🗓️ 2 апреля Посол России в Сингапуре С.П.Ганжа провел встречу с директором Института Китая и современной Азии Российской академии наук (ИКСА РАН) К.В.Бабаевым.
Собеседники обсудили актуальные вопросы российско-сингапурских отношений, а также перспективы развития сотрудничества двух стран в области науки и образования.
🗓️ On April 2, Ambassador of Russia to Singapore, Sergey P. Ganzha, held a meeting with Kirill V. Babaev, Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS).
The parties discussed current issues in Russia-Singapore relations, as well as prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation in science and education.
Собеседники обсудили актуальные вопросы российско-сингапурских отношений, а также перспективы развития сотрудничества двух стран в области науки и образования.
🗓️ On April 2, Ambassador of Russia to Singapore, Sergey P. Ganzha, held a meeting with Kirill V. Babaev, Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS).
The parties discussed current issues in Russia-Singapore relations, as well as prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation in science and education.
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🗓 On December 29, President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing April 19 as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People, perpetrated by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The draft law to introduce this Day of Remembrance was developed by Russia's State Duma Committee on Defence in November 2025. The authors of the initiative proposed commemorating the victims on April 19, as on this date in 1943 the first legal act was issued that officially documented the Nazis’ policy of exterminating civilians in the occupied territories – Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 39 “On punishment measures for Nazi villains guilty of killing and torturing the Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the motherland from among Soviet citizens and for their accomplices”.
Decree No. 39 laid the legal foundations for bringing to justice Nazi criminals and their accomplices, including Italian, Romanian, Hungarian and Finnish military personnel. Materials collected during investigations conducted on the basis of Decree No. 39 formed a key part of the evidentiary base at the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Khabarovsk Trial, and other judicial proceedings against war criminals from the Axis powers.
💬 Speaking at a meeting of Pobeda (Victory) Organizing Committee on July 2, 2020, Vladimir Putin noted:
🕯 Losses caused by the actions of the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War amounted to no fewer than 27 million Soviet citizens, while the total estimated demographic losses of the USSR approached 50 million people.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
The draft law to introduce this Day of Remembrance was developed by Russia's State Duma Committee on Defence in November 2025. The authors of the initiative proposed commemorating the victims on April 19, as on this date in 1943 the first legal act was issued that officially documented the Nazis’ policy of exterminating civilians in the occupied territories – Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 39 “On punishment measures for Nazi villains guilty of killing and torturing the Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the motherland from among Soviet citizens and for their accomplices”.
Decree No. 39 laid the legal foundations for bringing to justice Nazi criminals and their accomplices, including Italian, Romanian, Hungarian and Finnish military personnel. Materials collected during investigations conducted on the basis of Decree No. 39 formed a key part of the evidentiary base at the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Khabarovsk Trial, and other judicial proceedings against war criminals from the Axis powers.
💬 Speaking at a meeting of Pobeda (Victory) Organizing Committee on July 2, 2020, Vladimir Putin noted:
“The Nazis planned to colonize the Soviet land, to kill or turn into slaves and to take away the languages and culture of all who lived here – the Slavs and people of other ethnicities. These crimes of the Nazis and their minions and the genocide against the peoples of the Soviet Union do not have a statute of limitations. This assessment must remain firm in our legislation and in the international law system”.
🕯 Losses caused by the actions of the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War amounted to no fewer than 27 million Soviet citizens, while the total estimated demographic losses of the USSR approached 50 million people.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
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6️⃣5️⃣ years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic space feat!
🚀 On April 12, 1961, the Vostok launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This momentous event marked the culmination of the efforts of millions of Soviet citizens – design engineers, scientists, military pilots, doctors, specialists across a wide range of fields, and entire branches of industry. Inside the cramped cabin of the crewed spacecraft was Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin.
At 9:07 am, the four metal arms holding the 287-tonne rocket retracted, and Vostok began its lift-off. It was at that very moment that Gagarin’s famous “#POYEKHALI!” (*Let’s go!) rang out over the radio.
At 9:12 am, the spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle and entered the Earth's orbit. Its speed reached 28,260 kilometres per hour – nearly 8 kilometres per second. Never before had a human travelled so fast.
🎙 Just as the spacecraft reached Earth's orbit, Yuri Levitan – the USSR’s iconic radio announcer – solemnly declared to the world:
While in orbit, Gagarin recorded his observations and transmitted them back to Earth. Before him lay the planet as no one had ever seen it before: the curve of the horizon, the luminous blue edge of the atmosphere, coastlines, mountain ranges, vast landmasses – all set against the bottomless black void of space.
Almost 90 minutes into the flight, the spacecraft began its descent. At that moment, a highly dangerous emergency arose: the descent module failed to separate immediately from the equipment module. However, as the spacecraft re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, the connecting cables between the two sections burned through due to friction, and the descent continued.
At 10:42 am, at an altitude of 7 km, the cosmonaut ejected.
At 10:53 am, Yuri Gagarin landed safely in a field near the city of Engels, around 4 km from the present-day bank of the Volga.
On April 14, 1961, by Decree No. 251/22 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, together with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
Two days later, the people of Moscow welcomed the space traveller to the Soviet capital with flowers and celebratory banners. By the end of April, Earth’s first cosmonaut embarked on an international tour to share what he had witnessed with people around the world. In the two years following this historic event, Yuri Gagarin visited more than 30 countries, where he was honoured as a true hero. The tour became unofficially known as the “Mission of Peace”.
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1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ minutes of Yuri Gagarin's flight changed the course of world history.
Just 16 years after the most devastating and bloodiest war in human history, the Soviet people achieved what had only recently seemed impossible – opening the way to space for all humankind.
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💬 As President Vladimir Putin noted in his message to the participants in the first Russian Space Forum on April 9, 2026:
🇺🇳 Since 2011, April 12 has been observed as the International Day of Human Space Flight, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly under resolution A/RES/65/271 in honour of Yuri Gagarin’s legendary mission.
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
🚀 On April 12, 1961, the Vostok launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This momentous event marked the culmination of the efforts of millions of Soviet citizens – design engineers, scientists, military pilots, doctors, specialists across a wide range of fields, and entire branches of industry. Inside the cramped cabin of the crewed spacecraft was Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin.
At 9:07 am, the four metal arms holding the 287-tonne rocket retracted, and Vostok began its lift-off. It was at that very moment that Gagarin’s famous “#POYEKHALI!” (*Let’s go!) rang out over the radio.
At 9:12 am, the spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle and entered the Earth's orbit. Its speed reached 28,260 kilometres per hour – nearly 8 kilometres per second. Never before had a human travelled so fast.
🎙 Just as the spacecraft reached Earth's orbit, Yuri Levitan – the USSR’s iconic radio announcer – solemnly declared to the world:
This is Moscow speaking! The time in Moscow is 10:02 am. We are broadcasting a TASS report on the first human flight into outer space.
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union launched into orbit around the Earth the world’s first spacecraft-satellite, Vostok, with a man on board.
The pilot-cosmonaut is a citizen of the USSR, Air Force Major Yuri Gagarin (the extraordinary rank was conferred by Order No. 77 of the USSR Minister of Defence, dated April 12, 1961).
While in orbit, Gagarin recorded his observations and transmitted them back to Earth. Before him lay the planet as no one had ever seen it before: the curve of the horizon, the luminous blue edge of the atmosphere, coastlines, mountain ranges, vast landmasses – all set against the bottomless black void of space.
Almost 90 minutes into the flight, the spacecraft began its descent. At that moment, a highly dangerous emergency arose: the descent module failed to separate immediately from the equipment module. However, as the spacecraft re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, the connecting cables between the two sections burned through due to friction, and the descent continued.
At 10:42 am, at an altitude of 7 km, the cosmonaut ejected.
At 10:53 am, Yuri Gagarin landed safely in a field near the city of Engels, around 4 km from the present-day bank of the Volga.
On April 14, 1961, by Decree No. 251/22 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, together with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
Two days later, the people of Moscow welcomed the space traveller to the Soviet capital with flowers and celebratory banners. By the end of April, Earth’s first cosmonaut embarked on an international tour to share what he had witnessed with people around the world. In the two years following this historic event, Yuri Gagarin visited more than 30 countries, where he was honoured as a true hero. The tour became unofficially known as the “Mission of Peace”.
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1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ minutes of Yuri Gagarin's flight changed the course of world history.
Just 16 years after the most devastating and bloodiest war in human history, the Soviet people achieved what had only recently seemed impossible – opening the way to space for all humankind.
***
💬 As President Vladimir Putin noted in his message to the participants in the first Russian Space Forum on April 9, 2026:
Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight became one of the great events of the 20th century and opened a new era in the history of human civilisation.
We are sincerely proud of several generations of talented scientists, designers, cosmonauts, military personnel and civilian specialists who stood at the origins of the national space programme and wrote bright, heroic pages in the chronicle of its victories and achievements.
🇺🇳 Since 2011, April 12 has been observed as the International Day of Human Space Flight, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly under resolution A/RES/65/271 in honour of Yuri Gagarin’s legendary mission.
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
🚀On April 12, the world marks the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, carried out by Soviet pilot and the world’s first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Students of the Russian language school UpSchool have prepared an exhibition of drawings dedicated to this remarkable date. The artworks are on display in the reception hall of the Embassy.
The project is led by the school’s director, Ekaterina Protsenko.
Students of the Russian language school UpSchool have prepared an exhibition of drawings dedicated to this remarkable date. The artworks are on display in the reception hall of the Embassy.
The project is led by the school’s director, Ekaterina Protsenko.
🌏С 7 по 8 апреля 2026 года в Бангкоке состоялось знаковое событие — V Евразийская встреча российских соотечественниц.
Мероприятие было организовано Министерством иностранных дел России при поддержке Правительства Москвы, Посольства Российской Федерации в Таиланде и КСОРС Таиланда. Встреча объединила представительниц почти из 50 стран.
Сингапур был представлен председателем Русского культурного клуба Оксаной Александровной Мельник.
В ходе встречи обсуждалась роль женщин в мировом сообществе, их вклад в развитие международного диалога, культурного взаимодействия и общественных инициатив.
🌏 From April 7 to 8, 2026, Bangkok hosted a landmark event — the 5th Eurasian Meeting of Russian Compatriot Women.
The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with the support of the Government of Moscow, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Thailand, and the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Thailand. It brought together participants from nearly 50 countries.
Singapore was represented by Ms. Oksana A. Melnik, Chairperson of the Russian Cultural Club.
The discussions focused on the role of women in the global community, highlighting their contribution to international dialogue, cultural exchange, and social development.
Мероприятие было организовано Министерством иностранных дел России при поддержке Правительства Москвы, Посольства Российской Федерации в Таиланде и КСОРС Таиланда. Встреча объединила представительниц почти из 50 стран.
Сингапур был представлен председателем Русского культурного клуба Оксаной Александровной Мельник.
В ходе встречи обсуждалась роль женщин в мировом сообществе, их вклад в развитие международного диалога, культурного взаимодействия и общественных инициатив.
🌏 From April 7 to 8, 2026, Bangkok hosted a landmark event — the 5th Eurasian Meeting of Russian Compatriot Women.
The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with the support of the Government of Moscow, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Thailand, and the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Thailand. It brought together participants from nearly 50 countries.
Singapore was represented by Ms. Oksana A. Melnik, Chairperson of the Russian Cultural Club.
The discussions focused on the role of women in the global community, highlighting their contribution to international dialogue, cultural exchange, and social development.
9 апреля Посол России в Сингапуре С.П.Ганжа принял участие в церемонии открытия стенда Москвы на выставке GITEX AI Asia 2026.
В своём выступлении Посол отметил, что участие Москвы в GITEX отражает её роль как одного из ведущих мегаполисов, активно развивающего международное сотрудничество в цифровой сфере. Представленные на стенде решения демонстрируют передовой опыт столицы в создании сервисов «умного города», ориентированных на человека и устойчивое развитие.
Экспозиция стала площадкой для диалога между государством, бизнесом и экспертным сообществом, способствуя укреплению международных связей и продвижению российских технологических решений на глобальном уровне.
On April 9, Ambassador of Russia to Singapore Dr Sergey Ganzha took part in the opening ceremony of the Moscow stand at GITEX AI Asia 2026.
In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted Moscow’s role as a major global metropolis advancing international cooperation in the digital sphere. The solutions showcased at the stand reflect the city’s cutting-edge smart city ecosystem, focused on innovation, sustainability, and people-centric services.
The pavilion became a hub for dialogue among government, business, and expert communities, fostering partnerships and promoting Moscow’s digital technologies worldwide.
В своём выступлении Посол отметил, что участие Москвы в GITEX отражает её роль как одного из ведущих мегаполисов, активно развивающего международное сотрудничество в цифровой сфере. Представленные на стенде решения демонстрируют передовой опыт столицы в создании сервисов «умного города», ориентированных на человека и устойчивое развитие.
Экспозиция стала площадкой для диалога между государством, бизнесом и экспертным сообществом, способствуя укреплению международных связей и продвижению российских технологических решений на глобальном уровне.
On April 9, Ambassador of Russia to Singapore Dr Sergey Ganzha took part in the opening ceremony of the Moscow stand at GITEX AI Asia 2026.
In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted Moscow’s role as a major global metropolis advancing international cooperation in the digital sphere. The solutions showcased at the stand reflect the city’s cutting-edge smart city ecosystem, focused on innovation, sustainability, and people-centric services.
The pavilion became a hub for dialogue among government, business, and expert communities, fostering partnerships and promoting Moscow’s digital technologies worldwide.
✍️ Article by Russian MFA Foreign Policy Planning Department Director Alexey Drobinin and Deputy Director Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva for Russia in Global Affairs (April 3, 2026)
🌏 Southeast Asia in the Multipolar World
👉 Read in full ( Website | Telegraph )
💬 Some experts writing about international developments come to the conclusion that multipolarity has emerged sooner than many were ready for it. The speed of change is so high that even the boldest forecasts often materialise in real time.
President Vladimir Putin said at the Plenary Session of the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in October 2025 that “multipolarity has in fact already emerged”.
The pillars of a polycentric world are already in place, but the structure itself remains flexible. There are several independent centres where systemically significant decisions are made. The most important of these are the US, China and Russia. India is developing its overall capacity. Brazil, Indonesia, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and several other major countries are strengthening their international standing, and their influence is acquiring a transregional scope. Continental Europe has placed its bets on fighting Russia, and as a result, it is losing its chance to be independent in global affairs.
A multipolar world is rising from the old system, often on its ruins. The fundamentals of international relations are being put to the test. Those that fail to meet the requirements of the new age are mercilessly cast aside. There are serious grounds to assume that not all of the “poles” mentioned above will weather the nascent geopolitical storm, and that new centres of power and influence will emerge as a result.
The new element at this stage is that all “living” civilisations have moved to the centre of world politics for the first time. The “new rules” are being shaped “on the ground” by a large number of widely different players. As President Putin forecast at a meeting of the Valdai Club, “we will not see a clash of ideologies or states due to ideological differences but rather a clash of states and coalescence based on civilisational features.”
Other key points:
• The multipolar world order that is taking shape right before our eyes is being rejected by countries accustomed to thinking in terms of global dominance and neocolonialism, and they are making deliberate attempts to contain their geopolitical competitors and limit their growth opportunities by pushing them out of global and regional markets and exerting pressure on them.
• Such behaviour has become systemic and echoes in developments across the world, including Southeast Asia. We can see how certain external forces are now trying to reshape the region to serve their own interests, with the aim of weakening China and sideline Russia.
• Russia remains a reliable friend to the countries of Southeast Asia. Our relations are unburdened by either a colonial past or long-standing disagreements. Our country is seen not only as a centre of power, but also as a time-tested guarantor of security.
• Direct contacts with influential regional organisations are expanding. Relations have been established with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. ASEAN places great emphasis on strengthening ties with #BRICS.
• Southeast Asia not only exists on the geopolitical map but is actively asserting itself as a promising centre of a multipolar world, a region raising its voice in global affairs.
#RussiaASEAN
🌏 Southeast Asia in the Multipolar World
👉 Read in full ( Website | Telegraph )
💬 Some experts writing about international developments come to the conclusion that multipolarity has emerged sooner than many were ready for it. The speed of change is so high that even the boldest forecasts often materialise in real time.
President Vladimir Putin said at the Plenary Session of the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in October 2025 that “multipolarity has in fact already emerged”.
The pillars of a polycentric world are already in place, but the structure itself remains flexible. There are several independent centres where systemically significant decisions are made. The most important of these are the US, China and Russia. India is developing its overall capacity. Brazil, Indonesia, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and several other major countries are strengthening their international standing, and their influence is acquiring a transregional scope. Continental Europe has placed its bets on fighting Russia, and as a result, it is losing its chance to be independent in global affairs.
A multipolar world is rising from the old system, often on its ruins. The fundamentals of international relations are being put to the test. Those that fail to meet the requirements of the new age are mercilessly cast aside. There are serious grounds to assume that not all of the “poles” mentioned above will weather the nascent geopolitical storm, and that new centres of power and influence will emerge as a result.
The new element at this stage is that all “living” civilisations have moved to the centre of world politics for the first time. The “new rules” are being shaped “on the ground” by a large number of widely different players. As President Putin forecast at a meeting of the Valdai Club, “we will not see a clash of ideologies or states due to ideological differences but rather a clash of states and coalescence based on civilisational features.”
Other key points:
• The multipolar world order that is taking shape right before our eyes is being rejected by countries accustomed to thinking in terms of global dominance and neocolonialism, and they are making deliberate attempts to contain their geopolitical competitors and limit their growth opportunities by pushing them out of global and regional markets and exerting pressure on them.
• Such behaviour has become systemic and echoes in developments across the world, including Southeast Asia. We can see how certain external forces are now trying to reshape the region to serve their own interests, with the aim of weakening China and sideline Russia.
• Russia remains a reliable friend to the countries of Southeast Asia. Our relations are unburdened by either a colonial past or long-standing disagreements. Our country is seen not only as a centre of power, but also as a time-tested guarantor of security.
• Direct contacts with influential regional organisations are expanding. Relations have been established with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. ASEAN places great emphasis on strengthening ties with #BRICS.
• Southeast Asia not only exists on the geopolitical map but is actively asserting itself as a promising centre of a multipolar world, a region raising its voice in global affairs.
#RussiaASEAN
16 апреля 2026 г. в Посольстве при участии представителя Россотрудничества состоялось очередное заседание Русского культурного клуба. В ходе встречи председатель Оксана Мельник рассказала о своем участии в региональной конференции соотечественниц в Таиланде. Также обсуждались планы культурных мероприятий на ближайшие месяцы, включая празднование Дня Победы.
On April 16, 2026, the Embassy with participation of a representative of Rossotrudnichestvo hosted another meeting of the Russian Cultural Club. During the gathering, Chairperson Oksana Melnik spoke about her participation in the regional conference of compatriots in Thailand. The participants also discussed plans for cultural events in the coming months, including the celebration of Victory Day.
On April 16, 2026, the Embassy with participation of a representative of Rossotrudnichestvo hosted another meeting of the Russian Cultural Club. During the gathering, Chairperson Oksana Melnik spoke about her participation in the regional conference of compatriots in Thailand. The participants also discussed plans for cultural events in the coming months, including the celebration of Victory Day.