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12.04.202521:12
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to the media questions during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (Antalya, April 12, 2025)
Key points:
• More and more countries want to determine their life themselves, to have fair treatment, to have fair competition in economy, trade, in other areas, just in line with the principles of globalization, which were promoted by our Western friends, especially by the United States, for so many decades.
• What we observe is fragmentation of the world economy. This is the time of uncertainty, I would say. Nobody knows how the situation with world trade and investment is going to end.
• The United States recognize that other countries also have their national interests, and those interests would never coincide fully, maybe even half of these interests would not be similar. But when the interests, especially the interests of big countries, coincide, it is essential for them to find ways to materialize them into mutually beneficial economic, logistical, and other projects, while when these interests contradict each other, it is the responsibility and duty of countries, especially if we speak about big powers, not to allow these differences to degenerate into confrontation, especially the hot confrontation.
• I will repeat again what I said then, and I repeated this publicly also, when we speak about eliminating root causes of any conflict, including Ukrainian conflict. This is the only way to resolve the problem and to establish long-lasting peace - remove root causes.
• If Ukrainian nazi regime, I cannot describe it otherwise, enjoys the cover from the European Union, which as I just mentioned, never dropped a word about the situation with human rights in Ukraine, then this is not our problem. We listen to those people who voted at the referendum to join Russia to restore all their rights which belong to them by international law and by history, by justice.
• The European Union is not happy. And instead of doing something about this situation for the sake of their citizens Brussels people threatened to stop importing any grain from Russia. They're very specific leaders. They say that Kaja Kallas, Annalena Baerbock, they were saying yes, when criticized by the people who saying, “We live worse than before”. Yes, we understand, but our electorate should suffer for the sake of Ukraine, while at the same time thousands and thousands of Ukrainians living there in European luxury, buying very expensive vehicles. But this is what the European elite calls European values, which they defend in the person of Zelensky regime.
• I gave to our colleagues from Türkiye, to Minister Hakan Fidan, what we give to Americans, to UN, to OSCE, the list of facts, listing the attacks by Ukraine during the last three weeks against Russian energy infrastructure.
• We understand that Zelensky hates all Russians, so he gives orders. Either he gives orders, and they are not taken, or he is lying, that he is giving these orders. It's a tragedy. It's a tragedy.
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Key points:
• More and more countries want to determine their life themselves, to have fair treatment, to have fair competition in economy, trade, in other areas, just in line with the principles of globalization, which were promoted by our Western friends, especially by the United States, for so many decades.
• What we observe is fragmentation of the world economy. This is the time of uncertainty, I would say. Nobody knows how the situation with world trade and investment is going to end.
• The United States recognize that other countries also have their national interests, and those interests would never coincide fully, maybe even half of these interests would not be similar. But when the interests, especially the interests of big countries, coincide, it is essential for them to find ways to materialize them into mutually beneficial economic, logistical, and other projects, while when these interests contradict each other, it is the responsibility and duty of countries, especially if we speak about big powers, not to allow these differences to degenerate into confrontation, especially the hot confrontation.
• I will repeat again what I said then, and I repeated this publicly also, when we speak about eliminating root causes of any conflict, including Ukrainian conflict. This is the only way to resolve the problem and to establish long-lasting peace - remove root causes.
• If Ukrainian nazi regime, I cannot describe it otherwise, enjoys the cover from the European Union, which as I just mentioned, never dropped a word about the situation with human rights in Ukraine, then this is not our problem. We listen to those people who voted at the referendum to join Russia to restore all their rights which belong to them by international law and by history, by justice.
• The European Union is not happy. And instead of doing something about this situation for the sake of their citizens Brussels people threatened to stop importing any grain from Russia. They're very specific leaders. They say that Kaja Kallas, Annalena Baerbock, they were saying yes, when criticized by the people who saying, “We live worse than before”. Yes, we understand, but our electorate should suffer for the sake of Ukraine, while at the same time thousands and thousands of Ukrainians living there in European luxury, buying very expensive vehicles. But this is what the European elite calls European values, which they defend in the person of Zelensky regime.
• I gave to our colleagues from Türkiye, to Minister Hakan Fidan, what we give to Americans, to UN, to OSCE, the list of facts, listing the attacks by Ukraine during the last three weeks against Russian energy infrastructure.
• We understand that Zelensky hates all Russians, so he gives orders. Either he gives orders, and they are not taken, or he is lying, that he is giving these orders. It's a tragedy. It's a tragedy.
Read in full
से पुनः पोस्ट किया:
Russian Embassy in the UK
12.04.202519:30
🚀 Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute voyage around the Earth inspired generations to dream beyond the stars. With his boyish grin and boundless courage, he quickly became a global icon and his legacy has been immortalised in statues and monuments across the world.
Yet one of the most unexpected tributes to the first cosmonaut lies far from space museums or bustling capitals — on the windswept Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland.
Here, just steps from the Neolithic village of Skara Brae – a UNESCO World Heritage Site inhabited over 5,000 years ago – stands a carved stone that simply reads: "First Man in Space, AD 1961". Nestled among markers of human milestones, it honours Gagarin's place in our shared journey — from ancient stargazers to modern explorers.
This is a quiet reminder that Gagarin's reach extends far beyond Earth's orbit — and even beyond the expected.
💐 Recently Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin and Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Denis Moskalenko laid flowers at the site, paying tribute to the first man in space.
#CosmonauticsDay
Yet one of the most unexpected tributes to the first cosmonaut lies far from space museums or bustling capitals — on the windswept Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland.
Here, just steps from the Neolithic village of Skara Brae – a UNESCO World Heritage Site inhabited over 5,000 years ago – stands a carved stone that simply reads: "First Man in Space, AD 1961". Nestled among markers of human milestones, it honours Gagarin's place in our shared journey — from ancient stargazers to modern explorers.
This is a quiet reminder that Gagarin's reach extends far beyond Earth's orbit — and even beyond the expected.
💐 Recently Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin and Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Denis Moskalenko laid flowers at the site, paying tribute to the first man in space.
#CosmonauticsDay
12.04.202518:05
On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin ushered humanity into space era
♥️ His big great heart, genuine smile and sincerity left a mark on millions of souls.
A true hero of the people. Not even time itself can break or lessen this connection.
#Gagarin1961 #ForeverFirst #DreamBig
♥️ His big great heart, genuine smile and sincerity left a mark on millions of souls.
A true hero of the people. Not even time itself can break or lessen this connection.
#Gagarin1961 #ForeverFirst #DreamBig
12.04.202516:59
💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
Media reports: World Press Photo withdrew the invitation to TASS photo correspondent Mikhail Tereshchenko to the awards ceremony citing increased tension on the European continent.
It is such a disgrace that they had better never said anything at all.
It's only natural that a question arises whether only photos with neutral themes such as nature, flowers and butterflies will be allowed for the contest from now on?
As a reminder: Historically, the TASS news agency, one with a great historical pedigree, not only took part in the contest but also won main prizes. From 1956 to 1992, TASS entries took 25+ top places at this contest and contributed to building up its reputation.
This situation is akin World Press Photo shooting itself in the foot.
Media reports: World Press Photo withdrew the invitation to TASS photo correspondent Mikhail Tereshchenko to the awards ceremony citing increased tension on the European continent.
It is such a disgrace that they had better never said anything at all.
It's only natural that a question arises whether only photos with neutral themes such as nature, flowers and butterflies will be allowed for the contest from now on?
As a reminder: Historically, the TASS news agency, one with a great historical pedigree, not only took part in the contest but also won main prizes. From 1956 to 1992, TASS entries took 25+ top places at this contest and contributed to building up its reputation.
This situation is akin World Press Photo shooting itself in the foot.
12.04.202516:32
📆 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was on a working visit to Türkiye (Antalya) on April 11 and 12 at the invitation of Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan. During the visit, Sergey Lavrov took part in the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum and held several bilateral meetings.
During the conversation with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan, the two Ministers had a detailed discussion on key matters on the international and regional agendas, including the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, South Caucasus and the Black Sea region.
They coordinated their approaches to the topical issues related to bilateral political dialogue, as well as trade, economic and energy cooperation.
In addition, Sergey Lavrov and Hakan Fidan discussed future contacts between Russia and Türkiye.
During the conversation with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan, the two Ministers had a detailed discussion on key matters on the international and regional agendas, including the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, South Caucasus and the Black Sea region.
They coordinated their approaches to the topical issues related to bilateral political dialogue, as well as trade, economic and energy cooperation.
In addition, Sergey Lavrov and Hakan Fidan discussed future contacts between Russia and Türkiye.
12.04.202516:03
⭐️ On April 12, 1961, Yuri #Gagarin is forever embedded in history as the first human to journey into space. His flight marked a breakthrough not only in science, but also in international relations.
In the two years following his mission, Yuri Alekseyevich embarked on an extensive world tour, during which he visited more than 3️⃣0️⃣ countries across several continents.
In Europe, Gagarin visited, among others, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Austria, Poland. In Asia, he traveled to India, Japan, and other countries. Across Africa — in nations such as Egypt, Ghana, and Libya — his name resonated as a symbol of unity among peoples. He also visited Brazil, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico.
Crowds gathered in city streets to welcome the first human to orbit the Earth. He was received as a hero of humanity — one who proved that humanity was capable of extraordinary achievements. Yet Gagarin remained true to himself: sincere, kind-hearted, and modest. He spoke with equal respect to heads of state, children, and ordinary workers alike.
🇮🇳 In India, Gagarin met with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, visited Bollywood, attended a demonstration by yogis, and traveled over 5,000 kilometers across the country.
🇨🇺 In Cuba, he was received personally by Fidel Castro. Castro admired Gagarin’s Soviet Air Force cap with its sky-blue band and winged emblem—and the two exchanged headgear as a gesture of friendship.
🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom, Gagarin charmed the public with his openness. At breakfast, he opted for simple fare, joked with journalists, and conversed freely with local residents.
🇪🇬 In Egypt, he viewed the Giza pyramids, toured the ancient city of Luxor, and visited Aswan, where — thanks to Soviet assistance — the country had constructed the largest dam in Africa. Upon his departure, he was presented with symbolic keys to the cities of Cairo and Alexandria.
🇯🇵 In Tokyo's Haneda Airport, 10,000 people gathered to welcome him. When Gagarin told them that Japan was the first country he saw from space, the crowd erupted with joy, chanting, “Banzai, Gagarin!”
Gagarin’s world tour became a shining example of people’s diplomacy, and he himself — a true ambassador of friendship and goodwill.
☝️ These journeys highlighted the international recognition of USSR's scientific achievement and symbolized the openness and humanism of the Soviet people.
In the two years following his mission, Yuri Alekseyevich embarked on an extensive world tour, during which he visited more than 3️⃣0️⃣ countries across several continents.
In Europe, Gagarin visited, among others, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Austria, Poland. In Asia, he traveled to India, Japan, and other countries. Across Africa — in nations such as Egypt, Ghana, and Libya — his name resonated as a symbol of unity among peoples. He also visited Brazil, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico.
Crowds gathered in city streets to welcome the first human to orbit the Earth. He was received as a hero of humanity — one who proved that humanity was capable of extraordinary achievements. Yet Gagarin remained true to himself: sincere, kind-hearted, and modest. He spoke with equal respect to heads of state, children, and ordinary workers alike.
🇮🇳 In India, Gagarin met with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, visited Bollywood, attended a demonstration by yogis, and traveled over 5,000 kilometers across the country.
🇨🇺 In Cuba, he was received personally by Fidel Castro. Castro admired Gagarin’s Soviet Air Force cap with its sky-blue band and winged emblem—and the two exchanged headgear as a gesture of friendship.
🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom, Gagarin charmed the public with his openness. At breakfast, he opted for simple fare, joked with journalists, and conversed freely with local residents.
🇪🇬 In Egypt, he viewed the Giza pyramids, toured the ancient city of Luxor, and visited Aswan, where — thanks to Soviet assistance — the country had constructed the largest dam in Africa. Upon his departure, he was presented with symbolic keys to the cities of Cairo and Alexandria.
🇯🇵 In Tokyo's Haneda Airport, 10,000 people gathered to welcome him. When Gagarin told them that Japan was the first country he saw from space, the crowd erupted with joy, chanting, “Banzai, Gagarin!”
Gagarin’s world tour became a shining example of people’s diplomacy, and he himself — a true ambassador of friendship and goodwill.
☝️ These journeys highlighted the international recognition of USSR's scientific achievement and symbolized the openness and humanism of the Soviet people.
से पुनः पोस्ट किया:
Russian Embassy, Sweden
12.04.202513:59
🎙️Interview of Russia’s Ambassador to Sweden Sergey Belyaev with SwebbTV (April 12, 2025)
Key points:
#RussiaSweden
🔹 We have had communication with Sweden for more than a thousand years. And the Russian Embassy in Stockholm was one of the first Russian missions abroad. And of course we had different periods of time. But we managed to have relations and to keep open channels of communication.
🔹 Finland and Sweden joined NATO. It's a reality. And the issue is that now the decision about peace of war do not belong to Helsinki and Stockholm. And that's why the security of these countries are not only in their hands. And of course we will analyze this. Of course there will be steps, also military steps, preparing to different, as you imagine, scenarios. But I do not see the situation when we will demand that Sweden should went out of NATO. It's speculation. Russia has no intention to invade, for example, Gotland. But researchers and journalists in Sweden develop different scenarios how it can happen. And then they begin to believe themselves that Russia is threatening Sweden.
🔹 You should not feel nervous. The case is that during the whole history of mankind, it's better to improve your security by political and diplomatic means than to prepare to war.
#BalticSea
🔹In the Baltic Sea, for years, we developed international cooperation to achieve the safety of shipments.
🔹 My hope is that sometime we will be able to restore cooperation. It is very difficult to do now after a very deep lack of confidence between Europe and the Russian Federation. I suppose that it will be very difficult if possible at all to restore it. But at least we should remember that our disputes, our different opinions should not lead to confrontation.
#MultipolarWorld
🔹 Our politics is developing very much towards Asia, Africa, and Latin America. BRICS is developing very rapidly. We have now 11 countries. And many countries are willing to join. And now this so-called G7 represents only 30% of global GDP. And BRICS represents 38%.
🔹We really have very close relations of cooperation with China, it's really strategic, Our trade with China is now more than $230 billion in our match.And for example, the Chinese are very interested in developing cooperation in the Arctic areas, Russia is one of the best countries in this field.
#NATO
🔹There were a lot of countries that tried to invade Russia, and we have a great experience, unfortunately, of such confrontation. When there was unification of Germany, and the Soviet Union gave its permission to support this unification, because we were promised that NATO will not enlarge. But then we know what happened. NATO was coming closer and closer to the Russian borders.
🔹 And of course, when we see that the military alliance is enlarging and coming actually to our borders, we have to think why it happens. And we speak about this with partners from the West, beginning with year 2007, when it was this famous speech of President Putin, that security should be comprehensive, that no-one should build his security on the security of the others.
🔹 It's rather funny to see how Baltic states try to prove that they will be the next ones. Russia has no intention to invade in Baltic states. No intention to invade in Finland or Sweden.Baltic states joined NATO many years before. Sweden has joined now. And of course we have to analyze what does it mean from the point of view of our security and how we should react.But I exclude the possibility that Russia will invade to some neighbour country.We are not interested in wars as a country or as people.
Watch in full
Key points:
#RussiaSweden
🔹 We have had communication with Sweden for more than a thousand years. And the Russian Embassy in Stockholm was one of the first Russian missions abroad. And of course we had different periods of time. But we managed to have relations and to keep open channels of communication.
🔹 Finland and Sweden joined NATO. It's a reality. And the issue is that now the decision about peace of war do not belong to Helsinki and Stockholm. And that's why the security of these countries are not only in their hands. And of course we will analyze this. Of course there will be steps, also military steps, preparing to different, as you imagine, scenarios. But I do not see the situation when we will demand that Sweden should went out of NATO. It's speculation. Russia has no intention to invade, for example, Gotland. But researchers and journalists in Sweden develop different scenarios how it can happen. And then they begin to believe themselves that Russia is threatening Sweden.
🔹 You should not feel nervous. The case is that during the whole history of mankind, it's better to improve your security by political and diplomatic means than to prepare to war.
#BalticSea
🔹In the Baltic Sea, for years, we developed international cooperation to achieve the safety of shipments.
🔹 My hope is that sometime we will be able to restore cooperation. It is very difficult to do now after a very deep lack of confidence between Europe and the Russian Federation. I suppose that it will be very difficult if possible at all to restore it. But at least we should remember that our disputes, our different opinions should not lead to confrontation.
#MultipolarWorld
🔹 Our politics is developing very much towards Asia, Africa, and Latin America. BRICS is developing very rapidly. We have now 11 countries. And many countries are willing to join. And now this so-called G7 represents only 30% of global GDP. And BRICS represents 38%.
🔹We really have very close relations of cooperation with China, it's really strategic, Our trade with China is now more than $230 billion in our match.And for example, the Chinese are very interested in developing cooperation in the Arctic areas, Russia is one of the best countries in this field.
#NATO
🔹There were a lot of countries that tried to invade Russia, and we have a great experience, unfortunately, of such confrontation. When there was unification of Germany, and the Soviet Union gave its permission to support this unification, because we were promised that NATO will not enlarge. But then we know what happened. NATO was coming closer and closer to the Russian borders.
🔹 And of course, when we see that the military alliance is enlarging and coming actually to our borders, we have to think why it happens. And we speak about this with partners from the West, beginning with year 2007, when it was this famous speech of President Putin, that security should be comprehensive, that no-one should build his security on the security of the others.
🔹 It's rather funny to see how Baltic states try to prove that they will be the next ones. Russia has no intention to invade in Baltic states. No intention to invade in Finland or Sweden.Baltic states joined NATO many years before. Sweden has joined now. And of course we have to analyze what does it mean from the point of view of our security and how we should react.But I exclude the possibility that Russia will invade to some neighbour country.We are not interested in wars as a country or as people.
Watch in full
से पुनः पोस्ट किया:Russian Embassy in the UK
12.04.202513:00
💐 As the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War approaches, Alexander Gusarov, Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in the UK, and Dmitry Kozlovsky, Chargé d'Affaires of Belarus in the UK, laid flowers at the graves of three Soviet servicemen interred at the Tidworth military cemetery, Wiltshire, England.
On the same day, Russian diplomats honoured the memory of two other Soviet soldiers, placing flowers at their burials in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Aldershot, Hampshire.
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, there are currently 18 confirmed graves of Soviet servicemen on British soil who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Further information on Soviet military burials in the UK can be found on the Embassy's website.
#Victory80
On the same day, Russian diplomats honoured the memory of two other Soviet soldiers, placing flowers at their burials in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Aldershot, Hampshire.
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, there are currently 18 confirmed graves of Soviet servicemen on British soil who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Further information on Soviet military burials in the UK can be found on the Embassy's website.
#Victory80
12.04.202512:03
🛰 On April 12, 1961, the world witnessed an event of cosmic significance (or rather the Cosmos witnessed an all-planetary event): Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin performed the first ever manned mission aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft. His trailblazing flight lasted 108 minutes and ushered in the Space Age, with the human race embarking on space exploration.
Vostok-1 was a spherical re-entry capsule measuring 4.3 metres in length, 2.43 metres in diameter, and with a launch mass of 4,725 kilogrammes. It was equipped with life-support systems, automated controls and communications equipment. Designed for a single crew member, the spacecraft could support a mission of up to ten days.
The launch vehicle was developed on the basis of the two-stage R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, with the addition of a third stage. It measured 38.2 metres in length, had a maximum diameter of 10.3 metres and a launch mass of approximately 287 tonnes. The rocket was capable of delivering payloads of up to 4.5 tonnes into orbit.
👨🚀 The flight was operated entirely in automatic mode, but Gagarin was capable to control it manually, if necessary. For safety, he wore a spacesuit throughout the mission. The suit carried a four-hour oxygen supply to keep the cosmonaut alive in the event of depressurisation. It would also protected Gagarin, if his seat ejected at an altitude of 10 kilometres.
The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:07 am Moscow time. Vostok-1 made a single orbit of the Earth and landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region at 10:53 am. At an altitude of around 7 kilometres, Gagarin ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground.
Vostok-1 was the first spacecraft in the Vostok series, and even after the main programme ended, modified versions of the spacecraft continued to be used and later became the foundation for a number of Soviet and Russian satellites.
Vostok-1 was a spherical re-entry capsule measuring 4.3 metres in length, 2.43 metres in diameter, and with a launch mass of 4,725 kilogrammes. It was equipped with life-support systems, automated controls and communications equipment. Designed for a single crew member, the spacecraft could support a mission of up to ten days.
The launch vehicle was developed on the basis of the two-stage R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, with the addition of a third stage. It measured 38.2 metres in length, had a maximum diameter of 10.3 metres and a launch mass of approximately 287 tonnes. The rocket was capable of delivering payloads of up to 4.5 tonnes into orbit.
👨🚀 The flight was operated entirely in automatic mode, but Gagarin was capable to control it manually, if necessary. For safety, he wore a spacesuit throughout the mission. The suit carried a four-hour oxygen supply to keep the cosmonaut alive in the event of depressurisation. It would also protected Gagarin, if his seat ejected at an altitude of 10 kilometres.
The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:07 am Moscow time. Vostok-1 made a single orbit of the Earth and landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region at 10:53 am. At an altitude of around 7 kilometres, Gagarin ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground.
Vostok-1 was the first spacecraft in the Vostok series, and even after the main programme ended, modified versions of the spacecraft continued to be used and later became the foundation for a number of Soviet and Russian satellites.
12.04.202510:45
🔴 #LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions during the special session of the IV Antalya Diplomacy Forum
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12.04.202510:10
🇷🇺🇻🇪 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yván Gil
📍 Antalya, April 12
#RussiaVenezuela
📍 Antalya, April 12
#RussiaVenezuela
12.04.202509:56
🇷🇺🇹🇷 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan
📍 Antalya, April 12
#RussiaTürkiye
📍 Antalya, April 12
#RussiaTürkiye
12.04.202509:55
📸 #PhotoOfTheDay
FM Sergey Lavrov takes part in the IV Antalya Diplomacy Forum
FM Sergey Lavrov takes part in the IV Antalya Diplomacy Forum
12.04.202509:01
“Having orbited Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is.
People, let us preserve and increase this beauty and not destroy it!”
— Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
🚀 The world changed forever in those moments when Vostok-1 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and Yuri #Gagarin became the first person in history to enter Earth’s orbit and circle our planet. This collective feat of the entire Soviet Union, its scientists, and cosmonauts marked the beginning of the space era in human history.
🌏 Before the launch of the spacecraft, Yuri Gagarin addressed the people of the entire planet with these inspiring words:
#CosmonauticsDay #Gagarin #FirstInSpace
People, let us preserve and increase this beauty and not destroy it!”
— Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
🚀 The world changed forever in those moments when Vostok-1 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and Yuri #Gagarin became the first person in history to enter Earth’s orbit and circle our planet. This collective feat of the entire Soviet Union, its scientists, and cosmonauts marked the beginning of the space era in human history.
🌏 Before the launch of the spacecraft, Yuri Gagarin addressed the people of the entire planet with these inspiring words:
“Dear friends, both familiar and unknown, compatriots, people of all countries and continents!
In just a few minutes, a mighty spacecraft will carry me into the vast expanses of the universe. What can I say to you in these final moments before the launch?
My entire life now seems to me like one beautiful moment. Everything I have lived through and accomplished was done for the sake of this moment.
Am I happy to be embarking on this spaceflight? Of course, I am! After all, throughout history, it has been the highest happiness for people to participate in new discoveries.
Now, only a few minutes remain until the launch. I want to say goodbye to you, my dear friends, as people always say to each other when setting off on a long journey. How I wish I could embrace you all — both those I know and those I don’t, those far away and those close by!
Until we meet again!”
#CosmonauticsDay #Gagarin #FirstInSpace
12.04.202508:33
🇷🇺🇸🇩 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan Dr. Ali Youssef Ahmed Al-Sharif
📍 Antalya, April 12
***
💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: I am pleased to meet you again.
It is a good opportunity for us to compare notes and exchange opinions on our bilateral relations and, most particularly, our efforts to stop the bloodshed in Sudan.
Russia is always ready to help. Your opinion and assessment of the current situation is instrumental for us.
***
On April 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Sudan Ali Youssef Al-Sharif on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
The Sides had an in-depth discussion of the situation in Sudan, focusing on the possibility of settling the ongoing military-political crisis there. Sergey Lavrov emphasised the pressing need to halt the armed confrontation between regular army units and the Rapid Support Forces and to launch a broad-based dialogue for establishing a durable peace in Sudan.
The Ministers also discussed several issues related to the further development of Russian-Sudanese cooperation in various spheres and called for maintaining an active political dialogue and strengthening bilateral coordination at the UN and other international platforms.
#RussiaSudan
📍 Antalya, April 12
***
💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: I am pleased to meet you again.
It is a good opportunity for us to compare notes and exchange opinions on our bilateral relations and, most particularly, our efforts to stop the bloodshed in Sudan.
Russia is always ready to help. Your opinion and assessment of the current situation is instrumental for us.
***
On April 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Sudan Ali Youssef Al-Sharif on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
The Sides had an in-depth discussion of the situation in Sudan, focusing on the possibility of settling the ongoing military-political crisis there. Sergey Lavrov emphasised the pressing need to halt the armed confrontation between regular army units and the Rapid Support Forces and to launch a broad-based dialogue for establishing a durable peace in Sudan.
The Ministers also discussed several issues related to the further development of Russian-Sudanese cooperation in various spheres and called for maintaining an active political dialogue and strengthening bilateral coordination at the UN and other international platforms.
#RussiaSudan
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04.04.202516:01
#See4Yourself #Think4Yourself
“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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22.03.202513:04
#KievRegimeCrimes
📑 The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis chaired by Maxim Grigoriev, has prepared a report "Kiev regime Atrocities against Captured Russian Servicemen".
In February 2025, the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis interviewed thirty-three Russian servicemen who had been tortured in Ukraine.
❗️ Released prisoners describe the crimes and brutal torture to which they were subjected by Ukrainian servicemen, members of the Security Service of Ukraine and their accomplices.
▪️ D.S.Rychin testifies: "Alexei Soprykin and I were taken prisoner near the village of Peschanoye. I had a bullet wound, and Alexei had multiple shrapnel wounds. Alexei, unarmed, was shot by a Ukrainian fighter"
▪️ S.V.Tarkov: "Two boys could still be helped. I still managed to help one of them to rewrap his leg. The Ukrainians came through and shot them. The wounded were killed before my eyes"
▪️ D.N.Agashin tells: "For a kilometre and a half we were led by the Ukrainians. They shot one person. Torture began on the following day"
▪️ S.A.Levin says that before they started torturing, one of the POWs was killed: "I said, there is a wounded fighter. And I just heard him being shot dead by the Ukrainians. There were two ofus when they handed us over to the 'Right Sector'. They brought us to some base and shouted: "Take offyour clothes. " They started beating us with sticks and metal pipes. Our eyes were blindfolded"
▪️ S.V. Prilutsky says that, like Nazi troops during the Great Patriotic War, Ukrainian servicemen shot the wounded: "When I was taken prisoner, Ukrainians shot a heavily wounded man. They killed him. He was my fellow serviceman. On the way they killed another one. He lay down and said: "I can't walk. And theyjust shot him"
▪️ A.V.Malinovsky says that the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only did not hide the practice of killing Russian prisoners of war, but also used it as one of the means of terror: "They said that as long as they had us in the hands of Ukrainian intelligence, we were not yet prisoners of war. They could shoot us right there. They said: "So you are nobody, you don't exist".
▪️ S.V. Kozlov testifies: "Ukrainians put me on the electric chair. A battery, like from a car, and electrodes were attached to my penis and lips. And they tortured me all day long. I was also beaten with metal ropes, hit on the head with a ladle. They set the dogs on me and left scars on my back"
▪️ E.V. Nekrasov also speaks about it: "In the camp people told me that they were tortured with electric shocks and put on the electric chair. " Drunken Ukrainians shot them with pistols, shot them in the knee and legs. They would get drunk and start abusing them. Ukrainian servicemen practiced cutting off, drilling, shooting limbs and breaking fingers ofRussian servicemen"
▪️ M.V. Likhachev describes how he was personally tortured: "My finger was cut off three times with pruning shears used to cut branches. Four teeth were pulled out with pliers. They put me on an electric chair. They set the dogs on me"
👉 Read the report in full (pdf)
👉 Annual report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in 2024 by Rodion Miroshnik, Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large.
📑 The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis chaired by Maxim Grigoriev, has prepared a report "Kiev regime Atrocities against Captured Russian Servicemen".
In February 2025, the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis interviewed thirty-three Russian servicemen who had been tortured in Ukraine.
❗️ Released prisoners describe the crimes and brutal torture to which they were subjected by Ukrainian servicemen, members of the Security Service of Ukraine and their accomplices.
▪️ D.S.Rychin testifies: "Alexei Soprykin and I were taken prisoner near the village of Peschanoye. I had a bullet wound, and Alexei had multiple shrapnel wounds. Alexei, unarmed, was shot by a Ukrainian fighter"
▪️ S.V.Tarkov: "Two boys could still be helped. I still managed to help one of them to rewrap his leg. The Ukrainians came through and shot them. The wounded were killed before my eyes"
▪️ D.N.Agashin tells: "For a kilometre and a half we were led by the Ukrainians. They shot one person. Torture began on the following day"
▪️ S.A.Levin says that before they started torturing, one of the POWs was killed: "I said, there is a wounded fighter. And I just heard him being shot dead by the Ukrainians. There were two ofus when they handed us over to the 'Right Sector'. They brought us to some base and shouted: "Take offyour clothes. " They started beating us with sticks and metal pipes. Our eyes were blindfolded"
▪️ S.V. Prilutsky says that, like Nazi troops during the Great Patriotic War, Ukrainian servicemen shot the wounded: "When I was taken prisoner, Ukrainians shot a heavily wounded man. They killed him. He was my fellow serviceman. On the way they killed another one. He lay down and said: "I can't walk. And theyjust shot him"
▪️ A.V.Malinovsky says that the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only did not hide the practice of killing Russian prisoners of war, but also used it as one of the means of terror: "They said that as long as they had us in the hands of Ukrainian intelligence, we were not yet prisoners of war. They could shoot us right there. They said: "So you are nobody, you don't exist".
▪️ S.V. Kozlov testifies: "Ukrainians put me on the electric chair. A battery, like from a car, and electrodes were attached to my penis and lips. And they tortured me all day long. I was also beaten with metal ropes, hit on the head with a ladle. They set the dogs on me and left scars on my back"
▪️ E.V. Nekrasov also speaks about it: "In the camp people told me that they were tortured with electric shocks and put on the electric chair. " Drunken Ukrainians shot them with pistols, shot them in the knee and legs. They would get drunk and start abusing them. Ukrainian servicemen practiced cutting off, drilling, shooting limbs and breaking fingers ofRussian servicemen"
▪️ M.V. Likhachev describes how he was personally tortured: "My finger was cut off three times with pruning shears used to cut branches. Four teeth were pulled out with pliers. They put me on an electric chair. They set the dogs on me"
👉 Read the report in full (pdf)
👉 Annual report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in 2024 by Rodion Miroshnik, Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large.
12.04.202518:05
On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin ushered humanity into space era
♥️ His big great heart, genuine smile and sincerity left a mark on millions of souls.
A true hero of the people. Not even time itself can break or lessen this connection.
#Gagarin1961 #ForeverFirst #DreamBig
♥️ His big great heart, genuine smile and sincerity left a mark on millions of souls.
A true hero of the people. Not even time itself can break or lessen this connection.
#Gagarin1961 #ForeverFirst #DreamBig
12.04.202512:03
🛰 On April 12, 1961, the world witnessed an event of cosmic significance (or rather the Cosmos witnessed an all-planetary event): Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin performed the first ever manned mission aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft. His trailblazing flight lasted 108 minutes and ushered in the Space Age, with the human race embarking on space exploration.
Vostok-1 was a spherical re-entry capsule measuring 4.3 metres in length, 2.43 metres in diameter, and with a launch mass of 4,725 kilogrammes. It was equipped with life-support systems, automated controls and communications equipment. Designed for a single crew member, the spacecraft could support a mission of up to ten days.
The launch vehicle was developed on the basis of the two-stage R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, with the addition of a third stage. It measured 38.2 metres in length, had a maximum diameter of 10.3 metres and a launch mass of approximately 287 tonnes. The rocket was capable of delivering payloads of up to 4.5 tonnes into orbit.
👨🚀 The flight was operated entirely in automatic mode, but Gagarin was capable to control it manually, if necessary. For safety, he wore a spacesuit throughout the mission. The suit carried a four-hour oxygen supply to keep the cosmonaut alive in the event of depressurisation. It would also protected Gagarin, if his seat ejected at an altitude of 10 kilometres.
The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:07 am Moscow time. Vostok-1 made a single orbit of the Earth and landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region at 10:53 am. At an altitude of around 7 kilometres, Gagarin ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground.
Vostok-1 was the first spacecraft in the Vostok series, and even after the main programme ended, modified versions of the spacecraft continued to be used and later became the foundation for a number of Soviet and Russian satellites.
Vostok-1 was a spherical re-entry capsule measuring 4.3 metres in length, 2.43 metres in diameter, and with a launch mass of 4,725 kilogrammes. It was equipped with life-support systems, automated controls and communications equipment. Designed for a single crew member, the spacecraft could support a mission of up to ten days.
The launch vehicle was developed on the basis of the two-stage R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, with the addition of a third stage. It measured 38.2 metres in length, had a maximum diameter of 10.3 metres and a launch mass of approximately 287 tonnes. The rocket was capable of delivering payloads of up to 4.5 tonnes into orbit.
👨🚀 The flight was operated entirely in automatic mode, but Gagarin was capable to control it manually, if necessary. For safety, he wore a spacesuit throughout the mission. The suit carried a four-hour oxygen supply to keep the cosmonaut alive in the event of depressurisation. It would also protected Gagarin, if his seat ejected at an altitude of 10 kilometres.
The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:07 am Moscow time. Vostok-1 made a single orbit of the Earth and landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region at 10:53 am. At an altitude of around 7 kilometres, Gagarin ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground.
Vostok-1 was the first spacecraft in the Vostok series, and even after the main programme ended, modified versions of the spacecraft continued to be used and later became the foundation for a number of Soviet and Russian satellites.
31.03.202513:54
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the No Statute of Limitations: The Front without a Frontline film project (Moscow, March 30, 2025)
❓ Mr Lavrov, could you please explain why there are attempts today to downplay or even completely deny the role of the Red Army and the Soviet people in the victory over Nazism?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: It is a traditional position of the West to seek to weaken its competitors. Europeans dominated for about 500 years, primarily because they sought to conquer as much land as possible and enslave as many people as possible. Essentially, all of humanity’s tragedies that occurred before 1939, including World War II, were triggered by Europeans. From colonialism, slavery, and the Turkish wars, to the First and Second World Wars, these were all attempts by various powers in Europe to suppress their competitors.
In fact, there is nothing new about competition. People and states have always competed with each other. But the methods used by Europe to suppress its competitors were horrendous. These instincts are deeply ingrained in today's European society, particularly in the elites currently in power in most EU and NATO countries. Although there is growing opposition against such actions, these policies still persist.
The instincts of the ruling class in Europe are clearly evident in what is happening in Ukraine – the war that the West has unleashed against the Russian Federation, using the Kiev regime as its proxy and paving the way for its juggernaut with the bodies of Ukrainians. Just like Napoleon mobilised almost all of Europe during the Patriotic War of 1812, and Hitler, after conquering most of Europe, put the French, Spaniards, and a large part of the continent’s countries under arms, this is also happening now. The French conducted punitive operations, and the Spanish participated in the blockade of Leningrad. This is a well-known fact.
Therefore, we can see even today that almost all of Western Europe has been mobilised to try to prolong the existence of the Nazi Zelensky regime. Just like during Hitler’s era, this is being done under Nazi flags, with SS Totenkopf chevrons, etc, and so on.
<...>
The Baltic States, Poland and a number of other EU countries have long displayed the trend of rewriting history, equating criminals – those labelled as such by the Nuremberg Tribunal – with the liberators of Europe. This trend must be fought against decisively. Among the examples is the closure of the Russian exhibition at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. This has been happening for several years now. We are not allowed to update our display or even speak there. We are simply not invited. It is astonishing that this year, the ceremony marking the anniversary of the liberation of this concentration camp, was attended by those who turned it into a death camp, while those who liberated it were nowhere to be seen.
❓ What additional efforts is Russia making to preserve historical memory and counter the information war being waged against us? Are the current legal proceedings recognising the actions of Nazi invaders in the occupied territories as genocide part of the effort to restore historical justice?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Absolutely. This is one of our key priorities. Such legal proceedings are taking place in the Russian Federation and in its constituent entities, particularly in the regions that suffered the most severe human and material losses during the war.
<...>
I am convinced that formal recognition of these crimes as genocide against the peoples of the USSR will not happen quickly because the resistance is immense. Acknowledging this reality would call into question the entire ideological foundation of most modern Western elites in Europe. However, this work will inevitably lead to recognition at the international level in the future.
📄 Read in full
❓ Mr Lavrov, could you please explain why there are attempts today to downplay or even completely deny the role of the Red Army and the Soviet people in the victory over Nazism?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: It is a traditional position of the West to seek to weaken its competitors. Europeans dominated for about 500 years, primarily because they sought to conquer as much land as possible and enslave as many people as possible. Essentially, all of humanity’s tragedies that occurred before 1939, including World War II, were triggered by Europeans. From colonialism, slavery, and the Turkish wars, to the First and Second World Wars, these were all attempts by various powers in Europe to suppress their competitors.
In fact, there is nothing new about competition. People and states have always competed with each other. But the methods used by Europe to suppress its competitors were horrendous. These instincts are deeply ingrained in today's European society, particularly in the elites currently in power in most EU and NATO countries. Although there is growing opposition against such actions, these policies still persist.
The instincts of the ruling class in Europe are clearly evident in what is happening in Ukraine – the war that the West has unleashed against the Russian Federation, using the Kiev regime as its proxy and paving the way for its juggernaut with the bodies of Ukrainians. Just like Napoleon mobilised almost all of Europe during the Patriotic War of 1812, and Hitler, after conquering most of Europe, put the French, Spaniards, and a large part of the continent’s countries under arms, this is also happening now. The French conducted punitive operations, and the Spanish participated in the blockade of Leningrad. This is a well-known fact.
Therefore, we can see even today that almost all of Western Europe has been mobilised to try to prolong the existence of the Nazi Zelensky regime. Just like during Hitler’s era, this is being done under Nazi flags, with SS Totenkopf chevrons, etc, and so on.
<...>
The Baltic States, Poland and a number of other EU countries have long displayed the trend of rewriting history, equating criminals – those labelled as such by the Nuremberg Tribunal – with the liberators of Europe. This trend must be fought against decisively. Among the examples is the closure of the Russian exhibition at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. This has been happening for several years now. We are not allowed to update our display or even speak there. We are simply not invited. It is astonishing that this year, the ceremony marking the anniversary of the liberation of this concentration camp, was attended by those who turned it into a death camp, while those who liberated it were nowhere to be seen.
❓ What additional efforts is Russia making to preserve historical memory and counter the information war being waged against us? Are the current legal proceedings recognising the actions of Nazi invaders in the occupied territories as genocide part of the effort to restore historical justice?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Absolutely. This is one of our key priorities. Such legal proceedings are taking place in the Russian Federation and in its constituent entities, particularly in the regions that suffered the most severe human and material losses during the war.
<...>
I am convinced that formal recognition of these crimes as genocide against the peoples of the USSR will not happen quickly because the resistance is immense. Acknowledging this reality would call into question the entire ideological foundation of most modern Western elites in Europe. However, this work will inevitably lead to recognition at the international level in the future.
📄 Read in full
24.03.202509:29
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
🗓 On March 24, 1999, the North Atlantic bloc started bombing Yugoslavia. The "military operation" against a sovereign state became a tragic milestone in the life of the Serbian people and delivered a devastating blow to international law.
The US & its cronies bombed the cities, including Belgrade, villages & civilian infrastructure for 78 days, blowing up bridges, passenger trains and buses and killing women, children & elderly people. In doing so, the West destroyed the post-WWII foundations of European security and started replacing the legitimate mechanisms that regulated international relations with a “rules-based order”.
▪️ 3'000 cruise missiles were fired at a sovereign European republic & 80'000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on its people.
The use of depleted uranium ammunition contaminated vast areas & caused an unprecedented rise in cancer-related diseases that continues to affect people to this day.
More than 200'000 non-Albanian residents of Kosovo, forced to flee their homes, have yet to return.
Under the cover of NATO's aggression, members of the so-called "Kosovo Liberation Army" committed heinous crimes, including the abduction and murder of Serbs for the illegal trade of human organs.
❗️ None of the NATO representatives has been called to account. The victims of the aggression were written off as “collateral damage,” meaning losses that "accompany" the fulfillment of the geopolitical ambitions of the US, the UK, and their satellites.
💬 From the briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, (Moscow, March 20, 2025):
The issue of the NATO allies’ responsibility for the damage they have done to international relations and Yugoslavia remains unresolved.
🕯 The brutal operation carried out against sovereign Yugoslavia 26 years ago is a tragedy inflicted upon the people of Yugoslavia by NATO warmongers with lasting and multifaceted consequences.
#WeRemember #Yugoslavia1999
🗓 On March 24, 1999, the North Atlantic bloc started bombing Yugoslavia. The "military operation" against a sovereign state became a tragic milestone in the life of the Serbian people and delivered a devastating blow to international law.
The US & its cronies bombed the cities, including Belgrade, villages & civilian infrastructure for 78 days, blowing up bridges, passenger trains and buses and killing women, children & elderly people. In doing so, the West destroyed the post-WWII foundations of European security and started replacing the legitimate mechanisms that regulated international relations with a “rules-based order”.
▪️ 3'000 cruise missiles were fired at a sovereign European republic & 80'000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on its people.
The use of depleted uranium ammunition contaminated vast areas & caused an unprecedented rise in cancer-related diseases that continues to affect people to this day.
More than 200'000 non-Albanian residents of Kosovo, forced to flee their homes, have yet to return.
Under the cover of NATO's aggression, members of the so-called "Kosovo Liberation Army" committed heinous crimes, including the abduction and murder of Serbs for the illegal trade of human organs.
❗️ None of the NATO representatives has been called to account. The victims of the aggression were written off as “collateral damage,” meaning losses that "accompany" the fulfillment of the geopolitical ambitions of the US, the UK, and their satellites.
💬 From the briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, (Moscow, March 20, 2025):
NATO’s “humanitarian intervention” can serve as an example of modern barbarity and the rule-based world order and its backbone value: unfounded belief in its own superiority. <...> This is what Western democracy and freedoms look like. This view is still dominating in the West, where thousands of killed Yugoslavian civilians, including 89 children, are cynically called collateral damage. This is democracy with freedom of speech.
The issue of the NATO allies’ responsibility for the damage they have done to international relations and Yugoslavia remains unresolved.
🕯 The brutal operation carried out against sovereign Yugoslavia 26 years ago is a tragedy inflicted upon the people of Yugoslavia by NATO warmongers with lasting and multifaceted consequences.
#WeRemember #Yugoslavia1999
04.04.202517:06
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.
12.04.202506:07
🚀 On April 12, 1961, at 9.07 am Moscow Time, the Vostok spacecraft with Yury Gagarin aboard made its historic lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This first manned space mission in the history of humankind heralded the beginning of the Space Age.
Yury #Gagarin was only 27 years old then. He had experienced various hardships earlier in life, spending his childhood years in his home town in Nazi-occupied territory during the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he joined the Saratov air club, for many years he trained hard to become a professional pilot. Gagarin eventually joined the first Soviet cosmonaut squad.
On that memorable April morning, he was preparing to take off into the unknown where no human being had ever been before. A photographer took images of the cosmonaut’s face before the flight. Gagarin showed absolutely no fear, flashing his famous smile and concentrating on his responsible assignment.
🧑🚀 Yury Gagarin spent 108 minutes in outer space, orbited the Earth and successfully landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region.
While in orbit, he maintained radio contact with Earth, conducted observations through a porthole, controlled the operation of the spacecraft’s systems and made a few experiments.
📰 The media widely announced Yury Gagarin’s mission 55 minutes after the Vostok rocket lifted off. It became the most quoted news story worldwide. Instantly, a Soviet pilot & cosmonaut became the most famous person on Earth.
Two days later, the residents of the Soviet capital took to the streets, carrying flowers and posters that welcomed Gagarin who had arrived in Moscow. In late April, the first man in space went on a global tour to share his impressions with people all over the world.
🌐 In the next two years following this history-making event, Yury Gagarin visited over 30 countries where he was given a hero’s welcome. His tour was unofficially named the Peace Mission. Despite his immense popularity, Gagarin remained his own usual self and continued to engage in what he liked most – aviation and cosmonautics – for the rest of his life.
Yury #Gagarin was only 27 years old then. He had experienced various hardships earlier in life, spending his childhood years in his home town in Nazi-occupied territory during the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he joined the Saratov air club, for many years he trained hard to become a professional pilot. Gagarin eventually joined the first Soviet cosmonaut squad.
On that memorable April morning, he was preparing to take off into the unknown where no human being had ever been before. A photographer took images of the cosmonaut’s face before the flight. Gagarin showed absolutely no fear, flashing his famous smile and concentrating on his responsible assignment.
🧑🚀 Yury Gagarin spent 108 minutes in outer space, orbited the Earth and successfully landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region.
While in orbit, he maintained radio contact with Earth, conducted observations through a porthole, controlled the operation of the spacecraft’s systems and made a few experiments.
📰 The media widely announced Yury Gagarin’s mission 55 minutes after the Vostok rocket lifted off. It became the most quoted news story worldwide. Instantly, a Soviet pilot & cosmonaut became the most famous person on Earth.
Two days later, the residents of the Soviet capital took to the streets, carrying flowers and posters that welcomed Gagarin who had arrived in Moscow. In late April, the first man in space went on a global tour to share his impressions with people all over the world.
🌐 In the next two years following this history-making event, Yury Gagarin visited over 30 countries where he was given a hero’s welcome. His tour was unofficially named the Peace Mission. Despite his immense popularity, Gagarin remained his own usual self and continued to engage in what he liked most – aviation and cosmonautics – for the rest of his life.
04.04.202514:03
◾️ 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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28.01.202520:15
🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (New York, January 28, 2025)💬 Vassily Nebenzia: The UN Security Council has on numerous occasions discussed the situation surrounding the steps by Israel to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Council members have consistently and unequivocally condemned West Jerusalem's efforts to wreck the Agency, which, as we all realize, is absolutely irreplaceable for Gazans and the West Bank.
This follows also from the latest UN reports, which indicate that it is precisely UNRWA that provides a significant share of the aid distributed to the population there, including the aid that began to massively flow into the enclave following the deal reached between Israel and Hamas. What is of great help here is the Agency's experience, its far-reaching system for providing humanitarian assistance as well as the Agency’s infrastructure established over decades. <...>
⚠️ We never saw any substantiated evidence to prove Israeli’s allegations regarding the Agency’s non-compliance with the principle of neutrality and the involvement of 19 UNRWA staff in October 7th ruthless attack by Hamas in 2023. Moreover, no accusation could serve as grounds for banning UNRWA’s work, as this Agency was established not by Israel but by a decision of the entire international community back in 1949.
We have repeatedly emphasized that the Israeli legislative acts not only violate the norms of international law, including the UN Charter, the 4th Geneva Convention and relevant GA decisions, but also contradict the conditions for Israel's joining the UN back in 1949, which include the compliance with and the implementation of two flagship UNGA resolutions – UNGAR 181 with the Palestine Partition Plan and UNGAR 194 on Palestinian refugees.
Moreover, Israel’s ban on the Agency's activities and the revocation of its privileges and immunities are at odds with the purposes and principles of the UN and constitute a flagrant violation by West Jerusalem of its international legal obligations, including those stemming from the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.
❗️ No State has the right to unilaterally deprive UN agencies and its personnel of their privileges and immunities. Such an approach renders meaningless the very notion of privileges and immunities, which is supposed to ensure the unhindered performance of duties by international officials. <...>
☝️ We reaffirm our readiness to contribute to developing any UN initiatives, including within the Security Council, geared at maintaining UNRWA's presence in the OPT and ensuring the safety of its personnel.
We support the calls on Israel issued by the UN Secretary General and the UNRWA Commissioner General, and demand that Israel uphold its international legal obligations and repeal the aforementioned legislative acts.
It is important to bear in mind that the implementation of the laws banning UNRWA’s work would deal a serious blow to the ceasefire, which we all have a stake in, and which is already very fragile.
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