❗️ The Ukrainian neo-Nazis continue their barbaric, indiscriminate shelling of civilians in the Russian regions.
▪️ On April 2, the AFU militatnts shelled the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson Region. Three civilians were injured of varying severity and a power line was damaged. An in-patient building of the local hospital was destroyed in the urban settlement of Novaya Mayachka.
▪️ From April 3 to 7, four people were killed and 41 injured, including five children, as a result of shelling of residential areas in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
▪️ Over the past week, the Banderites have repeatedly opened fire at populated areas in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions and Belgorod itself. Unfortunately, they caused casualties and destruction.
☝️ Neo-Nazis continue to actively use drones to strike peaceful targets.
▪️ On April 4, in the Kherson Region, a UAV rammed a Gazelle pickup truck carrying groceries to a shop in the village of Babino. Two people died, and the wounded man, who tried to escape, was killed by a second drone.
▪️ In Novaya Kakhovka, they dropped a drone bomb on a repair crew restoring mobile communications. Two workers were killed, and another one is in serious condition at a hospital.
⚠️ One of the victims could have survived, but the Ukrainian fighters began to hit the ambulance crew that arrived at the scene with drones. As a result, it was not possible to provide medical assistance to the wounded person in time.
▪️ On April 7, a young woman was killed in the village of Shagarovka, Belgorod Region, and four people suffered closed head injuries, including two children, as a result of fragments from a downed Ukrainian UAV.
▪️ On April 7, the AFU attacked Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant with drones.
‼️ All of the above-mentioned crimes are carefully recorded by the Russian law enforcement agencies. Those involved are being identified and brought to justice.
#KievRegimeCrimes
▪️ On April 2, the AFU militatnts shelled the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson Region. Three civilians were injured of varying severity and a power line was damaged. An in-patient building of the local hospital was destroyed in the urban settlement of Novaya Mayachka.
▪️ From April 3 to 7, four people were killed and 41 injured, including five children, as a result of shelling of residential areas in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
▪️ Over the past week, the Banderites have repeatedly opened fire at populated areas in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions and Belgorod itself. Unfortunately, they caused casualties and destruction.
☝️ Neo-Nazis continue to actively use drones to strike peaceful targets.
▪️ On April 4, in the Kherson Region, a UAV rammed a Gazelle pickup truck carrying groceries to a shop in the village of Babino. Two people died, and the wounded man, who tried to escape, was killed by a second drone.
▪️ In Novaya Kakhovka, they dropped a drone bomb on a repair crew restoring mobile communications. Two workers were killed, and another one is in serious condition at a hospital.
⚠️ One of the victims could have survived, but the Ukrainian fighters began to hit the ambulance crew that arrived at the scene with drones. As a result, it was not possible to provide medical assistance to the wounded person in time.
▪️ On April 7, a young woman was killed in the village of Shagarovka, Belgorod Region, and four people suffered closed head injuries, including two children, as a result of fragments from a downed Ukrainian UAV.
▪️ On April 7, the AFU attacked Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant with drones.
‼️ All of the above-mentioned crimes are carefully recorded by the Russian law enforcement agencies. Those involved are being identified and brought to justice.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on April 11, 1944, the Soviet troops liberated Kerch, one of the oldest Russian cities located on the eastern tip of the Crimean Peninsula, from Nazi invaders. During the Great Patriotic War, it was the site of the most brutal fighting between the Soviet and Nazi troops; it was captured back and occupied again, but never truly surrendered.
The German troops first captured the city in November 1941, but the next month, it was liberated during the Kerch-Feodosia landing operation. In May 1942, despite the desperate resistance put up by the city’s defenders, the Nazis took Kerch again.
▪️ The invaders almost wiped Kerch off the face of the earth, destroying more than 85 percent of the buildings. The population decreased from 70,000 to 6,500 people. The anti-tank trench near the local village of Bagerovo earned a sinister reputation as a war crime scene. In November and December 1941, 7,000 people were shot and tortured there, including 245 school-age children. The Nazis cynically fed them poison during a “picnic.”
The Soviet soldiers who defended the Adzhimushkay Quarry north of Kerch went down in history as true heroes. They protected the numerous civilians, who took refuge in the catacombs. According to various estimates, from 10,000 to 15,000 people were trapped underground. The German forces laid siege to their shelter, bombed them and used poisonous gas trying to bury them alive. Almost the entire garrison of Adzhimushkay perished, but was not defeated.
🌟 In April 1944, the Soviet troops began the Crimean Offensive, which ended with the complete liberation of the peninsula from the invaders. The fact that a Soviet landing force managed to seize the bridgehead on the northeastern outskirts of Kerch in late 1943 contributed to the success.
🎖 For the outstanding heroism shown by its defenders, Kerch was awarded the honorary title of Hero City. More than 140 people who demonstrated exceptional courage in the battles for Kerch were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
The German troops first captured the city in November 1941, but the next month, it was liberated during the Kerch-Feodosia landing operation. In May 1942, despite the desperate resistance put up by the city’s defenders, the Nazis took Kerch again.
▪️ The invaders almost wiped Kerch off the face of the earth, destroying more than 85 percent of the buildings. The population decreased from 70,000 to 6,500 people. The anti-tank trench near the local village of Bagerovo earned a sinister reputation as a war crime scene. In November and December 1941, 7,000 people were shot and tortured there, including 245 school-age children. The Nazis cynically fed them poison during a “picnic.”
The Soviet soldiers who defended the Adzhimushkay Quarry north of Kerch went down in history as true heroes. They protected the numerous civilians, who took refuge in the catacombs. According to various estimates, from 10,000 to 15,000 people were trapped underground. The German forces laid siege to their shelter, bombed them and used poisonous gas trying to bury them alive. Almost the entire garrison of Adzhimushkay perished, but was not defeated.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, April 10, 2024)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 The situation around the Zaporozhskaya NPP
🔹 The Ukrainian crisis
🔹 International Court of Justice’s provisional measures
🔹 Western cyberattacks on Russian critical infrastructure facilities
🔹 Attacks on the Russian Embassy in Lithuania
🔹 BRICS Council on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
🔹 Russia’s CIS chairmanship
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#ZaporozhskayaNPP
❗️Since April 7, 2024, Europe’s largest Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has been subjected to systematic Ukrainian attacks using unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
An emergency session of the IAEA Board of Governors will soon be convened on our initiative. The issue of Ukrainian attacks on the NPP will also be raised at a UN Security Council briefing. We intend to urge specialised international organisations to recognise current developments around the Zaporozhskaya NPP and Ukraine as a whole.
#Donbass
▪️ Kiev launched its “counterterrorist operation” in Donbass almost a decade ago.
In effect, this was a civil war unleashed by Kiev against its then compatriots in the country’s southeast. People there demanded only one thing – respect for their lawful rights to speak the native tongue and teach children in it, know history and pay tribute to their heroes who saved the world from fascism almost 80 years ago.
During all these years, we have known very well and said this publicly that the accusation of Donbass of terrorism is a fake. <...> Now the UN International Court of Justice has confirmed this. <...> This verdict refuted Kiev’s main argument in justifying the war it unleashed against civilians.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 The situation around the Zaporozhskaya NPP
🔹 The Ukrainian crisis
🔹 International Court of Justice’s provisional measures
🔹 Western cyberattacks on Russian critical infrastructure facilities
🔹 Attacks on the Russian Embassy in Lithuania
🔹 BRICS Council on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
🔹 Russia’s CIS chairmanship
📰 Read in full
📺 Watch in full
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#ZaporozhskayaNPP
❗️Since April 7, 2024, Europe’s largest Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has been subjected to systematic Ukrainian attacks using unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
An emergency session of the IAEA Board of Governors will soon be convened on our initiative. The issue of Ukrainian attacks on the NPP will also be raised at a UN Security Council briefing. We intend to urge specialised international organisations to recognise current developments around the Zaporozhskaya NPP and Ukraine as a whole.
#Donbass
▪️ Kiev launched its “counterterrorist operation” in Donbass almost a decade ago.
In effect, this was a civil war unleashed by Kiev against its then compatriots in the country’s southeast. People there demanded only one thing – respect for their lawful rights to speak the native tongue and teach children in it, know history and pay tribute to their heroes who saved the world from fascism almost 80 years ago.
During all these years, we have known very well and said this publicly that the accusation of Donbass of terrorism is a fake. <...> Now the UN International Court of Justice has confirmed this. <...> This verdict refuted Kiev’s main argument in justifying the war it unleashed against civilians.
🤝Registration for the X BRICS Youth Summit is now open
The summit will bring together 200 young leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia. The goal of the Summit is to review the best practices of youth co-operation among the BRICS member states and develop proposals for further expansion of humanitarian interaction between the countries.
📍The BRICS Youth Summit will be held from July 22 to 26 2024 in Ulyanovsk for the first time in a renewed composition with five new participants.
The Summit will work on the following tracks:
-Education, science and training
-Youth entrepreneurship
-Science, technology, innovation
-Youth community work and volunteering
-Health and sport
🤙 Who can participate?
Young people aged 18-35 years from the BRICS countries.
You can apply for participation in the summit until 10 June on the website.
The summit will bring together 200 young leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia. The goal of the Summit is to review the best practices of youth co-operation among the BRICS member states and develop proposals for further expansion of humanitarian interaction between the countries.
📍The BRICS Youth Summit will be held from July 22 to 26 2024 in Ulyanovsk for the first time in a renewed composition with five new participants.
The Summit will work on the following tracks:
-Education, science and training
-Youth entrepreneurship
-Science, technology, innovation
-Youth community work and volunteering
-Health and sport
Young people aged 18-35 years from the BRICS countries.
You can apply for participation in the summit until 10 June on the website.
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#Opinion by Maria #Zakharova
💬 Zelensky announced a plan of a new counteroffensive.
The Russian Ministry of Defence recalled the results of the previous plans and counteroffensives. I won’t repeat this.
I will comment on the political background of this statement.
Zelensky’s public burps like this happen for three reasons.
First, he wants to show his Western sponsors his resolve to continue the bloodshed and his urgent need to receive new financial injections and arms supplies.
Second, he needs to regularly remind the world about himself, about Zelensky: don’t forget that I still exist.
Third, the main goal is to play up to the White House in the election race – to demonstrate the viability of Biden’s project named “Ukrainian democracy.”
What will all this lead to? Zelensky will finally exterminate the Ukrainians.
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💬 Zelensky announced a plan of a new counteroffensive.
The Russian Ministry of Defence recalled the results of the previous plans and counteroffensives. I won’t repeat this.
I will comment on the political background of this statement.
Zelensky’s public burps like this happen for three reasons.
First, he wants to show his Western sponsors his resolve to continue the bloodshed and his urgent need to receive new financial injections and arms supplies.
Second, he needs to regularly remind the world about himself, about Zelensky: don’t forget that I still exist.
Third, the main goal is to play up to the White House in the election race – to demonstrate the viability of Biden’s project named “Ukrainian democracy.”
What will all this lead to? Zelensky will finally exterminate the Ukrainians.
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❌ MYTH: NATO was seeking a partnership with Russia, and Russia rejected it.
✅ FACT: The case was exactly the opposite.
☝️ For many years Russia has been seeking to build an equal partnership with the North Atlantic Alliance. In 2002, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was established, which was expected to become a versatile platform for discussing any disagreements.
There were mutually beneficial programmes, including the training mission for Afghan security forces, the Cooperative Airspace Initiative, the joint counterterrorism plan and joint peacekeeping operations. However, its own confrontational agenda towards Russia prevailed.
❗️The commitment expressed at the 2010 NRC summit in Lisbon towards establishing a "strategic partnership" between Russia and NATO was never fulfilled. While declaring the principles of openness, the West has never dared to completely dismantle the deterrence mechanisms remaining from the Cold War.
☝️ The NATO Council’s decision in April 2014 to cease practical cooperation and political engagement effectively halted any positive dialogue in Russia-NATO relations.
#DebunkingMyths
✅ FACT: The case was exactly the opposite.
☝️ For many years Russia has been seeking to build an equal partnership with the North Atlantic Alliance. In 2002, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was established, which was expected to become a versatile platform for discussing any disagreements.
There were mutually beneficial programmes, including the training mission for Afghan security forces, the Cooperative Airspace Initiative, the joint counterterrorism plan and joint peacekeeping operations. However, its own confrontational agenda towards Russia prevailed.
❗️The commitment expressed at the 2010 NRC summit in Lisbon towards establishing a "strategic partnership" between Russia and NATO was never fulfilled. While declaring the principles of openness, the West has never dared to completely dismantle the deterrence mechanisms remaining from the Cold War.
☝️ The NATO Council’s decision in April 2014 to cease practical cooperation and political engagement effectively halted any positive dialogue in Russia-NATO relations.
#DebunkingMyths
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who arrived in Moscow on a working visit (April 11, 2024)
💬 We have never rejected a peaceful settlement of disputes. Moreover, this is what we were inclined to do. It was not Russia that started this war in 2014. Everything began with a coup d’etat in Ukraine. <…>
Now, as you know, the idea of holding some kind of conference in Switzerland is being promoted. We are not invited there. Moreover, they think that we have nothing to do there, and at the same time they say that nothing can be solved without us. Since we are not going there (it has now turned into a kind of nonsense), they say that we refuse to negotiate. We were not invited, but they say that we refuse.
It would be funny if it were not so sad. Once again, I would like to emphasise that we are in favour of talks. But not in the format of being imposed any schemes that have nothing to do with reality. <…>
we have recently seen a series of strikes on our energy facilities, and we had to respond. I would like to emphasise that in winter time, guided by humanitarian considerations, we did not launch any strikes on energy facilities. I mean, they wanted to have our social institutions, hospitals and so on left without power supply. But after a series of strikes on our energy facilities, we had to respond. <…> Above all, we proceed from the fact that in this way we directly impact the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. <…>
The opposite side – has driven itself into a corner, to a certain extent, by refusing to negotiate, expecting to defeat Russia on the battlefield, to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Now, having understood that this is impossible and having refused to negotiate, they have found themselves in a predicament.
Our goal is not putting everyone in a tough spot. Just the opposite: we are ready for constructive efforts. But clearly, nothing detached from reality can be imposed on us.
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💬 We have never rejected a peaceful settlement of disputes. Moreover, this is what we were inclined to do. It was not Russia that started this war in 2014. Everything began with a coup d’etat in Ukraine. <…>
Now, as you know, the idea of holding some kind of conference in Switzerland is being promoted. We are not invited there. Moreover, they think that we have nothing to do there, and at the same time they say that nothing can be solved without us. Since we are not going there (it has now turned into a kind of nonsense), they say that we refuse to negotiate. We were not invited, but they say that we refuse.
It would be funny if it were not so sad. Once again, I would like to emphasise that we are in favour of talks. But not in the format of being imposed any schemes that have nothing to do with reality. <…>
we have recently seen a series of strikes on our energy facilities, and we had to respond. I would like to emphasise that in winter time, guided by humanitarian considerations, we did not launch any strikes on energy facilities. I mean, they wanted to have our social institutions, hospitals and so on left without power supply. But after a series of strikes on our energy facilities, we had to respond. <…> Above all, we proceed from the fact that in this way we directly impact the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. <…>
The opposite side – has driven itself into a corner, to a certain extent, by refusing to negotiate, expecting to defeat Russia on the battlefield, to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Now, having understood that this is impossible and having refused to negotiate, they have found themselves in a predicament.
Our goal is not putting everyone in a tough spot. Just the opposite: we are ready for constructive efforts. But clearly, nothing detached from reality can be imposed on us.
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🚀 A reason to be proud!
The Russian-designed Angara-A5 heavy carrier with the "Orion" upper stage has successfully taken off from the Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome
The importance of this event cannot be overestimated: this is the first launch of the rocket of this type.
🌠 The Angara-A5 can be used for delivering satellites as well as other cargo to the orbit of the Earth.
Eventually, this rocket will serve the goal of reaching the Moon.
#RussiaInSpace #SpaceExploration
The Russian-designed Angara-A5 heavy carrier with the "Orion" upper stage has successfully taken off from the Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome
The importance of this event cannot be overestimated: this is the first launch of the rocket of this type.
🌠 The Angara-A5 can be used for delivering satellites as well as other cargo to the orbit of the Earth.
Eventually, this rocket will serve the goal of reaching the Moon.
#RussiaInSpace #SpaceExploration
🚀 On April 12, 1961, at 09:07 Moscow time, the Vostok-1 spacecraft with pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, marking the beginning of the space age in the history of mankind.
✍️ Spacecraft designer Sergei Korolev, who ran the launch of Vostok-1 into outer space, said “I hope he goes there and returns alive” after start.
🌍 Vostok-1 climbed to an altitude of 302 km, once orbited the Earth and successfully came back down. Y.Gagarin parachuted to the ground separately from his capsule in Saratov region of Russia. The first spaceflight lasted only 108 minutes but it marked the beginning of a new chapter of human endeavour in outer space.
💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: For billions of people around the world, Yuri Gagarin continues to serve as an example of heroism and selflessness, inspiring them to overcome any obstacles in pursuit of the most ambitious and noble goals (Minister's video message on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight).
🌟 Gagarin's flight embodied the triumph of Soviet science and technology and was of crucial importance for further development of space exploration and the mankind.
Having declared 1️⃣2️⃣ April as the International Day of Human Space Flight, the UN General Assembly expressed its deep conviction of the common interest of mankind in promoting and expanding the exploration and further use of outer space for peaceful purposes.
#RussiaInSpace #SpaceExploration
✍️ Spacecraft designer Sergei Korolev, who ran the launch of Vostok-1 into outer space, said “I hope he goes there and returns alive” after start.
🌍 Vostok-1 climbed to an altitude of 302 km, once orbited the Earth and successfully came back down. Y.Gagarin parachuted to the ground separately from his capsule in Saratov region of Russia. The first spaceflight lasted only 108 minutes but it marked the beginning of a new chapter of human endeavour in outer space.
💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: For billions of people around the world, Yuri Gagarin continues to serve as an example of heroism and selflessness, inspiring them to overcome any obstacles in pursuit of the most ambitious and noble goals (Minister's video message on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight).
🌟 Gagarin's flight embodied the triumph of Soviet science and technology and was of crucial importance for further development of space exploration and the mankind.
Having declared 1️⃣2️⃣ April as the International Day of Human Space Flight, the UN General Assembly expressed its deep conviction of the common interest of mankind in promoting and expanding the exploration and further use of outer space for peaceful purposes.
#RussiaInSpace #SpaceExploration
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about the Swiss government’s decision to host a high-level conference on Ukraine
❓Question: On April 10, the Swiss government announced its decision to hold a high-level Ukraine peace conference in June. Will Russia participate in it?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have repeatedly expressed our extremely negative attitude to this “conference.” Russia will not take part in it, even if we receive an invitation, which we haven’t so far.
Switzerland is trying to peddle the compromised Zelensky formula under the guise of good offices and keep the failed Copenhagen process going, in a new package this time.
☝️ Any events that ignore Russia’s position and are based on the ultimatum-like Zelensky formula’s provisions are detached from reality and have no future.
The intention voiced by the organisers of the “conference” to take common components out from other countries’ initiatives is nothing but a trick. It is well known that the Zelensky formula does not imply compromises or alternative solutions and completely ignores the proposals put forward by China and Brazil, as well as African and Arab states.
We have no confidence in Switzerland, either. It stands on the positions of Ukraine, supports the Kiev regime, imposes anti-Russian sanctions, and adopts strategies that exclude Russia from the system of supposedly existing European security. By definition and given the circumstances, Switzerland cannot act as a neutral host, let alone a mediator.
The West needs the Global South countries to take part in the “conference” only to give weight to a certain “collective ultimatum” that they are going to present to Russia.
👉 We hope our partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America will be vigilant and will not let themselves be drawn into yet another anti-Russian reckless scheme.
❓Question: On April 10, the Swiss government announced its decision to hold a high-level Ukraine peace conference in June. Will Russia participate in it?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have repeatedly expressed our extremely negative attitude to this “conference.” Russia will not take part in it, even if we receive an invitation, which we haven’t so far.
Switzerland is trying to peddle the compromised Zelensky formula under the guise of good offices and keep the failed Copenhagen process going, in a new package this time.
☝️ Any events that ignore Russia’s position and are based on the ultimatum-like Zelensky formula’s provisions are detached from reality and have no future.
The intention voiced by the organisers of the “conference” to take common components out from other countries’ initiatives is nothing but a trick. It is well known that the Zelensky formula does not imply compromises or alternative solutions and completely ignores the proposals put forward by China and Brazil, as well as African and Arab states.
We have no confidence in Switzerland, either. It stands on the positions of Ukraine, supports the Kiev regime, imposes anti-Russian sanctions, and adopts strategies that exclude Russia from the system of supposedly existing European security. By definition and given the circumstances, Switzerland cannot act as a neutral host, let alone a mediator.
The West needs the Global South countries to take part in the “conference” only to give weight to a certain “collective ultimatum” that they are going to present to Russia.
👉 We hope our partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America will be vigilant and will not let themselves be drawn into yet another anti-Russian reckless scheme.
More than 50 countries have confirmed their participation in the BRICS Games, which will be held in Russia's city of Kazan in June.
On June 11-24, 2024, Kazan will host the "BRICS Sports Games Kazan 2024", an international multi-disciplinary event. The competition will take place in the run-up to the BRICS Summit, which will also be held in the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan in October.
🌐 The BRICS Sports Games is an annual multi-sport event organized by the BRICS countries.
🤝 The main goal of the tournament is to strengthen friendly sports relations between countries based on the principles of equality, non-discrimination and equal access of athletes to competitions.
#BRICS #BRICSGames #Russia #Kazan
On June 11-24, 2024, Kazan will host the "BRICS Sports Games Kazan 2024", an international multi-disciplinary event. The competition will take place in the run-up to the BRICS Summit, which will also be held in the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan in October.
🌐 The BRICS Sports Games is an annual multi-sport event organized by the BRICS countries.
🤝 The main goal of the tournament is to strengthen friendly sports relations between countries based on the principles of equality, non-discrimination and equal access of athletes to competitions.
#BRICS #BRICSGames #Russia #Kazan