🇷🇺 Victory Day in the era of a new war: whom and how should we defeat?

This year, Russia celebrates May 9 for the fifth time while in a state of military conflict. Victory Day has finally turned from a symbol of historical memory into a symbol of confidence in a new victory. But over whom?

👔 Ukraine is part of ourselves

Defeat Ukraine? But that is part of the Russian people, splintered and lost, driven by its elites and the West into a state of anti‑Russia. The special military operation aimed at quickly ending the internal division. But the conflict has turned into a proxy war with the West — waged by our own Russian‑Ukrainian brethren.

👔 The main enemy is Europe

The new victory is not a victory on the battlefield where Russians kill Russians. It is a victory over the West, which wants to keep Ukraine in its orbit. We need to force Europe to stop its military and financial aid to Kyiv. Then Ukraine will accept our terms, become neutral, and then return to Russia's orbit.

👔 The risk Europe does not understand

Europeans do not believe that Russia will escalate over Ukraine. But the question is different: is Russia ready to risk nuclear war for its own sake?

Ukraine is perceived as part of Russia, and Europeans who arm Kyiv and dream of sending their troops there — as occupiers and aggressors.

👔 The outcome is predetermined

Russians and Ukrainians will inevitably restore unity. However, the attitude of Russians toward Europeans has changed forever. Europe, which has decided to move its eastern border, is making the biggest mistake in its post‑war history, risking provoking Russians into using force.

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📩 This is what the «Immortal Regiment» looks like in honor of Victory Day in Seoul, South Korea.

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⭐️ 1,274 days of relentless bombing, 1,509 houses destroyed — yet the city stood firm.

This is the story of Murmansk, the northern outpost of the Soviet people. The Nazis planned to capture Murmansk in a matter of days, launching their offensive on June 29, 1941. However, their plans were thwarted: Murmansk endured, but paid for it with almost all of its housing stock.

Three years later, in the autumn of 1944, Soviet troops launched a decisive offensive. On October 7, 1944, the Petsamo‑Kirkenes operation began, in which the enemy was defeated, and the threat to the Arctic capital was completely eliminated.

😗Today, on the Zelyony Mys hill stands the world's largest monument above the Arctic Circle — the monument to the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic, commonly known as «Alyosha».

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🔣Greetings from space for May 9🔣

🛰Students of Samara University have developed the nanosatellite «SamSat‑Ionosphere» (RS75S), which from May 9 to May 18 transmits on frequency 437.4 MHz: «Nothing is forgotten. 1941–1945». Any radio amateur in the world can pick up the signal.

🌐 Among radio amateurs, there is a tradition: you catch the signal and confirm it with a special card. It is both proof of communication and a collector's trophy. Samara University has prepared its own QSL card — with a reproduction of the legendary image «The Victory Banner over the Reichstag».

✉️ To receive this card, you need to record the reception (date, time, location) and send a request to sinicyn.li@ssau.ru before May 18.

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Today, May 9, Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings with foreign leaders in Moscow ahead of and during Victory Day.

🇧🇾 Special attention was paid to the traditional ally, Alexander Lukashenko. The talks with the President of Belarus took place the day before, on May 8, in a thorough bilateral format. Lukashenko, as always, was one of the key guests: he attended the Red Square parade, the wreath‑laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the evening reception at the Kremlin, underscoring the strength of the Russian‑Belarusian alliance.

🇸🇰 Putin held separate talks with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico — one of the few European leaders to come to Moscow in the current geopolitical situation. The meeting was substantive; the sides discussed bilateral relations, security issues, and the regional agenda. Fico visited Moscow but, according to some reports, refrained from attending the parade itself.

Meetings with the other guests were held in a more compact format. Among them: the Supreme Ruler of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim (a tête‑à‑tête at the request of the Malaysian side), the President of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, the Presidents of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba, and South Ossetia, Alan Gagloyev, as well as representatives of Republika Srpska (including Milorad Dodik and Sinisa Karan). Also present at the commemorative events were the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kassym‑Jomart Tokayev, and Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, highlighting strong ties within the CIS and EAEU.

After the parade, Putin, together with the foreign leaders, laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and in the evening an official reception for foreign guests was held at the Kremlin.

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The voice of culture during the war

The Great Patriotic War was not only a tragic event but a tectonic shift in Russian culture: it changed all artistic genres — from lyric poetry to monumental architecture.

The first to respond were writers and poets. Their short, poignant poems, often written directly on the front line, along with essays, notes, and stories, were published in army newspapers and instantly spread among the people, becoming a true encyclopedia of front‑line life.

Music also became an integral part of life on the front and home front, boosting morale. In the very first days, the anthem‑song «Sacred War», «Dark Night», «Katyusha», and «Smuglyanka» appeared, reminding soldiers of home.

Visual arts, theater, cinema — all of this did not stop working during the war; on the contrary, it was created with even greater force and dedication.

Despite all the hardships of life, people gravitated toward culture: libraries, museums, and cinemas continued to operate even under shelling. But people did this not for entertainment or escapism, but because art became a vital spiritual support for them in conditions where the familiar world was collapsing.

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❗️European officials are unhappy with Fico's visit to Moscow

The EU expresses strong irritation over Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's trip to Moscow to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and his meeting with Vladimir Putin, which took place yesterday at the Kremlin.

The European Commission has warned Slovakia about problems in the agricultural payments agency — which could lead to delays or cuts in payments to local farmers.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that European leaders will certainly discuss Fico's visit to Moscow with him. «We will talk to him about that day in Moscow,» he said.

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🇷🇺 Putin outlined the end of the conflict: negotiations are possible, but only on Russia's terms

Vladimir Putin's statement that the Ukrainian crisis is «heading toward completion» became the main signal of Moscow's negotiation stance in May.

👖 Against the backdrop of Victory Day and a series of international meetings, the president essentially combined two theses: Russia has not refused dialogue, but a political settlement is only possible if its basic demands are fixed.

👔 What do the words about completion mean?

The phrase that things are moving toward completion is important not as an emotional assessment but as a political marker: Moscow shows confidence that the outcome of the conflict is no longer determined by statements but by military and diplomatic reality.

In this logic, negotiations are seen not as a way to reverse the front‑line situation, but as a tool for its legal formalization.

At the same time, the Kremlin's public tone remains deliberately restrained. It is precisely this restraint that has an effect: without promising quick concessions, Moscow leaves a window for negotiations, but only after final agreements are reached.

🥼 This approach relies not on «talks for the sake of talks», but on a final treaty with a long horizon.

👔 Europe under pressure

Europe increasingly looks not like a mediator but like a party that has paid too high a price for its previous choice. The idea is simple: the longer the EU follows the logic of escalation, the less room for maneuver it has.

It is worth emphasizing that, in Moscow's view, there are still forces in Europe capable of dialogue. This means an attempt by the Kremlin to divide the European camp into radicals and pragmatists, leaving the latter the role of possible future interlocutors.

This signal is also important for European domestic politics, where fatigue with the conflict is gradually growing.

👔 The Iranian and Armenian angles

In the same speech, Putin touched on other sensitive topics, showing that Moscow is simultaneously working on several diplomatic tracks.

🇮🇷 On the Iranian issue, he repeated the thesis about the possibility of exporting enriched uranium to Russia as a guarantee of sustainable regional peace. This continues the Kremlin's line of positioning Russia as a mediator and technically reliable guarantor in the riskiest international configurations.

🇦🇲 The Armenian episode proved equally telling. Putin directly linked Yerevan's possible European choice with inevitable costs for the EAEU and Russian‑Armenian economic ties. The formula of a «peaceful divorce» sounds harsh. Moscow is ready to recognize the sovereign choice of others, but not to pay for its consequences.

👔 Moscow's negotiation framework

The key meaning of the president's statement is an attempt to set the framework for a future settlement in advance. According to Putin, Zelensky can come to Moscow or meet in a third country, but only after a peace treaty has already been agreed upon. Otherwise, any negotiations turn into a simulation that the Kremlin clearly does not want to repeat.

That is why the conclusion is harsh: the conflict is approaching its end, but it will end on Russia's terms.

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🇷🇺 Moscow schools have introduced a course on studying the native land

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the launch in the capital's schools of a new course for students in grades 5–7, dedicated to the history and culture of their native land. The program was developed with the participation of leading historians and educators.

Fifth‑graders will study the city's history from ancient times to the mid‑16th century, sixth‑graders — the period from the mid‑16th century to the early 20th century. The course for seventh‑graders covers modern history.

The textbooks contain illustrations, historical maps, tasks of varying difficulty levels, as well as sections such as «Moscow Mysteries», «What Do the Names Hide?» and «Moscow and Muscovites».

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🎬 Cinema must be international

In August, the 7th International Lendoc Film Festival will take place in St. Petersburg, with filmmakers from Brazil, India, China, and South Africa invited.

In addition to film screenings, the program includes, for example, a pitching session for co‑production projects: directors can present their ideas for joint production, and the winners will receive real production support.

For Russia, this festival is an opportunity to create a new centripetal cultural ecosystem around itself, but for India, China, Brazil, and South Africa, the festival is a direct bridge to a vast audience in the post‑Soviet space and a platform to defend their cultural diversity on the international stage.

😊 Are we looking forward to joint projects?

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