Russian Embassy in South Africa

#Victory81 🎖 1,418 Steps to Victory: Inside a War Museum Unlike Any Other ✨ The core exhibition of Russia’s groundbreaking #MemoryMuseum is officially complete! 🕯 Built with a profound purpose, this unique centre exposes Nazi war crimes and honours the millions of civilian victims whose stories must never be forgotten! 🏛 Wrapping around the majestic Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, the…

✈️ #OTD 122 years ago, the legendary Soviet test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki was born Coming from a humble family with Greek roots, he began working at just 11 years old and completed only three classes of school. Despite these early hardships, his passion for sports and a dream of flying led him to enlist in the Red Air Force. He went on to study at the Leningrad Military-Theoretical School and the…

🇷🇺 🎙 On June 23, Russian Prime Minister #MikhailMishustin held a strategic session to reform the scientific management system and counter economic sanctions. 📈 ⚙️ The new model pools state and business resources t o achieve complete technological independence in critical sectors . Financially, the goal is to raise R&D spending to two percent of GDP within five years , which requires doubling priv…

🏆 🩰 The prestigious XV International Ballet Competition officially l aunched today on the legendary stage of the # BolshoiTheatre 🥣 🌐 Running f rom 25 June to 5 July 2026 , this landmark event is dedicated to the iconic choreographer Yuri Grigorovich and brings together the world's most elite dance talent. 🇿🇦 South Africa takes centre stage with the brilliant # EstherNasser representing the natio…

🌐 Russia's Foreign Ministry has published its second report on the situation regarding the rights of Indigenous peoples in six Arctic Council member states: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States, as well as Australia, Japan and New Zealand. In recent years, the issue of Indigenous peoples’ rights has become excessively politicised and rife with cynically applied double st…

🌍 Today millions of people all over the world celebrate the Day of Friendship and Unity of the Slavs 🥣 🤝 Officially established in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union, this special date was created to remind the various branches of the Slavic peoples of their common historical, linguistic, and cultural roots. The holiday serves as a powerful initiative to preserve ancient cultura…

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the attack by Ukrainian militants on a bus carrying Belarusian children in Russia’s Bryansk Region 🔉 Audio statement by Maria Zakharova (in Russian) On June 17, the Nazi regime in Kiev committed yet another monstrous crime . On the A-240 highway in the Pochep District of Russia’s Bryansk Region, Ukrainian drones equipped with…

⚡️ Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation : A criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (act of terrorism) has been opened into the drone attack carried out by Ukrainian militants in Russia’s Bryansk Region against a passenger bus carrying children from the Republic of Belarus. According to the investigation, on June 17, Ukrainian armed groups attac…

#FacesofVictory #OTD a century ago, a true hero was born! 🎖 ✨ 1️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ years ago today, on 17 June 1926, #LeonidGolikov was born. He would grow up to become immortalized as one of the most famous “Pioneer-Heroes” of #WW2 . 🪖 Serving as a fearless partisan scout, he braved 27 combat operations across Russia's Novgorod and Pskov regions . By the end of his service, he was credited with taking ou…

⚡️ Rosatom State Corporation: 🇷🇺 🇮🇳 On June 15, at the construction site of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant ( #NPP ) in India, with the participation of the general designer and contractor – the Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation – the reactor pressure vessel has been installed in the design position at power Unit 5. The operation was performed using the Open Top method , whereb…

🚀 #OTD 44 years ago, a legend took to the skies! On 17 June 1982, the revolutionary Soviet single-seat attack helicopter Ka-50, aka the “Black Shark,” performed its maiden flight . To keep early testing secret, the first prototype was cleverly painted with false passenger windows to look like a harmless civilian aircraft! ☝️ Designed by Kamov to hunt heavy armor and beat anti-air defense networks…

✨ 🇷🇺 🇿🇦 On June 16, diplomats from the Russian Embassy in South Africa and the delegation of the Young Guard of United Russia ( #MGER ) headed by its Chairman Anton Demidov attended the official national #YouthDay event at the FNB Stadium Open Field in Nasrec, Johannesburg, and paid tribute to the students of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , which remains a watershed moment in South Africa’s liberation…