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🗓 On November 9-10, Sochi hosted the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum at Sirius University.
Instituted by a decision of the Second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg in July 2023, this new dialogue format is called on to become a certain coordinating mechanism for implementing objectives set by the heads of state and government.
Along with heads of foreign ministries and executive structures of integration associations, the event brought together sectoral ministers as well as representatives of parliamentary, public, academic and business circles of Russia and African countries, with over 1,500 people attended the event.
🌐 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a plenary session, the conference’s high-priority event that involved 54 heads of official delegations from African states and regional integration associations. At the beginning of the plenary session, they read out greetings from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Chair of the African Union – President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani.
The Ministers coordinated their positions on key issues of the international agenda as well as the Russian-African agenda, prioritising the implementation of the Action Plan of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum for 2023-2026. Also, they specified and coordinated long-term guidelines for expanding mutual collaboration still further.
📄 Four joint statements formalised common approaches towards addressing global problems and expanding cooperation with a focus on quality preparations for the Third Russia-Africa Summit:
👉 political statement,
👉 on international information security,
👉 on counter-terrorism measures,
👉 on peaceful use of outer space.
The conference’s packed business programme, including 20 panel sessions and specialised events, provided an additional impetus for diverse mutually beneficial cooperation. Experts and high-ranking guests discussed various high-priority issues in great detail, including food security and collaboration in the agro-industrial sector, training specialists for the real economy, geological prospecting, digitalisation, and cooperation in education, healthcare and youth policy. Representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission and various African associations discussed mutual integration issues.
Elaborating on the provisions of the Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit, the sides held specialised meetings on international information security, counter-terrorism efforts, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Representatives of Russian and African media outlets took part in an event on measures to combat the manifestations of neo-colonialism.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov met separately with a majority of African delegations on the sidelines of the conference.
✍️ The Officials signed an extensive package of memorandums and agreements between Russia and a number of African states.
#RussiaAfrica
Instituted by a decision of the Second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg in July 2023, this new dialogue format is called on to become a certain coordinating mechanism for implementing objectives set by the heads of state and government.
Along with heads of foreign ministries and executive structures of integration associations, the event brought together sectoral ministers as well as representatives of parliamentary, public, academic and business circles of Russia and African countries, with over 1,500 people attended the event.
🌐 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a plenary session, the conference’s high-priority event that involved 54 heads of official delegations from African states and regional integration associations. At the beginning of the plenary session, they read out greetings from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Chair of the African Union – President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani.
The Ministers coordinated their positions on key issues of the international agenda as well as the Russian-African agenda, prioritising the implementation of the Action Plan of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum for 2023-2026. Also, they specified and coordinated long-term guidelines for expanding mutual collaboration still further.
📄 Four joint statements formalised common approaches towards addressing global problems and expanding cooperation with a focus on quality preparations for the Third Russia-Africa Summit:
👉 political statement,
👉 on international information security,
👉 on counter-terrorism measures,
👉 on peaceful use of outer space.
The conference’s packed business programme, including 20 panel sessions and specialised events, provided an additional impetus for diverse mutually beneficial cooperation. Experts and high-ranking guests discussed various high-priority issues in great detail, including food security and collaboration in the agro-industrial sector, training specialists for the real economy, geological prospecting, digitalisation, and cooperation in education, healthcare and youth policy. Representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission and various African associations discussed mutual integration issues.
Elaborating on the provisions of the Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit, the sides held specialised meetings on international information security, counter-terrorism efforts, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Representatives of Russian and African media outlets took part in an event on measures to combat the manifestations of neo-colonialism.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov met separately with a majority of African delegations on the sidelines of the conference.
✍️ The Officials signed an extensive package of memorandums and agreements between Russia and a number of African states.
#RussiaAfrica
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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The West's aim is straightforward: to obstruct the rise of any potential competitors.
The West can seize upon any pretext for its aggressive actions and sanction wars, be it the special military operation or the manoeuvres conducted by China in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
The West employs any justification to attempt to penalise a nation that emerges as a genuine competitor.
China has indeed become such a competitor in the economic sphere, surpassing the United States in the efficiency of its foreign economic activities. Moreover, it is excelling on the "pitch" that the US itself established under the banner of globalisation, where American-set rules are still in play. However, these rules are increasingly being altered retroactively by the US.
They have obstructed the functioning of the WTO because should the plethora of disputes raised by China be adjudicated, the outcomes would unequivocally favour China.
Washington has also stalled the IMF reform and continues to deny the BRICS nations and other countries of the Global South and East a greater voting power that reflects their true economic weight on the global stage. Instead, the Americans unjustly retain their 17.4 percent quota, thereby preserving their veto power.
In other domains, such as security and nuclear deterrence, Russia stands as a formidable competitor to the US on the international stage. Moreover, it is a competitor to Washington in matters of justice and adherence to international law. We advocate strict compliance with the UN Charter, whereas Washington insists that everyone adhere to a "rules-based world order." <...>
☝️ This injustice, the West’s obsession with keeping its slipping dominance intact by any means while turning a blind eye to the unconscionable crimes committed by the Kiev regime, is becoming increasingly clear. The Global Majority sympathises with justice and international law.
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The West can seize upon any pretext for its aggressive actions and sanction wars, be it the special military operation or the manoeuvres conducted by China in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
The West employs any justification to attempt to penalise a nation that emerges as a genuine competitor.
China has indeed become such a competitor in the economic sphere, surpassing the United States in the efficiency of its foreign economic activities. Moreover, it is excelling on the "pitch" that the US itself established under the banner of globalisation, where American-set rules are still in play. However, these rules are increasingly being altered retroactively by the US.
They have obstructed the functioning of the WTO because should the plethora of disputes raised by China be adjudicated, the outcomes would unequivocally favour China.
Washington has also stalled the IMF reform and continues to deny the BRICS nations and other countries of the Global South and East a greater voting power that reflects their true economic weight on the global stage. Instead, the Americans unjustly retain their 17.4 percent quota, thereby preserving their veto power.
In other domains, such as security and nuclear deterrence, Russia stands as a formidable competitor to the US on the international stage. Moreover, it is a competitor to Washington in matters of justice and adherence to international law. We advocate strict compliance with the UN Charter, whereas Washington insists that everyone adhere to a "rules-based world order." <...>
☝️ This injustice, the West’s obsession with keeping its slipping dominance intact by any means while turning a blind eye to the unconscionable crimes committed by the Kiev regime, is becoming increasingly clear. The Global Majority sympathises with justice and international law.
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📄 On 11 November the UN General Assembly Third Committee approved by a large majority the resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance".
The document, co-authored by Russia, condemns trends that are cause for concern in many countries around the world, including in the United Kingdom.
Among them are the rise of skinhead groups, racist and xenophobic violence, antisemitism, Holocaust denial and Islamophobia. The importance of commemorating victims of slavery and slave trade is also acknowledged.
The vote, symbolically, took place on Armistice Day. Yet, the UK delegation voted against the resolution.
Given the many sacrifices of the British people in the defeat of Nazism in 1945, as well as the clear stance taken by the UK Government against recent manifestations of far-right extremism, this is bewildering.
A grim, yet legitimate question is whether London’s decisions on such profound issues are now driven by fleeting considerations of geopolitical expediency rather than basic principles of human morality.
❓ Can the UK Government still tell right from wrong?
The document, co-authored by Russia, condemns trends that are cause for concern in many countries around the world, including in the United Kingdom.
Among them are the rise of skinhead groups, racist and xenophobic violence, antisemitism, Holocaust denial and Islamophobia. The importance of commemorating victims of slavery and slave trade is also acknowledged.
The vote, symbolically, took place on Armistice Day. Yet, the UK delegation voted against the resolution.
Given the many sacrifices of the British people in the defeat of Nazism in 1945, as well as the clear stance taken by the UK Government against recent manifestations of far-right extremism, this is bewildering.
A grim, yet legitimate question is whether London’s decisions on such profound issues are now driven by fleeting considerations of geopolitical expediency rather than basic principles of human morality.
❓ Can the UK Government still tell right from wrong?
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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The West is using an unprecedented disinformation campaign as an integral part of the hybrid war it is waging against Russia and all independent states.
Digital tools enable the perpetrators to falsify history, demonise opponents, substitute concepts and manipulate facts in various ways.
On the one hand, information has never been so accessible; on the other hand, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between truth and lies.
To effectively respond to this challenge, states that reject aggressive and malicious interference in the international and national information landscape must combine their efforts.
It is important to bolster technological sovereignty while ensuring that the current algorithms for using the internet cannot be manipulated from the outside.
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Digital tools enable the perpetrators to falsify history, demonise opponents, substitute concepts and manipulate facts in various ways.
On the one hand, information has never been so accessible; on the other hand, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between truth and lies.
To effectively respond to this challenge, states that reject aggressive and malicious interference in the international and national information landscape must combine their efforts.
It is important to bolster technological sovereignty while ensuring that the current algorithms for using the internet cannot be manipulated from the outside.
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🎙 Excerpt from Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on topical foreign policy issues (13 November 2024)
White Helmets' "work" in Syria
💬 The West refers to the White Helmets as a humanitarian organisation, while it is essentially part and parcel of the US intelligence agencies serving them as a vehicle for their overseas operations, including criminal activity.
On October 25, 2024, the UK Foreign Office marked the tenth anniversary of the White Helmets NGO by issuing a lengthy statement commending this entity.
This is happening after everything the White Helmets did in Syria. They used the suffering of the people of Syria as a cheap, albeit bloody, publicity stunt and made working with terrorists their hallmark.
🤦 London is not even trying to conceal its support for these undercover fighters and has commended the "tremendous efforts and courage" of this "humanitarian organisation".
Every time there was a staged provocation involving chemical weapons in Syria, including the tragic incident in Douma, the White Helmets coordinated them in advance and in a proactive manner with British intelligence. In their efforts, they target their domestic audience, as well as the international information space. <...>
Unfortunately, the White Helmets still engage in subversive activity in Syria while benefiting from their sponsors, primarily the British and American taxpayers.
The UK has not stopped sponsoring this organisation even after its curators decided to get rid of its leader, former British Army officer James Le Mesurier. He became an inconvenience for them and died under mysterious circumstances.
According to official records alone, in 2022−2023, London allocated almost £3 million pounds to the White Helmets, and it is anybody's guess how much they received in unreported cash or through informal channels.
❌ The White Helmets remain a major destabilising factor in Syria. Their removal from Syrian territory, cessation of their activities and exposure of their past crimes are essential for achieving stability in Syria, a country that has suffered so much, and in the region as a whole.
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White Helmets' "work" in Syria
💬 The West refers to the White Helmets as a humanitarian organisation, while it is essentially part and parcel of the US intelligence agencies serving them as a vehicle for their overseas operations, including criminal activity.
On October 25, 2024, the UK Foreign Office marked the tenth anniversary of the White Helmets NGO by issuing a lengthy statement commending this entity.
This is happening after everything the White Helmets did in Syria. They used the suffering of the people of Syria as a cheap, albeit bloody, publicity stunt and made working with terrorists their hallmark.
🤦 London is not even trying to conceal its support for these undercover fighters and has commended the "tremendous efforts and courage" of this "humanitarian organisation".
Every time there was a staged provocation involving chemical weapons in Syria, including the tragic incident in Douma, the White Helmets coordinated them in advance and in a proactive manner with British intelligence. In their efforts, they target their domestic audience, as well as the international information space. <...>
Unfortunately, the White Helmets still engage in subversive activity in Syria while benefiting from their sponsors, primarily the British and American taxpayers.
The UK has not stopped sponsoring this organisation even after its curators decided to get rid of its leader, former British Army officer James Le Mesurier. He became an inconvenience for them and died under mysterious circumstances.
According to official records alone, in 2022−2023, London allocated almost £3 million pounds to the White Helmets, and it is anybody's guess how much they received in unreported cash or through informal channels.
❌ The White Helmets remain a major destabilising factor in Syria. Their removal from Syrian territory, cessation of their activities and exposure of their past crimes are essential for achieving stability in Syria, a country that has suffered so much, and in the region as a whole.
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Excerpts from Professor Jeffrey Sachs's speech
📍Cambridge University, October 22, 2024
💬 We are not in any intrinsic war between the US and Russia. And Russia, by the way, despite every single thing that said every single day TRULY does not want more land. It's already 11 time zones. The last thing that they need or want is more land.
The war is about completely different things than everything you and I read about in our [Western] newspapers every day, because our newspapers are telling us stories that ultimately come back to narratives conceived in the US Defense Department and the CIA, and that are completely bogus.
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The United States? We've never been at peace. All we do is war. And you know what the truth is? We learned it from here (the UK).
Because the British Empire was the most militarized society imaginable.
And unfortunately, the leaders of this country [the UK], and it turns out not to matter which party, because Starmer is as bad as Boris Johnson, all they know is military. It's unbelievable.
What's the first thing that Starmer does when he becomes prime minister? He goes to Kiev to pledge the endless support of the US, by the way, because Britain doesn't do anything. The endless support of the United States to the defeat of Russia. And then he flies across the Atlantic to try to convince Biden to authorize, and authorize means is for the US military to enable deep strikes inside Russia.
That's really a clever (NOT!) thing to do, especially because Putin said, well, then we'd be at war with each other and we'd be forced to reconsider our nuclear strategy. <...> He's not bluffing if Russia is fundamentally threatened.
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👉 We [the US] provoked the war in Ukraine. We provoked the war in Ukraine, absolutely surely. And we'll do the same with Taiwan and we'll lose any war that happens, but maybe the world will end also over this stupidity and the people in Washington are stupid, I'm telling you. I know them.
Excerpts from Professor Jeffrey Sachs's speech
📍Cambridge University, October 22, 2024
💬 We are not in any intrinsic war between the US and Russia. And Russia, by the way, despite every single thing that said every single day TRULY does not want more land. It's already 11 time zones. The last thing that they need or want is more land.
The war is about completely different things than everything you and I read about in our [Western] newspapers every day, because our newspapers are telling us stories that ultimately come back to narratives conceived in the US Defense Department and the CIA, and that are completely bogus.
***
The United States? We've never been at peace. All we do is war. And you know what the truth is? We learned it from here (the UK).
Because the British Empire was the most militarized society imaginable.
And unfortunately, the leaders of this country [the UK], and it turns out not to matter which party, because Starmer is as bad as Boris Johnson, all they know is military. It's unbelievable.
What's the first thing that Starmer does when he becomes prime minister? He goes to Kiev to pledge the endless support of the US, by the way, because Britain doesn't do anything. The endless support of the United States to the defeat of Russia. And then he flies across the Atlantic to try to convince Biden to authorize, and authorize means is for the US military to enable deep strikes inside Russia.
That's really a clever (NOT!) thing to do, especially because Putin said, well, then we'd be at war with each other and we'd be forced to reconsider our nuclear strategy. <...> He's not bluffing if Russia is fundamentally threatened.
***
👉 We [the US] provoked the war in Ukraine. We provoked the war in Ukraine, absolutely surely. And we'll do the same with Taiwan and we'll lose any war that happens, but maybe the world will end also over this stupidity and the people in Washington are stupid, I'm telling you. I know them.
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🗓 16 ноября сотрудники консульского отдела Посольства России провели в Манчестере очередное выездное обслуживание российских граждан.
Во время сессии более ста соотечественников получили возможность воспользоваться широким спектром консульских услуг – оформить паспорта, гражданство несовершеннолетним детям, доверенности и другие нотариально заверенные документы, визы для родственников-иностранцев, а также акты о личной явке.
В ходе мероприятия сотрудниками давались подробные консультации по различным аспектам пребывания российских граждан в Великобритании.
Традиционно особое внимание было уделено инвалидам, пенсионерам и многодетным семьям.
Консульское обслуживание прошло плодотворно. Соотечественники выражали благодарность за оказанное содействие и помощь. Это подтверждает востребованность и полезность подобных мероприятий.
☝️ Продолжим наращивать практику консульских выездов в различные регионы Соединённого Королевства в целях обеспечения максимально широкого доступа российских граждан к консульским услугам.
Во время сессии более ста соотечественников получили возможность воспользоваться широким спектром консульских услуг – оформить паспорта, гражданство несовершеннолетним детям, доверенности и другие нотариально заверенные документы, визы для родственников-иностранцев, а также акты о личной явке.
В ходе мероприятия сотрудниками давались подробные консультации по различным аспектам пребывания российских граждан в Великобритании.
Традиционно особое внимание было уделено инвалидам, пенсионерам и многодетным семьям.
Консульское обслуживание прошло плодотворно. Соотечественники выражали благодарность за оказанное содействие и помощь. Это подтверждает востребованность и полезность подобных мероприятий.
☝️ Продолжим наращивать практику консульских выездов в различные регионы Соединённого Королевства в целях обеспечения максимально широкого доступа российских граждан к консульским услугам.
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Ukraine (New York, 18 November 2024)
Key talking points:
🔹 It is symbolic that it is our British colleagues, who are presiding over the Security Council this month, who pushed through today's meeting, timing it to coincide with the 1,000 days since the Ukrainian crisis reached the hot phase. Once again, we have had a wonderful opportunity to see that for you and your colleagues, Mr Foreign Secretary, this briefing is nothing but a flashy media event to vilify Russia and pin on it some hackneyed labels that predictably abounded in the statements by the Western members of the Council.
🔹 While preparing for today's meeting, Mr Lammy missed another media occasion that has much more importance in the context of the Ukrainian crisis than the date you chose. Last Friday, November 15, marked exactly 950 days since the visit of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev. That day he dissuaded the head of the Kiev regime from signing the peace agreement with Russia that had already been initialed in Istanbul, which would have stopped hostilities.
🔹 It appears that the UK has pushed the Kiev regime closer to its inevitable defeat, compelling it to opt for continued confrontation with Russia. I think Ukrainians will long remember the fact that it is due to these actions that their country has suffered economic disaster, has lost most of its army, military equipment and at least four regions, besides Crimea.
🔹 As a matter of transparency, the initiators of today's meeting should have shared with us the information regarding what fabulous profits the UK received during almost three years of military support for Ukraine, how your arms companies have enriched themselves on the blood and tragedy of ordinary Ukrainians, and how your defence ministry has safely disposed of old military equipment that in any case would have had to be disposed of.
🔹 Those who are familiar with the history of the United Kingdom are not a bit surprised at UK's long-standing intervention in Ukraine. Pitting neighbors against each other, sowing discord between nations and peoples, and then supporting one of the sides of artificially created conflicts is something the UK has relished to do for centuries, and is really good at.
🔹 We understand that even in the 21st century it is extremely difficult for the UK to leave Ukraine and Russia to themselves – it is the blood of those colonizers who rampaged in Asia, Africa and Europe for centuries that sets the tone for UK's actions. We all know that for 250 years, the British Empire brutally and cynically suppressed the resistance of its colonies, resorted to forced assimilation and racial discrimination, forgetting about basic human values and the rights of the peoples under its control.
🔹 Suffering from phantom pains, longing for the empire over which "the sun never sets" and feeling nostalgic for the lost dominance, Britain along with its like-minded associates resorts to blackmailing and sanctions, and overthrows unwanted regimes through "color revolutions".
🔹 The UK has no moral right to accuse and reproach Russia. We have set the goal of getting rid of the nationalist and neo-Nazi "hornet's nest" on our borders. As long as the threats emanating from it, including the absorption of Ukraine by NATO, are not eliminated, as long as discrimination against the Russian-speaking people on the grounds of the language, faith and history is not stopped, as long as Ukraine does not stop whitewashing and glorifying Hitler's accomplices, our special military operation will continue.
🔹 Perhaps Joe Biden himself, for many reasons, has nothing left to lose, but what astonishes us is the short-sightedness of the UK and French leaders, who are rushing to play along with the outgoing administration and are dragging not only their own countries, but all of Europe into a full-scale escalation with drastic consequences.
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Key talking points:
🔹 It is symbolic that it is our British colleagues, who are presiding over the Security Council this month, who pushed through today's meeting, timing it to coincide with the 1,000 days since the Ukrainian crisis reached the hot phase. Once again, we have had a wonderful opportunity to see that for you and your colleagues, Mr Foreign Secretary, this briefing is nothing but a flashy media event to vilify Russia and pin on it some hackneyed labels that predictably abounded in the statements by the Western members of the Council.
🔹 While preparing for today's meeting, Mr Lammy missed another media occasion that has much more importance in the context of the Ukrainian crisis than the date you chose. Last Friday, November 15, marked exactly 950 days since the visit of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev. That day he dissuaded the head of the Kiev regime from signing the peace agreement with Russia that had already been initialed in Istanbul, which would have stopped hostilities.
🔹 It appears that the UK has pushed the Kiev regime closer to its inevitable defeat, compelling it to opt for continued confrontation with Russia. I think Ukrainians will long remember the fact that it is due to these actions that their country has suffered economic disaster, has lost most of its army, military equipment and at least four regions, besides Crimea.
🔹 As a matter of transparency, the initiators of today's meeting should have shared with us the information regarding what fabulous profits the UK received during almost three years of military support for Ukraine, how your arms companies have enriched themselves on the blood and tragedy of ordinary Ukrainians, and how your defence ministry has safely disposed of old military equipment that in any case would have had to be disposed of.
🔹 Those who are familiar with the history of the United Kingdom are not a bit surprised at UK's long-standing intervention in Ukraine. Pitting neighbors against each other, sowing discord between nations and peoples, and then supporting one of the sides of artificially created conflicts is something the UK has relished to do for centuries, and is really good at.
🔹 We understand that even in the 21st century it is extremely difficult for the UK to leave Ukraine and Russia to themselves – it is the blood of those colonizers who rampaged in Asia, Africa and Europe for centuries that sets the tone for UK's actions. We all know that for 250 years, the British Empire brutally and cynically suppressed the resistance of its colonies, resorted to forced assimilation and racial discrimination, forgetting about basic human values and the rights of the peoples under its control.
🔹 Suffering from phantom pains, longing for the empire over which "the sun never sets" and feeling nostalgic for the lost dominance, Britain along with its like-minded associates resorts to blackmailing and sanctions, and overthrows unwanted regimes through "color revolutions".
🔹 The UK has no moral right to accuse and reproach Russia. We have set the goal of getting rid of the nationalist and neo-Nazi "hornet's nest" on our borders. As long as the threats emanating from it, including the absorption of Ukraine by NATO, are not eliminated, as long as discrimination against the Russian-speaking people on the grounds of the language, faith and history is not stopped, as long as Ukraine does not stop whitewashing and glorifying Hitler's accomplices, our special military operation will continue.
🔹 Perhaps Joe Biden himself, for many reasons, has nothing left to lose, but what astonishes us is the short-sightedness of the UK and French leaders, who are rushing to play along with the outgoing administration and are dragging not only their own countries, but all of Europe into a full-scale escalation with drastic consequences.
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✍️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin approved the new Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, signing the attendant Executive Order on November 19, 2024.
Key items:
• State policy on Nuclear Deterrence is defensive by nature, it is aimed at maintaining the nuclear forces potential at the level sufficient for nuclear deterrence, and guarantees protection of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State, and deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies.
• The Russian Federation considers nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence, their use being an extreme and compelled measure, and takes all necessary efforts to reduce nuclear threat and prevent aggravation of interstate relations, that could trigger military conflicts, including nuclear ones.
• The Russian Federation ensures nuclear deterrence toward a potential adversary, which is understood to mean any individual states or military coalitions (blocs, alliances) which see the Russian Federation as a potential adversary and possess nuclear arms and/or other weapons of mass destruction or conventional forces with a significant combat capability.
• Nuclear deterrence is also ensured toward any states which provide the territory, airspace, and/or maritime space under their control as well as resources for preparing and conducting an aggression against the Russian Federation.
• An aggression of any single state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and/or its allies will be regarded as an aggression of the coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole.
• An aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies of any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state will be regarded as their joint attack.
• The decision to use nuclear weapons is taken by the President of the Russian Federation.
Key items:
• State policy on Nuclear Deterrence is defensive by nature, it is aimed at maintaining the nuclear forces potential at the level sufficient for nuclear deterrence, and guarantees protection of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State, and deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies.
• The Russian Federation considers nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence, their use being an extreme and compelled measure, and takes all necessary efforts to reduce nuclear threat and prevent aggravation of interstate relations, that could trigger military conflicts, including nuclear ones.
• The Russian Federation ensures nuclear deterrence toward a potential adversary, which is understood to mean any individual states or military coalitions (blocs, alliances) which see the Russian Federation as a potential adversary and possess nuclear arms and/or other weapons of mass destruction or conventional forces with a significant combat capability.
• Nuclear deterrence is also ensured toward any states which provide the territory, airspace, and/or maritime space under their control as well as resources for preparing and conducting an aggression against the Russian Federation.
• An aggression of any single state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and/or its allies will be regarded as an aggression of the coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole.
• An aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies of any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state will be regarded as their joint attack.
• The decision to use nuclear weapons is taken by the President of the Russian Federation.
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💬 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: Considering the Kiev regime’s defeats, its Western curators are betting on the maximum escalation of the hybrid war unleashed against Russia, trying to achieve an illusory goal: to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow.
However, no wonder weapon that Zelensky and his henchmen pray to get is capable to affect the course of the special military operation. <…>
Kiev’s use of long-range missiles to attack our territory would mean a direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in military operations against Russia, as well as a radical change in the essence and nature of the conflict.
☝️ Russia’s response would then be adequate and significant.
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However, no wonder weapon that Zelensky and his henchmen pray to get is capable to affect the course of the special military operation. <…>
Kiev’s use of long-range missiles to attack our territory would mean a direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in military operations against Russia, as well as a radical change in the essence and nature of the conflict.
☝️ Russia’s response would then be adequate and significant.
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❌ Падкие на круглые даты иностранные партнёры Украины отмечают сегодня тысячу дней с момента перехода кризиса в горячую фазу.
Это, в первую очередь, говорит об упорном нежелании разобраться в подлинных причинах и генезисе конфликта, который начался гораздо раньше – в 2014 году с госпереворота в Киеве, поддержанного ведущими странами НАТО во главе с США.
Тем не менее, британские политики нашли очередной повод для саморекламы «на костях» своих украинских подопечных.
По этому случаю вновь звучат пафосные словеса и обещания «с удвоенной силой» поддерживать киевский режим. Анонсируются пакеты военной помощи. Выдаются новые санкционные залпы. Всё это давно и с цинизмом поставлено здесь на конвейер.
Похоже, никто из принимающих решения лиц в Лондоне, да и большинстве других западных столиц, не задаётся вопросом о наличии смысла в продолжении подобных механических телодвижений и тем более их конечной цели. Очевидно, что они никак не влияют на нашу решимость выполнить все поставленные цели и задачи СВО.
❗️ Вновь подчёркиваем, что ответственность за затягивание конфликта, многочисленные человеческие жертвы и разрушения лежит исключительно на западных, в особенности на британских, партнёрах Незалежной.
Именно они способствовали укоренению в Киеве неонацистского режима, развязавшего войну с собственным народом, многие годы вооружали его, закрывая глаза на злодеяния. Уже после начала СВО сыграли деятельную роль в срыве российско-украинских мирных переговоров в рамках «Стамбульского процесса» весной 2022 года.
Все последующие месяцы те же люди, а затем их преемники и последователи, вели кропотливую работу по недопущению урегулирования конфликта, исправно снабжая киевскую военщину новыми, всё более летальными вооружениями. Одновременно преступления Зеленского и его окружения прикрывались плотной завесой дипломатии и пропаганды.
Британские «ястребы» и сейчас стремятся подлить масла в огонь, ратуя за новые витки эскалации.
Судя по выступлениям официальных лиц с международных трибун, в Лондоне так и не простились с химерами нанесения России «стратегического поражения». Не берёмся судить, чего в этом больше: идеологического угара, недостатка здравого смысла или пробелов в исторических познаниях.
☝️ Призываем британское руководство задуматься о последствиях и воздержаться от подталкивания мира к опасной черте в угоду иллюзорным геополитическим расчётам.
Это, в первую очередь, говорит об упорном нежелании разобраться в подлинных причинах и генезисе конфликта, который начался гораздо раньше – в 2014 году с госпереворота в Киеве, поддержанного ведущими странами НАТО во главе с США.
Тем не менее, британские политики нашли очередной повод для саморекламы «на костях» своих украинских подопечных.
По этому случаю вновь звучат пафосные словеса и обещания «с удвоенной силой» поддерживать киевский режим. Анонсируются пакеты военной помощи. Выдаются новые санкционные залпы. Всё это давно и с цинизмом поставлено здесь на конвейер.
Похоже, никто из принимающих решения лиц в Лондоне, да и большинстве других западных столиц, не задаётся вопросом о наличии смысла в продолжении подобных механических телодвижений и тем более их конечной цели. Очевидно, что они никак не влияют на нашу решимость выполнить все поставленные цели и задачи СВО.
❗️ Вновь подчёркиваем, что ответственность за затягивание конфликта, многочисленные человеческие жертвы и разрушения лежит исключительно на западных, в особенности на британских, партнёрах Незалежной.
Именно они способствовали укоренению в Киеве неонацистского режима, развязавшего войну с собственным народом, многие годы вооружали его, закрывая глаза на злодеяния. Уже после начала СВО сыграли деятельную роль в срыве российско-украинских мирных переговоров в рамках «Стамбульского процесса» весной 2022 года.
Все последующие месяцы те же люди, а затем их преемники и последователи, вели кропотливую работу по недопущению урегулирования конфликта, исправно снабжая киевскую военщину новыми, всё более летальными вооружениями. Одновременно преступления Зеленского и его окружения прикрывались плотной завесой дипломатии и пропаганды.
Британские «ястребы» и сейчас стремятся подлить масла в огонь, ратуя за новые витки эскалации.
Судя по выступлениям официальных лиц с международных трибун, в Лондоне так и не простились с химерами нанесения России «стратегического поражения». Не берёмся судить, чего в этом больше: идеологического угара, недостатка здравого смысла или пробелов в исторических познаниях.
☝️ Призываем британское руководство задуматься о последствиях и воздержаться от подталкивания мира к опасной черте в угоду иллюзорным геополитическим расчётам.
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❌ Ukraine’s foreign partners keen on celebrating symbolic milestones have marked 1000 days since the crisis spiraled into its hot phase.
This, above all, exposes their persistent unwillingness to address the true origins and genesis of the conflict, which began much earlier – in 2014, following the coup d’etat in Kiev orchestrated with the backing of the US and NATO’s leading countries.
However, the British politicians have promptly seized upon this pretext to promote themselves on the backs of their Ukrainian protégés.
Once again lofty rhetoric and pledges in support of the Kiev regime have been unleashed with renewed vigour. New military aid packages have been announced. Fresh sanctions are being rolled out. All this has long been cynically turned into routine.
Decision-makers in London and other Western capitals do not seem to bother contemplating the ultimate goals of these mechanical exercises. These gestures will clearly not deter us in any way from accomplishing all objectives of the Special Military Operation.
❗️ The responsibility for the prolongation of this conflict, its death toll and widespread destruction rests entirely with Western partners of Ukraine – the UK in particular.
It is these countries that have nurtured the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, complicit in waging war against its own people, and that have been arming it over many years while turning a blind eye to its atrocities. After the launch of the Special Military Operation they played a pivotal role in sabotaging Russia-Ukraine peace talks within the framework of the Istanbul Process in the spring of 2022.
Ever since they and their successors and followers have worked tirelessly to prevent the conflict from being resolved by ensuring the constant flow of ever more lethal weapons to the Kiev military. At the same time, the crimes of Zelensky and his entourage have been extensively whitewashed through dedicated diplomatic efforts and propaganda.
Today British hawks continue to pour fuel on the fire, clamoring for new vectors of escalation.
Judging by recent statements in international fora London clings to the fantasy of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia. It is difficult to recognize what guides this approach: ideological fervour, lack of sound judgement, or gaps in historical literacy.
☝️ We call on the UK leadership to reflect on the consequences of their actions and to refrain from pushing the world closer to a dangerous threshold in pursuit of illusory geopolitical ambitions.
This, above all, exposes their persistent unwillingness to address the true origins and genesis of the conflict, which began much earlier – in 2014, following the coup d’etat in Kiev orchestrated with the backing of the US and NATO’s leading countries.
However, the British politicians have promptly seized upon this pretext to promote themselves on the backs of their Ukrainian protégés.
Once again lofty rhetoric and pledges in support of the Kiev regime have been unleashed with renewed vigour. New military aid packages have been announced. Fresh sanctions are being rolled out. All this has long been cynically turned into routine.
Decision-makers in London and other Western capitals do not seem to bother contemplating the ultimate goals of these mechanical exercises. These gestures will clearly not deter us in any way from accomplishing all objectives of the Special Military Operation.
❗️ The responsibility for the prolongation of this conflict, its death toll and widespread destruction rests entirely with Western partners of Ukraine – the UK in particular.
It is these countries that have nurtured the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, complicit in waging war against its own people, and that have been arming it over many years while turning a blind eye to its atrocities. After the launch of the Special Military Operation they played a pivotal role in sabotaging Russia-Ukraine peace talks within the framework of the Istanbul Process in the spring of 2022.
Ever since they and their successors and followers have worked tirelessly to prevent the conflict from being resolved by ensuring the constant flow of ever more lethal weapons to the Kiev military. At the same time, the crimes of Zelensky and his entourage have been extensively whitewashed through dedicated diplomatic efforts and propaganda.
Today British hawks continue to pour fuel on the fire, clamoring for new vectors of escalation.
Judging by recent statements in international fora London clings to the fantasy of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia. It is difficult to recognize what guides this approach: ideological fervour, lack of sound judgement, or gaps in historical literacy.
☝️ We call on the UK leadership to reflect on the consequences of their actions and to refrain from pushing the world closer to a dangerous threshold in pursuit of illusory geopolitical ambitions.
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Комментарий Посольства в связи с очередными антироссийскими санкциями Лондона
🤦 Покрасоваться под очередную «круглую дату», связанную с началом нашей СВО, британские власти предпочли с присущим им цинизмом.
Из-под сукна извлечена эмоционально манипулятивная детская тема. Неправомерные ограничительные меры введены на этот раз против руководителей министерств образования Республики Крым и Запорожской области, Олешковской школы-интерната для детей с ограниченными возможностями и Херсонского областного дома ребёнка, общественных детско-юношеских организаций, участвовавших в эвакуации и приёме детей из зоны СВО.
Никакой пафосной риторикой Лондон не скроет, что под фанфары ввёл санкции против тех, кто самоотверженно занимается спасением детей в прифронтовой полосе в условиях варварских обстрелов со стороны формирований киевского режима с применением западных, в т.ч. британских вооружений. И против тех, кто заботится о вывезенных в безопасность ребятах, возвращает им детство.
Подобный бесстыдный поступок можно объяснить исключительно отчаянием британского истеблишмента на фоне назревающего фиаско выпестованного им «украинского проекта».
Этим, однако, не сломить дух педагогов, воспитателей, руководителей детских и юношеских организаций, работающих над улучшением условий жизни для подрастающего поколения в нашей стране.
Показательно, что всё больше жителей по собственной инициативе возвращаются с подконтрольных киевскому режиму территорий в воссоединившиеся с Россией регионы – туда, где жизнь уже нормализовалась.
☝️ Эта тенденция, которую признают теперь и украинские должностные лица, – очевидный приговор воинственной политике британских недоброжелателей нашей страны.
🤦 Покрасоваться под очередную «круглую дату», связанную с началом нашей СВО, британские власти предпочли с присущим им цинизмом.
Из-под сукна извлечена эмоционально манипулятивная детская тема. Неправомерные ограничительные меры введены на этот раз против руководителей министерств образования Республики Крым и Запорожской области, Олешковской школы-интерната для детей с ограниченными возможностями и Херсонского областного дома ребёнка, общественных детско-юношеских организаций, участвовавших в эвакуации и приёме детей из зоны СВО.
Никакой пафосной риторикой Лондон не скроет, что под фанфары ввёл санкции против тех, кто самоотверженно занимается спасением детей в прифронтовой полосе в условиях варварских обстрелов со стороны формирований киевского режима с применением западных, в т.ч. британских вооружений. И против тех, кто заботится о вывезенных в безопасность ребятах, возвращает им детство.
Подобный бесстыдный поступок можно объяснить исключительно отчаянием британского истеблишмента на фоне назревающего фиаско выпестованного им «украинского проекта».
Этим, однако, не сломить дух педагогов, воспитателей, руководителей детских и юношеских организаций, работающих над улучшением условий жизни для подрастающего поколения в нашей стране.
Показательно, что всё больше жителей по собственной инициативе возвращаются с подконтрольных киевскому режиму территорий в воссоединившиеся с Россией регионы – туда, где жизнь уже нормализовалась.
☝️ Эта тенденция, которую признают теперь и украинские должностные лица, – очевидный приговор воинственной политике британских недоброжелателей нашей страны.
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Embassy comment on UK targeting of Russian childcare professionals
🤦 Seeing a Special Military Operation (SMO) related red-letter day in their calendar, British authorities could not but show off, and did so with signature cynicism. This time the emotionally manipulative theme of children was dusted off.
The UK introduced illegitimate restrictive measures against the ministers of education of the Republic of Crimea and Zaporozhye Region, heads of the Oleshki Boarding School for Children with Disabilities, the Kherson Regional Children’s Home and youth charities involved in evacuating and hosting children from the SMO zone.
The pretentious rhetoric cannot conceal the fact that, with great fanfare, London has blacklisted the very same persons who have selflessly rescued children near the frontline, and have done so amidst barbaric strikes by Kiev military units using Western, including British weaponry. Restrictions have targeted people that are set on bringing children back into a safe and caring environment.
The only possible explanation for this reprehensible act is that the British establishment has entered a state of utter desperation, knowing full well that disaster looms for its Ukrainian pet project.
This vile act, though, will not break the spirit of the many teachers, carers and managers of children and youth organisations who are working hard to make our country a better place for the younger generation.
Tellingly, an increasing number of people are returning on their own initiative from Kiev-controlled territories to the regions reunited with Russia. In other words, to places where life is getting back to normal.
☝️ Even Ukrainian officials are publicly acknowledging this trend, and it delivers a crushing indictment on the warmongering policies of those in Britain who wish harm on our country.
🤦 Seeing a Special Military Operation (SMO) related red-letter day in their calendar, British authorities could not but show off, and did so with signature cynicism. This time the emotionally manipulative theme of children was dusted off.
The UK introduced illegitimate restrictive measures against the ministers of education of the Republic of Crimea and Zaporozhye Region, heads of the Oleshki Boarding School for Children with Disabilities, the Kherson Regional Children’s Home and youth charities involved in evacuating and hosting children from the SMO zone.
The pretentious rhetoric cannot conceal the fact that, with great fanfare, London has blacklisted the very same persons who have selflessly rescued children near the frontline, and have done so amidst barbaric strikes by Kiev military units using Western, including British weaponry. Restrictions have targeted people that are set on bringing children back into a safe and caring environment.
The only possible explanation for this reprehensible act is that the British establishment has entered a state of utter desperation, knowing full well that disaster looms for its Ukrainian pet project.
This vile act, though, will not break the spirit of the many teachers, carers and managers of children and youth organisations who are working hard to make our country a better place for the younger generation.
Tellingly, an increasing number of people are returning on their own initiative from Kiev-controlled territories to the regions reunited with Russia. In other words, to places where life is getting back to normal.
☝️ Even Ukrainian officials are publicly acknowledging this trend, and it delivers a crushing indictment on the warmongering policies of those in Britain who wish harm on our country.
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🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following the G20 Summit (Rio de Janeiro, 19 November 2024)
💬 The fact that ATACMS were repeatedly used to attack the Bryansk Region signals that they [Western countries] are looking for an escalation.
There’s no way the Ukrainians can use these high-tech missiles without the Americans. President Putin conveyed that on numerous occasions and let everyone know that our stance would change if the long-range capability (up to 300 kilometres), which they are now discussing, gets approved.
Essentially, this isn’t an “approval” for Ukraine to use long-range missiles, but their way to announce that they will from now on hit targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometres.
Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence were published which confirm and enshrine everything in the form of a legislative act. President Putin made this public on September 12.
I hope they will read through this doctrine, but not the way they read the UN Charter, where they see only things that they want to see, but read it in its entirety and interconnectedness.
Our security is our key focus. We stated officially everything that those who are contemplating this course of action need to know. President Putin has made everything clear, and everything was codified in an official document. <...>
Any modification of ATACMS cannot be used without American experts and instructors, including satellite data, programming, and targeting. The President mentioned this several times: if long-range missiles are going to be applied from Ukraine into Russian territory, it will also mean that they are operated by American experts, military experts.
☝️ We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia, and we'll react accordingly.
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💬 The fact that ATACMS were repeatedly used to attack the Bryansk Region signals that they [Western countries] are looking for an escalation.
There’s no way the Ukrainians can use these high-tech missiles without the Americans. President Putin conveyed that on numerous occasions and let everyone know that our stance would change if the long-range capability (up to 300 kilometres), which they are now discussing, gets approved.
Essentially, this isn’t an “approval” for Ukraine to use long-range missiles, but their way to announce that they will from now on hit targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometres.
Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence were published which confirm and enshrine everything in the form of a legislative act. President Putin made this public on September 12.
I hope they will read through this doctrine, but not the way they read the UN Charter, where they see only things that they want to see, but read it in its entirety and interconnectedness.
Our security is our key focus. We stated officially everything that those who are contemplating this course of action need to know. President Putin has made everything clear, and everything was codified in an official document. <...>
Any modification of ATACMS cannot be used without American experts and instructors, including satellite data, programming, and targeting. The President mentioned this several times: if long-range missiles are going to be applied from Ukraine into Russian territory, it will also mean that they are operated by American experts, military experts.
☝️ We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia, and we'll react accordingly.
Read in full
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#Announcement
📺 Coming soon: Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with TRT World's Roundtable programme hosted by Enda Brady.
They will address some of the most pressing global issues, including:
• Donald Trump's victory in the US elections
• The ongoing conflict in Ukraine and scenarios for peace talks
• Russia's resilience against Western sanctions
• The unfolding war in Gaza
Here is our traditional behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for this insightful conversation.
🗓 Thursday, 21 November
🕒 15:00 (GMT)
📺 Coming soon: Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with TRT World's Roundtable programme hosted by Enda Brady.
They will address some of the most pressing global issues, including:
• Donald Trump's victory in the US elections
• The ongoing conflict in Ukraine and scenarios for peace talks
• Russia's resilience against Western sanctions
• The unfolding war in Gaza
Here is our traditional behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for this insightful conversation.
🗓 Thursday, 21 November
🕒 15:00 (GMT)
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Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🌍 On November 20, the we, the world and, in particular, the Global Majority, mark Africa Industrialisation Day.
In 1989, the UN General Assembly, which sees industrialisation as a way of eradicating poverty and improving African people’s well-being, instituted this memorable date.
Our country made a massive and selfless contribution to developing Africa’s industrial capacity.
The Soviet Union decisively influenced, promoted and assisted the decolonisation process on the continent and provided large-scale economic and technological assistance to African countries as they built multi-sectoral national economies.
🏭 Acting in accordance with bilateral agreements on economic and technological cooperation, the Soviet Union helped stand up 37 national African economies. Soviet specialists helped build about 600 enterprises on the continent, including the famous Aswan Hydropower Plant in Egypt, a bauxite mining facility in Guinea, an ore mining and processing works in the Republic of the Congo and the Capanda Hydropower Plant in Angola.
While providing assistance, the Soviet Union always prioritised the sovereignty of African countries over their natural resources and ending the discrimination they faced in the international division of labour. Former colonial empires dismantled raw materials processing enterprises on the way out, whereas the Soviet Union established new production facilities and trained specialists. About 480,000 Africans received such training during these years of cooperation.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues to provide all manner of assistance to support the independent development of many African countries and to share its unique expertise in the power industry, transportation, healthcare and other areas. The 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, held in July 2023 in St Petersburg, provided additional impetus for advancing our industrial cooperation with African countries.
In 1989, the UN General Assembly, which sees industrialisation as a way of eradicating poverty and improving African people’s well-being, instituted this memorable date.
Our country made a massive and selfless contribution to developing Africa’s industrial capacity.
The Soviet Union decisively influenced, promoted and assisted the decolonisation process on the continent and provided large-scale economic and technological assistance to African countries as they built multi-sectoral national economies.
🏭 Acting in accordance with bilateral agreements on economic and technological cooperation, the Soviet Union helped stand up 37 national African economies. Soviet specialists helped build about 600 enterprises on the continent, including the famous Aswan Hydropower Plant in Egypt, a bauxite mining facility in Guinea, an ore mining and processing works in the Republic of the Congo and the Capanda Hydropower Plant in Angola.
While providing assistance, the Soviet Union always prioritised the sovereignty of African countries over their natural resources and ending the discrimination they faced in the international division of labour. Former colonial empires dismantled raw materials processing enterprises on the way out, whereas the Soviet Union established new production facilities and trained specialists. About 480,000 Africans received such training during these years of cooperation.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues to provide all manner of assistance to support the independent development of many African countries and to share its unique expertise in the power industry, transportation, healthcare and other areas. The 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, held in July 2023 in St Petersburg, provided additional impetus for advancing our industrial cooperation with African countries.
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⚡️ Statement by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin
❌ The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, instigated by the West, continues with the United States and its NATO allies previously announcing that they authorise the use of their long-range high-precision weapons for strikes inside the Russian Federation.
Experts are well aware, and the Russian side has repeatedly highlighted it, that the use of such weapons is not possible without the direct involvement of military experts from the manufacturing nations. <...>
The use by the enemy of such weapons cannot affect the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. Our forces are making successful advances along the entire line of contact, and all objectives we have set will be accomplished.
In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik.
The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch. In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit.
We are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia. Our decision on further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles will depend on the actions of the United States and its satellites.
We will determine the targets during further tests of our advanced missile systems based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation.
❗️ We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner.
I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.
It goes without saying that when choosing, if necessary and as a retaliatory measure, targets to be hit by systems such as Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory, we will in advance suggest that civilians and citizens of friendly countries residing in those areas leave danger zones. We will do so for humanitarian reasons, openly and publicly, without fear of counter-moves coming from the enemy, who will also be receiving this information. <...>
☝️ I would like to emphasise once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, by continuing to fight, cling to its hegemony, they are pushing the whole world into a global conflict.
We have always preferred and are ready now to resolve all disputes by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any turn of events.
If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.
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❌ The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, instigated by the West, continues with the United States and its NATO allies previously announcing that they authorise the use of their long-range high-precision weapons for strikes inside the Russian Federation.
Experts are well aware, and the Russian side has repeatedly highlighted it, that the use of such weapons is not possible without the direct involvement of military experts from the manufacturing nations. <...>
The use by the enemy of such weapons cannot affect the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. Our forces are making successful advances along the entire line of contact, and all objectives we have set will be accomplished.
In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik.
The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch. In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit.
We are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia. Our decision on further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles will depend on the actions of the United States and its satellites.
We will determine the targets during further tests of our advanced missile systems based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation.
❗️ We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner.
I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.
It goes without saying that when choosing, if necessary and as a retaliatory measure, targets to be hit by systems such as Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory, we will in advance suggest that civilians and citizens of friendly countries residing in those areas leave danger zones. We will do so for humanitarian reasons, openly and publicly, without fear of counter-moves coming from the enemy, who will also be receiving this information. <...>
☝️ I would like to emphasise once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, by continuing to fight, cling to its hegemony, they are pushing the whole world into a global conflict.
We have always preferred and are ready now to resolve all disputes by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any turn of events.
If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.
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