During #RussiaDay2022 reception, the Russian awards ceremony for Indian nationals took place. Learn more ➡ https://tinyurl.com/4m4nzaj4

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A special touch to #RussiaDay2022 reception was added by the #Moscow Cossack Choir’s performance organized with the assistance of the Government of Moscow. Learn more ➡ https://tinyurl.com/4m4nzaj4

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🎙 The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin attended the Plenary Session of the 25th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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🔹 After declaring victory in the Cold War, the United States proclaimed itself to be God’s messenger on Earth, without any obligations and only interests which were declared sacred.

🔹 Step by step, we will normalise the economic situation. We have stabilised the financial markets, the banking system and the trade network.

🔹 We see social and economic problems worsening in Europe, and in the US as well, food, electricity and fuel prices rising, with quality of life in Europe falling and companies losing their market edge.

🔹 Russia is ready to contribute to balancing global markets of agricultural products, and we see that our UN colleagues, who are aware of the scale of the global food problem, are ready for dialogue.

🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the BBC TV channel

🔹 We announced a special military operation after being left with no other means to make it clear to the West that it is engaging in criminal activity by dragging Ukraine into NATO, by coddling and doting on a neo-Nazi regime, whose president Vladimir Zelensky said in September 2021 (you didn’t tell your viewers about it, did you?) that, if someone in Ukraine feels Russian, they should leave for Russia.

🔹 Today, the Ukrainian regime is attacking civilians with your Western weapons just like they did in 2014 when the putschists came to power, when the centre of Lugansk was bombed by aircraft and 50 people were burned alive in Odessa.

🔹 I think that NATO is a threat. We are told not to worry, that Ukraine’s accession to NATO wouldn’t pose a threat to the Russian Federation. With all due respect for our colleagues from the North Atlantic Alliance, I must say that Russia has the right to decide for itself what threatens its security and what does not.

🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the NTV network

📍 Saint-Petersburg, June 16, 2022

◻️ To attain its strategic goal, the West, first, is ready to hurt its own citizens for the sake of its geopolitical ambitions, and second, is forcing all others to act likewise through open blackmail, threats, ultimatums and other lowbrow methods and moves.

◻️ I hope that along with politicians who irresponsibly demand to supply Ukraine with whatever it wants, there are military people who realise what is at stake and understand the risks involved.

◻️ We do not have a goal to become one of the poles of a multipolar world. We are just stating an objective reality. This world is developing objectively, all by itself. All the current “labours” of the West are aimed at “containing” this objective historical process.

🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS news agency, St Petersburg (June 16, 2022)

💬 We are defending Donbass. We had to recognise the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic. We will uphold their independence within the borders where they held the referendum in 2014.

💬 You see the people’s response in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson region and Zaporozhye region, and a number of other Ukrainian regions. They want to build a peaceful life without constantly experiencing fear of the neo-Nazis who have been abusing them all these long years.

💬 We are key initiators of the statements that were made at the Russian-US summits, as well as those made on behalf of the leaders of the five UN Security Council permanent member countries, saying that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and so it must never be unleashed. That is our position. We are strongly committed to it.

🎙Briefing by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, June 15.

Main topics:
🔹 FM #Lavrov. Schedule
🔹 Update on #Ukraine
🔹 #SPIEF2022
🔹 Outcomes of the Summit of the Americas
🔹 EU project of rebuilding Ukraine
🔹 ECHR ruling on the Russian law On Foreign Agents
🔹 Russia - Ukrainian talks
🔹 Prospects of direct conflict between Russia and the US
🔹 60 years of #RussiaSenegal diplomatic relations
🔹 #BRICS

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⚡️ Excerpts from @mod_russia_en briefing on the results of the analysis of data and documents, related to the military-biological activity of the USA in Ukraine

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☣️ We have previously spoken about the experiments held by the employees of a laboratory in Merefa on the patients of a psychiatric clinic in Kharkov since 2019 to 2021. It has been noted that one of the organisers of this illegal activity was a US citizen Linda Oporto Al-Haroun.

The documents received during the special military operation have revealed that this kind of investigations has been carried out in Ukraine at least since 2011 and Al-Haroun repeatedly visited the branch of the Merefa laboratory built with funds of the Pentagon in Sorokovka, Kharkov region.

According to the available information, highly active neuropeptides were tested on socially vulnerable citizens of Ukraine that caused irreversible damage to the central nervous system. This is a clear violation of the international treaties related to human rights.

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Despite the assurances of the United States that the biological research in Ukraine is carried out exclusively in the field of civilian healthcare, there are documents that confirm the direct cooperation between the military departments of these countries.

Since 2015 that was the beginning of large-scale financing of Ukrainian projects by the Pentagon, numerous cases of infectious diseases have been recorded among servicemen and residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics.

Analysis of documents on the activities of the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Ukraine implies that one of the prioritised tasks of DTRA is to train field epidemiologists. Within this training course, the US side has actively been introducing its own standards for diagnosing infectious diseases that do not correspond to current public healthcare problems.

💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: Every week brings further tragic evidence of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law committed by the neo-Nazi regime and foreign mercenaries that are fighting on its side.

They are resorting to the terrorist, extremist tactic of intimidating civilians and are using locals as human shields.

On June 13 of this year, Ukrainian nationalists subjected Donetsk to the most barbaric shelling since 2015. They fired 620 units of different ammunition from tube, rocket and missile artillery, killing five people, including an 11-year-old boy. Thirty-nine civilians, including three children were injured Is the US delegation walking in sacrosanct circles around the UNSC hall of sessions? Where is the US Permanent Ambassador with angry speeches and yelling? Where are the US humanitarians? What’s wrong with the NGOs? Why are they silent?

(excerpt from weekly briefing of 15.06.22)

Rishabh Sethi, a representative of the Indian delegation to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) which took place in Russia talked to Sputnik and shared his opinion on the role the forum has in building cooperation among Russia and the non-western countries such as China, India and African states.

Rishabh Sethi is a member of India's Centre for Promotion of International Initiatives and a scholar at Russia's Tver State University. He took part in two panel discussions at SPIEF that started on 15 June.

The panels were ‘Youth Outlook on the Horizons of the New Global Order’ and ‘Multi-track diplomacy: The Role of New and Old Tools of Diplomacy in Promoting Russia’s National Interests’.

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Rishabh Sethi talked about the effect western sanctions were having on business. Today non-western countries are seeking for more opportunities to advance cooperation with Russia because no one wants to suffer from the war and economic crisis. India and Russia are strategic partners which is why both countries are supporting each other in such tough times as these, he said.

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The governments of western countries are trying to infect the general public in other countries with Russophobia. Rishabh Sethi said that Russia and India have had a long history of friendship so people-to-people relationships have been unscathed by the brand of Russophobia which western countries have been so vigorously promoting since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich took part in the launching of the torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad in New Delhi today

On June 19, as part of the 75th anniversary of #RussiaIndia diplomatic relations celebrations, the well-known Russian singer, founder and soloist of the SATI ETHNICA project, Sati Kazanova, gave a big concert at Russian House in #NewDelhi.

You are welcome to explore all her creative work here ➡️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-k9GbVoSfze3jGWd5-xuY8PDG2LKLjt8

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On June 20, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin met with Narinder Batra, President of the Indian Olympic Association. Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov also took part in the meeting.

The prospects of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the area of #sports🏅were discussed.

The Russian delegation is in New Delhi to participate in a meeting of the Bureau of the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport, which is scheduled for June 22, 2022.

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (June 20, 2022)

◽️Russian Federation Armed Forces continue launching attacks at military facilities located in Ukraine.

💥Oniks high-precision missile launched by Bastion coastal missile system has striken Artsiz airfield in Odessa region. The attack has resulted in destroying a control station for Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and 2 UAVs of this system on the ground.

💥 Within the counter-battery warfare, 11 plattoons of Grad multiple rocket-launching systems have been neutralised near Kurtimovka, Ochertino, Tonenkoye, Sukhaya Balka, Novgorodskoye, Mayorovka, Otradovka and Zaytsevo over the past 24 hours.

◽️In addition, 12 artillery plattoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have been neutralised at their firing positions near Dzerzhinsk, Novgorodskoye, Nikolayevka, Leninskoye and Zaytsevo.

◽️2 M777 155-mm howitzers and their crews have been eliminated near Podgornoye.

✈️💥Operational-tactical and army aviation has neutralised 47 manpower and equipment concentration areas.

◽️The eliminated targets include: manpower and military equipment near Vesyoloye, Privolchye and Bogorodichnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), a launching ramp of Buk-M1 multiple rocket-launching system near Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as illumination and observation radar of S-300 air defence missile system near Novodruzhesk (Lugansk People's Republic).

💥Missile troops and artillery have neutralised 148 manpower and military equipment concentration areas of the AFU, 25 command posts, as well as 59 artillery units at their firing positions.

◽️Attacks launched by aviation, missile troops and artillery have resulted in 450 nationalists, 13 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, as well as 16 special vehicles.

💥Russian air defence systems have shot down 1 MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force near Apostolovo (Dnepropetrovsk region).
In addition, 9 Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down near Alisovka (Kharkov region), Verkhnetoretskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Grechishkino (Lugansk People's Republic), mound Mogila Kulicha, Tomina Balka and Chernobayevka (Kherson region).

◽️9 projectiles launched by Uragan multiple-launching system have been intercepted near Malaya Kamyshevakha and Dolgenkoye (Kharkov region), Makeyevka and Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

📊In total, 208 airplanes and 132 helicopters, 1,260 unmanned aerial vehicles, 345 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,696 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 576 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 2,055 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 3,731 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

◽️The enemy suffers considerable losses during the special military operation.

◽️Since May 19, during the month, only the 14th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has lost 2,100 persons who resulted dead and wounded. Due to low moral and psychological conditions, 800 persons destined for replenishing the losses of this unit, refused to go to the operational area and accused officers of incompetence, bribery and cronyism in paying money allowance.

◽️About 100 servicemen of a reconnaissance unit of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade have been relieved of combat duty and transported to Kremenchug for investigation.

◽️A considerable part of the commanders of the 30th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have abstracted themselves from managing their units and refuse to fulfil combat tasks. All kinds of pretexts are used for simulating illness. The majority of units have already been left without any officers.

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the BBC TV channel (June 16, 2022). Unabridged. Now with English subtitles.

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🚛 Russian servicemen deliver around 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to civilians in liberated settlements in Kharkov region during special military operation

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💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

Kiev and its Western patrons are pursuing their disinformation campaign against our country.

In early April, they tried to accuse Russian military personnel of killing civilians in Bucha. The evidence clearly showed it was a staged performance carried out by Ukrainian and Western intelligence agencies.

But the way, what's up with Bucha? Where are the names and pictures of the people and their life stories?

A week after the incident in Bucha the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the railway station in Kramatorsk with a Tochka U missile and again accused our country of the air strike.

Even Western journalists, who started correcting their own mistakes and then stopped covering this topic altogether, said it was a lie.

On June 13, 2022, Kiev again tried to accuse Russia of shelling the central part of Donetsk with NATO-made ammunition.

Such cynicism can neither be understood nor qualified.

(excerpt from weekly briefing of 15.06.22)

#Opinion by Maria Zakharova

💬 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) posted a consolidated list of grain production data for the 2021/2022 season on its website.

The figures provided by experts show that according to the 2021/2022 agricultural year results, the global grain production is expected to reach 2.8 billion tonnes, which is more than in the 2019/2020 season. The grain carryover will amount to a record high of 850 million tonnes (much higher than last year). According to the results of the current agricultural year, the stocks-to-use ratio will amount to 30.5 percent, which is above average as well.

That means there will be more grain in the world.

Now, let's take a look at the trade transaction data. Anticipated grain trade volumes are higher than in the 2019/2020 season at 439.2 million tonnes. Separate data for wheat are available. The physical level of stocks and the volume of trade in this commodity will increase to 192 million tonnes (up by 1.5 percent compared to the previous period). Similar dynamics are anticipated in feed grain and rice production and trade.

Here's why this is important.

Representatives of the West are using every platform, including the UN, to accuse Russia of reducing the amount of grain available on the market through its actions, allegedly throwing a wrench in grain operations which, according to the West, has sent prices for wheat and other grains up.

In reality, though, there’s more grain on the market than in previous years, and trade is up as well.

It turns out that the price (which is growing, indeed) is not growing because of Russia's actions. The cause of that is a separate matter, and experts are coming up with different explanations.

However, general conclusions can be drawn:
1. Systematic errors made by the West when making forecasts for its agricultural policy.
2. Global inflation caused by short-sighted financial and monetary mechanisms that the West used during the pandemic.
3. The ill-conceived transition of Europe and North America to green energy based on the forced introduction of bio fuel technologies.
4. Illegitimate sanctions that have disrupted the established commodity-money chains.

With regard to whether famine is a realistic scenario, experts increasingly foresee a pessimistic outcome. They believe that many nations will be impacted and even more will become destitute.

The Western regimes that instigate and cause destruction should be blamed for that.

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (June 21, 2022)

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▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

▫️On June 20, at about 05.00 AM, the Kiev regime attempted to capture Snake Island.

💥The plan of the operation composed by the Kiev regime supposed to launch massive air and artillery attacks at Snake Island, to disembark troops and capture it.

💥The air attack has involved more than 15 Ukrainian attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) adjusted by two Bayraktar-TB2 UAVs.

💥Russian means detected a Global Hawk RQ-4 strategic reconnaissance UAV of the U.S. Air Force at high altitudes near Snake Island.

🔺Ukrainian UAVs were supported in air by S-300 air defence systems from their combat positions near Tuzla and Ochakov.

💥Missile and artillery attacks at Snake Island were launched by Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles, Uragan multiple rocket launchers and M777 155-mm howitzers from their combat positions to the west from Odessa and in Kubansky island.

💥Russian air defence means (Pantsir air defence missile and cannon system and Tor air defence missile system) have destroyed all the destruction means of the enemy launched at Snake Island.

▫️The destroyed targets were: 13 UAVs, 4 Tochka-U missiles and 21 projectiles of Uragan multiple rocket launcher.

▫️No Ukrainian destruction means have reached their targets in Snake Island.

▫️The unsuccessful fire attack forced the enemy to abandon the landing to Snake Island.

🔹After being convinced that the attempt to seize the island had failed, the Kiev regime took an attempt of a new gamble related to Russian gas infrastructure facilities in the north-western part of the Black Sea.

💥After 08.00 AM, anti-ship missiles and a Bayraktar-TB2 UAV attacked BK-1 and Krym-1 gas production platforms.

▫️The Ukrainian provocation has resulted in an intensive fire at BK-1 platform, this area of the Black Sea has resulted to be in danger of an environmental disaster.

▫️Sabotages of the Kiev regime have been reflected by launching Oniks cruise missiles at Shkolny military airfield near Odessa and the destruction of the hangars for Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 UAVs detected by Russian reconnaissance means.

▫️2 artillery plattoons of M777 155-mm howitzers have been destroyed in Kubansky island.

✈️💥 Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed 2 launching ramps of S-300 air defence missile system near Ochakov and Tuzla (Odessa region).
Russian Federation Armed Forces continue launching attacks at military facilities located in Ukraine.

💥High-precision air-based missiles have destroyed 4 munitions depots near Mirnaya Dolina, Loskutovka, Podlesnoye (Lugansk People's Republic), as well as a Buk-M1air defence system near Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️In addition, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as well as of nationalist groups, including the Right Sector, have been neutralised near Belaya Gora, Novodruzhesk, Mirnaya Dolina, Podlesnoye and Volcheyarovka.

💥Within counter-battery warfare towards Donetsk, 2 plattoons of Uragan multiple rocket launchers have been neutralised near Zaryanoye and Dimitrov, as well as 2 plattoons of Giatsint-B 152-mm howitzers at their firing positions near Spartak and Podgornoye.

✈️💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation has neutralised: 57 manpower and military equipment concentration areas, 1 command post of the AFU, as well as a multi-function missile guidance radars of S-300 air defence system near Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).

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