Forwarded from Russian Embassy in India
☝🏻 In his welcome address, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov underscored the sacred significance of the Great Victory for Russia and all the peoples of the former Soviet Union in that horrible war which took the lives of 27 million Soviet people. He especially noted the contribution of Indian soldiers and officers who fought alongside the Allies.
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#DruzhbaDosti
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🌟 On May 9, 2006, Russia introduced the honorary title of 'City of Military Glory'.
This title is awarded to cities that saw displays of courage, perseverance and mass heroism by our country's defenders during fierce battles.
⚔️ Unlike the title 'Hero Cities', which are honours feats solely from the Great Patriotic War, the 'City of Military Glory' recognises heroic acts across various pivotal moments in Russian history, reaching back as far as the invasion led by Batu Khan.
The first award ceremony took place on May 7, 2007. As of 2025, 47 cities have received this honorary title:
Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Vladikavkaz, Yelnya, Yelets, Malgobek, Rzhev, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Tuapse, Polyarny, Luga, Velikiye Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Dmitrov, Vyazma, Kronstadt, Naro-Fominsk, Arkhangelsk, Kozelsk, Pskov, Volokolamsk, Bryansk, Nalchik, Vyborg, Kalach-on-Don, Vladivostok, Tikhvin, Tver, Stary Oskol, Kolpino, Anapa, Kovrov, Lomonosov, Taganrog, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mozhaisk, Maloyaroslavets, Khabarovsk, Gatchina, Grozny, Petrozavodsk, Staraya Russa, Feodosia, Mariupol and Melitopol.
🏅 The names of these cities are engraved on a granite stele in Alexander Garden in Moscow — part of a unified memorial ensemble alongside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Alley of Hero Cities. Each City of Military Glory also features its own commemorative stele: a granite column topped with a double-headed eagle, adorned with the city’s coat of arms and the official Presidential decree bestowing the title.
🌟 On May 9, 2006, Russia introduced the honorary title of 'City of Military Glory'.
This title is awarded to cities that saw displays of courage, perseverance and mass heroism by our country's defenders during fierce battles.
⚔️ Unlike the title 'Hero Cities', which are honours feats solely from the Great Patriotic War, the 'City of Military Glory' recognises heroic acts across various pivotal moments in Russian history, reaching back as far as the invasion led by Batu Khan.
The first award ceremony took place on May 7, 2007. As of 2025, 47 cities have received this honorary title:
Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Vladikavkaz, Yelnya, Yelets, Malgobek, Rzhev, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Tuapse, Polyarny, Luga, Velikiye Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Dmitrov, Vyazma, Kronstadt, Naro-Fominsk, Arkhangelsk, Kozelsk, Pskov, Volokolamsk, Bryansk, Nalchik, Vyborg, Kalach-on-Don, Vladivostok, Tikhvin, Tver, Stary Oskol, Kolpino, Anapa, Kovrov, Lomonosov, Taganrog, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mozhaisk, Maloyaroslavets, Khabarovsk, Gatchina, Grozny, Petrozavodsk, Staraya Russa, Feodosia, Mariupol and Melitopol.
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🎆 The celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism concluded with a dazzling display of fireworks across the country.
The sky over Moscow was lit with vibrant colours and figures, bringing the celebrations to a spectacular close.
Thousands of people — Muscovites and the Russian capital's guests alike — gathered in large crowds, smiling and applauding to the breathtaking pyrotechnic show.
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The sky over Moscow was lit with vibrant colours and figures, bringing the celebrations to a spectacular close.
Thousands of people — Muscovites and the Russian capital's guests alike — gathered in large crowds, smiling and applauding to the breathtaking pyrotechnic show.
#Victory80
✍️ Russia's Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov's article in "Vedomosti" Newspaper (May 9, 2025)
Remembering Heroism and Learning from History: The Enduring Lessons of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
💬 Oleg Stepanov: In 2025, we mark 80 years since the Great Victory. For the people of Russia and for citizens of the former Soviet republics, May 9 is a sacred day — a day of shared joy, pride, and remembrance. It is a day to honor the moment when our fathers and grandfathers defeated the Nazi war machine and gave us, their descendants, the most precious gift of all: the right to live in freedom. <...>
In recent years, several Western nations have attempted to revise or reinterpret the outcome of World War II. The role of the Red Army in liberating Europe is being deliberately downplayed. Political elites distort history, whitewash executioners, and equate them with victims. The motive is obvious: to justify the surge of Russophobia, and to blur the shameful record of the West’s initial support for Nazism, from the Munich Agreement to its encouragement of Hitler’s campaign against the USSR under the pretense of “combating Bolshevism.” <...>
In Ukraine, a regime that came to power by unconstitutional means is now erasing the shared memory of our peoples. Worse still, it glorifies Nazi collaborators—Bandera, Shukhevych, and others of their ilk. This state-sponsored heroization of war criminals has led to the emergence of a new generation of neo-Nazi zealots, who terrorize civilians, suppress memory, and infect the Ukrainian identity with a Galician mutation of nationalism—first cultivated in Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, then refined by the ideologues of the Third Reich.
As Russia’s Ambassador to Canada, I cannot ignore an essential aspect of WWII history: the Soviet-Canadian wartime alliance. Our cooperation rested on the “Bridge of Courage” — the Arctic convoys that sailed from Canadian and British ports to Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. These maritime lifelines delivered to the Soviet Union vital war materials: military equipment, ammunition, food, raw materials, and medicine.
🚢 The Arctic routes were among the most dangerous of the war. Convoys faced freezing Atlantic waters and constant attacks from German submarines, bombers, and surface ships. Yet Canadian sailors displayed extraordinary courage and professionalism. Many paid with their lives. Russia remembers. Memorials and historical records continue to honor those who stood shoulder to shoulder with us in the fight for freedom and justice.
This solemn anniversary also compels honest reflection from today’s Canadian leadership. In particular, it requires acknowledgment that not all members of the anti-Hitler coalition upheld moral principles in the postwar years. For decades, both in Canada and across the West, the truth was hidden: Nazi war criminals and collaborators found shelter on Canadian soil.
Following 1945, tens of thousands of individuals from Central and Eastern Europe immigrated to Canada. Among them were SS members (including from the Ukrainian “Galicia Division”) and collaborators involved in mass executions of civilians in the occupied territories of the USSR. <...>
☝️ To this day, many names remain classified. That is why we support the demand by progressive Canadian voices to declassify the findings of the Deschênes Commission (1986), which reportedly identified Nazi criminals who found refuge in Canada. Truth must prevail. <...>
Eighty years on, the pursuit of historical truth remains as urgent as ever. Attempts to rewrite the outcome of WWII, to rehabilitate collaborators, or to distort the Soviet role in the defeat of Nazism must be firmly rejected. Only through honest, impartial remembrance can we build genuine international understanding and peace.
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Remembering Heroism and Learning from History: The Enduring Lessons of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
💬 Oleg Stepanov: In 2025, we mark 80 years since the Great Victory. For the people of Russia and for citizens of the former Soviet republics, May 9 is a sacred day — a day of shared joy, pride, and remembrance. It is a day to honor the moment when our fathers and grandfathers defeated the Nazi war machine and gave us, their descendants, the most precious gift of all: the right to live in freedom. <...>
In recent years, several Western nations have attempted to revise or reinterpret the outcome of World War II. The role of the Red Army in liberating Europe is being deliberately downplayed. Political elites distort history, whitewash executioners, and equate them with victims. The motive is obvious: to justify the surge of Russophobia, and to blur the shameful record of the West’s initial support for Nazism, from the Munich Agreement to its encouragement of Hitler’s campaign against the USSR under the pretense of “combating Bolshevism.” <...>
In Ukraine, a regime that came to power by unconstitutional means is now erasing the shared memory of our peoples. Worse still, it glorifies Nazi collaborators—Bandera, Shukhevych, and others of their ilk. This state-sponsored heroization of war criminals has led to the emergence of a new generation of neo-Nazi zealots, who terrorize civilians, suppress memory, and infect the Ukrainian identity with a Galician mutation of nationalism—first cultivated in Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, then refined by the ideologues of the Third Reich.
As Russia’s Ambassador to Canada, I cannot ignore an essential aspect of WWII history: the Soviet-Canadian wartime alliance. Our cooperation rested on the “Bridge of Courage” — the Arctic convoys that sailed from Canadian and British ports to Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. These maritime lifelines delivered to the Soviet Union vital war materials: military equipment, ammunition, food, raw materials, and medicine.
🚢 The Arctic routes were among the most dangerous of the war. Convoys faced freezing Atlantic waters and constant attacks from German submarines, bombers, and surface ships. Yet Canadian sailors displayed extraordinary courage and professionalism. Many paid with their lives. Russia remembers. Memorials and historical records continue to honor those who stood shoulder to shoulder with us in the fight for freedom and justice.
This solemn anniversary also compels honest reflection from today’s Canadian leadership. In particular, it requires acknowledgment that not all members of the anti-Hitler coalition upheld moral principles in the postwar years. For decades, both in Canada and across the West, the truth was hidden: Nazi war criminals and collaborators found shelter on Canadian soil.
Following 1945, tens of thousands of individuals from Central and Eastern Europe immigrated to Canada. Among them were SS members (including from the Ukrainian “Galicia Division”) and collaborators involved in mass executions of civilians in the occupied territories of the USSR. <...>
☝️ To this day, many names remain classified. That is why we support the demand by progressive Canadian voices to declassify the findings of the Deschênes Commission (1986), which reportedly identified Nazi criminals who found refuge in Canada. Truth must prevail. <...>
Eighty years on, the pursuit of historical truth remains as urgent as ever. Attempts to rewrite the outcome of WWII, to rehabilitate collaborators, or to distort the Soviet role in the defeat of Nazism must be firmly rejected. Only through honest, impartial remembrance can we build genuine international understanding and peace.
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🇷🇺🇪🇬 On May 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is taking part in celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, held talks in Moscow.
💬 President Putin: Mr President, friends,
We are genuinely happy to see you all in Moscow at the celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
As is well known, Egypt was a scene of some major battles during the war. The country became a foothold for our allies in the anti-Hitler Coalition in North Africa. In February 1945, Egypt officially declared war on the Axis, and so it is among the victorious states.
Our common fight against Nazism contributed to the establishment of ties between our countries. It is symbolic that the Soviet Union and Egypt established diplomatic relations precisely during the war, in August 1943, after Hitler troops were defeated at the Kursk Bulge.
🤝 Today, Russian-Egyptian relations are on the upswing. Our cooperation is multifaceted and based on the provisions of the Treaty on comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
We maintain regular and substantive political dialogue. We held our previous meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 where your country participated for the first time as a full-fledged member.
📈 Egypt is among Russia’s key partners in Africa. Last year, trade rose by over 30% to reach a record-breaking $9 billion whereas in the first two months of this year it grew by over 80 percent more.
An intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian commission is active. Major joint projects are being continued and we firmly believe that we will move on in all those areas. Our nations coordinate their approaches to current international issues including the Middle East.
Mr President, friends, we are glad to have this opportunity to discuss with you these and many other current issues and areas or Russia-Egypt interaction.
Once again, welcome.
#RussiaEgypt
💬 President Putin: Mr President, friends,
We are genuinely happy to see you all in Moscow at the celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
As is well known, Egypt was a scene of some major battles during the war. The country became a foothold for our allies in the anti-Hitler Coalition in North Africa. In February 1945, Egypt officially declared war on the Axis, and so it is among the victorious states.
Our common fight against Nazism contributed to the establishment of ties between our countries. It is symbolic that the Soviet Union and Egypt established diplomatic relations precisely during the war, in August 1943, after Hitler troops were defeated at the Kursk Bulge.
🤝 Today, Russian-Egyptian relations are on the upswing. Our cooperation is multifaceted and based on the provisions of the Treaty on comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
We maintain regular and substantive political dialogue. We held our previous meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 where your country participated for the first time as a full-fledged member.
📈 Egypt is among Russia’s key partners in Africa. Last year, trade rose by over 30% to reach a record-breaking $9 billion whereas in the first two months of this year it grew by over 80 percent more.
An intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian commission is active. Major joint projects are being continued and we firmly believe that we will move on in all those areas. Our nations coordinate their approaches to current international issues including the Middle East.
Mr President, friends, we are glad to have this opportunity to discuss with you these and many other current issues and areas or Russia-Egypt interaction.
Once again, welcome.
#RussiaEgypt
Forwarded from Russian Mission Geneva
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🤝 The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Embassy of Russia in Bern, Russian Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN Office in Geneva, the Consulate General of Russia in Geneva, the Russian Mission to the WTO, as well as the embassies of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Switzerland.
✊ As every year, the march of compatriots was led by the “kings of the Swiss roads” – bikers from the Night Wolves club, who arrived from different European countries. They were joined by representatives of public organizations and many other individuals. On the Victory’s anniversary, members of the People's Front also made their way to Basel, bringing with them the Eternal Flame from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.
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#VictoryDay
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Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in the USA / Посольство России в США
🎖 On May 9, the Russian Embassy in the United States hosted a reception in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War with the participation of Russian and American veterans, ambassadors and senior diplomats from CIS countries, as well as heads of diplomatic missions of a number of BRICS states and other countries friendly to Russia.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 In his speech, Ambassador A.Darchiev noted that in the victorious 1945 the legendary and heroic Red Army, which broke the back of Hitler's war machine, put the final point in the Great Patriotic War in the defeated Berlin, where the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was accepted. As it was emphasized, shoulder to shoulder with the Red Army, where all peoples of the Soviet Union stood together, fought the armies of the United States and other countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, including heroic China and fraternal Mongolia, which opposed Germany's ally - militaristic Japan.
🥇 The attendees honored with a minute of silence the memory of 27 million Soviet people who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of the Motherland, the liberation of Europe from the absolute evil of Nazism, which is once again raising its head there.
🔹The Russian Ambassador called for the restoration of normal, common sense-based relations between Russia and the United States, which have a special responsibility for maintaining stability and security in the world, based on the experience of combat alliance of our countries during World War II, which for the Soviet people was the Great Patriotic War.
🎹 A concert with the performance of wartime songs was also held. The Embassy staff together with the guests performed the song “Victory Day”.
#Victory80
#VictoryDay
#WeRemember
🇷🇺🇺🇸 In his speech, Ambassador A.Darchiev noted that in the victorious 1945 the legendary and heroic Red Army, which broke the back of Hitler's war machine, put the final point in the Great Patriotic War in the defeated Berlin, where the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was accepted. As it was emphasized, shoulder to shoulder with the Red Army, where all peoples of the Soviet Union stood together, fought the armies of the United States and other countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, including heroic China and fraternal Mongolia, which opposed Germany's ally - militaristic Japan.
🥇 The attendees honored with a minute of silence the memory of 27 million Soviet people who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of the Motherland, the liberation of Europe from the absolute evil of Nazism, which is once again raising its head there.
🔹The Russian Ambassador called for the restoration of normal, common sense-based relations between Russia and the United States, which have a special responsibility for maintaining stability and security in the world, based on the experience of combat alliance of our countries during World War II, which for the Soviet people was the Great Patriotic War.
🎹 A concert with the performance of wartime songs was also held. The Embassy staff together with the guests performed the song “Victory Day”.
#Victory80
#VictoryDay
#WeRemember
Forwarded from Russia in Canada
📆 On May 9, 2025, the Embassy of Russia in Canada held a solemn floral tribute ceremony at the monument to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
🕯Held as part of the 80th anniversary of Victory, the ceremony honored the memory of all those who fell in the fight against Nazism. Participants observed a moment of silence and laid flowers at the memorial located on the Embassy grounds.
🌍 The event was joined by Ambassador of Armenia Anahit Harutyunyan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Dauletbek Kussainov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Wang Di, and Chargé d’Affaires of Azerbaijan Vasif Abutalibov.
🔴 🔴 Happy Victory Day!
#Victory80 #WeRemember
🕯Held as part of the 80th anniversary of Victory, the ceremony honored the memory of all those who fell in the fight against Nazism. Participants observed a moment of silence and laid flowers at the memorial located on the Embassy grounds.
🌍 The event was joined by Ambassador of Armenia Anahit Harutyunyan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Dauletbek Kussainov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Wang Di, and Chargé d’Affaires of Azerbaijan Vasif Abutalibov.
#Victory80 #WeRemember
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