🎙️Embassy comment regarding the developments surrounding Julian Assange
▪︎We regard the release of Julian Assange from custody on June 24 in London as the rectification of one of the many injustices faced by the founder of WikiLeaks. Hopefully, this will enable the journalist to improve his severely compromised health due to his incarceration in a British prison and to resume a normal life.
▪︎Nevertheless, this event is evidently the result of agreements between Mr Assange and the US side, and it remains to be seen whether Washington DC will fulfill its part of the bargain. In any case British justice can claim no credit for this outcome. The authorities initially decided to deprive the journalist of his freedom and to extradite him, and subsequently missed the opportunity to take a principled stand against this unjust and illegitimate course of action.
▪︎Throughout these years, they have acted in the interests of the United States, undertaking the "dirty work" of isolating Mr Assange as part of a collective persecution that trampled on the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and human rights. Now, they have simply responded to a directive from across the Atlantic.
☝️The British government and judicial system will forever bear the responsibility for the more than five years that the founder of WikiLeaks spent in the harshest conditions of solitary confinement in a high-security prison, conditions more befitting terrorists, and the repercussions this has had for him personally and for his family, as well as for global journalism and independent media at large.
▪︎We regard the release of Julian Assange from custody on June 24 in London as the rectification of one of the many injustices faced by the founder of WikiLeaks. Hopefully, this will enable the journalist to improve his severely compromised health due to his incarceration in a British prison and to resume a normal life.
▪︎Nevertheless, this event is evidently the result of agreements between Mr Assange and the US side, and it remains to be seen whether Washington DC will fulfill its part of the bargain. In any case British justice can claim no credit for this outcome. The authorities initially decided to deprive the journalist of his freedom and to extradite him, and subsequently missed the opportunity to take a principled stand against this unjust and illegitimate course of action.
▪︎Throughout these years, they have acted in the interests of the United States, undertaking the "dirty work" of isolating Mr Assange as part of a collective persecution that trampled on the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and human rights. Now, they have simply responded to a directive from across the Atlantic.
☝️The British government and judicial system will forever bear the responsibility for the more than five years that the founder of WikiLeaks spent in the harshest conditions of solitary confinement in a high-security prison, conditions more befitting terrorists, and the repercussions this has had for him personally and for his family, as well as for global journalism and independent media at large.
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✍️ President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers, and guests of the 12th St Petersburg International Legal Forum (June 26, 2024)
💬 The extensive agenda and impressive composition of the forum have made your meetings a major social event. In the course of substantive discussions, prominent legal scholars, experts, and practicing lawyers will exchange experience, discuss legislative innovations and initiatives and expand their professional contacts.
Russia invariably defends the principle of the rule of law both in its domestic life and in the international arena. I firmly believe that in present-day conditions, the generally accepted laws remain a solid foundation on which we should build to promote stability on the planet and protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, as well as human and civil rights and freedoms. The key role of law is undeniable in solving global and regional problems, developing economic and humanitarian ties and, of course, combatting common threats.
🤝 Russia is the #BRICS chair country this year. Along with our partners, we are committed to developing effective legal regulation that can strengthen food and energy security and contribute to the protection of the environment and climate, as well as to the creation of fair rules for global trade and technological cooperation. We are ready to step up cooperation in these areas with other countries, above all from the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and Latin America.
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💬 The extensive agenda and impressive composition of the forum have made your meetings a major social event. In the course of substantive discussions, prominent legal scholars, experts, and practicing lawyers will exchange experience, discuss legislative innovations and initiatives and expand their professional contacts.
Russia invariably defends the principle of the rule of law both in its domestic life and in the international arena. I firmly believe that in present-day conditions, the generally accepted laws remain a solid foundation on which we should build to promote stability on the planet and protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, as well as human and civil rights and freedoms. The key role of law is undeniable in solving global and regional problems, developing economic and humanitarian ties and, of course, combatting common threats.
🤝 Russia is the #BRICS chair country this year. Along with our partners, we are committed to developing effective legal regulation that can strengthen food and energy security and contribute to the protection of the environment and climate, as well as to the creation of fair rules for global trade and technological cooperation. We are ready to step up cooperation in these areas with other countries, above all from the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and Latin America.
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7️⃣9️⃣ years ago, on June 26, 1945, The United Nations Charter was signed, which became the main result of the San Francisco Conference.
This fundamental document was signed by 50 participating countries, including the USSR as well as its constituent entities: the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. On behalf of the USSR, the UN Charter was signed by Andrey Gromyko.
The establishing of the UN – a universal international organization, the main goals of which are defined as the maintenance and strengthening of peace and security – was a natural consequence of the Second World War, an expression of the desire of the world community to resolve conflicts without global military action.
📃 The UN Charter is a fundamental international document mandating the main principles and norms of states’ international behaviour and regulating relations between states as well as the activities of UN agencies and organisations within its system.
🇺🇳 Today, the UN comprises 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ Member States, with its activities embracing every sphere of the planet’s international, political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian life through its specialised agencies, committees and sub-committees.
🇷🇺 Russia invariably remains committed to multilateralism and the UN’s coordinating role in world affairs, and is actively involved in the effort to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
🎙 From Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during the UN Security Council open debate on "Effective Multilateralism through the Protection of the Principles of the UN Charter" (New York, April 24, 2023):
💬 It is our shared responsibility to preserve the UN as the enduring model of multilateralism and coordination of world politics. The key to success is working together, refusing to claim exclusivity and - I repeat once again - respecting the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up to when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
This fundamental document was signed by 50 participating countries, including the USSR as well as its constituent entities: the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. On behalf of the USSR, the UN Charter was signed by Andrey Gromyko.
The establishing of the UN – a universal international organization, the main goals of which are defined as the maintenance and strengthening of peace and security – was a natural consequence of the Second World War, an expression of the desire of the world community to resolve conflicts without global military action.
📃 The UN Charter is a fundamental international document mandating the main principles and norms of states’ international behaviour and regulating relations between states as well as the activities of UN agencies and organisations within its system.
🇺🇳 Today, the UN comprises 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ Member States, with its activities embracing every sphere of the planet’s international, political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian life through its specialised agencies, committees and sub-committees.
🇷🇺 Russia invariably remains committed to multilateralism and the UN’s coordinating role in world affairs, and is actively involved in the effort to reform and adapt the UN to new international realities.
🎙 From Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during the UN Security Council open debate on "Effective Multilateralism through the Protection of the Principles of the UN Charter" (New York, April 24, 2023):
💬 It is our shared responsibility to preserve the UN as the enduring model of multilateralism and coordination of world politics. The key to success is working together, refusing to claim exclusivity and - I repeat once again - respecting the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up to when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Speaker of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova (Minsk, June 25, 2024)
💬 We are always in contact with members of parliament, especially our brothers and sisters. I would like to congratulate you in advance on the upcoming Independence Day of Belarus and the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi invaders. Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin will attend these celebrations on instructions from President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
One of our key tasks is to preserve our historical memory and prevent the revival of Nazism, especially in the context of a crusade against monuments to the liberators and the glorification of those who attempted to “conquer” Europe by imposing a fascist dictatorship on it. Our mission is especially important in light of attempts to glorify Nazism.
They are not only glorifying criminals and their memory and deeds but also Nazi practices. A totally racist and fascist regime of Vladimir Zelensky in Ukraine has prohibited everything Russian, including the language, media outlets, culture and education. Even the use of Russian in public space can put you in the dock.
🕯 We are grateful for the condolences we have received over the terrorist attacks in Sevastopol and Dagestan. There can be little question that they were synchronised or that the attack on Sevastopol was masterminded in the United States. President Putin said many times that from the military-technical viewpoints the Ukrainians cannot independently launch ATACMS. Launch missions are determined by American experts, and data from American satellites is used to target these missiles.
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🤝 We are working on a security concept for the Union State and an agreement on security guarantees of the Union State on the principle of reciprocity.
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The main point of what is happening in the “creative minds” is that the #OSCE has fully discredited itself. The Russia-NATO Council has completely collapsed. We used to have extensive ties with the European Union. They were severed overnight. As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said, we should not wait until they deign to propose meeting again. We will develop our own formats with reliable partners. When the Western countries come to reason, they should approach us and we will see what they can offer. It will be our time to set conditions. We must not rely on them in strategically important areas of the economy and other matters that are essential to the state.
The OSCE and the Russia-NATO Council are formats that cover the Euro-Atlantic region, including Europe, the US and Canada. Located overseas, these countries are not concerned about the physical threats they create for Europe and to the south of Europe, treating it as an experiment.
The Euro-Atlantic security models have discredited themselves. We will create Eurasian security, a system that is open to all countries on the continent. Our doors will not be closed to Europe unless it builds its own firmly locked doors. We will not shut them out, but we plan to begin working with Eurasian structures such as the #SCO, the #CSTO, #ASEAN, the #GCC and the #CICA. Yesterday, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Aleinik and I signed letters to these organisations outlining our vision of Eurasian security and inviting them to join the dialogue.
☝️ What prompted us was the international high-level conference, Eurasian Security: Reality and Prospects in the Transforming World, that Belarus hosted in 2023 during its tenure as the Chair of the CSTO. The second conference will take place this autumn. Speaking at the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14, President of Russia Vladimir Putin confirmed his support of the Belarusian initiative to adopt a Eurasian charter of diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century. When we specify our approaches, it is advisable to also include parliamentarians in the contacts schedule.
💬 We are always in contact with members of parliament, especially our brothers and sisters. I would like to congratulate you in advance on the upcoming Independence Day of Belarus and the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi invaders. Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin will attend these celebrations on instructions from President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
One of our key tasks is to preserve our historical memory and prevent the revival of Nazism, especially in the context of a crusade against monuments to the liberators and the glorification of those who attempted to “conquer” Europe by imposing a fascist dictatorship on it. Our mission is especially important in light of attempts to glorify Nazism.
They are not only glorifying criminals and their memory and deeds but also Nazi practices. A totally racist and fascist regime of Vladimir Zelensky in Ukraine has prohibited everything Russian, including the language, media outlets, culture and education. Even the use of Russian in public space can put you in the dock.
🕯 We are grateful for the condolences we have received over the terrorist attacks in Sevastopol and Dagestan. There can be little question that they were synchronised or that the attack on Sevastopol was masterminded in the United States. President Putin said many times that from the military-technical viewpoints the Ukrainians cannot independently launch ATACMS. Launch missions are determined by American experts, and data from American satellites is used to target these missiles.
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🤝 We are working on a security concept for the Union State and an agreement on security guarantees of the Union State on the principle of reciprocity.
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The main point of what is happening in the “creative minds” is that the #OSCE has fully discredited itself. The Russia-NATO Council has completely collapsed. We used to have extensive ties with the European Union. They were severed overnight. As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said, we should not wait until they deign to propose meeting again. We will develop our own formats with reliable partners. When the Western countries come to reason, they should approach us and we will see what they can offer. It will be our time to set conditions. We must not rely on them in strategically important areas of the economy and other matters that are essential to the state.
The OSCE and the Russia-NATO Council are formats that cover the Euro-Atlantic region, including Europe, the US and Canada. Located overseas, these countries are not concerned about the physical threats they create for Europe and to the south of Europe, treating it as an experiment.
The Euro-Atlantic security models have discredited themselves. We will create Eurasian security, a system that is open to all countries on the continent. Our doors will not be closed to Europe unless it builds its own firmly locked doors. We will not shut them out, but we plan to begin working with Eurasian structures such as the #SCO, the #CSTO, #ASEAN, the #GCC and the #CICA. Yesterday, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Aleinik and I signed letters to these organisations outlining our vision of Eurasian security and inviting them to join the dialogue.
☝️ What prompted us was the international high-level conference, Eurasian Security: Reality and Prospects in the Transforming World, that Belarus hosted in 2023 during its tenure as the Chair of the CSTO. The second conference will take place this autumn. Speaking at the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14, President of Russia Vladimir Putin confirmed his support of the Belarusian initiative to adopt a Eurasian charter of diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century. When we specify our approaches, it is advisable to also include parliamentarians in the contacts schedule.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with Acting Head of the Executive Branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber.
The Leaders discussed further mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all key areas. In particular, they expressed special satisfaction with the countries’ successfully progressing cooperation in the energy sector and the implementation of large infrastructure projects.
The President of Russia wished the people of Iran success in the upcoming presidential election, emphasising his confidence that Russian-Iranian friendly relations will continue to develop progressively.
#RussiaIran
The Leaders discussed further mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all key areas. In particular, they expressed special satisfaction with the countries’ successfully progressing cooperation in the energy sector and the implementation of large infrastructure projects.
The President of Russia wished the people of Iran success in the upcoming presidential election, emphasising his confidence that Russian-Iranian friendly relations will continue to develop progressively.
#RussiaIran
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🎙 Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks & answers to media questions at a meeting with lecturers and students of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk, June 25, 2024)
Key talking points:
• The Union State continues to develop steadily. To date, we have approved 28 Union programmes in accordance with the presidents’ instructions. This has been legally formalised through a resolution passed by parliaments of Russia and Belarus. Today, we've also approved 31 high priority guidelines, which encompass approximately 300 events and projects. These guidelines represent a specific plan for deepening our integration processes, aiming to achieve maximum economic effectiveness and improve the social sphere.
• We [with Belarus] maintain close diplomatic collaboration. We support each other at the #UN and the #OSCE, although I'd add as an aside that the latter organisation is digging its own grave as it has completely discredited its initial lofty ideals, which were the basis of its establishment during the signing the Helsinki Final Act.
• One of our essential foreign policy tasks is certainly to uphold the truth about the Great Patriotic War & to prevent any attempts to rewrite history & glorify Nazi criminals.
• No matter how the situation develops, it's of the essence to provide reliable security for all citizens of the Union State – for you and me, for all Belarusians and Russians.
• Eurasia has tremendous competitive advantages compared to other regions. Eurasia is the fastest growing region, primarily its eastern part. Western European economics have been sagging lately, largely because the US wanted it that way. Along with instigating anti-Russia bias in Ukraine, turning Ukraine against Russia, they've also eliminated competition by weakening Europe.
• The process is underway; the dollar has discredited itself, just like all the other principles underlying the Western globalisation model despite lip service to fair competition, the presumption of innocence, equal market conditions for all, and many other principles. All of them were cancelled when they decided to “punish” Russia and several other countries. They're grossly overusing this method. Therefore, the de-dollarisation trend in global economic relations is a fitting response.
• As for Western Europe, they must decide if they want to continue to pull Uncle Sam’s chestnuts out of the fire or will opt for upholding their own interests.
• The Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged, and Germany just had to accept it. I'm confident that no one will ever show us any investigation result. Sweden and Denmark have already closed their investigations, saying they had no results to show. The Germans continue to evade our official requests. Given that the pipelines are our property, keeping us in the dark about what they are discussing among themselves, while their alleged investigation progress is both beyond the bounds of decency and beyond the legal framework.
• Russia's President Vladimir Putin has set forth our proposals (that are by no means the first ones). <...> President Putin expressed our opinion on June 14, 2024 at the Russia's MFA: under the Constitution, territories recognised as part of the Russian Federation must be liberated completely, and the threat to the security of the Russian Federation must be eliminated. Ukraine must assume a non-aligned, peaceful and demilitarised status, and the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population must be reinstated. So far, many of these people are still on Ukrainian territories that are not part of the Russian Federation. Their rights have been violated in the rudest possible manner.
• But #BRICS and other members of the Global Majority are aware of their responsibility as well as of the objective course of history, and will adjust their mutual communication toolkit to avoid dependence on the former hegemon’s attempts to perpetuate its hegemony whatever it takes. These attempts are doomed, however, the process will take time.
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Key talking points:
• The Union State continues to develop steadily. To date, we have approved 28 Union programmes in accordance with the presidents’ instructions. This has been legally formalised through a resolution passed by parliaments of Russia and Belarus. Today, we've also approved 31 high priority guidelines, which encompass approximately 300 events and projects. These guidelines represent a specific plan for deepening our integration processes, aiming to achieve maximum economic effectiveness and improve the social sphere.
• We [with Belarus] maintain close diplomatic collaboration. We support each other at the #UN and the #OSCE, although I'd add as an aside that the latter organisation is digging its own grave as it has completely discredited its initial lofty ideals, which were the basis of its establishment during the signing the Helsinki Final Act.
• One of our essential foreign policy tasks is certainly to uphold the truth about the Great Patriotic War & to prevent any attempts to rewrite history & glorify Nazi criminals.
• No matter how the situation develops, it's of the essence to provide reliable security for all citizens of the Union State – for you and me, for all Belarusians and Russians.
• Eurasia has tremendous competitive advantages compared to other regions. Eurasia is the fastest growing region, primarily its eastern part. Western European economics have been sagging lately, largely because the US wanted it that way. Along with instigating anti-Russia bias in Ukraine, turning Ukraine against Russia, they've also eliminated competition by weakening Europe.
• The process is underway; the dollar has discredited itself, just like all the other principles underlying the Western globalisation model despite lip service to fair competition, the presumption of innocence, equal market conditions for all, and many other principles. All of them were cancelled when they decided to “punish” Russia and several other countries. They're grossly overusing this method. Therefore, the de-dollarisation trend in global economic relations is a fitting response.
• As for Western Europe, they must decide if they want to continue to pull Uncle Sam’s chestnuts out of the fire or will opt for upholding their own interests.
• The Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged, and Germany just had to accept it. I'm confident that no one will ever show us any investigation result. Sweden and Denmark have already closed their investigations, saying they had no results to show. The Germans continue to evade our official requests. Given that the pipelines are our property, keeping us in the dark about what they are discussing among themselves, while their alleged investigation progress is both beyond the bounds of decency and beyond the legal framework.
• Russia's President Vladimir Putin has set forth our proposals (that are by no means the first ones). <...> President Putin expressed our opinion on June 14, 2024 at the Russia's MFA: under the Constitution, territories recognised as part of the Russian Federation must be liberated completely, and the threat to the security of the Russian Federation must be eliminated. Ukraine must assume a non-aligned, peaceful and demilitarised status, and the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population must be reinstated. So far, many of these people are still on Ukrainian territories that are not part of the Russian Federation. Their rights have been violated in the rudest possible manner.
• But #BRICS and other members of the Global Majority are aware of their responsibility as well as of the objective course of history, and will adjust their mutual communication toolkit to avoid dependence on the former hegemon’s attempts to perpetuate its hegemony whatever it takes. These attempts are doomed, however, the process will take time.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on an attempted military coup in the Plurinational State of Bolivia
❗️We resolutely condemn the June 26 attempted military coup in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
We express complete and unwavering support for the Government of President Luis Arce.
We consider it unacceptable for the situation to escalate beyond the constitutional framework. It is imperative that any political disagreements in Bolivia be resolved by political methods.
We are urging all constructive political forces and organisations of Bolivia to rally in the interests of consolidating Bolivian society and establishing stability and sovereignty of the Plurinational State.
⚠️ We are warning against attempts of destructive foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Bolivia and other states. This has repeatedly caused negative consequences for many countries and nations, including in the Latin American region.
🇷🇺🇧🇴 We solidarise with fraternal Bolivia, our reliable strategic partner.
❗️We resolutely condemn the June 26 attempted military coup in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
We express complete and unwavering support for the Government of President Luis Arce.
We consider it unacceptable for the situation to escalate beyond the constitutional framework. It is imperative that any political disagreements in Bolivia be resolved by political methods.
We are urging all constructive political forces and organisations of Bolivia to rally in the interests of consolidating Bolivian society and establishing stability and sovereignty of the Plurinational State.
⚠️ We are warning against attempts of destructive foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Bolivia and other states. This has repeatedly caused negative consequences for many countries and nations, including in the Latin American region.
🇷🇺🇧🇴 We solidarise with fraternal Bolivia, our reliable strategic partner.
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⚡️The Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
❗️ This report continues the Ministry's efforts to draw the attention of the international community to the grave human rights situation in Ukraine. Right from the outset it should be noted that the human rights situation in Ukraine has been steadily deteriorating over recent years.
It is quite clear by now that Ukraine is ruled by an openly Nazi regime committing countless gross and systematic violations of human rights in all spheres of public life.
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Kiev's Nazi approaches are being fully realized with regard to Ukraine's Russian-speaking population. Ukraine has banned everything Russian (language, culture, education, printed matter and media).
In the sphere of education, the process of derussification has reached its climax:
👎 Teaching in and study of Russian at schools is prohibited;
👎 All literature pieces of Russian and Soviet (except for Ukrainian) authors have been removed from the school literature programme;
👎 Books in Russian are withdrawn from libraries.;
👎 Schoolchildren and teachers are forbidden even to speak Russian not only in class, but also during personal communication at break;
👎 The government in Kiev not only supports but also authorizes attacks on churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
❌ However, all these blatant human rights violations committed by Kiev are brushed under the rug or covered up by most Western NGOs and international human rights mechanisms.
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☝️ As regards the situation in Ukraine, at this point we can say that by its actions Kiev only confirms a total lack of independence and shows itself to be a "puppet regime", carrying out the instructions of external handlers to create a Russophobic project entitled "Anti-Russia" out of its own country.
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❗️ This report continues the Ministry's efforts to draw the attention of the international community to the grave human rights situation in Ukraine. Right from the outset it should be noted that the human rights situation in Ukraine has been steadily deteriorating over recent years.
It is quite clear by now that Ukraine is ruled by an openly Nazi regime committing countless gross and systematic violations of human rights in all spheres of public life.
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Kiev's Nazi approaches are being fully realized with regard to Ukraine's Russian-speaking population. Ukraine has banned everything Russian (language, culture, education, printed matter and media).
In the sphere of education, the process of derussification has reached its climax:
👎 Teaching in and study of Russian at schools is prohibited;
👎 All literature pieces of Russian and Soviet (except for Ukrainian) authors have been removed from the school literature programme;
👎 Books in Russian are withdrawn from libraries.;
👎 Schoolchildren and teachers are forbidden even to speak Russian not only in class, but also during personal communication at break;
👎 The government in Kiev not only supports but also authorizes attacks on churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
❌ However, all these blatant human rights violations committed by Kiev are brushed under the rug or covered up by most Western NGOs and international human rights mechanisms.
<...>
☝️ As regards the situation in Ukraine, at this point we can say that by its actions Kiev only confirms a total lack of independence and shows itself to be a "puppet regime", carrying out the instructions of external handlers to create a Russophobic project entitled "Anti-Russia" out of its own country.
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🇷🇺🇨🇬 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, who is in Russia on an official visit.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, I would like to welcome you to Moscow once again.
In this context, I would like to remind you that you visited our country back during the Soviet era. We have developed very warm and friendly relations with you at the interstate and personal levels.
You have made a significant personal contribution to the development of Russian-Congolese relations, attended two Russia-Africa summits and are doing a great deal to further develop our interaction in nearly all spheres. I am referring to the political sphere, and our trade and economic ties have recently been growing visibly.
We are grateful to you for our concerted efforts on the international stage.
#RussiaAfrica
💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, I would like to welcome you to Moscow once again.
In this context, I would like to remind you that you visited our country back during the Soviet era. We have developed very warm and friendly relations with you at the interstate and personal levels.
You have made a significant personal contribution to the development of Russian-Congolese relations, attended two Russia-Africa summits and are doing a great deal to further develop our interaction in nearly all spheres. I am referring to the political sphere, and our trade and economic ties have recently been growing visibly.
We are grateful to you for our concerted efforts on the international stage.
#RussiaAfrica
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⚡️ Issue #3 of the Bulletin on our activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova to protect children during a special military operation (SMO) is available now in English on the official website of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Right.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
The activities of the Commissioner are aimed at guaranteeing state protection of the rights and legitimate interests of children, the realization and observance of the rights and legitimate interests of children by state bodies, local government bodies, and officials.
✅ The Commissioner promotes:
• restoration of violated rights and legitimate interests of children;
• improving legislation in the Russian Federation concerning the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of children;
• international cooperation in protecting the rights and legitimate interests of children;
• improving the forms and methods of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of children.
Another important area we are leading on the order of Russia's President Vladimir Putin is the reunification of children with their relatives in Ukraine, Russia and other countries. In total, we have already succeeded in reuniting 70 children with 52 families in Ukraine, not counting those children whose parents from Kherson, Zaporozhye, Kharkov regions and other territories in the fall of 2022 were sent by their own decision to the health camps in the Russian south and were unable to pick them up in time. Also, nine children were reunited with five families in Russia.
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The Commissioner’s Office promptly assists all legal representatives of children. Such work has been done since the beginning of the SMO and is of an individual nature.
☝️ Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
Over time, a working channel of communication has developed between the Commissioner’s Office and Ukraine for the exchange of information, verification of data, and coordination of the reunification process. Work through this channel is regular and constructive.
📘 Read more about humanitarian projects and children's stories in the bulletin.
* The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
* The second one — on October 13, 2023.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
The activities of the Commissioner are aimed at guaranteeing state protection of the rights and legitimate interests of children, the realization and observance of the rights and legitimate interests of children by state bodies, local government bodies, and officials.
✅ The Commissioner promotes:
• restoration of violated rights and legitimate interests of children;
• improving legislation in the Russian Federation concerning the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of children;
• international cooperation in protecting the rights and legitimate interests of children;
• improving the forms and methods of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of children.
Another important area we are leading on the order of Russia's President Vladimir Putin is the reunification of children with their relatives in Ukraine, Russia and other countries. In total, we have already succeeded in reuniting 70 children with 52 families in Ukraine, not counting those children whose parents from Kherson, Zaporozhye, Kharkov regions and other territories in the fall of 2022 were sent by their own decision to the health camps in the Russian south and were unable to pick them up in time. Also, nine children were reunited with five families in Russia.
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It doesn’t matter where or in what status a child is in Russia, in an orphanage, in a foster family, whether he or she has Russian citizenship or not. If he has a parent with full parental rights, the family has every opportunity to be reunited.
The Commissioner’s Office promptly assists all legal representatives of children. Such work has been done since the beginning of the SMO and is of an individual nature.
☝️ Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
Over time, a working channel of communication has developed between the Commissioner’s Office and Ukraine for the exchange of information, verification of data, and coordination of the reunification process. Work through this channel is regular and constructive.
📘 Read more about humanitarian projects and children's stories in the bulletin.
* The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
* The second one — on October 13, 2023.
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🗓 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed around the globe on June 26.
Uniting the efforts of the international community to counter the drug threat is extremely important. The World Drug Report 2024 was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime today and states that the global drug situation has sharply worsened.
☝️ The Russian Federation believes that politicised field-specific cooperation caused by the propaganda of liberal drug use ideas by the US and its allies and actual termination of contacts with law enforcement agencies from undesirable countries are what mostly caused this aggravation.
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🇷🇺 Russia advocates a comprehensive and balanced approach to solving the global drug problem which combines effective law enforcement efforts with science-based prevention of drug addiction, treatment and rehabilitation of drug users.
This approach is at odds with the legislative initiatives advanced by the US, Canada and a number of EU member states to lift the ban on the use and sale of marijuana, which create an illusion that drugs are harmless and pose a threat to promoting and protecting human rights, especially the rights of the children, who must be protected from the harmful effects of drugs.
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🤝 The #CSTO, which is expanding its interoperability with the countries of Asia, remains Russia’s key strategic partner in combatting the drug challenge. The anti-drug capability of the #SCO has noticeably improved, and another six-year 2024-2029 SCO Anti-Drug Strategy and an action plan to implement it will be approved soon.
The anti-drug thrust is playing an increasingly tangible role in #BRICS. The 7th meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group was held in Moscow on May 21-22 as part of Russia’s chairmanship. The anti-drug dialogue with #ASEAN is making strides based on the Joint Statement by the Leaders of Russia and the association’s Member States of October 2021.
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Uniting the efforts of the international community to counter the drug threat is extremely important. The World Drug Report 2024 was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime today and states that the global drug situation has sharply worsened.
☝️ The Russian Federation believes that politicised field-specific cooperation caused by the propaganda of liberal drug use ideas by the US and its allies and actual termination of contacts with law enforcement agencies from undesirable countries are what mostly caused this aggravation.
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🇷🇺 Russia advocates a comprehensive and balanced approach to solving the global drug problem which combines effective law enforcement efforts with science-based prevention of drug addiction, treatment and rehabilitation of drug users.
This approach is at odds with the legislative initiatives advanced by the US, Canada and a number of EU member states to lift the ban on the use and sale of marijuana, which create an illusion that drugs are harmless and pose a threat to promoting and protecting human rights, especially the rights of the children, who must be protected from the harmful effects of drugs.
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🤝 The #CSTO, which is expanding its interoperability with the countries of Asia, remains Russia’s key strategic partner in combatting the drug challenge. The anti-drug capability of the #SCO has noticeably improved, and another six-year 2024-2029 SCO Anti-Drug Strategy and an action plan to implement it will be approved soon.
The anti-drug thrust is playing an increasingly tangible role in #BRICS. The 7th meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group was held in Moscow on May 21-22 as part of Russia’s chairmanship. The anti-drug dialogue with #ASEAN is making strides based on the Joint Statement by the Leaders of Russia and the association’s Member States of October 2021.
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🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko’s remarks at the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference, June 26-27, 2024
Key points:
💬 The claims that were made here regarding the Ukraine conflict should not mislead anyone and obscure the main point that Washington had unleashed a hybrid war to preserve its global hegemony in a world that has undergone dramatic change and is increasingly vocal about the need for more change.
• The political circus in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, clearly showed those who were reluctant to see things for what they are that all the Kiev regime’s Western curators want to accomplish is squeeze Ukraine dry for its resources, rather than achieve peace. Peace was an easy goal to attain through the Minsk agreements, which provided for the Lugansk and Donetsk regions reunification with Ukraine and respecting fundamental human rights in the process.
• There is no such thing as security or cooperation in Europe. The United States has annihilated the political and military centrality of the OSCE. Arms control agreements that were of key importance to European and Euro-Atlantic security have been broken. The NATO members are having businesslike discussions about supplying the Kiev regime with ever more high-precision and long-range weapons and lifting restrictions on using them.
• The economic dimension of the OSCE is collapsing under the weight of innumerable illegal sanctions imposed not only on Russia, but also on other countries which prefer to choose their partners on their own and to build mutually beneficial relations without anyone telling them what to do.
• The humanitarian basket and the activities of the OSCE institutions have been eviscerated by Western double standards. Make your European choice publicly known, and you’ll get a free pass to all sorts of human rights violations all the way to unleashing war against your own people, which is what the Kiev regime did after the Maidan coup.
👉 All that remains of the OSCE is a shell, a framework for a political dialogue, but there is no dialogue in sight.
❓ Is there an alternative to sliding toward a point of no return?
❗️ Yes, there is. It is contained in President Putin’s proposals on ending the Ukraine conflict, which he articulated at a meeting with the Foreign Ministry senior officials on June 14.
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Key points:
💬 The claims that were made here regarding the Ukraine conflict should not mislead anyone and obscure the main point that Washington had unleashed a hybrid war to preserve its global hegemony in a world that has undergone dramatic change and is increasingly vocal about the need for more change.
• The political circus in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, clearly showed those who were reluctant to see things for what they are that all the Kiev regime’s Western curators want to accomplish is squeeze Ukraine dry for its resources, rather than achieve peace. Peace was an easy goal to attain through the Minsk agreements, which provided for the Lugansk and Donetsk regions reunification with Ukraine and respecting fundamental human rights in the process.
• There is no such thing as security or cooperation in Europe. The United States has annihilated the political and military centrality of the OSCE. Arms control agreements that were of key importance to European and Euro-Atlantic security have been broken. The NATO members are having businesslike discussions about supplying the Kiev regime with ever more high-precision and long-range weapons and lifting restrictions on using them.
• The economic dimension of the OSCE is collapsing under the weight of innumerable illegal sanctions imposed not only on Russia, but also on other countries which prefer to choose their partners on their own and to build mutually beneficial relations without anyone telling them what to do.
• The humanitarian basket and the activities of the OSCE institutions have been eviscerated by Western double standards. Make your European choice publicly known, and you’ll get a free pass to all sorts of human rights violations all the way to unleashing war against your own people, which is what the Kiev regime did after the Maidan coup.
👉 All that remains of the OSCE is a shell, a framework for a political dialogue, but there is no dialogue in sight.
❓ Is there an alternative to sliding toward a point of no return?
❗️ Yes, there is. It is contained in President Putin’s proposals on ending the Ukraine conflict, which he articulated at a meeting with the Foreign Ministry senior officials on June 14.
Read in full
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🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov's interview with 'Izvestia' Multimedia Information Centre (Moscow, June 27, 2024)
#StrategicStability
• So far, I do not see any pre-requisites that would allow Russia and the United States to resume discussions of strategic nuclear arms control future.
• The Americans repeatedly suggested that we [resume the strategic arms talks], but they invariably received the only answer that was possible in the current situation. As long as their behaviour is steeped in nothing but rabid Russophobia, we are not ready for this dialogue.
#BRICS
• Within BRICS <...> there is a consistent increase in the use of national currencies for settlements and in implementing schemes that are protected from Western regulatory pressure. In certain areas, this share already exceeds 80-90 percent.
• So far over 30 countries have already expressed their interest in further rapprochement with BRICS and eventually many of them raise the question of formally joining the association. We cannot but respond to it.
#RussiaUS
• As for lowering the level of diplomatic relations [with the United States and its European partners], I would like to draw your attention to the fact that despite all the upheavals and extreme tension in our relations with what we call the collective West, we have never initiated any steps of this kind. We believe that embassies and their ambassadors are performing an extremely challenging job, especially in the current environment, and we cannot ignore this. We must preserve communications channels, including at the highest level.
• Could lowering the level of diplomatic relations be part of a solution at this point? All I can say is that it can be viewed as a possible option, and we are exploring all these avenues. In Russia, these decisions are taken at the highest level. As long as there are no instructions to this effect, speculating about these prospects is counterproductive. However, our adversaries must know that every step they make brings them closer to a point of no return.
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#StrategicStability
• So far, I do not see any pre-requisites that would allow Russia and the United States to resume discussions of strategic nuclear arms control future.
• The Americans repeatedly suggested that we [resume the strategic arms talks], but they invariably received the only answer that was possible in the current situation. As long as their behaviour is steeped in nothing but rabid Russophobia, we are not ready for this dialogue.
#BRICS
• Within BRICS <...> there is a consistent increase in the use of national currencies for settlements and in implementing schemes that are protected from Western regulatory pressure. In certain areas, this share already exceeds 80-90 percent.
• So far over 30 countries have already expressed their interest in further rapprochement with BRICS and eventually many of them raise the question of formally joining the association. We cannot but respond to it.
#RussiaUS
• As for lowering the level of diplomatic relations [with the United States and its European partners], I would like to draw your attention to the fact that despite all the upheavals and extreme tension in our relations with what we call the collective West, we have never initiated any steps of this kind. We believe that embassies and their ambassadors are performing an extremely challenging job, especially in the current environment, and we cannot ignore this. We must preserve communications channels, including at the highest level.
• Could lowering the level of diplomatic relations be part of a solution at this point? All I can say is that it can be viewed as a possible option, and we are exploring all these avenues. In Russia, these decisions are taken at the highest level. As long as there are no instructions to this effect, speculating about these prospects is counterproductive. However, our adversaries must know that every step they make brings them closer to a point of no return.
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🇷🇺🇧🇴📞 On June 27, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone with Foreign Minister of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Celinda Sosa Lunda.
The Russian Side strongly condemned the attempted military coup d'état in Bolivia on June 26. Russian Foreign Minister stressed the inadmissibility of any action aimed at undermining the constitutional foundations of sovereign states. The Russian Side expressed its full and unwavering support for the Government of President Luis Arce.
Mr Lavrov underscored the importance of consolidating all constructive forces and institutions of Bolivian society in the interests of the country's further stable development. Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed our solidarity with fraternal Bolivia, Russia's reliable strategic partner.
Both Sides reiterated their commitment to all the agreements reached during the June meeting between the Presidents of Russia and Bolivia in St Petersburg.
#RussiaBolivia
The Russian Side strongly condemned the attempted military coup d'état in Bolivia on June 26. Russian Foreign Minister stressed the inadmissibility of any action aimed at undermining the constitutional foundations of sovereign states. The Russian Side expressed its full and unwavering support for the Government of President Luis Arce.
Mr Lavrov underscored the importance of consolidating all constructive forces and institutions of Bolivian society in the interests of the country's further stable development. Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed our solidarity with fraternal Bolivia, Russia's reliable strategic partner.
Both Sides reiterated their commitment to all the agreements reached during the June meeting between the Presidents of Russia and Bolivia in St Petersburg.
#RussiaBolivia
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🎙 Briefing by MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (June 26, 2024)
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Seoul and Bucharest reach an agreement on the supply of South Korean howitzers to Romania
🔹 Ukraine’s attempts to manipulate the contents of the UN Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
🔹 President Putin’s initiative to create new continent-wide security architecture in Eurasia
🔹 Dynamics of G20 countries’ economic growth
🔹 Negative consequences of anti-Russia sanctions for the socioeconomic situation in the countries that imposed these restrictions
🔹 The Republic of Korea’s response to Russia signing the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the DPRK
🔹 UN Security Council’s restrictive regime regarding the DPRK
🔹 US sanctions against Kaspersky Lab
🔹 135th anniversary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Day of Parliamentarism
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#Ukraine
Today’s Ukraine has long become a toxic state, rotten from the inside, which infects other countries with its corruption plague. This is something to be discussed on specialised platforms.
Mutually beneficial cooperation with the Kiev regime (it is important for the Global Majority countries to realise this, too) will only do harm, because no one will ever be able to estimate the true scale of corrupt schemes implemented by Bankovaya street.
They have clearly learned the trick by now. Their promises have brought huge gains to crime rings and arms barons around the world. In this sense, they feel like masters of the world right now.
#Ukraine #TheRepublicOfKorea
Given Seoul’s announced plans to reconsider its stance on supplying lethal weapons to the Kiev regime, we urge the Republic of Korea to avoid hasty actions that could irreversibly damage Russian-South Korean relations.
Russia cannot tolerate South Korean weaponry and military equipment being provided to the Ukrainian neo-Nazis to attack Russian territory and kill civilians.
#Sanctions
Despite the apparently exorbitant cost of the sanctions for those who have adopted them, the West continues with its suicidal anti-Russia policy. I do not mean the West as an association of people but as the regimes that have joined hands to line their pockets while pushing their people towards the abyss.
Leaders of the so-called "free world" are ruling in a world that is free from conscience and, now, money. While prioritising political considerations to the detriment of common logic and economic expedience, not to mention liberalism and economic freedoms, they are eroding the foundations of their own socioeconomic stability and the prosperity of their citizens.
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Seoul and Bucharest reach an agreement on the supply of South Korean howitzers to Romania
🔹 Ukraine’s attempts to manipulate the contents of the UN Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
🔹 President Putin’s initiative to create new continent-wide security architecture in Eurasia
🔹 Dynamics of G20 countries’ economic growth
🔹 Negative consequences of anti-Russia sanctions for the socioeconomic situation in the countries that imposed these restrictions
🔹 The Republic of Korea’s response to Russia signing the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the DPRK
🔹 UN Security Council’s restrictive regime regarding the DPRK
🔹 US sanctions against Kaspersky Lab
🔹 135th anniversary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Day of Parliamentarism
📰 Read
📺 Watch
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#Ukraine
Today’s Ukraine has long become a toxic state, rotten from the inside, which infects other countries with its corruption plague. This is something to be discussed on specialised platforms.
Mutually beneficial cooperation with the Kiev regime (it is important for the Global Majority countries to realise this, too) will only do harm, because no one will ever be able to estimate the true scale of corrupt schemes implemented by Bankovaya street.
They have clearly learned the trick by now. Their promises have brought huge gains to crime rings and arms barons around the world. In this sense, they feel like masters of the world right now.
#Ukraine #TheRepublicOfKorea
Given Seoul’s announced plans to reconsider its stance on supplying lethal weapons to the Kiev regime, we urge the Republic of Korea to avoid hasty actions that could irreversibly damage Russian-South Korean relations.
Russia cannot tolerate South Korean weaponry and military equipment being provided to the Ukrainian neo-Nazis to attack Russian territory and kill civilians.
#Sanctions
Despite the apparently exorbitant cost of the sanctions for those who have adopted them, the West continues with its suicidal anti-Russia policy. I do not mean the West as an association of people but as the regimes that have joined hands to line their pockets while pushing their people towards the abyss.
Leaders of the so-called "free world" are ruling in a world that is free from conscience and, now, money. While prioritising political considerations to the detriment of common logic and economic expedience, not to mention liberalism and economic freedoms, they are eroding the foundations of their own socioeconomic stability and the prosperity of their citizens.
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🎙 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants in the panel session of the 11th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions (June 28, 2024)
💬 Vladimir Putin: I am delighted to welcome the participants and organisers of the 11th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions.
Our meetings in this format have become a good tradition. This time, about 800 delegates from the majority of the constituent entities of Russian and Belarusian regions are attending the forum, including heads of regions, members of parliament, heads of agencies, business people and representatives of public and youth organisations. <...>
It is notable that this year the forum is focused on the role of interregional cooperation in developing the innovative economy of the Union State. This is one of the most topical issues, as Russia and Belarus are actively working to implement new technologies in all economic spheres and to boost the development of science-intensive sectors in industry and agriculture.
☝️ This is crucial for strengthening the sovereignty of our states, enhancing their competitiveness and ensuring their long-term sustainable economic growth, which naturally requires energetic and creative contributions not only from federal and central authorities but also from the regions. <...>
The package of agreements reached at the forum comprises about 250 agreements and commercial contracts worth 24 billion rubles in total. Their implementation will certainly help expand interaction between our regions and promote Russia-Belarus trade and investment cooperation. <...>
Last year, trade increased by more than 5 percent, reaching a record $46.5 billion, primarily driven by region-to-region interaction between manufacturers, wholesale vendors, and logistics centres based in various parts of both countries. <...>
🤝 Integration processes unfolding within the Union State and the Eurasian Economic Union play a crucial role in deepening region-to-region cooperation between Russia and Belarus.
Due to the increasingly close integration, Russian and Belarusian companies can operate within a single economic landscape, regardless of the region they are based in, without any barriers or obstacles.
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#RussiaBelarus
💬 Vladimir Putin: I am delighted to welcome the participants and organisers of the 11th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions.
Our meetings in this format have become a good tradition. This time, about 800 delegates from the majority of the constituent entities of Russian and Belarusian regions are attending the forum, including heads of regions, members of parliament, heads of agencies, business people and representatives of public and youth organisations. <...>
It is notable that this year the forum is focused on the role of interregional cooperation in developing the innovative economy of the Union State. This is one of the most topical issues, as Russia and Belarus are actively working to implement new technologies in all economic spheres and to boost the development of science-intensive sectors in industry and agriculture.
☝️ This is crucial for strengthening the sovereignty of our states, enhancing their competitiveness and ensuring their long-term sustainable economic growth, which naturally requires energetic and creative contributions not only from federal and central authorities but also from the regions. <...>
The package of agreements reached at the forum comprises about 250 agreements and commercial contracts worth 24 billion rubles in total. Their implementation will certainly help expand interaction between our regions and promote Russia-Belarus trade and investment cooperation. <...>
Last year, trade increased by more than 5 percent, reaching a record $46.5 billion, primarily driven by region-to-region interaction between manufacturers, wholesale vendors, and logistics centres based in various parts of both countries. <...>
🤝 Integration processes unfolding within the Union State and the Eurasian Economic Union play a crucial role in deepening region-to-region cooperation between Russia and Belarus.
Due to the increasingly close integration, Russian and Belarusian companies can operate within a single economic landscape, regardless of the region they are based in, without any barriers or obstacles.
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#RussiaBelarus
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the Primakov Readings International Forum (Moscow, June 26, 2024)
Key talking points:
🌐 We are witnessing the development of a fairer multipolar and polycentric architecture.
• Those whose business is to analyse international developments cannot disregard the fact that more and more countries in Eurasia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are trying to pursue a more independent foreign policy.
• The principles of “reginal solutions to reginal problems” is becoming increasingly more topical. More and more countries, regions and organisations have accepted it and have joined their voices in calling for more democratic international relations.
• There are now centres of power and development outside of Europe and outside of the Western world. This can be viewed as the positive results of the decolonisation process, which started in mid-20th century. The Soviet Union took part in it.
• Even if the US retains the status as one of the global centres of power in the foreseeable future, which is quite possible, this does not mean preserving the US-led world order.
• The only novelty, perhaps, is the non-independent, servile position of the leaders of big, respected European states with rich traditions of autonomy in international affairs and awareness of their own national dignity. <...> The US is already openly shifting the costs of fighting Russia to its European vassals, enabling its defence companies to make money.
❗️ We are interested in just one thing: threats to Russian security should stop emanating from the West.
• Our neighbours on the western tip of Eurasia could have become a centre of an emerging multipolar world order. Someday, they will change their mind and realise that their line, implemented on orders from Washington, is leading them into a blind alley.
• Western countries want to punish Russia, and they want to use our example to intimidate everyone who conducts, or intends to conduct, an independent foreign policy <...>. All these vain attempts have no future and are already yielding a diametrically opposite effect.
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Key talking points:
🌐 We are witnessing the development of a fairer multipolar and polycentric architecture.
• Those whose business is to analyse international developments cannot disregard the fact that more and more countries in Eurasia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are trying to pursue a more independent foreign policy.
• The principles of “reginal solutions to reginal problems” is becoming increasingly more topical. More and more countries, regions and organisations have accepted it and have joined their voices in calling for more democratic international relations.
• There are now centres of power and development outside of Europe and outside of the Western world. This can be viewed as the positive results of the decolonisation process, which started in mid-20th century. The Soviet Union took part in it.
• Even if the US retains the status as one of the global centres of power in the foreseeable future, which is quite possible, this does not mean preserving the US-led world order.
• The only novelty, perhaps, is the non-independent, servile position of the leaders of big, respected European states with rich traditions of autonomy in international affairs and awareness of their own national dignity. <...> The US is already openly shifting the costs of fighting Russia to its European vassals, enabling its defence companies to make money.
❗️ We are interested in just one thing: threats to Russian security should stop emanating from the West.
• Our neighbours on the western tip of Eurasia could have become a centre of an emerging multipolar world order. Someday, they will change their mind and realise that their line, implemented on orders from Washington, is leading them into a blind alley.
• Western countries want to punish Russia, and they want to use our example to intimidate everyone who conducts, or intends to conduct, an independent foreign policy <...>. All these vain attempts have no future and are already yielding a diametrically opposite effect.
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🎙️Интервью Посла России в Великобритании А.В.Келина ИА ТАСС (28 июня 2024 года)
▪︎Выборы в Великобритании
▪︎Российско-британские отношения
▪︎Сотрудничество Великобритании с Китаем
▪︎Участие партии Reform UK в выборах в Великобритании
▪︎Заявления Н.Фараджа по России
▪︎Поставки дальнобойных вооружений киевскому режиму
▪︎Слушания по делу Д.Стерджес
▪︎Ситуация вокруг Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей
▪︎Британские санкции в отношении России
▪︎Свобода СМИ в Великобритании
▪︎Россия-НАТО
▪︎Ответные действия на высылку из Великобритании российского военного атташе
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Взгляд лейбористов на российско-британские отношения
В программе, которую представили лейбористы, много бумаги, портретов Кира Страмера, но довольно мало конкретики, особенно по экономическим делам. Что касается России, то там содержится стандартный набор: упор на членство в НАТО, на сближение с Евросоюзом, всесторонняя помощь Украине, в том числе через НАТО и на двусторонней основе, есть слова о специальном трибунале для России и конфискации российских активов с передачей их Украине.
Я думаю, что отношения России с Великобританией при Стармере не улучшатся. Он, как и все руководство Лейбористской партии, полностью разделяет нынешние правительственные установки и ни на йоту от них не отходит.
Заявления Н.Фараджа по России
Что касается заявлений главы партии Reform UK Н.Фараджа по теме НАТО-Россия, то я хотел бы обратить внимание не них самих, так как они довольно противоречивые и неполные. Тут главное - реакция на эти заявления, которые были осуждены практически всем политическим истеблишментом, всеми министрами правительства, руководством других партий, ведущими комментаторами, центральными газетами. Это показывает, насколько высок уровень идеологизированности британского высшего общества в данный момент, насколько сильна фактическая цензура.
Поставки дальнобойных вооружений киевскому режиму
Британцы поставляют Украине крылатые ракеты воздушного базирования Strom Shadow. Это - высокотехнологическое оружие, которое запускается с самолетов, и это достаточно сложная аппаратура. В чем мы абсолютно уверены, хотя британцы этого не признают, что эти ракеты требуют очень серьезного технического обслуживания, полетные задания и целеуказания на эти ракеты должны ставить высококвалифицированные операторы. Конечно, это не украинцы, в чем мы абсолютно уверены.
Слушания по делу Д.Стерджес / Ситуация вокруг Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей
Очередные слушания по делу Дон Стерджес начнутся 14 октября. Сейчас появились спекуляции в прессе, будут или нет на слушаниях 14 октября Скрипали, придут ли они в суд. Вопрос непонятен, он остается подвешенным. Нам пока, несмотря на большое количество запросов, которые мы направили в Форин Оффис по поводу судьбы как Юлии, так и Сергея Скрипалей, ответ мы получили несколько месяцев назад всего один. Он сводится к тому, что Юлия имеет возможность связаться с посольством, но делать этого не собирается. А о самом Сергее Скрипале вопрос так и остался подвешенным. Но мы будем продолжать добиваться от британцев сведений о его состоянии, правовом статусе, равно как и об обстоятельствах произошедшего.
Россия-НАТО
Заявления об угрозе нападения России на страны НАТО - Такие настроения достаточно сильны в Великобритании, и в преддверии саммита НАТО они особенно нагнетаются. Могу обратить внимание на тот факт, что во всех предвыборных программах политических партий заложены идеи повышения оборонных расходов до 2,5% с нынешних двух, причем это есть даже у партии Фараджа Reform UK. Лозунги о том, что Россия не остановится, а пойдет дальше, преследует две цели. Одна из них - добиваться повышения оборонных расходов с тем, чтобы кормить собственный ВПК и, конечно, укреплять НАТО. Вторая цель - сделать так, чтобы у населения не закрадывались даже сомнения в том, что правительство вправе и должно продолжать оказывать всяческую военную помощь Киеву, вливать деньги в Украину, а не в свое народное хозяйство.
▪︎Выборы в Великобритании
▪︎Российско-британские отношения
▪︎Сотрудничество Великобритании с Китаем
▪︎Участие партии Reform UK в выборах в Великобритании
▪︎Заявления Н.Фараджа по России
▪︎Поставки дальнобойных вооружений киевскому режиму
▪︎Слушания по делу Д.Стерджес
▪︎Ситуация вокруг Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей
▪︎Британские санкции в отношении России
▪︎Свобода СМИ в Великобритании
▪︎Россия-НАТО
▪︎Ответные действия на высылку из Великобритании российского военного атташе
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Взгляд лейбористов на российско-британские отношения
В программе, которую представили лейбористы, много бумаги, портретов Кира Страмера, но довольно мало конкретики, особенно по экономическим делам. Что касается России, то там содержится стандартный набор: упор на членство в НАТО, на сближение с Евросоюзом, всесторонняя помощь Украине, в том числе через НАТО и на двусторонней основе, есть слова о специальном трибунале для России и конфискации российских активов с передачей их Украине.
Я думаю, что отношения России с Великобританией при Стармере не улучшатся. Он, как и все руководство Лейбористской партии, полностью разделяет нынешние правительственные установки и ни на йоту от них не отходит.
Заявления Н.Фараджа по России
Что касается заявлений главы партии Reform UK Н.Фараджа по теме НАТО-Россия, то я хотел бы обратить внимание не них самих, так как они довольно противоречивые и неполные. Тут главное - реакция на эти заявления, которые были осуждены практически всем политическим истеблишментом, всеми министрами правительства, руководством других партий, ведущими комментаторами, центральными газетами. Это показывает, насколько высок уровень идеологизированности британского высшего общества в данный момент, насколько сильна фактическая цензура.
Поставки дальнобойных вооружений киевскому режиму
Британцы поставляют Украине крылатые ракеты воздушного базирования Strom Shadow. Это - высокотехнологическое оружие, которое запускается с самолетов, и это достаточно сложная аппаратура. В чем мы абсолютно уверены, хотя британцы этого не признают, что эти ракеты требуют очень серьезного технического обслуживания, полетные задания и целеуказания на эти ракеты должны ставить высококвалифицированные операторы. Конечно, это не украинцы, в чем мы абсолютно уверены.
Слушания по делу Д.Стерджес / Ситуация вокруг Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей
Очередные слушания по делу Дон Стерджес начнутся 14 октября. Сейчас появились спекуляции в прессе, будут или нет на слушаниях 14 октября Скрипали, придут ли они в суд. Вопрос непонятен, он остается подвешенным. Нам пока, несмотря на большое количество запросов, которые мы направили в Форин Оффис по поводу судьбы как Юлии, так и Сергея Скрипалей, ответ мы получили несколько месяцев назад всего один. Он сводится к тому, что Юлия имеет возможность связаться с посольством, но делать этого не собирается. А о самом Сергее Скрипале вопрос так и остался подвешенным. Но мы будем продолжать добиваться от британцев сведений о его состоянии, правовом статусе, равно как и об обстоятельствах произошедшего.
Россия-НАТО
Заявления об угрозе нападения России на страны НАТО - Такие настроения достаточно сильны в Великобритании, и в преддверии саммита НАТО они особенно нагнетаются. Могу обратить внимание на тот факт, что во всех предвыборных программах политических партий заложены идеи повышения оборонных расходов до 2,5% с нынешних двух, причем это есть даже у партии Фараджа Reform UK. Лозунги о том, что Россия не остановится, а пойдет дальше, преследует две цели. Одна из них - добиваться повышения оборонных расходов с тем, чтобы кормить собственный ВПК и, конечно, укреплять НАТО. Вторая цель - сделать так, чтобы у населения не закрадывались даже сомнения в том, что правительство вправе и должно продолжать оказывать всяческую военную помощь Киеву, вливать деньги в Украину, а не в свое народное хозяйство.
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🎙️Ambassador Andrei Kelin’s interview to TASS News Agency (June 28, 2024)
▪︎General elections in the UK
▪︎Labour Party’s view on the Russia-UK relations
▪︎UK's cooperation with China
▪︎Reform UK's participation in the Elections
▪︎Statements by Nigel Farage on Russia
▪︎Deliveries of long-range weapons to the Kyiv regime
▪︎Hearings on the Dawn Sturgess case
▪︎The situation surrounding Sergei and Yulia Skripal
▪︎British sanctions against Russia
▪︎Freedom of the press in the UK
▪︎Russia-NATO Relations
▪︎Retaliatory measures following the expulsion of the Russian Military Attaché from the UK
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Labour Party’s view on the Russia-UK relations
The Labour Party’s manifesto is replete with reams of paper and portraits of Keir Starmer, yet notably deficient in specifics, especially regarding economic affairs. As for Russia, the manifesto reiterates the usual rhetoric: a focus on NATO membership, closer ties with the EU, comprehensive aid to Ukraine, both through NATO and bilaterally. It also calls for a special tribunal for Russia and the confiscation of Russian assets to be handed over to Ukraine. This stance reflects a broader anti-Russian sentiment.
I do not foresee any improvement in Russo-British relations under Starmer. He, along with the Labour Party leadership, wholly subscribes to current government policies and deviates not an inch from them.
Statements by Nigel Farage on Russia
Regarding Farage’s current statements on NATO-Russia issues, the main point is not the statements themselves, which are contradictory and incomplete, but the reaction to them. These statements have been condemned by virtually the entire political establishment, including all government ministers, party leaders, leading commentators, and major newspapers. This demonstrates the high level of ideological rigidity in British high society at present and the extent of de facto censorship. Any deviation from the approved line is not just unacceptable but condemned outright, with no room for dissent.
Deliveries of long-range weapons to the Kyiv regime
Britain is supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles. We have a reasonable estimate of the quantities involved, considering production capabilities, and we understand the capabilities of these missiles. They are sophisticated, high-tech weapons launched from aircraft and requiring significant technical maintenance. We are certain, though the British deny it, that these missiles need highly skilled operators for mission planning and targeting. We are confident that these operators are not Ukrainians but those involved in their production and training.
Hearings on the Dawn Sturgess case / The situation surrounding Sergei and Yulia Skripal
The next hearings in the Dawn Sturgess case are scheduled for October 14. Speculation abounds in the press about whether the Skripals will attend. Despite numerous inquiries to the Foreign Office about the status of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, we received only one response months ago, indicating that Yulia can contact the Embassy but has so far choosn not to do that. Sergei Skripal’s status remains unclear. We will continue to seek information from the British about his condition and legal status and the circumstances of the incident.
Russia-NATO Relations
Statements about a Russian threat to NATO countries are particularly pronounced in the UK, especially ahead of the NATO summit. Notably, all party manifestos advocate increasing defense spending from the current 2% to 2.5%, including Farage’s Reform UK party. The narrative that Russia will not stop but continue its aggression serves two purposes: justifying increased defense spending to support the domestic defense industry and NATO, and ensuring public support for continued military aid to Ukraine instead of domestic investment.
▪︎General elections in the UK
▪︎Labour Party’s view on the Russia-UK relations
▪︎UK's cooperation with China
▪︎Reform UK's participation in the Elections
▪︎Statements by Nigel Farage on Russia
▪︎Deliveries of long-range weapons to the Kyiv regime
▪︎Hearings on the Dawn Sturgess case
▪︎The situation surrounding Sergei and Yulia Skripal
▪︎British sanctions against Russia
▪︎Freedom of the press in the UK
▪︎Russia-NATO Relations
▪︎Retaliatory measures following the expulsion of the Russian Military Attaché from the UK
➡️Read in full
***
Labour Party’s view on the Russia-UK relations
The Labour Party’s manifesto is replete with reams of paper and portraits of Keir Starmer, yet notably deficient in specifics, especially regarding economic affairs. As for Russia, the manifesto reiterates the usual rhetoric: a focus on NATO membership, closer ties with the EU, comprehensive aid to Ukraine, both through NATO and bilaterally. It also calls for a special tribunal for Russia and the confiscation of Russian assets to be handed over to Ukraine. This stance reflects a broader anti-Russian sentiment.
I do not foresee any improvement in Russo-British relations under Starmer. He, along with the Labour Party leadership, wholly subscribes to current government policies and deviates not an inch from them.
Statements by Nigel Farage on Russia
Regarding Farage’s current statements on NATO-Russia issues, the main point is not the statements themselves, which are contradictory and incomplete, but the reaction to them. These statements have been condemned by virtually the entire political establishment, including all government ministers, party leaders, leading commentators, and major newspapers. This demonstrates the high level of ideological rigidity in British high society at present and the extent of de facto censorship. Any deviation from the approved line is not just unacceptable but condemned outright, with no room for dissent.
Deliveries of long-range weapons to the Kyiv regime
Britain is supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles. We have a reasonable estimate of the quantities involved, considering production capabilities, and we understand the capabilities of these missiles. They are sophisticated, high-tech weapons launched from aircraft and requiring significant technical maintenance. We are certain, though the British deny it, that these missiles need highly skilled operators for mission planning and targeting. We are confident that these operators are not Ukrainians but those involved in their production and training.
Hearings on the Dawn Sturgess case / The situation surrounding Sergei and Yulia Skripal
The next hearings in the Dawn Sturgess case are scheduled for October 14. Speculation abounds in the press about whether the Skripals will attend. Despite numerous inquiries to the Foreign Office about the status of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, we received only one response months ago, indicating that Yulia can contact the Embassy but has so far choosn not to do that. Sergei Skripal’s status remains unclear. We will continue to seek information from the British about his condition and legal status and the circumstances of the incident.
Russia-NATO Relations
Statements about a Russian threat to NATO countries are particularly pronounced in the UK, especially ahead of the NATO summit. Notably, all party manifestos advocate increasing defense spending from the current 2% to 2.5%, including Farage’s Reform UK party. The narrative that Russia will not stop but continue its aggression serves two purposes: justifying increased defense spending to support the domestic defense industry and NATO, and ensuring public support for continued military aid to Ukraine instead of domestic investment.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about the EU imposing the 14th package of unilateral sanctions on Russia
❓ Question: What can you say about the new economic and sector-specific sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union yesterday?
💬 Maria Zakharova: On June 24, the European Union announced the 14th since February 2022 package of sanctions on Russia. On the same day, the Foreign Ministry released a statement covering our response.
On a broader scale, I can say that all previous sanctions imposed by Brussels have failed. Contrary to what the EU “strategists” planned to accomplish, they were unable to undermine the Russian economy, let alone disrupt the unity of our people in the face of external threat coming from the United States and its underlings.
The 14th package of EU sanctions includes new unlawful restrictions on the Russian energy sector, which are designed to limit or outright block Russian oil and gas shipments to the global market. For example, Brussels has imposed restrictions on using its infrastructure for transporting Russian LNG to all countries, except the EU.
Clearly, what the EU is doing to cause harm to Russia equally harms third countries, destabilises global commodity markets, and undermines energy security of the developing economies. However, the EU cares little to nothing about other countries’ interests.
The Global Majority, including Russia’s BRICS partners, has adopted an unequivocal stance where any unilateral sanctions that are not approved by the UN Security Council are inconsistent with international law and are illegitimate.
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The above goes to show that the EU’s unilateral sanctions are a case of colonial behaviour. They serve as a tool to restrain the democratisation process of international relations, to intimidate and to punish third countries, and to suppress their will to pursue autonomous policies.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry made clear in its statement that the latest illegitimate EU sanctions will not be left unanswered.
Read in full
❓ Question: What can you say about the new economic and sector-specific sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union yesterday?
💬 Maria Zakharova: On June 24, the European Union announced the 14th since February 2022 package of sanctions on Russia. On the same day, the Foreign Ministry released a statement covering our response.
On a broader scale, I can say that all previous sanctions imposed by Brussels have failed. Contrary to what the EU “strategists” planned to accomplish, they were unable to undermine the Russian economy, let alone disrupt the unity of our people in the face of external threat coming from the United States and its underlings.
The 14th package of EU sanctions includes new unlawful restrictions on the Russian energy sector, which are designed to limit or outright block Russian oil and gas shipments to the global market. For example, Brussels has imposed restrictions on using its infrastructure for transporting Russian LNG to all countries, except the EU.
Clearly, what the EU is doing to cause harm to Russia equally harms third countries, destabilises global commodity markets, and undermines energy security of the developing economies. However, the EU cares little to nothing about other countries’ interests.
The Global Majority, including Russia’s BRICS partners, has adopted an unequivocal stance where any unilateral sanctions that are not approved by the UN Security Council are inconsistent with international law and are illegitimate.
<...>
The above goes to show that the EU’s unilateral sanctions are a case of colonial behaviour. They serve as a tool to restrain the democratisation process of international relations, to intimidate and to punish third countries, and to suppress their will to pursue autonomous policies.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry made clear in its statement that the latest illegitimate EU sanctions will not be left unanswered.
Read in full
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🗓 On 29 June 1941 the Battle for the Zapolyarye Polar Region began.
It lasted until 1 November 1944 and culminated in a decisive Red Army's victory over the Nazis and their cronies. The war theatre of the its initial part comprised the Murmansk region, Karelia, Barents, White and Kara Seas.
The Third Reich sought to capture the Kola Peninsula and Murmansk, the country's only ice-free port beyond the Arctic Circle, where the Northern Fleet of the USSR was stationed, at any cost. The German command's plan was to to break through the Soviet defence, deprive the USSR of access to the Arctic Ocean and advance to the east with Finland fighting side by side with the Nazis and pursuing its goal to occupy the Kola Peninsula and Soviet Karelia.
⚔️ Hitler threw Army "Norway" (97 thousand strong) to achieve this goals against the 14th Army of the Northern Front, a little over 50,000 people. The offensive of the united German-Finnish forces lasted a week, despite numerical advantage ultimately failed and stalled, not able to overcome the Red Army's resistance. They were forced to engage and retain defensive positions, while being bogged down in the Arctic for a prolonged period.
Yet the Nazis did not abandon attempts to if not capture Murmansk, then destroy it. Residential quarters were mercilessly bombed. All in all the Luftwaffe performed 792 air raids, having dropped 207 thousand bombs. To give this a perspective: by sheer density of air strikes Murmansk is second only to Stalingrad.
Finland's forced withdrawal from the war in autumn 1944 created favourable conditions for the Red Army to go on the offensive. In the course of the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation Soviet forces not only liberated the occupied areas of the Soviet Polar Regions but also provided invaluable assistance in the liberation of Norway.
⭐️ In total, more than 67 thousand Soviet soldiers perished in the battles at this war theatre. On December 5, 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR established the medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Polar Region", which was awarded to about 353 thousand people.
Contemporary Norwegian politician Just Lippe of the time wrote back in the day: "The Soviet army came to Norway not only as a military force, but also as a friend of the Norwegian people". In Oslo, Kirkenes, Budø, Elvenes and a number of other cities there are monuments to our soldiers with the inscription "Norway thanks you".
However, today, where the Soviet heroes selflessly & valiantly fought, including for the liberation of Norway, NATO troops regularly conduct anti-Russian military exercises and build-up military potential quite reminiscent of what the Third Reich did, while true pages of our common history are being torn apart and forgotten. That we won't allow ☝️ as #WeRemember
#Victory79
It lasted until 1 November 1944 and culminated in a decisive Red Army's victory over the Nazis and their cronies. The war theatre of the its initial part comprised the Murmansk region, Karelia, Barents, White and Kara Seas.
The Third Reich sought to capture the Kola Peninsula and Murmansk, the country's only ice-free port beyond the Arctic Circle, where the Northern Fleet of the USSR was stationed, at any cost. The German command's plan was to to break through the Soviet defence, deprive the USSR of access to the Arctic Ocean and advance to the east with Finland fighting side by side with the Nazis and pursuing its goal to occupy the Kola Peninsula and Soviet Karelia.
⚔️ Hitler threw Army "Norway" (97 thousand strong) to achieve this goals against the 14th Army of the Northern Front, a little over 50,000 people. The offensive of the united German-Finnish forces lasted a week, despite numerical advantage ultimately failed and stalled, not able to overcome the Red Army's resistance. They were forced to engage and retain defensive positions, while being bogged down in the Arctic for a prolonged period.
Yet the Nazis did not abandon attempts to if not capture Murmansk, then destroy it. Residential quarters were mercilessly bombed. All in all the Luftwaffe performed 792 air raids, having dropped 207 thousand bombs. To give this a perspective: by sheer density of air strikes Murmansk is second only to Stalingrad.
Finland's forced withdrawal from the war in autumn 1944 created favourable conditions for the Red Army to go on the offensive. In the course of the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation Soviet forces not only liberated the occupied areas of the Soviet Polar Regions but also provided invaluable assistance in the liberation of Norway.
⭐️ In total, more than 67 thousand Soviet soldiers perished in the battles at this war theatre. On December 5, 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR established the medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Polar Region", which was awarded to about 353 thousand people.
Contemporary Norwegian politician Just Lippe of the time wrote back in the day: "The Soviet army came to Norway not only as a military force, but also as a friend of the Norwegian people". In Oslo, Kirkenes, Budø, Elvenes and a number of other cities there are monuments to our soldiers with the inscription "Norway thanks you".
However, today, where the Soviet heroes selflessly & valiantly fought, including for the liberation of Norway, NATO troops regularly conduct anti-Russian military exercises and build-up military potential quite reminiscent of what the Third Reich did, while true pages of our common history are being torn apart and forgotten. That we won't allow ☝️ as #WeRemember
#Victory79
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