💃 On 19 October the State Kremlin Palace was again a center of attraction for dance fans - it hosted the “VI Kremlin Cup”, which has already become a symbol of the Russian ballroom dancing.
23 couples in the group of the professionals including representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Romania, Uzbekistan, Croatia, and South Africa took part in the event.
🇿🇦The performance of the South African couple Mira-Elena Tokarenko and Ryno van den Berg was dedicated to the end of their thirty-year dancing career. They chose for this occasion the Moscow parquet on which Ryno had been performing in Russia for many years. This time it was an amazingly beautiful pasodoble, with absolutely stunning playing by Ryno's cape.
👏 Our congratulations to the couple on their successful participation in the event and completion of their career!
#russia #moscow #russiasouthafrica #kremlin #southsfricansinrussia
23 couples in the group of the professionals including representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Romania, Uzbekistan, Croatia, and South Africa took part in the event.
🇿🇦The performance of the South African couple Mira-Elena Tokarenko and Ryno van den Berg was dedicated to the end of their thirty-year dancing career. They chose for this occasion the Moscow parquet on which Ryno had been performing in Russia for many years. This time it was an amazingly beautiful pasodoble, with absolutely stunning playing by Ryno's cape.
👏 Our congratulations to the couple on their successful participation in the event and completion of their career!
#russia #moscow #russiasouthafrica #kremlin #southsfricansinrussia
❗️ The Kazan Summit Declaration contains a section on #Ukraine saying that all the parties involved agreed on the importance of resolving this conflict on the basis of the principles of the #UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness.
☝️ This is a critical observation. Our Western colleagues continue to play along with the Kiev regime and contend that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter with Ukraine preserving its territorial integrity as of the 1991 borders. However, the UN Charter is much broader than the concept of territorial integrity. In 1970, the UN General Assembly resolved that the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected provided their governments represent the entire population residing within the borders in question.
❓Can we claim in earnest that this regime represents the people living in the #Donetsk and #Lugansk people’s republics, #Crimea, and the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions at a time when, following the coup, they adopted Russophobic and racist laws outlawing the Russian language in all spheres of life in Ukraine? When they branded the people of Donbass, Novorossiya, and Crimea who rejected the coup as terrorists and unleashed a war against them using air and artillery strikes? Clearly, the answer is no.
#ukraine #russia #uncharter
☝️ This is a critical observation. Our Western colleagues continue to play along with the Kiev regime and contend that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter with Ukraine preserving its territorial integrity as of the 1991 borders. However, the UN Charter is much broader than the concept of territorial integrity. In 1970, the UN General Assembly resolved that the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected provided their governments represent the entire population residing within the borders in question.
❓Can we claim in earnest that this regime represents the people living in the #Donetsk and #Lugansk people’s republics, #Crimea, and the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions at a time when, following the coup, they adopted Russophobic and racist laws outlawing the Russian language in all spheres of life in Ukraine? When they branded the people of Donbass, Novorossiya, and Crimea who rejected the coup as terrorists and unleashed a war against them using air and artillery strikes? Clearly, the answer is no.
#ukraine #russia #uncharter
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the heads of diplomatic missions of the #BRICS countries accredited in Moscow.
🤝 They discussed ways to further strengthen strategic partnerships within BRICS in the light of the outcomes of the XVI BRICS Summit held in Kazan on October 22-24 and chaired by Russia.
The parties had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The Russian side laid out the fundamental approaches to the Ukrainian crisis resolution based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative of June 14, highlighting the cornerstones of Moscow’s stance on the issue.
❗️Those include withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from all Russian regions, recognition of those regions as Russian territory, termination of Kiev’s attempts to apply for NATO membership, the lifting of Western sanctions against Russia, and all-out guarantees of the rights of the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine.
#brics #lavrov #russia #ukraine #nato
🤝 They discussed ways to further strengthen strategic partnerships within BRICS in the light of the outcomes of the XVI BRICS Summit held in Kazan on October 22-24 and chaired by Russia.
The parties had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The Russian side laid out the fundamental approaches to the Ukrainian crisis resolution based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative of June 14, highlighting the cornerstones of Moscow’s stance on the issue.
❗️Those include withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from all Russian regions, recognition of those regions as Russian territory, termination of Kiev’s attempts to apply for NATO membership, the lifting of Western sanctions against Russia, and all-out guarantees of the rights of the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine.
#brics #lavrov #russia #ukraine #nato
☦️ The recent trip of Metropolitan Constantine of Zaraisk, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, has successfully concluded after an extensive tour of ten African countries.
In October, His Eminence visited South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and several countries in West and Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Benin.
During his visit, Metropolitan Constantine engaged with the parishes of the Exarchate, celebrating divine services and conducting clergy meetings. Notably, he baptized approximately 30 African individuals, welcoming them into the Orthodox Church.
🕊 He also performed the consecration of the foundation stone for the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire.
🙏 In addition to his religious duties, the Metropolitan visited an orphanage and a secondary school affiliated with the African Exarchate, participated in divine services, and engaged with compatriots at the Russian Embassies and Russian Houses.
On October 6, Metropolitan Constantine presided over the Throne Feast at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg.
Photos: https://exarchate-africa.ru
#orthodox #russia #africa
In October, His Eminence visited South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and several countries in West and Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Benin.
During his visit, Metropolitan Constantine engaged with the parishes of the Exarchate, celebrating divine services and conducting clergy meetings. Notably, he baptized approximately 30 African individuals, welcoming them into the Orthodox Church.
🕊 He also performed the consecration of the foundation stone for the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire.
🙏 In addition to his religious duties, the Metropolitan visited an orphanage and a secondary school affiliated with the African Exarchate, participated in divine services, and engaged with compatriots at the Russian Embassies and Russian Houses.
On October 6, Metropolitan Constantine presided over the Throne Feast at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg.
Photos: https://exarchate-africa.ru
#orthodox #russia #africa
🗓The African Energy Week will kick off in Cape Town on 4 November 2024.
💼 One of the central sessions of the AEN 2024 business program is Russia-Africa, which will take place on 6 November. The session will be a continuation of the dialogue between Russia and African countries, whose prospects for cooperation were actively discussed at the BRICS Summit held in Kazan.
✅ The development of energy infrastructure in Africa is an important area of Russian-African cooperation, contributing to the goals of sustainable development – ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy sources.
☝Russian energy companies are implementing a number of promising projects on the African continent, including the development of hydropower, and the introduction of renewable – wind and photovoltaic – technologies.
#russia #russiaafrica #energy
💼 One of the central sessions of the AEN 2024 business program is Russia-Africa, which will take place on 6 November. The session will be a continuation of the dialogue between Russia and African countries, whose prospects for cooperation were actively discussed at the BRICS Summit held in Kazan.
✅ The development of energy infrastructure in Africa is an important area of Russian-African cooperation, contributing to the goals of sustainable development – ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy sources.
☝Russian energy companies are implementing a number of promising projects on the African continent, including the development of hydropower, and the introduction of renewable – wind and photovoltaic – technologies.
#russia #russiaafrica #energy
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🇷🇺🌍 Preparations for the First Ministerial Conference of the #Russia-#Africa Partnership Forum are in the final stages, with African representatives actively involved.
This event will continue the close dialogue established earlier at the #BRICS Summit in Kazan.
✅ The business programme will include around 20 panel sessions and thematic events focusing on perspectives for Russia–Africa cooperation in the areas of security, economics, and humanitarian engagement.
✅ The First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum will build on the outcomes of the Second Russia-Africa Summit, bringing together foreign ministers from Russia, African nations, the African Union Commission, and executive bodies of regional integration organizations.
🌐 Representatives from financial institutions, Russian and African businesses, civil society, academia, and the media have also been invited to participate in the Conference’s business programme.
The event will be organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
#RussiaAfrica
This event will continue the close dialogue established earlier at the #BRICS Summit in Kazan.
✅ The business programme will include around 20 panel sessions and thematic events focusing on perspectives for Russia–Africa cooperation in the areas of security, economics, and humanitarian engagement.
✅ The First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum will build on the outcomes of the Second Russia-Africa Summit, bringing together foreign ministers from Russia, African nations, the African Union Commission, and executive bodies of regional integration organizations.
🌐 Representatives from financial institutions, Russian and African businesses, civil society, academia, and the media have also been invited to participate in the Conference’s business programme.
The event will be organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
#RussiaAfrica
🌟 87 years ago, #OTD In 1937, the famous ruby stars were lit over the Kremlin in Moscow – the same ones that can be seen today. They replaced the previous stainless steel stars decorated with Ural semi-precious stones which lost their luster.
✨ The new stars shined for real. Specially designed lamps with double filaments were installed in each, so if one burns out, the lamp continues to be illuminated. At the base of each star a bearing was mounted, so the huge objects - each weighing a ton - could rotate like weather vanes.
The Kremlin stars have been extinguished only twice. During the Great Patriotic War the lights were turned off so Nazi planes couldn’t detect the Kremlin. The second time: Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov asked special permission to turn them off so he could film a scene from his “The Barber of Siberia” movie in the Kremlin.
#moscow #kremlin #russia
✨ The new stars shined for real. Specially designed lamps with double filaments were installed in each, so if one burns out, the lamp continues to be illuminated. At the base of each star a bearing was mounted, so the huge objects - each weighing a ton - could rotate like weather vanes.
The Kremlin stars have been extinguished only twice. During the Great Patriotic War the lights were turned off so Nazi planes couldn’t detect the Kremlin. The second time: Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov asked special permission to turn them off so he could film a scene from his “The Barber of Siberia” movie in the Kremlin.
#moscow #kremlin #russia
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🇷🇺 Today #Russia and its people celebrate national #UnityDay!
The day symbolizes the unity of our multiethnic peoples, celebrates our diversity in unity and our unerring devotion to the Motherland.
❗️ Happy #UnityDay!
#UnityDay2024 #TogetherForever
The day symbolizes the unity of our multiethnic peoples, celebrates our diversity in unity and our unerring devotion to the Motherland.
❗️ Happy #UnityDay!
#UnityDay2024 #TogetherForever
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🚀 Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome carrying a pair of Ionosphere-M heliogeophysical satellites and 53 other Russian and foreign satellites.
Nine minutes and 24 seconds after liftoff, the Fregat upper stage with the satellites was placed into low-Earth orbit.
🌠 Another minute later, Fregat activated its main engine to insert the devices into orbit.
Video by @Roscosmos
#Russia #SpaceExploration #RussiainSpace
Nine minutes and 24 seconds after liftoff, the Fregat upper stage with the satellites was placed into low-Earth orbit.
🌠 Another minute later, Fregat activated its main engine to insert the devices into orbit.
Video by @Roscosmos
#Russia #SpaceExploration #RussiainSpace
The UN Charter must be observed in whole, not only the part you want to emphasize – Lavrov
💬 FM Lavrov: The West prefers to talk about Ukraine, recalling only the principle of territorial integrity and formulating it as if there are no other principles in the UN Charter. But there is also the principle of self-determination of peoples.
☝️ The UN General Assembly has decided that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states whose governments respect the principle of self-determination of peoples and therefore represent the entire population living on a given territory must be respected.
❓Did the racist regime that settled in Kiev after the coup in 2014 represent the South-East of Ukraine, Crimea, which refused to recognise the putschists ten years ago?
#UnitedNations #Russia #Ukraine #UNCharter
💬 FM Lavrov: The West prefers to talk about Ukraine, recalling only the principle of territorial integrity and formulating it as if there are no other principles in the UN Charter. But there is also the principle of self-determination of peoples.
☝️ The UN General Assembly has decided that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states whose governments respect the principle of self-determination of peoples and therefore represent the entire population living on a given territory must be respected.
❓Did the racist regime that settled in Kiev after the coup in 2014 represent the South-East of Ukraine, Crimea, which refused to recognise the putschists ten years ago?
#UnitedNations #Russia #Ukraine #UNCharter
🤍💙❤️ National #UnityDay celebrated in Russia’s Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions
🤝 National cultures festival "We Are Together" has been held in the #Lugansk People's Republic with representatives of national-cultural societies and public organizations of the LPR participating.
In the #Donetsk People's Republic, about 200 teenagers received their first passports within the framework of the "We are citizens of Russia!" program. Ceremonial presentations took place in 15 cities, including Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
🇷🇺 Various events have been held in the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions, including quizzes, master classes and distribution of patriotic symbols. In Berdyansk, activists unfurled a huge tricolor on the coast of the Sea of Azov, despite the stormy weather.
#Russia #Donbass #TogetherForever #UnityDay2024
🤝 National cultures festival "We Are Together" has been held in the #Lugansk People's Republic with representatives of national-cultural societies and public organizations of the LPR participating.
In the #Donetsk People's Republic, about 200 teenagers received their first passports within the framework of the "We are citizens of Russia!" program. Ceremonial presentations took place in 15 cities, including Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
🇷🇺 Various events have been held in the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions, including quizzes, master classes and distribution of patriotic symbols. In Berdyansk, activists unfurled a huge tricolor on the coast of the Sea of Azov, despite the stormy weather.
#Russia #Donbass #TogetherForever #UnityDay2024
🎙️ Russia’s President Putin: The West is hypocritically trying to convince us all that everything humanity has been striving for since World War II is under threat.
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☝️ But in reality, something completely different is under threat. What is under threat is precisely this monopoly of the West which it acquired for a time at the end of the XX century after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
🔗 Read Vladimir Putin’s statement and answers to questions at the plenary serssion of the Valdai International Discussion Club
#Russia #Putin #PresidentialQuotes
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☝️ But in reality, something completely different is under threat. What is under threat is precisely this monopoly of the West which it acquired for a time at the end of the XX century after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
🔗 Read Vladimir Putin’s statement and answers to questions at the plenary serssion of the Valdai International Discussion Club
#Russia #Putin #PresidentialQuotes
🎙️ Russia’s President Putin: The West is hypocritically trying to convince us all that everything humanity has been striving for since World War II is under threat.
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But in reality, something completely different is under threat. What is under threat is precisely this monopoly of the West which it acquired for a time at the end of the XX century after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
🔗 Read Vladimir Putin’s statement and answers to questions at the plenary serssion of the Valdai International Discussion Club
#Russia #Putin #PresidentialQuotes
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But in reality, something completely different is under threat. What is under threat is precisely this monopoly of the West which it acquired for a time at the end of the XX century after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
🔗 Read Vladimir Putin’s statement and answers to questions at the plenary serssion of the Valdai International Discussion Club
#Russia #Putin #PresidentialQuotes