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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at talks with Deputy Prime Minister – Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son (Moscow, April 2, 2025)
💬 Mr Minister,
Friends,
We are delighted to welcome you to Moscow.
It is a special year for us. This year, we will mark 75 years of our diplomatic relations, the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Second World War and of Vietnam’s independence declared on September 2, 1945, and, of course, the 50th Anniversary of the liberation of the southern regions of your country on April 30, 1975.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 All these dates are connected, in one way or another, with the development of our friendly and truly fraternal relations, and the practical expression of our people’s solidarity in the fight for their independence and interests.
We can see today that the experience we accumulated at different stages in our shared history, including at the time of trial, provided the basis for an intensive and substantive political dialogue at all levels and promoted our trade and economic ties, defence and security cooperation, cultural exchanges that are in great demand in our societies, and overall, our close interaction on the international stage.
We are working with our Vietnamese friends to implement the agreements reached in June 2024 during the state visit of President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam.
Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the 13th President of Vietnam, has been invited to Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. We will be delighted to see the Vietnamese leader at the celebrations.
🤝 There are intensive exchanges between our parliaments, scientists, experts and youth organisations.
We will discuss all these aspects of our relations today, and I hope that after that we will map out additional measures to promote our interaction in all spheres.
#RussiaVietnam
💬 Mr Minister,
Friends,
We are delighted to welcome you to Moscow.
It is a special year for us. This year, we will mark 75 years of our diplomatic relations, the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Second World War and of Vietnam’s independence declared on September 2, 1945, and, of course, the 50th Anniversary of the liberation of the southern regions of your country on April 30, 1975.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 All these dates are connected, in one way or another, with the development of our friendly and truly fraternal relations, and the practical expression of our people’s solidarity in the fight for their independence and interests.
We can see today that the experience we accumulated at different stages in our shared history, including at the time of trial, provided the basis for an intensive and substantive political dialogue at all levels and promoted our trade and economic ties, defence and security cooperation, cultural exchanges that are in great demand in our societies, and overall, our close interaction on the international stage.
We are working with our Vietnamese friends to implement the agreements reached in June 2024 during the state visit of President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam.
Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the 13th President of Vietnam, has been invited to Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. We will be delighted to see the Vietnamese leader at the celebrations.
🤝 There are intensive exchanges between our parliaments, scientists, experts and youth organisations.
We will discuss all these aspects of our relations today, and I hope that after that we will map out additional measures to promote our interaction in all spheres.
#RussiaVietnam
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April 2 marks International Fact-Checking Day!
🇷🇺 Russia leads the global factchecking vanguard.
We advocate for the establishment of an international information space free from disinformation.
✅ Among the foremost global factchecking platforms is the Dialog about Fakes Forum, organised by Dialog Regions, an autonomous non-profit organization, with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The latest Forum, held in November 2024, brought together over 1,000 experts from 65 countries. It announced the creation of a new international alliance of fact-checkers – the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN).
The GFCN’s primary objective lies in countering threats posed by the dissemination of unreliable information on the international stage.
👉 To this end, the Code of Responsible Fact-Checking was established.
This framework ensures objectivity in assessing data veracity, uniting under its banner professionals who genuinely uphold shared values, champion access to impartial information, and commit to collaborative truth-seeking. Participants in the GFCN voluntarily pledge to adhere to its principles.
This initiative constitutes an effective, constructive, and truth-driven alternative to Western biased organisations and associations, advancing perspectives of the Global Majority.
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🌐 The Russian Foreign Ministry has long and actively countered disinformation and promoted truth on the international stage and within the global information domain. For years, we have systematically refuted and deconstructed the most egregious instances of disinformation and fakes, including through our longstanding Anti-fake initiative.
Russia consistently champions a fair and depoliticised approach to fact-checking, free from political censorship or partisanship.
We regularly raise information security issues across international platforms, including within the #UN, #SCO, and #BRICS, proposing initiatives to counter fakes.
We extend our congratulations to all principled fact-checkers on their professional holiday 🎉
🇷🇺 Russia leads the global factchecking vanguard.
We advocate for the establishment of an international information space free from disinformation.
✅ Among the foremost global factchecking platforms is the Dialog about Fakes Forum, organised by Dialog Regions, an autonomous non-profit organization, with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The latest Forum, held in November 2024, brought together over 1,000 experts from 65 countries. It announced the creation of a new international alliance of fact-checkers – the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN).
The GFCN’s primary objective lies in countering threats posed by the dissemination of unreliable information on the international stage.
👉 To this end, the Code of Responsible Fact-Checking was established.
This framework ensures objectivity in assessing data veracity, uniting under its banner professionals who genuinely uphold shared values, champion access to impartial information, and commit to collaborative truth-seeking. Participants in the GFCN voluntarily pledge to adhere to its principles.
This initiative constitutes an effective, constructive, and truth-driven alternative to Western biased organisations and associations, advancing perspectives of the Global Majority.
***
🌐 The Russian Foreign Ministry has long and actively countered disinformation and promoted truth on the international stage and within the global information domain. For years, we have systematically refuted and deconstructed the most egregious instances of disinformation and fakes, including through our longstanding Anti-fake initiative.
Russia consistently champions a fair and depoliticised approach to fact-checking, free from political censorship or partisanship.
We regularly raise information security issues across international platforms, including within the #UN, #SCO, and #BRICS, proposing initiatives to counter fakes.
We extend our congratulations to all principled fact-checkers on their professional holiday 🎉
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🗂 Russia’s Defence Ministry has been releasing content from its Central Archives on a dedicated website (in Russian) to celebrate the heroic feats accomplished by the Soviet heroes during the fight against the Nazis & their cronies during the Great Patriotic War & World War II.
This valuable archive data includes award lists, registration cards, photos and personal files illustrating how these heroes served and performed in combat.
The heroes in the project include people of various ethnic backgrounds and coming from all Soviet republics, including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Estonia.
❗️These archive materials used to be classified. The initiative to bring them into public domain today is designed to protect the historical truth, fight efforts to falsify and distort history, while celebrating the heroic feats accomplished by the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.
Here's just a few heroes' bios:
🎖 There was hardly a day for Guards Major Boris Yemelyanov when he was not in harm’s way. He risked his life many times when he led his troops during attacks and assaults. His battalion demonstrated its prowess and stood out during the Vistula-Oder Offensive. In late January 1945, the 69th Army’s Military Council awarded all privates and non-commissioned officers from Yemelyanov’s battalion with the Order of Glory, the Order of Alexander Nevsky or the Order of the Red Banner.
🎖 Vladimir Narzhimsky fought for the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. He took part in defensive operation in the Caucasus and Crimea, and contributed to liberating Romania, Bulgaria and Austria. During the war, he flew on 339 combat missions and performed 18 successful air raids, as well as 10 air reconnaissance missions. He also fought 35 air fights and downed 18 enemy planes.
🎖 Samed Abdulayev served as a combat medic within the rifle battalion of the 318th Novorossiyskaya Rifle Division’s 1339th Rifle Regiment. In 1943, he received the For Courage medal as a medical warrant officer for killing 19 Nazis with his handgun while saving the wounded. Not only did he excel as a medic, but also demonstrated unparalleled courage and valour. Wounded, he had to undergo treatment, only to return to the army after being discharged from the hospital.
🎖 Konstantin Tsutskiridze joined the Red Army in 1933 and served as Deputy Commander for political awareness in the 823rd Artillery Regiment of the 9th Rifle Corps’ 301st Rifle Division. His units played a pivotal role in preparing the effort to break through the German defence lines on the Oder’s left bank near Golzow, Germany. On April 19, 1945, Konstantin Tsutskiridze headed the operation to fend off an attack by a German machine gun unit near Buckow after the enemy started approaching the Soviet positions. The officer in charge of the gun in Tsutskiridze’s unit was wounded, so the Major stepped in to lead the artillery crew and destroyed three enemy tanks.
This valuable archive data includes award lists, registration cards, photos and personal files illustrating how these heroes served and performed in combat.
The heroes in the project include people of various ethnic backgrounds and coming from all Soviet republics, including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Estonia.
❗️These archive materials used to be classified. The initiative to bring them into public domain today is designed to protect the historical truth, fight efforts to falsify and distort history, while celebrating the heroic feats accomplished by the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.
Here's just a few heroes' bios:
🎖 There was hardly a day for Guards Major Boris Yemelyanov when he was not in harm’s way. He risked his life many times when he led his troops during attacks and assaults. His battalion demonstrated its prowess and stood out during the Vistula-Oder Offensive. In late January 1945, the 69th Army’s Military Council awarded all privates and non-commissioned officers from Yemelyanov’s battalion with the Order of Glory, the Order of Alexander Nevsky or the Order of the Red Banner.
🎖 Vladimir Narzhimsky fought for the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. He took part in defensive operation in the Caucasus and Crimea, and contributed to liberating Romania, Bulgaria and Austria. During the war, he flew on 339 combat missions and performed 18 successful air raids, as well as 10 air reconnaissance missions. He also fought 35 air fights and downed 18 enemy planes.
🎖 Samed Abdulayev served as a combat medic within the rifle battalion of the 318th Novorossiyskaya Rifle Division’s 1339th Rifle Regiment. In 1943, he received the For Courage medal as a medical warrant officer for killing 19 Nazis with his handgun while saving the wounded. Not only did he excel as a medic, but also demonstrated unparalleled courage and valour. Wounded, he had to undergo treatment, only to return to the army after being discharged from the hospital.
🎖 Konstantin Tsutskiridze joined the Red Army in 1933 and served as Deputy Commander for political awareness in the 823rd Artillery Regiment of the 9th Rifle Corps’ 301st Rifle Division. His units played a pivotal role in preparing the effort to break through the German defence lines on the Oder’s left bank near Golzow, Germany. On April 19, 1945, Konstantin Tsutskiridze headed the operation to fend off an attack by a German machine gun unit near Buckow after the enemy started approaching the Soviet positions. The officer in charge of the gun in Tsutskiridze’s unit was wounded, so the Major stepped in to lead the artillery crew and destroyed three enemy tanks.
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🗓 On April 3, 1924, famous sniper of the Great Patriotic War Roza Shanina was born.
In 1938, at the age of 14, Roza moved to Arkhangelsk, enrolled in a pedagogical school and worked as a kindergarten teacher.
⚔️ After the Great Patriotic War began and three of her brothers were killed at the front, Roza decided to volunteer. In 1943, she was sent to the Central Women’s Sniper Training School from which she graduated with honours in less than a year. Roza insisted on being sent to the front line, refusing to be an instructor.
As part of the women's sniper platoon of the 3rd Belorussian Front, she participated in the liberation of Vitebsk, Vilnius and Kaunas, and later fought in East Prussia.
Shanina was famous for her marksmanship, including her ability to hit two targets with two shots in rapid succession. During the war, she killed an estimated 59 to 75 Nazis.
📖 Roza kept a war diary, despite soldiers being prohibited to do so. There she shared her thoughts, emotions, and plans for the future. She wrote that after the war she would devote herself to raising orphaned children and stressed that she was ready to die for her Motherland.
Roza’s heroism was rewarded with two Orders of Glory 2nd and 3rd class. Her feats were covered by the Soviet and foreign press, where she was described as “the invisible terror of East Prussia”.
🕯 Roza perished just a few months before the Victory. She was killed on January 28, 1945, during the Insterburg-Königsberg operation, while shielding the commander of an artillery unit. She was only 20 years old.
Ten days before she was killed, she made a last entry in her diary: “I did no more than any Soviet citizen would have done by rising to the defence of my Motherland.”
Roza Shanina was buried at a Soviet war memorial in Znamenka, Kaliningrad Region. A street in Arkhangelsk was named in her honour, and buildings related to the life of the famous sniper still stand in her native village of Yedma. A copy of Shanina's diary is kept in the Ustyansky Museum of Local History.
🏅 Roza Shanina's name will forever remain in history as an example of true bravery and self-sacrifice.
#Victory80
🗓 On April 3, 1924, famous sniper of the Great Patriotic War Roza Shanina was born.
In 1938, at the age of 14, Roza moved to Arkhangelsk, enrolled in a pedagogical school and worked as a kindergarten teacher.
⚔️ After the Great Patriotic War began and three of her brothers were killed at the front, Roza decided to volunteer. In 1943, she was sent to the Central Women’s Sniper Training School from which she graduated with honours in less than a year. Roza insisted on being sent to the front line, refusing to be an instructor.
As part of the women's sniper platoon of the 3rd Belorussian Front, she participated in the liberation of Vitebsk, Vilnius and Kaunas, and later fought in East Prussia.
Shanina was famous for her marksmanship, including her ability to hit two targets with two shots in rapid succession. During the war, she killed an estimated 59 to 75 Nazis.
📖 Roza kept a war diary, despite soldiers being prohibited to do so. There she shared her thoughts, emotions, and plans for the future. She wrote that after the war she would devote herself to raising orphaned children and stressed that she was ready to die for her Motherland.
Roza’s heroism was rewarded with two Orders of Glory 2nd and 3rd class. Her feats were covered by the Soviet and foreign press, where she was described as “the invisible terror of East Prussia”.
🕯 Roza perished just a few months before the Victory. She was killed on January 28, 1945, during the Insterburg-Königsberg operation, while shielding the commander of an artillery unit. She was only 20 years old.
Ten days before she was killed, she made a last entry in her diary: “I did no more than any Soviet citizen would have done by rising to the defence of my Motherland.”
Roza Shanina was buried at a Soviet war memorial in Znamenka, Kaliningrad Region. A street in Arkhangelsk was named in her honour, and buildings related to the life of the famous sniper still stand in her native village of Yedma. A copy of Shanina's diary is kept in the Ustyansky Museum of Local History.
🏅 Roza Shanina's name will forever remain in history as an example of true bravery and self-sacrifice.
#Victory80
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🗓 April 4 marks the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Bratislava from Nazi invaders, expelled from the capital of Slovakia as a result of the Bratislava-Brno offensive operation (March 25 – May 5, 1945), which involved units of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, commanded by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky.
💬 Marshal Matvey Zakharov, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Ukrainian Front:
🏅 On March 25, Soviet forces launched an offensive on the heavily fortified city. In an effort to minimise civilian casualties and destruction, the Soviet high command opted not to use large-calibre artillery systems, primarily deploying assault infantry units instead.
By April 2, Soviet forces had entered the eastern and north-eastern districts of the city. On April 4, Red Army forces reached Bratislavsky Hrad, a fortress in central Bratislava, where the remaining German garrison was holed up. The city fell by the end of the day, with scattered Nazi units retreating towards Vienna.
Soviet authorities immediately began efforts to restore normal life in the city. Archive documents from the Russian Defence Ministry, declassified ahead of the 75th Anniversary of Bratislava’s liberation, indicate that rubble and debris had been cleared from the city’s central streets and squares by April 10, 1945. The sewage system was reactivated, and people began returning to their homes from nearby villages.
As a result of the Bratislava-Brno operation, the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front advanced 200 km, destroyed 9 Wehrmacht divisions and created conditions for further offensive operations towards Prague and Vienna.
The military units that distinguished themselves in the battles for the city were awarded the honorary title of "Bratislava".
A total of 6'845 Soviet officers and soldiers lost their lives while fighting in Bratislava, most of whom are buried at the Slavin military memorial complex in the centre of the Slovak capital.
Every year on April 4, this complex hosts commemorative events dedicated to the city’s liberation from Nazi invaders, with participation from Russian representatives. This year, a delegation of students from MGIMO University will take part in the event.
In total, 63'518 Red Army officers and soldiers were killed while liberating Slovakia.
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⚔️ Simultaneously, the forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front halted a major German offensive south of Lake Balaton in Hungary, where the German high command had deployed its best remaining tank units, amid fierce and brutal fighting.
The Red Army pursued the retreating enemy units and completely liberated Hungary by April 4.
The Wehrmacht’s further resistance was futile from a military and strategic perspective, serving only as an attempt by Hitler and his inner circle to delay their inevitable downfall by sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thousands of their compatriots.
🕯 Over 140'000 Soviet officers and soldiers were killed or went missing while liberating Hungary. There are 1'231 Russian (Soviet) burial sites in the country, including 1'036 that date back to the World War II period.
#Victory80
💬 Marshal Matvey Zakharov, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Ukrainian Front:
Before advancing on Bratislava, the front’s command established communications with Slovak partisans, who proved invaluable. They provided crucial intelligence about the German fortification system, plans for defending specific cities, as well as the strength and organisation of the enemy forces.
By April 2, Soviet forces had entered the eastern and north-eastern districts of the city. On April 4, Red Army forces reached Bratislavsky Hrad, a fortress in central Bratislava, where the remaining German garrison was holed up. The city fell by the end of the day, with scattered Nazi units retreating towards Vienna.
Soviet authorities immediately began efforts to restore normal life in the city. Archive documents from the Russian Defence Ministry, declassified ahead of the 75th Anniversary of Bratislava’s liberation, indicate that rubble and debris had been cleared from the city’s central streets and squares by April 10, 1945. The sewage system was reactivated, and people began returning to their homes from nearby villages.
As a result of the Bratislava-Brno operation, the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front advanced 200 km, destroyed 9 Wehrmacht divisions and created conditions for further offensive operations towards Prague and Vienna.
The military units that distinguished themselves in the battles for the city were awarded the honorary title of "Bratislava".
A total of 6'845 Soviet officers and soldiers lost their lives while fighting in Bratislava, most of whom are buried at the Slavin military memorial complex in the centre of the Slovak capital.
Every year on April 4, this complex hosts commemorative events dedicated to the city’s liberation from Nazi invaders, with participation from Russian representatives. This year, a delegation of students from MGIMO University will take part in the event.
In total, 63'518 Red Army officers and soldiers were killed while liberating Slovakia.
***
⚔️ Simultaneously, the forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front halted a major German offensive south of Lake Balaton in Hungary, where the German high command had deployed its best remaining tank units, amid fierce and brutal fighting.
The Red Army pursued the retreating enemy units and completely liberated Hungary by April 4.
The Wehrmacht’s further resistance was futile from a military and strategic perspective, serving only as an attempt by Hitler and his inner circle to delay their inevitable downfall by sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thousands of their compatriots.
🕯 Over 140'000 Soviet officers and soldiers were killed or went missing while liberating Hungary. There are 1'231 Russian (Soviet) burial sites in the country, including 1'036 that date back to the World War II period.
#Victory80
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🇷🇺🇦🇿 April 4, 2025 marks 33 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The fundamental bilateral documents are the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security signed on July 3, 1997 and the Declaration on Friendship and Strategic Partnership signed on July 3, 2008.
The Declaration on Allied Interaction between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan signed in Moscow on 22 February 2022 brought bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level.
📈 Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan is developing successfully. Contacts between businesses are expanding, including through small and medium-sized businesses. The Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation is an important element of bilateral cooperation.
Interregional cooperation is expanding, involving 72 regions of the Russian Federation. 18 of them have agreements on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.
💬 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (August 19, 2024):
💬 From the congratulatory letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov (April 4, 2025):
🤝 We congratulate our Azerbaijani friends on our common holiday! We express our interest in continuing the further progressive development of the whole range of bilateral relations.
#RussiaAzerbaijan
The fundamental bilateral documents are the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security signed on July 3, 1997 and the Declaration on Friendship and Strategic Partnership signed on July 3, 2008.
The Declaration on Allied Interaction between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan signed in Moscow on 22 February 2022 brought bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level.
📈 Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan is developing successfully. Contacts between businesses are expanding, including through small and medium-sized businesses. The Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation is an important element of bilateral cooperation.
Interregional cooperation is expanding, involving 72 regions of the Russian Federation. 18 of them have agreements on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.
💬 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (August 19, 2024):
"We are very pleased with the level of cooperation between our countries. The Declaration on Allied Cooperation, which we signed in February 2022, is being effectively implemented in both the political and economic areas. We are witnessing positive developments and strong results".
💬 From the congratulatory letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov (April 4, 2025):
"Over the past decades, based on centuries-old traditions of friendship and good neighbourliness, the multifaceted ties between our countries have been steadily strengthening and continue to develop in the context of strategic partnership and alliance".
🤝 We congratulate our Azerbaijani friends on our common holiday! We express our interest in continuing the further progressive development of the whole range of bilateral relations.
#RussiaAzerbaijan
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◾️ On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded — the Washington Treaty was signed by 12 nations from Europe and North America.
Since its inception, this so-called “defensive alliance” has continually expanded. Over time, NATO has absorbed 20 new member-states through ten rounds of enlargement (a euphemism for expansion), with seven of these occurring following the dissolution of the Soviet Union: in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2023, and 2024.
The alliance’s military interventions worldwide have always been a major source of instability and chaos in global affairs, undermining security worldwide, directly leading to mass civilian casualties and devastating consequences — as witnessed by the aggression against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, the crisis and situation around Ukraine, and elsewhere.
❗️Back in 2007, during the Munich Security Conference, Russia's President Vladimir Putin explicitly highlighted NATO’s destabilizing role in following the Cold War:
Both the Soviet Union and Russia, at various times, sought rapprochement with NATO, even expressing frank interest in joining the alliance to create a an indivisible security system in Europe.
The fact of the matter is that the Soviet-lead Warsaw Pact, often used as a scarecrow by Western propaganda, was established only in 1955 — 6 years after NATO’s creation. Unlike NATO it never had any intentions of aggressive nature, while e.g. UK with its infamous Operation Unthinkable called for a massive assault on 1 July 1945 (not even 2 months after the Victory over Nazis) by British, American and... German (i.e. Nazi) forces against the Red Army.
Not only Russia and USSR never devised aggressive plans against NATO members, but NATO itself have acted in a threatening, aggressive and expansionist manner from the get-go.
Prior to this, Moscow aimed to normalize relations and even considered joining the North Atlantic alliance. In March 1954, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov proposed that the Soviet Union is willing explore the possibility of NATO membership to reduce tensions and prevent conflicts. However, Western powers rejected this proposal.
Following the dissolution of USSR, Russian leadership made further attempts to engage with the alliance. In June 1994, Russia became the first country to join NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” programme, aimed at developing bilateral cooperation between the alliance and partner-states.
💬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the following in a recent interview:
In 1997, the then Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov proposed establishing contacts between Russia & NATO, leading to the signing of the Russia-NATO Founding Act and the creation of the Russia-NATO Council. Positive development, but nevertheless, NATO’s expansion continued.
President Vladimir Putin even mentioned that he had proposed the idea of Russia joining NATO, which was arrogantly rejected.
Today, the North Atlantic bloc remains a tool for forcefully advancing the interests of the so-called “golden billion”, i.e. the 'collective West'. The catastrophic & utterly destructive consequences of the alliance’s geopolitical maneuvering and capacity-building are evident to any rational observer.
Since its inception, this so-called “defensive alliance” has continually expanded. Over time, NATO has absorbed 20 new member-states through ten rounds of enlargement (a euphemism for expansion), with seven of these occurring following the dissolution of the Soviet Union: in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2023, and 2024.
The alliance’s military interventions worldwide have always been a major source of instability and chaos in global affairs, undermining security worldwide, directly leading to mass civilian casualties and devastating consequences — as witnessed by the aggression against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, the crisis and situation around Ukraine, and elsewhere.
❗️Back in 2007, during the Munich Security Conference, Russia's President Vladimir Putin explicitly highlighted NATO’s destabilizing role in following the Cold War:
I think it is obvious that NATO expansion does not have any relation with the modernisation of the Alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe. On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended?
Both the Soviet Union and Russia, at various times, sought rapprochement with NATO, even expressing frank interest in joining the alliance to create a an indivisible security system in Europe.
The fact of the matter is that the Soviet-lead Warsaw Pact, often used as a scarecrow by Western propaganda, was established only in 1955 — 6 years after NATO’s creation. Unlike NATO it never had any intentions of aggressive nature, while e.g. UK with its infamous Operation Unthinkable called for a massive assault on 1 July 1945 (not even 2 months after the Victory over Nazis) by British, American and... German (i.e. Nazi) forces against the Red Army.
Not only Russia and USSR never devised aggressive plans against NATO members, but NATO itself have acted in a threatening, aggressive and expansionist manner from the get-go.
Prior to this, Moscow aimed to normalize relations and even considered joining the North Atlantic alliance. In March 1954, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov proposed that the Soviet Union is willing explore the possibility of NATO membership to reduce tensions and prevent conflicts. However, Western powers rejected this proposal.
Following the dissolution of USSR, Russian leadership made further attempts to engage with the alliance. In June 1994, Russia became the first country to join NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” programme, aimed at developing bilateral cooperation between the alliance and partner-states.
💬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the following in a recent interview:
The leadership focused on creating proper conditions for deepening partnership with the West. As it turned out later - in fact, it became clear fairly quickly, but almost all our politicians and citizens found it out later - our role in that “partnership” was that of the “little brother.” We were assigned this role. This, of course, was a huge mistake.
Many Western analysts now acknowledge in their memoirs that there was no sense in expanding NATO and keeping Russia “on the sidelines.”
In 1997, the then Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov proposed establishing contacts between Russia & NATO, leading to the signing of the Russia-NATO Founding Act and the creation of the Russia-NATO Council. Positive development, but nevertheless, NATO’s expansion continued.
President Vladimir Putin even mentioned that he had proposed the idea of Russia joining NATO, which was arrogantly rejected.
Today, the North Atlantic bloc remains a tool for forcefully advancing the interests of the so-called “golden billion”, i.e. the 'collective West'. The catastrophic & utterly destructive consequences of the alliance’s geopolitical maneuvering and capacity-building are evident to any rational observer.
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“Not an Inch Eastward” they said... – what the West promised and what the West did in a nutshell.
To put things in perspective, here's NATO’s expansion over the years. This “defensive” alliance has undergone ten waves of enlargement (or if speaking plainly – ten waves of constant expansion), seven of which occurred after the dissolution of the USSR.
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has incorporated the following countries, building up their aggressive military potential, sowing anti-Russian sentiment and foisting its confrontational mindset on new and old members alike:
📍 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland;
📍 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia;
📍 2009: Albania, Croatia;
📍 2017: Montenegro;
📍 2020: North Macedonia;
📍 2023: Finland;
📍 2024: Sweden.
As of now, the alliance comprises 32 members. On NATO’s so-called Eastern flank, for decades there has been an active buildup of military capabilities.
As a result, the militarization of Europe is unleashed and out of control, with the security architecture and balance that kept the region relatively safe is being dismantled.
“Not an Inch Eastward” they said... – what the West promised and what the West did in a nutshell.
To put things in perspective, here's NATO’s expansion over the years. This “defensive” alliance has undergone ten waves of enlargement (or if speaking plainly – ten waves of constant expansion), seven of which occurred after the dissolution of the USSR.
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has incorporated the following countries, building up their aggressive military potential, sowing anti-Russian sentiment and foisting its confrontational mindset on new and old members alike:
📍 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland;
📍 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia;
📍 2009: Albania, Croatia;
📍 2017: Montenegro;
📍 2020: North Macedonia;
📍 2023: Finland;
📍 2024: Sweden.
As of now, the alliance comprises 32 members. On NATO’s so-called Eastern flank, for decades there has been an active buildup of military capabilities.
As a result, the militarization of Europe is unleashed and out of control, with the security architecture and balance that kept the region relatively safe is being dismantled.
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Truth regarding NATO 👉 #Think4Yourself
NATO is the main military force of the 'collective West', clinging to its eroding dominance against the backdrop of the emerging multipolar world order.
This so-called “defensive alliance” (which it is absolutely not) is the world's largest military expender, one that drives the arms race and ensures its capability to force on others the 'rule-based order' — another euphemism, which is code for a loose system where the West and the West alone will establish or change any rules at any time at one's whim, if it's to the West.
It is no surprise that NATO stands as the unequivocal global leader in military expenditure.
Annually, the member-states of this “peaceful” (NOT) alliance allocate approximately $1.3 trillion to military needs, accounting for over half of all defence spending worldwide.
❗️ However, the colossal expenditure on “defence” have not yielded additional stability or security for Europe. On the contrary, NATO’s geopolitical expansion eastward resulted in turmoil, military conflicts and the erosion of the European security architecture.
NATO is the main military force of the 'collective West', clinging to its eroding dominance against the backdrop of the emerging multipolar world order.
This so-called “defensive alliance” (which it is absolutely not) is the world's largest military expender, one that drives the arms race and ensures its capability to force on others the 'rule-based order' — another euphemism, which is code for a loose system where the West and the West alone will establish or change any rules at any time at one's whim, if it's to the West.
It is no surprise that NATO stands as the unequivocal global leader in military expenditure.
Annually, the member-states of this “peaceful” (NOT) alliance allocate approximately $1.3 trillion to military needs, accounting for over half of all defence spending worldwide.
❗️ However, the colossal expenditure on “defence” have not yielded additional stability or security for Europe. On the contrary, NATO’s geopolitical expansion eastward resulted in turmoil, military conflicts and the erosion of the European security architecture.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Kiev regime’s unrelenting terrorist attacks on Russian civilians (April 4, 2025)
💬 On the night of April 4, in the village of Belaya Berezka, Bryansk Region, one civilian was killed and one wounded in Ukrainian military-operated drone strikes on residential quarters.
As we reported earlier, in the morning of April 1, as a result of a premeditated attack by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone on a bus carrying passengers in Pobedy Square in central Gorlovka, 16 people were injured. Five were hospitalised in critical condition.
Over the past three days, at least nine civilians were injured in drone attacks in towns and villages of the Belgorod Region. In the Kherson Region, seven people, mostly elderly, were injured in UAV strikes and shelling attacks over the same period.
It has been conclusively established that Banderites organise daily hunting raids using UAVs to target innocent and defenceless people. Drones carrying explosives are in cold blood targeted to attack anyone spotted by neo-Nazis. Zelensky’s bandits mercilessly open fire on women, the elderly and children. They target residential houses, stores, schools, hospitals, social buildings, and mass transit facilities.
❗️ The above facts prove that the Kiev junta’s plans do not include a ceasefire or a negotiated settlement. The Zelensky regime has no political will for peace. His clique is morbidly obsessed with causing bloodshed, sowing terror, and inflicting damage and utmost suffering on civilians.
As they continue to target Russian border regions, the Ukrainian Nazis aim to kill as many Russians as possible, to intimidate, and to sow panic among the Russian people. However, these efforts are useless. Our people will not waver and will do everything to repeat the feat of their forefathers who, 80 years ago, managed to achieve the Great Victory over Nazism and to rid the world of the brown plague.
#KievRegimeCrimes
💬 On the night of April 4, in the village of Belaya Berezka, Bryansk Region, one civilian was killed and one wounded in Ukrainian military-operated drone strikes on residential quarters.
As we reported earlier, in the morning of April 1, as a result of a premeditated attack by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone on a bus carrying passengers in Pobedy Square in central Gorlovka, 16 people were injured. Five were hospitalised in critical condition.
Over the past three days, at least nine civilians were injured in drone attacks in towns and villages of the Belgorod Region. In the Kherson Region, seven people, mostly elderly, were injured in UAV strikes and shelling attacks over the same period.
It has been conclusively established that Banderites organise daily hunting raids using UAVs to target innocent and defenceless people. Drones carrying explosives are in cold blood targeted to attack anyone spotted by neo-Nazis. Zelensky’s bandits mercilessly open fire on women, the elderly and children. They target residential houses, stores, schools, hospitals, social buildings, and mass transit facilities.
❗️ The above facts prove that the Kiev junta’s plans do not include a ceasefire or a negotiated settlement. The Zelensky regime has no political will for peace. His clique is morbidly obsessed with causing bloodshed, sowing terror, and inflicting damage and utmost suffering on civilians.
As they continue to target Russian border regions, the Ukrainian Nazis aim to kill as many Russians as possible, to intimidate, and to sow panic among the Russian people. However, these efforts are useless. Our people will not waver and will do everything to repeat the feat of their forefathers who, 80 years ago, managed to achieve the Great Victory over Nazism and to rid the world of the brown plague.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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⚡️ In the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have deliberately attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities.
▫️On 3 April, at 23:28, in Bryansk region, in Belaya Beryozka of the Trubchevsky District, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian strike drone, a low-pressure gas pipeline was damaged and civil consumers were deprived of gas.
▫️On 4 April, at 00:36, in Belaya Beryozka of the Trubchevsky District (Bryansk region), as a result of the attack by a Ukrainian strike UAV, an internal low-pressure gas pipeline (Zhilkomservis unitary enterprise of Trubchevsk) was damaged and civil consumers were deprived of gas.
▫️In Kotovsk of Tambov region, on 4 April, at 05:05, as a result of the attack by a Ukrainian strike drone, a distributing steel low-pressure gas pipeline (Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie Tambov JSC) was damaged. Civil consumers were left without access to gas supply.
▫️On 4 April, 07:10, in Bryansk region, as a result of a deliberate shelling by the AFU against a power facility (Rosseti Tsentr's branch – Bryanskenergo), civil consumers of Klimovsky District were left without electricity.
▫️Moreover, at 08:00, as a result of a shelling by the AFU against the power facility (Rosseti Tsentr's branch-Bryanskenergo), dozens of civil consumers of Klimovsky District were left without electric power.
▫️In Lipetsk region, on 4 April, at 08:10, as a result of a Ukrainian strike drone attack against an energy facility in Nikolayevka (Rosseti Centre's branch – Lipetskenergo), civil consumers were cut off electricity in Lipetsky District.
❗️For more than two weeks now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attack unilaterally on a daily basis the Russian energy infrastructure thus ignoring Zelensky's public commitments to halt such strikes from 18 March onwards.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
▫️On 3 April, at 23:28, in Bryansk region, in Belaya Beryozka of the Trubchevsky District, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian strike drone, a low-pressure gas pipeline was damaged and civil consumers were deprived of gas.
▫️On 4 April, at 00:36, in Belaya Beryozka of the Trubchevsky District (Bryansk region), as a result of the attack by a Ukrainian strike UAV, an internal low-pressure gas pipeline (Zhilkomservis unitary enterprise of Trubchevsk) was damaged and civil consumers were deprived of gas.
▫️In Kotovsk of Tambov region, on 4 April, at 05:05, as a result of the attack by a Ukrainian strike drone, a distributing steel low-pressure gas pipeline (Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie Tambov JSC) was damaged. Civil consumers were left without access to gas supply.
▫️On 4 April, 07:10, in Bryansk region, as a result of a deliberate shelling by the AFU against a power facility (Rosseti Tsentr's branch – Bryanskenergo), civil consumers of Klimovsky District were left without electricity.
▫️Moreover, at 08:00, as a result of a shelling by the AFU against the power facility (Rosseti Tsentr's branch-Bryanskenergo), dozens of civil consumers of Klimovsky District were left without electric power.
▫️In Lipetsk region, on 4 April, at 08:10, as a result of a Ukrainian strike drone attack against an energy facility in Nikolayevka (Rosseti Centre's branch – Lipetskenergo), civil consumers were cut off electricity in Lipetsky District.
❗️For more than two weeks now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attack unilaterally on a daily basis the Russian energy infrastructure thus ignoring Zelensky's public commitments to halt such strikes from 18 March onwards.
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🤔 Может ли российский гражданин, имеющий гражданство также другого государства, въехать в Россию по иностранному паспорту?
☝🏻По закону гражданин Российской Федерации, имеющий двойное гражданство или множественное гражданство, рассматривается Российской Федерацией только как гражданин Российской Федерации вне зависимости от места его проживания за исключением случаев, предусмотренных федеральным законом или международным договором Российской Федерации.
При этом российские граждане въезжают в Россию исключительно по документам, удостоверяющим личность гражданина Российской Федерации, а значит, использование иностранных проездных документов для них не допускается.
❓С каким документом российский гражданин может въехать на территорию России?
🔸 заграничный паспорт
🔸 внутрироссийский паспорт(если гражданин въезжает с территории государств, въезд в которые разрешен по такому паспорту)
🔸 свидетельство о рождении(для детей, не достигших 14 лет, в случаях, установленных международными договорами Российской Федерации)
🔸 дипломатический или служебный паспорт
🔸 свидетельство на въезд (возвращение) в Российскую Федерацию (СНВ)
❗️Предъявление российским гражданином проездных документов иностранных государств при пересечении государственной границы Российской Федерации образует состав административного правонарушения (административный штраф).
Ответственность за возможные последствия лежит исключительно на гражданине.
#консульскийликбез@kd_mid
☝🏻По закону гражданин Российской Федерации, имеющий двойное гражданство или множественное гражданство, рассматривается Российской Федерацией только как гражданин Российской Федерации вне зависимости от места его проживания за исключением случаев, предусмотренных федеральным законом или международным договором Российской Федерации.
При этом российские граждане въезжают в Россию исключительно по документам, удостоверяющим личность гражданина Российской Федерации, а значит, использование иностранных проездных документов для них не допускается.
❓С каким документом российский гражданин может въехать на территорию России?
🔸 заграничный паспорт
🔸 внутрироссийский паспорт
🔸 свидетельство о рождении
🔸 дипломатический или служебный паспорт
🔸 свидетельство на въезд (возвращение) в Российскую Федерацию (СНВ)
❗️Предъявление российским гражданином проездных документов иностранных государств при пересечении государственной границы Российской Федерации образует состав административного правонарушения (административный штраф).
Ответственность за возможные последствия лежит исключительно на гражданине.
#консульскийликбез@kd_mid
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Alexander Ovechkin has set a record for the number of game-winning goals in the NHL regular season.
The Russian forward now has 136 game-winning goals. The Russian has moved into clear first place in the league’s history surpassing Czech Jaromir Jagr (135)
The Russian forward now has 136 game-winning goals. The Russian has moved into clear first place in the league’s history surpassing Czech Jaromir Jagr (135)
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⚡️ In the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched 14 attacks on the Russian energy infrastructure.
In Bryansk region:
▫️On 4 April, at 07:10, as a result of the AFU shelling on the Ivanovka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and a breakage of the high-voltage line, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in Klimovsky District.
▫️Moreover, at 16:06, as a result of a Ukrainian UAV attack against the Klimovo power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and the subsequent shutdown of a complete transformer substation, consumers were cut off electricity in Novy Rospusk.
▫️At 21:06, as a result of fire launched by the AFU at the Pogar power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and a 10kV high-voltage line breakpoint, a transformer substation was powered off in Sluchevsk. The local population has been evacuated.
▫️At 21:39, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV against the Khvoshchevskaya power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo) and destruction of a transformer, a part of civil consumers was cut off electricity in Lemeshovka of Sevsky District.
In Belgorod region:
▫️At 07:40, as a result of shelling of the AFU against the Krasnaya Yaruga power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo), and damage to a complete transformer line, a transformer substation in Krasnoyaruzhsky District was powered off. The residents have been evacuated.
▫️In addition, at 08:00, as a result of the AFU artillery fire against the Churovichi power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), an overhead cable breakage, a part of civil consumers in Klimovsky District was left without electric power.
▫️At 11:46, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian strike UAV against the Dorogoshch power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo) and the shutdown of a10kV high-voltage, a number of civil consumers were cut off electricity in Grayvoronsky District.
▫️At 14:38, the AFU shelled Nechaevka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo). A 10kV high-voltage line was damaged. About 500 civil consumers were cut off electricity in Belgorodsky District.
▫️At 15:22, as a result of Ukrainian fire against the Komsomolets power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo), and damage to a transformer substation, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in in Komsomolskiy of Belgorodsky District.
In Smolensk region, on 4 April, at 01:48, as a result of Ukrainian strike UAV attack, a breakage of wires disabled the 'Smolenskaya AES-Kaluzhskaya' 500kV high-voltage line.
In Lipetsk region, on 4 April, at 08:10, as a result of an attack by a strike UAV against Novonikolaevka (Rosseti Centre's branch - Lipetskenergo) and 6kV high-voltage line shutoff, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in Lipetsky District.
On 4 April at 04:00, in Kremennaya of the LPR, as a result of the Ukrainian UAV attack against the Kremennaya gas-distributing station of the Chernomorneftegas oil and gas company, the Luganskgaz gas transmittal pipelines administration, there were damaged the equipment ensuring the operation of communications.
On 5 April, at 00:11, in Kherson region, as a result of the attack of a Ukrainian UAV on the Vinogradovo 150kV substation (Rosseti OJSC branch - Tavricheskoye united electric grid company), a 10kV complete distributing device was damaged. At 01:25, the facility was again attacked by a Ukrainian UAV.
On 5 April, at 00:40, in Voronezh region, an attack by a Ukrainian UAV caused damage resulting in the shutdown of the Ostrogozhsko-rayonnaya-ANP 110k KV high-voltage line. About 1,820 civil consumers were left without power.
❗️Thus, since Friday morning, 4 April, the Kiev regime has multiplied the number of UAV attacks and artillery fire on the energy infrastructure of Russian regions, despite all the statements and commitments made by Zelensky to the USA to stop strikes on Russian power facilities for 30 days.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
In Bryansk region:
▫️On 4 April, at 07:10, as a result of the AFU shelling on the Ivanovka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and a breakage of the high-voltage line, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in Klimovsky District.
▫️Moreover, at 16:06, as a result of a Ukrainian UAV attack against the Klimovo power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and the subsequent shutdown of a complete transformer substation, consumers were cut off electricity in Novy Rospusk.
▫️At 21:06, as a result of fire launched by the AFU at the Pogar power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), and a 10kV high-voltage line breakpoint, a transformer substation was powered off in Sluchevsk. The local population has been evacuated.
▫️At 21:39, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV against the Khvoshchevskaya power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo) and destruction of a transformer, a part of civil consumers was cut off electricity in Lemeshovka of Sevsky District.
In Belgorod region:
▫️At 07:40, as a result of shelling of the AFU against the Krasnaya Yaruga power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo), and damage to a complete transformer line, a transformer substation in Krasnoyaruzhsky District was powered off. The residents have been evacuated.
▫️In addition, at 08:00, as a result of the AFU artillery fire against the Churovichi power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch-Bryanskenergo), an overhead cable breakage, a part of civil consumers in Klimovsky District was left without electric power.
▫️At 11:46, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian strike UAV against the Dorogoshch power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo) and the shutdown of a10kV high-voltage, a number of civil consumers were cut off electricity in Grayvoronsky District.
▫️At 14:38, the AFU shelled Nechaevka power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo). A 10kV high-voltage line was damaged. About 500 civil consumers were cut off electricity in Belgorodsky District.
▫️At 15:22, as a result of Ukrainian fire against the Komsomolets power facility (Rosseti Centre's branch - Belgorodenergo), and damage to a transformer substation, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in in Komsomolskiy of Belgorodsky District.
In Smolensk region, on 4 April, at 01:48, as a result of Ukrainian strike UAV attack, a breakage of wires disabled the 'Smolenskaya AES-Kaluzhskaya' 500kV high-voltage line.
In Lipetsk region, on 4 April, at 08:10, as a result of an attack by a strike UAV against Novonikolaevka (Rosseti Centre's branch - Lipetskenergo) and 6kV high-voltage line shutoff, some civil consumers were cut off electricity in Lipetsky District.
On 4 April at 04:00, in Kremennaya of the LPR, as a result of the Ukrainian UAV attack against the Kremennaya gas-distributing station of the Chernomorneftegas oil and gas company, the Luganskgaz gas transmittal pipelines administration, there were damaged the equipment ensuring the operation of communications.
On 5 April, at 00:11, in Kherson region, as a result of the attack of a Ukrainian UAV on the Vinogradovo 150kV substation (Rosseti OJSC branch - Tavricheskoye united electric grid company), a 10kV complete distributing device was damaged. At 01:25, the facility was again attacked by a Ukrainian UAV.
On 5 April, at 00:40, in Voronezh region, an attack by a Ukrainian UAV caused damage resulting in the shutdown of the Ostrogozhsko-rayonnaya-ANP 110k KV high-voltage line. About 1,820 civil consumers were left without power.
❗️Thus, since Friday morning, 4 April, the Kiev regime has multiplied the number of UAV attacks and artillery fire on the energy infrastructure of Russian regions, despite all the statements and commitments made by Zelensky to the USA to stop strikes on Russian power facilities for 30 days.
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🛩 On 6 April 1966, Soviet pilots Boris Kapustin and Yury Yanov performed a heroic feat in the skies above West Berlin — they refused to eject from their falling aircraft, instead steering it away from residential areas. They perished but saved the lives of many on the ground.
Both engines of their Yak-28 fighter-bomber, equipped with experimental top-secret technology, failed mid-flight. The aircraft was en-route (returning) from the Sverdlovsk Aviation Plant, and the cause of the malfunction was later determined to be clogged fuel tubes — paper stickers had not been removed during assembly.
Beneath the stricken aircraft lay a densely populated city. Kapustin, the flight commander, manoeuvred to avoid residential neighbourhoods. He offered navigator Yanov the chance to eject, but Yanov remained on board, fearing that his departure might compromise the aircraft’s aerodynamics and lead to total loss of control.
They fought to the last moment to protect civilians, ultimately directing the falling aircraft into Lake Stößensee. The Yak-28 sank, and the crew perished without leaving their combat post.
🕊 On 8 April 1966, a funeral ceremony was held to transfer the remains of the Soviet pilots to representatives of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Delegations from cities across both East and West Germany came to pay their respects. Throughout the day, Germans arrived to honour the Soviet heroes.
🌟 Kapustin and Yanov were posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 10 May 1966.
🙏 A memorial plaque was installed at the crash site. In Eberswalde and seven other German cities, grateful residents erected commemorative signs. On 30 March 2001, a memorial was unveiled at the aviation museum at Finow Airfield.
Their sacrifice and eternal bravery continue to live on in the hearts of those who remember to this day.
Both engines of their Yak-28 fighter-bomber, equipped with experimental top-secret technology, failed mid-flight. The aircraft was en-route (returning) from the Sverdlovsk Aviation Plant, and the cause of the malfunction was later determined to be clogged fuel tubes — paper stickers had not been removed during assembly.
Beneath the stricken aircraft lay a densely populated city. Kapustin, the flight commander, manoeuvred to avoid residential neighbourhoods. He offered navigator Yanov the chance to eject, but Yanov remained on board, fearing that his departure might compromise the aircraft’s aerodynamics and lead to total loss of control.
They fought to the last moment to protect civilians, ultimately directing the falling aircraft into Lake Stößensee. The Yak-28 sank, and the crew perished without leaving their combat post.
🕊 On 8 April 1966, a funeral ceremony was held to transfer the remains of the Soviet pilots to representatives of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Delegations from cities across both East and West Germany came to pay their respects. Throughout the day, Germans arrived to honour the Soviet heroes.
🌟 Kapustin and Yanov were posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 10 May 1966.
🙏 A memorial plaque was installed at the crash site. In Eberswalde and seven other German cities, grateful residents erected commemorative signs. On 30 March 2001, a memorial was unveiled at the aviation museum at Finow Airfield.
Their sacrifice and eternal bravery continue to live on in the hearts of those who remember to this day.
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🗓 On April 6, 1654, Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia Alexey I Romanov, “The sole ruler of all Russia Great and Little,” granted his royal charter to Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host Bogdan Khmelnitsky. The document secured the reunification of the Left Bank of the Dnieper with Russia.
In the late XVI and the early XVII century, all groups of the Orthodox population in the lands of Ancient Rus, controlled by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, were subject to an increased religious and ethnic pressure from the Polish-Lithuanian gentry, which sought to fully assimilate local residents through a policy of Polonisation and Latinisation.
After the Union of Brest was adopted in 1596, a majority of Orthodox priests became subordinate to the Pope. Those who remained faithful to Orthodoxy became outcasts and were deprived of hierarchical leadership, since Metropolitan of Kiev Mikhail Rogoza had also joined the Greek Catholics.
Amid forced Catholicisation, the loss of noble titles and lands, and ongoing persecution, the local Orthodox population began searching for ways to escape oppression. All attempts to come to an agreement with the Polish king failed as the Polish gentry firmly refused to acknowledge the autonomy of the Orthodox Cossacks and nobility.
✊ In 1648, a major liberation movement was sparked, led by the renowned military and political leader Bogdan Khmelnitsky. The Cossacks rebelled against the Polish oppressors to defend their faith, identity, and the right to self-determination.
Recognising the need for a stronger alliance, Khmelnitsky made several appeals to Tsar Alexey I of Russia, requesting protection and support, and asking him to take the lands of the Hetmanate under “his royal hand.” In 1653, Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky approached Tsar Alexey I, asking him to accept “all of Little Russia (Malorossiya) and the entire Zaporozhian Host into his eternal possession, allegiance, and protection.” Later that year, in May, the Zemsky Sobor convened in Moscow, where an unequivocal decision was adopted in favour of the integration of Malorossiya into the Russian state.
On January 18, 1654, Pereyaslav Rada made a historic decision — the Zaporozhian Cossacks declared their allegiance to the Russian Tsar. On April 6, Tsar Alexey I of Russia signed the royal charter, which mentioned the Russian monarch’s title “the sole ruler of all Russia Great and Little” for the first time, emphasising the historical continuity of a unified state.
❗️ The Pereyaslav Agreement reflected a natural historical process of returning the ancient Russian lands to the unified Russian state and reuniting parts of a single nation, divided by civil strife and the Golden Horde yoke.
👉 Article by Russia's President Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“
In the late XVI and the early XVII century, all groups of the Orthodox population in the lands of Ancient Rus, controlled by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, were subject to an increased religious and ethnic pressure from the Polish-Lithuanian gentry, which sought to fully assimilate local residents through a policy of Polonisation and Latinisation.
After the Union of Brest was adopted in 1596, a majority of Orthodox priests became subordinate to the Pope. Those who remained faithful to Orthodoxy became outcasts and were deprived of hierarchical leadership, since Metropolitan of Kiev Mikhail Rogoza had also joined the Greek Catholics.
Amid forced Catholicisation, the loss of noble titles and lands, and ongoing persecution, the local Orthodox population began searching for ways to escape oppression. All attempts to come to an agreement with the Polish king failed as the Polish gentry firmly refused to acknowledge the autonomy of the Orthodox Cossacks and nobility.
✊ In 1648, a major liberation movement was sparked, led by the renowned military and political leader Bogdan Khmelnitsky. The Cossacks rebelled against the Polish oppressors to defend their faith, identity, and the right to self-determination.
Recognising the need for a stronger alliance, Khmelnitsky made several appeals to Tsar Alexey I of Russia, requesting protection and support, and asking him to take the lands of the Hetmanate under “his royal hand.” In 1653, Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky approached Tsar Alexey I, asking him to accept “all of Little Russia (Malorossiya) and the entire Zaporozhian Host into his eternal possession, allegiance, and protection.” Later that year, in May, the Zemsky Sobor convened in Moscow, where an unequivocal decision was adopted in favour of the integration of Malorossiya into the Russian state.
On January 18, 1654, Pereyaslav Rada made a historic decision — the Zaporozhian Cossacks declared their allegiance to the Russian Tsar. On April 6, Tsar Alexey I of Russia signed the royal charter, which mentioned the Russian monarch’s title “the sole ruler of all Russia Great and Little” for the first time, emphasising the historical continuity of a unified state.
❗️ The Pereyaslav Agreement reflected a natural historical process of returning the ancient Russian lands to the unified Russian state and reuniting parts of a single nation, divided by civil strife and the Golden Horde yoke.
👉 Article by Russia's President Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“
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#KievRegimeCrimes
📑 Russia's Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large, Rodion Miroshnik, has compiled a report 'Violations of the international humanitarian law by the Kiev regime regarding treatment of prisoners of war: Secret Prisons'.
The information outlined in the report is based on the testimonies of Russian prisoners of war who returned home following a prisoner exchange of 150 for 150 people conducted on February 5, 2025.
❗️ The vast majority of servicemen who returned to Russia following prisoner exchanges reported systematic torture, abuse, and humiliation during their captivity by Ukrainian armed formations.
These violations are reported to have been committed in secret detention facilities, often located in grey areas, far from the front line.
Testimonies indicate that Ukrainian authorities are aware of the existence of these sites, as the representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, Defence Intelligence, and other Ukrainian special services frequently visit them and use illegal methods to extract information from the Russian POWs.
Nearly all of the former prisoners of war interviewed have confirmed the existence of an extensive network of secret prisons, along with other sites used for torture and clandestine burials. They are typically located in the basements of private homes, garages, partially constructed buildings, and industrial premises.
The most brutal treatment was reported by those held in secret prisons controlled by Azov and Aidar neo-Nazi battalions.
According to former POWs, such secret detention sites have been established both in Ukrainian regions and in Russian territories temporarily controlled by the AFU. The duration of "imprisonment" ranges from several days to several months.
It is common practice for AFU butchers to kill wounded Russian soldiers on the battlefield, as well as to execute those who have surrendered — particularly in cases where their transfer to detention is deemed "impractical" or "undesirable" by Ukrainian forces.
Many prisoners were beaten until they revealed the passwords to their online banking accounts. Extorting prisoners' families has become a widespread tactic, with threats of death used to pressure into paying ransoms for their loved ones' release. In some instances, Ukrainian criminals attempted to pressure POWs' families into engaging in actions against Russia.
Ukrainian militants are reported to have set up torture chambers in secret detention facilities, where captured Russian soldiers endure severe beatings, intimidation and abuse. This includes a range of brutal methods, including the use of electric chairs, drowning, forced nudity, threats of sexual violence, amputation of limbs, human-baiting and mock executions.
💬 Maksim Likhachev (motorised rifleman, taken prisoner in July 2024, freed from Ukrainian captivity on 5 February 2025):
❌ While many of the aforementioned facts are already known to international human rights organisations, there has been no response directed at the Kiev regime.
A widespread system of secret and unauthorised detention facilities is still functioning across Ukraine. The exact number of POWs killed or tortured to death remains unknown but testimonies pointing to the existence of secret mass graves are steadily increasing.
To date, there have been no reports of investigations into the existence of the network of secret prisons in Ukraine. The well-known facts of systematic killings, atrocities, and abuse of prisoners of war by individuals associated with the Kiev regime has been met with silence from the international community, suggesting a possible cover-up of criminal practices carried out with the tacit consent of states that sponsor Ukrainian neo-Nazi factions.
👉 Full report (pdf)
📑 Russia's Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large, Rodion Miroshnik, has compiled a report 'Violations of the international humanitarian law by the Kiev regime regarding treatment of prisoners of war: Secret Prisons'.
The information outlined in the report is based on the testimonies of Russian prisoners of war who returned home following a prisoner exchange of 150 for 150 people conducted on February 5, 2025.
❗️ The vast majority of servicemen who returned to Russia following prisoner exchanges reported systematic torture, abuse, and humiliation during their captivity by Ukrainian armed formations.
These violations are reported to have been committed in secret detention facilities, often located in grey areas, far from the front line.
Testimonies indicate that Ukrainian authorities are aware of the existence of these sites, as the representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, Defence Intelligence, and other Ukrainian special services frequently visit them and use illegal methods to extract information from the Russian POWs.
Nearly all of the former prisoners of war interviewed have confirmed the existence of an extensive network of secret prisons, along with other sites used for torture and clandestine burials. They are typically located in the basements of private homes, garages, partially constructed buildings, and industrial premises.
The most brutal treatment was reported by those held in secret prisons controlled by Azov and Aidar neo-Nazi battalions.
According to former POWs, such secret detention sites have been established both in Ukrainian regions and in Russian territories temporarily controlled by the AFU. The duration of "imprisonment" ranges from several days to several months.
It is common practice for AFU butchers to kill wounded Russian soldiers on the battlefield, as well as to execute those who have surrendered — particularly in cases where their transfer to detention is deemed "impractical" or "undesirable" by Ukrainian forces.
Many prisoners were beaten until they revealed the passwords to their online banking accounts. Extorting prisoners' families has become a widespread tactic, with threats of death used to pressure into paying ransoms for their loved ones' release. In some instances, Ukrainian criminals attempted to pressure POWs' families into engaging in actions against Russia.
Ukrainian militants are reported to have set up torture chambers in secret detention facilities, where captured Russian soldiers endure severe beatings, intimidation and abuse. This includes a range of brutal methods, including the use of electric chairs, drowning, forced nudity, threats of sexual violence, amputation of limbs, human-baiting and mock executions.
💬 Maksim Likhachev (motorised rifleman, taken prisoner in July 2024, freed from Ukrainian captivity on 5 February 2025):
They began amputating my finger in three cuts, using a large garden pruner. <...> They pulled out four of my teeth using pliers.
❌ While many of the aforementioned facts are already known to international human rights organisations, there has been no response directed at the Kiev regime.
A widespread system of secret and unauthorised detention facilities is still functioning across Ukraine. The exact number of POWs killed or tortured to death remains unknown but testimonies pointing to the existence of secret mass graves are steadily increasing.
To date, there have been no reports of investigations into the existence of the network of secret prisons in Ukraine. The well-known facts of systematic killings, atrocities, and abuse of prisoners of war by individuals associated with the Kiev regime has been met with silence from the international community, suggesting a possible cover-up of criminal practices carried out with the tacit consent of states that sponsor Ukrainian neo-Nazi factions.
👉 Full report (pdf)