Embassy of Russia in Singapore

First snow in the European part of Russia ☃️

On October 14-16, the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security, Director of the Department of International Information Security of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Artur Lyukmanov, led the Russian interagency delegation, comprising officials from the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Defense, at the 9th Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW). The Russian Ambassador to Singapore, Nikolay Kudashev, also took part in the SICW. A.Lyukmanov delivered a speech at the second plenary session of SICW, focusing on Russia's priorities in international information security. He also spoke at a special session for heads of relevant agencies of ASEAN member states and dialogue partners. The Special Representative of the President held bilateral meetings with the head of Singapore's Cyber Security Agency, D. Koh, and delegation leaders from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. As part of the SICW, Russian representatives attended several expert events and visited an exhibition showcasing modern cybersecurity technological solutions.

#SCO#RussiaPakistan 🗓 On October 16, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin took part in the SCO Heads of Government Council Meeting. 💬 Mikhail Mishustin: I would like to congratulate our Pakistani friends and partners on assuming the chairmanship of the SCO Heads of Government Council for the first time and thank them for their warm welcome and excellent organisation of our events in Islamabad. <...> Pressure is mounting on Russia, but those who impose sanctions on us will not attain their goals. We are focused on realising our potential and supporting the key spheres of the national economy and relevant enterprises. 📈 Thanks to the development of the real economy sectors, Russia’s GDP increased by 4.2% in the first eight months of 2024. Investment in fixed assets grew by nearly 11 percent in the first six months of this year. We are working actively to strengthen cooperation with the friendly countries that share our values. Last year, Russia’s trade with the SCO member states reached a record high volume of 30 trillion roubles (approximately $330 billion) and has grown by 5.5% in the first six months of the year. It is particularly important to promote economic cooperation between the SCO states with a focus on the implementation of President Vladimir Putin’s Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative. <...> The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation unites 10 member states and 16 observer nations. It geographically encompasses nearly the entire Eurasian continent. Our nations are home to almost half of the global population and contribute approximately 30% of the world's GDP. This remarkable potential must be harnessed for the common good and in the interests of each member state. <...> 🤝 I am confident that the SCO possesses every opportunity to emerge as one of the formidable centres of the equitable multipolar world currently taking shape. Together, we have the capability to achieve this – fostering economic prosperity for our nations and citizens. Read in full http://government.ru/en/news/53005/

Industrial production across the #Eurasian Economic Union in Jan-Aug 2024 increased by 4,5% as compared to the same period of 2023. 📈The growth has been observed in all countries of the #EAEU: 🇦🇲 in Armenia – by 13.7% 🇧🇾 in Belarus – by 7.1% 🇷🇺 in Russia – by 4.5% 🇰🇿 in Kazakhstan – by 3.0% 🇰🇬 in Kyrgyzstan – by 0.7%

🎙 Comment by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the escalation of tension in the #KoreanPeninsula 💬 In recent days, tensions on the Korean Peninsula has markedly escalated. According to official statements from Pyongyang, the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including its capital, has experienced unprecedented incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles originating from the Republic of Korea, which have been disseminating propaganda materials. ⚠️ Such actions by Seoul can only be interpreted as a flagrant violation of the DPRK’s sovereignty and interference in its internal affairs, aimed at undermining the legitimate political and government system of an independent state and depriving it of its right to sovereign development. The South Korean authorities should take Pyongyang’s warnings very seriously and cease further escalation on the peninsula through their reckless and provocative campaign, which exacerbates tension and could lead to actual armed confrontations. It is imperative for Seoul to recognise that the propagation of a concept of the merger of the two Koreas by South Korea via the imposition of pseudo-liberal values and the expansion of certain ‘freedoms’ constitutes a security risk, primarily to its own citizens. ❗️ Only political and diplomatic measures, grounded in the principle of indivisible security, can ensure enduring peace and stability in the subregion. There is no alternative course, unless military aggression is indeed the ultimate aim of South Korea and its ‘senior’ ally, the United States. ☝️ Russia remains committed to playing a constructive role on the Korean Peninsula, striving to avert dangerous developments and guide the situation back towards a positive trajectory, including through the framework of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the DPRK.

🎖October 14 marks 81 years since the Sobibor uprising — a special date in the history of World War II. 📅 It was #OnThisDay in 1943, that the only successful mass escape from the Nazi death camps took place — the Sobibor uprising, led by a Soviet prisoner of war, the Red Army lieutenant Alexander Pechersky. ▪️During the war, Nazi Germany established about 14,000 concentration camps, with the so-called death camps among them, used by the Nazis to exterminate people. Sobibor was one those death camps formed in German-occupied Poland with one aim — to ensure the “final solution to the Jewish question.” Sobibor had been in operation since May 1942. It was located near the village of Sobibor in the south east of Poland near the Western Bug River and the Polish-Soviet border. The camp was set up by the Nazis on a railroad haul between towns Chelm and Wlodawa, which made it possible to ship prisoners to Sobibor by train cars. Sobibor was literally a death factory designed to slaughter people in the most brutal and terrifying ways. Each and every day, up to six trains each carrying 2,000 people — both military and civilians, including senior people, women, and children — delivered prisoners to that camp. ▪️Captives in Sobibor were shot, gassed, starved or exploited to the death. People were subjected to heinous medical experiments. Prisoners were brought to Sobibor for further torture and slaughter from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France. It is known that the two so-called "children trains" left the Netherlands for Sobibor in June 1943. During the time the camp was in operation, the Nazis massacred there up to 250,000 POWs. Sobibor was well-guarded by the Nazis. The camp was fenced off by four rows of three-metre-high barbed wire. The territory around was mined. There were sentinels on towers along the perimeter. Sobibor was also cordoned off by 200 guards, with about a hundred SS soldiers among them. Ukrainian collaborators, including those serving in 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), were in charge of maintaining the “order” in Sobibor. Given all that, escaping from Sobibor seemed unthinkable. ⚔️ On October 14, 1943, the uprising in Sobibor under the leadership of Alexander Pechersky took place. Encouraged by the Soviet officer, the prisoners performed a truly heroic feat — in an unequal battle with the Nazis, POWs killed 11 or, according to other sources, 12 SS soldiers and several guards. Having overpowered the enemy literally with bare hands, the prisoners rushed undaunted to the central gate of Sobibor under heavy machine-gun fire from the towers. Nothing could stop the doomed prisoners, neither the minefields surrounding the camp, nor the barbed wire, nor the gun fire. As a result of the uprising in Sobibor, about 300 prisoners managed to escape from this hell on Earth. Many survivors who managed to escape further joined the ranks of the resistance and continued their fight against the enemy. Alexander Pechersky himself joined the Belarusian partisans, and in 1944 fought the Nazis again. ☝️ The Sobibor uprising is known to be the only ever successful mass escape from Nazi death camps in the history of WWII. The Nazi SS command, unable to bear the shame and trying to hide the traces of their crimes against humanity in Sobibor, ordered to raze the camp to the ground. The crimes committed in Sobibor were part of the charges against the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials, and the stories told by eyewitnesses and participants of the uprising were depicted in many books and films. Today the Alexander Pechersky Foundation in Russia plays an important role in preserving the memory of the Sobibor prisoners’ feat. #Victory79#WeRemember

✅Results of the III Eurasian Economic Forum ✔️ Around 2,000 participants from over 30 countries took part in the Forum, with a particular interest from business representatives—around 200 companies attended. Business dialogues between the EAEU-Cuba and #EAEU-Iran were held. ✔️ The business program of the Forum included more than 30 events. Participants of the EEF-2024 discussed key areas of economic cooperation among the #EAEU states, such as the strategic development of the Union, comprehensive cooperation and technological collaboration, digitalization, development of transport infrastructure and logistics, the quality of the internal market, entrepreneurship support, and international cooperation. ✔️ The main event of the III Eurasian Economic Forum was the plenary session on the theme "Digitalization in Modern Realities – An Imperative for Ensuring the Four Freedoms." The session was attended by the prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union countries: Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers — Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic Akylbek Japarov, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, and Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev. Honorary guests included the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov and First Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Reza Aref. ✔️ The Eurasian Economic Commission, together with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, concluded the II "Green Eurasia" competition, aimed at identifying technological leaders in the green agenda and promoting effective practices for climate adaptation of the economy in response to climate change. A total of over 300 applications were submitted in 15 categories. The winners and finalists included 57 of the best climate practices from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Iran, Egypt, and Indonesia.