🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russia Calling! Forum (December 7, 2023)
💬 You know that the global system of economic relations is going through radical, irreversible changes, as we have just heard, which is due to the fact that a multipolar model is about to replace yesterday’s globalisation model. <...> This change in the global economic landscape and the rise of new leaders are an objective and to a large degree predictable process.
Western elites are trying to contain growth artificially in what they regard as the global periphery, which they have traditionally exploited and used as a resource, as a source of [economic] rent and simply as a colony. To attain this goal, they use sanctions, for example, exacerbating the political situation and provoking conflicts in whole macro-regions in an attempt to maintain their slipping domination.
☝️ Despite any external pressure, rebuffing, pounding on the table, whispering in the ear, there are people who are leaders of countries, and powerful countries at that, who do not succumb to this pressure and are guided primarily by their own national interests, and they fit into the model that we offer for development.
🇷🇺 Russia is Europe’s largest economy and is now ahead of all the leading EU countries in terms of growth rates. Moreover, the so-called essential non-commodity industries are accounting for an increasing share in the structure of Russia’s economic growth.
We are interested in making our market open and competitive. This is the key to development, a stimulus for the qualitative growth of domestic businesses and the entire Russian economy.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72926
#Putin #RussiaCalling
💬 You know that the global system of economic relations is going through radical, irreversible changes, as we have just heard, which is due to the fact that a multipolar model is about to replace yesterday’s globalisation model. <...> This change in the global economic landscape and the rise of new leaders are an objective and to a large degree predictable process.
Western elites are trying to contain growth artificially in what they regard as the global periphery, which they have traditionally exploited and used as a resource, as a source of [economic] rent and simply as a colony. To attain this goal, they use sanctions, for example, exacerbating the political situation and provoking conflicts in whole macro-regions in an attempt to maintain their slipping domination.
☝️ Despite any external pressure, rebuffing, pounding on the table, whispering in the ear, there are people who are leaders of countries, and powerful countries at that, who do not succumb to this pressure and are guided primarily by their own national interests, and they fit into the model that we offer for development.
🇷🇺 Russia is Europe’s largest economy and is now ahead of all the leading EU countries in terms of growth rates. Moreover, the so-called essential non-commodity industries are accounting for an increasing share in the structure of Russia’s economic growth.
We are interested in making our market open and competitive. This is the key to development, a stimulus for the qualitative growth of domestic businesses and the entire Russian economy.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72926
#Putin #RussiaCalling
President of Russia
Russia Calling! Investment Forum
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russia Calling! forum.
🇷🇺🏆Russian school students won six gold medals at the Science Olympiad in Thailand
The Russian team confidently won the XX International Junior Science Olympiad held on 1-10 December 2023 in Bangkok.
❗️All six Russian participants won awards of the highest standard.
The winners:
🥇Fedor Avdeev, Lyceum “Second School” named after V. F. Ovchinnikov, Moscow;
🥇Robert Bitlev, Lyceum No. 533 “Educational complex “Malaya Okhta””, St. Petersburg;
🥇Vladimir Belenky, school No. 179, Moscow;
🥇Roman Kozhevnikov, Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 5, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region;
🥇Maria Myagkova, Lyceum “Second School” named after V.F. Ovchinnikov, Moscow;
🥇Maria Torkanovskaya, Physics and Technology Lyceum named after P. L. Kapitsa, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region.
Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergei Kravtsov congratulated them and noted that Russian school students demonstrated the highest level of training, which once again emphasizes that the Russian education system is rightfully considered one of the best in the world.
The Russian team confidently won the XX International Junior Science Olympiad held on 1-10 December 2023 in Bangkok.
❗️All six Russian participants won awards of the highest standard.
The winners:
🥇Fedor Avdeev, Lyceum “Second School” named after V. F. Ovchinnikov, Moscow;
🥇Robert Bitlev, Lyceum No. 533 “Educational complex “Malaya Okhta””, St. Petersburg;
🥇Vladimir Belenky, school No. 179, Moscow;
🥇Roman Kozhevnikov, Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 5, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region;
🥇Maria Myagkova, Lyceum “Second School” named after V.F. Ovchinnikov, Moscow;
🥇Maria Torkanovskaya, Physics and Technology Lyceum named after P. L. Kapitsa, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region.
Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergei Kravtsov congratulated them and noted that Russian school students demonstrated the highest level of training, which once again emphasizes that the Russian education system is rightfully considered one of the best in the world.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following the 21th #DohaForum, 10 December 2023
💬 The domination of the “collective #West” was based on diverse history including ruthless exploitation of peoples and territories of other countries.
On the basis of this five hundred years, the US & its allies built the model of globalization, which they believed would serve THEM well to continue to be number one in economy, in military exercises, in culture, politics, and so on and so forth. And they thought that they would be using this globalization scheme to continue their domination.
However, other countries, using exactly the principles and instruments of the western globalization, managed to beat the West on its own turf, building economies on the basis of national sovereignty, on the basis of balance of interests with other countries.
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We see this process very much underway, which is clearly changing the balance of power in the world, and not to the West liking.
This is especially seen in various conflicts which the West ignites all over the world. Everything goes to keep the hegemony.
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❓ The analysis of all these events raises a question: is there a single place where the US intervened with military force, where life has become better?
I think you know the answer 👉 Ruined statehood, human tragedies, and bleak prospects for the future of the countries where the Americans & #NATO interfered.
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We have to accept the existence of new organizations, new formats, new structures like #BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, #AfricanUnion, and many subregional organizations in Africa, CELAC and subregional groups in Latin America. They are going to be the bricks of the new polycentric world. This must be recognized as an objective course of history and this must be respected. This is something which we actually miss when we analyse the modern Western diplomacy. But this is for the West to draw conclusions.
Read in full👉 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1920028/
💬 The domination of the “collective #West” was based on diverse history including ruthless exploitation of peoples and territories of other countries.
On the basis of this five hundred years, the US & its allies built the model of globalization, which they believed would serve THEM well to continue to be number one in economy, in military exercises, in culture, politics, and so on and so forth. And they thought that they would be using this globalization scheme to continue their domination.
However, other countries, using exactly the principles and instruments of the western globalization, managed to beat the West on its own turf, building economies on the basis of national sovereignty, on the basis of balance of interests with other countries.
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We see this process very much underway, which is clearly changing the balance of power in the world, and not to the West liking.
This is especially seen in various conflicts which the West ignites all over the world. Everything goes to keep the hegemony.
<...>
❓ The analysis of all these events raises a question: is there a single place where the US intervened with military force, where life has become better?
I think you know the answer 👉 Ruined statehood, human tragedies, and bleak prospects for the future of the countries where the Americans & #NATO interfered.
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We have to accept the existence of new organizations, new formats, new structures like #BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, #AfricanUnion, and many subregional organizations in Africa, CELAC and subregional groups in Latin America. They are going to be the bricks of the new polycentric world. This must be recognized as an objective course of history and this must be respected. This is something which we actually miss when we analyse the modern Western diplomacy. But this is for the West to draw conclusions.
Read in full👉 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1920028/
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
💬 75 years ago, on December 9, 1948, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 260 A (III) approving the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which confirmed that genocide was a crime under international law. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 9 as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups facing annihilation.
❗️ The Europeans were actively involved in destroying the indigenous population of America as they colonised the continent. Researchers estimate that the number of their victims during the period from the late 15th century to 1910 reached a staggering 15 million. The Australian aboriginal people shared the fate of American Indians.
Unfortunately, despite centuries of human progress, the extermination of various ethnic and religious groups continues to occur. In fact, the 20th century witnessed the horrifying growth of such acts.
🕯 The tragic events of World War I, Nazi Germany’s extermination of Slavs in German-occupied Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust led to the realisation that genocide should be treated as a criminal act under international law.
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⚠️ Justice must be served, and the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, crimes fuelled by hatred and notions of racial supremacy, must and will be exposed.
☝️ Those professing the Nazi ideology in our day and age will be held accountable as well.
Russia is committed to ensuring that the crime of genocide, one of the gravest crimes against humanity, does not go unpunished.
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💬 75 years ago, on December 9, 1948, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 260 A (III) approving the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which confirmed that genocide was a crime under international law. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 9 as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups facing annihilation.
❗️ The Europeans were actively involved in destroying the indigenous population of America as they colonised the continent. Researchers estimate that the number of their victims during the period from the late 15th century to 1910 reached a staggering 15 million. The Australian aboriginal people shared the fate of American Indians.
Unfortunately, despite centuries of human progress, the extermination of various ethnic and religious groups continues to occur. In fact, the 20th century witnessed the horrifying growth of such acts.
🕯 The tragic events of World War I, Nazi Germany’s extermination of Slavs in German-occupied Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust led to the realisation that genocide should be treated as a criminal act under international law.
<...>
⚠️ Justice must be served, and the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, crimes fuelled by hatred and notions of racial supremacy, must and will be exposed.
☝️ Those professing the Nazi ideology in our day and age will be held accountable as well.
Russia is committed to ensuring that the crime of genocide, one of the gravest crimes against humanity, does not go unpunished.
Read in full
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme (Moscow, December 10, 2023)
❓ Question: The German consulates general in Russia have ceased operations [on Berlin's initiative]. Nevertheless, a new German ambassador has arrived in Russia. How does this align with the fact that our diplomatic relations continue?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are not severing diplomatic relations with anyone. President of Russia Vladimir Putin will accept credentials from the German ambassador today. But we will tell them the truth.
❓ Question: The German consulates general in Russia have ceased operations [on Berlin's initiative]. Nevertheless, a new German ambassador has arrived in Russia. How does this align with the fact that our diplomatic relations continue?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are not severing diplomatic relations with anyone. President of Russia Vladimir Putin will accept credentials from the German ambassador today. But we will tell them the truth.
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⚡️Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of Russia Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity (December 11, 2023)
📄Western countries did sabotage the vote on the Security Council Resolution on the international investigation of the US biological labs.
Russian specialists gained access to several Ukrainian biological facilities: laboratories in Rubezhnoye, Severodonetsk, Kherson and their official documentation. It confirmed the dangerous nature of Pentagon's experiments to assess the Ukrainian population's susceptibility to zoonotic infections, the facts of testing pharmaceuticals on the local population and exporting biological samples to the US for their possible use in offensive biological programmes.
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❗️Office of the President of Ukraine is coordinating the actions of national special services in organising an anti-Russian provocative action with poisonous substances.
Taking into account the experience of the Syrian conflict, it is assumed that accusing the Russian Armed Forced of using chemical weapons will allow launching a new anti-Russian campaign in the UN institutions and the world media outlets.
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According to the reporting documents available to us for the Project 'Assessing Risk of Emerging Infections from Insectivorous Bats in Ukraine and Georgia', coronavirus studies were conducted in 2016–2020.
The spread of the new coronavirus infection has led to a significant increase in the profits of biotech companies that produce vaccines and drugs against coronaviruses, and increased the dependence of developing countries on the US, created the conditions for the continued implementation of dual-use programmes.
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☝️The US efforts to establish global biological control are accompanied by the replacement of the provisions of the BWC and other norms of international law with its own rules, which were developed in the US interest, supported by the collective West, and imposed on third countries for implementation
📄Western countries did sabotage the vote on the Security Council Resolution on the international investigation of the US biological labs.
Russian specialists gained access to several Ukrainian biological facilities: laboratories in Rubezhnoye, Severodonetsk, Kherson and their official documentation. It confirmed the dangerous nature of Pentagon's experiments to assess the Ukrainian population's susceptibility to zoonotic infections, the facts of testing pharmaceuticals on the local population and exporting biological samples to the US for their possible use in offensive biological programmes.
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❗️Office of the President of Ukraine is coordinating the actions of national special services in organising an anti-Russian provocative action with poisonous substances.
Taking into account the experience of the Syrian conflict, it is assumed that accusing the Russian Armed Forced of using chemical weapons will allow launching a new anti-Russian campaign in the UN institutions and the world media outlets.
<...>
According to the reporting documents available to us for the Project 'Assessing Risk of Emerging Infections from Insectivorous Bats in Ukraine and Georgia', coronavirus studies were conducted in 2016–2020.
The spread of the new coronavirus infection has led to a significant increase in the profits of biotech companies that produce vaccines and drugs against coronaviruses, and increased the dependence of developing countries on the US, created the conditions for the continued implementation of dual-use programmes.
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☝️The US efforts to establish global biological control are accompanied by the replacement of the provisions of the BWC and other norms of international law with its own rules, which were developed in the US interest, supported by the collective West, and imposed on third countries for implementation
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 The American magazine Foreign Affairs, on international politics, has not yet publicly stated its support for terrorism. However, Ben Hodges, a former Commanding General of US Army Europe and a trio from the US Military Academy – Prof Ledlie Klosky, Associate Professor of International Relations Robert Person and civil engineering expert Eric Williamson – are calling for bloody acts of terrorism.
In five pages, the above team headed by Hodges and Klosky discuss how to inflict irreparable damage on a Russian civilian facility – the Crimean Bridge, a symbol of the peninsula’s unification with the rest of Russia.
They advise potential terrorists what supports to hit, where to put explosives and what missiles to use for an attack. They urge Olaf Scholz to send TAURUS cruise missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as soon as possible. The American military are not in the least concerned that civilians are using this bridge, that women and children are riding trains and buses on it. They persistently encourage the Kiev regime to strike at this key civilian transport artery.
Do these sorry old cowboys know who they look like?
When Crimea was liberated in 1944, the USSR State Defence Committee passed a resolution on building a railway bridge over the Kerch Strait. The cableway resumed operations in February 1944, and the railway opened a bit later (the first train passed on November 3, 1944). The Germans continuously tried to strike both of them. Being aware of the crossing’s military importance, the Soviet command reinforced the group of defence units. In spring 1944, they used 470 air defence weapons, 294 anti-aircraft machine guns, 132 searchlights, 96 fighters and 2 radar stations. They needed all this combat hardware to repel attacks by Nazi troops that were not giving up their attempts to destroy the Kerch Strait crossing.
Am I correct in thinking that US Military Academy experts and retired generals are inspired by the Wehrmacht’s plans when they write about inflicting strategic defeat on Russia with such enthusiasm?
Incidentally, our Embassy in Washington has already publicly asked Foreign Affairs what other extremist manuals it is prepared to publish, noting that the principle of freedom of speech cannot justify appeals for terrorism.
It would be interesting to know how this magazine would react if someone proposed publish an article on its pages using the experience of destroying the Twin Towers on other skyscrapers in Manhattan?
💬 The American magazine Foreign Affairs, on international politics, has not yet publicly stated its support for terrorism. However, Ben Hodges, a former Commanding General of US Army Europe and a trio from the US Military Academy – Prof Ledlie Klosky, Associate Professor of International Relations Robert Person and civil engineering expert Eric Williamson – are calling for bloody acts of terrorism.
In five pages, the above team headed by Hodges and Klosky discuss how to inflict irreparable damage on a Russian civilian facility – the Crimean Bridge, a symbol of the peninsula’s unification with the rest of Russia.
They advise potential terrorists what supports to hit, where to put explosives and what missiles to use for an attack. They urge Olaf Scholz to send TAURUS cruise missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as soon as possible. The American military are not in the least concerned that civilians are using this bridge, that women and children are riding trains and buses on it. They persistently encourage the Kiev regime to strike at this key civilian transport artery.
Do these sorry old cowboys know who they look like?
When Crimea was liberated in 1944, the USSR State Defence Committee passed a resolution on building a railway bridge over the Kerch Strait. The cableway resumed operations in February 1944, and the railway opened a bit later (the first train passed on November 3, 1944). The Germans continuously tried to strike both of them. Being aware of the crossing’s military importance, the Soviet command reinforced the group of defence units. In spring 1944, they used 470 air defence weapons, 294 anti-aircraft machine guns, 132 searchlights, 96 fighters and 2 radar stations. They needed all this combat hardware to repel attacks by Nazi troops that were not giving up their attempts to destroy the Kerch Strait crossing.
Am I correct in thinking that US Military Academy experts and retired generals are inspired by the Wehrmacht’s plans when they write about inflicting strategic defeat on Russia with such enthusiasm?
Incidentally, our Embassy in Washington has already publicly asked Foreign Affairs what other extremist manuals it is prepared to publish, noting that the principle of freedom of speech cannot justify appeals for terrorism.
It would be interesting to know how this magazine would react if someone proposed publish an article on its pages using the experience of destroying the Twin Towers on other skyscrapers in Manhattan?
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🔴 #LIVE: The UN Security Council holds a meeting to discuss the Western arms supplies to Ukraine.
🔗 https://media.un.org/en/webtv
🔗 https://media.un.org/en/webtv
🇷🇺🇮🇷📞 On December 11, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossien Amir-Abdollahian.
The two Foreign Ministers had a detailed discussion on current issues related to bilateral cooperation in the follow-up to the extensive talks between the presidents of the two countries that took place in Moscow on December 7. They agreed to expedite the work on completing the coordination of a new grand interstate treaty, which has reached a high degree of readiness.
A particular focus was on current developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. The Ministers expressed shared concern over the conflict’s ongoing escalation and the deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Gaza. They also stressed the importance of brokering an immediate ceasefire and providing emergency assistance to the civilian victims of hostilities, as well as urging the UN to use its influence in this regard.
The two Foreign Ministers had a detailed discussion on current issues related to bilateral cooperation in the follow-up to the extensive talks between the presidents of the two countries that took place in Moscow on December 7. They agreed to expedite the work on completing the coordination of a new grand interstate treaty, which has reached a high degree of readiness.
A particular focus was on current developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. The Ministers expressed shared concern over the conflict’s ongoing escalation and the deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Gaza. They also stressed the importance of brokering an immediate ceasefire and providing emergency assistance to the civilian victims of hostilities, as well as urging the UN to use its influence in this regard.
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🇷🇺 Thirty years ago, on December 12, 1993, 58.2 million Russian citizens (54.8% of the entire electorate) cast their ballots at a nationwide referendum and approved the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the country’s fundamental law.
The Constitution officially entered into force on December 25, 1993.
This important national document formalises the division of state power branches and the federal state system.
📕 #IntrerestingFact: The Russian Constitution is composed of the Preamble, two sections, nine chapters, 137 articles and nine paragraphs of interim and concluding provisions.
💪 The Constitution possesses supreme legal force and direct effect, and is applied throughout Russia.
The main copy of the nation’s fundamental law is stored in the Kremlin Library. When assuming office, the President of the Russian Federation takes an oath of allegiance, placing his right hand on this copy of the Constitution. The text of the 33-Russian word presidential oath of allegiance is as follows:
💬 In the execution of the duties vested in me as the President of the Russian Federation, I solemnly vow to uphold and safeguard human rights and freedoms, to honour and protect the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to preserve the sovereignty, independence, security, and integrity of the state, and to faithfully serve the people.
According to Article 86, the President of Russia oversees the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation.
The Constitution explicitly stipulates the role of international law as a component part of the Russian legal system. If an international treaty establishes different rules than those envisaged by the law, the rules of the treaty shall be applied.
🛰 #IntrerestingFact: Two copies of the Constitution have travelled into space: once aboard the Mir orbital station in 1999, and once aboard the International Space Station in 2005, spending 329 days in orbit in total.
The Constitution officially entered into force on December 25, 1993.
This important national document formalises the division of state power branches and the federal state system.
📕 #IntrerestingFact: The Russian Constitution is composed of the Preamble, two sections, nine chapters, 137 articles and nine paragraphs of interim and concluding provisions.
💪 The Constitution possesses supreme legal force and direct effect, and is applied throughout Russia.
The main copy of the nation’s fundamental law is stored in the Kremlin Library. When assuming office, the President of the Russian Federation takes an oath of allegiance, placing his right hand on this copy of the Constitution. The text of the 33-Russian word presidential oath of allegiance is as follows:
💬 In the execution of the duties vested in me as the President of the Russian Federation, I solemnly vow to uphold and safeguard human rights and freedoms, to honour and protect the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to preserve the sovereignty, independence, security, and integrity of the state, and to faithfully serve the people.
According to Article 86, the President of Russia oversees the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation.
The Constitution explicitly stipulates the role of international law as a component part of the Russian legal system. If an international treaty establishes different rules than those envisaged by the law, the rules of the treaty shall be applied.
🛰 #IntrerestingFact: Two copies of the Constitution have travelled into space: once aboard the Mir orbital station in 1999, and once aboard the International Space Station in 2005, spending 329 days in orbit in total.
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🎙 Briefing by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime (Moscow, December 12, 2023).
Key talking points:
💬 Having suffered defeats and significant losses on the battlefield, Ukrainian Armed Forces, following instructions of their political authorities, are diverting their military capacities to attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure.
• The analysis of the strikes and its pattern, as well as weapons and methods used by the Ukrainian fighters, we can confidently state that, they kill and harm civilians, destroy civilian facilities and infrastructure deliberately with a clear understanding of the consequences.
❗️ Since November the Armed Forces of Ukraine used more than 12,000 munitions of various caliber and modification to strike civilian facilities. Some 250 civilians were affected by Ukrainian shelling, with 1 in every 5 of them killed.
• Another "innovation" developed by Ukrainian fighters is hunting civilians with drones. Operators flying UAVs equipped with explosive objects track down civilians and drop munitions on them.
🤐 Until now, we have not heard any words of condemnation or concern about the lawlessness perpetrated by Kiev from representatives of Western states and international organizations.
• The Ukrainian regime is consistently and tentatively committing an unprecedented act of abuse of the feelings and of millions of believers in Ukraine. It is trampling on the principles of freedom of religions and staking a medieval coven to expel, ban, and humiliate the believers of Ukraine's largest religious organization, the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
☝️ The Zelensky's regime is trying to eliminate all of the basics of the life of the Ukrainian people — Ukrainian Orthodox, religious, the Russian language, cultural heritage such as arts, national ethnic traditions and monuments.
Key talking points:
💬 Having suffered defeats and significant losses on the battlefield, Ukrainian Armed Forces, following instructions of their political authorities, are diverting their military capacities to attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure.
• The analysis of the strikes and its pattern, as well as weapons and methods used by the Ukrainian fighters, we can confidently state that, they kill and harm civilians, destroy civilian facilities and infrastructure deliberately with a clear understanding of the consequences.
❗️ Since November the Armed Forces of Ukraine used more than 12,000 munitions of various caliber and modification to strike civilian facilities. Some 250 civilians were affected by Ukrainian shelling, with 1 in every 5 of them killed.
• Another "innovation" developed by Ukrainian fighters is hunting civilians with drones. Operators flying UAVs equipped with explosive objects track down civilians and drop munitions on them.
🤐 Until now, we have not heard any words of condemnation or concern about the lawlessness perpetrated by Kiev from representatives of Western states and international organizations.
• The Ukrainian regime is consistently and tentatively committing an unprecedented act of abuse of the feelings and of millions of believers in Ukraine. It is trampling on the principles of freedom of religions and staking a medieval coven to expel, ban, and humiliate the believers of Ukraine's largest religious organization, the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
☝️ The Zelensky's regime is trying to eliminate all of the basics of the life of the Ukrainian people — Ukrainian Orthodox, religious, the Russian language, cultural heritage such as arts, national ethnic traditions and monuments.
🐻On December 13, we celebrate Bear Day in Russia. It is not by chance that this day appeared on the calendar because bear deeply rooted in Russian culture and consider one of its symbols. There are many Russian fairytales where the main character is bear. For the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow, Russia chose the Russian teddy bear "Misha" as the mascot. Both Russians and other people all over the world associate Russia with the bear, Misha just helped to shape this view in a positive way. The bear was also depicted with the 2014 Winter Olympics that was held in the southern Russian city of Sochi. In one of the most well-known Russian cartoon “Hadgehog in the Fog” one of the main character is bear cub.
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🚀 The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) that oversees international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space was established on December 13, 1958.
The Soviet Union ushered in the space age by launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957, paving the way for the creation of a new entity within the UN Secretariat.
🤝 #UNOOSA carries out the United Nations Programme on Space Applications (PSA) and works on streamlining space research and technology for promoting social and economic development around the world with a special emphasis on the developing countries.
We note with satisfaction that even 65 years after its founding, UNOOSA continues to play a key role in ensuring equal and mutually beneficial cooperation between space powers and the developing countries seeking to join efforts on the peaceful uses of outer space.
The professional work by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has a lot of relevance for the international community. Moving forward, this institution must uphold its commitment to the principles of political neutrality and respect for all space actors without exception. It is essential to counter any attempt to draw artificial ideology-driven dividing lines in terms of cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: In the current geopolitical conditions, it is important to maintain contact between leading world experts on issues that unite people, including space exploration. In turn, the Foreign Ministry will continue to help preserve essential channels for depoliticised dialogue (excerpt from a message of greetings to the organisers of and participants in the Time to Go to Space International Festival timed to coincide with Space Day, April 11, 2023).
The Soviet Union ushered in the space age by launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957, paving the way for the creation of a new entity within the UN Secretariat.
🤝 #UNOOSA carries out the United Nations Programme on Space Applications (PSA) and works on streamlining space research and technology for promoting social and economic development around the world with a special emphasis on the developing countries.
We note with satisfaction that even 65 years after its founding, UNOOSA continues to play a key role in ensuring equal and mutually beneficial cooperation between space powers and the developing countries seeking to join efforts on the peaceful uses of outer space.
The professional work by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has a lot of relevance for the international community. Moving forward, this institution must uphold its commitment to the principles of political neutrality and respect for all space actors without exception. It is essential to counter any attempt to draw artificial ideology-driven dividing lines in terms of cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: In the current geopolitical conditions, it is important to maintain contact between leading world experts on issues that unite people, including space exploration. In turn, the Foreign Ministry will continue to help preserve essential channels for depoliticised dialogue (excerpt from a message of greetings to the organisers of and participants in the Time to Go to Space International Festival timed to coincide with Space Day, April 11, 2023).
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#USCrimes
🇳🇮 As a consequence of its geographical location, abundant fertile lands, fresh water and gold deposits, #Nicaragua has repeatedly fallen victim to US aggression since the middle of the XIX century.
Armed invasions, annexation attempts, creation of puppet oligarch-feudal governments and sponsorship of military dictatorships and armed coups followed one after another.
After Daniel Ortega was elected president in 1984, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Nicaragua followed by the Iran-Contra scandal when it became clear that the CIA was selling arms to Iran (in violation of the UN blockade) and using the proceeds to support the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary guerrillas aka Contras.
Washington never recognised this judgment, but on June 27, 1986, the UN International Court of Justice ruled as follows in Nicaragua vs. the United States of America case:
• Participating in the training, arming, equipping, financing, and supplying of the Contras forces, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to interfere in the affairs of another;
• The United States, through a series of attacks on Nicaraguan territory between 1983 and 1984, acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to use force against another state;
• By directing or authorising overflights over Nicaraguan territory and committing the above acts, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligation not to violate the sovereignty of another state;
• By laying mines in the internal or territorial waters of the Republic of Nicaragua in the early months of 1984, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligations;
• By issuing a manual entitled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare in 1983 and distributing it to the Contras, the United States encouraged them to commit acts that run counter to general principles of humanitarian law.
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🇳🇮 As a consequence of its geographical location, abundant fertile lands, fresh water and gold deposits, #Nicaragua has repeatedly fallen victim to US aggression since the middle of the XIX century.
Armed invasions, annexation attempts, creation of puppet oligarch-feudal governments and sponsorship of military dictatorships and armed coups followed one after another.
After Daniel Ortega was elected president in 1984, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Nicaragua followed by the Iran-Contra scandal when it became clear that the CIA was selling arms to Iran (in violation of the UN blockade) and using the proceeds to support the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary guerrillas aka Contras.
Washington never recognised this judgment, but on June 27, 1986, the UN International Court of Justice ruled as follows in Nicaragua vs. the United States of America case:
• Participating in the training, arming, equipping, financing, and supplying of the Contras forces, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to interfere in the affairs of another;
• The United States, through a series of attacks on Nicaraguan territory between 1983 and 1984, acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to use force against another state;
• By directing or authorising overflights over Nicaraguan territory and committing the above acts, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligation not to violate the sovereignty of another state;
• By laying mines in the internal or territorial waters of the Republic of Nicaragua in the early months of 1984, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligations;
• By issuing a manual entitled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare in 1983 and distributing it to the Contras, the United States encouraged them to commit acts that run counter to general principles of humanitarian law.
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Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
📄 Joint Statement Against Islamophobia and Religious Intolerance at the Reconvened 32nd session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
📍 Vienna, December 8, 2023
On behalf of:
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Yemen
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❗️ We are deeply concerned about the rising incidents of desecration of sacred books, places of worship as well as religious symbols, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, violence and various forms of crimes, leads to the disturbance of public order and the rise of criminality as well as represents a serious challenge to the criminal justice systems of Member States.
We strongly condemn the recent unacceptable vile acts of targeting the Holy Quran in some Member States.
We condemn any advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and various forms of crimes, whether it involves the use of print, audiovisual or electronic media or any other means
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We call upon Member States to take all necessary measures against those, who committed these acts, as well as for the prevention of such acts in future and to adopt measures to exclude any possible form of organizing, directing, aiding, abetting or facilitating such acts.
❗️ We underscore the need to ensure adequate responsive measures and to provide joint efforts to prevent and combat such acts by facilitating and strengthening international cooperation in criminal matters.
📍 Vienna, December 8, 2023
On behalf of:
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Yemen
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❗️ We are deeply concerned about the rising incidents of desecration of sacred books, places of worship as well as religious symbols, which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, violence and various forms of crimes, leads to the disturbance of public order and the rise of criminality as well as represents a serious challenge to the criminal justice systems of Member States.
We strongly condemn the recent unacceptable vile acts of targeting the Holy Quran in some Member States.
We condemn any advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and various forms of crimes, whether it involves the use of print, audiovisual or electronic media or any other means
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We call upon Member States to take all necessary measures against those, who committed these acts, as well as for the prevention of such acts in future and to adopt measures to exclude any possible form of organizing, directing, aiding, abetting or facilitating such acts.
❗️ We underscore the need to ensure adequate responsive measures and to provide joint efforts to prevent and combat such acts by facilitating and strengthening international cooperation in criminal matters.