450 years ago in 1574 the «farther of printing» in #Russia Ivan Fedorov printed in Lvоv (Львов) the first Russian ABC book. It starts with listing Cyrillic letters three times: in the direct and reverse order, and in columns rather than lines. Such books were called “Azbuka” (Азбука), for the first two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet: A – was called Az and B – Buki. Another name for them was Bukvar’, from the word “bukva” – letter. Soon, educators started to differentiate such alphabet books from more advanced grammars. Later, more educators started to include pictures in such textbooks. Modern Azbuka is quite different from its origin but still we call it so.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the Copenhagen-format meeting in Davos on Ukraine
💬 On January 14, Davos, Switzerland, will be hosting the fourth Copenhagen-format meeting on Ukraine. Its organisers – Kiev and Bern.
The Kiev regime, together with the Group of Seven members, will once again use deceit in order to persuade the countries of the Global South and East to support the would-be peaceful proposals stemming from the so-called Zelensky formula, an infamously odious framework.
The Foreign Ministry has consistently criticised the Zelensky formula and the Copenhagen-format meetings designed to promote it for their shortcomings, hypocrisy and lack of connection to reality.
1️⃣ The Zelensky formula consists of a series of ultimatums targeting Russia. <…> Ultimatums of this kind cannot serve as a foundation for launching talks.
2️⃣ Ukraine has enacted a legal ban on holding talks with the Russian leadership. As long as this ban remains in place, discussing any proposals will not yield tangible results.
3️⃣ Discussing a settlement in Ukraine without involving Russia is senseless.
4️⃣ Kiev has been pushing the ultimatums contained in the Zelensky formula as the only possible solution with no room for alternatives. In doing so, Kiev and its masters have monopolised the right to put forward peace initiatives, effectively blocking all reasonable ideas from other countries, primarily from the Global South and East.
5️⃣ Zelensky has been bombing civilian sites with cluster munitions in Belgorod, Donetsk and other Russian cities, intentionally killing civilians, all while preparing the Davos meeting to discuss the prospects of a peace settlement.
All of this demonstrates the true intentions of the leadership in Kiev, Washington, London and Brussels.
❗️ We are convinced that our partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America fully understand the reality of the situation and will not allow themselves to be drawn into openly anti-Russian initiatives.
🔗 Read in full: http://tiny.cc/j06zvz
💬 On January 14, Davos, Switzerland, will be hosting the fourth Copenhagen-format meeting on Ukraine. Its organisers – Kiev and Bern.
The Kiev regime, together with the Group of Seven members, will once again use deceit in order to persuade the countries of the Global South and East to support the would-be peaceful proposals stemming from the so-called Zelensky formula, an infamously odious framework.
The Foreign Ministry has consistently criticised the Zelensky formula and the Copenhagen-format meetings designed to promote it for their shortcomings, hypocrisy and lack of connection to reality.
1️⃣ The Zelensky formula consists of a series of ultimatums targeting Russia. <…> Ultimatums of this kind cannot serve as a foundation for launching talks.
2️⃣ Ukraine has enacted a legal ban on holding talks with the Russian leadership. As long as this ban remains in place, discussing any proposals will not yield tangible results.
3️⃣ Discussing a settlement in Ukraine without involving Russia is senseless.
4️⃣ Kiev has been pushing the ultimatums contained in the Zelensky formula as the only possible solution with no room for alternatives. In doing so, Kiev and its masters have monopolised the right to put forward peace initiatives, effectively blocking all reasonable ideas from other countries, primarily from the Global South and East.
5️⃣ Zelensky has been bombing civilian sites with cluster munitions in Belgorod, Donetsk and other Russian cities, intentionally killing civilians, all while preparing the Davos meeting to discuss the prospects of a peace settlement.
All of this demonstrates the true intentions of the leadership in Kiev, Washington, London and Brussels.
❗️ We are convinced that our partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America fully understand the reality of the situation and will not allow themselves to be drawn into openly anti-Russian initiatives.
🔗 Read in full: http://tiny.cc/j06zvz
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 On the evening of January 7, at Via Acca Larentia in Rome, the former headquarters of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party dissolved in 1995, an annual rally was held by people adhering to its ideology. Though officially this party has not existed for almost 30 years, its activities and followers to some extent laid the foundations of the neo-fascist trends in present-day Italian society.
One can recall that MSI was founded in 1946 by former members of Benito Mussolini’s fascist party and the ideologues of the Italian Social Republic, who remained loyal to the ideology of fascism and could not accept the defeat of fascism in World War II. Their dream was to revive the principles of nationalism. The MSI party was perfectly legal in Italy for years and even had representatives in parliament. The annual rally in Rome marked the anniversary of the assassination of three MSI members, who were killed on January 7, 1978 by far-left militants in an armed attack on the MSI headquarters.
In a video (http://tiny.cc/2mezvz) that spread around the world, brown-shirted participants in the January 7, 2024 rally are seen raising their hands in the so-called Roman salute. Surely this was no accident at an event as thoroughly planned and organised as this one.
But what was the official reaction?
At first, everyone just kept quiet. Then, instead of coming out with an official and public denunciation, they invented their latest tale of “Russian hackers”, with the con artists at la Repubblica claiming (http://tiny.cc/2lezvz) to have identified three Russians in the crowd.
The official silence was broken by President of the Senate of the Republic Ignazio La Russa, but the effect was unnerving. He said that Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation should explain when this “salute” qualifies a political gesture expressive of an ideological commitment, versus when it’s just a “private” one. He seems to be hinting that the “Roman salute” (the fascist raising of the right hand) may be interpreted as a gesture of remembrance for the fallen, which simultaneously honours their ideology, in which case “it’s different” and therefore permissible.
The world majority must know that the West supports the Kiev regime because, among other things, neo-Nazis came to power in Ukraine, whom NATO countries are so fond of.
This is why keeps mum, when, for example, Waffen-SS veterans march in the Baltic states' capitals together with descendants and admirers of local collaborators who killed civilians during World War II. This is why keeps mum when politicians and demonstrators shout the Nazi slogan (http://tiny.cc/glezvz) “Glory to Ukraine,” or unashamedly give fascist salutes like on January 7 in Rome.
It is for this reason that the overwhelming majority of EU and NATO countries vote against the UN General Assembly resolution against the glorification of Nazism.
The West hates Russia for its principled stand against any manifestations of neo-Nazism or attempts to rewrite history. Russia is committed to preserving true historical memory, and for this they are using the Kiev regime as a proxy to wage a hybrid war and take revenge on our country.
💬 On the evening of January 7, at Via Acca Larentia in Rome, the former headquarters of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party dissolved in 1995, an annual rally was held by people adhering to its ideology. Though officially this party has not existed for almost 30 years, its activities and followers to some extent laid the foundations of the neo-fascist trends in present-day Italian society.
One can recall that MSI was founded in 1946 by former members of Benito Mussolini’s fascist party and the ideologues of the Italian Social Republic, who remained loyal to the ideology of fascism and could not accept the defeat of fascism in World War II. Their dream was to revive the principles of nationalism. The MSI party was perfectly legal in Italy for years and even had representatives in parliament. The annual rally in Rome marked the anniversary of the assassination of three MSI members, who were killed on January 7, 1978 by far-left militants in an armed attack on the MSI headquarters.
In a video (http://tiny.cc/2mezvz) that spread around the world, brown-shirted participants in the January 7, 2024 rally are seen raising their hands in the so-called Roman salute. Surely this was no accident at an event as thoroughly planned and organised as this one.
But what was the official reaction?
At first, everyone just kept quiet. Then, instead of coming out with an official and public denunciation, they invented their latest tale of “Russian hackers”, with the con artists at la Repubblica claiming (http://tiny.cc/2lezvz) to have identified three Russians in the crowd.
The official silence was broken by President of the Senate of the Republic Ignazio La Russa, but the effect was unnerving. He said that Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation should explain when this “salute” qualifies a political gesture expressive of an ideological commitment, versus when it’s just a “private” one. He seems to be hinting that the “Roman salute” (the fascist raising of the right hand) may be interpreted as a gesture of remembrance for the fallen, which simultaneously honours their ideology, in which case “it’s different” and therefore permissible.
The world majority must know that the West supports the Kiev regime because, among other things, neo-Nazis came to power in Ukraine, whom NATO countries are so fond of.
This is why keeps mum, when, for example, Waffen-SS veterans march in the Baltic states' capitals together with descendants and admirers of local collaborators who killed civilians during World War II. This is why keeps mum when politicians and demonstrators shout the Nazi slogan (http://tiny.cc/glezvz) “Glory to Ukraine,” or unashamedly give fascist salutes like on January 7 in Rome.
It is for this reason that the overwhelming majority of EU and NATO countries vote against the UN General Assembly resolution against the glorification of Nazism.
The West hates Russia for its principled stand against any manifestations of neo-Nazism or attempts to rewrite history. Russia is committed to preserving true historical memory, and for this they are using the Kiev regime as a proxy to wage a hybrid war and take revenge on our country.
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Об оценках ООН гуманитарной ситуации в секторе Газа
СООБЩЕНИЕ ДЛЯ СМИ
5 января Генсекретарь ООН А.Гутерреш распространил отчет об усилиях по реализации резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН 2712 (принята 15 ноября 2023 г.) с упором на необходимость защиты детей в условиях вооруженного конфликта. В докладе прямо говорится, что данное решение далеко от выполнения, а перспективы прогресса оцениваются как «удручающе ничтожные». Указывается и причина такого положения дел – продолжение военной операции Израиля в секторе Газа.
Наглядно иллюстрируют катастрофическую ситуацию «на земле» и статистические данные: за без малого 100 дней кровопролития число погибших и раненых палестинцев в анклаве перевалило за 23 и 59 тыс. человек соответственно, 70% из них – дети и женщины. Почти 2 млн жителей сектора вынуждены искать убежища при том, что в заблокированном анклаве, как подтверждает А.Гутерреш, нет ни относительно безопасных мест, ни районов, куда можно было бы организовать доставку достаточного количества гуманитарной помощи.
Масштаб жертв и разрушений (более 60% построек повреждено) свидетельствует, по ооновским оценкам, об использовании Израилем оружия с широким радиусом поражения в густонаселенных зонах. Атакам, по данным Секретариата ООН, подвергаются и медицинские объекты: порядка 300 ударов, в том числе по 94 больницам, и объекты Ближневосточного агентства ООН для помощи палестинским беженцам и организации работ (около 200 эпизодов по 125 локациям). Жертвами таких атак стали уже 144 сотрудника ООН – крупнейшая единовременная потеря за все время существования Всемирной организации.
На фоне продолжающихся боевых действий, блокады и фактического отсутствия беспрепятственного гуманитарного доступа жители сектора Газа сталкиваются с угрозами масштабного голода и эпидемий инфекционных заболеваний. В этих условиях ежедневно в анклаве, по информации А.Гутерреша, рожают порядка 180 женщин.
С растущей тревогой приходится констатировать, что СБ ООН как главный орган по поддержанию международных мира и безопасности до сих пор не может выполнить свой прямой мандат. Причина – противодействие США. Стараниями американцев обе принятые резолюции СБ ООН (2712 и 2720) не содержат ключевого требования о немедленном и повсеместном прекращении огня, а потому обречены «оставаться на бумаге». Тем временем кровопролитие в зоне палестино-израильского конфликта рискует перерасти в кризис регионального масштаба с растущей эскалацией насилия в Ливане, Сирии, Ираке, а также в Красном море. Существует угроза массового переселения палестинцев из сектора Газа и Западного берега р.Иордан в Египет и Иорданию.
Россия продолжает предпринимать усилия, прежде всего, на площадках СБ и ГА ООН, в целях срочного установления устойчивого прекращения огня, налаживания беспрепятственного гуманитарного доступа и восстановления политического горизонта на двугосударственной основе в процессе палестино-израильского урегулирования. Российская сторона исходит из того, что атака ХАМАС против Израиля 7 октября 2023 г., включая захват заложников, заслуживает всяческого осуждения, однако она не может и не должна использоваться в качестве оправдания для коллективного наказания Израилем как оккупирующей державы миллионов палестинцев на оккупированной территории в нарушение норм и принципов международного гуманитарного права
🔗 https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1925004/
СООБЩЕНИЕ ДЛЯ СМИ
5 января Генсекретарь ООН А.Гутерреш распространил отчет об усилиях по реализации резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН 2712 (принята 15 ноября 2023 г.) с упором на необходимость защиты детей в условиях вооруженного конфликта. В докладе прямо говорится, что данное решение далеко от выполнения, а перспективы прогресса оцениваются как «удручающе ничтожные». Указывается и причина такого положения дел – продолжение военной операции Израиля в секторе Газа.
Наглядно иллюстрируют катастрофическую ситуацию «на земле» и статистические данные: за без малого 100 дней кровопролития число погибших и раненых палестинцев в анклаве перевалило за 23 и 59 тыс. человек соответственно, 70% из них – дети и женщины. Почти 2 млн жителей сектора вынуждены искать убежища при том, что в заблокированном анклаве, как подтверждает А.Гутерреш, нет ни относительно безопасных мест, ни районов, куда можно было бы организовать доставку достаточного количества гуманитарной помощи.
Масштаб жертв и разрушений (более 60% построек повреждено) свидетельствует, по ооновским оценкам, об использовании Израилем оружия с широким радиусом поражения в густонаселенных зонах. Атакам, по данным Секретариата ООН, подвергаются и медицинские объекты: порядка 300 ударов, в том числе по 94 больницам, и объекты Ближневосточного агентства ООН для помощи палестинским беженцам и организации работ (около 200 эпизодов по 125 локациям). Жертвами таких атак стали уже 144 сотрудника ООН – крупнейшая единовременная потеря за все время существования Всемирной организации.
На фоне продолжающихся боевых действий, блокады и фактического отсутствия беспрепятственного гуманитарного доступа жители сектора Газа сталкиваются с угрозами масштабного голода и эпидемий инфекционных заболеваний. В этих условиях ежедневно в анклаве, по информации А.Гутерреша, рожают порядка 180 женщин.
С растущей тревогой приходится констатировать, что СБ ООН как главный орган по поддержанию международных мира и безопасности до сих пор не может выполнить свой прямой мандат. Причина – противодействие США. Стараниями американцев обе принятые резолюции СБ ООН (2712 и 2720) не содержат ключевого требования о немедленном и повсеместном прекращении огня, а потому обречены «оставаться на бумаге». Тем временем кровопролитие в зоне палестино-израильского конфликта рискует перерасти в кризис регионального масштаба с растущей эскалацией насилия в Ливане, Сирии, Ираке, а также в Красном море. Существует угроза массового переселения палестинцев из сектора Газа и Западного берега р.Иордан в Египет и Иорданию.
Россия продолжает предпринимать усилия, прежде всего, на площадках СБ и ГА ООН, в целях срочного установления устойчивого прекращения огня, налаживания беспрепятственного гуманитарного доступа и восстановления политического горизонта на двугосударственной основе в процессе палестино-израильского урегулирования. Российская сторона исходит из того, что атака ХАМАС против Израиля 7 октября 2023 г., включая захват заложников, заслуживает всяческого осуждения, однако она не может и не должна использоваться в качестве оправдания для коллективного наказания Израилем как оккупирующей державы миллионов палестинцев на оккупированной территории в нарушение норм и принципов международного гуманитарного права
🔗 https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1925004/
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 On the evening of January 7, at Via Acca Larentia in Rome, the former headquarters of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party dissolved in 1995, an annual rally was held by people adhering to its ideology. Though officially this party has not existed for almost 30 years, its activities and followers to some extent laid the foundations of the neo-fascist trends in present-day Italian society.
One can recall that MSI was founded in 1946 by former members of Benito Mussolini’s fascist party and the ideologues of the Italian Social Republic, who remained loyal to the ideology of fascism and could not accept the defeat of fascism in World War II. Their dream was to revive the principles of nationalism. The MSI party was perfectly legal in Italy for years and even had representatives in parliament. The annual rally in Rome marked the anniversary of the assassination of three MSI members, who were killed on January 7, 1978 by far-left militants in an armed attack on the MSI headquarters.
In a video that spread around the world, brown-shirted participants in the January 7, 2024 rally are seen raising their hands in the so-called Roman salute. Surely this was no accident at an event as thoroughly planned and organised as this one.
But what was the official reaction?
At first, everyone just kept quiet. Then, instead of coming out with an official and public denunciation, they invented their latest tale of “Russian hackers”, with the con artists at la Repubblica claiming to have identified three Russians in the crowd.
The official silence was broken by President of the Senate of the Republic Ignazio La Russa, but the effect was unnerving. He said that Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation should explain when this “salute” qualifies a political gesture expressive of an ideological commitment, versus when it’s just a “private” one. He seems to be hinting that the “Roman salute” (the fascist raising of the right hand) may be interpreted as a gesture of remembrance for the fallen, which simultaneously honours their ideology, in which case “it’s different” and therefore permissible.
The world majority must know that the West supports the Kiev regime because, among other things, neo-Nazis came to power in Ukraine, whom NATO countries are so fond of.
This is why keeps mum, when, for example, Waffen-SS veterans march in the Baltic states' capitals together with descendants and admirers of local collaborators who killed civilians during World War II. This is why keeps mum when politicians and demonstrators shout the Nazi slogan “Glory to Ukraine,” or unashamedly give fascist salutes like on January 7 in Rome.
It is for this reason that the overwhelming majority of EU and NATO countries vote against the UN General Assembly resolution against the glorification of Nazism.
The West hates Russia for its principled stand against any manifestations of neo-Nazism or attempts to rewrite history. Russia is committed to preserving true historical memory, and for this they are using the Kiev regime as a proxy to wage a hybrid war and take revenge on our country.
💬 On the evening of January 7, at Via Acca Larentia in Rome, the former headquarters of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party dissolved in 1995, an annual rally was held by people adhering to its ideology. Though officially this party has not existed for almost 30 years, its activities and followers to some extent laid the foundations of the neo-fascist trends in present-day Italian society.
One can recall that MSI was founded in 1946 by former members of Benito Mussolini’s fascist party and the ideologues of the Italian Social Republic, who remained loyal to the ideology of fascism and could not accept the defeat of fascism in World War II. Their dream was to revive the principles of nationalism. The MSI party was perfectly legal in Italy for years and even had representatives in parliament. The annual rally in Rome marked the anniversary of the assassination of three MSI members, who were killed on January 7, 1978 by far-left militants in an armed attack on the MSI headquarters.
In a video that spread around the world, brown-shirted participants in the January 7, 2024 rally are seen raising their hands in the so-called Roman salute. Surely this was no accident at an event as thoroughly planned and organised as this one.
But what was the official reaction?
At first, everyone just kept quiet. Then, instead of coming out with an official and public denunciation, they invented their latest tale of “Russian hackers”, with the con artists at la Repubblica claiming to have identified three Russians in the crowd.
The official silence was broken by President of the Senate of the Republic Ignazio La Russa, but the effect was unnerving. He said that Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation should explain when this “salute” qualifies a political gesture expressive of an ideological commitment, versus when it’s just a “private” one. He seems to be hinting that the “Roman salute” (the fascist raising of the right hand) may be interpreted as a gesture of remembrance for the fallen, which simultaneously honours their ideology, in which case “it’s different” and therefore permissible.
The world majority must know that the West supports the Kiev regime because, among other things, neo-Nazis came to power in Ukraine, whom NATO countries are so fond of.
This is why keeps mum, when, for example, Waffen-SS veterans march in the Baltic states' capitals together with descendants and admirers of local collaborators who killed civilians during World War II. This is why keeps mum when politicians and demonstrators shout the Nazi slogan “Glory to Ukraine,” or unashamedly give fascist salutes like on January 7 in Rome.
It is for this reason that the overwhelming majority of EU and NATO countries vote against the UN General Assembly resolution against the glorification of Nazism.
The West hates Russia for its principled stand against any manifestations of neo-Nazism or attempts to rewrite history. Russia is committed to preserving true historical memory, and for this they are using the Kiev regime as a proxy to wage a hybrid war and take revenge on our country.
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⚡️ On developments following the terrorist attack in Iran on January 3
Russia was among the first countries to condemn in the strongest terms the barbaric terrorist attack committed in Kerman on January 3. On the very same day, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Supreme Leader of Iran Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei and President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi. During his telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on January 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his condolences following the mass killing of civilians.
❗️Moscow has reaffirmed its commitment to continue closely coordinating with Tehran to counter international terrorism in all its forms.
Russia was among the first countries to condemn in the strongest terms the barbaric terrorist attack committed in Kerman on January 3. On the very same day, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Supreme Leader of Iran Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei and President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi. During his telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on January 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his condolences following the mass killing of civilians.
❗️Moscow has reaffirmed its commitment to continue closely coordinating with Tehran to counter international terrorism in all its forms.
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Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
❗️ The US air strikes in #Yemen are the latest example of the Anglo-Saxons’ distortion of UN Security Council resolutions and total disregard for international law, aimed at escalating the situation in the region to achieve their destructive objectives.
Further detail of Russia's position 👉 watch LIVE at our weekly briefing
❗️ The US air strikes in #Yemen are the latest example of the Anglo-Saxons’ distortion of UN Security Council resolutions and total disregard for international law, aimed at escalating the situation in the region to achieve their destructive objectives.
Further detail of Russia's position 👉 watch LIVE at our weekly briefing
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Boris Katkov’s expulsion by the Latvian authorities
❌ On January 12, retired Russian veteran and chair of the Latvia-Russia Cooperation Association Board Boris Katkov was forcibly expelled from the Republic of Latvia.
In accordance with the decision by the Latvian Interior Ministry, our 82-year-old compatriot was expelled and will "never be allowed to come back" since he poses a "national security threat," which has become a common pretext for the police state in this Baltic country.
This is an absolutely cynical verdict on behalf of the Latvian government, which violates the principle intended to prevent the separation of family members. In fact, Boris Katkov’s spouse, children and grandchildren all remain in Latvia. This also runs counter to the 1994 Russia-Latvia intergovernmental agreement on social safeguards for Russian retired war veterans and their family members.
❗️ We are convinced that this move is a provocation and a political manoeuvre violating human rights and freedoms, and is designed to intimidate Russian-speaking residents of Latvia who have become victims of neo-Nazi manifestations and Russophobia.
We have little doubt that international human rights bodies will once again fail to speak against this latest manifestation of Riga's discriminatory policy towards our compatriots.
Considering Boris Katkov’s age and the stress he has had to endure, officials in the Pskov Regions have helped him find accommodation, and provided medical services and other forms of support. Our compatriot asked them to help him travel to Kaliningrad and received the assistance he needed. We will do everything to support him and provide for his comfort.
☝️ Russia will stand by the people expelled from Latvia and will offer them the assistance they need.
❌ On January 12, retired Russian veteran and chair of the Latvia-Russia Cooperation Association Board Boris Katkov was forcibly expelled from the Republic of Latvia.
In accordance with the decision by the Latvian Interior Ministry, our 82-year-old compatriot was expelled and will "never be allowed to come back" since he poses a "national security threat," which has become a common pretext for the police state in this Baltic country.
This is an absolutely cynical verdict on behalf of the Latvian government, which violates the principle intended to prevent the separation of family members. In fact, Boris Katkov’s spouse, children and grandchildren all remain in Latvia. This also runs counter to the 1994 Russia-Latvia intergovernmental agreement on social safeguards for Russian retired war veterans and their family members.
❗️ We are convinced that this move is a provocation and a political manoeuvre violating human rights and freedoms, and is designed to intimidate Russian-speaking residents of Latvia who have become victims of neo-Nazi manifestations and Russophobia.
We have little doubt that international human rights bodies will once again fail to speak against this latest manifestation of Riga's discriminatory policy towards our compatriots.
Considering Boris Katkov’s age and the stress he has had to endure, officials in the Pskov Regions have helped him find accommodation, and provided medical services and other forms of support. Our compatriot asked them to help him travel to Kaliningrad and received the assistance he needed. We will do everything to support him and provide for his comfort.
☝️ Russia will stand by the people expelled from Latvia and will offer them the assistance they need.
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (January 12, 2024)
💬 Russia supported Algeria's initiative to convene today's urgent meeting of the Council on the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with a focus on the threat of forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in light of the illegality of such steps by West Jerusalem in the terms of international law.
And that is only part of the deadly "puzzle" that assembles into the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
As of now, more than 23,000 people have been killed in the enclave. That includes, by preliminary data, more than 7,500 children. Thousands of people are missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings. <...> Civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, has been destroyed almost completely. The total blockade of Gaza has led to acute shortages of water, fuel and medical supplies. <...> Since the beginning of the escalation, some 2 million people have already been displaced. Half of them are women and children. <...>
❗️ The attack of October 7 cannot be used to legitimize Israel's use of force in the Gaza Strip. <...>
A coherent strategy of West Jerusalem is emerging. Its goal is to forcibly displace Palestinians, and its logic is simple - to make life in Gaza unbearable, even impossible, leaving the civilian population with the unimaginable choice – either leave your homeland or get killed. <...>
☝️ Under the current circumstances, Russia's principled approaches remain unchanged:
• an immediate ceasefire,
• unimpeded & safe humanitarian access,
• release of hostages,
• the restoration of the political horizon on the basis of the two-state solution for the Middle East settlement.
⚠️ Without an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the Middle East risks plunging into a full-scale war with the most serious global implications.
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💬 Russia supported Algeria's initiative to convene today's urgent meeting of the Council on the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with a focus on the threat of forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in light of the illegality of such steps by West Jerusalem in the terms of international law.
And that is only part of the deadly "puzzle" that assembles into the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
As of now, more than 23,000 people have been killed in the enclave. That includes, by preliminary data, more than 7,500 children. Thousands of people are missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings. <...> Civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, has been destroyed almost completely. The total blockade of Gaza has led to acute shortages of water, fuel and medical supplies. <...> Since the beginning of the escalation, some 2 million people have already been displaced. Half of them are women and children. <...>
❗️ The attack of October 7 cannot be used to legitimize Israel's use of force in the Gaza Strip. <...>
A coherent strategy of West Jerusalem is emerging. Its goal is to forcibly displace Palestinians, and its logic is simple - to make life in Gaza unbearable, even impossible, leaving the civilian population with the unimaginable choice – either leave your homeland or get killed. <...>
☝️ Under the current circumstances, Russia's principled approaches remain unchanged:
• an immediate ceasefire,
• unimpeded & safe humanitarian access,
• release of hostages,
• the restoration of the political horizon on the basis of the two-state solution for the Middle East settlement.
⚠️ Without an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the Middle East risks plunging into a full-scale war with the most serious global implications.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding Russia’s position on the Taiwan issue
❓ Question: Taiwan held elections today to choose the so-called president and MPs. What is the Russian Federation’s position on this matter?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Russia’s position on Taiwan is well-known and consistent, as set forth in Presidential Executive Order No 1072 of September 15, 1992, On the Relations between Russian and Taiwan.
This position is also set forth in the key documents governing Russia-China relations, primarily Article 5 of the Russian-Chinese Treaty on Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, dated July 16, 2001.
<...> We believe that relations between the two parties in the Taiwan Strait constitute an internal matter for China. Attempts by certain countries to use the elections in Taiwan to pressure Beijing and destabilise the situation in the strait and across the region are counterproductive and must be condemned by the international community.
☝️ We call on all outside forces to refrain from provocative actions undermining regional stability and international security.
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❓ Question: Taiwan held elections today to choose the so-called president and MPs. What is the Russian Federation’s position on this matter?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Russia’s position on Taiwan is well-known and consistent, as set forth in Presidential Executive Order No 1072 of September 15, 1992, On the Relations between Russian and Taiwan.
This position is also set forth in the key documents governing Russia-China relations, primarily Article 5 of the Russian-Chinese Treaty on Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, dated July 16, 2001.
It reads: "The Russian side reaffirms that the principled stand on the Taiwan issue as expounded in the political documents signed and adopted by the heads of state of the two countries from 1992 to 2000 remain unchanged. The Russian side acknowledges that there is only one China, that the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. The Russian side opposes any form of Taiwan's independence."
<...> We believe that relations between the two parties in the Taiwan Strait constitute an internal matter for China. Attempts by certain countries to use the elections in Taiwan to pressure Beijing and destabilise the situation in the strait and across the region are counterproductive and must be condemned by the international community.
☝️ We call on all outside forces to refrain from provocative actions undermining regional stability and international security.
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing with regard to strikes by US-led "international coalition" against the territory of Yemen (January 12, 2024)
💬 On January 11, the so-called "international coalition" led by the United States and Great Britain, which included Australia, Canada, Bahrain and the Netherlands, who calls itself the capital of world justice, launched massive strikes on the territory of Yemen.
This was not an attack against a group in this country, but against the people of Yemen as a whole. They hit the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, the cities of Sanaa, Saada, Zabid, Taiz and Damar. The US and satellites bombed airports and other infrastructure. Fires are burning in shell craters.
Unfortunately, what we are witnessing in Yemen looks painfully familiar. We have seen the exact same pattern of destruction in Gaza for the past three months. Now, long-suffering Yemen has once again become a hotbed of hostilities in the region.
Clearly, Washington is not going to stop there. The White House said it "reserves the right" to resume military action if there be more "threats". It does not take an expert to see that the United States will determine these "threats" and response measures at own discretion, without slightest regard for international law.
☝️ Massive strikes of the US and the UK against the territory of Yemen have nothing to do with the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter. <...>
The US and its allies have a long record of gross violations and misinterpretations of international law. <...> Apparently, when it comes to Washington's hegemonic aspirations, neither international law nor the ICJ carry any weight for Americans and their allies. This is what the US-promoted "rules-based world order" is about. <...>
❗️ We call on the international community to resolutely condemn the attack on Yemen by a group of countries under the lead of the US and UK that was done without a UN mandate.
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💬 On January 11, the so-called "international coalition" led by the United States and Great Britain, which included Australia, Canada, Bahrain and the Netherlands, who calls itself the capital of world justice, launched massive strikes on the territory of Yemen.
This was not an attack against a group in this country, but against the people of Yemen as a whole. They hit the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, the cities of Sanaa, Saada, Zabid, Taiz and Damar. The US and satellites bombed airports and other infrastructure. Fires are burning in shell craters.
Unfortunately, what we are witnessing in Yemen looks painfully familiar. We have seen the exact same pattern of destruction in Gaza for the past three months. Now, long-suffering Yemen has once again become a hotbed of hostilities in the region.
Clearly, Washington is not going to stop there. The White House said it "reserves the right" to resume military action if there be more "threats". It does not take an expert to see that the United States will determine these "threats" and response measures at own discretion, without slightest regard for international law.
☝️ Massive strikes of the US and the UK against the territory of Yemen have nothing to do with the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter. <...>
The US and its allies have a long record of gross violations and misinterpretations of international law. <...> Apparently, when it comes to Washington's hegemonic aspirations, neither international law nor the ICJ carry any weight for Americans and their allies. This is what the US-promoted "rules-based world order" is about. <...>
❗️ We call on the international community to resolutely condemn the attack on Yemen by a group of countries under the lead of the US and UK that was done without a UN mandate.
Read in full
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding Russia’s position on the Taiwan issue ❓ Question: Taiwan held elections today to choose the so-called president and MPs. What is the Russian Federation’s position on this…
Here is a recap on Russia's firm, well-known and consistent position on Taiwan as per Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
👉 There is only one China.
👉 The PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
👉 Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
👉 The Russian side opposes any form of Taiwan's independence.
👉 Russian Side firmly supports actions by the Chinese side to defend its state sovereignty and territorial integrity.
👉 There is only one China.
👉 The PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
👉 Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
👉 The Russian side opposes any form of Taiwan's independence.
👉 Russian Side firmly supports actions by the Chinese side to defend its state sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Embassy Comment
Recently, the collective West has been actively promoting on international platforms the thesis about the need to ease the debt burden of developing countries. Initiatives are being put forward to provide them with financial assistance in the context of adaptation to climate change and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
At the same time, Washington and Brussels are going to increase significantly investment in the economies of the African countries. Following the results of the second US-Africa summit (December 2022), the Americans announced their intentions to allocate $55 billion for projects in the region over 3 years. The European Union promises Africa investment of 150 billion euros over 7 years in the field of energy transition, digitalization, transport and energy connectivity.
It is obvious that these promises are rather declarative in nature and are far from being fully translated into specific development projects. At the same time, even the stated intentions often fall short of the actual amounts that the West is currently allocating to support Ukraine. In 2022 alone, NATO states provided Kiev with loans worth at least $120 billion. According to open source data, the total volume of military assistance to Ukraine provided since February 2022 reached $65 billion, which is almost 12% more than the amount of loans of all African countries from the World Bank and three times from the IMF.
Since the launch of the special military operation (SMO) (as of July 1, 2023), American military support for Kiev alone has amounted to $46.6 billion - twice as much as the United States plans to allocate to help all low- and middle-income countries in the world. The total volume of financial assistance provided by Washington to Ukraine over the same period is almost $77 billion.
Since February 2022, the EU has allocated $70 billion to Kiev, including $37.8 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance. Ukraine spent $15 billion on military supplies, and $17 billion on the Ukrainian refugees in the EU. In June 2023, Brussels announced another aid package of 50 billion euros to Ukraine for 2023-2027.
At the same time, the EU has allocated a total of 4 billion euros to operations to maintain peace and security in Africa over the past 15 years. Expenditures to ensure food security in the region in 2023-2024 will amount to 4.5 billion euros - 11 times less than promised to Kiev.
Ukraine also enjoys more favorable credit support treatment among Western-centric financial institutions compared to Africa and other regions of the Global South.
The differentiated approaches of Western creditors to the debt of developing countries and Ukraine are noteworthy. African countries are struggling to restructure their external debts. In particular, it was in June 2023 that the lengthy negotiation process on providing Zambia with preferential terms for the return of $6.3 billion was completed. At the same time, a group of Western creditors allowed Ukraine in March 2023 not to repay the external debt until 2027, which reached $125.6 billion in June 2023.
Recently, the collective West has been actively promoting on international platforms the thesis about the need to ease the debt burden of developing countries. Initiatives are being put forward to provide them with financial assistance in the context of adaptation to climate change and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
At the same time, Washington and Brussels are going to increase significantly investment in the economies of the African countries. Following the results of the second US-Africa summit (December 2022), the Americans announced their intentions to allocate $55 billion for projects in the region over 3 years. The European Union promises Africa investment of 150 billion euros over 7 years in the field of energy transition, digitalization, transport and energy connectivity.
It is obvious that these promises are rather declarative in nature and are far from being fully translated into specific development projects. At the same time, even the stated intentions often fall short of the actual amounts that the West is currently allocating to support Ukraine. In 2022 alone, NATO states provided Kiev with loans worth at least $120 billion. According to open source data, the total volume of military assistance to Ukraine provided since February 2022 reached $65 billion, which is almost 12% more than the amount of loans of all African countries from the World Bank and three times from the IMF.
Since the launch of the special military operation (SMO) (as of July 1, 2023), American military support for Kiev alone has amounted to $46.6 billion - twice as much as the United States plans to allocate to help all low- and middle-income countries in the world. The total volume of financial assistance provided by Washington to Ukraine over the same period is almost $77 billion.
Since February 2022, the EU has allocated $70 billion to Kiev, including $37.8 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance. Ukraine spent $15 billion on military supplies, and $17 billion on the Ukrainian refugees in the EU. In June 2023, Brussels announced another aid package of 50 billion euros to Ukraine for 2023-2027.
At the same time, the EU has allocated a total of 4 billion euros to operations to maintain peace and security in Africa over the past 15 years. Expenditures to ensure food security in the region in 2023-2024 will amount to 4.5 billion euros - 11 times less than promised to Kiev.
Ukraine also enjoys more favorable credit support treatment among Western-centric financial institutions compared to Africa and other regions of the Global South.
The differentiated approaches of Western creditors to the debt of developing countries and Ukraine are noteworthy. African countries are struggling to restructure their external debts. In particular, it was in June 2023 that the lengthy negotiation process on providing Zambia with preferential terms for the return of $6.3 billion was completed. At the same time, a group of Western creditors allowed Ukraine in March 2023 not to repay the external debt until 2027, which reached $125.6 billion in June 2023.
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⚡️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on U.S. military-biological activity (January 15, 2024)
💬 Based on the analysis of documents obtained during the special military operation, the structure of the system set up by the U.S. administration for global biological risk management became clear. It is made up of government agencies and private contracting companies, including the so-called 'Big Pharma' companies.
Through the U.S. executive branch, a legislative framework is being formed to fund military biological research directly from the federal budget. Under state guarantees, funds are attracted from non-governmental organisations controlled by the Democratic Party leadership, including the investment funds of the Clintons, Rockefellers, Soros, and Biden.
The main contractors of the American military department are Metabiota, Black & Veatch, and CH2M HILL, which are entrusted with the construction of biobased facilities, supplying equipment for the Pentagon's biolaboratories around the world. The work is being coordinated by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
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Thus, the systemic expansion of biological-military activities poses a threat to the security of the Russian Federation and other States considered by the United States as strategic adversaries. The scale of U.S. dual-use research and the global biological risks it poses raise the question of an independent international investigation.
☝️ In the current situation, we consider it extremely important to resume work on a legally binding protocol to the Convention, which would be binding on all States Parties to the BWC, and first and foremost on the United States.
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💬 Based on the analysis of documents obtained during the special military operation, the structure of the system set up by the U.S. administration for global biological risk management became clear. It is made up of government agencies and private contracting companies, including the so-called 'Big Pharma' companies.
Through the U.S. executive branch, a legislative framework is being formed to fund military biological research directly from the federal budget. Under state guarantees, funds are attracted from non-governmental organisations controlled by the Democratic Party leadership, including the investment funds of the Clintons, Rockefellers, Soros, and Biden.
The main contractors of the American military department are Metabiota, Black & Veatch, and CH2M HILL, which are entrusted with the construction of biobased facilities, supplying equipment for the Pentagon's biolaboratories around the world. The work is being coordinated by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
<...>
Thus, the systemic expansion of biological-military activities poses a threat to the security of the Russian Federation and other States considered by the United States as strategic adversaries. The scale of U.S. dual-use research and the global biological risks it poses raise the question of an independent international investigation.
☝️ In the current situation, we consider it extremely important to resume work on a legally binding protocol to the Convention, which would be binding on all States Parties to the BWC, and first and foremost on the United States.
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#strengthenBWC
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s reply to a media question about the death of video blogger, journalist and film director Gonzalo Lira
❓Question: On January 12, the world media reported the death of Gonzalo Angel Quintilio Lira López in a Ukrainian prison. He was an American journalist, film director and video blogger and had Chilean citizenship as well. What can you say about this tragedy?
💬 Maria Zakharova: First, I would like to draw your attention to this truly unprecedented situation. Gonzalo Lira was a national of both the US and Chile but these countries preferred to leave him without attention and support from the moment of his arrest by the Security Service of Ukraine.
They essentially consigned this “inconvenient” journalist to execution.
<...>
In the meantime, the reasons for the blatant disregard for the journalist by the US and Chilean authorities that refused to defend him and DID NOT EVEN NOTE his death in a Ukrainian prison are obvious to all those that followed without bias the fate of this courageous man.
In May 2023, it became known that the blogger was detained and accused under the article “Justification, defence as legal and/or denial of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine and glorification of its participants.” After posting bail, he was put under house arrest.
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He stayed there until his death after eight months of torture and lack of proper medical care. Obviously, the journalist’s refusal to follow the American mainstream and Washington’s line could not go unpunished. But in his case, the punishment was truly inhuman and literally murderous.
The tragedy of Gonzalo Lira, who dared have his own opinion, has yet again vividly revealed the face of the collective West.
We urge Gonzalo Lira’s colleagues to raise their voice in defence of the prisoners of the Kiev regime. This is necessary for those that are still alive and can still fight for the truth.
🕯 Our most sincere condolences to Gonzalo Lira’s family and friends.
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❓Question: On January 12, the world media reported the death of Gonzalo Angel Quintilio Lira López in a Ukrainian prison. He was an American journalist, film director and video blogger and had Chilean citizenship as well. What can you say about this tragedy?
💬 Maria Zakharova: First, I would like to draw your attention to this truly unprecedented situation. Gonzalo Lira was a national of both the US and Chile but these countries preferred to leave him without attention and support from the moment of his arrest by the Security Service of Ukraine.
They essentially consigned this “inconvenient” journalist to execution.
<...>
In the meantime, the reasons for the blatant disregard for the journalist by the US and Chilean authorities that refused to defend him and DID NOT EVEN NOTE his death in a Ukrainian prison are obvious to all those that followed without bias the fate of this courageous man.
In May 2023, it became known that the blogger was detained and accused under the article “Justification, defence as legal and/or denial of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine and glorification of its participants.” After posting bail, he was put under house arrest.
<...>
He stayed there until his death after eight months of torture and lack of proper medical care. Obviously, the journalist’s refusal to follow the American mainstream and Washington’s line could not go unpunished. But in his case, the punishment was truly inhuman and literally murderous.
The tragedy of Gonzalo Lira, who dared have his own opinion, has yet again vividly revealed the face of the collective West.
We urge Gonzalo Lira’s colleagues to raise their voice in defence of the prisoners of the Kiev regime. This is necessary for those that are still alive and can still fight for the truth.
🕯 Our most sincere condolences to Gonzalo Lira’s family and friends.
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⚡️Из ответов Посла по особым поручениям МИД России Г.И.Аскальдовича на вопросы СМИ по тематике подготовки МИД России к проведению выборов Президента Российской Федерации среди российских граждан за рубежом
🗳 Необходимость получения открепительных талонов недавно законодательно была отменена. Для голосования российского гражданина в другой стране достаточно предъявления российского загранпаспорта.
🗳 Для голосования в России гражданин, прибывший из заграницы, может быть включён в список избирателей на избирательном участке, специально определённом для голосования лиц без регистрации избирательными комиссиями субъектов Российской Федерации. Для этого необходимо подать личное письменное заявление в участковую избирательную комиссию такого избирательного участка не позднее, чем в день голосования. Перечень таких избирательных комиссий публикуется на веб-сайтах российской избирательной системы.
🔗Читайте полностью: https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1924785/
🗳 Необходимость получения открепительных талонов недавно законодательно была отменена. Для голосования российского гражданина в другой стране достаточно предъявления российского загранпаспорта.
🗳 Для голосования в России гражданин, прибывший из заграницы, может быть включён в список избирателей на избирательном участке, специально определённом для голосования лиц без регистрации избирательными комиссиями субъектов Российской Федерации. Для этого необходимо подать личное письменное заявление в участковую избирательную комиссию такого избирательного участка не позднее, чем в день голосования. Перечень таких избирательных комиссий публикуется на веб-сайтах российской избирательной системы.
🔗Читайте полностью: https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1924785/
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