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Starting from 1940, there was the resistance movement operating in Poland against the Nazis — 'Armia Krajowa' (included the supporters of Jozef Pilsudski, whose tactics eventually resulted in Poland's losing its sovereignty), and 'Armia Ludowa', which later together with the 1st Polish Army formed 'Wojsko Polskie' — the Polish Army. It represented broader working class people in Poland as a whole, in contrast to 'Armia Krajowa' militants and bandits, who were subordinate to the so-called 'Polish Government in Exile' in London and were responsible for numerous barbaric crimes against civilians.
On August 1, 1944, 'Armia Krajowa' (AK) initiated an uprising in Warsaw as part of the so-called 'Operation Storm' or 'Burza' against the Nazi occupants. The AK's principal aim was to liberate Poland and, most importantly, independently of the advancing Soviet forces. The uprising was poorly prepared and ultimately was doomed to defeat.
At the very moment the order to start the uprising was issued, the Nazi troops launched a counter-offensive against the Red Army. As a result, the Red Army’s attempts to immediately cross the Vistula River were unsuccessful.
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The launch of the Soviet offensive in the Vistula–Oder direction was initially scheduled for January 20, 1945. However, on January 6, after the Allies suffered a major losses in the Ardennes and had to ask Moscow for help, Winston Churchill appealed to Joseph Stalin for assistance and requested the Soviet leadership to launch the offensive toward the Vistula river as soon as possible. The Soviet leadership responded to the Allies' request and commanded the start of the operation on January 12.
Poland was regarded by Hitler’s command, not without reason, as the Reich’s principal external defensive line. The Nazi leaders understood that any Wehrmacht's retreat westwards would open a direct path for the Red Army to Berlin. Thus, the Germans were determined to hold their positions at any costs and prepared to mount the fiercest resistance.
The enemy had concentrated in Poland formidable forces — around 30 divisions of 560'000 soldiers and officers, supported by 5'000 artillery weapons, 1'220 tanks and other armoured vehicles. Between the Vistula and the Oder, the Nazis constructed seven defensive lines, arranged in depth over a span of 300 to 500 kilometres.
Warsaw became the primary objective of the Red Army' offensive. By January 14, the Soviet forces had already approached the Polish capital. According to the Soviet military command directives, that were the units of the Polish Army that were suggested to be the first to enter the city — Polish patriots, our comrades, and brothers-in-arms of Soviet soldiers who fought side-by-side with the Red Army to liberate their Homeland and later advanced on Berlin, forging our common Victory over Nazism together.
On January 16, Soviet units, advanced rapidly to Warsaw from the north, crossed the Vistula River and tied down the German garrison inside the city. The enemy was encircled from all directions: the 2nd Guards Tank Army pinned down the Nazis to the west, while units of the Polish Army severed lines of communication from the south. With all retreat routes cut off, the Germans, recognising the further resistance was hopeless and pointless, started surrendering en masse.
On January 17, the city was fully liberated.
The success of the Warsaw operation enabled the Red Army to substantially advance towards Berlin and to liberate a large part of Polish territory. Escaping, with the help of the Soviet soldiers-liberators, the Nazi enslavement, the Polish people regained their freedom.
🎖 #WeRemember: Overall, more than 600'000 Red Army soldiers and officers perished fighting for the liberation of Poland from Nazi occupation.
By early February 1945, the 1st Belorussian Front had reached the Oder River. Preparations for the final battle of #WW2 were underway — the road to Berlin was open.
#Victory81
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🎖 On January 18, 1943, the Red Army broke the siege of Leningrad during the operation 'Iskra'.
The blockade of our Northern capital by the Nazis lasted for 872 days, having claimed the lives of around 1 million people, including more than 600'000 — children, women, seniors, and the fighters wounded and crippled at the frontline — who died of starvation.
Alongside German troops, military units from European countries conquered by Hitler participated in the Siege of Leningrad — the 'Norway', 'the Netherlands' and 'Flanders' legions, as well as the Spanish infantry division. From the Narva direction, Baltic units — Latvian and Estonian battalions — were kept in reserve by the Nazis. From the north, the Finnish army besieged Leningrad and also shelled the city with its artillery.
The Nazi command's orders were absolutely clear: to block the city, shoot anyone crossing the front line, and bring about the total destruction of the city's population.
❗️But Leningrad endured and never ever gave up fighting.
Most of that time communication with Leningrad was almost only possible by air or through the only available transport artery across Lake Ladoga that became known as the 'Road of Life'.
The Soviet forces repeatedly tried to break the siege, finally succeeding on January 18, 1943, during the operation 'Iskra'. To liberate the besieged city, it was decided to launch the main strikes near Shlisselburg, in the narrowest part of the Nazi defence lines adjoining Lake Ladoga.
⚔️ The Red Army broke the siege on January 18. A narrow corridor only 11 km wide opened on the southern shore of Ladoga for supplies and evacuation. The enemy was thrown 10−12 km away from the southern part of the Ladoga sector of the frontline.
After 16 months of heroic fight against Hitler’s invaders, the second most significant city of the Soviet Union regained a reliable land-based connection with the Motherland. Three weeks after the siege was broken, a railway was built to carry the first trains with food supplies and munitions. Electricity supply improved.
The breaking of the siege of Leningrad became a radical turning point in the battles in the northwestern sector of the Soviet-German front. The plans of Hitler’s command to take Leningrad by storm were completely disrupted. The threat of the Wehrmacht joining forces with the Finnish army to block the city was completely removed.
✍️ On the occasion of breaking the siege the city, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a special letter on behalf of all Americans to Leningrad residents.
It read, in part:
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#Victory81
🌟 The blockade was finally lifted on January 27, 1944, during the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.
#NoStatuteOfLimitation: In 2022, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia, the Saint Petersburg City Court officially recognised the actions of the Nazi Germany's occupant troops — along with their collaborators, including armed units formed in Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Finland, as well as individual volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France, and Czechoslovakia — as a war crime, a crime against humanity, and an ACT OF GENOCIDE against national and ethnic groups representing the population of the Soviet Union.
#WeRemember #LestWeForget
The blockade of our Northern capital by the Nazis lasted for 872 days, having claimed the lives of around 1 million people, including more than 600'000 — children, women, seniors, and the fighters wounded and crippled at the frontline — who died of starvation.
Alongside German troops, military units from European countries conquered by Hitler participated in the Siege of Leningrad — the 'Norway', 'the Netherlands' and 'Flanders' legions, as well as the Spanish infantry division. From the Narva direction, Baltic units — Latvian and Estonian battalions — were kept in reserve by the Nazis. From the north, the Finnish army besieged Leningrad and also shelled the city with its artillery.
The Nazi command's orders were absolutely clear: to block the city, shoot anyone crossing the front line, and bring about the total destruction of the city's population.
❗️But Leningrad endured and never ever gave up fighting.
Most of that time communication with Leningrad was almost only possible by air or through the only available transport artery across Lake Ladoga that became known as the 'Road of Life'.
The Soviet forces repeatedly tried to break the siege, finally succeeding on January 18, 1943, during the operation 'Iskra'. To liberate the besieged city, it was decided to launch the main strikes near Shlisselburg, in the narrowest part of the Nazi defence lines adjoining Lake Ladoga.
⚔️ The Red Army broke the siege on January 18. A narrow corridor only 11 km wide opened on the southern shore of Ladoga for supplies and evacuation. The enemy was thrown 10−12 km away from the southern part of the Ladoga sector of the frontline.
After 16 months of heroic fight against Hitler’s invaders, the second most significant city of the Soviet Union regained a reliable land-based connection with the Motherland. Three weeks after the siege was broken, a railway was built to carry the first trains with food supplies and munitions. Electricity supply improved.
The breaking of the siege of Leningrad became a radical turning point in the battles in the northwestern sector of the Soviet-German front. The plans of Hitler’s command to take Leningrad by storm were completely disrupted. The threat of the Wehrmacht joining forces with the Finnish army to block the city was completely removed.
✍️ On the occasion of breaking the siege the city, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a special letter on behalf of all Americans to Leningrad residents.
It read, in part:
In the name of the people of the United States of America, I present this scroll to the City of Leningrad as a memorial to its gallant soldiers and its loyal men, women and children who, isolated from the rest of their nation by the invader and despite constant bombardment and untold sufferings from cold, hunger and sickness, successfully defended their beloved city throughout the critical period from September 8, 1941 to January 18, 1943, and thus symbolized the undaunted spirit of the peoples of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of all the nations of the world resisting forces of aggression.
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#Victory81
#NoStatuteOfLimitation: In 2022, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia, the Saint Petersburg City Court officially recognised the actions of the Nazi Germany's occupant troops — along with their collaborators, including armed units formed in Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Finland, as well as individual volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France, and Czechoslovakia — as a war crime, a crime against humanity, and an ACT OF GENOCIDE against national and ethnic groups representing the population of the Soviet Union.
#WeRemember #LestWeForget
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💬 High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova:
During my working visit to Geneva, I held a meeting with the leadership of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
We discussed the results of our productive cooperation with the UNHCR Representation in Russia on the joint monitoring of the rights of citizens staying in temporary accommodation facilities.
I also outlined how the Russian Federation provides care and support to refugees. Together with the UNHCR, we identified further prospects for cooperation.
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In Geneva, I also met with Dušan Vujašanin, Head of the Central Tracing Agency Bureau of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
A substantive and detailed discussion was held with the Bureau’s team, which, despite it being a Saturday, came to work in full for our meeting.
We discussed a wide range of practical issues related to cooperation in organizing the search for missing persons – including cases initiated at the request of the Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights – family reunification, and the monitoring of detention conditions of prisoners.
During my working visit to Geneva, I held a meeting with the leadership of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
We discussed the results of our productive cooperation with the UNHCR Representation in Russia on the joint monitoring of the rights of citizens staying in temporary accommodation facilities.
I also outlined how the Russian Federation provides care and support to refugees. Together with the UNHCR, we identified further prospects for cooperation.
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In Geneva, I also met with Dušan Vujašanin, Head of the Central Tracing Agency Bureau of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
A substantive and detailed discussion was held with the Bureau’s team, which, despite it being a Saturday, came to work in full for our meeting.
We discussed a wide range of practical issues related to cooperation in organizing the search for missing persons – including cases initiated at the request of the Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights – family reunification, and the monitoring of detention conditions of prisoners.
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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 15, 2026)
🔹 News conference by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
🔹 #KievRegimeCrimes
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Torchlit procession in Lvov
🔹 London’s aggressive anti-Russia line
🔹 On the destruction of the monument to Soviet heroes in the Czech Republic
🔹 Certain statements by the Yad Vashem leadership
📖 Read
📺 Watch
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#LavrovSchedule
On January 20, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a high-profile news conference to review Russian diplomacy’s outcomes in 2025.
The news conference will be livestreamed on the Ministerial website and social media and translated into English, French, and Spanish.
#KievRegimeCrimes
The neo-Nazi Kiev regime continues to reveal its terrorist nature. From January 1 to 12, at least 152 Russian civilians were affected by Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks. 45 people were killed, including 3 children.
In the first minutes of 2026, in a premeditated attack, the armed forces of Ukraine used UAVs to hit a café and a hotel complex in the village of Khorly, Kherson Region, where families with children, a crowd of about 100 people, had come together to ring in the New Year. 29 people, including 2 children, were killed.
The Foreign Ministry provided an assessment of this barbaric atrocity by Ukrainian neo-Nazis on January 1.
#Ukraine #West
The fact that the West has no genuine interest in ending the conflict – just as it showed no desire for peace from the outset – is clearly demonstrated by the uninterrupted operation of Rzeszów Airport in Poland. Since 2022, it has served as a key logistics hub through which a continuous flow of military cargo has been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Observers note that the British and Canadian air forces, as well as private transport companies affiliated with the US military, are most active in these operations.
The European NATO member states’ actions aimed at saturating Kiev with military and financial resources speak far more eloquently about their true intentions than any hypocritical statements about a desire for peace. These actions speak louder than words, declarations, or diplomatic rhetoric.
#Britain #CoalitionOfTheWilling
For several months, we have observed a consistent escalation by Britain of aggressive and belligerent rhetoric against Russia.
For instance, on January 6 in Paris, on the sidelines of a gathering of the coalition of the willing, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and head of the Kiev regime Zelensky, signed a declaration of intent providing for the deployment of so-called multinational forces – in essence, Western occupation troops – to Ukraine under the guise of ensuring “future peace agreements.”
❗️ We must warn that any attempts to realise this criminal scheme with the coalition of the willing will leave responsibility for the lives of British subjects entirely on London’s shoulders.
Our position remains unchanged and well-known – any foreign military contingents in Ukraine will be considered legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The British component will be no exception.
#Finland #Militarisation #BalticRegion
On January 10, 2026, Helsinki’s decision to denounce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction came into force.
Russia views this decision by the Finnish authorities as yet another manifestation of their destructive policy to militarise the country.
Russia reserves the right to respond to any hostile actions in a proportionate way, including by military and technical means, if necessary.
🔹 News conference by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
🔹 #KievRegimeCrimes
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Torchlit procession in Lvov
🔹 London’s aggressive anti-Russia line
🔹 On the destruction of the monument to Soviet heroes in the Czech Republic
🔹 Certain statements by the Yad Vashem leadership
📖 Read
📺 Watch
***
#LavrovSchedule
On January 20, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a high-profile news conference to review Russian diplomacy’s outcomes in 2025.
The news conference will be livestreamed on the Ministerial website and social media and translated into English, French, and Spanish.
#KievRegimeCrimes
The neo-Nazi Kiev regime continues to reveal its terrorist nature. From January 1 to 12, at least 152 Russian civilians were affected by Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks. 45 people were killed, including 3 children.
In the first minutes of 2026, in a premeditated attack, the armed forces of Ukraine used UAVs to hit a café and a hotel complex in the village of Khorly, Kherson Region, where families with children, a crowd of about 100 people, had come together to ring in the New Year. 29 people, including 2 children, were killed.
The Foreign Ministry provided an assessment of this barbaric atrocity by Ukrainian neo-Nazis on January 1.
#Ukraine #West
The fact that the West has no genuine interest in ending the conflict – just as it showed no desire for peace from the outset – is clearly demonstrated by the uninterrupted operation of Rzeszów Airport in Poland. Since 2022, it has served as a key logistics hub through which a continuous flow of military cargo has been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Observers note that the British and Canadian air forces, as well as private transport companies affiliated with the US military, are most active in these operations.
The European NATO member states’ actions aimed at saturating Kiev with military and financial resources speak far more eloquently about their true intentions than any hypocritical statements about a desire for peace. These actions speak louder than words, declarations, or diplomatic rhetoric.
#Britain #CoalitionOfTheWilling
For several months, we have observed a consistent escalation by Britain of aggressive and belligerent rhetoric against Russia.
For instance, on January 6 in Paris, on the sidelines of a gathering of the coalition of the willing, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and head of the Kiev regime Zelensky, signed a declaration of intent providing for the deployment of so-called multinational forces – in essence, Western occupation troops – to Ukraine under the guise of ensuring “future peace agreements.”
❗️ We must warn that any attempts to realise this criminal scheme with the coalition of the willing will leave responsibility for the lives of British subjects entirely on London’s shoulders.
Our position remains unchanged and well-known – any foreign military contingents in Ukraine will be considered legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The British component will be no exception.
#Finland #Militarisation #BalticRegion
On January 10, 2026, Helsinki’s decision to denounce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction came into force.
Russia views this decision by the Finnish authorities as yet another manifestation of their destructive policy to militarise the country.
Russia reserves the right to respond to any hostile actions in a proportionate way, including by military and technical means, if necessary.
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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 12-18, 2026:
▪️ January 12, Makeevka, DPR – missile strike at commercial facilities using HIMARS MLRS.
▪️ January 14, Rostov – a UAV strike on a multi-storey residential building. One civilian was killed, two were wounded, including one child.
▪️ January 14, Bessonovka village, Belgorod Region – a kamikaze drone strike on the parking area of a civilian enterprise.
▪️ January 14, Volchiy-Perviy hamlet, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone strike on a civilian passenger vehicle.
▪️ January 14, Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region – a UAV attack on a civilian vehicle parking area.
▪️ January 16, Ryazan, Ryazan Region – a fixed-wing UAV strike on a multi-storey residential building. Two civilians were wounded, one of them an 11-year-old child.
▪️ January 16, Novaya Zburyevka village, Kherson Region – detonation of a medical emergency vehicle as a result of remote mining.
▪️ January 17, Donetsk, DPR – a fixed-wing FP-1 UAV strike on a private residential house.
▪️ January 17, Tavrovo village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger vehicle. One civilian was wounded.
▪️ January 18, Shebekino, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a private residential house.
⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of January 12-18, 2026:
▪️ January 12, Makeevka, DPR – missile strike at commercial facilities using HIMARS MLRS.
▪️ January 14, Rostov – a UAV strike on a multi-storey residential building. One civilian was killed, two were wounded, including one child.
▪️ January 14, Bessonovka village, Belgorod Region – a kamikaze drone strike on the parking area of a civilian enterprise.
▪️ January 14, Volchiy-Perviy hamlet, Belgorod Region – an FPV drone strike on a civilian passenger vehicle.
▪️ January 14, Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region – a UAV attack on a civilian vehicle parking area.
▪️ January 16, Ryazan, Ryazan Region – a fixed-wing UAV strike on a multi-storey residential building. Two civilians were wounded, one of them an 11-year-old child.
▪️ January 16, Novaya Zburyevka village, Kherson Region – detonation of a medical emergency vehicle as a result of remote mining.
▪️ January 17, Donetsk, DPR – a fixed-wing FP-1 UAV strike on a private residential house.
▪️ January 17, Tavrovo village, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger vehicle. One civilian was wounded.
▪️ January 18, Shebekino, Belgorod Region – a UAV strike on a private residential house.
🎙Комментарий Посла России в Канаде Олега Степанова газете «Известия» (19 января 2026 года)
❓ К началу 2026 года полностью вступили в силу торговые рестрикции в отношении РФ, введенные в середине 2025 года правительством М.Карни. Как они повлияли на торговлю между Россией и Канадой? Можно ли говорить о полном сворачивании экономического взаимодействия между Москвой и Оттавой?
💬 О.В.Степанов: Как известно, канадские власти придерживаются крайне русофобского курса. Защищая интересы режима в Киеве, нацелены нанести нашей стране «стратегическое поражение». Односторонние нелегитимные санкции – инструмент реализации антироссийской идеологии официальной Оттавы.
📍 В этом контексте, важно отметить, что введённые кабинетом М.Карни в середине 2025 года ограничения принципиально ситуацию не изменили. Курс на сворачивание двустороннего торгово-экономического сотрудничества был взят Оттавой с февраля 2022 года. В результате товарооборот между нашими странами скукожился с 2,2 млрд долл. США в 2021 г. до 98 млн долларов в 2024 г.
❗️Не лишним будет напомнить, что власти Канады последовательно и целенаправленно продолжают оказывать давление на собственных экономоператоров, де-факто запрещая любые формы взаимодействия с российскими контрагентами. Предпринимателей запугивают, приравнивая любые деловые контакты с Россией к «поддержке агрессора».
🇷🇺 У нас в стране все, конечно, понимают, что «кленовые» санкции – фикция. Практического эффекта не имеют. Эдакое политическое позерство с расчётом на часть внутренней аудиторию и демонстрация солидарности в рамках западного русофобского клуба. В двусторонних отношениях у нас и так глубокая заморозка. Ответственность же за последствия этой недальновидной политики целиком и полностью лежит на руководстве Канады.
❓ Продолжается ли в правящих кругах Канады обсуждение конфискации заблокированных российских активов? Готовятся ли Оттавой меры по бессрочной заморозке авуаров РФ даже в случае снятия европейской блокировки?
💬 О.В.Степанов: Тема периодически всплывает. Как в политических заявлениях, так и в форме конкретных законодательных инициатив. В июне 2022 года принята поправка, позволяющая изъять частные иностранные активы по решению суда.
📍 На рассмотрении Сената Канады находится законопроект, который, в случае принятия, позволит конфисковать без решения суда авуары зарубежных стран за «нарушение мира и безопасности». Определять, кто что нарушил и нарушил ли, будут, понятно, канадские власти. Абсурд, с правовой точки зрения, но таковы местные реалии.
❗️Важно понимать. Подобные юридические новеллы представляют собой попытки легализовать одностороннее изъятие чужой собственности под политическим предлогом. Они нарушают базовые принципы государственного иммунитета и правовой определённости. Это вызывает дискуссии даже внутри здешнего политического истеблишмента.
🇨🇦 И еще. Сами канадские власти, похоже, не понимают, есть ли у них в данном контексте что-то, кроме желания. Их, конечно, возбуждают грабительские мечтания Еврокомиссии. Но наших активов в Канаде нет.
💬 О.В.Степанов: Как известно, канадские власти придерживаются крайне русофобского курса. Защищая интересы режима в Киеве, нацелены нанести нашей стране «стратегическое поражение». Односторонние нелегитимные санкции – инструмент реализации антироссийской идеологии официальной Оттавы.
❗️Не лишним будет напомнить, что власти Канады последовательно и целенаправленно продолжают оказывать давление на собственных экономоператоров, де-факто запрещая любые формы взаимодействия с российскими контрагентами. Предпринимателей запугивают, приравнивая любые деловые контакты с Россией к «поддержке агрессора».
🇷🇺 У нас в стране все, конечно, понимают, что «кленовые» санкции – фикция. Практического эффекта не имеют. Эдакое политическое позерство с расчётом на часть внутренней аудиторию и демонстрация солидарности в рамках западного русофобского клуба. В двусторонних отношениях у нас и так глубокая заморозка. Ответственность же за последствия этой недальновидной политики целиком и полностью лежит на руководстве Канады.
💬 О.В.Степанов: Тема периодически всплывает. Как в политических заявлениях, так и в форме конкретных законодательных инициатив. В июне 2022 года принята поправка, позволяющая изъять частные иностранные активы по решению суда.
❗️Важно понимать. Подобные юридические новеллы представляют собой попытки легализовать одностороннее изъятие чужой собственности под политическим предлогом. Они нарушают базовые принципы государственного иммунитета и правовой определённости. Это вызывает дискуссии даже внутри здешнего политического истеблишмента.
🇨🇦 И еще. Сами канадские власти, похоже, не понимают, есть ли у них в данном контексте что-то, кроме желания. Их, конечно, возбуждают грабительские мечтания Еврокомиссии. Но наших активов в Канаде нет.
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🎙Comment by Ambassador of Russia to Canada Oleg Stepanov to the Newspaper "Izvestia" (January 19, 2026)
❓ By early 2026, the trade restrictions imposed against the Russian Federation by the Carney government in mid-2025 have fully entered into force. How have these measures affected trade between Russia and Canada? Can one speak of a complete curtailment of economic cooperation between Moscow and Ottawa?
💬 Oleg Stepanov: As is well known, the Canadian authorities continue to pursue an extremely Russophobic policy. In their efforts to defend the interests of the Kiev regime, they aim to inflict a “strategic defeat” on our country. Unilateral and illegitimate sanctions are a tool used by the Canadian government to advance its anti-Russian ideological agenda.
📍 In this context, it is important to stress that the restrictions introduced by Prime Minister Carney’s cabinet in mid-2025 did not fundamentally alter the situation. The course toward dismantling bilateral trade and economic cooperation was adopted by Ottawa back in February 2022. As a result, trade turnover between our countries collapsed from $ 2.2 billion in 2021 to just $ 98 million in 2024.
❗️It is worth recalling that the Canadian authorities have consistently and deliberately pressured their own economic operators, in effect banning any forms of cooperation with Russian counterparts. Canadian entrepreneurs are being intimidated, with any business contacts with Russia equated to "supporting the aggressor".
🇷🇺 In Russia, of course, we fully understand that these so-called "maple" sanctions are a fiction. They have no practical impact. It is political posturing, aimed partly at the domestic audience and partly at demonstrating loyalty to the Western Russophobic club. Bilateral relations are already in a state of deep freeze. The responsibility for the consequences of this shortsighted policy lies entirely with the Canadian leadership.
❓ Does the discussion of confiscating frozen Russian assets continue within Canada’s ruling circles? Is Ottawa considering measures to impose an indefinite freeze on Russian assets even if European restrictions are lifted?
💬 Oleg Stepanov: This topic continues to surface from time to time, both in political rhetoric and in concrete legislative initiatives. In June 2022, an amendment was adopted allowing for the seizure of private foreign assets by court decision.
📍 The Senate of Canada is currently reviewing a bill which, if passed, would authorize the confiscation of assets belonging to foreign states without any court ruling, under the pretext of "violations of peace and security". Unsurprisingly, it is the Canadian authorities themselves who will determine whether such violations have occurred. From a legal standpoint, this is absurd, but such are the local realities.
❗️It is important to understand that these legal innovations represent attempts to legitimize the unilateral expropriation of foreign property under political pretexts. They violate the basic principles of sovereign immunity and legal certainty. Even within Canada’s own political establishment, such proposals are sparking controversy.
🇨🇦 Moreover, the Canadian authorities themselves do not seem to know whether they actually have any Russian assets to begin with, beyond a desire to seize something. They may be inspired by the predatory dreams of the European Commission, but in fact, there are no Russian sovereign assets in Canada.
💬 Oleg Stepanov: As is well known, the Canadian authorities continue to pursue an extremely Russophobic policy. In their efforts to defend the interests of the Kiev regime, they aim to inflict a “strategic defeat” on our country. Unilateral and illegitimate sanctions are a tool used by the Canadian government to advance its anti-Russian ideological agenda.
❗️It is worth recalling that the Canadian authorities have consistently and deliberately pressured their own economic operators, in effect banning any forms of cooperation with Russian counterparts. Canadian entrepreneurs are being intimidated, with any business contacts with Russia equated to "supporting the aggressor".
🇷🇺 In Russia, of course, we fully understand that these so-called "maple" sanctions are a fiction. They have no practical impact. It is political posturing, aimed partly at the domestic audience and partly at demonstrating loyalty to the Western Russophobic club. Bilateral relations are already in a state of deep freeze. The responsibility for the consequences of this shortsighted policy lies entirely with the Canadian leadership.
💬 Oleg Stepanov: This topic continues to surface from time to time, both in political rhetoric and in concrete legislative initiatives. In June 2022, an amendment was adopted allowing for the seizure of private foreign assets by court decision.
❗️It is important to understand that these legal innovations represent attempts to legitimize the unilateral expropriation of foreign property under political pretexts. They violate the basic principles of sovereign immunity and legal certainty. Even within Canada’s own political establishment, such proposals are sparking controversy.
🇨🇦 Moreover, the Canadian authorities themselves do not seem to know whether they actually have any Russian assets to begin with, beyond a desire to seize something. They may be inspired by the predatory dreams of the European Commission, but in fact, there are no Russian sovereign assets in Canada.
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💬 High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova:
At a meeting with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, I raised the need to promptly unblock the exchange of POWs, as no such exchanges have taken place for more than four months.
Mothers and wives have been waiting far too long for their loved ones. Their swift return home would be an act of humanity and compassion.
I underscored that the Russian Ministry of Defence has repeatedly proposed various formats for the exchange process, yet the Ukrainian side continues to delay taking the necessary decisions.
The Ukrainian ombudsman received a list of Ukrainian servicemen currently held on the Russian territory who could be released as part of an exchange in the near future. We are awaiting proposals from the Ukrainian side.
I also raised the need to repatriate wounded Russian POWs in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
At a meeting with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, I raised the need to promptly unblock the exchange of POWs, as no such exchanges have taken place for more than four months.
Mothers and wives have been waiting far too long for their loved ones. Their swift return home would be an act of humanity and compassion.
I underscored that the Russian Ministry of Defence has repeatedly proposed various formats for the exchange process, yet the Ukrainian side continues to delay taking the necessary decisions.
The Ukrainian ombudsman received a list of Ukrainian servicemen currently held on the Russian territory who could be released as part of an exchange in the near future. We are awaiting proposals from the Ukrainian side.
I also raised the need to repatriate wounded Russian POWs in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
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⚡️ All is set for the annual Sergey Lavrov's news conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025.
We start soon, at 11:00 MSK!
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We start soon, at 11:00 MSK!
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