🎙 President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club (October 5, 2023)

Key talking points:

• The prosperity of the West has been achieved by robbing colonies for several centuries. This is a fact. Essentially, this level of development has been achieved by robbing the entire planet. The history of the West is essentially the chronicle of endless expansion.

• This war, the one that the regime sitting in Kiev started with the vigorous and direct support from the West, has been going on for more than nine years, and Russia’s special military operation is aimed at stopping it. And it reminds us that unilateral steps, no matter who takes them, will inevitably prompt retaliation.

• The Ukraine crisis is not a territorial conflict and not an attempt to establish regional geopolitical balance. The issue is much broader and more fundamental and is about the principles underlying the new international order.

• The West – at least a certain part of the West, the elite – always need an enemy. They need an enemy to justify the need for military action and expansion.

• There are many civilisations, and none is superior or inferior to another. They are equal since each civilisation represents a unique expression of its own culture, traditions, and the aspirations of its people.

• The essential characteristics of a civilisation-state encompass diversity and self-sufficiency, which, I believe, are two key components. Today’s world rejects uniformity, and each state and society strives to develop its own path of development

❗️ Russia was, is and will be one of the foundations of this new world system, ready for constructive interaction with everyone who strives for peace and prosperity, but ready for tough opposition against those who profess the principles of dictatorship and violence. We believe that pragmatism and common sense will prevail, and a multipolar world will be established.

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🎙 From President Vladimir Putin's answers to questions during the Plenary Session of the 20th Anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

Nagorno-Karabakh

💬 Vladimir Putin: President of France Macron and Mr Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, oversaw the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan gathering in Prague in the autumn of 2022 and signing a statement, under which Armenia recognised Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. <...> And then, at the beginning of 2023, they repeated it a second time at a similar meeting in Brussels.

By the way, no one told us about this, I personally learned this from the press. Azerbaijan has always believed that Karabakh is part of its territory, but by defining the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, Armenia made a qualitative change in its position.

After this, President Aliyev came up to me at a meeting and said: you see, everyone recognised that Karabakh is ours; your peacekeepers are there on our territory. You see, even the status of our peacekeepers immediately underwent a qualitative change after the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan was determined. He said: your military is on our territory and let us now agree on their status on bilateral basis. And Prime Minister Pashinyan confirmed: yes, now you have to talk bilaterally.

That is, Karabakh is gone. You can say whatever you want about this status, but this was the key issue: the status of Karabakh. Everything revolved around it over the previous decades: how and when, who and where will determine the status. Now Armenia decided: Karabakh officially became part of Azerbaijan. This is the position of the Armenian state today.

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It was only a matter of time: when and in what way Azerbaijan would establish constitutional order there within the framework of the Constitution of the Azerbaijani state.

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Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova:

The Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, Kirill Budanov, admitted that his agency's special operations forces made three attacks aimed at seizing the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, all of which were repelled by Russian forces.

💬 Budanov's confession should serve as a wake-up call for the UN, whose representatives had been claiming for months that they could not to determine where the attacks on the station were coming from.

Budanov's confession should also snap the NATO countries’ populations out of the hypnotic trance created by NATO regimes, which had led their people to believe that Russia posed a threat to nuclear facilities and was threatening to use nuclear weapons.

The Foreign Ministry has repeatedly (1, 2, 3) stated that Zelensky's regime has been using the nuclear power plant as a dirty nuclear weapon to blackmail Europeans. Russia has provided evidence on all relevant platforms to prove the shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant by Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Everything we've said will continue to be corroborated by the facts in the future.

🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues

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🗓 The 6th Russian Energy Week (#REW2023) is already in full swing - it takes place on October 11-13, 2023 at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow.

Russian Energy Week International Forum is a key international event to address the most pressing issues in the energy sector.

This year event’s central theme will be The New Reality of Global Energy: Building the Future.

🌐 Over 4,000 guests from more than 60 countries and territories have confirmed their participation in REW 2023.

The Forum’s business programme includes more than 30 events divided into thematic blocks:
• The International Agenda;
• Sustainable Development and the Climate;
• Scientific and Technological Development, and the Digital Transformation;
• The Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector.

🤝 Speakers and participants in the discussions at REW 2023 will discuss the formation of global prices for energy supplies and raw materials, the outlook for the oil industry, and the climate agenda. Special attention will be paid to the use of digital technologies in the fuel and energy sector.

💬 President Vladimir Putin (from greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 6th Russian Energy Week International Forum): "Over the past few years, the forum has rightfully become one of the most prominent international platforms for discussing current issues related to the fuel and energy industry.

I am certain that the recommendations developed during the Russian Energy Week and the agreements signed on the sidelines will help to strengthen cooperation in this strategic area and to build a prosperous future for our countries and nations."

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📰 Article by FM Sergey Lavrov (October 10, 2023)

Adherence to the UN Charter principles in their entirety and interconnection underwrite international peace and stability

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💬 The recently held general political discussion during the 78th session of the UNGA affirmed that the world is going through profound and tectonic changes.

We are witnessing the emergence of a new and fairer multipolar order that reflects the world’s cultural and civilisational diversity. The future world is taking shape in the midst of a battle. The global majority, representing 85 percent of the world's population, advocates a more equitable distribution of global resources and respect of cultural diversity, as well as consistent democratisation of international affairs. On the other hand, a select group of Western nations led by the US is endeavouring to hinder progress through neo-colonial methods and to maintain its waning dominance. <....>

Key talking points:

🔸 One can’t help but get the strong impression that the US and its subservient “Western team” have decided to impart a global dimension to the Monroe Doctrine.

🔸 Western ruling elites, in violation of the UN Charter, are telling other countries who they should maintain relations with and how.

🔸 The aggressive and self-serving approach adopted by the Western minority has sparked a major crisis in international relations, and the risks of a global conflict are running high. <...> It is critical to endeavor to turn the spirit of multipolarity enshrined in the UN Charter into reality.

🇺🇳 The mission of the United Nations lies precisely in seeking consensus, rather than dividing the world into “democracies” and “autocracies.” Russia, along with its like-minded partners, is fully prepared to contribute to this mission.

❗️ If global community members muster the determination to get back to basics and put their UN Charter commitments into practice, humanity will have a chance to overcome the destructive legacy of the unipolar era.

#UNCharterIsOurRules

Good morning, India! 🌞 शुभ प्रभात, भारत!

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🔴 LIVE: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following the #CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting.

📍 Bishkek, October 12, 2023

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