❗️Ambassador’s Statement
The Prime Minister’s “apology”, which we heard today in the House of Commons, is not an apology. And it is not enough.
My country was the main force in defeating Nazi Germany in Europe during WWII. Russia/USSR losses were devastating. 11 million military personnel fell on the battlefields and 16 million civilians died due to the ethnic purges under the Nazi occupation at the hands of the SS, including the notorious 14th Division of the SS “Galicia”, death squads (Einsatzgruppen) and Nazi collaborators. Imagine – this is the combined current population of Ontario, Québec, and British Columbia provinces!
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The Prime Minister’s “apology”, which we heard today in the House of Commons, is not an apology. And it is not enough.
My country was the main force in defeating Nazi Germany in Europe during WWII. Russia/USSR losses were devastating. 11 million military personnel fell on the battlefields and 16 million civilians died due to the ethnic purges under the Nazi occupation at the hands of the SS, including the notorious 14th Division of the SS “Galicia”, death squads (Einsatzgruppen) and Nazi collaborators. Imagine – this is the combined current population of Ontario, Québec, and British Columbia provinces!
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🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS information agency (Moscow, September 27, 2023)
❓ Question: I have to ask about a pressing topic, Armenia. Do you think Armenia may lose Russia?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: There are plenty of those willing to lose Russia and gain new friends.
Historically, geographically and geopolitically, it is simply not possible to lose Russia by totally ignoring its interests in the South Caucasus. Yet, certain top officials in Yerevan harbour such hopes, and openly admit it.
A similar idea was alluded to in the recent remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who spoke about the need to make up for the failed alliances that Armenia had expected to ensure its security, and to expand its circle of security partners.
If they are counting on the US (which directly follows from statements made by many Armenian leaders), they had better look at recent history to see how the US treated those it sought to take under its wing as it advanced its geopolitical interests in faraway territories of the world.
☝️ The fate of all these people is rather unenviable.
❓ Question: I have to ask about a pressing topic, Armenia. Do you think Armenia may lose Russia?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: There are plenty of those willing to lose Russia and gain new friends.
Historically, geographically and geopolitically, it is simply not possible to lose Russia by totally ignoring its interests in the South Caucasus. Yet, certain top officials in Yerevan harbour such hopes, and openly admit it.
A similar idea was alluded to in the recent remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who spoke about the need to make up for the failed alliances that Armenia had expected to ensure its security, and to expand its circle of security partners.
If they are counting on the US (which directly follows from statements made by many Armenian leaders), they had better look at recent history to see how the US treated those it sought to take under its wing as it advanced its geopolitical interests in faraway territories of the world.
☝️ The fate of all these people is rather unenviable.
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🇷🇺🇦🇿📞 On September 27, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov.
The Ministers discussed developments in Karabakh, including issues of providing humanitarian assistance and ensuring the rights and security of the local Armenian population.
The Parties considered ways to further implement the set of trilateral agreements, made at the highest level in 2020-2022, regarding the development of a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan, the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and the unblocking of transport connections.
A number of topics on the bilateral and regional agendas were also addressed.
It was agreed that further contacts would be held at various levels.
#RussiaAzerbaijan
The Ministers discussed developments in Karabakh, including issues of providing humanitarian assistance and ensuring the rights and security of the local Armenian population.
The Parties considered ways to further implement the set of trilateral agreements, made at the highest level in 2020-2022, regarding the development of a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan, the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and the unblocking of transport connections.
A number of topics on the bilateral and regional agendas were also addressed.
It was agreed that further contacts would be held at various levels.
#RussiaAzerbaijan
It appears that UCC “member benefits” now include facilitating an invitation to the House of Commons!
(thanks to close ties with certain 🇨🇦 cabinet members, DPM Freeland 👋🏻)
But, well, maybe just exclusively to their most prominent & loyal #Nazi friends like #Hunka.
(thanks to close ties with certain 🇨🇦 cabinet members, DPM Freeland 👋🏻)
But, well, maybe just exclusively to their most prominent & loyal #Nazi friends like #Hunka.
The Trudeau government disgraced, tried to apologize not apologizing, but the fact remains: a Nazi butcher lives in 🇨🇦Canada. Regardless of 🇷🇺Russia’s next legal steps, the Canadian authorities must clarify their position. Are they going to investigate and prosecute #Hunka for crimes against humanity?
💬Ambassador Stepanov: “#Hunka-gate. Still waiting for the unreserved apology to the Russian Canadian Community from PM Trudeau’s cabinet…”⏰⏰⏰
Hey, Canadian media! Are you going to recognize the problem?
Hey, Canadian media! Are you going to recognize the problem?
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🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin's address on Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with Russia
💬 Vladimir Putin: Friends, citizens of Russia,
I congratulate you on the occasion of the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia.
A year ago, on September 30, a defining and truly historic event took place when agreements were signed to incorporate four new constituent entities into the Russian Federation.
🇷🇺 Millions of residents of Donbass and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions made their choice to be with their Fatherland.
This conscious, long-awaited, hard-won and genuinely popular decision was made collectively through referendums in full compliance with international norms. People showed courage and integrity in the face of attempts to intimidate and deprive them of their right to determine their own future, their destiny, and to take away something every person values, namely, culture, traditions, and mother tongue, in a word, everything that was loathed by nationalists and their Western patrons who orchestrated a coup in Kiev in 2014 and then unleashed a full-scale civil war and terror against dissenters and organised blockades, constant shelling, and punitive actions in Donbass.
☝️ But nothing and no one can break the will of millions of people, or their belief in truth and historical justice. The free and unequivocal choice of our brothers and sisters was wholeheartedly supported by the Russian people. We understood and deeply felt the most important thing: by defending our compatriots in Donbass and Novorossiya, we are defending Russia itself.
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Today, we are also building our common future together, rebuilding and building schools and hospitals, housing and roads, museums and memorial sites.
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We are one people, and together we can overcome anything and meet any challenge.
Happy Day of Reunification with Russia, friends!
💬 Vladimir Putin: Friends, citizens of Russia,
I congratulate you on the occasion of the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia.
A year ago, on September 30, a defining and truly historic event took place when agreements were signed to incorporate four new constituent entities into the Russian Federation.
🇷🇺 Millions of residents of Donbass and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions made their choice to be with their Fatherland.
This conscious, long-awaited, hard-won and genuinely popular decision was made collectively through referendums in full compliance with international norms. People showed courage and integrity in the face of attempts to intimidate and deprive them of their right to determine their own future, their destiny, and to take away something every person values, namely, culture, traditions, and mother tongue, in a word, everything that was loathed by nationalists and their Western patrons who orchestrated a coup in Kiev in 2014 and then unleashed a full-scale civil war and terror against dissenters and organised blockades, constant shelling, and punitive actions in Donbass.
☝️ But nothing and no one can break the will of millions of people, or their belief in truth and historical justice. The free and unequivocal choice of our brothers and sisters was wholeheartedly supported by the Russian people. We understood and deeply felt the most important thing: by defending our compatriots in Donbass and Novorossiya, we are defending Russia itself.
<...>
Today, we are also building our common future together, rebuilding and building schools and hospitals, housing and roads, museums and memorial sites.
<...>
We are one people, and together we can overcome anything and meet any challenge.
Happy Day of Reunification with Russia, friends!
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the hosts, participants, and guests of the 6th BRICS+ International Festival of Theatre Schools
💬 I warmly welcome the hosts, participants, and guests of the 6th BRICS+ International Festival of Theatre Schools.
Your forum has established itself as a popular creative venue that provides students from different countries with the opportunity to exchange professional experience and learn each other’s theatrical traditions, as well as to make true friends and, of course, to showcase their art to broad audiences.
It is good to see that this project is becoming increasingly popular beyond the BRICS+ and is attracting new participants. This is a clear example of the fact that international humanitarian relations remain an important tool for strengthening an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding among nations. We will continue to encourage this expansion of cultural exchanges.
I am confident that the festival will become an outstanding event in the busy life of the capital and leave indelible impressions on numerous spectators.
🤝 I wish you engaging meetings, success, and all the best.
💬 I warmly welcome the hosts, participants, and guests of the 6th BRICS+ International Festival of Theatre Schools.
Your forum has established itself as a popular creative venue that provides students from different countries with the opportunity to exchange professional experience and learn each other’s theatrical traditions, as well as to make true friends and, of course, to showcase their art to broad audiences.
It is good to see that this project is becoming increasingly popular beyond the BRICS+ and is attracting new participants. This is a clear example of the fact that international humanitarian relations remain an important tool for strengthening an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding among nations. We will continue to encourage this expansion of cultural exchanges.
I am confident that the festival will become an outstanding event in the busy life of the capital and leave indelible impressions on numerous spectators.
🤝 I wish you engaging meetings, success, and all the best.
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📅 On September 29, 2023, the fifth meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan at the level of special representatives and senior officials from China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan was held.
Called on the current Afghan authorities:
• step up cooperation with the regional countries in the fight against the threats of terrorism and drug-trafficking emanating from the Afghan territory. Most participants stressed their opposition to the support for terrorism in Afghanistan by external forces.
• provide the necessary conditions to improve the welfare of the Afghan people, prevent their further migration and provide conditions for the return of the refugees.
• stablish a practical, outcome-oriented dialogue with the representatives of alternative ethno-political groups with a view to completing the process of peaceful settlement and forging a balanced, more broad-based, inclusive, accountable and responsible government in Afghanistan.
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☝️ The participants stressed upon their concern about imposed restrictions on women's employment and girls' education. Urged the current Afghan authorities to promote the modern education in the schools conforming to international standards.
The Parties advocated for Afghanistan as an independent, united and peaceful state. They underscored the unacceptability of deployment of military infrastructure facilities of third countries in Afghanistan and its neighboring states under any pretext.
🤝 The Parties noted the proposal of I.R.Iran to strengthen regional cooperation on Afghanistan by establishing a regional contact group to discuss the issues of common interests.
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Called on the current Afghan authorities:
• step up cooperation with the regional countries in the fight against the threats of terrorism and drug-trafficking emanating from the Afghan territory. Most participants stressed their opposition to the support for terrorism in Afghanistan by external forces.
• provide the necessary conditions to improve the welfare of the Afghan people, prevent their further migration and provide conditions for the return of the refugees.
• stablish a practical, outcome-oriented dialogue with the representatives of alternative ethno-political groups with a view to completing the process of peaceful settlement and forging a balanced, more broad-based, inclusive, accountable and responsible government in Afghanistan.
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☝️ The participants stressed upon their concern about imposed restrictions on women's employment and girls' education. Urged the current Afghan authorities to promote the modern education in the schools conforming to international standards.
The Parties advocated for Afghanistan as an independent, united and peaceful state. They underscored the unacceptability of deployment of military infrastructure facilities of third countries in Afghanistan and its neighboring states under any pretext.
🤝 The Parties noted the proposal of I.R.Iran to strengthen regional cooperation on Afghanistan by establishing a regional contact group to discuss the issues of common interests.
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🗓 On September 29, Kazan hosted the 5 th Meeting of the Moscow format on Afghanistan with the participation of special representatives and senior officials from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Representatives of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye also attended the meeting as invited parties. Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi took part in the meeting.
During the meeting, the Participants exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan with an emphasis on regional security and that country’s integration into regional economic processes. The prevailing point of view was that it was crucial to immediately and unconditionally unblock the Afghan assets by Washington and its allies, who bear the main responsibility for the post-conflict reconstruction of the Afghan economy, and that any return of US and NATO military structures to the territory of Afghanistan or its neighbouring states under any pretext was unacceptable.
☝️ The Participants once again called on the Afghan authorities to create a truly inclusive system of government reflecting the interests of all key ethno-political groups in the country and also to step up counter-terrorism and anti-drug efforts.
All the Participants gave assurances to continue providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
📄 At the end of the meeting, the Participants adopted the Kazan Declaration of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.
During the meeting, the Participants exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan with an emphasis on regional security and that country’s integration into regional economic processes. The prevailing point of view was that it was crucial to immediately and unconditionally unblock the Afghan assets by Washington and its allies, who bear the main responsibility for the post-conflict reconstruction of the Afghan economy, and that any return of US and NATO military structures to the territory of Afghanistan or its neighbouring states under any pretext was unacceptable.
☝️ The Participants once again called on the Afghan authorities to create a truly inclusive system of government reflecting the interests of all key ethno-political groups in the country and also to step up counter-terrorism and anti-drug efforts.
All the Participants gave assurances to continue providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
📄 At the end of the meeting, the Participants adopted the Kazan Declaration of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.
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✉️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent congratulations to the newly elected heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, noting their significant contribution to ensuring the comprehensive development of the regions and creating conditions for raising the welfare of the people.
He emphasised the importance of further efforts to integrate the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the legal and socioeconomic system of our country.
☝️ He confirmed the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in establishing and promoting international relations at the regional level in line with the unified foreign policy course of the country.
He emphasised the importance of further efforts to integrate the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the legal and socioeconomic system of our country.
☝️ He confirmed the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in establishing and promoting international relations at the regional level in line with the unified foreign policy course of the country.
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⭐️ #OTD in 1895, outstanding Marshal, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky was born. During the most difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, he headed the General Staff of the Red Army, formulating and coordinating the most important Soviet strategic operations.
A theological seminary graduate, Alexander Vasilevsky had dreamed of becoming an agronomist in his younger years, but World War I disrupted his plans.
The young officer deployed to the front where he quickly became a Staff Captain, a rank similar to Captain in the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces. Vasilevsky then realised that he would pursue a military career for the rest of his life.
Major General Vasilevsky was serving with the General Staff when the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 started. He came to head the General Staff some time later. As a member of the General Headquarters and its representative, he deployed to fronts where the challenges were greatest.
Vasilevsky’s military talents were manifested vividly during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). He co-authored the plan for a counteroffensive and directly supervised operations to repel a counterstrike by the Wehrmacht’s Hoth Army Group that tried to relieve the 6th German Army, commanded by Friedrich von Paulus, in and around Stalingrad.
Later, Vasilevsky coordinated operations of the Voronezh and Steppe fronts during the Battle of Kursk, planned and conducted operations to liberate Donbass, the Ukrainian west bank of the Dnieper River, and Crimea.
In February-April 1945, Vasilevsky commanded the 3rd Belarusian Front whose units stormed and seized Konigsberg. In June-August 1945, he commanded Soviet forces in the Far East and contributed to the defeat of Japan’s powerful Kwantung Army in just 24 days.
After the war, Vasilevsky headed the Ministry of the Soviet Armed Forces and actively promoted the national veterans’ movement. An urn with his ashes is currently interred in the necropolis that is part of the Kremlin Wall.
#FacesOfVictory
A theological seminary graduate, Alexander Vasilevsky had dreamed of becoming an agronomist in his younger years, but World War I disrupted his plans.
The young officer deployed to the front where he quickly became a Staff Captain, a rank similar to Captain in the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces. Vasilevsky then realised that he would pursue a military career for the rest of his life.
Major General Vasilevsky was serving with the General Staff when the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 started. He came to head the General Staff some time later. As a member of the General Headquarters and its representative, he deployed to fronts where the challenges were greatest.
Vasilevsky’s military talents were manifested vividly during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). He co-authored the plan for a counteroffensive and directly supervised operations to repel a counterstrike by the Wehrmacht’s Hoth Army Group that tried to relieve the 6th German Army, commanded by Friedrich von Paulus, in and around Stalingrad.
Later, Vasilevsky coordinated operations of the Voronezh and Steppe fronts during the Battle of Kursk, planned and conducted operations to liberate Donbass, the Ukrainian west bank of the Dnieper River, and Crimea.
In February-April 1945, Vasilevsky commanded the 3rd Belarusian Front whose units stormed and seized Konigsberg. In June-August 1945, he commanded Soviet forces in the Far East and contributed to the defeat of Japan’s powerful Kwantung Army in just 24 days.
After the war, Vasilevsky headed the Ministry of the Soviet Armed Forces and actively promoted the national veterans’ movement. An urn with his ashes is currently interred in the necropolis that is part of the Kremlin Wall.
#FacesOfVictory
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Media is too big
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#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself
Things the MSM will never show you or even let you know: how Russia's new regions and the people celebrate the reunification, how the damage done by the Kiev regime & neo-Nazis is been repaired, cities restored and are rapidly developing, how the eyes of the younger generations are locked on the future as part of Russia.
The young people of Donbass marked the first Anniversary of the reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with Russia with an honest showcase of what it means for them to be with Russia once again.
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#DonbassIsRussia
Things the MSM will never show you or even let you know: how Russia's new regions and the people celebrate the reunification, how the damage done by the Kiev regime & neo-Nazis is been repaired, cities restored and are rapidly developing, how the eyes of the younger generations are locked on the future as part of Russia.
The young people of Donbass marked the first Anniversary of the reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with Russia with an honest showcase of what it means for them to be with Russia once again.
© Vladimir Agranovich / DPR Infoschool
#DonbassIsRussia
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Antony Blinken’s lies on the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy
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Antony Blinken had the audacity to lie about one of the most appalling tragedies of World War II: the massacre of civilians in Soviet Kiev on September 29-30, 1941, in the Babi Yar ravine. Right after occupying the city, the Nazis began their cleansing operations. Within a few days, tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and Soviet prisoners of war were executed. On September 29-30 alone, the Nazis brutally butchered 34,000 people: this was what Blinken was referring to as he cynically lied (more on this below) about the memory of this tragedy in the USSR, “forgetting” that the executions continued right up to the liberation of Kiev by the Red Army in November 1943.
But we remember everyone: tens of thousands of people of non-Aryan race, partisans and prisoners: all those whom the Nazis sentenced to die and whose remains were left in the Babi Yar ravine. Everyone who lost their lives. Everyone who fell victim to the German idea of superiority. Those who did not live to see the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR capital by the Soviet soldiers.
The US Secretary of State wrote in his post: “Soviets buried this history” by which he meant that they hushed it up. This is a blatant lie, monstrous in its ignorance and cynicism.
No other country in the world so consistently held Nazism accountable for the crimes of the Holocaust as the Soviet Union.
Perhaps there are still decent people left in the State Department who can convey the following information to Mr Blinken.
Already in March 1945, even before the Victory, Resolution No 378 of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the Ukrainian Communist Party Central Committee, On the Construction of a Memorial at Babi Yar, was adopted, in accordance with which work began to create a park and install a monument on the burial site of the victims of the Nazi occupiers. It was unveiled on July 2, 1976, on the territory that was later named the Babi Yar National Historical Memorial Reserve in Kiev. <...>
Yet Blinken had the audacity to write that we don’t or didn’t remember the past, and he did that on the anniversary of the tragedy. On the other hand, what is left to be desired from the US Secretary of State who was declared one of the most influential Jews in the world last year by an Israeli magazine but who found no words to condemn the honouring of a Nazi in the Canadian parliament? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues orders to finance the Nazi regime in Kiev, a regime that glorifies the collaborators Bandera and Shukhevich? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues an order to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution condemning neo-Nazism, racism and xenophobia? <...>
P.S. Blinken’s stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was a Holocaust survivor who was in several death camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. He recalled with gratitude the role of the USSR and Soviet soldiers’ contribution to the Victory over Nazism until the end of his life. Here is an almost prophetic quote of his from an interview with RIA Novosti in 2010: “We, Holocaust survivors who went through Auschwitz, are disappearing one after another. Very soon there will be no eyewitnesses of this catastrophe. And history will speak in the impersonal voice of novelists, researchers and historians at best. Remember Yevtushenko’s poem ‘There Are No Monuments Over Babi Yar’? Shostakovich wrote his 13th symphony called “Babi Yar.” At worst, these will be the voices of demagogues, falsifiers, those who say the Holocaust never happened.”
I wonder what he would say today about his stepson’s lies...
💬 Antony Blinken’s lies on the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy
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Antony Blinken had the audacity to lie about one of the most appalling tragedies of World War II: the massacre of civilians in Soviet Kiev on September 29-30, 1941, in the Babi Yar ravine. Right after occupying the city, the Nazis began their cleansing operations. Within a few days, tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and Soviet prisoners of war were executed. On September 29-30 alone, the Nazis brutally butchered 34,000 people: this was what Blinken was referring to as he cynically lied (more on this below) about the memory of this tragedy in the USSR, “forgetting” that the executions continued right up to the liberation of Kiev by the Red Army in November 1943.
But we remember everyone: tens of thousands of people of non-Aryan race, partisans and prisoners: all those whom the Nazis sentenced to die and whose remains were left in the Babi Yar ravine. Everyone who lost their lives. Everyone who fell victim to the German idea of superiority. Those who did not live to see the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR capital by the Soviet soldiers.
The US Secretary of State wrote in his post: “Soviets buried this history” by which he meant that they hushed it up. This is a blatant lie, monstrous in its ignorance and cynicism.
No other country in the world so consistently held Nazism accountable for the crimes of the Holocaust as the Soviet Union.
Perhaps there are still decent people left in the State Department who can convey the following information to Mr Blinken.
Already in March 1945, even before the Victory, Resolution No 378 of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the Ukrainian Communist Party Central Committee, On the Construction of a Memorial at Babi Yar, was adopted, in accordance with which work began to create a park and install a monument on the burial site of the victims of the Nazi occupiers. It was unveiled on July 2, 1976, on the territory that was later named the Babi Yar National Historical Memorial Reserve in Kiev. <...>
Yet Blinken had the audacity to write that we don’t or didn’t remember the past, and he did that on the anniversary of the tragedy. On the other hand, what is left to be desired from the US Secretary of State who was declared one of the most influential Jews in the world last year by an Israeli magazine but who found no words to condemn the honouring of a Nazi in the Canadian parliament? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues orders to finance the Nazi regime in Kiev, a regime that glorifies the collaborators Bandera and Shukhevich? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues an order to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution condemning neo-Nazism, racism and xenophobia? <...>
P.S. Blinken’s stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was a Holocaust survivor who was in several death camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. He recalled with gratitude the role of the USSR and Soviet soldiers’ contribution to the Victory over Nazism until the end of his life. Here is an almost prophetic quote of his from an interview with RIA Novosti in 2010: “We, Holocaust survivors who went through Auschwitz, are disappearing one after another. Very soon there will be no eyewitnesses of this catastrophe. And history will speak in the impersonal voice of novelists, researchers and historians at best. Remember Yevtushenko’s poem ‘There Are No Monuments Over Babi Yar’? Shostakovich wrote his 13th symphony called “Babi Yar.” At worst, these will be the voices of demagogues, falsifiers, those who say the Holocaust never happened.”
I wonder what he would say today about his stepson’s lies...
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the 20th Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club (Sochi, October 2, 2023)
#MultipolarWorld
Today we talked about changes taking place in the international arena. The world is becoming multipolar. The expansion of BRICS is the main evidence of this. BRICS is seen as a reliable partner and as a structure that will not disappoint and will help each member feel more confident.
#UN
UN reform must reflect the reality of a multipolar world where the West can no longer claim the role that it is seeking to maintain either fairly or otherwise. The process is underway. We are taking an active part in it.
#Russophobia
What strikes me most is the speed with which the outward civility has fallen away from practically all Europeans, the front they have been hiding behind in recent years, retaining not only the remnants of diplomacy but also traces of elementary ethics. This is a manifestation of what is usually called Nazism – just in relation of Russians.
#SouthCaucasus
We are working with our Azerbaijani colleagues and neighbours to stabilise the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, to strengthen trust, and create conditions for the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to resume their normal life together. I hope that Yerevan should also have a stake in that and will undertake efforts to this end.
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#MultipolarWorld
Today we talked about changes taking place in the international arena. The world is becoming multipolar. The expansion of BRICS is the main evidence of this. BRICS is seen as a reliable partner and as a structure that will not disappoint and will help each member feel more confident.
#UN
UN reform must reflect the reality of a multipolar world where the West can no longer claim the role that it is seeking to maintain either fairly or otherwise. The process is underway. We are taking an active part in it.
#Russophobia
What strikes me most is the speed with which the outward civility has fallen away from practically all Europeans, the front they have been hiding behind in recent years, retaining not only the remnants of diplomacy but also traces of elementary ethics. This is a manifestation of what is usually called Nazism – just in relation of Russians.
#SouthCaucasus
We are working with our Azerbaijani colleagues and neighbours to stabilise the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, to strengthen trust, and create conditions for the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to resume their normal life together. I hope that Yerevan should also have a stake in that and will undertake efforts to this end.
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Hey, Ottawa! Is this how your Nazi scandal ends? Still waiting for apologies to the Russian Canadian Community and discussing the dismantling of Nazi monuments. And btw, are you to publish the Cabinet’s communications re Hunka’s participation (particularly, the GAC office of protocol and of the DPM Freeland office’s records)? This is an open society, right?
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🚀 The world’s first artificial satellite was launched into Earth orbit on October 4, 1957. This ushered in a new space age in the history of humankind. This event was the result of the strenuous effort of Soviet scientists, designers and engineers, who by that time had great achievements to their credit in developing rocket technology.
To put an artificial satellite into orbit, it was necessary to design a rocket carrier capable of reaching orbital velocity, which is about 8 kilometres per second. This engineering feat was accomplished by Sergey Korolyov, the chief Soviet spacecraft designer, who had upgraded the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile he created earlier.
📻 The satellite put into orbit on October 4 was a radio transmitter in a metal capsule. During the first three weeks it was sending the simplest signals like beep-beep, which could easily be received on Earth with any radio receiver.
According to Sergey Korolyov, the Soviet sputnik’s call signs “have spread around all continents and among all nations leading them to believe that humankind’s daring dream had come true.” Scientists and space buffs around the world were captivated by the flight of the small metal ball they were watching.
🌐 News of the satellite launch reverberated strongly around the world. It was the first time that this valuable data about the upper ionosphere had been received, paving the way for new launches. However, the greatest impression was produced by the fact that the country that had recently pulled through the most horrendous war was the first to go into space.
During the more than 60 years that have passed since then, dozens of countries have put over 7,000 satellites into orbit. We are proud that our sputnik was the first to reach space.
To put an artificial satellite into orbit, it was necessary to design a rocket carrier capable of reaching orbital velocity, which is about 8 kilometres per second. This engineering feat was accomplished by Sergey Korolyov, the chief Soviet spacecraft designer, who had upgraded the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile he created earlier.
📻 The satellite put into orbit on October 4 was a radio transmitter in a metal capsule. During the first three weeks it was sending the simplest signals like beep-beep, which could easily be received on Earth with any radio receiver.
According to Sergey Korolyov, the Soviet sputnik’s call signs “have spread around all continents and among all nations leading them to believe that humankind’s daring dream had come true.” Scientists and space buffs around the world were captivated by the flight of the small metal ball they were watching.
🌐 News of the satellite launch reverberated strongly around the world. It was the first time that this valuable data about the upper ionosphere had been received, paving the way for new launches. However, the greatest impression was produced by the fact that the country that had recently pulled through the most horrendous war was the first to go into space.
During the more than 60 years that have passed since then, dozens of countries have put over 7,000 satellites into orbit. We are proud that our sputnik was the first to reach space.