“Friends,
Today, we are marking National Flag Day. We pay respect to Russia’s official state symbol that, along with its emblem and anthem, represents its sovereignty and independence and asserts the continuity between generations of our multi-ethnic people.
Our flag that was raised on Russia’s first warship over three centuries ago, remained Russia’s symbol in difficult, challenging periods of its history – under Peter the Great when the Russian Empire was still forming, on the battlefields of World War I, and amid the dramatic changes of the contradictory, arduous 1990s. On August 22, 1991, the white, blue and red flag once again flew over Russia.
Today, it has become a fixture of our life as an inalienable element of Russian statehood, a symbol of the unity of our people and their devotion to the Fatherland and readiness to uphold national interests.
The national flag symbolises our faith in our traditional values that we will never give up – truth and justice, solidarity and mercy, and respect for Russia’s centuries-long uninterrupted history, the achievements and victories of our ancestors that inspire us to care for and defend our Motherland and never permit any foreign hegemony or diktat. The desire to live according to our own will, to choose our own path and to follow it, has become part of our people’s genetic code.
Russia is a strong, independent world power. On the international stage, we are committed to pursuing only such policies that meet the vital interests of our Fatherland.
The national flag and the unfading Red Banner of Victory instil in the rising generation an appreciation for the values of patriotism, citizenship and responsibility for the future of the Motherland. From September 1 of this year, all schools in the country will begin every school week with a ceremony of raising the flag and singing the anthem.
I am confident that Russia’s national flag will always remain a sacred symbol for all generations of our citizens. It will inspire them to military glory, professional achievements and new heights in science, culture and sports. It will make them proud of their Motherland.
Happy National Flag Day, friends!”
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Opdatering
Posten her skyldes i nogen grad min træthed over at se Ukrainske flag, hvor de intet har at bestille.
Se f.eks. hvad der skete da jeg smed “russia National Flag Day” i en søgemaskine:
Kun ét russisk flag var her sneget ind mellem de ukrainske.
Det er mærkeligt og ret uforståeligt at Putin valgte
at gå i krig mod Ukraine for at fjerne Zelenskys regime
og for at forhindre NATO i at opstille atomraketter to
minutters flyvetid fra Moskva. Hvorfor købte og bestak
han sig ikke til magten over Ukraine? Der mangler da
ikke eksempler på hvordan man kan korrumpere lande til
lade sig fjernstyre udefra. Det havde endda været meget
billigere end krig. Zelensky kunne også have undgået
krigen hvis han havde tænkt sig om. Se Gravitas.
Så har du ikke forstået at Putin blev voldsomt overbudt af USA og EU op til kuppet i 2014.
Du fik måske aldrig set Ukraine on fire?
Du har en fin pointe der. Men kunne en kombination
af bestikkelse og trusler gennem 7-8 år ikke have
ændret holdningerne hos den lille snævre kreds af
top-politikere i Ukraine? I Trumps fire år var
presset fra USA vel ikke nær så stort som 2013-16?
Men ok, du har ret i at Biden og søn mfl. havde
travlt med at blande sig op til 2014-kuppet.
“kunne en kombination af bestikkelse og trusler gennem 7-8 år ikke have ændret holdningerne hos den lille snævre kreds af top-politikere i Ukraine?”
Jo, og det tror jeg også at den gjorde, men Rusland kunne hverken mønstre kæp eller gulerod af samme størrelse som USA (og EU).
2014 indrømmede Victoria Nuland at Washington havde investeret 5 milliarder dollars i Ukraines ‘regime change’.
Californien og Rusland har vist nok lige mange penge at rutte med.
Noget andet er hvordan vi definerer top-politikere. Dem man ser på TV er ikke nødvendigvis dem, der har en reel politisk indflydelse at sælge.