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🚘 Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed India's Initiative "Make In India" at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum’s (EEF) plenary session when suggesting Russian officials should use Russian cars for driving, instead of using foreign automobile brands.

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❗️West Destroying System of Financial Relations, Global Economy Changing, Vladimir Putin Says

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🇮🇳 🇷🇺 India and Russia Discussing Building Low-Capacity Nuclear Power Plants, Including Floating Power Units, Rosatom Chief Alexey Likhachev Says

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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from Izvestia on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (Vladivostok, September 12, 2023)

❓ Question: What signs of Russia’s pivot to the East do you see now ahead of the plenary meeting? What economic prospects are opening before our country?

💬 This phrase – “pivot to the East” – is misleading and obscures the meaning of current developments.

We have never turned away from the East. For nearly 20 years after Vladimir Putin became President of Russia, our foreign, economic & investment policies have always taken into account the immense advantages available in the east of our country & on the Eurasian continent.

These advantages <...> were not taken into consideration or put to use in the late 1990s after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Objectively, the Western dimension prevailed at that time.

The Russian Far East & Northern Russia, this Eastern flagship of our continent, came to attract increased attention long before the current developments. Moreover, this was not only in a token way, because Russia adopted concrete investment programmes, created new transport & logistical routes, developed ports, built new ships & oil tankers, grain carriers & freighters, and much else.

☝️ But the West decided to “strike an attitude” & “punish” Russia with sanctions for our reluctance and inability to tolerate its plans to use Ukraine to undermine our security & eradicate all things Russian on Ukrainian territory, which was created & licked into shape by Russian tsars, engineers & military leaders.

When the West introduced sanctions against us as a punishment for the failure of its plan, what we did in terms of economic development & foreign economic ties in the East started exceeding the Western dimension to a great extent. The EU, NATO, & other residents of Europe that have joined the sanctions are depriving themselves of the advantages they used to enjoy in the past.

👉 This is a historic & objective trend & it will only grow stronger.

⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Rights of the child

👶 We advocate strengthening international cooperation in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, taking into account the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the outcome document of the 27th special session of the UNGA entitled "A World Fit for Children", which proclaimed, in particular, the need for a family environment for the full and harmonious development of a child's personality.

❗️ We note the importance of the right of parents and/or legal guardians to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the child of his/her rights.

We pay close attention to the problem of children in armed conflict, including within the framework of the UNSC.

We strongly condemn the UN Secretary-General's biased decision to include the Russian Armed Forces in the list of parties responsible for violations against children in Ukraine in his relevant annual report for 2022.

We believe that the list of violators should include the Ukrainian armed forces, which have committed numerous crimes against minors.

📃 We support the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and look forward to further cooperation with her. We encourage the Special Representative to use only verified facts when it comes to the situation of children in Ukraine, avoiding politicization of the issue.

🔴 #LIVE: Meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue of Western arms' supplies to Ukraine (on the initiative of the Russian delegation)

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🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues "on the sidelines" of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, September 13

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🔗 https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1701831566895501522

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🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video

⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Development of important multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation arrangements

📃 Russia has initiated the development of important multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation arrangements, including on the prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS) and on the suppression of acts of chemical and biological terrorism.

We believe that a constructive dialogue on these issues will provide an opportunity to engage in substantive work (including negotiations) at the UN. In promoting these initiatives, we rigorously adhere to the principles of equality and consensus ensuring a balance of interests.

At the 78th session of the General Assembly, we will traditionally submit to the First Committee draft resolutions concerning no first placement of weapons in outer space (NFP), transparency and confidence-building measures in space activities, and further practical steps on PAROS.

Globalization of the NFP initiative is a significant but only interim step towards the conclusion of an international treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space on the basis of the Chinese-Russian draft treaty on prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space and of the threat or use of force against outer space objects.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to organisers and participants in the International Anti-Fascist Forum-2023

💬 Symbolically, the motto of your meeting is Remembering the Past and Thinking about the Future. This year, we celebrate the milestone anniversaries of several key events in the Great Patriotic War, including the rout of German forces in the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk and the lifting of the siege of Leningrad. These momentous events were a prelude to the liberation of the peoples of the former USSR and Europe from the “plague of brown shirts.”

Regrettably, today’s world has again run into the consequences of unlearned past lessons:

• Certain states have glorified Nazi collaborators for decades and actually legalised cultural and language segregation.

• A mean war is being waged against Soviet memorial heritage, with the graves of liberator soldiers being desecrated.

• Hatred towards everything related to Russia is encouraged. This has culminated in a hybrid war unleashed by the collective West against Russia in the context of the special military operation aimed at protecting the people of Donbass from the Ukrainian neo-Nazis.

👉 Under these conditions, consolidation of all sober-minded forces is needed as never before to counteract the rewriting of history and the spread of the ideology of intolerance.

I am confident that your forum will make a noticeable contribution to this work.

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🎙 President Vladimir Putin’s address at the Plenary Session of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (September 12, 2023)

💬 In these conditions the world sees the expanding space for actual business cooperation between states that do not yield to external pressure but pursue their own national interests. We are witnessing a new emerging model of relationships and integration – and not by Western patterns, for the elite, for the chosen ‘golden billion,’ but for the entire humanity.

🤝 I expect our trade with the APR countries and economic relations in general to further expand, because Russia, our Far East, is open to strengthening trade and cooperation ties, and the potential of such cooperation simply cannot be overestimated.

We have come up with special tax, administrative and customs preferences in the Far East in order to promote the development of industrial sites and high-tech production facilities and to create new jobs, and we have taken on the construction of infrastructure and bringing utilities to industrial sites.

🚢 Transport projects are important as a means of support for business initiatives and in general for the economy of the Arctic and the Far East and for local residents there. It is necessary to expand the existing logistics routes and open new corridors for cargo operations.

Development of the Northern Sea Route has special priority among these projects. Thirty-four million tonnes of cargo were shipped using the route last year. In the next few years, the cargo traffic on this global transport corridor will only grow

Thanks to the initiative of private investors, we are building the Pacific Railway and a new port on the Sea of Okhotsk, which will allow us to utilise the resources of Yakutia and the northern regions in the Khabarovsk Territory, and to secure direct access to Asia-Pacific markets.

❗️ The Far East is Russia’s strategic priority for the entire 21st century, and we will stick to this.

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to questions from Vesti news programme "on the sidelines" of the Eastern Economic Forum (Vladivostok, September 12, 2023)

❓ Question: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made quite a splash when he said that Ukraine was ready to hold talks with Russia. If they do get underway, the United States would follow. What do you think about this?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: In 2022, Vladimir Zelensky signed an executive order prohibiting any talks with the Russian Government or Vladimir Putin. The whole world knows this. If those directing the actions of this regime decided that the Ukrainians must be ready to enter into talks, the first step would probably be to recommend or order that they rescind the order or decree prohibiting these talks.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has said many times that Russia does not reject talks. Those trying to avoid talks must know that the longer they drag their feet on this matter, the harder it will be for us to find common ground.

❓Question: Some claimed that the goal for his trip to Kiev was to convince Kiev to enter talks.

💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would rather not try to make any guesses on this matter. So far, the Ukrainian regime has been berating everyone, including the Americans, the Europeans, and all other countries, asking for more money, assistance, weapons and ammunition.

Representatives of the Ukrainian regime can be heard making statements to this effect every day. Dmitry Kuleba, the so-called colleague of mine, has recently met with Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kiev and complained on camera that the Germans refuse to supply long-range missile systems. He ended his diatribe by saying that they would end up delivering these weapons anyway.

This is the kind of client Ukraine is. Those who created this regime must know how to deal with it.

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🇮🇳 🇷🇺 Russian Minister Unveils India’s Bid to Mutually Build Non-Nuclear Icebreakers

🗯 "This is a continuation of the work that we began in March of this year. At my invitation, the Minister of Ports and Shipping of India came to the Russian Federation. This is his first time in Russia. India is interested in training personnel in Arctic navigation. We made a proposal for the joint creation of non-nuclear icebreakers on Indian shipyards. We are studying this proposal," Minister for Development of the Russian Far East Alexey Chekunkov stated.

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the 15th Congress of the International Association of Russian Language and Literature Teachers

💬 Sergey Lavrov: I want to welcome the organisers, participants and guests of the 15th Congress of the International Association of Russian Language and Literature Teachers (#MAPRYAL).

For over 50 years, the Association has gained a reputation as an authoritative professional venue that contributes to intercultural dialogue and an atmosphere of friendship, trust, and mutual understanding between peoples.

It is gratifying that leading Russian language teachers and philologists from many countries have assembled in St Petersburg despite the complicated international situation and the unprecedented pressure brought to bear by those wishing to cancel Russian culture and the Russian language. But no matter where you live and work, you are united by your dedication to your profession and your love for the language of Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Ivan Turgenev.

☝️ Preserving the status of the Russian language, an official language of the United Nations and other international organisations and a language of interethnic relations, is one of our top priorities.

In this connection, the Foreign Ministry of Russia appreciates MAPRYAL’s diverse activities, including its effort to implement numerous scholarly, educational and pedagogical projects. We will continue to provide comprehensive support to your noble mission.

I wish you productive work, new professional successes, and all the best.

📖 The book by the Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev 'Ukraine's Crimes Against Humanity (2022-2023)' was published in English.

👉 Read in full: Ukraine's Crimes Against Humanity (2022-2023)

This book contains more than 600 testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses of Ukrainian war crimes and terrorist acts against civilians, committed between 2022 and 2023. The facts presented by them testify to the Kiev regime's commission of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including:

▪️ Shelling of residential areas and killing civilians;
▪️ Use of the population as human shields;
▪️ Torture of civilians and Russian soldiers;
▪️ Destruction of civilian objects;
▪️ Shelling of places where civilians are gathered.

The evidence of crimes presented in the book also contains direct speech and is classified according to the types of crimes under international humanitarian law.

Report and witness accounts were published in a form of a book testify to massive Ukrainian war crimes, which under international humanitarian law are classified as crimes against humanity and have no statute of limitations.

📹 Watch the film

🗓 On September 12, at Russia’s request, the UN Security Council held a meeting on arms supplies to Kiev.

The Russian side invited Hungarian journalist George Szamuely, as a reporter from civil society. He made a detailed analysis of the causes that generated the crisis in and around Ukraine, with a focus on the role of the United States and the EU in organising and supporting the anti-constitutional coup in 2014.

Based on facts and remarks by members of the Western elites, he exposed their hypocrisy with regard to the Minsk agreements, which were used as a smokescreen to hide Kiev’s preparations for the conflict. He came to the conclusion that continued military operations benefitted the West, which sought to weaken the Russian Federation.

☝️ Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya pointed to the desperate steps taken by the Kiev regime and its allies against the background of their clearly failed counteroffensive. He mentioned the Ukrainian provocation involving a missile attack on the marketplace in Konstantinovka, which was soon exposed based on surveillance camera footage confirming that the missiles had arrived from where Ukrainian army units were deployed. He described US and UK supplies of cluster bomb units and depleted-uranium shells to the Zelensky regime as a gesture of desperation in disregard of the fact that these munitions posed a threat to civilians and the environment for decades to come.

“Black transplantology,” which has become widespread in Ukraine thanks, among other things, to the local legislature passing relevant laws, was yet another topic discussed at the meeting. An outrageous situation was cited as an example, where a charity employee, caught red-handed while selling Ukrainian children, among other things for organ transplants abroad, was released from custody and jumped bail.

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❗️ Russia will continue to draw the international community’s attention to these important topics, including at the UN Security Council.

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