🎙Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s remarks at a UNSC meeting on #Ukraine, 22 January 2024 (excerpts):
💬The vast majority of unbiased experts clearly see that the #West's continuing support for the Kiev regime is the key factor that is preventing a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Support is provided despite its obvious agony and inability to fulfil the goal of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia that was dictated to it by its higher ups, or, as they started saying recently, of at least degrading my country.
👉The truth is that, despite the complete failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield, the Western patrons of the Kiev regime continue to push it, like maniacs, to continue this meaningless military confrontation. This is done under the false banners that the collapse of Zelensky's regime supposedly poses an “existential threat” to the Ukrainians whom Russia wants to “enslave.” Those who have delved deep into the Ukraine crisis know well that there is not a kernel of truth in these assertions. ❗️Russia launched the special military operation in February 2022 not against Ukraine or the Ukrainian people with whom we are still bound by fraternal ties. It is no coincidence that almost 7 million Ukrainians found a safe haven in Russia after 2014.
We were forced to start the military operation against a criminal regime that went too far, emboldened by impunity, and was unwilling, despite our numerous efforts over many years, to say no to the war against its own citizens in southern and southeastern Ukraine and its policy of total discrimination against Russian-speaking Ukrainians, who are still the majority in that country.
🔗https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927070/
💬The vast majority of unbiased experts clearly see that the #West's continuing support for the Kiev regime is the key factor that is preventing a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Support is provided despite its obvious agony and inability to fulfil the goal of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia that was dictated to it by its higher ups, or, as they started saying recently, of at least degrading my country.
👉The truth is that, despite the complete failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield, the Western patrons of the Kiev regime continue to push it, like maniacs, to continue this meaningless military confrontation. This is done under the false banners that the collapse of Zelensky's regime supposedly poses an “existential threat” to the Ukrainians whom Russia wants to “enslave.” Those who have delved deep into the Ukraine crisis know well that there is not a kernel of truth in these assertions. ❗️Russia launched the special military operation in February 2022 not against Ukraine or the Ukrainian people with whom we are still bound by fraternal ties. It is no coincidence that almost 7 million Ukrainians found a safe haven in Russia after 2014.
We were forced to start the military operation against a criminal regime that went too far, emboldened by impunity, and was unwilling, despite our numerous efforts over many years, to say no to the war against its own citizens in southern and southeastern Ukraine and its policy of total discrimination against Russian-speaking Ukrainians, who are still the majority in that country.
🔗https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927070/
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🎙Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s reply to a media question on the investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Streams
❓Question: The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency decided that Sweden is not obliged to include in its national quota the 5.8 million tonnes of harmful substances that were released into the air due to the act of sabotage at the Nord Stream gas pipelines. What do you think about this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: This decision shows that Stockholm is trying to avoid paying large fines for exceeding EU-established standards. <...> Thus, they concluded that Sweden is not responsible for the harmful emissions into the environment due to the bombing of the gas pipelines that run between Russia and Germany.
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❗️Far from facilitating a meticulous and unbiased investigation into the deliberate sabotage of the operation of a large international energy facility, the Swedish authorities are not willing to share out its environmental consequences.
The Danish authorities are not interested in a serious investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines either. Copenhagen and Stockholm continue to reject any interaction with Russia on this issue. In December 2023, the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Denmark refused a request from its Russian counterpart to provide legal assistance in investigating the act of sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines.
☝️ Despite the artificial obstacles, we will continue insisting on a transparent and depoliticised investigation into these acts with the participation of competent Russian agencies and with Gazprom.
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❓Question: The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency decided that Sweden is not obliged to include in its national quota the 5.8 million tonnes of harmful substances that were released into the air due to the act of sabotage at the Nord Stream gas pipelines. What do you think about this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: This decision shows that Stockholm is trying to avoid paying large fines for exceeding EU-established standards. <...> Thus, they concluded that Sweden is not responsible for the harmful emissions into the environment due to the bombing of the gas pipelines that run between Russia and Germany.
<...>
❗️Far from facilitating a meticulous and unbiased investigation into the deliberate sabotage of the operation of a large international energy facility, the Swedish authorities are not willing to share out its environmental consequences.
The Danish authorities are not interested in a serious investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines either. Copenhagen and Stockholm continue to reject any interaction with Russia on this issue. In December 2023, the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Denmark refused a request from its Russian counterpart to provide legal assistance in investigating the act of sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines.
☝️ Despite the artificial obstacles, we will continue insisting on a transparent and depoliticised investigation into these acts with the participation of competent Russian agencies and with Gazprom.
Read in full
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🏭Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU) industrial output increased by 3.8%
📈In January – November 2023, the increase in industrial output was registered in 🇧🇾Belarus – by 7.9%, 🇰🇿Kazakhstan – by 4.3%, 🇷🇺Russia – by 3.6%, 🇦🇲Armenia – by 2.1%, and 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan – by 1.8%.
🔗 https://vk.cc/cu6cjx
📈In January – November 2023, the increase in industrial output was registered in 🇧🇾Belarus – by 7.9%, 🇰🇿Kazakhstan – by 4.3%, 🇷🇺Russia – by 3.6%, 🇦🇲Armenia – by 2.1%, and 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan – by 1.8%.
🔗 https://vk.cc/cu6cjx
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with CBS TV channel (New York, January 22, 2024)
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💬 Anybody who is sincerely interested in justice, including justice being established in the relations between Russia and Ukraine, which would involve, of course, stopping the Western policy of using Ukraine as an instrument of war against Russia, we would be ready to listen.
• We are fighting for our national legitimate interests, for the interests of the security of our country. It’s just on our borders, not as Iraq was announced a threat to the United States, it's 10,000 miles from American shores. <...> In our case, it was not across the ocean, it was just on our borders that NATO military infrastructure was built, aimed at the Russian Federation.
• Whenever you talk to the United States and they mention democracy, you tell them, okay, democracy as you understand is that you dictate to each and every country what kind of political system they must have inside. What about democracy in international relations? They're not interested at all.
• Ukrainian Army with American, French, British, Czech Republic weapons, in the past few weeks continued to deliberately target civilian aims, destroyed dozens of civilian sites, and killed dozens of civilians, including kids and women. <...> I am sure that objective media outlets like CBS would not just leave this unnoticed.
• Unless we insist on the creation of the Palestinian state on the basis of the United Nations decisions, this anger which has been present in Palestinian lives for decades and generation after generation, would reproduce more generations who would feel that they have been abandoned and they have been cheated upon.
• We certainly have to raise our voice not to allow pushing out Palestinians from their land and of course not to allow this land to turn into unlivable space.
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💬 Anybody who is sincerely interested in justice, including justice being established in the relations between Russia and Ukraine, which would involve, of course, stopping the Western policy of using Ukraine as an instrument of war against Russia, we would be ready to listen.
• We are fighting for our national legitimate interests, for the interests of the security of our country. It’s just on our borders, not as Iraq was announced a threat to the United States, it's 10,000 miles from American shores. <...> In our case, it was not across the ocean, it was just on our borders that NATO military infrastructure was built, aimed at the Russian Federation.
• Whenever you talk to the United States and they mention democracy, you tell them, okay, democracy as you understand is that you dictate to each and every country what kind of political system they must have inside. What about democracy in international relations? They're not interested at all.
• Ukrainian Army with American, French, British, Czech Republic weapons, in the past few weeks continued to deliberately target civilian aims, destroyed dozens of civilian sites, and killed dozens of civilians, including kids and women. <...> I am sure that objective media outlets like CBS would not just leave this unnoticed.
• Unless we insist on the creation of the Palestinian state on the basis of the United Nations decisions, this anger which has been present in Palestinian lives for decades and generation after generation, would reproduce more generations who would feel that they have been abandoned and they have been cheated upon.
• We certainly have to raise our voice not to allow pushing out Palestinians from their land and of course not to allow this land to turn into unlivable space.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine
📍 New York, January 22, 2024
Key talking points:
💬 The vast majority of unbiased experts clearly see that the West's continuing support for the Kiev regime is the key factor that is preventing a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Support is provided despite its obvious agony and inability to fulfil the goal of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia that was dictated to it by its higher ups, or, as they started saying recently, of at least degrading my country.
• Despite the complete failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield, the Western patrons of the Kiev regime continue to push it, like maniacs, to continue this meaningless military confrontation.
☝️ We were forced to start the military operation against a criminal regime that went too far, emboldened by impunity, and was unwilling, despite our numerous efforts over many years, to say no to the war against its own citizens in southern and southeastern Ukraine and its policy of total discrimination against Russian-speaking Ukrainians, who are still the majority in that country.
• It is surely time for Europeans – I am addressing sane Europeans – to wake up and understand that with the help of Vladimir Zelensky’s regime, the US is not only waging a war against Russia, but also pursuing the strategic objective of sharply weakening Europe as an economic rival.
• Let me remind you that we have never renounced peaceful methods and have always been ready for negotiations.
❗️ The majority of people in Ukraine are beginning to realise who their real enemy is and who has been misleading them for years by demonising Russia, spreading lies about it, and “cancelling” our shared history.
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📍 New York, January 22, 2024
Key talking points:
💬 The vast majority of unbiased experts clearly see that the West's continuing support for the Kiev regime is the key factor that is preventing a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Support is provided despite its obvious agony and inability to fulfil the goal of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia that was dictated to it by its higher ups, or, as they started saying recently, of at least degrading my country.
• Despite the complete failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield, the Western patrons of the Kiev regime continue to push it, like maniacs, to continue this meaningless military confrontation.
☝️ We were forced to start the military operation against a criminal regime that went too far, emboldened by impunity, and was unwilling, despite our numerous efforts over many years, to say no to the war against its own citizens in southern and southeastern Ukraine and its policy of total discrimination against Russian-speaking Ukrainians, who are still the majority in that country.
• It is surely time for Europeans – I am addressing sane Europeans – to wake up and understand that with the help of Vladimir Zelensky’s regime, the US is not only waging a war against Russia, but also pursuing the strategic objective of sharply weakening Europe as an economic rival.
• Let me remind you that we have never renounced peaceful methods and have always been ready for negotiations.
❗️ The majority of people in Ukraine are beginning to realise who their real enemy is and who has been misleading them for years by demonising Russia, spreading lies about it, and “cancelling” our shared history.
Read in full
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Forwarded from Russian Mission to ASEAN
🗓 On January 23, the International Roundtable "Role of Responsible Political Forces of Russia and #ASEAN Countries in Shaping the New World Order" was held in hybrid format on the initiative of the Chairman of the ruling "United Russia" Party H.E. Mr. Dmitry Medvedev 🇷🇺.
Leaders of major political parties of ASEAN Member States took part in the discussion.
💬 General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos H.E. Mr. Thoonglun Sisulit 🇱🇦:
He noted that ASEAN countries and Russia share common values. Interaction between the political parties of the ASEAN countries and the "United Russia" party will play an important role in achieving common goals.
💬 Dmitry Medvedev: “Russia is paying great attention to strengthening cooperation with Southeast Asian countries. This region is playing an active role in the formation of a new architecture of international relations. Russia has been the ASEAN's reliable and predictable partner for more than 30 years.
It is important that both Russia and ASEAN are determined to continue strengthening these ties. We are determined to expand non-politicized equal cooperation within ASEAN-led mechanisms".
Leaders of major political parties of ASEAN Member States took part in the discussion.
💬 General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos H.E. Mr. Thoonglun Sisulit 🇱🇦:
"The Lao Chairmanship in ASEAN in 2024 will prioritize strengthening cooperation with external partners, including Russia".
He noted that ASEAN countries and Russia share common values. Interaction between the political parties of the ASEAN countries and the "United Russia" party will play an important role in achieving common goals.
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🔷#Russia has become a chair of the #CIS from January 1, 2024. At the end of 2023 Russian city Saint-Petersburg hosted an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS member countries. The meeting was attended by President Vladymir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The parties discussed the current state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation in the framework of the CIS.
Russia’s trade with CIS countries over the past ten months of 2023 has increased by 2 % compared to the same period of the last year and achieved US$83.7 billion.
Russia’s trade with CIS countries over the past ten months of 2023 has increased by 2 % compared to the same period of the last year and achieved US$83.7 billion.
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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on US and UK illegal actions in the Red Sea
💬 The actions taken by the United States, United Kingdom and the so-called coalition in the Red Sea are a crude violation of international law. Speaking at the January 12 session of the UN Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya described in detail what these violations were all about. In addition, on January 22, the UN Security Council disseminated the official document of the Russian Federation with comments on the US and UK’s failed attempts to justify armed strikes at Yemen’s territory.
❗️ Under the UN Charter, the use of force on the territory of a sovereign state (Yemen in this case) may be recognised as legal only if it is done (in the exercise of this right of self-defence) in response to the armed aggression against a sovereign state or if the use of force was sanctioned by the UN Security Council. There is no legal basis to support the US or UK’s declared right to self-defence in the Red Sea. The goals (protection against attacks on civilian vessels and the need to ensure freedom of navigation) initially announced in the statement by President Joseph Biden on the day of the missile strike at Yemeni territory and the Defence Secretary’s statement on December 18, 2023 do not give them the right to self-defence within the definition of Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Characteristically, the emphasis on threats to warships began to be backdated after the strikes at Yemeni territory began. It is still unclear whether these threats existed at all. Moreover, the Anglo-Saxons did not mention any victims or damage to their warships.
☝️ There are no UN Security Council resolutions giving anyone a mandate to use force in connection with the events in the Red Sea. Recent UN Security Council Resolution 2722 is no exception. On the contrary, it urges all states to act in line with international law and, importantly, to display caution and restrained for fear of aggravating the situation in the Red Sea and the region in general.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which the Anglo-Saxons are referring, does not regulate the right to use force or other military actions in this context at all.
To sum up, these US and UK actions violate Article 2 of the UN Charter, which obliges UN members to refrain from the use of force against the territorial inviolability of any state. Their actions are motivated by narrow, selfish interests and cannot be justified either by the standards of the international law of the sea or the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Moreover, these actions are fraught with the risk of escalating and spreading the situation in the Gaza Strip to the rest of the region. Current developments in the Red Sea vividly bear this out.
Shameless manipulations with standards of international law with a view to justifying any arbitrary action have long become routine for Washington and London. However, no manipulation can legitimise their actions. The Anglo-Saxons have long developed a habit of violating the UN Charter and the fundamental standards of international law, including the principle of the non-use of force.
This is their way of life.
🔗 http://tiny.cc/fyg9wz
💬 The actions taken by the United States, United Kingdom and the so-called coalition in the Red Sea are a crude violation of international law. Speaking at the January 12 session of the UN Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya described in detail what these violations were all about. In addition, on January 22, the UN Security Council disseminated the official document of the Russian Federation with comments on the US and UK’s failed attempts to justify armed strikes at Yemen’s territory.
❗️ Under the UN Charter, the use of force on the territory of a sovereign state (Yemen in this case) may be recognised as legal only if it is done (in the exercise of this right of self-defence) in response to the armed aggression against a sovereign state or if the use of force was sanctioned by the UN Security Council. There is no legal basis to support the US or UK’s declared right to self-defence in the Red Sea. The goals (protection against attacks on civilian vessels and the need to ensure freedom of navigation) initially announced in the statement by President Joseph Biden on the day of the missile strike at Yemeni territory and the Defence Secretary’s statement on December 18, 2023 do not give them the right to self-defence within the definition of Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Characteristically, the emphasis on threats to warships began to be backdated after the strikes at Yemeni territory began. It is still unclear whether these threats existed at all. Moreover, the Anglo-Saxons did not mention any victims or damage to their warships.
☝️ There are no UN Security Council resolutions giving anyone a mandate to use force in connection with the events in the Red Sea. Recent UN Security Council Resolution 2722 is no exception. On the contrary, it urges all states to act in line with international law and, importantly, to display caution and restrained for fear of aggravating the situation in the Red Sea and the region in general.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which the Anglo-Saxons are referring, does not regulate the right to use force or other military actions in this context at all.
To sum up, these US and UK actions violate Article 2 of the UN Charter, which obliges UN members to refrain from the use of force against the territorial inviolability of any state. Their actions are motivated by narrow, selfish interests and cannot be justified either by the standards of the international law of the sea or the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Moreover, these actions are fraught with the risk of escalating and spreading the situation in the Gaza Strip to the rest of the region. Current developments in the Red Sea vividly bear this out.
Shameless manipulations with standards of international law with a view to justifying any arbitrary action have long become routine for Washington and London. However, no manipulation can legitimise their actions. The Anglo-Saxons have long developed a habit of violating the UN Charter and the fundamental standards of international law, including the principle of the non-use of force.
This is their way of life.
🔗 http://tiny.cc/fyg9wz
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s statement at the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question (New York, January 23, 2024)
Read in full: https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927357/
💬 Immediate measures must be taken to bring about a ceasefire and stop the suffering of people in Palestine not just for major political reasons but also in the name of universal human morality. Likewise, steps must be taken to prevent further destabilisation in the other parts of the Middle East.
The Security Council has been unable to formulate an appropriate response to this crucial challenge. As you know, the reason for this is the stance of the US, which is blocking all attempts and initiatives to halt the bloodshed in the occupied territories. <...> This obviously gives them carte blanche to continue with the collective punishment of the Palestinians.
<...>
• Every new round of Washington’s arrogant one-sided policy in the Middle East and separate shuttle negotiations with regional players, accompanied by financial promises, leads to an increasingly bloody escalation.
• Nearly 30,000 civilians have been killed, including an enormous number of women and children. <...> It is a human tragedy that has no end.
<...>
The following factors must be of paramount importance when we reach the stage of discussing the parameters of “the day after.”
First, the consolidated will of the Palestinian people themselves.
<...>
The second key factor is the inviolability of the two-state formula for a Palestinian-Israeli settlement and the imperative of its early implementation.
<...>
❗️ I would like to underscore a critical point. We have no right to allow the UN decisions to create a Palestinian state to be buried the same way as the 2015 Minsk Agreements, which were unanimously approved by the UN Security Council. France and Germany, which acted as guarantors, later admitted they never planned to implement them. Such criminal acts must not be allowed to happen again, this time against the Palestinian people.
Read in full: https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927357/
💬 Immediate measures must be taken to bring about a ceasefire and stop the suffering of people in Palestine not just for major political reasons but also in the name of universal human morality. Likewise, steps must be taken to prevent further destabilisation in the other parts of the Middle East.
The Security Council has been unable to formulate an appropriate response to this crucial challenge. As you know, the reason for this is the stance of the US, which is blocking all attempts and initiatives to halt the bloodshed in the occupied territories. <...> This obviously gives them carte blanche to continue with the collective punishment of the Palestinians.
<...>
• Every new round of Washington’s arrogant one-sided policy in the Middle East and separate shuttle negotiations with regional players, accompanied by financial promises, leads to an increasingly bloody escalation.
• Nearly 30,000 civilians have been killed, including an enormous number of women and children. <...> It is a human tragedy that has no end.
<...>
The following factors must be of paramount importance when we reach the stage of discussing the parameters of “the day after.”
First, the consolidated will of the Palestinian people themselves.
<...>
The second key factor is the inviolability of the two-state formula for a Palestinian-Israeli settlement and the imperative of its early implementation.
<...>
❗️ I would like to underscore a critical point. We have no right to allow the UN decisions to create a Palestinian state to be buried the same way as the 2015 Minsk Agreements, which were unanimously approved by the UN Security Council. France and Germany, which acted as guarantors, later admitted they never planned to implement them. Such criminal acts must not be allowed to happen again, this time against the Palestinian people.
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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Statement on the destruction of a Russian Il-76 military transport
💬 On the morning of January 24, the Kiev regime committed another terrorist act by downing a Russian Il-76 military transport plane near the village of Yablonovo in the Korochansky District, Belgorod Region. It was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs for an agreed-upon exchange. All of them, as well as six crew members and three Russian officers on board the plane were killed.
❗️ The plane was hit by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system from the village of Liptsy in the Kharkov Region.
This is yet another atrocity committed by Zelensky’s criminal regime. Immediately after the plane went down, they made a misanthropic statement about the victory of the “valiant Armed Forces of Ukraine.” However, the office on Bankovaya Street changed its rhetoric as soon as it became known that the plane was carrying Ukrainian servicemen to an exchange site. They then began denying their involvement in the crash.
☝️ Kiev was well aware of the planned exchange. It also knew how the POWs were to be moved and by what route. The attack against the plane was a deliberate act. This terrorist act clearly demonstrates the Kiev regime’s inability to negotiate.
This is not the first cruel murder of Ukrainian POWs by the Zelensky junta. On July 29, 2022, the Banderites fired a missile at the penal colony in Yelenovka (DPR) where militants from the Azov battalion had been held captive. Over 50 people were killed and more than 70 wounded.
‼️ We resolutely condemn the Kiev regime’s terrorist act in the Belgorod Region. All those involved, including the organisers and executors from the Ukrainian military and civilian officials will be identified and held responsibly under Russian law.
This action shows once again the criminal nature of the neo-Nazi dictatorship in Kiev. Its leaders are indifferent to human life. They treat people as “expendable material” and kill them on orders from their Western bosses with Western-supplied arms.
It is perfectly obvious that the Zelensky criminal regime, nurtured by the US and its NATO satellites, poses a substantial threat not only to Russia but also to Ukraine, its ordinary citizens and the rest of the world. Being in agony, this regime can commit the most heinous atrocities.
👉 We believe international organisations, national governments and the world public must denounce this terrorist act and other crimes committed by the Kiev regime. Silence can only mean support for the regime’s barbarous nature and terrorist actions.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927524/
💬 On the morning of January 24, the Kiev regime committed another terrorist act by downing a Russian Il-76 military transport plane near the village of Yablonovo in the Korochansky District, Belgorod Region. It was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs for an agreed-upon exchange. All of them, as well as six crew members and three Russian officers on board the plane were killed.
❗️ The plane was hit by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system from the village of Liptsy in the Kharkov Region.
This is yet another atrocity committed by Zelensky’s criminal regime. Immediately after the plane went down, they made a misanthropic statement about the victory of the “valiant Armed Forces of Ukraine.” However, the office on Bankovaya Street changed its rhetoric as soon as it became known that the plane was carrying Ukrainian servicemen to an exchange site. They then began denying their involvement in the crash.
☝️ Kiev was well aware of the planned exchange. It also knew how the POWs were to be moved and by what route. The attack against the plane was a deliberate act. This terrorist act clearly demonstrates the Kiev regime’s inability to negotiate.
This is not the first cruel murder of Ukrainian POWs by the Zelensky junta. On July 29, 2022, the Banderites fired a missile at the penal colony in Yelenovka (DPR) where militants from the Azov battalion had been held captive. Over 50 people were killed and more than 70 wounded.
‼️ We resolutely condemn the Kiev regime’s terrorist act in the Belgorod Region. All those involved, including the organisers and executors from the Ukrainian military and civilian officials will be identified and held responsibly under Russian law.
This action shows once again the criminal nature of the neo-Nazi dictatorship in Kiev. Its leaders are indifferent to human life. They treat people as “expendable material” and kill them on orders from their Western bosses with Western-supplied arms.
It is perfectly obvious that the Zelensky criminal regime, nurtured by the US and its NATO satellites, poses a substantial threat not only to Russia but also to Ukraine, its ordinary citizens and the rest of the world. Being in agony, this regime can commit the most heinous atrocities.
👉 We believe international organisations, national governments and the world public must denounce this terrorist act and other crimes committed by the Kiev regime. Silence can only mean support for the regime’s barbarous nature and terrorist actions.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1927524/
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🇷🇺President Vladimir Putin at the Russian Family Forum:
💬The main purpose of the family is about having children, about procreation, and thus, the perpetuation of our people and our centuries-old history.
👨👩👧👦 2024 is the Year of the Family in Russia
🔗 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73297
💬The main purpose of the family is about having children, about procreation, and thus, the perpetuation of our people and our centuries-old history.
👨👩👧👦 2024 is the Year of the Family in Russia
🔗 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73297
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🎙Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov at a UN Security Council meeting on #Ukraine:
💬The majority of Ukrainians are beginning to realise who their REAL enemy is and who has been MISLEADING them for years by demonising Russia, cancelling our shared history.
There are changes in attitude among Ukrainians.
🔗 https://russiaun.ru/en/news/unsc_220124
💬The majority of Ukrainians are beginning to realise who their REAL enemy is and who has been MISLEADING them for years by demonising Russia, cancelling our shared history.
There are changes in attitude among Ukrainians.
🔗 https://russiaun.ru/en/news/unsc_220124
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Forwarded from Russian Mission to ASEAN
🗓 On January 24, the delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 took part in the 14th ASEAN-Russia Tourism Consultation Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR 🇱🇦.
🔹️Participants outlined priority areas for the further development of ASEAN-Russia tourism cooperation and discussed activities under the relevant ASEAN-Russia Work Plan 2022-2024.
🔹️The delegates supported a number of joint projects on tourism initiated by Russia 🇷🇺, Singapore 🇸🇬 and Brunei Darussalam 🇧🇳.
🔹️The Russian initiative aimed at expanding business contacts between Russia and ASEAN tourism enterprises through Russian language training and experience exchange is to be implemented soon.
🔹️Participants outlined priority areas for the further development of ASEAN-Russia tourism cooperation and discussed activities under the relevant ASEAN-Russia Work Plan 2022-2024.
🔹️The delegates supported a number of joint projects on tourism initiated by Russia 🇷🇺, Singapore 🇸🇬 and Brunei Darussalam 🇧🇳.
🔹️The Russian initiative aimed at expanding business contacts between Russia and ASEAN tourism enterprises through Russian language training and experience exchange is to be implemented soon.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine and an open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question,” (New York, January 24, 2024)
Key talking points:
• Terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on Il-76 plane
• Middle East
• Prospects of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement
• Ukraine
• Double standards of Western media
• Russia-US relations
• Nuclear security
• Korean Peninsula
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I am compelled to begin by stating yet another fact of the Kiev regime’s use of terrorist methods.
A terrorist attack was perpetrated on January 24, at 11:15 am Moscow time, resulting in the downing of a Russian Il-76 cargo plane in the Belgorod Region. The aircraft was en route from the Moscow Region to Belgorod, carrying 65 prisoners from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three Russian officers and a crew of six people accompanied them. All of them died. The Ukrainian prisoners of war were being taken to the Belgorod Region for a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Kiev.
Instead, Ukraine targeted this aircraft from the Kharkov Region using surface-to-air missiles, causing a fatal strike. <...>
#US #MiddleEast
As for the present crisis, everyone seems to have a similar understanding of the consequences of US policy in the region. None of the reckless attempts Washington has engaged in over the last few decades to defend its “core security interests” ten thousand miles across the Atlantic led to a situation where people’s lives improved in a country that the US attacked.
#US #Santions
They should not assume that just because they are strong, because they have the dollar, they can use it to “strangle” others: disconnect them from the SWIFT system or deny them access to the IMF and World Bank loans at whim. The US actually invented the system and made the world accept it.
Read in full
Key talking points:
• Terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on Il-76 plane
• Middle East
• Prospects of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement
• Ukraine
• Double standards of Western media
• Russia-US relations
• Nuclear security
• Korean Peninsula
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I am compelled to begin by stating yet another fact of the Kiev regime’s use of terrorist methods.
A terrorist attack was perpetrated on January 24, at 11:15 am Moscow time, resulting in the downing of a Russian Il-76 cargo plane in the Belgorod Region. The aircraft was en route from the Moscow Region to Belgorod, carrying 65 prisoners from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three Russian officers and a crew of six people accompanied them. All of them died. The Ukrainian prisoners of war were being taken to the Belgorod Region for a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Kiev.
Instead, Ukraine targeted this aircraft from the Kharkov Region using surface-to-air missiles, causing a fatal strike. <...>
#US #MiddleEast
As for the present crisis, everyone seems to have a similar understanding of the consequences of US policy in the region. None of the reckless attempts Washington has engaged in over the last few decades to defend its “core security interests” ten thousand miles across the Atlantic led to a situation where people’s lives improved in a country that the US attacked.
#US #Santions
They should not assume that just because they are strong, because they have the dollar, they can use it to “strangle” others: disconnect them from the SWIFT system or deny them access to the IMF and World Bank loans at whim. The US actually invented the system and made the world accept it.
Read in full
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❗️ On January 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the permanent representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) nations at the UN.
They exchanged views on the unprecedented escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Sergey Lavrov told the OIC delegates about the main results of his participation in the recent UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East and described in detail Russia’s view of the current turbulent problems in the region.
The meeting confirmed the similarities of the positions held by Russia and the Muslim world on the problems in the Middle East, including the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The participants emphasised the need to immediately declare a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and settle the issue through political and diplomatic channels in accordance with UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, and also the Arab Peace Initiative and the Madrid Principles, including the two-state formula.
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In the context of the humanitarian crisis on Palestinian lands and the high risk of the entire Middle East sinking into a bigger war, Sergey Lavrov emphasised the importance of consolidating the positions of the external players on Palestinian-Israeli problems. This would make it possible to stabilise the situation and create conditions for new negotiations.
In this context, it is vital to ensure Palestinian national unity under the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and prevent the administrative and geographical fragmentation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The participants noted the importance of creating an effective collective mediation mechanism with a leading role played by the Middle East countries.
The Russian initiative to hold consultations in Moscow with the region’s countries and the international players who are interested in an honest dialogue is designed to develop constructive multilateral cooperation on the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
They exchanged views on the unprecedented escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Sergey Lavrov told the OIC delegates about the main results of his participation in the recent UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East and described in detail Russia’s view of the current turbulent problems in the region.
The meeting confirmed the similarities of the positions held by Russia and the Muslim world on the problems in the Middle East, including the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The participants emphasised the need to immediately declare a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and settle the issue through political and diplomatic channels in accordance with UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, and also the Arab Peace Initiative and the Madrid Principles, including the two-state formula.
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In the context of the humanitarian crisis on Palestinian lands and the high risk of the entire Middle East sinking into a bigger war, Sergey Lavrov emphasised the importance of consolidating the positions of the external players on Palestinian-Israeli problems. This would make it possible to stabilise the situation and create conditions for new negotiations.
In this context, it is vital to ensure Palestinian national unity under the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and prevent the administrative and geographical fragmentation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The participants noted the importance of creating an effective collective mediation mechanism with a leading role played by the Middle East countries.
The Russian initiative to hold consultations in Moscow with the region’s countries and the international players who are interested in an honest dialogue is designed to develop constructive multilateral cooperation on the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine and an open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question,” (New York, January 24, 2024)
Key talking points:
• Terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on Il-76 plane
• Middle East
• Prospects of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement
• Ukraine
• Double standards of Western media
• Russia-US relations
• Nuclear security
• Korean Peninsula
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I am compelled to begin by stating yet another fact of the Kiev regime’s use of terrorist methods.
A terrorist attack was perpetrated on January 24, at 11:15 am Moscow time, resulting in the downing of a Russian Il-76 cargo plane in the Belgorod Region. The aircraft was en route from the Moscow Region to Belgorod, carrying 65 prisoners from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three Russian officers and a crew of six people accompanied them. All of them died. The Ukrainian prisoners of war were being taken to the Belgorod Region for a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Kiev.
Instead, Ukraine targeted this aircraft from the Kharkov Region using surface-to-air missiles, causing a fatal strike. <...>
#US #MiddleEast
As for the present crisis, everyone seems to have a similar understanding of the consequences of US policy in the region. None of the reckless attempts Washington has engaged in over the last few decades to defend its “core security interests” ten thousand miles across the Atlantic led to a situation where people’s lives improved in a country that the US attacked.
#US #Santions
They should not assume that just because they are strong, because they have the dollar, they can use it to “strangle” others: disconnect them from the SWIFT system or deny them access to the IMF and World Bank loans at whim. The US actually invented the system and made the world accept it.
Read in full
Key talking points:
• Terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on Il-76 plane
• Middle East
• Prospects of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement
• Ukraine
• Double standards of Western media
• Russia-US relations
• Nuclear security
• Korean Peninsula
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I am compelled to begin by stating yet another fact of the Kiev regime’s use of terrorist methods.
A terrorist attack was perpetrated on January 24, at 11:15 am Moscow time, resulting in the downing of a Russian Il-76 cargo plane in the Belgorod Region. The aircraft was en route from the Moscow Region to Belgorod, carrying 65 prisoners from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three Russian officers and a crew of six people accompanied them. All of them died. The Ukrainian prisoners of war were being taken to the Belgorod Region for a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Kiev.
Instead, Ukraine targeted this aircraft from the Kharkov Region using surface-to-air missiles, causing a fatal strike. <...>
#US #MiddleEast
As for the present crisis, everyone seems to have a similar understanding of the consequences of US policy in the region. None of the reckless attempts Washington has engaged in over the last few decades to defend its “core security interests” ten thousand miles across the Atlantic led to a situation where people’s lives improved in a country that the US attacked.
#US #Santions
They should not assume that just because they are strong, because they have the dollar, they can use it to “strangle” others: disconnect them from the SWIFT system or deny them access to the IMF and World Bank loans at whim. The US actually invented the system and made the world accept it.
Read in full
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