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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from Izvestia (Tashkent, May 27, 2024)
❓ Question: Could you comment on the decision to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist organisations?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The Taliban are the ones holding real power [in Afghanistan]. Just as the People’s Republic of China, we have never closed down our embassy there. The Afghan Ambassador presented his credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing along with other ambassadors. Kazakhstan has recently decided to remove them from the list of terrorist organisations. We are going to do this, too. The UN Security Council did not declare the Taliban a terrorist organisation. There are twelve to fifteen specific persons on the list.
But the main point is that they are the real power. We, like our allies in Central Asia, care about Afghanistan. This process reflects accepting reality.
❓ Question: Could you comment on the decision to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist organisations?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The Taliban are the ones holding real power [in Afghanistan]. Just as the People’s Republic of China, we have never closed down our embassy there. The Afghan Ambassador presented his credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing along with other ambassadors. Kazakhstan has recently decided to remove them from the list of terrorist organisations. We are going to do this, too. The UN Security Council did not declare the Taliban a terrorist organisation. There are twelve to fifteen specific persons on the list.
But the main point is that they are the real power. We, like our allies in Central Asia, care about Afghanistan. This process reflects accepting reality.
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🇷🇺🇺🇿 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the first meeting of the Council of the Regions of the two countries (Tashkent, May 27, 2024)
Key talking points:
• Regions play a key role in strengthening relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Uzbekistan and make a significant contribution to expanding the entire range of our relations.
• The agenda of the Council of the Regions is quite extensive. It includes such topical issues as the deepening of industrial cooperation, cooperation in agriculture, as well as introduction of innovations and digital technology.
• Overall, 78 out of the 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation are engaged in mutually beneficial partnership with regions of Uzbekistan.
• The contractual and legal framework of interregional cooperation and interaction is being continuously expanded and supplemented. The governments of the two countries’ regions have several dozen agreements. Over 20 agreements and commercial contracts, including those aimed at developing trade and mutual investment, are ready for signing in the Council.
• To fund promising projects implemented in Uzbekistan with the participation of the two countries’ regions, they are establishing a special investment fund with a total amount of US$500 million. <...> The Russian Side is ready to put in its share that amounts to US$400 million.
• We maintain diverse regional cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian area. Every year musical festivals and concerts, theatre guest performances, film screenings and museum exhibitions take place with the regions’ participation.
• Naturally enough, the regions’ cooperation is giving an additional boost to the development of tourist exchanges between the two countries. The tourist flow doubled last year to reach 1.2 million trips. Russians are eager to visit historical and cultural centres of Uzbekistan – Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva.
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Key talking points:
• Regions play a key role in strengthening relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Uzbekistan and make a significant contribution to expanding the entire range of our relations.
• The agenda of the Council of the Regions is quite extensive. It includes such topical issues as the deepening of industrial cooperation, cooperation in agriculture, as well as introduction of innovations and digital technology.
• Overall, 78 out of the 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation are engaged in mutually beneficial partnership with regions of Uzbekistan.
• The contractual and legal framework of interregional cooperation and interaction is being continuously expanded and supplemented. The governments of the two countries’ regions have several dozen agreements. Over 20 agreements and commercial contracts, including those aimed at developing trade and mutual investment, are ready for signing in the Council.
• To fund promising projects implemented in Uzbekistan with the participation of the two countries’ regions, they are establishing a special investment fund with a total amount of US$500 million. <...> The Russian Side is ready to put in its share that amounts to US$400 million.
• We maintain diverse regional cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian area. Every year musical festivals and concerts, theatre guest performances, film screenings and museum exhibitions take place with the regions’ participation.
• Naturally enough, the regions’ cooperation is giving an additional boost to the development of tourist exchanges between the two countries. The tourist flow doubled last year to reach 1.2 million trips. Russians are eager to visit historical and cultural centres of Uzbekistan – Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva.
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According to media reports, during his speech at the Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, US President Joe Biden stated that, during World War II, it were the American soldiers who liberated Europe and “literally saved the world.” The US leader has not uttered a word regarding the role of the Soviet Union and other countries in achieving Victory over Nazism.
Indeed, time has not been kind to the US presidents. The generation of leaders who fought in World War II, including Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, has passed away. They would have never allowed the Soviet Union’s decisive contribution to defeating the Third Reich to be ignored. They still remembered Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words of admiration and gratitude regarding the Red Army and its efforts.
Half of the contemporary US presidents suffer from historical revisionism syndrome.
Only four years ago, the leaders of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, issued a Joint Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the link-up on the Elbe. At that time, they emphasised that this history-making event was the culmination of tremendous efforts of many nations who had united in line with the Declaration of the United Nations of 1942. This joint struggle required the sacrifice of millions of soldiers, sailors and civilians on numerous theatres of war.
The current US President is obviously unable to repeat the words of his predecessor, who said that we pay tribute to the valour and courage of all those who fought together to defeat Nazism, and that their heroic feat will never be forgotten.
It would be ironic to expect gratitude from those funding the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev and supplying it with weapons towards the peoples of the Soviet Union for Victory over Nazism. The current-day policy of US exceptionalism is a betrayal of America’s own antifascist past.
In these conditions, Russia demonstrates its commitment to preserving the memory of the Allied Victory (the UN often used this term at that time) in 1945. On May 9, the entire world witnessed this during the Russian President’s speech at the Victory Parade on the Red Square:
“Russia has never belittled the significance of the Second Front or that of Allied assistance. We honour the valour of all members of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, the Resistance Movement, the underground movement and guerrillas, as well as the courage displayed by the peoples of China fighting for their independence against militarist Japan's aggression. We will forever remember and we will never forget our joint struggle and the inspiring traditions of alliance.”
Indeed, time has not been kind to the US presidents. The generation of leaders who fought in World War II, including Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, has passed away. They would have never allowed the Soviet Union’s decisive contribution to defeating the Third Reich to be ignored. They still remembered Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words of admiration and gratitude regarding the Red Army and its efforts.
Half of the contemporary US presidents suffer from historical revisionism syndrome.
Only four years ago, the leaders of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, issued a Joint Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the link-up on the Elbe. At that time, they emphasised that this history-making event was the culmination of tremendous efforts of many nations who had united in line with the Declaration of the United Nations of 1942. This joint struggle required the sacrifice of millions of soldiers, sailors and civilians on numerous theatres of war.
The current US President is obviously unable to repeat the words of his predecessor, who said that we pay tribute to the valour and courage of all those who fought together to defeat Nazism, and that their heroic feat will never be forgotten.
It would be ironic to expect gratitude from those funding the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev and supplying it with weapons towards the peoples of the Soviet Union for Victory over Nazism. The current-day policy of US exceptionalism is a betrayal of America’s own antifascist past.
In these conditions, Russia demonstrates its commitment to preserving the memory of the Allied Victory (the UN often used this term at that time) in 1945. On May 9, the entire world witnessed this during the Russian President’s speech at the Victory Parade on the Red Square:
“Russia has never belittled the significance of the Second Front or that of Allied assistance. We honour the valour of all members of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, the Resistance Movement, the underground movement and guerrillas, as well as the courage displayed by the peoples of China fighting for their independence against militarist Japan's aggression. We will forever remember and we will never forget our joint struggle and the inspiring traditions of alliance.”
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#NoStatuteOfLimitation #UScrimes
◾️ On May 28, 1830 the US Congress passed the infamous #IndianRemovalAct, which provided for the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans from the wealthy southeast of the nation to the then wild lands of the Great Plains.
This campaign went in history as the #TrailOfTears — an ethnic cleansing and forced relocation of American Indians from their native lands in the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory (current-day Oklahoma). The "Five Civilized Tribes" — the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw — traversed 9 states. Thousands of the Native Americans died on the Trail: the number of casualties suffered by the Cherokee alone is in the area of ~15'000 people.
👉 Timeline of crimes committed by the United States and Great Britain
◾️ On May 28, 1830 the US Congress passed the infamous #IndianRemovalAct, which provided for the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans from the wealthy southeast of the nation to the then wild lands of the Great Plains.
This campaign went in history as the #TrailOfTears — an ethnic cleansing and forced relocation of American Indians from their native lands in the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory (current-day Oklahoma). The "Five Civilized Tribes" — the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw — traversed 9 states. Thousands of the Native Americans died on the Trail: the number of casualties suffered by the Cherokee alone is in the area of ~15'000 people.
👉 Timeline of crimes committed by the United States and Great Britain
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🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin made press statement following Russia-Uzbekistan talks (Tashkent, May 27, 2024)
Key talking points:
• We have reviewed virtually all important political, economic, cultural and humanitarian issues of Russia-Uzbekistan cooperation.
• The Joint Statement that we signed following the talks defined long-term guidelines for expanding bilateral contacts and set the corresponding goals.
• A number of intergovernmental agreements and commercial contracts were concluded during the visit. Many of them are aimed at intensifying practical cooperation primarily in the economy.
• Our countries are in the process of switching to settlements in national currencies, which we believe is vitally important. Cooperation between lending and banking institutions in financial settlements is expanding. The share of the ruble in mutual commercial transactions reached 58 percent as of late 2023 and continues to grow.
• Over 3,000 companies with Russian participation are operating on the Uzbekistan’s market, which is a good start. More broadly, Russian capital investment in Uzbekistan’s economy has exceeded US$9 billion.
• Interaction on a large-scale project to create an International North-South Transport Corridor from Russia and Belarus to the Indian Ocean coast looks promising. One of its routes will pass here, next to Uzbekistan or across the territory of Uzbekistan.
• The Russian authorities are doing and will continue to do everything necessary to ensure decent working conditions and social protection for the citizens of Uzbekistan working in Russia.
• Bilateral cultural and humanitarian ties are traditionally multifaceted. We are grateful to the leadership of the Republic of Uzbekistan for caring about the Russian language and Russian culture in general. We believe it is important that Russian is used as a language for interethnic communication in Uzbekistan.
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Key talking points:
• We have reviewed virtually all important political, economic, cultural and humanitarian issues of Russia-Uzbekistan cooperation.
• The Joint Statement that we signed following the talks defined long-term guidelines for expanding bilateral contacts and set the corresponding goals.
• A number of intergovernmental agreements and commercial contracts were concluded during the visit. Many of them are aimed at intensifying practical cooperation primarily in the economy.
• Our countries are in the process of switching to settlements in national currencies, which we believe is vitally important. Cooperation between lending and banking institutions in financial settlements is expanding. The share of the ruble in mutual commercial transactions reached 58 percent as of late 2023 and continues to grow.
• Over 3,000 companies with Russian participation are operating on the Uzbekistan’s market, which is a good start. More broadly, Russian capital investment in Uzbekistan’s economy has exceeded US$9 billion.
• Interaction on a large-scale project to create an International North-South Transport Corridor from Russia and Belarus to the Indian Ocean coast looks promising. One of its routes will pass here, next to Uzbekistan or across the territory of Uzbekistan.
• The Russian authorities are doing and will continue to do everything necessary to ensure decent working conditions and social protection for the citizens of Uzbekistan working in Russia.
• Bilateral cultural and humanitarian ties are traditionally multifaceted. We are grateful to the leadership of the Republic of Uzbekistan for caring about the Russian language and Russian culture in general. We believe it is important that Russian is used as a language for interethnic communication in Uzbekistan.
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🎙 President Putin's answer to a media question regarding the legitimacy of the current Ukrainian authorities (May 28, 2024)
💬 The Constitution of Ukraine only extends the duration of powers of the Rada [parliament]. It says nothing about extending the term of office of the president.
Ukraine's <...> martial law reads that presidential elections are not held during martial law. However, this does not mean that they are extended. <...> The Constitution says nothing about this. But Article 111 of the Constitution of Ukraine reads that in this case the powers of the supreme authority, actually the presidential powers are transferred to the Speaker of Parliament. <...>
In essence, the Ukrainian statehood is based on the idea of the parliamentary-presidential republic rather than the presidential republic. The main levers of power are concentrated in the representative state body. <...>
☝️ Therefore, speaking strictly, in a tentative estimate – I am just talking about a tentative estimate – the parliament & the Rada Speaker remain the only legitimate authorities. And so, basically, if they wanted to hold presidential election, they should have simply repealed martial law at that time & proceeded with the voting. But they did not want to do this for a number of reasons.
I think, & this is not linked with the Constitution in any way, that maybe the current bosses of Ukraine, those residing overseas, would like to place the burden of making all unpopular decisions on the executive branch currently in power. This includes the adoption of yet another decision to further lower the conscription age.
❗️ The final say should be made by the political & legal system of Ukraine. It should formulate & explain what is happening in Ukraine. I believe, this is not too difficult, indeed.
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💬 The Constitution of Ukraine only extends the duration of powers of the Rada [parliament]. It says nothing about extending the term of office of the president.
Ukraine's <...> martial law reads that presidential elections are not held during martial law. However, this does not mean that they are extended. <...> The Constitution says nothing about this. But Article 111 of the Constitution of Ukraine reads that in this case the powers of the supreme authority, actually the presidential powers are transferred to the Speaker of Parliament. <...>
In essence, the Ukrainian statehood is based on the idea of the parliamentary-presidential republic rather than the presidential republic. The main levers of power are concentrated in the representative state body. <...>
☝️ Therefore, speaking strictly, in a tentative estimate – I am just talking about a tentative estimate – the parliament & the Rada Speaker remain the only legitimate authorities. And so, basically, if they wanted to hold presidential election, they should have simply repealed martial law at that time & proceeded with the voting. But they did not want to do this for a number of reasons.
I think, & this is not linked with the Constitution in any way, that maybe the current bosses of Ukraine, those residing overseas, would like to place the burden of making all unpopular decisions on the executive branch currently in power. This includes the adoption of yet another decision to further lower the conscription age.
❗️ The final say should be made by the political & legal system of Ukraine. It should formulate & explain what is happening in Ukraine. I believe, this is not too difficult, indeed.
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🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin answered media questions following his state visit to Uzbekistan (May 28, 2024)
Key talking points:
#RussiaUzbekistan
💬 The composition of [Russia's] delegation was impressive; it included nearly half of the Russian Government members, all the key ministers. Naturally, a meeting that involved heads of regions & Cabinet ministers from both sides featured a wide-ranging & fulfilling discussion.
• Our economies are aligning & developing, & numerous joint projects are emerging. We will gradually chart our mutual interests in the sphere of subsequent cooperation and involvement in integration associations.
• We know that pressure [from the US] was exerted on Central Asia as well. So far I haven’t seen people kneeling ready to blindly obey any edicts from across the ocean. They – the Americans and the Europeans – certainly take certain steps that deal damage to our partners but eventually this is also a sovereign choice of any country
#Ukraine
• As for the fact that there may be mercenaries in Ukraine, we are well aware of that, there is nothing new about it. The fact that the military in Ukraine are now saying that they [the French] may come is because they have been there for a long time. We hear English, French, or Polish on the radio. We know that these mercenaries are there. But there are specialists there under the guise of mercenaries.
• It wasn’t us who stopped the talks [with Ukrainian side]. We were told: that’s it, we will no longer have talks with you. <...> They were ordered to throw it into a rubbish can and try to beat Russia on the battlefield, to inflict strategic defeat on it.
• We have never refused to talk on this basis and we are ready to continue the negotiating process. But we do not know what and who will offer us at some other stages, in view of the legitimacy of Ukrainian representatives.
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Key talking points:
#RussiaUzbekistan
💬 The composition of [Russia's] delegation was impressive; it included nearly half of the Russian Government members, all the key ministers. Naturally, a meeting that involved heads of regions & Cabinet ministers from both sides featured a wide-ranging & fulfilling discussion.
• Our economies are aligning & developing, & numerous joint projects are emerging. We will gradually chart our mutual interests in the sphere of subsequent cooperation and involvement in integration associations.
• We know that pressure [from the US] was exerted on Central Asia as well. So far I haven’t seen people kneeling ready to blindly obey any edicts from across the ocean. They – the Americans and the Europeans – certainly take certain steps that deal damage to our partners but eventually this is also a sovereign choice of any country
#Ukraine
• As for the fact that there may be mercenaries in Ukraine, we are well aware of that, there is nothing new about it. The fact that the military in Ukraine are now saying that they [the French] may come is because they have been there for a long time. We hear English, French, or Polish on the radio. We know that these mercenaries are there. But there are specialists there under the guise of mercenaries.
• It wasn’t us who stopped the talks [with Ukrainian side]. We were told: that’s it, we will no longer have talks with you. <...> They were ordered to throw it into a rubbish can and try to beat Russia on the battlefield, to inflict strategic defeat on it.
• We have never refused to talk on this basis and we are ready to continue the negotiating process. But we do not know what and who will offer us at some other stages, in view of the legitimacy of Ukrainian representatives.
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⚡️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of Russia Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on military-chemical activities of the US and Ukraine (May 28, 2024)
Key talking points:
💬 Not only has Washington not renounced the use of chemical weapons, but it has also strengthened the possibility of their use at a legislative level. <...> The US thus has a legal framework that regulates a wide range of scenarios of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces.
• The Pentagon reportedly continues to develop new and modernise existing non-lethal chemical munitions and other systems for the use of chemical weapons, such as 120-mm mines, 155-mm artillery shells, and 120-mm tank rounds.
• With Washington's acquiescence, the use of toxic substances and riot control agents by Ukrainian militants during the special military operation has become systematic.
• Numerous cases of use of chloropicrin (on Schedule 3 CWC List) irritant by the Ukrainian side, often in mixture with chloroacetophenone, have been recorded. Similar incidents have been recorded near Donetsk, Bogdanovka, Gorlovka, Kremennaya, Artyomovsk.
• Plans for the large-scale use of toxic substances are reflected in Ukraine's requests for the supply of antidotes, gas masks, and other personal protective equipment in quantities that are clearly excessive.
• With regard to the OPCW's double standard policy, I would like to recall the confirmed use of toxic substances (like Tabun, BZ, prussic acid) and non-lethal chemicals (CS, chloropicrin, chloroacetophenone) by the Kiev regime. All the necessary evidence has been submitted to the OPCW Technical Secretariat, but we have not received a meaningful response. <...>
❗️ This once again convinces us that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in its current form, is controlled by the West and used by it to settle political accounts.
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Key talking points:
💬 Not only has Washington not renounced the use of chemical weapons, but it has also strengthened the possibility of their use at a legislative level. <...> The US thus has a legal framework that regulates a wide range of scenarios of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces.
• The Pentagon reportedly continues to develop new and modernise existing non-lethal chemical munitions and other systems for the use of chemical weapons, such as 120-mm mines, 155-mm artillery shells, and 120-mm tank rounds.
• With Washington's acquiescence, the use of toxic substances and riot control agents by Ukrainian militants during the special military operation has become systematic.
• Numerous cases of use of chloropicrin (on Schedule 3 CWC List) irritant by the Ukrainian side, often in mixture with chloroacetophenone, have been recorded. Similar incidents have been recorded near Donetsk, Bogdanovka, Gorlovka, Kremennaya, Artyomovsk.
• Plans for the large-scale use of toxic substances are reflected in Ukraine's requests for the supply of antidotes, gas masks, and other personal protective equipment in quantities that are clearly excessive.
• With regard to the OPCW's double standard policy, I would like to recall the confirmed use of toxic substances (like Tabun, BZ, prussic acid) and non-lethal chemicals (CS, chloropicrin, chloroacetophenone) by the Kiev regime. All the necessary evidence has been submitted to the OPCW Technical Secretariat, but we have not received a meaningful response. <...>
❗️ This once again convinces us that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in its current form, is controlled by the West and used by it to settle political accounts.
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🎙 Excerpts from FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the meeting with participants of the Time of Heroes programme (Solnechnogorsk, May 28, 2024)
💬 A special military operation started in conditions that did not emerge overnight. For many years, we had been warning the West that this situation was unacceptable. We were left with no choice, about which the President of Russia talked in detail.
🤝 The scale of unity of our people is unprecedented. This is unity against injustice. The President and the Government are working to make sure that we will never depend “on one nail” from the West in such critical areas of our life as security, food, energy and military equipment and that we will be able to produce all this ourselves. The economy must become independent of anyone.
The term suggested by President Vladimir Putin – “the time of heroes” – is about you, about those who fight together with you, who fought upholding our vital interests and the rights of people whose ancestors had lived for centuries on the territory of Donbass and Novorossiya, who were building cities and roads, and creating industrial enterprises that some people are trying to declare alien.
It's a holy job. Life has arranged it so that now you are heroes. Now you are role models. Young people should look up to you.
❗️ The West tried to turn Russia into a middle power. They have not given up this idea. They are fighting against us because they see that we are becoming independent. They really want to cut us to size.
Russia is one of the leading, great powers of the modern time – this place belongs to it by right. It will retain this place. The World Majority countries – Africa, Latin America and Asia – realise well that this is not only about the destiny of the Nazi regime in Ukraine but about the West’s reluctance to give up its hegemony.
🌐 By will of fate, we have found ourselves on the edge of struggle for a new equitable and fair world order. It will be based on the principle of sovereign equality of states.
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💬 A special military operation started in conditions that did not emerge overnight. For many years, we had been warning the West that this situation was unacceptable. We were left with no choice, about which the President of Russia talked in detail.
🤝 The scale of unity of our people is unprecedented. This is unity against injustice. The President and the Government are working to make sure that we will never depend “on one nail” from the West in such critical areas of our life as security, food, energy and military equipment and that we will be able to produce all this ourselves. The economy must become independent of anyone.
The term suggested by President Vladimir Putin – “the time of heroes” – is about you, about those who fight together with you, who fought upholding our vital interests and the rights of people whose ancestors had lived for centuries on the territory of Donbass and Novorossiya, who were building cities and roads, and creating industrial enterprises that some people are trying to declare alien.
It's a holy job. Life has arranged it so that now you are heroes. Now you are role models. Young people should look up to you.
❗️ The West tried to turn Russia into a middle power. They have not given up this idea. They are fighting against us because they see that we are becoming independent. They really want to cut us to size.
Russia is one of the leading, great powers of the modern time – this place belongs to it by right. It will retain this place. The World Majority countries – Africa, Latin America and Asia – realise well that this is not only about the destiny of the Nazi regime in Ukraine but about the West’s reluctance to give up its hegemony.
🌐 By will of fate, we have found ourselves on the edge of struggle for a new equitable and fair world order. It will be based on the principle of sovereign equality of states.
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✍️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent a message to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
✉️ I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the warm reception and unforgettable hospitality extended to me and the Russian delegation during our state visit to Uzbekistan.
I am confident that our substantive talks will further strengthen the strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Uzbekistan. There is no doubt that the agreements we reached during the visit and the productive meeting of the Council of Regions open vast opportunities for implementing mutually beneficial joint projects in various sectors.
Additionally, I would like to sincerely thank you for the opportunity to engage in extensive person-to-person discussions during the visit. This friendly dialogue is truly invaluable.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
✉️ I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the warm reception and unforgettable hospitality extended to me and the Russian delegation during our state visit to Uzbekistan.
I am confident that our substantive talks will further strengthen the strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Uzbekistan. There is no doubt that the agreements we reached during the visit and the productive meeting of the Council of Regions open vast opportunities for implementing mutually beneficial joint projects in various sectors.
Additionally, I would like to sincerely thank you for the opportunity to engage in extensive person-to-person discussions during the visit. This friendly dialogue is truly invaluable.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya (May 30, 2024)
Key talking points:
💬 The deployment of US ground-launched intermediate and shorter-range missiles (IRBMs) in these regions [Europe and Asia Pacific] poses significant security challenges for Russia. <...> We will not hesitate to respond if the Americans move forward with their plans to deploy their ground-launched IRBMs.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 We have established a high level of mutual trust with China, which serves as a foundation for our military cooperation. By working together, Russia and China seek to reinforce international security in keeping with international norms.
• We appreciate Beijing’s constructive approach to the Ukraine crisis. Our Chinese friends understand its root causes and the essence of the current developments.
• The current ruling party in Kiev is the party of war, and their stated goal is to defeat Russia on the battlefield. It is difficult to imagine any peace talks taking place in that situation.
☝️ We said on numerous occasions, including at the highest level, that Russia remains open to negotiations. However, it should be clear to everyone that we will only discuss peace, not a ceasefire.
• There is no denying that the OSCE is in a deep crisis. It has been caused by the fact that the West has trampled on the principles the organisation was built on. A total “Ukrainisation” of its agenda has practically brought to naught its activities in the traditional fields.
• Supplying the Kiev regime with increasingly destructive types of weapons shows that the West is not interested in ending the conflict. The F-16 American fighters will not change the situation on the line of contact.
❌ From our experience with the Americans, it is perfectly clear that US statements are not to be trusted. <...> The Americans continue to make declarations about their commitment to a just solution to the Palestine problem, while at the same time generously adding fuel to the armed confrontation.
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Key talking points:
💬 The deployment of US ground-launched intermediate and shorter-range missiles (IRBMs) in these regions [Europe and Asia Pacific] poses significant security challenges for Russia. <...> We will not hesitate to respond if the Americans move forward with their plans to deploy their ground-launched IRBMs.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 We have established a high level of mutual trust with China, which serves as a foundation for our military cooperation. By working together, Russia and China seek to reinforce international security in keeping with international norms.
• We appreciate Beijing’s constructive approach to the Ukraine crisis. Our Chinese friends understand its root causes and the essence of the current developments.
• The current ruling party in Kiev is the party of war, and their stated goal is to defeat Russia on the battlefield. It is difficult to imagine any peace talks taking place in that situation.
☝️ We said on numerous occasions, including at the highest level, that Russia remains open to negotiations. However, it should be clear to everyone that we will only discuss peace, not a ceasefire.
• There is no denying that the OSCE is in a deep crisis. It has been caused by the fact that the West has trampled on the principles the organisation was built on. A total “Ukrainisation” of its agenda has practically brought to naught its activities in the traditional fields.
• Supplying the Kiev regime with increasingly destructive types of weapons shows that the West is not interested in ending the conflict. The F-16 American fighters will not change the situation on the line of contact.
❌ From our experience with the Americans, it is perfectly clear that US statements are not to be trusted. <...> The Americans continue to make declarations about their commitment to a just solution to the Palestine problem, while at the same time generously adding fuel to the armed confrontation.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to the 9th international conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era" (May 30, 2024)
💬 I am delighted to welcome the organisers of and participants in the 9th international conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era".
Most recently, Russia's President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China, which definitely became the centerpiece of bilateral exchanges this year. <...>
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The bond of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China has grown unprecedentedly strong thanks to the personal efforts of both heads of state. The Beijing summit sealed the two countries’ firm commitment to further deepen and expand it. This commitment was documented in the two leaders’ joint final statement.
This year, Russia and China celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. We mark this significant anniversary with achieving a new quality of relations – today, Russia and China view each other as priority partners and invariably adhere to the principles of mutually respectful, equal and trustful cooperation. We support each other with regard to key issues affecting the respective fundamental interests.
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Strategic coordination in the international arena remains a key component of the Russian-Chinese partnership amid the growing international tensions. Our foreign policy tandem, held together by a broad commonality of interests as well as coinciding or similar approaches to key issues on the present-day agenda, plays a major stabilising role in global affairs.
☝️ The two countries are strengthening cooperation on multilateral platforms, primarily the Unite Nations and the UN Security Council, as well as #BRICS, #SCO, #G20, and #APEC.
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The Russian-Chinese strategic tandem is gaining status, and this opens up new horizons for us in terms of stronger sovereignty, economic growth, and prosperity of both countries.
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💬 I am delighted to welcome the organisers of and participants in the 9th international conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era".
Most recently, Russia's President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China, which definitely became the centerpiece of bilateral exchanges this year. <...>
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The bond of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China has grown unprecedentedly strong thanks to the personal efforts of both heads of state. The Beijing summit sealed the two countries’ firm commitment to further deepen and expand it. This commitment was documented in the two leaders’ joint final statement.
This year, Russia and China celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. We mark this significant anniversary with achieving a new quality of relations – today, Russia and China view each other as priority partners and invariably adhere to the principles of mutually respectful, equal and trustful cooperation. We support each other with regard to key issues affecting the respective fundamental interests.
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Strategic coordination in the international arena remains a key component of the Russian-Chinese partnership amid the growing international tensions. Our foreign policy tandem, held together by a broad commonality of interests as well as coinciding or similar approaches to key issues on the present-day agenda, plays a major stabilising role in global affairs.
☝️ The two countries are strengthening cooperation on multilateral platforms, primarily the Unite Nations and the UN Security Council, as well as #BRICS, #SCO, #G20, and #APEC.
<...>
The Russian-Chinese strategic tandem is gaining status, and this opens up new horizons for us in terms of stronger sovereignty, economic growth, and prosperity of both countries.
Read in full
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🗓 On May 30, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the heads of the diplomatic missions of Arab countries in Moscow.
The participants engaged in an in-depth exchange of views on the developments in the Middle East with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the area of Palestinian-Israeli confrontation which has led to immeasurable suffering of the Gaza Strip civilians.
☝️ Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed the continuity and consistency of Russia’s foreign policy to comprehensively expand partner-like and mutually beneficial cooperation with the Arab countries. <...> Russia has invariably operated on the premise that talks between the Palestinians and Israelis should be aligned in accordance with the existing international legal framework. <...>
Russia's Foreign Minister noted that putting forward various peace concepts and expanding the circle of countries that have recognised the State of Palestine testify to the strengthening position of the Global Majority in favour of an early and fair solution to the Palestinian problem as the main prerequisite for long-term stabilisation in the Middle East. <...>
🤝 The representatives from the Arab States expressed their gratitude for Russia’s energetic efforts, including in the UN Security Council, aimed at ending the bloodshed in the area of Palestinian-Israeli confrontation, delivering humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip and comprehensively normalising the situation in the Middle East.
Sergey Lavrov and the ambassadors from the Arab countries reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of Moscow and the capitals of the League of Arab States members to further coordinate the steps designed to establish a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East based on the principles of international law and the provisions of the UN Charter.
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The participants engaged in an in-depth exchange of views on the developments in the Middle East with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the area of Palestinian-Israeli confrontation which has led to immeasurable suffering of the Gaza Strip civilians.
☝️ Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed the continuity and consistency of Russia’s foreign policy to comprehensively expand partner-like and mutually beneficial cooperation with the Arab countries. <...> Russia has invariably operated on the premise that talks between the Palestinians and Israelis should be aligned in accordance with the existing international legal framework. <...>
Russia's Foreign Minister noted that putting forward various peace concepts and expanding the circle of countries that have recognised the State of Palestine testify to the strengthening position of the Global Majority in favour of an early and fair solution to the Palestinian problem as the main prerequisite for long-term stabilisation in the Middle East. <...>
🤝 The representatives from the Arab States expressed their gratitude for Russia’s energetic efforts, including in the UN Security Council, aimed at ending the bloodshed in the area of Palestinian-Israeli confrontation, delivering humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip and comprehensively normalising the situation in the Middle East.
Sergey Lavrov and the ambassadors from the Arab countries reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of Moscow and the capitals of the League of Arab States members to further coordinate the steps designed to establish a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East based on the principles of international law and the provisions of the UN Charter.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾📞 Russia's President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Vladimir Putin once again thanked Alexander Lukashenko for the warm reception and hospitality extended to him during his visit to Minsk on May 24. Both Presidents stressed that the results of highest-level talks had provided a powerful impetus to further advancement of Russian-Belarusian multifaceted relations of strategic partnership and alliance.
They also discussed certain issues related to the SCO summit scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan in July of this year. The meeting participants are expected to adopt a decision on conferring the status of #SCO member state on Belarus.
The leaders agreed to continue contacts at various levels.
#RussiaBelarus
Vladimir Putin once again thanked Alexander Lukashenko for the warm reception and hospitality extended to him during his visit to Minsk on May 24. Both Presidents stressed that the results of highest-level talks had provided a powerful impetus to further advancement of Russian-Belarusian multifaceted relations of strategic partnership and alliance.
They also discussed certain issues related to the SCO summit scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan in July of this year. The meeting participants are expected to adopt a decision on conferring the status of #SCO member state on Belarus.
The leaders agreed to continue contacts at various levels.
#RussiaBelarus
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🇷🇺🇰🇿📞 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke over the phone.
The leaders discussed topical issues related to cooperation in trade, the economy, energy, transport, and logistics sectors. The discussion also focused on some international matters, particularly in the context of preparations for the Council of Heads of State of the #SCO, scheduled to take place in Astana this July.
The Presidents also shared assessments of recent contacts with foreign leaders.
🤝 Both leaders reaffirmed their mutual commitment to comprehensively strengthen the Russian-Kazakhstani strategic partnership and alliance.
#RussiaKazakhstan
The leaders discussed topical issues related to cooperation in trade, the economy, energy, transport, and logistics sectors. The discussion also focused on some international matters, particularly in the context of preparations for the Council of Heads of State of the #SCO, scheduled to take place in Astana this July.
The Presidents also shared assessments of recent contacts with foreign leaders.
🤝 Both leaders reaffirmed their mutual commitment to comprehensively strengthen the Russian-Kazakhstani strategic partnership and alliance.
#RussiaKazakhstan
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks during Business Council meeting on #BRICS issues (Moscow, May 31, 2024)
💬 We have agreed to focus our today’s meeting on a most pressing issue – interaction within the BRICS association.
BRICS is a unique interstate format where representatives of various countries of various religions, civilizations and cultures communicate, work and elaborate joint decisions, which are subsequently implemented. All this is done on the basis of equality, mutual respect, openness and search for a balance of interests.
The purpose of cooperation is understandable: to provide for the creation of favourable conditions for the economic growth of member countries, to resolve social problems and to develop innovatory human potential. No doubt that the interests of all member countries coincide in this matter and meet the hopes of other Global Majority countries, which has been confirmed by doubling our association membership in 2023 (from five to 10). This is also confirmed by the fact that over 30 states have applied for rapprochement with BRICS in one form or another.
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The BRICS Summit is scheduled for October 2024 in Kazan. As early as next week we will hold a meeting of the BRICS Council of Foreign Ministers in Nizhny Novgorod to be attended by both full-fledged members and invited countries representing a variety of integration entities in the Global Majority as well as other partners in the BRICS+ format.
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☝️ We are going to give priority attention to strengthening contacts with business circles. It is because these issues just cannot be solved efficiently without you.
We will encourage a direct dialogue between entrepreneurs within BRICS. The Business Council and the Women’s Business Alliance set up at Russia’s initiative are already operating. We will support your participation in these organisations in every way possible, especially this year when Russia holds the presidency.
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#BRICS2024
💬 We have agreed to focus our today’s meeting on a most pressing issue – interaction within the BRICS association.
BRICS is a unique interstate format where representatives of various countries of various religions, civilizations and cultures communicate, work and elaborate joint decisions, which are subsequently implemented. All this is done on the basis of equality, mutual respect, openness and search for a balance of interests.
The purpose of cooperation is understandable: to provide for the creation of favourable conditions for the economic growth of member countries, to resolve social problems and to develop innovatory human potential. No doubt that the interests of all member countries coincide in this matter and meet the hopes of other Global Majority countries, which has been confirmed by doubling our association membership in 2023 (from five to 10). This is also confirmed by the fact that over 30 states have applied for rapprochement with BRICS in one form or another.
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The BRICS Summit is scheduled for October 2024 in Kazan. As early as next week we will hold a meeting of the BRICS Council of Foreign Ministers in Nizhny Novgorod to be attended by both full-fledged members and invited countries representing a variety of integration entities in the Global Majority as well as other partners in the BRICS+ format.
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☝️ We are going to give priority attention to strengthening contacts with business circles. It is because these issues just cannot be solved efficiently without you.
We will encourage a direct dialogue between entrepreneurs within BRICS. The Business Council and the Women’s Business Alliance set up at Russia’s initiative are already operating. We will support your participation in these organisations in every way possible, especially this year when Russia holds the presidency.
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#BRICS2024
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✍️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to participants and guests of the events dedicated to International Children’s Day.
💬 President Putin: This holiday was established 75 years ago, in 1949, and is marked in many countries. Moscow is a traditional centre of celebrations in Russia. Today, it is welcoming guests from different regions of the country and from the Republic of Belarus and the People’s Republic of China. The children will enjoy colourful events, captivating excursions, and theatre shows. Without a doubt, they will meet interesting people, receive gifts, and enjoy surprises and friendly get-togethers.
I would like to emphasise that children’s education and strong family values are a priority of the state and society in our country. It is important for every child to be surrounded by loving care, to grow up healthy and happy, and to develop their talents and gifts. The Russian Children’s Fund is making a significant contribution to this mass-scale joint work. Its charitable programmes in health care, education, outreach, and creativity deserve the deepest recognition.
💬 President Putin: This holiday was established 75 years ago, in 1949, and is marked in many countries. Moscow is a traditional centre of celebrations in Russia. Today, it is welcoming guests from different regions of the country and from the Republic of Belarus and the People’s Republic of China. The children will enjoy colourful events, captivating excursions, and theatre shows. Without a doubt, they will meet interesting people, receive gifts, and enjoy surprises and friendly get-togethers.
I would like to emphasise that children’s education and strong family values are a priority of the state and society in our country. It is important for every child to be surrounded by loving care, to grow up healthy and happy, and to develop their talents and gifts. The Russian Children’s Fund is making a significant contribution to this mass-scale joint work. Its charitable programmes in health care, education, outreach, and creativity deserve the deepest recognition.
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🎙 Briefing by MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (May 30, 2024)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #SPIEF2024
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 EU's anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 Poland’s decision to restrict Russian diplomats’ movement around the country
🔹 The 10th anniversary of the EAEU Treaty
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#Ukraine
Despite Paris's attempts to conceal the involvement of its military personnel in the conflict, the Kiev regime is deliberately publicising this turn of events in order to once again declare broad international support.
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In addition to France, Poland and the Baltic countries also spoke about the possible deployment of their military contingents. What does that mean? That means that their original plan regarding Ukraine has completely failed. They are frantically looking for new ways to continue this campaign. They are still afraid to tell the truth to the citizens of Ukraine that they have become a hostage and now also a victim of NATO’s reckless gamble led by the United States.
#EU #Sanctions
On May 27, 2024, the European Union introduced another anti-Russia sanctions regime under a far-fetched pretext for alleged human rights violations, reprisals against civil society and the democratic opposition. <...> To call a spade a spade, they have created another openly discriminatory mechanism for punishing Russian citizens for their striving to live in a country free from foreign pressure, to uphold their national interests, to speak Russian, just to be citizens and to love their Motherland.
It is surprising that those living in the blooming EU garden (as Josep Borrell once put it) fail to notice obvious things: Such self-exposing Russophobic stunts merely serve to further consolidate our society that clearly sees the real goals of the European Union and the West with regard to Russia.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #SPIEF2024
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 EU's anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 Poland’s decision to restrict Russian diplomats’ movement around the country
🔹 The 10th anniversary of the EAEU Treaty
📰 Read
📺 Watch
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#Ukraine
Despite Paris's attempts to conceal the involvement of its military personnel in the conflict, the Kiev regime is deliberately publicising this turn of events in order to once again declare broad international support.
<...>
In addition to France, Poland and the Baltic countries also spoke about the possible deployment of their military contingents. What does that mean? That means that their original plan regarding Ukraine has completely failed. They are frantically looking for new ways to continue this campaign. They are still afraid to tell the truth to the citizens of Ukraine that they have become a hostage and now also a victim of NATO’s reckless gamble led by the United States.
#EU #Sanctions
On May 27, 2024, the European Union introduced another anti-Russia sanctions regime under a far-fetched pretext for alleged human rights violations, reprisals against civil society and the democratic opposition. <...> To call a spade a spade, they have created another openly discriminatory mechanism for punishing Russian citizens for their striving to live in a country free from foreign pressure, to uphold their national interests, to speak Russian, just to be citizens and to love their Motherland.
It is surprising that those living in the blooming EU garden (as Josep Borrell once put it) fail to notice obvious things: Such self-exposing Russophobic stunts merely serve to further consolidate our society that clearly sees the real goals of the European Union and the West with regard to Russia.
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