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🎙 Авторская колонка Председателя Комитета Совета Федерации по международным делам Г.Б.Карасина в новостном интернет-издании News.ru.

💬 Глава киевского режима Зеленский заявил, что намерен устроить 8–9 мая в столице Украины очередную сходку европейских кураторов. Западные СМИ утверждают, что цель шабаша — отвлечь внимание от празднования Дня Победы в Москве.

Для нашей страны это «праздник со слезами на глазах», день достижения долгожданного мира, разгрома нацистской Германии. Победа досталась народу дорогой ценой — погибли 27 млн граждан Советского Союза, в том числе украинцев.

Сходка в Киеве имеет противоположный смысл — повидаться с нелегитимным «президентом» Украины, чей срок политической годности давно истёк.

Приедут ярые сторонники продолжения «войны до последнего украинца». Иначе как издевательством над здравым смыслом это не назовешь. <...>

Мы имеем дело с очередной попыткой переписать историю. Подменить исторический факт — победу Советского Союза над нацистским злом — очередным сборищем желающих переиграть Вторую мировую войну. <...>

На этой неделе мы в Совете Федерации приняли обращение, в котором подчеркнули, что отрицание решающего вклада СССР в Победу антигитлеровской коалиции над Германией и её сателлитами, героизация нацистских преступников и их пособников, снос и осквернение памятников советским воинам-освободителям аморальны и кощунственны.

Мы напоминаем всем, как говорили в советское время, людям доброй воли, что Нюрнбергский трибунал признал главарей нацистского режима виновными в том числе в преступлениях против мира, военных преступлениях, а также в преступлениях против человечности. <...>

Совет Федерации вновь призвал противодействовать любым попыткам фальсификации истории, реабилитации и героизации нацизма, осудить поощрение неонацистского режима на Украине, разжигание новой мировой войны, а также требовать привлечения к ответственности тех, кто оскорбляет память о борцах с фашизмом и воинах-освободителях. <...>

☝️ Наследие Великой Победы останется в памяти человечества. Те, кто желает разжечь новый конфликт в Европе, будут осуждены историей так же, как были осуждены их нацистские предшественники.

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⚡️ Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service:

Eurofascism is Moscow’s and Washington’s common enemy, just like 80 years ago.

Key points:

A study of Western states’ policies in hindsight attests to Europe’s “traditional propensity” for various forms of totalitarianism which regularly produces cataclysmic global conflicts👇

🇫🇷 Experts believe that the notion of Eurofascism was introduced by French author and columnist Pierre Drieu La Rochelle who collaborated with German occupational authorities during WWII, and justified it as an ideology inherent not only in Germans but also other “societies” in Europe.

▪️ In this context we can recall the French volunteer SS-Division Charlemagne which was named after Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, “Europe’s unifier.” The division’s soldiers were defending the Reichstag from the assaulting Red Army till the last hours of the German Nazi regime. Twelve of those fanatics were captured by the Americans and handed over to French General Phillipe Leclerc. As early as May 8, 1945, he ordered to shoot those war criminals without unnecessary judicial procrastination.

🇬🇧 Harvard professor Caroline Elkins provides evidence-based statements that it was from the British that Nazi Germany’s totalitarian regime borrowed the idea of concentration camps and genocide.

▪️ Lauren Young, a specialist in security and defence, writes about close ties between the British aristocracy, including the Royal family, and German Nazis. She points out that before WWII, would-be British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Italy and had a very positive impression of the local fascist regime.

▪️ In this connection, London’s destructive leading role in the Ukrainian conflict is unsurprising for experts. The British encourage the Kiev regime in every possible way, the regime that glorifies punishers who fought on Hitler’s side and Bandera henchmen and currently commits multiple crimes against humanity.

❗️ 80 years ago all the peoples of the USSR jointly fought in sacred battles against German and other European fascists.

There are monuments in Crimea to the servicemen of the military units formed in the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, who died during the storming of Sevastopol in 1944. All over Donbass there are similar memorials as well as graves of the Holocaust victims who were killed by Nazi perpetrators now held in esteem by Kiev while Israel is blissfully “unaware” of it.

▪️ Regarding Russian-US relations in the context of past and contemporary events, foreign experts express hope that a new joining of efforts by Moscow and Washington can prevent the world from sliding into a new global conflict and counter possible provocations by both Ukraine and “crazed” Europeans, who are traditionally being nudged by the UK.

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The Holy Fire is LIT — a sacred Orthodox Christian Easter tradition, flames are passed around crowd in Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Holy Fire will travel nations and countries from here.

#HappyEaster

📹 © The Russian Embassy in Israel

🗓 On April 19, 1783, Empress Catherine the Great signed a manifesto on the accession of Crimea, the Taman Island and Kuban region into the Russian Empire.

Prince Grigory Potemkin, Governor-General of Novorossiya, played one of the key roles in the accession and development of Crimea. In June 1783, on top of Mount Aq Qaya, he personally received the oath of allegiance to Russia from the Crimean nobility and the common people.

The results of the 2014 all-Crimean referendum once again confirmed the desire of Crimeans to remain part of our country and led to the long-awaited reunification of Crimea with Russia.

#CrimeaIsRussia

🎥 © Russian Military Historical Society

⚡️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces Easter ceasefire

During a meeting at the Kremlin with the Chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov President Vladimir Putin declared that the Russian Side is ceasing all military action starting April 19, 06:00 pm MSK to April 21, 00:00 am MSK

💬 President Putin: Guided by humanitarian motives, the Russian Side announces an Easter ceasefire from 06:00 pm today to 00:00 am Monday. I hereby order all military operations ceased for this period. We assume that the Ukrainian Side will follow our example. At the same time, our forces should be prepared to repel possible ceasefire violations and provocations by the enemy, as well as any aggressive acts on their part.

#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself

🎥 Toxic War — an RT Doc Film.

Synopsis: In this investigative documentary, military documentarians from RT provide evidence of the systematic and widespread use of chemical substances by the Kiev regime against civilians, which constitutes a gross violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

In the zone of the special military operation, members of the Russian forces have recorded over 400 cases of Ukrainian armed formations using toxic substances and chemicals. At the abandoned AFU positions, laboratories, drones, and toxic agents intended for dispersal over residential areas were discovered.

Several surviving witnesses describe how they were paralyzed after being exposed to an unknown deadly substance and how Ukrainian soldiers arrived at the site of the "operation" not to offer help, but to confirm that the experiment on humans had been successful.

📺 Watch the documentary to learn more about the Kiev regime's use of banned chemical weapons, see who is covering up these crimes, and hear the stories of the victims of inhumane experiments by Ukrainian neo-Nazis.

#KievRegimeCrimes

⚡️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said the following:

💬 Today is the eve of Easter and I would like to congratulate on this bright holiday, first and foremost, servicemen who are Orthodox Christians and who have been fighting for Russia.

I would like to wish a happy Easter to everyone in our country and around the world who celebrates, observes and respects this holiday.

👉 Regarding the Easter ceasefire

We are well aware of the fact the Kiev regime, as you reported to me, violated agreements on refraining from targeting energy infrastructure facilities more than a hundred times. Therefore, I ask you to be extremely attentive and focused to be ready to strike back in full.

☝️ Our decision on the Easter truce will demonstrate whether the Kiev regime is sincere, ready, willing and able to comply with the agreements, to participate in peace negotiations aimed at addressing the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.

For our part, we have always been ready to move in this direction and strongly welcome the aspirations of the United States, President [of the United States] Trump, our Chinese friends, the President of the People's Republic of China, the BRICS countries and all supporters of a just and peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.

Russian Patriarch Kirill called to actively love neighbors and support those in need in his address on the Resurrection Sunday.

✝️ Пасхальное послание Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла

Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл обратился к архипастырям, пастырям, монашествующим и всем верным чадам Русской Православной Церкви с традиционным посланием по случаю праздника Святой Пасхи.

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!

Этими словами Патриарх Кирилл приветствовал всех верующих, призвав хранить веру, укрепляться в надежде и являть миру любовь, основанную на силе Воскресения Христова — источника вечной жизни и света.

«Победа Христова — как солнце, изливающее светлые лучи на всех тех, кто стоит под ним».

В послании отмечается, что Пасха — это не просто воспоминание об историческом событии, но живое переживание победы над злом, грехом и смертью. Патриарх призвал всех свидетельствовать о Свете Христовом добрыми делами, верностью Церкви и молитвой.

ВОИСТИНУ ВОСКРЕСЕ ХРИСТОС!

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✝️ Paschal Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’, delivered his traditional Easter message to archpastors, pastors, monastics, and all faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

With these life-affirming words, the Patriarch greeted believers, calling on them to stand firm in faith, grow in hope, and live with love grounded in the Resurrection — the foundation of eternal life.

Quoting St. Nicholas of Serbia, Patriarch Kirill reminded us:

“Christ’s victory is like the sun, shedding its bright rays on all who stand beneath it.”

The message emphasizes that Easter is not only a remembrance of a sacred event, but a present, living reality — a triumph over sin and death. The faithful are called to bear witness to this Light through works of mercy, steadfast prayer, and loyalty to the Church.

TRULY, CHRIST IS RISEN!

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✝️ Message pascal de Sa Sainteté le Patriarche Cyrille

Sa Sainteté Cyrille, Patriarche de Moscou et de toute la Russie, s’est adressé aux archipasteurs, pasteurs, moines, moniales et à tous les fidèles de l’Église orthodoxe russe à l’occasion de la fête de Pâques.

LE CHRIST EST RESSUSCITÉ !

Par ces mots porteurs de vie, le Patriarche a salué les croyants et les a appelés à affermir leur foi, nourrir leur espérance et manifester la charité, fondés sur la force de la Résurrection du Christ — source de lumière et de vie éternelle.

Citant saint Nicolas de Serbie, il a rappelé :

« La victoire du Christ est comme le soleil, répandant ses rayons lumineux sur tous ceux qui se tiennent sous lui. »

Le message souligne que la Pâque n’est pas qu’un souvenir, mais une réalité vivante : la victoire sur le mal et la mort. Les fidèles sont appelés à en témoigner par l’amour, la prière et la fidélité à l’Église.

EN VÉRITÉ, LE CHRIST EST RESSUSCITÉ !

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