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✍️ President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the event held to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim) concentration camp by the Red Army.
✉️ In January 1945, Red Army soldiers liberated the Oswiecim concentration camp. The world was aghast at the horrific new evidence of the Holocaust atrocities and the tragic fate of millions of Jews, Roma, Russians and members of other ethnic groups, who had been killed for their culture, language and origins.
We will never forget the enormous pain and suffering caused by the Second World War, the irreparable price our forefathers paid for the freedom and independence of our Fatherland and for victory over Nazism and its hideous ideology, and the legal, moral and ethical verdict passed on those who were found guilty of heinous crimes against humanity.
Remembering these lessons and safeguarding the memory of the tragedy of war is a position of principle for our state, our society and the multinational people of Russia as a whole.
❗️ This memory is sacred to us.
This is why we place so much value on an active civil stance and the dedicated efforts of all those who are working to protect historical truth, establish the names of soldiers, learn what became of innocent civilians, the biographies of concentration camp inmates and the victims of Nazi butchers.
A large contribution to these considerable and much needed efforts is being made by the Russian Jewish community and, of course, by your traditional memorial events held on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
🤝 I hope that this meeting will contribute to the further consolidation of our society around the values of humanism, consensus and civil peace.
✉️ In January 1945, Red Army soldiers liberated the Oswiecim concentration camp. The world was aghast at the horrific new evidence of the Holocaust atrocities and the tragic fate of millions of Jews, Roma, Russians and members of other ethnic groups, who had been killed for their culture, language and origins.
We will never forget the enormous pain and suffering caused by the Second World War, the irreparable price our forefathers paid for the freedom and independence of our Fatherland and for victory over Nazism and its hideous ideology, and the legal, moral and ethical verdict passed on those who were found guilty of heinous crimes against humanity.
Remembering these lessons and safeguarding the memory of the tragedy of war is a position of principle for our state, our society and the multinational people of Russia as a whole.
❗️ This memory is sacred to us.
This is why we place so much value on an active civil stance and the dedicated efforts of all those who are working to protect historical truth, establish the names of soldiers, learn what became of innocent civilians, the biographies of concentration camp inmates and the victims of Nazi butchers.
A large contribution to these considerable and much needed efforts is being made by the Russian Jewish community and, of course, by your traditional memorial events held on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
🤝 I hope that this meeting will contribute to the further consolidation of our society around the values of humanism, consensus and civil peace.
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🇷🇺🇦🇪📞 On January 26, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by telephone with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The Ministers discussed current issues of further strengthening versatile bilateral cooperation. They confirmed Moscow and Abu Dhabi’s mutual desire to build up cooperation in all areas, including humanitarian areas.
The Ministers also exchanged views on key international and regional issues with an emphasis on the developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Red Sea zone.
The Ministers discussed current issues of further strengthening versatile bilateral cooperation. They confirmed Moscow and Abu Dhabi’s mutual desire to build up cooperation in all areas, including humanitarian areas.
The Ministers also exchanged views on key international and regional issues with an emphasis on the developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Red Sea zone.
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🕯 January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #OTD in 1945, soldiers of the Red Army of the First Ukrainian Front liberated prisoners of one of the most horrible concentration camps – Auschwitz (Oswiecim) – in the course of the Vistula-Oder Offensive.
The infamous death factory was established in 1940 near the city of Oswiecim, Poland, which was renamed Auschwitz after the Nazi occupation. It was one of the Third Reich’s biggest concentration camps.
Initially, Polish political prisoners were kept in the camp. Later, European Jews, Roma and Soviet POWs were sent there as well. According to various estimates, 75 to 90 percent of its inmates were instantly killed or were subjected to inhuman experiments by camp doctors.
Auschwitz II with crematoriums and gas chambers was built in 1941 in the village of Brzezinka (Birkenau in German) just three kilometres from the first camp. In 1942, after the “final solution to the Jewish question” adopted at the Wannsee Conference, this camp was turned into the centre for the annihilation of the European Jews.
In 1944, when the Red Army started the liberation of Europe, the leadership of the death camp rushed to destroy its infrastructure and send inmates westward. About 7,500 people remained in Auschwitz. The Nazis had planned to murder them in a few days.
The Red Army approached Oswiecim after three days of fighting on its outskirts, on the night of January 27, 1945. The prisoners wept with joy on seeing the Soviet liberators. Part of the camp was turned into a recovery hospital.
▪️In total, at least 1.3 million people passed through Auschwitz during its existence, about 1.1 million of them were exterminated.
In the past few years, the memory of this great deed of the Soviet soldiers that liberated the camp’s inmates has been systematically destroyed in a number of European countries.
❕ The accomplishment of the Soviet soldiers that liberated Europe from the Nazi scourge can never be erased.
❕ The tragedy of the Holocaust must never be repeated.
The infamous death factory was established in 1940 near the city of Oswiecim, Poland, which was renamed Auschwitz after the Nazi occupation. It was one of the Third Reich’s biggest concentration camps.
Initially, Polish political prisoners were kept in the camp. Later, European Jews, Roma and Soviet POWs were sent there as well. According to various estimates, 75 to 90 percent of its inmates were instantly killed or were subjected to inhuman experiments by camp doctors.
Auschwitz II with crematoriums and gas chambers was built in 1941 in the village of Brzezinka (Birkenau in German) just three kilometres from the first camp. In 1942, after the “final solution to the Jewish question” adopted at the Wannsee Conference, this camp was turned into the centre for the annihilation of the European Jews.
In 1944, when the Red Army started the liberation of Europe, the leadership of the death camp rushed to destroy its infrastructure and send inmates westward. About 7,500 people remained in Auschwitz. The Nazis had planned to murder them in a few days.
The Red Army approached Oswiecim after three days of fighting on its outskirts, on the night of January 27, 1945. The prisoners wept with joy on seeing the Soviet liberators. Part of the camp was turned into a recovery hospital.
▪️In total, at least 1.3 million people passed through Auschwitz during its existence, about 1.1 million of them were exterminated.
In the past few years, the memory of this great deed of the Soviet soldiers that liberated the camp’s inmates has been systematically destroyed in a number of European countries.
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🕯 The Siege of Leningrad was one of the darkest moments in human history.
According to recent statistics, at least 1,093,842 people died during the blockade. In 2022, the Saint Petersburg City Court recognised the Siege of Leningrad as an act of genocide against the Soviet people committed by the Nazi Germany and its accomplices.
Against all odds the people faced the hardships with unmatched bravery and unwavering resolve.
One of them — Tanya Savicheva who lost all her family during the Siege, writing a diary about her terrible ordeal. Her image and pages from the diary became one the most tragic symbols of those difficult times.
As thousands of people died of starvation during the Nazi blockade, baker Daniel Kutinen worked around the clock to feed the citizens of Leningrad and died of starvation at his workplace.
In May 1942, the local Dynamo and the Leningrad Metal Plant workers played a football match in the Nazi-besieged Leningrad, which became a symbol of the resilience of the city defenders and showed that nothing can break the will of the Soviet people.
In August 1942, Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich’s legendary masterpiece Symphony №7 premiered in Leningrad during the most dire times of the Nazi siege, strengthening the spirit of the people of Leningrad.
✊ The city lived on and did not succumb to the pressure, bombings and starvation.
The Siege was lifted on January 27, 1944, during the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive of the Red Army.
#Victory79 #NoStatuteOfLimitation
According to recent statistics, at least 1,093,842 people died during the blockade. In 2022, the Saint Petersburg City Court recognised the Siege of Leningrad as an act of genocide against the Soviet people committed by the Nazi Germany and its accomplices.
Against all odds the people faced the hardships with unmatched bravery and unwavering resolve.
One of them — Tanya Savicheva who lost all her family during the Siege, writing a diary about her terrible ordeal. Her image and pages from the diary became one the most tragic symbols of those difficult times.
As thousands of people died of starvation during the Nazi blockade, baker Daniel Kutinen worked around the clock to feed the citizens of Leningrad and died of starvation at his workplace.
In May 1942, the local Dynamo and the Leningrad Metal Plant workers played a football match in the Nazi-besieged Leningrad, which became a symbol of the resilience of the city defenders and showed that nothing can break the will of the Soviet people.
In August 1942, Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich’s legendary masterpiece Symphony №7 premiered in Leningrad during the most dire times of the Nazi siege, strengthening the spirit of the people of Leningrad.
✊ The city lived on and did not succumb to the pressure, bombings and starvation.
The Siege was lifted on January 27, 1944, during the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive of the Red Army.
#Victory79 #NoStatuteOfLimitation
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🕯 January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established on November 1, 2005 by the decision of the United Nations General Assembly, which Russia co-authored.
On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
#WeRemember
On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
#WeRemember
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🗓 On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the city from the rest of the country by land. From the north, it was cut off from the main forces by Finnish troops allied with the Nazi Germany. In addition to the Finns, soldiers from Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands & Norway took part in the offensive, as well as volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France & Czechoslovakia.
Despite the cold, hunger & horrors of war, the Leningraders selflessly defended their city from total destruction during these 872 days and even in these dire circumstances continued producing goods & various machinery to supply the war effort against the Nazis. The incredible resilience and bravery of Leningrad residents shattered all the plans and ambitions of the Nazi invaders.
⚔️ A year after the breakthrough, Soviet Army managed to finally lift the siege of the city on January 27, 1944. After the success of the Iskra Operation, the situation in the city improved dramatically, but the threat remained. At the end of 1943, the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation was planned, during which Soviet soldiers liberated the Leningrad, Novgorod and part of the Kalinin (now Tver) regions, and pushed back the enemy to the borders of Estonia and Latvia.
🎖 The courage & heroism of Leningrad defenders were highly appreciated by the Motherland. Many units & formations were awarded the honourable title of “Guards”, orders & the honorary title of “Leningrad”. On the Leningrad, Volkhov & Karelian fronts, 486 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, including eight people who received it twice. 350,000+ servicemen on the Leningrad front alone received orders & medals.
#WeRemember and pay tribute to the heroes who stopped the Nazi plague that crippled Europe and threatened humankind.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the city from the rest of the country by land. From the north, it was cut off from the main forces by Finnish troops allied with the Nazi Germany. In addition to the Finns, soldiers from Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands & Norway took part in the offensive, as well as volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France & Czechoslovakia.
Despite the cold, hunger & horrors of war, the Leningraders selflessly defended their city from total destruction during these 872 days and even in these dire circumstances continued producing goods & various machinery to supply the war effort against the Nazis. The incredible resilience and bravery of Leningrad residents shattered all the plans and ambitions of the Nazi invaders.
⚔️ A year after the breakthrough, Soviet Army managed to finally lift the siege of the city on January 27, 1944. After the success of the Iskra Operation, the situation in the city improved dramatically, but the threat remained. At the end of 1943, the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation was planned, during which Soviet soldiers liberated the Leningrad, Novgorod and part of the Kalinin (now Tver) regions, and pushed back the enemy to the borders of Estonia and Latvia.
🎖 The courage & heroism of Leningrad defenders were highly appreciated by the Motherland. Many units & formations were awarded the honourable title of “Guards”, orders & the honorary title of “Leningrad”. On the Leningrad, Volkhov & Karelian fronts, 486 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, including eight people who received it twice. 350,000+ servicemen on the Leningrad front alone received orders & medals.
#WeRemember and pay tribute to the heroes who stopped the Nazi plague that crippled Europe and threatened humankind.
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🕯 President of Russia Vladimir Putin is taking part in the events to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.
The President laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex. From the first days of the siege, the Red Army fighters held back the superior enemy forces in that area, a small three-kilometre stretch of the frontline south of Leningrad, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city.
The President visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he honoured the memory of the fallen Leningrad residents and defenders of the city by laying a wreath at the Motherland monument. About half a million people are buried in mass graves at the Piskarevskoye cemetery. The words of poet Olga Berggolts, ”No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten“ are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Leningrad is the only city in world history with a population of several million people that was able to withstand almost 900 days of encirclement. The siege by Nazi Germany lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. The ring was broken on January 18, 1943, and on January 27, 1944, a ceremonial salute was fired to mark the end of the blockade.
By that time there were no more than 800,000 inhabitants left in the Northern Capital out of the three million who had lived in Leningrad and its suburbs before the siege.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
The President laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex. From the first days of the siege, the Red Army fighters held back the superior enemy forces in that area, a small three-kilometre stretch of the frontline south of Leningrad, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city.
The President visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he honoured the memory of the fallen Leningrad residents and defenders of the city by laying a wreath at the Motherland monument. About half a million people are buried in mass graves at the Piskarevskoye cemetery. The words of poet Olga Berggolts, ”No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten“ are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Leningrad is the only city in world history with a population of several million people that was able to withstand almost 900 days of encirclement. The siege by Nazi Germany lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. The ring was broken on January 18, 1943, and on January 27, 1944, a ceremonial salute was fired to mark the end of the blockade.
By that time there were no more than 800,000 inhabitants left in the Northern Capital out of the three million who had lived in Leningrad and its suburbs before the siege.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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❗️ All this happened against the backdrop of terrible exhaustion from hunger and constant shelling by the enemy.
Children's diaries have a unique place in commemorating the resilience of ordinary people whose will to live triumphed over the oppression of the Third Reich. During this difficult time, some of the city’s children documented on paper the terrible events they witnessed day by day.
🕯 The most famous of these diaries was Tanya Savicheva's notebook, where six out of nine pages chronicle the dates of her relatives' deaths: her mother, grandmother, sister, brother and two uncles. Tragically, Tanya herself died during evacuation in the Gorky Region on July 1, 1944, at the age of 14.
Keeping a diary helped these children cope with anxiety, fear and loss. Under the onslaught of hunger, constant shelling and bombing, and the death of loved ones, a piece of paper and a pencil provided solace and support. These written accounts offer invaluable insights into the experiences of people during those terrible 872 days of the Siege.
📚 Today, on the 80th Anniversary of the lifting of the Siege, we share excerpts from the diaries of children who witnessed those tragic events.
#WeRemember
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🗓 On January 27, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko took part in a ceremony for unveiling a memorial to the USSR civilians who fell victim of the Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War. The event is timed to the 80th Anniversary of breaking the Siege of Leningrad.
💬 President Putin: January 27 is one of the most important dates in our shared national history. On this day in 1944, Red Army soldiers completely lifted the Siege of Leningrad. A year later, in 1945, they liberated Auschwitz.
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For eight decades now, our pain for the victims, for the shattered destinies, and for everyone who endured incredible ordeals has not subsided. Our compassion is passed on from generation to generation and has #NoStatuteOfLimitation, just like the crimes of Hitler’s fanatics and their accomplices, those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly carried out the genocide of the Soviet people.
🕯 The massacres of unarmed and defenceless elderly people, women, children, and disabled were deliberate, systemic punitive acts.
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We are witnessing a disturbing trend where the outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, which unequivocally condemned Nazism, are being revised. Some countries not only rewrite history and exonerate the executioners: revanchists and neo-Nazis have embraced the Nazi ideology and methods.
• Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states are labelled “subhuman,” stripped of basic rights and persecuted.
• The Kiev regime glorifies Hitler's followers and members of the SS and uses terror against dissenters. Barbaric shelling of peaceful cities and towns persists, and the killing of the elderly, women and children continues.
• Some European countries endorse Russophobia as a state policy.
❗️ We will do everything in our power to halt and eradicate Nazism.
The followers of Nazi executioners are doomed. Nothing can deter the desire of millions of people in Russia and across the planet for true freedom, justice, peace, and security.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
💬 President Putin: January 27 is one of the most important dates in our shared national history. On this day in 1944, Red Army soldiers completely lifted the Siege of Leningrad. A year later, in 1945, they liberated Auschwitz.
<...>
For eight decades now, our pain for the victims, for the shattered destinies, and for everyone who endured incredible ordeals has not subsided. Our compassion is passed on from generation to generation and has #NoStatuteOfLimitation, just like the crimes of Hitler’s fanatics and their accomplices, those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly carried out the genocide of the Soviet people.
🕯 The massacres of unarmed and defenceless elderly people, women, children, and disabled were deliberate, systemic punitive acts.
<...>
We are witnessing a disturbing trend where the outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, which unequivocally condemned Nazism, are being revised. Some countries not only rewrite history and exonerate the executioners: revanchists and neo-Nazis have embraced the Nazi ideology and methods.
• Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states are labelled “subhuman,” stripped of basic rights and persecuted.
• The Kiev regime glorifies Hitler's followers and members of the SS and uses terror against dissenters. Barbaric shelling of peaceful cities and towns persists, and the killing of the elderly, women and children continues.
• Some European countries endorse Russophobia as a state policy.
❗️ We will do everything in our power to halt and eradicate Nazism.
The followers of Nazi executioners are doomed. Nothing can deter the desire of millions of people in Russia and across the planet for true freedom, justice, peace, and security.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko chaired a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus at the Konstantin Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It is noteworthy that the draft Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State in 2024–2026 submitted to the Supreme State Council is aimed at further advancing the comprehensive interaction between the two countries, including in industry, agriculture, energy, transport, logistics, and information.
A new strategy for scientific and technological development of the Union State for the period until 2035 has been submitted for approval. It contains specific steps to strengthen overall technological sovereignty, including the launch of large joint projects for import substitution and the creation of competitive products with high added value.
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🤝 The programme for the Union State’s coordinated foreign policy actions until 2026, prepared for this meeting, will continue and encourage even closer Russia-Belarus coordination in international affairs.
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📃 Following the meeting, a number of decisions were adopted and relevant documents were signed. The following decrees of the Supreme State Council of the Union State were signed:
• On the Progress on the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2021–2023 and Union programmes;
• On the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026;
• On Certain Issues of Implementing a Common Industrial Policy and the Rules to Confirm the Manufacture of Industrial Products on the Territory of the Union State;
• A resolution On Implementing A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2022–2023 and A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026 was also signed;
and much more.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It is noteworthy that the draft Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State in 2024–2026 submitted to the Supreme State Council is aimed at further advancing the comprehensive interaction between the two countries, including in industry, agriculture, energy, transport, logistics, and information.
A new strategy for scientific and technological development of the Union State for the period until 2035 has been submitted for approval. It contains specific steps to strengthen overall technological sovereignty, including the launch of large joint projects for import substitution and the creation of competitive products with high added value.
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🤝 The programme for the Union State’s coordinated foreign policy actions until 2026, prepared for this meeting, will continue and encourage even closer Russia-Belarus coordination in international affairs.
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📃 Following the meeting, a number of decisions were adopted and relevant documents were signed. The following decrees of the Supreme State Council of the Union State were signed:
• On the Progress on the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2021–2023 and Union programmes;
• On the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026;
• On Certain Issues of Implementing a Common Industrial Policy and the Rules to Confirm the Manufacture of Industrial Products on the Territory of the Union State;
• A resolution On Implementing A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2022–2023 and A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026 was also signed;
and much more.
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🇷🇺Russia rejects the decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Skating Union regarding Kamila Valieva and the Russian figure skating team. This is another example of Russophobiс politicization in sports. For us Kamila and her teammates are and always will be Olympic champions.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 26, 2024)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Organising the Russian presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 NATO military exercise - Steadfast Defender 2024
🔹 EU - agricultural problems
🔹 Anti-Serbian repression in Kosovo
🔹 The Day of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad
🔹 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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▪️ #Ukraine #Terrorism
On January 21, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a targeted missile and artillery strike against a farmer’s market and retail outlets in the Tekstilshchik residential area, Kirovsky District, Donetsk. This was the most violent attack in recent years, killing 27 civilians, including two teenagers, and injuring another 25 residents.
The premeditated terrorist attack by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles launched from the Kharkov Region targeting Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on January 24 was another heinous crime committed by the Zelensky regime. Everyone onboard, including six crew members, three Russian escort officers, and 65 Ukrainian servicemen on their way to a pre-agreed prisoner swap, died on the spot.
Kiev was aware of this flight and its humanitarian mission, yet they issued an order to destroy it.
▪️ #NATO
Against the backdrop of constant calls for Russia to de-escalate, the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to hold Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest coalition military exercise since the Cold War, raise numerous questions. The manoeuvres amount to an overt provocation. For several months, a joint force consisting of 90,000 personnel from 31 NATO member countries and Sweden will be deployed near the Russian borders, spanning the territory from Norway to Romania.
This step is deliberately aimed at escalating tensions; it raises the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe.
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Organising the Russian presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 NATO military exercise - Steadfast Defender 2024
🔹 EU - agricultural problems
🔹 Anti-Serbian repression in Kosovo
🔹 The Day of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad
🔹 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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▪️ #Ukraine #Terrorism
On January 21, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a targeted missile and artillery strike against a farmer’s market and retail outlets in the Tekstilshchik residential area, Kirovsky District, Donetsk. This was the most violent attack in recent years, killing 27 civilians, including two teenagers, and injuring another 25 residents.
The premeditated terrorist attack by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles launched from the Kharkov Region targeting Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on January 24 was another heinous crime committed by the Zelensky regime. Everyone onboard, including six crew members, three Russian escort officers, and 65 Ukrainian servicemen on their way to a pre-agreed prisoner swap, died on the spot.
Kiev was aware of this flight and its humanitarian mission, yet they issued an order to destroy it.
▪️ #NATO
Against the backdrop of constant calls for Russia to de-escalate, the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to hold Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest coalition military exercise since the Cold War, raise numerous questions. The manoeuvres amount to an overt provocation. For several months, a joint force consisting of 90,000 personnel from 31 NATO member countries and Sweden will be deployed near the Russian borders, spanning the territory from Norway to Romania.
This step is deliberately aimed at escalating tensions; it raises the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe.
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❗️The second issue of the Bulletin on the activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights to protect children during a special military operation (SMO) is available at the official web-site of he Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Right in seven languages:
🇷🇺 Russian;
🇬🇧 English;
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan;
🇦🇲 Armenian;
🇪🇸 Spanish;
🇨🇳 Chinese;
🇫🇷 French.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
💬 It doesn’t matter where or in what status a child is in Russia, in an orphanage, in a foster family, whether he or she has Russian citizenship or not. If he has a parent with full parental rights, the family has every opportunity to be reunited.
💬 Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
💬 It is important to understand that the territories of the DPR and LPR have been shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for many years, and most orphaned children from social institutions in the republic are aware of this. Children do not perceive Russia as an enemy and expect protection and help from us, so being placed in safe territory with Russian foster families is not a traumatic circumstance for them.
*The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
🇷🇺 Russian;
🇬🇧 English;
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan;
🇦🇲 Armenian;
🇪🇸 Spanish;
🇨🇳 Chinese;
🇫🇷 French.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
💬 It doesn’t matter where or in what status a child is in Russia, in an orphanage, in a foster family, whether he or she has Russian citizenship or not. If he has a parent with full parental rights, the family has every opportunity to be reunited.
💬 Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
💬 It is important to understand that the territories of the DPR and LPR have been shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for many years, and most orphaned children from social institutions in the republic are aware of this. Children do not perceive Russia as an enemy and expect protection and help from us, so being placed in safe territory with Russian foster families is not a traumatic circumstance for them.
*The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
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📅 On January 31, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended a joint meeting of the State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs, Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots Abroad, and the Oversight Committee. The meeting took place ahead of the Government Hour scheduled for February 14 at the State Duma and focused on the topical issues of Russian foreign policy. Leaders of the parliamentary parties in the State Duma also attended the meeting.
In his address, the Foreign Minister stressed the priorities for the Russian diplomatic service that include:
✔️ protecting national interests,
✔️ strengthening sovereignty,
✔️ improving the country’s leading international positions.
Answering questions from parliament members, Sergey Lavrov spoke about the key trends of forming a multi-polar world, emphasised the growing impact of the cultural and civilisational factor on world politics, and the importance of facilitating various cooperation mechanisms that would be resistant to the destructive actions of unfriendly countries.
The participants discussed the further steps required to achieve foreign policy goals in different areas amidst the turbulent geopolitical situation.
In his address, the Foreign Minister stressed the priorities for the Russian diplomatic service that include:
✔️ protecting national interests,
✔️ strengthening sovereignty,
✔️ improving the country’s leading international positions.
Answering questions from parliament members, Sergey Lavrov spoke about the key trends of forming a multi-polar world, emphasised the growing impact of the cultural and civilisational factor on world politics, and the importance of facilitating various cooperation mechanisms that would be resistant to the destructive actions of unfriendly countries.
The participants discussed the further steps required to achieve foreign policy goals in different areas amidst the turbulent geopolitical situation.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On January 30, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Ma Zhaoxu as part of the latter’s working visit to Russia.
The Parties praised Russia and China for the momentum they have generated in developing their relations in keeping with the agreements of the two countries’ leaders.
They emphasised the importance for Russia and China to achieve even closer coordination on the international stage, including within the United Nations and the UN Security Council, while also reaffirming their shared commitment to stepping up contacts in other international and regional organisations and forums, primarily within #BRICS, considering that Russia is chairing this association in 2024.
The two officials discussed the situation in Ukraine and had a trust-based exchange of views on ensuring security across the Eurasian space and in Asia-Pacific.
They expressed their firm belief in the urgent need to come up with a political and diplomatic solution to achieve a settlement in the Middle East and ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
🤝 Both Sides expressed their readiness to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on foreign policy matters with an unwavering focus on promoting peace and stability in the region and around the world.
During his visit to Moscow, Ma Zhaoxu met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on January 29. The two officials had a detailed exchange of opinions on the developments around the world and discussed a wide range of regional and national topics, as well as cooperation within multilateral associations. The Ukraine issue and an Israeli-Palestinian settlement were also on the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko also took part in the meeting.
As per tradition, these conversations took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere.
The Parties praised Russia and China for the momentum they have generated in developing their relations in keeping with the agreements of the two countries’ leaders.
They emphasised the importance for Russia and China to achieve even closer coordination on the international stage, including within the United Nations and the UN Security Council, while also reaffirming their shared commitment to stepping up contacts in other international and regional organisations and forums, primarily within #BRICS, considering that Russia is chairing this association in 2024.
The two officials discussed the situation in Ukraine and had a trust-based exchange of views on ensuring security across the Eurasian space and in Asia-Pacific.
They expressed their firm belief in the urgent need to come up with a political and diplomatic solution to achieve a settlement in the Middle East and ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
🤝 Both Sides expressed their readiness to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on foreign policy matters with an unwavering focus on promoting peace and stability in the region and around the world.
During his visit to Moscow, Ma Zhaoxu met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on January 29. The two officials had a detailed exchange of opinions on the developments around the world and discussed a wide range of regional and national topics, as well as cooperation within multilateral associations. The Ukraine issue and an Israeli-Palestinian settlement were also on the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko also took part in the meeting.
As per tradition, these conversations took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere.
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⚡️ On January 29, a representative from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced that the organisation would not participate in international monitoring of the presidential election in Russia on March 15-17 citing the lack of an invitation from the Russian side.
• The forthcoming electoral process in Russia will be highly transparent. Invitations extended by the Russian authorities will bring in around 1,000 international observers <...> in accordance with the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. The absence of the OSCE ODIHR will not compromise the quality of international observations.
🤷♂️ Even when invitations were extended to the ODIHR, it consistently opted out of monitoring, presenting unfounded ultimatum-like demands that the Russian Federation, like any other nation, was under no obligation to meet.
• The ODIHR is used to communicating with the OSCE member countries in an ultimatum-like language. While portrayed as adhering to the ODIHR's golden standards by the Western alliance, it is, in fact, an approach that includes diktat, browbeating, and blackmail. This approach is ineffective with Russia.
☝️ The ODIHR does not hold exclusive rights to observe or certify elections, nor does it have the authority to pass judgment. It is merely one of several potential international parties in election observation. Other reputable international entities are willing to participate in observing elections in Russia. <...>
❗️In fact, the ODIHR is working to execute a political order and is violating the principles of objectivity, impartiality, and professionalism in the process.
Given this state of affairs, and unlike organisations with untarnished reputations that adhere to the principles of objectivity and impartiality, the ODIHR election observation mission has no place at the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation.
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• The forthcoming electoral process in Russia will be highly transparent. Invitations extended by the Russian authorities will bring in around 1,000 international observers <...> in accordance with the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. The absence of the OSCE ODIHR will not compromise the quality of international observations.
🤷♂️ Even when invitations were extended to the ODIHR, it consistently opted out of monitoring, presenting unfounded ultimatum-like demands that the Russian Federation, like any other nation, was under no obligation to meet.
• The ODIHR is used to communicating with the OSCE member countries in an ultimatum-like language. While portrayed as adhering to the ODIHR's golden standards by the Western alliance, it is, in fact, an approach that includes diktat, browbeating, and blackmail. This approach is ineffective with Russia.
☝️ The ODIHR does not hold exclusive rights to observe or certify elections, nor does it have the authority to pass judgment. It is merely one of several potential international parties in election observation. Other reputable international entities are willing to participate in observing elections in Russia. <...>
❗️In fact, the ODIHR is working to execute a political order and is violating the principles of objectivity, impartiality, and professionalism in the process.
Given this state of affairs, and unlike organisations with untarnished reputations that adhere to the principles of objectivity and impartiality, the ODIHR election observation mission has no place at the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation.
Read in full
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the situation in the Korean Peninsula
Tension has been escalating in the Korean Peninsula lately threatening security and stability in Northeast Asia.
This escalation stems from the provocative steps by the US and its allies, aimed at ramping up their military activity in the region, including by deploying NATO infrastructure, making military preparations and holding more manoeuvres and exercises, some involving nuclear components, close to the DPRK’s border.
The fact that the US and the collective West are seeking to shift the blame for escalating tension in the peninsula and in Northeast Asia in general onto the DPRK is nothing more than a reflection of their long-standing habit of shifting the burden of responsibility. In fact, it is the unrelenting aggressive provocations by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that are forcing Pyongyang to take adequate measures to ensure its defence capabilities and security.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry calls for an end to the US’ irresponsible and hazardous policy, which uses its Indo-Pacific Strategy as a motto to divert countries in the region from developing independently, depriving their people of their sovereign right to preserve and strengthen their identity and choose their own development path.
Tension has been escalating in the Korean Peninsula lately threatening security and stability in Northeast Asia.
This escalation stems from the provocative steps by the US and its allies, aimed at ramping up their military activity in the region, including by deploying NATO infrastructure, making military preparations and holding more manoeuvres and exercises, some involving nuclear components, close to the DPRK’s border.
The fact that the US and the collective West are seeking to shift the blame for escalating tension in the peninsula and in Northeast Asia in general onto the DPRK is nothing more than a reflection of their long-standing habit of shifting the burden of responsibility. In fact, it is the unrelenting aggressive provocations by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that are forcing Pyongyang to take adequate measures to ensure its defence capabilities and security.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry calls for an end to the US’ irresponsible and hazardous policy, which uses its Indo-Pacific Strategy as a motto to divert countries in the region from developing independently, depriving their people of their sovereign right to preserve and strengthen their identity and choose their own development path.