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✍️ Article for the ‘Russia in Global Affairs’ journal by Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Drobinin (originally published on January 6, 2025)
The African Pole – Problems and Prospects
Key points:
• Africa’s role in global politics is steadily growing. The development of a Pan-African identity is progressing slowly. The increasing self-awareness of African peoples and their determination to make up for what was lost during the colonial and post-colonial eras serve as a powerful driving force in establishing the continent as one of the poles in a multipolar world order.
• Africa has all the prerequisites to transform into a sovereign centre of power.
• Africa remains the continent most devastated by colonialism, having been ruthlessly exploited for centuries by European powers that drained its human and material resources. The wealth plundered from Africa served as rocket fuel for the accelerated development of European countries and the United States.
• African experts lament that the West is unwilling “to recognize the right of the continent’s countries to set their own agenda” and that its policy toward opponents amounts to “punishing them for having their own interests”. Africans are dissatisfied that they are still being treated as mere extras in foreign-policy projects promoted under the banner of a ‘rules-based order’.
• The formal end of the colonial era did not bring true liberation from external dependence, particularly in the economic sphere. Despite being rich in resources, Africa, with its underdeveloped infrastructure and industries, continues to draw the attention of Western multinational corporations.
• This discriminatory arrangement, enabling Western development at others’ expense through unequal exchange, is highly advantageous to the West. To sustain and entrench this system, former colonial powers employ an extensive neo-colonial toolkit in Africa.
• The West watches with concern as Africa moves toward geopolitical sovereignty. Interestingly, the West has even called for rejecting the term ‘Global South’, alleging it to be a product of Russian propaganda.
👉 Time, however, runs its course. The main historical trend is that the era of Western dominance on the African continent has come to an end. Africa’s liberation aligns harmoniously with the broader international trend of strengthening multipolarity. The #BRICS bloc, with South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia currently representing Africa among its member states, is poised to play a key role in strengthening multipolarity.
• Russia intends to support the African continent as a distinctive and influential centre of world development. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, cooperation with African states is one of the enduring priorities of Russia’s foreign policy.
• No African state is unfriendly towards Russia. Not a single country on the continent has joined anti-Russian sanctions. Africa is among the leaders in refusing to support Western-initiated anti-Russian resolutions in the UN General Assembly.
❗️ Today marks the era of Russia’s return to the African continent. The continent is waiting for us, that Russia is seen as a force advocating for truth, equality, and justice on the international stage, defending genuine sovereignty and statehood.
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The African Pole – Problems and Prospects
Key points:
• Africa’s role in global politics is steadily growing. The development of a Pan-African identity is progressing slowly. The increasing self-awareness of African peoples and their determination to make up for what was lost during the colonial and post-colonial eras serve as a powerful driving force in establishing the continent as one of the poles in a multipolar world order.
• Africa has all the prerequisites to transform into a sovereign centre of power.
• Africa remains the continent most devastated by colonialism, having been ruthlessly exploited for centuries by European powers that drained its human and material resources. The wealth plundered from Africa served as rocket fuel for the accelerated development of European countries and the United States.
• African experts lament that the West is unwilling “to recognize the right of the continent’s countries to set their own agenda” and that its policy toward opponents amounts to “punishing them for having their own interests”. Africans are dissatisfied that they are still being treated as mere extras in foreign-policy projects promoted under the banner of a ‘rules-based order’.
• The formal end of the colonial era did not bring true liberation from external dependence, particularly in the economic sphere. Despite being rich in resources, Africa, with its underdeveloped infrastructure and industries, continues to draw the attention of Western multinational corporations.
• This discriminatory arrangement, enabling Western development at others’ expense through unequal exchange, is highly advantageous to the West. To sustain and entrench this system, former colonial powers employ an extensive neo-colonial toolkit in Africa.
• The West watches with concern as Africa moves toward geopolitical sovereignty. Interestingly, the West has even called for rejecting the term ‘Global South’, alleging it to be a product of Russian propaganda.
👉 Time, however, runs its course. The main historical trend is that the era of Western dominance on the African continent has come to an end. Africa’s liberation aligns harmoniously with the broader international trend of strengthening multipolarity. The #BRICS bloc, with South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia currently representing Africa among its member states, is poised to play a key role in strengthening multipolarity.
• Russia intends to support the African continent as a distinctive and influential centre of world development. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, cooperation with African states is one of the enduring priorities of Russia’s foreign policy.
• No African state is unfriendly towards Russia. Not a single country on the continent has joined anti-Russian sanctions. Africa is among the leaders in refusing to support Western-initiated anti-Russian resolutions in the UN General Assembly.
❗️ Today marks the era of Russia’s return to the African continent. The continent is waiting for us, that Russia is seen as a force advocating for truth, equality, and justice on the international stage, defending genuine sovereignty and statehood.
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🇷🇺🇳🇴 Комментарий Посольства России в Норвегии информагентству ТАСС (5 февраля 2025 г.)
❓Как вы оцениваете распад правительственной коалиции во главе с Рабочей партией на фоне приближающихся в Норвегии выборов, в т.ч. глобальном и двустороннем контексте?
💬 Ответ: Очевидно, что коалиционное правительство Рабочей партии и Партии Центра по главе с Й.Г.Стёре споткнулось на вопросе инкорпорирования в национальное законодательство директив ЕС в рамках «четвертого энергопакета». Вышедшая из коалиции Партия Центра заняла принципиальную позицию, высказав опасения в связи с возможной утерей национального контроля за рынком электроэнергии.
Распад коалиции ослабил правительство, поскольку Рабочей партии будет сложнее добиться поддержки для своих законопроектов и инициатив в парламенте. Свои выводы из этого сделают партнеры Норвегии, в т.ч. США и ЕС. В двустороннем плане каких-либо изменений ожидать не приходится, поскольку остающаяся в правительстве Рабочая партия являлась основным проводником нынешнего антироссийского курса Осло. Это подтверждает и назначение на пост министра финансов бывшего генсека НАТО Й.Столтенберга – одного из главных «архитекторов» сложившегося в Европе кризиса в области безопасности.
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❓Как вы оцениваете распад правительственной коалиции во главе с Рабочей партией на фоне приближающихся в Норвегии выборов, в т.ч. глобальном и двустороннем контексте?
💬 Ответ: Очевидно, что коалиционное правительство Рабочей партии и Партии Центра по главе с Й.Г.Стёре споткнулось на вопросе инкорпорирования в национальное законодательство директив ЕС в рамках «четвертого энергопакета». Вышедшая из коалиции Партия Центра заняла принципиальную позицию, высказав опасения в связи с возможной утерей национального контроля за рынком электроэнергии.
Распад коалиции ослабил правительство, поскольку Рабочей партии будет сложнее добиться поддержки для своих законопроектов и инициатив в парламенте. Свои выводы из этого сделают партнеры Норвегии, в т.ч. США и ЕС. В двустороннем плане каких-либо изменений ожидать не приходится, поскольку остающаяся в правительстве Рабочая партия являлась основным проводником нынешнего антироссийского курса Осло. Это подтверждает и назначение на пост министра финансов бывшего генсека НАТО Й.Столтенберга – одного из главных «архитекторов» сложившегося в Европе кризиса в области безопасности.
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🇷🇺🇳🇴 Kommentar fra Russlands ambassade i Norge til TASS (5. februar 2025 )
❓Hva er ambassadens vurdering av regjeringskoalisjonen ledet av Arbeiderpartiet sitt sammenbrudd på bakgrunn av det forestående valget i Norge, herunder i global og bilateral sammenheng?
💬 Svar: Det er åpenbart at koalisjonsregjeringen bestående av Arbeiderpartiet og Senterpartiet ledet av Jonas Gahr Støre snublet i spørsmålet om å innlemme EU-direktivene i den fjerde energipakken i nasjonal lovgivning. Senterpartiet, som forlot koalisjonen, inntok et prinsipielt standpunkt og uttrykte bekymring for mulig tap av nasjonal kontroll over strømmarkedet. Koalisjonens sammenbrudd har svekket regjeringen, ettersom det vil bli vanskeligere for Arbeiderpartiet å få støtte for sine lovforslag og initiativer i Stortinget. Norges samarbeidspartnere, inkludert USA og EU, vil trekke konklusjoner av dette. Bilateralt er det ingen endringer å forvente, ettersom Arbeiderpartiet, som fortsatt sitter i regjering, har vært den viktigste pådriveren for Oslos nåværende antirussiske politikk. Dette bekreftes av utnevnelsen til finansminister av NATOs tidligere generalsekretær Jens Stoltenberg, en av de viktigste «arkitektene» bak sikkerhetskrisen i Europa.
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❓Hva er ambassadens vurdering av regjeringskoalisjonen ledet av Arbeiderpartiet sitt sammenbrudd på bakgrunn av det forestående valget i Norge, herunder i global og bilateral sammenheng?
💬 Svar: Det er åpenbart at koalisjonsregjeringen bestående av Arbeiderpartiet og Senterpartiet ledet av Jonas Gahr Støre snublet i spørsmålet om å innlemme EU-direktivene i den fjerde energipakken i nasjonal lovgivning. Senterpartiet, som forlot koalisjonen, inntok et prinsipielt standpunkt og uttrykte bekymring for mulig tap av nasjonal kontroll over strømmarkedet. Koalisjonens sammenbrudd har svekket regjeringen, ettersom det vil bli vanskeligere for Arbeiderpartiet å få støtte for sine lovforslag og initiativer i Stortinget. Norges samarbeidspartnere, inkludert USA og EU, vil trekke konklusjoner av dette. Bilateralt er det ingen endringer å forvente, ettersom Arbeiderpartiet, som fortsatt sitter i regjering, har vært den viktigste pådriveren for Oslos nåværende antirussiske politikk. Dette bekreftes av utnevnelsen til finansminister av NATOs tidligere generalsekretær Jens Stoltenberg, en av de viktigste «arkitektene» bak sikkerhetskrisen i Europa.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a presentation of the Department for Partnership with Africa (Moscow, February 4, 2025)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The establishment of this department underscores the significance that Russia’s leadership places on advancing the African aspect of our foreign policy. This priority is enshrined in the Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Putin in March 2023 and has become increasingly prominent in our practical policies in the international arena.
Our African friends have always found a reliable and understanding friend and partner in Russia. <...> Russia selflessly supported Africans in their heroic struggle against colonial powers for freedom and independence, and assisted in developing young states, their economies, strengthening their defence capabilities, training national specialists, and resolving daunting social challenges.
<...>
Africans are playing an increasingly significant role in global politics and the economy, and widely participate in addressing international issues. The collective voice of African countries in world affairs is growing louder and clearer. Russia consistently advocates for strengthening Africa’s position in the multipolar world that is objectively taking shape before our eyes. This world must be consistently based on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interrelation.
<...>
🤝 We support the push of our African friends to secure a permanent seat at the UN Security Council and we respect the decisions taken by Africans in this regard. I’m referring to the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.
We welcome the successful development of strong integration entities in Africa. We support our friends’ desire to determine their own future, as they remain guided by the African solutions to African problems principle.
Russia-Africa cooperation, which President Vladimir Putin termed strategic in his article “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future,” is reaching new qualitative heights.
The significance of the first and second Russia-Africa Summits, alongside last November’s inaugural ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, cannot be overstated. In conjunction with our African partners, we are implementing agreed measures under the Action Plan adopted in St Petersburg in summer 2023.
📈 Progress is tangible, yet more remains to be done. Even though growing ($25 billion in 2024), our trade and economic cooperation still underperforms relative to its potential. Other African partners post markedly higher figures – a spur to identifying new constructive projects that solidify the material foundations of our strategic partnership. Opportunities abound, particularly in energy, logistics and transport corridors, creation of reliable settlement systems in high-tech domains (including outer space exploration, digital technologies, and nuclear energy), and beyond.
We stand ready to collaborate bilaterally and through our like-minded partners and friends in the #EAEU, the #CIS, and the #SCO. Africa’s positions within #BRICS continue to strengthen – a trajectory set to expand further. <...>
Russia will continue to support African nations in countering terrorism, including through the establishment of pertinent agencies, ensuring food security, combatting epidemics, and training highly skilled personnel.
We are convinced that Africa is our natural ally in our joint endeavours to uphold the UN Charter’s principles of justice and equality.
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#RussiaAfrica
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The establishment of this department underscores the significance that Russia’s leadership places on advancing the African aspect of our foreign policy. This priority is enshrined in the Foreign Policy Concept approved by President Putin in March 2023 and has become increasingly prominent in our practical policies in the international arena.
Our African friends have always found a reliable and understanding friend and partner in Russia. <...> Russia selflessly supported Africans in their heroic struggle against colonial powers for freedom and independence, and assisted in developing young states, their economies, strengthening their defence capabilities, training national specialists, and resolving daunting social challenges.
<...>
Africans are playing an increasingly significant role in global politics and the economy, and widely participate in addressing international issues. The collective voice of African countries in world affairs is growing louder and clearer. Russia consistently advocates for strengthening Africa’s position in the multipolar world that is objectively taking shape before our eyes. This world must be consistently based on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interrelation.
<...>
🤝 We support the push of our African friends to secure a permanent seat at the UN Security Council and we respect the decisions taken by Africans in this regard. I’m referring to the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.
We welcome the successful development of strong integration entities in Africa. We support our friends’ desire to determine their own future, as they remain guided by the African solutions to African problems principle.
Russia-Africa cooperation, which President Vladimir Putin termed strategic in his article “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future,” is reaching new qualitative heights.
The significance of the first and second Russia-Africa Summits, alongside last November’s inaugural ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, cannot be overstated. In conjunction with our African partners, we are implementing agreed measures under the Action Plan adopted in St Petersburg in summer 2023.
📈 Progress is tangible, yet more remains to be done. Even though growing ($25 billion in 2024), our trade and economic cooperation still underperforms relative to its potential. Other African partners post markedly higher figures – a spur to identifying new constructive projects that solidify the material foundations of our strategic partnership. Opportunities abound, particularly in energy, logistics and transport corridors, creation of reliable settlement systems in high-tech domains (including outer space exploration, digital technologies, and nuclear energy), and beyond.
We stand ready to collaborate bilaterally and through our like-minded partners and friends in the #EAEU, the #CIS, and the #SCO. Africa’s positions within #BRICS continue to strengthen – a trajectory set to expand further. <...>
Russia will continue to support African nations in countering terrorism, including through the establishment of pertinent agencies, ensuring food security, combatting epidemics, and training highly skilled personnel.
We are convinced that Africa is our natural ally in our joint endeavours to uphold the UN Charter’s principles of justice and equality.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at 14th Middle East Conference on the sidelines of Valdai International Discussion Club (Moscow, February 4, 2025)
Key talking points:
• The Middle East is not a playground. The key to resolving the many conflicts there is the creation of a Palestinian state. Numerous resolutions to this effect have been adopted at the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
• The West has no respect whatsoever for international law. It only selects the parts of law it finds applicable at any given moment.
• The latest data show that the crisis in Gaza has claimed the lives of 46'000 Palestinian civilians (perhaps even more, as statistics vary). Around 100'000 civilians, and counting, have been injured. Despite ceasefires, outbreaks of violence can be seen across the region.
• Good thing that a ceasefire was finally reached after more than a year of the Security Council’s attempts to call for one. The Americans blocked all of them, using their veto power on six occasions. Then, they came up with a resolution of their own, which was presented as a solution to all issues. However, when, prior to the vote, we asked the parties (primarily Israel) whether they were willing to implement it, they evaded answering this question which is why we chose not to support it. We abstained. But it was adopted nonetheless. As anticipated, nothing changed.
• I believe the new administration in the White House contributed to quickening the negotiating process. However, the key role was played by Egypt and Qatar, which, in conjunction with the Americans, secured agreements from Israel and Hamas, the first phase of which is now being implemented.
• Despite the developments unfolding in Syria and Lebanon, Libya also remains plagued by unresolved issues, where the West and East cannot agree on the way forward to address the political process. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, is acting not too transparently and utterly ineffectively.
• Syria faces major problems, including issues with the current leadership represented by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa and the groups that were part of this organisation. After the change of power in Syria, they didn’t get along in terms of establishing a dialogue and understanding each other. What they should do is try to promote national dialogue as best they can, without seeking to gain geopolitical points, but thinking primarily about the future of the Syrian people. This requires concerted efforts of all external players who can influence this situation. The attempts to exclude Russia, China, and Iran from the process of providing external support for Syrian settlement are hardly driven by good intentions, but, instead, reveal the West’s plans to push its competitors to less meaningful secondary positions.
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Key talking points:
• The Middle East is not a playground. The key to resolving the many conflicts there is the creation of a Palestinian state. Numerous resolutions to this effect have been adopted at the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
• The West has no respect whatsoever for international law. It only selects the parts of law it finds applicable at any given moment.
• The latest data show that the crisis in Gaza has claimed the lives of 46'000 Palestinian civilians (perhaps even more, as statistics vary). Around 100'000 civilians, and counting, have been injured. Despite ceasefires, outbreaks of violence can be seen across the region.
• Good thing that a ceasefire was finally reached after more than a year of the Security Council’s attempts to call for one. The Americans blocked all of them, using their veto power on six occasions. Then, they came up with a resolution of their own, which was presented as a solution to all issues. However, when, prior to the vote, we asked the parties (primarily Israel) whether they were willing to implement it, they evaded answering this question which is why we chose not to support it. We abstained. But it was adopted nonetheless. As anticipated, nothing changed.
• I believe the new administration in the White House contributed to quickening the negotiating process. However, the key role was played by Egypt and Qatar, which, in conjunction with the Americans, secured agreements from Israel and Hamas, the first phase of which is now being implemented.
• Despite the developments unfolding in Syria and Lebanon, Libya also remains plagued by unresolved issues, where the West and East cannot agree on the way forward to address the political process. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, is acting not too transparently and utterly ineffectively.
• Syria faces major problems, including issues with the current leadership represented by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa and the groups that were part of this organisation. After the change of power in Syria, they didn’t get along in terms of establishing a dialogue and understanding each other. What they should do is try to promote national dialogue as best they can, without seeking to gain geopolitical points, but thinking primarily about the future of the Syrian people. This requires concerted efforts of all external players who can influence this situation. The attempts to exclude Russia, China, and Iran from the process of providing external support for Syrian settlement are hardly driven by good intentions, but, instead, reveal the West’s plans to push its competitors to less meaningful secondary positions.
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🗓 On February 5, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in a roundtable discussion "The Ukraine Crisis: Failed Cancel Culture".
The event, organised by the Diplomatic Academy with the support of the Foreign Ministry of Russia, brought together 95 Ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow, as well as international associations.
In his remarks, Sergey Lavrov strongly condemned the attempts by Washington and its European satellites to cancel all things Russian: discriminate against Russian media, ban the use of the Russian language and Russian culture, and falsify historical facts. He pointed out the aggressive Russophobia of the Kiev regime which has launched a campaign to eradicate any trace of Russian cultural presence.
❗️ The Minister stated that the course to isolate Russia had completely failed which is confirmed by large-scale international activities of both the country and its leadership on the global, regional, and bilateral levels. Russia’s leading positions can be reaffirmed by a large number of international scientific, cultural, sports and youth events which are held regularly on its territory as well as student exchanges and projects to promote the Russian language and Russian education.
Sergey Lavrov also highlighted the celebrations to be held in 2025 in honour of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which Russia was preparing to widely celebrate together with its partners.
The participants in the roundtable discussion held a vivid discussion of the Ukrainian crisis and other topical issues on the international agenda.
The event, organised by the Diplomatic Academy with the support of the Foreign Ministry of Russia, brought together 95 Ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow, as well as international associations.
In his remarks, Sergey Lavrov strongly condemned the attempts by Washington and its European satellites to cancel all things Russian: discriminate against Russian media, ban the use of the Russian language and Russian culture, and falsify historical facts. He pointed out the aggressive Russophobia of the Kiev regime which has launched a campaign to eradicate any trace of Russian cultural presence.
❗️ The Minister stated that the course to isolate Russia had completely failed which is confirmed by large-scale international activities of both the country and its leadership on the global, regional, and bilateral levels. Russia’s leading positions can be reaffirmed by a large number of international scientific, cultural, sports and youth events which are held regularly on its territory as well as student exchanges and projects to promote the Russian language and Russian education.
Sergey Lavrov also highlighted the celebrations to be held in 2025 in honour of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which Russia was preparing to widely celebrate together with its partners.
The participants in the roundtable discussion held a vivid discussion of the Ukrainian crisis and other topical issues on the international agenda.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the embassy roundtable discussion "The Ukraine crisis: Failed cancel culture" (Moscow, February 5, 2025)
Key points:
💬 The attempt to cancel international law is particularly evident in how the West, the United States, and their allies treat the UN Charter.
👉 Whenever they need, they pick the principle of self-determination of peoples, as they did in the case of Kosovo. When they need to support their underlings and accomplices such as the Nazi regime in Ukraine, they hang on to the principle of territorial integrity and ignore everything that the residents of Crimea, Novorossiya, and Donbass did when they refused to recognise the outcomes of the bloody unconstitutional coup and chose not to live under its rule, which aimed to eradicate everything Russian.
• Unfortunately, the UN Secretariat, including the Secretary-General, is strongly supporting the West in its Ukrainian policies. <...> Antonio Guterres and his top-ranking deputies representing the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other NATO countries in the UN Secretariat, are saying things that the West needs them to say.
• The root cause of this conflict is that the West has purposefully sought for years – not just sought, but made effective steps – to create direct military threats to the Russian Federation right on our borders, on the territory of Ukraine, drawing the country into NATO.
• As the West had done before, they dismissed our reminders about their earlier political commitments under the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to ensure indivisible security, a principle saying that no one is to strengthen their security at the expense of others, and no organisation in the Euro-Atlantic region is to claim dominance, saying that those were mere political commitments.
• I have no doubt that cancelling journalism and information is another tactic worthy of our Western colleagues’ modern playbook, not to mention that the Russian media outlets are being cancelled, too, just for expressing an alternative point of view. The West has long been fighting dissent.
• We observe an overt desire to cancel our country outright, much as was the case in 1945, when the Second World War had not yet concluded. The summits in Yalta and Potsdam took place then, and the Allies celebrated Victory. Now documents have been published which reveal that the West was preparing plans for an attack on the USSR and its partitioning even before the war in the Pacific had ended. And these plans have now come back to life.
• The head of [UNESCO], Audrey Azoulay, a French citizen, promotes the efforts to make Ukraine the number one item on the agenda, politicising this organisation and refusing to discharge her direct duties, including the protection of journalists’ rights. She remains indifferent to the numerous killings of Russian journalists in the special military operation zone, or to the demolition of historical monuments in Ukraine, including in Odessa.
• A mass campaign is underway to undermine my country’s reputation and whitewash Nazis. We will not allow this to happen. This year in Russia and the CIS is dedicated to Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Victory over Nazism. A large number of events are planned to be held, and we will make sure to keep you informed about them so that you can partake. May 9 is the main date, when Victory Parade will take place. Many invited guests, including our friends, neighbours, and allies from the CIS and many other countries, confirmed their attendance.
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Key points:
💬 The attempt to cancel international law is particularly evident in how the West, the United States, and their allies treat the UN Charter.
👉 Whenever they need, they pick the principle of self-determination of peoples, as they did in the case of Kosovo. When they need to support their underlings and accomplices such as the Nazi regime in Ukraine, they hang on to the principle of territorial integrity and ignore everything that the residents of Crimea, Novorossiya, and Donbass did when they refused to recognise the outcomes of the bloody unconstitutional coup and chose not to live under its rule, which aimed to eradicate everything Russian.
• Unfortunately, the UN Secretariat, including the Secretary-General, is strongly supporting the West in its Ukrainian policies. <...> Antonio Guterres and his top-ranking deputies representing the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other NATO countries in the UN Secretariat, are saying things that the West needs them to say.
• The root cause of this conflict is that the West has purposefully sought for years – not just sought, but made effective steps – to create direct military threats to the Russian Federation right on our borders, on the territory of Ukraine, drawing the country into NATO.
• As the West had done before, they dismissed our reminders about their earlier political commitments under the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to ensure indivisible security, a principle saying that no one is to strengthen their security at the expense of others, and no organisation in the Euro-Atlantic region is to claim dominance, saying that those were mere political commitments.
• I have no doubt that cancelling journalism and information is another tactic worthy of our Western colleagues’ modern playbook, not to mention that the Russian media outlets are being cancelled, too, just for expressing an alternative point of view. The West has long been fighting dissent.
• We observe an overt desire to cancel our country outright, much as was the case in 1945, when the Second World War had not yet concluded. The summits in Yalta and Potsdam took place then, and the Allies celebrated Victory. Now documents have been published which reveal that the West was preparing plans for an attack on the USSR and its partitioning even before the war in the Pacific had ended. And these plans have now come back to life.
• The head of [UNESCO], Audrey Azoulay, a French citizen, promotes the efforts to make Ukraine the number one item on the agenda, politicising this organisation and refusing to discharge her direct duties, including the protection of journalists’ rights. She remains indifferent to the numerous killings of Russian journalists in the special military operation zone, or to the demolition of historical monuments in Ukraine, including in Odessa.
• A mass campaign is underway to undermine my country’s reputation and whitewash Nazis. We will not allow this to happen. This year in Russia and the CIS is dedicated to Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Victory over Nazism. A large number of events are planned to be held, and we will make sure to keep you informed about them so that you can partake. May 9 is the main date, when Victory Parade will take place. Many invited guests, including our friends, neighbours, and allies from the CIS and many other countries, confirmed their attendance.
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🗓 On February 6, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended a joint meeting of the foreign affairs committee, the committee on #CIS affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots, and the oversight committee at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly.
The heads of the parliamentary parties were also invited to attend. The meeting took place ahead of the Government Hour session to be held at the lower house of parliament on February 19 and focused on current aspects of Russia’s foreign policy.
Sergey Lavrov pointed out that, due to such regular, meaningful and trustful exchanges, it is possible to compare notes on the entire range of issues pertaining to Russia’s relations with foreign states and international organisations in real time. This kind of interaction with State Duma deputies contributes to improving the Foreign Ministry’s efficiency.
Answering the parliamentarians’ questions, the Minister touched upon the key trends in the formation of a multipolar world, emphasised the growing influence of the states of the Global South and East on world politics, and the importance of establishing mechanisms for multifaceted cooperation that are resistant to destructive moves by unfriendly countries.
🤝 During the ensuing discussion, the participants outlined further steps towards achieving Russia’s foreign policy objectives, and identified priorities for joint efforts by the legislative and executive branches of power aimed at creating favourable and, above all, safe conditions for Russia’s dynamic development, for strengthening its sovereignty and improving the quality of life of Russian people.
The heads of the parliamentary parties were also invited to attend. The meeting took place ahead of the Government Hour session to be held at the lower house of parliament on February 19 and focused on current aspects of Russia’s foreign policy.
Sergey Lavrov pointed out that, due to such regular, meaningful and trustful exchanges, it is possible to compare notes on the entire range of issues pertaining to Russia’s relations with foreign states and international organisations in real time. This kind of interaction with State Duma deputies contributes to improving the Foreign Ministry’s efficiency.
Answering the parliamentarians’ questions, the Minister touched upon the key trends in the formation of a multipolar world, emphasised the growing influence of the states of the Global South and East on world politics, and the importance of establishing mechanisms for multifaceted cooperation that are resistant to destructive moves by unfriendly countries.
🤝 During the ensuing discussion, the participants outlined further steps towards achieving Russia’s foreign policy objectives, and identified priorities for joint efforts by the legislative and executive branches of power aimed at creating favourable and, above all, safe conditions for Russia’s dynamic development, for strengthening its sovereignty and improving the quality of life of Russian people.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on yet another barbaric crime by the Kiev regime against Russian civilian population
💬 On February 8, the Kiev junta once again demonstrated its inhuman Nazi nature by committing yet another cynical bloody crime.
The Ukrainian armed forces purposefully attacked a densely populated area of the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic of the Russian Federation. The victims of the pre-planned and carefully prepared shelling of the city's central part were civilians, including women and children.
We strongly condemn this criminal act of terrorism. The Western curators of the Kiev regime, who regularly incite current Ukrainian authorities to commit bloody crimes, were directly involved in its organisation. Responsibility for this act lies not only with Ukrainian neo-Nazis but also with the ruling circles of Western countries, which stubbornly and irresponsibly continue to pump the Ukrainian armed forces with weapons.
The shelling of populated areas in Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, Crimea and other Russian regions, merciless and indiscriminate killings of civilians show the agony of the Zelensky regime, mired in terrorism, lawlessness, corruption and cynicism, which is seeking to kill as many Russian people as possible to please its Western masters.
☝️ We call on all responsible governments and relevant international organisations to condemn yet another terrorist attack. Keeping silent in response to the barbarity of the Ukrainian Nazis is tantamount to complicity in their bloody acts.
💬 On February 8, the Kiev junta once again demonstrated its inhuman Nazi nature by committing yet another cynical bloody crime.
The Ukrainian armed forces purposefully attacked a densely populated area of the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic of the Russian Federation. The victims of the pre-planned and carefully prepared shelling of the city's central part were civilians, including women and children.
We strongly condemn this criminal act of terrorism. The Western curators of the Kiev regime, who regularly incite current Ukrainian authorities to commit bloody crimes, were directly involved in its organisation. Responsibility for this act lies not only with Ukrainian neo-Nazis but also with the ruling circles of Western countries, which stubbornly and irresponsibly continue to pump the Ukrainian armed forces with weapons.
The shelling of populated areas in Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, Crimea and other Russian regions, merciless and indiscriminate killings of civilians show the agony of the Zelensky regime, mired in terrorism, lawlessness, corruption and cynicism, which is seeking to kill as many Russian people as possible to please its Western masters.
☝️ We call on all responsible governments and relevant international organisations to condemn yet another terrorist attack. Keeping silent in response to the barbarity of the Ukrainian Nazis is tantamount to complicity in their bloody acts.
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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (February 6, 2025)
🔹 Diplomatic Worker’s Day
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Insinuations about Russia’s interference in the German Bundestag elections
🔹 EU restrictions on Russian diplomats
🔹 USAID activities
🔹 TikTok ban in the United States
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#KievRegimeCrimes
The Banderites do not stop “hunting” civilians in the Kursk Region, including using UAVs. <...> Kiev regime does everything it can to just erase those who did not sworn allegiance to the neo-Nazis. They hit where it hurts the most: children.
The Kiev regime and its bloody butchers have nothing human.
On January 29, a woman and her two-year-old child were killed after an UAV hit a residential building in Razumnoye, Belgorod Region.
On January 31 – February 3, two civilians were killed and 12 were wounded after Ukrainian UAVs attacked civilian cars and villages in the region.
#Ukraine
On February 4, Zelensky assured Washington of his willingness to jointly develop rare-earth metals and expressed gratitude to the United States for its efforts to defend Ukraine. What Trump told Zelensky looks like a “fetch” command rather than a deal. This command has been practiced by the Kiev regime to perfection.
The Americans have long had their eyes on Ukraine’s natural riches. They took advantage of the corrupt Kiev regime to effortlessly take over agriculture and Ukraine’s fertile land. Now that the soil is a done deal, the Kiev regime sponsors are looking to see what else is left. Now, the turn of the subsoil has come.
Has anything like that ever happened before? Of course, it has. During World War II, Nazis occupied the Soviet Ukraine and began to plunder the republic’s economy, stealing cattle and black earth. We have covered this repeatedly. Now, all of that is happening willingly, because the Kiev regime is giving it all away. Zelensky put all of that up for “joint development” in 2024. However, it is clear that being tied up in debt, Ukraine, with everything from its statehood to industry lying in waste, cannot do anything in conjunction with anyone.
#USAID #USA
It has been unveiled, and has become known to the global community, prompting discussion in numerous circles both within the United States and internationally, that the Agency directly sponsored velvet revolutions (essentially, the overthrow of legitimate authorities) in post-Soviet states, including mass protests in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, and the state coup in Ukraine. Its “tentacles” – through a network of funds, grants, and NGOs – deeply infiltrated and wielded significant influence over the governance and economies of many countries worldwide.
We have been addressing this matter for many years. In response, we were inundated with assertions that it was all false, allegedly mere Russian propaganda. Everything has been verified as true. American taxpayers, from their own resources, funded the dismantling of Ukrainian statehood and facilitated the rise to power of the neo-Nazi Bandera followers.
🔹 Diplomatic Worker’s Day
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Insinuations about Russia’s interference in the German Bundestag elections
🔹 EU restrictions on Russian diplomats
🔹 USAID activities
🔹 TikTok ban in the United States
📰 Read
📺 Watch
***
#KievRegimeCrimes
The Banderites do not stop “hunting” civilians in the Kursk Region, including using UAVs. <...> Kiev regime does everything it can to just erase those who did not sworn allegiance to the neo-Nazis. They hit where it hurts the most: children.
The Kiev regime and its bloody butchers have nothing human.
On January 29, a woman and her two-year-old child were killed after an UAV hit a residential building in Razumnoye, Belgorod Region.
On January 31 – February 3, two civilians were killed and 12 were wounded after Ukrainian UAVs attacked civilian cars and villages in the region.
#Ukraine
On February 4, Zelensky assured Washington of his willingness to jointly develop rare-earth metals and expressed gratitude to the United States for its efforts to defend Ukraine. What Trump told Zelensky looks like a “fetch” command rather than a deal. This command has been practiced by the Kiev regime to perfection.
The Americans have long had their eyes on Ukraine’s natural riches. They took advantage of the corrupt Kiev regime to effortlessly take over agriculture and Ukraine’s fertile land. Now that the soil is a done deal, the Kiev regime sponsors are looking to see what else is left. Now, the turn of the subsoil has come.
Has anything like that ever happened before? Of course, it has. During World War II, Nazis occupied the Soviet Ukraine and began to plunder the republic’s economy, stealing cattle and black earth. We have covered this repeatedly. Now, all of that is happening willingly, because the Kiev regime is giving it all away. Zelensky put all of that up for “joint development” in 2024. However, it is clear that being tied up in debt, Ukraine, with everything from its statehood to industry lying in waste, cannot do anything in conjunction with anyone.
#USAID #USA
It has been unveiled, and has become known to the global community, prompting discussion in numerous circles both within the United States and internationally, that the Agency directly sponsored velvet revolutions (essentially, the overthrow of legitimate authorities) in post-Soviet states, including mass protests in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, and the state coup in Ukraine. Its “tentacles” – through a network of funds, grants, and NGOs – deeply infiltrated and wielded significant influence over the governance and economies of many countries worldwide.
We have been addressing this matter for many years. In response, we were inundated with assertions that it was all false, allegedly mere Russian propaganda. Everything has been verified as true. American taxpayers, from their own resources, funded the dismantling of Ukrainian statehood and facilitated the rise to power of the neo-Nazi Bandera followers.
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#FacesOfVictory
🌟 On February 8, 1945 — exactly 8️⃣0️⃣ years ago — a group of ten Soviet prisoners of war led by Mikhail Devyatayev carried out one of the most daring escapes from Nazi captivity.
In July 1944, Devyatayev’s plane was shot down near Lvov, and he was captured unconscious. A month later, the senior lieutenant attempted to escape, but was caught and sent to the Sachsenhausen death camp.
The pilot managed to swap his death row inmate patch for a penal prisoner’s number, assuming a new identity. Under a false name he went to a different concentration camp on the Usedom Island, near the Peenemünde rocket centre in the Baltic Sea, where German scientists were testing V-2 rockets.
On February 8, Devyatayev and his comrades were taken out for repair works at a local airfield. The Germans were unaware that they had a highly experienced Soviet pilot among the prisoners. Before his capture, the fighter pilot had completed nearly 200 sorties, took part in dozens of aerial battles, and shot down multiple enemy aircraft.
✈️ Seizing the opportunity, Devyatayev and nine other Soviet prisoners stealthily killed a guard and hijacked a German Heinkel bomber. The Soviet pilot broke away from the pursuit and flew beyond enemy lines.
Upon returning to the Soviet Union, Devyatayev provided valuable intelligence on the location of missile installations, which were later destroyed in an airstrike. The Peenemünde testing site was captured by Soviet forces in March 1945.
🎖 On August 15, 1957, Mikhail Devyatayev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
#Victory80
In July 1944, Devyatayev’s plane was shot down near Lvov, and he was captured unconscious. A month later, the senior lieutenant attempted to escape, but was caught and sent to the Sachsenhausen death camp.
The pilot managed to swap his death row inmate patch for a penal prisoner’s number, assuming a new identity. Under a false name he went to a different concentration camp on the Usedom Island, near the Peenemünde rocket centre in the Baltic Sea, where German scientists were testing V-2 rockets.
On February 8, Devyatayev and his comrades were taken out for repair works at a local airfield. The Germans were unaware that they had a highly experienced Soviet pilot among the prisoners. Before his capture, the fighter pilot had completed nearly 200 sorties, took part in dozens of aerial battles, and shot down multiple enemy aircraft.
✈️ Seizing the opportunity, Devyatayev and nine other Soviet prisoners stealthily killed a guard and hijacked a German Heinkel bomber. The Soviet pilot broke away from the pursuit and flew beyond enemy lines.
Upon returning to the Soviet Union, Devyatayev provided valuable intelligence on the location of missile installations, which were later destroyed in an airstrike. The Peenemünde testing site was captured by Soviet forces in March 1945.
#Victory80
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📍9 февраля 1920 г., ровно 105 лет назад, заключён Парижский договор (Шпицбергенский трактат), закрепляющий юрисдикцию Норвегии над Шпицбергеном.
🔺Его подписали представители Великобритании, Дании, Италии, Нидерландов, Норвегии, США, Франции, Швеции, Японии и пяти английских доминионов и колоний.
🔺Страны-участницы Договора согласились признать суверенитет Норвегии над архипелагом при условии создания ею определенного режима для граждан и обществ стран, подписавших или присоединившихся к Договору.
🔺Основополагающие принципы Парижского договора заключаются в предоставлении права собственности на земельные участки для занятия любым видом хозяйственной деятельности и установлении демилитаризованного статуса архипелага.
🔺Договор вступил в силу 7 января 1925 года.
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📍9 февраля 1920 г., ровно 105 лет назад, заключён Парижский договор (Шпицбергенский трактат), закрепляющий юрисдикцию Норвегии над Шпицбергеном.
🔺Его подписали представители Великобритании, Дании, Италии, Нидерландов, Норвегии, США, Франции, Швеции, Японии и пяти английских доминионов и колоний.
🔺Страны-участницы Договора согласились признать суверенитет Норвегии над архипелагом при условии создания ею определенного режима для граждан и обществ стран, подписавших или присоединившихся к Договору.
🔺Основополагающие принципы Парижского договора заключаются в предоставлении права собственности на земельные участки для занятия любым видом хозяйственной деятельности и установлении демилитаризованного статуса архипелага.
🔺Договор вступил в силу 7 января 1925 года.
Фото: трест «Арктикуголь»
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105 лет назад — 9 февраля 1920 года — подписан Договор о Шпицбергене
🏔 Заключен между главами девяти государств. Советский Союз присоединился к Договору о Шпицбергене 7 мая 1935 года. На сегодня порядка 50 стран подписали договор.
📍 Договор определял суверенитет Норвегии над архипелагом, давал всем странам-участницам равные права на эксплуатацию природных ресурсов Шпицбергена. Архипелаг определяется договором как демилитаризованная зона.
⛏ Трест "Арктикуголь" — головная российская организация на Шпицбергене. Владеет территорией в 251 кв. км, на которой располагаются действующие поселки Баренцбург и Пирамида и законсервированный Грумант с портом Колсбей.
🗻 🧊 В Баренцбурге работает угольная шахта, развивается туризм и действует Российский научный центр на Шпицбергене. Поселок Пирамида по праву считается туристической жемчужиной архипелага.
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🎙️Комментарий Посольства России в Норвегии на запрос «НРК» (7 февраля 2025 г.)
❓Какова позиция Посольства в связи с утверждениями спецслужб о том, что Россия планирует диверсии в Норвегии?
💬 Ответ: Рассматриваем обвинения со стороны норвежских спецслужб как необоснованные и политически мотивированные. Подобные утверждения распространяются с целью дискредитации России и усиления антироссийских милитаристских настроений в Норвегии и на Западе в целом. Наряду с нелегитимными санкциями и попытками вмешательства во внутренние дела России такого рода документы являются одним из инструментов ведущейся против нашей страны масштабной «гибридной войны», в которой Норвегия принимает активное участие. Такая индоктринация норвежского общества, очевидно, может быть использована в провокационных целях, в т.ч. и внешними силами, в интересах дальнейшего раскручивания антироссийской истерии и ухудшения российско-норвежских отношений.
❓ Россия действительно нанимает криминальные структуры в Европе для диверсий?
💬 Ответ: В условиях практически полного отсутствия профильных двусторонних контактов между Россией и Норвегией, свернутых по инициативе Осло, включая взаимодействие по линии правоохранительных органов, существенно ограничен и обмен информацией между компетентными ведомствами по вопросам борьбы с организованной преступностью, из-за чего может нарастать неопределенность и сопутствующие риски. Соответственно, возникает информационный вакуум, вследствие которого появляются конспирологические теории и необоснованные обвинения. <…> Очевидно, что если бы Норвегия серьезно воспринимала эти угрозы, то она задействовала бы для решения этих вопросов каналы соответствующих компетентных служб. Пока же все это напоминает «охоту на ведьм».
❓Россия рассматривает Норвегию как часть «недружественного Запада» и считает ее интересы законными целями?
💬 Ответ: В ответ на недружественные действия Норвегии, включая применение против нашей страны нарушающих международное право ограничительных мер, Правительство Российской Федерации распоряжением от 5 марта 2022 г. внесло ее в перечень иностранных государств, совершающих в отношении российских юридических и физических лиц недружественные действия. <…>
Вместе с тем важно помнить, что Россия никогда не обращала своего оружия против Норвегии и не поставляла его тем, кто вел боевые действия против норвежских военнослужащих и использовал их на территории Норвегии. В то же время Осло на протяжении трех лет снабжает ВСУ смертоносными вооружениями и военной техникой, в т.ч. самолетами, танками, артиллерией и 155-мм снарядами, а также активно участвует в обучении формирований киевского режима, которые применяют полученные вооружения и навыки не только против Вооруженных Сил России, но и для совершения военных преступлений против гражданского населения российских регионов, в т.ч. и на занятых территориях Курской области. Более того, норвежские власти в принципиальном плане поддержали использование западного дальнобойного оружия для ударов вглубь России. На этом фоне обвинения в адрес нашей страны в каких-то угрозах норвежским интересам представляются совершенно абсурдными и лицемерными. <…>
Когда определенная группа стран в нарушение международного права применяет санкции против других государств, в т.ч. России, они тем самым способствуют делегитимизации международных институтов, ослаблению международного права, повышению неопределенности и конфликтности. <…>
❓Как Посольство оценивает влияние санкций на российскую экономику?
💬 Ответ: Санкции оказывают определенное влияние на экономику в т.ч. и тех стран, которые их вводят. Это отчетливо демонстрируют подсчеты Всемирного банка, согласно которым рост экономики в России в 2024 г. составил около 3,4%, США — 2,8%, ЕС — 0,8%, Германии — около 0%. Если данные Группы Всемирного банка не нравятся норвежским экспертам, особенно военным, единственное, что им остается – прибегнуть к обвинениям в манипуляции. <…>
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❓Какова позиция Посольства в связи с утверждениями спецслужб о том, что Россия планирует диверсии в Норвегии?
💬 Ответ: Рассматриваем обвинения со стороны норвежских спецслужб как необоснованные и политически мотивированные. Подобные утверждения распространяются с целью дискредитации России и усиления антироссийских милитаристских настроений в Норвегии и на Западе в целом. Наряду с нелегитимными санкциями и попытками вмешательства во внутренние дела России такого рода документы являются одним из инструментов ведущейся против нашей страны масштабной «гибридной войны», в которой Норвегия принимает активное участие. Такая индоктринация норвежского общества, очевидно, может быть использована в провокационных целях, в т.ч. и внешними силами, в интересах дальнейшего раскручивания антироссийской истерии и ухудшения российско-норвежских отношений.
❓ Россия действительно нанимает криминальные структуры в Европе для диверсий?
💬 Ответ: В условиях практически полного отсутствия профильных двусторонних контактов между Россией и Норвегией, свернутых по инициативе Осло, включая взаимодействие по линии правоохранительных органов, существенно ограничен и обмен информацией между компетентными ведомствами по вопросам борьбы с организованной преступностью, из-за чего может нарастать неопределенность и сопутствующие риски. Соответственно, возникает информационный вакуум, вследствие которого появляются конспирологические теории и необоснованные обвинения. <…> Очевидно, что если бы Норвегия серьезно воспринимала эти угрозы, то она задействовала бы для решения этих вопросов каналы соответствующих компетентных служб. Пока же все это напоминает «охоту на ведьм».
❓Россия рассматривает Норвегию как часть «недружественного Запада» и считает ее интересы законными целями?
💬 Ответ: В ответ на недружественные действия Норвегии, включая применение против нашей страны нарушающих международное право ограничительных мер, Правительство Российской Федерации распоряжением от 5 марта 2022 г. внесло ее в перечень иностранных государств, совершающих в отношении российских юридических и физических лиц недружественные действия. <…>
Вместе с тем важно помнить, что Россия никогда не обращала своего оружия против Норвегии и не поставляла его тем, кто вел боевые действия против норвежских военнослужащих и использовал их на территории Норвегии. В то же время Осло на протяжении трех лет снабжает ВСУ смертоносными вооружениями и военной техникой, в т.ч. самолетами, танками, артиллерией и 155-мм снарядами, а также активно участвует в обучении формирований киевского режима, которые применяют полученные вооружения и навыки не только против Вооруженных Сил России, но и для совершения военных преступлений против гражданского населения российских регионов, в т.ч. и на занятых территориях Курской области. Более того, норвежские власти в принципиальном плане поддержали использование западного дальнобойного оружия для ударов вглубь России. На этом фоне обвинения в адрес нашей страны в каких-то угрозах норвежским интересам представляются совершенно абсурдными и лицемерными. <…>
Когда определенная группа стран в нарушение международного права применяет санкции против других государств, в т.ч. России, они тем самым способствуют делегитимизации международных институтов, ослаблению международного права, повышению неопределенности и конфликтности. <…>
❓Как Посольство оценивает влияние санкций на российскую экономику?
💬 Ответ: Санкции оказывают определенное влияние на экономику в т.ч. и тех стран, которые их вводят. Это отчетливо демонстрируют подсчеты Всемирного банка, согласно которым рост экономики в России в 2024 г. составил около 3,4%, США — 2,8%, ЕС — 0,8%, Германии — около 0%. Если данные Группы Всемирного банка не нравятся норвежским экспертам, особенно военным, единственное, что им остается – прибегнуть к обвинениям в манипуляции. <…>
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🎙️Kommentar fra Russlands ambassade i Norge til NRK (7. februar 2025)
❓ Hva er Ambassadens standpunkt til norske sikkerhetsstjenesters påstander om at Russland planlegger sabotasjeaksjoner i Norge?
💬 Svar: Vi anser påstandene fra norske sikkerhetstjenester som grunnløse og politisk motiverte. Slike påstander spres med sikte på å diskreditere Russland og styrke antirussiske militaristiske holdninger i Norge og i Vesten generelt. I likhet med illegitime økonomiske sanksjoner og forsøk på å blande seg inn i Russlands indre anliggender, er slike dokumenter et av virkemidlene i den omfattende «hybridkrigen» som føres mot vårt land, og som Norge tar aktiv del i. En slik indoktrinering av det norske samfunnet kan åpenbart brukes i provokasjonsøyemed, også av eksterne aktører, for å ytterligere forsterke det antirussiske hysteriet og dermed forverre det russisk-norske forholdet.
❓Hva er Ambassadens vurdering av påstandene om at Russland leier inn kriminelle strukturer i Europa for å utføre sabotasje?
💬 Svar: I forbindelse med det nesten fullstendige fraværet av relevante bilaterale kontakter mellom Russland og Norge, som ble redusert på Norges initiativ, inkludert samarbeid mellom politimyndigheter, er også informasjonsutvekslingen mellom de kompetente etatene om bekjempelse av organisert kriminalitet betydelig begrenset, noe som kan føre til økt usikkerhet og påfølgende risiko. Det oppstår dermed et informasjonsvakuum som kan føre til konspirasjonsteorier og ubegrunnede anklager. <…> Hvis Norge tok disse truslene på alvor, ville Norge selvsagt brukt de relevante kompetente tjenestenes kanaler for å løse disse problemene. Foreløpig fremstår alt dette som en «heksejakt».
❓Hvordan vil Ambassaden kommentere påstandene om at Russland anser Norge som en del av det «uvennlige Vesten» og norske interesser som legitime mål?
💬 Svar: Som svar på Norges uvennlige handlinger, inkludert bruk av restriktive tiltak mot vårt land som bryter med folkeretten, har Den russiske føderasjonens regjering ved en ordre datert 5. mars 2022 satt Norge på listen over fremmede stater som begår uvennlige handlinger mot russiske juridiske enheter og enkeltpersoner. <…>
Det er imidlertid viktig å huske på at Russland aldri har rettet sine våpen mot Norge, og heller ikke har levert dem til aktører som har kjempet mot norske soldater eller brukt dem på norsk territorium. Samtidig har Oslo i tre år forsynt de ukrainske væpnede styrker med dødelige våpen og militært utstyr, inkludert kampfly, stridsvogner, artilleri og 155 mm granater, og har vært aktivt involvert i treningen av Kiev-regimets avdelinger, som bruker de våpnene og kompetansen de har fått ikke bare mot de russiske væpnede styrkene, men også til å begå krigsforbrytelser mot sivilbefolkningen i russiske regioner, inkludert i de okkuperte områdene av Kursk-regionen. Dessuten har norske myndigheter prinsipielt støttet bruken av vestlige langtrekkende våpen til angrep dypt inne i Russland. På denne bakgrunnen fremstår anklager mot vårt land om noen som helst trussel mot norske interesser som helt absurde og hyklerske. <…> Når en viss gruppe land i strid med folkeretten innfører sanksjoner mot andre stater, inkludert Russland, bidrar de til delegitimering av internasjonale institusjoner, svekkelse av folkeretten og en økning i usikkerhet og konfliktnivå. <…>
❓ Hvordan vurderer Ambassaden påvirkningen av vestlige sanksjoner på den russiske økonomien?
💬 Svar: Sanksjoner har en viss påvirkning på økonomien til de landene som innfører dem. Dette fremgår tydelig av Verdensbankens beregninger, som viser at den økonomiske veksten i Russland i 2024 var på rundt 3,4%, i USA på 2,8%, i EU på 0,8% og i Tyskland på rundt 0%. Hvis tallene fra Verdensbankgruppen ikke faller i smak hos norske eksperter, spesielt militære, er det eneste som gjenstår for dem å ty til anklager om manipulasjon. <…>
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❓ Hva er Ambassadens standpunkt til norske sikkerhetsstjenesters påstander om at Russland planlegger sabotasjeaksjoner i Norge?
💬 Svar: Vi anser påstandene fra norske sikkerhetstjenester som grunnløse og politisk motiverte. Slike påstander spres med sikte på å diskreditere Russland og styrke antirussiske militaristiske holdninger i Norge og i Vesten generelt. I likhet med illegitime økonomiske sanksjoner og forsøk på å blande seg inn i Russlands indre anliggender, er slike dokumenter et av virkemidlene i den omfattende «hybridkrigen» som føres mot vårt land, og som Norge tar aktiv del i. En slik indoktrinering av det norske samfunnet kan åpenbart brukes i provokasjonsøyemed, også av eksterne aktører, for å ytterligere forsterke det antirussiske hysteriet og dermed forverre det russisk-norske forholdet.
❓Hva er Ambassadens vurdering av påstandene om at Russland leier inn kriminelle strukturer i Europa for å utføre sabotasje?
💬 Svar: I forbindelse med det nesten fullstendige fraværet av relevante bilaterale kontakter mellom Russland og Norge, som ble redusert på Norges initiativ, inkludert samarbeid mellom politimyndigheter, er også informasjonsutvekslingen mellom de kompetente etatene om bekjempelse av organisert kriminalitet betydelig begrenset, noe som kan føre til økt usikkerhet og påfølgende risiko. Det oppstår dermed et informasjonsvakuum som kan føre til konspirasjonsteorier og ubegrunnede anklager. <…> Hvis Norge tok disse truslene på alvor, ville Norge selvsagt brukt de relevante kompetente tjenestenes kanaler for å løse disse problemene. Foreløpig fremstår alt dette som en «heksejakt».
❓Hvordan vil Ambassaden kommentere påstandene om at Russland anser Norge som en del av det «uvennlige Vesten» og norske interesser som legitime mål?
💬 Svar: Som svar på Norges uvennlige handlinger, inkludert bruk av restriktive tiltak mot vårt land som bryter med folkeretten, har Den russiske føderasjonens regjering ved en ordre datert 5. mars 2022 satt Norge på listen over fremmede stater som begår uvennlige handlinger mot russiske juridiske enheter og enkeltpersoner. <…>
Det er imidlertid viktig å huske på at Russland aldri har rettet sine våpen mot Norge, og heller ikke har levert dem til aktører som har kjempet mot norske soldater eller brukt dem på norsk territorium. Samtidig har Oslo i tre år forsynt de ukrainske væpnede styrker med dødelige våpen og militært utstyr, inkludert kampfly, stridsvogner, artilleri og 155 mm granater, og har vært aktivt involvert i treningen av Kiev-regimets avdelinger, som bruker de våpnene og kompetansen de har fått ikke bare mot de russiske væpnede styrkene, men også til å begå krigsforbrytelser mot sivilbefolkningen i russiske regioner, inkludert i de okkuperte områdene av Kursk-regionen. Dessuten har norske myndigheter prinsipielt støttet bruken av vestlige langtrekkende våpen til angrep dypt inne i Russland. På denne bakgrunnen fremstår anklager mot vårt land om noen som helst trussel mot norske interesser som helt absurde og hyklerske. <…> Når en viss gruppe land i strid med folkeretten innfører sanksjoner mot andre stater, inkludert Russland, bidrar de til delegitimering av internasjonale institusjoner, svekkelse av folkeretten og en økning i usikkerhet og konfliktnivå. <…>
❓ Hvordan vurderer Ambassaden påvirkningen av vestlige sanksjoner på den russiske økonomien?
💬 Svar: Sanksjoner har en viss påvirkning på økonomien til de landene som innfører dem. Dette fremgår tydelig av Verdensbankens beregninger, som viser at den økonomiske veksten i Russland i 2024 var på rundt 3,4%, i USA på 2,8%, i EU på 0,8% og i Tyskland på rundt 0%. Hvis tallene fra Verdensbankgruppen ikke faller i smak hos norske eksperter, spesielt militære, er det eneste som gjenstår for dem å ty til anklager om manipulasjon. <…>
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This date goes back to the earliest documented mention (February 10, 1549) of the Ambassadorial Prikaz —the first state body in our country’s history that oversaw foreign affairs.
#DiplomatsDay #DWR2025
This date goes back to the earliest documented mention (February 10, 1549) of the Ambassadorial Prikaz —the first state body in our country’s history that oversaw foreign affairs.
#DiplomatsDay #DWR2025
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🎙 Видеопоздравление С.В.Лаврова по случаю Дня дипломатического работника (10 февраля 2025 года)
💬 Уважаемые коллеги,
Сегодня мы отмечаем профессиональный праздник, объединяющий многие поколения дипломатов, посвятивших свою жизнь служению России.
Отдаём дань формирующейся традиции чествования дипломатических работников нашей страны, которая ведёт свою историю с 2003 года, когда по решению Президента В.В.Путина мы впервые торжественно отмечали эту знаменательную дату.
🤝 Прежде всего, хотел бы выразить признательность всем, кто сегодня честно выполняет свой долг в Центральном аппарате на Смоленской площади, территориальных представительствах в российских регионах, наших многочисленных загранучреждениях. Благодарю вас за добросовестную службу, самоотдачу и неравнодушный подход к порученному делу.
Верность идеалам патриотизма всегда отличала наших дипломатов, которые во все времена, при любом общественно-политическом строе, при любых обстоятельствах твёрдо стояли на страже интересов Отечества.
Имена многих из них навеки вписаны в славную летопись истории России. В их числе – А.А.Безбородко, А.М.Горчаков, А.М.Коллонтай и А.Ф.Добрынин, Е.М.Примаков и В.И.Чуркин. И многие, многие другие. Мы бережно храним их память и чтим их заслуги. <...>
Нынешний год в дипломатическом календаре особый – он проходит под знаком 80-летия Победы в Великой Отечественной и Второй мировой войне, объявлен Годом защитника Отечества.
С особой признательностью воздаём должное бессмертному подвигу сотрудников Народного комиссариата иностранных дел, которые в суровые военные годы встали на защиту Родины с оружием в руках.
🏅 Вспоминаем дипломатов, наших старших товарищей, которые приближали Победу на внешнеполитическом фронте. Внесли неоценимый вклад сначала в формирование антигитлеровской коалиции, а затем и в достижение фундаментальных договорённостей в послевоенном мироустройстве, важнейшими из которых были решения о создании Организации Объединённых Наций и принятие её Устава, принципы и цели которой в совокупности и взаимосвязи сохраняют свою актуальность и по сей день.
Во многом благодаря решающей роли руководства и дипломатической службы нашей страны Ялтинско-Потсдамская система международных отношений до сих пор гарантировала глобальный мир и безопасность на планете на протяжении восьми десятилетий.
Сегодня, когда Россия вновь сталкивается с судьбоносными вызовами, первоочередная задача и священная обязанность – отстоять мир, основанный на правовых итогах Второй мировой войны. <...>
Мы будем и далее делать всё от нас зависящее и необходимое для защиты национальных интересов в контексте внешнеполитического сопровождения специальной военной операции и создания безопасных наиболее благоприятных условий развития страны и повышения благосостояния наших граждан.
🌐 Продолжим наращивать разноплановое сотрудничество со всеми здравомыслящими партнёрами и, прежде всего, с Мировым большинством – государствами ближнего зарубежья, Большой Евразии, Африки и Латинской Америки. <...>
В этот праздничный день мы с особой теплотой вспоминаем наших старших товарищей, наставников, учителей. По традиции воздаём дань уважения дорогим ветеранам: и тем, кто уже на заслуженном отдыхе, и тем, кто по-прежнему с нами в строю.
Обращаюсь к нашей мидовской молодёжи: вы влились в дружный коллектив Министерства на переломном этапе истории, и вам нести дальше знамя российской дипломатии. Перенимайте всё лучшее у ветеранов, не останавливайтесь ни на секунду в своём развитии, будьте верны своей стране и народу России.
Ну, и конечно, хочу поблагодарить всех родных и близких наших дипломатов, особенно тех из них, кто несёт вахту вдалеке от Родины – за терпение, мудрость, помощь и любовь. Надёжный «семейный» тыл – это всегда важнейшая составляющая успешной дипломатической работы.
🎉 Желаю всем вам доброго здоровья, благополучия, новых свершений на благо Отечества. Успехов и удачи! Ещё раз с праздником!
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#ДДР2025 #ДеньДипломата
💬 Уважаемые коллеги,
Сегодня мы отмечаем профессиональный праздник, объединяющий многие поколения дипломатов, посвятивших свою жизнь служению России.
Отдаём дань формирующейся традиции чествования дипломатических работников нашей страны, которая ведёт свою историю с 2003 года, когда по решению Президента В.В.Путина мы впервые торжественно отмечали эту знаменательную дату.
🤝 Прежде всего, хотел бы выразить признательность всем, кто сегодня честно выполняет свой долг в Центральном аппарате на Смоленской площади, территориальных представительствах в российских регионах, наших многочисленных загранучреждениях. Благодарю вас за добросовестную службу, самоотдачу и неравнодушный подход к порученному делу.
Верность идеалам патриотизма всегда отличала наших дипломатов, которые во все времена, при любом общественно-политическом строе, при любых обстоятельствах твёрдо стояли на страже интересов Отечества.
Имена многих из них навеки вписаны в славную летопись истории России. В их числе – А.А.Безбородко, А.М.Горчаков, А.М.Коллонтай и А.Ф.Добрынин, Е.М.Примаков и В.И.Чуркин. И многие, многие другие. Мы бережно храним их память и чтим их заслуги. <...>
Нынешний год в дипломатическом календаре особый – он проходит под знаком 80-летия Победы в Великой Отечественной и Второй мировой войне, объявлен Годом защитника Отечества.
С особой признательностью воздаём должное бессмертному подвигу сотрудников Народного комиссариата иностранных дел, которые в суровые военные годы встали на защиту Родины с оружием в руках.
Во многом благодаря решающей роли руководства и дипломатической службы нашей страны Ялтинско-Потсдамская система международных отношений до сих пор гарантировала глобальный мир и безопасность на планете на протяжении восьми десятилетий.
Сегодня, когда Россия вновь сталкивается с судьбоносными вызовами, первоочередная задача и священная обязанность – отстоять мир, основанный на правовых итогах Второй мировой войны. <...>
Мы будем и далее делать всё от нас зависящее и необходимое для защиты национальных интересов в контексте внешнеполитического сопровождения специальной военной операции и создания безопасных наиболее благоприятных условий развития страны и повышения благосостояния наших граждан.
🌐 Продолжим наращивать разноплановое сотрудничество со всеми здравомыслящими партнёрами и, прежде всего, с Мировым большинством – государствами ближнего зарубежья, Большой Евразии, Африки и Латинской Америки. <...>
В этот праздничный день мы с особой теплотой вспоминаем наших старших товарищей, наставников, учителей. По традиции воздаём дань уважения дорогим ветеранам: и тем, кто уже на заслуженном отдыхе, и тем, кто по-прежнему с нами в строю.
Обращаюсь к нашей мидовской молодёжи: вы влились в дружный коллектив Министерства на переломном этапе истории, и вам нести дальше знамя российской дипломатии. Перенимайте всё лучшее у ветеранов, не останавливайтесь ни на секунду в своём развитии, будьте верны своей стране и народу России.
Ну, и конечно, хочу поблагодарить всех родных и близких наших дипломатов, особенно тех из них, кто несёт вахту вдалеке от Родины – за терпение, мудрость, помощь и любовь. Надёжный «семейный» тыл – это всегда важнейшая составляющая успешной дипломатической работы.
🎉 Желаю всем вам доброго здоровья, благополучия, новых свершений на благо Отечества. Успехов и удачи! Ещё раз с праздником!
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