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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.
Read in full (download pdf)
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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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"О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "О приостановлении Российской Федерацией действия отдельных положений международных договоров Российской Федерации с Европейским сообществом, Королевством Дания, Исландией…
"О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "О приостановлении Российской Федерацией действия отдельных положений международных договоров Российской Федерации с Европейским сообществом, Королевством Дания, Исландией…
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Forwarded from Генконсульство России на Шпицбергене
27 декабря в Генеральном консульстве России на Шпицбергене состоялась традиционная Новогодняя ёлка для детей Баренцбурга. Разноцветные сверкающие гирлянды и ярко украшенная ёлка принесли ребятам ощущение чуда. Дети зарядились праздничным настроением, поучаствовали в интересных конкурсах и порадовали Деда Мороза и Снегурочку новогодними стихотворениями. В завершение мероприятия юные гости получили сладкие подарки. Спасибо всем, кто пришел и вместе с нами погрузился в атмосферу волшебства и сказки!
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, December 27, 2023)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Serbia
🔹 OSCE
🔹 EU’s anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 EU activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
🔹 Russia’s upcoming chairmanship of the CIS
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#Ukraine
• Fewer people are willing to take up arms and fight for the Ukrainian government, rotten as it is by pervasive corruption and nationalism. Over the past year, conscription stations sent about 40,000 people into the army, failing to offset the casualties suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during their so-called counteroffensive.
To achieve the required result, Ukraine decided to amend its laws by de facto designating a substantial part of its population as slaves and depriving them of any rights. They are getting ready to hunt down those who fall within the conscription age range as part of the mobilisation effort, and plan to force Ukrainian men who fled abroad to escape the war to come back in order to mobilise them into the army.
Illegitimate EU#Sanctions
• The introduction of even limited sanctions on Russian aluminium will inevitably raise prices, put hundreds of companies in the EU at risk of being shut down, and will have a negative impact on the industrial potential of the EU and the implementation of measures towards the green economy. <...>
It is clear whose interests Brussels is serving. First, it acts against its own citizens and EU residents. Second, it serves the monopolists whose companies or interests are directly related to Washington and London.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Serbia
🔹 OSCE
🔹 EU’s anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 EU activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
🔹 Russia’s upcoming chairmanship of the CIS
📰 Read in full
📺 Watch
#Ukraine
• Fewer people are willing to take up arms and fight for the Ukrainian government, rotten as it is by pervasive corruption and nationalism. Over the past year, conscription stations sent about 40,000 people into the army, failing to offset the casualties suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during their so-called counteroffensive.
To achieve the required result, Ukraine decided to amend its laws by de facto designating a substantial part of its population as slaves and depriving them of any rights. They are getting ready to hunt down those who fall within the conscription age range as part of the mobilisation effort, and plan to force Ukrainian men who fled abroad to escape the war to come back in order to mobilise them into the army.
Illegitimate EU#Sanctions
• The introduction of even limited sanctions on Russian aluminium will inevitably raise prices, put hundreds of companies in the EU at risk of being shut down, and will have a negative impact on the industrial potential of the EU and the implementation of measures towards the green economy. <...>
It is clear whose interests Brussels is serving. First, it acts against its own citizens and EU residents. Second, it serves the monopolists whose companies or interests are directly related to Washington and London.
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🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RIA Novosti and Rossiya 24 TV on current foreign policy issues
📍Moscow, December 28, 2023
• Because of this hybrid war by the entire collective West, which was unleashed by the hands, bodies and other parts of Ukrainian society against us with the use of modern Western weapons, Russia has become much stronger during this year. The unity of our people has increased substantially.
• The overwhelming majority of states, the World Majority, have not joined the sanctions but cannot raise their voice high enough during debates for the time being. However, they are coming to realise that this could happen to anyone, and that any country could become a target for sanctions by the US, Europe or any US ally.
• More and more countries are telling us that they are with us. They understand that the lengthy process of forming a multipolar world has begun. They will help us by action but will have to occasionally trot out fake excuses (excuse the rude expression) to avoid being given a hard time. This is a serious trend.
• With the special military operation underway and our ongoing confrontation with the West, including on the economic and sanctions front, the objective substantiation of our actions takes on special importance.
• In the context of the emphasis on the Global Majority, on the countries that are ready to work with us in a fair, mutually beneficial and mutually respectful manner, including in the economy, politics, and security, our chairmanships, two of them, coming next year, are of central importance. One is in the #CIS and the other in #BRICS.
• Maybe, the West is even thinking about “specifying its strategy” because if “Russia’s strategic defeat” is a strategy (excuse my tautology please), it has failed miserably. <...> It is clear what they want to achieve – to leave as soon as possible from this grievous position, one that Europe was driven into primarily by Washington.
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📍Moscow, December 28, 2023
• Because of this hybrid war by the entire collective West, which was unleashed by the hands, bodies and other parts of Ukrainian society against us with the use of modern Western weapons, Russia has become much stronger during this year. The unity of our people has increased substantially.
• The overwhelming majority of states, the World Majority, have not joined the sanctions but cannot raise their voice high enough during debates for the time being. However, they are coming to realise that this could happen to anyone, and that any country could become a target for sanctions by the US, Europe or any US ally.
• More and more countries are telling us that they are with us. They understand that the lengthy process of forming a multipolar world has begun. They will help us by action but will have to occasionally trot out fake excuses (excuse the rude expression) to avoid being given a hard time. This is a serious trend.
• With the special military operation underway and our ongoing confrontation with the West, including on the economic and sanctions front, the objective substantiation of our actions takes on special importance.
• In the context of the emphasis on the Global Majority, on the countries that are ready to work with us in a fair, mutually beneficial and mutually respectful manner, including in the economy, politics, and security, our chairmanships, two of them, coming next year, are of central importance. One is in the #CIS and the other in #BRICS.
• Maybe, the West is even thinking about “specifying its strategy” because if “Russia’s strategic defeat” is a strategy (excuse my tautology please), it has failed miserably. <...> It is clear what they want to achieve – to leave as soon as possible from this grievous position, one that Europe was driven into primarily by Washington.
📖 Read in full
🎥 Watch
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