Dear friends!
📚 The Russian House in New Delhi invites you to a concert and film screening “Nuremberg” dedicated to the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
🎇 Victory Day is a special red-letter day for millions of people around the world, personifying the feat, fortitude, courage and heroism of the Soviet people.
📆 We are waiting for you at the concert on May 7 at 10:00.
🗓 The film starts at 12:00.
🏢 Venue: Russian House in New Delhi.
📌 The movie screening will be in Russian language with English subtitles.
✅ Admission for concert and film visitors is free.
🔹Don't miss the chance to be part of this significant event!
Waiting for you!
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#Announcement

🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues at approximately 10 am MSK (7 am GMT/ 9 am CEST/ 3 pm Beijing) on May 8.

For accreditation inquiries, please contact the Russian Foreign Ministry's Press Centre. Accredited journalists will receive detailed explanations on the technical aspects of submitting questions.

The Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre.

❗️ Accreditation is open until 9 am on May 7.

🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Bosnian Serb television network ATV (Moscow, May 5, 2024)

Key talking points:

• We will not participate in any events that promote Zelensky’s peace formula in one way or another. This much has been clear to everyone for a long time. We are serious about being open to negotiations based on the reality.

• I am aware of <...> the French’ claim to a role in Europe and the world. It cannot be ruled out that Macron needs this “caveman Russophobia” to become Europe’s leader.

• What they [the West] want is to subdue the Serbs. <...> They believe that the Serbs are too restive and independent in their actions since they refused to join the sanctions against Russia.

• Everyone knows about the total chaos reigning in Kosovo. Still, our Western colleagues have no qualms casting Kosovo nothing short of a beacon of democracy. Democracy was something alien for this territory at all times.

• The West is trying to create an anti-Russia and an anti-China coalition. An anti-Russia coalition is their immediate goal, while an anti-China one is being knocked together in anticipation of the moment when China emerges as the main threat (that’s how they call it) and the main adversary.

• Relations between Russia and China are much firmer, stronger and more reliable than the military alliances of the past century. <...> Without this Russia-China link, the situation on the international stage would have been much worse.

• Europe is struggling with tremendous economic problems because the US is using it above all to support Ukraine and wage a war against Russia. Everyone is predicting the demise of Germany as an industrial miracle. That miracle rested on the cheap and reliable Russian pipeline gas.

• The Americans have destroyed the system of arms control and are unable to work honestly in the humanitarian and economic spheres. We believe that the Euro-Atlantic security model has discredited itself and failed. We are now speaking about creating a Eurasian system of security.

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✍️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the participants in and guests of the International Anti-Fascist Forum of Cultural "Guitars in the Line-up (Formation)"

💬 I warmly welcome the organisers, participants and guests of the International Anti-Fascist Forum of Cultural Figures "Guitars in the Line-up (Formation)".

Your remarkable creative project has brought together those who reject the criminal ideas of Nazism. Today, your efforts are especially needed. Almost 80 years after the Great Victory, Nazism – an ideology of hatred, discrimination and suppression – has re-emerged in some European countries, above all in Ukraine.

In this context, it is viral for people from all walks of life, regardless of their country of residence, nationality or ethnic background, to come together to counter these dangerous trends that threaten all of humanity. It is gratifying to see that your forum is also contributing to these noble collective efforts.

I wish all the participants success and the audience a lively and joyful atmosphere and all the best.

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as President of Russia in a ceremony that took place at the Kremlin (May 7. 2024)

💬 In these solemn and crucial moments of assuming the office of the President, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the citizens of Russia across all regions of our country, as well as those living in the historical territories of Russia who have won their right to stand united with our Motherland.

I humbly honour our heroes, the participants in the special military operation, and all those who are fighting for our Fatherland.

I would like to thank you again for the trust you have placed in me and for your unwavering support. These words are directed to every citizen of Russia.

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🌐 We have been and will continue to be open to strengthening good relations with all countries that view Russia as a reliable and honest partner. Indeed, those constitute the global majority.

We are not rejecting dialogue with Western states. The choice is theirs: whether they intend to continue trying to contain Russia’s development, continue the policy of aggression, the relentless pressure they have been exerting on our country for years, or seek a path to cooperation and peace.

To reiterate, we are open to talks, including on security and strategic stability, but not to negotiations from a position of strength. We are open to a conversation without arrogance, conceit or exceptionalism – a dialogue on an equal footing and with respect for each other’s interests.

Together with our partners in Eurasian integration and other sovereign development centres, we will continue to build a multipolar world and an equal and indivisible security system.

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☝️ We stand as a united and great nation. Together we will overcome all obstacles and ensure that everything we conceive becomes reality. Together we win!

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