Вниманию граждан Российской Федерации, следующих через Норвегию🇳🇴 в страны Евросоюза

❗️ В соответствии с разъяснениями (https://finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/imports…) Еврокомиссии от 8 сентября с.г. запрещается ввоз из России в Евросоюз товаров, перечисленных в приложении XXI к директиве ЕС №833/2014 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?…) независимо от цели их использования и срока пребывания на территории ЕС. В частности, это касается автомобилей с общим числом мест менее 10.

❗️ С учетом возможных рисков рекомендуем гражданам России воздержаться от поездок в страны Евросоюза на автомобилях с российскими регистрационными знаками.

⚡️Вниманию российских граждан!

🇳🇴По заявлению Министра юстиции и по чрезвычайным ситуациям Норвегии Э.Э.Мель от 25 августа 2023 года, https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjo… Норвегия на данный момент сохраняет для российских граждан возможность въезда в Норвегию и проезда через ее территорию по всем категориям шенгенских виз.
Тем не менее норвежская полиция будет и далее строго следить за соблюдением гражданами России известных правил въезда и пребывания по шенгенским визам. В случае выявления нарушений граждане России будут высланы из Норвегии, а их визы аннулированы.
По нашим данным, наиболее распространенные причины аннулирования шенгенских виз у россиян в Норвегии: несоблюдение правила «первого въезда» в выдавшую визу страну и требования преимущественного пребывания в оформившем визу шенгенском государстве, несоответствие реальной цели поездки и заявленной при подаче заявки на визу, отказ/невозможность подтвердить сотрудникам норвежской полиции реальную цель поездки.
Просили бы учесть данную информацию при планировании поездок в Норвегию.

🏰 On September 11, 1812, a Russian community was founded 80 kilometres to the north of San Fransisco. The Americans called this community Fort Ross, which became the farthest settlement of Russian colonists and the southern vanguard of the Russian Empire in North America.

The beginning of the so-called Russian America on the northwestern coast of the American continent was marked by the discoveries made by the 2nd Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Bering and Alexey Chirikov. They were followed by entrepreneurs who traveled there in search of furs. Thus, at the beginning of the 19th century, merchant and Chief Manager of Russian America Alexander Baranov decided to build a fortress, where he founded a Russian community in California.

🇷🇺 From May to September 1812, construction continued on the purchased land; a fortress and a village were built. On August 30 (September 11 OS) the Russian-American Company flag was hoisted over the fortress, a Russian tricolor with the imperial double-headed eagle.

Fort Ross is located on the coast in Northern California a 2.5-hour drive to the north of San Francisco. Most of the fort’s area has been restored with the initial layout preserved.

☝️ The population of the fortress was mixed and comprised Russians, Native Americans and Aleuts. Interestingly, the settlers lived peacefully side by side with the local people, and additionally gave them primary education and professional skills, with many Native Americans becoming carpenters, blacksmiths and shipbuilders at Fort Ross.

⛪️Life at the fort was built mostly around a Russian Orthodox Church, a shipyard and fruit orchards. Our ancestors hunted the sea otters and sea lions that inhabited the coastline. Their fur was exported to Russia, among other countries.

Today, Fort Ross, located on the picturesque coastline and at the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, attracts visitors from all over the world so they can see the Russian fortress that was restored to its original look.

🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Afghanistan

We have consistently pursued the policy of facilitating national reconciliation and settlement in Afghanistan, as well as maintaining stability and making it a state free from terrorism and drugs. We are seriously concerned about the growing influence of ISIL and the threat of its terrorist activities spilling over into Central Asia.

We stand for sustained and pragmatic interaction of the international community with the Taliban de facto authorities. We are convinced that expanding dialogue with Kabul is in the interests of the security and economic development of the entire region.

We will continue work within credible multilateral platforms, such as the Moscow Format of Consultations, the Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan mechanism, the regional Quartet (Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan), as well as within regional organizations, primarily the CSTO and the SCO. We have taken steps to establish a new regional Five format involving Russia, China, India, Iran and Pakistan.

We believe that the US and its allies, who are responsible for the critical situation in Afghanistan following their 20-year presence, should bear the major costs of the post-conflict reconstruction of the country.

We attach great significance to the activities of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, first and foremost in the context of increasing humanitarian support to the local population, creating conditions for an early unfreezing of Afghan assets and mobilizing donor funds to revive the national economy.

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🌏 On September 5-10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Indonesia, Bangladesh and India.

🇮🇩 In Indonesia the Minister took part in the 18th East Asia Summit. On the event's sidelines Sergey Lavrov met with the Foreign Ministers of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indonesia Retno Marsudi, as well as Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Salman Al Farisi.

🇧🇩 During the working visit to Bangladesh, Russia's top diplomat held talks with his counterpart A.K.Abdul Momen and was received by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Parties discussed the state of bilateral relations and their development prospects.

Sergey Lavrov also visited the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum, made an entry in the book of honored guests.

🇮🇳 In India the Minister led the Russian delegation at the G20 Summit, took part in its plenary sessions. During the meeting the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration was adopted.

💬 Sergey Lavrov: The G20 Summit was an unqualified success. The G20 is undergoing an internal reform. One aspect of this reform is that the member countries representing the Global South have become more proactiv. They have been clear and persistent in ensuring that their interests are included in the agreements negotiated by the G20.

⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Rights of the child

👶 We advocate strengthening international cooperation in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, taking into account the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the outcome document of the 27th special session of the UNGA entitled "A World Fit for Children", which proclaimed, in particular, the need for a family environment for the full and harmonious development of a child's personality.

❗️ We note the importance of the right of parents and/or legal guardians to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the child of his/her rights.

We pay close attention to the problem of children in armed conflict, including within the framework of the UNSC.

We strongly condemn the UN Secretary-General's biased decision to include the Russian Armed Forces in the list of parties responsible for violations against children in Ukraine in his relevant annual report for 2022.

We believe that the list of violators should include the Ukrainian armed forces, which have committed numerous crimes against minors.

📃 We support the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and look forward to further cooperation with her. We encourage the Special Representative to use only verified facts when it comes to the situation of children in Ukraine, avoiding politicization of the issue.

⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

International information security

📃 We advocate for maintaining the central role of the UN, in particular the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG), in the global negotiation process on international information security (IIS). It is important to prevent the Western countries from replacing the OEWG with non-transparent mechanisms under their control and defend the strictly interstate character of the adoption procedure for universal decisions on IIS.

❗️ The Group should focus its work on giving binding legal effect to the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour in the information space. We call for the development and adoption of a universal international legal instrument aimed primarily at strengthening cooperation in preventing conflicts in the use of ICTs.

👉 Together with a group of supporters, we have drafted and presented an outline of a UN convention on IIS to provide a model for such document.

We intend to submit to the First Committee of the 78th UNGA session an anniversary (25 years) Russian draft of the annual resolution "Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security". It will reflect the outcomes of the OEWG's work in 2023, including the creation of a global intergovernmental registry of points of contact for the exchange of information on computer attacks/incidents. We urge all countries to support our draft.

Similarly, we view the formation of an international legal regime for the fight against information crime as a priority within the Third Committee of the UNGA. We believe it is necessary to conclude a universal treaty aimed at countering the use of ICTs for extremist, terrorist and other criminal purposes and building mutually beneficial international cooperation among law enforcement agencies in this area.

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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

DPRK

📃 We are seriously concerned about the destructive consequences of attempts by the US and its allies to increase pressure on the DPRK 🇰🇵, including by conducting large-scale military exercises. We oppose all efforts to further tighten the UN SC sanctions regime. We consider this idea both wrong and inhumane in terms of negative humanitarian consequences for ordinary North Koreans.

☝️ While condemning the provocative military activity in the region, to which Pyongyang is forced to respond, we call for breaking the vicious circle of escalating tensions.

The only effective means of breaking the deadlock is to resume political and diplomatic dialogue to reduce the level of confrontation and achieve a lasting settlement on the Korean Peninsula, as well as establish a resilient security system in Northeast Asia, taking into account the legitimate interests of all states in the region, including the DPRK.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Jointly with China, we have consistently promoted relevant initiatives.

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🗓 On September 12, at Russia’s request, the UN Security Council held a meeting on arms supplies to Kiev.

The Russian side invited Hungarian journalist George Szamuely, as a reporter from civil society. He made a detailed analysis of the causes that generated the crisis in and around Ukraine, with a focus on the role of the United States and the EU in organising and supporting the anti-constitutional coup in 2014.

Based on facts and remarks by members of the Western elites, he exposed their hypocrisy with regard to the Minsk agreements, which were used as a smokescreen to hide Kiev’s preparations for the conflict. He came to the conclusion that continued military operations benefitted the West, which sought to weaken the Russian Federation.

☝️ Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya pointed to the desperate steps taken by the Kiev regime and its allies against the background of their clearly failed counteroffensive. He mentioned the Ukrainian provocation involving a missile attack on the marketplace in Konstantinovka, which was soon exposed based on surveillance camera footage confirming that the missiles had arrived from where Ukrainian army units were deployed. He described US and UK supplies of cluster bomb units and depleted-uranium shells to the Zelensky regime as a gesture of desperation in disregard of the fact that these munitions posed a threat to civilians and the environment for decades to come.

“Black transplantology,” which has become widespread in Ukraine thanks, among other things, to the local legislature passing relevant laws, was yet another topic discussed at the meeting. An outrageous situation was cited as an example, where a charity employee, caught red-handed while selling Ukrainian children, among other things for organ transplants abroad, was released from custody and jumped bail.

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❗️ Russia will continue to draw the international community’s attention to these important topics, including at the UN Security Council.

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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Drug problem

The world drug problem has exacerbated during the COVID‑19 pandemic and remains a serious threat to the security and well-being of populations.

We call for equal attention to its three interrelated components:

• reducing drug demand
• reducing drug supply
• strengthening the international anti-drug cooperation based on the principle of common and shared responsibility

Strict compliance with the three relevant UN conventions of 1961, 1971 and 1988 by all states is essential for the effective functioning of the global drug control system.

❗️ We consider all attempts to destabilize it, including the legalization of drugs for recreational use, to be a threat to the national security of our country. The principle of limiting the use of drugs to medical and scientific purposes only, as enshrined in the conventions, represents the best way to implement the human rights to life and health.

☝️ We advocate for building a society free of drug abuse by promoting healthy lifestyles and keeping children and youth away from illicit drugs.

Countering the illicit drug use should not limit the availability and accessibility of narcotic drugs in medicine when they are proven effective for the treatment of specific diseases.

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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Sport

📃 We are convinced that sport is a unique tool for developing and strengthening social ties, building mutually respectful communication, and should bring closer together and unite peoples.

We are unwaveringly committed to the development of equal international sports cooperation that fully complies with the spirit and principles of Olympism, which precludes politicization and biased approach.

We find it unacceptable when certain Western countries use sport for their self-serving purposes. Persistent attempts to politicize sports cooperation, put pressure on the relevant multilateral organizations, including the International Olympic Committee, and cause division in the international Olympic movement are at odds with the Olympic goals and ideals.

🏆 We insist on holding fair and just competitions, and ensuring that all countries without exception have equal access to full participation in the Olympic and Paralympic movements.

⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

Fight against terrorism

📃 We call for the consolidation of international efforts in the fight against terrorism, with the UN's central coordinating role, without politicization, double standards, or hidden agendas and based on the UN Charter, relevant universal conventions and protocols, UNSC thematic resolutions, as well as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

We believe it is important to make extensive use of the tools of the UNSC subsidiary counter-terrorism bodies, particularly its Counter-Terrorism Committee, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al‑Qaida, and the Taliban Movement sanctions committees.

👉 We stand for intensifying the work to cut off ideological, material, financial and human resources support for terrorists, as well as for strengthening cooperation among countries in countering foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and bringing them to justice on the basis of the "extradite or prosecute" principle.

❗️ We oppose the course pursued by the West towards eroding the international legal counter-terrorism framework – whether through over-emphasizing human rights and gender issues that are secondary in the context of counter-terrorism or by promoting the controversial concepts of "countering violent extremism" and countering "racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism/terrorism".

We draw the attention of the international community to the dangerous rise in right-wing extremist threats, especially manifestations of aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism.

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Emergency workers and rescuers of Russia's #EMERCOM aka the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (MChS) are busy doing all they can to assist on-site the people of Libya, stricken by natural disaster.

The EMERCOM personnel managed the following in Derna:

• deployed an airmobile hospital of the Tsentrospas State Central Airmobile Rescue Unit;
• arranged an autonomous field camp;
• more than 50 rescuers of the Leader centre, including dog handlers, operate in most affected areas.

Members of the MChS emergency response team will inspect the most precarious sites...

Also, the EMERCOM transport aircraft delivers humanitarian aid for all those afflicted by the calamity:

✅ survival packs;
✅ illumination systems;
✅ tents;
✅ blankets;
✅ portable power stations.

Every bit counts. Our hearts and minds are with the people of Libya.

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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:

International cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space

📃 As regards the international cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space, we are convinced of the indisputable nature of the central and coordinating role of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).

We view as counterproductive the attempts to erode the COPUOS mandate by artificially transferring the issues of space debris and orbital traffic management from its agenda to parallel and purely disarmament-related UN platforms in line with the concept of the so‑called responsible behaviour in outer space.

❗️ We believe it is important to adopt, by consensus, the resolution entitled "International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space", which approves the report of the 66th session of COPUOS. We view as dangerous potential attempts to open the draft resolution traditionally adopted without a vote for revision, yielding to political considerations.

We continue to advocate for legal certainty in the matters of delimitation of outer space and airspace, including in the context of establishing the spatial limits to states' sovereignty over their territory and ensuring their national security, and for creating the environment enabling long-term sustainability of aviation activities and safety.

☝️ We call for creation of an effective orbital traffic management system on the basis of regulation and monitoring through a legally binding code of conduct to be developed by the international community.

Заявление МИД Российской Федерации о выходе России из Совета Баренцева/Евроарктического региона

На протяжении тридцати лет Совет Баренцева/Евроарктического региона (СБЕР) являлся полезным и эффективным форматом трансграничного взаимодействия, способствовавшим поддержанию мира и стабильности на Севере, его устойчивому социально-экономическому развитию, защите окружающей среды, укреплению культурно-гуманитарных связей и контактов между людьми, включая представителей коренных народов.

По вине западных участников совета (Дания, Исландия, Норвегия, Финляндия, Швеция, ЕС) его деятельность с марта 2022 г. фактически парализована. Финляндское председательство не подтвердило готовность передать России руководство в СБЕР в октябре 2023 г. в нарушение принципа ротации, сорвав проведение необходимых подготовительных мероприятий.

В сложившихся условиях вынуждены объявить о выходе Российской Федерации из СБЕР. Соответствующее послание Министра иностранных дел России С.В.Лаврова 18 сентября 2023 г. направлено мининдел стран-членов организации, Высокому представителю ЕС по иностранным делам и политике безопасности, а также в Международный Баренцев секретариат в г.Киркенес (Норвегия).

Убеждены, что сиюминутная политическая конъюнктура, которой руководствуются наши североевропейские соседи, не соответствует долгосрочным интересам жителей Заполярья. Ответственность за развал архитектуры Баренцева сотрудничества целиком и полностью лежит на наших «партнерах».

Россия продолжит реализовывать свои национальные задачи на Севере. Остаемся открытыми для взаимодействия со всеми, кто настроен конструктивно, готов к равноправному диалогу и взаимовыгодной совместной работе.

https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1904899/

Uttalelse fra Den Russiske Føderasjons Utenriksministerium om at Russland melder seg ut av Barentsrådet

I løpet av 30 år var Barentsrådet et nyttig og effektivt format for grenseoverskridende samspill som bidro til opprettholdelse av fred og stabilitet i nord, dets bærekraftige sosial-økonomiske utvikling, miljøvern, styrking av kulturelle og humanitære forbindelser og folk-til-folk-kontakter, inkludert urfolkene.

Det at Barentsrådets virksomhet er faktisk paralysert fra mars 2022 skyldes av vestlige deltakere (Danmark, Island, Norge, Finnland, Sverige, EU). Finnlands formannskap har ikke bekreftet at de er parate til å videreføre ledelsen i Barentsrådet til Russland i oktober 2023 noe som strider med rotasjonsprinsippet, og undergraver nødvendige forberedningstiltak.

Under disse forholdene er vi nødt til å erklære at Den Russiske Føderasjon melder seg ut av Barentsrådet. Respektive brev fra Russlands Utenriksminister Sergey Lavrov er formidlet til utenriksministre i medlemsland, EUs høye representant for utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitikk, samt til Det internasjonale Barents sekretariatet i Kirkenes (Norge).

Vi er overbevisst om at den kortsiktige konjunkturen som styrer våre nordiske naboer tilsvarer ikke langsiktige interesse av folk nord for Polarsirkelen. Ansvaret for ødeleggelse av Barentssamarbeidet ligger fullstendig på våre «partnere».

Russland vil fortsette å gjennomføre sine nasjonale mål i nord. Vi forblir åpne for samspill med alle som er innstilt for likeverdig dialog og samarbeid til gjensidig nytte.