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💬 Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Human Rights Cooperation Grigory Lukiyantsev:
🤔 If one were asked – how our Western “partners” seek to falsify history and revise the outcomes of World War II at the UN – the clearest example would be their statements and conduct during the negotiations on, and adoption of, Russia’s annual UN General Assembly resolution, “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance”.
If their statements could be recorded and made public, I am certain they would cause a genuine a media storm. However, UN procedures do not allow this.
Nothing, however, prevents us from recounting, without naming individual countries, some of the arguments voiced by our “colleagues” over the years on this key Russian foreign policy initiative. It was first submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2005, so there has been no shortage of “material” since then.
👉 Here are just some of the claims we have heard over the years from our Western colleagues, including former Allies of the anti-Hitler coalition:
• The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany bear equal responsibility for unleashing the Second World War.
• The Charter and Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal are such rare documents that it is impossible to consult them and verify whether the quotations used in the Russian resolution are accurate and correspond to the original sources.
• The Charter and Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal say nothing about the SS and its constituent parts being criminal organisations.
• The Nuremberg documents contain no reference to the Waffen-SS.
• Waffen-SS units merely guarded “labour camps” and committed no war crimes or crimes against humanity, let alone punitive operations.
• No one should ever be accused of having collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War.
• Nazi ideology and Nazi ideas may be immoral, but disseminating them amounts to nothing more than exercising the right to freedom of expression.
• There is no clarity as to what the anti-Hitler coalition was or which countries belonged to it.
🇷🇺 Exactly 30 years ago, on August 5, 1996, Russia approved the official symbols of presidential authority – attributes used during the inauguration of the newly elected head of state.
Today, these are the Standard (Flag) and the Emblem of the President of the Russian Federation.
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– The Presidential Standard is the Russian tricolor with a golden image of the State Emblem in the center. During the inauguration, the Standard is presented to the newly elected head of state. After the oath of office is taken, it is placed in the President’s office.
Duplicates of the Standard are flown over presidential residences while the head of state is present and displayed on presidential vehicles.
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– The Presidential Emblem exists in a single copy. It is an equal-armed cross with flared ends and an image of the Russian State Emblem in the center. On the reverse is a medallion bearing the motto: “Benefit, Honor and Glory”.
The chain consists of 17 links, nine of which depict the Russian State Emblem. Plates on the reverse of the links are engraved with the full name of each President of Russia and the year they assumed office.
After the oath of office is taken, the Insignia is kept at the President’s residence in the Moscow Kremlin.
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 Over the past week, Ukrainian militants killed 49 civilians, including four children. Nearly 400 civilians were affected in total.
The Kiev regime carried out a series of coordinated attacks on civilian facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics hubs serving the population, causing casualties and extensive destruction.
Terrorist attacks on civilian buses have become increasingly widespread. Over the past two months, Ukrainian drones have attacked 34 passenger buses across various Russian regions.
The highest numbers of civilian casualties were recorded in the Belgorod Region, the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions. Ukrainian militants deliberately targeted densely populated areas, seeking to inflict maximum damage.
On July 27 – August 2, 391 civilians were affected by Ukrainian Nazi shelling: 342 were injured, including 16 minors, and 49 were killed, including four children.
Over the seven-day period, Ukrainian militants fired at least 6,974 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of July 27 – August 2, 2026:
▪️July 28 – a UAV strike hit an apartment building in Chekhov, Moscow Region.
▪️July 28 – an FPV drone struck a civilian cargo vehicle in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️July 28 – a UAV struck a passenger bus in Shebekino, Belgorod Region. 19 civilians were injured.
▪️July 30 – anti-personnel “new petal” (“butterfly”) mines were remotely scattered across populated areas in the Kremennaya District of the LPR.
▪️July 31 – a missile strike hit a residential neighbourhood in Borisovka, Belgorod Region. One civilian was killed and two others were injured.
▪️July 31 – a post office in Kakhovka, Kherson Region, came under fire. Three civilians were injured.
▪️July 31 – a UAV attack hit a farm in the village of Kirovo, Zaporozhye Region. One civilian was killed.
▪️August 1 – a UAV struck an emergency vehicle in the Volnovakha District of the DPR. One rescuer was injured.
▪️August 1 – a UAV struck a bus carrying factory employees in Zaporozhye Region. One civilian was killed and 12 others were injured.
▪️August 2 – a UAV strike hit an apartment building in Saratov, Saratov Region. Two civilians were killed.
#Выборы2026
🇷🇺 Уважаемые граждане Российской Федерации, проживающие или пребывающие за рубежом!
До единого дня голосования за рубежом остаётся 4️⃣9️⃣ дней.
Напоминаем, что в голосовании могут принять участие граждане Российской Федерации, постоянно проживающие или временно находящиеся за рубежом, достигшие ко дню голосования 18-летнего возраста и обладающие активным избирательным правом.
❗️ Для получения бюллетеня необходимо лично прибыть на избирательный участок (за исключением случаев голосования вне помещения) и предъявить действительный документ, удостоверящий личность гражданина Российской Федерации за пределами Российской Федерации.
👉 Подробнее о порядке голосования росграждан за рубежом
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🗳 #ТвойГолосСилаРоссии
✍️ Президент России В.В.Путин направил поздравление личному составу и ветеранам Воздушно-десантных войск Российской Федерации (2 августа 2026 года)
💬 Уважаемые товарищи!
Поздравляю вас с Днём Воздушно-десантных войск.
В рядах легендарной крылатой пехоты всегда служили люди крепкой закалки, сильные духом, с несгибаемым характером, братской сплочённостью и взаимовыручкой.
Вы по праву гордитесь именами создателей Воздушно-десантных войск, бессмертными подвигами и выдающимися свершениями предшественников, равняетесь на ветеранов.
Особо отмечу умелые и решительные действия десантников, которые сегодня плечом к плечу с боевыми товарищами защищают Россию в ходе специальной военной операции, проявляют героизм и мужество на самых ответственных участках фронта.
Уверен, что личный состав Воздушно-десантных войск и впредь будет достойно решать поставленные задачи, вносить значимый вклад в обеспечение обороноспособности, суверенитета и национальной безопасности Отечества.
🎉 Желаю вам, вашим родным и близким успехов и всего наилучшего.
Владимир Путин
✍️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to the current and former Airborne Forces personnel on their professional holiday (August 2, 2026)
💬 The ranks of the legendary Airborne Forces have always been filled with men of exceptional fortitude, indomitable spirit, unwavering resolve, a profound sense of comradeship, and mutual support.
You are rightfully proud of the founders of the Airborne Forces, the immortal deeds and outstanding achievements of those who came before you, and you honour your veterans as role models.
I would like to particularly note the skillful and resolute actions of the paratroopers who are defending Russia in the special military operation zone, shoulder to shoulder with their brothers in arms, displaying heroism and courage in the most critical sectors of the front.
💪 I am confident that the personnel of the Airborne Forces will continue to carry out their assigned missions with honour and make a significant contribution to strengthening the defence capability, sovereignty, and national security of our Fatherland.
#Анонс
Институт Пушкина приглашает зарубежных школьников принять участие в XXII Международной олимпиаде по русскому языку им. В.Г.Костомарова.
Данная олимпиада — это уникальная возможность для старшеклассников из разных стран мира проверить свои знания русского языка, побывать в России и познакомиться ближе с её культурой.
Участниками могут стать школьники в возрасте от 14 до 18 лет, в том числе обучающиеся в зарубежных школах с русским языком обучения.
💬 Ректор Института Пушкина Н.В.Гусев:
XXII Олимпиада по русскому языку для зарубежных школьников пройдёт в юбилейный год Института Пушкина. Ежегодно мы получаем множество заявок на участие из разных стран. Это лучшее доказательство того, что интерес к русскому языку и русской культуре остаётся стабильно высоким на протяжении десятилетий.
Сама идея Олимпиады для зарубежных школьников принадлежит академику Виталию Григорьевичу Костомарову. И сегодня мы с особенной радостью видим, что его замысел продолжает жить, сохраняется и остаётся востребованным.
Мы гордимся тем, что традиция, заложенная основателем института, находит живой отклик у молодёжи по всему миру.
🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the latest UAV attacks against vessels in the Black Sea (July 30, 2026)
💬 On the night of July 30, the Kiev regime once again carried out terrorist acts against oil tankers near the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (#CPC) in Novorossiysk.
According to the CPC press service, targeted strikes were launched against foreign-flagged vessels with international crews, chartered by foreign suppliers. The shippers include Tengizchevroil, a company partly owned by the US-based Chevron and involved in energy supplies from Kazakhstan.
☝️ It was only by sheer luck that no one was injured. The resulting fires were extinguished, and no oil spill occurred. However, the CPC was once again forced to suspend oil loading operations.
It is deeply concerning that Ukrainian neo-Nazis continue attacking civilian energy infrastructure in the Black Sea despite strong statements from the very countries Kiev calls its partners. Their economic interests – in this case those of Kazakhstan and the US – are increasingly suffering as a result of the policies pursued by increasingly reckless Zelensky, who has lost touch with reality.
In his public remarks and contacts with foreign partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly drawn attention to the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime and the deliberate threats it poses to international energy infrastructure.
The leader of the faltering Kiev regime lost any semblance of legitimacy long ago. He is utterly incapable of honouring agreements and is seeking to drag as many countries as possible into his terrorist ventures, thereby further escalating the conflict.
It is therefore no coincidence that some foreign officials, including representatives of countries sponsoring the Kiev junta, are already voicing concern over the risk of uncontrolled escalation.
How else can one explain a situation in which the leader of the criminal Kiev clique travels to Washington, claims to be seeking a ceasefire and engages in demagoguery about supposed parameters for resolving the conflict, while continuing to authorise attacks on international fuel and energy supply chains and, most importantly, on the assets of the very country from which he constantly begs for political, military and financial assistance?
It is unlikely that the White House is unaware of this. We expect the US authorities, which have influence over Kiev, to finally give an adequate assessment of Zelensky’s hypocritical conduct and rein him in.
❗️ We expect the same from the UN and other international organisations. Otherwise, their silence will amount to encouraging the Kiev regime to commit further atrocities and effectively aiding it.
🎙Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the Ukrainian attack on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (July 30, 2026)
💬 On July 30, the Kiev regime attempted to strike a site within the perimeter of the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP).
The target was the dry spent nuclear fuel storage facility, specifically the building housing a transporter used to move spent nuclear fuel containers.
❗️ We strongly condemn this attack, yet another manifestation of Bankova’s cynical and dangerous policy aimed at undermining the nuclear safety and security of this Russian nuclear power plant.
Refusing to heed the voice of reason, the Zelensky clique is moving ever closer to a dangerous line, risking a radiation accident, the consequences of which would be felt across all Europe.
ZNPP personnel and units continue to come under direct Ukrainian strikes, while attacks on civilian infrastructure in the nuclear workers’ city of Energodar have not ceased. Today, Ukrainian militants targeted equipment critical to the operation of the nuclear power plant.
☝️ Such actions by the Kiev regime would be impossible without the constant political support it receives from Western countries. It is this support that gives Zelensky and his entourage the false sense of impunity and encourages them to embark on ever more dangerous ventures.
💬 Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova:
A boy has returned to Russia to reunite with his mother. Four other children are being reunited with relatives in Ukraine and third countries.
A five-year-old boy recently returned to Russia. In 2020, he remained with his father in Ukraine, while his mother was unable to bring him home for various reasons. In March 2026, she learned that the child’s father had died, and assistance was provided to reunite the family.
Today, with the support of the Office of the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, the mother of a nine-year-old girl travelled from Germany to reunite her daughter, who had been staying with her grandmother in Russia since 2023.
Three more children will soon reunite with their relatives in Ukraine and Germany. We met with the children and those accompanying them in Moscow. Each family has its own circumstances:
A 15-year-old boy had been living with close relatives in Russia. His mother, who moved to Ukraine in 2022, is unable to collect her son herself.
A six-year-old boy is in a similar situation. After his mother left for Ukraine, he remained in the care of his grandmother.
Another 15-year-old boy was left with relatives following the death of his parents. However, his older sister in Germany wishes to take responsibility for his upbringing, and the boy also wants to live with her.
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 Over the past week, the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants resulted in 21 child casualties, including 7 children killed. For the first time since the beginning of the year, the total number of civilian casualties approached 500 in a single week. Kiev’s “terrorist war” is now claiming an average of 70 civilian casualties every day.
Ukrainian armed groups carried out a series of deliberate, coordinated attacks on civilian facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics hubs, causing civilian casualties and extensive destruction.
The highest numbers of civilian casualties were recorded in the Belgorod Region, the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions. Ukrainian militants deliberately targeted civilian sites in densely populated areas, seeking to inflict maximum harm on civilians and infrastructure.
On July 20-26, Ukrainian neo-Nazi shelling resulted in 492 civilian casualties: 435 people were injured, including 14 minors, while 57 people were killed, including 7 children.
Over the past seven days, Ukrainian militants fired at least 7,195 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statement on Ukraine’s UAV strikes targeting passenger buses in Russian regions (July 28, 2026)
💬 The Kiev regime continues its attacks on civilian transport, in a maniacal and compulsive revenge on civilians for their own growing failures at the front.
In the morning of July 28, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a drone strike in Shebekino at a commuter bus, injuring 19 local residents. Six sustained severe injuries.
In the same morning, a Ukrainian drone attacked a regular bus in Gorlovka, Donetsk People’s Republic. Five people were injured.
☝️ In both cases, drone operators saw and knew they were attacking civilian targets unrelated to the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian military commanders who issued the criminal orders to attack passenger buses consciously breached international humanitarian law.
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases on the terrorist attacks. All the accomplices will be held accountable. Redemption is inevitable.
❗️ We decisively condemn the latest atrocities by the Kiev regime against civilians.
We wish all the victims a speedy recovery.
We call on all the responsible parties from the global community, including competent international bodies and independent media to respond, publicly and unambiguously, to the Ukrainian army’s bloody campaigns.
Silencing Kiev’s crimes will be seen as instigation of terrorism and connivance to breaching international humanitarian law in conflict.
#KievRegimeCrimes
🌏 О праздновании 180-летнего юбилея Н.Н.Миклухо-Маклая в Австралии
✨ 17 июля 2026 г. исполнилось 180 лет со дня рождения выдающегося русского ученого, антрополога и путешественника Николая Николаевича Миклухо-Маклая.
📹 В этот день, в День этнографа, Посол России в Австралии М.И.Петраков направил видеообращение участникам Маклаевских чтений-2026, которые прошли на родине Н.Н.Миклухо-Маклая в Окуловке (Новгородская область). Глава дипмиссии подчеркнул особую важность наследия Николая Николаевича, который провел значительную часть своей жизни в Австралии. Отметил, что его гуманитарная и научная деятельность, основанная на идеях равенства и уважения к культурному многообразию народов, продолжает служить «нитью, связывающей Зеленый континент с Россией».
🗺️ 19 июля в Сиднее состоялось международное культурно-научное мероприятие по случаю 180-летия Н.Н.Миклухо-Маклая, организованное Российско-Австралийским Содружеством и Центром РГО в Австралии при поддержке и участии Посольства и компании Travelvisa2go. Были приглашены представители дипломатических миссий, деловых кругов, ученые, высокие гости из Папуа-Новой Гвинеи. Вниманию собравшихся была представлена фотовыставка «Миклухо-Маклай – отважный открыватель Океании», включающая редкие архивные материалы об экспедициях в Папуа-Новую Гвинею и взаимодействии с коренными народами, а также о жизни исследователя в Австралии.
💐 25 июля Посол возложил цветы к мемориальной табличке на месте исторической морской биологической станции, основанной ученым в Сиднее в 1881 г.
🎥 В тот же день в Русском общественном клубе в Лидкомбе прошло праздничное мероприятие, посвященное памяти Н.Н.Миклухо-Маклая. Оно было организовано Австралийской лигой русских женщин и Русским общественным клубом и объединило представителей русскоязычной общины. Были продемонстрированы две документальные ленты о Николае Николаевиче: «Маклай - Белый Папуас» и фильм, подготовленный соотечественником А.П.Ивачевым.
🇷🇺 В ходе обеих встреч старший дипломат Посольства озвучил приветствия главы российской дипмиссии М.И.Петракова. Посол, в частности, отметил, что память о Н.Н.Миклухо-Маклае продолжает жить и сегодня благодаря работе потомков, ученых, энтузиастов и общественных организаций, а также подчеркнул, что наблюдения и выводы Николая Николаевича, сделанные им во время длительных экспедиций, стали бесценным вкладом в развитие мировой науки.
⚡️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the Ukrainian drone attack on an Iranian vessel carrying civilian cargo in the Caspian Sea (July 28, 2026)
❓ On July 25, Ukraine struck an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea. How do you assess this terrorist attack in terms of international law?
💬 The Kiev regime’s attack on an Iranian merchant vessel carrying civilian cargo from Astrakhan constitutes an act of aggression and a violation of international law.
Such criminal actions demonstrate the Kiev regime’s clear intent to expand the geographical scope of its terrorist activities.
👉 This latest attack on a civilian vessel in the Caspian Sea underscores the direct threat the Kiev regime poses to the regional security of the Caspian littoral states.
The Caspian Sea must remain free from military incidents and continue to serve as a region of peace, good-neighbourliness, and cooperation.
#Victory81
8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on August 5, 1941, the heroic defence of Odessa commenced — a joint operation by the Red Army and the Soviet Black Sea Fleet to defend the city against the Nazi invaders.
Odessa found itself on the front line almost immediately after Nazi Germany’s treacherous attack on the Soviet Union. By early August, the city was already encircled by the enemy troops.
The Nazis aimed to break through the Soviet defences on the Dniester, cross the Dniester Estuary, and capture Odessa. The first assault, launched by Romanian and German troops (17 divisions and seven brigades), came on August 20, 1941, but the enemy offensive was halted just 10-14 kilometres from the city.
❗️ Around 100'000 people took part in defending Odessa from Nazis.
Every day, civilian workers, including women and teenagers, were involved in defence preparations — digging trenches, laying barbed wire, and installing barricades. Nearly 38'000 residents of Odessa withdrew into the city’s catacombs and organised underground resistance behind enemy lines. The partisans killed 5'000 enemy soldiers and officers, derailed 27 military supply trains, and destroyed 248 vehicles.
Despite being outnumbered by almost ten to one, Odessa’s defenders heroically held back the Nazi offensive for two months.
By the end of September, the Soviet command was able to redeploy armies to defend #Crimea and #Sevastopol — the main base of the Black Sea Fleet.
During the #BattleOfOdessa, enemy losses amounted to around 160'000 soldiers and officers, about 200 aircraft and 100 tanks, significantly slowing the advance of the Nazi army group 'South' towards the east.
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Odessa was fully liberated on April 10, 1944, during the Odessa offensive operation, carried out by the Red Army’s 3rd Ukrainian Front.
🎙 The report by Sovinformburo on the expulsion of the Nazi troops from Odessa read, in part:
Today, April 10, the forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, following a skilfully executed flanking manoeuvre by cavalry and mechanised units, combined with a frontal assault, captured Odessa — an important economic and political centre of the country, a regional capital in Ukraine, and a major Black Sea port.
Odessa had been a powerful stronghold, occupied by Nazis, covering the approaches to the central regions of Romania…
⚡️ Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation:
At the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, members of the Ukrainian nationalist movement have been recognised as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity
The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, acting on an application filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, established a fact of legal significance.
❌ Stepan Bandera, Vasily Bandera, Roman Shukhevich, Andrey Melnik, Nikolay Arsenich, Taras Borovets, Dmitry Klyachkivsky, Nikolay Kozak, Miron Matvieyko and Yaroslav Stetsko, as well as the Organisation of Ukrainian nationalists (#OUN) and the Ukrainian insurgent army (#UPA), have been recognised as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.
The court ruling is necessary to preserve the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people, expose the unlawful actions of the Kiev regime, overturn decisions rehabilitating war criminals and prevent acts of extremism against our country.
📑 The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office submitted documents from the archives of the Russian Federal Security Service, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Defence Ministry, and the State Archive of the Russian Federation. Materials from Belarusian archives and courts were also provided.
It was established that the OUN was founded in Vienna in 1929 at the First congress of Ukrainian nationalists. It was initially led by Evgeniy Konovalets and, following his death, by Andrey Melnik. In 1940, the OUN split, with its most radical faction coming under the leadership of Stepan Bandera – OUN (b) – and the other under Andrey Melnik – OUN (m).
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In 1941–1943, while retaining the organisational foundations of OUN (b), 👉 the German command established the UPA, led by Lvov lawyer Roman Shukhevich. He began his violent path by taking part in an attack on the civilian population of Lvov as a member of the Ukrainian Nachtigall punitive battalion. On June 30, 1941, the day the so-called Act of proclamation of the Ukrainian state was adopted, mass killings of the city’s residents were committed under Shukhevich’s command.
◾️ More than 8,000 Russians, Ukrainians, Jews and Poles were killed in the Lvov massacre between June and August 1941.
The actions of the OUN and UPA were entirely aimed at terrorising the population of the occupied territories, assisting Nazi Germany in its military campaign against the Red Army and Soviet partisans, and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Soviet people under Wehrmacht control and in its interests.
• In March 1943, the 118th Ukrainian auxiliary police battalion, composed of OUN and UPA members, burned down the village of Khatyn in the Minsk Region of Belarus. The punitive forces killed 147 villagers, including 75 children.
• Between February and August 1943, the OUN and UPA carried out a mass slaughter of the Polish population of Volhynia and Galicia, known as the Volhynia Massacre. It peaked on July 11-12 – “Black Sunday”. At least 120,000 people were killed by Ukrainian nationalists.
• The mass killing of civilians by Ukrainian nationalists during the punitive operations Swamp Fever, Triangle, Cottbus and others has also been documented.
Meanwhile, for more than 12 years, the authorities of modern-day Ukraine have pursued a deliberate state policy aimed at distorting the role of the Soviet Union and its people in the Great Patriotic War and World War II. Collaborators and organisations associated with Nazi criminals are being glorified. Western countries openly exploit these actions in their efforts to obstruct the special military operation in Ukraine.
❗️ In view of the above, the court granted the application filed by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office in full and recognised these individuals and organisations as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
The neo-Nazi Kiev regime has intensified its terrorist attacks against Russian civilians on Russian territory.
The latest tragedy occurred on 3 August on a beach of Arkhipo-Osipovka in Krasnodar region, where a deliberate drone attack claimed the lives of seven people and left dozens of others injured.
It was a well-calculated terrorist act performed in cold blood. No pity, no shame and a lot of joyful comments in Ukrainian social networks. So much for “democratic values”.
Ukraine has been carrying out attacks against ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking people since 2014.
Today, the weapons, funds and other forms of foreign support provided to the Kiev regime are being used to commit such crimes.
❗️Consider whom you are helping.
#KievRegimeCrimes
🧸👋 #OTD 46 years ago, the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games came to a spectacular and deeply moving close.
From July 19 to August 3, the Soviet capital welcomed more than 5,000 athletes representing 80 nations. They competed for 203 sets of medals, setting 36 world and 74 Olympic records.
Political tensions intruded on the Games through a US-led boycott, imposed by the Carter administration against the backdrop of a CIA-led effort to undermine and ultimately depose the then official government of Afghanistan.
Hundreds of athletes were denied the opportunity of a lifetime: of the 474 members of the US Olympic team, 227 never competed at another Games.
💬 Jimmy Carter himself eventually described the boycott as a bad choice:
It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the man who made it.
I know the views of many prominent US political figures whom I deeply respect. They believe that the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics was a mistake – even despite the serious grounds cited for it and the circumstances at the time.
Major international sporting events – especially the Olympic Games – are meant to help depoliticise even the most acute international issues and create additional opportunities to build bridges. It would be foolish not to seize that opportunity – and even more foolish to burn those bridges.
🌐 ЕАЭС – АСЕАН: сотрудничество в области технического регулирования
Состоялся семинар ЕЭК и Секретариата АСЕАН, посвященный системам техрегулирования ЕАЭС и АСЕАН.
💬 «Совместные семинары способствуют гармонизации подходов, помогают зарубежным коллегам ознакомиться с практическим опытом применения требований к продукции, устанавливаемых в странах евразийской «пятёрки», – отметил директор Департамента технического регулирования и аккредитации Комиссии Серик Кусаинов.
🍽️ Среди прочего, на семинаре рассмотрены требования к безопасности пищевой продукции, применяемые в рамках ЕАЭС и АСЕАН.
☝️Также обсуждены вопросы выпуска товаров в обращение на союзном рынке, контроля за соблюдением требований безопасности продукции в ЕАЭС.
🤝 По итогам мероприятия стороны договорились о продолжении диалога.
📷: Яндекс
#ЕАЭС
#техрегулирование
#международное
#Анонс
Национальный центр исторической памяти при Президенте России проводит международный конкурс исследовательских и творческих проектов из России и зарубежных стран «Общая память. Геноцид советского народа со стороны нацистов и их пособников в годы Великой Отечественной войны».
Цель проекта — увековечить память жертв геноцида через призму судеб людей, наших граждан, испытавших на себе все ужасы гитлеровской оккупации.
Номинации:
• Публицистические произведения — эссе и очерки о судьбах жертв геноцида и пострадавших от оккупации на основе архивных материалов и воспоминаний.
• Мемориальные объекты и благоустройство мест захоронений — эскизы, 3D-модели и архитектурные концепции мемориалов.
• Поисковая работа и восстановление судеб — отчёты о поисковых экспедициях, выявлении мест захоронений и установлении имён погибших.
• Научно-исследовательские работы — статьи и тезисы на основе ранее неопубликованных архивных данных.
• Видеопроекты — просветительские ролики (до 10 минут), в т.ч. с применением технологий искусственного интеллекта.
• Маршруты исторической памяти — проекты экскурсионных маршрутов, аудиогиды и методические материалы.
• Места памяти — исторические очерки с опорой на архивные документы.
• Судьбы советских военнопленных — исследования семейных архивов наших бойцов, павших в боях с немецко-фашистскими захватчиками.
• Без срока давности — эссе о привлечении к ответственности и справедливом возмездии над нацистскими преступниками и их пособниками.
Конкурс пройдёт в два этапа:
1️⃣ этап (заочный) — с 22 июня по 25 сентября 2026 года: приём конкурсных работ и их оценка Экспертным советом конкурса.
2️⃣ этап (очный) — до 1 ноября 2026 года: защита конкурсантами-финалистами своих исследовательских работ в формате презентации и участие в образовательной программе.
✅ Победители конкурса получают именной сертификат на приоритетное участие в проектах и программах Национального центра исторической памяти при Президенте Российской Федерации.
👉 Подать заявку на участие и подробнее ознакомиться с Положением о конкурсе
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❗️ Подробнее о геноциде советского народа, совершённого нацистами и их пособниками в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941 – 1945 годов:
— К 85-й годовщине начала Великой Отечественной войны советского народа
— Подробнее о геноциде советского народа и ряде его аспектов
— Раздел, посвящённый геноциду советского народа, на веб-портале МИД России
— Проект «Маршруты памяти» по местам военных преступлений гитлеровских захватчиков на территории нашей страны и за её пределами
— О геноцидальной стратегии голода в отношении советского народа
— Архивные документы о чудовищных преступлениях гитлеровских оккупантов
#БезСрокаДавности
🦅 1 августа в нашей стране отмечается День памяти российских воинов, погибших в Первой мировой войне. В этот день в 1914 году Германия объявила войну Российской империи и уже 2 августа вторглась на её территорию.
Так наша страна стала участником самого масштабного и кровопролитного на тот момент вооружённого конфликта в истории человечества, унёсшего жизни более 2 млн русских солдат и офицеров.
В начале XX века Германия, опоздавшая к колониальному разделу мира, стремилась к военной экспансии и жаждала передела сфер влияния. «Мы требуем место под солнцем», – заявлял рейхсканцлер Бернгард фон Бюлов.
Одержимая милитаризмом, Германия укрепляла Тройственный союз с Австро-Венгрией и Италией. Опасаясь растущей угрозы со стороны Запада, Россия была вынуждена сблизиться с Антантой и вступила в союз с Британией и Францией. Разделенная на два враждебных лагеря Европа неумолимо скатывалась к войне.
Поводом к её началу послужило убийство 28 июня 1914 года в Сараеве наследника австро-венгерского престола эрцгерцога Франца Фердинанда членом националистической организации Млада Босна Гаврилом Принципом. 23 июля Австро-Венгрия предъявила Сербии ультиматум, содержащий заведомо невыполнимые требования.
Россия, исторически считавшаяся защитницей православных славянских народов Балкан, не могла остаться в стороне и уже в ночь на 31 июля объявила всеобщую мобилизацию.
🇷🇺 Из манифеста императора Николая II о начале войны с Германией:
Следуя историческим своим заветам, Россия, единая по вере и крови с славянскими народами, никогда не взирала на их судьбу безучастно. С полным единодушием и особою силою пробудились братские чувства русского народа к славянам в последние дни, когда Австро-Венгрия предъявила Сербии заведомо неприемлемые для державного государства требования. <...>
В грозный час испытания да будут забыты внутренние распри. Да укрепится еще теснее единение Царя с Его народом и да отразит Россия, поднявшаяся как один человек, дерзкий натиск врага.
С глубокою верою в правоту Нашего дела и смиренным упованием на Всемогущий Промысел Мы молитвенно призываем на Святую Русь и доблестные войска Наши Божие благословение.
⚡️ Comment by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding increased terrorist activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (31 July 2026)
💬 The Kiev regime, which Western countries are nurturing, has increased its terrorist attacks on civilians within Russia.
From July 24 to 31, at least 61 people have been killed and another 327 wounded in Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks. There are children among these victims: one child was killed and 13 injured.
A recent shocking Ukrainian crime was the drone attack on a regular bus on the Lugansk-Svetlodarsk motorway on July 29, in which ten people – seven women and three men – were wounded.
A drone attack on a car in the Lugansk People’s Republic killed a monk, assistant priest of the Church of the Holy Mandylion in the Cheremenetsky St John the Theologian Monastery, Gatchina Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and wounded the priest of that church.
The modern Bandera followers not only attacked public and private transport but also apartment buildings and private houses, social support and educational facilities, seriously damaging a school, a kindergarten, a culture centre, food stores, agricultural and commercial facilities, and utility vehicles.
Over a hundred upgraded antipersonnel Butterfly mines found across Donbass and Novorossiya have been dropped from Ukrainian drones to increase the number of civilians victims.
This terror campaign is being waged with the full approval of the Kiev regime’s Western sponsors, who are supplying Ukrainian forces with weapons for attacking civilians in our country.
❗️ Terrorist attacks on those who never held a weapon is a tried and tested tactic of Russia’s enemies, who have never throughout history been able to weaken, let alone defeat our country on the battlefield and are frantically searching for the means and methods of destabilising socio-political situation.
The destructive contribution of the countries involved in attacks on Russian regions does not remain unnoticed and is carefully registered.
There is no doubt whatsoever that those involved in the aforementioned attacks will be called to account after the inevitable collapse of their Ukrainian minions.
They must know already today that this playing with fire is further destabilising the international political situation and undermining the prospects for peace and security on our continent.
☝️ We urge them to immediately condemn the Ukrainian neo-Nazis’ barbarian attacks on civilians in Russia and distance themselves from the military and political support of the criminal Kiev regime.
Russia will continue vigorous efforts to protect its citizens and the security of our state, using all available means precisely and effectively. We have all the necessary resources, political will, and public mandate for this.
🇷🇺 Об организации выборов депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации девятого созыва в Австралии
📢❗️Уважаемые соотечественники,
В соответствии с Федеральным законом «О выборах депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации» от 22 февраля 2014 г. № 20-ФЗ и Указом Президента Российской Федерации № 428 от 16 июня 2026 г. на 20 сентября 2026 г. назначены выборы депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации.
Сообщаем, что в целях реализации избирательных прав российских граждан, проживающих в Австралии, 20 сентября с 08:00 до 20:00 по местному времени будут открыты следующие избирательные участки:
📍№ 8009 в Посольстве России в Канберре (78 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT 2603);
📍№ 8010 в Генконсульстве России в Сиднее (7-9 Fullerton St., Woollahra, NSW 2025).
🌏 В первой половине сентября планируется организовать досрочное голосование в ряде других городов Австралии.
Принять участие в выборах смогут граждане России старше 18 лет, предъявившие при личной явке действительный российский заграничный паспорт.
☝️Следите за обновленной информацией в соцсетях и на официальных сайтах Посольства и Генконсульства.
🔗 С актуальными сведениями по выборам можно ознакомиться на официальном сайте ЦИК России.
#Выборы2026 #Госдума2026 #ЕДГ2026
☢️ Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant:
On July 30, an attack on critical infrastructure at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP) has been thwarted.
Today, a Ukrainian UAV attack was detected on the premises of the ZNPP, operated by Rosatom, near the dry spent nuclear fuel storage facility.
The drone was discovered in close proximity to the building housing a transporter used to move spent nuclear fuel containers.
❗️ The explosive device was promptly neutralised. No one was injured, and no damage was reported.
Nevertheless, the attack itself constitutes an extremely dangerous incident.
The transporter is a unique piece of specialised equipment with no equivalent. Had it been damaged, the ZNPP could have lost the ability to safely carry out scheduled transport and technological operations involving spent nuclear fuel.
This would have disrupted the plant’s capacity to handle spent nuclear fuel, significantly complicated essential scheduled operations and created additional risks to the facility’s long-term safe operation.
The very fact that a strike targeted infrastructure responsible for the safe handling of spent nuclear fuel indicates that the attack was aimed at critical nuclear power plant infrastructure, damage to which could have had long-term consequences.
#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
In the Kremennaya Municipal District of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Ukrainian UAVs are scattering anti-personnel mines – so-called “new petals” (or butterfly mines) – at civilian sites.
According to local residents and authorities, Ukrainian forces have begun actively using these new anti-personnel mines for the remote mining of civilian facilities across the LPR. They have been found at sites regularly visited by local residents.
The mines consist of a plastic container filled with explosives and fitted with a pressure-activated fuse. Their detonation can result in severe injuries, traumatic limb amputation or death from blood loss or shock.
Last year, Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines. The Kiev regime is now using anti-personnel mines and explosive devices on a massive scale to mine civilian facilities.
Reports of civilians being injured or killed by Ukrainian mines emerge every week. ☝️ Such actions constitute a serious war crime.
🇻🇺 30 July marks 46 years since the Republic of Vanuatu gained its independence.
🤝 We sincerely congratulate our colleagues and the friendly people of Vanuatu on this milestone in the country’s history.
🎉 Best wishes for prosperity and well-being on the National Day!
#RussiaVanuatu 🇷🇺🇻🇺
🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov (Moscow, July 29, 2026)
Key points:
• As for our “Western partners’” constant attempts to deceive Russia, our patience eventually runs out. It was no coincidence that, shortly after the start of the special military operation, President of Russia Vladimir Putin summed up our relations with the West and Europe by saying: “There is no going back to the way things were before February 2022”.
• The slogans of inflicting a “strategic defeat on our country”, of “decolonising Russia” have resurfaced in the West – once again, an explicit euphemism for breaking up our country. We see clearly what the West is plotting, and everyone needs to see this in order to understand that the situation is serious. President of Russia Vladimir Putin makes no secret of it. The entire self-proclaimed “civilised” world has risen against us.
• Now that Zelensky, while steadily retreating in Donbass and on other fronts, has turned in desperation to outright terrorist acts, and the West sees that many of his long-range weapons are reaching their targets, they have begun promoting this phase of the conflict as a “turning point” – as proof that “Ukrainian resolve can ultimately defeat Russia”.
• Russia is making daily progress on the front line – not as quickly as we might wish, but while preserving the lives of our servicemen. Ukraine (and its Western handlers) is trying to compensate for its failures on the battlefield by carrying out terrorist attacks aimed at disrupting the way of life people have grown accustomed to.
• I am very proud that our people understand the current situation correctly – as our history and those who defeated Nazism taught us. All the more so because today we are fighting the direct followers and descendants of those Nazis, with essentially the same forces aligned against us. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly says that Germany intends to become Europe’s leading power once again. If you are prepared to speak so openly, then be prepared for the consequences.
• Russia's national interests in foreign affairs are to remain a sovereign power and an independent civilisation, to ensure the reliable security of our borders and to make sure that no one even considers telling us how to organise life within Russia.
• Russia's principal national quality is something the West lacks. Our civilisation respects its ancestors – those who created it, built its cities and defeated its enemies.
• The West is now telling us that it will still decide when the time is right to resume negotiations. They envisage talks at one table involving Europe, the US, Zelensky and President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Before that, they insist on a truce and a ceasefire. The Western countries would then deploy multinational forces led by France and Britain and only afterwards sit down for talks. What does that mean? It is an ultimatum. The front line would be frozen, while the Nazi regime would remain in place.
• We must rely solely on ourselves, as our President has repeatedly stressed. The events unfolding now have grave consequences. But I want to reiterate: we are completing the work of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, who defeated Nazism – while our former allies allowed it to survive and take root once again.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
On July 28, a Ukrainian UAV attacked a passenger bus in the Belgorod Region, injuring 19 civilians.
According to local authorities, the attack took place in Shebekino.
Eighteen victims were promptly taken to the Shebekino Central District Hospital. Fifteen sustained shrapnel wounds, while three were preliminarily diagnosed with blast-related acoustic trauma. Six remain in serious condition.
🎙 Интервью заместителя Министра иностранных дел России А.Ю.Руденко информационному порталу Arctic.ru (28 июля 2026 года)
Ключевые тезисы:
#РоссияАТР
• Для России азиатско-тихоокеанский вектор внешней политики естественен. Он носит многовековой и стратегический характер.
• Мы участвуем во всех основных региональных организациях.
• Россия всегда выступала за объединительную повестку межгосударственных отношений в АТР. <...> Убеждены, что путь в успешное будущее лежит исключительно в плоскости совместного развития.
• Рассматриваем #ЕАЭС, #ШОС и #АСЕАН в качестве ключевых составных элементов выдвинутой Президентом Российской Федерации В.В.Путиным инициативы по формированию Большого Евразийского партнёрства (БЕП).
👉 Цель #БЕП заключается в консолидации кооперационных потенциалов ведущих региональных платформ и сопряжении национальных проектов развития.
• Сегодня взаимодействие с нашими партнёрами в АТР осложняется попытками противодействия со стороны ряда недружественных нам государств. Тем не менее в условиях формирующегося нового глобального порядка страны региона более чётко осознают свои национальные интересы и делают выбор в пользу поддержания и наращивания связей с Россией.
#ВЭФ
• Проходящий ежегодно во Владивостоке Восточный экономический форум зарекомендовал себя как динамичная площадка для политических и деловых контактов. «География» Форума, как и перечень рассматриваемых на нём тем постоянно расширяются. Так, прошлогодний юбилейный десятый ВЭФ собрал порядка 8 тыс. человек из 75 стран мира.
#СМП
• Одна из главных точек роста — Северный морской путь, грузооборот по которому к 2030 году должен вырасти до 100 млн тонн.
• Роль СМП как независимой транспортной артерии важна, в т.ч. с учётом современной геополитической обстановки, например, кризиса в Ормузском заливе.
• Россия развивает транспортную инфраструктуру, строятся суда ледокольного флота.
#РоссияКитай
• Ведущим партнёром Дальневосточного федерального округа является Китай. <...> Создана и активно функционирует Межправительственная Российско-Китайская комиссия по сотрудничеству и развитию Дальнего Востока.
• Из иностранных инвестиций в Дальний Восток России (1,2 трлн руб.), на Китай приходится львиная доля — 1 трлн руб. <...> Реализуются совместные проекты на нашей границе.
• Введение Россией и Китаем на взаимной основе безвизового режима придало мощный стимул туристическим обменам. По итогам 2025 года турпоток между нашими странами вырос на 17%, превысив 3 млн поездок.
#ДвустороннееСотрудничество
• Облегчение взаимных поездок граждан является одним из приоритетных направлений деятельности МИД России. Ведётся активная работа по заключению межгосударственных соглашений о либерализации режима поездок с Индонезией и Малайзией. Рассчитываем на скорый запуск механизма групповых безвизовых туристических обменов между Россией и Вьетнамом. Кроме того, с КНР обсуждаются перспективы закрепления безвизовых поездок граждан на постоянной основе.
• В 2024 году принята Программа российско-индийского сотрудничества в торгово-экономической и инвестиционной сферах на Дальнем Востоке России на 2024-2029 годы, а также о принципах сотрудничества в Арктической зоне Российской Федерации.
• Активно развивается торгово-экономическая кооперация с Вьетнамом.
• Несмотря на практически полную «заморозку» политического диалога с Японией, инвесторы из этой страны сохраняют присутствие в энергетических проектах на Дальнем Востоке, в частности «Сахалин-1» и «Сахалин-2».
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❗️ Одним из серьёзных вызовов для безопасности и развития АТР является линия западных стран на милитаризацию региона с закреплением на его пространстве военно-политического потенциала НАТО.
• В последнее время из США и Европы всё громче звучат призывы к созданию азиатского аналога Североатлантического альянса. Некоторые даже придумали название — «Организация Индо-Тихоокеанского договора».
☝️ Это не сулит ничего хорошего для Азии — всем известно историческое «наследие» НАТО в Югославии, Ираке, Ливии. Теперь «под нож» пустили Украину.
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