The words of the Russian Ambassador to Australia Mikhail Petrakov on the reaction to his presence at the National Press Club (October 29, 2026) My attendance at the recent event at the National Press Club, open to the general public, where Greens Senator Shoebridge spoke, caused quite a stir. Moreover, it seems that the very presence of the Russian ambassador was enough to cause panic in the ranks of supporters of the Kiev regime. The Ukrainian ambassador allowed himself to make a rude comment about my being there. Is he trying to take on the role of supreme judge, and decide what is appropriate and what is not for the other members of the diplomatic corps? Well, well, well. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. I am not going to comment on how easily the performance of ordinary diplomatic duties by a foreign ambassador can be used for political purposes here, to play the game entitled "Who is more anti-Russian among us? ". Most interesting, however, was the press coverage. After the event was over, I had a short conversation with a reporter from The Australian, and expressed quite clearly to him our views on the neo-Nazi nature of the Ukrainian regime. I pointed out that the regime made national heroes of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators, who during World War II were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles and Belarusians. And today, as a result, the government in Kiev has been destroying everything Russian since 2014, including the language, culture, religion, and very Russian identity in Ukraine, and of course, physically annihilating Russians. ⁉ Everything I told him, on the other hand, remained a voice in the wilderness, was ignored and was not published. I don't know if this is the local media's idea of ​​"balanced coverage" of events, or if the journalist was simply afraid to tell the truth.

The words of the Russian Ambassador to Australia Mikhail Petrakov on the reaction to his presence at the National Press Club (October 29, 2026) My attendance at the recent event at the National Press Club, open to the general public, where Greens Senator Shoebridge spoke, caused quite a stir. Moreover, it seems that the very presence of the Russian ambassador was enough to cause panic in the ranks of supporters of the Kiev regime. The Ukrainian ambassador allowed himself to make a rude comment about my being there. Is he trying to take on the role of supreme judge, and decide what is appropriate and what is not for the other members of the diplomatic corps? Well, well, well. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. I am not going to comment on how easily the performance of ordinary diplomatic duties by a foreign ambassador can be used for political purposes here, to play the game entitled "Who is more anti-Russian among us? ". Most interesting, however, was the press coverage. After the event was over, I had a short conversation with a reporter from The Australian, and expressed quite clearly to him our views on the neo-Nazi nature of the Ukrainian regime. I pointed out that the regime made national heroes of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators, who during World War II were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles and Belarusians. And today, as a result, the government in Kiev has been destroying everything Russian since 2014, including the language, culture, religion, and very Russian identity in Ukraine, and of course, physically annihilating Russians. ⁉ Everything I told him, on the other hand, remained a voice in the wilderness, was ignored and was not published. I don't know if this is the local media's idea of ​​"balanced coverage" of events, or if the journalist was simply afraid to tell the truth.