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Flying high above the Caucasus!
🇷🇺 Russian parachutist Vadim Orlinartsev made an epic leap from a helicopter onto Mount Elbrus, proudly carrying the Victory Banner.
From Sochi to the summit, he touched down on the Western peak's plateau from a breathtaking 7,200 meters.
🇷🇺 Russian parachutist Vadim Orlinartsev made an epic leap from a helicopter onto Mount Elbrus, proudly carrying the Victory Banner.
From Sochi to the summit, he touched down on the Western peak's plateau from a breathtaking 7,200 meters.
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a meeting with directors of Russian non-profit organisations (July 23, 2024)
Key talking points:
🔹The role of public diplomacy has grown compared to the earlier period, primarily when it comes to maintaining a healthy atmosphere of confidence in relations with our foreign partners and explaining problems created by the West.
🔹 This applies to the the countries which we regard as unfriendly. I believe that we should use this term for governments, whereas the mood in the countries is largely determined by people’s lives and aspirations. I do not see any nation on the planet that would be unfriendly to our people in the first place.
🔹 I am aware that pubic organisations in Western countries somehow manage to maintain ties with some of their partners in Russia. This interaction is extremely important for keeping up relations at the level of civil societies and trying to understand each other.
🔹 We are beginning to see the outlines of a new multipolar world order. Nations around the world want to see their right to rule their destinies respected, and are searching for new ways of addressing various issues as alternatives to Western solutions.
🔹 The West is not ready to engage in mutually beneficial and equal cooperation. It has been seeking to hold on to its erstwhile standing which follows the path of irreversible, albeit slow, degradation. The NATO Summit in Washington provided yet another example of this process by adopting a declaration which once again emphasised the West’s unilateral approaches.
🔹 Today, Europe has been reduced to acting as Washington’s subject. Germany, for example, is the cornerstone of European politics and economy, but it still had to stomach the terrorist attacks against the Nord Stream pipelines which undermined its economic and social wellbeing. It had to pretend that this is the way it had to be.
🔹 The process of eradicating the centralised dictatorial model that America’s globalisation has morphed into will go hand in hand with regionalisation of economic processes. Preferably, in view of their interdependence with the global economy, the developments in Eurasia, Africa and Latin America ought to be coordinated and harmonised to a certain extent. #BRICS is quite capable of doing that.
🔹 We certainly believe that the United Nations remains a unique platform for universal cooperation that has no alternative. The UN Charter principles are relevant as never before.
🔹 I said earlier that Eurasia is emerging as an independent part of the multipolar and polycentric world. We are moving forward towards creating a Greater Eurasian Partnership, something that President Vladimir Putin mentioned 10 years back. Since then, this process has led to stronger ties between #EAEU, #SCO, and #ASEAN.
🔹 We trust that non-governmental and non-profit organisations will actively participate in these processes and continue to contribute to the overall efforts seeking to strengthen Russia’s position on the continent and around the world, including the promotion of the Russian language and our multiethnic culture.
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Key talking points:
🔹The role of public diplomacy has grown compared to the earlier period, primarily when it comes to maintaining a healthy atmosphere of confidence in relations with our foreign partners and explaining problems created by the West.
🔹 This applies to the the countries which we regard as unfriendly. I believe that we should use this term for governments, whereas the mood in the countries is largely determined by people’s lives and aspirations. I do not see any nation on the planet that would be unfriendly to our people in the first place.
🔹 I am aware that pubic organisations in Western countries somehow manage to maintain ties with some of their partners in Russia. This interaction is extremely important for keeping up relations at the level of civil societies and trying to understand each other.
🔹 We are beginning to see the outlines of a new multipolar world order. Nations around the world want to see their right to rule their destinies respected, and are searching for new ways of addressing various issues as alternatives to Western solutions.
🔹 The West is not ready to engage in mutually beneficial and equal cooperation. It has been seeking to hold on to its erstwhile standing which follows the path of irreversible, albeit slow, degradation. The NATO Summit in Washington provided yet another example of this process by adopting a declaration which once again emphasised the West’s unilateral approaches.
🔹 Today, Europe has been reduced to acting as Washington’s subject. Germany, for example, is the cornerstone of European politics and economy, but it still had to stomach the terrorist attacks against the Nord Stream pipelines which undermined its economic and social wellbeing. It had to pretend that this is the way it had to be.
🔹 The process of eradicating the centralised dictatorial model that America’s globalisation has morphed into will go hand in hand with regionalisation of economic processes. Preferably, in view of their interdependence with the global economy, the developments in Eurasia, Africa and Latin America ought to be coordinated and harmonised to a certain extent. #BRICS is quite capable of doing that.
🔹 We certainly believe that the United Nations remains a unique platform for universal cooperation that has no alternative. The UN Charter principles are relevant as never before.
🔹 I said earlier that Eurasia is emerging as an independent part of the multipolar and polycentric world. We are moving forward towards creating a Greater Eurasian Partnership, something that President Vladimir Putin mentioned 10 years back. Since then, this process has led to stronger ties between #EAEU, #SCO, and #ASEAN.
🔹 We trust that non-governmental and non-profit organisations will actively participate in these processes and continue to contribute to the overall efforts seeking to strengthen Russia’s position on the continent and around the world, including the promotion of the Russian language and our multiethnic culture.
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting on socioeconomic matters in the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation:
"We have set ourselves an integral goal where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions should reach the all-Russian level in key areas that determine the quality of life. For this purpose, a special comprehensive programme for socioeconomic development of the four regions is being implemented.
☝️ In 2023, over 1.26 trillion rubles were allocated towards this end from all sources. We have fairly large figures planned for 2025 and 2030.
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❗️ In fact, the entire country, millions of people, volunteer and other public organisations are supporting Donbass and Novorossiya and helping them unlock their vast potential for creative work and growth, and establish a peaceful and prosperous life on a land that has been an integral part of Russia for centuries and has now reunited with the Motherland."
#TogetherForever #NewRegionsOfRussia
"We have set ourselves an integral goal where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions should reach the all-Russian level in key areas that determine the quality of life. For this purpose, a special comprehensive programme for socioeconomic development of the four regions is being implemented.
☝️ In 2023, over 1.26 trillion rubles were allocated towards this end from all sources. We have fairly large figures planned for 2025 and 2030.
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❗️ In fact, the entire country, millions of people, volunteer and other public organisations are supporting Donbass and Novorossiya and helping them unlock their vast potential for creative work and growth, and establish a peaceful and prosperous life on a land that has been an integral part of Russia for centuries and has now reunited with the Motherland."
#TogetherForever #NewRegionsOfRussia
❗️ The Kiev regime continues to be the primary recipient of US funds, despite Washington's pledges to boost financial support for the Global South to $60 billion.
👉 In 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported significant financial flows: Western donors allocated $20 billion in official development assistance (ODA) to Kiev, while an additional $31 billion supported Ukrainian refugees in donor countries.
Concurrently, Africa received $42 billion in ODA, signaling a 10% drop from 2021 levels.
👉 In 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported significant financial flows: Western donors allocated $20 billion in official development assistance (ODA) to Kiev, while an additional $31 billion supported Ukrainian refugees in donor countries.
Concurrently, Africa received $42 billion in ODA, signaling a 10% drop from 2021 levels.
📆 80 years ago, #OTD in 1944, the city of Narva in Soviet Estonia was liberated from Nazi invaders as part of the Narva operation carried out by the forces of the Leningrad Front of the Red Army.
The city had remained under German occupation since August 1941.
⚔️ Soviet troops crossed the Narva river and seized bridgeheads on its banks as early as February 1944 during the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive. But the enemy offered stiff resistance and could stop Red Army’s further advance. Nazis moved up reinforcements including Estonian SS regiments and units of ‘Nordland’ division.
☝️ Both Soviet and Nazi command realized the importance of the Narva foothold which paved the way to the coast of the Gulf of Finland and the whole of the Baltic region, creating threat for the Axis ally Finland.
On 24 July 1944, following an artillery barrage, Soviet forces launched the offensive. Land troops were supported by the 13th Air Army. Soviet fighter aviation destroyed Wehrmacht’s artillery batteries and manpower, delivered strikes on communications facilities.
🌟 On 26 July 1944, Narva was liberated with Nazis driven back to Tannnenberg defensive line.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
The city had remained under German occupation since August 1941.
⚔️ Soviet troops crossed the Narva river and seized bridgeheads on its banks as early as February 1944 during the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive. But the enemy offered stiff resistance and could stop Red Army’s further advance. Nazis moved up reinforcements including Estonian SS regiments and units of ‘Nordland’ division.
☝️ Both Soviet and Nazi command realized the importance of the Narva foothold which paved the way to the coast of the Gulf of Finland and the whole of the Baltic region, creating threat for the Axis ally Finland.
On 24 July 1944, following an artillery barrage, Soviet forces launched the offensive. Land troops were supported by the 13th Air Army. Soviet fighter aviation destroyed Wehrmacht’s artillery batteries and manpower, delivered strikes on communications facilities.
🌟 On 26 July 1944, Narva was liberated with Nazis driven back to Tannnenberg defensive line.
#Victory79 #WeRemember