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⚡️ Из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой (16 апреля 2026 года)
Краткие тезисы:
#ГрафикМинистра
👉 О предстоящих мероприятиях с участием С.В.Лаврова
#БезСрокаДавности #ЗабытьНеПозволим
• Приближается тот день (19 апреля), когда мы впервые отметим День памяти жертв геноцида советского народа, совершённого нацистами и их пособниками в период Великой Отечественной войны.
• По разным данным, жертвами зверств нацистов на оккупированных территориях стали порядка 18 миллионов советских граждан. Память о них для нас священна.
👉 Подробнее о геноциде советского народа и отдельных его аспектах
• На цифровых ресурсах МИД России практически ежедневно публикуются исторические материалы (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), в которых детально рассказывается о различных аспектах проводимого нацистами и их приспешниками геноцида — таким образом, систематизируются наши знания о чудовищных планах и преступлениях Третьего рейха.
👉 Раздел, посвящённый геноциду советского народа, на веб-портале МИД России
❗️ Во внешнеполитические ведомства других стран направлены дипломатические ноты о новом памятном дне в России с изложением его важности для нашего народа, а также в контексте сохранения памяти о жертвах Второй мировой войны. Такие ноты получили и зарубежные посольства в Москве.
#ПреступленияКиевскогоРежима
• Киевский неонацистский режим не прекращает террористических атак против мирного населения и гражданской инфраструктуры. Не стало исключением и объявленное Президентом России В.В.Путиным перемирие по случаю православной Пасхи. За 32 часа его действия 11-12 апреля ВСУ нарушили режим прекращения огня не менее 6,5 тысяч раз.
• Всего за минувшую неделю от рук укронацистов пострадали порядка 200 наших граждан. Из них ранены не менее 172 человек, в т.ч. 12 детей, убиты 31, в т.ч. пятеро несовершеннолетних.
• Зеленский целенаправленно превращает Украину в военный инструмент против России, а народ Украины — в обслуживающий персонал для ВСУ. Ради реализации бандеровской концепции «войны до последнего украинца» он готов бросать в окопы даже детей. <...>
• Детей [на Украине] отравляют неонацистской идеологией, внушают им чувство ненависти к тем, против кого натаскивают, прославляют нацистских коллаборантов, ставят на пьедестал образы преступников. Человеконенавистническая идеология поддерживается и на государственном уровне. Восхваление нацистов, включая Гитлера, происходит открыто.
#УкраинскийКризис #Милитаризация
• У режима Зеленского и его западных союзников нет политической воли к миру.
• Спонсируя напрямую или вскладчину ВСУ, участники «формата Рамштайн» полной мере берут на себя и ответственность за гибель и увечья мирных жителей, разрушение жилых домов, социальных учреждений и объектов гражданской инфраструктуры, против которых киевская военщина — террористическая банда на Банковой — и применяет поставляемые из-за рубежа различные виды вооружений.
#РоссияПомогает #РоссияЗимбабве #РоссияАфрика
• 9 апреля в населённом пункте Малалуме (Республика Зимбабве) состоялась торжественная церемония передачи зимбабвийской стороне продовольственной помощи — 352 тонны гороха и 117 тонн подсолнечного масла, доставленных в рамках взноса Российской Федерации в фонд Всемирной продовольственной программы #ООН по линии МЧС России.
• Такое содействие направлено на расширение возможностей по обеспечению продовольствием и поддержку наиболее уязвимых слоёв населения в сельских и городских районах.
• Наша страна активно передаёт гуманитарную помощь странам Африки. Именно этот аспект является одним из основных составляющих гуманитарного сотрудничества в двусторонних отношениях. Эти усилия создают необходимые условия для построения фундамента продовольственной безопасности государств континента.
Краткие тезисы:
#ГрафикМинистра
👉 О предстоящих мероприятиях с участием С.В.Лаврова
#БезСрокаДавности #ЗабытьНеПозволим
• Приближается тот день (19 апреля), когда мы впервые отметим День памяти жертв геноцида советского народа, совершённого нацистами и их пособниками в период Великой Отечественной войны.
• По разным данным, жертвами зверств нацистов на оккупированных территориях стали порядка 18 миллионов советских граждан. Память о них для нас священна.
👉 Подробнее о геноциде советского народа и отдельных его аспектах
• На цифровых ресурсах МИД России практически ежедневно публикуются исторические материалы (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), в которых детально рассказывается о различных аспектах проводимого нацистами и их приспешниками геноцида — таким образом, систематизируются наши знания о чудовищных планах и преступлениях Третьего рейха.
👉 Раздел, посвящённый геноциду советского народа, на веб-портале МИД России
❗️ Во внешнеполитические ведомства других стран направлены дипломатические ноты о новом памятном дне в России с изложением его важности для нашего народа, а также в контексте сохранения памяти о жертвах Второй мировой войны. Такие ноты получили и зарубежные посольства в Москве.
#ПреступленияКиевскогоРежима
• Киевский неонацистский режим не прекращает террористических атак против мирного населения и гражданской инфраструктуры. Не стало исключением и объявленное Президентом России В.В.Путиным перемирие по случаю православной Пасхи. За 32 часа его действия 11-12 апреля ВСУ нарушили режим прекращения огня не менее 6,5 тысяч раз.
• Всего за минувшую неделю от рук укронацистов пострадали порядка 200 наших граждан. Из них ранены не менее 172 человек, в т.ч. 12 детей, убиты 31, в т.ч. пятеро несовершеннолетних.
• Зеленский целенаправленно превращает Украину в военный инструмент против России, а народ Украины — в обслуживающий персонал для ВСУ. Ради реализации бандеровской концепции «войны до последнего украинца» он готов бросать в окопы даже детей. <...>
• Детей [на Украине] отравляют неонацистской идеологией, внушают им чувство ненависти к тем, против кого натаскивают, прославляют нацистских коллаборантов, ставят на пьедестал образы преступников. Человеконенавистническая идеология поддерживается и на государственном уровне. Восхваление нацистов, включая Гитлера, происходит открыто.
#УкраинскийКризис #Милитаризация
• У режима Зеленского и его западных союзников нет политической воли к миру.
• Спонсируя напрямую или вскладчину ВСУ, участники «формата Рамштайн» полной мере берут на себя и ответственность за гибель и увечья мирных жителей, разрушение жилых домов, социальных учреждений и объектов гражданской инфраструктуры, против которых киевская военщина — террористическая банда на Банковой — и применяет поставляемые из-за рубежа различные виды вооружений.
#РоссияПомогает #РоссияЗимбабве #РоссияАфрика
• 9 апреля в населённом пункте Малалуме (Республика Зимбабве) состоялась торжественная церемония передачи зимбабвийской стороне продовольственной помощи — 352 тонны гороха и 117 тонн подсолнечного масла, доставленных в рамках взноса Российской Федерации в фонд Всемирной продовольственной программы #ООН по линии МЧС России.
• Такое содействие направлено на расширение возможностей по обеспечению продовольствием и поддержку наиболее уязвимых слоёв населения в сельских и городских районах.
• Наша страна активно передаёт гуманитарную помощь странам Африки. Именно этот аспект является одним из основных составляющих гуманитарного сотрудничества в двусторонних отношениях. Эти усилия создают необходимые условия для построения фундамента продовольственной безопасности государств континента.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at an expanded-format meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers (April 17, 2026, Moscow)
💬 We are pleased to welcome you to Moscow for another meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.
As the representative of the host country, I would like to thank all of you for our joint work to strengthen the Commonwealth’s potential.
I would also like to express special appreciation for your active participation in the events held in 2025 to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Today, we discussed the need to continue our joint work to preserve and strengthen the memory of the heroes of that war, of the generations who represented the peoples of the Soviet Union and became the generation of Victors.
📕 On the tables before you are documentary collections titled The Republics to the Front, 1941-1945, devoted to the contribution of each Republic of the former Soviet Union to Victory. This publication reflects new facts attesting to the crucial role of the home front in the defeat of Nazism.
This fundamental work, without exaggeration, was prepared by a team of highly qualified experts and historians from Russia and other Commonwealth states with the support of the staff of our countries’ security councils.
There is no doubt that our common efforts within the CIS to preserve the memory of our ancestors' feat – let me stress this once again – are especially in demand today.
#Victoy81
💬 We are pleased to welcome you to Moscow for another meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.
As the representative of the host country, I would like to thank all of you for our joint work to strengthen the Commonwealth’s potential.
I would also like to express special appreciation for your active participation in the events held in 2025 to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Today, we discussed the need to continue our joint work to preserve and strengthen the memory of the heroes of that war, of the generations who represented the peoples of the Soviet Union and became the generation of Victors.
📕 On the tables before you are documentary collections titled The Republics to the Front, 1941-1945, devoted to the contribution of each Republic of the former Soviet Union to Victory. This publication reflects new facts attesting to the crucial role of the home front in the defeat of Nazism.
This fundamental work, without exaggeration, was prepared by a team of highly qualified experts and historians from Russia and other Commonwealth states with the support of the staff of our countries’ security councils.
There is no doubt that our common efforts within the CIS to preserve the memory of our ancestors' feat – let me stress this once again – are especially in demand today.
#Victoy81
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🗓 On April 17, the 9th meeting of the Foreign Ministers in the Russia-Central Asia format took place in Moscow.
The meeting was attended by:
🇷🇺 Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov,
🇰🇿 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev,
🇰🇬 Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev,
🇹🇯 Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin,
🇺🇿 Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov,
🇹🇲 and Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov.
In a traditionally friendly and constructive atmosphere, the parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the second Central Asia–Russia Summit held on October 9, 2025, in Dushanbe, including the large-scale initiatives put forward at the summit. They reviewed the progress in establishing six-party working groups and coordinating sector-specific roadmaps for implementing the Joint Action Plan in such spheres as the economy, energy, transport, healthcare, culture, education, and environmental protection.
The participants reaffirmed their shared commitment to consistent joint efforts aimed at steadily advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and the Central Asian states. Particular focus was placed on key areas of cooperation, including the economy, energy, environmental issues, and regional security. The high level of interaction among the six countries within the frameworks of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was also highlighted.
The participants held a substantive discussion on current international issues in the context of the unprecedented escalation of tensions in the Middle East and around Iran.
The meeting marked an important stage in the collective implementation of the decisions adopted by the six heads of state on October 9, 2025. It provided significant impetus for coordination among relevant government agencies and outlined avenues for deepening cooperation between Russia and the Central Asian countries on the global stage.
The meeting was attended by:
🇷🇺 Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov,
🇰🇿 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev,
🇰🇬 Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev,
🇹🇯 Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin,
🇺🇿 Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov,
🇹🇲 and Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov.
In a traditionally friendly and constructive atmosphere, the parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the second Central Asia–Russia Summit held on October 9, 2025, in Dushanbe, including the large-scale initiatives put forward at the summit. They reviewed the progress in establishing six-party working groups and coordinating sector-specific roadmaps for implementing the Joint Action Plan in such spheres as the economy, energy, transport, healthcare, culture, education, and environmental protection.
The participants reaffirmed their shared commitment to consistent joint efforts aimed at steadily advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and the Central Asian states. Particular focus was placed on key areas of cooperation, including the economy, energy, environmental issues, and regional security. The high level of interaction among the six countries within the frameworks of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was also highlighted.
The participants held a substantive discussion on current international issues in the context of the unprecedented escalation of tensions in the Middle East and around Iran.
The meeting marked an important stage in the collective implementation of the decisions adopted by the six heads of state on October 9, 2025. It provided significant impetus for coordination among relevant government agencies and outlined avenues for deepening cooperation between Russia and the Central Asian countries on the global stage.
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🇷🇺🇹🇷 On April 18, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan, took part in the Fifth Antalya Diplomatic Forum.
During a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the event with Hakan Fidan, the two Ministers thoroughly discussed key aspects of the international and regional agenda, including the situation in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.
The mutual commitment of Russia and Türkiye to further constructive cooperation aimed at finding effective solutions for resolving crisis situations was reaffirmed.
An exchange of views was held on current political issues of the Russian-Turkish dialogue, and the main objectives of trade, economic, and energy cooperation were discussed.
The schedule of upcoming contacts was outlined.
#RussiaTürkiye
During a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the event with Hakan Fidan, the two Ministers thoroughly discussed key aspects of the international and regional agenda, including the situation in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.
The mutual commitment of Russia and Türkiye to further constructive cooperation aimed at finding effective solutions for resolving crisis situations was reaffirmed.
An exchange of views was held on current political issues of the Russian-Turkish dialogue, and the main objectives of trade, economic, and energy cooperation were discussed.
The schedule of upcoming contacts was outlined.
#RussiaTürkiye
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◼️ Today our country marks for the first time Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People, perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
It was established b the Executive Order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin of December 29, 2025, and the basic details of commemorating the genocide victims were determined by Federal Law No. 74-FZ. The date of 19 April was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued its Decree No. 39
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
The genocide of the Soviet people means the actions committed in 1941-45 with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, ethnic, racial and national groups that inhabited the USSR.
The top echelon of Nazi Germany regarded the territory of the Soviet Union up to the Urals as its Lebensraum, which historically was intended to be settled with representatives of the Aryan race and, therefore to be cleansed from those, whom the Hitlerite elite labeled as “subhumans”: Slavs, Jews, Gypsies and Asians.
With these purposes in view, even before invading the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany planned a system of extermination practices to radically reduce the Soviet population as early as during the war.
The orchestrated famine strategy was an important part of the Nazi genocide programme (https://t.me/MID_Russia/77695) that was to lead to the death of 30 million Soviet citizens as early as in the winter of 1941-42.
▪️ Although it has not been implemented in full, it still caused enormous victims, including: among those who died were over three million Soviet prisoners of war, about a million of residents in the besieged Leningrad, a great number of civilian population starving in the occupied areas, women and children forcefully imprisoned in the Nazi transfer camps.
▪️ Jews and Gypsies were subject to total extermination.
▪️ Soviet female labourers (Ostarbeiter) were subject to forced abortions.
▪️ Soviet children having signs of Aryan origin were kidnapped in the occupied territories for subsequent Germanisation, which also constitutes a conventional form of genocide.
From the very beginning of the war, the Nazis developed the so-called General Plan ‘Ost’ with the aim of colonising the occupied territories. Under the plan, millions of Germans were to be resettled in the conquered lands. New, German towns and villages were to be built for them.
***
A horrifying estimate of 13.7 million people fell victim to the Hitler’s policy of destroying “subnormal” as he thought Soviet people, with another five million citizens to a willfully implemented famine strategy.
The facts of genocide in the occupied lands of former USSR have been confirmed judicially in all the constituent entities of Russia, where Nazis and their collaborators committed crimes against civilian population during the Great Patriotic War.
❗️ Russia’s diplomatic service will seek to ensure that the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators against the citizens of the Soviet Union are recognised by the international community as genocide against the Soviet people. The relevant qualification has been recorded in some documents adopted in the CIS and the CSTO.
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the video address on Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People:
For further perusal:
👉 On the Nazi's genocide of millions of Soviet citizens
👉 Archival documents on heinous Nazi crimes in the concentration camps
👉 On the Khatyn' massacre
👉 How the West created and supported Ukrainian Nazi collaborators complicit in the genocide
👉 Section on the genocide of the Soviet people on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website (in Russian)
It was established b the Executive Order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin of December 29, 2025, and the basic details of commemorating the genocide victims were determined by Federal Law No. 74-FZ. The date of 19 April was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued its Decree No. 39
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
The genocide of the Soviet people means the actions committed in 1941-45 with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, ethnic, racial and national groups that inhabited the USSR.
The top echelon of Nazi Germany regarded the territory of the Soviet Union up to the Urals as its Lebensraum, which historically was intended to be settled with representatives of the Aryan race and, therefore to be cleansed from those, whom the Hitlerite elite labeled as “subhumans”: Slavs, Jews, Gypsies and Asians.
With these purposes in view, even before invading the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany planned a system of extermination practices to radically reduce the Soviet population as early as during the war.
The orchestrated famine strategy was an important part of the Nazi genocide programme (https://t.me/MID_Russia/77695) that was to lead to the death of 30 million Soviet citizens as early as in the winter of 1941-42.
▪️ Although it has not been implemented in full, it still caused enormous victims, including: among those who died were over three million Soviet prisoners of war, about a million of residents in the besieged Leningrad, a great number of civilian population starving in the occupied areas, women and children forcefully imprisoned in the Nazi transfer camps.
▪️ Jews and Gypsies were subject to total extermination.
▪️ Soviet female labourers (Ostarbeiter) were subject to forced abortions.
▪️ Soviet children having signs of Aryan origin were kidnapped in the occupied territories for subsequent Germanisation, which also constitutes a conventional form of genocide.
From the very beginning of the war, the Nazis developed the so-called General Plan ‘Ost’ with the aim of colonising the occupied territories. Under the plan, millions of Germans were to be resettled in the conquered lands. New, German towns and villages were to be built for them.
***
A horrifying estimate of 13.7 million people fell victim to the Hitler’s policy of destroying “subnormal” as he thought Soviet people, with another five million citizens to a willfully implemented famine strategy.
The facts of genocide in the occupied lands of former USSR have been confirmed judicially in all the constituent entities of Russia, where Nazis and their collaborators committed crimes against civilian population during the Great Patriotic War.
❗️ Russia’s diplomatic service will seek to ensure that the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators against the citizens of the Soviet Union are recognised by the international community as genocide against the Soviet people. The relevant qualification has been recorded in some documents adopted in the CIS and the CSTO.
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the video address on Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People:
Preserving the memory of the millions of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people is our sacred duty. We will not allow those atrocities to be lost to oblivion, no matter how hard those who today seek once again to push Europe down the well-trodden path of racial superiority may try.
For further perusal:
👉 On the Nazi's genocide of millions of Soviet citizens
👉 Archival documents on heinous Nazi crimes in the concentration camps
👉 On the Khatyn' massacre
👉 How the West created and supported Ukrainian Nazi collaborators complicit in the genocide
👉 Section on the genocide of the Soviet people on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website (in Russian)
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🎙 Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by Nazis and their accomplices during 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War (Moscow, April 19, 2026)
💬 Friends,
This year will be the first time that we mark a mournful date, namely, Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This new commemorative day - April 19 - was established in December 2025. Events in memory of the victims of Nazis and the immortal feat of the Soviet people will take place at Russian missions abroad as well.
April 19 was chosen for a reason. On that day in 1943, Decree No. 39 of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet “On measures of punishment for German Nazi perpetrators guilty of killings and torture of Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the Motherland from among Soviet citizens, and for their accomplices” was issued.
The decree became the first document to provide a legal qualification of the systematic policy pursued by the Nazis and collaborationists to exterminate the civilian population, and laid the groundwork for bringing them to justice. Among the first trials subsequently organised against German war criminals were the Krasnodar and Kharkov trials. Their outcomes significantly influenced the work of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.
The evidence presented in the materials of the Nuremberg Tribunal and their legal assessments made it possible to speak of genocide of peoples in the territories occupied by Germany, primarily the territory of the USSR. The enemy was open about it waging a war of extermination against our Fatherland. As early as September 16, 1941, by order of the Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, German troops were instructed to show no mercy to civilians. The atrocities reached an unprecedented scale.
▪️ The total number of civilian victims in the USSR during the occupation amounted to around 14 million people.
These crimes have no statute of limitations.
The outcomes of the Nuremberg Tribunal laid the foundation for drafting the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The very term “genocide” gained currency in 1944 to define a policy of obliteration of national, racial, and religious groups.
The facts of genocide in the occupied territories of the former USSR have been confirmed in court in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation where, during the Great Patriotic War, crimes against the civilian population were committed by German Nazis and their accomplices from among those in other countries who stood under Nazi banners. Russian diplomacy will seek recognition by the international community of the crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices against citizens of the Soviet Union as genocide of the Soviet people. The qualification to this end has been enshrined in a number of documents adopted within the CIS and the CSTO.
In Russia, rehabilitation of Nazism, including actions that desecrate the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide, has been criminalised.
We will continue to resolutely defend historical truth and counter attempts to whitewash Nazi criminals and their acolytes, and to revise the internationally recognised outcomes of the Second World War. The majority of states stand in solidarity with us. There is clear broad support for Russian thematic initiatives, primarily at the UN, where Russian draft resolutions on combatting the glorification of Nazism are adopted annually.
Preserving the memory of millions of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people is our sacred duty.
We will not allow these atrocities to be consigned to oblivion, no matter how hard those who today seek once again to steer Europe down the well-trodden path of racial superiority may try.
💬 Friends,
This year will be the first time that we mark a mournful date, namely, Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This new commemorative day - April 19 - was established in December 2025. Events in memory of the victims of Nazis and the immortal feat of the Soviet people will take place at Russian missions abroad as well.
April 19 was chosen for a reason. On that day in 1943, Decree No. 39 of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet “On measures of punishment for German Nazi perpetrators guilty of killings and torture of Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the Motherland from among Soviet citizens, and for their accomplices” was issued.
The decree became the first document to provide a legal qualification of the systematic policy pursued by the Nazis and collaborationists to exterminate the civilian population, and laid the groundwork for bringing them to justice. Among the first trials subsequently organised against German war criminals were the Krasnodar and Kharkov trials. Their outcomes significantly influenced the work of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.
The evidence presented in the materials of the Nuremberg Tribunal and their legal assessments made it possible to speak of genocide of peoples in the territories occupied by Germany, primarily the territory of the USSR. The enemy was open about it waging a war of extermination against our Fatherland. As early as September 16, 1941, by order of the Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, German troops were instructed to show no mercy to civilians. The atrocities reached an unprecedented scale.
▪️ The total number of civilian victims in the USSR during the occupation amounted to around 14 million people.
These crimes have no statute of limitations.
The outcomes of the Nuremberg Tribunal laid the foundation for drafting the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The very term “genocide” gained currency in 1944 to define a policy of obliteration of national, racial, and religious groups.
The facts of genocide in the occupied territories of the former USSR have been confirmed in court in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation where, during the Great Patriotic War, crimes against the civilian population were committed by German Nazis and their accomplices from among those in other countries who stood under Nazi banners. Russian diplomacy will seek recognition by the international community of the crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices against citizens of the Soviet Union as genocide of the Soviet people. The qualification to this end has been enshrined in a number of documents adopted within the CIS and the CSTO.
In Russia, rehabilitation of Nazism, including actions that desecrate the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide, has been criminalised.
We will continue to resolutely defend historical truth and counter attempts to whitewash Nazi criminals and their acolytes, and to revise the internationally recognised outcomes of the Second World War. The majority of states stand in solidarity with us. There is clear broad support for Russian thematic initiatives, primarily at the UN, where Russian draft resolutions on combatting the glorification of Nazism are adopted annually.
Preserving the memory of millions of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people is our sacred duty.
We will not allow these atrocities to be consigned to oblivion, no matter how hard those who today seek once again to steer Europe down the well-trodden path of racial superiority may try.
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🗓 On April 19, 1783, Russia's Empress Catherine II the Great signed the Imperial Manifesto on the Accession of Crimea, Taman and Kuban into the Russian Empire. In accordance with Federal Law No. 336-FZ of August 3, 2018, this day was declared a commemorative date in Russian history.
Russia’s victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 brought an end to Ottoman rule in the northern parts of the Black Sea region, as enshrined in the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. By 1783, Crimea, Taman and the right bank of the Kuban River had become part of the Russian Empire.
📜 In the Manifesto, the Empress assured her new subjects:
The accession of Crimea to Russia gave a powerful impetus to the region’s development: the economy, trade and culture grew rapidly, and the cultivation of vast fertile lands began. In a very short time, new cities and ports emerged on the Black Sea steppe, and the Russian fleet firmly established itself in the Black Sea, securing our southern borders and opening up new opportunities for the country’s development.
Prince Grigory Potemkin, appointed Governor-General of Novorossiya by Catherine II, played a key role in the incorporation and development of the Crimean Peninsula. In June 1783, on the flat summit of Mount Ak-Kaya, he accepted the oath of allegiance to Russia from the Crimean nobility and representatives of all segments of the Crimean population.
On December 28, 1783, Sultan Abdul Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire formally recognised Russia’s authority over Crimea in writing. That was a remarkable diplomatic achievement for Russian Ambassador Yakov Bulgakov. “Your firmness, energy and intelligence have averted war,” Prince Potemkin wrote to Bulgakov. The Sublime Porte could not forgive that: from 1787 to 1789, the Russian diplomat was imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress.
The outcome of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 and the Treaty of Jassy sealed the deal: Crimea is Russia.
💬 From a briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
At the same time, Crimea’s incorporation into the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great had deep historical roots. As early as the second half of the 10th century, the eastern part of the peninsula became part of the Tmutarakan Principality, thus becoming part of Ancient Rus.
Ties were strengthened after Grand Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich’s successful campaign in 988 against the Byzantine city of Korsun (Tauric Chersonesos). It was there that he was baptised, defining the historical path of our Fatherland.
Several centuries later, in 1783, Crimea rejoined the Russian Empire – and in 2014, following a Crimean referendum, it finally returned “to its native harbour,” becoming an integral part of the Russian Federation. The peninsula’s return was a logical continuation of the shared historical journey of Crimea and Russia – a journey spanning over a thousand years.
Russia’s victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 brought an end to Ottoman rule in the northern parts of the Black Sea region, as enshrined in the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. By 1783, Crimea, Taman and the right bank of the Kuban River had become part of the Russian Empire.
📜 In the Manifesto, the Empress assured her new subjects:
“...We promise, sacredly and unwaveringly, for ourselves and the successors to our throne, to maintain them on an equal footing with our natural subjects, to protect and defend their persons, property, churches and their native faith, the free practice of which, with all lawful rites, shall remain inviolable; and to grant them, ultimately, all the rights and privileges enjoyed by those in Russia...”
The accession of Crimea to Russia gave a powerful impetus to the region’s development: the economy, trade and culture grew rapidly, and the cultivation of vast fertile lands began. In a very short time, new cities and ports emerged on the Black Sea steppe, and the Russian fleet firmly established itself in the Black Sea, securing our southern borders and opening up new opportunities for the country’s development.
Prince Grigory Potemkin, appointed Governor-General of Novorossiya by Catherine II, played a key role in the incorporation and development of the Crimean Peninsula. In June 1783, on the flat summit of Mount Ak-Kaya, he accepted the oath of allegiance to Russia from the Crimean nobility and representatives of all segments of the Crimean population.
On December 28, 1783, Sultan Abdul Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire formally recognised Russia’s authority over Crimea in writing. That was a remarkable diplomatic achievement for Russian Ambassador Yakov Bulgakov. “Your firmness, energy and intelligence have averted war,” Prince Potemkin wrote to Bulgakov. The Sublime Porte could not forgive that: from 1787 to 1789, the Russian diplomat was imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress.
The outcome of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 and the Treaty of Jassy sealed the deal: Crimea is Russia.
💬 From a briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
“The Manifesto represented the logical culmination of our country’s centuries-long struggle for the return of primordially Russian lands, ensured the security of its frontiers, and cemented the legitimate incorporation of the Crimean Peninsula and other territories into Russia.”
At the same time, Crimea’s incorporation into the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great had deep historical roots. As early as the second half of the 10th century, the eastern part of the peninsula became part of the Tmutarakan Principality, thus becoming part of Ancient Rus.
Ties were strengthened after Grand Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich’s successful campaign in 988 against the Byzantine city of Korsun (Tauric Chersonesos). It was there that he was baptised, defining the historical path of our Fatherland.
Several centuries later, in 1783, Crimea rejoined the Russian Empire – and in 2014, following a Crimean referendum, it finally returned “to its native harbour,” becoming an integral part of the Russian Federation. The peninsula’s return was a logical continuation of the shared historical journey of Crimea and Russia – a journey spanning over a thousand years.
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◼️ 19 апреля в России впервые прошёл День памяти жертв геноцида советского народа, совершённого нацистами и их пособниками в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945 годов.
Российские загранучреждения также провели военно-мемориальные и просветительские мероприятия, посвящённые сохранению исторической памяти о преступлениях фашистских оккупантов и героизме воинов-освободителей Красной армии.
#БезСрокаДавности
Верхушка нацистской Германии видела в территории Советского Союза вплоть до Урала своё «жизненное пространство», которое в исторической перспективе планировалось заселить представителями арийской расы и, соответственно, очистить от тех, кто в глазах гитлеровских элит маркировался как «недочеловеки»: славян, евреев, цыган, азиатов.
Зверства имели масштабы, которых не знала история. Общее число жертв среди гражданского населения СССР в период оккупации составило порядка 14 миллионов человек, ещё не менее пяти миллионов человек стали жертвами стратегии сознательно организованного голода.
❗️ Срока давности эти преступления не имеют.
Российская дипломатия будет добиваться, чтобы преступления нацистов и их подручных против граждан Советского Союза были признаны международным сообществом в качестве геноцида советского народа. Соответствующая квалификация уже закреплена в ряде документов, принятых в рамках #СНГ и #ОДКБ.
👉 Видеообращение Министра иностранных дел России С.В.Лаврова по случаю Дня памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
Факты геноцида на оккупированных территориях бывшего СССР подтверждены в судебном порядке во всех субъектах Российской Федерации, где в годы Великой Отечественной фашистами и их пособниками совершались преступления против мирного населения. В России предусмотрена уголовная ответственность за реабилитацию нацизма, включая действия, оскверняющие День памяти жертв геноцида.
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Читайте:
👉 Раздел, посвящённый геноциду советского народа, на веб-портале МИД России
👉 День памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
👉 Интервью официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой информагентству ТАСС, приуроченное ко Дню памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
👉 Интервью официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой МИА «Россия сегодня»
👉 Подробнее о геноциде советского народа и отдельных его аспектах
👉 О геноцидальной стратегии голода в отношении советского народа
👉 Архивные документы о чудовищных преступлениях гитлеровских оккупантов и их пособников в концлагерях
👉 Проект «Маршруты памяти» по местам военных преступлений гитлеровских захватчиков
Российские загранучреждения также провели военно-мемориальные и просветительские мероприятия, посвящённые сохранению исторической памяти о преступлениях фашистских оккупантов и героизме воинов-освободителей Красной армии.
#БезСрокаДавности
Верхушка нацистской Германии видела в территории Советского Союза вплоть до Урала своё «жизненное пространство», которое в исторической перспективе планировалось заселить представителями арийской расы и, соответственно, очистить от тех, кто в глазах гитлеровских элит маркировался как «недочеловеки»: славян, евреев, цыган, азиатов.
Зверства имели масштабы, которых не знала история. Общее число жертв среди гражданского населения СССР в период оккупации составило порядка 14 миллионов человек, ещё не менее пяти миллионов человек стали жертвами стратегии сознательно организованного голода.
❗️ Срока давности эти преступления не имеют.
Российская дипломатия будет добиваться, чтобы преступления нацистов и их подручных против граждан Советского Союза были признаны международным сообществом в качестве геноцида советского народа. Соответствующая квалификация уже закреплена в ряде документов, принятых в рамках #СНГ и #ОДКБ.
👉 Видеообращение Министра иностранных дел России С.В.Лаврова по случаю Дня памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
Факты геноцида на оккупированных территориях бывшего СССР подтверждены в судебном порядке во всех субъектах Российской Федерации, где в годы Великой Отечественной фашистами и их пособниками совершались преступления против мирного населения. В России предусмотрена уголовная ответственность за реабилитацию нацизма, включая действия, оскверняющие День памяти жертв геноцида.
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Читайте:
👉 Раздел, посвящённый геноциду советского народа, на веб-портале МИД России
👉 День памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
👉 Интервью официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой информагентству ТАСС, приуроченное ко Дню памяти жертв геноцида советского народа
👉 Интервью официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой МИА «Россия сегодня»
👉 Подробнее о геноциде советского народа и отдельных его аспектах
👉 О геноцидальной стратегии голода в отношении советского народа
👉 Архивные документы о чудовищных преступлениях гитлеровских оккупантов и их пособников в концлагерях
👉 Проект «Маршруты памяти» по местам военных преступлений гитлеровских захватчиков
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
#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 April 13 – 19, 2026:
▪️April 13 – a UAV strike targeted an ambulance in the Belovsky district of the Kursk Region. Two staff members of the Belovsky Central District Hospital were injured.
▪️April 13 – a fixed-wing UAV struck a private home in Pervomaisk, the LPR.
▪️April 15 – an FPV drone struck a civilian passenger car in Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. Three civilians were injured.
▪️April 15 – a UAV strike targeted civilian freight transport in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️April 16 – a UAV struck a grocery store in Velikaya Lepetikha, Kherson Region.
▪️April 16 – residential neighbourhoods in Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory, came under a massive UAV raid. Two people were killed and five others injured.
▪️April 16 – an FPV drone struck an administrative building in Shebekino, Belgorod Region. Three female employees were injured.
▪️April 17 – a UAV struck a passenger bus in Nikolskoye, Belgorod Region.
▪️April 17 – a UAV struck a grocery store in Shebekino, Belgorod Region. A woman was 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 April 13 – 19, 2026:
▪️April 13 – a UAV strike targeted an ambulance in the Belovsky district of the Kursk Region. Two staff members of the Belovsky Central District Hospital were injured.
▪️April 13 – a fixed-wing UAV struck a private home in Pervomaisk, the LPR.
▪️April 15 – an FPV drone struck a civilian passenger car in Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. Three civilians were injured.
▪️April 15 – a UAV strike targeted civilian freight transport in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️April 16 – a UAV struck a grocery store in Velikaya Lepetikha, Kherson Region.
▪️April 16 – residential neighbourhoods in Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory, came under a massive UAV raid. Two people were killed and five others injured.
▪️April 16 – an FPV drone struck an administrative building in Shebekino, Belgorod Region. Three female employees were injured.
▪️April 17 – a UAV struck a passenger bus in Nikolskoye, Belgorod Region.
▪️April 17 – a UAV struck a grocery store in Shebekino, Belgorod Region. A woman was injured.