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9 May, Russian Embassy in London hosted the commemorative concert organised by the Russian Embassy School on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The "Immortal Regiment" event was also held during the concert.
#Victory79
The "Immortal Regiment" event was also held during the concert.
#Victory79
🎖 On May 9, 1945, the Medal 'For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945' was established by the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
The idea of introducing a medal to commemorate the end of the war was raised as early as October 1944 when the Nazi German defeat became inevitable.
Work on the design began on May 5, 1945. A total of 20 designs were submitted, with the one by the artists Romanov and Andrianov chosen at the end.
The round 32-mm medal was made of brass. Its obverse side showed the profile bust of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin with the inscription, “Our Cause is Right — we won”. The reverse side showed the full name of the medal.
⬛️🟧 The medal ribbon was fashioned in black and orange. It was the St George’s Ribbon that later became the symbol of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War.
📃 According to the Regulations on the Medal, it was awarded to all military personnel and civilian personnel who served in the ranks of the Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War or ensured victory through their efforts in military districts; and to all military personnel and civilian personnel who served during the Great Patriotic War in the ranks of the active Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops, but who were discharged due to wounds, illness and injury, as well as those who were transferred by decision of state and party organisations to other positions outside the army.
The for Medal for Victory over Germany was the most common state insignia in the Soviet Union with the total number of recipients reaching almost 15 million people.
☝️ #InterestingFact: The Medal 'For Victory over Germany' shows Stalin looking left, towards Berlin, while the Medal 'For Victory over Japan' shows him looking right, towards Tokyo.
The recipients of the Medal 'For the Victory over Germany' are entitled to receive anniversary medals for the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
#Victory79
The idea of introducing a medal to commemorate the end of the war was raised as early as October 1944 when the Nazi German defeat became inevitable.
Work on the design began on May 5, 1945. A total of 20 designs were submitted, with the one by the artists Romanov and Andrianov chosen at the end.
The round 32-mm medal was made of brass. Its obverse side showed the profile bust of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin with the inscription, “Our Cause is Right — we won”. The reverse side showed the full name of the medal.
⬛️🟧 The medal ribbon was fashioned in black and orange. It was the St George’s Ribbon that later became the symbol of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War.
📃 According to the Regulations on the Medal, it was awarded to all military personnel and civilian personnel who served in the ranks of the Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War or ensured victory through their efforts in military districts; and to all military personnel and civilian personnel who served during the Great Patriotic War in the ranks of the active Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops, but who were discharged due to wounds, illness and injury, as well as those who were transferred by decision of state and party organisations to other positions outside the army.
The for Medal for Victory over Germany was the most common state insignia in the Soviet Union with the total number of recipients reaching almost 15 million people.
☝️ #InterestingFact: The Medal 'For Victory over Germany' shows Stalin looking left, towards Berlin, while the Medal 'For Victory over Japan' shows him looking right, towards Tokyo.
The recipients of the Medal 'For the Victory over Germany' are entitled to receive anniversary medals for the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
#Victory79
✍️ President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 15th International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: #KazanForum,” underway in Kazan (May 10, 2024)
💬 Russia values its traditionally friendly ties with Muslim countries. We highly appreciate their desire to pursue an independent foreign policy and increase their role in international affairs.
Together, we stand for the formation of a democratic multipolar world order, based on the rule of law and principles of justice, free from any form of dictatorship and discrimination. Of course, we are also committed to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, from trade and investment to sports and tourism.
☝️ We believe the next meeting of the Russia – Islamic World Strategic Vision Working Group, organised together with representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, is of great importance. It is also important that Russia’s interaction with this authoritative international association on current issues of the regional and global agenda is progressing.
I believe that the work of the Forum will be meaningful and constructive as always and will be held in a spirit of openness and trust. It will serve to further promote the friendship and creative partnership between our countries and peoples.
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💬 Russia values its traditionally friendly ties with Muslim countries. We highly appreciate their desire to pursue an independent foreign policy and increase their role in international affairs.
Together, we stand for the formation of a democratic multipolar world order, based on the rule of law and principles of justice, free from any form of dictatorship and discrimination. Of course, we are also committed to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, from trade and investment to sports and tourism.
☝️ We believe the next meeting of the Russia – Islamic World Strategic Vision Working Group, organised together with representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, is of great importance. It is also important that Russia’s interaction with this authoritative international association on current issues of the regional and global agenda is progressing.
I believe that the work of the Forum will be meaningful and constructive as always and will be held in a spirit of openness and trust. It will serve to further promote the friendship and creative partnership between our countries and peoples.
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🎬 From Berlin to Maidan: 80 years on — Nazism gaining notoriety in Ukraine — an RT Doc Film.
Synopsis: In 1945 the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany and put an end to the Nazi atrocities at the cost of 27 million lives of the Soviet people. 80 years later, the same nationalist ideas the Soviet people had been fighting against is starting to spread across Ukraine.
The main ideas of the Third Reich are now relevant in Ukraine: killing of civilians, militarisation of society and radical policy imposed by nationalists. Besides that, history books in Ukraine are being rewritten, with nationalist leaders Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich being made new role models, while the monuments of WWII heroes are being demolished. Decades later, is history repeating itself again?
The authors of the film, talking about the Great Patriotic War, draw parallels with the current events in Ukraine. Now, at the places of those old battles, when the Red Army liberated Ukraine from Hitler, hostilities are taking place again. The grandchildren of the Soviet soldiers who defeated German fascism in 1945 have to fight with its new followers, whose hero is Bandera. Historians, political scientists and journalists share their opinions on the reasons that led to the war 80 years ago and on the current situation in Ukraine.
Synopsis: In 1945 the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany and put an end to the Nazi atrocities at the cost of 27 million lives of the Soviet people. 80 years later, the same nationalist ideas the Soviet people had been fighting against is starting to spread across Ukraine.
The main ideas of the Third Reich are now relevant in Ukraine: killing of civilians, militarisation of society and radical policy imposed by nationalists. Besides that, history books in Ukraine are being rewritten, with nationalist leaders Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich being made new role models, while the monuments of WWII heroes are being demolished. Decades later, is history repeating itself again?
The authors of the film, talking about the Great Patriotic War, draw parallels with the current events in Ukraine. Now, at the places of those old battles, when the Red Army liberated Ukraine from Hitler, hostilities are taking place again. The grandchildren of the Soviet soldiers who defeated German fascism in 1945 have to fight with its new followers, whose hero is Bandera. Historians, political scientists and journalists share their opinions on the reasons that led to the war 80 years ago and on the current situation in Ukraine.
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#9May #VictoryDay #Victory79 #NeverForget
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💐 Representatives from the Russian Embassy in Bern, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN Office and the Russian Consulate General in Geneva attended the ceremony, along with officials from embassies of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Switzerland.
🙏 We are immensely grateful to all who preserve the memory of the heroes who gave their lives for our common Victory!
#VictoryDay
#Victory79
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🇷🇺🇸🇱 On May 7, Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone Timothy Musa Kabba, who was in Moscow on a working visit.
The Ministers exchanged views on a number of current issues related to the further development of traditionally friendly relations between Russia and Sierra Leone, including the strengthening of political dialogue and trade, economic, cultural and other forms of cooperation.
☝️ They specifically outlined some additional political steps needed to stimulate bilateral business cooperation, in particular the implementation of promising joint projects in mining, geology and power generation.
Their in-depth discussion on the key international and African issues focused on the UN Security Council reform and the situation in Ukraine and around it, as well as on developments in the Middle East, the Sahel-Sahara Region and West Africa. They reaffirmed the similarity of their countries’ positions of principle on the majority of issues under discussion and emphasised the priority of political and diplomatic methods of defusing crises in Africa, with the leading role to be played by the Africans themselves with support from the international community. In this context, they agreed to continue to coordinate their actions at the UN and on other international platforms.
Sergey Lavrov and Timothy Musa Kabba devoted considerable attention to a broad range of issues related to the sustainable development of multifaceted Russia-Africa cooperation with due regard for the outcome of the second Russia-Africa Summit, held in St Petersburg in July 2023, and preparations for a ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum scheduled to be held in Sochi in November 2024.
The Ministers exchanged views on a number of current issues related to the further development of traditionally friendly relations between Russia and Sierra Leone, including the strengthening of political dialogue and trade, economic, cultural and other forms of cooperation.
☝️ They specifically outlined some additional political steps needed to stimulate bilateral business cooperation, in particular the implementation of promising joint projects in mining, geology and power generation.
Their in-depth discussion on the key international and African issues focused on the UN Security Council reform and the situation in Ukraine and around it, as well as on developments in the Middle East, the Sahel-Sahara Region and West Africa. They reaffirmed the similarity of their countries’ positions of principle on the majority of issues under discussion and emphasised the priority of political and diplomatic methods of defusing crises in Africa, with the leading role to be played by the Africans themselves with support from the international community. In this context, they agreed to continue to coordinate their actions at the UN and on other international platforms.
Sergey Lavrov and Timothy Musa Kabba devoted considerable attention to a broad range of issues related to the sustainable development of multifaceted Russia-Africa cooperation with due regard for the outcome of the second Russia-Africa Summit, held in St Petersburg in July 2023, and preparations for a ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum scheduled to be held in Sochi in November 2024.
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🌐 Russian diplomats, compatriots, friends and all those who remember history and the sacrifice made by the Soviet people in saving humanity from Nazism, on May 9 pay tribute to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and their immortal feat.
📹 Here's how #VictoryDay is celebrated abroad, far away from home.
#Victory79
📹 Here's how #VictoryDay is celebrated abroad, far away from home.
#Victory79
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❓: Dear Ambassador Antonov, how would you comment on a new U.S. military aid package to Ukraine announced today by the Administration?
💬 Anatoly Antonov: Another shipment of arms to the Zelensky regime is a reaction to the successes of the Russian Armed Forces at the front. Our soldiers and officers heroically continue to liberate Russian soil. This is in fact acknowledged here in America.
☝️However, the vast majority of local politicians are silent about how neo-Nazis use the deadly weapons they receive from the United States. The Administration is not interested in the fact that American arms are destroying civilian objects on Russian territory.
❗️The White House is hypocritically shrugging off responsibility for these attacks. Meanwhile, rockets are falling on residential buildings and schools in Donbass, Crimea, the Belgorod region. Children and women are dying. In Kiev, they don’t care about promises made to their sponsors not to use Western munitions against targets in the Russian Federation.
👉 The timing of providing the “package” to the criminals on Bankova Street is cynical. The announcement came during the celebration of the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. However, any attempts by Washington and its like-minded satellites to distort history and make humanity forget the lessons of the past will fail.
✊ Supplies of weapons to the bankrupt regime will not affect the results of the Special Military Operation. Victory will be ours!
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May 9, on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, H.E. Ambassador Andrei Kelin and Russian diplomats laid flowers and wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial in London.
The commemorative ceremony was also attended by CIS countries’ Ambassadors, members of the Russian Speaking Community Council and the Russian diaspora in the UK.
Russian compatriots laid flowers at the war memorials and graves of the Soviet soldiers in Aldershot, Bristol, Chepstow, Chester, Corby, Kingston upon Hull.
The car run was held in London.
The “Immortal Regiment” event was also held during the commemorative concert organised by the Russian Embassy School.
Other commemorative events took place in Edinburgh, Errol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and other cities.
#9May #WeRemember #Victory79 #GreatVictory
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🗓 On May 11, 1939, Soviet Union and Mongolia fended off militarist Japan invasion, securing victory at the Khalkhin Gol River.
In 1936, the Japanese government adopted the Fundamental Principles of National Policy, which outlined plans for the full conquest of China and subsequent military offensives into Mongolia and the Soviet Union.
To execute its expansionist strategies, Japan sought support from Nazi Germany, solidifying their alliance with the signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact on November 25, 1936.
🤝 Considering the possibility of a Japanese attack on the Mongolian People’s Republic and the use of its territory as a launching pad for aggression against the USSR, the Soviet and Mongolian governments signed a Protocol of Mutual Assistance on March 12, 1936.
On July 7, 1937, Japan initiated a full-scale war against China. This further complicated the relations between Moscow and Tokyo, leading to heightened tensions, which boiled over in 1938 into an armed conflict along the Soviet-Manchurian border near Lake Khasan.
⚔️ The Khalkhin Gol River conflict erupted when Japanese troops entered the area and opened fire at the Mongolian border guards. The Red Army swiftly intervened to support their Mongolian allies.
Japan’s invasion of Mongolia was also driven by a desire for retaliation following the unsuccessful confrontation at Lake Khasan. It was also a strategy to compel the Soviet Union to withdraw support for China.
📄 In collaboration with the Mongolian forces, the Red Army successfully repelled the Japanese invasion and by late August, expelled them from Mongolian territory. On September 16, an agreement was reached between the Soviet Union, the Mongolian People’s Republic, and Japan to cease hostilities.
❗️ The victory of the USSR and their Mongolian allies carried a long-term influence on the dynamics of World War II. The Red Army’s triumph at Khalkhin Gol compelled the Japanese to abandon their plans for a major assault on the USSR.
#KhalkhinGol85
In 1936, the Japanese government adopted the Fundamental Principles of National Policy, which outlined plans for the full conquest of China and subsequent military offensives into Mongolia and the Soviet Union.
To execute its expansionist strategies, Japan sought support from Nazi Germany, solidifying their alliance with the signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact on November 25, 1936.
🤝 Considering the possibility of a Japanese attack on the Mongolian People’s Republic and the use of its territory as a launching pad for aggression against the USSR, the Soviet and Mongolian governments signed a Protocol of Mutual Assistance on March 12, 1936.
On July 7, 1937, Japan initiated a full-scale war against China. This further complicated the relations between Moscow and Tokyo, leading to heightened tensions, which boiled over in 1938 into an armed conflict along the Soviet-Manchurian border near Lake Khasan.
⚔️ The Khalkhin Gol River conflict erupted when Japanese troops entered the area and opened fire at the Mongolian border guards. The Red Army swiftly intervened to support their Mongolian allies.
Japan’s invasion of Mongolia was also driven by a desire for retaliation following the unsuccessful confrontation at Lake Khasan. It was also a strategy to compel the Soviet Union to withdraw support for China.
📄 In collaboration with the Mongolian forces, the Red Army successfully repelled the Japanese invasion and by late August, expelled them from Mongolian territory. On September 16, an agreement was reached between the Soviet Union, the Mongolian People’s Republic, and Japan to cease hostilities.
❗️ The victory of the USSR and their Mongolian allies carried a long-term influence on the dynamics of World War II. The Red Army’s triumph at Khalkhin Gol compelled the Japanese to abandon their plans for a major assault on the USSR.
#KhalkhinGol85