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Страны ЕАЭС будут развивать свободную торговлю с Индонезией
⚡️ На заседании Правительства рассмотрели проект федерального закона о ратификации соглашения о свободной торговле с Индонезией, которое направлено на углубление экономического партнерства по линии ЕАЭС.
Документ устанавливает преференциальный режим торговли в отношении большинства товаров и охватывает более 98% двустороннего товарооборота между Индонезией и Россией.
💬 Рассчитываем, что режим свободной торговли будет стимулировать укрепление сотрудничества во многих сферах, которые представляют взаимный интерес. Это обрабатывающая промышленность, сельское хозяйство, энергетика. И конечно – цифровая экономика, информационно-телекоммуникационные технологии, исследования, разработки и многое другое. Бизнес сможет на более выгодных условиях наращивать экспорт и импорт, расширять ассортимент востребованной продукции, а потребители получат доступ к качественным товарам по конкурентным ценам💬 , – сказал Михаил Мишустин.
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Документ устанавливает преференциальный режим торговли в отношении большинства товаров и охватывает более 98% двустороннего товарооборота между Индонезией и Россией.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a reception on the occasion of Orthodox Easter (Moscow, April 22, 2026)
💬 I am delighted to welcome the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, members of the clergy of other traditional confessions, government officials and representatives of civil society organisations, as well as the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow at our traditional Easter gathering.
Easter Sunday symbolises the triumph of good and mercy and reminds us about the importance of mutual assistance and loving one’s neighbour. It teaches us to stand in defence of truth and fight for justice. This is something that resonates with every Russian.
President Vladimir Putin has designated 2026 as the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. Our Fatherland has every right to claim the status of a civilisation state, as set forth in the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. The President approved it in March 2023 and it remains relevant.
For centuries, our country has been home to people of various creeds and cultures.
In fact, inter-ethnic and inter-faith harmony and conciliation have been and remain the main pillars ensuring stability at home and making us stronger on the international stage.
Of course, the Russian Orthodox Church has had an instrumental role in cementing national unity. Together with its followers, it has always shared the country’s lot and served as a moral beacon for millions of believers, while inspiring people to undertake spiritual feats and helping them withstand years of hardship.
We can see what happens when political elites reject their spiritual and civilisational roots, with present-day Ukraine presenting a bitter example. The regime which seized power in Kiev is ready to sacrifice the lives of millions of ordinary Ukrainians for the sake of serving the interests of its masters in the West. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been persecuted for over a decade now, which included taking over churches, vandal attacks, harassing the clergy and parishioners. Judging by the official data from the Kiev junta alone, there were over 180 criminal cases involving clerics, including four archpriests.
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As you know, defending the honour and dignity of our people and compatriots, including their right to use their mother tongue, the Russian language, and to belong to the Orthodox faith, are among the goals of the special military operation. It is rejoicing that even in this regard, the Russian Orthodox Church has been standing with its people in this time of hardship. Its clergy has been carrying out its pastoral duties among the fighters, while praying for peace and calm across our land. <...>
But tension and anxiety go beyond our Western border. Large-scale conflicts have been raging in the Middle East for many years now. <...> We cannot stand aside and do nothing when terrorist and radical groups engage in ethnic cleansing, killings and looting, including on religious grounds. We have already raised the issue of the substantial decline in the number of Christians living in the Middle East. Against this backdrop, efforts by the Russian Orthodox Church acquire a special meaning and importance, considering that it has been offering its effective assistance to the people of its creed there. <...>
I would like to note that the Foreign Ministry’s working group with the Russian Orthodox Church has been working and delivering results for the past 22 years. According to our estimates, this group has established itself as an effective mechanism for enabling us to work together on the key matters of shared interest on the international stage, and our colleagues from the Russian Orthodox Church share this vision. We are convinced that further strengthening this cooperation would help consolidate Russia’s international standing and promote trust, mutual understanding and neighbourly relations among various nations and peoples.
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💬 I am delighted to welcome the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, members of the clergy of other traditional confessions, government officials and representatives of civil society organisations, as well as the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow at our traditional Easter gathering.
Easter Sunday symbolises the triumph of good and mercy and reminds us about the importance of mutual assistance and loving one’s neighbour. It teaches us to stand in defence of truth and fight for justice. This is something that resonates with every Russian.
President Vladimir Putin has designated 2026 as the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. Our Fatherland has every right to claim the status of a civilisation state, as set forth in the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. The President approved it in March 2023 and it remains relevant.
For centuries, our country has been home to people of various creeds and cultures.
In fact, inter-ethnic and inter-faith harmony and conciliation have been and remain the main pillars ensuring stability at home and making us stronger on the international stage.
Of course, the Russian Orthodox Church has had an instrumental role in cementing national unity. Together with its followers, it has always shared the country’s lot and served as a moral beacon for millions of believers, while inspiring people to undertake spiritual feats and helping them withstand years of hardship.
We can see what happens when political elites reject their spiritual and civilisational roots, with present-day Ukraine presenting a bitter example. The regime which seized power in Kiev is ready to sacrifice the lives of millions of ordinary Ukrainians for the sake of serving the interests of its masters in the West. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been persecuted for over a decade now, which included taking over churches, vandal attacks, harassing the clergy and parishioners. Judging by the official data from the Kiev junta alone, there were over 180 criminal cases involving clerics, including four archpriests.
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As you know, defending the honour and dignity of our people and compatriots, including their right to use their mother tongue, the Russian language, and to belong to the Orthodox faith, are among the goals of the special military operation. It is rejoicing that even in this regard, the Russian Orthodox Church has been standing with its people in this time of hardship. Its clergy has been carrying out its pastoral duties among the fighters, while praying for peace and calm across our land. <...>
But tension and anxiety go beyond our Western border. Large-scale conflicts have been raging in the Middle East for many years now. <...> We cannot stand aside and do nothing when terrorist and radical groups engage in ethnic cleansing, killings and looting, including on religious grounds. We have already raised the issue of the substantial decline in the number of Christians living in the Middle East. Against this backdrop, efforts by the Russian Orthodox Church acquire a special meaning and importance, considering that it has been offering its effective assistance to the people of its creed there. <...>
I would like to note that the Foreign Ministry’s working group with the Russian Orthodox Church has been working and delivering results for the past 22 years. According to our estimates, this group has established itself as an effective mechanism for enabling us to work together on the key matters of shared interest on the international stage, and our colleagues from the Russian Orthodox Church share this vision. We are convinced that further strengthening this cooperation would help consolidate Russia’s international standing and promote trust, mutual understanding and neighbourly relations among various nations and peoples.
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🌟 On April 22, 1945, the Red Army liberated the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen during #WW2.
The forces of the 1st Belorussian Front, which had been advancing towards the Reich's capital from the north during the Berlin offensive operation, drove the Nazi troops out of Oranienburg and reached Sachsenhausen, having rescued around 3'000 surviving POWs.
#Sachsenhausen was considered as one of the most terrifying Nazi 'death factories'. Over nine years of its existence, about 200'000 people of various nationalities — citizens of European countries which had suffered from Nazi aggression, including the USSR — passed through that camp. Each month, up to 150 people were brought there. By 1944, citizens of the Soviet Union and Poland made up more than 90% of all Sachsenhausen prisoners.
Sachsenhausen held the most serious political opponents of Hitler, prominent state figures from many European countries defeated by the Nazis, such as France, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and the Netherlands, including their heads of government and ministers.
◼️ According to various historical estimates, more than 100'000 prisoners were killed in Sachsenhausen over the time the camp was in operation.
From August to November 1941 alone, at least 10'000 Soviet POWs were killed in Sachsenhausen, and another 3'000 died there from starvation and from conditions that were barbaric, unprecedentedly violent, and, in fact, inhumane.
On the personal orders of Himmler and other top leaders of the Third Reich, classified operations to exterminate people were carried out in Sachsenhausen.
Nazi's military doctors carried out macabre, horrific medical experiments on Sachsenhausen prisoners, including tests with mustard gas — yprite. Test subjects were deliberately mutilated and then exposed to mustard gas. People were forced to inhale the gas, consume it in liquid form, or receive it via injection. Open wounds were intentionally inflicted on prisoners’ hands, after which the gas was applied. In most cases, the victims’ limbs swelled severely, causing excruciating pain.
When the Red Army were rapidly advancing to Sachsenhausen during the Battle of Berlin, the Nazis began hastily covering up the traces of their heinous crimes. The camp administration decided to kill all remaining prisoners — with 45'000 inmates remaining in the camp.
The Nazis killed some of the prisoners in the crematoria of Sachsenhausen, and forced the rest on a 'death march' towards the Baltic Sea where they planned to drown their victims. However, thanks to the successful and rapid advance of the Red Army, these monstrous Nazi plans were thwarted, and the surviving prisoners of Sachsenhausen were rescued.
In aftermath of #WWII, Sachsenhausen was converted into a prison for Nazi criminals, including members of the Nazi NSDAP party, SS troops, and Wehrmacht officers. In November 1947, a trial of the Sachsenhausen administration was held in Berlin.
📑 Excerpt from a report “Reactions of the German population to the trial of criminals from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp” (Berlin, November 5, 1947; prepared by the 7th Department of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army):
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
The forces of the 1st Belorussian Front, which had been advancing towards the Reich's capital from the north during the Berlin offensive operation, drove the Nazi troops out of Oranienburg and reached Sachsenhausen, having rescued around 3'000 surviving POWs.
#Sachsenhausen was considered as one of the most terrifying Nazi 'death factories'. Over nine years of its existence, about 200'000 people of various nationalities — citizens of European countries which had suffered from Nazi aggression, including the USSR — passed through that camp. Each month, up to 150 people were brought there. By 1944, citizens of the Soviet Union and Poland made up more than 90% of all Sachsenhausen prisoners.
Sachsenhausen held the most serious political opponents of Hitler, prominent state figures from many European countries defeated by the Nazis, such as France, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and the Netherlands, including their heads of government and ministers.
◼️ According to various historical estimates, more than 100'000 prisoners were killed in Sachsenhausen over the time the camp was in operation.
From August to November 1941 alone, at least 10'000 Soviet POWs were killed in Sachsenhausen, and another 3'000 died there from starvation and from conditions that were barbaric, unprecedentedly violent, and, in fact, inhumane.
On the personal orders of Himmler and other top leaders of the Third Reich, classified operations to exterminate people were carried out in Sachsenhausen.
Nazi's military doctors carried out macabre, horrific medical experiments on Sachsenhausen prisoners, including tests with mustard gas — yprite. Test subjects were deliberately mutilated and then exposed to mustard gas. People were forced to inhale the gas, consume it in liquid form, or receive it via injection. Open wounds were intentionally inflicted on prisoners’ hands, after which the gas was applied. In most cases, the victims’ limbs swelled severely, causing excruciating pain.
When the Red Army were rapidly advancing to Sachsenhausen during the Battle of Berlin, the Nazis began hastily covering up the traces of their heinous crimes. The camp administration decided to kill all remaining prisoners — with 45'000 inmates remaining in the camp.
The Nazis killed some of the prisoners in the crematoria of Sachsenhausen, and forced the rest on a 'death march' towards the Baltic Sea where they planned to drown their victims. However, thanks to the successful and rapid advance of the Red Army, these monstrous Nazi plans were thwarted, and the surviving prisoners of Sachsenhausen were rescued.
In aftermath of #WWII, Sachsenhausen was converted into a prison for Nazi criminals, including members of the Nazi NSDAP party, SS troops, and Wehrmacht officers. In November 1947, a trial of the Sachsenhausen administration was held in Berlin.
📑 Excerpt from a report “Reactions of the German population to the trial of criminals from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp” (Berlin, November 5, 1947; prepared by the 7th Department of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army):
<...> The trial of the Sachsenhausen criminals elicited a significant response among the German population... In the comments about the trial, a sense of outrage at the scale of the heinous crimes committed was most often expressed.
It was noted that the Nazis' actions had covered the German people in disgrace.
“We find it incomprehensible how those people could sink lower than beasts. For us, Germans, who culturally considered ourselves almost a head above the Russians, it is a disgrace that these criminals are Germans” (Potsdam).
“The [Sachsenhausen] trial is a terrible disgrace for the German people... <...> It is inconceivable that humans could commit such atrocities. It’s a pity that in the western [occupation] zones such criminals are still walking free.”
“Nazi criminals have nailed an entire generation of Germans to the pillory.”
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
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🗣️ В своем приветственном слове глава российской дипмиссии М.И.Петраков отметил:
«Участие в Диктанте способствует укреплению преемственности поколений и служит важным инструментом противодействия искажению исторических фактов. Подобные инициативы играют значимую роль в объединении соотечественников за рубежом и всех, кто чтит память о подвиге народов, внесших решающий вклад в Великую Победу».
📹 С видеоприветствием к собравшимся обратился руководитель Центрального исполнительного комитета Партии «Единая Россия», депутат Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации, Координатор федерального партийного проекта «Историческая память» А.Г.Сидякин. Он подчеркнул, что Победа советского народа над фашизмом – это факт, который навечно вписан в историю человечества, фундамент, на котором стоит сегодняшний мир.
✍️ Участники ответили на 25 вопросов, посвященных датам, событиям и героям войны. Всем были вручены именные сертификаты.
📸 Вниманию присутствующих была представлена авторская фотовыставка Посла «Бессмертный полк: живая память». Фотографии были сделаны М.И.Петраковым в 2019 г. в Москве в ходе традиционного шествия.
🤝 Благодарим всех, кто принял участие в акции, чтобы почувствовать свою сопричастность к наследию Победы!
#МыПомним #Победа81
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🎙 President Vladimir Putin's statement at the state awards ceremony for Russian athletes (Moscow, April 22, 2026)
💬 I am sincerely pleased to congratulate everyone on your successes. Your performances and results are a substantial contribution to reaffirming Russia’s leading position in world sport – a strong and unshakable position, despite all the underhanded attempts to weaken it.
☝️ The disgraceful – and, I would say, cowardly – politically motivated conduct of the previous leadership of the International Olympic Committee inflicted enormous damage on the Olympic movement and on the very principles of Olympism.
Selective sanctions against Russian athletes, imposed under the pretext of condemning Russia’s actions to defend our people and our interests in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, while ignoring numerous other similar tragedies and armed conflicts around the world, merely exposed the corruption and political bias of a significant part of the international sporting establishment.
👉 I hope that the new leadership of the International Olympic Committee and other international sports organisations will overcome this legacy as soon as possible – a heavy and shameful legacy left by their predecessors.
I am certain that many more sporting triumphs lie ahead for you, as well as for your teammates representing a wide range of disciplines – including at the biggest international competitions – and, without fail, under our national flag and to the sound of Russia’s national anthem.
Russia is steadily returning to the world’s sporting arenas, and doing so with dignity. Last season, our swimmers, fencers, canoeists, gymnasts, judokas and wrestlers all delivered brilliant victories.
The truly special – indeed unique, without any exaggeration – achievement was the triumph of Russia’s Paralympians in Milan. As you know, they secured third place in the overall standings with a team that was several times smaller than those of their main rivals. This was an outstanding result. These victories were won not by numbers, but by skill, talent and the will to win.
Russia will continue to develop sport in all areas, ensuring the broadest possible opportunities for participation in elite sport, professional sport and mass sport alike, while actively promoting sport above all among children and young people. Because, as we all know well, sport is not simply about physical strength and agility – it is a way of life built on the values of health, mutual respect, and, crucially, determination and responsibility.
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#TeamRussia
💬 I am sincerely pleased to congratulate everyone on your successes. Your performances and results are a substantial contribution to reaffirming Russia’s leading position in world sport – a strong and unshakable position, despite all the underhanded attempts to weaken it.
☝️ The disgraceful – and, I would say, cowardly – politically motivated conduct of the previous leadership of the International Olympic Committee inflicted enormous damage on the Olympic movement and on the very principles of Olympism.
Selective sanctions against Russian athletes, imposed under the pretext of condemning Russia’s actions to defend our people and our interests in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, while ignoring numerous other similar tragedies and armed conflicts around the world, merely exposed the corruption and political bias of a significant part of the international sporting establishment.
👉 I hope that the new leadership of the International Olympic Committee and other international sports organisations will overcome this legacy as soon as possible – a heavy and shameful legacy left by their predecessors.
I am certain that many more sporting triumphs lie ahead for you, as well as for your teammates representing a wide range of disciplines – including at the biggest international competitions – and, without fail, under our national flag and to the sound of Russia’s national anthem.
Russia is steadily returning to the world’s sporting arenas, and doing so with dignity. Last season, our swimmers, fencers, canoeists, gymnasts, judokas and wrestlers all delivered brilliant victories.
The truly special – indeed unique, without any exaggeration – achievement was the triumph of Russia’s Paralympians in Milan. As you know, they secured third place in the overall standings with a team that was several times smaller than those of their main rivals. This was an outstanding result. These victories were won not by numbers, but by skill, talent and the will to win.
Russia will continue to develop sport in all areas, ensuring the broadest possible opportunities for participation in elite sport, professional sport and mass sport alike, while actively promoting sport above all among children and young people. Because, as we all know well, sport is not simply about physical strength and agility – it is a way of life built on the values of health, mutual respect, and, crucially, determination and responsibility.
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🗓 24 апреля Министр иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лавров провёл ежегодную встречу с руководителями российских некоммерческих организаций.
Участники – около 150 представителей федеральных и региональных НКО – обменялись опытом и планами своей деятельности на международной арене.
Были затронуты темы развития публичной дипломатии, сохранения исторической памяти, популяризации русского языка и культуры, наблюдения за электоральными процессами в России и зарубежных странах.
👉 Вступительное слово С.В.Лаврова
Особое внимание уделено участию неправительственного сектора и научно-академических кругов в работе многосторонних диалоговых форматов, а также молодёжному измерению общественной дипломатии.
Представители гражданского общества выступили с рядом перспективных инициатив, направленных на более плотное подключение НКО к решению задач по укреплению роли России как самостоятельного центра мировой политики, и высказались за уплотнение взаимодействия с Министерством иностранных дел в реализации инициатив международного характера.
Участники – около 150 представителей федеральных и региональных НКО – обменялись опытом и планами своей деятельности на международной арене.
Были затронуты темы развития публичной дипломатии, сохранения исторической памяти, популяризации русского языка и культуры, наблюдения за электоральными процессами в России и зарубежных странах.
👉 Вступительное слово С.В.Лаврова
Особое внимание уделено участию неправительственного сектора и научно-академических кругов в работе многосторонних диалоговых форматов, а также молодёжному измерению общественной дипломатии.
Представители гражданского общества выступили с рядом перспективных инициатив, направленных на более плотное подключение НКО к решению задач по укреплению роли России как самостоятельного центра мировой политики, и высказались за уплотнение взаимодействия с Министерством иностранных дел в реализации инициатив международного характера.
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🎙 Opening remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with leaders of non-profit organisations (Moscow, April 24, 2026)
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: President Putin repeatedly underscored that the world had entered an era of unprecedented change. Similar assessments have been made publicly by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. As President Putin has noted, in these turbulent circumstances, Russia, due to its history, geography, and civilisational identity, is playing a central role in these processes.
The collective West policy is posing the main threat to international peace and security. <...> Their strategic goal, we have no doubt about it, remains the same and is to dominate by any means, <...> and to preserve their hegemony for as long as possible, while containing the growth of new global centres and competitors in the #WorldMajority countries in #Asia, #Africa, and #LatinAmerica.
<...> In order to preserve their hegemony and to achieve these unseemly goals, illegal sanctions, plunder, the theft of other countries’ sovereign assets, blackmail, threats and, of course, the use of military force are employed, as we saw in Venezuela and now in Iran.
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👉 The West’s decades-long expansion into the Eurasian continent, primarily the regions where Russia has historically had strong influence and legitimate traditional interests is another major factor of global destabilisation. This persistent push, which in recent years has openly manifested itself in the slogan of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, reflects a long-standing, indeed, as it now turns out, centuries-long strategy.
❗️ A war against us has been openly declared.
The Kiev regime is being used as the tip of the spear.
The Kiev regime and the Ukrainian state are being openly taken advantage of as a geopolitical battering ram. Some rather outspoken individuals, I believe in the Belgian General Staff, publicly stated that they were getting ready for war with Russia and that Ukraine was helping them buy time. As they say, they couldn’t be clearer.
The West — above all the international bureaucracy in Brussels (both EU and NATO, which are increasingly becoming one), as well as Berlin, Paris, and, of course, London — are attempting to demonise everything Russian and openly speak about gearing up for war with us in the foreseeable future.
Despite the difficult circumstances, we will continue to pursue our foreign policy and to defend our vital national interests, creating the most favourable foreing environment for our country’s sustainable development as a multi-ethnic sovereign state strengthening our sovereignty in all areas.
Our priorities include promoting equal and mutually beneficial partnerships with all those willing to cooperate on an equal footing, based on the universally recognised principles of the UN Charter — #UNCharterIsOurRules.
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We continue to believe — strength lies in truth.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: President Putin repeatedly underscored that the world had entered an era of unprecedented change. Similar assessments have been made publicly by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. As President Putin has noted, in these turbulent circumstances, Russia, due to its history, geography, and civilisational identity, is playing a central role in these processes.
The collective West policy is posing the main threat to international peace and security. <...> Their strategic goal, we have no doubt about it, remains the same and is to dominate by any means, <...> and to preserve their hegemony for as long as possible, while containing the growth of new global centres and competitors in the #WorldMajority countries in #Asia, #Africa, and #LatinAmerica.
<...> In order to preserve their hegemony and to achieve these unseemly goals, illegal sanctions, plunder, the theft of other countries’ sovereign assets, blackmail, threats and, of course, the use of military force are employed, as we saw in Venezuela and now in Iran.
***
👉 The West’s decades-long expansion into the Eurasian continent, primarily the regions where Russia has historically had strong influence and legitimate traditional interests is another major factor of global destabilisation. This persistent push, which in recent years has openly manifested itself in the slogan of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, reflects a long-standing, indeed, as it now turns out, centuries-long strategy.
❗️ A war against us has been openly declared.
The Kiev regime is being used as the tip of the spear.
The Kiev regime and the Ukrainian state are being openly taken advantage of as a geopolitical battering ram. Some rather outspoken individuals, I believe in the Belgian General Staff, publicly stated that they were getting ready for war with Russia and that Ukraine was helping them buy time. As they say, they couldn’t be clearer.
The West — above all the international bureaucracy in Brussels (both EU and NATO, which are increasingly becoming one), as well as Berlin, Paris, and, of course, London — are attempting to demonise everything Russian and openly speak about gearing up for war with us in the foreseeable future.
Despite the difficult circumstances, we will continue to pursue our foreign policy and to defend our vital national interests, creating the most favourable foreing environment for our country’s sustainable development as a multi-ethnic sovereign state strengthening our sovereignty in all areas.
Our priorities include promoting equal and mutually beneficial partnerships with all those willing to cooperate on an equal footing, based on the universally recognised principles of the UN Charter — #UNCharterIsOurRules.
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We continue to believe — strength lies in truth.
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⚔️ April 25, 1945 – the #ElbeDay – a memorable date in Russia’s military history.
Around midday, by the town of Torgau on the Elbe River, Soviet troops advancing into Germany linked up for the first time with American forces.
That moment marked the high point of relations between the USSR and the US during the Second World War. The Soviet unit was led by Senior Lieutenant Grigory Goloborodko, while the American patrol that crossed the Elbe was commanded by First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue.
🤝 The handshake between the two lieutenants made headlines around the world and became one of the defining images of the Allied #Victory over Nazism. One of the direct participants in that first meeting, US Army Private Joe Polowsky, later recalled:
The soldiers embraced and vowed never to forget that meeting. It came to symbolise what would later be known as the Spirit of the Elbe.
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Around midday, by the town of Torgau on the Elbe River, Soviet troops advancing into Germany linked up for the first time with American forces.
That moment marked the high point of relations between the USSR and the US during the Second World War. The Soviet unit was led by Senior Lieutenant Grigory Goloborodko, while the American patrol that crossed the Elbe was commanded by First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue.
🤝 The handshake between the two lieutenants made headlines around the world and became one of the defining images of the Allied #Victory over Nazism. One of the direct participants in that first meeting, US Army Private Joe Polowsky, later recalled:
“There were tears in our eyes. It was a moment of joy, but also, perhaps, a moment in which some already sensed that the future would not be without difficulties”.
The soldiers embraced and vowed never to forget that meeting. It came to symbolise what would later be known as the Spirit of the Elbe.
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