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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