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🕯️Instead of peaceful talks with the southeast regions, which didn’t recognise the bloody coup in 2014, the #Kiev regime resorted to the use of force. #Ukraine’s nationalists battalions had become its main instrument to spread fear and terror.

🕯️March 2022 ♦️ Instead of supporting the #Russia-#Ukraine peace process, the West called to continue the fight and has increased the supply of weapons.

Russian Foreign Ministry - On February 24-25, Bengaluru hosted the First Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the Indian #G20 Presidency. The Russian delegation, representing the relevant specialized structures, took an active part in this event.

As a result of the substantive dialogue on topical financial issues, a wide range of demanded measures was agreed upon, designed to give an additional impetus to the global economy and financial markets. A significant contribution was made to these efforts by our country, #BRICS partners and developing countries.

We note the constructive role of the Indian Presidency, which strove for a fair consideration of interests and positions of all countries. The balanced approaches formulated in this context create a good foundation for responding to modern challenges in the area of global finance and related sectors, including support for economic growth and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

We regret that the activities of the G20 continue to be destabilized by the collective West and used in an anti-Russian, purely confrontational manner. Our opponents, primarily the United States, the #EU and the G7, continue their paranoid attempts to isolate Russia and shift the blame for the provoked problems in the area of international security and the global economy onto it.

Through open blackmail and diсtate, throwing in absurd interpretations of the situation in #Ukraine, the Westerners once again disrupted the adoption of collective decisions. As a result, the fully approved text of the document, except for the wording on Ukraine, which give out for assessments of the discussion at the ministerial meeting something that was not actually discussed and is unrelated to the topic of its jurisdiction, had become a hostage to this aggressive line.

The results of the meeting never received an agreed status and were released only as a statement by the chairman, and not as a joint work. #Russia and China expressed a resolute protest in this regard. Many other delegations also experienced serious disappointment with such ultimatum actions by the United States and its allies, which continue to sow enmity and hatred.

We call on the collective West to abandon its destructive course as soon as possible, to realize the objective realities of a multipolar world, and to start building normal relations with new centers of power in the international arena, such as Russia, on the principles of the sovereign equality of states. We presume that the G20 should remain an economic forum and not intrude into the security sphere, as was unanimously confirmed at its last year's summit on November 15-16 in Bali. We will continue to promote fulfillment by the G20 of the functions entrusted to it on a mutually beneficial and depoliticized basis.

🕯️On May 2014, #Ukraine’s enraged radical nationalists wreaked havoc and committed mass murder as they burned dozens of people alive in #Odessa’s House of Unions only because they peacefully stood up for their rights. This barbaric crime committed with utter cynicism and extreme brutality caused a massive public and international outcry. However, the investigation into the circumstances of the incident has yet to reach a conclusion and none of the perpetrators of this mass murder have been brought to justice despite many videos and eye-witness testimony.

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April 2022 ♦️ While #Russia was showing its readiness for negotiations, proving it by a goodwill gestures, the West insisted that #Ukraine continues fighting

#Opinion

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev

Points of no return

🔸 The tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine dates back to the late 20th century, to wit, the collapse of the Soviet Union.

🔸 Two dates can be considered points of no return. The first one can be traced back to the autumn of 2008, when the Western world supported Georgia's aggression against the Ossetian people. The second point of no return can be dated back to the spring of 2014, when the people of Crimea expressed their will during a legally held referendum and permanently rejoined their historical homeland.

🔸 If the issue of Russia’s existence is raised in earnest, it will not be decided on the Ukrainian front. Not by any means. It will be a question of the future existence of human civilisation. And there should be no ambiguity here. We don't need a world without Russia.

🔸 One can continue to flood the neo-Nazi Kiev regime with weapons and to thwart every opportunity to resume talks. Our enemies are doing just that and are unwilling to realise that their goals clearly lead to a total fiasco where everyone stands to lose.

🔸 Western countries and their satellites represent only 15 percent of the world population. There are many more of us, and we are much stronger. The peaceful might of our great country and the high standing of its partners are the key to preserving the world’s future.

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✈️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New Delhi

Сергей Лавров прибыл в Дели