⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the attempted terrorist attacks against the Moscow Kremlin – the residence of the President of the Russian Federation
❗️ The Foreign Ministry firmly condemns the attempted terrorist attacks against the Moscow Kremlin on the night of May 3, when it was targeted by unmanned aerial vehicles.
There is no doubt that the Kiev regime is behind these attacks. It has a long-standing record of intentionally supporting and employing terrorist methods against civilian infrastructure and civilians, including the October 8, 2022, explosion on the Crimean Bridge, strikes against non-military targets in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, as well as many acts of sabotage. Now comes Moscow.
This crime is aggravated by the fact that the Moscow Kremlin serves as the residence of the Head of State. What makes the actions of the neo-Nazi Ukrainian authorities especially cynical is that they made an attempt to assassinate the President of Russia ahead of Victory Day and the May 9 Parade. <...>
☝️ Crimes like this cannot go unanswered. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into actions designed to intimidate and terrorise people, inflict damage and kill people as a means of influencing the decision-making process by government agencies. We are certain that those who bear the blame for these acts will be identified. They will face imminent and inevitable punishment.
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The silence on behalf of the collective West demonstrates its connivance with the terrorist methods employed by the neo-Nazi extremist regime in Kiev.
The Foreign Ministry believes that the international community and international organisations which are free from double standards and seek guidance from international law must condemn this new criminal undertaking by the Kiev regime. <...>
❗️ The Foreign Ministry reaffirms that Russia reserves the right to take countermeasures in response to these outrageous acts of terrorism.
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❗️ The Foreign Ministry firmly condemns the attempted terrorist attacks against the Moscow Kremlin on the night of May 3, when it was targeted by unmanned aerial vehicles.
There is no doubt that the Kiev regime is behind these attacks. It has a long-standing record of intentionally supporting and employing terrorist methods against civilian infrastructure and civilians, including the October 8, 2022, explosion on the Crimean Bridge, strikes against non-military targets in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, as well as many acts of sabotage. Now comes Moscow.
This crime is aggravated by the fact that the Moscow Kremlin serves as the residence of the Head of State. What makes the actions of the neo-Nazi Ukrainian authorities especially cynical is that they made an attempt to assassinate the President of Russia ahead of Victory Day and the May 9 Parade. <...>
☝️ Crimes like this cannot go unanswered. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into actions designed to intimidate and terrorise people, inflict damage and kill people as a means of influencing the decision-making process by government agencies. We are certain that those who bear the blame for these acts will be identified. They will face imminent and inevitable punishment.
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The silence on behalf of the collective West demonstrates its connivance with the terrorist methods employed by the neo-Nazi extremist regime in Kiev.
The Foreign Ministry believes that the international community and international organisations which are free from double standards and seek guidance from international law must condemn this new criminal undertaking by the Kiev regime. <...>
❗️ The Foreign Ministry reaffirms that Russia reserves the right to take countermeasures in response to these outrageous acts of terrorism.
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks "on the sidelines" of the SCO Ministerial in Panaji (Goa), India
#DruzhbaDosti
🇷🇺🇮🇳 Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks "on the sidelines" of the SCO Ministerial in Panaji (Goa), India
#DruzhbaDosti
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Minister of China Qin Gang hold talks "on the sidelines" of the SCO Ministerial
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 4, 2023
#RussiaChina
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 4, 2023
#RussiaChina
📅 On May 4 and 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be taking part in the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Foreign Ministers’ Council (#SCO FMC) in Panaji, Republic of India.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 This meeting will open the final stage in the preparations for the SCO Summit under India’s presidency, which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. <...> Russia praises its Indian partners for their proactive efforts and is committed to effectively enabling them to deliver on their agenda.
The Foreign Ministers will focus on preparing the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council (HSC). Among other things, they will discuss draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
The Foreign Ministers will exchange views on key regional and international matters with a focus on foreign policy coordination with the aim of strengthening the UN’s central coordinating role in reliably ensuring global security and sustainable economic development.
During the SCO FMC meeting, participants will pay special attention to expanding the ranks of the organisation. The Ministers will approve the SCO HSC draft resolution granting membership status to Iran and will discuss the application by Belarus asking if ways can be found to accelerate the procedures to accept it into the organisation.
🤝 Russia stands ready to work closely with all its partners in order to prepare a meaningful agenda and ensure the success of the upcoming SCO Summit in New Delhi, as well as further step-up constructive cooperation within the organisation.
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 This meeting will open the final stage in the preparations for the SCO Summit under India’s presidency, which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. <...> Russia praises its Indian partners for their proactive efforts and is committed to effectively enabling them to deliver on their agenda.
The Foreign Ministers will focus on preparing the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council (HSC). Among other things, they will discuss draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
The Foreign Ministers will exchange views on key regional and international matters with a focus on foreign policy coordination with the aim of strengthening the UN’s central coordinating role in reliably ensuring global security and sustainable economic development.
During the SCO FMC meeting, participants will pay special attention to expanding the ranks of the organisation. The Ministers will approve the SCO HSC draft resolution granting membership status to Iran and will discuss the application by Belarus asking if ways can be found to accelerate the procedures to accept it into the organisation.
🤝 Russia stands ready to work closely with all its partners in order to prepare a meaningful agenda and ensure the success of the upcoming SCO Summit in New Delhi, as well as further step-up constructive cooperation within the organisation.
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Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
Comment of the Permanent Delegation of Russia 🇷🇺 to UNESCO about the attempted terrorist attacks on the World Heritage Site “Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow”
💬 We strongly condemn the attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on the Moscow Kremlin - the residence of the President of the Russian Federation, carried out by the Kiev regime on the night of May, 3. In addition to the assessments given in the message of the Presidential Press Service and the Foreign Ministry statement, we would like to draw attention to the fact that this terrorist act was committed within the boundaries of the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow ".
📍We consider this criminal act as a flagrant violation by Ukraine of its international obligations, including those under the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. According to this document, “Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to take any deliberate measures which might damage directly or indirectly the cultural and natural heritage situated on the territory of other States Parties to this Convention” The hypocrisy of the Kiev clique is evident. Receiving significant funds from UNESCO, Kiev regularly and groundlessly accuses Russia of “damaging the Ukrainian cultural heritage” and, at the same time, does not adhere to the basic norms of international law in the field of protection of cultural monuments.
📍We demand that Director-General of UNESCO A.Azoulay condemns the illegal acts against the World Heritage Site. This is very important in order to force Kiev to fulfill its international obligations, and also to ensure that actions against Russian cultural monuments not go unpunished.
📍We are convinced that the Kiev regime, which has descended to direct attacks on the outstanding universal value of humankind, has no moral right to receive support from UNESCO.
💬 We strongly condemn the attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on the Moscow Kremlin - the residence of the President of the Russian Federation, carried out by the Kiev regime on the night of May, 3. In addition to the assessments given in the message of the Presidential Press Service and the Foreign Ministry statement, we would like to draw attention to the fact that this terrorist act was committed within the boundaries of the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow ".
📍We consider this criminal act as a flagrant violation by Ukraine of its international obligations, including those under the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. According to this document, “Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to take any deliberate measures which might damage directly or indirectly the cultural and natural heritage situated on the territory of other States Parties to this Convention” The hypocrisy of the Kiev clique is evident. Receiving significant funds from UNESCO, Kiev regularly and groundlessly accuses Russia of “damaging the Ukrainian cultural heritage” and, at the same time, does not adhere to the basic norms of international law in the field of protection of cultural monuments.
📍We demand that Director-General of UNESCO A.Azoulay condemns the illegal acts against the World Heritage Site. This is very important in order to force Kiev to fulfill its international obligations, and also to ensure that actions against Russian cultural monuments not go unpunished.
📍We are convinced that the Kiev regime, which has descended to direct attacks on the outstanding universal value of humankind, has no moral right to receive support from UNESCO.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 On May 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as part of his visit to Goa, #India, to participate in a meeting of the #SCO foreign ministers.
The Ministers exchanged views on the main issues of bilateral relations, including the schedule of upcoming contacts, as well as current issues on the global and regional agenda. The Ministers praised the dynamics of cooperation in key areas of the specially privileged strategic partnership between our countries.
The Parties reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening coordination activities to develop common approaches as part of interaction at the most important international platforms, including the #SCO, #BRICS, the #UN and the #G20.
The Ministers agreed to continue down the path of building a fair multipolar system of interstate relations.
#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti
The Ministers exchanged views on the main issues of bilateral relations, including the schedule of upcoming contacts, as well as current issues on the global and regional agenda. The Ministers praised the dynamics of cooperation in key areas of the specially privileged strategic partnership between our countries.
The Parties reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening coordination activities to develop common approaches as part of interaction at the most important international platforms, including the #SCO, #BRICS, the #UN and the #G20.
The Ministers agreed to continue down the path of building a fair multipolar system of interstate relations.
#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti
⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the attack on the Russian Consulate in Mariehamn
💬 In the early hours of May 1, 2023, an act of vandalism was committed against the Russian Consulate in the city of Mariehamn on the Aland Islands, Finland. A group of people threw an explosive noise device and other items into the grounds of the Russian diplomatic mission.
The Consulate building has been damaged. The culprits’ actions posed a direct threat to the life and health of the Russian diplomatic mission’s personnel.
The Russian Embassy in Helsinki sent a note to the Foreign Ministry of Finland, demanding that the necessary measures be taken to bring those responsible for the offence to account and that the due level of security be ensured for the staff and the property of the Russian Consulate on the Aland Islands.
❗️ We assume that Finland will comply with its international obligations in full, including a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity, as specified in Paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.
💬 In the early hours of May 1, 2023, an act of vandalism was committed against the Russian Consulate in the city of Mariehamn on the Aland Islands, Finland. A group of people threw an explosive noise device and other items into the grounds of the Russian diplomatic mission.
The Consulate building has been damaged. The culprits’ actions posed a direct threat to the life and health of the Russian diplomatic mission’s personnel.
The Russian Embassy in Helsinki sent a note to the Foreign Ministry of Finland, demanding that the necessary measures be taken to bring those responsible for the offence to account and that the due level of security be ensured for the staff and the property of the Russian Consulate on the Aland Islands.
❗️ We assume that Finland will comply with its international obligations in full, including a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity, as specified in Paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 On May 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Foreign Ministers’ Council meeting in the state of Goa, India.
The two Ministers praised Russian-Chinese relations for the momentum they have gained against the backdrop of growing geopolitical instability.
The two officials exchanged views on the current state of and prospects for developing the #SCO, welcoming the collective efforts by its member states to ensure peace and security in Eurasia. They also mentioned the SCO’s growing prestige in international affairs and its key role in the regional security architecture.
During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang reaffirmed their mutual commitment to stepping up coordination efforts within the #UN, the #SCO, #BRICS, #RIC, #G20 and other key international organisations and dialogue mechanisms. They discussed several hot topics, including efforts to promote a peace settlement in the Ukraine crisis.
The meeting also included a confidential exchange of views on the latest international matters with a focus on the developments in the Asia-Pacific Region considering the fact that extra-regional actors have been increasingly active in seeking to set up various exclusive blocs and formats that undermine the ASEAN-centric security and stability framework in the region.
The two Ministers share the view that modern neo-colonialist practices are unacceptable and have a destructive effect on most countries around the world and international relations in general.
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The two Ministers praised Russian-Chinese relations for the momentum they have gained against the backdrop of growing geopolitical instability.
The two officials exchanged views on the current state of and prospects for developing the #SCO, welcoming the collective efforts by its member states to ensure peace and security in Eurasia. They also mentioned the SCO’s growing prestige in international affairs and its key role in the regional security architecture.
During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang reaffirmed their mutual commitment to stepping up coordination efforts within the #UN, the #SCO, #BRICS, #RIC, #G20 and other key international organisations and dialogue mechanisms. They discussed several hot topics, including efforts to promote a peace settlement in the Ukraine crisis.
The meeting also included a confidential exchange of views on the latest international matters with a focus on the developments in the Asia-Pacific Region considering the fact that extra-regional actors have been increasingly active in seeking to set up various exclusive blocs and formats that undermine the ASEAN-centric security and stability framework in the region.
The two Ministers share the view that modern neo-colonialist practices are unacceptable and have a destructive effect on most countries around the world and international relations in general.
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#RussiaChina
📰 Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Izvestia (May 3, 2023)
▫️ Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Washington and London decided that this was their chance to set up a unipolar world. The Anglo-Saxons are not giving up on this idea even now.
▫️ The West believes that destroying Russia or relegating it to a third-rate country governed by an external administration, would serve to alter the international order. However, their desires overlook the strength of our state and the will of the people of Russia to remain independent.
▫️ There are many irrefutable facts showing how representatives of the Anglo-Saxon elite shared fascist ideas, provided financial and organisational support to Hitler, and now they have to save their democratic face. <...> Nevertheless, the Anglo-Saxons are eagerly reinstating neo-Nazi ideology to accomplish their modern geopolitical objectives.
▫️ The Americans do not know what war is all about in principle. The last engagements on their soil and continent ended back in 1865. Therefore, their elite feel at ease talking about the need to produce more arms, inflict a military defeat on Russia, prepare for new wars, etc.
▫️ Today’s European politics is in a profound moral and intellectual crisis. A blatant case in point is the Munich Security Conference, to which the Western politicians came simply to read to each other State Department’s guidelines.
▫️ Western secret services are training terrorists and saboteurs to commit crimes in Russia. They hope to instill fear in the population and undermine the nation’s constitutional foundations.
▫️ Americans need Ukraine only for unrestrained exploitation of its natural resources without its historical population. Now the White House is ready to continue the war with Russia until the last Ukrainian but preserving Ukraine as a state is not part of its plan.
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▫️ Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Washington and London decided that this was their chance to set up a unipolar world. The Anglo-Saxons are not giving up on this idea even now.
▫️ The West believes that destroying Russia or relegating it to a third-rate country governed by an external administration, would serve to alter the international order. However, their desires overlook the strength of our state and the will of the people of Russia to remain independent.
▫️ There are many irrefutable facts showing how representatives of the Anglo-Saxon elite shared fascist ideas, provided financial and organisational support to Hitler, and now they have to save their democratic face. <...> Nevertheless, the Anglo-Saxons are eagerly reinstating neo-Nazi ideology to accomplish their modern geopolitical objectives.
▫️ The Americans do not know what war is all about in principle. The last engagements on their soil and continent ended back in 1865. Therefore, their elite feel at ease talking about the need to produce more arms, inflict a military defeat on Russia, prepare for new wars, etc.
▫️ Today’s European politics is in a profound moral and intellectual crisis. A blatant case in point is the Munich Security Conference, to which the Western politicians came simply to read to each other State Department’s guidelines.
▫️ Western secret services are training terrorists and saboteurs to commit crimes in Russia. They hope to instill fear in the population and undermine the nation’s constitutional foundations.
▫️ Americans need Ukraine only for unrestrained exploitation of its natural resources without its historical population. Now the White House is ready to continue the war with Russia until the last Ukrainian but preserving Ukraine as a state is not part of its plan.
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🇷🇺🇵🇰 On May 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of the meeting of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Goa, India.
They discussed the current state of Russian-Pakistani relations, regional and international affairs, and exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan.
The Ministers praised Russia and Pakistan's interaction on the global stage, including at high-profile multilateral platforms such as the #UN and the #SCO.
🤝 The officials agreed to further expand contacts between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
#RussiaPakistan
They discussed the current state of Russian-Pakistani relations, regional and international affairs, and exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan.
The Ministers praised Russia and Pakistan's interaction on the global stage, including at high-profile multilateral platforms such as the #UN and the #SCO.
🤝 The officials agreed to further expand contacts between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
#RussiaPakistan
Russian MFA 🇷🇺
⚡️ Last night, the Kiev regime attempted a drone strike against the residence of the President of the Russian Federation at the Kremlin. Two unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the Kremlin. Timely action by the military and special services involving radar…
🇷🇺🇻🇪📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.
Nicolas Maduro resolutely condemned the Kiev regime’s attempt to attack the Kremlin with drones, and expressed solidarity and support for Russia on behalf of the people of Venezuela.
During the telephone conversation, the presidents also discussed important issues of further promoting bilateral strategic partnership, including the implementation of joint trade, economic, energy and humanitarian projects.
#RussiaVenezuela
Nicolas Maduro resolutely condemned the Kiev regime’s attempt to attack the Kremlin with drones, and expressed solidarity and support for Russia on behalf of the people of Venezuela.
During the telephone conversation, the presidents also discussed important issues of further promoting bilateral strategic partnership, including the implementation of joint trade, economic, energy and humanitarian projects.
#RussiaVenezuela
#FamilyPhoto
📸 Heads of delegations take part in the traditional Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting.
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
📸 Heads of delegations take part in the traditional Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting.
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article for Russia in Global Affairs magazine (May 5, 2023)
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Key talking points:
• The UN-centric system is undergoing a deep crisis, the root cause of which was brought on by the decision of certain UN members to replace international law and the UN Charter with some “rules-based international order”. <...> Its masterminds haughtily reject the key principle underlying the UN Charter, which is the sovereign equality of states.
• Since World War II, Washington has pulled off dozens of reckless criminal military operations without even trying to secure multilateral legitimacy. Why bother when your “rules” are unbeknownst to everyone.
• Everyone is aware of it, even though not everyone is talking about it openly: the real issue is not about Ukraine, but rather about the future of international relations. Will they be forged on a sustainable consensus, one based on the balance of interests? Or will they be reduced to an aggressive and explosive advancement of hegemony? The Ukraine issue cannot be considered outside its geopolitical context.
• There should be no double standards. Multilateralism and democracy should enjoy respect both within the member countries and in their relations with one another.
• At this juncture, genuine multilateralism requires that the UN adapt to objective developments in the process of forming a multipolar architecture of international relations. It is imperative to expedite Security Council reform by expanding the representation of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• It is our common duty to preserve the United Nations as the hard-won epitome of multilateralism and coordination of international politics. The key to success lies in working together, renouncing claims on exceptionalism and – I reiterate – showing respect for the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up for when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
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Key talking points:
• The UN-centric system is undergoing a deep crisis, the root cause of which was brought on by the decision of certain UN members to replace international law and the UN Charter with some “rules-based international order”. <...> Its masterminds haughtily reject the key principle underlying the UN Charter, which is the sovereign equality of states.
• Since World War II, Washington has pulled off dozens of reckless criminal military operations without even trying to secure multilateral legitimacy. Why bother when your “rules” are unbeknownst to everyone.
• Everyone is aware of it, even though not everyone is talking about it openly: the real issue is not about Ukraine, but rather about the future of international relations. Will they be forged on a sustainable consensus, one based on the balance of interests? Or will they be reduced to an aggressive and explosive advancement of hegemony? The Ukraine issue cannot be considered outside its geopolitical context.
• There should be no double standards. Multilateralism and democracy should enjoy respect both within the member countries and in their relations with one another.
• At this juncture, genuine multilateralism requires that the UN adapt to objective developments in the process of forming a multipolar architecture of international relations. It is imperative to expedite Security Council reform by expanding the representation of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• It is our common duty to preserve the United Nations as the hard-won epitome of multilateralism and coordination of international politics. The key to success lies in working together, renouncing claims on exceptionalism and – I reiterate – showing respect for the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up for when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
🔴 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov holds a news conference following the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202305051631-LIVE14204
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202305051631-LIVE14204
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
🇷🇺🇺🇳 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on cooperation of the United Nations with regional and sub-regional organizations (OSCE) (4 May 2023)
❗️Lasting systemic and consistent actions of the US and its allies that were aimed at creating a Russophobic nationalist and neo-Nazi formation on our borders, provoked a profound crisis of the international relations system.
Even if Washington, London and Brussels keep crying rabidly about alleged “unprovoked Russian aggression”, the true reasons of tectonic shifts that we are witnessing are clear to even a minimally knowledgeable observer.
Aside from the anti-constitutional coup in Kiev in 2014 and 8 years of indulgence of the crimes of the Kiev regime against the peaceful population of southern and eastern Ukraine, it is also the defiance of the principle of indivisible security by the collective West for the sake of NATO’s expansion.
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☝️ The question of where we are heading and what the renewed system of international relations is going to look like remains open. Yet one thing is clear. The world will no longer be unipolar. Western dominance or Pax Americana is coming to an end.
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The United Nations, which is basically a stronghold of multilateralism, remains a highly demanded platform for dialogue and global cooperation even despite preponderance of the West in its mechanisms and desperate attempts of Western states to impose on everyone their Russophobic agenda. The Council of Europe, however, was not able to withstand this pressure. Having turned into a spineless appensix to NATO and the European Union that obediently endorses any their decision, the CoE is on its way down to a political non-existence.
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❗️Lasting systemic and consistent actions of the US and its allies that were aimed at creating a Russophobic nationalist and neo-Nazi formation on our borders, provoked a profound crisis of the international relations system.
Even if Washington, London and Brussels keep crying rabidly about alleged “unprovoked Russian aggression”, the true reasons of tectonic shifts that we are witnessing are clear to even a minimally knowledgeable observer.
Aside from the anti-constitutional coup in Kiev in 2014 and 8 years of indulgence of the crimes of the Kiev regime against the peaceful population of southern and eastern Ukraine, it is also the defiance of the principle of indivisible security by the collective West for the sake of NATO’s expansion.
<...>
☝️ The question of where we are heading and what the renewed system of international relations is going to look like remains open. Yet one thing is clear. The world will no longer be unipolar. Western dominance or Pax Americana is coming to an end.
<...>
The United Nations, which is basically a stronghold of multilateralism, remains a highly demanded platform for dialogue and global cooperation even despite preponderance of the West in its mechanisms and desperate attempts of Western states to impose on everyone their Russophobic agenda. The Council of Europe, however, was not able to withstand this pressure. Having turned into a spineless appensix to NATO and the European Union that obediently endorses any their decision, the CoE is on its way down to a political non-existence.
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#Eurasia4You
🗓 On May 24-25 in Moscow the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum will be held.
The Forum is held within the Russian Federation's 🇷🇺 chairmanship in the Eurasian Economic Union’s governing bodies in 2023.
The goal of the Forum is to improve cooperation on the Eurasian continent. The key areas of discussion on the business programme will be issues concerning integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union that are of most relevance to business, including those of particular interest to the Russian Federation.
❗️ The 2023 edition of the Eurasian Economic Forum will take place under the theme of ‘Eurasian Integration in a Multipolar World’. The plenary session will be the Forum's key event. A total of about 35 business sessions will take place within the EEF-2023, which will be divided into seven thematic tracks.
The Eurasian Economic Forum will host on its sidelines the Green Eurasia International Climate Competition, the Business Breakfast of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to discuss new opportunities for international cooperation in Eurasia, and the Business Breakfast of the EAEU-Indonesia Business Dialogue.
👨💼👩💼 Furthermore, the EAEU Business Council block program is planned to include two events: a session dedicated to business activities as a driver of the Eurasian economic integration, as well as a meeting of the Presidium of the Eurasian Economic Union's Business Council.
👉 Apply for participation
🗓 On May 24-25 in Moscow the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum will be held.
The Forum is held within the Russian Federation's 🇷🇺 chairmanship in the Eurasian Economic Union’s governing bodies in 2023.
The goal of the Forum is to improve cooperation on the Eurasian continent. The key areas of discussion on the business programme will be issues concerning integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union that are of most relevance to business, including those of particular interest to the Russian Federation.
❗️ The 2023 edition of the Eurasian Economic Forum will take place under the theme of ‘Eurasian Integration in a Multipolar World’. The plenary session will be the Forum's key event. A total of about 35 business sessions will take place within the EEF-2023, which will be divided into seven thematic tracks.
The Eurasian Economic Forum will host on its sidelines the Green Eurasia International Climate Competition, the Business Breakfast of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to discuss new opportunities for international cooperation in Eurasia, and the Business Breakfast of the EAEU-Indonesia Business Dialogue.
👨💼👩💼 Furthermore, the EAEU Business Council block program is planned to include two events: a session dedicated to business activities as a driver of the Eurasian economic integration, as well as a meeting of the Presidium of the Eurasian Economic Union's Business Council.
👉 Apply for participation
🗓 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Foreign Ministers Council, held in Panaji, state of Goa, India, on May 4 and 5.
The Foreign Ministers discussed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the #SCO Heads of State Council (HSC), which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. Among other things, they reviewed draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
🌐 The Ministers paid special attention to expanding the organisation’s membership, with Iran expected to be granted full SCO membership at the upcoming summit. Procedures to accept Belarus into the organisation have been launched and are well underway. Bahrain, Kuwait, Myanmar, the Maldives and the UAE are about to join SCO-led cooperation efforts as new dialogue partners.
The meeting included a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international matters, during which the participants were unanimous in stating the importance of deeper foreign policy coordination among SCO countries, primarily at the UN.
In the context of the combined efforts by SCO member states to counter terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime, the foreign ministers paid special attention to the situation in Afghanistan, considering the urgency of preventing the instability there from spilling over into the SCO space.
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The Foreign Ministers discussed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the #SCO Heads of State Council (HSC), which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. Among other things, they reviewed draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
🌐 The Ministers paid special attention to expanding the organisation’s membership, with Iran expected to be granted full SCO membership at the upcoming summit. Procedures to accept Belarus into the organisation have been launched and are well underway. Bahrain, Kuwait, Myanmar, the Maldives and the UAE are about to join SCO-led cooperation efforts as new dialogue partners.
The meeting included a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international matters, during which the participants were unanimous in stating the importance of deeper foreign policy coordination among SCO countries, primarily at the UN.
In the context of the combined efforts by SCO member states to counter terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime, the foreign ministers paid special attention to the situation in Afghanistan, considering the urgency of preventing the instability there from spilling over into the SCO space.
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🎙 Comment by Special Representative of the Foreign Minister for cooperation in ensuring freedom of religion, Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich on the annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (April 2023)
💬 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a prominent institution, has released its annual report. <...> Of course, the commission placed on the top of its list countries, including Russia, where the Americans saw “particularly severe violations of religious freedom”
It must be pointed out that we have not found anything new in the accusations levelled at Russia.
☝️ Only the Russian authorities have the right to determine the extent of liability for persons who committed criminal offences and are now serving their sentences in Russian prisons. Let me reiterate that all persons mentioned in the report are serving prison time for committing specific criminal offences.
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👉 Russia does not interfere in the legislative process in the United States, even if there is no shortage of observations and reproaches that can be made in this regard.
Russians know all too well about the comfort of staying in US prisons from the accounts shared by prominent political prisoners Maria Butina and Viktor Bout after Russia succeeded in freeing them from US prisons.
Therefore, we advise the United States to start by putting things in order at home before making reproaches against the Russian penitentiary system.
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The paragraph the commission devoted to Ukraine contains hardly any criticism and is descriptive in its wording.
While the effort to seize the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra resonated around the world, this report does not even mention it, once again demonstrating the biased nature of this document and its propensity to criticise countries the United States views as undesirable.
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❗️ We firmly reject the conclusions of this American commission and its assessments regarding our country for being biased and partisan.
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💬 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a prominent institution, has released its annual report. <...> Of course, the commission placed on the top of its list countries, including Russia, where the Americans saw “particularly severe violations of religious freedom”
It must be pointed out that we have not found anything new in the accusations levelled at Russia.
☝️ Only the Russian authorities have the right to determine the extent of liability for persons who committed criminal offences and are now serving their sentences in Russian prisons. Let me reiterate that all persons mentioned in the report are serving prison time for committing specific criminal offences.
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👉 Russia does not interfere in the legislative process in the United States, even if there is no shortage of observations and reproaches that can be made in this regard.
Russians know all too well about the comfort of staying in US prisons from the accounts shared by prominent political prisoners Maria Butina and Viktor Bout after Russia succeeded in freeing them from US prisons.
Therefore, we advise the United States to start by putting things in order at home before making reproaches against the Russian penitentiary system.
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The paragraph the commission devoted to Ukraine contains hardly any criticism and is descriptive in its wording.
While the effort to seize the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra resonated around the world, this report does not even mention it, once again demonstrating the biased nature of this document and its propensity to criticise countries the United States views as undesirable.
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❗️ We firmly reject the conclusions of this American commission and its assessments regarding our country for being biased and partisan.
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