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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion to settle the situation around Ukraine (Moscow, April 4, 2024)
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Zelensky's 'peace formula'
• This scheme is widely known and it is effectively an ultimatum that forces Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991. Recently, Mr Zelensky “kindly suggested” that “we start” with the borders as of February 2022. It doesn’t hurt to dream of things.
• We stand for our truth and the interests of our people <...>. If they want to reach a fair, realistic deal and strike a balance between us in terms of our security interests, we are ready to move in this direction any moment. But for that, we do not need a foundation or a liner of any kind such as the Zelensky formula, no matter how you describe it, in order to move from stating the readiness to launch talks to actually starting the negotiation.
Regarding the West's cynical attitude towards Ukraine
• What the West has been saying about Ukraine and putting its bets on defeating Russia is also quite telling. In his interview with CNN, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said: “We cannot afford Russia to win this war. Otherwise, the US and European interests will be very damaged. It’s not a matter of generosity alone, it’s not a matter of supporting Ukraine because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player <...>».
👉 Europe recognised that it has no aspirations and all it wants is for the United States not to lose its dominant role in global affairs, no matter the cost.
The situation in the Gaza Strip
• We reiterated our position where we condemned the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 and the untenable methods Israel is using now. In fact, Tel Aviv has resorted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
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Zelensky's 'peace formula'
• This scheme is widely known and it is effectively an ultimatum that forces Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991. Recently, Mr Zelensky “kindly suggested” that “we start” with the borders as of February 2022. It doesn’t hurt to dream of things.
• We stand for our truth and the interests of our people <...>. If they want to reach a fair, realistic deal and strike a balance between us in terms of our security interests, we are ready to move in this direction any moment. But for that, we do not need a foundation or a liner of any kind such as the Zelensky formula, no matter how you describe it, in order to move from stating the readiness to launch talks to actually starting the negotiation.
Regarding the West's cynical attitude towards Ukraine
• What the West has been saying about Ukraine and putting its bets on defeating Russia is also quite telling. In his interview with CNN, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said: “We cannot afford Russia to win this war. Otherwise, the US and European interests will be very damaged. It’s not a matter of generosity alone, it’s not a matter of supporting Ukraine because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player <...>».
👉 Europe recognised that it has no aspirations and all it wants is for the United States not to lose its dominant role in global affairs, no matter the cost.
The situation in the Gaza Strip
• We reiterated our position where we condemned the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 and the untenable methods Israel is using now. In fact, Tel Aviv has resorted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on occasion of the 75th anniversary of NATO
💬 Maria Zakharova: Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., which marked the birth of the most aggressive military alliance of our time. <...>
The way the politicians of that time saw it, NATO was designed to become the key tool for establishing and maintaining the global hegemony of Washington and its allies, which it has remained to this day. <...>
According to its first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, the purpose of NATO was to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,” and it has remained unchanged to this day.
For the US, NATO has remained a key tool to keep its European allies under control and a resource base for the US defence complex. <...>
After the Cold War ended <...> Washington and its allies engaged in armed “peacekeeping” in the Balkans, which ended in a treacherous aggression against Yugoslavia, and “fighting terrorism” in Afghanistan. NATO allies joined the US-led coalition in Iraq and carried out a “humanitarian” intervention in Libya.
❗️These interventions invariably led to entire countries being ruined and broken up.
For the third year in a row now, Washington and its satellites have been flooding Ukraine with mercenaries and weapons in order to inflict, as they say, a strategic defeat on Russia and to deplete our resources. They are using every means and methods available to the collective West and its Kiev puppets, up to and including the terrorist attacks, to get there. The alliance’s reckless schemes have failed, which fact pushes it towards moves that could entail tragic ramifications for the European and even global security.
The West has already had the chance to see that Russia is prepared for any scenario.
☝️ Our security is reliably protected and our defence capabilities are strong.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/t7vnxz
💬 Maria Zakharova: Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., which marked the birth of the most aggressive military alliance of our time. <...>
The way the politicians of that time saw it, NATO was designed to become the key tool for establishing and maintaining the global hegemony of Washington and its allies, which it has remained to this day. <...>
According to its first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, the purpose of NATO was to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,” and it has remained unchanged to this day.
For the US, NATO has remained a key tool to keep its European allies under control and a resource base for the US defence complex. <...>
After the Cold War ended <...> Washington and its allies engaged in armed “peacekeeping” in the Balkans, which ended in a treacherous aggression against Yugoslavia, and “fighting terrorism” in Afghanistan. NATO allies joined the US-led coalition in Iraq and carried out a “humanitarian” intervention in Libya.
❗️These interventions invariably led to entire countries being ruined and broken up.
For the third year in a row now, Washington and its satellites have been flooding Ukraine with mercenaries and weapons in order to inflict, as they say, a strategic defeat on Russia and to deplete our resources. They are using every means and methods available to the collective West and its Kiev puppets, up to and including the terrorist attacks, to get there. The alliance’s reckless schemes have failed, which fact pushes it towards moves that could entail tragic ramifications for the European and even global security.
The West has already had the chance to see that Russia is prepared for any scenario.
☝️ Our security is reliably protected and our defence capabilities are strong.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/t7vnxz
🇷🇺 State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom:
The Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has faced an unprecedented series of drone attacks posing a direct threat to the plant’s safety.
The Rosatom State Corporation urges the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union countries to promptly address the escalating situation at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
On April 7, 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces initiated an unprecedented series of attacks on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant.
At 11.38 am, a drone struck the vicinity of the canteen, injuring three people.
Thirty minutes later, another drone targeted the cargo port area. Subsequently, a strike at the sixth power unit of the power plant impacted its dome.
No critical damage or casualties occurred; the radiation levels at the plant and its surroundings remain unchanged and do not surpass natural background levels.
Prior to this incident, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted an assault on the plant’s premises on April 5. Incursions by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were detected in the vicinity of the cargo port and the nitrogen-oxygen station.
The Rosatom State Corporation strongly condemns the unprecedented assault on the nuclear power plant facilities and its infrastructure. It urges the leadership of the IAEA, specifically Director General Rafael Grossi, and the leaders of the EU nations to promptly address the immediate threat to the safety of the Zaporozhskaya NPP. Furthermore, it calls for a categorical condemnation of the escalation of tensions surrounding the plant.
The Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has faced an unprecedented series of drone attacks posing a direct threat to the plant’s safety.
The Rosatom State Corporation urges the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union countries to promptly address the escalating situation at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
On April 7, 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces initiated an unprecedented series of attacks on the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant.
At 11.38 am, a drone struck the vicinity of the canteen, injuring three people.
Thirty minutes later, another drone targeted the cargo port area. Subsequently, a strike at the sixth power unit of the power plant impacted its dome.
No critical damage or casualties occurred; the radiation levels at the plant and its surroundings remain unchanged and do not surpass natural background levels.
Prior to this incident, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted an assault on the plant’s premises on April 5. Incursions by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were detected in the vicinity of the cargo port and the nitrogen-oxygen station.
The Rosatom State Corporation strongly condemns the unprecedented assault on the nuclear power plant facilities and its infrastructure. It urges the leadership of the IAEA, specifically Director General Rafael Grossi, and the leaders of the EU nations to promptly address the immediate threat to the safety of the Zaporozhskaya NPP. Furthermore, it calls for a categorical condemnation of the escalation of tensions surrounding the plant.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On April 8-9, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to China, where he will hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
🤝 The Foreign Ministers will discuss a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation, as well as interaction at the international arena with a focus on joint efforts at the #UN, #BRICS, the #SCO, the #G20, #APEC and other multilateral mechanisms and forums.
The Sides will have a thorough exchange of views on a number of pressing matters and regional issues, including the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
🤝 The Foreign Ministers will discuss a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation, as well as interaction at the international arena with a focus on joint efforts at the #UN, #BRICS, the #SCO, the #G20, #APEC and other multilateral mechanisms and forums.
The Sides will have a thorough exchange of views on a number of pressing matters and regional issues, including the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a working meeting in Beijing.
📸 Photo by Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova
#RussiaChina
📸 Photo by Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova
#RussiaChina
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💬 Russia’s MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
🗓 April 7 marked the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide of the Tutsi people in Rwanda. The mass murders lasted for 100 days, and the number of victims is estimated to be just over one million people. On December 23, 2003, the UN General Assembly designated April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
It is customary to refer to the conflict between the Tutsi and the Hutu as an interethnic conflict. However, the artificial division of a once-unified people was orchestrated by Western European colonisers, specifically Germany and later Belgium, just as they did in many other regions of the world. They strove to retain their control over Rwanda by exacerbating internal divisions. Initially, Belgium backed the Tutsi monarchy, but later made concessions to the Hutus, who constituted a majority. Consequently, the people of Rwanda became completely polarised along ethnic lines, with ethnically affiliated political parties emerging, all with Belgium’s support.
In the late 1980s, disputes between the Tutsi and the Hutu became more pronounced due to economic problems. President Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated on April 6, 1994, and his death served as a prelude to a full-scale genocide of all Tutsis in the country. Moderate Hutu politicians, as well as journalists, were among the first victims.
In the span of three months, from April until July 1994, about 1.1 million people, or up to 20 percent of Rwanda’s population, were brutally exterminated. Brussels and Paris do not like to acknowledge the strong political ties of the Hutu government with the leadership of Belgium and France. Media outlets, controlled by the Hutu government, including the Free Radio and Television of the Thousand Hills (which broadcast racist propaganda typical of the colonial West), played a detrimental role in inciting racial hatred. After several weeks of silence, the UN finally reviewed the situation in Rwanda, and long and complicated bureaucratic proceedings began, with Paris cynically claiming the right to unilaterally submit an initiative on deploying a peacekeeping contingent there.
The genocide in Rwanda stands as a stark reminder that foreign interference in the affairs of any state can rekindle simmering interethnic tensions, escalating them to unimaginable levels and on an unprecedented scale. This conflict and its tragic aftermath were the result of decisions made by inexperienced politicians and fuelled by Western colonial ambitions, which were exacerbated by the geopolitical rivalry between major Western European powers seeking to maintain their influence in Africa.
In the 21st century, the Élysée Palace officially admitted that France could have stopped the genocide together with its allies, but lacked the will to do so. Most historians, including those in the Council of Europe, agree that Paris bears a substantial share of political responsibility for the genocide. Declassified telegrams from Bernard Émié, an adviser to the French foreign minister, show that he had warned against drastic actions in Rwanda and urged the government not to arrest criminals and to use indirect channels to avoid exposure. Prior to these publications, the Fifth Republic vehemently denied its ties with the Hutu. However, now that the truth has come to light, it is no longer possible to deny these reports.
☝️ The lesson from this terrible tragedy is that we need to learn from history in order to avoid repeating past mistakes. The collective West has not changed its philosophy of segregation and the specific tools it uses to implement it.
🗓 April 7 marked the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide of the Tutsi people in Rwanda. The mass murders lasted for 100 days, and the number of victims is estimated to be just over one million people. On December 23, 2003, the UN General Assembly designated April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
It is customary to refer to the conflict between the Tutsi and the Hutu as an interethnic conflict. However, the artificial division of a once-unified people was orchestrated by Western European colonisers, specifically Germany and later Belgium, just as they did in many other regions of the world. They strove to retain their control over Rwanda by exacerbating internal divisions. Initially, Belgium backed the Tutsi monarchy, but later made concessions to the Hutus, who constituted a majority. Consequently, the people of Rwanda became completely polarised along ethnic lines, with ethnically affiliated political parties emerging, all with Belgium’s support.
In the late 1980s, disputes between the Tutsi and the Hutu became more pronounced due to economic problems. President Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated on April 6, 1994, and his death served as a prelude to a full-scale genocide of all Tutsis in the country. Moderate Hutu politicians, as well as journalists, were among the first victims.
In the span of three months, from April until July 1994, about 1.1 million people, or up to 20 percent of Rwanda’s population, were brutally exterminated. Brussels and Paris do not like to acknowledge the strong political ties of the Hutu government with the leadership of Belgium and France. Media outlets, controlled by the Hutu government, including the Free Radio and Television of the Thousand Hills (which broadcast racist propaganda typical of the colonial West), played a detrimental role in inciting racial hatred. After several weeks of silence, the UN finally reviewed the situation in Rwanda, and long and complicated bureaucratic proceedings began, with Paris cynically claiming the right to unilaterally submit an initiative on deploying a peacekeeping contingent there.
The genocide in Rwanda stands as a stark reminder that foreign interference in the affairs of any state can rekindle simmering interethnic tensions, escalating them to unimaginable levels and on an unprecedented scale. This conflict and its tragic aftermath were the result of decisions made by inexperienced politicians and fuelled by Western colonial ambitions, which were exacerbated by the geopolitical rivalry between major Western European powers seeking to maintain their influence in Africa.
In the 21st century, the Élysée Palace officially admitted that France could have stopped the genocide together with its allies, but lacked the will to do so. Most historians, including those in the Council of Europe, agree that Paris bears a substantial share of political responsibility for the genocide. Declassified telegrams from Bernard Émié, an adviser to the French foreign minister, show that he had warned against drastic actions in Rwanda and urged the government not to arrest criminals and to use indirect channels to avoid exposure. Prior to these publications, the Fifth Republic vehemently denied its ties with the Hutu. However, now that the truth has come to light, it is no longer possible to deny these reports.
☝️ The lesson from this terrible tragedy is that we need to learn from history in order to avoid repeating past mistakes. The collective West has not changed its philosophy of segregation and the specific tools it uses to implement it.
⚡️This year marks the 75th anniversary of NATO and 25 years since NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.
In 1999, NATO launched an aggression against Yugoslavia which lasted from March through June.
💥The barbaric bombings of civilian infrastructure by the US, French, German, British air forces alone took the lives of over 3.5 thousand persons (including women and children), left ~10 thousand people wounded.
📖 The book by the Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev 'War Crimes of NATO in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia' contains testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses of NATO war crimes and terrorist acts against civilians, including:
▪️ Shelling of residential areas and killing civilians;
▪️ Shelling of hospitals and ambulances;
▪️ Bombing of industrial facilities to cause environmental damage;
▪️ Destruction of civilian objects;
▪️ Use of cluster and depleted uranium munitions by NATO.
👉 Read the book in full: https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/file/Breng.pdf
In 1999, NATO launched an aggression against Yugoslavia which lasted from March through June.
💥The barbaric bombings of civilian infrastructure by the US, French, German, British air forces alone took the lives of over 3.5 thousand persons (including women and children), left ~10 thousand people wounded.
📖 The book by the Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev 'War Crimes of NATO in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia' contains testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses of NATO war crimes and terrorist acts against civilians, including:
▪️ Shelling of residential areas and killing civilians;
▪️ Shelling of hospitals and ambulances;
▪️ Bombing of industrial facilities to cause environmental damage;
▪️ Destruction of civilian objects;
▪️ Use of cluster and depleted uranium munitions by NATO.
👉 Read the book in full: https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/file/Breng.pdf
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on US statements regarding the space agenda
💬 On April 5, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Space Policy John Plumb addressed the Defense Writers Group on the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects (PPWT). It will be recalled that Russia and China submitted the draft treaty to the Conference on Disarmament in February 2008. Mr Plumb dismissed this initiative as a mere “political ploy,” claiming that adherence to the deal would not be verifiable.
☝️ The US is an ardent opponent of the Russian initiatives on the prevention of an arms race in space (PARS). Its strong opposition to the above Russian-Chinese draft treaty has long been an integral part of US foreign policy. In this context, Mr Plumb’s statements are hardly surprising.
Generally, comments on PARS by US representatives, as well as Washington’s ongoing activities at the UN Security Council with regard to nuclear weapons in space, are elements of its long-standing policy to subvert multilateral efforts to maintain international peace and strengthen global security through upgrading the existing and developing new legally binding arms control instruments. Instead, the US has been promoting a set of norms of “responsible” behaviour within the framework of their concept of a “rules-based world order,” which is untenable both in technical and international legal terms.
🇷🇺 The Russian Federation is prepared for an equitable dialogue with all states, aimed at keeping outer space free of weapons of any type as one of the conditions for ensuring international peace and security. As is to be regretted, far from all countries are committed to a responsible discussion on this matter.
💬 On April 5, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Space Policy John Plumb addressed the Defense Writers Group on the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects (PPWT). It will be recalled that Russia and China submitted the draft treaty to the Conference on Disarmament in February 2008. Mr Plumb dismissed this initiative as a mere “political ploy,” claiming that adherence to the deal would not be verifiable.
☝️ The US is an ardent opponent of the Russian initiatives on the prevention of an arms race in space (PARS). Its strong opposition to the above Russian-Chinese draft treaty has long been an integral part of US foreign policy. In this context, Mr Plumb’s statements are hardly surprising.
Generally, comments on PARS by US representatives, as well as Washington’s ongoing activities at the UN Security Council with regard to nuclear weapons in space, are elements of its long-standing policy to subvert multilateral efforts to maintain international peace and strengthen global security through upgrading the existing and developing new legally binding arms control instruments. Instead, the US has been promoting a set of norms of “responsible” behaviour within the framework of their concept of a “rules-based world order,” which is untenable both in technical and international legal terms.
🇷🇺 The Russian Federation is prepared for an equitable dialogue with all states, aimed at keeping outer space free of weapons of any type as one of the conditions for ensuring international peace and security. As is to be regretted, far from all countries are committed to a responsible discussion on this matter.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi (Beijing, April 9, 2024)
💬 We see that thanks to the efforts of our Leaders, #RussiaChina relations relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction have reached, without any exaggeration, an unprecedented level. With President Vladimir Putin’s re-election, the continuity of the line for their comprehensive strengthening has received additional guarantees.
We noticed the high assessment that you personally gave to ties between Russia and China at a news conference in March of this year. We fully share this assessment.
Our strategic partnership is founded upon the principles of respectful, equitable, and trust-based dialogue, along with mutual support on issues related to the core interests of both countries.
As repeatedly stated by our Leaders, our cooperation has outmatched the military-political alliance of the Cold War era and is not aimed against any third country. The proximity and, in most cases, convergence of Russia and China’s foreign policy approaches to solving the key problems of the modern age are laying the foundation for enhancing strategic coordination on the global scale. Cooperation in international affairs enables us to address common tasks more efficiently both at home and abroad.
🤝 As you said, Mr Minister, we are currently focused on shaping a more just multipolar international order and on promoting inclusive and constructive cooperation formats, such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Also, we are working to consolidate the nations of the Global South to ensure greater fairness and equality in global affairs.
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💬 We see that thanks to the efforts of our Leaders, #RussiaChina relations relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction have reached, without any exaggeration, an unprecedented level. With President Vladimir Putin’s re-election, the continuity of the line for their comprehensive strengthening has received additional guarantees.
We noticed the high assessment that you personally gave to ties between Russia and China at a news conference in March of this year. We fully share this assessment.
Our strategic partnership is founded upon the principles of respectful, equitable, and trust-based dialogue, along with mutual support on issues related to the core interests of both countries.
As repeatedly stated by our Leaders, our cooperation has outmatched the military-political alliance of the Cold War era and is not aimed against any third country. The proximity and, in most cases, convergence of Russia and China’s foreign policy approaches to solving the key problems of the modern age are laying the foundation for enhancing strategic coordination on the global scale. Cooperation in international affairs enables us to address common tasks more efficiently both at home and abroad.
🤝 As you said, Mr Minister, we are currently focused on shaping a more just multipolar international order and on promoting inclusive and constructive cooperation formats, such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Also, we are working to consolidate the nations of the Global South to ensure greater fairness and equality in global affairs.
Read in full 👉 https://t.ly/1-iPv
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint news conference with PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi following talks
📍 Beijing, April 9, 2024
💬 Yesterday and today, we held detailed and specific talks on a broad range of issues of interest to both sides.
• We focused on the schedule of top-level contacts, because the leaders’ diplomacy is, without any exaggeration, the central element of #RussiaChina comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction.
• We also discussed foreign ministry contacts. We have just signed in your presence yet another plan of consultations between our foreign ministries for 2024.
☝️ The issues we are addressing in the economy, trade, investment, and innovative technology are directly related to the effort to establish a fair multipolar world order free from diktat, hegemony, and neo-colonial and colonial practices, which are being used to the utmost extent by the United States and the rest of the collective West that has bowed without question to Washington’s will.
• China and Russia will continue to defend the need to rectify this situation in international economic relations and to be committed to democratising these relations and returning to the principles that were proclaimed a while ago and consist in the requirement to respect the market processes, fair competition, inviolability of property, presumption of innocence, and much more,
• Focused on aligning our strategies on the global stage. This coordination relies on largely overlapping interests and approaches to key international challenges.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The talks took place in an atmosphere of friendship, traditional for Russian-Chinese relations, and once again demonstrated the commonality of our countries' views on major global developments and our desire to strengthen bilateral ties in the interest of peace and stability in the region and on the entire planet.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/kqapxz
📍 Beijing, April 9, 2024
💬 Yesterday and today, we held detailed and specific talks on a broad range of issues of interest to both sides.
• We focused on the schedule of top-level contacts, because the leaders’ diplomacy is, without any exaggeration, the central element of #RussiaChina comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction.
• We also discussed foreign ministry contacts. We have just signed in your presence yet another plan of consultations between our foreign ministries for 2024.
☝️ The issues we are addressing in the economy, trade, investment, and innovative technology are directly related to the effort to establish a fair multipolar world order free from diktat, hegemony, and neo-colonial and colonial practices, which are being used to the utmost extent by the United States and the rest of the collective West that has bowed without question to Washington’s will.
• China and Russia will continue to defend the need to rectify this situation in international economic relations and to be committed to democratising these relations and returning to the principles that were proclaimed a while ago and consist in the requirement to respect the market processes, fair competition, inviolability of property, presumption of innocence, and much more,
• Focused on aligning our strategies on the global stage. This coordination relies on largely overlapping interests and approaches to key international challenges.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The talks took place in an atmosphere of friendship, traditional for Russian-Chinese relations, and once again demonstrated the commonality of our countries' views on major global developments and our desire to strengthen bilateral ties in the interest of peace and stability in the region and on the entire planet.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/kqapxz
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during a meeting with President of China Xi Jinping
📍 Beijing, April 9, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Thank you for taking the time to receive our delegation. This is yet another confirmation of how much personal attention you pay to the development of cooperation with the Russian Federation.
It is my pleasure and honour to pass best regards from President of Russia Vladimir Putin. He highly appreciated your greetings on the outcome of the presidential election in March.
<...>
President Vladimir Putin’s re-election guarantees the succession in our relations and our commitment to further progress across all areas.
🤝 Notably, it is thanks to the leaders’ diplomacy that Russia-China links have demonstrated stability and ability to adapt to any, even most challenging, conditions. Our bilateral relations are rooted in mutual support when it comes to the matters concerning the fundamental interests of the two countries.
<...>
As the People’s Republic of China is marking its 75th anniversary, we would like to express our highest praise and admiration at the success achieved under your leadership over the years and mainly over the past decade. We are sincerely delighted at these achievements as they belong to our friends.
<...>
In 1949, the Soviet Union was the first state to recognise the new China. We have become allies since then. These 75 years have shown the importance, for us and the entire world, of mutual trust, neighbourliness, friendship, equality and mutually beneficial partnership-something that, as you and President Vladimir Putin stressed, outperforms the blocs dating back to the Cold War era and does not target any third party.
I hope we will properly celebrate the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. We are ready to work on new strategic objectives set by our leaders.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/11bpxz
📍 Beijing, April 9, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Thank you for taking the time to receive our delegation. This is yet another confirmation of how much personal attention you pay to the development of cooperation with the Russian Federation.
It is my pleasure and honour to pass best regards from President of Russia Vladimir Putin. He highly appreciated your greetings on the outcome of the presidential election in March.
<...>
President Vladimir Putin’s re-election guarantees the succession in our relations and our commitment to further progress across all areas.
🤝 Notably, it is thanks to the leaders’ diplomacy that Russia-China links have demonstrated stability and ability to adapt to any, even most challenging, conditions. Our bilateral relations are rooted in mutual support when it comes to the matters concerning the fundamental interests of the two countries.
<...>
As the People’s Republic of China is marking its 75th anniversary, we would like to express our highest praise and admiration at the success achieved under your leadership over the years and mainly over the past decade. We are sincerely delighted at these achievements as they belong to our friends.
<...>
In 1949, the Soviet Union was the first state to recognise the new China. We have become allies since then. These 75 years have shown the importance, for us and the entire world, of mutual trust, neighbourliness, friendship, equality and mutually beneficial partnership-something that, as you and President Vladimir Putin stressed, outperforms the blocs dating back to the Cold War era and does not target any third party.
I hope we will properly celebrate the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. We are ready to work on new strategic objectives set by our leaders.
Read in full: http://tiny.cc/11bpxz
⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on yet another attack on Russian journalists by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
💬 On April 10, Ukrainian armed units shelled the film crew of Vesti Lugansk (a regional affiliate of VGTRK). They were making a TV report in the area of the city of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic. As a result of precision fire from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime, film crew camera operator Denis Shum was wounded in a leg, while correspondent Artyom Yundas got a concussion. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued attacking the wounded journalists by drones.
At present, Denis Shum and Artyom Yundas are receiving required medical assistance.
👉 We qualify this incident as yet another crime by the Zelensky regime. It continues looking at domestic journalists and military correspondents as priority targets for fire and is even openly bragging about it. Ukrainian militants attack civilians – unarmed correspondents, photographers and camera operators.
Representatives of the Russian media are being hunted down with all possible means of destruction in violation of all international humanitarian norms. They are using terrorist methods of removal to implement their criminal plans with tacit approval of Ukraine’s Western curators and biased human rights structures.
▪️ Let’s recall that in the past two years, the Kiev regime cruelly murdered the following journalists: Darya Dugina (Platonova), Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev and Boris Maksudov.
❗️We demand that relevant international structures resolutely denounce such actions and adopt proper response measures to the ongoing series of terrorist attacks by the Kiev clique and its agents against representatives of the domestic media.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1943580/
💬 On April 10, Ukrainian armed units shelled the film crew of Vesti Lugansk (a regional affiliate of VGTRK). They were making a TV report in the area of the city of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic. As a result of precision fire from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime, film crew camera operator Denis Shum was wounded in a leg, while correspondent Artyom Yundas got a concussion. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued attacking the wounded journalists by drones.
At present, Denis Shum and Artyom Yundas are receiving required medical assistance.
👉 We qualify this incident as yet another crime by the Zelensky regime. It continues looking at domestic journalists and military correspondents as priority targets for fire and is even openly bragging about it. Ukrainian militants attack civilians – unarmed correspondents, photographers and camera operators.
Representatives of the Russian media are being hunted down with all possible means of destruction in violation of all international humanitarian norms. They are using terrorist methods of removal to implement their criminal plans with tacit approval of Ukraine’s Western curators and biased human rights structures.
▪️ Let’s recall that in the past two years, the Kiev regime cruelly murdered the following journalists: Darya Dugina (Platonova), Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev and Boris Maksudov.
❗️We demand that relevant international structures resolutely denounce such actions and adopt proper response measures to the ongoing series of terrorist attacks by the Kiev clique and its agents against representatives of the domestic media.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1943580/
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
💥In March-June 1999, NATO was fiercely shelling civilians, hospitals and residential areas in Yugoslavia. Back in that days, Western missiles, bombs, cluster and depleted uranium munitions claimed thousands of innocent lives and left maimed and injured over 10 thousand people.
👉Read testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses: https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/file/Breng.pdf
⚡️Just like 25 years ago, Western weapons – now in the hands of Ukrainian armed forces (UAF) – keep killing women and children. Kiev regime's terrorist attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia are fully assisted by the West providing UAF with ammunition, drones and targeting intelligence.
💥In March-June 1999, NATO was fiercely shelling civilians, hospitals and residential areas in Yugoslavia. Back in that days, Western missiles, bombs, cluster and depleted uranium munitions claimed thousands of innocent lives and left maimed and injured over 10 thousand people.
👉Read testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses: https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/file/Breng.pdf
⚡️Just like 25 years ago, Western weapons – now in the hands of Ukrainian armed forces (UAF) – keep killing women and children. Kiev regime's terrorist attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia are fully assisted by the West providing UAF with ammunition, drones and targeting intelligence.
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Ukrainian security services has long ago adopted terrorism as a their working tool, aimed, among other things, at increasing global confrontation. Since 2016, the Ukrainian regime has been consistently increasing the attempts to commit terrorist attacks and acts of sabotage against military and civilian sites in Russia.
When the special military operation began, the Ukrainian special services’ terrorist activity has taken on an unprecedented nature.
The attacks target the railway network and infrastructure using unmanned aircraft in the border areas and deep in the country.
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❗️ The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defence Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine are behind the acts of sabotage.
The strategic objective of said acts is to inflict a military-political defeat on Russia, as well as maximum economic losses.
⚠️ The barbaric murders of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), and Prosecutor-General of the Lugansk People’s Republic Sergey Gorenko served the same purposes. This also includes attempts on the lives of writer Zakhar Prilepin, the heads of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions Yevgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo, Interior Minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Kornet and First Deputy Head of the Kherson Region Vitaly Bulyuk.
👉 Considering the methods used at the level of official government bodies, the Kiev regime and the Ukrainian security services display the attributes of a terrorist entity at the government level, which is above and beyond humanistic concepts of what the state and society are all about. In fact, we are witnessing the creation of an aggressive ISIS-like terrorist regime, with the direct participation of the United States and a US-controlled pack of cronies, in the centre of Europe.
📂 LEARN MORE ABOUT COMMITTED [2022, 2023 (1,2), 2024] AND FOILED [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] TERRORIST ATTACKS
When the special military operation began, the Ukrainian special services’ terrorist activity has taken on an unprecedented nature.
The attacks target the railway network and infrastructure using unmanned aircraft in the border areas and deep in the country.
👉 READ IN FULL
❗️ The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defence Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine are behind the acts of sabotage.
The strategic objective of said acts is to inflict a military-political defeat on Russia, as well as maximum economic losses.
⚠️ The barbaric murders of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), and Prosecutor-General of the Lugansk People’s Republic Sergey Gorenko served the same purposes. This also includes attempts on the lives of writer Zakhar Prilepin, the heads of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions Yevgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo, Interior Minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Kornet and First Deputy Head of the Kherson Region Vitaly Bulyuk.
👉 Considering the methods used at the level of official government bodies, the Kiev regime and the Ukrainian security services display the attributes of a terrorist entity at the government level, which is above and beyond humanistic concepts of what the state and society are all about. In fact, we are witnessing the creation of an aggressive ISIS-like terrorist regime, with the direct participation of the United States and a US-controlled pack of cronies, in the centre of Europe.
📂 LEARN MORE ABOUT COMMITTED [2022, 2023 (1,2), 2024] AND FOILED [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] TERRORIST ATTACKS
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Ukrainian security services has long ago adopted terrorism as a their working tool, aimed, among other things, at increasing global confrontation. Since 2016, the Ukrainian regime has been consistently increasing the attempts to commit terrorist attacks and…
❗️The terrible tragedy caused by a heinous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, has shocked Russia and the international community. It has also put the issue of large-scale public terror back on the agenda <...>.
The majority of countries worldwide demonstrated a natural human reaction to the tragedy, sending words of support and condolences to Russia and the Russian people.
At the same time, several hours after the tragedy, before the preliminary results of the investigation were made public and disregarding the unequivocal international condemnation of the attack, the Western media and US, UK and EU officials launched an information campaign to deny the Ukrainian security services’ involvement in that crime.
🗞 The editorial offices of the mainstream Western media were instructed to promote the version of the ISIS (forbidden in Russia) involvement in organising the attack in Krasnogorsk, to deny the possible connection between the Islamists and the Ukrainian government or Western security services, to discredit the results of investigation, and to advance various conspiracy theories about the alleged involvement of the Russian security services in the tragedy.
They were cautioned against showing sympathy and a humane attitude to the Russian people. An especially cynical part of the Western attempts to divert public attention from the real organisers and beneficiaries of the crime was the categorical instruction not to mention the real scale of the tragedy. <...>
☝️ However, the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack is far from the first terrorist attack on Russia in the recent past.
Detailed desription of the committed [2022, 2023 (1, 2), 2024] and foiled [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] terrorist attacks
All the facts regarding this barbaric terrorist attack will be thoroughly investigated. The masterminds, organisers, and accomplices, regardless of their whereabouts, will be identified, unmasked and will receive just punishment.
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The majority of countries worldwide demonstrated a natural human reaction to the tragedy, sending words of support and condolences to Russia and the Russian people.
At the same time, several hours after the tragedy, before the preliminary results of the investigation were made public and disregarding the unequivocal international condemnation of the attack, the Western media and US, UK and EU officials launched an information campaign to deny the Ukrainian security services’ involvement in that crime.
🗞 The editorial offices of the mainstream Western media were instructed to promote the version of the ISIS (forbidden in Russia) involvement in organising the attack in Krasnogorsk, to deny the possible connection between the Islamists and the Ukrainian government or Western security services, to discredit the results of investigation, and to advance various conspiracy theories about the alleged involvement of the Russian security services in the tragedy.
They were cautioned against showing sympathy and a humane attitude to the Russian people. An especially cynical part of the Western attempts to divert public attention from the real organisers and beneficiaries of the crime was the categorical instruction not to mention the real scale of the tragedy. <...>
☝️ However, the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack is far from the first terrorist attack on Russia in the recent past.
Detailed desription of the committed [2022, 2023 (1, 2), 2024] and foiled [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] terrorist attacks
All the facts regarding this barbaric terrorist attack will be thoroughly investigated. The masterminds, organisers, and accomplices, regardless of their whereabouts, will be identified, unmasked and will receive just punishment.
👉 READ IN FULL
🚀Happy Cosmonautics Day!
🧑🚀 On 12 April 1961, 6️⃣3️⃣ years ago, Yuri Gagarin flew around the Earth, becoming the first man in outer space.
From this date, the era of manned space travel began. Inside of the ‘Vostok-1’ spacecraft Gagarin started from the Baikonur cosmodrome and in 108 minutes he landed in the Saratov region.
🎥If you're interested in Russia's contribution to space exploration, watch these documentaries:
🔹How I Became a Cosmonaut (2023): https://rtd.rt.com/films/how-i-became-a-cosmonaut/
🔹To Be a Cosmonaut (2019): https://rtd.rt.com/films/russian-cosmonaut-candidates-selected-for-mission-to-the-moon/
🔹I Need More Space (2018): https://rtd.rt.com/films/i-need-more-space/
🔹Gagarin (2014): https://rtd.rt.com/films/gagarin/
🧑🚀 On 12 April 1961, 6️⃣3️⃣ years ago, Yuri Gagarin flew around the Earth, becoming the first man in outer space.
From this date, the era of manned space travel began. Inside of the ‘Vostok-1’ spacecraft Gagarin started from the Baikonur cosmodrome and in 108 minutes he landed in the Saratov region.
🎥If you're interested in Russia's contribution to space exploration, watch these documentaries:
🔹How I Became a Cosmonaut (2023): https://rtd.rt.com/films/how-i-became-a-cosmonaut/
🔹To Be a Cosmonaut (2019): https://rtd.rt.com/films/russian-cosmonaut-candidates-selected-for-mission-to-the-moon/
🔹I Need More Space (2018): https://rtd.rt.com/films/i-need-more-space/
🔹Gagarin (2014): https://rtd.rt.com/films/gagarin/
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🎙 Statement by Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Western arms deliveries to Ukraine
💬 The Kiev regime started to be pumped full with Western weapons at least 10 years ago. At first, this was done secretly, under the cover of the Minsk Agreements, and the corresponding Western activity was not publicized and was even denied. Now, however, all this has come to the surface and is not even concealed.
• Western elites find it more and more problematic keeping silent about the rampant corruption in Ukraine, the lack of control and accountability of the supplied equipment and ammunition and, consequently, the serious risks of their falling in the hands of terrorists.
• If Ukraine wanted peace, it would have achieved it long ago. Our justified and reasonable demands to our neighbor, which stand at the core of the SMO, are well known, and Ukraine is perfectly able to meet them without compromising its sovereignty and statehood.
• There is no doubt about the direct involvement of Ukraine in this horrendous and ruthless crime [in the Crocus City Hall]. The tracks of those who ordered it, as we can reasonably assert, lead to Kiev.
• The Investigative Committee of Russia has revealed that the money for organizing terrorist attacks on our territory came through commercial companies, including the oil and gas company “Burisma Holdings”, which has been operating in Ukraine and where the well-known Hunter Biden has been Board member since 2014.
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💬 The Kiev regime started to be pumped full with Western weapons at least 10 years ago. At first, this was done secretly, under the cover of the Minsk Agreements, and the corresponding Western activity was not publicized and was even denied. Now, however, all this has come to the surface and is not even concealed.
• Western elites find it more and more problematic keeping silent about the rampant corruption in Ukraine, the lack of control and accountability of the supplied equipment and ammunition and, consequently, the serious risks of their falling in the hands of terrorists.
• If Ukraine wanted peace, it would have achieved it long ago. Our justified and reasonable demands to our neighbor, which stand at the core of the SMO, are well known, and Ukraine is perfectly able to meet them without compromising its sovereignty and statehood.
• There is no doubt about the direct involvement of Ukraine in this horrendous and ruthless crime [in the Crocus City Hall]. The tracks of those who ordered it, as we can reasonably assert, lead to Kiev.
• The Investigative Committee of Russia has revealed that the money for organizing terrorist attacks on our territory came through commercial companies, including the oil and gas company “Burisma Holdings”, which has been operating in Ukraine and where the well-known Hunter Biden has been Board member since 2014.
Read in full
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