🎙 Joint Statement on religious intolerance in Europe delivered by a Russian representative at the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council:

(🇷🇺Russia, 🇨🇳China, 🇳🇮Nicaragua, 🇲🇲Myanmar, 🇧🇾Belarus, 🇸🇾Syria, 🇰🇵DPRK, 🇮🇷Iran)

❗️ We condemn and reject acts of religious intolerance and emphasize once again our principled position that actions aimed at offending the feelings of believers and inciting inter-religious hatred are unacceptable.

❗️ We would like to reiterate our strong stance on the critical importance for social cohesion and sustainable development of mutual understanding and tolerance in regard to religion, beliefs, culture, ethnicity and language.

❗️ We call upon all States to further promote joint efforts in order to achieve the goal of building a world where individuals of diverse faiths, religions, beliefs, languages and cultures would co-exist in harmony and enjoy equal rights and mutual respect.

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Press review: Syrian rapprochement takes a timeout and Russia deepens ties with Africa
Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, March 17th

Poorest countries receive only about 3% of grain deal supplies — Russia’s UN envoy

"We and many others have a lot of questions about the implementation of the so-called grain initiative," Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said

Agreement on export of Russian food ‘not in the least" implemented — Russia’s UN envoy

Vasily Nebenzya also said that that within 60 days, for which the grain deal has been extended, the West must remove the entire chain of operations accompanying Russia's agricultural exports from sanctions

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 17

▪️At the Kup'yans'k sector, Russian troops expanded the control zone westward of Hryanykivka

The Ukrainian command has withdrawn the remaining units to the right bank of the Oskol River and prepare for the defence of Dvorichna.

▪️At the Kreminna - Makiivka line , Russian assault groups continue to methodically push the enemy out along the entire front line.

Ukrainian units lost a few fortified areas west of Ploshchanka and in the area of Balka Zhuravka.

▪️Northeast of Bakhmut, Russian units continue storming the enemy's defence in Orikhovo-Vasylivka.

To hold the front line, the AFU are redeploying additional forces to the sector.

▪️On the southern outskirts of the city, Wagner PMC's squads have liberated most of the Sobachevka district and assault enemy positions on Mariupolska Street.

At the same time, Russian forces strengthened in the south of the Vodokanal district.

▪️AFU continue to deploy reserves in Chasiv Yar, gathering striking mechanized grouping for decisive counteroffensive.

The Wagner PMC's reconnaissance reveals the enemy locations, which are being hit by rocket and artillery strikes.

▪️South of Avdiivka, Russian troops continue to storm enemy positions on the heights near Vodyane.

The defending Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses. The most bloodless units are allocated for replacement in Sjeverne.

▪️Ukrainian units continue shelling the Donetsk agglomeration with rocket and tube artillery.

In the capital of DPR, the civilian infrastructure of the Kyiv district came under attack: one woman was wounded.
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🎥 🎞রাজধানীর গুলশানে অনুষ্ঠিত হয়ে গেল রাশিয়ার বিখ্যাত নির্মাতা সার্গেই ইসেনস্টেইন এর চলচ্চিত্র প্রদর্শনী। বিকেলে রাশিয়ান দূতাবাস ও ইন্টারন্যাশনাল একাডেমি অফ ফিল্ম এন্ড মিডিয়ার উদ্যোগে এ প্রদর্শনীর আয়োজন করা হয়। এসময় বাংলাদেশে নিযুক্ত রাশিয়ার রাষ্ট্রদূত আলেকজান্ডার মান্টিটাস্কি বলেন চলচ্চিত্রের মাধ্যমে যেকোন বার্তা শক্তিশালীভাবে উপস্থাপন করা যায়। কঠিন বক্তব্য সহজ ভাবে সবার কাছে পৌঁছে দেয়ার জন্য চলচ্চিত্রের বিকল্প নেই বলেও মন্তব্য করেন রাষ্ট্রদূত। আয়োজনে চলচ্চিত্র ও ডকুমেন্টারি প্রদর্শন করা হয়। এসময় দুই দেশের সংস্কৃতিজনসহ দূতাবাসের কর্মকর্তারা উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

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🇷🇺 Russia's flag was unfurled at the top of Ak-Kaya (White Rock) mountain to celebrate the anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia (video courtesy of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Crimea)

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Since 2014, Crimea's own revenue has increased by more than fourfold.

“In Crimea, favorable business environments have been established, leading to an increase in the number of self-employed citizens and independent business owners. This could not but boost tax revenues,” said the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov.

The Ukrainian economy shrank by 70% over the same time period.

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🇷🇺🤝 It's been 9 years since Crimea reunited with Russia following a free vote by its residents in the March 2014 referendum. The peninsula has come a long way since then, it has changed for the better & become one of the most rapidly developing regions of our continent.

Major transport infrastructure has been built from nothing, and existing production facilities have been overhauled. It is the Crimean Bridge & an international airport in Simferopol.

🏘 The social infrastructure has been expanded & elevated to a new level. Since 2014, eight schools & over 100 kindergartens have opened. Several multi-purpose medical centres have also opened, & 6 major sport facilities have been rebuilt. Housing construction volumes also continue to expand.

The creation of a free economic zone in Crimea helped expand local business operations. The peninsula has received investment worth over 276.6 billion roubles, over 5,700 infrastructure facilities have been put into operation, and 89,400 jobs have been created.

⚡️ The elimination of the energy blockade, imposed by Ukrainian nationalists, was a landmark achievement. In 2015, the Crimea-Krasnodar Territory energy bridge made the peninsula part of the Russian power grid. In 2022, three electric substations began operating on the southern Crimean coast. Moreover, the peninsula’s water blockade was also relieved last year when a dam blocking the inflow of water was blown up.

The region enjoys inter-ethnic & inter-religious harmony. Russia guarantees the civil rights of all nationalities living in the peninsula. Crimean Tatars now can study in their native language for the first time.

💬 President Vladimir Putin speaking at a concert marking the seventh anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia (March 18, 2021): “We have done a lot, yet there is much to be done in Russia in general & for the development of Crimea and Sevastopol. We understand it. We will do it, because we are a single, large, powerful force. Because we are united!”

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🇷🇺 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 🌅 🏞️🐎🇷🇺
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❗️ #DebunkingMyths spread by the EU leadership

Myth:

The consequences of the war have global dimensions. They include food and energy security risks that trigger price hikes fraught with serious consequences for people in the poorest countries. The growth of prices on food and basic necessities has become an added burden to the difficulties of everyday life in many countries. During the year, the EU and its countries made their contribution to relieving this burden that is a result of this war (Remarks by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell at the UN Security Council, February 24, 2023, New York).

Facts:

The European Union is going all-out to change its image and present itself to the former colonies of its member-countries as a generous and selfless political association promoting justice and prosperity in the world.

☝️ Financial aid is the EU’s main trump card in this context. However, the provision of financial and technical assistance to those in need cannot be an equitable replacement for the grain and fertiliser they have failed to receive in full.

Meanwhile, statements by EU officials about growing food security risks and the plans to impose more and more sanctions are triggering price hikes on grain and other food on the world market. Considering the psychology of the market, this is bound to affect the costs of cargo insurance and other relevant services.

⚠️ This will make food less and less affordable to the people in needy countries.

Burning of Quran by Ukrainian troops evidence of their Nazi ideology, Syrian observer says

Chechen Republic chief Ramzan Kadyrov promised to track down and punish Ukrainian servicemen who filmed themselves ripping apart a Quran and burning its pages in a viral TikTok video, asking Allah to “hasten” their “inevitable demise.”

Commenting on the footage, Syrian political analyst Usama Dannura said it shows that the direct allies of the Ukrainian regime include groups which, under the banner of liberalism and freedom, carry out acts to desecrate the Holy Book.

“The governments of the NATO countries indulge in these actions. Today they are supporting the Ukrainian Army with weapons, and this army insults the Islamic religion and its symbols,” Dannura said.

“In this act, the Ukrainian Army represents hatred itself as an ideology. The irreconcilable Nazi ideology of theses troops lies in their contempt for other religions,” the observer added.

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How the West will kill itself with "green colonialism" - Mikhail Delyagin

Last winter was a warm one for old Europe. And contrary to many predictions, it did not freeze - even though it switched from cheap Russian pipeline gas to expensive American liquefied gas.

However, this was not only due to good weather, but also to the changing structure of the European economy. Energy-intensive, polluting industries are being moved to the "third world" - in the words of Bismarck, to "countries not to be pitied". The West retains the most technologically advanced industries with maximum added value - the most profitable commercially and the least polluting.

In doing so, the developed countries have found an ingenious way to inflict additional systemic damage on their undeveloped competitors (who are already held in a subordinate, essentially colonial position by the very structure of their economies). To this end, they are blocking their development, not only commercially, but also administratively and politically, in a global "climate fraud". As part of the "green hysteria" and moaning about "climate warming", based on repeatedly proven falsifications, energy-intensive industries are supposed to be subject to a new carbon tax.

Thus, developed countries first move to underdeveloped energy-intensive industries, buying their products for a pittance, and then start hitting those countries - both by destabilising global energy markets with unprecedented comprehensive aggression against Russia, and by imposing additional penalties on the relevant industries.

We are in fact dealing with a neo-colonial policy. By destroying the "undeveloped" world, it reinforces global imbalances. But in the end it will boomerang on the former "fashionable" countries, especially in Europe.

After all, according to the forecasts of the International Energy Agency (which is focused on energy consumers), 45% of the oil needed in 2040 will have to be produced from new fields which are not yet exploited today (apart from Russia's Vostok Oil). The systemic suppression of conventional energy production and energy-intensive industries, to which the Western greta elites yearn to return, will only exacerbate an already inevitable energy crisis.

On 🇺🇸 US policy towards Afghans who worked with the United States

The infamous outcome of Washington's longest military campaign continues to have a negative impact on the lives of tens of thousands of Afghan citizens.

The US administration has effectively abandoned those who cooperated with the US and NATO and their families to their fate instead of taking decisive steps to support their former allies.

In the course of the chaotic evacuation operation from Kabul, which will be remembered for the gruesome images of desperate people dying in the stampede, the United States has removed some 124,000 Afghans from the country. According to the State Department, over 60,000 more people who were promised permission to stay in the United States are still in Afghanistan, waiting to leave.

Several thousand refugees are camped out in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Spain, Italy and Germany, waiting for their "American dream".

Washington hushes up the problem of Afghan children removed to the United States: 234 Afghan children have been separated from their parents, and 42 of them were placed in foster care without any approval.

⁉️ It is truly bewildering that the US administration is pursuing a policy of blatant blackmail of the incumbent Afghan leadership – imposing sanctions, blocking national reserves, threatening to cut off international humanitarian aid, demanding strict observance of human rights along Western lines, while treacherously trampling on them.

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❗️On an ICC warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia
The West has made one more sytep in preparing for a military intervention in Russia according to the Yugoslav scenario, for which it is creating a legal basis. Russia is chosen as the closest and most delicious target.
As for the ICC itself, just three years ago the United States imposed sanctions on it and its staff for beginning to collect data on US Army war crimes in the occupied territories of the Middle East.
On account of the American and NATO military, millions of destroyed Iraqis, Syrians, Libyans, Serbs, Afghans, and the favorite entertainment in Vietnam was the "Ziper Head", when a civilian was shot from the M-16 with a burst from the stomach to the top of the head and at the same time the body was opened on two pieces like a zip jacket.