⚡️Climate change issues are nothing compared to the prospect of being at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion, Medvedev said.
"Is there such a prospect today? Alas, yes. And it is growing every day for well-known reasons," said the deputy chairman of the Security Council.
"Is there such a prospect today? Alas, yes. And it is growing every day for well-known reasons," said the deputy chairman of the Security Council.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the results of his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
📍 New York, April 25, 2023
💬 The meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lasted over an hour. We considered the current issues on the UN agenda.
Antonio Guterres focused on the prospects for the further implementation of the Black Sea Initiative in the context of his own proposal, which was introduced and approved on July 22, 2022.
As he said himself, this is a package that includes assistance for exporting Ukrainian grain from Ukrainian ports and an identical commitment to the Russian Federation in that it concerns the removal of all obstacles to exporting Russian grain, primarily wheat, and fertilisers, created by the Western countries (primarily the United States, the EU, and the UK).
The Secretary-General described his efforts at promoting the Russian part of the deal as much as possible. So far, the progress has not been obvious. He expressed his considerations in a letter explaining the ideas on the further course of actions. This letter requires a thorough review.
Thus far, we do not see the Western countries’ desire to carry out what is necessary for the successful implementation of the Secretary-General’s initiative on the package approach to exporting agriculture products from Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
We will study his latest ideas now that we have them in black and white.
📍 New York, April 25, 2023
💬 The meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lasted over an hour. We considered the current issues on the UN agenda.
Antonio Guterres focused on the prospects for the further implementation of the Black Sea Initiative in the context of his own proposal, which was introduced and approved on July 22, 2022.
As he said himself, this is a package that includes assistance for exporting Ukrainian grain from Ukrainian ports and an identical commitment to the Russian Federation in that it concerns the removal of all obstacles to exporting Russian grain, primarily wheat, and fertilisers, created by the Western countries (primarily the United States, the EU, and the UK).
The Secretary-General described his efforts at promoting the Russian part of the deal as much as possible. So far, the progress has not been obvious. He expressed his considerations in a letter explaining the ideas on the further course of actions. This letter requires a thorough review.
Thus far, we do not see the Western countries’ desire to carry out what is necessary for the successful implementation of the Secretary-General’s initiative on the package approach to exporting agriculture products from Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
We will study his latest ideas now that we have them in black and white.
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🇷🇺 The former president of Russia commented on Biden's decision to run for president in 2024
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💻📲The US Department of Defense has deployed to Ukraine 43 employees of the Cyber National Mission Force to participate in cyber operations for Kiev.
According to data published in December 2022 on the website of the US Cyber Command, the Pentagon has 39 CNMF groups with a total strength of about 2,000 personnel.
They include members of all branches of the armed forces, as well as representatives of the National Security Agency and the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defence.
It should be noted that the United States has previously sent CNMF personnel to other countries to combat cyber threats. In the period 2018-2023. CNMF conducted 47 operations in 20 countries, including Albania, Croatia, Estonia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Ukraine.
According to data published in December 2022 on the website of the US Cyber Command, the Pentagon has 39 CNMF groups with a total strength of about 2,000 personnel.
They include members of all branches of the armed forces, as well as representatives of the National Security Agency and the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defence.
It should be noted that the United States has previously sent CNMF personnel to other countries to combat cyber threats. In the period 2018-2023. CNMF conducted 47 operations in 20 countries, including Albania, Croatia, Estonia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Ukraine.
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American Logic Surrealism
1️⃣February: Sudan announced a Russian naval base.
2️⃣April: Sudan faces violent coup attempt.
3️⃣CNN: Russia seeks to topple Sudan's government for agreeing to construct a Russian naval base.
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1️⃣February: Sudan announced a Russian naval base.
2️⃣April: Sudan faces violent coup attempt.
3️⃣CNN: Russia seeks to topple Sudan's government for agreeing to construct a Russian naval base.
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📎 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the transfer of foreign assets to temporary management of Russia’s Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) if Russian assets abroad are seized.
German energy company Uniper’s shares in its Russian subsidiary Unipro and shares in Russian subsidiaries of Finnish energy company Fortum are among foreign assets that can be transferred to Rosimushchestvo, the document says.
"In connection with the need to take urgent measures in response to the unfriendly and illegal (contrary to international law) actions of the United States and foreign states and international organizations joining them, aimed at the illegal deprivation of the Russian Federation, Russian legal entities, and individuals of their property rights, Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures in the case of the seizure of Russian assets abroad—the transfer of foreign assets to temporary management."
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German energy company Uniper’s shares in its Russian subsidiary Unipro and shares in Russian subsidiaries of Finnish energy company Fortum are among foreign assets that can be transferred to Rosimushchestvo, the document says.
"In connection with the need to take urgent measures in response to the unfriendly and illegal (contrary to international law) actions of the United States and foreign states and international organizations joining them, aimed at the illegal deprivation of the Russian Federation, Russian legal entities, and individuals of their property rights, Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures in the case of the seizure of Russian assets abroad—the transfer of foreign assets to temporary management."
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🎙Embassy statement on the transfer of depleted uranium weapons by the United Kingdom to the Kiev regime
▪On April 25 the Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Defence James Heappey confirmed that the Ukrainian side is being supplied with armour-piercing shells with a "core" of depleted uranium.
▪He cynically stated that London is not monitoring the deployment of these weapons and has no obligation to eliminate the consequences of their use following the end of the conflict.
▪James Heappey’s comments are a grim testament to the ruthlessness of the Anglo-Saxons’ policy of an all-out escalation of the "proxy conflict" they themselves unleashed in Ukraine.
▪We call on the British authorities not to indulge in illusory hopes that they will be able to get off scot-free by making the armed forces of Ukraine accountable for the toxic ammunition now at their disposal.
▪London will not succeed in shifting blame to its Kiev clients for their crimes.
#DepletedUranium
▪On April 25 the Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Defence James Heappey confirmed that the Ukrainian side is being supplied with armour-piercing shells with a "core" of depleted uranium.
▪He cynically stated that London is not monitoring the deployment of these weapons and has no obligation to eliminate the consequences of their use following the end of the conflict.
▪James Heappey’s comments are a grim testament to the ruthlessness of the Anglo-Saxons’ policy of an all-out escalation of the "proxy conflict" they themselves unleashed in Ukraine.
▪We call on the British authorities not to indulge in illusory hopes that they will be able to get off scot-free by making the armed forces of Ukraine accountable for the toxic ammunition now at their disposal.
▪London will not succeed in shifting blame to its Kiev clients for their crimes.
#DepletedUranium
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RT #Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
💬 called FM Sergey #Lavrov “the Jedi master of the dark arts of diplomacy.”
👉 https://t.co/e6A097Iq9z
A Freudian slip. Indeed, the Jedi represent the Light side. https://t.co/2cit6mFKAd
💬 called FM Sergey #Lavrov “the Jedi master of the dark arts of diplomacy.”
👉 https://t.co/e6A097Iq9z
A Freudian slip. Indeed, the Jedi represent the Light side. https://t.co/2cit6mFKAd
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Press review: Putin puts foreign assets in receivership and Biden says ‘four more years’
Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, April 26th
Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, April 26th
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📷 Remembering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed annually in memory of those who lost their lives in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the city of Pripyat, the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on April 26, 1986.
Today, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is still undergoing decommissioning, with the process expected to take decades. The surrounding area remains largely abandoned, with only a few hundred people living within the exclusion zone.
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International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed annually in memory of those who lost their lives in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the city of Pripyat, the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on April 26, 1986.
Today, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is still undergoing decommissioning, with the process expected to take decades. The surrounding area remains largely abandoned, with only a few hundred people living within the exclusion zone.
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Chinese media. Positive outlook on the world.
Some of the reasons we’ve talked about are here https://t.me/rusembbd/8193 and https://t.me/rusembbd/8194
Some of the reasons we’ve talked about are here https://t.me/rusembbd/8193 and https://t.me/rusembbd/8194
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Unlike the "duel" approach advocated by some quarters in the US and the West, China offers another path full of Eastern wisdom.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289892.shtml
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289892.shtml
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Xi's call with Zelenskyy demonstrates responsibility of a major country: Global Times Editorial
This conversation is also the latest effort by China to push for a ceasefire and the restoration of peace as soon as possible. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China's efforts to promote a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis have…
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question on a telephone conversation between President of China Xi Jinping and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky
❓ Question: The leaders of China and Ukraine had a telephone conversation. It is common knowledge that Kiev has requested such a conversation for a long time. What do you think of this? Could this provide a positive impetus to resolving the situation in Ukraine?
💬 We have noted Chinese efforts to initiate a negotiating process. We see general similarity between our principled approaches and the provisions of the policy document published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on February 24, 2023.
At the same time, we believe that the problem lies not in a shortage of good plans. So far, the Kiev regime is openly rejecting any reasonable initiative to settle the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic approaches. Moreover, it links its possible consent to negotiate with ultimatums containing a priori unrealistic demands.
Ukraine’s authorities and their Western handlers have already shown their ability to delay any peace initiative. They openly admit that the Minsk agreements were needed only to gain time to build offensive potential. In the spring of 2022, Kiev unexpectedly rejected the virtually completed peace agreements reached by the sides at Kiev’s proposal. Vladimir Zelensky even signed legislation banning any talks with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
👉 So, these Washington-controlled puppets can hardly adequately respond to any calls for peace.
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❓ Question: The leaders of China and Ukraine had a telephone conversation. It is common knowledge that Kiev has requested such a conversation for a long time. What do you think of this? Could this provide a positive impetus to resolving the situation in Ukraine?
💬 We have noted Chinese efforts to initiate a negotiating process. We see general similarity between our principled approaches and the provisions of the policy document published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on February 24, 2023.
At the same time, we believe that the problem lies not in a shortage of good plans. So far, the Kiev regime is openly rejecting any reasonable initiative to settle the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic approaches. Moreover, it links its possible consent to negotiate with ultimatums containing a priori unrealistic demands.
Ukraine’s authorities and their Western handlers have already shown their ability to delay any peace initiative. They openly admit that the Minsk agreements were needed only to gain time to build offensive potential. In the spring of 2022, Kiev unexpectedly rejected the virtually completed peace agreements reached by the sides at Kiev’s proposal. Vladimir Zelensky even signed legislation banning any talks with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
👉 So, these Washington-controlled puppets can hardly adequately respond to any calls for peace.
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🗓 On April 28, 2004, the CBS show 60 Minutes aired a story of how US military personnel abused inmates at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Following the essentially unprovoked invasion of Iraq conducted under a false pretext by Washington and its allies in 2003, this prison outside Baghdad was used as the main holding facility for Iraqis who were accused of crimes against the armed forces of the Western coalition.
As you may be aware, after September 11, 2001, the United States legalised torture “technology” against terrorist suspects which was widely used both in the concentration camp deployed at Guantanamo Bay and the special CIA prisons around the world.
❗️In this regard, Abu Ghraib was a test site where inmates were subjected to a rash of beatings, waterboarding, rape and dog baiting. They were tortured with sound attacks and sleep and food deprivation and subjected to torture with electric shock and other physical and psychological humiliations. The imprisoned Iraqis who the US soldiers did not see as humans were badly maimed if they were lucky enough to walk away free and alive.
Despite the wide spread information about torture at Abu Ghraib thanks in part to an investigation conducted by independent American journalist Seymour Hersh, among others, only 11 US military personnel were found guilty, most of whom were given short custodial sentences.
At the same time, high-ranking government officials and Pentagon officers were never held accountable despite the widely available evidence of their involvement in torture-related crimes.
❌ The atrocities at Abu Ghraib epitomise the US’s selective approaches and double standards when it comes to human rights matters. This is a systematic practice, as can be seen from the inhumane treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, which remains operational to this day, despite the international community’s multiple calls to close it down.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitation
Following the essentially unprovoked invasion of Iraq conducted under a false pretext by Washington and its allies in 2003, this prison outside Baghdad was used as the main holding facility for Iraqis who were accused of crimes against the armed forces of the Western coalition.
As you may be aware, after September 11, 2001, the United States legalised torture “technology” against terrorist suspects which was widely used both in the concentration camp deployed at Guantanamo Bay and the special CIA prisons around the world.
❗️In this regard, Abu Ghraib was a test site where inmates were subjected to a rash of beatings, waterboarding, rape and dog baiting. They were tortured with sound attacks and sleep and food deprivation and subjected to torture with electric shock and other physical and psychological humiliations. The imprisoned Iraqis who the US soldiers did not see as humans were badly maimed if they were lucky enough to walk away free and alive.
Despite the wide spread information about torture at Abu Ghraib thanks in part to an investigation conducted by independent American journalist Seymour Hersh, among others, only 11 US military personnel were found guilty, most of whom were given short custodial sentences.
At the same time, high-ranking government officials and Pentagon officers were never held accountable despite the widely available evidence of their involvement in torture-related crimes.
❌ The atrocities at Abu Ghraib epitomise the US’s selective approaches and double standards when it comes to human rights matters. This is a systematic practice, as can be seen from the inhumane treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, which remains operational to this day, despite the international community’s multiple calls to close it down.
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#NoStatuteOfLimitation
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