The countries of Central Europe began the fight against Ukrainian grain

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that farmers in the region need to be protected from the negative effect of Ukrainian grain dumping. "The interests of agricultural producers must be defended by joint efforts. It is important that grain produced in accordance with much greater control and quality expectations have a higher price. Due to the low level, Ukrainian grain is more competitive in price, but not in quality," Orban wrote.

It would seem, what else to expect from the "pro-Putin" Orban? However, the most anti-Russian Poland also joined the fight against the only direction of import left for Ukraine. As they say, tanks are tanks, but the money is apart. "We demand the use of all regulatory instruments - quotas, tariffs that will limit or block the import of Ukrainian grain to Poland," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

At a meeting with Poland's Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk, farmers' representatives said they needed at least PLN 6 billion ($1.39 billion) to cover the damage from Ukrainian grain - ten times more than the government had offered them.

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Zambia's Fred M'membe speaks against US Imperialism as Kamala Harris tours Africa:

"Those who killed Muammar Gaddafi, today are coming to teach us about democracy."

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❗️Medvedev responded to the scandalous remarks by the EU diplomatic chief: "Well, concerning the Fool's day, Josep Borrell is a great specialist. It is HIS day".

Earlier, Borrell had likened himself to the Ukrainian media, repeating hours later his scathing statement that the start of Russia's UN Security Council presidency was "fitting for April fool's day".

⚡️US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Lavrov and Blinken discussed the detention of the American Gershkovich by phone. Blinken demanded the immediate release of the arrested US journalist. Lavrov stressed that the detention of Gershkovich, who was trying to gather state secrets, was unacceptable. His fate will be determined by a court, Lavrov said.

⚡️ Moscow on Vladlen Tatarsky's death: international organizations ignore Kiev's threats to Russian journalists

Kiev continues to threaten Russian journalists with reprisals while international organizations turn a blind eye to the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated just hours after war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in an explosion in St. Petersburg.

Zakharova stressed that Russian journalists are being intimidated by Kiev and its Western sponsors, "literally marked with special labels" on US social media platforms, and subjected to a witch hunt in Western media.

According to the diplomat, the fact that relevant international organizations ignore this can easily be interpreted as tacit approval if not complicity.

Julia Chicherina - “Farewell of Slavianka”

Legally, Artemovsk (Bakhmut) was taken by Russian forces, the enemy remained in the western quarters, said the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The Russian flag is raised over the administration of Artemovsk, he said.

⚡️ Regarding the pressure put by the Kiev regime on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra leaders amid the Great Lent

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❗️ In the last days of March and early April, the campaign to seize the pearl of Orthodoxy – the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra – waged by the current Kiev regime and the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a schismatic and non-canonical church controlled by current regime authorities, reached a decisive stage.

This move was long in the making.

On April 1 of this year, the abbot of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Paul, was put under house arrest, while neo-Nazi activists began to arrive at the monastery, mocking the divine services and attempts by the brethren and other people praying at the monastery to preserve the Lavra in the bosom of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

⚠️ It speaks volumes that Zelensky and his regime would choose this exact moment to put pressure on the Lavra – the time of the Great Lent.

The Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is no ordinary monastery. It is the centre of canonical Orthodoxy, as well as one of the oldest Lavras of the ancient Russian state.

The Kiev regime has turned its religious policy into a tool for promoting its neo-Nazi practices.

It is an open secret that the Zelensky regime is in no way independent when it comes to its anti-ecclesiastic policies. Creating a schism within Orthodoxy and delivering a blow against this sphere of life has long been Washington’s stated goal.

◾️ Even for the current Kiev authorities seizing the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is illegitimate in terms of law and immoral from a spiritual perspective. It demonstrates better than many other steps the regime has taken or its rhetoric its criminal nature and readiness to turn a blind eye to the feelings and, even more importantly, the rights of people, including Ukrainian citizens.

"Ukraine is the best place for religious freedom" -Zelensky

As Bishop Pavel is electronically tagged.

The US “doesn’t actually want allies, just loyal vassals”

German lawmaker Sevim Dağdelen has called for US soldiers to leave her country, adding that an investigation must take place into the terror attacks against the Nordsream Pipelines.

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❗️Key statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday’s explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe:

▪️Vladimir Putin was immediately informed about the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg;

▪️The active phase of the investigation is underway;

▪️The Kiev regime supports terrorist activities and is likely behind the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky, as well as other people since 2014, which is why Russia is carrying out the special military operation.

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❗️For the first time in nearly 60 years, China has changed its position on the ownership of the southern Kuril Islands to neutrality, bringing Beijing and Moscow even closer together, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing sources close to the Chinese side.

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, March 30, 2023

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 Food exports to the EU
🔹 The trail of the International Criminal Court’s decisions
🔹 Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Cuba
🔹 Day of Unity between the Peoples of Russia and Belarus
🔹 Outcomes of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meeting
🔹 Russia set to assume presidency of the UN Security Council in April 2023

And much more.

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Talking points:

#BlackSeaInitiative

According to the statistics of the Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul, as of March 22 of this year, more than 25 million tonnes of grain and related foodstuffs had been exported from Ukraine.

Who was the main recipient of these products? Needy countries? No, it’s not them. The biggest recipient of the goods is the European Union (41 percent of the total exports).

The Western countries and companies started with the high standards and lofty words about helping the needy and starving and have come all the way to downright stealing. This makes perfect sense for imperialists and the way they treat their colonies.

#ICC

It is clear that the ICC Prosecutor and judges obediently follow the line laid down by their Western sponsors.

This body will never investigate real crimes. We will wait in vain for an investigation into crimes committed in Iraq, where the death toll among peaceful civilians reached hundreds of thousands, and in Afghanistan, where a lot of civilians died as well.

#IOC

Unfortunately, the IOC and other international institutions where US satellites and other officials controlled by Washington have entrenched themselves have had no qualms hiding behind their would-be commitment to ensuring that the 2024 Olympics are held in peace, all while seeking to divide athletes in terms of their political loyalties.

The effort to harass Russian athletes, our teams and coaches for all these years can be lethal for the honest principles of the Olympic movement.

⚡️ Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee

Comment on the explosion at a St Petersburg café

💬 It has been established that the terrorist attack that occurred on April 2 in St Petersburg targeting prominent journalist Maxim Fomin aka Vladlen Tatarsky was plotted by the Ukrainian intelligence services and involved agents who cooperate with Navalny’s so-called Anti-Corruption Foundation. The detainee, Darya Trepova, was an active supporter of the organisation.

The investigation of the incident is ongoing.

Press review: US seeks to keep New START and Yerevan not to arrest Putin on ICC warrant
Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, April 3rd

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Argumenty i Fakty newspaper (April 4, 2023)

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#RussiaChina

• We share a vision of what is causing major international security challenges. We note the West's unwillingness to conduct a dialogue between the states based on the principles of equality. We oppose the use of sanctions pressure or other unfair competition tools.

• Our strategic cooperation is not directed against third countries, but contributes to the balanced development of the international system in its entirety.

• The alleged “dependence” and “inequality” of Russian-Chinese relations has been discussed ad nauseum mostly in unfriendly countries for a long time now. We see this as an attempt to cast aspersions on our successes and to drive a wedge into the friendship between Moscow and Beijing. These designs can be easily read into.

#InternationalSecurity

• Russia has repeatedly come up with constructive ideas and pragmatic and non-politicised proposals for overcoming pressing international issues, such as President Putin's December 2021 initiative to provide Russia with legally binding security guarantees in the western direction. However, Washington and Brussels ignored us or reacted to this initiative negatively which led to the current crisis in Ukraine.

#RussiaAfrica

• Our main difference from the Westerners is that we never lecture our foreign partners on how they should live. We do not have a hidden agenda or double standards.

• We view the St Petersburg (Russia-Africa) Summit as a systemic element of Russia-Africa cooperation. We are filling it with meaningful content in close cooperation with our African friends.

#RussiaEU

• If the Europeans decide one day to give up their anti-Russia course and start a mutually respectful dialogue with Russia, we will review their proposals and make decisions proceeding from our national interests.

Agony of the hegemon: the US tried to gather "friends" for the summit

Political scientist, analyst of the Center for Expert Support of Political Processes Petr Kolchin especially for the channel Soroca-Beloboca

The failure of neo-colonialism in Africa, anti-American sentiment in South America, and the rise of Chinese influence in Asia are all testament to the fall of Pax Americana. The Biden administration is trying with all its might to reverse these processes. That is why the Americans organized another "summit for democracy" that brought together all those whom they call "democracies" - about 120 participants, including Taiwanese separatists and bandits from Kosovo. But Hungary and Turkey, US allies in NATO, were not invited to the gathering of "friends of Washington." The reason for this is the independent policy of Ankara and Budapest and their refusal to break ties with Russia.

During his speech, Joe Biden did his best to create an optimistic picture of the "brilliant democratic future" that is achievable thanks to the US struggle against autocracies. Of course, Washington put forward the crisis in Ukraine at the forefront and tried to prove to all participants how important it is to support the Kiev regime in its "struggle" and condemn Russia. Only now the declaration following the results of the summit, which mentions the condemnation of Moscow's actions, was signed by only 73 participants, and even then 13 countries signed it with reservations. Many of the guests did not like the fact that the United States pays all attention to the conflict in Ukraine and ignores other crisis processes in the world, such as clashes in Karabakh and the civil war in Ethiopia.

As a result, the PR effect of the summit turned out to be negligible. The US has failed to demonstrate the victories of democracy or create a convincing picture of a democratic future. Washington only announced the allocation of $690 million to "support democracy, the media and free elections around the world." But it is obvious that this money will not be used to improve the political institutions of developing countries, but to support anti-state structures, rebels and terrorists in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The United States has no other "democracy" for the world. Only war, disasters and deaths of millions of civilians.

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❗️President Putin Addresses State Council

Main points from the Russian leader:

▪Russia has managed to ensure stability despite Western sanctions

▪Sanctions against Russia will remain for a long time

▪A new cycle of growth for the Russian economy has begun

▪Working in extremely difficult economic conditions has yielded positive results

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In connection with the murder of the Russian journalist V.Tatarsky as a result of terrorist act plotted by Intelligence Service of Ukraine in Saint-Petersburg on April 2, we expect immediate response from UNESCO Director General A.Azoulay

📍We draw attention to the fact that in accordance with the resolution of 29th session of UNESCO General Conference of 12 November 1997 «Condemnation of violence against journalists», mentioned in decision on Safety of Journalists at 33d session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication of 25 November 2022, the Director General should «condemn assassination of journalists and any physical violence against journalists as a crime against society».

We recall that the brutal murder of the Russian journalist D.Dugina by Ukrainian terrorists on 20 August 2022, was condemned by UN Secretary General, but received no response from UNESCO Director General.
☝We expect that this time A.Azoulay will fulfill her mandate!

❗️Key statements by Russian intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin:

▪️The West is pushing Georgia into entering a military conflict with Russia;

▪️Moscow has ascertained the West’s ploy of convincing Georgia that now the time is right to retake Abkhazia and South Ossetia;

▪️Kiev and the West not only want to prohibit, but to physically destroy canonical Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine;

▪️Complete trust has been established between the special services of Belarus and Russia;

▪️The West’s bid to globally isolate Russia has utterly failed.

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❗️ Latest statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu:

▪️NATO is intensifying its activity near the borders of Russia and Belarus;

▪️NATO is strengthening its anti-Russian stance, leading to an escalation of the conflict;

▪️ 200 contracts have been signed for the construction and modernization of aviation equipment;

▪️The electronic format has helped ensure the efficiency of conscription for military service in Russia;

▪️The actions of the US and NATO create risks of expanding the conflict in Ukraine;

▪️Belarus has received the Iskander missile system, which is capable of using nuclear missiles;

▪️Since the beginning of the year, 59 M-777 howitzers, 13 Paladin self-propelled guns, and 14 HIMARS have been destroyed in Ukraine;

▪️The Russian armed forces have disrupted the production of a number of Ukrainian weapons, as well as the transfer of ammunition and fuel to the front, with high-precision strikes.

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