Dmitry Medvedev responded to Zelensky's aspirations regarding the planned counteroffensive and the "return" of Crimea.
The answer to the "hysterical manifesto of the Kiev regime," according to Medvedev, can only be this:
_ Mass destruction of personnel and military equipment used by the Nazi regime during the counteroffensive, with the maximum military defeat inflicted on the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
_ The complete defeat of the enemy and the final overthrow of the Nazi regime in Kiev with its complete demilitarization throughout the entire territory of the former Ukraine.
_ Carrying out acts of retaliation against key figures of the Nazi regime, regardless of their location and without limitations.

📰 Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov’s interview with TASS News Agency (April 25, 2023)

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🔸 Foreign Ministry of Russia is part of the effort to strengthen our national security and strategic stability as a whole

🔸 In the current circumstances, it is impossible to hold any meaningful talks with the United States or the West as a whole. Therefore, we have to give priority attention to containing the destructive aspirations of the West.

🔸 The revamped Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation highlights the need for taking political and diplomatic efforts to create conditions for rooting out the remaining elements of Western domination.

🔸 To ensure lasting stability, we will need to seriously overhaul the shaky architecture of international security. This implies above all the stabilisation of relations among the nuclear states that are permanent members of the UN Security Council

🔸 Russia will continue to use predominantly peaceful means, such as diplomacy and talks, to settle interstate disputes and conflicts.

🔸 However, if non-military methods fail to reach the desired effect and an aggression against us is unavoidable, we reserve the right to use any available method to protect our national security.

🔸 The United States should immediately take specific steps to deescalate tensions and fully give up its hostile course of undermining Russia’s security.

🎥 Russia's MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s remarks at the Global Conference on Multipolarity (Moscow, April 29, 2023)

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Key talking points:

• The new Russian Foreign Policy Concept has described, for the first time, and in a systematic way, the principles of a fairer, multipolar world arrangement and has set forth the goal of facilitating its creation. I believe other states will eventually fix similar provisions in their own conceptual strategic documents.

• We live in a world where the media and communications have started playing not just a key role but sometimes a decisive role.

• A uniform centre for information control that some Western elites are striving for does not and cannot exist. In today’s conditions, only polyphonic and compromise voices can be heard.

• Multilateralism based on the genuine sovereignty of nations and the diversity of civilisations will not only facilitate the settlement of political conflicts, the creation of a fair order for all and every participant in international communication, and a resistance to attempts to establish diktat and hegemony.

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Ukrainian sources published a video where they killed a civilian with artillery despite him seeing the drone and affirming he is unarmed and a civilian

This girl, Masha, was born during the war (2015) and died during the war waged by the Kiev regime.

Two days ago, as a result of shelling by Ukrainian terrorists, the first-grader of School 57 in Donetsk was burned alive on a bus along with her grandmother, who worked at the same school as a janitor.

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Congratulations on the International Workers' Day!

During the early hours of May 1, 1945, soldiers of the Soviet Red Army scored a symbolic victory against the Nazi German forces in Berlin, planting the Victory Banner on top of the Reichstag building.

The banner was planted during the final stages of the battle for the German capital, with the Nazi troops surrendering shortly afterward. It also came not long after the infamous Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide to escape retribution at the hands of the Soviets.

Read the full story of how the Victory Banner was hoisted at the Reichstag

And tomorrow, in 1945, colourised.

Once upon a time, the East & West were allies. (Or were they?)

⚡️ Pursuant to the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has evacuated personnel of the Russian diplomatic mission, offices of the Russian Ministry of Defence and their family members, citizens of the Russian Federation, CIS countries, and a number of friendly foreign states who have applied for assistance in their return home from the Republic of Sudan.

◽️ Military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces were employed for the evacuation.

◽️ Four Il-76 aircraft have delivered more than 200 people and accompanying persons and cargo from the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation.

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Researchers warn of fake news apocalypse ahead, fueled by AI

Nearly 50 AI-powered websites have been identified by researchers from NewsGuard as posting inaccurate or fake information disguised as news outlets.

These content farms generate low-quality texts to attract advertising revenues, with some companies paying them to mention their name and enhance their search ranking. While the majority of such sites do not generate profits, they still provide a source of passive income for their owners through programmatic ads.

Experts have raised concerns about the use of AI models that make up facts to produce news-like websites, with one prominent journalist calling it "fraud masquerading as journalism."

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Russia Ramps Up Fertilizer Supply To Asia & Africa

Russian fertilizer company PhosAgro reported this week a significant exports increase to emerging markets in Asia and Africa, in the face of external restrictions.

PhosAgro said its exports of agrochemical products to India saw a five-fold increase in 2022, amounting to 2.7 million tons, while supplies to other Asian countries more than doubled, to 400,000 tons.

According to the company, PhosAgro is Russia’s largest exporter of fertilizers to Africa, with shipments to the continent having increased by a quarter last year to 500,000 tons.

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🕯 May 2 marks nine years since the tragic events in Odessa, which culminated in the bone-chilling massacre in the House of Trade Unions.

On that day, Ukrainian radical nationalists intentionally set fire to the building where an opposition group against the new authorities had taken refuge. As a result, 48 people were burned alive, poisoned by carbon monoxide or died after falling from the windows of the upper floors.

The world watched the developments practically in real time, with the terrible footage of charred corpses circulating online.

⚠️ In fact, the Kiev regime repeated what Bandera’s death squads did to Khatyn in Belarus 80 years ago.

It is outrageous that the incident was never fully investigated. For appearance sake, the Kiev authorities found a scapegoat – former public security police chief Dmitry Fuchedzhi. No other perpetrators of the crime have been punished.

💬 Maria Zakharova (briefing of April 27, 2023): “Many of those who were caught on camera and could be identified as taking part in killing people not only remained free, but went on to become public figures in Ukraine, where the state positions itself as a “flagship of democracy” in the region. Only people of that kind could climb up the social ladder in this atmosphere of lawlessness, police brutality, authoritarianism and gross human rights violations.”

❗️ We will never forget the tragedy in Odessa. We will insist that everyone involved in this brutal crime be identified and held responsible.

#NoStatuteOfLimitations

Obbey Mabena, South African veteran of the anti-apartheid armed struggle, explained to CNN why he supports Russia in the armed conflict in Ukraine.

“To us, Ukraine is what we call a sell-out. It is selling out to the West,” he said in the last year's interview.

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Press review: Moscow’s Nord Stream probe call hits wall and Warsaw school row widens rift
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, May 2nd

Opening address by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu during the teleconference with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation leadership

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🇷🇺Statements by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the senior staff of the Russian Armed Forces:

◼️Ukrainian troop losses over the past month totalled more than 15,000, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said

◼️The Russian military destroyed eight aircraft, 277 UAVs, 430 tanks and other armoured vehicles belonging to Ukrainian troops during this period.
◼️The number of major weapons purchased under the State Defence Order has increased by 2.7 times compared to 2022, and the number of specially demanded weapons has increased by 7 times

◼️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 8 Ukrainian aircraft, 277 drones, 430 tanks and other armoured vehicles, 18 MLRS vehicles in one month

◼️Measures have been taken to increase the rate of production of weapons and military equipment for delivery to Russian special operations troop groups

◼️The Russian Armed Forces continue to eliminate weapons supplied by the West for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

◼️The system of interdepartmental interaction for prompt resolution of issues related to the production and supply of weapons has been working effectively

◼️The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation continues to produce promising, modernised and existing weapons

🔚🇬🇧The end of Anglo-American rule in the Middle East
In March-April, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) took a number of landmark steps to break through the age-old Anglo-Saxon dominance of its politics. It submitted official applications for accession to SCO and BRICS approved by the Government