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🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)
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🔸 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.
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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.
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🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)
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🇺🇸 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.
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🇺🇸 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.
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⚡️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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📑 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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📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
#Trends
• Humanity is currently going through revolutionary changes. The formation of a more equitable multipolar world order is underway.
• The changes which are now taking place & which are generally favourable are nonetheless not welcomed by a number of states being used to the logic of global dominance & neocolonialism.
• Serious pressure is being put on the UN & other multilateral institutions the intended purpose of which, as platforms for harmonizing the interests of the leading powers, is artificially devalued.
• Russia does not consider itself to be an enemy of the West, is not isolating itself from the West and has no hostile intentions with regard to it; Russia hopes that in future the states belonging to the Western community will realize that their policy of confrontation and hegemonic ambitions lack prospects.
#Priorities
• Russia is striving towards a system of international relations that would guarantee reliable security, preservation of its cultural & civilizational identity, & equal opportunities for the development for all states.
• Russia consistently advocates strengthening the legal fundamentals of international relations, & faithfully complies with its international legal obligations.
#RegionalTracks
• The most important for the security, stability, territorial integrity & social & economic development of Russia, strengthening its position as one of the influential sovereign centres of world development and civilization is to ensure sustainable long-term good-neighbourly relations & to combine the strengths in various fields with the CIS member states.
• Russia aims at further strengthening the comprehensive partnership & the strategic cooperation with China.
• Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India.
• Russia seeks to transform Eurasia into a continental common space of peace, stability, mutual trust, development & prosperity.
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#Trends
• Humanity is currently going through revolutionary changes. The formation of a more equitable multipolar world order is underway.
• The changes which are now taking place & which are generally favourable are nonetheless not welcomed by a number of states being used to the logic of global dominance & neocolonialism.
• Serious pressure is being put on the UN & other multilateral institutions the intended purpose of which, as platforms for harmonizing the interests of the leading powers, is artificially devalued.
• Russia does not consider itself to be an enemy of the West, is not isolating itself from the West and has no hostile intentions with regard to it; Russia hopes that in future the states belonging to the Western community will realize that their policy of confrontation and hegemonic ambitions lack prospects.
#Priorities
• Russia is striving towards a system of international relations that would guarantee reliable security, preservation of its cultural & civilizational identity, & equal opportunities for the development for all states.
• Russia consistently advocates strengthening the legal fundamentals of international relations, & faithfully complies with its international legal obligations.
#RegionalTracks
• The most important for the security, stability, territorial integrity & social & economic development of Russia, strengthening its position as one of the influential sovereign centres of world development and civilization is to ensure sustainable long-term good-neighbourly relations & to combine the strengths in various fields with the CIS member states.
• Russia aims at further strengthening the comprehensive partnership & the strategic cooperation with China.
• Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India.
• Russia seeks to transform Eurasia into a continental common space of peace, stability, mutual trust, development & prosperity.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to the readers of the monograph History of Ukraine
💬 Allow me to introduce the monograph History of Ukraine, prepared by a team of Russian historians and publicists. The authors touch upon an issue that seems quite topical in present-day conditions, and they assess the stages in the historical development of the area now comprising modern Ukraine.
☝️ It is no secret that years of efforts by Ukrainian radical nationalists and their Western handlers have created a multitude of historical myths and falsifications, and they continue to create them today.
False interpretations of history serve to form a mistaken public perception that Ukraine developed separately from Russia.
❗️This is why we need to preserve and, if necessary, restore historical truth. It is intended that this monograph will make a contribution to these noble efforts.
💬 Allow me to introduce the monograph History of Ukraine, prepared by a team of Russian historians and publicists. The authors touch upon an issue that seems quite topical in present-day conditions, and they assess the stages in the historical development of the area now comprising modern Ukraine.
☝️ It is no secret that years of efforts by Ukrainian radical nationalists and their Western handlers have created a multitude of historical myths and falsifications, and they continue to create them today.
False interpretations of history serve to form a mistaken public perception that Ukraine developed separately from Russia.
❗️This is why we need to preserve and, if necessary, restore historical truth. It is intended that this monograph will make a contribution to these noble efforts.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permament Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the DPRK (17 April 2023)
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☝️This year the Council has convened on the DPRK five times – in different formats and upon request by certain states. As a responsible Presidency, Russia accommodated the request of some delegations for another meeting on this subject matter.
However in our national capacity, we strongly oppose the trend towards mainstreaming such Security Council meetings for the purpose of propaganda and exerting pressure.
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We assume that a steep growth of military activity in the North-East Asia has been caused by the irresponsible goal of Washington and its allies to enhance sanctions-based and forceful pressure on Pyongyang as part of the so-called extended deterrence strategy.
❗️ This being said, a question begs itself about the goals that Washington and the allies are pursuing. Coupled with the promotion by the United States of its unilateral security doctrine in Asia Pacific, and its desire to draw more division lines in this region, the expedited militarization of North-East Asia is assuming a clearly destructive character. Particularly indicative was the creation of AUKUS (the partnership of the US, UK, and Australia), whose plans raise grave concerns, i.a. in the context of NPT observance.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Together with China, we repeatedly offered concrete initiatives aimed at searching for acceptable-to-all solutions and settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula given proper account for the interests of all sides. Our proposals remain on the table, and we remain ready for a substantive discussion.
🎙Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the DPRK (17 April 2023)
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☝️This year the Council has convened on the DPRK five times – in different formats and upon request by certain states. As a responsible Presidency, Russia accommodated the request of some delegations for another meeting on this subject matter.
However in our national capacity, we strongly oppose the trend towards mainstreaming such Security Council meetings for the purpose of propaganda and exerting pressure.
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We assume that a steep growth of military activity in the North-East Asia has been caused by the irresponsible goal of Washington and its allies to enhance sanctions-based and forceful pressure on Pyongyang as part of the so-called extended deterrence strategy.
❗️ This being said, a question begs itself about the goals that Washington and the allies are pursuing. Coupled with the promotion by the United States of its unilateral security doctrine in Asia Pacific, and its desire to draw more division lines in this region, the expedited militarization of North-East Asia is assuming a clearly destructive character. Particularly indicative was the creation of AUKUS (the partnership of the US, UK, and Australia), whose plans raise grave concerns, i.a. in the context of NPT observance.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Together with China, we repeatedly offered concrete initiatives aimed at searching for acceptable-to-all solutions and settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula given proper account for the interests of all sides. Our proposals remain on the table, and we remain ready for a substantive discussion.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a news conference to sum up his visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan
📍 Samarkand, April 14, 2023
🌐 The CIS Foreign Ministers Council held its meeting in a business-like and trust-based atmosphere, which is the way it should be among friends. We focused on the international situation, which has achieved an unprecedented level of escalation due to the hybrid war unleased by the West to secure its global dominance & to halt objective processes paving the way to the emergence of a multipolar world order.
📃 Russia’s Foreign Policy Concept reserves a special place for promoting wide-reaching partnerships across Eurasia. Organisations in this space, including the #CIS, the #CSTO, the #EAEU & the #SCO have a special role to play in these efforts.
🇺🇳 As regards political matters, we spoke out strongly in favour of respecting the UN Charter & refraining from singling out some of the provisions from it, while failing to comply with others, as is the case for our Western colleagues.
🔹 Despite the sanctions the West has imposed on Russia & Belarus, & despite the fact that the US & the EU have been trying to intimidate all our partners into stopping to work with Russia & Belarus & to impose the so-called secondary sanctions or punish them by other means, trade within the CIS has been on the rise.
🔹 During his visit to Beijing, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke at a news conference, calling for a move away from the US dollar & reliance on national currencies in mutual trade. This tendency is irreversible.
❗️ Ukraine is used as an expendable product. The stake of the West is not to allow a single event to cast doubt on its claims to dominate the world order.
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📍 Samarkand, April 14, 2023
🌐 The CIS Foreign Ministers Council held its meeting in a business-like and trust-based atmosphere, which is the way it should be among friends. We focused on the international situation, which has achieved an unprecedented level of escalation due to the hybrid war unleased by the West to secure its global dominance & to halt objective processes paving the way to the emergence of a multipolar world order.
📃 Russia’s Foreign Policy Concept reserves a special place for promoting wide-reaching partnerships across Eurasia. Organisations in this space, including the #CIS, the #CSTO, the #EAEU & the #SCO have a special role to play in these efforts.
🇺🇳 As regards political matters, we spoke out strongly in favour of respecting the UN Charter & refraining from singling out some of the provisions from it, while failing to comply with others, as is the case for our Western colleagues.
🔹 Despite the sanctions the West has imposed on Russia & Belarus, & despite the fact that the US & the EU have been trying to intimidate all our partners into stopping to work with Russia & Belarus & to impose the so-called secondary sanctions or punish them by other means, trade within the CIS has been on the rise.
🔹 During his visit to Beijing, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke at a news conference, calling for a move away from the US dollar & reliance on national currencies in mutual trade. This tendency is irreversible.
❗️ Ukraine is used as an expendable product. The stake of the West is not to allow a single event to cast doubt on its claims to dominate the world order.
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🇷🇺🇧🇷 On April 17, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited the Federative Republic of Brazil as part of his trip to Latin America.
During the visit, which was marked by the traditionally friendly atmosphere of the bilateral relations, Sergey Lavrov...
🤝 was received by President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva;
🤝 met with Chief Advisor of the Presidency Celso Amorim;
🤝 had talks with Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira.
The Foreign Minister gave a lecture at Rio Branco Institute, Brazil’s diplomatic academy.
During the talks at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, the Parties gave a detailed analysis of joint efforts to strengthen the #RussiaBrazil strategic partnership and discussed the current state and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation in the political, material, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
👉 Special focus was placed on the key issues on the global and regional agendas, including bilateral cooperation at multilateral organisations, above all at the United Nations and its Security Council, #BRICS and #G20.
🌐 The Parties reaffirmed their intention to continue the coordination between the foreign ministries of the two countries, in particular, on aligning their approaches in the international arena. They set a tentative schedule of contacts at various levels for the coming period.
During the visit, which was marked by the traditionally friendly atmosphere of the bilateral relations, Sergey Lavrov...
🤝 was received by President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva;
🤝 met with Chief Advisor of the Presidency Celso Amorim;
🤝 had talks with Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira.
The Foreign Minister gave a lecture at Rio Branco Institute, Brazil’s diplomatic academy.
During the talks at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, the Parties gave a detailed analysis of joint efforts to strengthen the #RussiaBrazil strategic partnership and discussed the current state and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation in the political, material, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
👉 Special focus was placed on the key issues on the global and regional agendas, including bilateral cooperation at multilateral organisations, above all at the United Nations and its Security Council, #BRICS and #G20.
🌐 The Parties reaffirmed their intention to continue the coordination between the foreign ministries of the two countries, in particular, on aligning their approaches in the international arena. They set a tentative schedule of contacts at various levels for the coming period.
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In particular, he met with Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Piyush Goyal. The parties discussed current issues and prospects for cooperation in such industries as railway and heavy machinery, aircraft building, shipbuilding, metallurgy and the chemical industry.
Denis Manturov invited Piyush Goyal and the Indian enterprises to take part in the international industrial exhibition INNOPROM in July 2023 in Yekaterinburg. The need to intensify the work on the preparation of a free trade agreement between the EAEU and India to increase and diversify trade turnover was also noted.
During the meeting with Minister of Finance of the Republic of India Nirmala Sitharaman, the necessary steps to ensure uninterrupted mutual settlements, primarily with the use of national currencies, were discussed. Mutual interest in concluding a Russian-Indian agreement on the encouragement and mutual protection of investment was noted.
At a meeting with National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Ajit Doval, an exchange of views took place on priority areas for the development of Russian-Indian cooperation.
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