✍Ambassador's Opinion
"The World Order as It Should Be"
On October 5, 2023, the leading experts on global politics from Russia and around the world convened at the Valdai discussion club meeting to exchange opinions on the changes and challenges that the current international order is going through.
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"The World Order as It Should Be"
On October 5, 2023, the leading experts on global politics from Russia and around the world convened at the Valdai discussion club meeting to exchange opinions on the changes and challenges that the current international order is going through.
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Dear friends, we are glad to represent our fifth issue of the Public Diplomacy Journal under the brand of the Meeting Russia program ❗️
Topic: "Small Towns of Our Large Country" 🇷🇺
In this issue:
✅ Natalia Burlinova, President of Creative Diplomacy, describes her impressions of Kolomna following her weekend in the town
✅ Alla Shelyapina, Creative Diplomacy’s manager of work with compatriots, offers an exciting story of Tashtagol – a Siberian town where skiers ski in swimming suits and scientists still hope to find Yeti
✅ Young researcher Alexander Tkalenko writes of Rybinsk and its journey “forward into the Past”
✅ Olga Tipaylova, Creative Diplomacy’s translator and editor, expresses anxiety over Russia’s regional disproportions, and cautious optimism about the potential of the regions and the state’s domestic policy (essay “Russia beyond large cities”);
📖 Ms. Tipaylova also invites the readers to the Russian classic novels in which the action takes place in Russian towns far from Moscow or Saint Petersburg (essay “Small towns in big literature”).
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Topic: "Small Towns of Our Large Country" 🇷🇺
In this issue:
✅ Natalia Burlinova, President of Creative Diplomacy, describes her impressions of Kolomna following her weekend in the town
✅ Alla Shelyapina, Creative Diplomacy’s manager of work with compatriots, offers an exciting story of Tashtagol – a Siberian town where skiers ski in swimming suits and scientists still hope to find Yeti
✅ Young researcher Alexander Tkalenko writes of Rybinsk and its journey “forward into the Past”
✅ Olga Tipaylova, Creative Diplomacy’s translator and editor, expresses anxiety over Russia’s regional disproportions, and cautious optimism about the potential of the regions and the state’s domestic policy (essay “Russia beyond large cities”);
📖 Ms. Tipaylova also invites the readers to the Russian classic novels in which the action takes place in Russian towns far from Moscow or Saint Petersburg (essay “Small towns in big literature”).
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Small Cities of Our Large Country: Russia from old towns on the Volga to "an island in the green sea of Taiga”
Meeting Russia Journal #5 is ready! This issue is your “gateway” to Russia’s historical towns.
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📅 #OTD in 1944, the Battle for the Arctic ended. The Red Army prevented the Nazis’ efforts to envelop Soviet territory from the north and block military supply routes.
👉 The enemy wanted to destroy bases of the Soviet Navy’s Northern Fleet and to seize the coast of the Kola Peninsula. The Nazis believed that, by seizing Murmansk and the Kirov Railway, they would thwart Lend Lease shipments to central Soviet regions.
Although the enemy’s high command had deployed 97,000 German and Finnish service personnel, who outnumbered Red Army units totalling 57,000 officers and soldiers, the Arctic blitzkrieg failed completely. Units of the Red Army’s Northern, and later Karelian, Front retained control over naval bases and prevented the enemy from reaching the strategically important railway.
▪️ Al that time, the Nazis did not abandon attempts to seize Murmansk or to raze it to the ground. Luftwaffe aircraft conducted 792 air strikes and dropped 185,000 bombs.
Although Murmansk was destroyed almost completely, it did not surrender. During the war, the city handled 1.2 million tonnes of Lend Lease shipments. Hitler deployed elite Luftwaffe, U-boat and Kriegsmarine (surface warship) units to thwart these deliveries.
🤝 Royal Navy warships helped Soviet sailors in their efforts to ensure safe deliveries. They escorted freighters from North Atlantic ports to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. In 1941-1944, about 1,400 warships sailed along the extremely dangerous Arctic convoy routes.
Finland withdrew from the war following the defeat of its forces in the Vyborg offensive operation. In the autumn of 1944, this created favourable conditions for a Soviet offensive. During the Petsamo-Kirkenes offensive, Red Army units defeated the enemy in the Soviet Arctic and started liberating Norway from German occupation.
🎖 On December 5, 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR instituted the Medal for the Defence of the Soviet Arctic, with about 353,000 people receiving this decoration.
👉 The enemy wanted to destroy bases of the Soviet Navy’s Northern Fleet and to seize the coast of the Kola Peninsula. The Nazis believed that, by seizing Murmansk and the Kirov Railway, they would thwart Lend Lease shipments to central Soviet regions.
Although the enemy’s high command had deployed 97,000 German and Finnish service personnel, who outnumbered Red Army units totalling 57,000 officers and soldiers, the Arctic blitzkrieg failed completely. Units of the Red Army’s Northern, and later Karelian, Front retained control over naval bases and prevented the enemy from reaching the strategically important railway.
▪️ Al that time, the Nazis did not abandon attempts to seize Murmansk or to raze it to the ground. Luftwaffe aircraft conducted 792 air strikes and dropped 185,000 bombs.
Although Murmansk was destroyed almost completely, it did not surrender. During the war, the city handled 1.2 million tonnes of Lend Lease shipments. Hitler deployed elite Luftwaffe, U-boat and Kriegsmarine (surface warship) units to thwart these deliveries.
🤝 Royal Navy warships helped Soviet sailors in their efforts to ensure safe deliveries. They escorted freighters from North Atlantic ports to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. In 1941-1944, about 1,400 warships sailed along the extremely dangerous Arctic convoy routes.
Finland withdrew from the war following the defeat of its forces in the Vyborg offensive operation. In the autumn of 1944, this created favourable conditions for a Soviet offensive. During the Petsamo-Kirkenes offensive, Red Army units defeated the enemy in the Soviet Arctic and started liberating Norway from German occupation.
🎖 On December 5, 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR instituted the Medal for the Defence of the Soviet Arctic, with about 353,000 people receiving this decoration.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed preparations for the next meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, scheduled for November 23, 2023 in Minsk.
They also reviewed topical issues of furthering bilateral interaction and advancing the Union State’s integration, including energy, transport and cutting-edge technology.
The Presidents reaffirmed their mutual commitment to close long-term cooperation aimed at deepening Russian-Belarusian strategic partnership and allied relations.
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed preparations for the next meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, scheduled for November 23, 2023 in Minsk.
They also reviewed topical issues of furthering bilateral interaction and advancing the Union State’s integration, including energy, transport and cutting-edge technology.
The Presidents reaffirmed their mutual commitment to close long-term cooperation aimed at deepening Russian-Belarusian strategic partnership and allied relations.
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📆 November 2 was declared the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in 2013.
Representatives of the Russian media working abroad, in particular in Western countries, are facing unprecedented pressure, threats and harassment for their professional activities.
🕯 We remember the names of those who have perished, including Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin, Anatoly Klyan, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) and Rostislav Zhuravlyov, who died in the line of duty.
There is no excuse for the silence of the concerned international organisations, which were initially designed to provide unbiased protection of the rights of media representatives. Today, we would like to point out again the unacceptability of applying double standards in the assessment of crimes against journalists.
Those responsible must receive the punishment they deserve.
Representatives of the Russian media working abroad, in particular in Western countries, are facing unprecedented pressure, threats and harassment for their professional activities.
🕯 We remember the names of those who have perished, including Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin, Anatoly Klyan, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) and Rostislav Zhuravlyov, who died in the line of duty.
There is no excuse for the silence of the concerned international organisations, which were initially designed to provide unbiased protection of the rights of media representatives. Today, we would like to point out again the unacceptability of applying double standards in the assessment of crimes against journalists.
Those responsible must receive the punishment they deserve.
We would prefer 🇨🇦Canada calls on the United States to ratify the Treaty.
⚡Russia is disappointed by Canada’s vote against the UN General Assembly Third Committee resolution on combating glorification of Nazism.
We are deeply concerned that consecutive Canadian Cabinets for decades have been harbouring Nazi henchmen, Yaroslaw Hunka among them, and turning a blind eye on continued praising their memory in Canada.
☝By following this precarious and disturbing suit the Trudeau regime violates international obligations including the decisions of the Nuremberg Tribunal and commits a sacrilegious act with regard to the memory of those Canadians who lost theit life fighting alongside allied Russia against Nazism.
We are deeply concerned that consecutive Canadian Cabinets for decades have been harbouring Nazi henchmen, Yaroslaw Hunka among them, and turning a blind eye on continued praising their memory in Canada.
☝By following this precarious and disturbing suit the Trudeau regime violates international obligations including the decisions of the Nuremberg Tribunal and commits a sacrilegious act with regard to the memory of those Canadians who lost theit life fighting alongside allied Russia against Nazism.
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🇷🇺 Today Russia and its people celebrate National #UnityDay!
This day symbolizes the unity of our multiethnic diverse peoples and their devotion to the Motherland.
❗️ Happy #UnityDay!
#UnityDay2023 #TogetherForever
This day symbolizes the unity of our multiethnic diverse peoples and their devotion to the Motherland.
❗️ Happy #UnityDay!
#UnityDay2023 #TogetherForever
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📅 #OTD in 1612, the people’s volunteer army led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian invaders.
Therefore, #NationalUnityDay (introduced by the executive order of the President of Russia in December 2004) has been celebrated all over our country every year since 2005.
🦅 The holiday has deep historical roots. It was celebrated from 1613 until 1917, and was established by the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty Michael to honour the icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which accompanied the liberators of Moscow.
A monument to citizen Minin and Prince Pozharsky by sculptor Ivan Martos was erected on Red Square on the order of Emperor Alexander I in 1818 to honour the memory of patriots who led the fight for national liberation.
On November 4, 2005, a copy of this monument, executed by Zurab Tsereteli and gifted by Moscow City Hall, was unveiled in Nizhny Novgorod, a city that played a crucial role in creating the volunteer army.
💬 Vladimir Putin: The history of our country is continuous, a constant stream. We must consider it in its entirety, with all its extremely complicated and even controversial periods. For the state, the authorities, society and its citizens, it is crucial to have objective, complete knowledge of our past, both the distant past and the near and recent past. Everything here matters, especially today.
📖 Learn more about the heroism of true patriots of the Motherland in this in-depth historical retrospect.
#UnityDay2023
Therefore, #NationalUnityDay (introduced by the executive order of the President of Russia in December 2004) has been celebrated all over our country every year since 2005.
🦅 The holiday has deep historical roots. It was celebrated from 1613 until 1917, and was established by the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty Michael to honour the icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which accompanied the liberators of Moscow.
A monument to citizen Minin and Prince Pozharsky by sculptor Ivan Martos was erected on Red Square on the order of Emperor Alexander I in 1818 to honour the memory of patriots who led the fight for national liberation.
On November 4, 2005, a copy of this monument, executed by Zurab Tsereteli and gifted by Moscow City Hall, was unveiled in Nizhny Novgorod, a city that played a crucial role in creating the volunteer army.
💬 Vladimir Putin: The history of our country is continuous, a constant stream. We must consider it in its entirety, with all its extremely complicated and even controversial periods. For the state, the authorities, society and its citizens, it is crucial to have objective, complete knowledge of our past, both the distant past and the near and recent past. Everything here matters, especially today.
📖 Learn more about the heroism of true patriots of the Motherland in this in-depth historical retrospect.
#UnityDay2023
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📅 #OTD in 1612, the people’s volunteer army led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian invaders. Therefore, #NationalUnityDay (introduced by the executive order of the President of Russia in December 2004) has…
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🇷🇺 On #UnityDay Russia's President Vladimir Putin laid flowers to the monument dedicated to Kuz'ma Minin & Dmitry Pozharskyi in the Red Square in Moscow, thus commemorating their patriotic feat.
Learn more about the significance of this date in Russian history 👉 https://t.me/MFARussia/18146
Learn more about the significance of this date in Russian history 👉 https://t.me/MFARussia/18146
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🇷🇺 Russia's National #UnityDay celebrates our sense of togetherness & love for our homeland.
Today we pay respect to the patriotism and courage of our ancestors who rallied together to defend Russia’s independence and statehood.
📹 A short video tribute to our multinational people and its values.
Don't miss out on the in-depth historical retrospect of this holiday 👉 https://t.me/MFARussia/18146
Today we pay respect to the patriotism and courage of our ancestors who rallied together to defend Russia’s independence and statehood.
📹 A short video tribute to our multinational people and its values.
Don't miss out on the in-depth historical retrospect of this holiday 👉 https://t.me/MFARussia/18146
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The capital of Soviet Ukraine had been under Nazi occupation for 778 days.
🕯 In Kiev the Nazis used a tactic of mass terror. More than 120,000 people were executed in Babi Yar alone. About 100,000 Kievans were deported to Germany for hard labour. By November 1943, the city’s population shrank to 180,000 people – all that was left from nearly a million residents in pre-war years.
Kiev suffered widespread damage over its time under Nazi occupation. The Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was destroyed, as were the public library, the conservatory, the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, and the city’s zoological museum. Kiev lost all of its bridges, overpasses, most medical institutions, 140 schools, 940 buildings that housed state and public institutions, over 800 industrial facilities, 1,742 blocks of flats, and 3,600 private residences.
The liberation of Kiev was more than just a strategic success of the Red Army and a major milestone on the way to expelling the Germans from the Ukrainian SSR, and reaching the border with Romania and Poland. It was a huge moral victory of the Soviet people over the Nazi invaders.
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🎙Ambassador Oleg Stepanov's comment (in response to GAC's statement)
▪️Adapted CFE Treaty was signed in 1999.
▪️Russia was among only four countries, all non-NATO, to ratify it.
▪️Years of talks to convince NATO members to ratify. In vain.
▪️Their uncompromising unwillingness left us no choice but to first freeze our participation and then completely withdraw.
▪️NATO members, Canada included, bear the sole responsibility for ruining arms control in Europe.
▪️Laying the blame on our doorstep is another example of Trudeau’s cabinet hypocrisy.
▪️Adapted CFE Treaty was signed in 1999.
▪️Russia was among only four countries, all non-NATO, to ratify it.
▪️Years of talks to convince NATO members to ratify. In vain.
▪️Their uncompromising unwillingness left us no choice but to first freeze our participation and then completely withdraw.
▪️NATO members, Canada included, bear the sole responsibility for ruining arms control in Europe.
▪️Laying the blame on our doorstep is another example of Trudeau’s cabinet hypocrisy.
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🗓 On November 7, 1941, a historic military parade took place on the Red Square in Moscow to mark the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution.
The parade was organised and held under challenging conditions amidst the advance of the German Nazi invaders, who were just a few dozen kilometers away from Moscow. The preparations were carried out in the strictest secrecy, with public announcement made only in the evening of November 6.
⚜️ The parade lasted only 25 minutes, but proved to the world that the Red Army’s morale remained unbroken. In total, 28,487 people took part in the march, along with 140 artillery guns, 160 tanks, and 232 vehicles. From the Red Square, the soldiers headed to the front to defend the city.
The parade was broadcast on the radio worldwide, with many foreign newspapers writing about this important event. For the Nazis, it came as a complete surprise which demoralised the enemy. Hitler had planned to capture the USSR's capital by November 7 and hold his own celebration on the Red Square. Upon learning about the parade he ordered for it to be bombed. However, as a result of the unprecedented security measures and bravery of Russian pilots and anti-aircraft gunners, several dozen German planes were shot down on the city's outskirts. On that day, not a single bomb fell on Moscow.
🛡 The Red Square parade on November 7, 1941, demonstrated the unwavering spirit of the Red Army soldiers and officers, inspired the Soviet people to defend their Motherland against the Nazi aggression, contributed to the international prestige of the USSR and strengthened the anti-Hitler coalition. A mere month later, the allegedly invincible Wehrmacht suffered its first major defeat at the hands of the Red Army.
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The parade was organised and held under challenging conditions amidst the advance of the German Nazi invaders, who were just a few dozen kilometers away from Moscow. The preparations were carried out in the strictest secrecy, with public announcement made only in the evening of November 6.
The parade was broadcast on the radio worldwide, with many foreign newspapers writing about this important event. For the Nazis, it came as a complete surprise which demoralised the enemy. Hitler had planned to capture the USSR's capital by November 7 and hold his own celebration on the Red Square. Upon learning about the parade he ordered for it to be bombed. However, as a result of the unprecedented security measures and bravery of Russian pilots and anti-aircraft gunners, several dozen German planes were shot down on the city's outskirts. On that day, not a single bomb fell on Moscow.
🛡 The Red Square parade on November 7, 1941, demonstrated the unwavering spirit of the Red Army soldiers and officers, inspired the Soviet people to defend their Motherland against the Nazi aggression, contributed to the international prestige of the USSR and strengthened the anti-Hitler coalition. A mere month later, the allegedly invincible Wehrmacht suffered its first major defeat at the hands of the Red Army.
#Victory78
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