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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On 1 February in Beijing Russian-Chinese consultations on the military use of AI technologies in an inter-agency format took place.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They discussed Russia’s and China’s doctrinal attitudes and initiatives related to the AI use for military purposes. Particular attention was given to the coordination of actions within the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS).
🤝 The meeting confirmed the proximity of Russian and Chinese approaches to the above-mentioned issue. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms, primarily within the GGE on LAWS.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They discussed Russia’s and China’s doctrinal attitudes and initiatives related to the AI use for military purposes. Particular attention was given to the coordination of actions within the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS).
🤝 The meeting confirmed the proximity of Russian and Chinese approaches to the above-mentioned issue. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms, primarily within the GGE on LAWS.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the ruling of the UN International Court of Justice to reject Ukraine’s accusations that Russia violated the Genocide Convention
💬 On February 2, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a judgment in the case “Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).” For the time being, the judgment is limited by the procedural issue of the court’s jurisdiction.
However, even at that preliminary stage, the case concocted by Ukraine has already fallen apart.
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The court accepted Russia’s preliminary objections and agreed that Kiev’s accusations have nothing to do with the convention. The issue is not even about Russia committing genocide or failing to fulfil its commitments to prevent it.
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☝️ The collective West’s unprecedented interference in the case did not help Ukraine. As many as 47 countries (mostly NATO and EU members) declared their intention to support Ukraine by joining the process. Out of this number, 33 countries have already filed relevant applications at the jurisdiction stage. <...> Thus, thirty two teams of lawyers spoke in turn at the hearings in The Hague in September 2023, turning them into a total farce.
It is worth noting that these same NATO countries, when earlier accused by Serbia of violating the Genocide Convention by bombing Yugoslavia, argued to the same court that the convention did not regulate the use of force and that the military campaign “in defence” of the Kosovo Albanians was justified. At that time, the court listened to these arguments and refused to review all Serbian-filed cases.
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So now the court will review only one issue – whether Ukraine committed genocide in Donbass. In other words, Kiev has put itself in the dock as part of its own claims. We can only applaud Kiev and its Western patrons for so deftly shooting themselves in the foot.
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💬 On February 2, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a judgment in the case “Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).” For the time being, the judgment is limited by the procedural issue of the court’s jurisdiction.
However, even at that preliminary stage, the case concocted by Ukraine has already fallen apart.
<...>
The court accepted Russia’s preliminary objections and agreed that Kiev’s accusations have nothing to do with the convention. The issue is not even about Russia committing genocide or failing to fulfil its commitments to prevent it.
<...>
☝️ The collective West’s unprecedented interference in the case did not help Ukraine. As many as 47 countries (mostly NATO and EU members) declared their intention to support Ukraine by joining the process. Out of this number, 33 countries have already filed relevant applications at the jurisdiction stage. <...> Thus, thirty two teams of lawyers spoke in turn at the hearings in The Hague in September 2023, turning them into a total farce.
It is worth noting that these same NATO countries, when earlier accused by Serbia of violating the Genocide Convention by bombing Yugoslavia, argued to the same court that the convention did not regulate the use of force and that the military campaign “in defence” of the Kosovo Albanians was justified. At that time, the court listened to these arguments and refused to review all Serbian-filed cases.
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So now the court will review only one issue – whether Ukraine committed genocide in Donbass. In other words, Kiev has put itself in the dock as part of its own claims. We can only applaud Kiev and its Western patrons for so deftly shooting themselves in the foot.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the support for Ukraine approved at the EU summit on February 1
❓ Question: Despite the multiplying conflicts in the world, growing internal differences between the EU member countries, acute socioeconomic problems in some European countries and the fatigue of European society from the Ukrainisation of all aspects of life there, the EU political leadership announced at the February 1 summit its decision to allocate billions to support the Ukrainian regime. What motivates EU politicians to do this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The European Union has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years. It has stopped being a successful economic association and has chosen a policy of confrontation with those who underwrote its prosperity for many decades, in part, Russia.
Despite its slogans about “strategic autonomy” and ending external dependence in the economy, the EU has completely submitted to Washington.
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The EU’s current internal and external policy shows that European institutions are completely divorced from the genuine interests of the Europeans. <...> At a time, when European farmers are calling for help, their political leaders shut the windows and decide to send another 50 billion euros to the Ukrainian regime.
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The overwhelming majority of ordinary Europeans are the hardest hit by the militarisation of the EU economy. The US military-industrial complex is reaping the main economic benefits.
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The EU wants to overcome its financial crisis by forcing its economy down a military path, despite the potential challenge this poses to global security.
☝️ The absence of a system for monitoring the location of manufactured weapons and military hardware will lead to even more theft of these arms. They will inundate the black market and conflict zones and aggravate terrorist threats around the world.
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❓ Question: Despite the multiplying conflicts in the world, growing internal differences between the EU member countries, acute socioeconomic problems in some European countries and the fatigue of European society from the Ukrainisation of all aspects of life there, the EU political leadership announced at the February 1 summit its decision to allocate billions to support the Ukrainian regime. What motivates EU politicians to do this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The European Union has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years. It has stopped being a successful economic association and has chosen a policy of confrontation with those who underwrote its prosperity for many decades, in part, Russia.
Despite its slogans about “strategic autonomy” and ending external dependence in the economy, the EU has completely submitted to Washington.
<...>
The EU’s current internal and external policy shows that European institutions are completely divorced from the genuine interests of the Europeans. <...> At a time, when European farmers are calling for help, their political leaders shut the windows and decide to send another 50 billion euros to the Ukrainian regime.
<...>
The overwhelming majority of ordinary Europeans are the hardest hit by the militarisation of the EU economy. The US military-industrial complex is reaping the main economic benefits.
<...>
The EU wants to overcome its financial crisis by forcing its economy down a military path, despite the potential challenge this poses to global security.
☝️ The absence of a system for monitoring the location of manufactured weapons and military hardware will lead to even more theft of these arms. They will inundate the black market and conflict zones and aggravate terrorist threats around the world.
Read in full
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on US strikes on Iraq and Syria
💬 The US strategic bomber attack on Iraq and Syria, which destroyed and damaged dozens of facilities and killed numerous civilians, has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s total disregard for international law.
The obedient participation of British Royal Air Force in the US attack should not give anyone the illusion of an “international coalition” taking action. London has yet to answer for its zealous support of the provocations launched by its bosses in Washington.
☝️ It is clear that the airstrikes were specifically intended to further escalate the conflict. By relentlessly attacking the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States has been purposefully attempting to draw the largest countries in the region into the conflict.
Confident of its impunity, Washington continues to sow chaos and destruction in the Middle East. The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Joe Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an unknown UAV attack on a US base in Jordan, has no justification. The attempts to flex their muscles in order to influence the political situation in the United States, as well as their desperation to salvage the failed international policies of the current US administration in the context of the ongoing election campaign are leading to a further escalation of international tensions and further undermining US credibility in the Arab world.
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❗️ We strongly condemn this new outrageous act of US-British aggression against sovereign states. We insist on the urgent consideration of this situation by the UN Security Council.
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💬 The US strategic bomber attack on Iraq and Syria, which destroyed and damaged dozens of facilities and killed numerous civilians, has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s total disregard for international law.
The obedient participation of British Royal Air Force in the US attack should not give anyone the illusion of an “international coalition” taking action. London has yet to answer for its zealous support of the provocations launched by its bosses in Washington.
☝️ It is clear that the airstrikes were specifically intended to further escalate the conflict. By relentlessly attacking the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States has been purposefully attempting to draw the largest countries in the region into the conflict.
Confident of its impunity, Washington continues to sow chaos and destruction in the Middle East. The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Joe Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an unknown UAV attack on a US base in Jordan, has no justification. The attempts to flex their muscles in order to influence the political situation in the United States, as well as their desperation to salvage the failed international policies of the current US administration in the context of the ongoing election campaign are leading to a further escalation of international tensions and further undermining US credibility in the Arab world.
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❗️ We strongly condemn this new outrageous act of US-British aggression against sovereign states. We insist on the urgent consideration of this situation by the UN Security Council.
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Russian diplomacy on the eve of the Second World War
On February 10, we will once again celebrate the professional holiday of Russian diplomacy - the Day of the Diplomatic Worker. This day gives us the opportunity to look back into the recent past to search for lessons for the future and try to find an answer to a question - what are the true reasons for the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia and where does the resource for overcoming the military threat lie? Probably the most profound response can be found in the events on the eve of the Second World War. Let's think back...
Shortly before the start of World War II, the international surrounding for the USSR in Europe and the Far East was tense. By 1939, Hitler had already remilitarized Germany, occupied Austria, Czechoslovakia, and did not hide further aggressive plans to expand the country's territory and establish German hegemony in Europe. In the Far East, the USSR had another belligerent neighbour - Japan, an ally of Germany,- which occupied the north of China (Manchuria) and thereby came close to the borders of the USSR. Moscow had to search actively for a way out of the dangerous foreign policy situation to avoid a war on two fronts and have time to prepare the army for a future confrontation.
Diplomacy of the USSR after the Munich Agreement of 1938 (which at the instigation of the then British Prime Minister N. Chamberlain finally turned Hitler's gaze to the East) had to solve a complicated task - while the country was preparing for war, it tried to escape direct involvement in a major conflict, which would be an ideal solution. Preventive measures were taken to avoid a clash with Germany, the future aggressor. The USSR tried to establish a system of collective security in Europe, but these efforts were subverted by Britain and France, which wanted to target Hitler's aggression against the USSR.
On April 17, 1939, the USSR came up with a proposal to conclude a trilateral treaty of mutual assistance, according to which the UK, France and the Soviet Union were to immediately provide each other with military assistance in case of German aggression against them. The negotiation process moved forward very slowly. The Soviet side demanded from its Western partners convincing evidence of their final break with the policy of appeasement and their readiness to fully take into account Soviet interests. However, the negotiations reached a dead end.
As soon as the Soviet side finally understood that fact, it intensified parallel negotiations with Germany. On August 23, 1939, the German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop arrived in Moscow and the two sides signed the Soviet-German nonaggression pact. It was concluded for a period of 10 years and came into force immediately upon signing.
Unlike the UK and France, which "appeased" A.Hitler with measures that destroyed European security architecture after World War I, the USSR entered into a tactical non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939 in a situation of a much higher military threat to its own territory, in a period of better preparedness of Germany to war. In other words, the motivation for Moscow's actions was different. This was a forced step designed to push back and delay the military threat from Germany against the background of British and French reluctance to establish allied relations with Moscow. The pact was to gain time to prepare the army and society for war. It also prevented a new agreement between the Western powers and Hitler like the Munich one in 1938.
But even this pact, with the connivance of the Western capitals, did not stop Hitler. On September 1, 1939, he attacked Poland, with Britain and France declaring war on him in response. However, they did not start real military operations against Germany. The so-called "Phoney War" lasted for 8 months and ended with the German invasion of France on 10 May 1940. While the majority of German troops was fighting against Poland in 1939, the Western allies did nothing against the Third Reich from the West.
On February 10, we will once again celebrate the professional holiday of Russian diplomacy - the Day of the Diplomatic Worker. This day gives us the opportunity to look back into the recent past to search for lessons for the future and try to find an answer to a question - what are the true reasons for the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia and where does the resource for overcoming the military threat lie? Probably the most profound response can be found in the events on the eve of the Second World War. Let's think back...
Shortly before the start of World War II, the international surrounding for the USSR in Europe and the Far East was tense. By 1939, Hitler had already remilitarized Germany, occupied Austria, Czechoslovakia, and did not hide further aggressive plans to expand the country's territory and establish German hegemony in Europe. In the Far East, the USSR had another belligerent neighbour - Japan, an ally of Germany,- which occupied the north of China (Manchuria) and thereby came close to the borders of the USSR. Moscow had to search actively for a way out of the dangerous foreign policy situation to avoid a war on two fronts and have time to prepare the army for a future confrontation.
Diplomacy of the USSR after the Munich Agreement of 1938 (which at the instigation of the then British Prime Minister N. Chamberlain finally turned Hitler's gaze to the East) had to solve a complicated task - while the country was preparing for war, it tried to escape direct involvement in a major conflict, which would be an ideal solution. Preventive measures were taken to avoid a clash with Germany, the future aggressor. The USSR tried to establish a system of collective security in Europe, but these efforts were subverted by Britain and France, which wanted to target Hitler's aggression against the USSR.
On April 17, 1939, the USSR came up with a proposal to conclude a trilateral treaty of mutual assistance, according to which the UK, France and the Soviet Union were to immediately provide each other with military assistance in case of German aggression against them. The negotiation process moved forward very slowly. The Soviet side demanded from its Western partners convincing evidence of their final break with the policy of appeasement and their readiness to fully take into account Soviet interests. However, the negotiations reached a dead end.
As soon as the Soviet side finally understood that fact, it intensified parallel negotiations with Germany. On August 23, 1939, the German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop arrived in Moscow and the two sides signed the Soviet-German nonaggression pact. It was concluded for a period of 10 years and came into force immediately upon signing.
Unlike the UK and France, which "appeased" A.Hitler with measures that destroyed European security architecture after World War I, the USSR entered into a tactical non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939 in a situation of a much higher military threat to its own territory, in a period of better preparedness of Germany to war. In other words, the motivation for Moscow's actions was different. This was a forced step designed to push back and delay the military threat from Germany against the background of British and French reluctance to establish allied relations with Moscow. The pact was to gain time to prepare the army and society for war. It also prevented a new agreement between the Western powers and Hitler like the Munich one in 1938.
But even this pact, with the connivance of the Western capitals, did not stop Hitler. On September 1, 1939, he attacked Poland, with Britain and France declaring war on him in response. However, they did not start real military operations against Germany. The so-called "Phoney War" lasted for 8 months and ended with the German invasion of France on 10 May 1940. While the majority of German troops was fighting against Poland in 1939, the Western allies did nothing against the Third Reich from the West.
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This allowed Germany to speed up preparations for the war against the USSR, which began on June 22, 1941, when Moscow had not yet finalized the modernization and strengthening of its army (completion was scheduled for 1943).
In this way, the Western policy of appeasing the aggressor led to another world war and the death of 50 million people.
Doesn't this picture remind us of today, when the West flirts with the aggressor, supports the Nazis in Kiev, and refuses to discuss any formulas for indivisible security in Europe? The West, obsessed with the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, is ready to neglect all categories of reason and moral norms for this purpose. The conclusion is obvious - of course it reminds us, but then to prevent the worst case scenario, specific actions are needed, i.e. refusal of any participation in aggressive preparations and their condemnation.
Think about it.
Nikolay Kudashev
Ambassador of the Russian Federation
to the Republic of Singapore
#ДДР2024 #ДеньДипломата #DiplomatsDay
In this way, the Western policy of appeasing the aggressor led to another world war and the death of 50 million people.
Doesn't this picture remind us of today, when the West flirts with the aggressor, supports the Nazis in Kiev, and refuses to discuss any formulas for indivisible security in Europe? The West, obsessed with the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, is ready to neglect all categories of reason and moral norms for this purpose. The conclusion is obvious - of course it reminds us, but then to prevent the worst case scenario, specific actions are needed, i.e. refusal of any participation in aggressive preparations and their condemnation.
Think about it.
Nikolay Kudashev
Ambassador of the Russian Federation
to the Republic of Singapore
#ДДР2024 #ДеньДипломата #DiplomatsDay
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Address by H.E. Nikolay Kudashev, Ambassador of Russia to Singapore, on the occasion of the upcoming Russian Diplomatic Worker’s Day (February 10)
#ДДР2024 #ДеньДипломата #DiplomatsDay
#ДДР2024 #ДеньДипломата #DiplomatsDay
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⚡️ Comment by Russia's MFA Spox Maria #Zakharova on the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack on residential areas in #Lisichansk
💬 According to the Military Commandant’s Office of the Russian Federation’s Lugansk People’s Republic, on Saturday, February 3, the Kiev regime launched rockets at civilian infrastructure in the city of Lisichansk, destroying a bakery. This is yet another cruel terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
At the time of the attack, the bakery was filled with dozens of local civilians, as is usual on Saturdays, including elderly people and families with children, who had come to buy bread and food. The Ukrainian army chiefs who ordered the attack were well aware of this and acted deliberately.
The building was completely destroyed. The Russian Emergencies Ministry estimates that there may be up to 40 people trapped under the debris. At least 28 civilians have been confirmed dead, and there are numerous other victims. At present, Emergencies Ministry crews are working to find and rescue survivors and recover bodies from the rubble.
According to preliminary information, the rockets were fired from a Western multiple launch system. This new terrorist attack is the Kiev extremists’ way of expressing “gratitude” to the EU countries for their generous financial support. <...>
This incident once again demonstrates the criminal nature of the Kiev regime. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ringleaders on Bankovaya Street and in the Armed Forces of #Ukraine are parts of the same #terrorist organisation.
☝️ Russia will inform international organisations about the latest act of terrorism committed by the Zelensky gang. We expect that these international organisations will promptly issue an unequivocal condemnation of Kiev’s new crime.
🔗Read in full: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1929371/
💬 According to the Military Commandant’s Office of the Russian Federation’s Lugansk People’s Republic, on Saturday, February 3, the Kiev regime launched rockets at civilian infrastructure in the city of Lisichansk, destroying a bakery. This is yet another cruel terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
At the time of the attack, the bakery was filled with dozens of local civilians, as is usual on Saturdays, including elderly people and families with children, who had come to buy bread and food. The Ukrainian army chiefs who ordered the attack were well aware of this and acted deliberately.
The building was completely destroyed. The Russian Emergencies Ministry estimates that there may be up to 40 people trapped under the debris. At least 28 civilians have been confirmed dead, and there are numerous other victims. At present, Emergencies Ministry crews are working to find and rescue survivors and recover bodies from the rubble.
According to preliminary information, the rockets were fired from a Western multiple launch system. This new terrorist attack is the Kiev extremists’ way of expressing “gratitude” to the EU countries for their generous financial support. <...>
This incident once again demonstrates the criminal nature of the Kiev regime. According to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ringleaders on Bankovaya Street and in the Armed Forces of #Ukraine are parts of the same #terrorist organisation.
☝️ Russia will inform international organisations about the latest act of terrorism committed by the Zelensky gang. We expect that these international organisations will promptly issue an unequivocal condemnation of Kiev’s new crime.
🔗Read in full: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1929371/
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#Мнение
✍ Проректор Дипломатической академии МИД России О.Г.Карпович:
Сегодня мы мысленно возвращаемся к событиям, произошедшим десять лет назад. Февраль 2014 года должен был стать кульминацией четвертьвековой интеграции России в мир победившей глобализации. <...>
Однако трагические события в Киеве <...> направили путь развития и нашего государства, и всей международной политики в совершенно иное русло.
🤔 Могла ли история сложиться по-другому?
Теоретически, можно вообразить альтернативную реальность, в которой Запад проявляет больше выдержки и терпения, не подталкивает украинских радикалов к перевороту и заставляет дождаться выборов; как «национально-языковой вопрос» в Крыму и на Донбассе продолжает тлеть, принося очередные конфликты в политическую жизнь Незалежной <...>.
👉 Киевский переворот помог нам избавиться от иллюзий, взглянуть правде в глаза.
Запад, прикрываясь прекраснодушной риторикой, давно исходил в своей политике из принципа «игры с нулевой суммой», в том числе, и в отношениях с Россией. Это показали и «цветные революции» 2000-х, и поведение США во время «арабской весны», когда Москву цинично попытались выдавить из стратегически важного региона.
❗По всей видимости, соответствующая линия проводилась бы и дальше, но спровоцированное «Евромайданом» отрезвление помогло нашей дипломатии и обществу в целом перестроиться, взвешенно оценить вызовы и реальные цели наших так называемых «партнёров».
🔗 Читайте полностью - https://vk.cc/cuop5E
✍ Проректор Дипломатической академии МИД России О.Г.Карпович:
Сегодня мы мысленно возвращаемся к событиям, произошедшим десять лет назад. Февраль 2014 года должен был стать кульминацией четвертьвековой интеграции России в мир победившей глобализации. <...>
Однако трагические события в Киеве <...> направили путь развития и нашего государства, и всей международной политики в совершенно иное русло.
🤔 Могла ли история сложиться по-другому?
Теоретически, можно вообразить альтернативную реальность, в которой Запад проявляет больше выдержки и терпения, не подталкивает украинских радикалов к перевороту и заставляет дождаться выборов; как «национально-языковой вопрос» в Крыму и на Донбассе продолжает тлеть, принося очередные конфликты в политическую жизнь Незалежной <...>.
👉 Киевский переворот помог нам избавиться от иллюзий, взглянуть правде в глаза.
Запад, прикрываясь прекраснодушной риторикой, давно исходил в своей политике из принципа «игры с нулевой суммой», в том числе, и в отношениях с Россией. Это показали и «цветные революции» 2000-х, и поведение США во время «арабской весны», когда Москву цинично попытались выдавить из стратегически важного региона.
❗По всей видимости, соответствующая линия проводилась бы и дальше, но спровоцированное «Евромайданом» отрезвление помогло нашей дипломатии и обществу в целом перестроиться, взвешенно оценить вызовы и реальные цели наших так называемых «партнёров».
🔗 Читайте полностью - https://vk.cc/cuop5E
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Business Council meeting
💬 The US-led collective West is persistently trying to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, impede its development and push it to the periphery of international life. <...>
A large package of measures has been applied against us to openly discriminate against Russian economic operators. They are blackmailing our traditional foreign partners and waging a large-scale information campaign to discredit Russia as a trade and investment partner. They are also openly stating their intention to undermine the Russian economy and render it uncompetitive. This is cynical beyond all reason.
At the same time, it is obvious that these anti-Russia activities have not been supported by the overwhelming majority of countries in the Global South, all those countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America that are pursuing an independent foreign policy and are guided primarily by their own national interests.
❗️ The use of neo-colonial practices by the United States and its satellites has significantly eroded trust in US-style globalisation.
The global majority have a growing number of complaints about the effectiveness and impartiality of international financial institutions and cooperation platforms that are controlled by Washington. There is a growing belief that nobody can be safe from the state-sponsored gangsterism of the collective West.
☝️ That is why not only Russia but also many other countries are actively using alternative currencies and payment platform in their foreign trade. We are creating international transport corridors and value chains that are protected from the unfriendly countries’ unscrupulous attempts to hinder the implementation of mutually beneficial projects.
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💬 The US-led collective West is persistently trying to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, impede its development and push it to the periphery of international life. <...>
A large package of measures has been applied against us to openly discriminate against Russian economic operators. They are blackmailing our traditional foreign partners and waging a large-scale information campaign to discredit Russia as a trade and investment partner. They are also openly stating their intention to undermine the Russian economy and render it uncompetitive. This is cynical beyond all reason.
At the same time, it is obvious that these anti-Russia activities have not been supported by the overwhelming majority of countries in the Global South, all those countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America that are pursuing an independent foreign policy and are guided primarily by their own national interests.
❗️ The use of neo-colonial practices by the United States and its satellites has significantly eroded trust in US-style globalisation.
The global majority have a growing number of complaints about the effectiveness and impartiality of international financial institutions and cooperation platforms that are controlled by Washington. There is a growing belief that nobody can be safe from the state-sponsored gangsterism of the collective West.
☝️ That is why not only Russia but also many other countries are actively using alternative currencies and payment platform in their foreign trade. We are creating international transport corridors and value chains that are protected from the unfriendly countries’ unscrupulous attempts to hinder the implementation of mutually beneficial projects.
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Now it’s official — it was PM Trudeau who invited SS criminal to the Parliament last year. As recommended by the Ukrainian Canadian community that 5 months later still dead silent though knew of Hunka’s Nazi past. No condemnation = justification. Will UCC, Alexandra Chyczij, Christya Freeland, James Bezan, Yvan Baker and others apologize?
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#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
💬 Lithuania must remove any monument to Holocaust perpetrators from public space, that is to butchers, even if these figures later opposed Soviet rule. You would not believe it, but this statement was made by Kara McDonald, a newly appointed US ambassador to Lithuania, who recently began working in Vilnius.
I would like to find out whether this was Kara McDonald’s personal civic feat or if we can expect similar statements from the US ambassadors in Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine that have also given the official seal to the glorification of Nazi collaborationists.
Importantly, while denouncing the criminals guilty of the Holocaust, the US authorities should not forget to urge themselves to remove monuments to Hitler’s accomplices in the United States.
Will they do anything about the monument to the leader of Lithuanian collaborationists Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, which was unveiled in Lemont, Illinois on May 4, 2019? At that time, protests against it came from the Russian Embassy in the US, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a Jewish human rights organisation, and the World Jewish Congress (unfortunately, the Israeli Embassy kept silent).
In conclusion, I would like to cite Kara McDonald’s statement: “I will continue to speak out strongly against the glorification of individuals who are known and documented to have participated in the Holocaust. Such actions can be characterised as part of anti-Semitism.” So, it appears the Americans support the atrocities committed against other ethnicities who became Holocaust victims ⁉️
Tomorrow, we will send documents regarding the killing of Soviet people by Nazi Germany to the US Embassy in Vilnius to encourage the courageous attitude of the US Ambassador to start studying the history of World War II. I hope the fact that our countries were allies in the fight against Nazism won’t become a shocking discovery for her.
💬 Lithuania must remove any monument to Holocaust perpetrators from public space, that is to butchers, even if these figures later opposed Soviet rule. You would not believe it, but this statement was made by Kara McDonald, a newly appointed US ambassador to Lithuania, who recently began working in Vilnius.
I would like to find out whether this was Kara McDonald’s personal civic feat or if we can expect similar statements from the US ambassadors in Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine that have also given the official seal to the glorification of Nazi collaborationists.
Importantly, while denouncing the criminals guilty of the Holocaust, the US authorities should not forget to urge themselves to remove monuments to Hitler’s accomplices in the United States.
Will they do anything about the monument to the leader of Lithuanian collaborationists Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, which was unveiled in Lemont, Illinois on May 4, 2019? At that time, protests against it came from the Russian Embassy in the US, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a Jewish human rights organisation, and the World Jewish Congress (unfortunately, the Israeli Embassy kept silent).
In conclusion, I would like to cite Kara McDonald’s statement: “I will continue to speak out strongly against the glorification of individuals who are known and documented to have participated in the Holocaust. Such actions can be characterised as part of anti-Semitism.” So, it appears the Americans support the atrocities committed against other ethnicities who became Holocaust victims ⁉️
Tomorrow, we will send documents regarding the killing of Soviet people by Nazi Germany to the US Embassy in Vilnius to encourage the courageous attitude of the US Ambassador to start studying the history of World War II. I hope the fact that our countries were allies in the fight against Nazism won’t become a shocking discovery for her.
🎙Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Ella #Pamfilova and the heads of certain Russian regions (Moscow, February 5, 2024)
💬 Speaking at today’s meeting of the Foreign Ministry Collegium, Ella Pamfilova described in detail the difficulties that will arise this year, and that will be mounting. They are unprecedented due to the illegitimate sanctions of the Western governments.
👉The second problem related to the same Russophobic campaign unleashed by Western governments lies in the security of our missions. There have been many attacks at our embassies and consulates general including physical attacks in one form or another.
We are paying heightened attention to the security of our diplomats. When a foreign mission opens its doors to our citizens who want to vote, the risks of a provocation increase enormously. This is why the measures that we have approved today at the Collegium meeting take these risks into account.
🔗Read in full: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1929678/
💬 Speaking at today’s meeting of the Foreign Ministry Collegium, Ella Pamfilova described in detail the difficulties that will arise this year, and that will be mounting. They are unprecedented due to the illegitimate sanctions of the Western governments.
👉The second problem related to the same Russophobic campaign unleashed by Western governments lies in the security of our missions. There have been many attacks at our embassies and consulates general including physical attacks in one form or another.
We are paying heightened attention to the security of our diplomats. When a foreign mission opens its doors to our citizens who want to vote, the risks of a provocation increase enormously. This is why the measures that we have approved today at the Collegium meeting take these risks into account.
🔗Read in full: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1929678/
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery has offered Japan to help rescue the orca whales caught in the drifting ice.
The agency’s letter to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan says that the Fishery Agency and the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography have the necessary competencies and knowledge to rescue the ice-trapped whales, which are on the Red List of Threatened Species.
According to media reports, a pod of 16 orcas have become trapped by sea ice several kilometres off the coast of Rausu in the Nemuro Strait, which divides the north-eastern coast of Japan’s Hokkaido from the Russian island of Kunashir.
The agency’s letter to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan says that the Fishery Agency and the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography have the necessary competencies and knowledge to rescue the ice-trapped whales, which are on the Red List of Threatened Species.
According to media reports, a pod of 16 orcas have become trapped by sea ice several kilometres off the coast of Rausu in the Nemuro Strait, which divides the north-eastern coast of Japan’s Hokkaido from the Russian island of Kunashir.