On February 22 the Seminar "Genesis of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict" was held at Russian House, Chennai.

As we all know this conflict is covered in the Western media only from the one angle.
The seminar "Genesis of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict" gave a wonderful opportunity to the students who will be future journalists, international relations officers, lawyers, military analysts, military intelligence officers to understand and to see the origin and causes of this conflict from another point of view.
➡️Consul General of the Russian Federation Mr. Oleg Avdeev in his speech mentioned: "The special military operation in Ukraine launched on February 24, 2022 has been continuously in the news for almost a year. All this while Rusophobic Western media has been spreading misconceptions and utter lies about the situation on the ground and the underlying reasons for the launch of the operation. They attempt to present it as an invasion but conceal or deny the truth."

The participants of the panel discussion of the seminar:
🌟Consul General of the Russian Federation Mr. Oleg Avdeev;

🌟Mr. N. Ram, Indian journalist, Director, THG Publishing Private Limited, The Hindu Group’s publishing company;

🌟Mr. M. Matheswaran, the Founder Chairman and President of The Peninsula Foundation.

More than 120 students from Loyola College, University of Madras, MGR Educational and Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Women's Christian College
were actively participating in the seminar and asked many interesting questions regarding the topic to the speakers during the Q&A session.

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At Russian House in Chennai the series of the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Complete Liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi Siege, started.
📸The photo exhibition "Leningrad Liberation Salute" from the largest museum of military history in Russia, Victory Museum, Moscow, is presented for the first time in India at Russian House, Chennai.
✅The exhibition includes over 100 digitized materials from Victory Museum's collections—photographs, documents, maps, newspapers, posters, and artistic works capturing scenes from the life of the blockaded city.

❤We were glad to host the students from one of the best higher education institutions in India - University of Madras and Loyola College and marked the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi Siege together.
👉The audience came to know new details and facts about the Siege of Leningrad from the interactive presentation created by the largest Russian news agency ТАСС, made a virtual video journey to the unique museum "Lenrezerv".

The event was inaugurated by Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chennai Oleg N. Avdeev, who mentioned that the courage and sacrifice of the people of Leningrad continue to be remembered and honoured as a testament to the human spirit's capacity to endure even in the face of unimaginable adversity.

❤Special vote of thank to Dr. Nansi Paulraj, Head of the Department of International Relations, Loyola College.

📅The exhibition is open for the visitors till January 30, Monday-Friday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.
➡️Write to us if you want the excursion [email protected]

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