Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to participants in the No Statute of Limitations international forum (October 24, 2023)
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77 years ago, on October 1, 1946, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg delivered a historic verdict, condemning the main Nazi war criminals and legally securing the defeat of the Hitler regime. This truly epoch-making event rightfully went down in history as the Trial of Nations. The Nuremberg trials opened a new page in the development of international law. The foundation of the modern system of international criminal justice was laid then.
The Tribunal established that the Nazi atrocities were on a scale previously unknown in history. War crimes and crimes against humanity were systematically committed, including against the civilian population. Those Nazi organisations that systematically developed and implemented these misanthropic plans are forever outlawed.
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#russia #russian #lavrov #ukraine #nazi #warcrime #nuremberg #wwii #ww2
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77 years ago, on October 1, 1946, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg delivered a historic verdict, condemning the main Nazi war criminals and legally securing the defeat of the Hitler regime. This truly epoch-making event rightfully went down in history as the Trial of Nations. The Nuremberg trials opened a new page in the development of international law. The foundation of the modern system of international criminal justice was laid then.
The Tribunal established that the Nazi atrocities were on a scale previously unknown in history. War crimes and crimes against humanity were systematically committed, including against the civilian population. Those Nazi organisations that systematically developed and implemented these misanthropic plans are forever outlawed.
Read in full
#russia #russian #lavrov #ukraine #nazi #warcrime #nuremberg #wwii #ww2
⭐️ #OTD in 1943, Operation #Ring commenced – the last part of the epic Battle of #Stalingrad.
The Red Army encircled the remaining Axis forces, making 24 #Nazi generals surrender.
⚔️ The deadliest battle in history resulted in a decisive Soviet victory.
#RussianHistory #WWII #Victory78
The Red Army encircled the remaining Axis forces, making 24 #Nazi generals surrender.
⚔️ The deadliest battle in history resulted in a decisive Soviet victory.
#RussianHistory #WWII #Victory78
Russia commemorates the Day of Military Honour marking the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad.
🌟 #OTD in 1944, during the “January Thunder” operation against the 18th German army, the Soviet Leningrad Front crushed the Peterhof-Strelnya Nazi formation pushing the enemy back from the city by 60-100 km and completed the lifting of the siege in cooperation with the troops of the Volkhov Front.
🕯 Since 8 September 1941, Leningrad had been under siege which lasted 872 days, with the only connection to the outer world provided by the Road of Life across lake Ladoga. During the siege, over 1 million Leningrad residents were starved to death.
❌ Hitler’s intention regarding the city of Leningrad was to utterly destroy it together with its population. According to a directive sent to Army Group “North” in September 1941, “Following the city's encirclement, requests for surrender negotiations shall be denied, since the problem of relocating and feeding the population cannot and should not be solved by us. In this war for our very existence, we can have no interest in maintaining even a part of this very large urban population.”
☝️ The Red Army made as many as 4 unsuccessful attempts to break the enemy’s circle – in September 1941, October 1941, January 1942 and August-September 1942. January 1943, when the Battle of Stalingrad distracted major Nazi forces, became the pivotal moment.
🌟 Soviet troops broke the siege during “Iskra” operation opening a land corridor 8-10 km wide which allowed more supplies to reach the city until the siege was completely lifted 1 year later.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #SiegeofLeningrad #Nazi #USSR #Soviet
🌟 #OTD in 1944, during the “January Thunder” operation against the 18th German army, the Soviet Leningrad Front crushed the Peterhof-Strelnya Nazi formation pushing the enemy back from the city by 60-100 km and completed the lifting of the siege in cooperation with the troops of the Volkhov Front.
🕯 Since 8 September 1941, Leningrad had been under siege which lasted 872 days, with the only connection to the outer world provided by the Road of Life across lake Ladoga. During the siege, over 1 million Leningrad residents were starved to death.
❌ Hitler’s intention regarding the city of Leningrad was to utterly destroy it together with its population. According to a directive sent to Army Group “North” in September 1941, “Following the city's encirclement, requests for surrender negotiations shall be denied, since the problem of relocating and feeding the population cannot and should not be solved by us. In this war for our very existence, we can have no interest in maintaining even a part of this very large urban population.”
☝️ The Red Army made as many as 4 unsuccessful attempts to break the enemy’s circle – in September 1941, October 1941, January 1942 and August-September 1942. January 1943, when the Battle of Stalingrad distracted major Nazi forces, became the pivotal moment.
🌟 Soviet troops broke the siege during “Iskra” operation opening a land corridor 8-10 km wide which allowed more supplies to reach the city until the siege was completely lifted 1 year later.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #SiegeofLeningrad #Nazi #USSR #Soviet
🕯 Today marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day established by the United Nations General Assembly.
🌟 OTD in 1945 the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front troops led by Marshal I.Konev liberated “Auschwitz” prisoners putting an end to the largest death camp of the Third Reich and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
▪️ Auschwitz was really a group of camps, designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps.
It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens.
▪️Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.”
▪️The Nazis destroyed the majority of the documents, so the exact number of victims of the death camps is still unknown.
❗️According to the information about deportations, more than 1,5 million people died in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
☝️ Despite shameful attempts to re-write history in many states, including those that call themselves democracies, and the criminal war on monuments in Europe, the Holocaust, one of the most tragic events of the 20th century, will always remain in human history as an unprecedentedly atrocious attempt to translate the principles of a misanthropic ideology into action.
#WWII #WeRemember #Nazism #Nazi #NeverAgain
🌟 OTD in 1945 the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front troops led by Marshal I.Konev liberated “Auschwitz” prisoners putting an end to the largest death camp of the Third Reich and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
▪️ Auschwitz was really a group of camps, designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps.
It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens.
▪️Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.”
▪️The Nazis destroyed the majority of the documents, so the exact number of victims of the death camps is still unknown.
❗️According to the information about deportations, more than 1,5 million people died in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
☝️ Despite shameful attempts to re-write history in many states, including those that call themselves democracies, and the criminal war on monuments in Europe, the Holocaust, one of the most tragic events of the 20th century, will always remain in human history as an unprecedentedly atrocious attempt to translate the principles of a misanthropic ideology into action.
#WWII #WeRemember #Nazism #Nazi #NeverAgain
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Colombian ‘wild geese’ continue to die for Zelensky clique and their Western masters
❌ Media report that only recently, in July-August 2024, Fabian Adolfo Borrero Velez from Roldanillo, Bladimir Ramirez Beltran from Guamo, Jaime Alberto Rios Ruiz from Támesis, Elvis Gudiño from Santa Marta and Victor Botello from Bogota were confirmed eliminated by Russian forces.
Most of them came to Ukraine in search of easy money. Most of them left families behind. Will the rest of foreign mercenaries fighting for the Kiev regime realize they are going to share the fate of other #Nazi accomplices of #WW2?
❌ Media report that only recently, in July-August 2024, Fabian Adolfo Borrero Velez from Roldanillo, Bladimir Ramirez Beltran from Guamo, Jaime Alberto Rios Ruiz from Támesis, Elvis Gudiño from Santa Marta and Victor Botello from Bogota were confirmed eliminated by Russian forces.
Most of them came to Ukraine in search of easy money. Most of them left families behind. Will the rest of foreign mercenaries fighting for the Kiev regime realize they are going to share the fate of other #Nazi accomplices of #WW2?
📆 80 years ago, on 29 October 1944, the Budapest Offensive was launched by the Red Army during #WW2, aimed at defeating #Nazi forces in Hungary and forcing the country out of the war.
Hitler was determined to hold the Hungarian capital at any cost. He attached great importance to Nagykanizsa oil-producing area claiming he would rather surrender Berlin than lose Hungarian oil and Austria.
⚔️ Already by 2 November 1944, having crossed the Danube, Soviet troops approached Budapest. The Red Army successfully repelled a series of Nazi counterattacks at Balaton lake and encircled the city on 26 December 1944.
Soviet ultimatum to surrender in order to prevent bloodshed was ignored, with Soviet negotiators killed, which left the Red Army no other choice but assault.
⚔️ The takeover of Budapest entailed heavy fighting. The Red Army used a minimum of tanks engaging assault units supported by artillery instead. By 13 February 1944, persistent battles culminated with the capture of the city garrison led by General Karl-Pfeffer Wildenbruch.
❗️During the Budapest Offensive the Red Army defeated 56 enemy’s divisions with 188.000 soldiers and officers taken prisoners-of-war.
Some 70.000 Jewish prisoners were freed from the Budapest Ghetto. The whole southern flank of the Soviet-German front collapsed forcing Nazis to redeploy additional troops to the south.
☝️ The Red Army’s way to Prague and Vienna was opened.
#WWII #WeRemember #Victory80
Hitler was determined to hold the Hungarian capital at any cost. He attached great importance to Nagykanizsa oil-producing area claiming he would rather surrender Berlin than lose Hungarian oil and Austria.
⚔️ Already by 2 November 1944, having crossed the Danube, Soviet troops approached Budapest. The Red Army successfully repelled a series of Nazi counterattacks at Balaton lake and encircled the city on 26 December 1944.
Soviet ultimatum to surrender in order to prevent bloodshed was ignored, with Soviet negotiators killed, which left the Red Army no other choice but assault.
⚔️ The takeover of Budapest entailed heavy fighting. The Red Army used a minimum of tanks engaging assault units supported by artillery instead. By 13 February 1944, persistent battles culminated with the capture of the city garrison led by General Karl-Pfeffer Wildenbruch.
❗️During the Budapest Offensive the Red Army defeated 56 enemy’s divisions with 188.000 soldiers and officers taken prisoners-of-war.
Some 70.000 Jewish prisoners were freed from the Budapest Ghetto. The whole southern flank of the Soviet-German front collapsed forcing Nazis to redeploy additional troops to the south.
☝️ The Red Army’s way to Prague and Vienna was opened.
#WWII #WeRemember #Victory80
⚠️ The Russian Foreign Ministry published the next report 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.
❗️Today, there is a growing trend in a number of States to publicly justify and glorify #Nazism and #Nazi figures, and to support neo-Nazism in order to serve the biased political ambitions of external curators. The earlier campaigns to distort history and falsify the role of the USSR in ensuring the Victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War and World War II and creating the modern system of international relations have received a strong impetus.
❌ The cynicism, historical revisionism and revanchism inherent in the leadership of a number of Western countries are aimed at the complete substitution of notions and the swapping of places between the authors of racial purity ideologies who unleashed the war and nations that opposed them.
📖 Read the report in full
#ww2 #racism #xenophobia
❗️Today, there is a growing trend in a number of States to publicly justify and glorify #Nazism and #Nazi figures, and to support neo-Nazism in order to serve the biased political ambitions of external curators. The earlier campaigns to distort history and falsify the role of the USSR in ensuring the Victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War and World War II and creating the modern system of international relations have received a strong impetus.
❌ The cynicism, historical revisionism and revanchism inherent in the leadership of a number of Western countries are aimed at the complete substitution of notions and the swapping of places between the authors of racial purity ideologies who unleashed the war and nations that opposed them.
📖 Read the report in full
#ww2 #racism #xenophobia
🇱🇻 Latvia pursues a policy of deliberate falsification of history, justifying former Waffen-SS legionnaires and Nazi collaborators who are honoured as participants in "national liberation movements."
❗️The building-up of a parallel historic reality is used everywhere to justify Latvia's blasphemous glorification of Latvian SS legionnaires, Nazi collaborators, and to justify the open struggle against the memory of the Red Army soldiers who liberated Latvia from Nazism.
☝️ Latvia, along with Canada, Lithuania and Estonia, is among the few countries in the world where SS criminals continue to be openly honoured, contrary to the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal, as well as numerous international acts, including the annual resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on combating the glorification of Nazism.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia
❗️The building-up of a parallel historic reality is used everywhere to justify Latvia's blasphemous glorification of Latvian SS legionnaires, Nazi collaborators, and to justify the open struggle against the memory of the Red Army soldiers who liberated Latvia from Nazism.
☝️ Latvia, along with Canada, Lithuania and Estonia, is among the few countries in the world where SS criminals continue to be openly honoured, contrary to the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal, as well as numerous international acts, including the annual resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on combating the glorification of Nazism.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia
⚠️🇨🇦 For many decades, the Canadian authorities have pursued a policy of justifying and glorifying #Nazism.
By openly supporting the Nazi regime of #Kiev in the international arena, and, even more so, by increasing military aid, they trample on the memory of the exploits of Canadians who fought against Nazism and fascism in the anti-Hitler coalition.
It is telling that in 2022-2023, the Canadian delegation voted against the draft resolution "Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", introduced annually by Russia together with other co-sponsors, in the #UN General Assembly.
❗️Canada became a "haven" for Nazi war criminals and their accomplices from various Waffen-SS units and collaborators. In this country, such individuals were granted permanent residency and then citizenship. Canadian authorities shielded them from justice and prevented their extradition to other countries for prosecution.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #Canada
By openly supporting the Nazi regime of #Kiev in the international arena, and, even more so, by increasing military aid, they trample on the memory of the exploits of Canadians who fought against Nazism and fascism in the anti-Hitler coalition.
It is telling that in 2022-2023, the Canadian delegation voted against the draft resolution "Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", introduced annually by Russia together with other co-sponsors, in the #UN General Assembly.
❗️Canada became a "haven" for Nazi war criminals and their accomplices from various Waffen-SS units and collaborators. In this country, such individuals were granted permanent residency and then citizenship. Canadian authorities shielded them from justice and prevented their extradition to other countries for prosecution.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #Canada