🗓 On March 13, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the latter’s initiative.

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 The Ministers discussed bilateral issues. They noted the strong positive trend in the development of Russia-Iran versatile cooperation. They expressed satisfaction with the record trade figures despite the illegal unilateral sanctions against our countries.

The Foreign Ministers had a trust-based exchange of views on urgent regional and international issues. They reaffirmed mutual interest in continuing close coordination, in part, during their upcoming in-person contacts.

🇷🇺 Crimea - Building a Brighter Future

It's been 9 years since Crimea reunited with Russia following the referendum in March 2014.

Since then the Crimean peninsula has changed for the better and become one of the most rapidly developing regions.

Enjoy our video of beautiful Crimean landscapes 🌅 🏞️🐎🇷🇺
🔗https://youtu.be/QiEmV5KElRs

#CrimeaIsRussia

💬 Deputy Chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, former President of Russia (2008-2012) Dmitry Medvedev:

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin. No need to explain WHERE this paper should be used 🧻

🇷🇺🇺🇸Comment by the Russian Embassy in the United States

We took notice of the statements of representatives of the U.S. administration on the alleged justification of the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue warrants of the arrest for President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.

☝️For the sake of its own geopolitical interests Washington supports the unprecedented legal bacchanalia unleashed by the ICC, knowing full well that Russia, like the United States, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC.

Allowing unacceptable remarks about the Russian leader, the U.S. authorities deliberately keep silent about their own atrocities in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya and Vietnam. Moreover, in an attempt to protect its citizens from international prosecution by all available means, the United States even takes odious measures. For example, unprecedented economic sanctions that were imposed on the leadership of the Court, including ex-Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who initiated an investigation into U.S. atrocities in Afghanistan. ❓What independence and impartiality can we talk about?

❗️Such a position is reminiscent of sluggish schizophrenia. Today, all American officials in unison repeated that the ICC is not a decree for the United States. However, a strategic interest to annoy Russia as much as possible outweighs.

📄 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s Article for People’s Daily Newspaper, «Russia and China: A Future-Bound Partnership» 🇷🇺🇨🇳

March 19, 2023

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💬 I am glad to seize this opportunity to address the friendly Chinese people in one of the largest and most authoritative world media in advance of the state visit of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping to Russia. This landmark event reaffirms the special nature of the Russia-China partnership, which has always been built on mutual trust, respect for each other's sovereignty and interests.

We have high expectations for the upcoming talks. We have no doubt that they will give a new powerful impetus to our bilateral cooperation in its entirety. This is also a great opportunity for me to meet with my good old friend with whom we enjoy the warmest relationship. <...>

🤝 The firm friendship between Russia and China is consistently growing stronger for the benefit and in the interest of our countries and peoples. The progress made in the development of bilateral ties is impressive.

The Russia-China relations have reached the highest level in their history and are gaining even more strength; they surpass Cold War-time military-political alliances in their quality, with no one to constantly order and no one to constantly obey, without limitations or taboos.

We have reached an unprecedented level of trust in our political dialogue, our strategic cooperation has become truly comprehensive in nature and is standing on the brink of a new era. President Xi Jinping and I have met about 40 times and have always found time and opportunity to talk in a variety of official formats as well as at no‑tie events. <...>

Unlike some countries claiming hegemony and bringing discord to the global harmony, Russia and China are literally and figuratively building bridges. Last year our border regions were connected by two new bridge crossings over the Amur river, which has been a ”river of friendship“ since time immemorial. Amidst the ”waves and winds“ that sweep the planet, we closely cooperate in international affairs and effectively coordinate our foreign policy positions, counter common threats, and respond to current challenges, standing shoulder to shoulder as a ”rock amid a fast flowing stream.“

We actively promote democratic multilateral structures such as the #SCO and #BRICS, which become more and more authoritative and influential and attract new partners and friends. The work aimed at coordinating the development of the Eurasian Economic Union with the One Belt, One Road Initiative also goes in this vein.

❗️ Our countries, together with like-minded actors, have consistently advocated the shaping of a more just multipolar world order based on international law rather than certain ”rules“ serving the needs of the ”golden billion.“ Russia and China have consistently worked to create an equitable, open and inclusive regional and global security system that is not directed against third countries. In this regard, we note the constructive role of China's Global Security Initiative, which is in line with the Russian approaches in this area.

We can feel the geopolitical landscape in the outside world change dramatically. Sticking more stubbornly than ever to its obsolete dogmata and vanishing dominance, the ”Collective West“ is gambling on the fates of entire states and peoples. The US's policy of simultaneously deterring Russia and China, as well as all those who do not bend to the American dictation, is getting ever more fierce and aggressive.

The international security and cooperation architecture is being dismantled. Russia has been labelled an ”immediate threat“ and China a ”strategic competitor.“ <...>

🇷🇺🇨🇳 I am convinced that our friendship and partnership based on the strategic choice of the peoples of the two countries will further grow and gain strength for the well-being and prosperity of Russia and China.

This visit of the President of the PRC to Russia will undoubtedly contribute to that.

#RussiaChina

تقوم وزارة الشؤون الداخلية الروسية بإبلاغ المتخصصين الأجانب في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات وأفراد عائلاتهم:

"بالنسبة للمواطنين الأجانب المتخصصين في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات، تم تبسيط إجراءات التوظيف والحصول على تصريح إقامة في روسيا الاتحادية.
وبالتالي، يحق لمتخصصي تكنولوجيا المعلومات الأجانب إبرام عقد عمل أو عقد قانون مدني لأداء العمل مع المنظمات العاملة في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات وتلقيها، بالطريقة التي وضعتها حكومة روسيا الاتحادية، على اعتماد الدولة لمنظمة تعمل في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات.
👈للمزيد من المعلومات: https://мвд.рф/news/item/36519617/

مادة إعلامية وتوضيحية للغاية تُظهر الوجه الحقيقي للسياسة الغربية في أوكرانيا التي يريدون إخفاءها
#الحق_مع_روسيا
#احنا_مع_روسيا
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🗓 Acting in violation of international law and supported by its allies, the United States launched the Iraq invasion on March 20, 2003. This reckless undertaking wiped out Iraq’s statehood and military, throwing its economy and social sector into complete disarray, and plunging the country into many years of internal military and political strife, from which it has yet to recover.

The invasion also resulted in the overthrow and execution of the legitimate President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, the destruction of the country's basic infrastructure, a severe deterioration of the health system, and rise in crime.

❗️ It is worth mentioning that weapons of mass destruction have never been found in Iraq. Leaders of the countries which invaded Iraq justified their criminal actions by citing faulty intelligence.

According to various estimates compiled by the academic community and NGOs, from 100,000 to 205,000 civilians met a violent death, and the invasion indirectly caused about 650,000 civilian casualties (independent reports & surveys give a wide range of estimates up to 1,2 mln casualties). The number of Iraqi refugees reached 1.5 million, and there were 2 million internally displaced persons. Today, over 12 million Iraqis, or about 30 percent of the country’s population, live below the poverty line.

A substantial body of evidence has been collected on the war crimes committed in Iraq by the US Army and its allies, but despite that most of the perpetrators have yet to be held accountable.

❌ Most episodes have not even been investigated, while criminal charges have been rare.

☝️ The reckless military undertaking led by the United States prompted the emergence of new threats to regional security and stability, creating a hospitable environment for spreading terrorist and extremist ideas, which in turn exposed the whole world to atrocities committed by ISIS.

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🎙 Briefing by MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, March 16, 2023

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔷 Anniversary of the Crimea referendum
🔷 20 years since the start of the US military operation in Iraq
🔷 Act of vandalism towards the monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia
🔷 Persecution of activists from the Russian-speaking community by the German authorities
🔷 Lithuania’s decision to block online access to Russian television channels

And many more.

📚Read in full: https://is.gd/pLF9b5

Talking points:

🗓 On March 20, FM Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with FM of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan. The FMs will have a detailed discussion on further steps to develop bilateral cooperation & strengthen interaction in common integration associations such as the CIS, the EAEU & the CSTO.

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❗️ 9 years ago today, on March 16, 2014, a historic referendum was held on the status and state affiliation of the peninsula. On March 17, following the referendum, the independent Republic of Crimea was declared, in which the city of Sevastopol enjoys a special status. On March 18, a solemn event took place where the Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea & the City of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation was signed.
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🗓On March 20, 2003, the US & its allies launched an armed invasion of Iraq, which was done in violation of international law. The head of state, Saddam Hussein, was toppled & later executed, while the country was plunged into a years-long internal military & political conflict, from which it has not been able to fully recover to this day.

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☝️ The other day, the Radio & Television Commission of Lithuania instructed local internet providers to block IP addresses with access to Russian television networks targeted by the unilateral EU sanctions. These acts of censorship are evidence of the Lithuanian authorities’ disregard for the people’s legitimate rights and interests, which were not imposed on Lithuania & its people but which they themselves formulated.

🗓 20 марта 2003 года в нарушение международного права США при поддержке союзников начали вторжение в Ирак. Указанная авантюра привела к полному разрушению государственности, военных, экономических и социальных основ Ирака, погрузив страну в многолетний внутренний военно-политический конфликт, полностью оправиться от которого она на может по сей день.

Результатом вторжения также стало свержение и последовавшая за этим казнь легитимного президента С.Хусейна, разрушение базовой инфраструктуры страны, серьёзное ухудшение состояния системы здравоохранения, рост преступности.

❗️ Примечательно, что ОМУ в итоге в Ираке обнаружено не было. В качестве оправданий своих преступных действий руководители участвовавших в военном вмешательстве стран называли неточности в сведениях разведслужб.

Согласно оценкам различных академических источников и НПО, число погибших насильственной смертью мирных жителей составило от 100 до 205 тыс. чел., непрямые потери среди гражданского населения - около 650 тыс. чел. (до 1,2 млн погибших согласно ряду независимых исследований). Количество иракских беженцев достигло 1,5 млн чел., внутренне перемещенных лиц - 2 млн чел. В настоящее время за чертой бедности проживают более 12 млн иракцев (около 30% населения).

Несмотря на накопленный внушительный массив информации о совершенных военнослужащими США и союзных им стран в Ираке военных преступлениями, подавляющее большинство виновных до сих пор не понесли ответственность.

❌ Большинство эпизодов даже не расследовались, в то время как уголовные дела возбуждались крайне редко.

☝️ Американская военная авантюра способствовала возникновению новых угроз региональной стабильности и безопасности, создало благоприятную почву для распространения идей терроризма и экстремизма, в результате которых весь мир стал свидетелем бесчинств ИГИЛ.

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🎙 Интервью Посла России в Ираке Э.К.Кутрашева «Вопрос в том, на кого еще нападет это сумасшедшее американское животное» газете "Известия" (20 марта 2023 года)

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🔷 Мы, естественно, по-прежнему считаем вторжение коалиции в Ирак незаконным. Потому что оно не было одобрено Совбезом ООН.

🔷 Американцы в условиях оккупации начали сотрудничать с теми, кого устраивало, что режим Саддама Хусейна свергнут.

🔷 В свое время Ирак превратился в горящую землю под ногами его американо-британских оккупантов.

🔷 Кризис, связанный с иностранным вторжением, оккупацией, с ИГИЛ, перманентное состояние тупика, конфликты, споры, период конфессиональных чисток — через всё это Ирак прошел и остался одной страной по-прежнему.

🔷 Их [американцев] задачей было, чтобы Ирак не возродился.

🔷 Если говорить здесь об американском влиянии, оно комплексное. Военное присутствие — это лишь его часть. У них еще и очень существенное влияние на иракскую финансово-банковскую систему.

بمناسبة مرور 20 عاما على بدء العملية العسكرية الأمريكية في العراق

قامت اللجنة الخاصة للأمم المتحدة (Unscom) ثم لجنة الأمم المتحدة للرصد والتحقق والتفتيش (UNMOVIC) على مدى 12 عاما بالبحث في العراق عن أسلحة الدمار الشامل البيولوجية والكيميائية وغيرها. وحينها أعلن البيت الأبيض عن وجود احتياطات مخفية. ونفت بغداد كل هذا.

واتهم وزير الخارجية الأمريكي كولن باول، خلال اجتماع لمجلس الأمن الدولي في فبراير 2003، القيادة العراقية بإنتاج أسلحة دمار شامل، وكدليل على ذلك أظهر أنبوب اختبار بمسحوق أبيض زعم أنه يحتوي على ناقل لعدوى الجمرة الخبيثة، عُثر عليه في العراق.

وقامت الولايات المتحدة، بدعم من حلفائها في 20 مارس 2003، بغزو مسلح للعراق في انتهاك للقانون الدولي، بذريعة ضرورة تصفية الأسلحة المزعومة. فماذا حدث للعراق، لرئيسه الشرعي، ولشعب هذا البلد ؟ تمت إطاحة رئيس الدولة صدام حسين، وثم جرى شنقه، وتورطت البلد في نزاع عسكري ـ سياسي داخلي طويل الأمد، الذي لم تستطع التعافي منه بالكامل ليومنا هذا.

بيد أن هذا لم يكن نزاعا داخليا طبيعيا الذي من شأنه أن يحدث في أي بلد، بين أي شعب بحكم عدد من الأسباب. كلا. لقد نشب هذا النزاع، أولا: أثناء احتلال الولايات المتحدة ودول أخرى في التحالف المناهض للعراق، للبلاد، وثانيا: أشعلته الدول الغربية بصورة مباشرة من دون أي سبب طبيعي.

وبالمحصلة، لم يتم العثور على أسلحة دمار شامل في العراق. لذلك لنعود إلى النقطة الأصلية: وكما قالوا في بغداد، لم تكن موجودة. وحاول قادة البلدان المشاركة في هذا الغزو، تبرير ممارساتهم الإجرامية، باستنادهم إلى معلومات غير دقيقة من أجهزة إستخباراتهم.

أريد أن أعيد الأذهان إلى أن الدول الغربية التي كانت جزءاً من التحالف ليس لها حدود مشتركة مع العراق - لا الولايات المتحدة ،ولا بريطانيا العظمى، ولا بولندا، ولا دول أخرى كثيرة.

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🇷🇺 🤝 🇨🇳

#PhotoOfTheDay

🇷🇺🇨🇳 President Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping are holding talks at the Kremlin.

The two Leaders are discussing current issues of the further development of the comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China, and deepening cooperation on the international stage.

🤝 #RussiaChina

رمضان كريم وكل عام أنتم بخير !

العراق وروسيا يوقعان مشروع إتفاقيَّة إعفاء حاملي جوازات السفر الدبلوماسيَّة والخدمة والخاصة من سمات الدخول


جرت في مقر وزارة الخارجيَّة، اليوم الأحد المُوافق 2023/4/2، التوقيع على مشروع إتفاقيَّة إعفاء حامليّ جوازات السفر الدبلوماسيَّة والخدمة والخاصة من سمات الدخول بين حكومة جُمْهُوريَّة العراق وحكومة روسيا الإتحاديَّة، حيث وقع الإتفاقيَّة عن الجانب العراقيّ وكيل الوزارة للشُؤُون الإداريَّة والفنيَّة د. عبدالرحمن الحسيني، فيما وقعها عن الجانب الروسيّ سفير روسيا الإتحاديَّة لدى العراق السيد اليبروس كوتراشيف، وتأتي هذه الإتفاقيَّة ضمن رؤية وزارة الخارجيَّة لتعزيز مكانة جواز السفر العراقيّ ضمن المنهاج الوزاريّ للحكومة العراقيَّة.

🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)

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Key points:

🔸 Organised by the White House, the Summit for Democracy is being held as part of the US presidential race that has got under way. It will be yet another meeting in favour of a world system where Washington wants to play the central role, while the dissidents, as should be expected, will be branded as “undemocratic states.”

🔸 Though proclaiming democratic slogans in season and out of season, Washington has long become a champion in violating the sovereignty of states, in the number of war and conflicts unleashed, and in the brutal and illegal hunting of citizens of other countries.

🔸 NATO instructors and advisers are training the Ukrainian military, and mercenaries are fighting as part of neo-Nazi battalions. In an attempt to draw out the military confrontation as much as possible, they are not hiding their key goal, which is to defeat Russia on the battlefield and then dismember it.

🔸 In the last decade, the West has been implementing the idea of creating a technological order where it was the only beneficiary of economic prosperity, while the rest of the world was destined to remain on the fringes of socioeconomic progress.

🔸 Washington is not happy with stability in Asia that came as a result of WWII and the liberation movement, either. The US Indo-Pacific strategy is an attempt to create an Asian NATO.

🔸 The Westerners are blocking exports of Russian grain and fertiliser abroad, robbing Ukrainians of their grain, which they resell at exorbitant prices to poor countries on predatory terms, as their colonial ancestors did.

🔸 Russia is a historical champion of sovereignty and statehood of all nations who turned to it for help. Russia saved the United States at least twice, once during the Revolutionary War and then again during the Civil War.

🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)

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Excerpts:

🇺🇸 The United States will once again [at the the "Summit for Democracy"] declare itself the defender of international law and is sure to claim that the world must live by its rules.

While hypocritically speculating about the freedom of choice, the United States, the self-appointed global dictator, will in fact scoff at countries whose sovereignty and democracy it has trampled underfoot.

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☝️ Their democracy is nothing more than a pretty façade of a state structure designed to cover up how they ignore the rights of the common American.

Those who have taken a closer look at the US legal and socio-political system have no illusions about whether there is freedom of speech or freedom of expression.

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🤦 The main task of the political regime in the present-day US is to mislead their own population amid the system-wide crisis they are facing.

While defending competition by word only, the American authorities have made the country’s economy dependent on corrupt and lobbying ties traced to the White House and the Capitol. The political process has degenerated into a clash between corporations, which put their people in key positions in the bodies of power.

⚡️The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

📑 This Concept is a strategic planning document which provides a systemic vision of the national interests of Russia in the domain of foreign policy, basic principles, strategic goals, major objectives & priority areas of the Russian foreign policy.

☝️ More than a 1000 years of independent statehood, the cultural heritage of the preceding era, deep historical ties with the traditional European culture & other Eurasian cultures, & the ability to ensure harmonious coexistence of different peoples, ethnic, religious & linguistic groups on one common territory, which has been developed over many centuries, determine Russia's special position as a unique country-civilization & a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power that brings together the Russian people & other peoples belonging to the cultural & civilizational community of the Russian world.

Russia, taking into account its decisive contribution to the victory in World War II & its active role in shaping the contemporary system of international relations & eliminating the global system of colonialism, is one of the sovereign centres of global development performing a historically unique mission aimed at maintaining global balance of power & building a multipolar international system, as well as ensuring conditions for the peaceful progressive development of humanity on the basis of a unifying and constructive agenda.

🇷🇺 Russia pursues an independent & multi-vector foreign policy driven by its national interests & the awareness of its special responsibility for maintaining peace & security at the global & regional levels.

Russian foreign policy is peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, & pragmatic & is based on the respect for universally recognized principles & norms of international law.

❗️ Russia's attitude towards other states & interstate associations is contingent on the constructive, neutral or unfriendly character of their policies with respect to Russia.

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