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September 3: Day of the End of the Second World War

The military glory day was established by Federal Law on April 24, 2020.

◽️ The Victory over German fascism, Japanese militarism and their satellites during the Second World War is a highlight of the world history, a glorious page in the history of Soviet people and chronicle of Soviet Armed Forces.

◽️ It had widely covered Europe, Asia and Africa, all the world oceans reaching the shores of Novaya Zemlya and Alaska in the North, the Atlantic Coast of Europe in the West, Kuril Islands in the East, as well as the borders of Egypt, India and Australia in the South.

◽️ The 6-year-long war had involved 61 countries populated by 1.7 billion people that constituted about 80% of the world population. About 120 millions of the most capable people had been mobilised to their armed forces. Operations had taken place in 40 countries.

◽️ Major burden of the fight in the Second World War laid on the Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, German troops invaded the territory of the Soviet Union. Germany was supported by Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Italy, as well as Norway that joined the anti-Soviet forces in August. Soviet troops exhausted the enemy and halted its offensive at all the most important fronts.

◽️ The Red Army has liberated a lot of European nations from the fascism. Within almost 15 months, about 7 million Soviet warriors had been conducting fierce combats against the enemy in 11 countries populated by over 100 million people.

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❗️ While Kiev regime and its western sponsors were preparing an operation aimed at capturing Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on September 1, the international community had to be informed about the establishment of Kiev's control over the plant by specially selected and prepared 'mass media representatives' from Ukraine, USA and United Kingdom in presence of the mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

◽️ With this purpose, as it was confirmed on September 2 in the public statement by V.Zelensky, Kiev regime added motor cars with Ukrainian and western journalists on board to the convoy of IAEA without prior arrangement.

◽️ The attempt to carry out this provocation was made by Kiev in disregard of mission's working scenario documentally predetermined by IAEA Secretariat and UN Department for Safety and Security.

◽️ According to thoroughly studied and agreed documents, the access to Russian-controlled territory of Zaporozhye region was to be provided only pursuant to the lists previously presented to Russian Defence Ministry by UN Department for Safery and Security.

◽️ There are no representatives of Ukrainian or other mass media tasked to accompany IAEA's convoy on September 1 from Kiev-controlled territory to Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in the agreed lists.

◽️ Considering this fact, in order to implement the security protocol for mission's work, all unauthorised persons were stopped and did not receive access at their attempts to cross the delimitation line with IAEA's convoy.

◽️ At the same time, on request of IAEA Secretariat, Russian party provided the arrival of over 60 representatives of mass media, including from France, USA, China, Denmark, Japan, Germany, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries to cover the mission's work.

⚠️ In the morning on September 1, the journalists that arrived in Energodar happened to witness the unsuccessful attempt to assault Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukrainian saboteurs and experienced personally an artillery shelling launched by AFU at the nuclear power plant and residential areas of Energodar while hiding in a bomb shelter.

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⚡️ The Foreign Ministry’s statement on the explosion in Kabul

❗️ On September 5, at 10:50 am Kabul time, an unidentified terrorist activated an explosive device in the direct vicinity of the entrance to the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Kabul. The explosion killed two employees of the diplomatic mission; there are casualties among citizens of Afghanistan as well.  

The Russian Embassy is in close contact with Afghanistan’s security services, which are conducting an investigation.

Consultative meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (BWC) will take place on September 5-9 in Geneva.

The event is being held upon Russia’s initiative in accordance with Article V of the BWC in response to the facts of the medical and biological research activities of a number of US-controlled biolabs in Ukraine.

The Russian interagency delegation is headed by Deputy Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Konstantin Vorontsov.

Documents confirming earlier statements made by the Russian side regarding US biological activity in Ukraine will be presented during the consultative meeting.

Formally, the event was opened by the depositories of the BWC on August 26, therefore, it continues on September 5 and will last another four days (September 8 is observed as a public holiday in the canton of Geneva).

II International Tiger Forum: Key Outcomes

The Forum was attended by more than 2000 participants from Russia and 44 foreign states and territories. Vladimir Putin opened the business programme of the Forum and addressed participants with a video message.

The speakers of the Tiger Forum were representatives of the scientific community, international environmental organizations, business and government from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, the DPK, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and India.

The final document of the II International Tiger Forum was the Declaration on Tiger Conservation. It was accepted by all countries of the striped cat's range.

Opportunity to get information about the tiger population was presented at the stands of the Forum. Special attention was paid to interactive pavilion "The Tiger House" dedicated to the theme of the Forum. The Pavilion’s display allowed visitors to get better acquainted with the measures taken to conserve the tiger population in Russia.
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⚡️Participants from 67 countries are expected at EEF

💬"A significant number of participants is expected, by now we are talking about more than 5000 guests from 67 countries. Almost 700 heads of Russian and 27 foreign companies have already been confirmed. According to delegations from various countries, the largest delegation is the Chinese, 114 people. Myanmar - 85 people, Mongolia - 32, India - 27, the Republic of Korea - 18 people. Naturally, the Russian government will be significantly represented, 4 deputy chairmen are expected, 10 ministers, heads of federal agencies, services, 27 heads of federal subjects." – noted Yuri Ushakov, Aide to the President.

Vladimir Putin will take part in the forum tomorrow on September 7. On the sidelines of the EEF, the Russian president will hold meetings with invited foreign leaders. According to Ushakov, the goal is to exchange views on topical issues of the bilateral and regional agenda.

Along with the President of Russia, the plenary session will be attended by:
🇲🇲Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing;
🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan;
🇲🇳 Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene;
🇨🇳Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu.

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⭕️Read excerpts from the statement of Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Alexander Volgarev "Russian Federation on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances»

⚡️ The issue of enforced disappearances continues to be relevant in the OSCE area and beyond
 
👥 In Ukraine, persecution and enforced disappearances is being used by the Ukrainian security services to combat dissent - arbitrary incommunicado detention has been a practice in Kyiv-controlled Donbass since 2014
 
👤 The situation is dramatic in the US, whose authorities have created a network of "secret prisons" where torture and inhumane treatment are commonplace. They also have first-hand experience with regarard to particular vulnerability of migrants to enforced disappearances
 
🛟 The situation is more tragic only in the EU. The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 2,000 migrants died and disappeared in 2021 while trying to reach EU countries, especially across the Mediterranean Sea