Good morning, India! 🌞 शुभ प्रभात, भारत!

📸 The Altai Republic, Russia

#Lavrov: It is sad that this neo-colonial mentality, the logic based on the principle of "divide et impera", still prevails in most of the foreign policy actions taken by our European and Western colleagues in general.

We stand for uniting efforts of all states of the West and East in order to jointly and constructively solve the problems of the global South, primarily African ones, and not use these countries as a field to promote their unilateral confrontational approaches.

⚡️ Foreign Ministry Statement on the decision of the Latvian 🇱🇻 authorities to downgrade diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation

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Following its consistent Russophobic line, the Latvian authorities announced their decision to downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia in what they called “Baltic solidarity”. They demanded the departure of the Russian Ambassador from Riga before February 24 of this year. Latvia will recall its Ambassador from Moscow by the same date.

❗️ Obviously, this decision had been brewing in Latvia for some time.

☝️ The arguments cited by Latvian representatives now are ungrounded and far-fetched. Riga expresses its notorious solidarity with other Baltic countries in a different way – in the uncouth Russophobia of the Latvian leadership and their hostile attitude to everything linked with Russia. In addition, there is also an obvious desire to please their most rabid friends outside the country. <...>

Therefore, nobody is surprised by this latest manifestation of Riga’s unfriendly steps. They are the logical result of the policy pursued by the Latvian ruling elite to consistently destroy bilateral relations. Obviously, the Latvian authorities do not care about the consequences of this policy for the country and its people.

⚠️ Naturally, we will make a tough response to any hostile actions of this kind.

❗️ Check out Sputnik's video of the Ukrainian Army hiding heavy military equipment behind residential buildings.

This is just another example of Kiev systemically violating the laws of war on the non-deployment of military infrastructure in civilian residential areas.

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राष्ट्रपति पुतिन की गाड़ी के राज़ जानिए!

2023 की पहली फिल्म स्क्रीनिंग में आइए और हमारी डॉक्यूमेंट्री से रूस की नंबर-1 गाड़ी के बारे में जानिए। उसको बनाने के पीछे के आइडिया से लेकर उसके औपचारिक लॉन्च तक का सफर!

📆 तारीख: 3 फरवरी 2023
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Good morning, India! 🌞 शुभ प्रभात, भारत!

📸 Kazan, Russia

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🎆 Wishing a very happy #RepublicDay to all our Indian friends! 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 गणतंत्र दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ!

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 As India mark its 74th Republic Day, Russian cadet corps take part in celebrations

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to President of India Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the occasion of the Republic Day:

«Please accept sincere congratulations on the occasion of the national holiday - the Republic Day.

India’s achievements in the economic, social, scientific, technological and other spheres are widely known. Your country is making a substantial contribution to ensuring international stability and security and to addressing vital issues on the regional and global agenda.

We set a high value on the relations of privileged strategic partnership between our states. I am confident that by working together we can ensure the continued growth of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all areas. This undoubtedly meets the fundamental interests of the friendly peoples of Russia and India.

Sincerely wish the best of health and every success to you as well as happiness and well-being - to all Indian citizens»

🕯️Today is the 6th anniversary of the demise of Alexander Kadakin, the legendary Russian diplomat and a great lover of India. A Padma Bhushan awardee, he will ever remain to us a beacon and lifelong inspiration! Everlasting memory.

#InMemoriam

Good morning, India! 🌞 शुभ प्रभात, भारत!

📸 The Republic of Adygea, Russia

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🎊🎉🇷🇺 Ten young cadets from Russia visited India to participate in the parade at the 74th National Cadet Corps (NCC) PM Rally at the Cariappa Ground in New Delhi on Thursday

Five boys from St. Petersburg Suvorov Military School and five girls from Moscow Cadet Corps "Boarding House for Pupils of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation" marched behind their contingent on the parade ground.

From visiting popular historical sites and tourist destinations like the Taj Mahal in Agra city in Uttar Pradesh state and Jai Mahal, Amber Fort in Jaipur city in Rajasthan, to gorging on some lip-smacking authentic Indian delicacies, the cadets explored the best of India and took back some great memories from their visit.

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🇷🇺🙏🇮🇳 The School of Foreign Languages, Indira Gandhi National Open University has launched Master of Arts in Russian program from the January 2023 session. A course on Russian culture history was prepared in collaboration with Murmansk Arctic State University. To mark this momentous occasion Russian diplomats joined the online launch program on January, 25 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialPageIGNOU/videos/1389188671905005/

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 30 years ago Russia and India signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. Based on rich historical heritage it promotes traditional values and principles of the friendly, comprehensive and trusted bilateral dialogue and has still been a reliable foundation for the evolving Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.

Learn more in the article of Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov.

India & Russia Appreciate Each Other in 'Global Scheme of Things': Ex-Indian Envoy

📍This year, India and Russia mark the 30th anniversary of the bilateral Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed on January 28, 1993.

🇮🇳🇷🇺 On this occasion, Sputnik spoke to ex-Indian diplomat and strategic affairs expert Anil Trigunayat, who has served as the deputy head of Indian Embassy in Moscow during his career in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS).

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