation based on the principles of mutual respect, openness, pragmatism, solidarity and consensus.
Indonesia’s accession to BRICS will help enhance the group’s authority and prestige still further and will also facilitate the consistent consolidation of the Global South and East for forging a more equitable and well-balanced multipolar world order.
The candidacy of Indonesia was submitted and approved in advance during the first phase of BRICS’ expansion at the Summit in Johannesburg, the Republic of South Africa, in 2023. However, in the context of the 2024 presidential elections, Indonesian partners decided to postpone Jakarta’s official request pending the inauguration of the new head of state and the appointment of the government.
During Russia’s BRICS chairship in 2024, the Republic of Indonesia submitted an official request for joining BRICS. The document was examined in accordance with the guiding principles, standards, criteria and procedures for BRICS membership expansion. All BRICS states agreed, by consensus, to support the Indonesian bid.
🇮🇩 #Indonesia, the largest economy and most populous nation in Southeast Asia, shares BRICS values, advocates multilateral cooperation based on the principles of mutual respect, openness, pragmatism, solidarity and consensus.
Indonesia’s accession to BRICS will help enhance the group’s authority and prestige still further and will also facilitate the consistent consolidation of the Global South and East for forging a more equitable and well-balanced multipolar world order.
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📺 Diplomatic Dispatch: Conversation on the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s relations with the West
Join us for an engaging conversation as Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin and Geoffrey Roberts, Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork, explore some of today's most pressing global issues.
They discussed potential solutions to the Ukraine conflict, the state of Russia-NATO relations, the future of European security, the evolving multipolar world order, as well as the legacy of the Second World War.
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💬 Andrey Kelin: The further the Ukraine conflict goes, the more ground we will gain if the West continues with the same policy of supplying Ukraine with weapons, resources, money and all that. <...>
It is important that Ukraine remains neutral, because otherwise it will be under the umbrella of NATO and the European Union, and it will be dictated what to do. <...>
We do not want [Ukraine to be a failed state], and that is why we are in favour of Ukraine being a sovereign, independent state that has relations with everybody, including Russia. All these laws of racial discrimination against Russian culture and education should be abolished immediately.
Join us for an engaging conversation as Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin and Geoffrey Roberts, Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork, explore some of today's most pressing global issues.
They discussed potential solutions to the Ukraine conflict, the state of Russia-NATO relations, the future of European security, the evolving multipolar world order, as well as the legacy of the Second World War.
Watch this episode on YouTube
💬 Andrey Kelin: The further the Ukraine conflict goes, the more ground we will gain if the West continues with the same policy of supplying Ukraine with weapons, resources, money and all that. <...>
It is important that Ukraine remains neutral, because otherwise it will be under the umbrella of NATO and the European Union, and it will be dictated what to do. <...>
We do not want [Ukraine to be a failed state], and that is why we are in favour of Ukraine being a sovereign, independent state that has relations with everybody, including Russia. All these laws of racial discrimination against Russian culture and education should be abolished immediately.
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💬 Министр иностранных дел Британии Д.Лэмми 9 января с помпой представил цели и задачи работы возглавляемого им ведомства. В невразумительной концептуальной упаковке «прогрессивного реализма» публике была изложена фактически старая, хорошо узнаваемая «начинка» из неоколониальных принципов внешней политики Соединённого Королевства, которая уже не раз способствовала усилению конфликтогенности в мире.
Внимательное прочтение выступления Д.Лэмми позволяет сделать вывод, что Лондон движим целью ввергнуть мир в комфортную для себя парадигму конфронтации. Недаром глава Форин Офиса с большим облегчением возвестил об окончательном завершении «мирной эпохи после холодной войны» и посулил новые ассигнования на военные нужды.
Переживаемые Британией социально-экономические проблемы подтверждают, что местный политический класс был не в состоянии с умом воспользоваться постбиполярными «дивидендами мира». При этом не утратил аппетит к разжиганию конфликтов и стравливанию народов с тем, чтобы «ловить рыбку» в мутной воде.
❗️ Прозвучавшие идеи должны стать предупреждением всем независимым странам и народам, включая те, которые считают Британию единомышленником. Многочисленные выпады Д.Лэмми в адрес России выглядят, в первую очередь, попыткой на публику оправдать деструктивную конфронтационную логику. Зато неизменное желание Лондона навязывать свои установки союзникам и партнёрам несёт колоссальные проблемы для безопасности в Европе и других регионах мира.
Страны Глобального Юга, надеемся, заметят явственно выраженное Д.Лэмми сожаление в связи с неспособностью Запада в годы «холодной войны» навязать свою волю государствам т.н. «третьего мира». Формирование «Движения неприсоединения», по сути, было представлено как досадный промах западников, который должен послужить уроком на будущее. Иными словами, попытки и далее продвигать фальшивый геополитический выбор будут продолжены.
Характерно и то, что, прикрываясь заверениями о своей роли в качестве ответственного международного игрока и надёжного контрагента, Лондон на деле подтверждает ставку на нелегитимные односторонние санкции, вводимые под надуманными предлогами, а также намерение использовать содействие международному развитию в качестве инструмента внешнеполитического давления.
☝️ Идеологизированная по форме и дестабилизирующая по сути внешнеполитическая программа служит ярким свидетельством неспособности лейбористского правительства отказаться от блокового мышления и принять реалии многополярного мира.
Представленные Д.Лэмми подходы объективно противоречат запросу большинства стран на мирное сотрудничество ради преодоления глобальных кризисов, а также подлинную демократию и взаимоуважение в международных отношениях. Да и в западном лагере наверняка далеко не всё из сказанного главой Форин Офиса будет встречено с пониманием.
Наконец, увлечённость здешнего политистеблишмента геополитическими авантюрами не отвечает интересам населения Британии и, очевидно, лишь усугубит её экономическое угасание.
Внимательное прочтение выступления Д.Лэмми позволяет сделать вывод, что Лондон движим целью ввергнуть мир в комфортную для себя парадигму конфронтации. Недаром глава Форин Офиса с большим облегчением возвестил об окончательном завершении «мирной эпохи после холодной войны» и посулил новые ассигнования на военные нужды.
Переживаемые Британией социально-экономические проблемы подтверждают, что местный политический класс был не в состоянии с умом воспользоваться постбиполярными «дивидендами мира». При этом не утратил аппетит к разжиганию конфликтов и стравливанию народов с тем, чтобы «ловить рыбку» в мутной воде.
❗️ Прозвучавшие идеи должны стать предупреждением всем независимым странам и народам, включая те, которые считают Британию единомышленником. Многочисленные выпады Д.Лэмми в адрес России выглядят, в первую очередь, попыткой на публику оправдать деструктивную конфронтационную логику. Зато неизменное желание Лондона навязывать свои установки союзникам и партнёрам несёт колоссальные проблемы для безопасности в Европе и других регионах мира.
Страны Глобального Юга, надеемся, заметят явственно выраженное Д.Лэмми сожаление в связи с неспособностью Запада в годы «холодной войны» навязать свою волю государствам т.н. «третьего мира». Формирование «Движения неприсоединения», по сути, было представлено как досадный промах западников, который должен послужить уроком на будущее. Иными словами, попытки и далее продвигать фальшивый геополитический выбор будут продолжены.
Характерно и то, что, прикрываясь заверениями о своей роли в качестве ответственного международного игрока и надёжного контрагента, Лондон на деле подтверждает ставку на нелегитимные односторонние санкции, вводимые под надуманными предлогами, а также намерение использовать содействие международному развитию в качестве инструмента внешнеполитического давления.
☝️ Идеологизированная по форме и дестабилизирующая по сути внешнеполитическая программа служит ярким свидетельством неспособности лейбористского правительства отказаться от блокового мышления и принять реалии многополярного мира.
Представленные Д.Лэмми подходы объективно противоречат запросу большинства стран на мирное сотрудничество ради преодоления глобальных кризисов, а также подлинную демократию и взаимоуважение в международных отношениях. Да и в западном лагере наверняка далеко не всё из сказанного главой Форин Офиса будет встречено с пониманием.
Наконец, увлечённость здешнего политистеблишмента геополитическими авантюрами не отвечает интересам населения Британии и, очевидно, лишь усугубит её экономическое угасание.
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💬 On 9 January UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy pompously presented the FCDO's priorities and objectives. Under the vague conceptual guise of "progressive realism" he essentially offered the public the same worn-out and easily recognisable neo-colonial principles of British foreign policy, which had on many occasions contributed to ratcheting up global tensions in the past.
A closer look at David Lammy's speech leads to the conclusion that London's aim is to plunge the world into a confrontational paradigm of benefit solely to British interests. No wonder that the head of the FCDO proclaimed, with evident relief, the decisive end of the "post-Cold War peace" and announced plans for yet more military spending.
Britain's current socio-economic problems provide ample proof that its political class was unable to make good use of the "peace dividend" endowed by the conclusion of the bipolar standoff. However, the British elite has not forfeited its appetite for fanning the fire of conflicts, as well as for pitting nations against each other for its own nefarious ends.
❗️ The ideas espoused by David Lammy should serve as warning to all independent countries and peoples, including those who happen to regard Britain as a like-minded partner. His repeated verbal attacks against Russia seem, above all, to be a pretext for enabling a destructive logic of confrontation. Meanwhile, London's persistence in imposing its views on allies and partners poses significant threats to the security of Europe and other regions of the world.
Countries of the Global South may take note of David Lammy’s clearly expressed regret over the West's failure during the Cold War to enforce its will upon the so-called "Third World". The formation of the Non-Aligned Movement was essentially portrayed as an unfortunate misstep, one that ought to serve as a lesson for the future. In other words, efforts to corner nations into making false geopolitical choices will continue.
Notably, while attempting to come across as a responsible and reliable partner, London avowedly relies on illegitimate unilateral sanctions imposed under flimsy pretexts and intends to use international development assistance as a tool for attaining foreign policy objectives.
☝️ This ideologically charged and destabilising foreign policy agenda is a striking testament to the Labour government's inability to abandon bloc thinking and accept the realities of a multipolar world.
The stance outlined by David Lammy objectively contradicts the aspirations of most nations for peaceful cooperation to address global issues, as well as for genuine democracy and mutual respect in international relations. Even amongst Western countries the Foreign Secretary's thinking is unlikely to be met with overriding approval.
Finally, the UK political establishment's preoccupation with geopolitical exploits serves neither the interests of the British people, nor the country's future. On the contrary, it may likely go on to accelerate Britain's economic decline.
A closer look at David Lammy's speech leads to the conclusion that London's aim is to plunge the world into a confrontational paradigm of benefit solely to British interests. No wonder that the head of the FCDO proclaimed, with evident relief, the decisive end of the "post-Cold War peace" and announced plans for yet more military spending.
Britain's current socio-economic problems provide ample proof that its political class was unable to make good use of the "peace dividend" endowed by the conclusion of the bipolar standoff. However, the British elite has not forfeited its appetite for fanning the fire of conflicts, as well as for pitting nations against each other for its own nefarious ends.
❗️ The ideas espoused by David Lammy should serve as warning to all independent countries and peoples, including those who happen to regard Britain as a like-minded partner. His repeated verbal attacks against Russia seem, above all, to be a pretext for enabling a destructive logic of confrontation. Meanwhile, London's persistence in imposing its views on allies and partners poses significant threats to the security of Europe and other regions of the world.
Countries of the Global South may take note of David Lammy’s clearly expressed regret over the West's failure during the Cold War to enforce its will upon the so-called "Third World". The formation of the Non-Aligned Movement was essentially portrayed as an unfortunate misstep, one that ought to serve as a lesson for the future. In other words, efforts to corner nations into making false geopolitical choices will continue.
Notably, while attempting to come across as a responsible and reliable partner, London avowedly relies on illegitimate unilateral sanctions imposed under flimsy pretexts and intends to use international development assistance as a tool for attaining foreign policy objectives.
☝️ This ideologically charged and destabilising foreign policy agenda is a striking testament to the Labour government's inability to abandon bloc thinking and accept the realities of a multipolar world.
The stance outlined by David Lammy objectively contradicts the aspirations of most nations for peaceful cooperation to address global issues, as well as for genuine democracy and mutual respect in international relations. Even amongst Western countries the Foreign Secretary's thinking is unlikely to be met with overriding approval.
Finally, the UK political establishment's preoccupation with geopolitical exploits serves neither the interests of the British people, nor the country's future. On the contrary, it may likely go on to accelerate Britain's economic decline.
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❌ Ограничительные меры против «Газпром Нефти» и «Сургутнефтегаза» – очередной удар британских властей по благополучию собственного населения. И утверждения Лондона, что эти нелегитимные шаги якобы соответствуют «плану перемен» или способствуют чьему-либо процветанию и безопасности, насквозь фальшивы.
Нападки на нефтегазовые компании неизбежно усугубляют волатильность мирового энергетического рынка. Это в конечном счёте бьёт по потребителю – простым британцам, и без того с трудом отапливающим свои дома этой холодной зимой, и местному бизнесу, издержки которого всё растут. А заодно – по странам Глобального Юга, которые для апологетов "прогрессивного реализма" интересны лишь в качестве объекта неоколониальной политики.
В выигрыше могут оказаться разве что американские поставщики – не зря нынешние ограничения инициированы Вашингтоном.
Если британские политики в угоду политической конъюнктуре, интересам США и неким «личным миссиям» намерены жертвовать благополучием соотечественников, они должны быть готовы нести за это ответственность.
Нападки на нефтегазовые компании неизбежно усугубляют волатильность мирового энергетического рынка. Это в конечном счёте бьёт по потребителю – простым британцам, и без того с трудом отапливающим свои дома этой холодной зимой, и местному бизнесу, издержки которого всё растут. А заодно – по странам Глобального Юга, которые для апологетов "прогрессивного реализма" интересны лишь в качестве объекта неоколониальной политики.
В выигрыше могут оказаться разве что американские поставщики – не зря нынешние ограничения инициированы Вашингтоном.
Если британские политики в угоду политической конъюнктуре, интересам США и неким «личным миссиям» намерены жертвовать благополучием соотечественников, они должны быть готовы нести за это ответственность.
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❌ With restrictive measures on Russian energy producers Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz the UK authorities have dealt yet another blow against the well-being of the British people. London's claims that these illegitimate actions supposedly represent a "plan for change" and are aimed at delivering prosperity and security are misleading.
In reality the targeting of oil and gas companies will inevitably increase overall volatility of global energy markets. The ultimate burden will likely fall on consumers – ordinary Brits, struggling to heat their homes this cold winter, as well as local businesses, facing mounting costs. These measures could also harm the nations of the Global South, which for UK advocates of "progressive realism" seem to matter only as objects of their neocolonial policies.
The only beneficiaries are likely to be US energy suppliers to Europe. Unsurprisingly, the current restrictions were instigated at the behest of Washington DC.
If UK politicians are willing to sacrifice the welfare of their fellow citizens for the sake of political expediency, US interests, or some vague "personal missions" they should also be prepared to face responsibility for the consequences.
In reality the targeting of oil and gas companies will inevitably increase overall volatility of global energy markets. The ultimate burden will likely fall on consumers – ordinary Brits, struggling to heat their homes this cold winter, as well as local businesses, facing mounting costs. These measures could also harm the nations of the Global South, which for UK advocates of "progressive realism" seem to matter only as objects of their neocolonial policies.
The only beneficiaries are likely to be US energy suppliers to Europe. Unsurprisingly, the current restrictions were instigated at the behest of Washington DC.
If UK politicians are willing to sacrifice the welfare of their fellow citizens for the sake of political expediency, US interests, or some vague "personal missions" they should also be prepared to face responsibility for the consequences.
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📅 #OTD in 1943, Soviet forces launched Operation "Iskra" (Spark), which broke the Siege of Leningrad. During the offensive, units of the Red Army from the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts overcame enemy defenses, re-establishing a land connection between the city and the rest of the Soviet Union.
The siege ring around Leningrad had fully closed on September 8, 1941. More than 2.8 million people, including 400,000 children, were trapped under harsh winter conditions, enduring hunger and relentless bombings.
Attempts to break the blockade were made several times: in September and October 1941, during the general counteroffensive in January 1942, and again in August-September 1942. Favorable conditions only arose in January 1943, when the bulk of the Wehrmacht's forces were concentrated at Stalingrad.
By the end of January 1943, the troops of the Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts, delivering powerful blows, pierced the enemy's defenses and pushed them 12 km away from the shores of Lake Ladoga.
The combined strike groups of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts included 302,800 soldiers and officers, approximately 4,900 artillery pieces and mortars (caliber 76mm and above), over 600 tanks, and 809 aircraft.
🎖 For their heroism, bravery, and courage during the breakthrough of the blockade, about 19,000 soldiers of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts, as well as the Baltic Fleet, were awarded orders and medals.
Although Leningrad was not fully liberated until January 27, 1944, the political, economic, and symbolic significance of breaking the blockade cannot be overstated.
The Soviet forces managed to partially lift the siege, easing the plight of the city's residents. Within three weeks of the breakthrough, a railway was built, and the first trains carrying food and ammunition reached Leningrad. The threat of German and Finnish forces linking up was eliminated, and the initiative in the Leningrad region shifted decisively to the Red Army.
The siege ring around Leningrad had fully closed on September 8, 1941. More than 2.8 million people, including 400,000 children, were trapped under harsh winter conditions, enduring hunger and relentless bombings.
Attempts to break the blockade were made several times: in September and October 1941, during the general counteroffensive in January 1942, and again in August-September 1942. Favorable conditions only arose in January 1943, when the bulk of the Wehrmacht's forces were concentrated at Stalingrad.
By the end of January 1943, the troops of the Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts, delivering powerful blows, pierced the enemy's defenses and pushed them 12 km away from the shores of Lake Ladoga.
The combined strike groups of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts included 302,800 soldiers and officers, approximately 4,900 artillery pieces and mortars (caliber 76mm and above), over 600 tanks, and 809 aircraft.
🎖 For their heroism, bravery, and courage during the breakthrough of the blockade, about 19,000 soldiers of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts, as well as the Baltic Fleet, were awarded orders and medals.
Although Leningrad was not fully liberated until January 27, 1944, the political, economic, and symbolic significance of breaking the blockade cannot be overstated.
The Soviet forces managed to partially lift the siege, easing the plight of the city's residents. Within three weeks of the breakthrough, a railway was built, and the first trains carrying food and ammunition reached Leningrad. The threat of German and Finnish forces linking up was eliminated, and the initiative in the Leningrad region shifted decisively to the Red Army.
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💬 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: Amid the wave of Western reprisals and violence against Russian media and journalists, key international organisations such as UNESCO, the OSCE, the UN Human Rights Office, and others that are charged with ensuring the safety of media workers and promoting press freedom remain conspicuously silent or get away with meaningless general statements, effectively covering up those responsible for killing journalists, and thus complicit in these crimes.
A striking example of such cynical hypocrisy was UNESCO Director-General's 2022-2023 draft report on the safety of journalists and the danger of impunity. This report deliberately ignored numerous documented cases of Russian journalists and war correspondents killed by Ukrainian nationalists. While the adoption of this controversial document was prevented, correcting these unacceptable practices within UNESCO will require even more vigorous efforts.
With this in mind, we will continue to press for full compliance with the principles ensuring free access to information, media pluralism and the creation of the most favourable and safe working environment for Russian media and journalists abroad.
In memory of those who gave their lives in the name of the profession, and to prevent future tragedies, we will make every effort to ensure that the international institutions established to protect all journalists without exception operate with integrity and effectiveness.
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A striking example of such cynical hypocrisy was UNESCO Director-General's 2022-2023 draft report on the safety of journalists and the danger of impunity. This report deliberately ignored numerous documented cases of Russian journalists and war correspondents killed by Ukrainian nationalists. While the adoption of this controversial document was prevented, correcting these unacceptable practices within UNESCO will require even more vigorous efforts.
With this in mind, we will continue to press for full compliance with the principles ensuring free access to information, media pluralism and the creation of the most favourable and safe working environment for Russian media and journalists abroad.
In memory of those who gave their lives in the name of the profession, and to prevent future tragedies, we will make every effort to ensure that the international institutions established to protect all journalists without exception operate with integrity and effectiveness.
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🎙 Комментарий Посольства о поездке Кира Стармера на Украину
💬 Состоявшийся 16 января «визит солидарности» премьер-министра Кира Стармера на Украину стал отчаянной попыткой британских кураторов поддержать на плаву переживающий агонию киевский режим.
Содержание заявлений и официальных документов свидетельствует о новых крайне провокационных замыслах британцев в отношении этой страны, включая создание военных баз на её территории и помощь в разработке дальнобойных вооружений. Это грозит очередными витками эскалации. Продолжаются дискуссии о размещении на Украине в том или ином виде контингента из Британии в составе некоего общезападного оккупационного корпуса с непонятными целями и задачами.
Британский политический и силовой истеблишмент, не позволивший Киеву завершить конфликт весной 2022 года, остаётся верен себе и продолжает толкать эту страну в бездну.
В этом лейбористское правительство ни на йоту не отходит от курса, заданного консервативными предшественниками. <...>
Особенно гротескно выглядят заявления о нерушимой связке двух стран и подписанные соглашения о «столетнем партнёрстве». Они лишний раз высвечивают неоколониальную логику англичан, выдвигающих «эксклюзивные» претензии на освоение Незалежной, включая её сельскохозяйственные угодья, полезные ископаемые и редкоземельные металлы. Складывается впечатление, что в Киеве подписали это британское сочинение, особо не вчитываясь в предложенный текст.
Подтверждается, что Лондон рассчитывает и далее использовать украинцев как геополитический инструмент против России.
❗️ Обещанную помощь в разработке дальнобойного оружия, создании военной инфраструктуры, включая базы, хранилища военной техники и вооружений, а также «резервов на случай войны» рассматриваем как прямую угрозу Российской Федерации с территории соседней Украины.
В итоге же всё это наглядно демонстрирует обоснованность нашей специальной военной операции и необходимость её продолжения до выполнения всех заявленных Президентом России целей и задач.
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💬 Состоявшийся 16 января «визит солидарности» премьер-министра Кира Стармера на Украину стал отчаянной попыткой британских кураторов поддержать на плаву переживающий агонию киевский режим.
Содержание заявлений и официальных документов свидетельствует о новых крайне провокационных замыслах британцев в отношении этой страны, включая создание военных баз на её территории и помощь в разработке дальнобойных вооружений. Это грозит очередными витками эскалации. Продолжаются дискуссии о размещении на Украине в том или ином виде контингента из Британии в составе некоего общезападного оккупационного корпуса с непонятными целями и задачами.
Британский политический и силовой истеблишмент, не позволивший Киеву завершить конфликт весной 2022 года, остаётся верен себе и продолжает толкать эту страну в бездну.
В этом лейбористское правительство ни на йоту не отходит от курса, заданного консервативными предшественниками. <...>
Особенно гротескно выглядят заявления о нерушимой связке двух стран и подписанные соглашения о «столетнем партнёрстве». Они лишний раз высвечивают неоколониальную логику англичан, выдвигающих «эксклюзивные» претензии на освоение Незалежной, включая её сельскохозяйственные угодья, полезные ископаемые и редкоземельные металлы. Складывается впечатление, что в Киеве подписали это британское сочинение, особо не вчитываясь в предложенный текст.
Подтверждается, что Лондон рассчитывает и далее использовать украинцев как геополитический инструмент против России.
❗️ Обещанную помощь в разработке дальнобойного оружия, создании военной инфраструктуры, включая базы, хранилища военной техники и вооружений, а также «резервов на случай войны» рассматриваем как прямую угрозу Российской Федерации с территории соседней Украины.
В итоге же всё это наглядно демонстрирует обоснованность нашей специальной военной операции и необходимость её продолжения до выполнения всех заявленных Президентом России целей и задач.
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🎙 Embassy Comment on Keir Starmer's Visit to Ukraine
💬 Prime Minister Starmer's "solidarity visit" to Ukraine on 16 January represents a desperate attempt by British handlers to keep the agonising Kiev regime afloat.
The statements and official documents related to the trip have revealed new highly provocative UK plans, including the establishment of military bases within Ukrainian territory and assistance in developing long-range weapons. This is poised to provoke new rounds of escalation. Ideas are being floated regarding the deployment in Ukraine of a British contingent in one form or another as part of a Western occupation force with blurred tasks and objectives.
The UK political and security establishment, which prevented Kiev from ending the conflict in the spring of 2022, remains true to itself and continues to drag Ukraine into the abyss.
The Labour government in this regard has not strayed an inch from the path set by its Conservative predecessors. <...>
The statements on the unbreakable bond between the UK and Ukraine, as well as the signed agreement referring to a "century-long partnership", are particularly grotesque. They once again highlight the neo-colonial mindset of UK officials, ordaining their "exclusive" claims for the exploitation of Ukraine, its agricultural lands, rare-earth elements and other critical minerals. The British clientele in Kiev seem to have signed on the dotted line without having studied the fine print.
The visit has once again confirmed that London is set to continue employing their Ukrainian proxies as mere geopolitical tools against Russia.
❗️ We consider the promised British assistance in the development of long-range weapons, the creation of military infrastructure, including bases, military equipment and weapons storage facilities, as well as "war reserves", to be a direct threat to the Russian Federation emanating from the territory of neighboring Ukraine.
This serves to further reinforce both the validity of Russia's Special Military Operation as well as the unswerving resolve to see all its goals and objectives set by the President of Russia fully accomplished.
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💬 Prime Minister Starmer's "solidarity visit" to Ukraine on 16 January represents a desperate attempt by British handlers to keep the agonising Kiev regime afloat.
The statements and official documents related to the trip have revealed new highly provocative UK plans, including the establishment of military bases within Ukrainian territory and assistance in developing long-range weapons. This is poised to provoke new rounds of escalation. Ideas are being floated regarding the deployment in Ukraine of a British contingent in one form or another as part of a Western occupation force with blurred tasks and objectives.
The UK political and security establishment, which prevented Kiev from ending the conflict in the spring of 2022, remains true to itself and continues to drag Ukraine into the abyss.
The Labour government in this regard has not strayed an inch from the path set by its Conservative predecessors. <...>
The statements on the unbreakable bond between the UK and Ukraine, as well as the signed agreement referring to a "century-long partnership", are particularly grotesque. They once again highlight the neo-colonial mindset of UK officials, ordaining their "exclusive" claims for the exploitation of Ukraine, its agricultural lands, rare-earth elements and other critical minerals. The British clientele in Kiev seem to have signed on the dotted line without having studied the fine print.
The visit has once again confirmed that London is set to continue employing their Ukrainian proxies as mere geopolitical tools against Russia.
❗️ We consider the promised British assistance in the development of long-range weapons, the creation of military infrastructure, including bases, military equipment and weapons storage facilities, as well as "war reserves", to be a direct threat to the Russian Federation emanating from the territory of neighboring Ukraine.
This serves to further reinforce both the validity of Russia's Special Military Operation as well as the unswerving resolve to see all its goals and objectives set by the President of Russia fully accomplished.
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💬 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: There is no room for cooperation in the Sea of Azov for either Ukraine or the UK.
Following the reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia in September 2022, the Sea of Azov became internal waters of the Russian Federation. Any claims on these waters are a gross interference in the internal affairs of our country and will be severely suppressed.
As for the 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the UK, we consider it null and void. We see it as yet another PR move by the agonising Kiev regime, which is ready to sign any deal to sell the country and turn it into a new British colony.
One hundred years is a symbolic but non-binding term. If Zelensky's dictatorship falls or the British Prime Minister resigns, there will be hardly anyone left to remember this agreement.
☝️ However, it is deplorable that on the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in the Second World War, the leadership of Britain, our ally at the time, vows to support Ukrainian neo-Nazis. We hope that at least someone in London is ashamed of this.
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Following the reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia in September 2022, the Sea of Azov became internal waters of the Russian Federation. Any claims on these waters are a gross interference in the internal affairs of our country and will be severely suppressed.
As for the 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the UK, we consider it null and void. We see it as yet another PR move by the agonising Kiev regime, which is ready to sign any deal to sell the country and turn it into a new British colony.
One hundred years is a symbolic but non-binding term. If Zelensky's dictatorship falls or the British Prime Minister resigns, there will be hardly anyone left to remember this agreement.
☝️ However, it is deplorable that on the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in the Second World War, the leadership of Britain, our ally at the time, vows to support Ukrainian neo-Nazis. We hope that at least someone in London is ashamed of this.
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📹 Who Fights Holy Crosses — a documentary by Rodion Miroshnik, Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the Kiev Regime's War Crimes
☦️ Russian Orthodox churches and monasteries have long become a shelling target for Ukrainian neo-Nazis, as part of the Kiev regime’s ongoing campaign to eradicate all things Russian or anything allegedly tied to our country (including the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church) by any means necessary.
One of the glaring examples of the impact of the military crimes committed by the Kiev terrorist regime is the destruction of the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilevsky Monastery in the settlement of Nikolskoe (Russia's Donetsk People's Republic), which has been subjected to relentless bombardment by Zelensky's cronies, including with the use of Western-supplied HIMARS MLRS.
These terrorist attacks left the monastery laced with bullet holes, and with damaged domes. Many of the surrounding buildings at the religious site were ripped apart, and several novices were murdered as a result of the shelling.
#See4Yourself #Think4Yourself
☦️ Russian Orthodox churches and monasteries have long become a shelling target for Ukrainian neo-Nazis, as part of the Kiev regime’s ongoing campaign to eradicate all things Russian or anything allegedly tied to our country (including the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church) by any means necessary.
One of the glaring examples of the impact of the military crimes committed by the Kiev terrorist regime is the destruction of the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilevsky Monastery in the settlement of Nikolskoe (Russia's Donetsk People's Republic), which has been subjected to relentless bombardment by Zelensky's cronies, including with the use of Western-supplied HIMARS MLRS.
These terrorist attacks left the monastery laced with bullet holes, and with damaged domes. Many of the surrounding buildings at the religious site were ripped apart, and several novices were murdered as a result of the shelling.
#See4Yourself #Think4Yourself
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☦️ Today, millions of Orthodox Christians in Russia and beyond celebrated Epiphany, a sacred holiday commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.
From Russia's Far East and Siberia to Orthodox communities across Eastern Europe, the faithful gathered to honour this deeply spiritual occasion.
Among the most awe-inspiring traditions in Russia is the custom of plunging into icy waters through cross-shaped holes carved into frozen lakes and rivers — a symbolic act of spiritual renewal and the cleansing of sins.
Take a look at some highlights.
📸 © RIA Novosti
From Russia's Far East and Siberia to Orthodox communities across Eastern Europe, the faithful gathered to honour this deeply spiritual occasion.
Among the most awe-inspiring traditions in Russia is the custom of plunging into icy waters through cross-shaped holes carved into frozen lakes and rivers — a symbolic act of spiritual renewal and the cleansing of sins.
Take a look at some highlights.
📸 © RIA Novosti
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