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💬 President Putin: Citizens of Russia, veterans, guests, comrade soldiers and sailors, sergeants and sergeant majors, midshipmen and warrant officers, comrade officers, generals and admirals!
I congratulate you on the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War!
Today, we are all united by the feelings of joy and grief, pride and gratitude, and admiration for the generation that crushed Nazism and won freedom and peace for all humanity at the cost of millions of lives.
We faithfully preserve the memory of those historic, glorious events. As the heirs of the victors, today we celebrate Victory Day as the most important holiday for the country, which the entire nation, each family, each of us holds dear. <...>
We remember the lessons of WWII and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors.
Our duty is to defend the honour of the Red Army soldiers and commanders, and the heroism of fighters of different ethnic backgrounds who will forever remain Russian soldiers in world history.
❗️ Russia has been and will continue to be an indestructible obstacle to Nazism, Russophobia and anti-Semitism, and will stand in the way of the violence perpetrated by the champions of these aggressive and destructive ideas.
Truth and justice are on our side. The whole of Russia, our society and all people support the participants in the special military operation. We are proud of their courage and spirit, and their steely determination that has always brought us Victory.
The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the enemy’s most savage and relentless assaults. Millions of people, once devoted solely to peaceful labour, took up arms and stood firm to the death on every hill, bridgehead, and defensive line. The outcome of WWII was determined by decisive victories in major battles of Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper River, by the courage of the defenders of Belarus, who were the first to face the invader, by staunch resistance at the Brest Fortress and in Mogilev, Odessa, Sevastopol, Murmansk, Tula and Smolensk, by the heroism of the residents of besieged Leningrad. <...>
The contribution of the peoples of Central Asia and the South Caucasus was immense. From these regions came a steady flow of trains delivering everything the front needed. Hospitals were established, and hundreds of thousands of evacuees found a second home there. <...>
We honour every veteran of the Great Patriotic War and bow our heads in remembrance of all who gave their lives for Victory. <...>
We bow our heads before our fallen comrades-in-arms who laid down their lives as heroes in a righteous battle for Russia.
Nearly 80% of the world’s population were drawn into the fiery orbit of WWII.
The complete defeat of Nazi Germany, militarist Japan and their satellites around the world was achieved through the combined efforts of the Allied Nations.
☝️ We will never forget that the opening of the Second Front in Europe, which took place after the decisive battles in the territory of the Soviet Union, hastened Victory. We highly appreciate the contribution made to our common struggle by the Allied armies, members of the Resistance, the courageous people of China, and all those who fought for a peaceful future.
We will continue to look up to our veterans, taking example from their wholehearted love of the Motherland and commitment to defending our homeland and the values of humanism and justice. We will give these traditions and this great heritage the biggest place in our hearts and will pass them on to future generations.
We will always rely on our unity in battle and in peaceful endeavours, in striving for strategic goals and tackling problems for the benefit of Russia and its greatness and prosperity.
Glory to the victorious nation!
Happy Victory Day!
Hurrah!
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#Opinion by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
💬 Today, as the West is celebrating the end of the Second World War in Europe, the Federal Foreign Office of Germany posted three “powerful” messages in Russian, French, and English about Germany’s responsibility on its English-language X account.
“#8May1945 has shaped our history more than almost any other day. It was a day of liberation not only for the millions who were tormented and stripped of their most basic rights by the Nazi regime.
It was the beginning of an unprecedented period of peace for #Europe, even if some countries continued to long for freedom for far too long.
We owe our freedom to the enormous sacrifices of the Allies. We will always be grateful for this.
Our historic responsibility for the Shoah - the betrayal of all civilised values - and the remembrance of the millions of victims of the Second World War unleashed by Nazi Germany gives rise to our obligation to resolutely defend peace and freedom in Europe today.”
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In the English and French versions of the post, the German diplomats apologise “for the Shoah,” that is, the Holocaust. But the Russian text only mentions an obscure “civilisational rift.”
That’s interesting. Did the Nuremberg Trials mete out punishment for a “civilisational rift” or for the inhuman crimes of the Holocaust? The verdict of the International Military Tribunal makes it unambiguously clear that "a number of concentration camps were outfitted with special gas chambers for mass extermination of inmates and special crematoria for burning dead bodies.<...>Most non-Jewish inmates were used as labour. <...>Those who fell ill and were unable to work were either killed in gas chambers or shipped to special holding cells <...> they were doomed to death. The killings and brutal treatment of civilians were especially widespread with regard to citizens of the Soviet Union and Poland.”
The verdict didn’t say a word about a “civilisational rift.”
Next, why didn’t the German Foreign Office apologise to the Russian-speaking audience for the Nazi regime’s atrocities against millions of people in Europe? That is a question for Berlin and its new Chancellor Friedrich Merz to answer. I believe the answer is very simple: they don’t feel much when they kill civilians in a territory that was marked on the maps of Generalplan Ost (General Plan East) as “lebensraum” (living space). We have seen over the past three years that their plans towards Russia don’t have a statute of limitations, although right-minded people usually apply this term to Nazi crimes.
I would like to remind you that, according to Russian and German historians, millions of Soviet people were thrown into German concentration camps. About 3 million of them died there, and many of them were tortured to death. Millions of Jews, Slavs, Roma and other ethnic groups from the Soviet Union were the victims of EXTERMINATION, which is exactly what the word “Holocaust” means. But Berlin deliberately avoided acknowledging this on May 8.
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And lastly, the phrase about the part of the continent that remained unfree for too long sounds absolutely absurd. They probably alluded to the countries of the socialist camp, which rejected the fettering Marshall Plan, but have actually reminded themselves about the occupation of their countries by American troops.
Stultified by Baerbock’s illiteracy, German diplomats don’t know that Victory over Nazism had been the only element in Europe that united both socialist and capitalist countries for a very long time, nearly 50 years.
As for the commitment to resolutely defend peace and freedom in Europe, it’s been a long time coming. Stop supporting and sending weapons to neo-Nazis in Kiev, shut down the military transport hub in Rzeszow, and distance yourself from those who attacked peaceful cities and threatened world leaders ahead of the 80th Anniversary of Victory Day.
That would be a good start.
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💬 Today, as the West is celebrating the end of the Second World War in Europe, the Federal Foreign Office of Germany posted three “powerful” messages in Russian, French, and English about Germany’s responsibility on its English-language X account.
“#8May1945 has shaped our history more than almost any other day. It was a day of liberation not only for the millions who were tormented and stripped of their most basic rights by the Nazi regime.
It was the beginning of an unprecedented period of peace for #Europe, even if some countries continued to long for freedom for far too long.
We owe our freedom to the enormous sacrifices of the Allies. We will always be grateful for this.
Our historic responsibility for the Shoah - the betrayal of all civilised values - and the remembrance of the millions of victims of the Second World War unleashed by Nazi Germany gives rise to our obligation to resolutely defend peace and freedom in Europe today.”
<...>
In the English and French versions of the post, the German diplomats apologise “for the Shoah,” that is, the Holocaust. But the Russian text only mentions an obscure “civilisational rift.”
That’s interesting. Did the Nuremberg Trials mete out punishment for a “civilisational rift” or for the inhuman crimes of the Holocaust? The verdict of the International Military Tribunal makes it unambiguously clear that "a number of concentration camps were outfitted with special gas chambers for mass extermination of inmates and special crematoria for burning dead bodies.<...>Most non-Jewish inmates were used as labour. <...>Those who fell ill and were unable to work were either killed in gas chambers or shipped to special holding cells <...> they were doomed to death. The killings and brutal treatment of civilians were especially widespread with regard to citizens of the Soviet Union and Poland.”
The verdict didn’t say a word about a “civilisational rift.”
Next, why didn’t the German Foreign Office apologise to the Russian-speaking audience for the Nazi regime’s atrocities against millions of people in Europe? That is a question for Berlin and its new Chancellor Friedrich Merz to answer. I believe the answer is very simple: they don’t feel much when they kill civilians in a territory that was marked on the maps of Generalplan Ost (General Plan East) as “lebensraum” (living space). We have seen over the past three years that their plans towards Russia don’t have a statute of limitations, although right-minded people usually apply this term to Nazi crimes.
I would like to remind you that, according to Russian and German historians, millions of Soviet people were thrown into German concentration camps. About 3 million of them died there, and many of them were tortured to death. Millions of Jews, Slavs, Roma and other ethnic groups from the Soviet Union were the victims of EXTERMINATION, which is exactly what the word “Holocaust” means. But Berlin deliberately avoided acknowledging this on May 8.
<...>
And lastly, the phrase about the part of the continent that remained unfree for too long sounds absolutely absurd. They probably alluded to the countries of the socialist camp, which rejected the fettering Marshall Plan, but have actually reminded themselves about the occupation of their countries by American troops.
Stultified by Baerbock’s illiteracy, German diplomats don’t know that Victory over Nazism had been the only element in Europe that united both socialist and capitalist countries for a very long time, nearly 50 years.
As for the commitment to resolutely defend peace and freedom in Europe, it’s been a long time coming. Stop supporting and sending weapons to neo-Nazis in Kiev, shut down the military transport hub in Rzeszow, and distance yourself from those who attacked peaceful cities and threatened world leaders ahead of the 80th Anniversary of Victory Day.
That would be a good start.
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🇷🇺Статья Посла России в Канаде О.В.Степанова газете «Ведомости»
«Память о подвиге и уроки истории: чему учит Победа в Великой Отечественной войне»
(9 мая 2025 года)
📍 Победа в Великой Отечественной войне – это не просто военный триумф, коих много в славной истории России. Это символ несгибаемой воли народов Советского Союза, подвиг миллионов людей, ценой самопожертвования защитивших человечество от ужаса нацизма.
📍 Великая Победа – это не только историческое наследие, но и нравственный ориентир. Она учит различать добро и зло, называет вещи своими именами, не терпит политической конъюнктуры.
📍 Сегодня, спустя восемь десятилетий, вопросы исторической правды остаются все также актуальными. Попытки пересмотра итогов Второй мировой войны, реабилитации коллаборационистов, искажения роли русского народа и народов Советского Союза в разгроме нацизма требуют решительного отпора. Только честная, беспристрастная оценка событий прошлого может стать основой для подлинного международного взаимопонимания и мира.
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«Память о подвиге и уроки истории: чему учит Победа в Великой Отечественной войне»
(9 мая 2025 года)
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🧑🚀 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubrinsky, and Kirill Piskov, congratulated Russian citizens on Victory Day from aboard the International Space Station:
🚩 Earlier, the Russian cosmonauts unfurled a replica of the Victory Banner in open Space.
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Today, we remember those who achieved the Great Victory in bloody battles and liberated the world from fascism. We bow our heads before those who helped stop the enemy and never returned from the battlefield. We honour those who forged the weapons of Victory in the rear, who endured hunger, bombings, and devastation. We thank those who rebuilt the country from ruins in the shortest time.
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🇷🇺🇧🇷 On May 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is taking part in celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, held talks in Moscow.
💬 President Putin: Friends,
I am genuinely happy to meet with you, Mr. President. It has indeed been a long time since we last met. You intended to visit Moscow earlier, but work commitments prevented you, and I am delighted to welcome you to Russia. Welcome!
I have warm memories of our previous conversations both in Russia and in Brazil. They were held in a very friendly atmosphere and in a business-like manner. We managed to significantly improve relations between our nations largely thanks to our personal contacts.
As I have already mentioned, it has been long since you last came to Russia. Back then, in 2010, your visit was also in May, and a Joint Statement was adopted on the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
☝️ Victory Day will always carry a special significance for our peoples who were fighting against Nazism. We are well aware that Brazil was among those who joined the anti-Hitler coalition. Your military units took part in combat activities in Italy and defended communication routes in the southern Atlantic thus contributing to our joint victory over the enemy. I know that Brazil, as much as Russia, honours the memory of those events and pays tribute to the feat of the victors.
I would like to point out that our relations continue to develop steadily, and high-level contact is being maintained. You always see the way to personally receive Russian representatives whenever they arrive in Brazil on working visits.
📈 Our bilateral trade is moving ahead. I want to stress that Brazil accounts for the largest share of our trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Russia is still the biggest exporter of petroleum products and mineral fertilisers to Brazil while your country maintains leading positions in the Russian food imports.
🤝 We are closely cooperating on the international stage, and we will revisit this topic later. This cooperation includes such venues as the UN, #BRICS and #G20.
I am happy to have this opportunity to discuss these and other matters of mutual interest with you, Mr. President.
#RussiaBrazil
💬 President Putin: Friends,
I am genuinely happy to meet with you, Mr. President. It has indeed been a long time since we last met. You intended to visit Moscow earlier, but work commitments prevented you, and I am delighted to welcome you to Russia. Welcome!
I have warm memories of our previous conversations both in Russia and in Brazil. They were held in a very friendly atmosphere and in a business-like manner. We managed to significantly improve relations between our nations largely thanks to our personal contacts.
As I have already mentioned, it has been long since you last came to Russia. Back then, in 2010, your visit was also in May, and a Joint Statement was adopted on the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
☝️ Victory Day will always carry a special significance for our peoples who were fighting against Nazism. We are well aware that Brazil was among those who joined the anti-Hitler coalition. Your military units took part in combat activities in Italy and defended communication routes in the southern Atlantic thus contributing to our joint victory over the enemy. I know that Brazil, as much as Russia, honours the memory of those events and pays tribute to the feat of the victors.
I would like to point out that our relations continue to develop steadily, and high-level contact is being maintained. You always see the way to personally receive Russian representatives whenever they arrive in Brazil on working visits.
📈 Our bilateral trade is moving ahead. I want to stress that Brazil accounts for the largest share of our trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Russia is still the biggest exporter of petroleum products and mineral fertilisers to Brazil while your country maintains leading positions in the Russian food imports.
🤝 We are closely cooperating on the international stage, and we will revisit this topic later. This cooperation includes such venues as the UN, #BRICS and #G20.
I am happy to have this opportunity to discuss these and other matters of mutual interest with you, Mr. President.
#RussiaBrazil
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This solemn event was held in honour of all those heroes who gave their lives fighting Nazism and had done the impossible: defeated and dismantled the Hitler's machine of war and hatred back in 1945, ensuring a future for all mankind. #WeRemember
🎞 Watch the full parade with English commentary.
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✈️ The participation of the Russian Knights and Strizhi aerobatic teams in Victory Day parades has become a longstanding tradition.
Year after year, the pilots flawlessly execute mind-boggling maneuvers , while flying in precise formation over Red Square, making proud our flying aces of the past, best Soviet pilots in #WWII.
🇷🇺 Their flyovers, highlighted by the smoke trails in the colours of the Russian flag, are a signature part of the parade.
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Year after year, the pilots flawlessly execute mind-boggling maneuvers , while flying in precise formation over Red Square, making proud our flying aces of the past, best Soviet pilots in #WWII.
🇷🇺 Their flyovers, highlighted by the smoke trails in the colours of the Russian flag, are a signature part of the parade.
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🇷🇺 Article by the Ambassador of Russia to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, for the newspaper Vedomosti
“Remembering Heroism and Learning from History: The Enduring Lessons of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”
(May 9, 2025)
📍The Victory in the Great Patriotic War is not merely one of many military triumphs in Russia’s storied history. It is a symbol of the unbreakable will of the peoples of the Soviet Union—a feat of millions who, through sacrifice and valor, defended humanity from the horror of Nazism.
📍The Great Victory is not only a matter of historical legacy, but also a moral compass. It teaches us to distinguish between good and evil, to call things by their proper names, and to reject political opportunism.
📍Eighty years on, the question of historical truth remains as relevant as ever. Attempts to revise the outcome of the Second World War, rehabilitate collaborators, or distort the role of the Russian people and the peoples of the Soviet Union in defeating Nazism must be firmly opposed. Only an honest, impartial appraisal of the past can serve as a foundation for genuine international understanding and peace.
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“Remembering Heroism and Learning from History: The Enduring Lessons of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”
(May 9, 2025)
📍The Victory in the Great Patriotic War is not merely one of many military triumphs in Russia’s storied history. It is a symbol of the unbreakable will of the peoples of the Soviet Union—a feat of millions who, through sacrifice and valor, defended humanity from the horror of Nazism.
📍The Great Victory is not only a matter of historical legacy, but also a moral compass. It teaches us to distinguish between good and evil, to call things by their proper names, and to reject political opportunism.
📍Eighty years on, the question of historical truth remains as relevant as ever. Attempts to revise the outcome of the Second World War, rehabilitate collaborators, or distort the role of the Russian people and the peoples of the Soviet Union in defeating Nazism must be firmly opposed. Only an honest, impartial appraisal of the past can serve as a foundation for genuine international understanding and peace.
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🕯Церемония прошла в рамках празднования 80-летия Победы и стала актом памяти и признательности всем, кто отдал жизнь в борьбе с нацизмом. Участники почтили подвиг павших минутой молчания и возложили цветы к памятнику на территории Посольства.
🌍 В память об общем историческом наследии в церемонии приняли участие Посол Армении в Канаде А.Р.Арутюнян, Посол Казахстана Д.К.Кусаинов, Посол Китайской Народной Республики Ван Ди, а также Временный Поверенный в делах Азербайджана В.Абуталибов.
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📆 On May 9, 2025, the Embassy of Russia in Canada held a solemn floral tribute ceremony at the monument to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
🕯Held as part of the 80th anniversary of Victory, the ceremony honored the memory of all those who fell in the fight against Nazism. Participants observed a moment of silence and laid flowers at the memorial located on the Embassy grounds.
🌍 The event was joined by Ambassador of Armenia Anahit Harutyunyan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Dauletbek Kussainov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Wang Di, and Chargé d’Affaires of Azerbaijan Vasif Abutalibov.
🔴 🔴 Happy Victory Day!
#Victory80 #WeRemember
🕯Held as part of the 80th anniversary of Victory, the ceremony honored the memory of all those who fell in the fight against Nazism. Participants observed a moment of silence and laid flowers at the memorial located on the Embassy grounds.
🌍 The event was joined by Ambassador of Armenia Anahit Harutyunyan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Dauletbek Kussainov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Wang Di, and Chargé d’Affaires of Azerbaijan Vasif Abutalibov.
#Victory80 #WeRemember
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