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‼️8️⃣9️⃣5️⃣ ‼️ Alexander Ovechkinhas just set the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring record!
🔝 In a recent regular season game, the Russian forward for the Washington Capitals scored the 895th goal of his career, officially surpassing Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer.
❗️ Fittingly, Ovechkin reached this milestone against the New York Islanders – the same team Gretzky was facing on March 29, 1999, when he set what many believed would be an unbreakable record.
🏆 That record stood for 26 years… until today.
🔥 Interestingly, this is the fourth major milestone Ovechkin has hit in games against the Islanders. In January 2020, after scoring on Semyon Varlamov, he entered the NHL’s top 10, surpassing Mario Lemieux. In March 2021, he climbed to 6th by passing Phil Esposito. Then in March 2022, he moved into the top 3 by overtaking Jaromir Jagr.
⚡️ Now, Ovechkin stands at the very top of the all-time goal list. He’s also the only active player in the top 10. The next closest active player, Sidney Crosby, sits in 18th place with 622 goals – far behind. Ovi’s record is likely to stand for a long time.
✊ And the journey isn’t over yet. With a full season left on his contract with the Capitals, there’s every reason to believe he’ll raise the bar even higher.
👏 Huge congratulations to Alexander! Wishing him health, strength, and continued success. The Gr8 just keeps getting gr8ter.
👉 Top 10 NHL Goal Scorers of All Time:
1. Alexander Ovechkin — 895 2. Wayne Gretzky — 894 3. Gordie Howe — 801 4. Jaromir Jagr — 766 5. Brett Hull — 741 6. Marcel Dionne — 731 7. Phil Esposito — 717 8. Mike Gartner — 708 9. Mark Messier — 694 10. Steve Yzerman — 692
07.04.202516:54
🎙 Statement by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Mogilevsky, at the Ministerial Segment of the 28th UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development:
📍 April 7, 2025, Geneva
🇷🇺 Russia currently stands among the top ten countries in the world in terms of research and development volume. Maintaining the high results and ensuring the country's technological leadership are enshrined in the Russian Presidential Decree on the National Development Goals until 2036. According to forecasts, total R&D expenditure is expected to reach at least 2% of GDP by 2030. Currently, the consolidated budget for Russian science stands at 15 billion USD.
🎯 To achieve these goals, we follow the updated Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation through 2030. It is based on three key principles:
First
– maintaining the leading role of the state in funding fundamental research;
Second – ensuring the human resource potential of Russian science;
Third – developing advanced research infrastructure.
🔬Russia has established shared-use centers for scientific and technological equipment, operates 17 world-class research centers, and has completed or is finalizing construction of eight unique “megascience” facilities. These scientific centers are open to researchers from around the world.
👩🔬 Our country has more than 130,000 female scientists, accounting for nearly 40% of the total number of researchers. This makes Russia one of the global leaders in gender equality in the scientific and technological sphere.
🥼 The central annual event of Russia’s Decade of Science and Technology isthe Congress of Young Scientists. Its aim is to promote and support the involvement of youth in scientific activities. It is a large-scale event: last year, more than 7,000 participants from Russia and 63 foreign countries took part. This year, the V Congress will be held in Sochi at the end of November.
🌐 In addition to the Congress, the "NAUKA 0+" Festival will take place this autumn across Russia and in various countries worldwide. It is an educational project dedicated to the latest scientific discoveries that are shaping our future. Within the framework of the Festival, outstanding scientists deliver lectures on their research and innovations. I take this opportunityto invite you all to participate in the programs of both the Congress and the Festival.
❗ Joint statement delivered by a Russian representative during the General Debate on Agenda Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
📍 March 14, 2025, Geneva
🎙️ I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of a group of 41 countries.
🌟 This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War. That war turned into the greatest tragedy for the peoples of Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. A threat to the very basic principles of civilization was averted at the cost of tremendous joint efforts and grave losses.
🇺🇳 This historic event lead to the creation of the United Nations as well as of the entire system of contemporary international relations. Those who fought against Nazism were able to overcome their differences for the sake of preserving humanity. The same cooperative spirit guided the elaboration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that had an enormous impact on shaping the current world order and contemporary international law.
🌐 The objectives set for the UN and the UDHR are still relevant. Among them are strengthening of an equitable world order based on the principles of humanism and mutually beneficial cooperation, effective maintenance of international peace and security, promotion and protection of human rights, as well as sustainable development in the political, socioeconomic, cultural and other spheres.
🕯️ The recognition of that Victory as a common and enduring value for the whole of mankind is essential for the consolidation of the international community to address dangerous modern challenges and threats. The memory of the Victory over Nazism, fascism and militarism is crucial for preventing attempts to revise the outcomes of the Second World War and the Judgements of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. It is also important in light of the principles and objectives of the UN, including countering human rights violations and crimes based on racial, national and ethnic origin and the spread of intolerance and related contemporary forms of discrimination.
❗️ Our common goal must be universal respect for human rights in order to stimulate the creation of a more equitable world order which would take into account the multipolarity of today’s world and traditional values of humanity.
❗ Выступление представителя Российской Федерации в ходе интерактивного диалога по ситуации в Иране на 58-й сессии Совета ООН по правам человека:
📍 18 марта 2025 г., Женева
🇮🇷 Россия последовательно отвергает попытки политизации правозащитной проблематики, ставшей в руках «коллективного Запада» инструментом давления на государства, не желающих идти по навязываемому им извне курсу. На примере Ирана видно, как под псевдогуманистическими предлогами западные страны продолжают следовать давно апробированному ими курсу на дестабилизацию обстановки в неугодных для них государствах, в том числе путём поддержки беспорядков и насилия.
❗️ В целях «ускорения» этого процесса ужесточается нелегитимный санкционный режим в отношении Ирана, имеющий серьёзные гуманитарные последствия. Сохранение санкционного давления наглядно показывает, чего на самом деле стоят заявления Запада о якобы «заботе» о правах жителей этой страны.
❌ Привнесение деструктивных подходов на площадку профильных международных структур, включая СПЧ, считаем неприемлемым. Выступаем категорически против ежегодно принимаемых Советом политизированных и оторванных от реальности резолюций по ситуации в Иране, которые не имеют ничего общего с защитой прав человека. Исходим из того, что навешивание ярлыков по политическим мотивам лишь дискредитирует органы системы ООН. При этом сами инициаторы подобных шагов, как известно, имеют далеко не самую безупречную репутацию в правозащитной сфере.
🇷🇺 1️⃣1️⃣ years ago, on March 16, 2014, the historic referendum was held in Crimea – residents of the peninsula unequivocally voted FOR reuniting with their historical homeland, Russia.
🗳 Participation in the referendum was both voluntary and free. An impressive 96.77 percent of the Crimean population voted in favour of becoming part of Russia, with a blasting turnout of 83.1 percent. In Sevastopol, 95.6 percent supported the move, with a turnout of 89.5 percent.
The Crimean referendum was monitored by 135 international observers from 23 countries, alongside 1,240 observers from Crimean organisations, and was reported on by 623 journalists representing 169 media outlets.
🎙 From the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (March 13, 2025):
On that day, Crimean citizens made a free, conscious and independent choice regarding their own and their children’s future. This was a fair and long-awaited decision for Crimeans as well as for all citizens of our country.
✍️ Following the free expression of will by the Crimean people, the Republic of Crimea signed an international treaty with Russia on March 18, 2014, formalising its accession.
Over the past 11 years, the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol have become fully integrated into the political, legal and economic framework of Russia. Significant infrastructure projects have been undertaken, including the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, the Crimea-Kuban gas pipeline, the Tavrida federal motorway, Simferopol airport, and hundreds of other healthcare, educational, social and engineering facilities.
☝️ Interfaith accord and harmony are preserved in the peninsula, interests of all ethnic groups are taken into account. A complete national and cultural autonomy for the Crimean Tatars has been established, with their representatives participating in local government. The Crimean Tatar language has been recognised as a state language alongside Russian and Ukrainian.
Economic breakthrough and overall advancements achieved over these years, coupled with an unprecedented rise in living standards, the development of infrastructure, and the established interfaith peace in the peninsula, all reaffirm that the choice made by the Crimeans 11 years ago was the only correct one.
In the early hours of March 11, the neo-Nazi Kiev junta once again made its cowardly terrorist nature clear to everyone by attacking Russian regions, including Moscow and the Moscow Region, with a barrage of UAVs carrying projectiles.
According to the Defence Ministry, duty air defence facilities downed 337 drones, including 126 over the Kursk Region, 91 over the Moscow Region, and 38 over the Bryansk Region, as well as 25 over the Belgorod Region, and 22 over the Ryazan Region. Unfortunately, multiple casualties, including children, were reported.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has swiftly launched an investigation into this crime. The circumstances of the attack are being established. All those involved and responsible for this and other terrorist attacks on our land will be held accountable.
The shelling of population centres in many Russian regions, as well as ruthless and indiscriminate killings of civilians, are indicative of the agony of the neo-Nazi Zelensky-led regime, which has bogged down in terrorism, lawlessness, corruption, and cynicism. Overcome by impotent rage, and in an effort to please its Western handlers, the regime strives to kill and maim as many innocent people as it can.
Without a doubt, this drone attack was planned in advance and timed to coincide with today’ s US-Ukraine contacts on conflict resolution held in Saudi Arabia. It was also a message to new OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu, now in Moscow on a working visit. Using these barbaric methods, the Kiev clique, which is suffering daily defeats on the battlefield, is trying to prove its ability to negotiate “from a position of strength.”
The Zelensky regime, which has lost its grip on reality, has clearly showed a glaring lack of political will for achieving peace and negotiated settlement of the conflict. It remains obsessed with the idea to defeat Russia, widely using cynical methods of terror and seeking to draw its allies into its aggressive actions.
❗️ Clearly, the blame for this attack lies with the countries that continue to stubbornly and irresponsibly flood Ukraine’ s ruling clique with lethal weapons, thereby enabling its bloody acts.
The anti-humane Kiev regime has made clear as day its neo-Nazi and terrorist nature, impotence, and inability to achieve and honour agreements. It has long deserved to be unambiguously and resolutely denounced by all conscientious governments and international entities. Further supporting it is tantamount to being complicit in crimes committed by the Zelensky-led junta.
25.03.202517:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Key Outcomes of the Meeting Between Russian and US Expert Groups:
1️⃣ In accordance with the agreement between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, the Russian and US sideshave agreed to implement the "Black Sea Initiative", which includes ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black Sea, the non-use of force, and the prevention of the use of commercial vessels for military purposes, through the organization of proper control measures, such as inspections of such vessels.
2️⃣ The US will facilitate the restoration of access for Russian exports of agricultural products and fertilizers to global markets, reduce the cost of maritime insurance, and expand access to ports and payment systems for carrying out such transactions.
❗️ Note: Points 1 and 2 will enter into force after:
– The lifting of sanctions imposed on Rosselkhozbank and other financial institutions involved in supporting international trade operations for foodstuffs (including fish products) and fertilizers, including their reconnection to SWIFT and the opening of necessary correspondent accounts;
– The removal of restrictions on trade financing operations;
– The lifting of sanctions on foodstuffs (including fish products) and fertilizer producers and exporters, as well as the removal of restrictions on insurance companies working with cargoes of foodstuffs and fertilizers;
– The lifting of port service restrictions and sanctions on vessels flying the Russian flag engaged in food and fertilizer trade;
– The removal of restrictions on the supply of agricultural machinery and other goods involved in the production of foodstuffs and fertilizers (including fish products) to the Russian Federation.
3️⃣ Russia and the US have agreed to develop measures for implementing the agreement between the presidents of the two countries on a ban on strikes against energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine for a period of 30 days, starting from March 18, 2025, with a possibility of extension or withdrawal from the agreement in case of non-compliance by either side.
4️⃣ Russia and the US welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements.
5️⃣ Russia and the US will continue working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace.
🎙️ Statement by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding yet another terrorist attack by the Kiev regime against a film crew of Channel One (Russia):
⚡ On March 26, in Russia’s Belgorod Region near the Ukrainian border, a vehicle with a Channel One film crew, who was on an editorial assignment, hit a mine planted by militants of the Kiev regime.
◾ As a result of the terrorist act, military correspondent Anna Prokofyeva was killed, and cameraman Dmitry Volkov sustained serious injuries.
🕯️ We express our condolences to the family and loved ones of Ms. Prokofyeva, who carried out her professional duty until her last breath. We wish Mr. Volkov a speedy and full recovery.
◾ The Kiev regime has unleashed real terror against Russian journalists and military correspondents, relentlessly hunting them down with murderous intent. In just the past few days, four Russian media workers have been killed in a series of targeted attacks by Ukrainian militants. Many civilians - including members of the media, whom international law also classifies as civilians - have suffered serious injuries.
◾ In every case, Ukrainian neo-Nazis deliberately tracked down unarmed journalists and their crews and attacked them with the intent to kill - often using Western-supplied weapons, provided by so-called "defenders of press freedom and champions of journalist safety".
❗ We call on all responsible governments, the professional journalistic community, and human rights organizations to strongly condemn the systematic attacks by the Kiev regime on Russian journalists and its other crimes against the civilian population committed by the Zelenskiy clique.
❗ We demand an immediate response to the murder of Anna Prokofyeva and other representatives of Russian media from relevant international bodies – first and foremost, the Director-General of UNESCO, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
❗ We demand that they take comprehensive measures to stop the Ukrainian neo-Nazis from carrying out attacks on members of the press, as required by their mandates. Silence in the face of such flagrant brutality – or attempts to deflect with meaningless statements – will be seen by us as deliberate complicity with the Kiev regime in continuing its hunt for journalists.
❗ All those responsible for this and other crimes will be identified and brought to justice, receiving the deserved and inevitable punishment.
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"
🎙️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on historical revisionism in Western countries:
📍 March 30, 2025, Moscow
❓Question: Why are there ongoing efforts today to rewrite history, downplay, or even deny the role of the Red Army and the Soviet people in the victory over Nazism?
💬 Minister Lavrov: I believe it’s a traditional position of the West – to weaken its competitors. The Europeans dominated for about 500 years, primarily because they wanted to conquer as much land and subjugate as many people as possible. In fact, all the great tragedies of humanity before 1939, including World War II, were initiated by Europeans. From colonialism, slavery, the Turkish wars, World War I, and World War II – all were attempts by whichever European power was rising at the time to suppress its rivals.
⚔️ There’s nothing new in competition – states and peoples have always competed. But the methods used by Europe to suppress its competitors have been horrific. These "instincts" are deeply embedded in today’s European society – especially among the elites currently in power in most EU and NATO countries. Although the opposition begins to develop some understanding of the unacceptability of such actions and policies.
🇺🇦 The instincts of the European ruling class are clearly manifested in what is happening in Ukraine – in the war that the West has unleashed against the Russian Federation through the hands of the Kiev regime and at the cost of Ukrainian lives. Just like in the Patriotic War of 1812 when Napoleon gathered almost all of Europe under his banners, or Hitler, who after conquering most of Europe, enlisted the French, Spaniards, and many other European nations to fight on his side. The French carried out punitive operations, and the Spaniards participated in the blockade of Leningrad. This is a well-known fact.
❗️ The trend of rewriting history and equating Nazi war criminals – recognized as such by the Nuremberg Tribunal – with the liberators of Europe has been present for quite a while in the Baltics, Poland, and several other EU countries. This is a trend that must be firmly resisted. For example, Russia’s exhibition in the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has been closed for several years now. We are not allowed to update our exhibition or participate in events there. Astonishingly, this year, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the camp’s liberation, those who turned it into a death camp were present, but those who liberated it were not.
🇺🇳 I am particularly concerned by the behavior of the UN Secretary-General – not because he as a person is close to ideals, but because of his role. He is a Portuguese citizen who has worked in international organizations for much of his life and should understand what it means to be the UN Secretary-General in accordance with Article 100 of the UN Charter. It states that he should not seek or receive instructions from any government and must remain neutral and work solely toward the goals of the UN Charter. Yet Mr. Guterres, speaking at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, didn’t once mention the Red Army, even though this memorial day exists because of the heroism of the Red Army. That’s a sad trend.
🛡️ This is not a new phenomenon stemming from their anger over the special military operation. It’s a longstanding trend, and we must fight it. We are doing so, primarily at the UN. With the help of our expert community, we’re organizing seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and declassifying documents. We have no right to let this truth be forgotten.
🇷🇺🇧🇾 Russian President Vladimir Putin on a potential Russia-Ukraine ceasefireduring his joint press conference with the Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko:
📍 March 13, 2025, Moscow
🕊️ Firstly, we are grateful for the international efforts aimed at achieving the noble mission of ending hostilities and human losses. Secondly, we agree with the proposals to cease hostilities.
❗️ However, we proceed from the understanding that such a cessation must lead to a long-term peace and eliminate the root causes of this crisis.
🇺🇦 Now, regarding Ukraine's readiness to halt combat operations. You know, the US-Ukraine meeting in Saudi Arabia may outwardly appear as a Ukrainian decision made under American pressure. But in reality, I am absolutely convinced that the Ukrainian side should have been the one urgently requesting this from the Americans, given the situation developing on the ground.
⚔️ The enemy force that invaded the Kursk region is now isolated – completely cut off and under full fire control. The Ukrainian command has lost control over its troops inside this incursion zone. And if complete physical encirclement occurs in the coming days, then no one will be able to get out at all. There will be only two options: surrender or death.
👉 Under these conditions, I believe it would be highly beneficial for the Ukrainian side to secure a ceasefire, even if only for 30 days. And we are in favor of it, but there are nuances:
❓ If we cease hostilities for 30 days, what is supposed to happen to the Kursk incursion zone? Are we supposed to simply let them go after they have committed numerous crimes against civilians? Or will the Ukrainian leadership order them to lay down their arms and surrender? How will this be handled? It is unclear.
❓ How will other issues along the entire front line – stretching almost 2,000 kilometers – be resolved, as Russian forces are advancing on almost all directions of the battlefield.
❓ How will these 30 days be used? Will Ukraine use them to continue forced mobilization? To receive additional weapon shipments? To train newly mobilized units? Or will none of that take place?
❓ How will control and verification mechanisms be established? How will the monitoring be organized?
❓ Who will issue the ceasefire orders? And how reliable will these orders be?
❓ Who will determine where and by whom a potential ceasefire agreement has been violated?
🤝 That is why, in principle, the idea is a sound one and something we certainly support. Yet there are questions that need to be discussed first.
❗ Joint statement delivered by a Russian representative during the General Debate on Agenda Item 9: “Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action”, 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
📍 March 27, 2025, Geneva
🎙️ I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of a group of countries.
👏 Next year we are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, an embodiment of the world’s commitment to tackle the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
☝️ Yet a quarter of a century later these relics of the colonial past still exist. We are deeply concerned by the proliferation of hatred around the world, which stigmatizes and dehumanizes persons based on their race, ethnicity, language, nationality or origin.
🔥 The worst thing is that hate speech and hateful acts are often caused by the lack of political will to combat them by the authorities of certain countries, that regularly speak about democracy, human rights, equality and justice, but constantly ignore the Durban outcomes.
❗ We are deeply concerned by the unprecedented scale and depth of discrimination unleashed by the authorities of those countries based on racial, ethnic and linguistic grounds. Widespread practices include the refusal to provide educational, medical, banking and other services, seizure of property, to say nothing of the physical assaults, threats and insults.
❌ We condemn and reject in the strongest terms such acts and emphasize once again our firm position that actions aimed at advocacy and manifestation of racial, national, ethnic or linguistic intolerance flagrantly violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, core international human rights treaties and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
🕊️ We call upon all States to take measures at national, regional and international levels to achieve the goal of peaceful and harmonious co-existence, when individuals enjoy equal rights and mutual respect without distinction by race, ethnicity, language, religion or origin.
🇺🇳 Finally, we urge the Human Rights Council and its Special Procedures as well as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to speak out against racial, national, ethnic and linguistic intolerance and attach greater importance to finding ways of eliminating this disgraceful phenomenon, consistent inter alia with the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
❓ Question: Which general international and foreign political conclusions – both positive and negative – can Russia draw after three years of the special military operation? Did we get the very “experience, the son of difficult errors,” in the words of the classic?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The last three years became the “moment of truth” of a kind. Following the launch of the special military operation to protect the people of Donbass and Novorossiya, the collective West showed what it is worth. Both the infamous rule of law and basic rules of decency were cast aside. <...>
A new global divide was formed de-facto with the western minority on one side, and the World majority on the other. These are all countries, as well as people of goodwill in the West, who stand for the establishment of a multipolar world supported by a balance of interests.
I believe the main lesson is as follows: we must rely on ourselves in main issues of the functioning of the country and our trusted friends who stayed with us in difficult times.
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❓ Question: Do you support the opinion that US President Donald Trump must take an active participation in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and become a sort of a peacemaker?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would not like to run too far ahead. As President of Russia Vladimir Putinsaid a number of times, we are always ready for talks. Yet, our national interests must be guaranteed.
The root cause of the conflict in Ukraine must be eradicated – the President highlighted this aspect of the utmost importance in his telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on February 12.
I would like to remind you that, first and foremost, we speak about eradication of threats to security of Russia from the Ukrainian and the western direction, which emerged following the NATO expansion to the east and the necessity to cease the practice, which the Kiev regime adopted, to exterminate everything which is somewhat connected to Russia and the Russian world. <...>
It is too early to make far-reaching conclusions from what we have just heard from Donald Trump’s administration, but it is encouraging. The President of the United States admitted himself that the NATO expansion and attempts to get Ukraine involved in it became one of the root causes of the conflict.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks about the multipolarity of the modern world and the need to respect the interests of all states, both large and small. For the first time in three years, US diplomats voted jointly with Russia and our associates in the UN against the odious resolution of the General Assembly promoted by Kiev and its patrons from the European Union. <...>
❓ Question: This year, Russia will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. <...> Are we doing everything right to fully preserve the state’s historical memory of the past and the present?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is the pinnacle event of the year. The Foreign Ministry, as well as other government agencies, is preparing to celebrate it in the most fitting manner, paying tribute to the memory of the heroic deeds of our predecessors. <...>
Despite the information war launched by the collective West, Russia’s voice is heard clearly on the international stage. The world understands that falsifying history and undermining spiritual and moral values will result in deteriorating statehood and the loss of sovereignty. Ukraine is a tragic example of this. <...>
This is why the appeal of the CIS Heads of State to the peoples of the CIS and the international community on the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 was adopted on October 8, 2024 in Moscow.
The year of 2025 in the CIS was declared the Year of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War – Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight against Nazism.
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❗ Right of reply by a Russian representative during the General Debate on Agenda Item 4, 58thSesson of the UN Human Rights Council:
📍 March 21, 2025, Geneva
🤐 The whole world is witnessing how the so-called "enlightened Europe", which lectures others on international platforms, is all too willing to abandon the ideals it once held sacred in favor of political expediency and narrow self-interest. In the European Union, which boasts of its commitment to "freedom of speech", the information space is being systematically cleansedof alternative viewpoints, while independent media outlets are being blocked or shut down.
🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 In the Baltic states, the level of Russophobia and blatant discrimination against the Russian-speaking population has reached shocking levels. A "repressive" migration policy is being systematically implemented, aimed at expelling all Russians. Our compatriots are being deprived of the right to educate their children in their native Russian language, to have equal access to basic services, and to participate in electoral processes – all for the sake of creating some kind of a "mono-state".
🗳️ Speaking of electoral processes, in several Eastern European countries, the cancellation of election results expressing the will of their citizens and the refusal to register obvious frontrunnersin elections under obviously fabricated pretexts have become routine occurrences.
🇺🇦 We have repeatedly spoken about the rapidly deteriorating situation in the sphere of human rights protection and promotion in Ukraine. The systematic violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms has become the norm there. Blatant indifference of international structures has led to the Kiev regime continuing to demonstrate inhumane treatment of civilians and open disregard for international law, as it carries out massive shelling of cities and populated areas using Western-supplied weapons.
🇪🇺🇨🇦🇦🇺 In EU countries and Canada, the rights of peaceful protesters are regularly violated (take France for example), while racism, sexual violence, human trafficking, and the cruel treatment of migrants thrive. Scandals over the mistreatment of indigenous populations continue to surface in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Canada. Meanwhile, the authorities of Australia flatly refuse to learn from their past, continuing to systematically violate the rights of indigenous peoples.
🔥 Ultra-nationalist and neo-fascist groups are once again gaining momentum on the basis of intolerance. Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are rampant in France, Germany, Spain, and Canada. The latter continues to hypocritically serve as a refuge for former Nazis of all stripes, which is especially disrespectful in the year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
🇷🇺🇺🇳 On March 24, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Vershinin, heading the Russian interagency delegation composed of representatives from relevant ministries and interested companies, held another round of consultations in Moscow with UNCTAD Secretary-General, Rebeca Grynspan, and UN experts.
🌾 An extensive exchange of views took place on the issue of global food security, with a focus on efforts to ensure the implementation of the Russia-UN Memorandum on normalizing Russian agricultural exports. The key importance of unimpeded access for Russian fertilizers and food to global markets was emphasized, as their deliveries have been seriously impeded by the unlawful unilateral Western sanctions.
❗️ In this context, issues of safe navigation in the Black Sea were also considered. The parties discussed parameters for the implementation of Russian humanitarian initiatives, including the gratuitous transfer of mineral fertilizers, which were arbitrarily blocked in EU ports, to the struggling countries.
Көбүрөөк функцияларды ачуу үчүн кириңиз.
"Russian Mission Geneva" тобундагы акыркы жазуулар
🎙 Statement by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Mogilevsky, at the Ministerial Segment of the 28th UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development:
📍 April 7, 2025, Geneva
🇷🇺 Russia currently stands among the top ten countries in the world in terms of research and development volume. Maintaining the high results and ensuring the country's technological leadership are enshrined in the Russian Presidential Decree on the National Development Goals until 2036. According to forecasts, total R&D expenditure is expected to reach at least 2% of GDP by 2030. Currently, the consolidated budget for Russian science stands at 15 billion USD.
🎯 To achieve these goals, we follow the updated Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation through 2030. It is based on three key principles:
First
– maintaining the leading role of the state in funding fundamental research;
Second – ensuring the human resource potential of Russian science;
Third – developing advanced research infrastructure.
🔬Russia has established shared-use centers for scientific and technological equipment, operates 17 world-class research centers, and has completed or is finalizing construction of eight unique “megascience” facilities. These scientific centers are open to researchers from around the world.
👩🔬 Our country has more than 130,000 female scientists, accounting for nearly 40% of the total number of researchers. This makes Russia one of the global leaders in gender equality in the scientific and technological sphere.
🥼 The central annual event of Russia’s Decade of Science and Technology isthe Congress of Young Scientists. Its aim is to promote and support the involvement of youth in scientific activities. It is a large-scale event: last year, more than 7,000 participants from Russia and 63 foreign countries took part. This year, the V Congress will be held in Sochi at the end of November.
🌐 In addition to the Congress, the "NAUKA 0+" Festival will take place this autumn across Russia and in various countries worldwide. It is an educational project dedicated to the latest scientific discoveries that are shaping our future. Within the framework of the Festival, outstanding scientists deliver lectures on their research and innovations. I take this opportunityto invite you all to participate in the programs of both the Congress and the Festival.
🎙️ Из выступления заместителя Министра науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации К.И.Могилевского на Министерском сегменте 28-ой Комиссии ООН по науке и технике в целях развития:
📍 7 апреля 2025 г., Женева
🇷🇺 На сегодняшний день Россия входит в десятку ведущих стран планеты по объёму научных исследований и разработок. Сохранение высоких показателей, а также обеспечение технологического лидерства страны закреплено в президентском Указе о национальных целях развития России до 2036 г.По прогнозам, уровень общих затрат на науку должен составить не менее 2% ВВП к 2030 г. В настоящее время совокупный бюджет российской науки достигает 15 млрд. долл. США (1,3 трлн. рублей).
– сохранение ведущей роли государства в финансировании фундаментальных исследований;
Второй – обеспечение кадрового потенциала российской науки;
Третий – развитие передовой исследовательской инфраструктуры.
🔬 В России созданы центры коллективного пользования научно-технологическим оборудованием, работают 17 научных центров мирового уровня, завершено или завершается строительство восьми уникальных научных установок класса «мегасайенс». Эти объекты научной инфраструктуры открыты для учёных со всего мира.
👩🔬 Среди российских учёных насчитывается более 130 тысяч женщин. Это составляет почти 40% от общего числа исследователей. Этот показатель делает Россию одним из мировых лидеров по гендерному равенству в научно-технологической сфере.
🥼 Центральное ежегодное событие в рамках Десятилетия науки и технологий – Конгресс молодых ученых. Его цель – продвижение и поддержка молодежи в научной деятельности. Это очень масштабное мероприятие. В прошлом году в нём приняло участие более 7000 человек из России и 63 иностранных государств. В этом году V Конгресс пройдёт в конце ноября в Сочи.
🌐 Кроме Конгресса осенью по всей России и в разных странах мира состоится Фестиваль «НАУКА 0+» – просветительский проект о последних научных открытиях, которые определяют наше будущее. В рамках Фестиваля выдающиеся учёные выступают с лекциями о своих наработках. Пользуясь случаем, хотел быпригласить всех принять участие в программах Конгресса и Фестиваля.
‼️8️⃣9️⃣5️⃣ ‼️ Alexander Ovechkinhas just set the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring record!
🔝 In a recent regular season game, the Russian forward for the Washington Capitals scored the 895th goal of his career, officially surpassing Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer.
❗️ Fittingly, Ovechkin reached this milestone against the New York Islanders – the same team Gretzky was facing on March 29, 1999, when he set what many believed would be an unbreakable record.
🏆 That record stood for 26 years… until today.
🔥 Interestingly, this is the fourth major milestone Ovechkin has hit in games against the Islanders. In January 2020, after scoring on Semyon Varlamov, he entered the NHL’s top 10, surpassing Mario Lemieux. In March 2021, he climbed to 6th by passing Phil Esposito. Then in March 2022, he moved into the top 3 by overtaking Jaromir Jagr.
⚡️ Now, Ovechkin stands at the very top of the all-time goal list. He’s also the only active player in the top 10. The next closest active player, Sidney Crosby, sits in 18th place with 622 goals – far behind. Ovi’s record is likely to stand for a long time.
✊ And the journey isn’t over yet. With a full season left on his contract with the Capitals, there’s every reason to believe he’ll raise the bar even higher.
👏 Huge congratulations to Alexander! Wishing him health, strength, and continued success. The Gr8 just keeps getting gr8ter.
👉 Top 10 NHL Goal Scorers of All Time:
1. Alexander Ovechkin — 895 2. Wayne Gretzky — 894 3. Gordie Howe — 801 4. Jaromir Jagr — 766 5. Brett Hull — 741 6. Marcel Dionne — 731 7. Phil Esposito — 717 8. Mike Gartner — 708 9. Mark Messier — 694 10. Steve Yzerman — 692
04.04.202515:43
❗ Statement by a Russian representative at the High-Level Segment of the UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development:
📍 April 2, 2025, Geneva
🎯 Russia remains committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), taking into account national priorities. Measures aimed at implementing the SDGs are integrated into relevant national strategic and programmatic documents.
🏥 Our country is among the world leaders in most indicators of SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being). From the beginning and throughout their lives, Russian citizens are provided with free medical care under the State Guarantees Program. The goals of targets 3.1 and 3.2, related to reducing maternal and child mortality, are supported by a three-tier healthcare model. To detect hereditary diseases early, more than 95% of all newborns in Russia are screened annually, allowing for timely treatment when necessary.
🚦 According to WHO data, Russia is among the ten countries that have managed to reduce road traffic mortality by at least 50%, thereby achieving the relevant SDG 3 target ahead of schedule. One of the key contributing factors is the emergency medical service’s response time to traffic accidents – in over 95% of cases in the past three years, emergency teams arrived within 20 minutes.
👩 An important element of our efforts to implement SDG 5 (Gender Equality) is the National Strategy for Women 2023-2030, which promotes women’s participation in political and public life and supports women’s entrepreneurship (with women making up about 40% of entrepreneurs). We are consistently integrating the principle of gender equality into legislation, including through support for traditional family values.
📈 Creating a favorable business environment is one of the priorities in implementing SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth). As a result of Russian Government measures to simplify business requirements and reduce administrative barriers, the number of people employed in the small and medium-sized enterprise sector has reached 31.276 million, according to the latest data.
🤝 Russia remains a responsible international donor and is committed to fulfilling its obligations within the framework of the Global Partnership envisaged by SDG 17. The total volume of official development assistance provided by our country has doubled over the past decade and currently averages around $1 billion annually.
❗️ In the context of forming new partnerships and approaches to international cooperation for sustainable development, it is crucial to avoid fragmentation, which may lead to increased transaction costs and reduced aid effectiveness. Major obstacles include unilateral coercive measures and the unwillingness of so-called developed countries to share technologies, which exacerbates inequality, including digital inequality.
❗ Из выступления представителя Российской Федерации в ходе сегмента высокого уровня Регионального форума ЕЭК ООН по устойчивому развитию:
📍 2 апреля 2025 г., Женева
🎯 Россия привержена достижению Целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР) с учётом национальных приоритетов. Меры, направленные на реализацию ЦУР, интегрированы в соответствующие национальные программные документы и стратегии.
🏥 Наша страна является одним из мировых лидеров по большинству показателей выполненияЦУР-3 (здоровый образ жизни и благополучие). Граждане России с момента рождения и на протяжении всей жизни обеспечены бесплатной медицинской помощью на основе профильной Программы государственных гарантий. Реализации задач 3.1 и 3.2, касающихся снижения материнской и детской смертности, способствует трёхуровневая модель оказания медпомощи. С целью раннего выявления наследственных заболеваний в России каждый год обследуется более 95% всех новорожденных, что позволяет в случае необходимости своевременно начать лечение.
🚦 По данным ВОЗ, Россия вошла в число десяти стран, которымудалось снизить смертность в ДТП не менее чем на 50% и, таким образом, досрочно выполнить соответствующий показатель ЦУР-3. Одним из ключевых факторов здесь является время прибытия бригад скорой помощи на место ДТП – в России за последние три года этот показатель не превышал 20 минут в более чем 95% случаев.
👩 Важным элементом наших усилий по выполнению ЦУР-5 (гендерное равенство) является реализация Национальной стратегии действий в интересах женщин на 2023-2030 гг., направленная на стимулирование их участия в политической и общественной жизни, а также развитие женского предпринимательства (доля женщин среди предпринимателей составляет около 40%). Мы последовательно интегрируем принцип гендерного равенства в законодательство, в том числе через поддержку традиционных семейных ценностей.
📈 Формирование благоприятной предпринимательской среды – один из приоритетов реализации ЦУР-8 (достойная работа и экономический рост). Благодаря принятым Правительством России мерам по упрощению условий ведения бизнеса и снижению административных барьеров, численность занятых в сфере малого и среднего предпринимательства по последним данным составила 31 млн 276 тыс. человек.
🤝 Россия остается ответственным международным донором и привержена выполнению обязательств в рамках Глобального партнерства, предусмотренного ЦУР-17. Общий объем предоставляемой нашей страной официальной помощи развитию за последнее десятилетие вырос в два раза и в среднем составляет около 1 млрд долл. в год.
❗️ В условиях формирования новых партнёрств и подходов в сфере международного сотрудничества в интересах устойчивого развития очень важно избегать фрагментации, которая может привести к росту транзакционных издержек и снижению эффективности помощи. Ключевыми препятствиями являются односторонние принудительные меры и нежелание т.н. развитых стран осуществлять обмен технологиями, что усугубляет неравенство, в том числе цифровое.
◾️ 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:
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.
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.
03.04.202518:14
❗ Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Ambassador Gennady Gatilov:
🕯 On March 24 and 26, 2025, as a result of a series of targeted attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, employees of Russian news agencies were killed in the line of duty: Alexander Fedorchak (“Izvestia”), Andrey Panov and Alexander Sirkeli (“Zvezda”), as well as Anna Prokofyeva (“Channel One”). Correspondents Mikhail Skuratov (“TASS”) and Nikita Goldin (“Moskovskiy Komsomolets”) sustained injuries of varying severity.
🎙 A sufficient amount of time has passed since these tragic events forthe relevant international human rights bodies to respond to them accordingly. Even the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, who usually ignores crimes by Ukrainian militants against Russian journalists, was forced to issue a condemnation of the recent killings of Russian media representatives. The only ones still reluctant to publicly condemn these crimes are the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and his Office (OHCHR).
📩 Yesterday, on April 2, I sent Mr. Türk an official letter in which I once again described in detail the attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on our correspondents. Today, a similar appealfrom the Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Interaction, Alexey Pushkov, was submitted to both the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan.
❗️ In these documents, we reminded the UN human rights defenders that, in accordance with international law, journalists are considered civilians, and their killings are classified as war crimes. We called for a categorical condemnation of these and other targeted attacks by the AFU on Russian media representatives.
‼️ We expect an appropriate response from Mr. Türk and Ms. Khan. After all, its abscence would amount to their silent complicity in the crimes of the Kiev regime.
03.04.202517:54
❗ Постпред России при Отделении ООН в Женеве Г.М.Гатилов:
🕯 24 и 26 марта с.г. в результате серий целенаправленных атак ВСУ при исполнении своих профессиональных обязанностей погибли сотрудники российских новостных агентств Александр Федорчак («Известия»), Андрей Панов и Александр Сиркели («Звезда»), а также Анна Прокофьева («Первый канал»). Корреспонденты Михаил Скуратов («ТАСС») и Никита Гольдин («Московский комсомолец») получили ранения различной степени тяжести.
🎙 С момента этих трагических событий прошло достаточно времени для того, чтобы на них смогли взвешенно отреагировать профильные международные правозащитные структуры. Даже Генеральный директор ЮНЕСКО О.Азуле, которая обычно игнорирует преступления украинских военных в отношении российских журналистов, была вынуждена выступить с осуждением недавних убийств представителей российских СМИ. Публично их осудить не торопятся лишь Верховный комиссар ООН по правам человека Ф.Тюрк и его Управление (УВКПЧ).
📩 Вчера, 2 апреля, я направил г-ну Тюрку своё официальное письмо, в котором ещё раз подробно описал атаки ВСУ на наших корреспондентов. Сегодня Верховному комиссару и Спецдокладчику СПЧ по вопросу о праве на свободу мнений и их свободное выражение И.Хан мы также препроводили аналогичное обращение от Председателя Комиссии Совета Федерации по информационной политике и взаимодействию со СМИ А.К.Пушкова.
❗️ В этих документах напомнили ооновским правозащитникам о том, что в соответствии с международным правом журналисты относятся к гражданским лицам, и их убийства квалифицируются как военные преступления. Призвали категорически осудить эти и другие целенаправленные атаки ВСУ на представителей российских СМИ.
‼️ Ожидаем советующей реакции Ф.Тюрка и И.Хан. Ведь отсутствие таковой будет равносильно их молчаливому соучастию в многочисленных преступлениях киевского режима.
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.
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 🎉
01.04.202512:54
#Opinion by Ambassador Gennady Gatilov
🎙 At one of last week's meetings during the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, a representative of Lithuania delivered a joint statement on behalf of nine countries on the topic of the “80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War”. This was some kind of a response to the joint statement made earlier by Russia on behalf of 41 countries – a statement that, notably, was not about the “end of the war”, but about the Victory achieved in it.
🎯 It is striking how little the Lithuanian statement actually says about the Second World War itself. Instead, its primary goal is to equate the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Hitler’s Germany with the actions of the Nazi criminals themselves, to accuse Russia of attempting to “privatize and manipulate” the narrative of Victory, and to invoke the “horrors of Soviet occupation” (during which, curiously, the demographic and economic indicators of the Baltic states grew, unlike today). And of course, the statement includes obligatory lamentations about the crisis in Ukraine.
❓ So which countries, aside from the predictably supportive Baltics and Ukraine, chose to sign on to Lithuania’s statement, so distant from the stated theme? Liechtenstein, Monaco, Poland, Moldova, and Spain. Even the UK and France – who currently lead the Russophobic front of modern Europe – found it inappropriate to endorse such an odious document, which speaks volumes in itself.
❗️ I would like to remind our “short-term memory” Lithuanian neighbors that Russia has always regarded the Victory in the Second World War as a great joint achievement of the Allies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition. Above all, however, it is regarded as a heroic feat of all the peoples of the Soviet Union, who sacrificed over 27 million lives on the altar of the cherished Victory. The sacred Victory that was made possible through immense courage and selflessness, including that of Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians. I mean those, of course, who did not collaborate with the Nazis, nor serve in SS volunteer units or punitive battalions. Unfortunately, many such collaborators were among the citizens of the countries that signed Lithuania’s statement.
🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 In Lithuania itself, for example, mass and proactive collaboration with the Nazis began from the very first days of the German occupation. The so-called “Lithuanian Auxiliary Police”, or Schutzmannschaft battalions, were formed and took an active part in the mass executions of Jews, Poles, and Russians. In Latvia and Estonia, three SS grenadier divisions were formed from local volunteers – they fought against the Red Army and participated in terrorizing the civilian populations. Veterans of these criminal units continue to be honored in the Baltics to this day.
🤐 There are many deeply unflattering facts regarding the Second World War that many European countries prefer to forget. It is quite likely that in the early 1940s, many were firmly convinced of an imminent Nazi victory over the Soviet Union, underestimating the resilience and heroism of its peoples. Those who „miscalculated”, so to speak, would later come to bitterly regret their error – and harbored resentment toward our country. Today, they are unsuccessfully trying to settle "old scores".
🏅 In conclusion, I would like to stress that Russia has always resolutely rejected attempts to rewrite the history of the Second World War and to diminish the heroism and sacrifices of the peoples of the Soviet Union. We call on all states to respect historical truth and to promote genuine dialogue and cooperation – rather than deepening divisions through biased interpretations and deliberate distortions of the 20th century’s tragedies and triumphs.
🎙 В конце прошлой недели на одном из заседаний 58-й сессии Совета ООН по правам человека представитель Литвы выступил с совместным заявлением от имени девяти государств на тему «80-летняя годовщина окончания Второй мировой войны». Это была своеобразная реакция на озвученное Россией совместное заявление от имени 41-й страны, посвящённое, правда, не «концу войны», а одержанной в ней Победе.
🎯 Примечательно, что о самой Второй мировой войне в литовском заявлении говорится крайне мало. Его основная цель – приравнять роль Советского Союза в разгроме гитлеровской Германии к действиям самих нацистских преступников, обвинить Россию в попытке «приватизировать и манипулировать» темой Победы, припомнить «ужасы советской оккупации» (при которой демографические и экономические показатели прибалтийских республикпочему-то росли в отличие от сегодняшнего дня). Ну и, конечно же, посокрушаться на тему кризиса на Украине.
❓ Кто же помимо вполне предсказуемых прибалтов и украинцев решил подписаться под заявлением Литвы, столь далёким от обозначенной темы? Лихтенштейн, Монако, Польша, Молдавия и Испания. Даже Великобритания и Франция, стоящие в русофобском авангарде современной Европы, постеснялись присоединиться к такому одиозному документу, что уже говорит о многом.
❗️ Хотел бы напомнить страдающим «короткой памятью» литовским соседям, что Россия всегда рассматривала Победу во Второй мировой войне как великое совместное достижение союзников по Антигитлеровской коалиции. Но прежде всего – как героический подвиг всех без исключения народов Советского Союза, положивших более 27 миллионов жизней на алтарь заветной Победы. Той священной Победы, которую храбро и самоотверженно приближали в том числе и украинцы, литовцы, латыши и эстонцы. Разумеется, я имею ввиду тех из них, кто не был нацистским коллаборационистом, не служил в добровольческих частях войск СС и карательных батальонах. К сожалению, среди граждан стран-подписантов заявления Литвы таких былонемало.
🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 В частности, в самой Литве с первых дней немецкой оккупации началось массовое и инициативное сотрудничество с нацистами. Были созданы так называемые «Литовская вспомогательная полиция», или батальоны шуцманшафта, активно участвовавшие в массовых расстрелах евреев, поляков и русских. На территории Латвии и Эстонии из местных добровольцев были сформированы три гренадёрские дивизии СС, воевавшие против Красной Армии и участвовавшие в терроре против мирных граждан. Ветеранов этих преступных формирований в Прибалтике чествуют до сих пор.
🤐 В контексте Второй мировой войны есть много крайне нелицеприятных фактов, о которых многие европейские государства предпочитают не вспоминать. Вполне вероятно, что в начале 1940-х многие были полностью убеждены в скорой победе нацистской Германии над Советским Союзом, недооценив стойкость и героизм населявших его народов. И те, кто, как говорится, «просчитался в ставке», потом очень горько пожалели и затаили злобу на нашу страну. Сегодня безуспешно пытаются «отыграться».
🏅 В завершение хотел бы отметить, что Россия всегда решительно отвергала попытки переписать историю Второй мировой войны и принизить подвиг и жертвы народов Советского Союза. Мы призываем все государства уважать историческую правду и способствовать подлинному диалогу и сотрудничеству, а не сеять вражду через вольные интерпретации и умышленные искажения трагедий и подвигов в истории XX века.
❗ В ежемесячном дайджесте Постпредства России в Женеве «Торговля и развитие» - ключевая аналитика и новости ЮНКТАД, а также других экономических организаций ООН в Женеве.
📊 В фокусе за март: влияние тарифов на мировую торговлю, оценки долгового бремени развивающихся стран, промежуточные итоги достижения Целей устойчивого развития в европейском регионе и другие темы.
🎙️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on historical revisionism in Western countries:
📍 March 30, 2025, Moscow
❓Question: Why are there ongoing efforts today to rewrite history, downplay, or even deny the role of the Red Army and the Soviet people in the victory over Nazism?
💬 Minister Lavrov: I believe it’s a traditional position of the West – to weaken its competitors. The Europeans dominated for about 500 years, primarily because they wanted to conquer as much land and subjugate as many people as possible. In fact, all the great tragedies of humanity before 1939, including World War II, were initiated by Europeans. From colonialism, slavery, the Turkish wars, World War I, and World War II – all were attempts by whichever European power was rising at the time to suppress its rivals.
⚔️ There’s nothing new in competition – states and peoples have always competed. But the methods used by Europe to suppress its competitors have been horrific. These "instincts" are deeply embedded in today’s European society – especially among the elites currently in power in most EU and NATO countries. Although the opposition begins to develop some understanding of the unacceptability of such actions and policies.
🇺🇦 The instincts of the European ruling class are clearly manifested in what is happening in Ukraine – in the war that the West has unleashed against the Russian Federation through the hands of the Kiev regime and at the cost of Ukrainian lives. Just like in the Patriotic War of 1812 when Napoleon gathered almost all of Europe under his banners, or Hitler, who after conquering most of Europe, enlisted the French, Spaniards, and many other European nations to fight on his side. The French carried out punitive operations, and the Spaniards participated in the blockade of Leningrad. This is a well-known fact.
❗️ The trend of rewriting history and equating Nazi war criminals – recognized as such by the Nuremberg Tribunal – with the liberators of Europe has been present for quite a while in the Baltics, Poland, and several other EU countries. This is a trend that must be firmly resisted. For example, Russia’s exhibition in the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has been closed for several years now. We are not allowed to update our exhibition or participate in events there. Astonishingly, this year, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the camp’s liberation, those who turned it into a death camp were present, but those who liberated it were not.
🇺🇳 I am particularly concerned by the behavior of the UN Secretary-General – not because he as a person is close to ideals, but because of his role. He is a Portuguese citizen who has worked in international organizations for much of his life and should understand what it means to be the UN Secretary-General in accordance with Article 100 of the UN Charter. It states that he should not seek or receive instructions from any government and must remain neutral and work solely toward the goals of the UN Charter. Yet Mr. Guterres, speaking at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, didn’t once mention the Red Army, even though this memorial day exists because of the heroism of the Red Army. That’s a sad trend.
🛡️ This is not a new phenomenon stemming from their anger over the special military operation. It’s a longstanding trend, and we must fight it. We are doing so, primarily at the UN. With the help of our expert community, we’re organizing seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and declassifying documents. We have no right to let this truth be forgotten.
❗️ The Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rightshas prepared and sent to international organisations and foreign diplomatic missions a new set of documents on crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and neo-Nazi battalions against civilians and civilian infrastructure.
The report, which includes materials gathered by Russia's Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, covers the atrocities and human rights violations committed by the Banderites from November 1 to December 31, 2024, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Bryansk and Zaporozhye regions.
👉 In the DPR, Ukrainian forces continued shelling civilian infrastructure, as well as attacking peaceful settlements.
👉 In the LPR, the Ukrainian armed forces and nationalist formations continued to destroy civilian infrastructure in populated areas and commit war crimes against local residents. Under heavy weapon fire supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries, people were killed, while many suffered severe injuries and mutilations. Targeted drone attacks on civilians and civilian objects remain a standard practice for Ukrainian troops.
👉 Ukrainian nationalists continued deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful residents in the Bryansk region. Significant damage was inflicted on residential buildings, vehicles, and civilian energy facilities. The most appalling crimes were strikes on populated areas, where local residents were injured and mutilated.
👉 Throughout this period, Ukrainian armed forces continued to destroy civilian infrastructure, kill, and mutilate peaceful residents in the Zaporozhye region. Drone attacks on civilians also remain a common practice for the Ukrainian army in this area.
🕯 In total, at least 14 civilians were killed in the affected regions during last November-December.
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⚡️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the latest attack by the Kiev regime on Russian energy facilities:
📍 March 28, 2025
❓ Question: According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the morning of March 28, the Ukrainian armed forces launched a double strike using, according to preliminary data, HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems on the Sudzha Gas Measuring Station (GMS). How would you comment on this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We are aware of the report. There is reason to believe that targeting and strike guidance were carried out using French satellite systems, while the input of coordinates and the launch itself were handled by British specialists. The command was given from London.
🔥 A week earlier, on March 21, this facility had already been subjected to a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime, which had ordered its militants to blow it up while retreating from the Kursk region. Now, following this missile strike, the Sudzha GMS has been virtually destroyed.
🛡 On March 28, in the Saratov Region, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian UAVs that attempted to attack the Saratov oil refinery.
🇺🇦 These arefar from the first acts of terror by the AFU against Russia’s energy infrastructure following the March 18 moratorium banning strikes on such facilities. Attacks have targeted enterprises in the gas sector, electric substations, and oil depots, including those belonging to the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium, in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions, as well as in Crimea and the Krasnodar Region.
❗️ The terror unleashed by the Kiev regime against Russian energy infrastructure is yet another evidence of its inability to negotiate. As is known, Zelenskiy publicly supported the moratorium proposed by the Russian and the US presidents on refraining from strikes against energy facilities in both countries, but has done nothing to fulfill it.
❌ The attack on the GMS confirms that Kiev has no political will for peace. It remains entrenched in a wartime mindset, actively pursues escalation, and is prepared to resort to any provocation to derail efforts toward a lasting resolution of the Ukrainian crisis.