☦️ This weekend, Orthodox Christians across Russia and beyond, including the UK, marked Easter — or Pascha — the most significant celebration in the Orthodox calendar, commemorating the Resurrection of Christ after the long Lenten fast.
The night between Saturday and Sunday is typically defined by candlelit church services, processions, and the ringing of bells, followed by a dawn return home to a richly laid festive table.
At the heart of Russian Easter tradition lie three symbolic staples:
🔸 kulich, a tall, sweet, panettone-like loaf often glazed and sprinkled with sugar;
🔸 paskha, a rich dessert made from sweetened cottage cheese;
🔸 and brightly dyed eggs, traditionally red but now frequently decorated in a variety of colours and patterns.
Eggs are exchanged alongside the greeting “Christ is risen!” (“Khristos voskres”) — to which the traditional response is “He is risen, indeed!” (“Voistinu voskres”) — a ritual of renewal and fellowship, while kulich is commonly blessed in church before being shared among family and friends.
Here's a glimpse of how Pascha unfolded across Russia this weekend.
📸 RIA Novosti
The night between Saturday and Sunday is typically defined by candlelit church services, processions, and the ringing of bells, followed by a dawn return home to a richly laid festive table.
At the heart of Russian Easter tradition lie three symbolic staples:
🔸 kulich, a tall, sweet, panettone-like loaf often glazed and sprinkled with sugar;
🔸 paskha, a rich dessert made from sweetened cottage cheese;
🔸 and brightly dyed eggs, traditionally red but now frequently decorated in a variety of colours and patterns.
Eggs are exchanged alongside the greeting “Christ is risen!” (“Khristos voskres”) — to which the traditional response is “He is risen, indeed!” (“Voistinu voskres”) — a ritual of renewal and fellowship, while kulich is commonly blessed in church before being shared among family and friends.
Here's a glimpse of how Pascha unfolded across Russia this weekend.
📸 RIA Novosti
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⚡️ Russia's Agency for Strategic Initiatives:
Today, April 15, Russia is launching a digital service for submitting applications from foreigners who want to live and work in the country — TimeToLiveInRussia
The new programme is overseen by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent to Russia” acting as the operator.
❗️ Highly qualified specialists from other countries can apply for recognition as individuals of interest to Russia on the “Time to Live in Russia” website.
The new structure operates as a one-stop shop. It reviews applications, verifies whether a foreign applicant meets the program’s criteria, and provides support throughout the relocation process.
The key requirement is having in-demand skills and expertise, as well as respect for traditional Russian values.
✍️ From Presidential Decree No. 883 of December 2, 2025:
#TimeToLiveInRussia
Today, April 15, Russia is launching a digital service for submitting applications from foreigners who want to live and work in the country — TimeToLiveInRussia
The new programme is overseen by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Agency for Attracting Foreign Talent to Russia” acting as the operator.
❗️ Highly qualified specialists from other countries can apply for recognition as individuals of interest to Russia on the “Time to Live in Russia” website.
The new structure operates as a one-stop shop. It reviews applications, verifies whether a foreign applicant meets the program’s criteria, and provides support throughout the relocation process.
The key requirement is having in-demand skills and expertise, as well as respect for traditional Russian values.
✍️ From Presidential Decree No. 883 of December 2, 2025:
It is established that foreign citizens and stateless persons (hereinafter also referred to as foreign citizens) may, starting from April 15, 2026, submit a request to be recognized as persons of interest to the Russian Federation if they:
a) have achievements in science and technology, industry, sports, creative industries, the cultural and humanitarian sphere, or education;
b) have contributed to the development of society, the economy, or to strengthening the defense capability and security of the Russian Federation;
c) possess highly sought-after professions (specialties), qualifications, or skills.
#TimeToLiveInRussia
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🏛 A new free display, The Wallace Collection at War, kicks off at the Wallace Collection in London on 15 April.
It explores how art, architecture and propaganda were mobilised in 1942 to reinforce Anglo-Soviet relations at a pivotal moment of the Second World War.
Drawing on newly revisited archives, it reconstructs two landmark exhibitions launched by Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky and his wife Agniya — Artists Aid Russia and Twenty-Five Years of Progress — revealing how cultural institutions were drawn into the broader political and humanitarian efforts.
Highlights include wartime posters, WWII-era photographs, and works depicting bombed London, Soviet soldiers and the devastation of conflict.
Visit Wallace Collection and #See4Yourself. The display runs until 25 October 2026.
It explores how art, architecture and propaganda were mobilised in 1942 to reinforce Anglo-Soviet relations at a pivotal moment of the Second World War.
Drawing on newly revisited archives, it reconstructs two landmark exhibitions launched by Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky and his wife Agniya — Artists Aid Russia and Twenty-Five Years of Progress — revealing how cultural institutions were drawn into the broader political and humanitarian efforts.
Highlights include wartime posters, WWII-era photographs, and works depicting bombed London, Soviet soldiers and the devastation of conflict.
Visit Wallace Collection and #See4Yourself. The display runs until 25 October 2026.
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📺 Watch Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with BBC Radio 4 presenter James Coomarasamy (16 April 2026)
Key topics:
• Current state and future of Russia–UK relations
• UK's threats to seize Russia-linked trade ships
• Peace negotiations on Ukraine
• European remilitarisation and security architecture
• Iran war and its geopolitical consequences
• Elections in Hungary
💬 Andrei Kelin: Sending 120,000 UK drones to the Kiev regime will only prolong the suffering in Ukraine and the war itself. This only proves that the UK does not want a settlement. It confirms our worst suspicions that European countries, especially the UK, which would like to play a leading role in these efforts, want to prolong the conflict rather than stop it [...]
Russia and Europe are very closely connected. If the Europeans do not encourage Ukraine to stand against Russia, there will be peace and an absence of tension in Europe for a long time. We can do this unless London continues to think in terms of deterrence with regard to Russia.
Watch the interview on our YouTube channel
Key topics:
• Current state and future of Russia–UK relations
• UK's threats to seize Russia-linked trade ships
• Peace negotiations on Ukraine
• European remilitarisation and security architecture
• Iran war and its geopolitical consequences
• Elections in Hungary
💬 Andrei Kelin: Sending 120,000 UK drones to the Kiev regime will only prolong the suffering in Ukraine and the war itself. This only proves that the UK does not want a settlement. It confirms our worst suspicions that European countries, especially the UK, which would like to play a leading role in these efforts, want to prolong the conflict rather than stop it [...]
Russia and Europe are very closely connected. If the Europeans do not encourage Ukraine to stand against Russia, there will be peace and an absence of tension in Europe for a long time. We can do this unless London continues to think in terms of deterrence with regard to Russia.
Watch the interview on our YouTube channel
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🕯 Russia marks today, for the first time, the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People — a memorial date established by presidential decree on 29 December 2025.
The choice of 19 April is deliberate: on this day in 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet issued a decree formally recognising the systematic Nazi campaign to exterminate the civilian population of the USSR.
The term “genocide of the Soviet people” denotes a coordinated campaign of destruction carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1941 and 1945.
Rooted in racial ideology and expansionist doctrine, plans such as Generalplan Ost envisaged the depopulation and colonisation of vast territories. Civilians were subjected to mass executions, starvation, forced labour and deportation, while entire communities were wiped out.
Historians estimate that some 13.7 million Soviet citizens perished as a direct result of these policies, with a further five million dying from a deliberately engineered famine. Jews, Roma, Slavs and others, labelled “subhuman” under the doctrine of Lebensraum, were targeted for total or partial annihilation.
19 April stands as both a memorial and a warning: that the consequences of ideology-driven violence, left unchallenged, reverberate far beyond their time.
#WeRemember
The choice of 19 April is deliberate: on this day in 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet issued a decree formally recognising the systematic Nazi campaign to exterminate the civilian population of the USSR.
The term “genocide of the Soviet people” denotes a coordinated campaign of destruction carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1941 and 1945.
Rooted in racial ideology and expansionist doctrine, plans such as Generalplan Ost envisaged the depopulation and colonisation of vast territories. Civilians were subjected to mass executions, starvation, forced labour and deportation, while entire communities were wiped out.
Historians estimate that some 13.7 million Soviet citizens perished as a direct result of these policies, with a further five million dying from a deliberately engineered famine. Jews, Roma, Slavs and others, labelled “subhuman” under the doctrine of Lebensraum, were targeted for total or partial annihilation.
19 April stands as both a memorial and a warning: that the consequences of ideology-driven violence, left unchallenged, reverberate far beyond their time.
Preserving the memory of millions of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people is our sacred duty. We will not allow these atrocities to be consigned to oblivion, no matter how hard those who today seek once again to steer Europe down the well-trodden path of racial superiority may try.
— Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
#WeRemember
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