Forwarded from Russian House in Colombo
Русская сказка по-ланкийски — театральный стендап на сцене Русского дома
Впервые в истории Русского дома в Коломбо прошёл Фестиваль русской сказки, объединивший школьников из разных уголков Шри-Ланки — участников Лиги русистов.
🎥 Сегодня делимся топ-4 самыми яркими выступлениями гала-концерта: «Репка», «Теремок», «Морозко» и «Лиса и журавль».
🎭 Драматургия по-ланкийски — это нечто особенное! Неподражаемые интонации, выразительные паузы, мимика и артистизм. Настоящий театральный стендап, в котором есть всё: интрига, эмоции, юмор и неподдельное обаяние юных артистов!
Убедитесь сами — эти выступления точно заслуживают вашего внимания!
#РусскийДомКоломбо #ФестивальРусскойСказки #РусскиеСказки #ЧГПУ #ЛигаРусистовШриЛанки #Морозко #Репка #Теремок #ЛисаИЖуравль
Впервые в истории Русского дома в Коломбо прошёл Фестиваль русской сказки, объединивший школьников из разных уголков Шри-Ланки — участников Лиги русистов.
🎥 Сегодня делимся топ-4 самыми яркими выступлениями гала-концерта: «Репка», «Теремок», «Морозко» и «Лиса и журавль».
🎭 Драматургия по-ланкийски — это нечто особенное! Неподражаемые интонации, выразительные паузы, мимика и артистизм. Настоящий театральный стендап, в котором есть всё: интрига, эмоции, юмор и неподдельное обаяние юных артистов!
Убедитесь сами — эти выступления точно заслуживают вашего внимания!
#РусскийДомКоломбо #ФестивальРусскойСказки #РусскиеСказки #ЧГПУ #ЛигаРусистовШриЛанки #Морозко #Репка #Теремок #ЛисаИЖуравль
Выставка «Александр Печерский – герой Собибора»
🗓 14 октября 1943 года в Собиборе произошло единственное успешное массовое восстание в нацистском лагере смерти. Его возглавил советский офицер Александр Аронович Печерский.
Собибор был одним из шести «лагерей смерти», созданных исключительно для уничтожения людей, считавшихся ими неполноценными. Там нацисты безжалостно отравили газом или расстреляли 250 тысяч человек: узников морили голодом, убивали непосильным трудом, истребляли в газовых камерах и ставили над ними медицинские эксперименты.
🤝 На момент восстания в лагере находились около 550 узников, на которых прибытие Печерского с группой советских военнопленных произвело сильное впечатление.
Один из выживших Кальмен Веврык позднее писал в воспоминаниях:
В результате восстания около 300 человек сумели выбраться на свободу, однако в последующие две недели нацисты устроили настоящую охоту на беглецов, в которой участвовали военная полиция и лагерная охрана. Более сотни узников отказались участвовать в бунте, надеясь на снисхождение нацистов. Все они были ликвидированы немцами на следующий день.
Сразу после побега заключенных нацисты сравняли лагерь с землей, а лагерную документацию уничтожили, пытаясь скрыть следы своих чудовищных преступлений.
🏅 Печерский выжил и всю жизнь посвятил преследованию нацистских преступников, служивших в концлагере. Спасённые узники Собибора поддерживали связь со своим освободителем - лидером и одним из инициаторов восстания - на протяжении многих лет. В 2016 году указом Президента России Владимира Владимировича Путина Печерский был посмертно награждён орденом Мужества, который передали его внучке.
☝️ История Собибора стала частью обвинений против нацистских преступников на Нюрнбергском процессе, а рассказы очевидцев и участников восстания легли в основу множества книг и нескольких художественных фильмов.
Все материалы выставки, посвящённой этому событию, доступны на сайте Музея Победы.
🗓 14 октября 1943 года в Собиборе произошло единственное успешное массовое восстание в нацистском лагере смерти. Его возглавил советский офицер Александр Аронович Печерский.
Собибор был одним из шести «лагерей смерти», созданных исключительно для уничтожения людей, считавшихся ими неполноценными. Там нацисты безжалостно отравили газом или расстреляли 250 тысяч человек: узников морили голодом, убивали непосильным трудом, истребляли в газовых камерах и ставили над ними медицинские эксперименты.
🤝 На момент восстания в лагере находились около 550 узников, на которых прибытие Печерского с группой советских военнопленных произвело сильное впечатление.
Один из выживших Кальмен Веврык позднее писал в воспоминаниях:
У них был военный опыт. Они знали всё про ружья и пули. Они не побрезгуют рукопашной схваткой. Печерский буквально излучал властную уверенность.
В результате восстания около 300 человек сумели выбраться на свободу, однако в последующие две недели нацисты устроили настоящую охоту на беглецов, в которой участвовали военная полиция и лагерная охрана. Более сотни узников отказались участвовать в бунте, надеясь на снисхождение нацистов. Все они были ликвидированы немцами на следующий день.
Сразу после побега заключенных нацисты сравняли лагерь с землей, а лагерную документацию уничтожили, пытаясь скрыть следы своих чудовищных преступлений.
🏅 Печерский выжил и всю жизнь посвятил преследованию нацистских преступников, служивших в концлагере. Спасённые узники Собибора поддерживали связь со своим освободителем - лидером и одним из инициаторов восстания - на протяжении многих лет. В 2016 году указом Президента России Владимира Владимировича Путина Печерский был посмертно награждён орденом Мужества, который передали его внучке.
☝️ История Собибора стала частью обвинений против нацистских преступников на Нюрнбергском процессе, а рассказы очевидцев и участников восстания легли в основу множества книг и нескольких художественных фильмов.
Все материалы выставки, посвящённой этому событию, доступны на сайте Музея Победы.
🏔 #OTD in 1814, Mikhail Lermontov – one of Russia’s greatest poets – was born in Moscow. His poetry spoke of love and loneliness, freedom and devotion to his Motherland with an intensity that continues to resonate with modern readers. 212 years after his birth, he remains one of the best-loved figures in Russian literature.
Lermontov was born into a noble family and lost his mother in early childhood. Raised by his grandmother, Elizaveta Arsenyeva, at the Tarkhany estate (in what is now the village of Lermontovo in the Penza Region), he received a broad education at home before attending Moscow University’s boarding school for noble boys and then the University itself. By the age of 14, he was already writing poetry.
The young poet also developed a lifelong passion for painting. From his childhood in the Penza Region to his visits to the Caucasus for treatment at the mineral springs of what is now Pyatigorsk, he found inspiration in the world around him. Working with pencil, watercolour and oils, he captured landscapes, portraits and scenes of everyday life. At times, impressions he first put on canvas resurfaced years later in his poetry.
✍️ During his lifetime, Lermontov wrote around 400 poems and 30 narrative poems, as well as plays and prose. Among his most famous works are Borodino, The Sail, The Demon and The Novice (Mtsyri), the four-act play Masquerade and his most celebrated novel A Hero of Our Time.
In 1837, the death of Russia's greatest poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel prompted Lermontov to write Death of the Poet. Both a tribute to Pushkin and an indictment of the society he blamed for his death, the poem was copied by hand and passed from reader to reader. It brought Lermontov widespread recognition – and the anger of the imperial court. He was arrested and sent to serve in the Caucasus.
Proud, sensitive and sharp-witted, Lermontov could be unsparing in his criticism of society and showed considerable courage as an army officer. His attachment to the Caucasus began with childhood visits and lasted throughout his life. Its mountains, people and legends inspired some of his finest writing.
🕯 On July 27, 1841, a fatal duel near Pyatigorsk cut his life short at just 26. Yet even at that young age, Lermontov had created works that would secure his place in the pantheon of Russian literature.
Lermontov's figure stands on the Millennium of Russia monument (unveiled in 1862), towns, streets and theatres bear his name. Monuments honour him in Russia and abroad; even a crater on Mercury and an asteroid are named after him.
📖 His most enduring memorial, however, is his writing – still read, recited and loved by generations.
#DiscoverRUSSIA
Lermontov was born into a noble family and lost his mother in early childhood. Raised by his grandmother, Elizaveta Arsenyeva, at the Tarkhany estate (in what is now the village of Lermontovo in the Penza Region), he received a broad education at home before attending Moscow University’s boarding school for noble boys and then the University itself. By the age of 14, he was already writing poetry.
The young poet also developed a lifelong passion for painting. From his childhood in the Penza Region to his visits to the Caucasus for treatment at the mineral springs of what is now Pyatigorsk, he found inspiration in the world around him. Working with pencil, watercolour and oils, he captured landscapes, portraits and scenes of everyday life. At times, impressions he first put on canvas resurfaced years later in his poetry.
✍️ During his lifetime, Lermontov wrote around 400 poems and 30 narrative poems, as well as plays and prose. Among his most famous works are Borodino, The Sail, The Demon and The Novice (Mtsyri), the four-act play Masquerade and his most celebrated novel A Hero of Our Time.
In 1837, the death of Russia's greatest poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel prompted Lermontov to write Death of the Poet. Both a tribute to Pushkin and an indictment of the society he blamed for his death, the poem was copied by hand and passed from reader to reader. It brought Lermontov widespread recognition – and the anger of the imperial court. He was arrested and sent to serve in the Caucasus.
Proud, sensitive and sharp-witted, Lermontov could be unsparing in his criticism of society and showed considerable courage as an army officer. His attachment to the Caucasus began with childhood visits and lasted throughout his life. Its mountains, people and legends inspired some of his finest writing.
🕯 On July 27, 1841, a fatal duel near Pyatigorsk cut his life short at just 26. Yet even at that young age, Lermontov had created works that would secure his place in the pantheon of Russian literature.
Lermontov's figure stands on the Millennium of Russia monument (unveiled in 1862), towns, streets and theatres bear his name. Monuments honour him in Russia and abroad; even a crater on Mercury and an asteroid are named after him.
📖 His most enduring memorial, however, is his writing – still read, recited and loved by generations.
#DiscoverRUSSIA
📆 On October 15, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (#CICA) in Baku.
The event will address CICA’s continued development, including its role in the broader framework of cooperation between platforms across Eurasia.
Discussions will cover a wide range of areas of practical cooperation on CICA’s agenda, including support for small and medium-sized enterprises and international information security, both coordinated by Russia.
Participants will also exchange views on current international and regional issues.
🌐 CICA comprises 28 countries: Russia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Vietnam, Egypt, Israel, India, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kuwait, Mongolia, the UAE, Palestine, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkiye, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.
The Summit is expected to approve Laos’s accession as a full member.
Observers (Belarus, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, the Philippines, the League of Arab States, the International Organization for Migration and the UN) and partner organisations (the Economic Cooperation Organization, the SCO, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime) have also been invited.
The Summit’s agenda will focus on ensuring sustainable development in the region and strengthening connectivity across the continent, as well as countering emerging challenges and threats, including those in international information security.
During the event, the Russian Side intends to draw its partners’ attention to the transformation of the system of international relations as a new, more just #MultipolarWorld order takes shape.
📃 The Summit is expected to adopt a general political declaration and a thematic document on improving occupational safety standards.
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🇷🇺 Russia has been a CICA member since its inception. Russian proposals and projects within the association seek to promote cooperation based on equality and mutual benefit, with a focus on tangible results.
In 2021, Russia’s proposal to include cooperation on international information security in the CICA Catalogue of Confidence Building Measures was endorsed. Russia coordinates cooperation in this area.
We regularly hold seminars on the sustainable development of the Internet, security in the use of ICTs and efforts to counter their use for criminal purposes.
☝️ Russia promotes the preservation of historical memory within CICA. At Moscow’s initiative, a ministerial statement marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II was adopted in September 2025.
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The event will address CICA’s continued development, including its role in the broader framework of cooperation between platforms across Eurasia.
Discussions will cover a wide range of areas of practical cooperation on CICA’s agenda, including support for small and medium-sized enterprises and international information security, both coordinated by Russia.
Participants will also exchange views on current international and regional issues.
🌐 CICA comprises 28 countries: Russia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Vietnam, Egypt, Israel, India, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kuwait, Mongolia, the UAE, Palestine, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkiye, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.
The Summit is expected to approve Laos’s accession as a full member.
Observers (Belarus, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, the Philippines, the League of Arab States, the International Organization for Migration and the UN) and partner organisations (the Economic Cooperation Organization, the SCO, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime) have also been invited.
The Summit’s agenda will focus on ensuring sustainable development in the region and strengthening connectivity across the continent, as well as countering emerging challenges and threats, including those in international information security.
During the event, the Russian Side intends to draw its partners’ attention to the transformation of the system of international relations as a new, more just #MultipolarWorld order takes shape.
📃 The Summit is expected to adopt a general political declaration and a thematic document on improving occupational safety standards.
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🇷🇺 Russia has been a CICA member since its inception. Russian proposals and projects within the association seek to promote cooperation based on equality and mutual benefit, with a focus on tangible results.
In 2021, Russia’s proposal to include cooperation on international information security in the CICA Catalogue of Confidence Building Measures was endorsed. Russia coordinates cooperation in this area.
We regularly hold seminars on the sustainable development of the Internet, security in the use of ICTs and efforts to counter their use for criminal purposes.
☝️ Russia promotes the preservation of historical memory within CICA. At Moscow’s initiative, a ministerial statement marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II was adopted in September 2025.
Read in full
⚡️ Statement by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba (Moscow, October 14, 2026)
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation strongly condemns the US actions aimed at destabilising the political and economic situation in the Republic of Cuba.
Senators of the Russian Federation recall that, since 1992, the overwhelming majority of UN Member States have supported the UN General Assembly resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba.
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation supports the Cuban people’s legitimate demands for the removal of the Republic of Cuba from the US Department of State’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and for the repeal of the Helms-Burton Act, adopted in the US on March 12, 1996, which violates Cuba’s sovereign right to develop trade, economic and financial ties with foreign partners.
❗️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation declares that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba must end immediately, supports the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on this issue in 2026, and calls on the Inter-Parliamentary Union, other international parliamentary organisations and the parliaments of foreign States to demand that Washington abandon its policy of pressure, threats and blackmail against the Republic of Cuba.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation strongly condemns the US actions aimed at destabilising the political and economic situation in the Republic of Cuba.
Senators of the Russian Federation recall that, since 1992, the overwhelming majority of UN Member States have supported the UN General Assembly resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba.
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation supports the Cuban people’s legitimate demands for the removal of the Republic of Cuba from the US Department of State’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and for the repeal of the Helms-Burton Act, adopted in the US on March 12, 1996, which violates Cuba’s sovereign right to develop trade, economic and financial ties with foreign partners.
❗️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation declares that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba must end immediately, supports the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on this issue in 2026, and calls on the Inter-Parliamentary Union, other international parliamentary organisations and the parliaments of foreign States to demand that Washington abandon its policy of pressure, threats and blackmail against the Republic of Cuba.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba
🗓 On October 15, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (#CICA) in Baku.
👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the Summit's Plenary Session
Discussions focused on prospects for CICA’s development and its adaptation to the changing international environment.
The Russian Side emphasised the importance of integrating CICA harmoniously into the emerging architecture of cooperation across Eurasia, with a view to establishing a continent-wide framework of equal and indivisible security and seamless cross-border socioeconomic connectivity.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed Russia’s unwavering commitment to deepening practical cooperation within CICA, including in the areas it coordinates: international information security and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Other priorities include fostering contacts between volunteer organisations and advancing mechanisms for practical industrial cooperation.
Our country’s contribution to strengthening transport and logistics links across the CICA region was also highlighted.
Russia welcomed the extension of Azerbaijan’s CICA chairmanship for 2027-2028 and supported Laos joining the Conference as a full member.
👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the Summit's Plenary Session
Discussions focused on prospects for CICA’s development and its adaptation to the changing international environment.
The Russian Side emphasised the importance of integrating CICA harmoniously into the emerging architecture of cooperation across Eurasia, with a view to establishing a continent-wide framework of equal and indivisible security and seamless cross-border socioeconomic connectivity.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed Russia’s unwavering commitment to deepening practical cooperation within CICA, including in the areas it coordinates: international information security and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Other priorities include fostering contacts between volunteer organisations and advancing mechanisms for practical industrial cooperation.
Our country’s contribution to strengthening transport and logistics links across the CICA region was also highlighted.
Russia welcomed the extension of Azerbaijan’s CICA chairmanship for 2027-2028 and supported Laos joining the Conference as a full member.
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🎬 “Foreign Mercenaries. Betrayed by the Kiev Regime” – a documentary by Rossiya 24 and RT investigating the crimes of foreign “legionnaires” fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces.
Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death.
They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. Lured by promises of easy money, the fighters themselves describe their tours as a “safari”, or a “hunt for Russians”.
☝️ But behind this “bloody tourism” lie torture, robbery and the killing of civilians.
Who are these “soldiers of misfortune”? Why do they travel thousands of kilometres to fight in someone else’s war? And what happens when the reality of combat shatters their expectations?
👉 The film brings together eyewitness testimony, evidence gathered by Russian investigators and accounts from the mercenaries themselves.
Residents of the Kursk Region recount atrocities committed during the Ukrainian incursion, including by foreign fighters. Investigators continue their painstaking work to identify those responsible & bring them to justice.
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
(Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing, October 8, 2026)
#KievRegimeCrimes
Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death.
They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. Lured by promises of easy money, the fighters themselves describe their tours as a “safari”, or a “hunt for Russians”.
☝️ But behind this “bloody tourism” lie torture, robbery and the killing of civilians.
Who are these “soldiers of misfortune”? Why do they travel thousands of kilometres to fight in someone else’s war? And what happens when the reality of combat shatters their expectations?
👉 The film brings together eyewitness testimony, evidence gathered by Russian investigators and accounts from the mercenaries themselves.
Residents of the Kursk Region recount atrocities committed during the Ukrainian incursion, including by foreign fighters. Investigators continue their painstaking work to identify those responsible & bring them to justice.
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
The filmmakers have compiled accounts of crimes committed by foreign nationals fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces.
Eyewitness accounts are supported by irrefutable evidence gathered by investigators and forensic specialists – the very evidence we have been talking about all these years.
The mercenaries themselves describe how they came to realise they had made the biggest mistake of their lives. Those who survived after the Kiev regime dragged them into Zelensky’s “favourite” meat grinder.
(Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing, October 8, 2026)
#KievRegimeCrimes
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⚡️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova shared thoughts on recent events in Europe 👆