⚡️ Russian Ministry of Defence:
💬 Today, on 16 June, at 12:45, the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich spotted the British-flagged civilian sailing yacht Bright Future in the English Channel. The yacht was proceeding on a dangerous course with its engines on and was approaching the Russian ship.
In accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the frigate's crew made several attempts to contact the civilian vessel via the international radio channel. The yacht neither altered its course nor responded to these calls.
In order to attract the attention of the yacht’s crew, signal flares were fired and sound signals were given. Despite these measures, the vessel continued its dangerous approach.
When the distance had closed to 150 metres, the frigate’s commanding officer decided to carry out warning fire with small arms ahead of the vessel’s course. Following this, the British-flagged yacht immediately altered course and continued moving away from the Russian warship.
❗️ The crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich acted in strict compliance with international navigation regulations and took all necessary measures to prevent the incident.
💬 Today, on 16 June, at 12:45, the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich spotted the British-flagged civilian sailing yacht Bright Future in the English Channel. The yacht was proceeding on a dangerous course with its engines on and was approaching the Russian ship.
In accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the frigate's crew made several attempts to contact the civilian vessel via the international radio channel. The yacht neither altered its course nor responded to these calls.
In order to attract the attention of the yacht’s crew, signal flares were fired and sound signals were given. Despite these measures, the vessel continued its dangerous approach.
When the distance had closed to 150 metres, the frigate’s commanding officer decided to carry out warning fire with small arms ahead of the vessel’s course. Following this, the British-flagged yacht immediately altered course and continued moving away from the Russian warship.
❗️ The crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich acted in strict compliance with international navigation regulations and took all necessary measures to prevent the incident.
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✍️ Excerpt from Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia's statement at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine
💬 The representatives of the United Kingdom are particularly cynical and hypocritical, as they diligently pretend to be the primary benefactors of the Ukrainian people, demanding that Russia withdraw its troops [...]
It is particularly important to remind those present once again of an incident that speaks volumes about the shameful role that London has played – and continues to play – in dragging out the conflict in Ukraine.
In April 2022, the notorious Boris Johnson, then the UK Prime Minister, rushed hotfoot to Kiev to prevent Russia and Ukraine from signing the peace agreements that had already been initialed in Istanbul.
In this regard, I would like to ask the representative of the United Kingdom: who, then, is to be held responsible for the deaths of 15,000 civilians, and on whose hands is the blood of tens of thousands of wounded and maimed Ukrainians?
While hypocritically calling for peace, you and your accomplices from other European countries have done and continue to do everything possible to ensure that the bloodshed lasts indefinitely.
Let me reiterate. If the Istanbul agreements had been signed, the hostilities would have ended about a month after the start of the conflict.
There would not have been so many dead and wounded, there would have been no destruction on the territory of Ukraine and Russia, and there would have been no Ukrainian drones in the skies over Romania, Latvia, and other European countries, which our former Western “partners” slyly pass off as Russian.
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💬 The representatives of the United Kingdom are particularly cynical and hypocritical, as they diligently pretend to be the primary benefactors of the Ukrainian people, demanding that Russia withdraw its troops [...]
It is particularly important to remind those present once again of an incident that speaks volumes about the shameful role that London has played – and continues to play – in dragging out the conflict in Ukraine.
In April 2022, the notorious Boris Johnson, then the UK Prime Minister, rushed hotfoot to Kiev to prevent Russia and Ukraine from signing the peace agreements that had already been initialed in Istanbul.
In this regard, I would like to ask the representative of the United Kingdom: who, then, is to be held responsible for the deaths of 15,000 civilians, and on whose hands is the blood of tens of thousands of wounded and maimed Ukrainians?
While hypocritically calling for peace, you and your accomplices from other European countries have done and continue to do everything possible to ensure that the bloodshed lasts indefinitely.
Let me reiterate. If the Istanbul agreements had been signed, the hostilities would have ended about a month after the start of the conflict.
There would not have been so many dead and wounded, there would have been no destruction on the territory of Ukraine and Russia, and there would have been no Ukrainian drones in the skies over Romania, Latvia, and other European countries, which our former Western “partners” slyly pass off as Russian.
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🎙 Embassy comment on the latest anti-Russian campaign in the British media
❌ We note yet another wave of anti-Russian publications in the British press, hastily concocted ahead of the G7 summit and the crucial by-elections for Labour in northern England.
The local media continues to peddle absurd stories in order to fuel public fears about an “omnipresent” Russian threat.
The latest example is a series of “exclusive investigations” alleging the involvement of “someone from Russia” in arson attacks on property linked to the UK Prime Minister, the stoking of anti-immigration sentiment, and other “hybrid” operations. The authors claim all of this was supposedly directed via Telegram by a 23-year-old Russian student. It is pure nonsense, if one stops to think about it.
It is clear that British journalists are experiencing a creative crisis if, contrary to their professional duty, they choose to ignore the statement issued by the Crown Prosecution Service in this case. The CPS indicated that there was no evidence of political or ideological motivation behind the offences.
Instead, reporters eagerly pick up anti-Russian talking points fed to them by the UK intelligence services and cynically exploit the concerns of ordinary Britons amid rising crime, uncontrolled migration, and economic hardship.
We urge the public to apply common sense. ☝️ We reiterate: Russia poses no threat to the security of the United Kingdom or its people. The real threat to them stems from the UK government’s policy of confrontation with our country and escalating tensions in Europe, while neglecting the interests of its own citizens.
❌ We note yet another wave of anti-Russian publications in the British press, hastily concocted ahead of the G7 summit and the crucial by-elections for Labour in northern England.
The local media continues to peddle absurd stories in order to fuel public fears about an “omnipresent” Russian threat.
The latest example is a series of “exclusive investigations” alleging the involvement of “someone from Russia” in arson attacks on property linked to the UK Prime Minister, the stoking of anti-immigration sentiment, and other “hybrid” operations. The authors claim all of this was supposedly directed via Telegram by a 23-year-old Russian student. It is pure nonsense, if one stops to think about it.
It is clear that British journalists are experiencing a creative crisis if, contrary to their professional duty, they choose to ignore the statement issued by the Crown Prosecution Service in this case. The CPS indicated that there was no evidence of political or ideological motivation behind the offences.
Instead, reporters eagerly pick up anti-Russian talking points fed to them by the UK intelligence services and cynically exploit the concerns of ordinary Britons amid rising crime, uncontrolled migration, and economic hardship.
We urge the public to apply common sense. ☝️ We reiterate: Russia poses no threat to the security of the United Kingdom or its people. The real threat to them stems from the UK government’s policy of confrontation with our country and escalating tensions in Europe, while neglecting the interests of its own citizens.
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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The Zelensky regime is openly pursuing a policy of rehabilitating Nazi war criminals and Nazi ideology, without any hesitation or attempt at disguise.
Europe responds to these outrageous actions – including the reburial with honours of war criminals and collaborators condemned by the Nuremberg Tribunal – by applauding Zelensky and claiming that he is defending European values.
This is a confession. A self-exposure.
Excerpt from FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following talks with Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, 16 June 2026, Moscow
Europe responds to these outrageous actions – including the reburial with honours of war criminals and collaborators condemned by the Nuremberg Tribunal – by applauding Zelensky and claiming that he is defending European values.
This is a confession. A self-exposure.
Excerpt from FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following talks with Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, 16 June 2026, Moscow
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⚡️ Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation:
A criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (act of terrorism) has been opened into the drone attack carried out by Ukrainian militants in Russia’s Bryansk Region against a passenger bus carrying children from the Republic of Belarus.
According to the investigation, on June 17, Ukrainian armed groups attacked a double-decker bus belonging to Children’s and Youth Sports School No.2 of the city of Rechitsa (Belarus) with a strike UAV on the A240 highway in Russia's Bryansk Region.
The vehicle was traveling from the Republic of Belarus along the Gomel – Gelendzhik route. There were 44 passengers on board, including 28 child athletes. All of them were heading for vacation.
According to preliminary information, a woman, a Belarusian citizen, was killed. Seven people, including five children, were injured and hospitalised. Information on the victims is being clarified.
Russia’s Investigative Committee is establishing the details of the crime and identifying the specific individuals involved.
#KievRegimeCrimes
A criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (act of terrorism) has been opened into the drone attack carried out by Ukrainian militants in Russia’s Bryansk Region against a passenger bus carrying children from the Republic of Belarus.
According to the investigation, on June 17, Ukrainian armed groups attacked a double-decker bus belonging to Children’s and Youth Sports School No.2 of the city of Rechitsa (Belarus) with a strike UAV on the A240 highway in Russia's Bryansk Region.
The vehicle was traveling from the Republic of Belarus along the Gomel – Gelendzhik route. There were 44 passengers on board, including 28 child athletes. All of them were heading for vacation.
According to preliminary information, a woman, a Belarusian citizen, was killed. Seven people, including five children, were injured and hospitalised. Information on the victims is being clarified.
Russia’s Investigative Committee is establishing the details of the crime and identifying the specific individuals involved.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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🎙 Highlights from Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyanskiy's statement at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset (11 June 2026)
🔹Since Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe in March 2022, Strasbourg has given us no reason to doubt the wisdom of that decision. We were dealing not with a misguided institution, but with an agent of geopolitical pressure. The era of the Council of Europe as a human rights platform is over. Today, it is a NATO appendage, a tool of hybrid warfare and double standards.
🔹The results of the May session of the Committee of Ministers in Chisinau confirmed this. The “special tribunal” and the “claims commission” are legally null and void provocations without a UN Security Council mandate. And under the guise of “combating foreign interference,” a tool for suppressing dissent is being created.
🔹The Council of Europe is deliberately ignoring the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian civilians. Strasbourg has remained silent about the strike on a dormitory in Starobelsk (21 people killed), the shelling of trains in Crimea, and the attack on a bus near Yenakiyevo. Where is the condemnation? Silence that amounts to complicity.
🔹No less cynically, the Council of Europe turns a blind eye to abuses within Ukraine: the suppression of free speech and the opposition, the cancellation of elections, the roundup of people on the streets for cannon-fodder mobilization, the ban on the Russian language, and the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
🔹Russia will never recognize these pseudo-legal instruments. Their goal is not justice, but the disruption of peace agreements and the transformation of the confrontation into a systemic, long-term conflict.
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🔹Since Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe in March 2022, Strasbourg has given us no reason to doubt the wisdom of that decision. We were dealing not with a misguided institution, but with an agent of geopolitical pressure. The era of the Council of Europe as a human rights platform is over. Today, it is a NATO appendage, a tool of hybrid warfare and double standards.
🔹The results of the May session of the Committee of Ministers in Chisinau confirmed this. The “special tribunal” and the “claims commission” are legally null and void provocations without a UN Security Council mandate. And under the guise of “combating foreign interference,” a tool for suppressing dissent is being created.
🔹The Council of Europe is deliberately ignoring the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian civilians. Strasbourg has remained silent about the strike on a dormitory in Starobelsk (21 people killed), the shelling of trains in Crimea, and the attack on a bus near Yenakiyevo. Where is the condemnation? Silence that amounts to complicity.
🔹No less cynically, the Council of Europe turns a blind eye to abuses within Ukraine: the suppression of free speech and the opposition, the cancellation of elections, the roundup of people on the streets for cannon-fodder mobilization, the ban on the Russian language, and the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
🔹Russia will never recognize these pseudo-legal instruments. Their goal is not justice, but the disruption of peace agreements and the transformation of the confrontation into a systemic, long-term conflict.
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💬 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: On 17 June, the Kiev Nazi regime committed yet another horrific crime.
On the A-240 motorway in the Pochepsky District of the Bryansk Region, the Ukrainian army’s drones carrying strike elements attacked a civilian bus that was transporting children from Gomel and Rechitsa sport schools to Gelendzhik for a summer holiday. There were 44 people on the bus, including 28 children. The woman accompanying the minors was killed. Eight people, including six young athletes, were injured [...]
We strongly condemn this hideous crime committed by Zelensky’s regime. Contrary to its hypocritical claims to be committed to protecting children, the regime is knowingly endangering them and making them targets for planned strikes by Ukrainian forces, as it did in Starobelsk.
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On the A-240 motorway in the Pochepsky District of the Bryansk Region, the Ukrainian army’s drones carrying strike elements attacked a civilian bus that was transporting children from Gomel and Rechitsa sport schools to Gelendzhik for a summer holiday. There were 44 people on the bus, including 28 children. The woman accompanying the minors was killed. Eight people, including six young athletes, were injured [...]
We strongly condemn this hideous crime committed by Zelensky’s regime. Contrary to its hypocritical claims to be committed to protecting children, the regime is knowingly endangering them and making them targets for planned strikes by Ukrainian forces, as it did in Starobelsk.
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🖌 90 years ago today, on 18 June 1936, Valentina Polukhina was born – a literary scholar whose work created a lasting connection between Russian and British academic worlds.
Born in the Soviet Union and trained as a philologist, she moved to England in 1973 and joined Keele University, rising from Russian Language Assistant to Professor of Russian Literature.
Valentina spent decades teaching Russian literature and building one of the most important international centres for the study of Joseph Brodsky. She also founded the Russian Poets Fund, which helped bring over 80 Russian writers and poets to UK universities, including Joseph Brodsky himself, Yevgeny Evtushenko, Andrei Sinyavsky and Irina Ratushinskaya.
In 2014, the Royal Society of Literature awarded her the Benson Medal for conspicuous service to literature.
In 2018, she received the Medal of Pushkin for service to Russian and British culture and the preservation of cultural heritage.
Born in the Soviet Union and trained as a philologist, she moved to England in 1973 and joined Keele University, rising from Russian Language Assistant to Professor of Russian Literature.
Valentina spent decades teaching Russian literature and building one of the most important international centres for the study of Joseph Brodsky. She also founded the Russian Poets Fund, which helped bring over 80 Russian writers and poets to UK universities, including Joseph Brodsky himself, Yevgeny Evtushenko, Andrei Sinyavsky and Irina Ratushinskaya.
In 2014, the Royal Society of Literature awarded her the Benson Medal for conspicuous service to literature.
In 2018, she received the Medal of Pushkin for service to Russian and British culture and the preservation of cultural heritage.
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• Over two decades of negotiation with Europe, as part of the West, points to a single conclusion: dialogue with Russia has functioned chiefly as diplomatic cover for the eastward expansion of Western institutions – NATO and the European Union foremost among them – right up to Russia's own borders.
• Following the launch of the special military operation, a united Europe rallied behind the UK Prime Minister's efforts to scupper the Istanbul talks between Russia and Ukraine. Boris Johnson's appeal to Kiev – "don't sign anything, just fight" – shut the door on genuine diplomacy for the foreseeable future.
• Europe's plan is to talk to Russia whilst simultaneously pressing ahead with a campaign of legal warfare orchestrated through the Council of Europe. Within this once-respected organisation, an entire infrastructure is being assembled for the express purpose of "holding Russia to account". The EU has also given the green light to detaining merchant vessels on the high seas [...] The real objective of Europe's leaders, then, is not to negotiate with Russia. It is to shore up the Zelensky regime and preserve it as a launchpad for continued confrontation against Russia.
• We see Europe, however, as a party bent on Russia's defeat – a stance the Europeans themselves openly avow. Dialogue with Europe, therefore, cannot be conducted as though it were an impartial third party.
• Meaningful dialogue requires the restoration of trust, shattered by the West's anti-Russian actions – and Europe's as part of it – in the post-Cold War era. Trust can be recovered only through concrete steps demonstrating a sincere commitment to move away from using diplomacy as cover for expansionist ambitions. Trust cannot be restored, nor can dialogue be resumed, through ultimatums such as the one issued to Russia in London on 7 June 2026.
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🩰 On this day in 1911, Sergey Diaghilev brought his Russian Seasons to London, debuting at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
The programme – Le Pavillon d’Armide, Le Carnaval, and the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor – stunned British audiences with a new idea of ballet as total art.
The impact was immediate. London soon became a key home of the Ballets Russes, and British critics struggled to articulate what they were witnessing:
The Russian Seasons in London shaped modern ballet in the English-speaking world, revealing the depth of Russian ballet tradition and setting new standards of excellence.
🚶 For more on Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in London, the V&A Museum offers a free self-guided London walking tour
📸 For more pictures of the Russian Seasons in London and Paris, explore a piece by Gateway to Russia
The programme – Le Pavillon d’Armide, Le Carnaval, and the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor – stunned British audiences with a new idea of ballet as total art.
The impact was immediate. London soon became a key home of the Ballets Russes, and British critics struggled to articulate what they were witnessing:
“...the most perfect thing to be seen in London at the present time”.
“...a memory of a vision – a vision, one of the most perfect I have ever seen in my life.”
“These Russians are not only a revelation but they bring to the execution of a serious ballet a oneness of purpose which is like nothing we in London have ever seen before.”
“It was an effect of pure beauty that will not easily be forgotten.”
“...a sense of completeness, of reality, of perfection which cannot possibly be arrived at by any other means.”
The Russian Seasons in London shaped modern ballet in the English-speaking world, revealing the depth of Russian ballet tradition and setting new standards of excellence.
🚶 For more on Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in London, the V&A Museum offers a free self-guided London walking tour
📸 For more pictures of the Russian Seasons in London and Paris, explore a piece by Gateway to Russia
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow — the most tragic date in the history of our country.
On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war.
⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country.
Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people.
The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation.
The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations.
Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis
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⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors.
The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten.
It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'.
The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations.
💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):
🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)
We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory.
🕯 We remember. We mourn.
We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten.
#DayOfMemoryAndSorrow
On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war.
⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country.
Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people.
The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation.
The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations.
Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis
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⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors.
The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten.
It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'.
The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations.
💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):
This year marks 85 years since Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union.
This date carries both the sorrow of millions of lives lost and a reminder of the terrible consequences of blind belief in one’s own superiority, racism, xenophobia, and the denial of other peoples’ right to identity.
🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)
The atrocities committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War have no statute of limitations.
Russia has recognised these crimes at the legislative level as the genocide of the Soviet people and will tirelessly seek recognition of this fact by European countries and the so-called West as a whole. <...>
Today we mourn those who, at the cost of their lives, fulfilled the sacred duty of defending the Motherland. We will not allow the feat of the Soviet people, who saved Europe and the world from the horrors of the brown plague, to be erased from memory.
We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory.
🕯 We remember. We mourn.
We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten.
#DayOfMemoryAndSorrow
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