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🎙 Comment by Russia's Foreign Ministry Official Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack on civilians in Russian regions (January 11, 2026)
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The Kiev regime has once again demonstrated its inhumane Nazi nature with another brutal crime.
On January 10, the Voronezh, Kursk, Bryansk, and Belgorod regions were subjected to a mass attack using fixed-wing drones. According to the Russia's Ministry of Defence, a total of 33 hostile drones were launched.
The principal target was the residential areas of Voronezh. One young woman has been confirmed dead, having succumbed to her injuries in intensive care overnight. At least three further civilians were wounded.
The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns these acts of terrorism. They are characterised by the extremely cynical targeting of a wide range of civilian infrastructure. This includes over ten blocks of flats and an equal number of private homes. A secondary school and several administrative buildings were also struck and damaged.
Such deliberate killings of civilians attest to the desperation of the Kiev regime, which – in the face of its obvious failures on the battlefield – now seeks to vent its frustration on innocent populations of Russia’s regions. All masterminds and perpetrators of this and other crimes will be inevitably held to account.
It is our hope that the relevant international bodies will provide an impartial assessment of these criminal acts committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Continued silence in the face of the Kiev regime’s unbridled barbarity renders those bodies complicit in its heinous consequences.
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The Kiev regime has once again demonstrated its inhumane Nazi nature with another brutal crime.
On January 10, the Voronezh, Kursk, Bryansk, and Belgorod regions were subjected to a mass attack using fixed-wing drones. According to the Russia's Ministry of Defence, a total of 33 hostile drones were launched.
The principal target was the residential areas of Voronezh. One young woman has been confirmed dead, having succumbed to her injuries in intensive care overnight. At least three further civilians were wounded.
The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns these acts of terrorism. They are characterised by the extremely cynical targeting of a wide range of civilian infrastructure. This includes over ten blocks of flats and an equal number of private homes. A secondary school and several administrative buildings were also struck and damaged.
Such deliberate killings of civilians attest to the desperation of the Kiev regime, which – in the face of its obvious failures on the battlefield – now seeks to vent its frustration on innocent populations of Russia’s regions. All masterminds and perpetrators of this and other crimes will be inevitably held to account.
It is our hope that the relevant international bodies will provide an impartial assessment of these criminal acts committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Continued silence in the face of the Kiev regime’s unbridled barbarity renders those bodies complicit in its heinous consequences.
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🇷🇺Comment by the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands regarding the De Telegraaf article about Dutch mercenaries in neo-Nazi units in Ukraine
🔹The truth is beginning to seep into the pages of the ‘enlightened’ Dutch press — albeit a truth that is frightening and therefore jarring to local readers. De Telegraaf published the revelations of a Dutch mercenary who experienced all the ‘delights’ of Ukraine's so-called ‘European choice’.
🔹These are not reports from a parallel reality, but the reality of today, the existence of which is also made possible by The Hague's support for Ukraine:
— Every morning in the units begins with a Nazi salute;
— Headquarters are hung with swastikas, Nazi flags and portraits of Hitler's accomplice S.Bandera;
— The ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine include members of Colombian drug cartels who boast about photos of severed heads and the torture of prisoners.
🔹What is striking is not even the extreme sadism itself — we have been talking about this for years. What is striking is Hendrik's ‘surprise’. What did he expect when he went to the ‘reformed’ Azov? That the neo-Nazis had retrained as pacifists? No. They remained true to their essence, but now they do it with Dutch money and Dutch weapons at the expense of Dutch taxpayers.
🔹The Dutch people, whose country remembers the horrors of Nazism, should not just feel awkward — they should be deeply ashamed of their compatriots who today stand shoulder to shoulder with the ideological heirs of those who occupied the Kingdom during the Second World War.
🔹Where is the angry condemnation from the official Hague? We see only a deathly silence, which means only one thing: the Dutch authorities are consciously and purposefully arming outright thugs with swastika tattoos.
🔹The world behind the mirror: The Hague, which calls itself the ‘world capital of justice,’ has in fact become one of the leading sponsors and logistical hubs of neo-Nazi revanchism.
❗️History is a strict lady. She does not forgive such short memories. Sooner or later, this betrayal of the ideals of Nuremberg will have to be paid for with moral — and not only moral — debt.
🔹The truth is beginning to seep into the pages of the ‘enlightened’ Dutch press — albeit a truth that is frightening and therefore jarring to local readers. De Telegraaf published the revelations of a Dutch mercenary who experienced all the ‘delights’ of Ukraine's so-called ‘European choice’.
🔹These are not reports from a parallel reality, but the reality of today, the existence of which is also made possible by The Hague's support for Ukraine:
— Every morning in the units begins with a Nazi salute;
— Headquarters are hung with swastikas, Nazi flags and portraits of Hitler's accomplice S.Bandera;
— The ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine include members of Colombian drug cartels who boast about photos of severed heads and the torture of prisoners.
🔹What is striking is not even the extreme sadism itself — we have been talking about this for years. What is striking is Hendrik's ‘surprise’. What did he expect when he went to the ‘reformed’ Azov? That the neo-Nazis had retrained as pacifists? No. They remained true to their essence, but now they do it with Dutch money and Dutch weapons at the expense of Dutch taxpayers.
🔹The Dutch people, whose country remembers the horrors of Nazism, should not just feel awkward — they should be deeply ashamed of their compatriots who today stand shoulder to shoulder with the ideological heirs of those who occupied the Kingdom during the Second World War.
🔹Where is the angry condemnation from the official Hague? We see only a deathly silence, which means only one thing: the Dutch authorities are consciously and purposefully arming outright thugs with swastika tattoos.
🔹The world behind the mirror: The Hague, which calls itself the ‘world capital of justice,’ has in fact become one of the leading sponsors and logistical hubs of neo-Nazi revanchism.
❗️History is a strict lady. She does not forgive such short memories. Sooner or later, this betrayal of the ideals of Nuremberg will have to be paid for with moral — and not only moral — debt.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of January 5-11, 2026:
▪️ January 5 – a kamikaze drone attacked civilian transport in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ January 6 – a strike drone attacked the Centre for Talented Children on the Arabatskaya Spit, Kherson Region.
▪️ January 6 – three fixed-wing UAVs (FP-1) attacked a metal-plastic window manufacturing facility in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ January 6 – a fixed-wing UAV (FP-1) struck the territory of a private residence in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ January 7 – a strike drone attacked a residential area in Sukhodolsk, LPR.
▪️ January 7 – as a result of an FPV-drone strike, a civilian was killed in the vicinity of Rodinskoye, DPR.
▪️ January 9 – a kamikaze drone attacked a civilian cargo vehicle in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ January 10 – a UAV struck an apartment building in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ January 10 – a fixed-wing UAV (FP-1) attacked a vehicle service station building in Makeevka, DPR.
▪️ January 10 – a fixed-wing UAV (Chaklun-V) struck an apartment building in Voronezh. One woman was killed, three civilians were injured.
⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of January 5-11, 2026:
▪️ January 5 – a kamikaze drone attacked civilian transport in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ January 6 – a strike drone attacked the Centre for Talented Children on the Arabatskaya Spit, Kherson Region.
▪️ January 6 – three fixed-wing UAVs (FP-1) attacked a metal-plastic window manufacturing facility in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ January 6 – a fixed-wing UAV (FP-1) struck the territory of a private residence in Donetsk, DPR.
▪️ January 7 – a strike drone attacked a residential area in Sukhodolsk, LPR.
▪️ January 7 – as a result of an FPV-drone strike, a civilian was killed in the vicinity of Rodinskoye, DPR.
▪️ January 9 – a kamikaze drone attacked a civilian cargo vehicle in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.
▪️ January 10 – a UAV struck an apartment building in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ January 10 – a fixed-wing UAV (FP-1) attacked a vehicle service station building in Makeevka, DPR.
▪️ January 10 – a fixed-wing UAV (Chaklun-V) struck an apartment building in Voronezh. One woman was killed, three civilians were injured.
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#Victory81
🌟 On January 12, 1945, the Red Army launched one of its decisive and most important operations at the final stage of #WW2 — the Vistula–Oder offensive, eventually followed by the Battle of Berlin.
The Soviet forces rapidly advanced from the Vistula to the Oder river in just 23 days, having penetrated into the depth of up to 500 kilometres of the Nazi defence. During that operation, our soldiers heroically drove the German occupants from most of Poland’s territory, expelled the enemy from Warsaw, saved Kraków from destruction by the Nazis and liberated the POWs and the survived victims of most terrible German “death factory” — #AuschwitzBirkenau (Oświęcim).
The advance to the Oder let the Red Army gain a strategically important bridgehead: the forces of the 1st Byelorussian and the 1st Ukrainian fronts took hold of the positions in less than 90 kilometres away from Berlin. The final defeat of the Hitler’s Germany was just a matter of time.
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By the start of 1945, the Soviet forces in the east and the anti-Hitler allies' armies, marching from the Western front, were coming closer to Nazi Germany for delivering the final attack on the enemy. As before, the Red Army faced the enemy’s major force: 185 divisions, including 33 armor and motorised divisions, and 21 brigades.
#WeWereAllies: The Soviet offensive was scheduled for January 20. However, on January 6, Stalin received an urgent message from Churchill, in which the UK Premier asked the Soviet leadership to launch the offensive toward Germany as soon as possible because of the difficult situation of the US-British units on the Western Front after their allies’ major defeat in the Ardennes👇
The breakthrough of Nazi 'panzer-army' and the infantry in Belgium forced the US-British forces to retreat to almost 100 kilomentres. Commander of the Allied troops Dwight D. Eisenhower reported to Washington: if the Soviet forces do not start another major offensive in the East, then US-British armies in the West will find themselves in a gravest situation. The Allied command had to turn to Moscow for help.
In January-February of 1945, as a result of the coordinated and successful operations of the 1st Ukrainian and 1st Byelorussian fronts, 35 enemy divisions were defeated, and another 25 lost from 50 to 70% of their strength, weapons and military equipment. The forces of the two Red Army's fronts took prisoner 147'400 soldiers and officers, captured about 14'000 guns and mortars, tied down up to 1'400 tanks.
📕 From the memoirs of Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov "The End of the Third Reich":
The Nazi’s defeat on the Vistula-Oder bridgehead allowed the Red Army to breach the last major defence line of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. The German troops began to retreat, sustaining huge losses.
🖋 From the memoirs of Marshal of the Armor Mikhail Katukov "At the Forefront of the Main Attack":
By early February of 1945, the forces of the 1st Byelorussian Front led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov reached the Oder river and began fighting for bridgeheads on its western bank. There were just about 60 kilometres away from Berlin.
#OurVictory #WeRemember
The Soviet forces rapidly advanced from the Vistula to the Oder river in just 23 days, having penetrated into the depth of up to 500 kilometres of the Nazi defence. During that operation, our soldiers heroically drove the German occupants from most of Poland’s territory, expelled the enemy from Warsaw, saved Kraków from destruction by the Nazis and liberated the POWs and the survived victims of most terrible German “death factory” — #AuschwitzBirkenau (Oświęcim).
The advance to the Oder let the Red Army gain a strategically important bridgehead: the forces of the 1st Byelorussian and the 1st Ukrainian fronts took hold of the positions in less than 90 kilometres away from Berlin. The final defeat of the Hitler’s Germany was just a matter of time.
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By the start of 1945, the Soviet forces in the east and the anti-Hitler allies' armies, marching from the Western front, were coming closer to Nazi Germany for delivering the final attack on the enemy. As before, the Red Army faced the enemy’s major force: 185 divisions, including 33 armor and motorised divisions, and 21 brigades.
#WeWereAllies: The Soviet offensive was scheduled for January 20. However, on January 6, Stalin received an urgent message from Churchill, in which the UK Premier asked the Soviet leadership to launch the offensive toward Germany as soon as possible because of the difficult situation of the US-British units on the Western Front after their allies’ major defeat in the Ardennes👇
The breakthrough of Nazi 'panzer-army' and the infantry in Belgium forced the US-British forces to retreat to almost 100 kilomentres. Commander of the Allied troops Dwight D. Eisenhower reported to Washington: if the Soviet forces do not start another major offensive in the East, then US-British armies in the West will find themselves in a gravest situation. The Allied command had to turn to Moscow for help.
In January-February of 1945, as a result of the coordinated and successful operations of the 1st Ukrainian and 1st Byelorussian fronts, 35 enemy divisions were defeated, and another 25 lost from 50 to 70% of their strength, weapons and military equipment. The forces of the two Red Army's fronts took prisoner 147'400 soldiers and officers, captured about 14'000 guns and mortars, tied down up to 1'400 tanks.
📕 From the memoirs of Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov "The End of the Third Reich":
Our forces covered over 500 kiliometres from the Vistula to the Oder river in a single march. <...> Our advance, started from the Magnuszew bridgehead on the Vistula, did not stop even for a minute.
The Nazi’s defeat on the Vistula-Oder bridgehead allowed the Red Army to breach the last major defence line of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. The German troops began to retreat, sustaining huge losses.
🖋 From the memoirs of Marshal of the Armor Mikhail Katukov "At the Forefront of the Main Attack":
<...> As a result of the rapid advance of the Soviet forces, a breach appeared in the strategic front of Nazi Germany in the east. Our forces gained several important bridgeheads on the western bank of the Oder river.
It seemed that the way to Berlin was open. One more strike and the eradication of Nazism will be completed, with the countries of Europe finally gaining the long-awaited peace <...>
By early February of 1945, the forces of the 1st Byelorussian Front led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov reached the Oder river and began fighting for bridgeheads on its western bank. There were just about 60 kilometres away from Berlin.
#OurVictory #WeRemember
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🏅 On January 12, 1943, the Red Army launched Operation "Iskra" (Operation "Spark"), which resulted in the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad. During the offensive, formations of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts crushed the enemy’s defences and restored a land connection between the city and the mainland.
The Nazi blockade closed around Leningrad on September 8, 1941. More than 2.8 million people, including 400,000 children, were trapped in the besieged city. Its people endured the most severe conditions – a harsh winter, starvation, and constant air raids.
The Soviet High Command made several attempts to break the blockade: in autumn 1941, during the general counter-offensive in January 1942, and again in the summer and autumn of 1942. Favourable conditions for success emerged only in January 1943, when the main Wehrmacht forces had been redeployed to Stalingrad.
⚔️ On January 18, 1943, after fierce fighting, Red Army units finally broke through the encirclement. A narrow 11-km corridor was formed along the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, enabling the supply of the city and the evacuation of civilians. By the end of January, the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts had pushed the enemy up to 12 km away from the Ladoga shoreline.
More than 300,000 troops took part in the offensive, supported by around 4,900 artillery pieces and mortars, over 600 tanks, and more than 800 aircraft.
🎖 For courage, resilience, and heroism, around 19,000 soldiers and officers of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts, as well as sailors of the Baltic Fleet, were awarded orders and medals.
Although the complete lifting of the blockade and the full liberation of Leningrad occurred only on January 27, 1944, the significance of the January 1943 breakthrough cannot be overstated.
Soviet forces succeeded in partially lifting the siege and significantly improving conditions for the city’s residents. Just three weeks later, a railway line was built, allowing trains carrying food and ammunition to reach Leningrad – until then, the city had been connected to the mainland only by the legendary Road of Life.
The risk of German and Finnish forces linking up was neutralized, and the Red Army secured the strategic initiative on the Leningrad front.
#Victory81
The Nazi blockade closed around Leningrad on September 8, 1941. More than 2.8 million people, including 400,000 children, were trapped in the besieged city. Its people endured the most severe conditions – a harsh winter, starvation, and constant air raids.
The Soviet High Command made several attempts to break the blockade: in autumn 1941, during the general counter-offensive in January 1942, and again in the summer and autumn of 1942. Favourable conditions for success emerged only in January 1943, when the main Wehrmacht forces had been redeployed to Stalingrad.
⚔️ On January 18, 1943, after fierce fighting, Red Army units finally broke through the encirclement. A narrow 11-km corridor was formed along the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, enabling the supply of the city and the evacuation of civilians. By the end of January, the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts had pushed the enemy up to 12 km away from the Ladoga shoreline.
More than 300,000 troops took part in the offensive, supported by around 4,900 artillery pieces and mortars, over 600 tanks, and more than 800 aircraft.
🎖 For courage, resilience, and heroism, around 19,000 soldiers and officers of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts, as well as sailors of the Baltic Fleet, were awarded orders and medals.
Although the complete lifting of the blockade and the full liberation of Leningrad occurred only on January 27, 1944, the significance of the January 1943 breakthrough cannot be overstated.
Soviet forces succeeded in partially lifting the siege and significantly improving conditions for the city’s residents. Just three weeks later, a railway line was built, allowing trains carrying food and ammunition to reach Leningrad – until then, the city had been connected to the mainland only by the legendary Road of Life.
The risk of German and Finnish forces linking up was neutralized, and the Red Army secured the strategic initiative on the Leningrad front.
#Victory81
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⚡️According to information confirmed by several independent sources, a strike launched by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the night of 9 January using the Oreshnik mobile ground-based missile system disabled the Lvov State Aviation Repair Plant.
▫️ At the plant, aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including F-16 and MiG-29 aircraft supplied by the Western countries, were repaired and maintained. The plant also produced long-range and medium-range attack UAVs used to hit Russian civilian facilities in the depth of Russian territory.
▫️ The Oreshnik system engaged production workshops, warehouses with products (UAVs), as well as the infrastructure of the factory airfield.
▫️ In addition, as part of this massive attack with the use of the Iskander missile system and the Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles, the production facilities of two enterprises in Kiev involved in assembling strike UAVs for attacks against the territory of Russia, as well as energy infrastructure facilities that support the work of the Ukrainian defence industry, were hit.
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🗓 On January 12, Ambassador of Poland to the Russian Federation Krzysztof Krajewski was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where a strong protest was expressed regarding the detention of the prominent Russian archaeologist, Alexander Butyagin, in Warsaw in December 2025, at Kiev’s request.
It was pointed out to Ambassador Krajewski that the Kiev regime’s accusations against Mr Butyagin were absurd, being related to his scientific work as a member of the Myrmekion Archaeological Expedition in the Republic of Crimea, which is an inalienable part of the Russian Federation.
The openly politicised and wild nature of the Ukrainian persecution against the Russian scientist is further underscored by the fact that the Interpol has refrained from acting on the Ukrainian request and that Mr Butyagin had travelled unimpeded to several European countries immediately prior to his arrest in Poland.
The Polish Ambassador was presented with evidence confirming that Alexander Butyagin, who is a world-renowned Russian archaeologist and a staff member of the State Hermitage Museum, has conducted research on the Kerch Peninsula for several decades.
Throughout this period, Mr Butyagin’s work was duly authorised by the relevant authorities, including those of Ukraine prior to 2014. All the artefacts he found were handed over to the East Crimean Museum-Reserve, thereby enriching the cultural heritage of the peoples of Crimea.
❗️ It was emphasised that the Russian Federation demands the immediate release of its citizen and insists that he must not be delivered to the Kiev regime’s punitive apparatus that has nothing to do with justice.
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It was pointed out to Ambassador Krajewski that the Kiev regime’s accusations against Mr Butyagin were absurd, being related to his scientific work as a member of the Myrmekion Archaeological Expedition in the Republic of Crimea, which is an inalienable part of the Russian Federation.
The openly politicised and wild nature of the Ukrainian persecution against the Russian scientist is further underscored by the fact that the Interpol has refrained from acting on the Ukrainian request and that Mr Butyagin had travelled unimpeded to several European countries immediately prior to his arrest in Poland.
The Polish Ambassador was presented with evidence confirming that Alexander Butyagin, who is a world-renowned Russian archaeologist and a staff member of the State Hermitage Museum, has conducted research on the Kerch Peninsula for several decades.
Throughout this period, Mr Butyagin’s work was duly authorised by the relevant authorities, including those of Ukraine prior to 2014. All the artefacts he found were handed over to the East Crimean Museum-Reserve, thereby enriching the cultural heritage of the peoples of Crimea.
❗️ It was emphasised that the Russian Federation demands the immediate release of its citizen and insists that he must not be delivered to the Kiev regime’s punitive apparatus that has nothing to do with justice.
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📰 On January 13, members of the press and the media mark their professional holiday, #RussianPressDay.
On that day in 1703, the first issue of the newspaper founded by Peter the Great, Vedomosti (Bulletin) on Military and Other Affairs Worthy of Being Known and Remembered, Occurring in the Moscow State and Neighbouring Countries, saw the light of day, launching the development of a highly professional Russian media community.
Vedomosti was an official publication to which Peter the Great personally contributed by selecting materials for publications, checking the quality of translations, and editing texts.
The newspaper published military reports and everyday news based on official documents, diplomatic reports and departmental information.
In 1719, Boris Volkov, a translator at the Collegium of Foreign Affairs who was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper, enlisted the assistance of Yakov Sinyavich, one of the best linguists of that period and the first Russian reporter.
In 1728, the newspaper fell under the purview of the Academy of Sciences. Mikhail Lomonosov became one of its contributors. The newspaper was published twice a week in 706 copies.
A new stage in the development of periodical press began on January 1, 1870, when the emperor signed an executive order approving “an experiment for accepting subscription to periodicals, both Russian and foreign ones, at post offices.” It was the first executive order on subscription to periodicals issued in the country. By 1914, over 3,000 periodicals were published in Russia.
The professional holiday of members of the press and journalists, Soviet Press Day, was established in 1922 and marked on May 5, the day when the first issue of Pravda, the main Soviet newspaper, was published in 1912.
On December 28, 1991, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) issued Resolution No. 3043-1 On Russian Press Day, moving Russian Press Day to its historical date, January 13.
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Today, over 156,600 media outlets have been registered in Russia. Russian periodicals are published in over 100 languages.
The journalistic profession has always held a special place and was rightfully respected in Russia. Today, members of the Russian media can professionally, quickly and objectively provide information and carry out a thorough and unbiased analysis of events.
Russian journalists come under persecution by the national authorities in the collective West, and risk their health and even lives for telling the truth. Responsibility for killing journalists and military correspondents lies with the Kiev regime, whose state of impunity has gone berserk, and its Western patrons.
💬 From a comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Russian Press Day (January 13, 2026):
On that day in 1703, the first issue of the newspaper founded by Peter the Great, Vedomosti (Bulletin) on Military and Other Affairs Worthy of Being Known and Remembered, Occurring in the Moscow State and Neighbouring Countries, saw the light of day, launching the development of a highly professional Russian media community.
Vedomosti was an official publication to which Peter the Great personally contributed by selecting materials for publications, checking the quality of translations, and editing texts.
The newspaper published military reports and everyday news based on official documents, diplomatic reports and departmental information.
In 1719, Boris Volkov, a translator at the Collegium of Foreign Affairs who was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper, enlisted the assistance of Yakov Sinyavich, one of the best linguists of that period and the first Russian reporter.
In 1728, the newspaper fell under the purview of the Academy of Sciences. Mikhail Lomonosov became one of its contributors. The newspaper was published twice a week in 706 copies.
A new stage in the development of periodical press began on January 1, 1870, when the emperor signed an executive order approving “an experiment for accepting subscription to periodicals, both Russian and foreign ones, at post offices.” It was the first executive order on subscription to periodicals issued in the country. By 1914, over 3,000 periodicals were published in Russia.
The professional holiday of members of the press and journalists, Soviet Press Day, was established in 1922 and marked on May 5, the day when the first issue of Pravda, the main Soviet newspaper, was published in 1912.
On December 28, 1991, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) issued Resolution No. 3043-1 On Russian Press Day, moving Russian Press Day to its historical date, January 13.
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Today, over 156,600 media outlets have been registered in Russia. Russian periodicals are published in over 100 languages.
The journalistic profession has always held a special place and was rightfully respected in Russia. Today, members of the Russian media can professionally, quickly and objectively provide information and carry out a thorough and unbiased analysis of events.
Russian journalists come under persecution by the national authorities in the collective West, and risk their health and even lives for telling the truth. Responsibility for killing journalists and military correspondents lies with the Kiev regime, whose state of impunity has gone berserk, and its Western patrons.
💬 From a comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Russian Press Day (January 13, 2026):
“Working in conditions of the collective West’s hybrid aggression against Russia and its people, Russian journalists are among the first to explode and lay bare the lies and fake stories about Russia spread on a large scale, and to raise an effective shield against anti-Russia propaganda.
Despite the obstacles of censorship created by our enemies, Russian journalists have overcome information blockades and have even increased the audience of their loyal readers, viewers and listeners, including in the countries with the most intolerant attitude to any manifestation of dissent.”
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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Embassy of Russia in the US:
Representatives of Russia and the United States honoured the memory of participants in the Soviet-American “Zebra” project
On January 11, 2026, a traditional memorial ceremony was held in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on the banks of the Pasquotank River, to honour the memory of Soviet and Canadian pilots who perished in early 1945 as a result of the crash of a PBN-1 NOMAD seaplane. The aircraft was being ferried for the Red Army Air Force under the Lend-Lease programme as part of deliveries of this class of aircraft (Catalina).
The event, organized by the Russian Embassy in the US with the participation of senior diplomats and staff of the military attaché’s office was attended for the first time since 2020 by representatives of the Pentagon. They were represented by the Chairman of the Joint POW/MIA Commission General Robert Foglesong and his colleagues.
At the site of the tragedy, delegations from both countries laid a wreath and red carnations in the Pasquotank River. Military honours were rendered to the fallen crew members – Soviet pilots Captains Nikolai Chikov and Vladimir Levin, Lieutenants Dmitry Medvedev and Afanasy Borodin, as well as radio operator Lieutenant Peter Nataros of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Under the secret project codenamed “Zebra”, Soviet and Allied crews underwent training between April 1944 and October 1945. In total, 184 American-made seaplanes were delivered to the Soviet–German front.
This stands as one of the clear examples of the combat alliance between the Red Army and the US Armed Forces in the fight against a common enemy – the absolute evil of Nazism. The memory of the heroes who fought shoulder to shoulder as part of the anti-Hitler coalition, and of the immense sacrifices of the Soviet people, is sacred and must never be forgotten.
No one is forgotten – nothing is forgotten.
Representatives of Russia and the United States honoured the memory of participants in the Soviet-American “Zebra” project
On January 11, 2026, a traditional memorial ceremony was held in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on the banks of the Pasquotank River, to honour the memory of Soviet and Canadian pilots who perished in early 1945 as a result of the crash of a PBN-1 NOMAD seaplane. The aircraft was being ferried for the Red Army Air Force under the Lend-Lease programme as part of deliveries of this class of aircraft (Catalina).
The event, organized by the Russian Embassy in the US with the participation of senior diplomats and staff of the military attaché’s office was attended for the first time since 2020 by representatives of the Pentagon. They were represented by the Chairman of the Joint POW/MIA Commission General Robert Foglesong and his colleagues.
At the site of the tragedy, delegations from both countries laid a wreath and red carnations in the Pasquotank River. Military honours were rendered to the fallen crew members – Soviet pilots Captains Nikolai Chikov and Vladimir Levin, Lieutenants Dmitry Medvedev and Afanasy Borodin, as well as radio operator Lieutenant Peter Nataros of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Under the secret project codenamed “Zebra”, Soviet and Allied crews underwent training between April 1944 and October 1945. In total, 184 American-made seaplanes were delivered to the Soviet–German front.
This stands as one of the clear examples of the combat alliance between the Red Army and the US Armed Forces in the fight against a common enemy – the absolute evil of Nazism. The memory of the heroes who fought shoulder to shoulder as part of the anti-Hitler coalition, and of the immense sacrifices of the Soviet people, is sacred and must never be forgotten.
No one is forgotten – nothing is forgotten.