🇺🇳 From July 15 to August 2, the Council and the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) convened during the second part of its 29th session.
🇷🇺 The Russian interdepartmental delegation headed by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the ISA, Mr. Sergey Petrovich, took an active part in the work of the above-mentioned structures.
Highlights from the second part of the ISA 29th session:
🔹 completion of considerations on the first consolidated draft regulations on exploitation of the mineral resources in the Area;
🔹 discussions on report of the ISA Secretary-General on the work of the organization;
🔹 Authority's budget adoption for the period 2025-2026;
🔹ISA Secretary-General elections won by the Brazilian candidate Ms. Leticia Carvalho.
📆 ISA will next continue its work in March 2025 during its 30th session, by the opening of which an updated version of the consolidated draft regulations on exploitation will be presented.
🇷🇺 The Russian interdepartmental delegation headed by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the ISA, Mr. Sergey Petrovich, took an active part in the work of the above-mentioned structures.
Highlights from the second part of the ISA 29th session:
🔹 completion of considerations on the first consolidated draft regulations on exploitation of the mineral resources in the Area;
🔹 discussions on report of the ISA Secretary-General on the work of the organization;
🔹 Authority's budget adoption for the period 2025-2026;
🔹ISA Secretary-General elections won by the Brazilian candidate Ms. Leticia Carvalho.
📆 ISA will next continue its work in March 2025 during its 30th session, by the opening of which an updated version of the consolidated draft regulations on exploitation will be presented.
Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
9️⃣August - the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly Resolution in 1994.
📍Russia🇷🇺 is the largest multinational country, where 47 indigenous small-numbered peoples with a total population of more than 300 thousand people live.
📍Russia in #UNESCO advocates for preservation of languages and culture of indigenous peoples, promotes the goals of and pioneers within the International Decade of Indigenous Languages #IDIL 2022-2032:
Russia🇷🇺
- became the first country that developed and implements the National Action Plan of #IDIL;
- shares its experience within the framework of the Global Task Force for #IDIL;
- heads the working group on multilingualism of #UNESCO "Information for All Programme" #IFAP;
- organized the largest event within the framework of #IDIL this year in St. Petersburg - the High-Level International Conference “World Treasury of Mother Tongues: Nourish and Cherish” (June,30 - July,2)
👉Lear more about the conference
📍Russia🇷🇺 is the largest multinational country, where 47 indigenous small-numbered peoples with a total population of more than 300 thousand people live.
📍Russia in #UNESCO advocates for preservation of languages and culture of indigenous peoples, promotes the goals of and pioneers within the International Decade of Indigenous Languages #IDIL 2022-2032:
Russia🇷🇺
- became the first country that developed and implements the National Action Plan of #IDIL;
- shares its experience within the framework of the Global Task Force for #IDIL;
- heads the working group on multilingualism of #UNESCO "Information for All Programme" #IFAP;
- organized the largest event within the framework of #IDIL this year in St. Petersburg - the High-Level International Conference “World Treasury of Mother Tongues: Nourish and Cherish” (June,30 - July,2)
👉Lear more about the conference
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 August 22 is the State Flag Day in Russia, established on August 20, 1994, in accordance with Presidential Executive Order "On the State Flag Day of the Russian Federation".
#OTD, we pay tribute to Russia’s official state symbol which, alongside its emblem and the national anthem, stands as a symbol of and the testimony to the country’s sovereignty and independence, while asserting the generational continuity for our multicultural and multi-ethnic nation.
The Russian tricoloured flag is over three hundred years old. Tsar Peter I is considered to be its creator: he ordered “commercial vessels of all kinds” to sail under the white-blue-red flag. However, it was only in 1896 that this flag obtained its official status, not long before Emperor Nicholas II’s coronation.
⚪️🔵🔴 While there is no official interpretation of the national flag colours, it is widely accepted that white symbolizes purity, independence and peace, blue embodies faith, loyalty and justice, while red stands for courage, might and valour.
☝️ Today, the tricoloured flag has become an integral part of our lives as a symbol of the Russian state, national unity and our people's devotion to the Fatherland, as well as the commitment to assert and promote the national interests.
#OTD, we pay tribute to Russia’s official state symbol which, alongside its emblem and the national anthem, stands as a symbol of and the testimony to the country’s sovereignty and independence, while asserting the generational continuity for our multicultural and multi-ethnic nation.
The Russian tricoloured flag is over three hundred years old. Tsar Peter I is considered to be its creator: he ordered “commercial vessels of all kinds” to sail under the white-blue-red flag. However, it was only in 1896 that this flag obtained its official status, not long before Emperor Nicholas II’s coronation.
⚪️🔵🔴 While there is no official interpretation of the national flag colours, it is widely accepted that white symbolizes purity, independence and peace, blue embodies faith, loyalty and justice, while red stands for courage, might and valour.
☝️ Today, the tricoloured flag has become an integral part of our lives as a symbol of the Russian state, national unity and our people's devotion to the Fatherland, as well as the commitment to assert and promote the national interests.
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🗓 On September 7, 1945, a military parade of the allied forces of the #USSR, US, UK and France took place in Berlin near the walls of the defeated Reichstag on Alexanderplatz Square, marking the end of #WWII.
The location of the parade – at the Brandenburg Gate, at the very heart of the German capital – was not chosen by chance. It was right here where the Battle of Berlin ended and the remnants of the Berlin group of German troops surrendered to the Red Army. Scheduled for September 7, the parade was timed to coincide with the victory over militaristic Japan.
Representatives of the allied powers responded positively to Moscow's proposal to hold a joint parade in Berlin. However, on the eve of the event, after the date and all the details had been agreed upon, the US, UK and France announced that instead of the commanders-in-chief – Eisenhower, Montgomery and Tassigny – they would send lower-ranking generals, who were already stationed in Germany, to the parade. By doing so, the allies tried to downplay the significance of the parde, which emphasized the decisive role of the Soviet Union in taking Berlin. At that time, no one doubted who bore the brunt of the storming of the capital of the Third Reich.
🇷🇺 The USSR carried out thorough preparations for the parade. The Soviet command attracted the most distinguished soldiers, sergeants, officers and generals who had shown unrivalled courage in taking Berlin and the main centers of the reich – the Reichstag and the Imperial Chancellery.
🎖On September 7 at 11 am, the Berlin allied parade commenced. It was received by the Commander of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Georgy Zhukov. The parade was opened by the combined regiment of the 248th Rifle Division of the Red Army, led by Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Lenev. The parade was closed by a column of the Soviet armor, with the latest heavy tanks IS-3 ("Joseph Stalin") marching.
💬 In his welcoming speech to the parade participants, Marshal Zhukov paid tribute to the exploits of the Soviet and Allied forces in the struggle for victory over Nazi Germany:
"Fighting friends, comrades in arms, soldiers, officers and generals... <...> The Second World War ended with a decisive and powerful strike from the great allied powers. Our victory is a triumph of an unprecedented military partnership of democratic states.
From now on, people <...> will be eternally grateful to the great nations of America, England, the Soviet Union, the French Republic and China, to their valiant soldiers who, in the difficult time of military trials, gave each other helping hands, united to win a victory over a common enemy, to win the long-awaited peace on Earth."
#Victory79 #WeRemember #WeWereAllies
The location of the parade – at the Brandenburg Gate, at the very heart of the German capital – was not chosen by chance. It was right here where the Battle of Berlin ended and the remnants of the Berlin group of German troops surrendered to the Red Army. Scheduled for September 7, the parade was timed to coincide with the victory over militaristic Japan.
Representatives of the allied powers responded positively to Moscow's proposal to hold a joint parade in Berlin. However, on the eve of the event, after the date and all the details had been agreed upon, the US, UK and France announced that instead of the commanders-in-chief – Eisenhower, Montgomery and Tassigny – they would send lower-ranking generals, who were already stationed in Germany, to the parade. By doing so, the allies tried to downplay the significance of the parde, which emphasized the decisive role of the Soviet Union in taking Berlin. At that time, no one doubted who bore the brunt of the storming of the capital of the Third Reich.
🎖On September 7 at 11 am, the Berlin allied parade commenced. It was received by the Commander of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Georgy Zhukov. The parade was opened by the combined regiment of the 248th Rifle Division of the Red Army, led by Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Lenev. The parade was closed by a column of the Soviet armor, with the latest heavy tanks IS-3 ("Joseph Stalin") marching.
💬 In his welcoming speech to the parade participants, Marshal Zhukov paid tribute to the exploits of the Soviet and Allied forces in the struggle for victory over Nazi Germany:
"Fighting friends, comrades in arms, soldiers, officers and generals... <...> The Second World War ended with a decisive and powerful strike from the great allied powers. Our victory is a triumph of an unprecedented military partnership of democratic states.
From now on, people <...> will be eternally grateful to the great nations of America, England, the Soviet Union, the French Republic and China, to their valiant soldiers who, in the difficult time of military trials, gave each other helping hands, united to win a victory over a common enemy, to win the long-awaited peace on Earth."
#Victory79 #WeRemember #WeWereAllies
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В этом году исполнилось 10 лет со дня подписания Договора о Евразийском экономическом союзе
✔️За время своего существования ЕАЭС доказал, что страны с разной численностью населения и размером экономики могут успешно развивать интеграцию на взаимовыгодной основе.
✔️О работе интеграционного объединения рассказывают сотрудники ЕЭК – представители
🇦🇲Армении, 🇧🇾Беларуси,
🇰🇿Казахстана,
🇰🇬Кыргызстана и
🇷🇺России.
#Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС
✔️За время своего существования ЕАЭС доказал, что страны с разной численностью населения и размером экономики могут успешно развивать интеграцию на взаимовыгодной основе.
✔️О работе интеграционного объединения рассказывают сотрудники ЕЭК – представители
🇦🇲Армении, 🇧🇾Беларуси,
🇰🇿Казахстана,
🇰🇬Кыргызстана и
🇷🇺России.
#Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС
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📺 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of the 79th Session.
📍 New York, September 25, 2024
💬 The formation of a multilateral world requires upgrading of the international governance architecture, if we want to build a more just and democratic world order based on the enduring principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnection.
#G20, as a leading economic forum, can give a powerful boost to these objective processes that are dictated by life itself. We believe that the G20 should strictly adhere to its mandate and not delve into issues of peace and security and other universal problems, which the UN is here to deal with. It is important that the activities of our platform are strictly based on the principle of consensus.
At the G20 summit in New Delhi in 2023, we promised to strengthen the voice of developing countries in collective decision-making. It is necessary to translate these promises into concrete actions. The reform of international institutions, which must be considered as global public goods, should be carried out taking into account the interests of new growing centres of global development. The current conditions show that there have been significant changes in the balance of economic leaders.
📈 Two years ago, BRICS member countries surpassed the G7 in terms of real GDP. According to forecasts, the ten BRICS members will produce about 37% of the world’s output, while the G7 group will fall to 27% or even lower.
At the same time, we can see the African continent and other regions of the Global South and East quickly rising. Russia is actively reorienting its trade to their markets. This includes the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
🌐 Innovative multilateral formats such as #BRICS (where Russia presides in 2024), the SCO, the EAEU, ASEAN, the African Union, and CELAC are becoming increasingly important.
Projects designed to align integration efforts, such as Russia’s flagship Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative, are picking up momentum.
<...>
A tangible progress has been achieved in the context of efforts to de-dollarise the international financial and economic system. In particular, the share of national currencies in Russia’s settlements with the SCO and EAEU countries has exceeded 90%. Russia and its BRICS partners have achieved an indicator equal to 65%, and this figure grows. The share of the dollar in the BRICS payments pattern is currently below 29%.
<...>
🤷♂️ Nevertheless, certain global mechanisms are still in the West’s hands, and it tends to abuse them. A matter of particular concern are the attempts on the part of the United States and its allies to impose a confrontational agenda on international organisations in order to make them the vehicles of unilateral restrictions, plunder, impoundment of sovereign assets, trade wars and unfair competition, including in the name of environmentalism and climate.
All of these are clear manifestations of neocolonialism. Over the past ten years, the collective West has introduced more than 21,000 illegal restrictions against Russia alone. Their extraterritorial use – and this is an even more odious, illegitimate, raider-style approach – is primarily affecting the poorest countries and destitute population groups, depriving them of affordable energy, food and fertiliser.
<...>
Another topical task is combat the predominance and influence of Western states’ citizens who occupy top positions in international secretariats.
🇺🇳 A reform of the global governance system should heed the intransient central role of the UN in the system of international relations. The UN Charter and international law should not be substituted by any behind-the-scenes "rules".
<...>
☝️ We should be guided by a striving to achieve genuine multilateralism, the main guarantee of strategic stability, indivisible security and an open and non-discriminatory economy.
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📍 New York, September 25, 2024
💬 The formation of a multilateral world requires upgrading of the international governance architecture, if we want to build a more just and democratic world order based on the enduring principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnection.
#G20, as a leading economic forum, can give a powerful boost to these objective processes that are dictated by life itself. We believe that the G20 should strictly adhere to its mandate and not delve into issues of peace and security and other universal problems, which the UN is here to deal with. It is important that the activities of our platform are strictly based on the principle of consensus.
At the G20 summit in New Delhi in 2023, we promised to strengthen the voice of developing countries in collective decision-making. It is necessary to translate these promises into concrete actions. The reform of international institutions, which must be considered as global public goods, should be carried out taking into account the interests of new growing centres of global development. The current conditions show that there have been significant changes in the balance of economic leaders.
📈 Two years ago, BRICS member countries surpassed the G7 in terms of real GDP. According to forecasts, the ten BRICS members will produce about 37% of the world’s output, while the G7 group will fall to 27% or even lower.
At the same time, we can see the African continent and other regions of the Global South and East quickly rising. Russia is actively reorienting its trade to their markets. This includes the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
🌐 Innovative multilateral formats such as #BRICS (where Russia presides in 2024), the SCO, the EAEU, ASEAN, the African Union, and CELAC are becoming increasingly important.
Projects designed to align integration efforts, such as Russia’s flagship Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative, are picking up momentum.
<...>
A tangible progress has been achieved in the context of efforts to de-dollarise the international financial and economic system. In particular, the share of national currencies in Russia’s settlements with the SCO and EAEU countries has exceeded 90%. Russia and its BRICS partners have achieved an indicator equal to 65%, and this figure grows. The share of the dollar in the BRICS payments pattern is currently below 29%.
<...>
🤷♂️ Nevertheless, certain global mechanisms are still in the West’s hands, and it tends to abuse them. A matter of particular concern are the attempts on the part of the United States and its allies to impose a confrontational agenda on international organisations in order to make them the vehicles of unilateral restrictions, plunder, impoundment of sovereign assets, trade wars and unfair competition, including in the name of environmentalism and climate.
All of these are clear manifestations of neocolonialism. Over the past ten years, the collective West has introduced more than 21,000 illegal restrictions against Russia alone. Their extraterritorial use – and this is an even more odious, illegitimate, raider-style approach – is primarily affecting the poorest countries and destitute population groups, depriving them of affordable energy, food and fertiliser.
<...>
Another topical task is combat the predominance and influence of Western states’ citizens who occupy top positions in international secretariats.
🇺🇳 A reform of the global governance system should heed the intransient central role of the UN in the system of international relations. The UN Charter and international law should not be substituted by any behind-the-scenes "rules".
<...>
☝️ We should be guided by a striving to achieve genuine multilateralism, the main guarantee of strategic stability, indivisible security and an open and non-discriminatory economy.
Full transcript
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🎬 In this short clip you will learn how to use web portal Education in Russia to find your perfect study destination.
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🇷🇺 The Russian Government offers you an opportunity to enrol in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes gratis starting school year 2025/2026 in one of the many Russian universities that can provide you a wide array of areas of education for both Russian and non-Russian speakers.
🎬 In this short clip you will learn how to use web portal Education in Russia to find your perfect study destination.
📆 The application campaign runs from October 7, 2024 to January 11, 2024. Don't miss your chance to get your degree in Russia!
📰 Статья Временного поверенного в делах России в Ямайке О.В.Жегля "Святая простота" за мировой шахматной доской" в газете "Сандей Глинер" (20 октября 2024 года).
📖 Читать полностью на русском языке
Основные тезисы:
• Возникшие после завершения Второй мировой войны надежды на дальнейшее международное сотрудничество между Союзниками довольно быстро рассеялись после объявления Советского Союза главной угрозой «западной цивилизации» и последовавшего в 1949 году создания НАТО в противовес соцлагерю;
• Расширение Альянса продолжается до сих пор – спустя долгое время после окончания «холодной войны», несмотря на данные Москве руководством западных стран гарантии о нерасширении НАТО на Восточную Европу;
• В начале 1990-х годов на волне демократических перемен в мире вновь забрезжила надежда на преодоление былого раскола между «политическим» Западом и Востоком. Тем не менее, как показала история, Запад на самом деле не собирался отказываться от логики «холодной войны»;
• Несмотря на заверения Запада о том, что расширение Альянса не направлено против России, оно фактически превратилось в экзистенциальную угрозу для нашей страны, поскольку подлётное время натовских ракет сократилось до критических значений;
• Поиск Украиной национальной самоидентичности привёл к подъёму агрессивного национализма и последующей полномасштабной реализации там проекта «анти-Россия». На государственном уровне начались гонения на русский язык, русскую культуру и русское православие;
• В 2014 году после прихода к власти на Украине в результате антиконституционного переворота агрессивных националистических сил была развязана гражданская война против русскоязычного населения тогдашнего Юго-Востока Украины;
• После 8 лет тщетных попыток России содействия мирному решению конфликта на Юго-Востоке Украины, а также противодействию военному освоению Украины со стороны НАТО была объявлена специальная военная операция, направленная на демилитаризацию и денацификацию Украины;
• Все шаги, направленные на «отрыв» Украины от России, стали прямой реализацией геостратегической концепции, изложенной в книге «Великая шахматная доска» (1997) З.Бжезинского. Именно в логике сдерживания России продолжает деградировать современная система международных отношений;
• Взращённые на политических нарративах Запада эксперты продолжают жонглировать избитыми обвинениями в адрес Москвы, подбрасывая хворост в костер оголтелой пропаганды;
• «О святая простота!» - обратился Ян Гус к старушке, подбросившей дров в костёр, к которому был приговорён чешский мыслитель, дерзнувший не согласиться с господствовавшей тогда догмой. Именно такой политической догмой является сейчас навязываемый миру миф о «русской угрозе», пришедший на смену легенде о «коммунистической угрозе»;
• Успех каких-либо переговоров по Украине, а также стабильность будущей международной системы будет зависеть во многом от осознания Западом бесперспективности попыток нанесения «стратегического поражения» России, а также необходимости преодоления неоколониальных пережитков, пронизывающих наш мир;
• Пришло время для выработки принципов нового «мирного сосуществования», построения нового более справедливого мирового порядка, в котором «мировое большинство» – незападные центры силы займут достойное место в мировой системе координат.
📖 Читать полностью на русском языке
Основные тезисы:
• Возникшие после завершения Второй мировой войны надежды на дальнейшее международное сотрудничество между Союзниками довольно быстро рассеялись после объявления Советского Союза главной угрозой «западной цивилизации» и последовавшего в 1949 году создания НАТО в противовес соцлагерю;
• Расширение Альянса продолжается до сих пор – спустя долгое время после окончания «холодной войны», несмотря на данные Москве руководством западных стран гарантии о нерасширении НАТО на Восточную Европу;
• В начале 1990-х годов на волне демократических перемен в мире вновь забрезжила надежда на преодоление былого раскола между «политическим» Западом и Востоком. Тем не менее, как показала история, Запад на самом деле не собирался отказываться от логики «холодной войны»;
• Несмотря на заверения Запада о том, что расширение Альянса не направлено против России, оно фактически превратилось в экзистенциальную угрозу для нашей страны, поскольку подлётное время натовских ракет сократилось до критических значений;
• Поиск Украиной национальной самоидентичности привёл к подъёму агрессивного национализма и последующей полномасштабной реализации там проекта «анти-Россия». На государственном уровне начались гонения на русский язык, русскую культуру и русское православие;
• В 2014 году после прихода к власти на Украине в результате антиконституционного переворота агрессивных националистических сил была развязана гражданская война против русскоязычного населения тогдашнего Юго-Востока Украины;
• После 8 лет тщетных попыток России содействия мирному решению конфликта на Юго-Востоке Украины, а также противодействию военному освоению Украины со стороны НАТО была объявлена специальная военная операция, направленная на демилитаризацию и денацификацию Украины;
• Все шаги, направленные на «отрыв» Украины от России, стали прямой реализацией геостратегической концепции, изложенной в книге «Великая шахматная доска» (1997) З.Бжезинского. Именно в логике сдерживания России продолжает деградировать современная система международных отношений;
• Взращённые на политических нарративах Запада эксперты продолжают жонглировать избитыми обвинениями в адрес Москвы, подбрасывая хворост в костер оголтелой пропаганды;
• «О святая простота!» - обратился Ян Гус к старушке, подбросившей дров в костёр, к которому был приговорён чешский мыслитель, дерзнувший не согласиться с господствовавшей тогда догмой. Именно такой политической догмой является сейчас навязываемый миру миф о «русской угрозе», пришедший на смену легенде о «коммунистической угрозе»;
• Успех каких-либо переговоров по Украине, а также стабильность будущей международной системы будет зависеть во многом от осознания Западом бесперспективности попыток нанесения «стратегического поражения» России, а также необходимости преодоления неоколониальных пережитков, пронизывающих наш мир;
• Пришло время для выработки принципов нового «мирного сосуществования», построения нового более справедливого мирового порядка, в котором «мировое большинство» – незападные центры силы займут достойное место в мировой системе координат.
📰 Article by Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Russian Federation in Jamaica Mr. Oleg Zhegl 'Holy Simplicity' behind the Grand Chessboard in Sunday Gleaner (October 20, 2024)
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Key points:
• The high hopes for continued international cooperation among the Allies emerged after the end of the World War II quickly dispelled following the declaration of the Soviet Union as the primary threat to "Western civilisation" and the subsequent establishment of NATO in 1949 to counter the socialist bloc;
• The expansion of the Alliance continues to this day—long after the end of the "Cold War"—despite assurances on non-expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe given to Moscow by Western leaders;
• In the early 1990s, during a wave of democratic change, there was a renewed hope of overcoming the former split between the "political" West and the East. However, as history has shown, the West had no intention of abandoning Cold War logic;
• Despite Western assurances that NATO's expansion is not aimed at Russia, it has effectively become an existential threat to our country, as the flight time of NATO missiles has decreased to critical levels;
• Ukraine's search for national identity has led to a rise of aggressive nationalism and the subsequent full-scale implementation of an "anti-Russia" project. It resulted in systematic persecutions at the state level against the Russian language, Russian culture, and Russian Orthodoxy;
• In 2014, following an anti-constitutional coup that brought aggressive nationalists to power in Ukraine, a civil war against the Russian-speaking population in the then southeastern Ukraine was unleashed;
• After eight years of futile attempts by Russia to mediate a peaceful resolution to the conflict in southeastern Ukraine and to counter NATO's military exploitation of the country, a special military operation was announced, aimed at the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.
• All measures aimed at 'tearing Ukraine away' from Russia have become a direct implementation of the geostrategic concept outlined in Zbigniew Brzezinski's "The Grand Chessboard" (1997). Within this logic of containing Russia the current system of international relations continues to degrade.
• Experts nurtured on Western political narratives continue to recycle relic accusations against Moscow, adding fuel to the fire of unbridled propaganda;
• O sancta simplicitas! (Oh, holy simplicity!) — this is how the Czech thinker and religious reformer Jan Hus addressed a humble old woman who added firewood to the pyre to which he was condemned for daring to disagree with the prevailing dogma. This is the type of political dogma that the myth of the "Russian threat" has become, replacing the hoax of the "communist threat".
• The success of any negotiations regarding Ukraine, as well as the stability of the future international system, will largely depend on the West's recognition of the futility of attempts to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia, as well as the need to overcome neocolonial remnants persisting in international politics.
• The time has come to develop principles for a new ‘peaceful coexistence’, to build a new, more just world order, where the ‘global majority’ – non-Western actors – will take their rightful place in the new global system of coordinates.
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Key points:
• The high hopes for continued international cooperation among the Allies emerged after the end of the World War II quickly dispelled following the declaration of the Soviet Union as the primary threat to "Western civilisation" and the subsequent establishment of NATO in 1949 to counter the socialist bloc;
• The expansion of the Alliance continues to this day—long after the end of the "Cold War"—despite assurances on non-expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe given to Moscow by Western leaders;
• In the early 1990s, during a wave of democratic change, there was a renewed hope of overcoming the former split between the "political" West and the East. However, as history has shown, the West had no intention of abandoning Cold War logic;
• Despite Western assurances that NATO's expansion is not aimed at Russia, it has effectively become an existential threat to our country, as the flight time of NATO missiles has decreased to critical levels;
• Ukraine's search for national identity has led to a rise of aggressive nationalism and the subsequent full-scale implementation of an "anti-Russia" project. It resulted in systematic persecutions at the state level against the Russian language, Russian culture, and Russian Orthodoxy;
• In 2014, following an anti-constitutional coup that brought aggressive nationalists to power in Ukraine, a civil war against the Russian-speaking population in the then southeastern Ukraine was unleashed;
• After eight years of futile attempts by Russia to mediate a peaceful resolution to the conflict in southeastern Ukraine and to counter NATO's military exploitation of the country, a special military operation was announced, aimed at the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.
• All measures aimed at 'tearing Ukraine away' from Russia have become a direct implementation of the geostrategic concept outlined in Zbigniew Brzezinski's "The Grand Chessboard" (1997). Within this logic of containing Russia the current system of international relations continues to degrade.
• Experts nurtured on Western political narratives continue to recycle relic accusations against Moscow, adding fuel to the fire of unbridled propaganda;
• O sancta simplicitas! (Oh, holy simplicity!) — this is how the Czech thinker and religious reformer Jan Hus addressed a humble old woman who added firewood to the pyre to which he was condemned for daring to disagree with the prevailing dogma. This is the type of political dogma that the myth of the "Russian threat" has become, replacing the hoax of the "communist threat".
• The success of any negotiations regarding Ukraine, as well as the stability of the future international system, will largely depend on the West's recognition of the futility of attempts to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia, as well as the need to overcome neocolonial remnants persisting in international politics.
• The time has come to develop principles for a new ‘peaceful coexistence’, to build a new, more just world order, where the ‘global majority’ – non-Western actors – will take their rightful place in the new global system of coordinates.