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| National Day of Russia Celebrated by BRICS & ICMEI |
New Delhi: To mark the National Day of Russia, “Congratulation to Russia” an
international webinar, a first-of-its-kind initiative to strengthen the bonds
of friendship, stood as a testimony to the fact that true friendships, founded
on love, trust and faith, continue to grow, even over the longest distances.
Webinar jointly organized by BRICS International Forum and International
Federation of Indo Russian Youth Clubs with the support of Embassy of Russian
Federation in India, Russian Centre of Science & Culture, Asian Academy of
Film & Television and Amicable Diplomatic Club. Digital sessions were
attended and conducted with the support of the public organisations. Eminent
speakers and experts shared their thoughts and feelings for Russia by
connecting digitally to congratulate Russia on the eve of Russian National Day
on June 11th, 2020 at Zoom invitation.
This sojourn took place on a digital platform and was, primarily, divided into
two sessions. Beautifully stringing the different historic events that took
place and shaped the diplomatic relations, Sandeep Marwah, President, Asian
Academy of Film & Television (AAFT) chaired the first session and
establishing the dynamics of the conversation, passed on the baton to Sergey
Fandev, Director, RCSC Mumbai and former Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, President,
Institute of Global Studies, followed by Dr. Vijay Jolly, Senior BJP Leader.
Mikhail Ktitorov, First Secretary, conveyed the message of H.E. Mr. Nikolay
Kudashev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India, stating that event is
an inspiring initiative that people to people contact and mutual affinity are
the key drivers of friendship and solidarity.
Enlightened by their words of wisdom, the session continued with the message
from Natalia Poklonskaya, Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, Ramdas Athawale,
Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and
with the presence of Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian Athlete and Former Senior Senator
at the Russian Parliament and Aleksey Davidovsky, Analysist and Vice President,
BRICS-IF. The first session concluded with the beautiful words of Purnima
Anand, followed by the wishes conveyed to Russia by the youth leaders.
The second session was opened and chaired by Dvoryanov Sergey, President,
Amicable Diplomatic Club, Moscow, who adeptly talked about Indo-Russian
relations and thereafter, opened the platform to hear more from Dhwani Jain,
President and Founder, Karma Foundation, Bhumika Bakshi Bhatt, President and
Founder, Triveni Memorial Foundation and Sourabh Agarwal, Founder, Stevia
Knowledge Group.
Greetings shared by Fedor Rozovsky, Director of Russian Centre of Science &
Culture, New Delhi and prominent personalities from Russian Civil Organsiation.
Apart from these eminent speakers, friends from across the globe like Sophia
from Russia, Dregana Trifkovic from Serbia, Nelson Seleviraj from Malaysia,
Volkar Tapchev from Germany, Abdul Basit and Swami Prem Prayojan from United
States, Tebeoh from South Africa, Fauad Al-Ghaffari from Yaman, Henrick from
Brazil, Yeween from China, Deepayan, Aakash and Ojuswi from India also conveyed
their warm greetings and wishes to Russia and the Russian friends round the
globe. The session concluded by the vote of thanks, jointly delivered by Sergey
Fandev, Dvoryanov Sergey and Purnima Anand. Also Remarks and feelings shared by
the speakers and experts.