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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s response to a media question following the EU Summit
❓ Question: Yesterday, a two-day summit of the European Union concluded in Brussels. How does the Russian Foreign Ministry assess its results?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The last summit of the year, which took place on December 14-15 in Brussels, drew a line under the European Union’s disappointing results. The once peaceful and prosperous integration association is experiencing a rapid decline in both political and economic influence in the world due to numerous geopolitical miscalculations made by its pro-American leadership.
It is apparent that EU leaders leaving their positions next year are acting like temporary workers, leading the union into a dead end where a complete loss of sovereignty and international political subjectivity await. Their main goal is to gain favour with Washington in order to ensure the continuation of their own careers.
☝️ Of course, not everyone in Europe agrees with this humiliating course of the European Union.
Increasingly, people are becoming irritated by double standards, constant dictate, alignment with Washington, and financial blackmail. Solidarity within the EU has ceased to be a free democratic choice of member countries, instead becoming a political obligation.
It is no surprise that internal tensions are growing in the EU under these conditions, with cracks appearing throughout the European Union.
🙅 It is understandable that, according to surveys in European countries, fewer people in the EU have trust in European institutions, which are divorced from the needs of ordinary citizens and are solely focused on satisfying geopolitical ambitions that have nothing to do with the interests of the people.
It is natural that the most responsible European politicians are increasingly prioritising national interests over empty mantras of “European solidarity” that are disconnected from real needs.
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❓ Question: Yesterday, a two-day summit of the European Union concluded in Brussels. How does the Russian Foreign Ministry assess its results?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The last summit of the year, which took place on December 14-15 in Brussels, drew a line under the European Union’s disappointing results. The once peaceful and prosperous integration association is experiencing a rapid decline in both political and economic influence in the world due to numerous geopolitical miscalculations made by its pro-American leadership.
It is apparent that EU leaders leaving their positions next year are acting like temporary workers, leading the union into a dead end where a complete loss of sovereignty and international political subjectivity await. Their main goal is to gain favour with Washington in order to ensure the continuation of their own careers.
☝️ Of course, not everyone in Europe agrees with this humiliating course of the European Union.
Increasingly, people are becoming irritated by double standards, constant dictate, alignment with Washington, and financial blackmail. Solidarity within the EU has ceased to be a free democratic choice of member countries, instead becoming a political obligation.
It is no surprise that internal tensions are growing in the EU under these conditions, with cracks appearing throughout the European Union.
🙅 It is understandable that, according to surveys in European countries, fewer people in the EU have trust in European institutions, which are divorced from the needs of ordinary citizens and are solely focused on satisfying geopolitical ambitions that have nothing to do with the interests of the people.
It is natural that the most responsible European politicians are increasingly prioritising national interests over empty mantras of “European solidarity” that are disconnected from real needs.
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🗓 On December 15, Russia marks the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty.
This memorial day was established in 1991 by the Union of Journalists of Russia.
On this day we pay tribute to the memory of selfless reporters, photographers and cameramen who perished in the line of duty, including in danger zones and hot spots.
💬 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
Few professions entail as many risks to life and well-being as journalism; some reporters never return from their missions. That's why we deeply appreciate the honest and selfless work of journalists and frontline reporters, TV anchors, cameramen, and photographers who willingly immerse themselves in the midst of events to provide their audience with accurate and timely information, offering a full and unbiased picture of what is happening. Often this dedication comes at the ultimate cost – their lives.
This year, it saddens our hearts to re-iterate that Russian journalism has once again suffered irreplaceable losses. Alongside their families, friends & colleagues, we mourn the loss of Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov, who fell victim to the criminal Kiev regime, its militants and terrorists.
Many others have faced death – they have been targeted or come under fire when the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the civilian population and infrastructure with drones and other means.
❗️The Nazi regime in Kiev views Russian frontline reporters as high-priority targets, hunting them down because their reports expose the true brutal nature of the entrenched neo-Nazism and its violent crimes, debunking the myths propagated by Ukrainian and Western propaganda.
I want to extend my sincerest gratitude to all members of the media community who courageously follow their calling, putting themselves at risk day after day to carry out their work faithfully.
🙏🏻 Thank you. You are true heroes.
(from the Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on foreign policy issues, December 12, 2023)
This memorial day was established in 1991 by the Union of Journalists of Russia.
On this day we pay tribute to the memory of selfless reporters, photographers and cameramen who perished in the line of duty, including in danger zones and hot spots.
💬 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
Few professions entail as many risks to life and well-being as journalism; some reporters never return from their missions. That's why we deeply appreciate the honest and selfless work of journalists and frontline reporters, TV anchors, cameramen, and photographers who willingly immerse themselves in the midst of events to provide their audience with accurate and timely information, offering a full and unbiased picture of what is happening. Often this dedication comes at the ultimate cost – their lives.
This year, it saddens our hearts to re-iterate that Russian journalism has once again suffered irreplaceable losses. Alongside their families, friends & colleagues, we mourn the loss of Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov, who fell victim to the criminal Kiev regime, its militants and terrorists.
Many others have faced death – they have been targeted or come under fire when the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the civilian population and infrastructure with drones and other means.
❗️The Nazi regime in Kiev views Russian frontline reporters as high-priority targets, hunting them down because their reports expose the true brutal nature of the entrenched neo-Nazism and its violent crimes, debunking the myths propagated by Ukrainian and Western propaganda.
I want to extend my sincerest gratitude to all members of the media community who courageously follow their calling, putting themselves at risk day after day to carry out their work faithfully.
🙏🏻 Thank you. You are true heroes.
(from the Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on foreign policy issues, December 12, 2023)
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🎙 Excerpts from President Vladimir Putin's speech at an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board (December 19, 2023)
💬 The year of 2023 was a tense one for the Russian Armed Forces, and I want to say at once that our soldiers and officers, commanders at all levels courageously and professionally carried out tasks during special military operation, ensuring the country's sovereignty at the global level, nuclear missile parity and Russia's strategic security.
• The events of this year have confirmed that the West continues to wage hybrid warfare against Russia, actively providing the Kiev regime with real-time intelligence, sending military advisers, transferring modern weapons systems, including highly mobile multiple rocket launchers, long-range missile systems, cluster munitions and a large number of new UAVs. As we know, the West also planning to hand over F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine: pilots are being trained in the West.
📈 The activity of the NATO military bloc as a whole has also increased dramatically recently. Significant forces from the US, including aircraft, have been moved to our borders. The number of Alliance's troops in Eastern and Central Europe has increased. Finland, as we know, has already been drawn into NATO, and Sweden is planning to join. In fact, this means another stage in the alliance's approach to our borders.
❗️ The West is not abandoning its strategy to deter Russia and its aggressive goals in Ukraine. Well, we are not going to give up our goals of a special military operation either.
• Assessing the current situation on the ground, on the line of contact, we can say with confidence that our troops have the initiative. <...> The enemy is suffering heavy losses and has largely squandered its reserves. Incidentally, the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has also collapsed.
☝️ All attempts, as they said in the West, to inflict on us a military defeat, a strategic defeat, crashed against the courage and fortitude of our soldiers.
💬 The year of 2023 was a tense one for the Russian Armed Forces, and I want to say at once that our soldiers and officers, commanders at all levels courageously and professionally carried out tasks during special military operation, ensuring the country's sovereignty at the global level, nuclear missile parity and Russia's strategic security.
• The events of this year have confirmed that the West continues to wage hybrid warfare against Russia, actively providing the Kiev regime with real-time intelligence, sending military advisers, transferring modern weapons systems, including highly mobile multiple rocket launchers, long-range missile systems, cluster munitions and a large number of new UAVs. As we know, the West also planning to hand over F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine: pilots are being trained in the West.
📈 The activity of the NATO military bloc as a whole has also increased dramatically recently. Significant forces from the US, including aircraft, have been moved to our borders. The number of Alliance's troops in Eastern and Central Europe has increased. Finland, as we know, has already been drawn into NATO, and Sweden is planning to join. In fact, this means another stage in the alliance's approach to our borders.
❗️ The West is not abandoning its strategy to deter Russia and its aggressive goals in Ukraine. Well, we are not going to give up our goals of a special military operation either.
• Assessing the current situation on the ground, on the line of contact, we can say with confidence that our troops have the initiative. <...> The enemy is suffering heavy losses and has largely squandered its reserves. Incidentally, the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has also collapsed.
☝️ All attempts, as they said in the West, to inflict on us a military defeat, a strategic defeat, crashed against the courage and fortitude of our soldiers.
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🎙 Statement by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board (December 19, 2023)
Key talking points:
• Russian Groups of Forces have liberated an area five times larger than that of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics before the special military operation began.
💰 To date, Ukraine has received $203 billion from external sources, which is $30 billion more than its GDP. In fact, it is a bankrupt country. A significant part of these funds are loans that have to be repaid.
• In total, 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armoured personnel carriers, 28 airplanes, 87 helicopters, 23,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, over 1,300 artillery systems, including 494 M777, Caesar, Paladin, and Krab howitzers, as well as 2,650,000 155-mm and 122-mm shells were delivered to Kiev.
• NATO military personnel have direct control over air defence systems, operational-tactical missiles, and multiple launch rocket systems. <...> A total of 410 military and dual-purpose spacecraft from NATO countries are working in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
❗️ Since the special operation began, the AFU's losses have exceeded 383,000 troops killed and wounded, 14,000 tanks, IFVs, and APCs, 553 airplanes and 259 helicopters, 8,500 field artillery guns and MLRS vehicles.
• The mercenaries who have been actively involved since the beginning of the special military operation have been eliminated for the most part. More than 5,800 militants were neutralised, including 1,427 from Poland, 466 from the US, and 344 from the UK.
☝️ Every day, more than 1,500 people [in Russia] apply for military service. This year alone, about 490,000 contract servicemen and volunteers have been recruited.
• The number of foreign volunteers willing to fight in favour of the truth has increased seven times. In the Ukrainian army, the opposite trend is observed. The number of foreign mercenaries has decreased six times.
Key talking points:
• Russian Groups of Forces have liberated an area five times larger than that of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics before the special military operation began.
💰 To date, Ukraine has received $203 billion from external sources, which is $30 billion more than its GDP. In fact, it is a bankrupt country. A significant part of these funds are loans that have to be repaid.
• In total, 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armoured personnel carriers, 28 airplanes, 87 helicopters, 23,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, over 1,300 artillery systems, including 494 M777, Caesar, Paladin, and Krab howitzers, as well as 2,650,000 155-mm and 122-mm shells were delivered to Kiev.
• NATO military personnel have direct control over air defence systems, operational-tactical missiles, and multiple launch rocket systems. <...> A total of 410 military and dual-purpose spacecraft from NATO countries are working in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
❗️ Since the special operation began, the AFU's losses have exceeded 383,000 troops killed and wounded, 14,000 tanks, IFVs, and APCs, 553 airplanes and 259 helicopters, 8,500 field artillery guns and MLRS vehicles.
• The mercenaries who have been actively involved since the beginning of the special military operation have been eliminated for the most part. More than 5,800 militants were neutralised, including 1,427 from Poland, 466 from the US, and 344 from the UK.
☝️ Every day, more than 1,500 people [in Russia] apply for military service. This year alone, about 490,000 contract servicemen and volunteers have been recruited.
• The number of foreign volunteers willing to fight in favour of the truth has increased seven times. In the Ukrainian army, the opposite trend is observed. The number of foreign mercenaries has decreased six times.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement during a joint news conference with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita and Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Hossam Zaki following the 6th Session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum
📍 Marrakech, December 20, 2023
💬 We concur in the assessments of the 6th session of the Russia-Arab Cooperation Forum that we just heard.
We reviewed the entire range of challenges and threats faced by the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. We share the principle underlying our common approach to addressing these issues with our Arab friends: the domestic issues of the countries in the region should be resolved without outside interference through a broad-based national dialogue aimed at achieving public consensus.
🇺🇳 We all adhere to the principles of the UN Charter, such as respect for independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. We see this as a crucial condition for ensuring regional stability.
We reaffirmed our shared position in favour of achieving a sustainable ceasefire as soon as possible and providing assistance to the people of Gaza who are suffering from the severe humanitarian consequences of the blockade and the ongoing hostilities.
🤝 We agreed to interact at the UN in order to advance the above approaches.
❗️We declared we are in favour of further strengthening practical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Arab world.
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📍 Marrakech, December 20, 2023
💬 We concur in the assessments of the 6th session of the Russia-Arab Cooperation Forum that we just heard.
We reviewed the entire range of challenges and threats faced by the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. We share the principle underlying our common approach to addressing these issues with our Arab friends: the domestic issues of the countries in the region should be resolved without outside interference through a broad-based national dialogue aimed at achieving public consensus.
🇺🇳 We all adhere to the principles of the UN Charter, such as respect for independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. We see this as a crucial condition for ensuring regional stability.
We reaffirmed our shared position in favour of achieving a sustainable ceasefire as soon as possible and providing assistance to the people of Gaza who are suffering from the severe humanitarian consequences of the blockade and the ongoing hostilities.
🤝 We agreed to interact at the UN in order to advance the above approaches.
❗️We declared we are in favour of further strengthening practical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Arab world.
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Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Ilya Rogachev’s interview with BRICS Africa Channel (14 December 2023).
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Key points:
🔹 We should remember the years of the anti-apartheid struggle in the south of the African continent and the role that Soviet people and Soviet state played in that. This is a very good basis for developing our relations.
🔹 There is a discrepancy between very well developed political relations and the economic sphere. We need to fill this gap.
🔹 We should look at sanctions as a window of opportunities. A lot of Russian businesses who previously have been dealing mostly with Western partners, and were westwardly oriented in general, now these businesses have to look elsewhere.
🔹 Russia, as our President and Foreign Minister and other leaders repeated on many occasions, is ready to discuss all aspects, and we never refused to participate in any talks about peace in Ukraine. The problem was on the other side. In Sept 2022, President Zelensky issued a decree prohibiting Ukrainian officials to negotiate with Russian officials.
🔹 Next year BRICS will start operating in expanded format – the achievement of South African presidency. We will try to make the transition as smooth as possible. In particular, we will try not to let the number of events drop. There will be about 200 of them.
🔹 BRICS Sports Games will take place in June in Kazan. We expect a lot from this event, because many other sports events unfortunately have become so politicized that not all countries can participate.
☝I think Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who started the Olympic movement, now is turning and tossing in his grave, witnessing the decisions the IOC is taking right now.
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Key points:
🔹 We should remember the years of the anti-apartheid struggle in the south of the African continent and the role that Soviet people and Soviet state played in that. This is a very good basis for developing our relations.
🔹 There is a discrepancy between very well developed political relations and the economic sphere. We need to fill this gap.
🔹 We should look at sanctions as a window of opportunities. A lot of Russian businesses who previously have been dealing mostly with Western partners, and were westwardly oriented in general, now these businesses have to look elsewhere.
🔹 Russia, as our President and Foreign Minister and other leaders repeated on many occasions, is ready to discuss all aspects, and we never refused to participate in any talks about peace in Ukraine. The problem was on the other side. In Sept 2022, President Zelensky issued a decree prohibiting Ukrainian officials to negotiate with Russian officials.
🔹 Next year BRICS will start operating in expanded format – the achievement of South African presidency. We will try to make the transition as smooth as possible. In particular, we will try not to let the number of events drop. There will be about 200 of them.
🔹 BRICS Sports Games will take place in June in Kazan. We expect a lot from this event, because many other sports events unfortunately have become so politicized that not all countries can participate.
☝I think Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who started the Olympic movement, now is turning and tossing in his grave, witnessing the decisions the IOC is taking right now.
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🗓 On December 20, Marrakesh, the Kingdom of Morocco, hosted the 6th Session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum (RACF) at the ministerial level.
The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain, the Comoros, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen took part via video conference.
👉 The participants in the RACF session unanimously agreed that the domestic political problems of the countries in the region, no matter how challenging, should be resolved by peaceful means through a wide-ranging national dialogue embracing all political forces and walks of life.
At the same time, it was stressed that any outside interference in the internal affairs of independent states was unacceptable. The participants reaffirmed that the principle of respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity in conformity with international law and the UN Charter remained immutable.
🌐 These fundamental postulates served as the basis for a detailed analysis of a number of current regional problems with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
🤝 A number of specific steps were coordinated to invigorate the entire range of cooperation between Russia and the Arab countries, including trade, the economy, research, culture, and the humanitarian area.
The RACF concluded with its participants approving a joint Statement and a Plan of Action to implement the Forum’s principles, goals and tasks for 2024-2026. It was agreed that the 7th RACF session would be held in Moscow in 2024.
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The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain, the Comoros, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen took part via video conference.
👉 The participants in the RACF session unanimously agreed that the domestic political problems of the countries in the region, no matter how challenging, should be resolved by peaceful means through a wide-ranging national dialogue embracing all political forces and walks of life.
At the same time, it was stressed that any outside interference in the internal affairs of independent states was unacceptable. The participants reaffirmed that the principle of respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity in conformity with international law and the UN Charter remained immutable.
🌐 These fundamental postulates served as the basis for a detailed analysis of a number of current regional problems with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
🤝 A number of specific steps were coordinated to invigorate the entire range of cooperation between Russia and the Arab countries, including trade, the economy, research, culture, and the humanitarian area.
The RACF concluded with its participants approving a joint Statement and a Plan of Action to implement the Forum’s principles, goals and tasks for 2024-2026. It was agreed that the 7th RACF session would be held in Moscow in 2024.
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📂 We bring to your attention the report Russia’s Policy Towards World Majority, prepared based on a series of studies, conferences, and situational analysis sessions conducted under the situational analysis program by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and Russia in Global Affairs journal with support from the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Key points:
🔹 Since the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the Russian foreign policy space has split in two:
👉 On the one hand, a US-led coalition of several dozen states, which keeps taking new punitive measures against Russia.
👉 On the other hand, there is the rest of the world: more than a hundred countries that de facto have taken a neutral position on the Ukraine conflict, and many have assumed a benevolent attitude towards Moscow.
🔹 The nations of the Global South and East are Russia’s natural associates in democratizing the world order, eradicating neocolonial practices, and banning instruments of pressure and blackmail from the world political, monetary, and financial systems.
🔹 The armed conflict in Ukraine has already led to the emergence of the World Majority as a clearly defined phenomenon in international relations.
🔹 The World Majority is not something external to Russia. Russia itself is its active member, its most important geopolitical resource and, in fact, its military-political core.
🔹 Strategically, the World Majority policy is a programme to build a new world order. Developing such a programme and the related long-term (for example, until 2040) strategy is a priority.
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Key points:
🔹 Since the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the Russian foreign policy space has split in two:
👉 On the one hand, a US-led coalition of several dozen states, which keeps taking new punitive measures against Russia.
👉 On the other hand, there is the rest of the world: more than a hundred countries that de facto have taken a neutral position on the Ukraine conflict, and many have assumed a benevolent attitude towards Moscow.
🔹 The nations of the Global South and East are Russia’s natural associates in democratizing the world order, eradicating neocolonial practices, and banning instruments of pressure and blackmail from the world political, monetary, and financial systems.
🔹 The armed conflict in Ukraine has already led to the emergence of the World Majority as a clearly defined phenomenon in international relations.
🔹 The World Majority is not something external to Russia. Russia itself is its active member, its most important geopolitical resource and, in fact, its military-political core.
🔹 Strategically, the World Majority policy is a programme to build a new world order. Developing such a programme and the related long-term (for example, until 2040) strategy is a priority.
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Our trade is growing for the second year running and at a confident pace. This year, the growth rates were even higher than last year. <...> It is common knowledge that this is primarily energy resources – oil, oil products and coal, but it’s not just that. We are working together in high-tech areas.
We are very pleased to note that despite the current turbulences in the world, relations with our traditional friends in Asia, with India and the Indian people are making steady headway.
We know the position of Prime Minister Modi and have talked about this more than once. I am referring to his position, his attitude to complicated processes, including hot spots, the situation in Ukraine. I have repeatedly informed him about the situation around this conflict. I know about his striving to resolve this problem through peaceful means. <...>
We will be happy to see our friend, Prime Minister Modi in Russia. We will have an opportunity to discuss the current issues and talk about the prospects for developing #RussiaIndia relations. We have to cover a lot of ground. <...>
I realise that next year, India’s domestic political calendar is not simple. It is complicated considering that India will hold general elections to parliament.
🤝 We wish success to our friends in India. We believe we will maintain our traditional friendly ties in any alignment of political forces.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Our trade is growing for the second year running and at a confident pace. This year, the growth rates were even higher than last year. <...> It is common knowledge that this is primarily energy resources – oil, oil products and coal, but it’s not just that. We are working together in high-tech areas.
We are very pleased to note that despite the current turbulences in the world, relations with our traditional friends in Asia, with India and the Indian people are making steady headway.
We know the position of Prime Minister Modi and have talked about this more than once. I am referring to his position, his attitude to complicated processes, including hot spots, the situation in Ukraine. I have repeatedly informed him about the situation around this conflict. I know about his striving to resolve this problem through peaceful means. <...>
We will be happy to see our friend, Prime Minister Modi in Russia. We will have an opportunity to discuss the current issues and talk about the prospects for developing #RussiaIndia relations. We have to cover a lot of ground. <...>
I realise that next year, India’s domestic political calendar is not simple. It is complicated considering that India will hold general elections to parliament.
🤝 We wish success to our friends in India. We believe we will maintain our traditional friendly ties in any alignment of political forces.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint press conference with India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Moscow, December 27, 2023)
💬 The trust-based nature of #RussiaIndia relations is rooted in mutual respect and immune to momentary fluctuations. These contacts fully reflect the very nature of our cooperation within our special privileged strategic partnership, as set forth in the documents signed by the leaders of Russia and India.
✅ We agreed on several steps which are expected to enable us to expand our cooperation, including as we prepare to launch the International North-South Transport Corridor, create the Chennai-Vladivostok route and work together to develop the Northern Sea Route, which is a promising avenue for cooperation.
We discussed prospects for military-technical cooperation, including joint production of modern weapons. We made progress in this area as well. Our interaction is strategic in this respect. Strengthening this cooperation meets the national interests of our states and helps maintain security in Eurasia.
We confirmed our desire to intensify cooperation in energy. This is also a strategic area in our cooperation. I am referring to the buildup of hydrocarbon exports from Russia to India, and interaction in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, primarily, the continuing implementation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project.
🤝 We are sincerely grateful to our Indian colleagues for their striving to adopt a responsible approach to discussing and resolving regional and global problems in line with the principles of equitable and fair international cooperation. This approach is typical of India’s position on the developments in Ukraine and around it.
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💬 The trust-based nature of #RussiaIndia relations is rooted in mutual respect and immune to momentary fluctuations. These contacts fully reflect the very nature of our cooperation within our special privileged strategic partnership, as set forth in the documents signed by the leaders of Russia and India.
✅ We agreed on several steps which are expected to enable us to expand our cooperation, including as we prepare to launch the International North-South Transport Corridor, create the Chennai-Vladivostok route and work together to develop the Northern Sea Route, which is a promising avenue for cooperation.
We discussed prospects for military-technical cooperation, including joint production of modern weapons. We made progress in this area as well. Our interaction is strategic in this respect. Strengthening this cooperation meets the national interests of our states and helps maintain security in Eurasia.
We confirmed our desire to intensify cooperation in energy. This is also a strategic area in our cooperation. I am referring to the buildup of hydrocarbon exports from Russia to India, and interaction in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, primarily, the continuing implementation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project.
🤝 We are sincerely grateful to our Indian colleagues for their striving to adopt a responsible approach to discussing and resolving regional and global problems in line with the principles of equitable and fair international cooperation. This approach is typical of India’s position on the developments in Ukraine and around it.
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⚡️🇪🇺 Перестали действовать «льготные» визовые ставки для граждан ряда европейских государств
Федеральный закон, отменяющий упрощенный визовый режим со странами Евросоюза, Данией, Исландией, Лихтенштейном, Норвегией и Швейцарией, вступил в силу 25 декабря с.г.
Законом синхронизирован режим взимания визовых сборов за оформление российских виз с решениями, принятыми властями указанных государств,
о приостановлении в одностороннем порядке действия международных договоров с Российской Федерацией о взаимном упрощении выдачи виз, в том числе повлекшими переход на взимание визовых сборов по ставкам, установленным их национальным законодательством.
В результате с граждан упомянутых стран Европы будут взиматься визовые сборы, определенные российским законодательством и отраженные в тарифах сборов, утвержденных соответствующими приказами по Посольствам Российской Федерации.
☝🏻При этом отмечаем, что в русле одобренного Президентом Российской Федерации подхода для поддержания контактов с европейскими гражданами сохраняется возможность выдачи виз отдельным категориям европейцев без оформления приглашений в территориальных органах МВД России (т.е. по соответствующим прямым приглашениям).
Речь идет о предпринимателях, лицах, участвующих в научной, культурной или творческой деятельности, участниках международных спортивных мероприятий и официальных программ обмена между породненными городами, школьниках, студентах, аспирантах, направляющихся на учебу и стажировку, близких родственниках граждан стран Европы, проживающих в России, водителях-дальнобойщиках.
👌🏻Также граждане стран Европы имеют право на получение единой электронной визы (ЕЭВ) для осуществления краткосрочных поездок (продолжительностью до 16 дней) с различными целями — туристическими, частными, деловыми.
В общей сложности с начала запуска проекта в августе с.г. к настоящему времени оформлено свыше 163 тысяч ЕЭВ.
http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202312250039?index=1&fbclid=IwAR07o7yRZH68HE-8lvz70k4HdE8kxgnov1_6HDfrVDX8SW1GNZXYSV2a87I_aem_AZPqSeFrMSuhSl6I5HTr52IiO8G7v_epPpNgF9i4d7vDDn_HK0GPQPZVKko2vyyM9Zo
#консульскиеновости #визы
Федеральный закон, отменяющий упрощенный визовый режим со странами Евросоюза, Данией, Исландией, Лихтенштейном, Норвегией и Швейцарией, вступил в силу 25 декабря с.г.
Законом синхронизирован режим взимания визовых сборов за оформление российских виз с решениями, принятыми властями указанных государств,
о приостановлении в одностороннем порядке действия международных договоров с Российской Федерацией о взаимном упрощении выдачи виз, в том числе повлекшими переход на взимание визовых сборов по ставкам, установленным их национальным законодательством.
В результате с граждан упомянутых стран Европы будут взиматься визовые сборы, определенные российским законодательством и отраженные в тарифах сборов, утвержденных соответствующими приказами по Посольствам Российской Федерации.
☝🏻При этом отмечаем, что в русле одобренного Президентом Российской Федерации подхода для поддержания контактов с европейскими гражданами сохраняется возможность выдачи виз отдельным категориям европейцев без оформления приглашений в территориальных органах МВД России (т.е. по соответствующим прямым приглашениям).
Речь идет о предпринимателях, лицах, участвующих в научной, культурной или творческой деятельности, участниках международных спортивных мероприятий и официальных программ обмена между породненными городами, школьниках, студентах, аспирантах, направляющихся на учебу и стажировку, близких родственниках граждан стран Европы, проживающих в России, водителях-дальнобойщиках.
👌🏻Также граждане стран Европы имеют право на получение единой электронной визы (ЕЭВ) для осуществления краткосрочных поездок (продолжительностью до 16 дней) с различными целями — туристическими, частными, деловыми.
В общей сложности с начала запуска проекта в августе с.г. к настоящему времени оформлено свыше 163 тысяч ЕЭВ.
http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202312250039?index=1&fbclid=IwAR07o7yRZH68HE-8lvz70k4HdE8kxgnov1_6HDfrVDX8SW1GNZXYSV2a87I_aem_AZPqSeFrMSuhSl6I5HTr52IiO8G7v_epPpNgF9i4d7vDDn_HK0GPQPZVKko2vyyM9Zo
#консульскиеновости #визы
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