Forwarded from Russian Mission Geneva
🪑 On December 13, two radical Ukrainian activists, armed with a chainsaw and topless, marred the "Broken Chair" – a world-famous monument in the heart of Geneva dedicated to the victims of landmines.
🤷♂️ How can one comment on this barbarity? It is evident that the ladies, whether under the influence of alcohol or drugs, did not consider the consequences of their actions. It’s easy to assume that ordinary Swiss citizens will react with nothing but outrage and bewilderment. The so-called Ukrainian "guests" of Geneva, to whom the city offers warmth and hospitality, turn out to be petty and immoral vandals. But who else could be raised by the current Kiev regime, which exports nothing but hatred and intolerance? Unfortunately, this is what modern Ukraine has become – a country where monuments are torn down, graves and churches are desecrated, and masterpieces of world literature are grinded into toilet paper.
🪚 By sawing into the "Broken Chair", the vandals vividly illustrated the well-known proverb: "Do not cut the branch you are sitting on". Several European countries, including Switzerland, are already taking measures to tighten legislation on granting residence permits and benefits to Ukrainian “guests”. Today's incident is unlikely to benefit their image.
💬 Lastly, one cannot help but quote the great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol: "Indeed, Alexander of Macedon was a hero, but why break chairs?". I hope that Gogol is still remembered in Ukraine.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the IAEA Board of Governors adopting Ukrainian draft resolution “Implications of Unstable Energy Infrastructure Critical to Safety and Security of Nuclear Power Plants” (December 13, 2024)
💬 On December 12, the extraordinary session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors convened at the request of the Kiev regime with the support of the collective West, reviewed a draft resolution submitted by Ukraine titled “Implications of Unstable Energy Infrastructure Critical to Safety and Security of Nuclear Power Plants.”
Ironically, calling this event and discussing the draft resolution were initiated by a country which, just the day before that, had launched a brutal attack on IAEA personnel at Russia’s Zaporozhskaya NPP. Clearly, the Ukrainian side is unwilling to admit its guilt and is doing its best to divert international attention from the crime it committed, the circumstances of which are obvious to everyone.
Twenty-two Council member states, mostly Western countries, voted in favour of the resolution. The most influential countries that make up the World Majority did not join them and, in one form or another, refused to support the resolution in order not to encourage the crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
The adoption of the document was yet another confirmation of the course adopted by the United States and its allies to leverage all kinds of international mechanisms in order to achieve their fleeting political goals that have nothing to do with the statutory goals and objectives of these mechanisms. Ukraine and its Western patrons have included in the resolution a provision which, without prior discussion, expands the mandate of the IAEA to assess energy infrastructure, which goes beyond the Agency’s authority under its Statute.
Considering the circumstances, we accentuate the fact that this resolution is non-binding for IAEA member states, its provisions do not need to implemented, and references to it in documents will render them politically and legally null and void.
We welcome the decision of all IAEA member states to refuse to support this resolution. They have clearly demonstrated their rejection of the course on involving the Agency in serving the interests of Western countries.
💬 On December 12, the extraordinary session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors convened at the request of the Kiev regime with the support of the collective West, reviewed a draft resolution submitted by Ukraine titled “Implications of Unstable Energy Infrastructure Critical to Safety and Security of Nuclear Power Plants.”
Ironically, calling this event and discussing the draft resolution were initiated by a country which, just the day before that, had launched a brutal attack on IAEA personnel at Russia’s Zaporozhskaya NPP. Clearly, the Ukrainian side is unwilling to admit its guilt and is doing its best to divert international attention from the crime it committed, the circumstances of which are obvious to everyone.
Twenty-two Council member states, mostly Western countries, voted in favour of the resolution. The most influential countries that make up the World Majority did not join them and, in one form or another, refused to support the resolution in order not to encourage the crimes committed by the Kiev regime.
The adoption of the document was yet another confirmation of the course adopted by the United States and its allies to leverage all kinds of international mechanisms in order to achieve their fleeting political goals that have nothing to do with the statutory goals and objectives of these mechanisms. Ukraine and its Western patrons have included in the resolution a provision which, without prior discussion, expands the mandate of the IAEA to assess energy infrastructure, which goes beyond the Agency’s authority under its Statute.
Considering the circumstances, we accentuate the fact that this resolution is non-binding for IAEA member states, its provisions do not need to implemented, and references to it in documents will render them politically and legally null and void.
We welcome the decision of all IAEA member states to refuse to support this resolution. They have clearly demonstrated their rejection of the course on involving the Agency in serving the interests of Western countries.
On adoption of two UN General Assembly resolutions on Palestine 🇵🇸
On December 11, during the 10th Extraordinary Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, two resolutions were endorsed by an overwhelming majority. These resolutions:
• support the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),
• called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
✅ Respectively, 159 and 158 states, including Russia, cast their votes in favour.
❌ In contrast, only seven countries, alongside Israel and the United States, opposed the resolutions including Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Tonga among them.
The initial UNRWA document reaffirmed comprehensive support for the Agency’s mandate to deliver vital assistance to six million Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Furthermore, the document denounces the adoption by the Israeli Knesset of two bills prohibiting the activities of this indispensable and key humanitarian organisation. It urges Israel to adhere to its international legal obligations as the occupying power and to respect the privileges and immunities of UNRWA, including ensuring the safety of its personnel. Notably, 254 Agency staff members have been killed since the onset of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip.
The second resolution of the UN General Assembly essentially reiterates the provisions of a draft Security Council resolution that was vetoed by the United States on November 20. It advocates for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire; the release of hostages and those forcibly detained; and full, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access to all victims and those in need in the Gaza Strip. The resolution reaffirms the steadfast commitment to a two-state solution to the conflict, allowing for the establishment of the State of Palestine within internationally recognised borders without demographic or territorial changes.
The Russian delegation observes that, once again, since the onset of the unprecedented escalation of violence and bloodshed in the Arab-Israeli conflict zone, it is the UN General Assembly that is undertaking the necessary decisions to halt hostilities and provide humanitarian assistance – actions that are a moral imperative in the current dire circumstances.
❗️ Meanwhile, the UN Security Council, the principal body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, remains hamstrung due to Washington’s exercise of its veto, which has been utilised six times since the beginning of the current crisis.
On December 11, during the 10th Extraordinary Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, two resolutions were endorsed by an overwhelming majority. These resolutions:
• support the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),
• called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
✅ Respectively, 159 and 158 states, including Russia, cast their votes in favour.
❌ In contrast, only seven countries, alongside Israel and the United States, opposed the resolutions including Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Tonga among them.
The initial UNRWA document reaffirmed comprehensive support for the Agency’s mandate to deliver vital assistance to six million Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Furthermore, the document denounces the adoption by the Israeli Knesset of two bills prohibiting the activities of this indispensable and key humanitarian organisation. It urges Israel to adhere to its international legal obligations as the occupying power and to respect the privileges and immunities of UNRWA, including ensuring the safety of its personnel. Notably, 254 Agency staff members have been killed since the onset of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip.
The second resolution of the UN General Assembly essentially reiterates the provisions of a draft Security Council resolution that was vetoed by the United States on November 20. It advocates for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire; the release of hostages and those forcibly detained; and full, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access to all victims and those in need in the Gaza Strip. The resolution reaffirms the steadfast commitment to a two-state solution to the conflict, allowing for the establishment of the State of Palestine within internationally recognised borders without demographic or territorial changes.
The Russian delegation observes that, once again, since the onset of the unprecedented escalation of violence and bloodshed in the Arab-Israeli conflict zone, it is the UN General Assembly that is undertaking the necessary decisions to halt hostilities and provide humanitarian assistance – actions that are a moral imperative in the current dire circumstances.
❗️ Meanwhile, the UN Security Council, the principal body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, remains hamstrung due to Washington’s exercise of its veto, which has been utilised six times since the beginning of the current crisis.
💬 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova:
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s controversial report on the safety of journalists, in which she astonishingly omitted any mention of the deaths of Russian journalists, HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.
We extend our gratitude to all those caring individuals who sent letters in support of their colleagues and expressed their protest. Your efforts were not in vain. The fake report was not approved; it was merely noted.
The Western minority has fully exposed itself by failing to offer any words of sympathy for the fallen Russian journalists. From now on, whenever any of these countries speak about freedom of speech or the safety of media members, everyone will see it as a pure lie.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s controversial report on the safety of journalists, in which she astonishingly omitted any mention of the deaths of Russian journalists, HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.
We extend our gratitude to all those caring individuals who sent letters in support of their colleagues and expressed their protest. Your efforts were not in vain. The fake report was not approved; it was merely noted.
The Western minority has fully exposed itself by failing to offer any words of sympathy for the fallen Russian journalists. From now on, whenever any of these countries speak about freedom of speech or the safety of media members, everyone will see it as a pure lie.
🌍 On December 14, 1960, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was adopted at the 15th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The document, which our country vigorously promoted, became a major milestone in eliminating the system of colonial domination of the West over the countries of Africa and Asia.
🇺🇳 As far back as 1945, the Soviet delegation insisted on including in the UN Charter the principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without any discrimination based on race, gender, language and religion.
Our country opposed colonialism on international platforms and actively helped African nations in their struggle for independence, supported the national liberation movements in Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and a number of other countries, as well as played an important role in the formation of new states on the continent.
In 1960, Soviet initiatives aimed at dismantling the colonial system were included in the draft Declaration, which was approved by the overwhelming majority of the countries participating in the UN General Assembly. It contributed to the liberation of approximately 750 million people from colonial oppression and the emergence of more than 80 newly independent states.
❗️ Today, the world still has non-self-governing territories where people have not been able to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
Russia is pursuing an active policy aimed at complete elimination of colonialism across the globe. On December 4, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution titled Eradication of Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, which was drafted by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with the guiding role of Russia.
The main goal of that initiative is to ensure the full implementation of the 1960 Declaration and provide for declaring December 14 as an annual International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations.
The document, which our country vigorously promoted, became a major milestone in eliminating the system of colonial domination of the West over the countries of Africa and Asia.
🇺🇳 As far back as 1945, the Soviet delegation insisted on including in the UN Charter the principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without any discrimination based on race, gender, language and religion.
Our country opposed colonialism on international platforms and actively helped African nations in their struggle for independence, supported the national liberation movements in Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and a number of other countries, as well as played an important role in the formation of new states on the continent.
In 1960, Soviet initiatives aimed at dismantling the colonial system were included in the draft Declaration, which was approved by the overwhelming majority of the countries participating in the UN General Assembly. It contributed to the liberation of approximately 750 million people from colonial oppression and the emergence of more than 80 newly independent states.
❗️ Today, the world still has non-self-governing territories where people have not been able to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
Russia is pursuing an active policy aimed at complete elimination of colonialism across the globe. On December 4, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution titled Eradication of Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, which was drafted by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with the guiding role of Russia.
The main goal of that initiative is to ensure the full implementation of the 1960 Declaration and provide for declaring December 14 as an annual International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations.
Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
🎙️Statement by Permanent Delegate of Russia to UNESCO R.Alyautdinov, at session of Intergovernmental Council of International Programme for the Development of Communication:
📍Russia expressed its categorical refusal to accept draft DG report on Safety of Journalists which completely ignores official data on killed Russian journalists in 2022-2023.
📍We also disagree with ‘methodology’ of condemnation journalists' killing, used by Secretariat and not approved by Member States.
📍In this regard, Russia together with the delegations of China, Venezuela, DPRK, Syria and Belarus requested UNESCO Secretariat to publish officially submitted by Member States statistical data on killed journalists and to provide explanations on the ‘methodology’ used.
💬 The fact that these documents were not provided demonstrates that the leadership of the Secretariat has become completely unaccountable to Member States, fulfills political orders from the ‘collective West’ to the detriment of UNESCO's mandate and credibility.
📍Russia expressed its categorical refusal to accept draft DG report on Safety of Journalists which completely ignores official data on killed Russian journalists in 2022-2023.
📍We also disagree with ‘methodology’ of condemnation journalists' killing, used by Secretariat and not approved by Member States.
📍In this regard, Russia together with the delegations of China, Venezuela, DPRK, Syria and Belarus requested UNESCO Secretariat to publish officially submitted by Member States statistical data on killed journalists and to provide explanations on the ‘methodology’ used.
💬 The fact that these documents were not provided demonstrates that the leadership of the Secretariat has become completely unaccountable to Member States, fulfills political orders from the ‘collective West’ to the detriment of UNESCO's mandate and credibility.
⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity for 2022-2023
💬 On December 13, in Paris, the report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of targeted killings of Russian journalists by the Kiev regime, was not approved during the resumed meeting of the 34th session of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO's International Programme for Development and Communication (#IPDC).
For the first time in the history of IPDC, UNESCO's main biennial document on the safety of journalists and impunity for crimes against them was not approved, but only taken note of.
The Intergovernmental Council of the Programme took this decision not by consensus, as in previous years, but by vote. Only 14 countries, representing mainly the ‘collective West’ and its associates, voted for, while the remaining 21 abstained or voted against.
👉 Thus, the reliability of the data presented in the report has been called into question, which no longer allows it to be perceived as a reliable source of information on the global situation with security of journalists.
🇷🇺 Russia has rejected point blank any form of approval of the document that grossly distorts the real situation in the safety of journalists and, for obvious political reasons, ignores the brutal killings of Russian correspondents by the Kiev regime. We proceed from the fact that this text is in fact a source of misinformation in the area of media workers safety.
Meanwhile, we note that the report was prepared using a non-transparent methodology that was not approved by anyone. This procedure, developed in private by the Secretariat, gave priority to information and opinions from NGOs rather than Member States, which undermines the very intergovernmental nature of UNESCO. In the process of reviewing the scandalous draft report, it emerged that the problem was systemic and that it was also faced by several states of the Global South whose official data on media killings were ignored in the document. <...>
The broad wave of indignation among the professional journalist community also made it possible to draw attention to the problem of arbitrariness in the work of the UNESCO Secretariat and to prevent the approval of the document that deliberately distorts the reality in this area. The open letter from the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Union of Journalists of Moscow to the Director-General of UNESCO alone was signed by more than a hundred media outlets and their associations not only from Russia but also from abroad. <...>
🤝 We thank all those who have shown concern and helped to achieve a triumph of justice through their actions.
We believe that such developments were a serious blow at Audrey Azoulay’s reputation and caused a substantive damage to the UNESCO Secretariat headed by her. The countries of the “collective West” have equally discredited themselves by demonstrating to the rest of the world their real commitment to protecting the safety of journalists and their overall level of respect for human life. The Global South has seen for itself the value of their empty slogans about media pluralism and freedom of speech.
The Russian side is not going to condone the continued preparation of such pseudo statistic reports and, in general, corrupt practices, to meet the interests of a narrow group of countries, by the organisation which is a part of the United Nations. The entire set of accumulated problems in UNESCO's information and communication sector will be examined in detail at the forthcoming meetings of its governing bodies.
☝️ We will consistently stand for the principles provided in the UN and UNESCO charters, which are a cornerstone of international cooperation and unite like-minded Global South countries that oppose the imposition of the notorious “rules-based world order.”
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💬 On December 13, in Paris, the report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of targeted killings of Russian journalists by the Kiev regime, was not approved during the resumed meeting of the 34th session of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO's International Programme for Development and Communication (#IPDC).
For the first time in the history of IPDC, UNESCO's main biennial document on the safety of journalists and impunity for crimes against them was not approved, but only taken note of.
The Intergovernmental Council of the Programme took this decision not by consensus, as in previous years, but by vote. Only 14 countries, representing mainly the ‘collective West’ and its associates, voted for, while the remaining 21 abstained or voted against.
👉 Thus, the reliability of the data presented in the report has been called into question, which no longer allows it to be perceived as a reliable source of information on the global situation with security of journalists.
🇷🇺 Russia has rejected point blank any form of approval of the document that grossly distorts the real situation in the safety of journalists and, for obvious political reasons, ignores the brutal killings of Russian correspondents by the Kiev regime. We proceed from the fact that this text is in fact a source of misinformation in the area of media workers safety.
Meanwhile, we note that the report was prepared using a non-transparent methodology that was not approved by anyone. This procedure, developed in private by the Secretariat, gave priority to information and opinions from NGOs rather than Member States, which undermines the very intergovernmental nature of UNESCO. In the process of reviewing the scandalous draft report, it emerged that the problem was systemic and that it was also faced by several states of the Global South whose official data on media killings were ignored in the document. <...>
The broad wave of indignation among the professional journalist community also made it possible to draw attention to the problem of arbitrariness in the work of the UNESCO Secretariat and to prevent the approval of the document that deliberately distorts the reality in this area. The open letter from the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Union of Journalists of Moscow to the Director-General of UNESCO alone was signed by more than a hundred media outlets and their associations not only from Russia but also from abroad. <...>
🤝 We thank all those who have shown concern and helped to achieve a triumph of justice through their actions.
We believe that such developments were a serious blow at Audrey Azoulay’s reputation and caused a substantive damage to the UNESCO Secretariat headed by her. The countries of the “collective West” have equally discredited themselves by demonstrating to the rest of the world their real commitment to protecting the safety of journalists and their overall level of respect for human life. The Global South has seen for itself the value of their empty slogans about media pluralism and freedom of speech.
The Russian side is not going to condone the continued preparation of such pseudo statistic reports and, in general, corrupt practices, to meet the interests of a narrow group of countries, by the organisation which is a part of the United Nations. The entire set of accumulated problems in UNESCO's information and communication sector will be examined in detail at the forthcoming meetings of its governing bodies.
☝️ We will consistently stand for the principles provided in the UN and UNESCO charters, which are a cornerstone of international cooperation and unite like-minded Global South countries that oppose the imposition of the notorious “rules-based world order.”
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📄 Article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (December 13, 2024)
National identity and political choice on the example of Russia and China
✍️ The people of Russia and China are united by the bonds of friendship and neighbourliness based on deep historical traditions. In 2024, we marked 75 years of our diplomatic relations and the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Despite the fundamental shifts underway in the world due to the rise of a multipolar world, some factors have not changed for decades. Russia and China remain responsible for the present and future of humanity. We will continue working together to implement this challenging mission, settling the problems we inherited from the past, which I would like to dwell on in greater detail.
Read the article in full
Key points:
• The Western civilisation has always tried to impose its will on external players throughout its history. Its most effective method was not inflicting a direct military defeat on them, which Europe could seldom accomplish due to the permanent shortage of material and human resources. It employed a much simpler strategy of destroying the existing power structures from within and by proxy. The Western world tried to prevent people from joining forces to repel the enemy, and to incite rivalry and dissent among them. <...> The ultimate form of such policy is the divide et impera – divide and rule – principle.
• The current-day Anglo-Saxon powers have long devised and implemented strategies to encourage separatism for all those who oppose their aggressive meddling in the internal affairs of states worldwide.
• Western forces are acting against us according to the same hypocritical principle of “divide et impera.” Their establishments and Ukrainian ideologues are persistently attempting to apply the Taiwanese, Hong Kong, and other experiences (including Manchukuo) in Ukraine. Their aim is to demonstrate that Russians and Ukrainians are as disparate as possible, to sever Ukraine from Russia, to sow discord, and to create ethnic divisions.
• Russians and Ukrainians are one people. Historical attempts to drive a wedge between us are utterly unfounded and criminal. All those Vygovskys, Mazepas, Skoropadskys, and Banderas, throughout different eras, found themselves dashed against the pan-Russian wall. It will be no different now.
• In addition to the unfettered supply of arms to Taiwan, there is a deliberate tendency to turn a blind eye to the efforts of the Taiwanese administration to “de-Sinicise” and “Taiwanise” the island. This is achieved through the implementation of policies aimed at fostering the so-called Taiwanese identity or Taiwanese consciousness – encouraging the self-identification of its inhabitants as “some kind of Taiwanese detached from their roots” and not Chinese.
• The classical principle of Western 'civilisers', “divide et impera,” inflicts untold suffering and hardship across the globe, serving as a source of numerous ethnic and socio-cultural conflicts, as well as pervasive economic inequality. This was true in the past, and it remains so today.
National identity and political choice on the example of Russia and China
✍️ The people of Russia and China are united by the bonds of friendship and neighbourliness based on deep historical traditions. In 2024, we marked 75 years of our diplomatic relations and the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Despite the fundamental shifts underway in the world due to the rise of a multipolar world, some factors have not changed for decades. Russia and China remain responsible for the present and future of humanity. We will continue working together to implement this challenging mission, settling the problems we inherited from the past, which I would like to dwell on in greater detail.
Read the article in full
Key points:
• The Western civilisation has always tried to impose its will on external players throughout its history. Its most effective method was not inflicting a direct military defeat on them, which Europe could seldom accomplish due to the permanent shortage of material and human resources. It employed a much simpler strategy of destroying the existing power structures from within and by proxy. The Western world tried to prevent people from joining forces to repel the enemy, and to incite rivalry and dissent among them. <...> The ultimate form of such policy is the divide et impera – divide and rule – principle.
• The current-day Anglo-Saxon powers have long devised and implemented strategies to encourage separatism for all those who oppose their aggressive meddling in the internal affairs of states worldwide.
• Western forces are acting against us according to the same hypocritical principle of “divide et impera.” Their establishments and Ukrainian ideologues are persistently attempting to apply the Taiwanese, Hong Kong, and other experiences (including Manchukuo) in Ukraine. Their aim is to demonstrate that Russians and Ukrainians are as disparate as possible, to sever Ukraine from Russia, to sow discord, and to create ethnic divisions.
• Russians and Ukrainians are one people. Historical attempts to drive a wedge between us are utterly unfounded and criminal. All those Vygovskys, Mazepas, Skoropadskys, and Banderas, throughout different eras, found themselves dashed against the pan-Russian wall. It will be no different now.
• In addition to the unfettered supply of arms to Taiwan, there is a deliberate tendency to turn a blind eye to the efforts of the Taiwanese administration to “de-Sinicise” and “Taiwanise” the island. This is achieved through the implementation of policies aimed at fostering the so-called Taiwanese identity or Taiwanese consciousness – encouraging the self-identification of its inhabitants as “some kind of Taiwanese detached from their roots” and not Chinese.
• The classical principle of Western 'civilisers', “divide et impera,” inflicts untold suffering and hardship across the globe, serving as a source of numerous ethnic and socio-cultural conflicts, as well as pervasive economic inequality. This was true in the past, and it remains so today.
Forwarded from Kedutaan Besar Federasi Rusia di Republik Indonesia
🇷🇺 Interview of Ambassador of Russia to Indonesia Sergei Tolchenov to SEA Today (11/12/2024)
Key points:
• BRICS is a group of countries that pursue independent policies and hold important positions in the global economy and politics. We believe that Indonesia will definitely join this group in the future.
• Indonesia is a key partner for Russia. Next year, on February 3, we will celebrate 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. I can confidently state that throughout these years, we have maintained good and friendly bilateral relations.
• During my first posting here, I always felt the warm reception of the Indonesian people. I hope this friendliness will continue to strengthen our bilateral ties.
• Russia is a vast and diverse country, and I hope many Indonesians will have the opportunity to see it with their own eyes. With the launch of direct flights between Moscow and Denpasar this September, travel will become much faster, fostering increased tourist exchanges.
Watch the interview
#RussiaIndonesia
Key points:
• BRICS is a group of countries that pursue independent policies and hold important positions in the global economy and politics. We believe that Indonesia will definitely join this group in the future.
• Indonesia is a key partner for Russia. Next year, on February 3, we will celebrate 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. I can confidently state that throughout these years, we have maintained good and friendly bilateral relations.
• During my first posting here, I always felt the warm reception of the Indonesian people. I hope this friendliness will continue to strengthen our bilateral ties.
• Russia is a vast and diverse country, and I hope many Indonesians will have the opportunity to see it with their own eyes. With the launch of direct flights between Moscow and Denpasar this September, travel will become much faster, fostering increased tourist exchanges.
Watch the interview
#RussiaIndonesia
🎙 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin attended a meeting of the 22nd Congress of the United Russia political party (December 14, 2024)
💬 All parliamentary parties in Russia, all of them, are united in their support for everything that is aimed at protecting the people in Donbass and Novorossiya and ensuring firm guarantees for the security of the Motherland for decades to come. <...>
Such mutual support, genuine brotherhood in the face of adversity, and unity in the name of our homeland have emerged historically. This is the character of our people. The seemingly very simple word ‘we’ now gets a special, unifying meaning.
“We do not abandon our people” — this principle, a noble call is clear and close to each of us. Because unity, perception of Russia as our home, as a huge family of families, is our great value. It is our tremendous enduring strength, our confidence in today and tomorrow.
🤝 I want to say thank you to all those who contribute to the protection of Russia’s national interests both on the frontlines and on the homefront. <...>
The time of challenges also opens up new opportunities and possibilities for us, which we will pursue together. I am confident that we will be able to do it not only in the future, but also right now, as we achieve solid, evident results. Russia is progressing, the economy is growing, which is done against the backdrop of unparalleled — in the full and direct meaning of the world — sanctions, gross interference and pressure from the ruling elites of some countries.
☝️ However, no blackmailing or attempts to stand in our way will yield any result. Russia has confidence in itself, it feels it is right and feels its power. Therefore, all the short- and long-term tasks we have set will definitely be completed. <...>
The very name of the party (United Russia) shows the essence of our course, the image of the country that we are building, want to preserve and pass on to our descendants, the awareness that we are a unique, distinctive civilisation, a multinational and multi-faith nation which, for all its internal diversity, has been and will be united. <...>
Our opponents have been trying to undermine this unity throughout all history, and now they are again following a scenario that has been tested out on others, trying to divide people, play the national or religious card.
❗️We will firmly suppress such provocations, we will respond to any threats and challenges, and we are ready to fight back, as they say, along the entire front. And it is not only along the line of combat contact. The truly global, decisive confrontation affects all aspects of our lives: culture, education, worldview, the economy and the technological sphere.
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💬 All parliamentary parties in Russia, all of them, are united in their support for everything that is aimed at protecting the people in Donbass and Novorossiya and ensuring firm guarantees for the security of the Motherland for decades to come. <...>
Such mutual support, genuine brotherhood in the face of adversity, and unity in the name of our homeland have emerged historically. This is the character of our people. The seemingly very simple word ‘we’ now gets a special, unifying meaning.
“We do not abandon our people” — this principle, a noble call is clear and close to each of us. Because unity, perception of Russia as our home, as a huge family of families, is our great value. It is our tremendous enduring strength, our confidence in today and tomorrow.
🤝 I want to say thank you to all those who contribute to the protection of Russia’s national interests both on the frontlines and on the homefront. <...>
The time of challenges also opens up new opportunities and possibilities for us, which we will pursue together. I am confident that we will be able to do it not only in the future, but also right now, as we achieve solid, evident results. Russia is progressing, the economy is growing, which is done against the backdrop of unparalleled — in the full and direct meaning of the world — sanctions, gross interference and pressure from the ruling elites of some countries.
☝️ However, no blackmailing or attempts to stand in our way will yield any result. Russia has confidence in itself, it feels it is right and feels its power. Therefore, all the short- and long-term tasks we have set will definitely be completed. <...>
The very name of the party (United Russia) shows the essence of our course, the image of the country that we are building, want to preserve and pass on to our descendants, the awareness that we are a unique, distinctive civilisation, a multinational and multi-faith nation which, for all its internal diversity, has been and will be united. <...>
Our opponents have been trying to undermine this unity throughout all history, and now they are again following a scenario that has been tested out on others, trying to divide people, play the national or religious card.
❗️We will firmly suppress such provocations, we will respond to any threats and challenges, and we are ready to fight back, as they say, along the entire front. And it is not only along the line of combat contact. The truly global, decisive confrontation affects all aspects of our lives: culture, education, worldview, the economy and the technological sphere.
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🎙 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty
💬 On December 15, Russia marks the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty, established in 1991 at the initiative of the Union of Journalists of Russia following the deaths of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company correspondent Viktor Nogin and cameraman Gennady Kurinny during the civil war in Yugoslavia.
On this day, we remember those who lost their lives while carrying out their editorial assignments in hot spots, those who died for their beliefs and loyalty to the profession, including in terrorist attacks, and risked their lives to fulfill their journalistic duty until the last moment, defending the truth and freedom of speech.
◾️ In 2024, militants of the criminal Kiev regime killed Semyon Yeryomin, Valery Kozhin, Nikita Tsitsagi, and Yulia Kuznetsova. We will remember them as the victims of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their henchmen. Anton Voloshin, Igor Kornelyuk, Anatoly Klyan, Andrey Stenin, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov will forever remain in our hearts.
❗️ The targeted hunt for Russian journalists and war correspondents carried out by Ukrainian thugs is a direct consequence of the years-long policy pursued by the Kiev clique’s Western curators who enabled and even encouraged terrorist methods, as well as by the multilateral structures they control, whose direct responsibility is to ensure the safety of journalists without any distinctions.
The outrageous situation around UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of numerous killings of Russian journalists and war correspondents by the criminal Kiev regime, is yet another obvious manifestation of hypocrisy and double standards.
At the special session of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s International Programme for Development and Communication (IPDC) that took place in Paris on December 13, the Russian delegation, supported by a number of countries representing the Global South, succeeded in rejecting the approval of the report by UNESCO Director-General that contained false information. In their desperate attempts to defend their protégé Audrey Azoulay, the countries of the collective West only exposed their hypocritical approaches to the issue of ensuring the safety of journalists, once again demonstrating to the general public that the “rules-based world order” essentially means rights and freedoms for the privileged few, while showing disdain and indifference towards the rest.
☝️ We will always oppose this hypocritical approach and will continue to demand that the relevant international structures, including UNESCO and its Director-General, fulfill their responsibilities conscientiously and impartially.
We feel the unconditional support for our efforts from members of the professional community, which have voiced their indignation at the politically biased stance of the organisation’s leadership in their numerous appeals to its Director-General. These efforts are crucial not only to honour the memory of those who dedicated themselves to their profession and sacrificed their lives for it, but also to prevent such atrocities in the future
🕯 We mourn together with the families and friends of the killed journalists, cameramen, photojournalists, and war correspondents.
We believe that those responsible for their deaths will inevitably face the punishment they deserve.
💬 On December 15, Russia marks the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty, established in 1991 at the initiative of the Union of Journalists of Russia following the deaths of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company correspondent Viktor Nogin and cameraman Gennady Kurinny during the civil war in Yugoslavia.
On this day, we remember those who lost their lives while carrying out their editorial assignments in hot spots, those who died for their beliefs and loyalty to the profession, including in terrorist attacks, and risked their lives to fulfill their journalistic duty until the last moment, defending the truth and freedom of speech.
◾️ In 2024, militants of the criminal Kiev regime killed Semyon Yeryomin, Valery Kozhin, Nikita Tsitsagi, and Yulia Kuznetsova. We will remember them as the victims of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their henchmen. Anton Voloshin, Igor Kornelyuk, Anatoly Klyan, Andrey Stenin, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov will forever remain in our hearts.
❗️ The targeted hunt for Russian journalists and war correspondents carried out by Ukrainian thugs is a direct consequence of the years-long policy pursued by the Kiev clique’s Western curators who enabled and even encouraged terrorist methods, as well as by the multilateral structures they control, whose direct responsibility is to ensure the safety of journalists without any distinctions.
The outrageous situation around UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of numerous killings of Russian journalists and war correspondents by the criminal Kiev regime, is yet another obvious manifestation of hypocrisy and double standards.
At the special session of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s International Programme for Development and Communication (IPDC) that took place in Paris on December 13, the Russian delegation, supported by a number of countries representing the Global South, succeeded in rejecting the approval of the report by UNESCO Director-General that contained false information. In their desperate attempts to defend their protégé Audrey Azoulay, the countries of the collective West only exposed their hypocritical approaches to the issue of ensuring the safety of journalists, once again demonstrating to the general public that the “rules-based world order” essentially means rights and freedoms for the privileged few, while showing disdain and indifference towards the rest.
☝️ We will always oppose this hypocritical approach and will continue to demand that the relevant international structures, including UNESCO and its Director-General, fulfill their responsibilities conscientiously and impartially.
We feel the unconditional support for our efforts from members of the professional community, which have voiced their indignation at the politically biased stance of the organisation’s leadership in their numerous appeals to its Director-General. These efforts are crucial not only to honour the memory of those who dedicated themselves to their profession and sacrificed their lives for it, but also to prevent such atrocities in the future
🕯 We mourn together with the families and friends of the killed journalists, cameramen, photojournalists, and war correspondents.
We believe that those responsible for their deaths will inevitably face the punishment they deserve.
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Today would’ve been Dasha Platonova-Dugina’s birthday.
A journalist taken from us by the terrorist act of Kiev regime. Zelensky is a criminal.
Justice will come.
Never forgive, never forget.
A journalist taken from us by the terrorist act of Kiev regime. Zelensky is a criminal.
Justice will come.
Never forgive, never forget.
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📄 Article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (December 13, 2024) National identity and political choice on the example of Russia and China ✍️ The people of Russia and China are united by the bonds of friendship…
📄 Excerpt from the article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (December 13, 2024)
“Divide and rule”: two dimensions of a destructive policy
✍️ The term “divide and rule” became a household word in Britain in the 17th century, but the policy itself was widely used in the Roman Empire and borrowed by the European colonial empires. It was crucial for providing subsistence to nearly all major colonial systems <...>.
No parent state wanted dependent territories to prosper. It was much simpler to pit nations against each other and draw artificial borders on the political map that divided ethnic groups regardless of their interests. <...>
There were two dimensions, a horizontal and a vertical one, within this divide et impera – divide and rule — policy. Colonial powers followed a horizontal approach for splitting the local population into separate communities, usually on the grounds of religion, race or language. The vertical divide resulted from an effort by foreign rulers to segregate society into classes by separating the elite from the masses. <...>
👉 A targeted push to fuel religious and ethnic tension and confrontation served as one of the key tools for delivering on the divide element. <...>
London must be credited for inciting and reinforcing the Hindu-Muslim antagonism. British colonisers used to bring cheap agricultural labour to Burma from Bengal, a predominantly Muslim region. <...> Mutual distrust and fierce competition for the already limited resources, i.e., the right to own land, between native Burmans and those who descended from labour migrants led to the bloody events of 1942-1943.<...>.
👉 Western civilisations have also excelled in spreading myths about some ethnic group being superior to others. The French colonial administration in Algeria benefited from the perceived inequality between Arabs and Kabyles and their strife. In fact, Paris concocted a stereotype that the Kabyle people were somehow more apt for being assimilated within the French civilisation compared to Arabs.
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“Divide and rule”: two dimensions of a destructive policy
✍️ The term “divide and rule” became a household word in Britain in the 17th century, but the policy itself was widely used in the Roman Empire and borrowed by the European colonial empires. It was crucial for providing subsistence to nearly all major colonial systems <...>.
No parent state wanted dependent territories to prosper. It was much simpler to pit nations against each other and draw artificial borders on the political map that divided ethnic groups regardless of their interests. <...>
There were two dimensions, a horizontal and a vertical one, within this divide et impera – divide and rule — policy. Colonial powers followed a horizontal approach for splitting the local population into separate communities, usually on the grounds of religion, race or language. The vertical divide resulted from an effort by foreign rulers to segregate society into classes by separating the elite from the masses. <...>
👉 A targeted push to fuel religious and ethnic tension and confrontation served as one of the key tools for delivering on the divide element. <...>
London must be credited for inciting and reinforcing the Hindu-Muslim antagonism. British colonisers used to bring cheap agricultural labour to Burma from Bengal, a predominantly Muslim region. <...> Mutual distrust and fierce competition for the already limited resources, i.e., the right to own land, between native Burmans and those who descended from labour migrants led to the bloody events of 1942-1943.<...>.
👉 Western civilisations have also excelled in spreading myths about some ethnic group being superior to others. The French colonial administration in Algeria benefited from the perceived inequality between Arabs and Kabyles and their strife. In fact, Paris concocted a stereotype that the Kabyle people were somehow more apt for being assimilated within the French civilisation compared to Arabs.
Read the article in full
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