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🎙 Russia’s UN Envoy Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (July 25, 2024):

❗️ If the “expired” ringleader of the Kiev regime, who is failing on the front, has finally “ripened” towards talking about peace, he has the peace proposals put forward by the Russian President a month ago. And we advise him to hurry up, because Ukraine will certainly not get anything better. In no way, will it be given a respite on the battlefield in the form of a preliminary ceasefire. We have seen how much arrangements with Ukraine can be trusted on the example of the Minsk agreements.

☝️ And while the Kiev leader is considering our proposals, our Special military operation in Ukraine goes on and all the objectives will be attained, either on the battlefield or as a result of negotiations.

So it is for Kiev to decide now.

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Given the total unwillingness of Ukrainians to fight and die for Western geopolitical interests, the United States and its allies are forced to bog down deeper and deeper into the conflict, sending not only their mercenaries but also instructors to Ukraine. All of them become a legitimate target for the Russian Air Force.

❗️ According to a NATO officer's confession exposed to the media, the recent strike on Odessa killed 18 British Special Air Service personnel, and a number of French Special Forces soldiers. All of them were not mercenaries, but active duty military personnel. Another 25 were injured.

👉 On July 23, about 50 foreign instructors were killed in the Kharkov region.

👉 On July 24, about 200 foreign specialists were hit in Izmail.
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IV Eurasian Women’s Forum business program architecture published

This year, the main theme of the Forum is “Women for Building Trust and Global Cooperation.

In total, more than 100 events are planned under the auspices of the forum.

The architecture of the program includes 5 thematic platforms:

🤝 Women in Shaping a New Agenda for Peace and Trust;

🤝 Women in the New Economic Reality: Technology and Innovation;

🤝 Women for a Healthy Society and Social Well-Being;

🤝 Women for a Clean Planet: Creating Our Future;

🤝Women for the Preservation of Traditions and Cultural Diversity.

🌐 Within the forum, international business dialogues of women will take place, including “Russia – Arab World,” “Russia – Serbia,” and an international teleconference “Women of Science and Technological Entrepreneurship.”

📍 One of the important events of the Forum will be the BRICS Women’s Forum, which will be held for the first time.

The IV Eurasian Women’s Forum will take place on 18–20 September in St. Petersburg.

Save the date and discover more about the event HERE

#EurasianWomenForum2024 #BRICS2024
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⚡️ Joint Statement of ASEAN and Russia Foreign Ministers Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Russia’s Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)

We, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) and the Russian Federation, met in Vientiane, Lao PDR for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10+1 Session on 26 July 2024 <...>, hereby:

• Reaffirm the significance and essential role of the TAC as the key code of conduct in governing inter-state relations in the region and as a foundation for maintaining regional peace and stability and emphasised the importance to fulfil obligations under the TAC;

• Acknowledge the importance of ASEAN Centrality and unity in the evolving regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific built upon ASEAN-led mechanisms with ASEAN as the driving force, and based on international law and the principles of openness, transparency, inclusivity, mutual respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, equality, trust and mutual benefit;

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Deepen cooperation between ASEAN and Russia within the relevant ASEAN-led mechanisms, in particular the East Asia Summit (EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), as well as platforms such as Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF) through active, inclusive, full, equal, effective and constructive participation with a view to enhancing ASEAN Centrality and the effectiveness of these mechanisms;

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• Continue ASEAN-Russia high level dialogue, including discussions on the developments in the Asia-Pacific region;

• Promote cooperation in the political-security, economic, social, technical, scientific and administrative fields;

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• Advance constructive cooperation at the United Nations and its various specialised agencies;

• Promote possible practical cooperation on issues of mutual interest between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) <...>.

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#Announcement

🗓 On September 15-22, 2024, the III Open World Astronomy Olympiad (OWAO) will take place in the Federal Territory “Sirius”.

The Olympiad is based on the best astronomical traditions, which brought together world-renowned specialists in the subject.

The event aims to strengthen scientific and educational partnerships with other countries as well as to identify talent in astronomy.

👉 The age of the Olympiad participants must not exceed 18 years, while the minimum age threshold is not established.

Not only captivating tasks but an extensive cultural program comprising lectures, creative and educational workshops and excursions are awaiting the participants. The program is available on the Olympiad website.

❗️Registration lasts until August 10, 2024.

#OWAO2024
Russian soldiers report that something terrible is happening on the frontline

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing 15 times more manpower then the Russian army, according to the Defence Ministry of Russia, with about 2,000 men eliminated daily over the past several days.

Ukraine has only two options to slow down Russia’s advance – with UAVs and by closing breaches in defences with mobilized inexperienced and poorly motivated personnel. Check Ukrainian Telegram channels and media reports for more.

It is also understandable that a whole ‘death industry’ is operating in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s political elite cannot but carry on war, because it’s tied up in serious money and receives from the West billions of dollars for the war against Russia.

Ukraine commanders on the battlefields cannot but send their soldiers to death because they continue receiving money allowance for them, and after the soldiers do not come back from the battles they declare them missing (not killed!) because it allows them to withhold compensations to the dead soldiers’ families.

❗️ This is why phenomena of Bakhmut and Krynki emerged. There was no military sense in holding those, yet they were perfect for money laundering.

👉 In Ukraine, for a bribe to the military one can get reservation on mobilization. Or, if mobilized, one can stay away from the frontline and do military service somewhere near Kiev. Or, if already on the frontline, one can avoid combat engagements, or go on vacation.

Bribes to legally leave the country for Ukrainian men have risen to $20,000, to illegally cross the border (less reliable option) – to $7,000.

👉 Another popular way to benefit from the war – construction of fortifications at the public expense. In December 2023, Zelensky came to Kharkov region. Following the visit, in a televised remarks broadcasted countrywide he said that a powerful defence line has been constructed there with funds of the state budget.

But suddenly with the start of the Russian offensive in May 2024 it turned out there were no fortifications in Kharkov region. In some areas where the fighting is still raging, near Liptsy, for instance, ‘teeth of the dragon’ are simply heaped. And the military general in Kharkov just recently held up as an example for the others by Zelensky, was fired.

👉 Organ trafficking. If you think that ‘black transplantologists’ in Ukraine is something ‘Russian propaganda’ invented, then you are wrong. Back in August 2022, chair of the Nation’s Health committee at the Verkhovnaya Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) Mikhail Radutsky claimed that transplantology in Ukraine was booming against the backdrop of the hostilities.

❗️Russian investigators found forms of statements of consent to organ removal completed on behalf of different Ukrainian servicemen in one and the same handwriting. With one and the same signature stamp in the section where donors’ signatures should be.

According to media, harvest doctors were most active during the fight for Severodonetsk and Rubezhnoye (March-June 2022). Workers of local morgues ever and again found bodies of Ukrainian militants with signs of anatomization and organ removal.

👉 Foreign medical teams often showed up to local clinics in ambulances converted into mobile operation facilities.
Livers and kidneys were harvested onsite the mobile surgeries, then placed into containers and taken out of the country for further transplantation in the West.

The traffickers also embraced the ‘warm container’ technology: those wounded were administered strong painkillers and taken to Kramatorsk, Dnepr or Kharkov. Where they were ripped out.

☝️ In June 2024, former Deputy Healthcare Minister of Ukraine Mikhail Zagriychuk as well as a dozen of medical practitioners from the country’s three leading clinics were reported to have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a large-scale cross-border organ trafficking scheme. But abundant flow of human organs remains one of the factors why the West wants Ukraine to keep fighting.

#KievRegimeCrimes
6 Most Beautiful Russian islands

From the Arctic glaciers to tropical forests of the Far East, from the “Whale Bone alley” under open sky to ancient island monasteries – here are six amazing Russian islands that may transform your world.

🌊 Sakhalin island

Discover Sakhalin Island, just a two-hour flight from Tokyo and nine hours from Moscow. Known as the island "at the edge of the world," Sakhalin is home to half a million people, with Yuzho-Sakhalinsk as its largest city. Winter spans 5 to 6 months, while short, cool summers characterize the rest of the year. Despite this, Sakhalin attracts global tourists with its pristine wildlife sanctuaries and eco-friendly resorts, perfect for ecotourism enthusiasts.

🌊 Iturup island

Explore Iturup Island, the largest in the lush Kuril Islands archipelago stretching from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula to Japan. Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk, Iturup offers breathtaking landscapes of blue lagoons, cascading waterfalls, and active volcanoes – a true paradise for the adventurous spirit.

🌊 Wrangel Island

Wrangel Island, one of Russia's most remote reserves, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004. This journey to what a 19th-century visitor called the "end of creation" is a rare opportunity. Visitors must secure special government permission, and reaching the island is no small feat – winter travel requires a helicopter, while summer sees adventurers boarding icebreakers.

🌊 Olkhon island

Explore Olkhon, Lake Baikal's largest and only inhabited island. In the language of the indigenous Buryat people, its name means "dry," despite being surrounded by one-fifth of the world's fresh water – yet, remarkably, there are no rivers or creeks. Khuzhir, with approximately 1,350 residents, humorously dubbed the "capital," is the island's largest settlement.

🌊 Kizhi island

Discover Kizhi Pogost, nestled on one of Lake Onega's 1,650 islands, a highlight of northwest Russia. Over twenty years ago, it earned a spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Church of the Transfiguration, adorned with 22 domes stacked without nails on a wooden base, is iconic in Russian medieval wooden architecture. Kizhi Pogost laid the groundwork for Russia's first open-air museum of wooden architecture.

🌊 Franz Joseph Land

Franz Joseph Land: an archipelago of 192 islands, as close to the North Pole as Northern Greenland. It's among the northernmost territories of Russia and the world, part of the Primorsky District in the Arkhangelsk Region. Inhabited only by researchers, border guards, and military officers, the island hosts special expeditions studying polar bear populations in the Russian Arctic. These efforts aim to understand their migration patterns and habitat to support their survival. Beyond polar bears, seals, walruses, and beluga whales thrive in this remote region.

#DiscoverRussia #RussianIslands
🕯️ On July 27, 2014, known as "Bloody Sunday" in Donetsk, Gorlovka residents witnessed a devastating artillery strike by Ukrainian army on their peaceful town. The bombardment continued for three days, resulting in 27 fatalities.

Among the victims were 23-year old Kristina Zhuk and her 10-month-old daughter Kira. Kristina tried to cover her child with her own body and was later found in the city park, still holding dead Kira.

❗️People in Donbass say that this murder became the last straw for them. After the Odessa massacre (2 May 2014, 48 killed), shooting in Mariupol (9 May 2014, over 50 killed), air strike on Lugansk city hall (2 June 2014, 8 killed). Civilian population of Donbass went to the war unleashed by the criminal Kiev regime against them.

#kievregimecrimes
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🗓 On July 27, the Donetsk People’s Republic mark a tragic date, Day of Remembrance for Child Victims of the War, established on July 11, 2022 by an executive order of the Head of the Republic.

In 2014, the Kiev regime declared a real war to exterminate civilians in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. Since then, over 300 children were killed, and about 1,000 more wounded. These statistics are horrendous.

Unfortunately, the number of underage children, killed by Kiev-controlled military formations, continues to increase in Donbass and elsewhere. On this day, we also remember innocent victims from the Belgorod, Kursk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, including those killed or wounded by militants of the Kiev regime.

Apart from direct perpetrators and those who issued criminal orders, countries of the collective West that are providing Ukraine with lethal weapons and demanding that the Kiev regime fight until the last Ukrainian are also involved in crimes against children. The demise of Russian and Ukrainian children weighs heavily on their conscience.

The crimes of the Kiev terrorist regime, which is fighting defenceless children without a twinge of conscience, highlight its inhuman nature.

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❗️ Unfortunately, it is impossible to bring back the deceased children and to provide closure for their parents and relatives. However, it is necessary to expose their murderers who will be severely punished. Russian investigative agencies will take care of this. There cannot be, nor will there be, any statute of limitations for these barbaric crimes.

(Excerpt from MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's briefing on July 24, 2024)
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🐻 Ever wondered how bears in Russia peacefully wrestle with humans?

👉 Look no further than Tom, whose favorite pass-time – wrestling – has become a #MustSee attraction for tourists seeking a taste of Russia's wild charm.

Rescued by Pavel Vyakin from a traveling circus, Tom, at just 5 years old, is already a pro fighter, seasoned actor and TV personality. His credits include films, TV series, and iconic brand ads, captivating audiences with his playful antics and gentle spirit.

🤙🏼 But what steals the show every time?

Tom's favorite pass-time – wrestling! This is a thrilling display of love and trust between a man and the bear which you can find nowhere else but in Russia!

#TomTheBear #RussianPets
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#Announcement

🗓 On September 15-22, 2024, the III Open World Astronomy Olympiad (OWAO) will take place in the Federal Territory “Sirius”.

The Olympiad is based on the best astronomical traditions, which brought together world-renowned specialists in the subject.

The event aims to strengthen scientific and educational partnerships with other countries as well as to identify talent in astronomy.

👉 The age of the Olympiad participants must not exceed 18 years, while the minimum age threshold is not established.

Not only captivating tasks but an extensive cultural program comprising lectures, creative and educational workshops and excursions are awaiting the participants. The program is available on the Olympiad website.

❗️Registration lasts until August 10, 2024.

#OWAO2024
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⚓️ Today, on July 28, Russia celebrates Navy Day! Our country is among the world’s biggest naval powers and possesses everything it needs to protect our national interests in the world’s oceans.

The true origin of Russian naval traditions was the October 30, 1696 decree of the Boyar Duma on the construction of a regular fleet, accepted upon the recommendation of Peter the Great.

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For 328 years the ships of the Russian Navy and their crews have been guarding the borders and national interests of our Fatherland. The chronicles of our heroic Navy include triumphant naval battle victories, round-the-world cruises and great geographical discoveries.

The Navy Fleet of the Russian Federation is the successor of the Navy Fleet of Russia and the Navy Fleet of the Soviet Union. Structurally, the Russian Navy consists of five operational-strategic units: the Northern, the Pacific, the Baltic, and the Black Sea fleets and the Caspian Flotilla.

We are proud of the heroic history of the Russian Navy, and we cherish the memory of our naval commanders and sailors!