Best known for his Imperial Easter Eggs – dazzling creations made for the Romanovs – Fabergé turned gold, enamel and precious stones into miniature marvels. Between 1885 and 1917, around 50 eggs were produced, each taking months to complete.
His works – from jewelled flowers to animal figurines – were valued not just for exquisite materials, but for their extraordinary craftsmanship and almost supranatural precision.
Interestingly, from 1903 until 1917, he maintained an overseas outpost in London, first near Piccadilly and later on Bond Street, where Edwardian society eagerly snapped up his creations.
More than a century on, Fabergé’s masterpieces remain among the world’s most coveted decorative treasures, continuing to appear at major auctions across the globe. The Winter Egg – made in 1913 for Russian Emperor Nicholas II and set with more than 4,500 diamonds – was recently displayed in London before fetching a record £22.9 million at Christie’s in 2025.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: As for European politicians' claims that they are preparing for war with Russia — that is nonsense. Such statements are made on the pretext of Russia's alleged aggressive designs against Western European countries. That is a lie. A brazen, shameless lie [...]
Russia has never had any aggressive intentions towards European countries. The tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is the result of their policy. They were the ones who incited the government coup in Kiev in 2014, compelling Russia to defend the people of Crimea and subsequently assist the Donbass and Lugansk People’s Republics [...]
It is their policy from the first step, when they deceived us that there would never be any expansion, that NATO would never take a single step to the East.
Everything they do serves only one purpose: to perpetuate confrontation with Russia and justify huge spending from national budgets – all at the expense of European taxpayers.
Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's answers to media questions following his visit to Kazakhstan, 29 May 2026
Russia has never had any aggressive intentions towards European countries. The tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is the result of their policy. They were the ones who incited the government coup in Kiev in 2014, compelling Russia to defend the people of Crimea and subsequently assist the Donbass and Lugansk People’s Republics [...]
It is their policy from the first step, when they deceived us that there would never be any expansion, that NATO would never take a single step to the East.
Everything they do serves only one purpose: to perpetuate confrontation with Russia and justify huge spending from national budgets – all at the expense of European taxpayers.
Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's answers to media questions following his visit to Kazakhstan, 29 May 2026
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#KievRegimeCrimes
▪️ On the night of May 22, the Nazi regime carried out a heinous terrorist attack on the academic building and dormitory of the college of Lugansk State Pedagogical University in Starobelsk, LPR, using 16 UAVs, 4 of them heavy, in three waves.
The terrorist attack claimed 21 young lives. Just a week ago, they were students with dreams, plans and a future. Today, all that remains are photographs, memories and unbearable grief.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations: Look into their eyes. Ordinary students. Whole lives ahead of them. MURDERED IN STAROBELSK.
This strike was not an accident or a malfunction. It was a deliberate, targeted act of inhuman cruelty against civilians.
💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
▪️ On the night of May 22, the Nazi regime carried out a heinous terrorist attack on the academic building and dormitory of the college of Lugansk State Pedagogical University in Starobelsk, LPR, using 16 UAVs, 4 of them heavy, in three waves.
The terrorist attack claimed 21 young lives. Just a week ago, they were students with dreams, plans and a future. Today, all that remains are photographs, memories and unbearable grief.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations: Look into their eyes. Ordinary students. Whole lives ahead of them. MURDERED IN STAROBELSK.
This strike was not an accident or a malfunction. It was a deliberate, targeted act of inhuman cruelty against civilians.
💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
These young people dreamed of becoming teachers and passing knowledge on to the next generations. They had their whole lives ahead of them. Look at the photographs of the students who were killed, look into their eyes... They were the ones Kiev chose to kill.
Kiev’s neo-Nazis treacherously stole these young people’s lives and dreams – and, in effect, those of all their loved ones as well.
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC briefing on Ukraine (New York, 28 May 2026)
💬 What is particularly striking is the hypocrisy and cynicism of the European delegations. They rush to level accusations against Russia whenever it is politically expedient for them, yet in this case, they have chosen to essentially ignore the tragedy [in Starobelsk], pinning all the blame on Moscow. We were not surprised then, and we are not surprised now.
How can they be compassionate if they have the blood of the children of Starobelsk on their hands? After all, these countries have been supplying Zelensky’s terrorist regime with money, intelligence, weapons, and ammunition for many years, egging Zelensky on to enable new crimes against civilians, and subsequently covering for him by portraying Ukraine as a victim.
The UN Secretariat, which acts so swiftly in some cases, has unfortunately once again retreated into generalized remarks and vague language, avoiding any direct assessments of Kiev’s actions. They, allegedly, have no access to the site of the tragedy, and in no way can they verify the information. We have repeatedly stated that UN representatives are allowed to visit the DPR, the LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions via Russian territory. However, UN officials do not pursue these opportunities.
❓ Why is the UN Secretariat so prompt to find words when there is a need to support the Western version of events, while struggling so badly to find the right expressions when it comes to calling the Ukrainian attack on children a crime? Why do some victims deserve immediate compassion, while others do not? Why does the death of minors in one place warrant loud statements and condemnations, whereas the death of children in Starobelsk is met with silence?
Here we have yet another glaring manifestation of the West’s “double standards” and hypocrisy.
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💬 What is particularly striking is the hypocrisy and cynicism of the European delegations. They rush to level accusations against Russia whenever it is politically expedient for them, yet in this case, they have chosen to essentially ignore the tragedy [in Starobelsk], pinning all the blame on Moscow. We were not surprised then, and we are not surprised now.
How can they be compassionate if they have the blood of the children of Starobelsk on their hands? After all, these countries have been supplying Zelensky’s terrorist regime with money, intelligence, weapons, and ammunition for many years, egging Zelensky on to enable new crimes against civilians, and subsequently covering for him by portraying Ukraine as a victim.
The UN Secretariat, which acts so swiftly in some cases, has unfortunately once again retreated into generalized remarks and vague language, avoiding any direct assessments of Kiev’s actions. They, allegedly, have no access to the site of the tragedy, and in no way can they verify the information. We have repeatedly stated that UN representatives are allowed to visit the DPR, the LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions via Russian territory. However, UN officials do not pursue these opportunities.
❓ Why is the UN Secretariat so prompt to find words when there is a need to support the Western version of events, while struggling so badly to find the right expressions when it comes to calling the Ukrainian attack on children a crime? Why do some victims deserve immediate compassion, while others do not? Why does the death of minors in one place warrant loud statements and condemnations, whereas the death of children in Starobelsk is met with silence?
Here we have yet another glaring manifestation of the West’s “double standards” and hypocrisy.
Read in full
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