🏅
#OTD
in 1944, the Medal For the Defence of Moscow was established
It immortalised the unparalleled heroism of all those who fought in the Battle of Moscow & was awarded to more than 1 mil fearless defenders, incl. women & children.
🔗
#Victory79
📅
#OTD
in 1945, during the Battle of Berlin the
#VictoryBanner
was raised atop of the Reichstag by M.Yegorov & M.Kantariya.
It became a symbol of the triumph of the Soviet Union & its peoples in the fight against Nazism.
🔗
#Victory79
🗓 Today is International Workers’ Day aka
#May1
or some even say
#MayDay
!
In
#Russia
it remains an important holiday marked by nationwide celebrations, tradition passed on from the Soviet era.
🥳 Happy May 1 &
#LabourDay
to all!
#BY80
79 years ago on 3⃣0⃣ April 1⃣9⃣4⃣5⃣, Soviet warriors Lieutenant Berest, Private Egorov and Junior Sergeant Kantaria raised a red flag - the Banner of Victory - over the Reichstag building in Berlin!
🗓️ May 1 is Spring and Labor Day
🔴 Initially called «Day of the International», at a later stage - «International Workers’ Day - May Day»
🎉 Congratulations!
🎙️Interview by First DPR of Russia Dmitry
#Polyanskiy
to
@RT_com
Main topics:
🔸Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
🔸
#MiddleEast
;
🔸Sabotage on
#NordStream
pipelines.
📍New York, April 30, 2024
🗓
#OTD
in 1945 Soviet Army liberated prisoners from the
#Ravensbr
ück concentration camp.
It was a place of suffering and severe torture of women & children.
💬 "We’ll never forget the black Ravensbrück night" - said prisoners on the liberation day, April 30.
#WeRemember
#Volgarev
: We welcome the reflection in the agenda of the issue of strengthening measures to enhance energy infrastructure protection. In this regard, it is regrettable that the explosions of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines has not been investigated so far, and…
📅 On April 30, 1945, Soviet soldiers Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev & Grigory Bulatov raised the first Red Banner on the Reichstag’s facade.
7 hours under relentless fire, crossing the 500m to the building, with a makeshift red flag. Victory was close
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🎙️Embassy Comment on the visit to the FСDO of Ambassador Andrei Kelin
▪︎On 26 April Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom H.E. Andrei Kelin was invited to a meeting at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.…
Maria
#Zakharova
:
The quality of Russian-Chinese cooperation is superior to any Cold War-style monocentric blocs, where one member tells the others what to do.
This cooperation is not being used against any third countries. This makes the Russian-Chinese strategic tandem…
The
#UK
's intentions are crystal clear - to prolong and intensify the [Ukrainian] conflict that serves as the lynchpin of its "civilizational" confrontation with
#Russia
.
Against this backdrop the sweet-sounding solicitations, regularly addressed by British diplomacy to leading…
Maria
#Zakharova
:
#Zelensky
’s demands on delivering seven batteries of Patriot surface-to-air missiles, other air-defence systems and ammunition went unanswered.
Obviously, none of the allies wants to sacrifice its interests for the sake of the foundering
#Kiev
regime.
💬 K.
#Gavrilov
:
❗️The White House is openly betting not on the mythical victory of the controlled regime, but on the fact that the
#AFU
will hold out at least until the November vote, without spoiling the image of J.Biden.
Sergey
#Lavrov
:
The attempts of the Western countries to tailor the
#OPCW
to their vested interests are a source of serious concern.
The Western states have already turned this prestigious and strictly technical international agency into an instrument for implementing their…
🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia will join the Diplomatic Conference in Geneva (May 13-24) to finalize an International Legal Instrument on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources & Traditional Knowledge.
🤝 We are committed to constructively resolve any outstanding issues and adopt the document.
🗓️
#OTD
in 1945 the Red Army began its assault on the Nazi stronghold, the Reichstag as the final part of the Berlin Offensive.
☝️ The days of the Nazis were numbered, they would soon answer for their crimes. Victory was nigh
#Victory79