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✉️ President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Holy Month of #Ramadan (March 20, 2026):
✍️ For centuries, this holiday has symbolized believers’ striving for moral growth, compassion and mercy, guiding them towards the enduring values of Islam.
I would like to note that Russia’s Muslims show deep respect for the historical and spiritual traditions of their ancestors and widely celebrate this holiday within their communities and families. It has become a fine tradition to hold large-scale charitable, cultural, educational and children’s events throughout the Holy Month.
Muslim organisations make a meaningful contribution to strengthening the institution of the family, raising the younger generation, and fostering constructive dialogue with state and public institutions, while consistently advancing patriotic, educational and humanitarian initiatives.
And, of course, special words of gratitude go to the followers of Islam who, shoulder to shoulder with their comrades-in-arms, are fighting for the freedom and independence of the Fatherland, who support the families and loved ones of our heroes.
I wish you sound health, success and all the very best.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
✍️ For centuries, this holiday has symbolized believers’ striving for moral growth, compassion and mercy, guiding them towards the enduring values of Islam.
I would like to note that Russia’s Muslims show deep respect for the historical and spiritual traditions of their ancestors and widely celebrate this holiday within their communities and families. It has become a fine tradition to hold large-scale charitable, cultural, educational and children’s events throughout the Holy Month.
Muslim organisations make a meaningful contribution to strengthening the institution of the family, raising the younger generation, and fostering constructive dialogue with state and public institutions, while consistently advancing patriotic, educational and humanitarian initiatives.
And, of course, special words of gratitude go to the followers of Islam who, shoulder to shoulder with their comrades-in-arms, are fighting for the freedom and independence of the Fatherland, who support the families and loved ones of our heroes.
I wish you sound health, success and all the very best.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
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⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry statement on developments in the Persian Gulf
Moscow is seriously concerned over the ongoing armed confrontation in the Persian Gulf and the risks of escalation.
The scale of damage to energy and other critical infrastructure in Iran and neighboring Arab states continues to grow.
🔉 Audio statement by Maria Zakharova (in Russian)
We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities resulting from the unprovoked aggression by the US and Israel against Iran.
Russia, together with China, Türkiye and other like-minded partners, stands ready to facilitate a settlement and help resolve existing differences through political and diplomatic means, with a view to achieving long-term, sustainable stabilisation in the region, taking into account the interests of all states concerned.
We consistently advocate creating conditions for peaceful coexistence, security and good-neighbourly relations between the Arab countries, with which we maintain friendly ties, and Iran.
❗️ We emphasise that the first step must be an immediate end to the US and Israel’s military venture.
In this context, we note the thoughtful and balanced article by Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, published in The Economist on March 18, 2026.
The proposals outlined in the article are largely in line with our own vision of establishing a security architecture in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf based on a balance of interests among all regional states. We share the Omani Minister’s view on the need to launch an inclusive regional dialogue aimed at reaching agreements on confidence-building and transparency measures in the field of nuclear energy, as well as mutual security guarantees.
👉 Russia has for several years been promoting an initiative to develop a concept of collective security in the Gulf, aimed at establishing lasting peace and cooperation among all littoral states.
We remain ready to continue providing constructive assistance in resolving the conflict and overcoming existing contradictions in the Middle East through political and diplomatic means, including by fostering conditions for joint efforts towards a sustainable settlement based on a balance of the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.
Moscow is seriously concerned over the ongoing armed confrontation in the Persian Gulf and the risks of escalation.
The scale of damage to energy and other critical infrastructure in Iran and neighboring Arab states continues to grow.
🔉 Audio statement by Maria Zakharova (in Russian)
We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities resulting from the unprovoked aggression by the US and Israel against Iran.
Russia, together with China, Türkiye and other like-minded partners, stands ready to facilitate a settlement and help resolve existing differences through political and diplomatic means, with a view to achieving long-term, sustainable stabilisation in the region, taking into account the interests of all states concerned.
We consistently advocate creating conditions for peaceful coexistence, security and good-neighbourly relations between the Arab countries, with which we maintain friendly ties, and Iran.
❗️ We emphasise that the first step must be an immediate end to the US and Israel’s military venture.
In this context, we note the thoughtful and balanced article by Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, published in The Economist on March 18, 2026.
The proposals outlined in the article are largely in line with our own vision of establishing a security architecture in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf based on a balance of interests among all regional states. We share the Omani Minister’s view on the need to launch an inclusive regional dialogue aimed at reaching agreements on confidence-building and transparency measures in the field of nuclear energy, as well as mutual security guarantees.
👉 Russia has for several years been promoting an initiative to develop a concept of collective security in the Gulf, aimed at establishing lasting peace and cooperation among all littoral states.
We remain ready to continue providing constructive assistance in resolving the conflict and overcoming existing contradictions in the Middle East through political and diplomatic means, including by fostering conditions for joint efforts towards a sustainable settlement based on a balance of the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.
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🎙 On March 19, an international teleconference was held on “War crimes of the AFU against civilians in the Belgorod Region”. Participation included Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik, who presented documented evidence of crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
Key points:
• Four years ago, the Kiev regime launched an ongoing campaign mass attacks targeting the Belgorod Region, aimed at maximizing civilian casualties, destroying civilian infrastructure, and creating intolerable living conditions for the population. In their view, this is an “acceptable means of influencing Russia’s domestic policy”.
• The situation escalated significantly in early autumn 2022, when civilians, fearing abuse and executions by Ukrainian militants, fled to Belgorod. Many who remained in territories occupied by Ukrainian units were subjected to torture and ill-treatment. Not all survived, and the locations of some burial sites remain unknown.
• These incursions have no military rationale. They are focused on killing and injuring civilians, intimidating the population, and destroying civilian infrastructure.
❗️Over four years of hostilities, more than 3,850 civilians in the region have been affected, including 467 fatalities. Among them are 238 minors, 23 of whom were killed. In total, Ukrainian militants have fired over 116,000 munitions at civilian targets in the Belgorod Region, most of them produced by NATO countries.
• Ukrainian forces deliberately use drones against civilians, effectively declaring a hunt for ordinary residents. These are not incidental or unintended strikes – drone operators carry out targeted attacks on civilians, pursue civilian vehicles, and lie in wait near roads and crowded areas to strike defenceless people.
• About a year ago, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas claimed that “Russian civilians were not dying, that Russian women and children were not being killed”. Such statements amount to condoning and justifying inhumane crimes against civilians.
❗️ For Ms Kallas’s reference: as of this week, since February 2022, at least 27,500 civilians in Russia have been affected by the actions of Ukrainian militants, including more than 3,850 in the Belgorod Region alone.
#KievRegimeCrimes
Key points:
• Four years ago, the Kiev regime launched an ongoing campaign mass attacks targeting the Belgorod Region, aimed at maximizing civilian casualties, destroying civilian infrastructure, and creating intolerable living conditions for the population. In their view, this is an “acceptable means of influencing Russia’s domestic policy”.
• The situation escalated significantly in early autumn 2022, when civilians, fearing abuse and executions by Ukrainian militants, fled to Belgorod. Many who remained in territories occupied by Ukrainian units were subjected to torture and ill-treatment. Not all survived, and the locations of some burial sites remain unknown.
• These incursions have no military rationale. They are focused on killing and injuring civilians, intimidating the population, and destroying civilian infrastructure.
❗️Over four years of hostilities, more than 3,850 civilians in the region have been affected, including 467 fatalities. Among them are 238 minors, 23 of whom were killed. In total, Ukrainian militants have fired over 116,000 munitions at civilian targets in the Belgorod Region, most of them produced by NATO countries.
• Ukrainian forces deliberately use drones against civilians, effectively declaring a hunt for ordinary residents. These are not incidental or unintended strikes – drone operators carry out targeted attacks on civilians, pursue civilian vehicles, and lie in wait near roads and crowded areas to strike defenceless people.
• About a year ago, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas claimed that “Russian civilians were not dying, that Russian women and children were not being killed”. Such statements amount to condoning and justifying inhumane crimes against civilians.
❗️ For Ms Kallas’s reference: as of this week, since February 2022, at least 27,500 civilians in Russia have been affected by the actions of Ukrainian militants, including more than 3,850 in the Belgorod Region alone.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement regarding attacks by Ukrainian militants targeting the infrastructure of the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines (March 20, 2026)
💬 Between March 17-19, Ukrainian militants once again targeted critical international energy infrastructure facilitating gas exports via the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines.
According to Gazprom, attempted UAV strikes were recorded against three compressor stations. The largest number of drones – 22 units – targeted the Russkaya station, while three and one UAVs were used against the Kazachya and Beregovaya stations respectively.
Thanks to coordinated and effective actions by the Russian Ministry of Defence and mobile response units, all attacks were repelled, and no damage was sustained.
These reckless actions by Kiev are in line with its previous terrorist attacks on Russian and foreign tankers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well as on the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium – a company with significant foreign investment.
Through such methods, the Zelensky regime seeks not only to undermine Russia’s position as a reliable supplier and transit country of energy resources, but also to keep the Ukrainian crisis in the international spotlight, particularly amid the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape shaped by developments in the Middle East.
Such terrorist activity by Kiev may directly result in serious damage to regional energy security, potentially leading to further destabilisation of the global energy market.
At a time when leading Western countries acknowledge that stabilising the market without Russian energy resources is problematic, the Zelensky regime is openly acting against their interests, while attempting to influence the domestic political processes of its sponsors.
The fact that the attacks coincided with Zelensky’s meetings in London on March 17 with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raises questions about their true beneficiaries, whose key objective appears to be obstructing a sustainable settlement of the Ukrainian crisis based on addressing its root causes, in line with the understandings reached during the Russia-US Summit in Alaska on August 15, 2025.
As President Vladimir Putin noted at a meeting of the board of the Federal Security Service of Russian on 24 February, the adversary is resorting to such terrorist attacks in conditions where it is unable to achieve its primary objective – to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield. The aim is evident – to derail the diplomatic settlement process, to “dismantle everything that has already been achieved on the negotiation track.”
☝️ For our part, we continue to work jointly with partners interested in the safe and reliable operation of international energy and logistics infrastructure ensuring supplies of Russian hydrocarbons.
It is essential to increase collective pressure on the Kiev regime to compel it to cease these reckless strikes that pose a threat to international energy routes.
💬 Between March 17-19, Ukrainian militants once again targeted critical international energy infrastructure facilitating gas exports via the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines.
According to Gazprom, attempted UAV strikes were recorded against three compressor stations. The largest number of drones – 22 units – targeted the Russkaya station, while three and one UAVs were used against the Kazachya and Beregovaya stations respectively.
Thanks to coordinated and effective actions by the Russian Ministry of Defence and mobile response units, all attacks were repelled, and no damage was sustained.
These reckless actions by Kiev are in line with its previous terrorist attacks on Russian and foreign tankers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well as on the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium – a company with significant foreign investment.
Through such methods, the Zelensky regime seeks not only to undermine Russia’s position as a reliable supplier and transit country of energy resources, but also to keep the Ukrainian crisis in the international spotlight, particularly amid the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape shaped by developments in the Middle East.
Such terrorist activity by Kiev may directly result in serious damage to regional energy security, potentially leading to further destabilisation of the global energy market.
At a time when leading Western countries acknowledge that stabilising the market without Russian energy resources is problematic, the Zelensky regime is openly acting against their interests, while attempting to influence the domestic political processes of its sponsors.
The fact that the attacks coincided with Zelensky’s meetings in London on March 17 with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raises questions about their true beneficiaries, whose key objective appears to be obstructing a sustainable settlement of the Ukrainian crisis based on addressing its root causes, in line with the understandings reached during the Russia-US Summit in Alaska on August 15, 2025.
As President Vladimir Putin noted at a meeting of the board of the Federal Security Service of Russian on 24 February, the adversary is resorting to such terrorist attacks in conditions where it is unable to achieve its primary objective – to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield. The aim is evident – to derail the diplomatic settlement process, to “dismantle everything that has already been achieved on the negotiation track.”
☝️ For our part, we continue to work jointly with partners interested in the safe and reliable operation of international energy and logistics infrastructure ensuring supplies of Russian hydrocarbons.
It is essential to increase collective pressure on the Kiev regime to compel it to cease these reckless strikes that pose a threat to international energy routes.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on attacks against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran (21 March 2026)
💬 The US-Israeli tandem continues to carry out massive strikes against Iranian military and civilian targets, including - most alarmingly - nuclear facilities, without regard for civilian casualties or potential radiological or environmental consequences.
Notwithstanding the well-known allegations about obliteration of the Iranian nuclear programme by US air raids last June, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, which is under IAEA safeguards, was subjected to an air attack in the morning of March 21.
❗️ This constitutes a high-handed breach of international law, UN and IAEA charters, special resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the #IAEA General Conference.
The international community, including the UN and the IAEA, must give an unbiased and uncompromising assessment of these irresponsible actions that create risks of a catastrophe for the entire Middle East and are explicitly aimed at further undermining peace, stability, and security in the region.
💬 The US-Israeli tandem continues to carry out massive strikes against Iranian military and civilian targets, including - most alarmingly - nuclear facilities, without regard for civilian casualties or potential radiological or environmental consequences.
Notwithstanding the well-known allegations about obliteration of the Iranian nuclear programme by US air raids last June, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, which is under IAEA safeguards, was subjected to an air attack in the morning of March 21.
❗️ This constitutes a high-handed breach of international law, UN and IAEA charters, special resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the #IAEA General Conference.
The international community, including the UN and the IAEA, must give an unbiased and uncompromising assessment of these irresponsible actions that create risks of a catastrophe for the entire Middle East and are explicitly aimed at further undermining peace, stability, and security in the region.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitations
8️⃣3️⃣ years ago, the peaceful Soviet Belarusian village of #Khatyn was wiped out – nearly all of the inhabitants were burned alive and shot by the SS punitive unit Dirlewanger (Sonderkommando Dirlewanger) and the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion.
Khatyn – a small village of just 26 households – was located 54 kilometres northwest of Minsk.
On March 22, 1943, Belarusian partisans intercepted a Nazi motor convoy in the area, inflicting casualties, including killing a German officer. In retaliation, the Hitlerites encircled Khatyn and decided to unleash their fury on defenceless civilians – women, the elderly and children.
All residents – 149 people, including 75 children – were forced into a wooden barn, locked inside and set ablaze. Those who, in desperation, tried to escape were ruthlessly shot at point-blank range.
✍️ From the interrogation record of Ostap Knap, a collaborator from the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion, a native of the Lvov region (31 May 1986):
Only six people managed to escape the inferno alive – five children and one adult, 56-year-old blacksmith Iosif Kaminsky. He regained consciousness late at night after the perpetrators had left the burnt village. Among the bodies of his fellow villagers, he found his son Adam, who died from his wounds in his father’s arms…
❗️ The atrocities in Khatyn were carried out by the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion, formed in October 1942 in Kiev largely from Ukrainian nationalists and members of the Organisation of Ukrainian nationalists. Earlier, its members took part in mass executions of Jews at Babi Yar. The battalion was commanded by Konstantin Smovsky, born in the Poltava Governorate, who later fled to the US, where he died in 1960. The Supreme court of Belarus has found him guilty of genocide.
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In 1969, one of Belarus’s most revered memorial sites – the Khatyn Memorial Complex – was opened on the site of the destroyed village, a silent witness to the monstrous crimes of Nazism. At its centre stands a six-metre bronze sculpture, The Unconquered Man, depicting Iosif Kaminsky carrying his dead son in his arms. Each of the 26 burned homes is marked by a symbolic log structure with an obelisk in the shape of a chimney, bearing the names of those who perished and a bell that tolls every hour.
The tragedy of Khatyn has become a symbol of the inhuman cruelty of Nazism – a living reminder of hundreds of annihilated villages and thousands of innocent civilians of the Soviet Union whose lives were shattered by Nazi perpetrators and their accomplices – a genocide of the Soviet people. Our duty is to ensure that these crimes, which have no statute of limitations, are never forgotten.
On April 19, by Presidential Decree, Russia established the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War. According to even the most conservative estimates, 13.7 million civilians were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
🕯 We mourn together with the fraternal people of Belarus.
8️⃣3️⃣ years ago, the peaceful Soviet Belarusian village of #Khatyn was wiped out – nearly all of the inhabitants were burned alive and shot by the SS punitive unit Dirlewanger (Sonderkommando Dirlewanger) and the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion.
Khatyn – a small village of just 26 households – was located 54 kilometres northwest of Minsk.
On March 22, 1943, Belarusian partisans intercepted a Nazi motor convoy in the area, inflicting casualties, including killing a German officer. In retaliation, the Hitlerites encircled Khatyn and decided to unleash their fury on defenceless civilians – women, the elderly and children.
All residents – 149 people, including 75 children – were forced into a wooden barn, locked inside and set ablaze. Those who, in desperation, tried to escape were ruthlessly shot at point-blank range.
✍️ From the interrogation record of Ostap Knap, a collaborator from the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion, a native of the Lvov region (31 May 1986):
“The roof was thatched and immediately caught fire. Screams of horror rose from the barn as those trapped inside, facing certain death, began forcing the door. The policemen surrounding the site opened fire on them”.
Only six people managed to escape the inferno alive – five children and one adult, 56-year-old blacksmith Iosif Kaminsky. He regained consciousness late at night after the perpetrators had left the burnt village. Among the bodies of his fellow villagers, he found his son Adam, who died from his wounds in his father’s arms…
❗️ The atrocities in Khatyn were carried out by the 118th Ukrainian Police Battalion, formed in October 1942 in Kiev largely from Ukrainian nationalists and members of the Organisation of Ukrainian nationalists. Earlier, its members took part in mass executions of Jews at Babi Yar. The battalion was commanded by Konstantin Smovsky, born in the Poltava Governorate, who later fled to the US, where he died in 1960. The Supreme court of Belarus has found him guilty of genocide.
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In 1969, one of Belarus’s most revered memorial sites – the Khatyn Memorial Complex – was opened on the site of the destroyed village, a silent witness to the monstrous crimes of Nazism. At its centre stands a six-metre bronze sculpture, The Unconquered Man, depicting Iosif Kaminsky carrying his dead son in his arms. Each of the 26 burned homes is marked by a symbolic log structure with an obelisk in the shape of a chimney, bearing the names of those who perished and a bell that tolls every hour.
The tragedy of Khatyn has become a symbol of the inhuman cruelty of Nazism – a living reminder of hundreds of annihilated villages and thousands of innocent civilians of the Soviet Union whose lives were shattered by Nazi perpetrators and their accomplices – a genocide of the Soviet people. Our duty is to ensure that these crimes, which have no statute of limitations, are never forgotten.
On April 19, by Presidential Decree, Russia established the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War. According to even the most conservative estimates, 13.7 million civilians were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
🕯 We mourn together with the fraternal people of Belarus.
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🗓 March 22, 2024…
Exactly two years have passed since the horrific terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, which claimed 149 lives and shattered hundreds of others.
As last year, today, people keep coming to the memorial to honour the victims. They bring flowers, candles, toys – anything that can express grief, pain and remembrance, a sign that the memory of those lost is being carefully preserved. Students, volunteers, rescuers, residents of Moscow, as well as those who personally lived through that nightmare or lost loved ones there, came to the “White Cranes” statue.
🕯 We deeply mourn together with the families and loved ones of the victims. On that terrible night, we lost our colleague – Tatiana Repina, a junior specialist of the Department of Linguistic Support.
***
Recently, the court has found the evidence collected by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia sufficient to deliver a verdict against 19 defendants in the criminal case.
Russia's Investigative Committee statement of March 12, 2026:
📷 © Sergey Bobylev / RIA Novosti
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
Exactly two years have passed since the horrific terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, which claimed 149 lives and shattered hundreds of others.
As last year, today, people keep coming to the memorial to honour the victims. They bring flowers, candles, toys – anything that can express grief, pain and remembrance, a sign that the memory of those lost is being carefully preserved. Students, volunteers, rescuers, residents of Moscow, as well as those who personally lived through that nightmare or lost loved ones there, came to the “White Cranes” statue.
🕯 We deeply mourn together with the families and loved ones of the victims. On that terrible night, we lost our colleague – Tatiana Repina, a junior specialist of the Department of Linguistic Support.
***
Recently, the court has found the evidence collected by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia sufficient to deliver a verdict against 19 defendants in the criminal case.
Russia's Investigative Committee statement of March 12, 2026:
It has been reliably established that this inhumane crime was planned and carried out in the interests of the current leadership of Ukraine with the aim of destabilising the political situation in our country.
By the court’s verdict, 19 defendants were sentenced – depending on their roles – to terms of imprisonment ranging from 19 years and 11 months to life, as well as fines of up to 2.7 million rubles.
📷 © Sergey Bobylev / RIA Novosti
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
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This event is for those who want to create a new, better future and who are prepared to make their dreams a reality for the sake of the entire world.
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Are you ready to create something new together with the whole world? Apply before April 30 and make your dream come true together with Russia.
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EEC discusses interaction between Eurasian industry associations
The Congress of Eurasian Technology Platforms chaired by Gohar Barseghyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, was held on March 18 to discuss the central themes pertaining to Eurasian industry associations, i.e. the development of cooperation in innovative industrial sectors and interstate programs with the involvement of state funding.
Participants discussed a wide range of issues related to interaction with the EEC, the application of supranational regulatory mechanisms at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union, the further development of associations and the Commission's coordinating role, as well as prospects for the development and implementation of interstate programs and projects.
Gohar Barseghyan noted that Eurasian Technology Platforms form a collaboration tool at the Commission's disposal, based on which interstate programs can be developed with the involvement of state funding.
the EEC Minister emphasized.
Gohar Barseghyan called on EAEU participants and businesses to more actively utilize the existing supranational instrument and launch joint projects.
📷: EEC
#EAEU
The Congress of Eurasian Technology Platforms chaired by Gohar Barseghyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, was held on March 18 to discuss the central themes pertaining to Eurasian industry associations, i.e. the development of cooperation in innovative industrial sectors and interstate programs with the involvement of state funding.
Participants discussed a wide range of issues related to interaction with the EEC, the application of supranational regulatory mechanisms at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union, the further development of associations and the Commission's coordinating role, as well as prospects for the development and implementation of interstate programs and projects.
Gohar Barseghyan noted that Eurasian Technology Platforms form a collaboration tool at the Commission's disposal, based on which interstate programs can be developed with the involvement of state funding.
"Since 2024, a meaningful measure to support industrial projects has been established in the EAEU countries, i.e. a mechanism of subsidizing the key interest rate on loans and borrowings from the Union budget. As of today, the budget has allocated approximately 9 billion rubles for these purposes,”
the EEC Minister emphasized.
Gohar Barseghyan called on EAEU participants and businesses to more actively utilize the existing supranational instrument and launch joint projects.
📷: EEC
#EAEU
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in an Izvestia article (March 22, 2026):
✍️ Today marks the anniversary of one of the most heinous crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices – the destruction in 1943 of the Belarusian village of Khatyn together with all its inhabitants.
149 people, including 75 children, were burned alive.
Since 1969, a memorial complex stands on the site of the burned Khatyn, commemorating the mass murder of civilians on the occupied territory of the USSR.
In 2024, I visited the site with my family to personally honor the memory both of those who were brutally killed and of those who, through artistic expression, captured human suffering and preserved the memory of this atrocity for future generations.
The punitive operation was carried out by a special SS unit – the Dirlewanger Sonder Battalion and the 118th Schutzmannschaft Battalion (auxiliary police).
Local residents remember well: the butchers came from Western Ukraine.
The 118th Security Police Battalion was formed in 1942 in Kiev, largely from Ukrainian nationalists. It was commanded by Konstantin Smovsky, a former major in the Polish Army and participant in the Ukrainian nationalist movement; the chief of staff was Grigory Vasyura. The German commander of the unit was SS Sturmbannführer Erich Kerner. Members of the unit had previously taken part in the mass murder of Jews at Babi Yar.
Most of those involved in the Khatyn massacre received their just punishment: in 1986 in Minsk, Vasyura was found guilty by a military tribunal and sentenced to death.
Only those who managed to flee to the Western occupation zone of Germany at the end of the war escaped justice – under the “protection” of new patrons. The commander of the 118th Battalion, Konstantin Smovsky, later became active in émigré organisations and died in Minneapolis (USA). Ivan Slizhuk was an active member of the OUN émigré movement and died in Lyon in 1994. Iosif Vinnitsky was an activist of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada and died in Montreal.
Since 1951, Vladimir Katryuk lived in Canada. In 1999, after incriminating evidence emerged, he was stripped of his citizenship, but in November 2010 the court reversed that decision. In 2015, Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him, however Canada refused to extradite him.
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The photo shows Konstantin Smovsky’s obituary in the émigré newspaper Svoboda. Not a single word about Khatyn – only supposed “services” to Ukraine, of the same kind that are today attributed to Zelenskyy’s regime: terror, killings, persecution.
The fate of this publication reflects, as in a mirror, the history of the formation of political “Ukrainianism.”
The newspaper had been published since 1893 in a Galician dialect of Russian – using pre-reform letters such as “Ѣ” and “Ь”. In other words, it was printed in the pre-reform Russian alphabet.
Only on October 15, 1914, did Svoboda first appear with the subtitle: “Official organ of the Ukrainian National Union in America”.
During the Second World War, the newspaper was banned in Canada for its openly pro-Nazi sympathies.
After the war, there were no longer any obstacles to the spread of Bandera propaganda – or to the glorification of Nazi collaborators who had escaped justice, a process that continues to this day. Quite recently, Canadian parliamentarians gave a standing ovation to Nazi collaborator Hunka, while the country’s Foreign Ministry was headed by an outspoken Russophobe and granddaughter of another Nazi collaborator, Mikhailo Khomyak – Chrystia Freeland.
✍️ Today marks the anniversary of one of the most heinous crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices – the destruction in 1943 of the Belarusian village of Khatyn together with all its inhabitants.
149 people, including 75 children, were burned alive.
Since 1969, a memorial complex stands on the site of the burned Khatyn, commemorating the mass murder of civilians on the occupied territory of the USSR.
In 2024, I visited the site with my family to personally honor the memory both of those who were brutally killed and of those who, through artistic expression, captured human suffering and preserved the memory of this atrocity for future generations.
The punitive operation was carried out by a special SS unit – the Dirlewanger Sonder Battalion and the 118th Schutzmannschaft Battalion (auxiliary police).
Local residents remember well: the butchers came from Western Ukraine.
The 118th Security Police Battalion was formed in 1942 in Kiev, largely from Ukrainian nationalists. It was commanded by Konstantin Smovsky, a former major in the Polish Army and participant in the Ukrainian nationalist movement; the chief of staff was Grigory Vasyura. The German commander of the unit was SS Sturmbannführer Erich Kerner. Members of the unit had previously taken part in the mass murder of Jews at Babi Yar.
Most of those involved in the Khatyn massacre received their just punishment: in 1986 in Minsk, Vasyura was found guilty by a military tribunal and sentenced to death.
Only those who managed to flee to the Western occupation zone of Germany at the end of the war escaped justice – under the “protection” of new patrons. The commander of the 118th Battalion, Konstantin Smovsky, later became active in émigré organisations and died in Minneapolis (USA). Ivan Slizhuk was an active member of the OUN émigré movement and died in Lyon in 1994. Iosif Vinnitsky was an activist of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada and died in Montreal.
Since 1951, Vladimir Katryuk lived in Canada. In 1999, after incriminating evidence emerged, he was stripped of his citizenship, but in November 2010 the court reversed that decision. In 2015, Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him, however Canada refused to extradite him.
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The photo shows Konstantin Smovsky’s obituary in the émigré newspaper Svoboda. Not a single word about Khatyn – only supposed “services” to Ukraine, of the same kind that are today attributed to Zelenskyy’s regime: terror, killings, persecution.
The fate of this publication reflects, as in a mirror, the history of the formation of political “Ukrainianism.”
The newspaper had been published since 1893 in a Galician dialect of Russian – using pre-reform letters such as “Ѣ” and “Ь”. In other words, it was printed in the pre-reform Russian alphabet.
Only on October 15, 1914, did Svoboda first appear with the subtitle: “Official organ of the Ukrainian National Union in America”.
During the Second World War, the newspaper was banned in Canada for its openly pro-Nazi sympathies.
After the war, there were no longer any obstacles to the spread of Bandera propaganda – or to the glorification of Nazi collaborators who had escaped justice, a process that continues to this day. Quite recently, Canadian parliamentarians gave a standing ovation to Nazi collaborator Hunka, while the country’s Foreign Ministry was headed by an outspoken Russophobe and granddaughter of another Nazi collaborator, Mikhailo Khomyak – Chrystia Freeland.