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🎼 Удмуртская государственная филармония при поддержке Благотворительного фонда «Новые имена» имени Иветы Вороновой объявляет набор на II Международный детско-юношеский конкурс «На родине П. И. Чайковского». ✅ Принять участие могут юные музыканты от 10 до 22 лет из России, ближнего и дальнего зарубежья. Работы принимаются по специальностям: 📌 Фортепиано 📌 Струнные смычковые инструменты 📌 Деревянные духовые инструменты 📌 Медные духовые инструменты 📌 Народные инструменты – в Год единства народов России Этапы проведения: 🔹 Приём заявок: с 1 апреля по 15 августа. 🔹 Очное прослушивание: 11-13 октября. 🔹 Финал конкурса: 14 октября. Как принять участие? 1. Снимите свое выступление на видео 2. Подайте заявку до 15 августа со всеми необходимыми документами и ссылкой на выступление на почту: konkurs@operaizh.ru. 3. Смотрите результаты отбора на сайте не позднее 1 сентября. 👉 Положение, требования к видеозаписи и необходимые бланки представлены на сайте. ✨ Призовой фонд – 2 миллиона рублей. Гран-при — 1 миллион рублей! 🔗 Больше информации на официальном сайте. 🔗 Мы в МАКС #России

🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions at the 12th International Scientific and Expert Forum Primakov Readings (Moscow, June 24, 2026) Key points: • This Forum is our way of paying tribute to Yevgeny Primakov, his outstanding personality, rich intellectual legacy and ideas, which remain fully relevant to our work today. • The West remains unwilling to comply with the universally recognised norms of international law enshrined in the UN Charter, even though all states, by signing and ratifying the Charter, undertook to observe these norms in their entirety, totality and interrelation. • A defining feature of the current moment is the West’s readiness to rewrite even its notorious “rules” on the fly – the very rules it until recently sought to substitute for international law. As soon as the West realised that free trade, fair competition, the inviolability of property and the unrestricted movement of capital had enabled new centres of development in Asia, Africa and Latin America to unlock their potential, it immediately weaponised the dollar and other global currencies, unleashed sanctions and tariff wars, and began seizing foreign exchange and gold reserves. • The West is dismantling the foundations of the international security system built over decades. For many years, Russia has faced the irresponsible eastward geopolitical expansion of the “Atlantic community”, right up to our borders. • Russia welcomes the agreement between the US and Iran to cease hostilities, as well as the negotiations now under way. We stand ready to assist in developing a comprehensive, long-term agreement between the two countries and a broader settlement involving their neighbours, should our good offices be required. • Centuries of diplomatic experience point to one conclusion: the golden rule of lasting conflict settlement is to eradicate its root causes. For us, this applies first and foremost to the Ukrainian crisis, which was deliberately engineered by the West as part of its expansion towards Russia’s borders. • I am convinced that a political and diplomatic settlement of the situation around Ukraine remains entirely possible. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated this. It requires specific, legally binding security guarantees based on the principle of indivisible security, including guarantees for Russia’s security along its western borders. • The West must understand that it must abandon its plans for military-political, geoeconomic and ideological expansion into areas of Russia’s vital interests. • #Multipolarity does not condemn the world to chaos and confrontation, despite what its critics claim. A balance of interests based on international law is fully achievable. #RussiaChina relations, particularly our comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, clearly demonstrate this. • #BRICS and the #SCO show how the principles of sovereign equality and mutually beneficial cooperation can be implemented multilaterally. Their philosophy is close to and understood by all states seeking to pursue independent foreign policies and advance their national interests above all. Read in full

📄 The Russian Foreign Ministry has compiled and issued a report on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries. 👉 Read the report in full Despite continued focus on indigenous peoples and general understanding that it is important to develop and protect their rights, significant challenges in this area still remain. Among other things, this is caused by persisting and even deepening historical injustice against many indigenous peoples that occurs in a number of states, which manifested itself in colonization, deprivation of land, territories and resources of those indigenous peoples. ❗️ We also note that the topic of indigenous people’s rights is subject to excessive politicization as well, is fraught with cynically applied double standards, and is generally aimed at creating division and confrontation rather than cooperation between all participants. Additionally, assessment of the living standards of indigenous peoples is misused by a number of States (primarily Canada, Norway, Finland, the US, etc.) and international organizations to exert international pressure, including with the aim of questioning Russia's right to its original Arctic lands. Another goal of this unfair practice of a number of countries is to divert the attention of the international community from their own problems in establishing a regime for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and to conceal the plight of their citizens from among traditional societies. For example, almost all Arctic States mentioned in the report pursued some form of assimilation and discrimination policies towards the aboriginal population, which led to multiple social, political and cultural problems. Canada Indigenous peoples of Canada remain one of the most oppressed and marginalised groups, facing persistent discrimination and life below the poverty line. The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, has reported that the protection of economic, social and cultural rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada remains unsatisfactory. Canada's ongoing colonial violence against Indigenous peoples manifests, to this day, in practices such as forced sterilisation. Finland Discrimination in Finland manifests as significant encroachments on the rights of the Sami people, indigenous inhabitants of Finland totalling around 10,000 people, with 2,000 native speakers of the Sami language. In most cases, human rights bodies have underscored obstacles to the practical realisation of the right to use the Sami language, enshrined in the Finnish legislation. *** This topic was also traditionally included in the third joint report of the Foreign Ministries of Russia and Belarus on the Human Rights Situation in Certain Countries published in June 2026. Besides, these issues are consistently highlighted in the annual reports of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on human rights issues, including in reports regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (the latest such report was released in August 2025).

⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry has published its second report on the situation regarding the rights of Indigenous peoples in selected countries. Like the previous report published in 2024, it identifies the key current challenges and analyses the situation of Indigenous populations in six Arctic Council member states: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States, as well as Australia, Japan and New Zealand. In recent years, the issue of Indigenous peoples’ rights has become excessively politicised and rife with cynically applied double standards. Overall, it is increasingly being used to foment division and confrontation rather than promote cooperation among members of the international community. The US, Canada and their allies have stepped up their activities at universal international platforms, within regional formats and in the media, promoting narratives about alleged violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights in Russia and several developing countries. In doing so, they seek to: • divert global attention from problems in North America, Western Arctic states, Australia, Japan and New Zealand; • call into question Russia’s right to its ancestral Arctic territories. Virtually all the countries covered by the report have historically pursued policies of assimilation and discrimination against their Indigenous populations in one form or another. This has created, and continues to cause, numerous sociopolitical and cultural problems. Many countries are currently developing mechanisms for consultation and cooperation with Indigenous communities. However, the measures adopted in this area are often incomplete. ☝️Common challenges facing Indigenous peoples in various countries include: • the gradual erosion of their traditional way of life as a consequence of past assimilation policies; • violations of their rights to traditional lands and natural resources; • environmental degradation caused by industrial exploitation and the militaristic activities of certain states abroad; • high unemployment; • Indigenous communities’ dependence on state subsidies. These adverse phenomena are particularly acute in Arctic countries, which is why the situation there has been addressed in a separate report. 🇷🇺🇧🇾 This issue was also traditionally covered in the third Joint Report by the Foreign Ministries of Russia and Belarus – “The Human Rights Situation in Certain Countries”, published in June 2026. These matters are also systematically addressed in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s annual human rights reports, including those examining the glorification of Nazism, the spread of neo-Nazism and other practices contributing to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The latest such report was published in August 2025.

🗞️ On 24 June, marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Information Bureau, we are pleased to present the digital photo exhibition “85 Years of Soviet Information Bureau. History in Motion. An Era Remembered” prepared by the Rossiya Segodnya media group. 📸 It brings together 30 iconic photographs taken by the legendary correspondents, depicting the major events of the second half of the twentieth century and the present day. ⌛️ A distinctive feature of the exhibition is its combination of images from a heroic past with modern technologies that make it possible to “bring to life” archival photographs using neural network tools.

📸 Сегодня, в день 85-летия создания Советского информбюро, медиагруппа «Россия сегодня» открывает масштабную фотовыставку «85 лет Совинформбюро. Ожившая история. Запечатлённая эпоха». 🖼 Экспозиция объединяет 30 знаковых фоторабот, снятых за прошедшие годы, и впервые показывает историю страны через призму оживших с помощью нейросетей архивных кадров. Выставка приурочена к 24 июня 1941 года — именно в этот день, на третий день Великой Отечественной войны, было создано Советское информбюро. На протяжении 85 лет агентство, позже преобразованное в Агентство печати «Новости» (АПН), а затем в РИА Новости, оставалось главным голосом страны, фиксируя ключевые события отечественной и мировой истории. Сегодня его традиции продолжает медиагруппа «Россия сегодня», объединяющая РИА Новости и Sputnik. В экспозиции представлены работы прославленных фотографов, среди которых легендарные фотокоры-фронтовики: Георгий Зельма, Евгений Халдей, Владимир Гребнев, Михаил Озерский, Игорь Костин и другие мастера репортажной фотографии. ❗️ В объективах этих авторов — Сталинградская битва и Парад Победы 1945 года, первый полёт Юрия Гагарина, Олимпийские игры в Москве 1980 года, Сочи и Милане, работа миротворческих сил, исторические встречи мировых лидеров. ☝️ Особенность выставки — сочетание кадров героического прошлого и современных технологий, позволяющих «оживить» исторические снимки. Посетитель видит не только статичное чёрно-белое или цветное изображение, но и движение, смену ракурсов. Запечатлённые мгновения перестают быть застывшими — прошлое буквально на глазах оживает, позволяя по-новому взглянуть на хорошо знакомые страницы истории. 💬 Из приветственного слова посетителям выставки генерального директора медиагруппы «Россия сегодня» Дмитрия Киселёва:

85 лет назад, в тяжёлые первые дни Великой Отечественной, родилось Советское информбюро. Оно было призвано стать голосом страны в час величайших испытаний. И сегодня, листая эту уникальную летопись, мы видим, как военные сводки стали началом большого пути, в котором отразилась целая эпоха. Это история нашей страны. Хроника побед, покорение космоса, триумфы наших спортсменов и великих деятелей культуры. И конечно — свидетельство той колоссальной роли, которую наша страна играла и играет на мировой арене. Мы — медиагруппа «Россия сегодня» и агентства РИА Новости и Sputnik — являемся прямыми наследниками того самого Совинформбюро. И традиции фронтовых корреспондентов, которые вместе с советскими воинами прошли дорогами войны, фиксируя каждый шаг к Великой Победе, для нас не пустой звук. Сегодня наши военкоры работают так же, как и их славные предшественники 85 лет назад, — на передовой. Рискуя жизнью, чтобы мир увидел правду. Эта выставка — наш поклон тем, кто создавал историю. И тем, кто продолжает её создавать сейчас.

ℹ️ Выставка «85 лет Совинформбюро. Ожившая история. Запечатлённая эпоха» сформирована медиагруппой «Россия сегодня» при сотрудничестве и поддержке Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации. Экспозиция будет представлена в российских дипломатических представительствах за рубежом.

🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's address at a meeting with graduates of military academies (Moscow, June 23, 2026) Read in full 💬 The current international situation is far from stable. Armed confrontation in the Middle East continues unabated, while the potential for conflict has increased significantly across a number of regions, including Eurasia. We can see that whereas NATO countries previously confined themselves to supporting the Kiev regime, which came to power illegally, through an armed coup, the West is now openly declaring that it is preparing for war with us and increasing its military and offensive budgets. To justify this spending and the radical militarisation of their countries, the leaders of NATO and EU member states continue to invoke false claims about an alleged Russian military threat. ❗️ The modus operandi of the so-called pseudo-democratic West is very simple: first, it creates threats to our country, forcing us to take the necessary measures in self-defence and self-protection, and then immediately blames us for every conceivable sin in order to justify the continuation of its aggressive policy and actions against Russia. We know this all too well. Even after the treacherous attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the West, represented by Nazi Germany, sought to accuse the USSR and Stalin of aggression against what we would today call the “collective West”. Astonishingly, this claim is still being discussed in quasi-academic circles. ☝️ I would like to emphasise that Russia consistently advocates equal and indivisible security for all. We are convinced that this can only be achieved by building a multipolar system of international relations and reliably ensuring the military security of every state. At the same time, we stand ready to respond swiftly and appropriately to any external or internal threats. #MultipolarWorld

2️⃣2️⃣ июня в стенах Генерального консульства России в Сиднее зажглись сотни маленьких огоньков в рамках мемориальной акции «Свеча памяти», приуроченной к 85-ой годовщине начала ВОВ. В мероприятии приняли участие российские дипломаты, представители общественности, «дети войны», неравнодушные соотечественники разных поколений, объединенные общим чувством скорби и желанием сохранить память о павших героях. 🕯️ Каждый огонек, зажженный в этот день, – это не просто свет, это частичка души, благодарность и низкий поклон тем, кто ценой своей жизни добывал мирное небо. #СвечаПамяти – это возможность остановиться, задуматься и почувствовать свою причастность к великой истории своей страны. 📕Волонтеры Победы Австралии рассказали о реализации масштабного проекта – выпуска первого издания «Книги памяти» о Великой Победе, в которую вошли истории семей соотечественников, проживающих в Австралии. Первый экземпляр был передан Генеральному консулу З.Ф.Габиевой на вечное хранение в российском загранучреждении. 🎦 В завершении вечера все желающие были приглашены на просмотр документального фильма RT Documentary «Великая Победа: Одна на всех», рассказывающего о вкладе каждой из национальностей СССР в разгром фашизма. 🤝Благодарим организацию «Российско-Австралийское Содружество» и Волонтеров Победы в Австралии за проделанную работу и помощь в организации столь важного мероприятия.  #ДеньПамятииСкорби #МыПомним

#Анонс ⚖️ 24-26 июня состоится XIV Петербургский международный юридический форум. #ПМЮФ — крупнейшая площадка для диалога между представителями юридического, предпринимательского и правоохранительного сообществ по вопросам права в интересах граждан, бизнеса, совершенствования правоприменительной практики, продвижения законодательных инициатив в целях развития правовой культуры и регулирования социально-экономической сферы в современных условиях. 💬 Президент России В.В.Путин:

Форум уже давно заслужил авторитет одной из наиболее представительных и значимых площадок для прямого, всестороннего обсуждения актуальных профессиональных тем. Для совместного поиска и выработки решений, способствующих развитию международного права и дальнейшей качественной эволюции национальных юридических систем, формированию перспективных законодательных инициатив.

(из обращения к участникам и гостям XIV Петербургского международного юридического форума, 23 июня 2026 года) Форум объединит на своей площадке ведущих представителей юридического, предпринимательского, политического и правоохранительного сообществ России и зарубежных стран. Участие в XIV Петербургском международном юридическом форуме уже подтвердили свыше 5 тысяч человек из более чем 80 государств. Среди них — иностранные министры юстиции, председатели и судьи, главы международных организаций и объединений, представители юридического сообщества, бизнеса и СМИ. #ПМЮФ2026 пройдёт под девизом «Время быть в праве». В рамках Форума запланировано свыше 100 мероприятий, выстроенных вокруг восьми тематических направлений, которые охватывают наиболее важные и актуальные вопросы правовой сферы. • Международное право в меняющемся мире; • Эффективное право — эффективному государству; • Право и общество; • Право и бизнес; • Разрешение споров; • Цифровизация в праве; • Развитие законодательства; • Юридическое сообщество: образование, профессия и призвание. Центральным событием мероприятия станет пленарное заседание на тему «Международное право — привилегия первых или право равных?» ⚡️ Традиционно активное участие в работе ПМЮФ принимает МИД России. 25 июня на площадке Форума состоится организованная Правовым департаментом секция «Международное правосудие: вызовы и перспективы «юридической войны». В тот же день при участии Департаменте многостороннего сотрудничества по правам человека будет проведена сессия «Права человека как оружие: когда правозащитная риторика разрушает международное сотрудничество». 💬 Министр юстиции России, председатель Оргкомитета ПМЮФ К.А.Чуйченко:

Уверен, доверительный диалог российских и зарубежных юристов, государственных деятелей, представителей деловых кругов и общественных организаций, традиционно складывающийся на площадке ПМЮФ, и в этом году послужит важным шагом на пути укрепления авторитета ценностей международного права, дальнейшего развития национальных правовых систем и новых направлений межгосударственного взаимодействия.

(Из пресс-релиза к обнародованию Деловой программы ПМЮФ) ℹ️ Петербургский международный юридический форум был учреждён в 2011 году и проводится при поддержке Президента Российской Федерации. Его организаторами выступают Министерство юстиции Российской Федерации и Фонд Росконгресс. В 2025 году в работе ПМЮФ приняли участие более 5600 участников, включая 23 иностранных министров, из 80 государств мира. 👉 Подробная информация о Форуме 👉 Ознакомиться с деловой программой Форума

💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: Politico refused to publish an article by Sergey Lavrov on the origins of the Ukrainian crisis and European security. It was not Russia’s Foreign Minister whom the outlet rejected, but the substance of his article. The piece remained with the editors for more than 24 hours before being returned with the curt note: “We will not publish it”. This is a flagrant act of censorship. A scandal for all of Europe. At the heart of the EU stands a media outlet that portrays itself as a champion of European values – democracy, freedom and prosperity – but is, in reality, an extreme example of censorship and Orwellian authoritarian practices. Now let us take a closer look at whose supposedly expert opinions this outlet uses to shape public opinion in Europe – or, more accurately, to brainwash Europeans. Over the past five years – from 2021 through early 2026 – Politico Europe’s Opinion section published columns by 70 incumbent heads of state, heads of government and ministers from more than 30 countries. They authored or co-authored 66 articles, including 13 written jointly by two or more officials. Of these publications, 35 were penned by heads of state or government, 18 by foreign ministers and 13 by other ministers, including those responsible for defence, finance, energy, internal affairs and the environment. Politico.eu was used most frequently by representatives of Britain (9 articles by 8 authors), Estonia (7 articles), Ukraine (6), Lithuania (4) and Greece (3). ☝️ In other words, opinions at the heart of the European Union were being shaped by representatives of countries that are relative newcomers to the EU, have never belonged to it or have exited it altogether. My congratulations to France, Germany and Italy.

🕯 22.06.1941 WE REMEMBER all those who went to the front and never returned home. Those who shed their blood and fell on the battlefields fighting Hitler's scourge and Nazi collaborators. WE MOURN alongside every family that lost loved ones in that terrible war: fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. WE HONOUR the courage of those who bore the brunt of the enemy’s first assault, stood their ground and repelled attack after attack in the ranks of the Red Army and partisan detachments. We honour those who worked selflessly on the home front: at their machines, in hospitals, factories and fields. WE BOW OUR HEADS before the generation of Victors who saved our Motherland, Europe and the entire world from the brown plague of Nazism. This is our pain, our pride and our sacred duty. #NoOneIsForgotten #NothingIsForgotten

🕯 June 22 is the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow – a date commemorated across Russia and other CIS countries. At dawn on June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany treacherously invaded the Soviet Union. Thus began the Great Patriotic War. On this day, Russians remember their fallen relatives and compatriots – the 27 million Soviet people whose lives were taken by the war. Yet on that very first day, words were spoken that foretold its outcome:

“Our cause is just. The enemy will be defeated. #Victory will be ours”.

During the war, some 34 million people served in the Red Army. Nearly 8.7 million never returned home. The war lasted 1️⃣,4️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ days and nights. It ended in Berlin – with the Red Banner raised over the defeated Reichstag and the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender. #Victory81

🕯 On June 22 – the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War – President of Russia Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. The President also laid flowers at the memorials honouring the Hero Cities and at the obelisk dedicated to the Cities of Military Glory. #NoOneIsForgottern #NothingIsForgotten

🇷🇺🇧🇾 Statement of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia “On the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (June 21, 2026) ◾️ 85 years ago, Germany treacherously invaded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, marking the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The actions of the German Nazis and their accomplices were aimed at exterminating the Soviet people. In the occupied territories, the invaders committed acts aimed at the complete or partial elimination of the national, ethnic and racial groups inhabiting the Soviet Union. These included killing members of these groups, causing serious harm to their health, forcibly preventing births, forcibly transferring children, forcibly displacing people and deliberately creating conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction. 🕯 The war claimed the lives of almost 27 million Soviet people. Civilian losses exceeded 13.6 million. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia considers it unacceptable to forget the crimes committed by the Nazis. Preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War is essential to preventing crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, countering manifestations of Nazism, and maintaining universal peace and harmony. ✍️ To preserve the memory of the millions of Soviet citizens who fell victim to Nazi criminals and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War, the Republic of Belarus adopted Law No. 146-Z “On the Genocide of the Belarusian People” of January 5, 2022, while the Russian Federation adopted Federal Law No. 74-FZ “On Perpetuating the Memory of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” of April 21, 2025. The legislative recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War is a logical continuation of the judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and subsequent court rulings against Nazi criminals and their accomplices. Taking into account the Charter of the United Nations of June 26, 1945, the Charter and Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948, and the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity of November 26, 1968, and guided by the legislation adopted in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, the Parliamentary Assembly recognises the atrocities committed by the Nazi German invaders and their accomplices against the population of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as genocide of the Soviet people. The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call for resolute opposition to all attempts to rewrite history, justify Nazism or diminish the Soviet people’s role in defeating fascism. They regard support for neo-Nazism for the sake of political expediency as a threat to all humanity. The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call on the United Nations, international interparliamentary organisations and bodies, and fellow parliamentarians to join this Statement and adopt corresponding statements. #NoStatuteOfLimitations

The article by Cardinal Mykola Bychok of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, published in The Australian on 22 June, which baselessly claims that Russian forces struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, is written in the finest tradition of Goebbels-style propaganda: the bigger the lie, the more readily people will believe it. The Lavra is sacred to us and there was no Russian missile strike. According to confirmed information from the Russian Ministry of Defence, there was a fire on the cathedral’s dome caused by the fall of a Patriot missile launched by Ukraine’s air defence system. While making multiple false accusations against Russia and attempting to discredit Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Cardinal remains silent about the efforts of the Kiev regime to eradicate everything Russian, including legally imposed bans on the Russian language in schools, kindergartens and public life in Ukraine; persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate; assaults on priests; seizures of churches; the desecration of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, including the sacrilegious handling of the relics of Orthodox saints by the Ukrainian authorities. It is particularly ironic that the Cardinal Bychok is calling on Australia to increase military assistance to Ukraine, given that it became known at the end of last week that Australian taxpayers will be expected to shoulder an additional AUD 100 million burden. Western governments appear untroubled by the fact that these “contributions” are being used by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime to target and kill Russian civilians. One of the latest examples was the bloody terrorist attack carried out on 22 May 2026 against a college dormitory in Starobelsk, LPR, which killed 21 students in their sleep and injured dozens more. Watch the RT documentary “Starobelsk. No Child Should Die”, which reconstructs the events of this horrific tragedy.

🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow — the most tragic date in the history of our country. On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war. ⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country. Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people. The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation. The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations. Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis *** ⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors. The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten. It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'. The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations. 💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):

This year marks 85 years since Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union. This date carries both the sorrow of millions of lives lost and a reminder of the terrible consequences of blind belief in one’s own superiority, racism, xenophobia, and the denial of other peoples’ right to identity.

🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)

The atrocities committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War have no statute of limitations. Russia has recognised these crimes at the legislative level as the genocide of the Soviet people and will tirelessly seek recognition of this fact by European countries and the so-called West as a whole. <...> Today we mourn those who, at the cost of their lives, fulfilled the sacred duty of defending the Motherland. We will not allow the feat of the Soviet people, who saved Europe and the world from the horrors of the brown plague, to be erased from memory.

We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory. 🕯 We remember. We mourn. We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten. #DayOfMemoryAndSorrow

🎙 Briefing by Russia's Ministry of Defence on the analysis of documents released by US national intelligence concerning the activities of biolabs in Ukraine (June 19, 2026) Read in full (in Russian) Russia has repeatedly initiated discussions on relevant international platforms – including the UN Security Council and General Assembly – regarding the facts of Ukraine and Western countries implementing military-biological programmes in violation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Bringing documented evidence of this illegal activity by Western countries to the attention of the international community has enabled us to change the situation. ❗️ In May 2026, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the launch of an investigation into activities linked to the previous US administration’s funding of 120 biolabs abroad, more than 40 of which are located in Ukraine. This is further evidence that biolabs in Ukraine were financed and reconstructed using funds from the US federal budget. ❌ The documents list facilities in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Vinnitsa, Ternopol, Chernigov and Odessa 👉 where pathogens of plague, anthrax, tularemia, Marburg and Ebola fevers were studied. The locations and areas of research activity of biolabs previously identified by the Russian Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry have now been confirmed by US national intelligence materials. During the special military operation, we obtained additional documents confirming that the focus of this work did not correspond to Ukraine’s actual public health needs – primarily socially significant diseases. The priority was to study the damaging properties of potential biological warfare agents, as well as infectious agents capable of undermining a state’s economy. *** Our repeated statements that the US Democratic Party was creating a legislative framework for financing military-biological research have been confirmed in the press release published by the Director of National Intelligence. Scientific organisations and major pharmaceutical companies were involved in this scheme, while funds from non-governmental organisations were attracted under state guarantees. The main contractors for the US military department were Metabiota, Black & Veatch and CH2M Hill, which were responsible for constructing biological facilities and supplying equipment. ☝️ All accusations against Russia of spreading disinformation and conducting hybrid operations to mislead the international community are absolutely false.

🇷🇺🇺🇳Выступление заместителя Постоянного представителя М.В.Заболоцкой по случаю Международного дня борьбы с языком ненависти 📍Нью-Йорк, 18 июня 2026 года Язык ненависти, являясь одной из форм дискриминации, запрещен ключевыми международно-правовыми документами в области прав человека, включая Международную конвенцию о ликвидации всех форм расовой дискриминации и Международный пакт о гражданских и политических правах. Однако, несмотря на предпринимаемые усилия, язык ненависти продолжает распространяться в общественном дискурсе, создавая благоприятную почву для дискриминации. Нередко подобные высказывания пытаются оправдать ссылками на свободу выражения мнений. Вместе с тем эти попытки несостоятельны, поскольку данная свобода не распространяется на подстрекательство к дискриминации. ⚠️Распространение ксенофобской риторики способствует укоренению предрассудков, углублению общественных разногласий и формированию условий для неравного обращения с людьми. *** В последние годы мы наблюдаем столь неприглядное проявление языка ненависти, как русофобия. Русский язык, культура и Русская православная церковь становятся объектами нападок как в онлайн-, так и в офлайн-пространстве на Украине, в государствах Балтии и в ряде стран Европейского союза. Недавний пример: всего пять дней назад на Украине был принят закон, лишивший русский язык статуса и гарантий защиты, предусмотренных для языков национальных меньшинств, несмотря на то что для очень большого числа жителей страны он является родным. На Украине на законодательном уровне заложена основа для запрета Украинской православной церкви, и церковь ведет борьбу за свое выживание в судах. Лишили УПЦ и защиты от мобилизации в ВСУ, которая предоставляется тысячам других религиозных организаций по всей стране. В Эстонии поправки к Закону о церквях и приходах сформировали значительные административные барьеры для Эстонской Православной Христианской Церкви и могут подорвать ее историческое наследие. Православная церковь испытывает серьезное давление в Латвии. ❗️Во всех этих странах язык ненависти в отношении русских и русской культуры стал нормой, и за словами последовали действия. *** Усилия по борьбе с языком ненависти должны быть последовательными и применяться без двойных стандартов. 👉Только посредством скоординированных действий государств, международных организаций, религиозных общин, академического сообщества и цифровых платформ можно сформировать устойчивую культуру уважения, диалога и мирного сосуществования. Читать полностью Трансляция всего заседания

📆 В ходе 36-го совещания государств-участников Конвенции ООН по морскому праву 1982 года (Нью-Йорк, 15-19 июня) состоялись выборы в Международный трибунал по морскому праву (#МТМП). ✅ Квалифицированным большинством в 2/3 голосов на новый девятилетний срок был переизбран кандидат, выдвинутый Российской Федерацией – действующий судья МТМП Р.А.Колодкин, возглавлявший Правовой департамент МИД России в 2001-2009 и 2015-2017 годах. К ведению Трибунала по морскому праву относятся все споры и заявления, передаваемые ему в соответствии с Конвенцией ООН по морскому праву 1982 года, и вопросы, специально указанные в любом другом соглашении, которое предусматривает компетенцию Трибунала. МТМП играет существенную роль в разрешении морских споров, его потенциал всё более активно используется государствами. В Москве убеждены, что благодаря своим глубоким научным знаниям и богатому профессиональному опыту Р.А.Колодкин продолжит вносить существенный вклад в деятельность Трибунала и будет способствовать эффективному выполнению им своих функций. ☝️ Переизбрание Р.А.Колодкина подтверждает непререкаемый авторитет российской правовой школы.

🗓 The Russia-ASEAN Summit, marking the 35th anniversary of relations between our country and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Kazan, June 17-18) has successfully concluded. The key items on the agenda of the Kazan Summit included a review of the strategic partnership between Russia and #ASEAN, new areas of cooperation in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as an exchange of views on current international and regional issues. • Key events of the anniversary Summit: 👏 Reception in honour of the Heads of delegations 🎙 Plenary Session of the Russia-ASEAN Summit 🎙 Statements to the media by Presidents of Russia and the Philippines following the Summit • Following the Summit, a package of documents was adopted, including: ✍️ the Kazan Declaration 2026 ✍️ the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Russia-ASEAN ✍️ the Joint Statement on Cultural Cooperation ✍️ the Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation *** On June 17-18, President Vladimir Putin held a series of bilateral meetings with Heads of delegations of ASEAN member states on the sidelines of the Summit, including with: 🇵🇭 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 🇧🇳 Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah 🇲🇾 Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim 🇱🇦 Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone 🇻🇳 Prime Minister of Vietnam Le Minh Hung 🇸🇬 Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong 🇹🇭 Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul 🇹🇱 Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao 🇰🇭 Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet #RussiaASEAN #MultipolarWorld