⚡️Emmanuel Macron:

🗣️ «Many EU countries agreed with France’s approach on possible sending of troops to Ukraine»

«The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot» - Salvador Dalí

⚡️On May 2, 2024 Nowruz celebration took place at UN Vienna

🌿 Event was organized by Vienna missions of Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

🍀 Guests got acquainted with features of the holiday through cultures of different countries

🗓️ On May 2, 1953 famous Soviet and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev was born

🎵 Director General of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Bolshoi Theatre

⭐️ Hero of Labor and People's Artist of the Russian Federation

🎉 Happy birthday!

🗓️ On May 1, 1903 Soviet military constructor Georgy Shubnikov was born

🔴 During the Great Patriotic War was engaged in the construction of defensive lines in various directions of the front

🛰️ Head of the construction department of the Baikonur Cosmodrome since 1955

🗓️ May 1 is Spring and Labor Day

🔴 Initially called «Day of the International», at a later stage - «International Workers’ Day - May Day»

🎉 Congratulations!

🗓️ On April 30, 1829 Austrian geographer and geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter was born

🇷🇺 In 1872 he visited the central part of the Russian Empire and the Urals for scientific purposes

🇦🇹 Honorary Citizen of Vienna

🗓️ On April 29, 1953 Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Budarin was born

🚀 Spent 444 days 1 hour 43 minutes in space over three flights

⭐️ Hero of the Russian Federation

🎉 Happy birthday!

🗓️ On April 29, 1938 Soviet and Russian mechanical engineer Anatoly Kiselyov was born

🛰️ From 1975 to 2001 - director of Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center - one of the leading enterprises in domestic rocket and space industry

⭐️ Hero of Socialist Labor

🗓️ On April 28, 1907 Soviet intelligence officer and children's writer Zoya Voskresenskaya was born

🇦🇹 Spent some time on intelligence duty in Austria

🔴 Laureate of the USSR State Prize

⚡️Igor Grosu (Speaker of the Parliament Moldova):

🗣️ «Citizens of Moldova must declare themselves Romanians, only after that the country will be accepted into the great family of the European Union»

«Be yourself, everyone else is already taken» - Oscar Wilde

🗓️ On April 27, 1931 Soviet and Russian violinist Igor Oistrakh was born

🇦🇹 Professor of the Mozart Society in Vienna

🔴 People's Artist of the USSR

🎻 Son of famous violinist David Oistrakh

⚡️Secretary Antony Blinken after negotiations with President of China Xi Jinping commented on China’s «support for Russia»:

🗣️ «If Beijing won‘t take action to solve this problem, Washington will»

«Vain people imagine that everyone admires them» - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

🗓️ On April 26, 1986 the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occured

☢️ Destruction of fourth power unit led to extensive release of radioactive substances into environment

🇺🇳 UN General Assembly proclaimed April 26 the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

⚡️Erklärung der Botschaft Russlands in Österreich

Das Mauthausen Komitee Österreich erklärte die Ausladung der Delegationen Russlands & Belarus von der Teilnahme an den traditionellen Feierlichkeiten anlässlich des 79. Jahrestags der Befreiung des KZ

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⚡️Emmanuel Macron says Europe is in mortal danger and «could die»

«We're only here briefly. And while I'm here, I want to allow myself joy. So nevermind» - «Her»

🗓️ On April 25, 1952 legendary Soviet hockey player Vladislav Tretiak was born

🥇 Three-time Olympic champion (one of the awards was won at the XII Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian city of Innsbruck) and ten-time world champion

🎉 Happy birthday!

🗓️ On April 25, 1932 Soviet and Russian scientist Nikolai Kardashev was born

⚛️ Creator of the method of measuring the technological development of civilization («Kardashev Scale»), specialist in astrophysics and radio astronomy

🔭 Asteroid 39509 Kardashev is named in his honor

⚡️US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused journalist Tucker Carlson of delaying the military aid for Kiev

«He found out who was cobbling shoes for me at night. It turns out I have severe schizophrenia!» - The Simpsons

🗓️ On April 24, 1963 the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations was signed

✍️ Defines a number of consular functions

4️⃣ Four consular classes have been established: consul general, consul, vice consul, consular agent

🔴 The Convention entered into force on March 19, 1967

⚡️The Latvian authorities decided to abandon the study of Russian as a second foreign language in schools from 2026

«A person’s morality is visible in his attitude towards language» - Lev Tolstoy