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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meetings (restricted and expanded-formats)
Key points:
• We are expected to approve a declaration, drafted on the Russian side’s initiative, on the further development of economic processes within our association for the period to 2030 and further to 2045.
🇮🇷 In the run-up to our meeting, a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Iran was signed. Once the agreement comes into force, practically all categories of goods produced in the Union will obtain duty-free access to the extensive Iranian market with 90 million consumers, and non-tariff barriers will be significantly reduced.
📈 The Eurasian Union will soon be 10 years old. Over this period, the scale of trade has almost doubled and the aggregate GDP of the EAEU countries has grown from $1.6 trillion to $2.5 trillion US dollars.
• In Russia, GDP added three percent in the first three quarters and we expect it to reach 3.5 percent for the annual results. Other EAEU countries have also recorded a substantial increase in GDP.
🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇩 Work on a draft free trade agreement with Egypt is at a very advanced stage. Apart from that, the Eurasian Commission is negotiating with the UAE and Indonesia.
• Overall, as the EAEU’s authority and economic weight grows, an increasing number of countries and international organisations are showing interest in establishing mutually beneficial contacts with the EAEU.
🇨🇳 The work on aligning integration processes within the EAEU and China's Belt and Road Initiative is also yielding real results.
Key points:
• We are expected to approve a declaration, drafted on the Russian side’s initiative, on the further development of economic processes within our association for the period to 2030 and further to 2045.
🇮🇷 In the run-up to our meeting, a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Iran was signed. Once the agreement comes into force, practically all categories of goods produced in the Union will obtain duty-free access to the extensive Iranian market with 90 million consumers, and non-tariff barriers will be significantly reduced.
📈 The Eurasian Union will soon be 10 years old. Over this period, the scale of trade has almost doubled and the aggregate GDP of the EAEU countries has grown from $1.6 trillion to $2.5 trillion US dollars.
• In Russia, GDP added three percent in the first three quarters and we expect it to reach 3.5 percent for the annual results. Other EAEU countries have also recorded a substantial increase in GDP.
🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇩 Work on a draft free trade agreement with Egypt is at a very advanced stage. Apart from that, the Eurasian Commission is negotiating with the UAE and Indonesia.
• Overall, as the EAEU’s authority and economic weight grows, an increasing number of countries and international organisations are showing interest in establishing mutually beneficial contacts with the EAEU.
🇨🇳 The work on aligning integration processes within the EAEU and China's Belt and Road Initiative is also yielding real results.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s remarks at the General Meeting of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO (December 22, 2023)
💬 The outgoing year was not an easy one for #UNESCO. As we know, after the beginning of the special military operation, the collective West began to intensify its efforts to politicise the organisation, and reduce its agenda to #Ukraine.
Their notorious double standards are reflected in regular anti-Russia resolutions on Crimea and Ukraine. The West is pushing through these resolutions by twisting the arms of the developing nations.
These resolutions go beyond UNESCO’s mandate. It has no competence in this area.
❗️ Attempts to defame Russia for “destroying Ukraine’s cultural heritage" without citing any evidence are in the same category. Such evidence simply does not exist. Nor does UNESCO have any right to attribute guilt. <...>
At the same time, we still haven’t heard any statement condemning the act of terror at the Moscow Kremlin, a world heritage site. Nor has UNESCO Secretary-General Audrey Azoulay from France denounced the murder of Russian journalists although this is her direct mandate.
It is telling that many Western countries have remained indifferent to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and even opposed a relevant resolution at the recent session of the General Conference.
We are deeply concerned over the increasing disregard for UNESCO’s procedural rules and Charter, which are arbitrarily interpreted to carry out political orders. This is exactly how the return of the US to UNESCO was arranged (in a scandalous way) – there were no guarantees of Washington’s intentions to fulfil its commitments.
☝️ Bloc logic and divisive friend-or-foe thinking is gaining ground in an organisation that was initially supposed to unite nations in moral and intellectual solidarity.
<...>
But the attempts to “cancel” Russia in UNESCO did not achieve the desired effect. As President Vladimir Putin noted at the St Petersburg Cultural Forum last November, in UNESCO we are conducting very serious projects that generate widespread interest in the world.
I will emphasise again that we are not closing ourselves off from anyone.
On the contrary, we are interested in advancing a unifying agenda in both UNESCO and other international venues. This is borne out by the results of the analysis of UNESCO cooperation by the commission’s Secretariat, Russian agencies and thematic committees. I would like to use this opportunity to thank all those who took part in this work. Comparing notes like this revealed both potential and sticking points.
<...>
Overall, we have accumulated a wealth of positive experience to build upon. Frankly, a mutually beneficial professional dialogue in UNESCO is still possible despite the blatantly unlawful actions of its Secretariat’s senior officials.
This is confirmed, in particular, by the outcomes of the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee. It took place in September in Riyadh in a businesslike and constructive manner. Congratulations to the Republic of Tatarstan on having the Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University included on the World Heritage List.
🔗 Read in full: http://tiny.cc/006kvz
#UNESCO
💬 The outgoing year was not an easy one for #UNESCO. As we know, after the beginning of the special military operation, the collective West began to intensify its efforts to politicise the organisation, and reduce its agenda to #Ukraine.
Their notorious double standards are reflected in regular anti-Russia resolutions on Crimea and Ukraine. The West is pushing through these resolutions by twisting the arms of the developing nations.
These resolutions go beyond UNESCO’s mandate. It has no competence in this area.
❗️ Attempts to defame Russia for “destroying Ukraine’s cultural heritage" without citing any evidence are in the same category. Such evidence simply does not exist. Nor does UNESCO have any right to attribute guilt. <...>
At the same time, we still haven’t heard any statement condemning the act of terror at the Moscow Kremlin, a world heritage site. Nor has UNESCO Secretary-General Audrey Azoulay from France denounced the murder of Russian journalists although this is her direct mandate.
It is telling that many Western countries have remained indifferent to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and even opposed a relevant resolution at the recent session of the General Conference.
We are deeply concerned over the increasing disregard for UNESCO’s procedural rules and Charter, which are arbitrarily interpreted to carry out political orders. This is exactly how the return of the US to UNESCO was arranged (in a scandalous way) – there were no guarantees of Washington’s intentions to fulfil its commitments.
☝️ Bloc logic and divisive friend-or-foe thinking is gaining ground in an organisation that was initially supposed to unite nations in moral and intellectual solidarity.
<...>
But the attempts to “cancel” Russia in UNESCO did not achieve the desired effect. As President Vladimir Putin noted at the St Petersburg Cultural Forum last November, in UNESCO we are conducting very serious projects that generate widespread interest in the world.
I will emphasise again that we are not closing ourselves off from anyone.
On the contrary, we are interested in advancing a unifying agenda in both UNESCO and other international venues. This is borne out by the results of the analysis of UNESCO cooperation by the commission’s Secretariat, Russian agencies and thematic committees. I would like to use this opportunity to thank all those who took part in this work. Comparing notes like this revealed both potential and sticking points.
<...>
Overall, we have accumulated a wealth of positive experience to build upon. Frankly, a mutually beneficial professional dialogue in UNESCO is still possible despite the blatantly unlawful actions of its Secretariat’s senior officials.
This is confirmed, in particular, by the outcomes of the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee. It took place in September in Riyadh in a businesslike and constructive manner. Congratulations to the Republic of Tatarstan on having the Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University included on the World Heritage List.
🔗 Read in full: http://tiny.cc/006kvz
#UNESCO
❗️No response from the #UN Secretary-General and the UN Secretariat to the repeated Russian requests for them to obtain a list of victims of the #Bucha provocation from Kiev
🎙Excerpts from the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 20, 2023:
💬On September 22, 2022, when the UN Security Council was holding a meeting on #Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly requested that the UN Secretary-General obtain a list of victims of the provocation in Bucha from Ukraine.
Despite our repeated reminders to the UN people, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric went on record as saying at his October 25 briefing that he had no information as to why Kiev had failed to submit the said list of victims’ names, or about whether they were planning to send it, or what obstacles were preventing the Ukrainian side from doing this.
Journalists also asked us to answer this question. We have to play an unending game of referring them to the international organisations. What do we have to do with this? After all, this is what the Russian side publicly asked the UN Secretary-General to do at the UN Security Council meeting and personally during meetings and bilateral contacts between the Russian foreign minister and the UN Secretary-General.
A similar question was posed to UN representatives in December of this year. There is still no substantive response. They only promised to provide a comment shortly, so far as possible within the limits of their competence. They have been juggling with this phrase for 18 months.
👉We are surprised to learn that the UN Secretariat is attempting to interpret the direct address to the UN Secretary-General as a request for assistance in getting information from Kiev. We have no illusions as to Kiev’s readiness to expose its own fake bloodbath.
❗️We have sent our appeal directly to the UN Secretary-General and we want to obtain answers to the questions we asked him. I think that referring our requests to the Kiev regime, from which we allegedly should expect a reply, is a game of evasion and a conscious effort on their part not to do what they must. I am speaking about the UN Secretariat.
🎙Excerpts from the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 20, 2023:
💬On September 22, 2022, when the UN Security Council was holding a meeting on #Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly requested that the UN Secretary-General obtain a list of victims of the provocation in Bucha from Ukraine.
Despite our repeated reminders to the UN people, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric went on record as saying at his October 25 briefing that he had no information as to why Kiev had failed to submit the said list of victims’ names, or about whether they were planning to send it, or what obstacles were preventing the Ukrainian side from doing this.
Journalists also asked us to answer this question. We have to play an unending game of referring them to the international organisations. What do we have to do with this? After all, this is what the Russian side publicly asked the UN Secretary-General to do at the UN Security Council meeting and personally during meetings and bilateral contacts between the Russian foreign minister and the UN Secretary-General.
A similar question was posed to UN representatives in December of this year. There is still no substantive response. They only promised to provide a comment shortly, so far as possible within the limits of their competence. They have been juggling with this phrase for 18 months.
👉We are surprised to learn that the UN Secretariat is attempting to interpret the direct address to the UN Secretary-General as a request for assistance in getting information from Kiev. We have no illusions as to Kiev’s readiness to expose its own fake bloodbath.
❗️We have sent our appeal directly to the UN Secretary-General and we want to obtain answers to the questions we asked him. I think that referring our requests to the Kiev regime, from which we allegedly should expect a reply, is a game of evasion and a conscious effort on their part not to do what they must. I am speaking about the UN Secretariat.
🎥‘Tundra Wonder Mums’ (2021) is a RT documentary about the traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the Far North.
WATCH in full here: https://rtd.rt.com/films/tundra-wonder-mums/
This is the story of a Khanty woman Pavla Nikolaevna who is a ‘chum-worker’, a housewife in the tundra. A 'chum' is a mobile home made from reindeer hides that is used by the indigenous people of Russia’s Far North. Pavla Nikolaevna and her husband continue their family ideal of driving reindeer herds following traditional lifestyle of their ancestors.
By the way, since 2018, ‘chum-worker’ has been recognised as an official job title in Russia. Chum-workers are even paid a salary.
🏆The documentary won the Best Feature Documentary category at Malaysia’s Walk The Doc 2023 International Documentary Festival.
📖Read here to learn more about life of the indigenous peoples of Russia’s Far North: https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/333447-chum-nomad-tent-russia
WATCH in full here: https://rtd.rt.com/films/tundra-wonder-mums/
This is the story of a Khanty woman Pavla Nikolaevna who is a ‘chum-worker’, a housewife in the tundra. A 'chum' is a mobile home made from reindeer hides that is used by the indigenous people of Russia’s Far North. Pavla Nikolaevna and her husband continue their family ideal of driving reindeer herds following traditional lifestyle of their ancestors.
By the way, since 2018, ‘chum-worker’ has been recognised as an official job title in Russia. Chum-workers are even paid a salary.
🏆The documentary won the Best Feature Documentary category at Malaysia’s Walk The Doc 2023 International Documentary Festival.
📖Read here to learn more about life of the indigenous peoples of Russia’s Far North: https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/333447-chum-nomad-tent-russia
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Tundra Wonder Mums
Tundra is their office, Far North is their employer
On December 25, 2023 a ceremony for signing the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU) and its member states on the one hand, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other, took place on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St Petersburg.
The new deal will eliminate customs duties on almost 90% of goods and establishes a preferential regime for almost all trade between #Russia and Iran.
The new deal will eliminate customs duties on almost 90% of goods and establishes a preferential regime for almost all trade between #Russia and Iran.
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Less than a quarter of a century ago, London fought a bloody civil war against its own people, killing thousands. I mean the conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by unprecedented brutality on the part of British armed forces.
London decided that enough time had passed, and now, with the world community’s attention focused on Russia and the Middle East, it had an excellent opportunity to clear away their war criminals. And now, at Christmas, they passed the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill.
Reconciliation and settlement of problematic issues seems to be a good idea, but the goal of the law lies elsewhere.
Through this bill, British parliamentarians grant immunity from prosecution to their own military and police officers who shot at civilians during the conflict.
Now these issues will have to be considered not by a court, but by some Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery. No legal consequences, no deadlines, no arrests. And, of course, the authorities will control the activities of the commission, unlike the more or less independent judiciary.
This is how London will rehabilitate its punishers.
These are not my words. The Republic of Ireland is filing a claim against Britain to the European Court of Human Rights. Relatives of many of the victims of the British military during the armed conflict live there. The government in Dublin is outraged by London’s decision. The victims will not be avenged, and their killers will remain free simply so as not to attract unnecessary attention to the affairs of the not-so-distant past.
The next time you hear London moralists lecturing others on human rights and freedoms, remember the atrocities they carried out against their own people in recent history.
💬 Less than a quarter of a century ago, London fought a bloody civil war against its own people, killing thousands. I mean the conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by unprecedented brutality on the part of British armed forces.
London decided that enough time had passed, and now, with the world community’s attention focused on Russia and the Middle East, it had an excellent opportunity to clear away their war criminals. And now, at Christmas, they passed the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill.
Reconciliation and settlement of problematic issues seems to be a good idea, but the goal of the law lies elsewhere.
Through this bill, British parliamentarians grant immunity from prosecution to their own military and police officers who shot at civilians during the conflict.
Now these issues will have to be considered not by a court, but by some Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery. No legal consequences, no deadlines, no arrests. And, of course, the authorities will control the activities of the commission, unlike the more or less independent judiciary.
This is how London will rehabilitate its punishers.
These are not my words. The Republic of Ireland is filing a claim against Britain to the European Court of Human Rights. Relatives of many of the victims of the British military during the armed conflict live there. The government in Dublin is outraged by London’s decision. The victims will not be avenged, and their killers will remain free simply so as not to attract unnecessary attention to the affairs of the not-so-distant past.
The next time you hear London moralists lecturing others on human rights and freedoms, remember the atrocities they carried out against their own people in recent history.
📂 We bring to your attention the report Russia’s Policy Towards World Majority, prepared based on a series of studies, conferences, and situational analysis sessions conducted under the situational analysis program by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and Russia in Global Affairs journal with support from the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Key points:
🔹 Since the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the Russian foreign policy space has split in two:
👉 On the one hand, a US-led coalition of several dozen states, which keeps taking new punitive measures against Russia.
👉 On the other hand, there is the rest of the world: more than a hundred countries that de facto have taken a neutral position on the Ukraine conflict, and many have assumed a benevolent attitude towards Moscow.
🔹 The nations of the Global South and East are Russia’s natural associates in democratizing the world order, eradicating neocolonial practices, and banning instruments of pressure and blackmail from the world political, monetary, and financial systems.
🔹 The armed conflict in Ukraine has already led to the emergence of the World Majority as a clearly defined phenomenon in international relations.
🔹 The World Majority is not something external to Russia. Russia itself is its active member, its most important geopolitical resource and, in fact, its military-political core.
🔹 Strategically, the World Majority policy is a programme to build a new world order. Developing such a programme and the related long-term (for example, until 2040) strategy is a priority.
📖 Read in full: https://vk.cc/ctADYD
📥Download pdf: https://vk.cc/ctADZu
Key points:
🔹 Since the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the Russian foreign policy space has split in two:
👉 On the one hand, a US-led coalition of several dozen states, which keeps taking new punitive measures against Russia.
👉 On the other hand, there is the rest of the world: more than a hundred countries that de facto have taken a neutral position on the Ukraine conflict, and many have assumed a benevolent attitude towards Moscow.
🔹 The nations of the Global South and East are Russia’s natural associates in democratizing the world order, eradicating neocolonial practices, and banning instruments of pressure and blackmail from the world political, monetary, and financial systems.
🔹 The armed conflict in Ukraine has already led to the emergence of the World Majority as a clearly defined phenomenon in international relations.
🔹 The World Majority is not something external to Russia. Russia itself is its active member, its most important geopolitical resource and, in fact, its military-political core.
🔹 Strategically, the World Majority policy is a programme to build a new world order. Developing such a programme and the related long-term (for example, until 2040) strategy is a priority.
📖 Read in full: https://vk.cc/ctADYD
📥Download pdf: https://vk.cc/ctADZu
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Our trade is growing for the second year running and at a confident pace. This year, the growth rates were even higher than last year. <...> It is common knowledge that this is primarily energy resources – oil, oil products and coal, but it’s not just that. We are working together in high-tech areas.
We are very pleased to note that despite the current turbulences in the world, relations with our traditional friends in Asia, with India and the Indian people are making steady headway.
We know the position of Prime Minister Modi and have talked about this more than once. I am referring to his position, his attitude to complicated processes, including hot spots, the situation in Ukraine. I have repeatedly informed him about the situation around this conflict. I know about his striving to resolve this problem through peaceful means. <...>
We will be happy to see our friend, Prime Minister Modi in Russia. We will have an opportunity to discuss the current issues and talk about the prospects for developing #RussiaIndia relations. We have to cover a lot of ground. <...>
I realise that next year, India’s domestic political calendar is not simple. It is complicated considering that India will hold general elections to parliament.
🤝 We wish success to our friends in India. We believe we will maintain our traditional friendly ties in any alignment of political forces.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Our trade is growing for the second year running and at a confident pace. This year, the growth rates were even higher than last year. <...> It is common knowledge that this is primarily energy resources – oil, oil products and coal, but it’s not just that. We are working together in high-tech areas.
We are very pleased to note that despite the current turbulences in the world, relations with our traditional friends in Asia, with India and the Indian people are making steady headway.
We know the position of Prime Minister Modi and have talked about this more than once. I am referring to his position, his attitude to complicated processes, including hot spots, the situation in Ukraine. I have repeatedly informed him about the situation around this conflict. I know about his striving to resolve this problem through peaceful means. <...>
We will be happy to see our friend, Prime Minister Modi in Russia. We will have an opportunity to discuss the current issues and talk about the prospects for developing #RussiaIndia relations. We have to cover a lot of ground. <...>
I realise that next year, India’s domestic political calendar is not simple. It is complicated considering that India will hold general elections to parliament.
🤝 We wish success to our friends in India. We believe we will maintain our traditional friendly ties in any alignment of political forces.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint press conference with India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Moscow, December 27, 2023)
💬 The trust-based nature of #RussiaIndia relations is rooted in mutual respect and immune to momentary fluctuations. These contacts fully reflect the very nature of our cooperation within our special privileged strategic partnership, as set forth in the documents signed by the leaders of Russia and India.
✅ We agreed on several steps which are expected to enable us to expand our cooperation, including as we prepare to launch the International North-South Transport Corridor, create the Chennai-Vladivostok route and work together to develop the Northern Sea Route, which is a promising avenue for cooperation.
We discussed prospects for military-technical cooperation, including joint production of modern weapons. We made progress in this area as well. Our interaction is strategic in this respect. Strengthening this cooperation meets the national interests of our states and helps maintain security in Eurasia.
We confirmed our desire to intensify cooperation in energy. This is also a strategic area in our cooperation. I am referring to the buildup of hydrocarbon exports from Russia to India, and interaction in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, primarily, the continuing implementation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project.
🤝 We are sincerely grateful to our Indian colleagues for their striving to adopt a responsible approach to discussing and resolving regional and global problems in line with the principles of equitable and fair international cooperation. This approach is typical of India’s position on the developments in Ukraine and around it.
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💬 The trust-based nature of #RussiaIndia relations is rooted in mutual respect and immune to momentary fluctuations. These contacts fully reflect the very nature of our cooperation within our special privileged strategic partnership, as set forth in the documents signed by the leaders of Russia and India.
✅ We agreed on several steps which are expected to enable us to expand our cooperation, including as we prepare to launch the International North-South Transport Corridor, create the Chennai-Vladivostok route and work together to develop the Northern Sea Route, which is a promising avenue for cooperation.
We discussed prospects for military-technical cooperation, including joint production of modern weapons. We made progress in this area as well. Our interaction is strategic in this respect. Strengthening this cooperation meets the national interests of our states and helps maintain security in Eurasia.
We confirmed our desire to intensify cooperation in energy. This is also a strategic area in our cooperation. I am referring to the buildup of hydrocarbon exports from Russia to India, and interaction in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, primarily, the continuing implementation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project.
🤝 We are sincerely grateful to our Indian colleagues for their striving to adopt a responsible approach to discussing and resolving regional and global problems in line with the principles of equitable and fair international cooperation. This approach is typical of India’s position on the developments in Ukraine and around it.
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 What do a racist, a colonialist and a Western neoliberal have in common?
I'll tell you using examples from the Anglo-Saxon world.
Here's Joe Biden speaking from the podium about the importance of engaging with the indigenous peoples of the US, Native Americans.
👉Only Indians in the US still live on reservations, and some communities, about half of them, don't even have their own reservations: of 574 tribes, only 326 live on reservations. The rest continue to fight for their rights, but, of course, to no avail. Biden himself recognises this, “Indigenous communities still live in the shadows of the failed policies of the past.” He stated this at the recent Tribal Nations Summit. However, discrimination against Native Americans continues within the reservations as well and tribal people get lower wages, are not hired for government jobs, and crime is on the rise.
Now, with regard to Australia, the unthinkable is happening there in this department: the authorities continue to take children away from the Aborigines even in the 21st century. This absolutely genocidal practice – where children are taken away not only from their families, but also from their traditional culture – has become an everyday occurrence in Anglo-Saxon Australia. The issue is about targeted and purposeful destruction of the mechanism for passing along cultural heritage from generation to generation. Local residents are suing the authorities, because their children have been kidnapped, but most likely the lawsuit is a non-starter. The judges will not assume this kind of responsibility with the potential political implications. Both the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is only paying lip service to children's issues, and London, with whose consent all this is happening, remain silent and approve of such practices.
Let’s spend a moment discussing Canada, a country that is notorious for its closed boarding schools for indigenous children. There is a spike in ultra-violence against representatives of non-titular ethnicities. And it's not just Native Americans and Jews, the number of attacks against whom has increased significantly since the flare-up in the Middle East.
They had better address their own deep-running issues before telling others what to do.
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💬 What do a racist, a colonialist and a Western neoliberal have in common?
I'll tell you using examples from the Anglo-Saxon world.
Here's Joe Biden speaking from the podium about the importance of engaging with the indigenous peoples of the US, Native Americans.
👉Only Indians in the US still live on reservations, and some communities, about half of them, don't even have their own reservations: of 574 tribes, only 326 live on reservations. The rest continue to fight for their rights, but, of course, to no avail. Biden himself recognises this, “Indigenous communities still live in the shadows of the failed policies of the past.” He stated this at the recent Tribal Nations Summit. However, discrimination against Native Americans continues within the reservations as well and tribal people get lower wages, are not hired for government jobs, and crime is on the rise.
Now, with regard to Australia, the unthinkable is happening there in this department: the authorities continue to take children away from the Aborigines even in the 21st century. This absolutely genocidal practice – where children are taken away not only from their families, but also from their traditional culture – has become an everyday occurrence in Anglo-Saxon Australia. The issue is about targeted and purposeful destruction of the mechanism for passing along cultural heritage from generation to generation. Local residents are suing the authorities, because their children have been kidnapped, but most likely the lawsuit is a non-starter. The judges will not assume this kind of responsibility with the potential political implications. Both the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is only paying lip service to children's issues, and London, with whose consent all this is happening, remain silent and approve of such practices.
Let’s spend a moment discussing Canada, a country that is notorious for its closed boarding schools for indigenous children. There is a spike in ultra-violence against representatives of non-titular ethnicities. And it's not just Native Americans and Jews, the number of attacks against whom has increased significantly since the flare-up in the Middle East.
They had better address their own deep-running issues before telling others what to do.
🔗 t.ly/s-hHf
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 What do a racist, a colonialist and a Western neoliberal have in common?
I'll tell you using examples from the Anglo-Saxon world.
Here's Joe Biden speaking from the podium about the importance of engaging with the indigenous…
💬 What do a racist, a colonialist and a Western neoliberal have in common?
I'll tell you using examples from the Anglo-Saxon world.
Here's Joe Biden speaking from the podium about the importance of engaging with the indigenous…
❓ Есть ли у России данные, насколько изменились объемы военной помощи Запада Украине? Можно ли сказать, что на фоне обострения ситуации на Ближнем Востоке эта тема ушла на второй план для Запада? Если да, то насколько вероятно, что в Киеве решатся в таких условиях на переговоры с Москвой?
💬 С.В.Лавров: Несмотря на провал "контрнаступления" ВСУ, Запад продолжает накачивать Киев вооружениями, повышая ставки путем применения в украинском конфликте все более смертоносных и дальнобойных систем. Осуществляются поставки натовского оружия, в том числе кассетных боеприпасов и снарядов с обедненным ураном.
Продолжает функционировать так называемый формат Рамштайн, в рамках которого представители более 50 стран ежемесячно обсуждают запросы Киева на предоставление военной техники и боеприпасов.
Трагические события на Ближнем Востоке на некоторое время вытеснили украинский кризис с первых страниц западных СМИ. Однако для большинства недружественных правительств "нанесение стратегического поражения России на поле боя" по-прежнему значится среди приоритетов. Ни Вашингтон, ни Брюссель не отказываются от оказания помощи киевскому режиму, понимая, что без нее он обречен. Они по-прежнему кровно заинтересованы в том, чтобы руками и телами украинцев сдерживать Россию.
Вынуждены констатировать отсутствие воли к миру со стороны режима Зеленского. Его представители мыслят категориями войны и прибегают к весьма агрессивной риторике. Ни о каком прекращении боевых действий не ведется и речи. Продолжает действовать установленный Зеленским 30 сентября 2022 года запрет на ведение переговоров с руководством России. Выводы делайте сами.
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💬 С.В.Лавров: Несмотря на провал "контрнаступления" ВСУ, Запад продолжает накачивать Киев вооружениями, повышая ставки путем применения в украинском конфликте все более смертоносных и дальнобойных систем. Осуществляются поставки натовского оружия, в том числе кассетных боеприпасов и снарядов с обедненным ураном.
Продолжает функционировать так называемый формат Рамштайн, в рамках которого представители более 50 стран ежемесячно обсуждают запросы Киева на предоставление военной техники и боеприпасов.
Трагические события на Ближнем Востоке на некоторое время вытеснили украинский кризис с первых страниц западных СМИ. Однако для большинства недружественных правительств "нанесение стратегического поражения России на поле боя" по-прежнему значится среди приоритетов. Ни Вашингтон, ни Брюссель не отказываются от оказания помощи киевскому режиму, понимая, что без нее он обречен. Они по-прежнему кровно заинтересованы в том, чтобы руками и телами украинцев сдерживать Россию.
Вынуждены констатировать отсутствие воли к миру со стороны режима Зеленского. Его представители мыслят категориями войны и прибегают к весьма агрессивной риторике. Ни о каком прекращении боевых действий не ведется и речи. Продолжает действовать установленный Зеленским 30 сентября 2022 года запрет на ведение переговоров с руководством России. Выводы делайте сами.
Читайте полностью: https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1923539/
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Russian New Year table / Novogodnyi stol/ Новогодний стол🎉
As 2023 draws to a close it is time to think what should be on New Year’s table. No Russian family would ever dare to celebrate New Year without “Olivier” salad. It was invented by and named after French chef Olivier who worked in famous Russian restaurant in the late XIX century. “Olivier” is the king of the table and symbol of winter feast. Usually it consists of boiled potatoes, carrots, quail eggs, meat, pickled cucumber, green peas and mayo. However, every family has its own recipe. One more salad usually served at New Year in Russia is “Herring under a fur coat”. The combination of salted fish, mayo and sweet beetroot makes this salad tastes incredible. As a main dish, roasted duck or goose is iconic for New Year. For the drink, traditionally champagne is preferred. The well-known Russian brand is Abrau-Durso (produced in #Crimea) or champagne “Sovetskoe”.
As 2023 draws to a close it is time to think what should be on New Year’s table. No Russian family would ever dare to celebrate New Year without “Olivier” salad. It was invented by and named after French chef Olivier who worked in famous Russian restaurant in the late XIX century. “Olivier” is the king of the table and symbol of winter feast. Usually it consists of boiled potatoes, carrots, quail eggs, meat, pickled cucumber, green peas and mayo. However, every family has its own recipe. One more salad usually served at New Year in Russia is “Herring under a fur coat”. The combination of salted fish, mayo and sweet beetroot makes this salad tastes incredible. As a main dish, roasted duck or goose is iconic for New Year. For the drink, traditionally champagne is preferred. The well-known Russian brand is Abrau-Durso (produced in #Crimea) or champagne “Sovetskoe”.
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