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🇷🇺 On March 16, 2014 – 1️⃣2️⃣ years ago – the all-Crimean referendum took place.
#TogetherForever: During the vote, residents of the peninsula expressed their will to reunite with their historical homeland – Russia.
Participation in the referendum was voluntary and free.
🗳 96.77% of Crimea’s population voted in favour of joining Russia, with turnout at 83.1%. In Sevastopol, 95.6% voted in favour, with turnout reaching 89.5%.
The referendum was monitored by 135 international observers from 23 countries and 1,240 observers from Crimean organisations. The vote was covered by 623 journalists representing 169 media outlets.
💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from weekly press briefing of March 12, 2026):
✍️ Based on the results of the free expression of will by the peninsula’s population, on March 18, 2014, the Republic of Crimea signed an international treaty with Russia on its accession to the Russian Federation.
Over the past 12 years, the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol have fully integrated into Russia’s political, legal and economic space. New infrastructure has been created in the region – the Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait, the Crimea-Kuban main gas pipeline, the Tavrida federal highway, Simferopol International Airport, as well as hundreds of healthcare, education, social and engineering facilities.
☝️ Interfaith harmony on the peninsula is carefully maintained, and the interests of all nationalities and ethnic groups are taken into account. A Crimean Tatar national-cultural autonomy has been established, ensuring the participation of its representatives in local government bodies. The Crimean Tatar language has been recognized as a state language, alongside Russian and Ukrainian.
The return of Crimea also became a key moment of consolidation for Russia and Russian society. According to sociological surveys, the overwhelming majority of Russians positively assess the reunification of Crimea with Russia. A VCIOM poll shows that 86% of respondents consider it a right and fair decision.
✅ The economic momentum achieved over these years, the unprecedented improvement in living standards, the development of infrastructure and the interfaith peace established on the peninsula once again confirm with all certainty that the choice made by the people of Crimea was the right one.
#CrimeaIsRussia
#TogetherForever: During the vote, residents of the peninsula expressed their will to reunite with their historical homeland – Russia.
Participation in the referendum was voluntary and free.
🗳 96.77% of Crimea’s population voted in favour of joining Russia, with turnout at 83.1%. In Sevastopol, 95.6% voted in favour, with turnout reaching 89.5%.
The referendum was monitored by 135 international observers from 23 countries and 1,240 observers from Crimean organisations. The vote was covered by 623 journalists representing 169 media outlets.
💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from weekly press briefing of March 12, 2026):
This crucial historical and honest event became known as the “Return to the Home Harbour”. It symbolized the restoration of historical justice, the protection of people’s rights and, undoubtedly, the realization of national interests. By national interests we mean not an abstract state or society, but people – citizens who never separated themselves from the homeland they considered their true harbour, who never separated themselves from those from whom they had been forcibly divided and torn away from their great and extended family.
✍️ Based on the results of the free expression of will by the peninsula’s population, on March 18, 2014, the Republic of Crimea signed an international treaty with Russia on its accession to the Russian Federation.
Over the past 12 years, the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol have fully integrated into Russia’s political, legal and economic space. New infrastructure has been created in the region – the Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait, the Crimea-Kuban main gas pipeline, the Tavrida federal highway, Simferopol International Airport, as well as hundreds of healthcare, education, social and engineering facilities.
☝️ Interfaith harmony on the peninsula is carefully maintained, and the interests of all nationalities and ethnic groups are taken into account. A Crimean Tatar national-cultural autonomy has been established, ensuring the participation of its representatives in local government bodies. The Crimean Tatar language has been recognized as a state language, alongside Russian and Ukrainian.
The return of Crimea also became a key moment of consolidation for Russia and Russian society. According to sociological surveys, the overwhelming majority of Russians positively assess the reunification of Crimea with Russia. A VCIOM poll shows that 86% of respondents consider it a right and fair decision.
✅ The economic momentum achieved over these years, the unprecedented improvement in living standards, the development of infrastructure and the interfaith peace established on the peninsula once again confirm with all certainty that the choice made by the people of Crimea was the right one.
#CrimeaIsRussia
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of March 9-15, 2026:
▪️ March 9 – a UAV strike on a bus belonging to a children’s sports school that had stopped at a civilian petrol station in Tokmak Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region. Three children and their coach were injured.
▪️ March 10 – a massive Storm Shadow missile strike on the city of Bryansk. Eight civilians were killed and another 47 were injured.
▪️ March 10 – four UAVs attacked a hospital in the DPR. Ten medical workers were killed and ten people were injured, including nine medics.
▪️ March 10 – a fixed-wing UAV strike targeted a civilian warehouse facility in Novy Oskol, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 10 – an FPV drone strike targeted a passenger minibus in the village of Chayka, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 11 – a drone strike on a civilian passenger car at the entrance to the city of Vasilievka, Zaporozhye Region. Two civilians were killed.
▪️ March 11 – an FPV drone strike on a civilian passenger car in the village of Golovchino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 11 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car near a hospital building in the urban-type settlement of Gornostayevka, Kherson Region.
▪️ March 13 – a drone attack on a commercial facility near the village of Butovo, Belgorod Region. Two civilians were injured.
▪️ March 13 – a UAV strike on a social facility in the village of Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. Two local residents were injured.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of March 9-15, 2026:
▪️ March 9 – a UAV strike on a bus belonging to a children’s sports school that had stopped at a civilian petrol station in Tokmak Municipal District, Zaporozhye Region. Three children and their coach were injured.
▪️ March 10 – a massive Storm Shadow missile strike on the city of Bryansk. Eight civilians were killed and another 47 were injured.
▪️ March 10 – four UAVs attacked a hospital in the DPR. Ten medical workers were killed and ten people were injured, including nine medics.
▪️ March 10 – a fixed-wing UAV strike targeted a civilian warehouse facility in Novy Oskol, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 10 – an FPV drone strike targeted a passenger minibus in the village of Chayka, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 11 – a drone strike on a civilian passenger car at the entrance to the city of Vasilievka, Zaporozhye Region. Two civilians were killed.
▪️ March 11 – an FPV drone strike on a civilian passenger car in the village of Golovchino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ March 11 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car near a hospital building in the urban-type settlement of Gornostayevka, Kherson Region.
▪️ March 13 – a drone attack on a commercial facility near the village of Butovo, Belgorod Region. Two civilians were injured.
▪️ March 13 – a UAV strike on a social facility in the village of Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. Two local residents were injured.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitations
On March 16, 1968, soldiers of the United States Army carried out a massacre in the rural community of My Lai (Sơn Mỹ) in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province, carrying out one of the most horrific massacres of civilians during the Vietnam War.
American soldiers brutally killed more than 500 civilians, including 173 children and 182 women (17 of them pregnant).
On the morning of March 16, Charlie Company entered the village as part of a search-and-destroy mission. They had been instructed to treat anyone remaining in the area as Viet Cong fighters. Despite facing no resistance, US troops opened fire on unarmed villagers, including women and children. As they advanced, they threw grenades into huts, tortured people, and executed them on the spot. One notorious episode involved Lt William Calley, who ordered dozens of villagers to be herded into an irrigation ditch and machine-gunned.
Initially, Washington presented the events as a "major victory", claiming hundreds of enemy combatants killed. Testimonies from witnesses to these atrocities were ignored for a long time while the American military machine attempted to conceal its crimes in Vietnam.
Only in November 1969 did journalist Seymour Hersh publish his investigation, while photographs taken by Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle revealed the truth to the world. The images showed murdered civilians — peasants, women, and children with gunshot wounds to the head, mutilated bodies — while nearby American soldiers laughed and set homes on fire.
An international scandal erupted. Yet only one person was ultimately convicted — Lt William Calley. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but was pardoned after just three and a half years of house arrest. He lived to the age of 80, dying in April 2024 in the state of Florida.
❗️ My Lai massacre remains a grim reminder of how the United States wages its wars. The mass killings of civilians perpetrated by US forces abroad often goes unnoticed — or is dismissed as "collateral damage"...
On March 16, 1968, soldiers of the United States Army carried out a massacre in the rural community of My Lai (Sơn Mỹ) in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province, carrying out one of the most horrific massacres of civilians during the Vietnam War.
American soldiers brutally killed more than 500 civilians, including 173 children and 182 women (17 of them pregnant).
On the morning of March 16, Charlie Company entered the village as part of a search-and-destroy mission. They had been instructed to treat anyone remaining in the area as Viet Cong fighters. Despite facing no resistance, US troops opened fire on unarmed villagers, including women and children. As they advanced, they threw grenades into huts, tortured people, and executed them on the spot. One notorious episode involved Lt William Calley, who ordered dozens of villagers to be herded into an irrigation ditch and machine-gunned.
Initially, Washington presented the events as a "major victory", claiming hundreds of enemy combatants killed. Testimonies from witnesses to these atrocities were ignored for a long time while the American military machine attempted to conceal its crimes in Vietnam.
Only in November 1969 did journalist Seymour Hersh publish his investigation, while photographs taken by Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle revealed the truth to the world. The images showed murdered civilians — peasants, women, and children with gunshot wounds to the head, mutilated bodies — while nearby American soldiers laughed and set homes on fire.
An international scandal erupted. Yet only one person was ultimately convicted — Lt William Calley. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but was pardoned after just three and a half years of house arrest. He lived to the age of 80, dying in April 2024 in the state of Florida.
❗️ My Lai massacre remains a grim reminder of how the United States wages its wars. The mass killings of civilians perpetrated by US forces abroad often goes unnoticed — or is dismissed as "collateral damage"...
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Онлайн-школа СПбГУ — это уникальный образовательный проект, позволяющий ученикам со всего мира получать полноценное школьное образование на русском языке из любой точки мира. Обучение в Онлайн-школе СПбГУ бесплатное и реализуется исключительно с применением дистанционных технологий.
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🔹 Все документы подаются онлайн в Личном кабинете поступающего;
🔹 Поступление на конкурсной основе - по результатам вступительных испытаний (русский язык и математика);
🔹 Ведется набор в 5-10 классы.
📖 В качестве педагогов выступают преподаватели Академической гимназии имени Д.К. Фаддеева Санкт-Петербургского университета, а также сотрудники факультетов СПбГУ, которые имеют опыт работы с школьниками. По итогам обучения выпускники Онлайн-школы СПбГУ получают аттестат государственного образца.
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⚡️ Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the escalation of the crisis in the Middle East
❗️ Through their treacherous and unprovoked attack on Iran, the United States and Israel have unleashed an unprecedented spiral of violence in the Middle East, with no end in sight.
The toll of victims of the American-Israeli aggression runs into the hundreds and thousands, with irreparable damage inflicted upon civilian infrastructure. Neighbouring countries are also suffering from retaliatory Iranian strikes, while shipping along the vital global economic route through the Strait of Hormuz has been paralysed.
Once a stable and prosperous region, the Persian Gulf is rapidly descending into a maelstrom of chaos and uncertainty. The economic repercussions of the reckless venture initiated by Washington and Tel Aviv are being felt ever more acutely far beyond the conflict zone – indeed, on a global scale.
Meanwhile, instead of seeking paths to de-escalation and a return to negotiations, there is a further intensification of mutual hostility, with increasingly lethal and destructive strikes being carried out.
☝️ We reiterate our resolute call to all parties for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a shift of the situation onto a political and diplomatic track.
Above all, attacks on civilian facilities and infrastructure must cease, and the death and suffering of innocent populations – both in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in Iran – must be halted.
As before, the Russian Federation stands ready, within the scope of its available capabilities, to contribute to a long-term and sustainable resolution of the conflict.
❗️ Through their treacherous and unprovoked attack on Iran, the United States and Israel have unleashed an unprecedented spiral of violence in the Middle East, with no end in sight.
The toll of victims of the American-Israeli aggression runs into the hundreds and thousands, with irreparable damage inflicted upon civilian infrastructure. Neighbouring countries are also suffering from retaliatory Iranian strikes, while shipping along the vital global economic route through the Strait of Hormuz has been paralysed.
Once a stable and prosperous region, the Persian Gulf is rapidly descending into a maelstrom of chaos and uncertainty. The economic repercussions of the reckless venture initiated by Washington and Tel Aviv are being felt ever more acutely far beyond the conflict zone – indeed, on a global scale.
Meanwhile, instead of seeking paths to de-escalation and a return to negotiations, there is a further intensification of mutual hostility, with increasingly lethal and destructive strikes being carried out.
☝️ We reiterate our resolute call to all parties for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a shift of the situation onto a political and diplomatic track.
Above all, attacks on civilian facilities and infrastructure must cease, and the death and suffering of innocent populations – both in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in Iran – must be halted.
As before, the Russian Federation stands ready, within the scope of its available capabilities, to contribute to a long-term and sustainable resolution of the conflict.
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1️⃣2️⃣ years ago, on March 16, 2014, the people of Crimea made their choice to reunite with their historical homeland – Russia.
🇷🇺 Since then, the peninsula has been undergoing transformation and development. New infrastructure, cultural landmarks, and public spaces have appeared across the region.
☦️ One of the most remarkable projects is New Chersonesos, a historical and archaeological park and museum-temple complex opened in the summer of 2024 in Sevastopol.
🌊Enjoy the breathtaking views of Crimea.
#CrimeaIsRussia
☦️ One of the most remarkable projects is New Chersonesos, a historical and archaeological park and museum-temple complex opened in the summer of 2024 in Sevastopol.
🌊Enjoy the breathtaking views of Crimea.
#CrimeaIsRussia
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🇷🇺🇰🇪 On March 16, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow with Prime Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi.
The Sides held a substantive discussion on the current state and prospects for further development of friendly Russia-Kenya relations.
Moscow and Nairobi reaffirmed their commitment to advancing political dialogue and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in trade and economic ties, culture, education, science, humanitarian exchanges and other areas.
The importance of injecting new momentum into joint efforts aimed at improving the bilateral legal framework was underscored, including the signing of an agreement on establishing the Russia-Kenya Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.
While reviewing current international and regional issues, the Parties noted the convergence of Russia’s and Kenya’s principled positions in support of a polycentric world order and the need to uphold fairness and equality in international affairs.
🤝 Both Sides expressed interest in further deepening cooperation within the UN and other multilateral forums.
They also exchanged views on conflict resolution in Africa, the situation around Ukraine, as well as developments in the Middle East.
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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during his talks with Musalia Mudavadi:
I recall with great pleasure my visit to Nairobi in May 2023. I am glad to welcome your delegation today on a return visit.
Russia and Kenya share a long history of friendship, cooperation, mutual understanding and support. These traditions help us develop our relations across all areas at this very important stage of global development.
I am confident that your visit and the talks in Moscow will help inject new momentum into our political dialogue and outline avenues for further expanding trade and economic cooperation. Humanitarian, cultural and educational exchanges have also traditionally been important pillars of our partnership.
Naturally, we will also have a detailed discussion of our interaction on the international stage – we traditionally maintain close cooperation externally as well – including regional policy issues, the activities of the African Union and subregional organisations where Kenya plays a very important role, as well as cooperation within the UN. Kenya serves as Africa’s UN hub, and we actively support your country in this role.
#RussiaKenya
The Sides held a substantive discussion on the current state and prospects for further development of friendly Russia-Kenya relations.
Moscow and Nairobi reaffirmed their commitment to advancing political dialogue and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in trade and economic ties, culture, education, science, humanitarian exchanges and other areas.
The importance of injecting new momentum into joint efforts aimed at improving the bilateral legal framework was underscored, including the signing of an agreement on establishing the Russia-Kenya Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.
While reviewing current international and regional issues, the Parties noted the convergence of Russia’s and Kenya’s principled positions in support of a polycentric world order and the need to uphold fairness and equality in international affairs.
🤝 Both Sides expressed interest in further deepening cooperation within the UN and other multilateral forums.
They also exchanged views on conflict resolution in Africa, the situation around Ukraine, as well as developments in the Middle East.
***
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during his talks with Musalia Mudavadi:
I recall with great pleasure my visit to Nairobi in May 2023. I am glad to welcome your delegation today on a return visit.
Russia and Kenya share a long history of friendship, cooperation, mutual understanding and support. These traditions help us develop our relations across all areas at this very important stage of global development.
I am confident that your visit and the talks in Moscow will help inject new momentum into our political dialogue and outline avenues for further expanding trade and economic cooperation. Humanitarian, cultural and educational exchanges have also traditionally been important pillars of our partnership.
Naturally, we will also have a detailed discussion of our interaction on the international stage – we traditionally maintain close cooperation externally as well – including regional policy issues, the activities of the African Union and subregional organisations where Kenya plays a very important role, as well as cooperation within the UN. Kenya serves as Africa’s UN hub, and we actively support your country in this role.
#RussiaKenya