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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the embassy roundtable discussion of a settlement in Ukraine (Moscow, January 30, 2024)
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
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It was here that a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War took place - the largest group of Nazi Germany troops and its satellites was defeated. This victory in Stalingrad was the beginning of the end for the entire Hitler coalition.
✊ The city did not surrender to the enemy. Thanks to the incredible will to live, fortitude and courage of the defenders - the Nazis suffered a crushing defeat.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the ruling of the UN International Court of Justice to reject Ukraine’s accusations that Russia violated the Genocide Convention
💬 On February 2, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a judgment in the case “Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).” For the time being, the judgment is limited by the procedural issue of the court’s jurisdiction.
However, even at that preliminary stage, the case concocted by Ukraine has already fallen apart.
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The court accepted Russia’s preliminary objections and agreed that Kiev’s accusations have nothing to do with the convention. The issue is not even about Russia committing genocide or failing to fulfil its commitments to prevent it.
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☝️ The collective West’s unprecedented interference in the case did not help Ukraine. As many as 47 countries (mostly NATO and EU members) declared their intention to support Ukraine by joining the process. Out of this number, 33 countries have already filed relevant applications at the jurisdiction stage. <...> Thus, thirty two teams of lawyers spoke in turn at the hearings in The Hague in September 2023, turning them into a total farce.
It is worth noting that these same NATO countries, when earlier accused by Serbia of violating the Genocide Convention by bombing Yugoslavia, argued to the same court that the convention did not regulate the use of force and that the military campaign “in defence” of the Kosovo Albanians was justified. At that time, the court listened to these arguments and refused to review all Serbian-filed cases.
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So now the court will review only one issue – whether Ukraine committed genocide in Donbass. In other words, Kiev has put itself in the dock as part of its own claims. We can only applaud Kiev and its Western patrons for so deftly shooting themselves in the foot.
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💬 On February 2, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a judgment in the case “Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).” For the time being, the judgment is limited by the procedural issue of the court’s jurisdiction.
However, even at that preliminary stage, the case concocted by Ukraine has already fallen apart.
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The court accepted Russia’s preliminary objections and agreed that Kiev’s accusations have nothing to do with the convention. The issue is not even about Russia committing genocide or failing to fulfil its commitments to prevent it.
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☝️ The collective West’s unprecedented interference in the case did not help Ukraine. As many as 47 countries (mostly NATO and EU members) declared their intention to support Ukraine by joining the process. Out of this number, 33 countries have already filed relevant applications at the jurisdiction stage. <...> Thus, thirty two teams of lawyers spoke in turn at the hearings in The Hague in September 2023, turning them into a total farce.
It is worth noting that these same NATO countries, when earlier accused by Serbia of violating the Genocide Convention by bombing Yugoslavia, argued to the same court that the convention did not regulate the use of force and that the military campaign “in defence” of the Kosovo Albanians was justified. At that time, the court listened to these arguments and refused to review all Serbian-filed cases.
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So now the court will review only one issue – whether Ukraine committed genocide in Donbass. In other words, Kiev has put itself in the dock as part of its own claims. We can only applaud Kiev and its Western patrons for so deftly shooting themselves in the foot.
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🇩🇪🎥 Several days ago, Armin Coerper, a TV journalist from Germany's ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), travelled from Moscow to Mariupol to share his first-hand impressions of the city’s current state. He emphasized the importance of covering the Ukrainian crisis "from both sides" to allow viewers to form their own opinions.
❌ Eventually, most his report and observations contradicted the Western mainstream narrative. Notably:
• He moved freely around the city, speaking with locals without any oversight or restrictions;
• A vast majority of the local population expressed pro-Russian sentiments;
• Mariupol isn’t a ghost town. People go about their usual lives, with full access to electricity, heating, hot water, Wi-Fi, stores and restaurants;
• No signs of "partisan networks" or "resistance" were evident;
• Russia is actively rebuilding the city, with the scale of work ranging from new schools to entire residential blocks being particularly impressive;
• Artists of the Mariupol theatre are happy to be able to perform in Russian again.
🤬 Armin Coerper (who by no means can be called a pro-Russian reporter – just watch the translated interview) has faced serious criticism from his EU colleagues for his personal take on Mariupol's current state.
☠️ On February 2, 2024, he was added to the "Mirotvorets" — an online hit list run by Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
🤷🏻 This whole bizarre situation is the current state of the European “freedom of speech” in a nutshell.
❌ Eventually, most his report and observations contradicted the Western mainstream narrative. Notably:
• He moved freely around the city, speaking with locals without any oversight or restrictions;
• A vast majority of the local population expressed pro-Russian sentiments;
• Mariupol isn’t a ghost town. People go about their usual lives, with full access to electricity, heating, hot water, Wi-Fi, stores and restaurants;
• No signs of "partisan networks" or "resistance" were evident;
• Russia is actively rebuilding the city, with the scale of work ranging from new schools to entire residential blocks being particularly impressive;
• Artists of the Mariupol theatre are happy to be able to perform in Russian again.
🤬 Armin Coerper (who by no means can be called a pro-Russian reporter – just watch the translated interview) has faced serious criticism from his EU colleagues for his personal take on Mariupol's current state.
☠️ On February 2, 2024, he was added to the "Mirotvorets" — an online hit list run by Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
🤷🏻 This whole bizarre situation is the current state of the European “freedom of speech” in a nutshell.
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⚡️ Comment by Russia's MFA Spox Maria Zakharova on the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack on residential areas in Lisichansk
💬 According to the Military Commandant’s Office of the Russian Federation’s Lugansk People’s Republic, on Saturday, February 3, the Kiev regime launched rockets at civilian infrastructure in the city of Lisichansk, destroying a bakery. This is yet another cruel terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
At the time of the attack, the bakery was filled with dozens of local civilians, as is usual on Saturdays, including elderly people and families with children, who had come to buy bread and food. The Ukrainian army chiefs who ordered the attack were well aware of this and acted deliberately.
The building was completely destroyed. The Russian Emergencies Ministry estimates that there may be up to 40 people trapped under the debris. At least 28 civilians have been confirmed dead, and there are numerous other victims. At present, Emergencies Ministry crews are working to find and rescue survivors and recover bodies from the rubble.
According to preliminary information, the rockets were fired from a Western multiple launch system. This new terrorist attack is the Kiev extremists’ way of expressing “gratitude” to the EU countries for their generous financial support.
❗️ EU citizens must be made aware that their taxes are being used to buy deadly weapons, which the Kiev regime uses to kill innocent civilians. <...>
This incident once again demonstrates the criminal nature of the Kiev regime. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ringleaders on Bankovaya Street and in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are parts of the same terrorist organisation.
☝️ Russia will inform international organisations about the latest act of terrorism committed by the Zelensky gang. We expect that these international organisations will promptly issue an unequivocal condemnation of Kiev’s new crime.
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💬 According to the Military Commandant’s Office of the Russian Federation’s Lugansk People’s Republic, on Saturday, February 3, the Kiev regime launched rockets at civilian infrastructure in the city of Lisichansk, destroying a bakery. This is yet another cruel terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
At the time of the attack, the bakery was filled with dozens of local civilians, as is usual on Saturdays, including elderly people and families with children, who had come to buy bread and food. The Ukrainian army chiefs who ordered the attack were well aware of this and acted deliberately.
The building was completely destroyed. The Russian Emergencies Ministry estimates that there may be up to 40 people trapped under the debris. At least 28 civilians have been confirmed dead, and there are numerous other victims. At present, Emergencies Ministry crews are working to find and rescue survivors and recover bodies from the rubble.
According to preliminary information, the rockets were fired from a Western multiple launch system. This new terrorist attack is the Kiev extremists’ way of expressing “gratitude” to the EU countries for their generous financial support.
❗️ EU citizens must be made aware that their taxes are being used to buy deadly weapons, which the Kiev regime uses to kill innocent civilians. <...>
This incident once again demonstrates the criminal nature of the Kiev regime. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ringleaders on Bankovaya Street and in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are parts of the same terrorist organisation.
☝️ Russia will inform international organisations about the latest act of terrorism committed by the Zelensky gang. We expect that these international organisations will promptly issue an unequivocal condemnation of Kiev’s new crime.
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❌ Последние 20 лет переговорная деятельность Конференции по разоружению фактически заблокирована. Ведомый США «коллективный Запад» исходит из необходимости обеспечения выгодного ему глобального мира и безопасности посредством наращивания своего военного потенциала. Именно поэтому западная группа государств последовательно блокирует любые конструктивные предложения по разработке эффективных разоруженческих соглашений.
☢️ Информация о том, что Пентагон может разместить ядерное оружия в Великобритании якобы «для отражения угрозы со стороны России» уже давно муссируется в западных СМИ. Речь, по видимому, идёт о расконсервации ранее использовавшейся США британской авиабазы Лейкенхит, где хранились американские ядерные авиабомбы. В случае реализации этой затеи, ситуация в области европейской и глобальной безопасности только ухудшится. Именно этого, вероятно, и добиваются США, которые являются основными бенефициарами дестабилизированной обстановки в мире.
☣️ Аргументированные вопросы России к Вашингтону и Киеву в отношении их военно-биологической активности в нарушение режима КБТО всё еще остаются без ответа по существу и по-прежнему требуют решения. Мы продолжим активную работу на профильных многосторонних площадках в целях урегулирования сложившейся ситуации.
🇺🇳 Тему обстрелов ВСУ российских городов, в которых погибают десятки мирных жителей, мы регулярно поднимаем в контактах с Верховным комиссаром ООН по правам человека Ф.Тюрком. Мы постоянно направляем в возглавляемое им Управление (УВКПЧ) информацию о злодеяниях, совершаемых украинскими националистами. «Отписки» общего и аморфного характера, которые мы получаем в ответ, мы считаем примерами бюрократической и ни к чему не обязывающей работы. Однако для нас это неудивительно, так как УВКПЧ и его глава занимают очевидно прозападные позиции, что вызывает глубокое сожаление.
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📍 February 6, 2024
❗️ The Conference on Disarmament (CD) remains an important body. It is one of the main permanent fora for multilateral negotiations which has adopted important treaties in the past.
📉 Regrettably, the dynamics within the CD have shifted since the mid-1990s, leading to a stagnation in negotiations. The Member States can't even agree to adopt a Programme of Work. Such an impasse stems from the fact that the US-led “collective West” intends to maintain global peace, strategic security and stability by preserving its military superiority. It uses the CD to achieve its geopolitical objectives. For us it is essential that this body develops legally binding norms to halt the arms race.
🛡️ The “collective West” also ignores the fundamental principle of indivisibility of security, i.e. that one cannot develop its own security to the detriment of others, in this case - Russia. The problem is that the West wants a world order based on its own rules. We, instead, want to work on the basis of the principles of the UN Charter.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙 Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia's remarks at UNSC briefing with regard to the UAF strike against Lisichansk (February 6, 2024)
💬 Ukrainian fighters have become so brutal and brazen that they commit terrorist attacks almost weekly, shelling civilian infrastructure and killing civilians on Russian territory.
• The actions of the Kiev regime are strikingly cruel and sophisticatedly hateful. The attack on Belgorod, the two strikes on Donetsk, and now a strike on Lisichansk took place on off days and holidays in places of mass gathering of civilians.
• Ukrainian armed forces feel total impunity and permissiveness. What’s more, they feel the unconditional support of Washington, London and Brussels, who do not care about the killings of civilians, broken families and ruined lives.
• In its blind hatred of our country and desire to weaken Russia in any way, the West is ready to pay with other people's lives and compromise universal norms of morality.
• Among recent heinous crimes of the Kiev junta is the terrorist attack of January 24 that downed the Russian military transport aircraft IL-76, which was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs for an exchange.
• Today we have irrefutable evidence that a Patriot missile system was used in the strike, which leaves no doubt that Washington is a direct accomplice in this crime.
• Evidence of the Ukrainian armed forces' involvement in the IL-76 plane crash is so solid that even the West cannot ignore it.
• We call on the members of the Security Council and the United Nations leadership to strongly condemn the attack on Lisichansk and all other terrorist acts by the Kiev regime. The Bandera junta views your silence as a carte blanche to commit more crimes.
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🎙 Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia's remarks at UNSC briefing with regard to the UAF strike against Lisichansk (February 6, 2024)
💬 Ukrainian fighters have become so brutal and brazen that they commit terrorist attacks almost weekly, shelling civilian infrastructure and killing civilians on Russian territory.
• The actions of the Kiev regime are strikingly cruel and sophisticatedly hateful. The attack on Belgorod, the two strikes on Donetsk, and now a strike on Lisichansk took place on off days and holidays in places of mass gathering of civilians.
• Ukrainian armed forces feel total impunity and permissiveness. What’s more, they feel the unconditional support of Washington, London and Brussels, who do not care about the killings of civilians, broken families and ruined lives.
• In its blind hatred of our country and desire to weaken Russia in any way, the West is ready to pay with other people's lives and compromise universal norms of morality.
• Among recent heinous crimes of the Kiev junta is the terrorist attack of January 24 that downed the Russian military transport aircraft IL-76, which was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs for an exchange.
• Today we have irrefutable evidence that a Patriot missile system was used in the strike, which leaves no doubt that Washington is a direct accomplice in this crime.
• Evidence of the Ukrainian armed forces' involvement in the IL-76 plane crash is so solid that even the West cannot ignore it.
• We call on the members of the Security Council and the United Nations leadership to strongly condemn the attack on Lisichansk and all other terrorist acts by the Kiev regime. The Bandera junta views your silence as a carte blanche to commit more crimes.
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❗️ «Рецепт оздоровления» деятельности КР, возвращения её в нормальное русло, соответствующее её мандату и задачам - предельно прост. США и их союзники на Конференции должны отказаться от своей деструктивной линии в пользу тесного и взаимовыгодного взаимодействия и совместного с остальными государствами-членами поиска путей оживления деятельности форума.
🤝 Российская делегация на протяжении многих лет предпринимает последовательные усилия по сближению позиций государств, выступая с инициативами, направленными на решение наиболее актуальных вопросов международной безопасности и предлагая компромиссные варианты "развязок" по программе работы КР.
🇷🇺 Ещё в 2008 г. Россия совместно с Китаем внесла на рассмотрение Конференции проект Договора о предотвращении размещения оружия в космическом пространстве, применения силы или угрозы силой в отношении космических объектов, который тогда получил широкую поддержку. В 2016 г. Россия предложила разработать на форуме конвенцию о борьбе с актами химтерроризма, впоследствии с учётом пожеланий делегаций распространенную и на биотерроризм.
❌ Однако именно Вашингтон и его ближайшие союзники в итоге заблокировали эти и ряд других конструктивных предложений. Взамен они настойчиво предлагают сосредоточиться на выработке неких необязательных «норм ответственного поведения». Так они рассчитывают сформировать миропорядок, основанный на неких
«правилах», которые можно будет время от времени переписывать, подгоняя под свои интересы в зависимости от изменения ситуации в мире.
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🤝 Сегодня важно развивать набирающую обороты тенденцию формирования нового полицентричного миропорядка, в основе которого лежат взаимоуважительные международные отношения. Это позволит отодвинуться от «точки невозврата», к которой нас подталкивает агрессивная политика Вашингтона и подыгрывающего ему Брюсселя.
🇺🇳 Запад стремится превратить многосторонние институты в инструменты реализации своекорыстных интересов. В частности, это делается через политику «приватизации» секретариатов ООН и других международных организаций. На ооновцев, включая высшее руководство, оказывается беспрецедентное давление. В нарушение статьи 100 Устава Организации их понуждают встать на «правильную сторону», под которой подразумеваются западные политические установки, игнорирующие традиционные духовно-нравственные ценности и культурно-цивилизационное многообразие современного мира.
🌐 Современная архитектура глобального управления не вполне соответствует геополитическим реалиям. А они должны учитывать появление на карте мира новых центров политико-экономического влияния, способствовать построению более справедливого и демократичного миропорядка, укрепления подлинно многосторонних начал в международных делах.
❗️ Всё более востребованной становится реформа Совета Безопасности ООН. Хроническая недопредставленность развивающихся стран должна быть устранена. Судите сами: когда из пятнадцати членов СБ минимум шесть-семь делегаций представляют «коллективный Запад», такой состав, конечно же, нельзя назвать репрезентативным.
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⚡️ President Vladimir Putin answered questions from Tucker Carlson, a journalist and founder of Tucker Carlson Network.
Key talking points:
💬 After 1991, when Russia expected that it would be welcomed into the brotherly family of ”civilized nations,“ nothing like this happened. You tricked us (I'm talking about the US), the promise was that NATO would not expand eastward, but it happened five times, there were five waves of expansion.
• I proposed that the US, Russia and Europe jointly create a missile defense system that, we believe, if created unilaterally, threatens our security. <...> In the end they just told us to get lost. Our proposal was declined, that’s a fact.
• In 2008 the doors of NATO were opened for Ukraine. In 2014, there was a coup, they started persecuting those who did not accept the coup, and it was indeed a coup, they created a threat to Crimea which we had to take under our protection. They launched a war in Donbass in 2014 with the use of aircraft and artillery against civilians. This is when it started.
❗️ And what triggered the latest events? Firstly, the current Ukrainian leadership declared that it would not implement the Minsk Agreements. <...> A year or a year and a half ago, former leaders of Germany and France said openly to the whole world that they indeed signed the Minsk Agreements but they never intended to implement them. They simply led us by the nose.
•After we withdrew our troops from Kiev, the other side (Ukraine) threw away all these agreements and obeyed the instructions of Western countries, European countries and the US to fight Russia to the bitter end.
❓ Wouldn't it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement, already understanding the situation that is developing today, realizing that Russia will fight for its interests to the end. And, realizing this, actually return to common sense, start respecting our country and its interests and look for certain solutions. It seems to me that this is much smarter and more rational.
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Key talking points:
💬 After 1991, when Russia expected that it would be welcomed into the brotherly family of ”civilized nations,“ nothing like this happened. You tricked us (I'm talking about the US), the promise was that NATO would not expand eastward, but it happened five times, there were five waves of expansion.
• I proposed that the US, Russia and Europe jointly create a missile defense system that, we believe, if created unilaterally, threatens our security. <...> In the end they just told us to get lost. Our proposal was declined, that’s a fact.
• In 2008 the doors of NATO were opened for Ukraine. In 2014, there was a coup, they started persecuting those who did not accept the coup, and it was indeed a coup, they created a threat to Crimea which we had to take under our protection. They launched a war in Donbass in 2014 with the use of aircraft and artillery against civilians. This is when it started.
❗️ And what triggered the latest events? Firstly, the current Ukrainian leadership declared that it would not implement the Minsk Agreements. <...> A year or a year and a half ago, former leaders of Germany and France said openly to the whole world that they indeed signed the Minsk Agreements but they never intended to implement them. They simply led us by the nose.
•After we withdrew our troops from Kiev, the other side (Ukraine) threw away all these agreements and obeyed the instructions of Western countries, European countries and the US to fight Russia to the bitter end.
❓ Wouldn't it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement, already understanding the situation that is developing today, realizing that Russia will fight for its interests to the end. And, realizing this, actually return to common sense, start respecting our country and its interests and look for certain solutions. It seems to me that this is much smarter and more rational.
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#InMemoriam
Ahead of the #DiplomatsDay (celebrated on February 10), we cherish the memory of Alexander Gorchakov, an outstanding Russian diplomat and statesman who served as the last Chancellor of the Russian Empire.
🗓 When he was appointed head of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Empire in 1856, Gorchakov devoted his efforts to changing the conditions of the Treaty of Paris, which sealed the outcome of the Crimean War. His goal was to revoke the neutral status of the Black Sea and to regain control of Bessarabia.
✍️ On August 21, 1856, Gorchakov dispatched a directive outlining new foreign policy objectives to all Russian embassies. It contained a phrase that resonated throughout Europe: “Some say that Russia is angry. No, Russia is not angry, Russia is concentrating.” This phrase conveyed Russia’s decision to refrain from becoming actively involved in European affairs to restore order at home. Another element of the new policy was that Russia would no longer sacrifice its interests to please anyone.
Gorchakov’s diplomatic skills prevented Austria from joining the Franco-Prussian war, which ensured Prussia’s victory over France. This allowed Russia to stop implementing the Paris Treaty articles that limited its sovereignty in the Black Sea and to encourage other countries to recognise this new state of affairs at the international conference in London in 1871.
👉 Thanks to Gorchakov’s efforts, the international situation underwent a transformation, enabling Russia to launch reforms that resulted in a huge economic leap in the last 30 years of the XIX century.
Gorchakov’s principle of prioritising national interests in foreign policy remains relevant in Russian diplomacy. Alexander Gorchakov is respected as a bright example of competence, dedication and service to the Fatherland.
☝️ An outstanding statesman & a brilliant politician, Alexander Gorchakov believed that diplomacy must not divide nations but bring them closer together and promote their interaction based on common interests.
Ahead of the #DiplomatsDay (celebrated on February 10), we cherish the memory of Alexander Gorchakov, an outstanding Russian diplomat and statesman who served as the last Chancellor of the Russian Empire.
🗓 When he was appointed head of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Empire in 1856, Gorchakov devoted his efforts to changing the conditions of the Treaty of Paris, which sealed the outcome of the Crimean War. His goal was to revoke the neutral status of the Black Sea and to regain control of Bessarabia.
✍️ On August 21, 1856, Gorchakov dispatched a directive outlining new foreign policy objectives to all Russian embassies. It contained a phrase that resonated throughout Europe: “Some say that Russia is angry. No, Russia is not angry, Russia is concentrating.” This phrase conveyed Russia’s decision to refrain from becoming actively involved in European affairs to restore order at home. Another element of the new policy was that Russia would no longer sacrifice its interests to please anyone.
Gorchakov’s diplomatic skills prevented Austria from joining the Franco-Prussian war, which ensured Prussia’s victory over France. This allowed Russia to stop implementing the Paris Treaty articles that limited its sovereignty in the Black Sea and to encourage other countries to recognise this new state of affairs at the international conference in London in 1871.
👉 Thanks to Gorchakov’s efforts, the international situation underwent a transformation, enabling Russia to launch reforms that resulted in a huge economic leap in the last 30 years of the XIX century.
Gorchakov’s principle of prioritising national interests in foreign policy remains relevant in Russian diplomacy. Alexander Gorchakov is respected as a bright example of competence, dedication and service to the Fatherland.
☝️ An outstanding statesman & a brilliant politician, Alexander Gorchakov believed that diplomacy must not divide nations but bring them closer together and promote their interaction based on common interests.
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⚡️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video greetings on Diplomatic Worker’s Day (Moscow, February 10, 2024)
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🔵 In keeping with our long-standing good tradition, we celebrate our professional holiday in February, which unites all those who defend Russia’s foreign policy track.
🔵 No matter where you work – in the central building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Smolenskaya Square, the territorial missions in the regions of the Russian Federation, or the Russian foreign missions – you uphold the true values of Russian diplomacy: loyalty to your Fatherland, patriotism, selflessness and a clear vision of Russia’s national interests.
🔵 Faced with the hybrid aggression launched by the collective West, Russia’s foreign policy service is making its contribution to the diplomatic support of the special military operation and the effort to achieve its goals.
❗️ Today, Russia stands at the vanguard of fast-moving change. By and large, we play a central role in defining this development vector and its content. This means that all of us without exception must keep up to speed at all times and adopt a forward-looking mindset in order to anticipate anything our ill-wishers may do, while being proactive and creative in adapting our enduring foreign policy principles to the changing environment. These principles include our commitment to independence, being results-driven, inclusiveness and a multi-faceted approach.
🔵 Russia is set to hold a presidential election soon. In fact, it is just a month away. This is a challenging moment in the history of our country when we must all fulfil our civic duty. I am certain that all our foreign missions will make the necessary arrangements to enable Russians to vote abroad. We are taking all the necessary steps to make this happen.
🔵 I wish you every success and good luck. Happy Diplomatic Worker’s Day.
#DiplomatsDay #DWR2024
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❗️ Today, Russia stands at the vanguard of fast-moving change. By and large, we play a central role in defining this development vector and its content. This means that all of us without exception must keep up to speed at all times and adopt a forward-looking mindset in order to anticipate anything our ill-wishers may do, while being proactive and creative in adapting our enduring foreign policy principles to the changing environment. These principles include our commitment to independence, being results-driven, inclusiveness and a multi-faceted approach.
#DiplomatsDay #DWR2024
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#ПамятиДипломатов #ДДР2024
🇷🇺 10 февраля, в наш профессиональный праздник – День дипломатического работника Российской Федерации – мы вспоминаем наших выдающихся коллег. Из их большого числа хотелось бы выделить Валерия Васильевича Лощинина (1940-2023) – дипломата, символизирующего преданность своему делу и неустанную работу на благо России.
💼 Родившийся 11 сентября 1940 г., В.В.Лощинин начал свою яркую дипломатическую карьеру в 1965 г. и прошёл путь от третьего секретаря МИД БССР до ключевых руководящих должностей в МИД РФ, в т.ч. первого заместителя Министра иностранных дел Российской Федерации и Постпреда России при Отделении ООН и других международных организациях в Женеве.
🏅 За многочисленные заслуги и достижения В.В.Лощинин был удостоен высоких государственных наград, включая орден Дружбы, орденов «За заслуги перед Отечеством» IV и III степеней, орден Почёта, а также орден Александра Невского.
🤝 Валерий Васильевич отличался энциклопедической эрудицией и исключительным профессионализмом, что помогало ему вносить значительный вклад в укрепление позиций России в мире и развивать её многовекторные отношения с другими государствами. С особой теплотой его труд в качестве Посла России в Минске вспоминают наши коллеги и друзья из Республики Беларусь.
✊ С искренним уважением вспоминает Валерия Васильевича и наш коллектив Постпредства России в Женеве, которое он возглавлял с 2005 по 2011 гг. Для всех, кому посчастливилось работать с В.В.Лощининым, он остаётся образцом дипломатической мудрости, профессионализма и бескомпромиссной преданности своей стране.
🇷🇺 10 февраля, в наш профессиональный праздник – День дипломатического работника Российской Федерации – мы вспоминаем наших выдающихся коллег. Из их большого числа хотелось бы выделить Валерия Васильевича Лощинина (1940-2023) – дипломата, символизирующего преданность своему делу и неустанную работу на благо России.
💼 Родившийся 11 сентября 1940 г., В.В.Лощинин начал свою яркую дипломатическую карьеру в 1965 г. и прошёл путь от третьего секретаря МИД БССР до ключевых руководящих должностей в МИД РФ, в т.ч. первого заместителя Министра иностранных дел Российской Федерации и Постпреда России при Отделении ООН и других международных организациях в Женеве.
🏅 За многочисленные заслуги и достижения В.В.Лощинин был удостоен высоких государственных наград, включая орден Дружбы, орденов «За заслуги перед Отечеством» IV и III степеней, орден Почёта, а также орден Александра Невского.
🤝 Валерий Васильевич отличался энциклопедической эрудицией и исключительным профессионализмом, что помогало ему вносить значительный вклад в укрепление позиций России в мире и развивать её многовекторные отношения с другими государствами. С особой теплотой его труд в качестве Посла России в Минске вспоминают наши коллеги и друзья из Республики Беларусь.
✊ С искренним уважением вспоминает Валерия Васильевича и наш коллектив Постпредства России в Женеве, которое он возглавлял с 2005 по 2011 гг. Для всех, кому посчастливилось работать с В.В.Лощининым, он остаётся образцом дипломатической мудрости, профессионализма и бескомпромиссной преданности своей стране.
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📄 President Vladimir Putin congratulated current staff and veterans of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Diplomatic Worker’s Day.
💬 Vladimir Putin: The Russian Foreign Ministry rightfully takes pride in its rich history and glorious traditions. Throughout history, its employees have honourably protected the interests of the Motherland in the international arena despite any difficulties and challenges.
In the current geopolitical landscape, amidst a hybrid war unleashed against us and attempts by the collective West to isolate Russia and undermine its security, the Foreign Ministry faces difficult and responsible tasks.
Russian diplomacy aims to make a significant contribution to creating favourable external conditions for our country’s dynamic development, fostering effective cooperation with foreign partners, and promoting a positive agenda in international relations. It also seeks to strengthen the unity of the global majority – of countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America – in order to build a just multipolar world order based on true equality, mutual respect, and universally recognised norms of international law.
❗️ Efforts to enhance cooperation with #CIS countries, expand the integration process within the #EAEU, and strengthen ties within the #CSTO and the Union State remain a top priority. Special attention should be given to the proper implementation of tasks and responsibilities during Russia’s chairmanship of the CIS and of the expanded #BRICS association.
Undoubtedly, there is significant need for efforts aimed at uniting the multinational and multi-religious Russian community through supporting our compatriots abroad, promoting the Russian language and showcasing national cultural and scientific achievements, as well as countering attempts to falsify history and revise the outcomes of World War II.
I am confident that staff members at the Ministry’s head office and foreign missions will continue to work with utmost dedication, creativity, and initiative.
#DiplomatsDay
💬 Vladimir Putin: The Russian Foreign Ministry rightfully takes pride in its rich history and glorious traditions. Throughout history, its employees have honourably protected the interests of the Motherland in the international arena despite any difficulties and challenges.
In the current geopolitical landscape, amidst a hybrid war unleashed against us and attempts by the collective West to isolate Russia and undermine its security, the Foreign Ministry faces difficult and responsible tasks.
Russian diplomacy aims to make a significant contribution to creating favourable external conditions for our country’s dynamic development, fostering effective cooperation with foreign partners, and promoting a positive agenda in international relations. It also seeks to strengthen the unity of the global majority – of countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America – in order to build a just multipolar world order based on true equality, mutual respect, and universally recognised norms of international law.
❗️ Efforts to enhance cooperation with #CIS countries, expand the integration process within the #EAEU, and strengthen ties within the #CSTO and the Union State remain a top priority. Special attention should be given to the proper implementation of tasks and responsibilities during Russia’s chairmanship of the CIS and of the expanded #BRICS association.
Undoubtedly, there is significant need for efforts aimed at uniting the multinational and multi-religious Russian community through supporting our compatriots abroad, promoting the Russian language and showcasing national cultural and scientific achievements, as well as countering attempts to falsify history and revise the outcomes of World War II.
I am confident that staff members at the Ministry’s head office and foreign missions will continue to work with utmost dedication, creativity, and initiative.
#DiplomatsDay
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▪️ Многострадальный Белгород сегодня пережил очередную кровавую атаку со стороны киевских неонацистов. В результате неизбирательного удара из западных РСЗО по мирным объектам города (торговый центр, школьный стадион и т.д.) погибли 6 человек, в т.ч. грудной ребёнок; 17 человек, включая четверых детей, получили ранения различной степени тяжести. К сожалению, эти ужасные цифры ещё могут вырасти.
❗️ Призываем Верховного комиссара ООН по правам человека Ф.Тюрка и сотрудников его Управления проявить ответственность и посмотреть жуткие кадры, снятые очевидцами этой трагедии. Возможно, они наконец-то заставят международных правозащитников нарушить их обычное лицемерное молчание в отношении варварских обстрелов ВСУ российских городов и осудить эти преступления режима Зеленского.
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▪️ Belgorod, a city that has already lived through much suffering, today faced another gruesome attack by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. As a result of indiscriminate strikes from Western-supplied MLRS against civilian objects of the city (local shopping center, school stadium, etc.), 6 people were killed, including an infant; 17 people, including four children, sustained various injuries. Unfortunately, these terrible numbers may still rise.
❗️ We call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and members of his Office to act responsibly and watch the horrific footage taken by witnesses of this tragedy. Perhaps the video will finally compel the international human rights defenders to break their usual hypocritical silence regarding the barbaric shellings of Russian cities by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and condemn these crimes of the Zelenskiy regime.
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🎙 President Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin (February 14, 2024)
Key talking points:
❗️ We have been constantly deceived about NATO’s non-expansion to the east. NATO proceeded to expand five times, completely deceiving us.
🔹 We did not initiate this war; rather, we are striving to end it. During the first phase, we tried to achieve this through peaceful means, specifically, through the Minsk agreements. However, it became apparent that we had been given the runaround once again. Both the former German Chancellor and the former President of France admitted and publicly stated that they had never intended to honour the agreements.
🔹 German Foreign Minister and people like her, are, of course, hostile towards Russia. In my opinion, she is also hostile towards her own country because it is hard to imagine such a high-ranking politician treating the economic interests of her country and people with such disdain.
🔹 Exceptionalism of certain nations, as compared to others, is found in many countries these days. This is how Nazism started. Now that this has become so widespread, it would be appropriate to conduct this anti-fascist and anti-Nazi propaganda and work at the same global level.
🔹 I believe that there is absolutely no point in NATO. Its only purpose is to serve as a tool of US foreign policy. If the United States considers this tool no longer necessary, that is their decision.
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❗️ We have been constantly deceived about NATO’s non-expansion to the east. NATO proceeded to expand five times, completely deceiving us.
🔹 We did not initiate this war; rather, we are striving to end it. During the first phase, we tried to achieve this through peaceful means, specifically, through the Minsk agreements. However, it became apparent that we had been given the runaround once again. Both the former German Chancellor and the former President of France admitted and publicly stated that they had never intended to honour the agreements.
🔹 German Foreign Minister and people like her, are, of course, hostile towards Russia. In my opinion, she is also hostile towards her own country because it is hard to imagine such a high-ranking politician treating the economic interests of her country and people with such disdain.
🔹 Exceptionalism of certain nations, as compared to others, is found in many countries these days. This is how Nazism started. Now that this has become so widespread, it would be appropriate to conduct this anti-fascist and anti-Nazi propaganda and work at the same global level.
🔹 I believe that there is absolutely no point in NATO. Its only purpose is to serve as a tool of US foreign policy. If the United States considers this tool no longer necessary, that is their decision.
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❗️We are highly disappointed with the verdict of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, which has recognized that the migration amendments that threaten thousands of Russian citizens with deportation comply with the Basic Law of the Republic and international legal norms.
🔹The judicial power in the Republic of Latvia, designed to be independent and impartial, has today publicly proved its unconditional service to the opportunistic interests of the current ruling elite of Latvia, which, in an effort to “annoy” Russia, does not hesitate to commit reprisals against elderly people - holders of Russian passports.
🔹The inhumane and ruthless norm, hastily adopted at the suggestion of local nationalists by the outgoing Saeima at the height of the political struggle in September 2022, threatens to destroy fate of thousands of Russian citizens, many of whom were literally excluded from the life of the country, deprived of not only the right to further stay in it, but also of the access to basic social benefits.
🔹Unfortunately, not everyone is able to cope with the trials and emotional turmoil that have befallen them - it is reliably known about dozens of cases where, as a result of the stress and deprivation of the right to free medical care, Russians subjected to trials experienced worsening of chronic diseases, which led to hospitalization and even lethal outcome.
❗️The Latvian “Themis” did not have the courage to admit the legal inconsistency of this draconian law, both in the moral and legal sense. Instead, the judiciary chose to shift responsibility onto Russian citizens themselves, whose average age is 70, cynically accusing them of unwillingness to learn the Latvian language and meet the “high democratic standards” of modern Latvia.
🔹Judging by the text of the announced verdict, which was replete with politicized anti-Russian passages, ideological bias prevailed over common sense and legal argumentation.
#No_To_Discrimination
#Human_Rights_Violation
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