📆 On May 29, 2025, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Toronto Vladlen Viktorovich Epifanov, during a working trip to the province of Alberta, congratulated veterans on the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
🇷🇺 On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the commemorative medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” were presented to the following veterans:
1️⃣ Lev Faustovich Nevler (1925 y.o.) — WWII veteran;
2️⃣ Mikhail Alexandrovich Shmuilovich — home front worker;
3️⃣ Lina Ilyinichna Kishnevskaya — concentration camp survivor and former civilian under occupation;
4️⃣ Bronislava Torgovetskaya — concentration camp survivor;
5️⃣ Semyon Semyonovich Lazar — concentration camp survivor.
🎼 A small concert followed the ceremony, organized by members of the Russian-speaking community in Edmonton. Wartime songs and words of remembrance were shared.
🕯 The veterans spoke of their experiences, their families, and the courage of the Soviet people during the war years.
🔴 🔴 No one is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten!
#Victory80 #WeRemember
🇷🇺 On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the commemorative medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” were presented to the following veterans:
1️⃣ Lev Faustovich Nevler (1925 y.o.) — WWII veteran;
2️⃣ Mikhail Alexandrovich Shmuilovich — home front worker;
3️⃣ Lina Ilyinichna Kishnevskaya — concentration camp survivor and former civilian under occupation;
4️⃣ Bronislava Torgovetskaya — concentration camp survivor;
5️⃣ Semyon Semyonovich Lazar — concentration camp survivor.
🎼 A small concert followed the ceremony, organized by members of the Russian-speaking community in Edmonton. Wartime songs and words of remembrance were shared.
🕯 The veterans spoke of their experiences, their families, and the courage of the Soviet people during the war years.
#Victory80 #WeRemember
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⚡️ Доклад МИД России «О ситуации в ряде стран Европы вокруг осквернения и разрушения памятников, воздвигнутых в честь тех, кто боролся против нацизма в годы Второй мировой войны»
📖 Полная версия доклада
После окончания Второй мировой войны в Европе было возведено примерно 4 тысячи памятников советским воинам. На территории Центральной, Восточной и Юго-Восточной Европы похоронено в общей сложности более миллиона красноармейцев. В целом же народы СССР и Европы заплатили за Победу над нацизмом гораздо более высокую цену, измеряемую десятками миллионов жизней. <...>
После распада СССР многие мемориалы оказались на территории сопредельных с Россией государств, образовавшихся на месте бывших советских республик. Взятый в ряде из них курс на возрождение нацизма и переписывание истории сильно ударил в том числе по мемориальному наследию Великой Отечественной войны. <...>
Доклад посвящён действиям отдельных государств, в первую очередь стран Прибалтики, Польши, Украины, которые, используя проводимую Россией Специальную военную операцию по денацификации и демилитаризации Украины и защите мирного населения Донбасса в качестве предлога, резко увеличили масштабы многолетней практики по уничтожению на своей территории советского и российского, а зачастую и своего собственного, мемориального наследия. Под неё уже сверстана и продолжает наращиваться соответствующая законодательная база.
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◾️Латвия
В последние годы усилия латвийских властей по героизации нацизма и оправданию преступлений нацистских пособников приняли беспрецедентные, невиданные ранее — по меркам этой страны — формы и масштабы. Главным направлением своей политики Латвия цинично избрала борьбу с памятниками воинам-освободителям от нацизма и запрет празднования 9 Мая, праздник, который, напомним, отмечали многие жители Латвии. <...>
С 2022 года латвийские власти, пребывая в угаре ультранационалистического подъёма, активизировали усилия по уничтожению советского мемориального наследия и фальсификации истории. Знаковыми стали циничные усилия по уничтожению Памятника Воинам-Освободителям в Парке Победы в Риге.
Серьёзную озабоченность вызывают участившиеся случаи перезахоронения останков советских военнослужащих в обход действующего российско-латвийского соглашения «О статусе захоронений» от 2007 года.
◾️Литва
После начала СВО по населённым пунктам Литвы пронеслась волна вандализма, осквернению подверглись порядка 30 мемориалов и обелисков, находящихся в основном в местах воинских захоронений. <...>
Согласно собранным данным, с 2022 года по настоящее время установлено 86 случаев изменения облика захоронений или памятных мест. В 53 случаях памятники были полностью снесены.
Кульминацией борьбы с памятью о героическом подвиге освободителей Литвы от немецко-фашистских захватчиков стал снос на Антакальнисском кладбище в Вильнюсе, где расположено крупнейшее в Литве захоронение красноармейцев (3098 солдат и офицеров Красной армии), шести стел, олицетворявших советских воинов различных родов войск и являвшихся центральным элементом мемориала.
◾️ Украина
Параллельно с чествованием пособников нацистов и очернением памяти бойцов Красной армии украинские власти предпринимают усилия по сносу памятников советским солдатам-освободителям.
В «войне» с памятниками воинам Красной армии и жертвам трагических событий времён Второй мировой войны, в том числе связанных с Холокостом, помимо представителей местных властей участвуют также праворадикалы.
До 2022 года подобные случаи фиксировались украинскими правоохранителями и заносились в единый реестр досудебных расследований, однако участники этих кощунственных акций к ответственности не привлекались.
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👉 Подробно о преступных действиях властей, направленных на борьбу с российскими и советскими монументами, в упомянутых странах, а также Болгарии, Молдавии, Польше, Финляндии, ФРГ, Чехии и Эстонии читайте в Докладе МИД России.
📖 Полная версия доклада
После окончания Второй мировой войны в Европе было возведено примерно 4 тысячи памятников советским воинам. На территории Центральной, Восточной и Юго-Восточной Европы похоронено в общей сложности более миллиона красноармейцев. В целом же народы СССР и Европы заплатили за Победу над нацизмом гораздо более высокую цену, измеряемую десятками миллионов жизней. <...>
После распада СССР многие мемориалы оказались на территории сопредельных с Россией государств, образовавшихся на месте бывших советских республик. Взятый в ряде из них курс на возрождение нацизма и переписывание истории сильно ударил в том числе по мемориальному наследию Великой Отечественной войны. <...>
Доклад посвящён действиям отдельных государств, в первую очередь стран Прибалтики, Польши, Украины, которые, используя проводимую Россией Специальную военную операцию по денацификации и демилитаризации Украины и защите мирного населения Донбасса в качестве предлога, резко увеличили масштабы многолетней практики по уничтожению на своей территории советского и российского, а зачастую и своего собственного, мемориального наследия. Под неё уже сверстана и продолжает наращиваться соответствующая законодательная база.
***
◾️Латвия
В последние годы усилия латвийских властей по героизации нацизма и оправданию преступлений нацистских пособников приняли беспрецедентные, невиданные ранее — по меркам этой страны — формы и масштабы. Главным направлением своей политики Латвия цинично избрала борьбу с памятниками воинам-освободителям от нацизма и запрет празднования 9 Мая, праздник, который, напомним, отмечали многие жители Латвии. <...>
С 2022 года латвийские власти, пребывая в угаре ультранационалистического подъёма, активизировали усилия по уничтожению советского мемориального наследия и фальсификации истории. Знаковыми стали циничные усилия по уничтожению Памятника Воинам-Освободителям в Парке Победы в Риге.
Серьёзную озабоченность вызывают участившиеся случаи перезахоронения останков советских военнослужащих в обход действующего российско-латвийского соглашения «О статусе захоронений» от 2007 года.
◾️Литва
После начала СВО по населённым пунктам Литвы пронеслась волна вандализма, осквернению подверглись порядка 30 мемориалов и обелисков, находящихся в основном в местах воинских захоронений. <...>
Согласно собранным данным, с 2022 года по настоящее время установлено 86 случаев изменения облика захоронений или памятных мест. В 53 случаях памятники были полностью снесены.
Кульминацией борьбы с памятью о героическом подвиге освободителей Литвы от немецко-фашистских захватчиков стал снос на Антакальнисском кладбище в Вильнюсе, где расположено крупнейшее в Литве захоронение красноармейцев (3098 солдат и офицеров Красной армии), шести стел, олицетворявших советских воинов различных родов войск и являвшихся центральным элементом мемориала.
◾️ Украина
Параллельно с чествованием пособников нацистов и очернением памяти бойцов Красной армии украинские власти предпринимают усилия по сносу памятников советским солдатам-освободителям.
В «войне» с памятниками воинам Красной армии и жертвам трагических событий времён Второй мировой войны, в том числе связанных с Холокостом, помимо представителей местных властей участвуют также праворадикалы.
До 2022 года подобные случаи фиксировались украинскими правоохранителями и заносились в единый реестр досудебных расследований, однако участники этих кощунственных акций к ответственности не привлекались.
***
👉 Подробно о преступных действиях властей, направленных на борьбу с российскими и советскими монументами, в упомянутых странах, а также Болгарии, Молдавии, Польше, Финляндии, ФРГ, Чехии и Эстонии читайте в Докладе МИД России.
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📄 Russia's Foreign Ministry's report on the "Situation in several European countries with the desecration and destruction of monuments dedicated to those who fought against Nazism during World War II"
Full text of the report
Since the end of the World War II, approximately 4'000 monuments to Soviet soldiers have been erected in Europe. A total of more than one million Red Army soldiers are buried in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. In general, the peoples of the USSR and Europe paid a much higher price for the Victory over Nazism, measured in tens of millions of lives.
The Soviet army liberated Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria (the eastern part of the country and Vienna), Romania, Yugoslavia and a number of other European countries from Nazism.
The majority of Soviet monuments were erected specifically in these countries. There are also monuments to the Soviet soldier in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and France.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many memorials ended up on the territory of states bordering Russia that emerged from the former Soviet republics. In several of these countries, the chosen course toward reviving Nazism and rewriting history has had a serious impact on the memorial legacy of the Great Patriotic War.
❌ Decommunization, the destruction of monuments to our common history and culture, the desecration of the graves of fallen Soviet soldiers, neo-Nazi torch marches, the glorification of Nazis and their collaborators, the physical elimination of ideological opponents — many of these practices, and often all of them at once, have become commonplace in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as in Poland, the Czech Republic and a number of other European countries.
These very countries are the focus of this report. Under the guise of "decommunization" laws and by dismantling monuments to Soviet soldiers, the governments of these countries are attempting to "reinforce an anti-Russian front".
At the same time, monuments to Nazi criminals are being erected, their protection is being enshrined in law, and rare acts of activists opposing Nazi memorials are harshly prosecuted. The key objective of such steps is the complete erasure of historical memory.
This report has been prepared as part of the Russia's Foreign Ministry's efforts to draw attention to the manifestations of various forms of Nazi glorification, neo-Nazism, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance in foreign countries.
The report focuses on the actions of certain countries, primarily the Baltic states, Poland, and Ukraine, which, using Russia’s special military operation aimed at denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, as well as the protection of the peaceful population of Donbass, as a pretext, have sharply escalated a long-standing practice of destroying Soviet, Russian, and often their own memorial heritage on their territories.
👉 Detailed account of the unlawful actions by authorities of Ukraine, the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Finland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, targeting Russian and Soviet monuments.
Full text of the report
Since the end of the World War II, approximately 4'000 monuments to Soviet soldiers have been erected in Europe. A total of more than one million Red Army soldiers are buried in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. In general, the peoples of the USSR and Europe paid a much higher price for the Victory over Nazism, measured in tens of millions of lives.
The Soviet army liberated Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria (the eastern part of the country and Vienna), Romania, Yugoslavia and a number of other European countries from Nazism.
The majority of Soviet monuments were erected specifically in these countries. There are also monuments to the Soviet soldier in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and France.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many memorials ended up on the territory of states bordering Russia that emerged from the former Soviet republics. In several of these countries, the chosen course toward reviving Nazism and rewriting history has had a serious impact on the memorial legacy of the Great Patriotic War.
❌ Decommunization, the destruction of monuments to our common history and culture, the desecration of the graves of fallen Soviet soldiers, neo-Nazi torch marches, the glorification of Nazis and their collaborators, the physical elimination of ideological opponents — many of these practices, and often all of them at once, have become commonplace in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as in Poland, the Czech Republic and a number of other European countries.
These very countries are the focus of this report. Under the guise of "decommunization" laws and by dismantling monuments to Soviet soldiers, the governments of these countries are attempting to "reinforce an anti-Russian front".
At the same time, monuments to Nazi criminals are being erected, their protection is being enshrined in law, and rare acts of activists opposing Nazi memorials are harshly prosecuted. The key objective of such steps is the complete erasure of historical memory.
This report has been prepared as part of the Russia's Foreign Ministry's efforts to draw attention to the manifestations of various forms of Nazi glorification, neo-Nazism, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance in foreign countries.
The report focuses on the actions of certain countries, primarily the Baltic states, Poland, and Ukraine, which, using Russia’s special military operation aimed at denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, as well as the protection of the peaceful population of Donbass, as a pretext, have sharply escalated a long-standing practice of destroying Soviet, Russian, and often their own memorial heritage on their territories.
👉 Detailed account of the unlawful actions by authorities of Ukraine, the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Finland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, targeting Russian and Soviet monuments.
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UN Security Council Briefing on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine (New York, May 30, 2025)
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: The “expired” Ukrainian president does not want to stop hostilities because he is afraid of losing his grip on power — after all, he will have to hold elections and answer to the voters for what he has turned Ukraine into over the past 6 years, he will also have to account for the hundreds of billions of dollars of budget funds and Western (primarily American) aid that he has embezzled.
European warmongers are not interested in stopping hostilities either. They have been implementing their “anti-Russia” project in Ukraine since at least 2014, and they are not ready to give up on it and allow the cessation of hostilities until Russia is defeated or at least bled dry.
Having lost millions of its citizens, it is Ukraine that is on the verge of total defeat today; therefore, the European sponsors of “private military company Ukraine” order Zelensky and his clique to continue fighting until the last Ukrainian, which compels the Kiev regime to capture the last Ukrainian men in the streets and throw them into the senseless meat grinder.
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Our Armed Forces stand ready to continue and step up their combat activities for as long as it may take. Just look at any military reports, even those that are most biased vis-a-vis Russia – they clearly show that Russian troops are successfully making headway along virtually the entire front line.
Russia's Ministry of Defense provides information about the liberation of various settlements and destruction of foreign-supplied equipment.
☝️ Despite all this, we have always emphasized that we are committed to a political and diplomatic settlement of the crisis.
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It is fundamentally important for us that the root causes of the conflict be addressed once and for all.
2014 witnessed an unconstitutional coup d'état in Ukraine, which was supported and sponsored by the US and the EU. That coup brought to power a new regime that set out to destroy all things Russian. For all these years, it has trampled on the rights of the people in the east and the south of Ukraine.
We cannot and will not stand idly by and watch as millions of Russian-speaking people remain under the regime pursuing the policies that flagrantly violate their fundamental rights and freedoms.
If the neo-Nazi authorities in Kiev believe that they can achieve a cessation of hostilities while maintaining institutionalized oppression and discrimination vis-a-vis a significant portion of the population in the rest of Ukraine, they are deeply mistaken.
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💬 Vassily Nebenzia: The “expired” Ukrainian president does not want to stop hostilities because he is afraid of losing his grip on power — after all, he will have to hold elections and answer to the voters for what he has turned Ukraine into over the past 6 years, he will also have to account for the hundreds of billions of dollars of budget funds and Western (primarily American) aid that he has embezzled.
European warmongers are not interested in stopping hostilities either. They have been implementing their “anti-Russia” project in Ukraine since at least 2014, and they are not ready to give up on it and allow the cessation of hostilities until Russia is defeated or at least bled dry.
Having lost millions of its citizens, it is Ukraine that is on the verge of total defeat today; therefore, the European sponsors of “private military company Ukraine” order Zelensky and his clique to continue fighting until the last Ukrainian, which compels the Kiev regime to capture the last Ukrainian men in the streets and throw them into the senseless meat grinder.
***
Our Armed Forces stand ready to continue and step up their combat activities for as long as it may take. Just look at any military reports, even those that are most biased vis-a-vis Russia – they clearly show that Russian troops are successfully making headway along virtually the entire front line.
Russia's Ministry of Defense provides information about the liberation of various settlements and destruction of foreign-supplied equipment.
☝️ Despite all this, we have always emphasized that we are committed to a political and diplomatic settlement of the crisis.
***
It is fundamentally important for us that the root causes of the conflict be addressed once and for all.
2014 witnessed an unconstitutional coup d'état in Ukraine, which was supported and sponsored by the US and the EU. That coup brought to power a new regime that set out to destroy all things Russian. For all these years, it has trampled on the rights of the people in the east and the south of Ukraine.
We cannot and will not stand idly by and watch as millions of Russian-speaking people remain under the regime pursuing the policies that flagrantly violate their fundamental rights and freedoms.
If the neo-Nazi authorities in Kiev believe that they can achieve a cessation of hostilities while maintaining institutionalized oppression and discrimination vis-a-vis a significant portion of the population in the rest of Ukraine, they are deeply mistaken.
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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, May 27, 2025)
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Norway’s aggressive war preparations
🔹 Narrow Waters – 25 Navy exercises in Finland
🔹 US missile defence system Golden Dome
🔹 Sanctions pressure on Russia
🔹 Crimes against the Soviet memorial legacy in the EU
🔹 West's crimes in Afghanistan
🔹 The 70th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome
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#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ The Kiev regime has significantly intensified terrorist attacks against civilians. Apparently, emboldened by Western fantasies about militarisation, the regime now feels completely unrestrained. These terrorist attacks target civilian infrastructure across multiple Russian regions, including Moscow.
Between May 20-25, at least 15 civilians were injured by dozens of strikes and drone attacks across the Belgorod Region.
In the Kursk Region, on May 22, a 50-year-old civilian was killed and four others injured by Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes and drone attacks on populated areas. <...> On May 23, militants from the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the town of Lgov using HIMARS rocket launchers, injuring 16 people, including two children, and damaging 64 single-family homes, 28 flats in three buildings, and two shops.
Since May 20, relentless shelling of communities in the Kherson Region has led to one civilian death, and at least 10 people have been wounded, including a 19-year-old girl.
In total, according to the Investigative Committee, since the start of the special military operation, 43 Russian regions have come under attack with over 8'000 shelling incidents in border areas and deeper into our country’s territory.
#Afghanistan
Western governments have been seeking to sweep under the carpet efforts by the courts to investigate crimes dating back to the time when Afghanistan was under occupation, despite all the pressure they face from the civil society.
Only one out of 19 Australian soldiers whose names appeared in an investigation into the killings of Afghans, including civilians, was indicted. As for the UK, where there has been a lot of reporting lately about these monstrous crimes, there has been hardly any progress in investigating these cases.
We welcome the fact that human rights activists are becoming increasingly vocal in requesting retribution against the Western military for the crimes they committed during Afghanistan’s occupation so that all the perpetrators are held to account.
#Finland #NATO
Navy ships and service personnel from Germany, Sweden and Estonia are taking part in the Narrow Waters – 25 Navy exercise in Finland. <...> The manoeuvres include performing wartime tasks.
This means that an ordinary Navy exercise, which used to be held at a national level without any foreign military forces, has suddenly evolved into yet another means of escalation at NATO’s disposal along the Russian border, and the Finnish authorities offered their full-throttle support to this initiative.
#RussiaAfrica
🌍 In 2023 and 2024, we opened our embassies in Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea. In December 2024, the Russian Government adopted resolutions on reopening our embassies in Niger and Sierra Leone and opening an embassy in South Sudan. These efforts have recently moved into the implementation phase. Future plans include opening embassies in Gambia, Togo and the Union of the Comoros.
The expansion of Russian diplomatic presence in Africa will not only promote trade, economic and investment ties but will also help strengthen our political and humanitarian cooperation.
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Norway’s aggressive war preparations
🔹 Narrow Waters – 25 Navy exercises in Finland
🔹 US missile defence system Golden Dome
🔹 Sanctions pressure on Russia
🔹 Crimes against the Soviet memorial legacy in the EU
🔹 West's crimes in Afghanistan
🔹 The 70th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome
📰 Read
📺 Watch
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#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ The Kiev regime has significantly intensified terrorist attacks against civilians. Apparently, emboldened by Western fantasies about militarisation, the regime now feels completely unrestrained. These terrorist attacks target civilian infrastructure across multiple Russian regions, including Moscow.
Between May 20-25, at least 15 civilians were injured by dozens of strikes and drone attacks across the Belgorod Region.
In the Kursk Region, on May 22, a 50-year-old civilian was killed and four others injured by Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes and drone attacks on populated areas. <...> On May 23, militants from the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the town of Lgov using HIMARS rocket launchers, injuring 16 people, including two children, and damaging 64 single-family homes, 28 flats in three buildings, and two shops.
Since May 20, relentless shelling of communities in the Kherson Region has led to one civilian death, and at least 10 people have been wounded, including a 19-year-old girl.
In total, according to the Investigative Committee, since the start of the special military operation, 43 Russian regions have come under attack with over 8'000 shelling incidents in border areas and deeper into our country’s territory.
#Afghanistan
Western governments have been seeking to sweep under the carpet efforts by the courts to investigate crimes dating back to the time when Afghanistan was under occupation, despite all the pressure they face from the civil society.
Only one out of 19 Australian soldiers whose names appeared in an investigation into the killings of Afghans, including civilians, was indicted. As for the UK, where there has been a lot of reporting lately about these monstrous crimes, there has been hardly any progress in investigating these cases.
We welcome the fact that human rights activists are becoming increasingly vocal in requesting retribution against the Western military for the crimes they committed during Afghanistan’s occupation so that all the perpetrators are held to account.
#Finland #NATO
Navy ships and service personnel from Germany, Sweden and Estonia are taking part in the Narrow Waters – 25 Navy exercise in Finland. <...> The manoeuvres include performing wartime tasks.
This means that an ordinary Navy exercise, which used to be held at a national level without any foreign military forces, has suddenly evolved into yet another means of escalation at NATO’s disposal along the Russian border, and the Finnish authorities offered their full-throttle support to this initiative.
#RussiaAfrica
🌍 In 2023 and 2024, we opened our embassies in Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea. In December 2024, the Russian Government adopted resolutions on reopening our embassies in Niger and Sierra Leone and opening an embassy in South Sudan. These efforts have recently moved into the implementation phase. Future plans include opening embassies in Gambia, Togo and the Union of the Comoros.
The expansion of Russian diplomatic presence in Africa will not only promote trade, economic and investment ties but will also help strengthen our political and humanitarian cooperation.
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✉️ President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin extended greetings to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on his 50th birthday.
✍️ Russia and Armenia have always been linked by a strong bond of friendship. I am certain that through concerted efforts, we can achieve the further advancement of relations across the board. This undoubtedly meets the fundamental interests of our nations and will contribute to greater stability, security and prosperity in Eurasia.
I wish you excellent health, happiness and every success in your esteemed position.
✍️ Russia and Armenia have always been linked by a strong bond of friendship. I am certain that through concerted efforts, we can achieve the further advancement of relations across the board. This undoubtedly meets the fundamental interests of our nations and will contribute to greater stability, security and prosperity in Eurasia.
I wish you excellent health, happiness and every success in your esteemed position.
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🇷🇺🇦🇲📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
During the conversation, Vladimir Putin extended his warm greetings to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on his 50th birthday.
Mr Putin and Mr Pashinyan discussed a number of pressing issues on the bilateral and regional agendas, reaffirming their mutual commitment to make an extensive effort to boost relations of strategic partnership and alliance.
A message of greetings was also sent to Mr Pashinyan.
#RussiaArmenia
During the conversation, Vladimir Putin extended his warm greetings to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on his 50th birthday.
Mr Putin and Mr Pashinyan discussed a number of pressing issues on the bilateral and regional agendas, reaffirming their mutual commitment to make an extensive effort to boost relations of strategic partnership and alliance.
A message of greetings was also sent to Mr Pashinyan.
#RussiaArmenia
📆 On May 31, 2025, the Russian Embassy in Canada, together with the Consulate General in Montreal, held a memorial service for N.A. Erickson and N.P. Passek.
❗With the active support of the Russian community and Orthodox clergy of Montreal, a solemn memorial service was held at Mount Royal Cemetery for Nikolai Adolfovich Erickson (1890–1942), the last commander of the cruiser Aurora, and Nikolai Pompeyevich Passek (1890–1914), Consul General of the Russian Empire in Canada.
☦️ The service was part of ongoing efforts to preserve historical memory of prominent figures whose destinies were closely tied to Canada.
💬 Ambassador of Russia to Canada Oleg Stepanov:
☕ Following the service, a small memorial reception was held where attendees honored the departed and shared their memories.
❗With the active support of the Russian community and Orthodox clergy of Montreal, a solemn memorial service was held at Mount Royal Cemetery for Nikolai Adolfovich Erickson (1890–1942), the last commander of the cruiser Aurora, and Nikolai Pompeyevich Passek (1890–1914), Consul General of the Russian Empire in Canada.
☦️ The service was part of ongoing efforts to preserve historical memory of prominent figures whose destinies were closely tied to Canada.
💬 Ambassador of Russia to Canada Oleg Stepanov:
Today’s event holds special meaning. We commemorate our compatriots who found their final resting place on Canadian soil. Our shared prayer strengthens the bond between generations. If we remember — so will our children and grandchildren.
☕ Following the service, a small memorial reception was held where attendees honored the departed and shared their memories.
3️⃣1️⃣ мая 2025 г. Посольство России в Канаде совместно с Генеральным консульством в Монреале провели панихиду по Н.А.Эриксону и Н.П.Пассеку
❗При активном содействии русской общины и православного духовенства Монреаля на кладбище Мон-Руаяль состоялась торжественная поминальная служба по последнему командиру крейсера «Аврора» Николаю Адольфовичу Эриксону (1890–1942 гг.) и Генеральному консулу Российской Империи в Канаде Николаю Помпеевичу Пассеку (1890–1914 гг.).
☦️ Богослужение стало частью важной работы по сохранению исторической памяти о выдающихся представителях нашей Родины, чьи судьбы связаны с Канадой.
💬 Посол России в Канаде Олег Степанов отметил:
☕ После службы состоялся небольшой поминальный фуршет, где участники почтили память усопших и поделились воспоминаниями.
❗При активном содействии русской общины и православного духовенства Монреаля на кладбище Мон-Руаяль состоялась торжественная поминальная служба по последнему командиру крейсера «Аврора» Николаю Адольфовичу Эриксону (1890–1942 гг.) и Генеральному консулу Российской Империи в Канаде Николаю Помпеевичу Пассеку (1890–1914 гг.).
☦️ Богослужение стало частью важной работы по сохранению исторической памяти о выдающихся представителях нашей Родины, чьи судьбы связаны с Канадой.
💬 Посол России в Канаде Олег Степанов отметил:
Сегодняшнее мероприятие имеет особое значение. Мы поминаем наших соотечественников, почивших на канадской земле. Наша совместная молитва укрепляет связь поколений. Помним мы - будут помнить наши дети и внуки.
☕ После службы состоялся небольшой поминальный фуршет, где участники почтили память усопших и поделились воспоминаниями.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸📞 On June 1, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a telephone conversation.
The discussion focused on the ongoing crisis surrounding Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed sincere condolences over the civilian casualties that resulted from the June 1 rail infrastructure explosions in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.
The Russian Side stressed that the relevant authorities were conducting a thorough investigation and that its results would be published soon. Those responsible will be identified and inevitably face well-deserved punishment.
Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio also exchanged views on various initiatives related to a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, including plans to resume direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul on June 2.
#RussiaUSA
The discussion focused on the ongoing crisis surrounding Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed sincere condolences over the civilian casualties that resulted from the June 1 rail infrastructure explosions in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.
The Russian Side stressed that the relevant authorities were conducting a thorough investigation and that its results would be published soon. Those responsible will be identified and inevitably face well-deserved punishment.
Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio also exchanged views on various initiatives related to a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, including plans to resume direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul on June 2.
#RussiaUSA
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin news show (Moscow, June 1, 2025)
❓ Question: I am not asking you to comment, but still… We saw President Macron being publicly slapped in the face by his wife. Ahead of that we saw the napkin footage. In general, there were many different situations where European leaders were involved, which confirmed the impression that something odd, to put it mildly, was happening to the political elites over there. Does the fact that Europe today has political elites of this sort pose any danger to the world at large?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: All people are living beings. Everyone has passions or hobbies of their own. I am not interfering with anyone’s privacy. I think that politicians should be judged by their political actions and their foreign policy decision-making, since foreign policy is my own métier.
I do not see any politicians on the international scene in Europe today, who would amount at least to something – with the exception of two or three individuals.
❓ Question: I am not asking you to comment, but still… We saw President Macron being publicly slapped in the face by his wife. Ahead of that we saw the napkin footage. In general, there were many different situations where European leaders were involved, which confirmed the impression that something odd, to put it mildly, was happening to the political elites over there. Does the fact that Europe today has political elites of this sort pose any danger to the world at large?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: All people are living beings. Everyone has passions or hobbies of their own. I am not interfering with anyone’s privacy. I think that politicians should be judged by their political actions and their foreign policy decision-making, since foreign policy is my own métier.
I do not see any politicians on the international scene in Europe today, who would amount at least to something – with the exception of two or three individuals.