Forwarded from Russian Embassy in Zimbabwe🇷🇺🇿🇼
⚡️On the delivery of Russia's humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe
Russia donated to Zimbabwe 117 tons of sunflower oil enriched with vitamins A and D and 352 tons of yellow split peas as part of our county’s contribution to the UN World Food Programme.
🇷🇺🤝🇿🇼 The handover ceremony was held on April 9 in Malalume, Matabeleland South. The Embassy of Russia was joined there by high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of the Republic of Zimbabwe and representatives of the WFP country office. Zimbabwe officials expressed the profound gratitude to Russia for the substantial and timely assistance. It was emphasized that the government in partnership with the UN WFP will distribute the food received from Russia among the most vulnerable families with many children.
#RussiaHelps #RussiaZimbabwe #RussiaAfrica
Russia donated to Zimbabwe 117 tons of sunflower oil enriched with vitamins A and D and 352 tons of yellow split peas as part of our county’s contribution to the UN World Food Programme.
🇷🇺🤝🇿🇼 The handover ceremony was held on April 9 in Malalume, Matabeleland South. The Embassy of Russia was joined there by high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of the Republic of Zimbabwe and representatives of the WFP country office. Zimbabwe officials expressed the profound gratitude to Russia for the substantial and timely assistance. It was emphasized that the government in partnership with the UN WFP will distribute the food received from Russia among the most vulnerable families with many children.
#RussiaHelps #RussiaZimbabwe #RussiaAfrica
Forwarded from Russian Embassy to the UK
💬 We have noted Defence Secretary John Healey’s lofty claim that the UK spent a month heroically repelling the “aggression” of an alleged Russian submarine in the North Atlantic’s neutral waters, using only a single vessel and a surveillance aircraft.
Needless to say, it is impossible to either believe or verify this statement. That, apparently, is precisely its purpose.
However, this comes against the backdrop of genuine aggression against Iran, which the UK government supports both politically and militarily.
As a country with a long history of maritime presence in the most remote corners of the world’s oceans — often without invitation and, at times, in defiance of local populations’ wishes — Britain appears peculiarly sensitive to the presence of Russian vessels in international waters.
London has recently issued extremely aggressive statements and threats targeting merchant ships operating in the interests of Russian companies and our partners. It must be clearly understood that, if these threats are translated into action, there will be consequences.
❗️ Russia does not threaten undersea infrastructure, which is of critical importance to the UK. Nor do we employ aggressive rhetoric in this regard.
Nevertheless, it should be recalled that responsibility for the actual attack on undersea infrastructure — namely, the sabotage of Nord Stream — rests with Western countries. The score isn't settled.
Needless to say, it is impossible to either believe or verify this statement. That, apparently, is precisely its purpose.
However, this comes against the backdrop of genuine aggression against Iran, which the UK government supports both politically and militarily.
As a country with a long history of maritime presence in the most remote corners of the world’s oceans — often without invitation and, at times, in defiance of local populations’ wishes — Britain appears peculiarly sensitive to the presence of Russian vessels in international waters.
London has recently issued extremely aggressive statements and threats targeting merchant ships operating in the interests of Russian companies and our partners. It must be clearly understood that, if these threats are translated into action, there will be consequences.
❗️ Russia does not threaten undersea infrastructure, which is of critical importance to the UK. Nor do we employ aggressive rhetoric in this regard.
Nevertheless, it should be recalled that responsibility for the actual attack on undersea infrastructure — namely, the sabotage of Nord Stream — rests with Western countries. The score isn't settled.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 On April 9, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov held political consultations in Havana with Cuba's First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Penalver and Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio.
Sergey Ryabkov was also received by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva, and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
The contacts, held in the spirit of the Russia-Cuba allied strategic partnership, featured a substantive exchange of views on current bilateral, regional and international issues.
The Sides noted that their approaches align on the overwhelming majority of key issues on the contemporary agenda. They reaffirmed their unchanged position on the inadmissibility of unilateral coercive measures, interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states, and the use of force to remove “undesirable” governments.
❗️ The Russian Side expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, strongly condemned the US economic, trade and financial blockade, as well as the energy embargo imposed by Washington on the island.
The need to remove Cuba from the US State Department’s so-called list of state sponsors of terrorism was also underscored.
🤝 Russia reaffirmed its firm commitment to providing Cuba with the necessary support, including material assistance, in its just struggle to uphold its state sovereignty, as well as to further steadily strengthen the Russia–Cuba dialogue across the broadest possible range of areas.
#RussiaCuba
Sergey Ryabkov was also received by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva, and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
The contacts, held in the spirit of the Russia-Cuba allied strategic partnership, featured a substantive exchange of views on current bilateral, regional and international issues.
The Sides noted that their approaches align on the overwhelming majority of key issues on the contemporary agenda. They reaffirmed their unchanged position on the inadmissibility of unilateral coercive measures, interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states, and the use of force to remove “undesirable” governments.
❗️ The Russian Side expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, strongly condemned the US economic, trade and financial blockade, as well as the energy embargo imposed by Washington on the island.
The need to remove Cuba from the US State Department’s so-called list of state sponsors of terrorism was also underscored.
🤝 Russia reaffirmed its firm commitment to providing Cuba with the necessary support, including material assistance, in its just struggle to uphold its state sovereignty, as well as to further steadily strengthen the Russia–Cuba dialogue across the broadest possible range of areas.
#RussiaCuba
April 10, in our country and across the world, marks the International Day of the Resistance Movement.
#OTD we cherish the memory of all those who, despite everything, courageously engaged the fight against the Nazi evil, having defeated defeating the German fascist invaders on the territories occupied by the Third Reich and its satellites during #WWII.
The fight against the fascist occupants was international in nature: setting aside their differences, partisans of the Resistance movement united for a common goal — to collectively fight Hitler's aggression and eradicate the criminal Nazi ideology.
The Resistance reached its greatest scale in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Bulgaria, Norway, and the Netherlands — throughout all territories occupied by the Nazis, anti-fascist underground groups were formed, cooperating with the intelligence services of the anti-Hitler coalition Allies.
#WeAreProud #OurHeroes
🌟 In our country, which bore the most terrible and devastating strike of the Nazi war machine, the partisan movement reached an unprecedented scale. During the years of the #GreatPatrioticWar, more than 6'000 units and 300 formations operated in the enemy rear. Among partisans there were men, women, and even teenagers — people of various nationalities and faiths — united by the common goal: to expel the enemy from the territory of our Motherland. Soviet partisan forces inflicted enormous damage on the Germans and drew up to 1/10 of all enemy ground troops on the Soviet-German front, undermining the morale and combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht.
In the Soviet Union, as well as in Nazi-occupied countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe — where the enemy committed the most horrific atrocities — the mass partisan movement played a significant role in the subsequent liberation. In many countries, resistance to the Nazis took the form of a national liberation movement against fascism.
The selfless fight of partisans in the USSR and members of the Resistance movement in other countries made an enormous contribution to the overall Victory over fascism and hastened the end of the most devastating war in human history.
Today, despite attempts in a number of foreign countries to rewrite history and consign to oblivion the immortal feat of those who fought against fascism, on the International Day of the Resistance Movement we continue to preserve the memory of the true heroes of the partisan and underground movements who gave their lives in the fight against the Nazi plague.
❗️ Unlike many countries, #WeRemember the heroes of the Resistance and hold their memory sacred.
#OTD we cherish the memory of all those who, despite everything, courageously engaged the fight against the Nazi evil, having defeated defeating the German fascist invaders on the territories occupied by the Third Reich and its satellites during #WWII.
The fight against the fascist occupants was international in nature: setting aside their differences, partisans of the Resistance movement united for a common goal — to collectively fight Hitler's aggression and eradicate the criminal Nazi ideology.
The Resistance reached its greatest scale in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Bulgaria, Norway, and the Netherlands — throughout all territories occupied by the Nazis, anti-fascist underground groups were formed, cooperating with the intelligence services of the anti-Hitler coalition Allies.
#WeAreProud #OurHeroes
In the Soviet Union, as well as in Nazi-occupied countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe — where the enemy committed the most horrific atrocities — the mass partisan movement played a significant role in the subsequent liberation. In many countries, resistance to the Nazis took the form of a national liberation movement against fascism.
The selfless fight of partisans in the USSR and members of the Resistance movement in other countries made an enormous contribution to the overall Victory over fascism and hastened the end of the most devastating war in human history.
Today, despite attempts in a number of foreign countries to rewrite history and consign to oblivion the immortal feat of those who fought against fascism, on the International Day of the Resistance Movement we continue to preserve the memory of the true heroes of the partisan and underground movements who gave their lives in the fight against the Nazi plague.
❗️ Unlike many countries, #WeRemember the heroes of the Resistance and hold their memory sacred.
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🎙 Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the General Debate of the session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (New York, 9 April 2026)
Key points:
• The current session of the Commission is taking place against the background of unprecedented developments in the world, indicating profound changes in the present system of international relations. Among them are the military operation and the subsequent humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, the armed invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its legitimate President N.Maduro, the energy blockade of Cuba, unprovoked attacks against Iran with the aim to change legitimate authority under the pretext of supposed concern for non-proliferation.
• Ignoring the fundamental pillars of international law (IL) in order to achieve geopolitical objectives, refusing to recognize and take into account the core interests of other states, attempts to attain indisputable military superiority at all costs create a fundamentally new reality in the field of international security.
• Acting on the principle of “who is stronger is right” can undermine the foundations of sovereign equality and non-interference in the internal affairs – key principles on which the present world order, established after the end of the Second World War, was built.
• These events provoked the profound crisis of confidence in intergovernmental institutions and formats, including the UN. The principles and parameters of ensuring security stipulated in treaties and agreements are no longer perceived as inviolable, while international structures demonstrate their helplessness in the face of a new reality.
• Aggression against Iran and bombing of its peaceful nuclear facilities placed under IAEA safeguards have become a direct attack on the NPT and a major blow to its regime. This Treaty and the non-proliferation rhetoric were used as an excuse to solve problems unrelated to non-proliferation.
• We are extremely concerned by the revealed information about London and Paris considering the idea of covertly transferring elements of nuclear weapons or a “dirty bomb” to the Kiev regime. This is not only a direct threat to Russia’s national security, but also a flagrant violation of Articles I and II of the NPT, according to which nuclear-weapon states undertake not to transfer nuclear weapons, as well as not to encourage anyone to acquire them, and non-nuclear-weapon states – not in any way to acquire such weapons.
• The actions of the current US administration, specifically President Trump’s order as of October 2025 regarding the resumption of nuclear testing, create serious doubts about the prospects of the CTBT’s entry into force.
• We still consider the #UNDC to be an optimal forum to discuss the issue of new technologies in the context of international security due to its specialized and inclusive nature, as well as the proven effectiveness of the decisions taken.
• Current international landscape demands more than ever cooperation and dialogue aimed at de-escalation, reducing tensions, restoring trust, as well as reaffirming commitment to existing agreements in the field of ACDN.
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Key points:
• The current session of the Commission is taking place against the background of unprecedented developments in the world, indicating profound changes in the present system of international relations. Among them are the military operation and the subsequent humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, the armed invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its legitimate President N.Maduro, the energy blockade of Cuba, unprovoked attacks against Iran with the aim to change legitimate authority under the pretext of supposed concern for non-proliferation.
• Ignoring the fundamental pillars of international law (IL) in order to achieve geopolitical objectives, refusing to recognize and take into account the core interests of other states, attempts to attain indisputable military superiority at all costs create a fundamentally new reality in the field of international security.
• Acting on the principle of “who is stronger is right” can undermine the foundations of sovereign equality and non-interference in the internal affairs – key principles on which the present world order, established after the end of the Second World War, was built.
• These events provoked the profound crisis of confidence in intergovernmental institutions and formats, including the UN. The principles and parameters of ensuring security stipulated in treaties and agreements are no longer perceived as inviolable, while international structures demonstrate their helplessness in the face of a new reality.
• Aggression against Iran and bombing of its peaceful nuclear facilities placed under IAEA safeguards have become a direct attack on the NPT and a major blow to its regime. This Treaty and the non-proliferation rhetoric were used as an excuse to solve problems unrelated to non-proliferation.
• We are extremely concerned by the revealed information about London and Paris considering the idea of covertly transferring elements of nuclear weapons or a “dirty bomb” to the Kiev regime. This is not only a direct threat to Russia’s national security, but also a flagrant violation of Articles I and II of the NPT, according to which nuclear-weapon states undertake not to transfer nuclear weapons, as well as not to encourage anyone to acquire them, and non-nuclear-weapon states – not in any way to acquire such weapons.
• The actions of the current US administration, specifically President Trump’s order as of October 2025 regarding the resumption of nuclear testing, create serious doubts about the prospects of the CTBT’s entry into force.
• We still consider the #UNDC to be an optimal forum to discuss the issue of new technologies in the context of international security due to its specialized and inclusive nature, as well as the proven effectiveness of the decisions taken.
• Current international landscape demands more than ever cooperation and dialogue aimed at de-escalation, reducing tensions, restoring trust, as well as reaffirming commitment to existing agreements in the field of ACDN.
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🚀 Yuri Gagarin’s Visit to Canada (August 5–6, 1961)
🇨🇦 Just a few months after his historic spaceflight, the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, visited Canada.
At the invitation of Canadian-American industrialist, financier and philanthropist Cyrus Eaton (1883–1979), Gagarin arrived in the province of Nova Scotia.
🛬 On August 5, 1961, en route from Brazil, the aircraft carrying the Soviet delegation landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. More than 300 people gathered to greet the first cosmonaut.
From there, Gagarin immediately traveled to the village of Pugwash (Cumberland Municipality) — the site of the renowned Pugwash Conferences, which became an important platform for international dialogue during the Cold War.
Along the route, local residents lined the roads to welcome him. As no conference was taking place at the time, an improvised program was arranged. In central Pugwash, Gagarin was greeted by the “Amherst Legion Brass Band” and the “Dunvegan Girls Pipe Band”. He also visited “Thinkers’ Lodge”, the residence where the Pugwash Conferences were held.
🎙 Gagarin, together with the Soviet Ambassador to Canada A.Arutyunyan and C.Eaton, addressed a crowd of approximately 2,500 people. The event was described in the press as “an abbreviated version of the Gathering of the Clans.”
💬 Speaking to journalists, Gagarin noted:
🏡 In the evening, he arrived at Eaton’s estate in Deep Cove, expecting a short rest. However, early in the morning of August 6, he was urgently awakened with news that the spacecraft Vostok-2, carrying Gherman Titov, had been launched in the USSR.
✈️ Gagarin immediately decided to return to the Soviet Union. He departed Halifax later that same day. Despite a flight delay of nearly two hours, around 1,000 people gathered at the airport to see him off.
The first cosmonaut’s visit to Canada lasted less than 30 hours, yet it became a vivid episode of international dialogue during the unfolding space race.
🎬 Archival footage
#GagarinTime
#Gagarin65 #ForeverFirst #RussiaInSpace
🇨🇦 Just a few months after his historic spaceflight, the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, visited Canada.
At the invitation of Canadian-American industrialist, financier and philanthropist Cyrus Eaton (1883–1979), Gagarin arrived in the province of Nova Scotia.
🛬 On August 5, 1961, en route from Brazil, the aircraft carrying the Soviet delegation landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. More than 300 people gathered to greet the first cosmonaut.
From there, Gagarin immediately traveled to the village of Pugwash (Cumberland Municipality) — the site of the renowned Pugwash Conferences, which became an important platform for international dialogue during the Cold War.
Along the route, local residents lined the roads to welcome him. As no conference was taking place at the time, an improvised program was arranged. In central Pugwash, Gagarin was greeted by the “Amherst Legion Brass Band” and the “Dunvegan Girls Pipe Band”. He also visited “Thinkers’ Lodge”, the residence where the Pugwash Conferences were held.
🎙 Gagarin, together with the Soviet Ambassador to Canada A.Arutyunyan and C.Eaton, addressed a crowd of approximately 2,500 people. The event was described in the press as “an abbreviated version of the Gathering of the Clans.”
💬 Speaking to journalists, Gagarin noted:
New achievements of Soviet space exploration will follow in the very near future.
🏡 In the evening, he arrived at Eaton’s estate in Deep Cove, expecting a short rest. However, early in the morning of August 6, he was urgently awakened with news that the spacecraft Vostok-2, carrying Gherman Titov, had been launched in the USSR.
✈️ Gagarin immediately decided to return to the Soviet Union. He departed Halifax later that same day. Despite a flight delay of nearly two hours, around 1,000 people gathered at the airport to see him off.
The first cosmonaut’s visit to Canada lasted less than 30 hours, yet it became a vivid episode of international dialogue during the unfolding space race.
🎬 Archival footage
#GagarinTime
#Gagarin65 #ForeverFirst #RussiaInSpace
#Victory81
🌟 On April 11, 1944, during the Crimean offensive operation, Soviet forces liberated #Kerch from Nazi occupiers.
Kerch was among the first cities to endure assaults from Hitler’s army at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. It found itself repeatedly on the front line, with the battlefront cutting through its very streets. Moreover, the city fell under enemy occupation twice.
Initially captured in November 1941, Kerch was liberated barely a month later in December, following the Kerch–Feodosia amphibious landing operation.
In the spring of 1942, the enemy amassed significant forces on the Kerch Peninsula and launched a renewed offensive. Despite the valiant resistance by the defenders, the city once again came under fascist control, remaining occupied for 320 days.
During that period, approximately 15,000 civilians lost their lives, and over 14,000 individuals were forcibly deported to Germany for slave labour.
🕯 #NoStatuteOfLimitations: The Bagerovo Ditch near Kerch gained tragic notoriety – a site of mass executions. Towards the end of 1941, around 7,000 people were executed and tortured there, including 245 schoolchildren. The Germans surreptitiously removed the children from the city and poisoned them with potassium cyanide.
The Nazi occupiers obliterated every factory, burned bridges and vessels, destroyed parks, and decimated the city’s infrastructure. Kerch was almost completely erased from the map.
One of the war’s most heroic episodes was the defence of the Adzhimushkay quarry. Thousands of civilians – elderly people, women, and children – sought refuge within the underground passages. The enemy attempted to exterminate them by sealing the entrances and using explosives and toxic substances. Nearly all the defenders perished, yet they continued to resist to the very end, rendering the quarry a symbol of unyielding courage and resilience.
⚔️ On the night of November 1, 1943, the Kerch-Eltigen amphibious landing operation commenced. Soviet forces established a bridgehead north of the city, marking a crucial phase in liberating the Kerch Strait and the entire Crimea. In the spring of 1944, this success was solidified during the Crimean offensive operation, culminating in the expulsion of the occupiers from the peninsula.
One of Kerch’s principal symbols became the Obelisk of Glory on Mount Mithridat, unveiled on August 8, 1944 – the first monument in the USSR dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
🎖 For the defence and liberation of the city, 153 individuals were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and 21 military units and formations received the honorary designation “Kerch.”
On September 14, 1973, Kerch was awarded the title #HeroCity.
Kerch was among the first cities to endure assaults from Hitler’s army at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. It found itself repeatedly on the front line, with the battlefront cutting through its very streets. Moreover, the city fell under enemy occupation twice.
Initially captured in November 1941, Kerch was liberated barely a month later in December, following the Kerch–Feodosia amphibious landing operation.
In the spring of 1942, the enemy amassed significant forces on the Kerch Peninsula and launched a renewed offensive. Despite the valiant resistance by the defenders, the city once again came under fascist control, remaining occupied for 320 days.
During that period, approximately 15,000 civilians lost their lives, and over 14,000 individuals were forcibly deported to Germany for slave labour.
🕯 #NoStatuteOfLimitations: The Bagerovo Ditch near Kerch gained tragic notoriety – a site of mass executions. Towards the end of 1941, around 7,000 people were executed and tortured there, including 245 schoolchildren. The Germans surreptitiously removed the children from the city and poisoned them with potassium cyanide.
The Nazi occupiers obliterated every factory, burned bridges and vessels, destroyed parks, and decimated the city’s infrastructure. Kerch was almost completely erased from the map.
One of the war’s most heroic episodes was the defence of the Adzhimushkay quarry. Thousands of civilians – elderly people, women, and children – sought refuge within the underground passages. The enemy attempted to exterminate them by sealing the entrances and using explosives and toxic substances. Nearly all the defenders perished, yet they continued to resist to the very end, rendering the quarry a symbol of unyielding courage and resilience.
⚔️ On the night of November 1, 1943, the Kerch-Eltigen amphibious landing operation commenced. Soviet forces established a bridgehead north of the city, marking a crucial phase in liberating the Kerch Strait and the entire Crimea. In the spring of 1944, this success was solidified during the Crimean offensive operation, culminating in the expulsion of the occupiers from the peninsula.
One of Kerch’s principal symbols became the Obelisk of Glory on Mount Mithridat, unveiled on August 8, 1944 – the first monument in the USSR dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
🎖 For the defence and liberation of the city, 153 individuals were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and 21 military units and formations received the honorary designation “Kerch.”
On September 14, 1973, Kerch was awarded the title #HeroCity.
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#Announcement
🌍 International Youth Festival – 2026
On September 11–17, #Yekaterinburg will serve as a global platform for dialogue and collaboration among young people at #IYF2026.
The capital of the Urals is set to welcome 10,000 participants from approximately 190 countries, aged between 14 and 35.
💡 The Festival will bring together those shaping the agenda of the future. Science and technology, entrepreneurship, media, creative industries, IT, sport, and public administration – future specialists and representatives from these crucial fields will engage in the event.
Participants can anticipate an extensive programme:
📌 Over 50 formats – from discussions to practical sessions;
📌 7 key tracks – people, technology, culture, urban environment, logistics and communications, health, and quality of life;
📌 More than 150 Russian and international experts.
💬 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the Festival presentation:
#IYF2026 is a space for the exchange of ideas, the launch of joint projects, and the formation of a new generation of global leaders.
✅ Registration is open until April 30.
🌍 International Youth Festival – 2026
On September 11–17, #Yekaterinburg will serve as a global platform for dialogue and collaboration among young people at #IYF2026.
The capital of the Urals is set to welcome 10,000 participants from approximately 190 countries, aged between 14 and 35.
💡 The Festival will bring together those shaping the agenda of the future. Science and technology, entrepreneurship, media, creative industries, IT, sport, and public administration – future specialists and representatives from these crucial fields will engage in the event.
Participants can anticipate an extensive programme:
📌 Over 50 formats – from discussions to practical sessions;
📌 7 key tracks – people, technology, culture, urban environment, logistics and communications, health, and quality of life;
📌 More than 150 Russian and international experts.
💬 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the Festival presentation:
Young people from all corners of the earth genuinely wish to visit our country, to meet their peers, to seek something new for themselves, and perhaps even to determine their future path. The Festival’s extensive programme fully meets the objectives of establishing friendly contacts, strengthening trust, and fostering mutual understanding.
#IYF2026 is a space for the exchange of ideas, the launch of joint projects, and the formation of a new generation of global leaders.
✅ Registration is open until April 30.
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🔷 A special evening at the Russian House in Prague dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight
📌 A special evening took place at the Russian House in Prague, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Czech Republic.
➤ The event gathered guests from various cities across the Czech Republic, including Brno, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem, České Budějovice, and other regions. Among the attendees were representatives of accredited diplomatic missions from friendly countries, NGOs, journalists, the general public, and compatriots.
⭐️ The distinguished guest of the evening was Vladimír Remek, the first Czechoslovak cosmonaut and former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation, who has been honored with a monument in Prague. In March 1978, he made a spaceflight on the “Soyuz-28” spacecraft under the command of Colonel Alexei Gubarev, spending 7 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes, and 30 seconds in orbit.
🔹 Vladimír Remek greeted the guests, shared his memories of the spaceflight, revealed little-known facts about his life, and answered questions from the audience.
🎨 Exhibition “Star Flight”
Participants of the event also had the opportunity to explore the new exhibition "Star Flight," opened at the Russian House in Prague. The exhibition featured posters with unique historical photographs documenting the stages of space exploration, as well as thematic materials from Russian archives and a private collection kindly provided by Sergey Zuev.
🎥 Screening of the movie “The Challenge”
The evening concluded with the screening of the feature film “The Challenge” (2023) — the first movie in the history of cinema, with scenes filmed directly in space.
📌 A special evening took place at the Russian House in Prague, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Czech Republic.
➤ The event gathered guests from various cities across the Czech Republic, including Brno, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem, České Budějovice, and other regions. Among the attendees were representatives of accredited diplomatic missions from friendly countries, NGOs, journalists, the general public, and compatriots.
⭐️ The distinguished guest of the evening was Vladimír Remek, the first Czechoslovak cosmonaut and former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation, who has been honored with a monument in Prague. In March 1978, he made a spaceflight on the “Soyuz-28” spacecraft under the command of Colonel Alexei Gubarev, spending 7 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes, and 30 seconds in orbit.
🔹 Vladimír Remek greeted the guests, shared his memories of the spaceflight, revealed little-known facts about his life, and answered questions from the audience.
🎨 Exhibition “Star Flight”
Participants of the event also had the opportunity to explore the new exhibition "Star Flight," opened at the Russian House in Prague. The exhibition featured posters with unique historical photographs documenting the stages of space exploration, as well as thematic materials from Russian archives and a private collection kindly provided by Sergey Zuev.
🎥 Screening of the movie “The Challenge”
The evening concluded with the screening of the feature film “The Challenge” (2023) — the first movie in the history of cinema, with scenes filmed directly in space.