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🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the #CIS Heads of State Council meeting (October 8, 2024)
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,
I am delighted to welcome all of you to Moscow for a regular meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, which Russia is hosting as the current Chair of the Commonwealth.
I would like to emphasise that cooperation within the CIS is one of the Russian Federation's top foreign policy priorities. The member states of the Commonwealth are our closest neighbours, friends, and strategic partners, and we are naturally committed to strengthening our cooperation across the board.
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I am confident that we have abundant possibilities for launching new major and mutually beneficial projects in industry, agriculture, finance and infrastructure. <...>
📈 The CIS macroeconomic numbers have noticeably improved, and mutual trade and investment exchanges within the Commonwealth have expanded.
In the first half of the year, the aggregate GDP grew by 4.7%, investment in fixed assets rose by 11.2%, industrial output was up by 4.3 percent, cargo transport volume increased by 4.9%, and retail trade climbed by 8.6%.
🤝 Through our collaborative efforts, we have built a robust financial infrastructure that is immune to external influences. The use of national currencies in mutual payments has expanded, and their share in commercial transactions within the CIS has exceeded 85% and continues to grow.
Import substitution processes are moving fast thus strengthening our country’s technological sovereignty which is critically important considering the challenging global economic and political environment and the unprecedented pressure, particularly in the economy, coming from a number of countries.
Combatting terrorism and extremism, organised crime, drug trafficking, and corruption remains a priority for the CIS collaborative efforts. <...>
Humanitarian ties within the CIS continue to make strides. Partnerships in science, education, culture, and tourism are deepening. <...>
All our countries understand how important it is to preserve common history and prevent its falsification. Young people should certainly know what our peoples achieved during the long period when we lived as a single state, and about heroic deeds of our fathers, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
🏅 In 2025, we will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War together. In the Commonwealth countries, this will be the Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight Against Nazism. <...>
We have come up with one more specific proposal which is to establish a City of Labour Glory honorary title in the CIS, and bestow it on the CIS cities which made a particularly large contribution to victory in the Great Patriotic War by ensuring the uninterrupted supply of military and civilian products. <...>
As you are aware, Russia holds the chairmanship of BRICS this year. This organisation is gaining momentum and many countries now find it quite attractive. <...>
☝️ We believe that fostering close cooperation among all CIS member states with #BRICS aligns with the interest of strengthening our Commonwealth’s position in the international arena.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,
I am delighted to welcome all of you to Moscow for a regular meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, which Russia is hosting as the current Chair of the Commonwealth.
I would like to emphasise that cooperation within the CIS is one of the Russian Federation's top foreign policy priorities. The member states of the Commonwealth are our closest neighbours, friends, and strategic partners, and we are naturally committed to strengthening our cooperation across the board.
<...>
I am confident that we have abundant possibilities for launching new major and mutually beneficial projects in industry, agriculture, finance and infrastructure. <...>
📈 The CIS macroeconomic numbers have noticeably improved, and mutual trade and investment exchanges within the Commonwealth have expanded.
In the first half of the year, the aggregate GDP grew by 4.7%, investment in fixed assets rose by 11.2%, industrial output was up by 4.3 percent, cargo transport volume increased by 4.9%, and retail trade climbed by 8.6%.
🤝 Through our collaborative efforts, we have built a robust financial infrastructure that is immune to external influences. The use of national currencies in mutual payments has expanded, and their share in commercial transactions within the CIS has exceeded 85% and continues to grow.
Import substitution processes are moving fast thus strengthening our country’s technological sovereignty which is critically important considering the challenging global economic and political environment and the unprecedented pressure, particularly in the economy, coming from a number of countries.
Combatting terrorism and extremism, organised crime, drug trafficking, and corruption remains a priority for the CIS collaborative efforts. <...>
Humanitarian ties within the CIS continue to make strides. Partnerships in science, education, culture, and tourism are deepening. <...>
All our countries understand how important it is to preserve common history and prevent its falsification. Young people should certainly know what our peoples achieved during the long period when we lived as a single state, and about heroic deeds of our fathers, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
We have come up with one more specific proposal which is to establish a City of Labour Glory honorary title in the CIS, and bestow it on the CIS cities which made a particularly large contribution to victory in the Great Patriotic War by ensuring the uninterrupted supply of military and civilian products. <...>
As you are aware, Russia holds the chairmanship of BRICS this year. This organisation is gaining momentum and many countries now find it quite attractive. <...>
☝️ We believe that fostering close cooperation among all CIS member states with #BRICS aligns with the interest of strengthening our Commonwealth’s position in the international arena.
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🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the expanded meeting of the CIS Heads of State (October 8, 2024)
💬 President Vladimir Putin: The Commonwealth of Independent States is developing. All the Leaders gathered here support further deepening of the Commonwealth. We can see that our joint efforts are consistently promoting the #CIS’s authority as a regional integration association.
The Commonwealth members act solely on the principles of mutual understanding, equality and neighbourliness, and successfully solve key tasks to improve our citizens’ well-being and quality of life.
It is largely through this that we have managed to preserve, and in some areas expand, the economic, social, cultural and humanitarian ties that have been developed over many years of living as part of a single state.
📈 As it has been noted numerous times today, the entire span of the CIS shows positive dynamic in macroeconomic and, indeed, economic terms. The GDP of CIS members is growing at a good pace, as trade and investment ties between them are becoming stronger.
For instance, trade between Russia and other CIS states in just seven months of this year grew by an impressive 7.7%, totaling $63.2 billion, in spite of the volatility displayed by the global markets.
Companies from CIS countries carry out mutually beneficial projects in energy, industry, and infrastructure, jointly implement import substitution programmes, as a new, national currency-based financial system impervious to external factors is being established.
Obviously, cooperation between the CIS countries is not limited to the economy. Cooperation on the cultural track, which is based on the sinvere mutual interest of our countries’ peoples in each other’s culture and traditions, is making good headway.
Next year will mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, a joint Appeal to the Commonwealth nations and the world community will be adopted following the results of our meeting. <...>
☝️ In the current difficult global situation, it is crucial that all CIS states advocate the formation of a fair world order based on universally recognised principles of international law with the pivotal role of the UN. We constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, and our approaches are traditionally close or completely coincide.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: The Commonwealth of Independent States is developing. All the Leaders gathered here support further deepening of the Commonwealth. We can see that our joint efforts are consistently promoting the #CIS’s authority as a regional integration association.
The Commonwealth members act solely on the principles of mutual understanding, equality and neighbourliness, and successfully solve key tasks to improve our citizens’ well-being and quality of life.
It is largely through this that we have managed to preserve, and in some areas expand, the economic, social, cultural and humanitarian ties that have been developed over many years of living as part of a single state.
📈 As it has been noted numerous times today, the entire span of the CIS shows positive dynamic in macroeconomic and, indeed, economic terms. The GDP of CIS members is growing at a good pace, as trade and investment ties between them are becoming stronger.
For instance, trade between Russia and other CIS states in just seven months of this year grew by an impressive 7.7%, totaling $63.2 billion, in spite of the volatility displayed by the global markets.
Companies from CIS countries carry out mutually beneficial projects in energy, industry, and infrastructure, jointly implement import substitution programmes, as a new, national currency-based financial system impervious to external factors is being established.
Obviously, cooperation between the CIS countries is not limited to the economy. Cooperation on the cultural track, which is based on the sinvere mutual interest of our countries’ peoples in each other’s culture and traditions, is making good headway.
Next year will mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, a joint Appeal to the Commonwealth nations and the world community will be adopted following the results of our meeting. <...>
☝️ In the current difficult global situation, it is crucial that all CIS states advocate the formation of a fair world order based on universally recognised principles of international law with the pivotal role of the UN. We constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, and our approaches are traditionally close or completely coincide.
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Vladimir Putin's meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has begun at the Kremlin
Current issues pertaining to the further development of the strategic cooperation and allied relationship between Russia and Belarus will be on the agenda, with a particular focus on integration-based cooperation within the framework of the Union State.
Current issues pertaining to the further development of the strategic cooperation and allied relationship between Russia and Belarus will be on the agenda, with a particular focus on integration-based cooperation within the framework of the Union State.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On October 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin presented the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in a ceremony held in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Alexander Lukashenko was decorated for his outstanding achievements in developing allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Belarus, strengthening friendly ties between the peoples of Russia and Belarus, as well as for making a significant personal contribution to the creation of the Union State and ensuring its effective operation.
💬 President Putin: We have gathered in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to take part in a ceremony for presenting the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
This is Russia’s oldest order, instituted more than three centuries ago by Peter the Great in honour of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, who was a Christian saint, religious leader, apostle and martyr. He is also the patron of the Russian land and the Orthodox Church and has enjoyed special respect in both Russia and Belarus.
🎖 According to the statute for this order, it can be awarded to prominent Russian government officials, as well as foreign leaders for their outstanding service in strengthening ties with our country.
Mr Lukashenko, you certainly are worthy of this high decoration. By bestowing the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called upon you, Russia expresses its gratitude for your outstanding contribution to developing Russia-Belarus relations, alliance and strategic partnership.
These relations rest on a solid foundation formed by the perennial principles of friendship and cooperation, mutual respect and due regard for each other’s interests, as well as shared spiritual values, and the fact that many people in Russia and Belarus have close family ties.
☝️ This solid foundation has served as a bedrock for Russia and Belarus in their efforts to build the Union State, which has effectively guaranteed our common defence and security, and created a common economic, legal and humanitarian space.
Mr Lukashenko, you stood at the roots of the Union State and made a meaningful contribution to strengthening and developing it. We know you as a persistent and unwavering advocate of preserving and expanding close ties across the space formed by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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I am certain that our combined efforts will enable us to make further strides in promoting #RussiaBelarus cooperation. We will seek to further reinforce our mutually beneficial economic ties and close contacts, while effectively ensuring security for our countries and the Union State.
🤝 Mr Lukashenko, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on receiving Russia’s highest state decoration and wish you good health and success in your public duties. I wish the people of Belarus, our brotherly nation, peace, stability and prosperity.
Alexander Lukashenko was decorated for his outstanding achievements in developing allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Belarus, strengthening friendly ties between the peoples of Russia and Belarus, as well as for making a significant personal contribution to the creation of the Union State and ensuring its effective operation.
💬 President Putin: We have gathered in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to take part in a ceremony for presenting the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
This is Russia’s oldest order, instituted more than three centuries ago by Peter the Great in honour of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, who was a Christian saint, religious leader, apostle and martyr. He is also the patron of the Russian land and the Orthodox Church and has enjoyed special respect in both Russia and Belarus.
🎖 According to the statute for this order, it can be awarded to prominent Russian government officials, as well as foreign leaders for their outstanding service in strengthening ties with our country.
Mr Lukashenko, you certainly are worthy of this high decoration. By bestowing the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called upon you, Russia expresses its gratitude for your outstanding contribution to developing Russia-Belarus relations, alliance and strategic partnership.
These relations rest on a solid foundation formed by the perennial principles of friendship and cooperation, mutual respect and due regard for each other’s interests, as well as shared spiritual values, and the fact that many people in Russia and Belarus have close family ties.
☝️ This solid foundation has served as a bedrock for Russia and Belarus in their efforts to build the Union State, which has effectively guaranteed our common defence and security, and created a common economic, legal and humanitarian space.
Mr Lukashenko, you stood at the roots of the Union State and made a meaningful contribution to strengthening and developing it. We know you as a persistent and unwavering advocate of preserving and expanding close ties across the space formed by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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I am certain that our combined efforts will enable us to make further strides in promoting #RussiaBelarus cooperation. We will seek to further reinforce our mutually beneficial economic ties and close contacts, while effectively ensuring security for our countries and the Union State.
🤝 Mr Lukashenko, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on receiving Russia’s highest state decoration and wish you good health and success in your public duties. I wish the people of Belarus, our brotherly nation, peace, stability and prosperity.
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith hold talks on the sidelines of the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS).
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
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📸 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith during talks.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
📸 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith during talks.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son hold a meeting in Vientiane on the sidelines of the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS).
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaVietnam
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaVietnam
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in the gala dinner on behalf of Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone and his Spouse ahead of the 19th East Asia Summit.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
#RussiaLaos
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 On October 10, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit (#EAS) in Vientiane.
The Officials conducted a trust-based exchange of opinions regarding the state of bilateral relations and their prospects. They focused on issues of implementing highest-level agreements, expanding trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian ties and more actively coordinating bilateral efforts in international and regional affairs.
🤝 The Russian Side positively assessed the development of the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership during Laos’ chairmanship of the Association in 2024.
#RussiaLaos
The Officials conducted a trust-based exchange of opinions regarding the state of bilateral relations and their prospects. They focused on issues of implementing highest-level agreements, expanding trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian ties and more actively coordinating bilateral efforts in international and regional affairs.
🤝 The Russian Side positively assessed the development of the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership during Laos’ chairmanship of the Association in 2024.
#RussiaLaos
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⚡️ Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son.
🤝 The two Officials exchanged views on topical bilateral matters in the context of fulfilling the agreements resulting from the state visit by President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam on June 19 and 20, 2024.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Sergey Lavrov and Bui Thanh Son went on to discuss several regional and international issues, including cooperation in the Russia-ASEAN dialogue framework, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region in general.
#RussiaVietnam
🤝 The two Officials exchanged views on topical bilateral matters in the context of fulfilling the agreements resulting from the state visit by President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam on June 19 and 20, 2024.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Sergey Lavrov and Bui Thanh Son went on to discuss several regional and international issues, including cooperation in the Russia-ASEAN dialogue framework, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region in general.
#RussiaVietnam
In response to 🇨🇦GAC's post ("The Kremlin is boosting efforts to subvert Moldova's democracy..."):
This is yet another attempt by Trudeau’s cabinet to create an appearance of being relevant in the affairs of Europe. 🤭😺
On a more serious note: Ottawa has been continuously trying - in concert with other NATO and EU capitals - to prop Sandu’s regime immersed in gross violations of human and democratic rights.
(Once FDR🇺🇸 wisecracked about Nicaraguan dictator Somoza: “He’s sonofabitch but he’s ours.” Nothing has changed in Western practices since then.)
This is yet another attempt by Trudeau’s cabinet to create an appearance of being relevant in the affairs of Europe. 🤭😺
On a more serious note: Ottawa has been continuously trying - in concert with other NATO and EU capitals - to prop Sandu’s regime immersed in gross violations of human and democratic rights.
(Once FDR🇺🇸 wisecracked about Nicaraguan dictator Somoza: “He’s sonofabitch but he’s ours.” Nothing has changed in Western practices since then.)
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🎖October 14 marks 81 years since the Sobibor uprising — a special date in the history of World War II.
📅 It was #OnThisDay in 1943, that the only successful mass escape from the Nazi death camps took place — the Sobibor uprising, led by a Soviet prisoner of war, the Red Army lieutenant Alexander Pechersky.
▪️During the war, Nazi Germany established about 14,000 concentration camps, with the so-called death camps among them, used by the Nazis to exterminate people. Sobibor was one those death camps formed in German-occupied Poland with one aim — to ensure the “final solution to the Jewish question.”
Sobibor had been in operation since May 1942. It was located near the village of Sobibor in the south east of Poland near the Western Bug River and the Polish-Soviet border. The camp was set up by the Nazis on a railroad haul between towns Chelm and Wlodawa, which made it possible to ship prisoners to Sobibor by train cars.
Sobibor was literally a death factory designed to slaughter people in the most brutal and terrifying ways. Each and every day, up to six trains each carrying 2,000 people — both military and civilians, including senior people, women, and children — delivered prisoners to that camp.
▪️Captives in Sobibor were shot, gassed, starved or exploited to the death. People were subjected to heinous medical experiments. Prisoners were brought to Sobibor for further torture and slaughter from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France. It is known that the two so-called "children trains" left the Netherlands for Sobibor in June 1943. During the time the camp was in operation, the Nazis massacred there up to 250,000 POWs.
Sobibor was well-guarded by the Nazis. The camp was fenced off by four rows of three-metre-high barbed wire. The territory around was mined. There were sentinels on towers along the perimeter. Sobibor was also cordoned off by 200 guards, with about a hundred SS soldiers among them. Ukrainian collaborators, including those serving in 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), were in charge of maintaining the “order” in Sobibor.
Given all that, escaping from Sobibor seemed unthinkable.
⚔️ On October 14, 1943, the uprising in Sobibor under the leadership of Alexander Pechersky took place. Encouraged by the Soviet officer, the prisoners performed a truly heroic feat — in an unequal battle with the Nazis, POWs killed 11 or, according to other sources, 12 SS soldiers and several guards. Having overpowered the enemy literally with bare hands, the prisoners rushed undaunted to the central gate of Sobibor under heavy machine-gun fire from the towers. Nothing could stop the doomed prisoners, neither the minefields surrounding the camp, nor the barbed wire, nor the gun fire.
As a result of the uprising in Sobibor, about 300 prisoners managed to escape from this hell on Earth. Many survivors who managed to escape further joined the ranks of the resistance and continued their fight against the enemy. Alexander Pechersky himself joined the Belarusian partisans, and in 1944 fought the Nazis again.
☝️ The Sobibor uprising is known to be the only ever successful mass escape from Nazi death camps in the history of WWII. The Nazi SS command, unable to bear the shame and trying to hide the traces of their crimes against humanity in Sobibor, ordered to raze the camp to the ground.
The crimes committed in Sobibor were part of the charges against the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials, and the stories told by eyewitnesses and participants of the uprising were depicted in many books and films. Today the Alexander Pechersky Foundation in Russia plays an important role in preserving the memory of the Sobibor prisoners’ feat.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
📅 It was #OnThisDay in 1943, that the only successful mass escape from the Nazi death camps took place — the Sobibor uprising, led by a Soviet prisoner of war, the Red Army lieutenant Alexander Pechersky.
▪️During the war, Nazi Germany established about 14,000 concentration camps, with the so-called death camps among them, used by the Nazis to exterminate people. Sobibor was one those death camps formed in German-occupied Poland with one aim — to ensure the “final solution to the Jewish question.”
Sobibor had been in operation since May 1942. It was located near the village of Sobibor in the south east of Poland near the Western Bug River and the Polish-Soviet border. The camp was set up by the Nazis on a railroad haul between towns Chelm and Wlodawa, which made it possible to ship prisoners to Sobibor by train cars.
Sobibor was literally a death factory designed to slaughter people in the most brutal and terrifying ways. Each and every day, up to six trains each carrying 2,000 people — both military and civilians, including senior people, women, and children — delivered prisoners to that camp.
▪️Captives in Sobibor were shot, gassed, starved or exploited to the death. People were subjected to heinous medical experiments. Prisoners were brought to Sobibor for further torture and slaughter from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France. It is known that the two so-called "children trains" left the Netherlands for Sobibor in June 1943. During the time the camp was in operation, the Nazis massacred there up to 250,000 POWs.
Sobibor was well-guarded by the Nazis. The camp was fenced off by four rows of three-metre-high barbed wire. The territory around was mined. There were sentinels on towers along the perimeter. Sobibor was also cordoned off by 200 guards, with about a hundred SS soldiers among them. Ukrainian collaborators, including those serving in 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), were in charge of maintaining the “order” in Sobibor.
Given all that, escaping from Sobibor seemed unthinkable.
⚔️ On October 14, 1943, the uprising in Sobibor under the leadership of Alexander Pechersky took place. Encouraged by the Soviet officer, the prisoners performed a truly heroic feat — in an unequal battle with the Nazis, POWs killed 11 or, according to other sources, 12 SS soldiers and several guards. Having overpowered the enemy literally with bare hands, the prisoners rushed undaunted to the central gate of Sobibor under heavy machine-gun fire from the towers. Nothing could stop the doomed prisoners, neither the minefields surrounding the camp, nor the barbed wire, nor the gun fire.
As a result of the uprising in Sobibor, about 300 prisoners managed to escape from this hell on Earth. Many survivors who managed to escape further joined the ranks of the resistance and continued their fight against the enemy. Alexander Pechersky himself joined the Belarusian partisans, and in 1944 fought the Nazis again.
☝️ The Sobibor uprising is known to be the only ever successful mass escape from Nazi death camps in the history of WWII. The Nazi SS command, unable to bear the shame and trying to hide the traces of their crimes against humanity in Sobibor, ordered to raze the camp to the ground.
The crimes committed in Sobibor were part of the charges against the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials, and the stories told by eyewitnesses and participants of the uprising were depicted in many books and films. Today the Alexander Pechersky Foundation in Russia plays an important role in preserving the memory of the Sobibor prisoners’ feat.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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Today marks the 8️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations – MGIMO!
Today #MGIMO = thousands of students, 14 faculties and institutes, 3 campuses in Moscow, the Moscow region and Tashkent. It is an indisputable symbol of education of the highest standard.
It was founded on October 14, 1944, during World War II, taking upon itself the mission to provide highly qualified diplomats and experts in international relations in the wake of the post-war development.
🌍 In 1946, MGIMO became the first university in the USSR to admit foreign students, establishing its international academic reputation.
🗓 In 1994, MGIMO received the status of a university.
On September 18, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 800, awarding the University the Order of Alexander Nevsky for "outstanding achievements in scientific and educational work and long-standing excellence in preparing highly qualified specialists in international relations, global economics, international law, and journalism."
The name of Saint Alexander Nevsky, the patron of Russian diplomacy, is closely linked with MGIMO: the university chapel bears his name, while in 2021, a monument to the Russian statesman of the 13th century was unveiled on its grounds. This year Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 800, awarding the University the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
👉 Today, MGIMO alumni hold top positions in Russia’s diplomatic service, including Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov.
#DYK? In 2010, MGIMO was listed in the Guinness World Records for offering the most foreign languages taught at a university—5️⃣3️⃣.
Today #MGIMO = thousands of students, 14 faculties and institutes, 3 campuses in Moscow, the Moscow region and Tashkent. It is an indisputable symbol of education of the highest standard.
It was founded on October 14, 1944, during World War II, taking upon itself the mission to provide highly qualified diplomats and experts in international relations in the wake of the post-war development.
🌍 In 1946, MGIMO became the first university in the USSR to admit foreign students, establishing its international academic reputation.
🗓 In 1994, MGIMO received the status of a university.
On September 18, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 800, awarding the University the Order of Alexander Nevsky for "outstanding achievements in scientific and educational work and long-standing excellence in preparing highly qualified specialists in international relations, global economics, international law, and journalism."
The name of Saint Alexander Nevsky, the patron of Russian diplomacy, is closely linked with MGIMO: the university chapel bears his name, while in 2021, a monument to the Russian statesman of the 13th century was unveiled on its grounds. This year Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 800, awarding the University the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
👉 Today, MGIMO alumni hold top positions in Russia’s diplomatic service, including Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov.
#DYK? In 2010, MGIMO was listed in the Guinness World Records for offering the most foreign languages taught at a university—5️⃣3️⃣.
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🇷🇺🇻🇦 On October 14, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pope’s Special Envoy for Peace in Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, held a meeting in Moscow.
During the conversation, the Parties had an in-depth discussion on cooperation in the humanitarian sphere in the context of the conflict around Ukraine and touched upon a number of topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda.
🤝 They noted the constructive development of the Russia-Vatican dialogue.
During the conversation, the Parties had an in-depth discussion on cooperation in the humanitarian sphere in the context of the conflict around Ukraine and touched upon a number of topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda.
🤝 They noted the constructive development of the Russia-Vatican dialogue.
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❗️ Maxim Grigoryev, the Сhairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, which includes representatives of civil society from more than 30 countries, continues recording reports of war crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
Below are first-hand accounts by those who suffered and witnessed mass atrocities perpetrated by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass and Ukraine after the special military operation started 👇
💬 Deputy Regimental Commander of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign "Shaman":
"I have never seen anything like it was near Kharkov in my life. <...>
Ukrainian troops captured 18 of our people: they were mobilised students, ballet dancers, orchestra musicians from theatres of Donetsk, steelworkers, miners, tax collectors. Non of them have ever been in military action. <...>
Those freaks (Ukrainian military) tortured our guys, cut off their ears, stabbed them in their eyes and neck.
When we got to Olkhovka, I started evacuating those who survived and were wounded. <...>
I saw a bench outside the school and two of our boys sitting there. They were wearing our uniform. I shouted to them: 'Why are you sitting there? Let's go'. Then I came up to them and noticed that they were dead, tied together like in an embrace. When we pulled them and other dead soldiers out, we saw that they had no ears and were stabbed in the neck. The forensics said that those boys had their ears cut off while they were still alive.
Ukrainian Armed Forces' mercenaries, bragged about this. We found it on the Internet. They were shooting at the legs — at guys from our regiment. I saw a video of them gouging out an eye of our fighter. They are not human. They were from thef***ing Kraken Regiment."
💬 Tamara Koryak, victim of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
"Ukrainian military fired at us from mortars and tanks. My daughter was wounded by shrapnel. They were shooting at our house and windows with automatic weapons. They wouldn't let us go outside. <...>
Ukrainian military purposefully shot at the houses with civilians inside. <...>
There were no Russian soldiers at that time in Artyomovsk. We saw them only on March 10, 2023. There were no military before except for the Ukrainian army.
My neighbour told me that one Ukrainian soldier at a market and asked: 'Guys, are you here to protect us?' And they answered, smiling, that they came not to protect but to wipe them out.
💬 Anatoly Kryachok, victim of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
I can tell you what I heard personally. A mortar crew was standing nearby. The Ukrainian gunner sent coordinates for firing to the Ukrainian military and received a response on the radio that these coordinates are the centre of the city. The commander answered: 'What do they pay you for? You're told to shoot, so shoot!'. <...>
Near my house, maybe 50 metres from it, there were mortar crews on the left and right sides of the fence, on the road next to it there was a self-propelled artillery launcher firing at the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Kharkov-Rostov, and so on."
👉 Find out more on the Kiev regime's war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev
❗️ Maxim Grigoryev, the Сhairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, which includes representatives of civil society from more than 30 countries, continues recording reports of war crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
Below are first-hand accounts by those who suffered and witnessed mass atrocities perpetrated by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass and Ukraine after the special military operation started 👇
💬 Deputy Regimental Commander of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign "Shaman":
"I have never seen anything like it was near Kharkov in my life. <...>
Ukrainian troops captured 18 of our people: they were mobilised students, ballet dancers, orchestra musicians from theatres of Donetsk, steelworkers, miners, tax collectors. Non of them have ever been in military action. <...>
Those freaks (Ukrainian military) tortured our guys, cut off their ears, stabbed them in their eyes and neck.
When we got to Olkhovka, I started evacuating those who survived and were wounded. <...>
I saw a bench outside the school and two of our boys sitting there. They were wearing our uniform. I shouted to them: 'Why are you sitting there? Let's go'. Then I came up to them and noticed that they were dead, tied together like in an embrace. When we pulled them and other dead soldiers out, we saw that they had no ears and were stabbed in the neck. The forensics said that those boys had their ears cut off while they were still alive.
Ukrainian Armed Forces' mercenaries, bragged about this. We found it on the Internet. They were shooting at the legs — at guys from our regiment. I saw a video of them gouging out an eye of our fighter. They are not human. They were from the
💬 Tamara Koryak, victim of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
"Ukrainian military fired at us from mortars and tanks. My daughter was wounded by shrapnel. They were shooting at our house and windows with automatic weapons. They wouldn't let us go outside. <...>
Ukrainian military purposefully shot at the houses with civilians inside. <...>
There were no Russian soldiers at that time in Artyomovsk. We saw them only on March 10, 2023. There were no military before except for the Ukrainian army.
My neighbour told me that one Ukrainian soldier at a market and asked: 'Guys, are you here to protect us?' And they answered, smiling, that they came not to protect but to wipe them out.
💬 Anatoly Kryachok, victim of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
I can tell you what I heard personally. A mortar crew was standing nearby. The Ukrainian gunner sent coordinates for firing to the Ukrainian military and received a response on the radio that these coordinates are the centre of the city. The commander answered: 'What do they pay you for? You're told to shoot, so shoot!'. <...>
Near my house, maybe 50 metres from it, there were mortar crews on the left and right sides of the fence, on the road next to it there was a self-propelled artillery launcher firing at the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Kharkov-Rostov, and so on."
👉 Find out more on the Kiev regime's war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🎙 Comment by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the escalation of tension in the #KoreanPeninsula
💬 In recent days, tensions on the Korean Peninsula has markedly escalated. According to official statements from Pyongyang, the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including its capital, has experienced unprecedented incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles originating from the Republic of Korea, which have been disseminating propaganda materials.
⚠️ Such actions by Seoul can only be interpreted as a flagrant violation of the DPRK’s sovereignty and interference in its internal affairs, aimed at undermining the legitimate political and government system of an independent state and depriving it of its right to sovereign development.
The South Korean authorities should take Pyongyang’s warnings very seriously and cease further escalation on the peninsula through their reckless and provocative campaign, which exacerbates tension and could lead to actual armed confrontations.
It is imperative for Seoul to recognise that the propagation of a concept of the merger of the two Koreas by South Korea via the imposition of pseudo-liberal values and the expansion of certain ‘freedoms’ constitutes a security risk, primarily to its own citizens.
❗️ Only political and diplomatic measures, grounded in the principle of indivisible security, can ensure enduring peace and stability in the subregion.
There is no alternative course, unless military aggression is indeed the ultimate aim of South Korea and its ‘senior’ ally, the United States.
☝️ Russia remains committed to playing a constructive role on the Korean Peninsula, striving to avert dangerous developments and guide the situation back towards a positive trajectory, including through the framework of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the DPRK.
💬 In recent days, tensions on the Korean Peninsula has markedly escalated. According to official statements from Pyongyang, the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including its capital, has experienced unprecedented incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles originating from the Republic of Korea, which have been disseminating propaganda materials.
⚠️ Such actions by Seoul can only be interpreted as a flagrant violation of the DPRK’s sovereignty and interference in its internal affairs, aimed at undermining the legitimate political and government system of an independent state and depriving it of its right to sovereign development.
The South Korean authorities should take Pyongyang’s warnings very seriously and cease further escalation on the peninsula through their reckless and provocative campaign, which exacerbates tension and could lead to actual armed confrontations.
It is imperative for Seoul to recognise that the propagation of a concept of the merger of the two Koreas by South Korea via the imposition of pseudo-liberal values and the expansion of certain ‘freedoms’ constitutes a security risk, primarily to its own citizens.
❗️ Only political and diplomatic measures, grounded in the principle of indivisible security, can ensure enduring peace and stability in the subregion.
There is no alternative course, unless military aggression is indeed the ultimate aim of South Korea and its ‘senior’ ally, the United States.
☝️ Russia remains committed to playing a constructive role on the Korean Peninsula, striving to avert dangerous developments and guide the situation back towards a positive trajectory, including through the framework of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the DPRK.