Forwarded from Генеральное консульство России в Эдинбурге
On January 25, “The Scottish Sun” newspaper published an article titled “Russian diplomat snapped 'spying' on seized oil tanker off Scots coast after US raid”.
Two days before the article’s publication, its author requested clarification regarding the Consul General’s visit on January 20 to the town of Burghead, close to which the tanker Marinera with Russian sailors on board is anchored. The Consulate General immediately sent the journalist the following comment:
“Reportedly, there are Russian citizens on board the tanker Marinera, which has been in British territorial waters near Scottish shore for over a week.
According to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, it is the duty of a consul to protect the interests of nationals of the state they represent. The Convention also guarantees the right of consular access to such persons.
Despite our official appeals, we still have no information about these persons or consular access to them. So, the Consul General travelled to Burghead to at least verify the location of the tanker. We make no secret of it, so we posted photographs on social media”.
Not a word of our commentary was included in the article. It is brimming with anti-Russian arguments of varying degrees of absurdity. To support these claims, the newspaper found nothing better to do than post the photographs from the Consulate General’s social media, without even asking our permission to use the images.
In light of the above, the Consulate General confirms that the Russian side will continue to take all legal measures to obtain information about the current location and health condition of the captured Russian sailors, get consular access to them, and ensure their prompt return to their homeland. Protecting the interests of Russian citizens in the consular district remains a key priority for our diplomats.
Two days before the article’s publication, its author requested clarification regarding the Consul General’s visit on January 20 to the town of Burghead, close to which the tanker Marinera with Russian sailors on board is anchored. The Consulate General immediately sent the journalist the following comment:
“Reportedly, there are Russian citizens on board the tanker Marinera, which has been in British territorial waters near Scottish shore for over a week.
According to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, it is the duty of a consul to protect the interests of nationals of the state they represent. The Convention also guarantees the right of consular access to such persons.
Despite our official appeals, we still have no information about these persons or consular access to them. So, the Consul General travelled to Burghead to at least verify the location of the tanker. We make no secret of it, so we posted photographs on social media”.
Not a word of our commentary was included in the article. It is brimming with anti-Russian arguments of varying degrees of absurdity. To support these claims, the newspaper found nothing better to do than post the photographs from the Consulate General’s social media, without even asking our permission to use the images.
In light of the above, the Consulate General confirms that the Russian side will continue to take all legal measures to obtain information about the current location and health condition of the captured Russian sailors, get consular access to them, and ensure their prompt return to their homeland. Protecting the interests of Russian citizens in the consular district remains a key priority for our diplomats.
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🕯 27 января дипломаты Посольства России в Великобритании и российские соотечественники, проживающие в Соединённом Королевстве, возложили венок и цветы к Советскому военному мемориалу в Лондоне в память о 82-й годовщине снятия фашистской блокады Ленинграда.
Представители российской общины в Манчестере также провели возложение цветов к памятному камню, установленному в 2020 году в честь советских воинов, которые отдали свои жизни за освобождение Европы от фашизма, а также в знак признательности храбрым жителям осаждённого Ленинграда.
Накануне сотрудники дипмиссии направили проживающим в Британии ветеранам Великой Отечественной войны – жителям блокадного Ленинграда – поздравления от имени Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга Александра Беглова.
Блокада Северной столицы войсками нацистской Германии — одна из самых трагичных и одновременно героических глав в истории нашей страны. Она длилась с 8 сентября 1941 года по 27 января 1944 года — 872 дня тяжелейших испытаний, голода и лишений. По оценкам историков, из трёх миллионов жителей Ленинграда и его пригородов осаду пережили не более 800 тысяч.
Подвиг ленинградцев стал символом несгибаемой воли, мужества и самоотверженности. Память о жертвах блокады навсегда останется в наших сердцах.
#Победа81 #МыПомним
Представители российской общины в Манчестере также провели возложение цветов к памятному камню, установленному в 2020 году в честь советских воинов, которые отдали свои жизни за освобождение Европы от фашизма, а также в знак признательности храбрым жителям осаждённого Ленинграда.
Накануне сотрудники дипмиссии направили проживающим в Британии ветеранам Великой Отечественной войны – жителям блокадного Ленинграда – поздравления от имени Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга Александра Беглова.
Блокада Северной столицы войсками нацистской Германии — одна из самых трагичных и одновременно героических глав в истории нашей страны. Она длилась с 8 сентября 1941 года по 27 января 1944 года — 872 дня тяжелейших испытаний, голода и лишений. По оценкам историков, из трёх миллионов жителей Ленинграда и его пригородов осаду пережили не более 800 тысяч.
Подвиг ленинградцев стал символом несгибаемой воли, мужества и самоотверженности. Память о жертвах блокады навсегда останется в наших сердцах.
#Победа81 #МыПомним
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🇷🇺 On 27 January, President Vladimir Putin took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 82nd anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.
Russia's President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex in the Leningrad Region, where he laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument.
Nevsky Pyatachok is a small bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva River, where Soviet soldiers fought against superior enemy forces from the first days of the blockade, preventing them from advancing on Leningrad. In 1971, the Landmark Stone was unveiled at this site of fierce fighting in memory of the defenders of the Motherland who died on Nevsky Pyatachok.
The stone bears an inscription of a verse by poet and songwriter Robert Rozhdestvensky: "You who are alive, remember that we did not want to leave this land, and we have not left it. We fought to the death by the dark waters of the Neva. We have died so that you can live".
The President also visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Motherland monument to commemorate the city residents and defenders laid to rest there.
About 420,000 residents of Leningrad, who died from starvation, cold and disease or perished in bombings and air raids, as well as 70,000 soldiers are buried in the 186 mass graves and 6,000 individual graves of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery. The words of poet Olga Bergholz, "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten", are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Russia's President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex in the Leningrad Region, where he laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument.
Nevsky Pyatachok is a small bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva River, where Soviet soldiers fought against superior enemy forces from the first days of the blockade, preventing them from advancing on Leningrad. In 1971, the Landmark Stone was unveiled at this site of fierce fighting in memory of the defenders of the Motherland who died on Nevsky Pyatachok.
The stone bears an inscription of a verse by poet and songwriter Robert Rozhdestvensky: "You who are alive, remember that we did not want to leave this land, and we have not left it. We fought to the death by the dark waters of the Neva. We have died so that you can live".
The President also visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Motherland monument to commemorate the city residents and defenders laid to rest there.
About 420,000 residents of Leningrad, who died from starvation, cold and disease or perished in bombings and air raids, as well as 70,000 soldiers are buried in the 186 mass graves and 6,000 individual graves of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery. The words of poet Olga Bergholz, "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten", are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
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🕯 On 27 January Russian diplomats together with Russian compatriots living in the United Kingdom laid a wreath and flowers at the Soviet War Memorial in London to mark the 82nd anniversary of the lifting of the Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Members of the Russian community in Manchester also held a flower-laying ceremony at a plaque unveiled in 2020 in honoured memory of the Soviet soldiers, who gave their lives liberating Europe and in recognition of the brave people of the besieged Leningrad.
On the eve of this date, the Russian diplomatic mission's staff conveyed greetings of the Governor of Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) Alexander Beglov to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War – residents of the besieged Leningrad, who currently live in the UK.
The Nazi German blockade of the city stands as one of the most tragic yet heroic chapters in the history of our country. It lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 — 872 days of extreme hardship, hunger and deprivation. Historians estimate that no more than 800,000 of the three million inhabitants of Leningrad and its surrounding areas survived the siege.
The feat of Leningraders has become a symbol of unbreakable will, courage and self-sacrifice. The memory of those who died in the blockade will remain in our hearts forever.
#Victory81 #WeRemember
Members of the Russian community in Manchester also held a flower-laying ceremony at a plaque unveiled in 2020 in honoured memory of the Soviet soldiers, who gave their lives liberating Europe and in recognition of the brave people of the besieged Leningrad.
On the eve of this date, the Russian diplomatic mission's staff conveyed greetings of the Governor of Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) Alexander Beglov to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War – residents of the besieged Leningrad, who currently live in the UK.
The Nazi German blockade of the city stands as one of the most tragic yet heroic chapters in the history of our country. It lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 — 872 days of extreme hardship, hunger and deprivation. Historians estimate that no more than 800,000 of the three million inhabitants of Leningrad and its surrounding areas survived the siege.
The feat of Leningraders has become a symbol of unbreakable will, courage and self-sacrifice. The memory of those who died in the blockade will remain in our hearts forever.
#Victory81 #WeRemember
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🧭 January 29 marks the Discoverers’ Day in Russia
🧊 On this day in 1820, Russian naval officers Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered #Antarctica – the sixth continent.
The expedition lasted 751 days. Sailing aboard the two sloops Vostok and Mirny, the 102-strong crew were the first to map the boundaries of the Antarctic continent.
The voyage was extremely arduous and dangerous. Small wooden sailing vessels had to navigate close to ice and icebergs, often in dense fog. Heading south, on January 28, the Russian navigators came within close proximity of the icy shores of a previously unknown land.
📝 Mikhail Lazarev later wrote about that historic moment:
Braving fierce ocean swells and polar ice, the expedition successfully circumnavigated the continent. This remarkable voyage brought glory to Russia and turned St Petersburg into a leading centre of global geography. The results of the expedition, which led to the discovery of Antarctica and twenty-nine new islands, represent an Russia's outstanding contribution to the history of geographical exploration.
Later, shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union resumed its exploration of the continent. In 1946, the Slava whaling flotilla, carrying a scientific team, sailed to Antarctica. They reached the point where Bellingshausen and Lazarev had sighted the “main ice” and verified the accuracy of their original accounts.
On February 13, 1956, the first Soviet Antarctic research station, the Mirny Observatory, was officially opened. This was later followed by a network of year-round Russian stations.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues its research in Antarctica. In late 2024, a new wintering complex entered service at the inland Vostok Station. In 2025, the research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov completed the International Antarctic Coastal Circumnavigation Expedition. The 71st Russian Antarctic Expedition is currently underway.
🧊 On this day in 1820, Russian naval officers Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered #Antarctica – the sixth continent.
The expedition lasted 751 days. Sailing aboard the two sloops Vostok and Mirny, the 102-strong crew were the first to map the boundaries of the Antarctic continent.
The voyage was extremely arduous and dangerous. Small wooden sailing vessels had to navigate close to ice and icebergs, often in dense fog. Heading south, on January 28, the Russian navigators came within close proximity of the icy shores of a previously unknown land.
📝 Mikhail Lazarev later wrote about that historic moment:
“We reached latitude 69°23 S, where we met main ice of extraordinary height… and looking out from the crosstrees, it stretched just as far as our gaze could reach… At last, there lay before us that southern main, so long sought after, whose existence scholars in their studies had deemed necessary for the balance of the globe.”
Braving fierce ocean swells and polar ice, the expedition successfully circumnavigated the continent. This remarkable voyage brought glory to Russia and turned St Petersburg into a leading centre of global geography. The results of the expedition, which led to the discovery of Antarctica and twenty-nine new islands, represent an Russia's outstanding contribution to the history of geographical exploration.
Later, shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union resumed its exploration of the continent. In 1946, the Slava whaling flotilla, carrying a scientific team, sailed to Antarctica. They reached the point where Bellingshausen and Lazarev had sighted the “main ice” and verified the accuracy of their original accounts.
On February 13, 1956, the first Soviet Antarctic research station, the Mirny Observatory, was officially opened. This was later followed by a network of year-round Russian stations.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues its research in Antarctica. In late 2024, a new wintering complex entered service at the inland Vostok Station. In 2025, the research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov completed the International Antarctic Coastal Circumnavigation Expedition. The 71st Russian Antarctic Expedition is currently underway.
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