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“Not an Inch Eastward” they said... – what the West promised and what the West did in a nutshell.
To put things in perspective, here's NATO’s expansion over the years. This “defensive” alliance has undergone ten waves of enlargement (or if speaking plainly – ten waves of constant expansion), seven of which occurred after the dissolution of the USSR.
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has incorporated the following countries, building up their aggressive military potential, sowing anti-Russian sentiment and foisting its confrontational mindset on new and old members alike:
📍 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland;
📍 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia;
📍 2009: Albania, Croatia;
📍 2017: Montenegro;
📍 2020: North Macedonia;
📍 2023: Finland;
📍 2024: Sweden.
As of now, the alliance comprises 32 members. On NATO’s so-called Eastern flank, for decades there has been an active buildup of military capabilities.
As a result, the militarization of Europe is unleashed and out of control, with the security architecture and balance that kept the region relatively safe is being dismantled.
“Not an Inch Eastward” they said... – what the West promised and what the West did in a nutshell.
To put things in perspective, here's NATO’s expansion over the years. This “defensive” alliance has undergone ten waves of enlargement (or if speaking plainly – ten waves of constant expansion), seven of which occurred after the dissolution of the USSR.
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has incorporated the following countries, building up their aggressive military potential, sowing anti-Russian sentiment and foisting its confrontational mindset on new and old members alike:
📍 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland;
📍 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia;
📍 2009: Albania, Croatia;
📍 2017: Montenegro;
📍 2020: North Macedonia;
📍 2023: Finland;
📍 2024: Sweden.
As of now, the alliance comprises 32 members. On NATO’s so-called Eastern flank, for decades there has been an active buildup of military capabilities.
As a result, the militarization of Europe is unleashed and out of control, with the security architecture and balance that kept the region relatively safe is being dismantled.
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⚡️ بيان وزارة الخارجية الروسية بشأن الوضع في الشرق الأوسط
تتفاقم مع مرور كل يوم الأزمة الدولية واسعة النطاق، التي أثارها العدوان غير المشروع وغير المبرر الذي تشنه الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل ضد إيران.
وتزداد الهجمات شراسةً وتدميرًا، وتستهدف ليس فقط الأهداف العسكرية، بل أيضًا البنية التحتية المدنية، بما في ذلك، وبصورة متزايدة المنشآت النووية الخاضعة لضمانات الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية.
وتثير القلق على وجه خاص، الهجمات المتهورة المتزايدة على محطة بوشهر للطاقة النووية، التي أسفرت عن سقوط ضحايا بشرية. ويُخيّم شبح كارثة إشعاعية أشد تدميرا من كارثة تشيرنوبيل على منطقة الخليج والمناطق المجاورة لها في أوراسيا.
لقد أودت المواجهة المسلحة بحياة آلاف الأبرياء، من النساء والأطفال، وأدت إلى معاناة السكان المدنيين. ويجري تدمير المدارس والمستشفيات ومواقع التراث الثقافي العالمي. كما تتعرض البعثات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية للهجوم، وهو ما يتنافى مع المبادئ الأساسية للعلاقات الدولية، ويُعد انتهاكًا صارخًا لأحكام اتفاقيات فيينا ذات الصلة.
لقد جرى الحاق أضرار فادحة بأمن الطاقة والغذاء العالميين. فقد أُغلقت طرق الإمداد اللوجستية الحيوية، التي كانت تعمل بلا انقطاع عشية المغامرة الأمريكية - الإسرائيلية الإجرامية. واضطربت الأسواق واضطرت العديد من الدول إلى إدخال تقنين الوقود، ويقدم الخبراء توقعات قاتمة بشأن الركود الاقتصادي وارتفاع معدلات التضخم في الاقتصادات الضعيفة.
أن الوضع الناشئ نتيجة التحركات واشنطن وتل أبيب غير القانونية وغير المسؤولة، يتدهور بسرعة ويهدد بأن يخرج عن السيطرة تمامًا.
ندعو مرة أخرى بإلحاح إلى وقف الأعمال القتالية حالا. ونرحب بالجهود التي تبذلها عدد من الدول، بما في ذلك باكستان وتركيا والصين، لتخفيف التوتر حول إيران بهدف بدء حوار بشأن تطبيع الوضع في الشرق الأوسط لأمد طويل ومستدام. ونلفت الأنظار إلى بيان الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة، أنطونيو غوتيريش، الصادر في 2 أبريل، والذي دعا فيه الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل إلى وقف الحرب التي تجلب معاناة إنسانية هائلة وعواقب اقتصادية وخيمة، والتوجه إلى إيران بوقف هجماتها على جيرانها في أعقاب العدوان.
وننطلق من أن فرص التوصل إلى حل سياسي ودبلوماسي للنزاع ما تزال قائمة. ويتوجب على الأطراف التخلي عن لغة التهديد والإهانة غير المقبولة والإنذارات، وتجنب أي إجراءات قد تُغرق المنطقة بأسرها في فوضى لا يمكن إصلاحها.
ومن الأهمية بمكان عدم السماح بتقويض الفرص المتبقية للمفاوضات الرامية إلى إيجاد حل سياسي - دبلوماسي. وندعو إلى مراعاة هذه الأدلة بشكل كامل في عمل مجلس الأمن الدولي.
ويتعين على أعضاء المجتمع الدولي الذين يتحلون بالمسؤولية، العمل للحيلولة دون إنزلاق الشرق الأوسط إلى هاوية حرب جارفة ذات عواقب مأساوية طويلة الأمد على العالم أجمع.
❗️ إن روسيا الاتحادية بالتعاون مع شركائها الدوليين، على استعداد لبذل كل ما في وسعها لتحقيق ذلك.
تتفاقم مع مرور كل يوم الأزمة الدولية واسعة النطاق، التي أثارها العدوان غير المشروع وغير المبرر الذي تشنه الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل ضد إيران.
وتزداد الهجمات شراسةً وتدميرًا، وتستهدف ليس فقط الأهداف العسكرية، بل أيضًا البنية التحتية المدنية، بما في ذلك، وبصورة متزايدة المنشآت النووية الخاضعة لضمانات الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية.
وتثير القلق على وجه خاص، الهجمات المتهورة المتزايدة على محطة بوشهر للطاقة النووية، التي أسفرت عن سقوط ضحايا بشرية. ويُخيّم شبح كارثة إشعاعية أشد تدميرا من كارثة تشيرنوبيل على منطقة الخليج والمناطق المجاورة لها في أوراسيا.
لقد أودت المواجهة المسلحة بحياة آلاف الأبرياء، من النساء والأطفال، وأدت إلى معاناة السكان المدنيين. ويجري تدمير المدارس والمستشفيات ومواقع التراث الثقافي العالمي. كما تتعرض البعثات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية للهجوم، وهو ما يتنافى مع المبادئ الأساسية للعلاقات الدولية، ويُعد انتهاكًا صارخًا لأحكام اتفاقيات فيينا ذات الصلة.
لقد جرى الحاق أضرار فادحة بأمن الطاقة والغذاء العالميين. فقد أُغلقت طرق الإمداد اللوجستية الحيوية، التي كانت تعمل بلا انقطاع عشية المغامرة الأمريكية - الإسرائيلية الإجرامية. واضطربت الأسواق واضطرت العديد من الدول إلى إدخال تقنين الوقود، ويقدم الخبراء توقعات قاتمة بشأن الركود الاقتصادي وارتفاع معدلات التضخم في الاقتصادات الضعيفة.
أن الوضع الناشئ نتيجة التحركات واشنطن وتل أبيب غير القانونية وغير المسؤولة، يتدهور بسرعة ويهدد بأن يخرج عن السيطرة تمامًا.
ندعو مرة أخرى بإلحاح إلى وقف الأعمال القتالية حالا. ونرحب بالجهود التي تبذلها عدد من الدول، بما في ذلك باكستان وتركيا والصين، لتخفيف التوتر حول إيران بهدف بدء حوار بشأن تطبيع الوضع في الشرق الأوسط لأمد طويل ومستدام. ونلفت الأنظار إلى بيان الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة، أنطونيو غوتيريش، الصادر في 2 أبريل، والذي دعا فيه الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل إلى وقف الحرب التي تجلب معاناة إنسانية هائلة وعواقب اقتصادية وخيمة، والتوجه إلى إيران بوقف هجماتها على جيرانها في أعقاب العدوان.
وننطلق من أن فرص التوصل إلى حل سياسي ودبلوماسي للنزاع ما تزال قائمة. ويتوجب على الأطراف التخلي عن لغة التهديد والإهانة غير المقبولة والإنذارات، وتجنب أي إجراءات قد تُغرق المنطقة بأسرها في فوضى لا يمكن إصلاحها.
ومن الأهمية بمكان عدم السماح بتقويض الفرص المتبقية للمفاوضات الرامية إلى إيجاد حل سياسي - دبلوماسي. وندعو إلى مراعاة هذه الأدلة بشكل كامل في عمل مجلس الأمن الدولي.
ويتعين على أعضاء المجتمع الدولي الذين يتحلون بالمسؤولية، العمل للحيلولة دون إنزلاق الشرق الأوسط إلى هاوية حرب جارفة ذات عواقب مأساوية طويلة الأمد على العالم أجمع.
❗️ إن روسيا الاتحادية بالتعاون مع شركائها الدوليين، على استعداد لبذل كل ما في وسعها لتحقيق ذلك.
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⚡️ Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports* that the leadership of the EU and a number of its leading member states has once again sunk to a new low in its madness and political irresponsibility driven by pathological Russophobia.
According to information received by the SVR, Brussels has now embarked on a dangerous path that will inevitably undermine the foundations of the global security architecture and the international non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction – all for the sake of advancing its design for a new “Drang nach Osten”.
In the endless corridors of EU headquarters, secret work has already begun on the issue of creating the Union’s own nuclear weapons production capability – naturally, as Brussels claims, solely to deter the mythical Russian threat. Apparently, Ursula von der Leyen and her associates now find their role as the arsonists of the Ukrainian conflict too modest. They dream instead of the sinister notoriety of the leaders of Hitler’s Germany who unleashed the Second World War.
At the initial stage, von der Leyen and her accomplices have agreed to maintain the strictest secrecy around these preparations. To distract both the international and European public, Brussels is outwardly demonstrating adherence to its traditional course of relying on the US “nuclear umbrella”. The EU leadership hopes this will buy time to covertly build up its own nuclear-industrial base and prepare public opinion to accept a political decision to acquire nuclear weapons.
During this period, the UK and France will continue to strengthen coordination between their national nuclear doctrines. At a later stage, plans call for the formalisation of a pan-European doctrine of nuclear deterrence based on the French and British military-technical capabilities, as well as on the financial and infrastructural contributions of non-nuclear EU member states. At the same time, the EU intends to reserve for itself the option of establishing a fully autonomous command structure for nuclear forces.
These plans rest on a serious industrial and technological foundation.
☢️ It is noteworthy that Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain already possess substantial expertise in the development of certain components of nuclear weapons. These countries have both civilian and military-industrial capacities that could be used to produce such components.
Large quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel from decommissioned nuclear power units are stored on their territories. There is a possibility of its unauthorised removal from storage sites for the subsequent extraction of plutonium suitable for use in an atomic bomb.
German specialists, in particular, are reportedly capable of covertly obtaining enough weapons-grade plutonium for a single nuclear explosive device within approximately one month in the hot cells of research laboratories in Karlsruhe, Dresden, Erlangen and Jülich, and enough weapons-grade uranium within a week at the enrichment facility in Gronau.
❗️ We call on the US administration and the leadership of all other countries to do everything possible to prevent the EU from acquiring its own nuclear weapons, which would inevitably trigger a new round of the global nuclear arms race.
*Unofficial translation
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports* that the leadership of the EU and a number of its leading member states has once again sunk to a new low in its madness and political irresponsibility driven by pathological Russophobia.
According to information received by the SVR, Brussels has now embarked on a dangerous path that will inevitably undermine the foundations of the global security architecture and the international non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction – all for the sake of advancing its design for a new “Drang nach Osten”.
In the endless corridors of EU headquarters, secret work has already begun on the issue of creating the Union’s own nuclear weapons production capability – naturally, as Brussels claims, solely to deter the mythical Russian threat. Apparently, Ursula von der Leyen and her associates now find their role as the arsonists of the Ukrainian conflict too modest. They dream instead of the sinister notoriety of the leaders of Hitler’s Germany who unleashed the Second World War.
At the initial stage, von der Leyen and her accomplices have agreed to maintain the strictest secrecy around these preparations. To distract both the international and European public, Brussels is outwardly demonstrating adherence to its traditional course of relying on the US “nuclear umbrella”. The EU leadership hopes this will buy time to covertly build up its own nuclear-industrial base and prepare public opinion to accept a political decision to acquire nuclear weapons.
During this period, the UK and France will continue to strengthen coordination between their national nuclear doctrines. At a later stage, plans call for the formalisation of a pan-European doctrine of nuclear deterrence based on the French and British military-technical capabilities, as well as on the financial and infrastructural contributions of non-nuclear EU member states. At the same time, the EU intends to reserve for itself the option of establishing a fully autonomous command structure for nuclear forces.
These plans rest on a serious industrial and technological foundation.
☢️ It is noteworthy that Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain already possess substantial expertise in the development of certain components of nuclear weapons. These countries have both civilian and military-industrial capacities that could be used to produce such components.
Large quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel from decommissioned nuclear power units are stored on their territories. There is a possibility of its unauthorised removal from storage sites for the subsequent extraction of plutonium suitable for use in an atomic bomb.
German specialists, in particular, are reportedly capable of covertly obtaining enough weapons-grade plutonium for a single nuclear explosive device within approximately one month in the hot cells of research laboratories in Karlsruhe, Dresden, Erlangen and Jülich, and enough weapons-grade uranium within a week at the enrichment facility in Gronau.
❗️ We call on the US administration and the leadership of all other countries to do everything possible to prevent the EU from acquiring its own nuclear weapons, which would inevitably trigger a new round of the global nuclear arms race.
*Unofficial translation
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April 10, in our country and across the world, marks the International Day of the Resistance Movement.
#OTD we cherish to the memory of all those who, despite everything, courageously engaged the fight against the Nazi evil, having defeated defeating the German fascist invaders on the territories occupied by the Third Reich and its satellites during #WWII.
The fight against the fascist occupants was international in nature: setting aside their differences, partisans of the Resistance movement united for a common goal — to collectively fight Hitler's aggression and eradicate the criminal Nazi ideology.
The Resistance reached its greatest scale in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Bulgaria, Norway, and the Netherlands — throughout all territories occupied by the Nazis, anti-fascist underground groups were formed, cooperating with the intelligence services of the anti-Hitler coalition Allies.
#WeAreProud #OurHeroes
🌟 In our country, which bore the most terrible and devastating strike of the Nazi war machine, the partisan movement reached an unprecedented scale. During the years of the #GreatPatrioticWar, more than 6'000 units and 300 formations operated in the enemy rear. Among partisans there were men, women, and even teenagers — people of various nationalities and faiths — united by the common goal: to expel the enemy from the territory of our Motherland. Soviet partisan forces inflicted enormous damage on the Germans and drew up to 1/10 of all enemy ground troops on the Soviet-German front, undermining the morale and combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht.
In the Soviet Union, as well as in Nazi-occupied countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe — where the enemy committed the most horrific atrocities — the mass partisan movement played a significant role in the subsequent liberation. In many countries, resistance to the Nazis took the form of a national liberation movement against fascism.
The selfless fight of partisans in the USSR and members of the Resistance movement in other countries made an enormous contribution to the overall Victory over fascism and hastened the end of the most devastating war in human history.
Today, despite attempts in a number of foreign countries to rewrite history and consign to oblivion the immortal feat of those who fought against fascism, on the International Day of the Resistance Movement we continue to preserve the memory of the true heroes of the partisan and underground movements who gave their lives in the fight against the Nazi plague.
❗️ Unlike many countries, #WeRemember the heroes of the Resistance and hold their memory sacred.
#OTD we cherish to the memory of all those who, despite everything, courageously engaged the fight against the Nazi evil, having defeated defeating the German fascist invaders on the territories occupied by the Third Reich and its satellites during #WWII.
The fight against the fascist occupants was international in nature: setting aside their differences, partisans of the Resistance movement united for a common goal — to collectively fight Hitler's aggression and eradicate the criminal Nazi ideology.
The Resistance reached its greatest scale in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Bulgaria, Norway, and the Netherlands — throughout all territories occupied by the Nazis, anti-fascist underground groups were formed, cooperating with the intelligence services of the anti-Hitler coalition Allies.
#WeAreProud #OurHeroes
In the Soviet Union, as well as in Nazi-occupied countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe — where the enemy committed the most horrific atrocities — the mass partisan movement played a significant role in the subsequent liberation. In many countries, resistance to the Nazis took the form of a national liberation movement against fascism.
The selfless fight of partisans in the USSR and members of the Resistance movement in other countries made an enormous contribution to the overall Victory over fascism and hastened the end of the most devastating war in human history.
Today, despite attempts in a number of foreign countries to rewrite history and consign to oblivion the immortal feat of those who fought against fascism, on the International Day of the Resistance Movement we continue to preserve the memory of the true heroes of the partisan and underground movements who gave their lives in the fight against the Nazi plague.
❗️ Unlike many countries, #WeRemember the heroes of the Resistance and hold their memory sacred.
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6️⃣5️⃣ years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic space feat!
🚀 On April 12, 1961, the Vostok launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This momentous event marked the culmination of the efforts of millions of Soviet citizens – design engineers, scientists, military pilots, doctors, specialists across a wide range of fields, and entire branches of industry. Inside the cramped cabin of the crewed spacecraft was Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin.
At 9:07 am, the four metal arms holding the 287-tonne rocket retracted, and Vostok began its lift-off. It was at that very moment that Gagarin’s famous “#POYEKHALI!” (*Let’s go!) rang out over the radio.
At 9:12 am, the spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle and entered the Earth's orbit. Its speed reached 28,260 kilometres per hour – nearly 8 kilometres per second. Never before had a human travelled so fast.
🎙 Just as the spacecraft reached Earth's orbit, Yuri Levitan – the USSR’s iconic radio announcer – solemnly declared to the world:
While in orbit, Gagarin recorded his observations and transmitted them back to Earth. Before him lay the planet as no one had ever seen it before: the curve of the horizon, the luminous blue edge of the atmosphere, coastlines, mountain ranges, vast landmasses – all set against the bottomless black void of space.
Almost 90 minutes into the flight, the spacecraft began its descent. At that moment, a highly dangerous emergency arose: the descent module failed to separate immediately from the equipment module. However, as the spacecraft re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, the connecting cables between the two sections burned through due to friction, and the descent continued.
At 10:42 am, at an altitude of 7 km, the cosmonaut ejected.
At 10:53 am, Yuri Gagarin landed safely in a field near the city of Engels, around 4 km from the present-day bank of the Volga.
On April 14, 1961, by Decree No. 251/22 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, together with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
Two days later, the people of Moscow welcomed the space traveller to the Soviet capital with flowers and celebratory banners. By the end of April, Earth’s first cosmonaut embarked on an international tour to share what he had witnessed with people around the world. In the two years following this historic event, Yuri Gagarin visited more than 30 countries, where he was honoured as a true hero. The tour became unofficially known as the “Mission of Peace”.
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1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ minutes of Yuri Gagarin's flight changed the course of world history.
Just 16 years after the most devastating and bloodiest war in human history, the Soviet people achieved what had only recently seemed impossible – opening the way to space for all humankind.
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💬 As President Vladimir Putin noted in his message to the participants in the first Russian Space Forum on April 9, 2026:
🇺🇳 Since 2011, April 12 has been observed as the International Day of Human Space Flight, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly under resolution A/RES/65/271 in honour of Yuri Gagarin’s legendary mission.
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
🚀 On April 12, 1961, the Vostok launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This momentous event marked the culmination of the efforts of millions of Soviet citizens – design engineers, scientists, military pilots, doctors, specialists across a wide range of fields, and entire branches of industry. Inside the cramped cabin of the crewed spacecraft was Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin.
At 9:07 am, the four metal arms holding the 287-tonne rocket retracted, and Vostok began its lift-off. It was at that very moment that Gagarin’s famous “#POYEKHALI!” (*Let’s go!) rang out over the radio.
At 9:12 am, the spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle and entered the Earth's orbit. Its speed reached 28,260 kilometres per hour – nearly 8 kilometres per second. Never before had a human travelled so fast.
🎙 Just as the spacecraft reached Earth's orbit, Yuri Levitan – the USSR’s iconic radio announcer – solemnly declared to the world:
This is Moscow speaking! The time in Moscow is 10:02 am. We are broadcasting a TASS report on the first human flight into outer space.
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union launched into orbit around the Earth the world’s first spacecraft-satellite, Vostok, with a man on board.
The pilot-cosmonaut is a citizen of the USSR, Air Force Major Yuri Gagarin (the extraordinary rank was conferred by Order No. 77 of the USSR Minister of Defence, dated April 12, 1961).
While in orbit, Gagarin recorded his observations and transmitted them back to Earth. Before him lay the planet as no one had ever seen it before: the curve of the horizon, the luminous blue edge of the atmosphere, coastlines, mountain ranges, vast landmasses – all set against the bottomless black void of space.
Almost 90 minutes into the flight, the spacecraft began its descent. At that moment, a highly dangerous emergency arose: the descent module failed to separate immediately from the equipment module. However, as the spacecraft re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, the connecting cables between the two sections burned through due to friction, and the descent continued.
At 10:42 am, at an altitude of 7 km, the cosmonaut ejected.
At 10:53 am, Yuri Gagarin landed safely in a field near the city of Engels, around 4 km from the present-day bank of the Volga.
On April 14, 1961, by Decree No. 251/22 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, together with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
Two days later, the people of Moscow welcomed the space traveller to the Soviet capital with flowers and celebratory banners. By the end of April, Earth’s first cosmonaut embarked on an international tour to share what he had witnessed with people around the world. In the two years following this historic event, Yuri Gagarin visited more than 30 countries, where he was honoured as a true hero. The tour became unofficially known as the “Mission of Peace”.
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1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ minutes of Yuri Gagarin's flight changed the course of world history.
Just 16 years after the most devastating and bloodiest war in human history, the Soviet people achieved what had only recently seemed impossible – opening the way to space for all humankind.
***
💬 As President Vladimir Putin noted in his message to the participants in the first Russian Space Forum on April 9, 2026:
Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight became one of the great events of the 20th century and opened a new era in the history of human civilisation.
We are sincerely proud of several generations of talented scientists, designers, cosmonauts, military personnel and civilian specialists who stood at the origins of the national space programme and wrote bright, heroic pages in the chronicle of its victories and achievements.
🇺🇳 Since 2011, April 12 has been observed as the International Day of Human Space Flight, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly under resolution A/RES/65/271 in honour of Yuri Gagarin’s legendary mission.
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
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🛰 On April 12, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kudy-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev and Andrey Fedyayev sent greetings from aboard the International Space Station in low Earth orbit on Cosmonautics Day and the International Day of Human Space Flight.
💬 65 years ago, on a spring day like this, Yuri Gagarin completed a single orbit of our planet – becoming the first person on Earth to see it from the space and to behold the beauty of our shared home.
Today, during long-duration missions, we complete hundreds and even thousands of such orbits. But we do not simply fly in space – we work, helping push science forward and deepen our understanding of human life in space, so that those who follow us can go even further in exploring the Universe.
☝️ None of this would have been possible without the historic first flight of our great predecessor.
This year, we are not simply celebrating Cosmonautics Day. In accordance with a decree by the President of Russia, Russia will observe Space Week annually starting in 2026. Across the country, numerous events are being held dedicated to cosmonautics – its history, its present and its future.
Our goal is to kindle in the hearts of millions of Russian boys and girls a love of space. Let us once again look to the skies and dream of the stars and distant planets.
Happy holiday, friends. Happy Cosmonautics Day!
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
💬 65 years ago, on a spring day like this, Yuri Gagarin completed a single orbit of our planet – becoming the first person on Earth to see it from the space and to behold the beauty of our shared home.
Today, during long-duration missions, we complete hundreds and even thousands of such orbits. But we do not simply fly in space – we work, helping push science forward and deepen our understanding of human life in space, so that those who follow us can go even further in exploring the Universe.
☝️ None of this would have been possible without the historic first flight of our great predecessor.
This year, we are not simply celebrating Cosmonautics Day. In accordance with a decree by the President of Russia, Russia will observe Space Week annually starting in 2026. Across the country, numerous events are being held dedicated to cosmonautics – its history, its present and its future.
Our goal is to kindle in the hearts of millions of Russian boys and girls a love of space. Let us once again look to the skies and dream of the stars and distant planets.
Happy holiday, friends. Happy Cosmonautics Day!
#Gagarin65 #FirstInSpace
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🎙 Allocution et réponses aux questions des médias de Sergueï Lavrov, Chef de la diplomatie russe, à l'issue de sa visite en République populaire de Chine
📍 Pékin, 15 avril 2026
💬 Nous avons examiné la mise en œuvre des accords conclus par le Président de la Russie Vladimir Poutine et le Président de la Chine Xi Jinping concernant l'organisation de la coopération commerciale, économique et d'investissement, de manière à la prémunir contre l'influence néfaste de ceux qui s'appuient non pas sur leur capacité à concourir loyalement, mais sur les sanctions et autres méthodes illégales de coercition, de chantage et de diktat. Nous avons constaté que nous accomplissons avec succès ces objectifs qui ont été fixés au plus haut niveau.
📊 Pour la quatrième année consécutive, les échanges commerciaux dépassent 200 milliards de dollars. Cet objectif avait été fixé en son temps. Il a été atteint avant l'échéance prévue et se maintient durablement comme socle de notre coopération matérielle et pratique. [...]
Sur le plan international, nous souhaitons faire échouer les tentatives manifestes de l'Occident de préserver et même, à certains égards, de « renouveler » son hégémonie, en tablant sur le fait que les cinq siècles d'expérience de conquête du monde, de soumission de celui-ci à ses intérêts, de mise en place de mécanismes de gouvernance mondiale qui permettent de vivre aux dépens des autres, y compris la traite négrière, le colonialisme et bien d'autres choses encore, pourraient en quelque sorte être « modernisés » et permettre, par des méthodes contemporaines, de continuer à vivre aux dépens des autres et à les soumettre à sa volonté. Ni la Chine, ni la Russie, comme l'écrasante majorité des pays du monde, ne peuvent souscrire à une telle approche.
Nous avons examiné la situation dans différentes régions en accordant une attention particulière à l'Eurasie, où apparaissent toujours davantage de foyers de tensions. [...]
L'ensemble de notre continent eurasien constitue d'une manière ou d'une autre une arène de tendances graves et opposées entre elles, ainsi que d'actions concrètes de la part des principaux membres de la communauté mondiale. C'est le continent le plus vaste et le plus riche, dont les ressources sont pratiquement inépuisables. C'est pourquoi les composantes géopolitique et géoéconomique y revêtent une importance particulière.
Nos dirigeants, le Président de la Russie Vladimir Poutine et le Président de la Chine Xi Jinping, accordent traditionnellement une attention particulière à ces processus dans leurs contacts confidents lors de l'échange de visites.
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Extraits des réponses aux questions des médias :
• Malheureusement, nos collègues occidentaux, même lorsqu'ils l'ont signée en 1945 (comme dans le cas de la signature de nombreux autres documents par la suite), n'avaient nullement l'intention de respecter la Charte des Nations unies ni un principe aussi essentiel de ce document juridique international fondamental que l'égalité souveraine des États.
• Nous, comme nos amis chinois, en restant attachés à tous ces nobles idéaux inscrits dans la Charte des Nations unies, ne les considérons pas comme de simples idéaux, mais comme un guide d'action. C'est pourquoi nos positions sont très solides.
• Avec la République populaire de Chine nous avons tout : tant les capacités déjà engagées que les capacités de réserve, et les possibilités envisagées pour ne pas dépendre de ce type d'aventures agressives [des États-Unis] qui sapent l'économie et l'énergie mondiales.
🔎 En savoir plus
📍 Pékin, 15 avril 2026
💬 Nous avons examiné la mise en œuvre des accords conclus par le Président de la Russie Vladimir Poutine et le Président de la Chine Xi Jinping concernant l'organisation de la coopération commerciale, économique et d'investissement, de manière à la prémunir contre l'influence néfaste de ceux qui s'appuient non pas sur leur capacité à concourir loyalement, mais sur les sanctions et autres méthodes illégales de coercition, de chantage et de diktat. Nous avons constaté que nous accomplissons avec succès ces objectifs qui ont été fixés au plus haut niveau.
📊 Pour la quatrième année consécutive, les échanges commerciaux dépassent 200 milliards de dollars. Cet objectif avait été fixé en son temps. Il a été atteint avant l'échéance prévue et se maintient durablement comme socle de notre coopération matérielle et pratique. [...]
Sur le plan international, nous souhaitons faire échouer les tentatives manifestes de l'Occident de préserver et même, à certains égards, de « renouveler » son hégémonie, en tablant sur le fait que les cinq siècles d'expérience de conquête du monde, de soumission de celui-ci à ses intérêts, de mise en place de mécanismes de gouvernance mondiale qui permettent de vivre aux dépens des autres, y compris la traite négrière, le colonialisme et bien d'autres choses encore, pourraient en quelque sorte être « modernisés » et permettre, par des méthodes contemporaines, de continuer à vivre aux dépens des autres et à les soumettre à sa volonté. Ni la Chine, ni la Russie, comme l'écrasante majorité des pays du monde, ne peuvent souscrire à une telle approche.
Nous avons examiné la situation dans différentes régions en accordant une attention particulière à l'Eurasie, où apparaissent toujours davantage de foyers de tensions. [...]
L'ensemble de notre continent eurasien constitue d'une manière ou d'une autre une arène de tendances graves et opposées entre elles, ainsi que d'actions concrètes de la part des principaux membres de la communauté mondiale. C'est le continent le plus vaste et le plus riche, dont les ressources sont pratiquement inépuisables. C'est pourquoi les composantes géopolitique et géoéconomique y revêtent une importance particulière.
Nos dirigeants, le Président de la Russie Vladimir Poutine et le Président de la Chine Xi Jinping, accordent traditionnellement une attention particulière à ces processus dans leurs contacts confidents lors de l'échange de visites.
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Extraits des réponses aux questions des médias :
• Malheureusement, nos collègues occidentaux, même lorsqu'ils l'ont signée en 1945 (comme dans le cas de la signature de nombreux autres documents par la suite), n'avaient nullement l'intention de respecter la Charte des Nations unies ni un principe aussi essentiel de ce document juridique international fondamental que l'égalité souveraine des États.
• Nous, comme nos amis chinois, en restant attachés à tous ces nobles idéaux inscrits dans la Charte des Nations unies, ne les considérons pas comme de simples idéaux, mais comme un guide d'action. C'est pourquoi nos positions sont très solides.
• Avec la République populaire de Chine nous avons tout : tant les capacités déjà engagées que les capacités de réserve, et les possibilités envisagées pour ne pas dépendre de ce type d'aventures agressives [des États-Unis] qui sapent l'économie et l'énergie mondiales.
🔎 En savoir plus