📄 On 11 November the UN General Assembly Third Committee approved by a large majority the resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance".

The document, co-authored by Russia, condemns trends that are cause for concern in many countries around the world, including in the United Kingdom.

Among them are the rise of skinhead groups, racist and xenophobic violence, antisemitism, Holocaust denial and Islamophobia. The importance of commemorating victims of slavery and slave trade is also acknowledged.

⚡️Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming participation in the G20 Summit

On November 18-19, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the #G20 Leaders’ Summit. The Russian delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the instruction of the head of state. A majority of the G20 member states’ leaders are expected to take part.

Brasilia regards the G20 as a core element of the polycentric system of international economic relations, distinguished by an effective decision-making mechanism due to its optimal number of members as well as the principle of consensus. The theme of Brazil’s first ever presidency of the forum is “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.”

At the summit, the partners expect to reach consensus agreements, with the process viewed through the prism of the country’s international prestige. A leadership declaration (a non-signature document approved in the absence of objections from the parties) is expected to be the summit’s major practical outcome. <...>

Russia has been actively engaged in developing and coordinating the organisational and substantive aspects of the Brazilian project, having already added advanced domestic solutions on food security and poverty eradication into the database.

The summit in Rio de Janeiro will open with the launch ceremony of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. Russia’s planned official connection to this platform will give it another opportunity to raise issues relevant to the global majority at the international level, in particular, counteracting illegal unilateral sanctions and promoting domestic experience. <...>

Russia plays a prominent role in the G20, efficiently influencing the course and direction of negotiations, as well as the content of agreements. Moscow views the platform as an essential forum for global economic governance.

The G20 is extensively used to promote Russia’s ideas on the importance of building an open and non-discriminatory global economy, and abandoning unilateral restrictive measures, trade wars and protectionism. Efforts are taken to draw attention to the long-overdue reform of the global governance architecture to benefit emerging markets, with the focus on ending the dominance of Western powers in international financial, economic and trade institutions, de-dollarisation, and increasing the share of settlements in national currencies.

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Russia has consistently advocated the essential need to depoliticise the G20, which should focus on its direct responsibilities to encourage economic growth and sustainable development. The opponents’ attempts to bring peace and security issues beyond the group’s authority to the G20 agenda are counterproductive; this destructive policy hinders progress in core areas and causes increased division between the members.

❗️Russia views its priority in the G20 as achieving constructive agreements in the forum that consider all member nations’ interests based on consensus.

Moscow seeks a proper and balanced understanding of sustainable development goals with due account of the states’ national interests, takes efforts to effectively use the G20 to promote the democratisation of international financial and economic structures, particularly, the #IMF, #WorldBank and #WTO, and makes steps to diversify mutual settlement mechanisms and build independent trans-border supply chains.

On November 14, H.E. Nikolay Kudashev, the Ambassador of Russia to Singapore, participated in the presentation of the book "Dealing with an Ambiguous World" by Bilahari Kausikan, which has been translated into Russian for the first time.

During the event, the Ambassador shared his insights on the book, highlighting its valuable perspectives for navigating international relations and enhancing Russia's strategic partnership with ASEAN.

The presentation took place as part of the annual international conference "Russia and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Region: Dynamics of Cooperation, Regional Processes, and Global Context", hosted by the ASEAN Centre at MGIMO University.

This conference marks the 20th anniversary of Russia's accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.

Embassy Comment

Read in today’s edition of the Straits Times newspaper an article by its international observer Dr. Jonathan Eyal “Biden cements legacy with decision to let Ukraine use US long-range missiles to attack Russia”.

Frankly speaking, it has not exceed our expectations.

Instead of openly acknowledging the failure of efforts to inflict a strategic “defeat” on Russia, as well as the complete ineptitude of the hybrid war strategists, when Washington relegates Kiev to the role of an obedient puppet, the article devolves into an endless and tedious attempt to justify the ongoing bloodshed in Ukraine.

For those who would like to gain a deeper understanding of the situation and our position, we suggest reading the commentary by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova as of November 18, 2024. It reads:

“It is yet unclear if these reports are based on official sources. One thing is clear: considering the Kiev regime’s defeats, its Western curators are betting on the maximum escalation of the hybrid war unleashed against Russia, trying to achieve an illusory goal: to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow. However, no wonder weapon that Zelensky and his henchmen pray to get is capable to affect the course of the special military operation.
President Vladimir Putin clearly stated on October 25 what “permitting” to use of NATO high-precision long-range weapons actually means. He stressed that Ukraine cannot execute such strikes on its own without using space satellites and flight assignments provided by NATO military personnel.
Kiev’s use of long-range missiles to attack our territory would mean a direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in military operations against Russia, as well as a radical change in the essence and nature of the conflict. Russia’s response would then be adequate and significant”.

We hope everything is exhaustively clear.

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a media question regarding authorisation for striking deep into Russian territory with long-range missiles (Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 2024)

❓ Question: Six ATACMS missiles struck the Bryansk Region. Their precise modification remains unidentified. In your estimation, what could this imply? Is there a connection to the aforementioned discussions regarding permission?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: How can I ascertain whether the report by The New York Times is accurate or merely an exploratory attempt? I do not possess such knowledge.

The use of multiple ATACMS in the Bryansk Region last night signals a desire for escalation. Utilising these sophisticated missiles without American involvement is unfeasible. President Vladimir Putin has frequently addressed this issue, cautioning how our stance will shift should the long-range capability (up to 300 kilometres), which is currently under speculation, receive approval.

In reality, this does not constitute an "approval" for Ukraine to deploy long-range missiles, but rather an announcement of their intention to strike targets up to 300 kilometres away.

I am unable to confirm this, as reports seem to treat it as a foregone conclusion. Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, stated it is "now an official matter." The Europeans have deliberated and resolved that each nation will independently decide whether to permit their long-range armaments to be utilised by the Ukrainians.

I shall refrain from speculating on that. Today, we have officially released the Fundamentals of the Nuclear Doctrine of the Russian Federation. All pertinent details are confirmed therein and have been codified into law. President Vladimir Putin publicly articulated this on September 12, 2024.

I trust that this doctrine will be comprehensively read, not selectively as they do with the UN Charter, but in its entirety and in context.

✍️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin approved the new Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, signing the attendant Executive Order on November 19, 2024.

Key items:

• State policy on Nuclear Deterrence is defensive by nature, it is aimed at maintaining the nuclear forces potential at the level sufficient for nuclear deterrence, and guarantees protection of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State, and deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies.

• The Russian Federation considers nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence, their use being an extreme and compelled measure, and takes all necessary efforts to reduce nuclear threat and prevent aggravation of interstate relations, that could trigger military conflicts, including nuclear ones.

• The Russian Federation ensures nuclear deterrence toward a potential adversary, which is understood to mean any individual states or military coalitions (blocs, alliances) which see the Russian Federation as a potential adversary and possess nuclear arms and/or other weapons of mass destruction or conventional forces with a significant combat capability.

• Nuclear deterrence is also ensured toward any states which provide the territory, airspace, and/or maritime space under their control as well as resources for preparing and conducting an aggression against the Russian Federation.

• An aggression of any single state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and/or its allies will be regarded as an aggression of the coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole.

• An aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies of any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state will be regarded as their joint attack.

• The decision to use nuclear weapons is taken by the President of the Russian Federation.

#EAEU: Technological Sovereignty for Sustainable Development
The 6th Eurasian Business Forum "Integration" took place on November 15, with the plenary session focusing on the theme: "Technological Sovereignty and Industrial Cooperation in the EAEU: Implementation Mechanisms."
🎙️ Arzybek Kozhoshev, Member of the Board for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), stated:
💬 "Undoubtedly, in today's world, technological sovereignty is becoming an important factor in ensuring sustainable development. At the same time, energy and transportation are factors that provide not only physical infrastructure for the development of economic sectors, but also promote independence from external risks. Eurasian cohesion is becoming a certain competitive advantage for our countries”.
⚡ The importance of the "EAEU Five" countries pursuing a coordinated energy policy and their joint efforts in forming common energy resource markets is becoming particularly relevant.

Statement by the President Vladimir Putin:
I would like to inform the military personnel of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, citizens of our country, our friends across the globe, and those who persist in the illusion that a strategic defeat can be inflicted upon Russia, about the events taking place today in the zone of the special military operation, specifically following the attacks by Western long-range weapons against our territory.

The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, instigated by the West, continues with the United States and its NATO allies previously announcing that they authorise the use of their long-range high-precision weapons for strikes inside the Russian Federation. <...>

On November 19, six ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles produced by the United States, and on November 21, during a combined missile assault involving British Storm Shadow systems and HIMARS systems produced by the US, attacked military facilities inside the Russian Federation in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. From that point onward, as we have repeatedly emphasised in prior communications, the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature. <...>

I wish to underscore once again that the use by the enemy of such weapons cannot affect the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. <...>

❗️ In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named #Oreshnik.

The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch.

In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit. <...>

As a reminder, Russia has voluntarily and unilaterally committed not to deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles until US weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world.

⚠️ To reiterate, we are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia.

Our decision on further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles will depend on the actions of the United States and its satellites.

We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner.

I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.

It goes without saying that when choosing, if necessary and as a retaliatory measure, targets to be hit by systems such as Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory, we will in advance suggest that civilians and citizens of friendly countries residing in those areas leave danger zones.

We will do so for humanitarian reasons, openly and publicly, without fear of counter-moves coming from the enemy, who will also be receiving this information. <...>

Air defence systems currently available in the world and missile defence systems being created by the Americans in Europe cannot intercept such missiles. It is impossible.

☝️ I would like to emphasise once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, by continuing to fight, cling to its hegemony, they are pushing the whole world into a global conflict.

We have always preferred and are ready now to resolve all disputes by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any turn of events. If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.

Embassy Comment

We have read the article “Danger Flashing; Asia must ring-fence itself from Ukraine war spillover” by the Straits Times newspaper's Senior Columnist, Ravi Velloor, which was published in today's issue. We shall refrain from going into details at this time. We would like to make only one observation. In our opinion, the main challenge of our time is not to retreat into limited formats or to react and adjust to isolated, albeit significant, political events which the author seems to be referring to. Rather, it is to foster integration and collaboration in building a new, polycentric, more humane and just world, replacing the ruins of colonialism and neo-colonialism.
With regard to the situation in Asia and, more broadly speaking, in Eurasia, we would like to draw your attention to the Russian idea of forming a transcontinental Eurasian security system based on the principles of equality and indivisibility. It is intended to take the place of Euro-Atlantic security frameworks torpedoed by the collective West.

We believe that the material basis for our vision of the future of Eurasia could be the concept of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, which would unite, inter alia, Russia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and ASEAN states, while having a more open architecture.

For those who would like to delve deeper into the issue, we suggest reading the texts of President Vladimir Putin's speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club meeting. It reads:

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The key principle of security for all without exception is that the security of one nation cannot be ensured at the expense of others’ security. I am not saying anything new. It has been set out in OSCE documents. It only needs to be implemented.

The bloc policy and the legacy of the Cold War colonial era run contrary to the essence of the new international system, which is open and flexible. There is only one bloc in the world that is held together by the so-called obligations and strict ideological dogmas and cliches.

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The future Eurasian security system, now beginning to take shape across our vast continent, is founded on a spirit of respect and mutual consideration of interests. This approach is not only genuinely multilateral but also multifaceted.

My fifth point is about justice for all. Inequality is the true scourge of the modern world. Countries face social tension and political instability within their borders due to inequality”.

Read in full here: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75521