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🔹Congratulations on Orthodox Easter
🔹Greetings to the Road to Yalta International Music Festival

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🕯Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on marking 10 years since the May 2, 2014, tragedy in Odessa

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🪖 Russian Defence Ministry opens exhibition of captured weapons and hardware in Victory Park

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❓ Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answer to a media question
🔹 Comment by the Russian Embassy in the United States

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🏅 In the early hours of May 1, 1945, the Victory Banner was raised atop of the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin

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📆 81 years ago — on May 2, 1943 — a soccer match between Spartak and Dynamo was held in Stalingrad
🎖 80 years ago, on May 1, 1944, an executive order of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet established the Medal For the Defence of Moscow
🎞 "Lenfilm", the first Russian film studio, was created on April 30, 1918
✈️ In April of 1939, Soviet aviators Vladimir Kokkinaki and Mikhail Gordienko completed the historic transatlantic non-stop flight from Moscow to the US

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🇷🇺🇨🇳President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made a state visit to the People's Republic of China
🔹Meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang
🔹Interview to Xinhua News Agency
🔹Opening of the Russia-China EXPO and the Russia-China Forum on Interregional Cooperation
🔹Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 22nd Yury Ozerov International War Film Festival

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✍️ FM Sergey Lavrov’s message to the participants in the 8th Young Diplomats Forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Countries

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🚀Soyuz 2.1b carrier launched with spacecraft on board

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❓ Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answers to media questions
🏫🔔 The Last School Bell

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📆 On May 13, Russia celebrates the Day of the Black Sea Fleet
📆 On May 15, 2018, Crimean Bridge went operational - a solemn opening ceremony and first drive took place

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 News conference following Russian-Belarusian talks
🇮🇷 Condolences over the death of President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi
🌍 Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to heads of state and government of African countries on Africa Day
🇷🇺🇧🇭 Russian-Bahraini talks

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🇮🇷 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s condolences to the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
🤝 On May 20-21, Sergey Lavrov took part in the Foreign Ministers Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member-countries
🇷🇺🇨🇳 On May 20, Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Astana
🌍 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a reception on the occasion of Africa Day
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Russian and Belarusian defence ministers hold talks in Minsk

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📰 Ambassador Anatoly Antonov exclusively for #Newsweek
❓ Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answers to media questions
📽 Movie night

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🏅 On May 20, 1942, the Red Army concluded the Kerch operation, the largest landing op on the Eastern Front

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🖌 May 24 is the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture - tied to the Feast Day of St. Cyril and Methodius - the creators of the Slavonic script
🔔 255 years ago – on May 22, 1769, the iconic bell of Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin was cast
📆 500 years ago, on May 22, 1524, the Novodevichy Convent, most revered monastery in Moscow, was founded

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🇷🇺🇺🇿 Russia-Uzbekistan talks
⚡️ Ceremony for presenting state decorations
🔹 Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
🛡 Video address on Border Guards Day
⚡️ Meeting with families awarded the Orders of Parental Glory and Mother Heroine

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📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from Izvestia
🎙 Excerpts from Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the meeting with participants of the Time of Heroes programme
💬 Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion of Ukraine crisis settlement
🗞 Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya
🤝 Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the heads of the diplomatic missions of Arab countries in Moscow

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☢️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of Armed Forces of Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on violations of Chemical Weapons Convention by U.S. and Ukraine
🇷🇺🇧🇾 Russian Aerospace Forces' pilots participates in joint air and tactical exercises with Air Force and Air Defence Forces of Republic of Belarus

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❓ Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answers to media questions
🎓 On May 30, Minister-Counselor Andrei Ledenev received students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
📽 Movie night

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🚀 The First Spacewalker – Alexey Leonov – would've turned 90 on May 30
⚽️ On May 28, 1971, legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin played his testimonial football match for FC Dynamo Moscow
📆 On May 27, 1703 one of the most beautiful cities in the world –Saint Petersburg – was founded

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🌍 Meeting with Head of Roscosmos Yury Borisov

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🎓 Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a meeting with university graduates entering the diplomatic service
⚡️ Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with ambassadors and permanent and plenipotentiary representatives of the CSTO member states
🎙Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Marina Kim for the New World project

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Knights arrives in China to participate in intercontinental air show
🎙 Statement by Russian Defence Minister on results of CIS Defence Ministers meeting

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🎙 Comment by the Russian Embassy in the United States
🎥 On the occasion of the recent 80th anniversary of liberation of Belgrade from Nazi invaders Russian Embassy screened a feature film «Certified: no mines»
⚡️ Russian Embassy joined “Geographical Dictation”, the international campaign of the Russian Geographical Society

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🚀 On November 15, 1988, legendary Soviet spaceplane Buran performed its historic spaceflight

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📖 A titan of deep reflection and literary mastery — Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky — was born on November 11, 1821

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🖋 Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order Approving the Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence
🎙 Statement by the President of the Russian Federation on Oreshnik, the medium-range missile system

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⚡️ On November 18-19, Sergey Lavrov participated in the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit

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⚡️ On November 19, Russian Armed Forces celebrate Missile Troops and Artillery Day

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🎬 Russian Embassy in the U.S. screened the feature film “The Humpbacked Horse”

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💐 On November 22, 2024 Sergey Lavrov took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Flame of the Brest Fortress
🎖 On November 19, 1942, the Soviet counteroffensive near Stalingrad commenced, marking a turning point in World War II
🏅 On November 22, 1941, The Road of Life to Leningrad went operational
🥇 On November 24, 1944 Baltic strategic offensive operation concluded

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⚡️ Meeting with participants of the 4️⃣ Young Scientists Congress Scientists Congress
⚡️ Russia Calling! Investment Forum Forum
⚡️ Meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects
🇷🇺🇧🇾Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State

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⚡️ Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 31st Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson

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⚡️ The drills in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
🚀 Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launch Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome

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✏️ On December 1, the Embassy joined #EcoDictation, the 6️⃣ educatorial campaign

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🏅 December 3 - the Day of the Unknown Soldier
🎖 On December 1, 1896, the Marshal of Victory, Georgy Zhukov, was born
🥇 On December 3, 1898 Mikhail Koshkin was born - creator of the legendary T-34 tank

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🪆 On December 5, 1924 famous painting workshop was established in the village of Palekh, Ivanovo Region
⚡️ On November 30, 1993, the Law on the State Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation was adopted

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🎖 Presenting Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia
🏆 Ceremony to present state decorations
🤝 Meeting with chairmen of parliaments of CSTO member states
💻 AI Journey international conference
🎙Vladimir Putin attended a meeting of the 22nd Congress of the United Russia political party

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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇹🇷 Press release on foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the ministerial meeting of the guarantor states of the Astana Process
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to questions at the 22nd Doha Forum session

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⚡️ Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspects Vostok Group of Forces

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🎂 25-th anniversary of the Russian Cultural Center in Washington, DC
🖼 Russian Embassy in the U.S. organized a photo exhibition dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Union
🎓Lecture of William Brumfifield at the Russian Embassy in the United States

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📖 ⚡️ December 12 is the Constitution Day of the Russian Federation
📝 A renowned Soviet writer Chingiz Aitmatov was born on December 12, 1928

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🇷🇺 Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin
🏆 Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 17th Summer Paralympics
🎙 Video address on Security Agency Worker’s Day

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⚡️ Expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board
⚡️The Statement by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at the extended board session
🎤Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Valery Gerasimov held a briefing for military attachés of foreign states

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🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s comments on the sidelines of the Valdai international discussion club

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🖼 An exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State of Russia and Belarus and the 10th anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Union
🎄 Christmas and New Year Celebration in the Russian Embassy

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🏅 On December 16, 1901, distinguished Soviet commander Nikolai Vatutin was born

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⚡️ Informal CIS heads of state meeting
⚡️ The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting
🎙Video address on Rescue Worker’s Day

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🎥 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with ‘60 Minutes’ television programme
🎤Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Russian and international news media
❌ Russian MFA statement on the disruption of the Russian Federation’s voluntary contribution to the budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) due to US actions

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❗️Regional media and experts have paid close attention to the U.S. military-biological activity in Africa

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⚔️ December 24, 1790 - The Siege of Ismail

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☦️ Christmas greetings
⛸ Greetings on the opening of the 4th Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games
🎙 Greetings on Prosecutor’s Office Workers Day

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🇮🇩 The Russian Federation welcomes the accession of the Republic of Indonesia to BRICS as a full-fledged participant from January 1, 2025
📝Commentary by Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on ongoing attacks by Kiev regime on Russian nuclear power infrastructure facilities
❕Russia's MFA statement regarding the latest US sanctions against the Russian Federation

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⚡️Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulates servicemen of formations, who demonstrated courage and heroism during liberation of Kurakhovo in Donetsk People’s Republic

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🕯Memorial ceremony in Elizabeth City (NC)

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🎖On January 8, 1942, the Battle of Rzhev commenced
🎖On January 12, 1943, Soviet forces launched Operation “Iskra”, which broke the Siege of Leningrad

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⚡️ Talks with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
⚡️ Meeting on socioeconomic development of Crimea and Sevastopol
⚡️ Meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee
⚡️Greetings to the current and former staff of Russia’s Investigative Committee

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🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a news conference on the outcomes of Russian diplomacy in 2024
🎤 Sergey Lavrov’s answers to questions from ‘Moscow. Kremlin. Putin’ television programme
❕From the Report by the MFA of Russia “On Violations of the Rights of Russian Citizens and Fellow Citizens in Foreign Countries” (2024)
🗞Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Russian Press Day

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⚡️Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov congratulated the command and manpower of the 74th Separate Motorised Riflfle Brigade on the liberation of Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic)
⚡️Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov congratulated servicemen of 144th Guards Motorised Riflfle Division on liberation of Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic)

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🎙Excerpts from the interview with former Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov for “Kommersant” newspaper on the prospects of U.S.-Russian relations
🖼 Exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State of Russia and Belarus

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🎖On January 16, 1909, legendary Soviet Navy officer, submarine S-33 commander Boris Alekseyev was born
🎖On January 17, 1945, the Red Army liberated Warsaw from the Nazis
🎖On January 18, 1943, the Red Army broke the siege of Leningrad during Operation “Iskra” (Spark)

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✏️📜 Alexander Griboyedov, an outstanding Russian diplomat and writer, was born on January 15, 1795

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⚡️ Talks with President of China Xi Jinping
⚡️ Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council
⚡️ Meeting on economic issues
⚡️ Meeting of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Supervisory Board
🎙 Vladimir Putin’s answers to questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin
🎓 Visit to Lomonosov Moscow State University

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🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks, via videoconference, at a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council
❕ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on President Trump administration’s decision to put Cuba back on the US list of state “sponsors” of terrorism

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📃 Russia and Uzbekistan sign strategic partnership programme in military field for 2026–2030 period

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🏅On the eve of the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade, the Embassy staff and the office of the Defense Attache met with veterans living in the U.S.A.


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🌟On January 20, Crimea celebrates Republic Day