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🎶The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition will be held from June 19 to July 1, 2023 in Moscow and St. Petersburg. 🎹The International Tchaikovsky Competition, first held more than 50 years ago, is not only a valuable asset of Russian musical culture…
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🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306211200-live14711-russian-mfa-spokesperson-zakharova-holds-weekly-briefing
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306211200-live14711-russian-mfa-spokesperson-zakharova-holds-weekly-briefing
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
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⭐️ 22 июня 2023 г. в г.Киркенес состоялась церемония в День памяти и скорби в связи с 82-годовщиной начала Великой Отечественной войны. Генеральный консул России в Киркенесе Н.А.Коныгин возложил венок к памятнику советского солдата.
⭐️22. juni 2023 ble det avholdt en seremoni i Kirkenes i forbindelse med en 82-årsdag for begynnelsen av den Store Fedrelandskrigen. Russlands Generalkonsul i Kirkenes Nikolay Konygin la ned blomster til Frigjøringsmonumentet i Kirkenes.
⭐️22. juni 2023 ble det avholdt en seremoni i Kirkenes i forbindelse med en 82-årsdag for begynnelsen av den Store Fedrelandskrigen. Russlands Generalkonsul i Kirkenes Nikolay Konygin la ned blomster til Frigjøringsmonumentet i Kirkenes.
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia.
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
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🕯 On the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall to pay tribute to the memory of those who fell while fighting the Nazi invaders.
Great Patriotic War veterans and Armed Forces veterans, as well as military personnel from the Moscow Garrison and military university graduates, took part in the ceremony.
The event concluded with the ceremonial march of the honour guard squad and the military band in front of the national military glory memorial.
The President went on to lay flowers at the Hero City obelisks and the monument in honour of the Cities of Military Glory.
Great Patriotic War veterans and Armed Forces veterans, as well as military personnel from the Moscow Garrison and military university graduates, took part in the ceremony.
The event concluded with the ceremonial march of the honour guard squad and the military band in front of the national military glory memorial.
The President went on to lay flowers at the Hero City obelisks and the monument in honour of the Cities of Military Glory.
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🗓 The heroic defence of the Brest Fortress began on June 22, 1941.
⚔️ Brest was among the first Soviet cities to bear the brunt of Germany’s surprise attack when the Great Patriotic War began. The Brest garrison numbered 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers representing more than 30 nationalities.
Under Operation Barbarossa, Nazi forces were planning to seize the fortress in a few hours. However, the enemy was bogged down in Brest for a week. Soviet soldiers resisted for another month, and gunfire from the fortress could be heard until early August 1941.
🕯 The Brest Fortress came to symbolise the courage, heroic fortitude and valour of Soviet soldiers. When Brest was liberated on July 28, 1944, Red Army soldiers found an inscription by one of its last defenders: “I am dying but not giving up! Farewell, Motherland!”
🎖 The defence of the Brest Fortress became one of the most important episodes in the history of the Great Patriotic War. It remains a monument to the indomitable willpower of those who became the first to stand up to the Nazi German invaders.
⚔️ Brest was among the first Soviet cities to bear the brunt of Germany’s surprise attack when the Great Patriotic War began. The Brest garrison numbered 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers representing more than 30 nationalities.
Under Operation Barbarossa, Nazi forces were planning to seize the fortress in a few hours. However, the enemy was bogged down in Brest for a week. Soviet soldiers resisted for another month, and gunfire from the fortress could be heard until early August 1941.
🕯 The Brest Fortress came to symbolise the courage, heroic fortitude and valour of Soviet soldiers. When Brest was liberated on July 28, 1944, Red Army soldiers found an inscription by one of its last defenders: “I am dying but not giving up! Farewell, Motherland!”
🎖 The defence of the Brest Fortress became one of the most important episodes in the history of the Great Patriotic War. It remains a monument to the indomitable willpower of those who became the first to stand up to the Nazi German invaders.
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#Анонс
⚡️Сегодня - 23 июня - в 10.00 по Нью-Йорку состоится заседание Совета Безопасности ООН по гуманитарной ситуации на Украине.
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⚡️Сегодня - 23 июня - в 10.00 по Нью-Йорку состоится заседание Совета Безопасности ООН по гуманитарной ситуации на Украине.
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📄 Press release on Russia’s efforts in the Middle East peace process
Positive dynamics have been gaining momentum in the Middle East, manifested, in particular, in the improvement of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the resumption of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
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At the same time, certain aspects of the Middle East peace process remained excluded from these processes, primarily the Palestinian issue. The remaining tensions in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation regularly lead to violence, which results in civilian casualties and destabilises not only the region, but the global situation as well.
At this stage, collective diplomacy to facilitate the Arab-Israeli settlement has stalled. This largely happened because the United States and the European Union decided to unilaterally suspend the activities of the Middle East quartet of international mediators consisting of Russia, the United States, the EU and the UN.
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👉 Our proposal is not intended to establish any new formats or bodies. Its goal is to reaffirm and give a fresh impetus to the implementation of previously adopted international decisions in this sphere, including the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid Terms of Reference, including the land for peace principle, and the two-state solution – a framework for Palestine and Israel to coexist in peace and security. Russia is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Our approach is consistent and is not subject to situational changes.
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Positive dynamics have been gaining momentum in the Middle East, manifested, in particular, in the improvement of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the resumption of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
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At the same time, certain aspects of the Middle East peace process remained excluded from these processes, primarily the Palestinian issue. The remaining tensions in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation regularly lead to violence, which results in civilian casualties and destabilises not only the region, but the global situation as well.
At this stage, collective diplomacy to facilitate the Arab-Israeli settlement has stalled. This largely happened because the United States and the European Union decided to unilaterally suspend the activities of the Middle East quartet of international mediators consisting of Russia, the United States, the EU and the UN.
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👉 Our proposal is not intended to establish any new formats or bodies. Its goal is to reaffirm and give a fresh impetus to the implementation of previously adopted international decisions in this sphere, including the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid Terms of Reference, including the land for peace principle, and the two-state solution – a framework for Palestine and Israel to coexist in peace and security. Russia is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Our approach is consistent and is not subject to situational changes.
Read in full
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⚡️ The European Union continues its attempts to pressure Russia through unilateral restrictive measures. On June 23, EU countries passed the 11th package of sanctions against Russia. We believe that these actions by the EU are illegitimate, and that they undermine international law prerogatives of the UN Security Council.
In response to these unfriendly actions, Russia has considerably expanded the list of representatives of European institutions and EU member countries who are not allowed to enter the Russian territory under Federal Law No. 114-FZ On the Procedure for Exit from and Entry to the Russian Federation, of August 15, 1996.
This measure applies to representatives of law enforcement agencies, state and commercial organisations of EU countries and citizens of EU member countries involved in providing military assistance to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev (supplies of weapons, military equipment and uniforms, training Ukrainian service personnel, raising funds to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, providing intelligence data and communications services, facilitating logistics, etc.). The list also includes representatives of EU agencies responsible for imposing sanctions against Russia and trying to undermine Russia’s relations with other states. The restrictions also apply to members of EU countries’ parliaments promoting a confrontational agenda with regard to Russia.
❗️ We confirm that any unfriendly actions by Western countries will meet with a quick and appropriate response in the future.
In response to these unfriendly actions, Russia has considerably expanded the list of representatives of European institutions and EU member countries who are not allowed to enter the Russian territory under Federal Law No. 114-FZ On the Procedure for Exit from and Entry to the Russian Federation, of August 15, 1996.
This measure applies to representatives of law enforcement agencies, state and commercial organisations of EU countries and citizens of EU member countries involved in providing military assistance to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev (supplies of weapons, military equipment and uniforms, training Ukrainian service personnel, raising funds to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, providing intelligence data and communications services, facilitating logistics, etc.). The list also includes representatives of EU agencies responsible for imposing sanctions against Russia and trying to undermine Russia’s relations with other states. The restrictions also apply to members of EU countries’ parliaments promoting a confrontational agenda with regard to Russia.
❗️ We confirm that any unfriendly actions by Western countries will meet with a quick and appropriate response in the future.
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🇺🇳 The United Nations Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, which became the main result of the San Francisco Conference.
This fundamental document was signed by 50 participating countries, including the USSR as well as its constituent entities: the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. On behalf of the USSR, the UN Charter was signed by Andrey Gromyko.
📃 The UN Charter is a fundamental international document mandating the main principles and norms of states’ international behaviour and regulating relations between states as well as the activities of UN agencies and organisations within its system.
Today, the UN has 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ member states, with its activities embracing every sphere of the planet’s international, political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian life through its specialised agencies, committees and sub-committees.
🇷🇺 Russia invariably remains committed to multilateralism and the UN’s coordinating role in world affairs, and is actively involved in the effort to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
🎙️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (an excerpt from his remarks at the general debate during the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2022):
💬 Today, it is essential like never before that all member states reaffirm their clearly stated commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter without any reservations. This would be the first and necessary step to restoring their collective responsibility for the human destinies.
This was precisely the purpose of establishing the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. Co-founded by Russia, it already includes about two dozen countries. The group strives to ensure strict compliance with the universal norms of international law as a counterweight to pernicious unilateral approaches.
This fundamental document was signed by 50 participating countries, including the USSR as well as its constituent entities: the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. On behalf of the USSR, the UN Charter was signed by Andrey Gromyko.
📃 The UN Charter is a fundamental international document mandating the main principles and norms of states’ international behaviour and regulating relations between states as well as the activities of UN agencies and organisations within its system.
Today, the UN has 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ member states, with its activities embracing every sphere of the planet’s international, political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian life through its specialised agencies, committees and sub-committees.
🇷🇺 Russia invariably remains committed to multilateralism and the UN’s coordinating role in world affairs, and is actively involved in the effort to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
🎙️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (an excerpt from his remarks at the general debate during the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2022):
💬 Today, it is essential like never before that all member states reaffirm their clearly stated commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter without any reservations. This would be the first and necessary step to restoring their collective responsibility for the human destinies.
This was precisely the purpose of establishing the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. Co-founded by Russia, it already includes about two dozen countries. The group strives to ensure strict compliance with the universal norms of international law as a counterweight to pernicious unilateral approaches.
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on speculations about nuclear risks allegedly generated by Russia
💬 We regard the Kiev regime and its overseas patrons’ statements about Russia allegedly posing threats to the Zaporozhye NPP (#ZNPP), as a vile provocation.
This is yet another attempt to discredit Russia, ascribe to it non-existent intentions, and simultaneously cover up their criminal – and actually terrorist – plans to create a nuclear accident that will endanger the life and health of people in the region and all over Europe.
We once again warn the Kiev regime and its Western supporters against engineering potentially grave accidents at ZNPP and call on the IAEA and its leadership to take advantage of their experts’ presence at the plant and record all cases of Ukrainian attacks.
We note that this latest provocation by the Kiev regime squares in time and meaning with the draft resolution submitted by US senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal urging that an instance of radioactive contamination in Ukraine be regarded as a pretext for activating Art. 5 of the Washington Treaty complete with the launching of NATO’s relevant political and military response mechanisms.
It is clear that these irresponsible statements by the Washington hawks are meant for audiences that are ignorant of facts and realities. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that there is no need for Russia to use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine crisis.
👉 The United States deliberately continues to “up the ante” and generate strategic risks, involving its NATO allies in this dangerous game. This reckless policy will lead to extremely sad consequences, including for Washington itself.
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💬 We regard the Kiev regime and its overseas patrons’ statements about Russia allegedly posing threats to the Zaporozhye NPP (#ZNPP), as a vile provocation.
This is yet another attempt to discredit Russia, ascribe to it non-existent intentions, and simultaneously cover up their criminal – and actually terrorist – plans to create a nuclear accident that will endanger the life and health of people in the region and all over Europe.
We once again warn the Kiev regime and its Western supporters against engineering potentially grave accidents at ZNPP and call on the IAEA and its leadership to take advantage of their experts’ presence at the plant and record all cases of Ukrainian attacks.
We note that this latest provocation by the Kiev regime squares in time and meaning with the draft resolution submitted by US senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal urging that an instance of radioactive contamination in Ukraine be regarded as a pretext for activating Art. 5 of the Washington Treaty complete with the launching of NATO’s relevant political and military response mechanisms.
It is clear that these irresponsible statements by the Washington hawks are meant for audiences that are ignorant of facts and realities. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that there is no need for Russia to use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine crisis.
👉 The United States deliberately continues to “up the ante” and generate strategic risks, involving its NATO allies in this dangerous game. This reckless policy will lead to extremely sad consequences, including for Washington itself.
Read in full
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🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306281200-live14805-russian-mfa-spokesperson-zakharova-holds-weekly-briefing
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306281200-live14805-russian-mfa-spokesperson-zakharova-holds-weekly-briefing
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
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🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on topical foreign policy issues, including humanitarian aspects of the situation around Ukraine.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306300800-live14839-lavrov-holds-briefing-on-ukraine-and-other-international-topics
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202306300800-live14839-lavrov-holds-briefing-on-ukraine-and-other-international-topics
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🌐 June 30 marks the annual celebration of the International Day of Parliamentarism. Established by the UN General Assembly in 2018, this day emphasises the importance of the age-old parliamentary traditions and the parliamentary community’s leading role in the XXI century.
The initiative for the #InternationalDayOfParliamentarism came from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. The proposal was supported by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
This date of this holiday commemorates June 30, 1889, when Paris hosted the IPU’s first international conference. Today, with its 179 member states, the IPU is the world’s largest and oldest union of parliamentarians.
Given its universal nature, the IPU aspires to being the parliamentary dimension of the United Nations, with its assemblies seeking to address an agenda consonant with that of the UN.
☝️ So far Russia has hosted two IPU assemblies. The first — the 100th anniversary conference in Moscow in September 1998 and the second, 137th IPU session, was held in St Petersburg in October 2017, setting a record in the number of participating parliaments (160), delegates (2,690), parliamentarians (856) and speakers of parliament (87).
The initiative for the #InternationalDayOfParliamentarism came from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. The proposal was supported by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
This date of this holiday commemorates June 30, 1889, when Paris hosted the IPU’s first international conference. Today, with its 179 member states, the IPU is the world’s largest and oldest union of parliamentarians.
Given its universal nature, the IPU aspires to being the parliamentary dimension of the United Nations, with its assemblies seeking to address an agenda consonant with that of the UN.
☝️ So far Russia has hosted two IPU assemblies. The first — the 100th anniversary conference in Moscow in September 1998 and the second, 137th IPU session, was held in St Petersburg in October 2017, setting a record in the number of participating parliaments (160), delegates (2,690), parliamentarians (856) and speakers of parliament (87).
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