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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 32nd Assembly of the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy (May 18, 2024)
Key talking points:
• Our people have once again shown profound confidence in President Putin and his policies, including foreign policy. Without a doubt, this fact puts our Ministry under significant obligations. We are working through the steps that are needed to continue to implement the revised Russian Foreign Policy Concept approved in March 2023.
• The US-led West sticks to its official goal proclaimed even at the doctrinal level of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.
• The very existence of our country is seen by many most aggressive Russophobes as a threat to the Washington-led golden billion’s global dominance.
☝️ Our approach will be to continue using diplomatic means to create proper conditions for the West to drop its hostile policies, and to help achieve the special military operation’s objectives. This will be the primary focus of our diplomacy.
• Despite the intensity and high media profile of our confrontation with the West, Russia does not limit its foreign relations to a single area.
🌐 Our relations with Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America in various formats remain our foreign policy priority. We share much with the Global Majority, including a common vision for a multipolar world and a commitment to fundamental principles of country-to-country relations, including the main one – the sovereign equality of states.
• Our actions on the Chinese and other non-Western foreign policy tracks evoke undisguised anger from the former hegemon and its satellites. Just look at how the US and its allies are trying by all means to prevent Global Majority countries from dealing with Russia and to embroil them into anti-Russia initiatives.
• We will continue to keep consistently working to build new international balances, mechanisms, and instruments that serve the interests of Russia and its partners in line with the realities of a multipolar world.
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Key talking points:
• Our people have once again shown profound confidence in President Putin and his policies, including foreign policy. Without a doubt, this fact puts our Ministry under significant obligations. We are working through the steps that are needed to continue to implement the revised Russian Foreign Policy Concept approved in March 2023.
• The US-led West sticks to its official goal proclaimed even at the doctrinal level of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.
• The very existence of our country is seen by many most aggressive Russophobes as a threat to the Washington-led golden billion’s global dominance.
☝️ Our approach will be to continue using diplomatic means to create proper conditions for the West to drop its hostile policies, and to help achieve the special military operation’s objectives. This will be the primary focus of our diplomacy.
• Despite the intensity and high media profile of our confrontation with the West, Russia does not limit its foreign relations to a single area.
🌐 Our relations with Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America in various formats remain our foreign policy priority. We share much with the Global Majority, including a common vision for a multipolar world and a commitment to fundamental principles of country-to-country relations, including the main one – the sovereign equality of states.
• Our actions on the Chinese and other non-Western foreign policy tracks evoke undisguised anger from the former hegemon and its satellites. Just look at how the US and its allies are trying by all means to prevent Global Majority countries from dealing with Russia and to embroil them into anti-Russia initiatives.
• We will continue to keep consistently working to build new international balances, mechanisms, and instruments that serve the interests of Russia and its partners in line with the realities of a multipolar world.
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🎙 Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with PIR Center for Policy Studies (May 22, 2024)
Key points:
💬 The interest towards #BRICS has been steadily growing against the backdrop of large-scale geopolitical challenges and dramatic changes taking place in the world today.
• BRICS is seen as one of the pillars of a new, more equitable world order, which is designed to give all countries equal opportunities, to free the states of the Global South and Global East from the role of obedient suppliers of cheap labor and raw materials that the West imposes on them, and to consolidate the right of all nations for preserving their identity, self-determination, independent domestic and foreign policy, and protection of traditional values.
Russia and other BRICS countries fully share this stance and are in favor of an honest partnership that denies any exceptionalism.
• BRICS is an innovative format of interstate cooperation, bringing together different cultures and civilizations, countries with different economic and political systems <...>. Our common goal is a firm commitment to pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, defending sovereignty and our national interests.
• As part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024, we intend to continue developing strategic partnership on the basis of consensus and continuity, and work to enhance its role in world affairs. It's also reflected by the motto of the Russian BRICS Year “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”.
• The BRICS Summit in October 2024, will be the culmination of the Russian year in BRICS. We intend to continue the tradition of organizing on the sidelines meetings with developing countries. That cooperation within the BRICS framework and its mechanisms of interaction with like-minded nations will enable the voice of the Global South to sound louder and clearer in the international arena, as well as to defend our national interests and the right to choose our own path of development.
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#BRICS2024
Key points:
💬 The interest towards #BRICS has been steadily growing against the backdrop of large-scale geopolitical challenges and dramatic changes taking place in the world today.
• BRICS is seen as one of the pillars of a new, more equitable world order, which is designed to give all countries equal opportunities, to free the states of the Global South and Global East from the role of obedient suppliers of cheap labor and raw materials that the West imposes on them, and to consolidate the right of all nations for preserving their identity, self-determination, independent domestic and foreign policy, and protection of traditional values.
Russia and other BRICS countries fully share this stance and are in favor of an honest partnership that denies any exceptionalism.
• BRICS is an innovative format of interstate cooperation, bringing together different cultures and civilizations, countries with different economic and political systems <...>. Our common goal is a firm commitment to pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, defending sovereignty and our national interests.
• As part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024, we intend to continue developing strategic partnership on the basis of consensus and continuity, and work to enhance its role in world affairs. It's also reflected by the motto of the Russian BRICS Year “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”.
• The BRICS Summit in October 2024, will be the culmination of the Russian year in BRICS. We intend to continue the tradition of organizing on the sidelines meetings with developing countries. That cooperation within the BRICS framework and its mechanisms of interaction with like-minded nations will enable the voice of the Global South to sound louder and clearer in the international arena, as well as to defend our national interests and the right to choose our own path of development.
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#BRICS2024
🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Sanctions imposed on third countries engaged in economic activities are doubly or triply illegitimate because sanctions are absolutely illegitimate when adopted without the approval of the UN Security Council.
☝️ Incidentally, the Americans or Europeans are even using such sanctions against their own allies. The Americans apply such sanctions against European economic operators and often follow them through not only with regard to Russia but also against other countries in other situations. It is a common practice, and Europeans bear with this, proving yet again their vassal dependence on the sovereign over the sea. Well, whatever!
❗️ As for such decisions, they certainly do direct damage to the global economy, not just to the countries they are adopted against or their economic operators, but also to the global economy as a whole, including energy and other spheres of economic operation.
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Sanctions imposed on third countries engaged in economic activities are doubly or triply illegitimate because sanctions are absolutely illegitimate when adopted without the approval of the UN Security Council.
☝️ Incidentally, the Americans or Europeans are even using such sanctions against their own allies. The Americans apply such sanctions against European economic operators and often follow them through not only with regard to Russia but also against other countries in other situations. It is a common practice, and Europeans bear with this, proving yet again their vassal dependence on the sovereign over the sea. Well, whatever!
❗️ As for such decisions, they certainly do direct damage to the global economy, not just to the countries they are adopted against or their economic operators, but also to the global economy as a whole, including energy and other spheres of economic operation.
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The progress of Russia’s special military operation as of 22 May 2024.
💪🏼 Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is under way.
#SMO #RussianArmedForces
💪🏼 Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is under way.
#SMO #RussianArmedForces
⚡️ The French army is training Ukrainians with ties to neo-Nazi groups within the republic's territory, Mediapart, a French investigative online newspaper, writes.
Media attention has been focused on a soldier undergoing training at a French military facility. The said soldiers are part of the 3rd Assault Brigade, a unit within the Ukrainian army associated with the Azov Battalion (Azov, deemed a terrorist organization by Russia). One of the soldiers notably sported a tattoo of the SS symbol on his face, while others openly displayed neo-Nazi affiliations.
👉 For instance, Mediapart has cited images wherein one soldier poses before a picture of Hitler, and others are seen holding a yellow and blue flag with a swastika at its center.
What's even more concerning is the inclusion of French nationals within this group of Ukrainian soldiers from the 3rd Assault Brigade, some of whom also espouse neo-Nazi beliefs, according to the report. One such “soldier of fortune” traveled to Ukraine, returned to France for military training, and then re-engaged in Ukrainian conflict.
#StopNazismInUkraine
Media attention has been focused on a soldier undergoing training at a French military facility. The said soldiers are part of the 3rd Assault Brigade, a unit within the Ukrainian army associated with the Azov Battalion (Azov, deemed a terrorist organization by Russia). One of the soldiers notably sported a tattoo of the SS symbol on his face, while others openly displayed neo-Nazi affiliations.
👉 For instance, Mediapart has cited images wherein one soldier poses before a picture of Hitler, and others are seen holding a yellow and blue flag with a swastika at its center.
What's even more concerning is the inclusion of French nationals within this group of Ukrainian soldiers from the 3rd Assault Brigade, some of whom also espouse neo-Nazi beliefs, according to the report. One such “soldier of fortune” traveled to Ukraine, returned to France for military training, and then re-engaged in Ukrainian conflict.
#StopNazismInUkraine
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✍️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signed the book of condolences at the residence of Iran's Ambassador in Moscow.
✉️ I am deeply grieving the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials in a helicopter crash.
I will always cherish the memory of my meetings with the President and the Foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They were the true patriots of their country and people, who did a great deal to strengthen strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased. I wish them strength in the face of this tragedy.
I have no doubt that the wise Iranian people will cope with this situation and will continue the all-round development of their country.
SERGEY LAVROV
May 22, 2024
✉️ I am deeply grieving the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials in a helicopter crash.
I will always cherish the memory of my meetings with the President and the Foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They were the true patriots of their country and people, who did a great deal to strengthen strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased. I wish them strength in the face of this tragedy.
I have no doubt that the wise Iranian people will cope with this situation and will continue the all-round development of their country.
SERGEY LAVROV
May 22, 2024
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#Opinion
✍️ Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the HSE & a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, member of the Russian International Affairs Council.
A massive transformation is taking place in Russia, & the West is blind to it
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• Non-material values are coming back. Patriotism, reviled & derided in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, is re-emerging in force.
• Russian popular culture is shedding – slowly, perhaps, but steadily – the habit of imitating what’s hot in the West. Instead, the traditions of Russian literature, including poetry, film, music are being revived and developed. A spike in domestic tourism has opened to ordinary Russians the treasures of their own country – until recently neglected.
• Russian political culture is returning to its fundamentals. Unlike that of the West, but somewhat similar to the East – it is based on the model of a family. There is order, & there is a hierarchy; rights are balanced by responsibilities; the state is not a necessary evil but the principal public good and the top societal value. Politics, in the Western sense of a constant, often no-holds-barred competition, is viewed as self-serving & destructive; instead, those who are entrusted with being at the helm of the state are expected to arbitrate, to ensure harmony of various interests, etc.
• The view of the West as Russia’s hereditary adversary has again gained prominence – <...> as a function of the West’s own policies, from providing Ukraine with weapons that kill Russian soldiers & civilians, to sanctions which in many ways are indiscriminate, to attempts to cancel Russian culture or to bar Russians from world sports.
• The current confrontation with the West makes it imperative that some kind of a new ideological concept finally emerges, in which sovereignty & patriotism, law & justice take a central role. Western propaganda pejoratively refers to it as “Putinism” but, for most Russians, it may be simply described as “Russia’s way.”
✍️ Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the HSE & a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, member of the Russian International Affairs Council.
A massive transformation is taking place in Russia, & the West is blind to it
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• Non-material values are coming back. Patriotism, reviled & derided in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, is re-emerging in force.
• Russian popular culture is shedding – slowly, perhaps, but steadily – the habit of imitating what’s hot in the West. Instead, the traditions of Russian literature, including poetry, film, music are being revived and developed. A spike in domestic tourism has opened to ordinary Russians the treasures of their own country – until recently neglected.
• Russian political culture is returning to its fundamentals. Unlike that of the West, but somewhat similar to the East – it is based on the model of a family. There is order, & there is a hierarchy; rights are balanced by responsibilities; the state is not a necessary evil but the principal public good and the top societal value. Politics, in the Western sense of a constant, often no-holds-barred competition, is viewed as self-serving & destructive; instead, those who are entrusted with being at the helm of the state are expected to arbitrate, to ensure harmony of various interests, etc.
• The view of the West as Russia’s hereditary adversary has again gained prominence – <...> as a function of the West’s own policies, from providing Ukraine with weapons that kill Russian soldiers & civilians, to sanctions which in many ways are indiscriminate, to attempts to cancel Russian culture or to bar Russians from world sports.
• The current confrontation with the West makes it imperative that some kind of a new ideological concept finally emerges, in which sovereignty & patriotism, law & justice take a central role. Western propaganda pejoratively refers to it as “Putinism” but, for most Russians, it may be simply described as “Russia’s way.”
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⚡️ The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor, Karim Khan said he received threats while conducting investigations against top Israeli officials.
💬 In an interview with CNN, Karim Khan said: "I've had some elected leaders speak to me and they were very blunt.' This court is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,' was what one senior leader told me."
Thank you for finally admitting it. Your revelation is yet another proof that the ICC in its current form is nothing more than a tool for meddling in sovereign governments' domestic affairs.
#ICC
💬 In an interview with CNN, Karim Khan said: "I've had some elected leaders speak to me and they were very blunt.' This court is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,' was what one senior leader told me."
Thank you for finally admitting it. Your revelation is yet another proof that the ICC in its current form is nothing more than a tool for meddling in sovereign governments' domestic affairs.
#ICC
A seriously wounded instructor of the French foreign legion was taken prisoner in the village of Klesheyevka – media.
Russian forces in the village of Kleshcheyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic captured a severely wounded instructor of the French foreign legion.
Russian medics reportedly found him wounded in the leg as well as in the chest.
👉 “By the nature of the wounds, it is clear that the AFU tried to finish him off, wounded in the leg, with a shot to the heart. But he was lucky,” the reports said.
For now, paramedics are fighting for his life, just like for any other Ukrainian POW’s. If he survives, he could be a valuable source of information.
👉 Earlier, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that there was no confirmed data on the participation of regular French troops in the fighting in Donbass on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
☝️ At the same time, the French took part in the conflict as instructors and mercenaries, he noted.
Russian forces in the village of Kleshcheyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic captured a severely wounded instructor of the French foreign legion.
Russian medics reportedly found him wounded in the leg as well as in the chest.
👉 “By the nature of the wounds, it is clear that the AFU tried to finish him off, wounded in the leg, with a shot to the heart. But he was lucky,” the reports said.
For now, paramedics are fighting for his life, just like for any other Ukrainian POW’s. If he survives, he could be a valuable source of information.
👉 Earlier, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that there was no confirmed data on the participation of regular French troops in the fighting in Donbass on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
☝️ At the same time, the French took part in the conflict as instructors and mercenaries, he noted.
📆 Slavonic Alphabet and Culture Day a.k.a. the Cyril and Methodius Day is observed today in Russia and some other Slavic countries to honour the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius – Byzanthine missionaries, who are known to have devised the Glagolitic script – the first Slavic alphabet.
🔤 The Glagolitic alphabet was replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet as long ago as IX century. Based on the Greek alphabet, the Cyrillic script is derived from the Greek uncial script, augmented by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet, including some ligatures.
☦️ Eventually the new script became the basis of alphabets used in various languages, especially those of Orthodox Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian.
Today, it is used as the national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic and Iranic-speaking countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Northern Asia.
#RussianCulture #RussianLanguage
☦️ Eventually the new script became the basis of alphabets used in various languages, especially those of Orthodox Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian.
Today, it is used as the national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic and Iranic-speaking countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Northern Asia.
#RussianCulture #RussianLanguage
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The Thin Red Line: From Unthinkable to Unavoidable
✍🏻Article by Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Ilya Rogachev (23 May 2024)
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➡ Key points:
🔹 Ukraine keeps losing the ground, yet given how much Washington and Brussels had politically, financially and militarily over-committed themselves to the conflict, they are more than reluctant to let Kiev lose. Insomuch as to consider putting their own troops on ground in Ukraine.
🔸 What is happening in Western politics and mass media resembles attempts to ‘shift the Overton window’ with regard to the idea of the West’s yet another war against Russia.
The Overton’s concept is sometimes regarded as a theory of manipulation of public opinion which can even go so far as to turn the given society away from its traditions, culture and common sense-based values to opposite ones through propaganda.
☝🏻In terms of the present-day relationship between Russia and the West this technology may be applied to brainwash people into going to war against Russia by gradually increasing the idea’s degree of public acceptance: ‘unthinkable,’ ‘radical,’ ‘acceptable,’ ‘sensible,’ ‘popular’ and ‘policy.’
⚔ People remember President Macron’s statements about sending French troops to Ukraine, but the efforts to lift the restrictions on discussion of the topic started back in 2022-2023, when Western leaders began repeating that boots of their soldiers will never ever touch the ground in Ukraine.
It was the first step to ‘get people used’ to the idea, and thus turn it from ‘unthinkable’ into ‘radical.’ Right now the masterminds of Western propaganda are trying to make the ‘radical’ idea of an all-Western war against Russia ‘acceptable.’
✍🏻Article by Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Ilya Rogachev (23 May 2024)
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➡ Key points:
🔹 Ukraine keeps losing the ground, yet given how much Washington and Brussels had politically, financially and militarily over-committed themselves to the conflict, they are more than reluctant to let Kiev lose. Insomuch as to consider putting their own troops on ground in Ukraine.
🔸 What is happening in Western politics and mass media resembles attempts to ‘shift the Overton window’ with regard to the idea of the West’s yet another war against Russia.
The Overton’s concept is sometimes regarded as a theory of manipulation of public opinion which can even go so far as to turn the given society away from its traditions, culture and common sense-based values to opposite ones through propaganda.
☝🏻In terms of the present-day relationship between Russia and the West this technology may be applied to brainwash people into going to war against Russia by gradually increasing the idea’s degree of public acceptance: ‘unthinkable,’ ‘radical,’ ‘acceptable,’ ‘sensible,’ ‘popular’ and ‘policy.’
⚔ People remember President Macron’s statements about sending French troops to Ukraine, but the efforts to lift the restrictions on discussion of the topic started back in 2022-2023, when Western leaders began repeating that boots of their soldiers will never ever touch the ground in Ukraine.
It was the first step to ‘get people used’ to the idea, and thus turn it from ‘unthinkable’ into ‘radical.’ Right now the masterminds of Western propaganda are trying to make the ‘radical’ idea of an all-Western war against Russia ‘acceptable.’
Today is #AfricaDay, which celebrates unity, identity, rich culture and the-victory of African nations in their struggle for independence.
🎉 The Russian Embassy presents its sincerest congratulations and warmest wishes on this holiday symbolising the aspirations of the countries: on African continent for freedom, peace and prosperity!
#africa #AfricaDay #africaday2024
🎉 The Russian Embassy presents its sincerest congratulations and warmest wishes on this holiday symbolising the aspirations of the countries: on African continent for freedom, peace and prosperity!
#africa #AfricaDay #africaday2024
One of the most iconic Soviet monuments, the “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” was unveiled #OTD in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris.
The 58-meter-high monument (consisting of the 25-meter sculpture and the 33-meter pedestal) crowned the Soviet pavilion at the fair. It was authored by Vera Mukhina, the master of socialist realistic sculpture. The monument was a great success-all media outlets published its pictures with its copies reproduced in the World Fair's souvenirs.
💫In 1939, during the opening of VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in the Russian capital, the statue was placed in front of a main entrance; though on a relatively small pedestal which was three times lower than the one in Paris.
📽️ After WW2 the sculpture became an official emblem of the Mosfilm cinema studio. Since then every Soviet film made by this studio is introduced by a logo of a man and woman holding a hammer and sickle.
Photos from The Moscow Times
#Russia #Soviet #USSR #SovietSculpture #SocialistRealism #Mosfilm #hammerandsickle #VeraMukhina #SovietCulture #RussianCulture #SocialistArt
The 58-meter-high monument (consisting of the 25-meter sculpture and the 33-meter pedestal) crowned the Soviet pavilion at the fair. It was authored by Vera Mukhina, the master of socialist realistic sculpture. The monument was a great success-all media outlets published its pictures with its copies reproduced in the World Fair's souvenirs.
💫In 1939, during the opening of VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in the Russian capital, the statue was placed in front of a main entrance; though on a relatively small pedestal which was three times lower than the one in Paris.
📽️ After WW2 the sculpture became an official emblem of the Mosfilm cinema studio. Since then every Soviet film made by this studio is introduced by a logo of a man and woman holding a hammer and sickle.
Photos from The Moscow Times
#Russia #Soviet #USSR #SovietSculpture #SocialistRealism #Mosfilm #hammerandsickle #VeraMukhina #SovietCulture #RussianCulture #SocialistArt
🗓️ #OTD in 1883 the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was consecrated. It is currently known as one of the tallest orthodox temples in the world.
⛪️The cathedral was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I on December 25, 1812, following the defeat and withdrawal of Napoleon's troops from Russia. The Tsar proclaimed the cathedral a monument of gratitude for the intervention of "Divine Providence for saving Russia" from doom, and as a memorial to the sacrifices of the Russian people.
However it was not opened until 70 years later when Alexander I's grandson was-ascending the throne. Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's"1812 Overture" was written with the cathedral's completion in mind, but it was premiered in August 1882 in a tent outside the unfinished church.
In 1931 the cathedral was demolished as part of Moscow reconstruction plan and in 1994-1999 rebuilt.
#russianculture #orthodox #russia #russian #moscow
⛪️The cathedral was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I on December 25, 1812, following the defeat and withdrawal of Napoleon's troops from Russia. The Tsar proclaimed the cathedral a monument of gratitude for the intervention of "Divine Providence for saving Russia" from doom, and as a memorial to the sacrifices of the Russian people.
However it was not opened until 70 years later when Alexander I's grandson was-ascending the throne. Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's"1812 Overture" was written with the cathedral's completion in mind, but it was premiered in August 1882 in a tent outside the unfinished church.
In 1931 the cathedral was demolished as part of Moscow reconstruction plan and in 1994-1999 rebuilt.
#russianculture #orthodox #russia #russian #moscow
⚡️⚡️President #Putin on the prospects for resuming peace talks with Ukraine: Russia has never turned these negotiations down. Moreover, we started these talks in Belarus at some point and then moved them to Istanbul, Turkiye, at the request of the Ukrainian side. We drafted an agreement. Moreover, the head of the negotiating group from Ukraine initialed an extract from the potential agreement, meaning that the Ukrainian side was overall satisfied with it, as was the Russian Side.
☝️ After the former British Prime Minister arrived in Kiev, the Ukrainian side tossed out these agreements and stopped acting on them. Moreover, they said the talks were over. They said so publicly, we were not the ones to terminate these talks. They did it and made it illegal for themselves to continue these talks. We did not forbid anyone to negotiate, since we are in favour of negotiations.
💬 The discussions about the need to resume talks are back. Let them be back, but they should return not because one country wants them to return, but they must return on the basis of the principled agreements that had been reached during the difficult talks in Belarus and Turkiye, and on the basis of today’s realities on the ground. We are ready for this.
❗️ We realise that the current head of state [Zelensky] is no longer legitimate. I think one of the goals of the conference to be held in Switzerland is precisely to have the Western community and sponsors of the Kiev regime confirm the legitimacy of the current head of state, or no longer the current head of state.
‼️ We, of course, must understand with whom we need and can deal with a view to signing legally binding documents. In this case, we must be absolutely sure that we are dealing with the legitimate authorities.
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☝️ After the former British Prime Minister arrived in Kiev, the Ukrainian side tossed out these agreements and stopped acting on them. Moreover, they said the talks were over. They said so publicly, we were not the ones to terminate these talks. They did it and made it illegal for themselves to continue these talks. We did not forbid anyone to negotiate, since we are in favour of negotiations.
💬 The discussions about the need to resume talks are back. Let them be back, but they should return not because one country wants them to return, but they must return on the basis of the principled agreements that had been reached during the difficult talks in Belarus and Turkiye, and on the basis of today’s realities on the ground. We are ready for this.
❗️ We realise that the current head of state [Zelensky] is no longer legitimate. I think one of the goals of the conference to be held in Switzerland is precisely to have the Western community and sponsors of the Kiev regime confirm the legitimacy of the current head of state, or no longer the current head of state.
‼️ We, of course, must understand with whom we need and can deal with a view to signing legally binding documents. In this case, we must be absolutely sure that we are dealing with the legitimate authorities.
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