🛰 4 октября 1957 года на околоземную орбиту вышел... небольшой металлический шар с четырьмя штырьковыми антеннами.

Мир стал свидетелем исторического события — запуска первого в мире искусственного спутника Земли.

Спутник-1 представлял собой алюминиевый сферический аппарат диаметром 58 сантиметров и весом 83,6 кг. Его корпус был герметичен и защищал внутренние приборы от внешних воздействий. Внутри находились две радиостанции, работающие на частотах 20,005 и 40,002 МГц, которые посылали характерные «бип-бип» сигналы, которые были услышаны и зафиксированы радиолюбителями по всему миру. Четыре внешние антенны длиной от 2,4 до 2,9 метров обеспечивали стабильную передачу сигналов. Спутник не имел двигательной установки и перемещался по орбите благодаря импульсу, приданному при запуске.

🚀 Для вывода Спутника-1 на орбиту была использована двухступенчатая ракета-носитель Р-7, разработанная под руководством Сергея Королёва.

🌐 Запуск Спутника-1 был не просто высочайшим техническим достижением, но и символом начала новой эпохи — космической эры в истории человечества.

С тех пор свои аппараты на орбиту запустили десятки стран — вокруг планеты обращаются тысячи спутников.

💫 Гордимся, что наш спутник — Спутник-1 — навсегда первый!

🎙Интервью Посла России в США А.И.Антонова в рамках телепрограммы «Большая Игра» (3 октября 2024 года).

Основные тезисы

• Никакого серьёзного дипломатического взаимодействия, принимая во внимание провокационную, агрессивную политику Соединенных Штатов Америки, нет. <...> Ведь если бы американцы разрешили киевлянам использовать свое оружие против российских объектов, то не исключено, что эти ракеты дотянутся до российских сил ядерного сдерживания. О чём мы можем говорить? С одной стороны, предлагается проводить диалог по контролю над вооружением, а с другой – планируется наносить удары по российским силам ядерного сдерживания. Это невозможно. Для нас любое такое нападение — это ядерное нападение.

• Сейчас в адрес России опять выдвигаются претензии о том, что мы якобы оказываем влияние на внутреннее положение дел в Соединенных Штатах Америки. Якобы российские спецслужбы проводят хакерские операции. Ещё и ещё раз подчеркну, что никаких фактов не озвучивается.

• Буквально несколько дней тому назад вышли доклады #ОБСЕ, в которых говорится об изъянах американской политики при организации волеизлияния. Отмечены очень серьёзные недочёты. В частности, речь идет о сложностях с допуском на выборах, о прозрачности. Многие штаты, кстати говоря, запретили присутствовать наблюдателям на предстоящих выборах.

• Мы продолжаем требовать возвращения России тех зданий, той недвижимости, которую у нас изъяли, своровали. <...> Отобрали здание в Вашингтоне, отобрали недвижимость в Нью-Йорке и также в Сиэтле, и при этом оставили без помощи многомиллионную диаспору россиян, которые имеют российские паспорта, которые остро нуждаются в помощи российских дипломатов.

• [В Вашингтоне] создаётся культурный фронт борьбы с российским присутствием. Борьба идёт против мероприятий, которые устраивает Российский культурный центр и Посольство. Мы даже в этих условиях проводим музыкальные вечера, приглашаем детишек на фильмы. Прекрасно действует киноклуб: сейчас проводим серию организованных показов фильмов, посвящённых 80-летию победы в Великой Отечественной войне. Однако наши недоброжелатели предпринимают усилия, чтобы эту деятельность остановить. Происходят нападки на нашу церковь.

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Kiev regime using and planning to use chemical weapons

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Detailed information about the Kiev regime’s mass-scale use of warfare chemical agents in violation of its commitments under the CWC, as well as provocations staged by Kiev and its Western backers to falsely accuse the Russian Armed Forces of similar actions, has been regularly shared with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the UN Security Council, and the UN General Assembly since February 2022.

Despite irrefutable evidence provided by Russia, Ukrainian armed formations continue to use toxic chemicals (chlorine, ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and sulfuric acid) against Russian military units, civilians, and local administration officials. These include substances listed under CWC schedules 2 (BZ) and 3 (chloropicrin) and the RCAs.

This behaviour is enabled by political backing and approval coming from Washington, Berlin, London, and Paris.

Russian experts have documented Ukraine’s violations of
- CWC provisions,
- the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Ukrainian armed formations also pose an environmental threat to chemical plants in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Sumy, Kharkov, and Odessa regions.

The "collective West" has created an atmosphere of impunity that emboldens the Kiev regime as it proceeds to perpetrate larger-scale crimes involving toxic chemicals.

⚠️ We have credible information that, with Western support, Ukraine plans to stage a series of anti-Russia provocations in the special military operation zone. Preparations are underway to fabricate evidence to accuse Russia of CWC violations during combat operations.

According to Russian authorities, NATO countries delivered over 70 advanced toxic chemical detection and recording devices to Ukraine between July and September. <...> Simultaneously, Ukrainian security forces have been trained both in Ukraine and at NATO centres in methods of evidence falsification which were earlier used in Syria, the Skripal poisoning, and the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny. NATO countries, in part through the OPCW Technical Secretariat, are helping Ukraine build a “body of evidence” to further accuse Russia of CWC violations.

Here are the documents to back this up (available in Russian)

We take it that the fabricated “evidence” cooked up not far from the contact line will, as was previously done in Syria, be swiftly handed over to international experts for a so-called independent report accusing Moscow of chemical weapon use.

The motive behind this campaign is clear. 👉 No international legal standard will stop NATO countries from pursuing their stated goal of achieving a “strategic defeat” for Russia, especially when it involves chemical provocations under false flag, as used for long years in Syria. Moreover, Ukraine’s close ties with Islamist-affiliated terrorist groups and nationalist-extremist groups in the Middle East and Africa underscore the very real threat of “chemical” terrorism coming from Ukrainian special services.

❗️ We caution Washington and its allies against “playing with fire,” so as not to irreparably damage the CWC framework established in 1997.

🎙 Excerpt from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Newsweek magazine (October 7, 2024)

❓Question: What impact do you expect the US presidential election to have on Russia-US relations if Donald Trump wins or if Kamala Harris wins and how is Russia preparing for either scenario?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Generally speaking, the outcome of this election makes no difference to us, as the two parties have reached a consensus as to countering Russia. In case there are political changes in the United States and new proposals to us, we will be ready to consider them and decide whether they meet our interests. At all events, we will promote Russia's interests decisively, especially as far as its national security is concerned.

On the whole, it would be natural for the White House resident, no matter who they are, to mind their domestic business, rather than looking for adventures tens of thousands miles away from American coasts. I am confident that US electors think the same.

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🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Newsweek magazine (October 7, 2024)

❓Question: As the Ukraine conflict continues, how different is Russia's position than in 2022 and how are the costs of conflict being weighed against the progress made toward strategic objectives?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Our position is widely known and remains unchanged. Russia is open to a politico-diplomatic settlement that should remove the root causes of the crisis.

It should aim to end the conflict rather than achieve a ceasefire. The West should stop supplying weapons, and Kiev should end the hostilities.

👉 Ukraine should return to its neutral, non-bloc and non-nuclear status, protect the Russian language, and respect the rights and freedoms of its citizens.

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On 14 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin listed prerequisites for the settlement as follows: complete AFU withdrawal from the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts; recognition of territorial realities as enshrined in the Russian Constitution; neutral, non-bloc, non-nuclear status for Ukraine; its demilitarization and denazification; securing the rights, freedoms and interests of Russian-speaking citizens; and removal of all sanctions against Russia.

Kiev responded to this statement by an armed incursion into the Kursk Oblast on 6 August. Its patrons – the US and other NATO countries – seek to inflict a «strategic defeat» on Russia. Under the circumstances, we have no choice but to continue our special military operation until the threats posed by Ukraine are removed. <...>

❓Question: How likely do you think it is that a military or diplomatic solution can be achieved, or do you see a greater risk of the conflict spiraling into something even larger with Ukrainian forces receiving more advanced NATO weaponry and entering Russian territory?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Making guesses is not my job. What I want to say is that we have been trying to extinguish this crisis for more than a decade, yet each time we put to paper agreements that suite everyone, Kiev and its masters would backpedal. <...>

At present, as far as we can see, restoring peace is not part of our adversary's plan. Zelensky has not revoked his decree banning negotiations with Moscow. Washington and its NATO allies provide political, military and financial support to Kiev so that the war would go on. They are discussing authorizing the AFU to use Western long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory. "Playing with fire" in this way may lead to dangerous consequences. As stated by President Putin, we will take adequate decisions based on our understanding of the threats posed by the West. It is up to you to make conclusions.

❓Question: What concrete plans does Russia have in line with its strategic partnerships with China and other powers to achieve changes in the current world order and how do you expect these ambitions to play out in areas of intense competition and conflict, including the Middle East?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: What we have in mind is that the world order needs be adjusted to the current realities. Today the world is living through the "multipolar moment". Shifting towards the multi-polar world order is a natural part of power rebalancing, which reflects objective changes in the world economy, finance and geopolitics. The West waited longer than the others, yet it has also started to realize that this process is irreversible.

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Multipolarity manifests itself in the increasing role of regional associations, such as the #EAEU, #SCO, #ASEAN, #AfricanUnion, #CELAC and others. #BRICS has become a model of multilateral diplomacy. The #UN should remain a forum for aligning the interests of all the countries.

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