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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (November 23, 2022)
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Key points:
☝️ In the course of our special military operation, we have to oppose not only the formations of the Kiev regime, but also countries of the North Atlantic Alliance that provide all sorts of military support to Kiev and thus wage a proxy war on Russia. In order to weaken and destroy the military potential of our opponents, we launch high-precision strikes against energy and other infrastructure that is used to supply Ukrainian armed formations with weapons, first of all Western, facilitate their logistics and liaison.
❗️We cannot remember anyone in the West express any concern back in 2015, when through the fault of Ukraine the people of Crimea were left without water and electricity. To say nothing of the people of Donbas, who suffered from economic suffocation for eight years on end.
⚡️ The residential buildings become damaged and civilians get killed on account of Ukrainian air defense systems that are deployed in centers of Ukrainian cities rather than on the outskirts. As a result, wreckage of the missiles or stray Ukrainian missiles hit the facilities that we never targeted.
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We launch strikes against the Ukrainian infrastructure in retaliation for the pumping-up of Ukraine with Western weapons and the reckless calls to Kiev to win a military victory over Russia. Undermining the combat capability of the Ukrainian army, which threatens the security and territorial integrity of Russia, is one of the goals of our special military operation. This task will be carried out by military means until the Kiev regime adopts a realistic position that would allow to negotiate and try to resolve the issues that forced us to start the SMO.
❗️ Western states seek to establish their geopolitical hegemony by proxy at the expense of Ukrainian lives.
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Key points:
☝️ In the course of our special military operation, we have to oppose not only the formations of the Kiev regime, but also countries of the North Atlantic Alliance that provide all sorts of military support to Kiev and thus wage a proxy war on Russia. In order to weaken and destroy the military potential of our opponents, we launch high-precision strikes against energy and other infrastructure that is used to supply Ukrainian armed formations with weapons, first of all Western, facilitate their logistics and liaison.
❗️We cannot remember anyone in the West express any concern back in 2015, when through the fault of Ukraine the people of Crimea were left without water and electricity. To say nothing of the people of Donbas, who suffered from economic suffocation for eight years on end.
⚡️ The residential buildings become damaged and civilians get killed on account of Ukrainian air defense systems that are deployed in centers of Ukrainian cities rather than on the outskirts. As a result, wreckage of the missiles or stray Ukrainian missiles hit the facilities that we never targeted.
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We launch strikes against the Ukrainian infrastructure in retaliation for the pumping-up of Ukraine with Western weapons and the reckless calls to Kiev to win a military victory over Russia. Undermining the combat capability of the Ukrainian army, which threatens the security and territorial integrity of Russia, is one of the goals of our special military operation. This task will be carried out by military means until the Kiev regime adopts a realistic position that would allow to negotiate and try to resolve the issues that forced us to start the SMO.
❗️ Western states seek to establish their geopolitical hegemony by proxy at the expense of Ukrainian lives.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾🇦🇲🇰🇬🇹🇯🇰🇿 On November 23, FM Sergey Lavrov took part in a Joint Meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council. The meeting was held in 🇦🇲 Yerevan under Armenia’s chairmanship.
The participants discussed:
• topical issues of the international and regional agenda,
• the military-political situation in the Organisation’s zone of responsibility,
• various aspects of foreign policy coordination, joint efforts to counter modern challenges and threats, including biological security issues,
• measures to strengthen defence ties within the CSTO.
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The participants discussed:
• topical issues of the international and regional agenda,
• the military-political situation in the Organisation’s zone of responsibility,
• various aspects of foreign policy coordination, joint efforts to counter modern challenges and threats, including biological security issues,
• measures to strengthen defence ties within the CSTO.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s video message to the participants in the 4th BRICS+ International Municipal Forum
📍 Moscow, November 24, 2022
💬 It is good to see that not only BRICS delegations but also representatives of our partners in Asia, Africa, Central and South America are taking part in the forum. We welcome their genuine interest in developing multi-dimensional cooperation with our group.
And it is not surprising. After all, the forum is based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and fair treatment.
🇷🇺🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 #BRICS encapsulates synergy of cultures and civilisations representing different regions of the planet. This international framework is an example of multilateral diplomacy that matches the realities of the 21st century.
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📍 Moscow, November 24, 2022
💬 It is good to see that not only BRICS delegations but also representatives of our partners in Asia, Africa, Central and South America are taking part in the forum. We welcome their genuine interest in developing multi-dimensional cooperation with our group.
And it is not surprising. After all, the forum is based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and fair treatment.
🇷🇺🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 #BRICS encapsulates synergy of cultures and civilisations representing different regions of the planet. This international framework is an example of multilateral diplomacy that matches the realities of the 21st century.
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🎖On November 24, 1943, Leningrad pupils were awarded medals “For the Defence of Leningrad.” In all, about 15,000 teenagers received these medals. They worked and fought in the besieged city alongside adults.
After classes, pupils had to work at plants, extinguish incendiary bombs and work as paramedics in hospitals. They also tended many gardens in the city, which saved its residents from hunger in 1942-1944. Up to 3,000 senior students and young employees of plants and factories worked as health brigade members in the Red Cross.
☝️ Most of the pupils awarded with the medal “For the Defence of Leningrad” attended the 47th school. On November 24, 1943, these medals were conferred on 45 pioneers and Komsomol members who mostly distinguished themselves by working in state farms and subsidiary households.
After classes, pupils had to work at plants, extinguish incendiary bombs and work as paramedics in hospitals. They also tended many gardens in the city, which saved its residents from hunger in 1942-1944. Up to 3,000 senior students and young employees of plants and factories worked as health brigade members in the Red Cross.
☝️ Most of the pupils awarded with the medal “For the Defence of Leningrad” attended the 47th school. On November 24, 1943, these medals were conferred on 45 pioneers and Komsomol members who mostly distinguished themselves by working in state farms and subsidiary households.
Justin Trudeau government turns blind eye on 🇺🇦's extensive use of prohibited landmines against civilians in Donbass. Such complaisant silence encourages Kiev for continued violation of #OttawaConvention. So, 🇨🇦, what about your principles in achieving a #MineFreeWorld?
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#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
💬 What kind of Nazis are they?!
I will remind you that the Third Reich with its Aktion T4 programme (Tiergartenstraße-4) was the first state to introduce euthanasia on a mass scale. Apart from racial prejudice, the Nazis proceeded from economic considerations. It was expensive to pay for people requiring treatment. This was a tax burden. According to a document found in the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre in Nazi Germany, 70,273 people were killed under the Tiergartenstraße-4 programme by September 1, 1941. An unknown Nazi clerk noted with chilling pragmatism: “Considering that these patients could live for another 10 years, this is a saving of 885,439,800 Reichsmarks in total.”
Is the motivation of neoliberal Ottawa different from that of the Reich? Judge for yourselves.
According to a recent study by Daily Mail, an increasing number of people resort to euthanasia not because they are suffering from an incurable disease but because they are simply homeless (whose upkeep is a burden for the state) or people with diabetes. Last year, physicians approved a suicide of a young man with diabetes simply because he asked them. Later on, the commission dismissed their decision as unfounded.
Considering that the suicide rate is growing, journalists already believe that Canada is the easiest place in the world for parting with life with the help of doctors. This is how the Spectator puts it in its article “Why is Canada euthanising the poor?”: “Since last year, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to allow them to live instead of killing themselves.”
The abhorrent Nazi interpretation of eugenics was reincarnated in neoliberalism and received an official seal of approval in Canadian law. This is what all the progressives are appealing for today.
I’d like to recall a sentence from the Hippocratic Oath: “Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course.
💬 What kind of Nazis are they?!
(rephrased from the Western media mantra There are no Nazis in Ukraine)
Canada legalised physician-assisted suicides in 2016. The number of people who wish to be euthanised has been growing annually. In all probability, Canada will reach 50,000 such deaths a year – an achievement worthy of a country that took care, gave refuge to the surviving Nazi scum. I will remind you that the Third Reich with its Aktion T4 programme (Tiergartenstraße-4) was the first state to introduce euthanasia on a mass scale. Apart from racial prejudice, the Nazis proceeded from economic considerations. It was expensive to pay for people requiring treatment. This was a tax burden. According to a document found in the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre in Nazi Germany, 70,273 people were killed under the Tiergartenstraße-4 programme by September 1, 1941. An unknown Nazi clerk noted with chilling pragmatism: “Considering that these patients could live for another 10 years, this is a saving of 885,439,800 Reichsmarks in total.”
Is the motivation of neoliberal Ottawa different from that of the Reich? Judge for yourselves.
According to a recent study by Daily Mail, an increasing number of people resort to euthanasia not because they are suffering from an incurable disease but because they are simply homeless (whose upkeep is a burden for the state) or people with diabetes. Last year, physicians approved a suicide of a young man with diabetes simply because he asked them. Later on, the commission dismissed their decision as unfounded.
Considering that the suicide rate is growing, journalists already believe that Canada is the easiest place in the world for parting with life with the help of doctors. This is how the Spectator puts it in its article “Why is Canada euthanising the poor?”: “Since last year, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to allow them to live instead of killing themselves.”
The abhorrent Nazi interpretation of eugenics was reincarnated in neoliberalism and received an official seal of approval in Canadian law. This is what all the progressives are appealing for today.
I’d like to recall a sentence from the Hippocratic Oath: “Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course.
Canadians paying for Ukraine's gas – Kiev
The announcement comes as many households in Canada are struggling to pay their energy bills
https://www.rt.com/business/567114-canada-pays-ukraine-gas/
The announcement comes as many households in Canada are struggling to pay their energy bills
https://www.rt.com/business/567114-canada-pays-ukraine-gas/
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📅 On November 25, 1942, an agreement was signed between the USSR and France on the formation of the French Normandy squadron, later known as the legendary Normandie-Niemen, as part of the Red Army Air Force.
👆 The French squadron operated on the Soviet-German front in 1943-1945. The "Normans" took part in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, in the liberation of Oryol, Bryansk, Kirov, Yelnya, Smolensk, Belorussia, Lithuania.
According to the confirmed data, the French pilots made 5,200 sorties, took part in 869 battles, destroyed 273 enemy aircraft and damaged 80 enemy aircraft. 96 pilots who served in the Normandie-Niemen regiment were awarded 112 orders of Red Banner and Alexander Nevsky, and four were awarded the title the Hero of the Soviet Union. Of the 99 French pilots who were sent to the Soviet Union, 42 died or went missing.
🇷🇺🇫🇷 In 2006, in Le Bourget, in the presence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of France Jacques Chirac, a monument in honour of the legendary air regiment was opened.
📄 Read our restrospect piece on the Normandie-Niemen history
👆 The French squadron operated on the Soviet-German front in 1943-1945. The "Normans" took part in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, in the liberation of Oryol, Bryansk, Kirov, Yelnya, Smolensk, Belorussia, Lithuania.
According to the confirmed data, the French pilots made 5,200 sorties, took part in 869 battles, destroyed 273 enemy aircraft and damaged 80 enemy aircraft. 96 pilots who served in the Normandie-Niemen regiment were awarded 112 orders of Red Banner and Alexander Nevsky, and four were awarded the title the Hero of the Soviet Union. Of the 99 French pilots who were sent to the Soviet Union, 42 died or went missing.
🇷🇺🇫🇷 In 2006, in Le Bourget, in the presence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of France Jacques Chirac, a monument in honour of the legendary air regiment was opened.
📄 Read our restrospect piece on the Normandie-Niemen history
⚡Заявление Посольства
С удивлением отметили для себя размещённое на сайте МИД Канады заявление т.н. «Коалиции за равные права» относительно принятия в России закона о защите традиционных ценностей.
Полный текст: https://telegra.ph/Zayavlenie-Posolstva-11-25
С удивлением отметили для себя размещённое на сайте МИД Канады заявление т.н. «Коалиции за равные права» относительно принятия в России закона о защите традиционных ценностей.
Полный текст: https://telegra.ph/Zayavlenie-Posolstva-11-25
⚡Embassy statement
The Embassy was surprised to note the Global Affairs Canada’s publication supporting the Statement by the so-called “Equal Rights Coalition” with regard to adoption in Russia of a Federal Law aimed at preservation of traditional values.
Full text: https://telegra.ph/Embassy-statement-11-25
The Embassy was surprised to note the Global Affairs Canada’s publication supporting the Statement by the so-called “Equal Rights Coalition” with regard to adoption in Russia of a Federal Law aimed at preservation of traditional values.
Full text: https://telegra.ph/Embassy-statement-11-25
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said in a documentary aired that Ukrainians deserve friendly relations with their Slavic brothers and will be liberated from neo-Nazi rulers.
"The Ukrainian people will be liberated from neo-Nazi rulers. It deserves to live in good neighborliness, friendship, prosperity next to its Slavic brothers," he said in the film aired by the Rossiya-24 television channel.
"The Ukrainian people will be liberated from neo-Nazi rulers. It deserves to live in good neighborliness, friendship, prosperity next to its Slavic brothers," he said in the film aired by the Rossiya-24 television channel.
TASS
Lavrov says Ukrainians will be liberated from neo-Nazi rulers
"The Ukrainian deserves to live in good neighborliness, friendship, prosperity next to its Slavic brothers," he said
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🗓 #OTD 210 years ago, on November 26, 1812, the last major battle of the Patriotic War of 1812 between the Russian army and the retreating army of Napoleon began on the Berezina River (the right tributary of the Dnieper). The Russian commanders’ plan was to cut off the enemy’s retreat.
The plan included launching a simultaneous and decisive offensive with all forces deployed on the flanks of the main Russian army in order to defeat the troops guarding Napoleon’s rear and cut off his retreat to the west. At the same time, the main Russian army group led by Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov was to pursue the Grande Armée of the Emperor of France Napoleon from the east.
⚔️ By the end of the three-day battle, Napoleon realised that his artillery and supply train were beyond saving. Less than half of the 85,000-90,000 men were eventually transported to the right bank of the Berezina. Russian troops surrounded the French General Louis Partouneaux’s division (some 4,000 men) in the vicinity of Borisov and forced them to surrender. In total, according to historians, the losses of the French army reached ~50,000 men, including those who drowned in the river, died in the stampede at the crossings, froze to death and were taken prisoner.
The Battle of Berezina broke the Emperor of France. Less than two weeks after the battle ended, Napoleon abandoned his guard and fled to Paris. Only a few dozen thousands of the 500,000 strong army that invaded Russia in June 1812 managed to leave our country six months later.
❗️ It was after Berezina that the French realised the scale of their defeat in Russia. The elimination of what Napoleon once called his “grand” army shocked the people of France so deeply that the expression “C'est la Bérézina” (this is Berezina) became idiomatic in the French language to denoting a complete failure, collapse, or catastrophe. No less important were the impressions of the survivors, that radically changed how other Europeans perceived that war.
The plan included launching a simultaneous and decisive offensive with all forces deployed on the flanks of the main Russian army in order to defeat the troops guarding Napoleon’s rear and cut off his retreat to the west. At the same time, the main Russian army group led by Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov was to pursue the Grande Armée of the Emperor of France Napoleon from the east.
⚔️ By the end of the three-day battle, Napoleon realised that his artillery and supply train were beyond saving. Less than half of the 85,000-90,000 men were eventually transported to the right bank of the Berezina. Russian troops surrounded the French General Louis Partouneaux’s division (some 4,000 men) in the vicinity of Borisov and forced them to surrender. In total, according to historians, the losses of the French army reached ~50,000 men, including those who drowned in the river, died in the stampede at the crossings, froze to death and were taken prisoner.
The Battle of Berezina broke the Emperor of France. Less than two weeks after the battle ended, Napoleon abandoned his guard and fled to Paris. Only a few dozen thousands of the 500,000 strong army that invaded Russia in June 1812 managed to leave our country six months later.
❗️ It was after Berezina that the French realised the scale of their defeat in Russia. The elimination of what Napoleon once called his “grand” army shocked the people of France so deeply that the expression “C'est la Bérézina” (this is Berezina) became idiomatic in the French language to denoting a complete failure, collapse, or catastrophe. No less important were the impressions of the survivors, that radically changed how other Europeans perceived that war.
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🎙 Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov (November, 26, 2022)
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The Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 November to 16 December 2022.
⚠️ The United States’ doctrinal documents continue to set aims for enhancing military biological capabilities. As part of the Strategy, the United States seeks to strengthen worldwide control over the global biological environment and reserves the right to perform «dual-use»research, including research conducted outside of national boundaries.
Another strategic planning document is the updated Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) strategy through 2027, which explicitly acknowledges its dual role. It is to not only provide protection, but also combat support to military units.
⚡ The papers disclosed once again indicate Kiev–Washington cooperation, as well as attempts to create pathogen control in Ukrainian laboratories by
installing the PACS system, portions of which were provided to Ukraine under
the title «US government property».
🇺🇸 US research into the pathogenic properties of microorganisms is forcing US administration officials in charge of countering biological threats to reconsider their statements.
👉 The «Boston experiment» highlights the lack of government oversight of genetic engineering and synthetic biology research in the USA. Despite the substantial biological dangers, the research was conducted with US government money and without the necessary authorisation from the national biosafety agency.
Documents and data
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The Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 November to 16 December 2022.
⚠️ The United States’ doctrinal documents continue to set aims for enhancing military biological capabilities. As part of the Strategy, the United States seeks to strengthen worldwide control over the global biological environment and reserves the right to perform «dual-use»research, including research conducted outside of national boundaries.
Another strategic planning document is the updated Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) strategy through 2027, which explicitly acknowledges its dual role. It is to not only provide protection, but also combat support to military units.
⚡ The papers disclosed once again indicate Kiev–Washington cooperation, as well as attempts to create pathogen control in Ukrainian laboratories by
installing the PACS system, portions of which were provided to Ukraine under
the title «US government property».
🇺🇸 US research into the pathogenic properties of microorganisms is forcing US administration officials in charge of countering biological threats to reconsider their statements.
👉 The «Boston experiment» highlights the lack of government oversight of genetic engineering and synthetic biology research in the USA. Despite the substantial biological dangers, the research was conducted with US government money and without the necessary authorisation from the national biosafety agency.
Documents and data
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❗️Russian Defence Ministry on the implementation of the US military and biological programmes in Ukraine
Reminder: during the special military operation, it became known that the Pentagon's bioweapons programmes in Ukraine were being carried out in violation of Articles 1 and 4 of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
• An examination of papers discovered in Ukrainian biolaboratories provides evidence that biological weapons components were being produced in close proximity to Russian borders.
• This is confirmed by the work contracts, approved registration cards, reporting documents of the Pentagon’s contractors: Black & Veatch, Metabiota, CH2M-HILL.
• The nomenclature of pathogens that were studied in the framework of UP and TAP Ukrainian projects had nothing to do with the problems relevant to public health in Ukraine. Moreover, the main accent was made on the study of naturally focal and especially dangerous infections, which are regarded as potential biological weapons agents. For example, the objective of the TAP-2 project was to study actinobacillus mallei, cases of which have never been recorded in Ukraine.
•The US DoD-controlled testing of infectious disease agents and poisonous chemicals on Ukrainian military personnel and the mentally ill, two of the most vulnerable groups of population, is of special concern.
• We previously referenced a ruling of the Centre for Public Health of Ukraine's ethics committee, dated 12 June 2019, for conducting research with unknown hazards to participants' lives and health. Despite the fact that the research programme only includes standard blood sampling, the document requires reporting ‘...minor incidents involving volunteers to the US bioethics committee within 72 hours of the incident, and serious incidents, including subject death, within 24 hours of the incident’.
⚠️ Despite their evident military-biological focus, the US and Ukraine remain deliberately discreet regarding collaborative BWC reporting actions.
Reminder: during the special military operation, it became known that the Pentagon's bioweapons programmes in Ukraine were being carried out in violation of Articles 1 and 4 of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
• An examination of papers discovered in Ukrainian biolaboratories provides evidence that biological weapons components were being produced in close proximity to Russian borders.
• This is confirmed by the work contracts, approved registration cards, reporting documents of the Pentagon’s contractors: Black & Veatch, Metabiota, CH2M-HILL.
• The nomenclature of pathogens that were studied in the framework of UP and TAP Ukrainian projects had nothing to do with the problems relevant to public health in Ukraine. Moreover, the main accent was made on the study of naturally focal and especially dangerous infections, which are regarded as potential biological weapons agents. For example, the objective of the TAP-2 project was to study actinobacillus mallei, cases of which have never been recorded in Ukraine.
•The US DoD-controlled testing of infectious disease agents and poisonous chemicals on Ukrainian military personnel and the mentally ill, two of the most vulnerable groups of population, is of special concern.
• We previously referenced a ruling of the Centre for Public Health of Ukraine's ethics committee, dated 12 June 2019, for conducting research with unknown hazards to participants' lives and health. Despite the fact that the research programme only includes standard blood sampling, the document requires reporting ‘...minor incidents involving volunteers to the US bioethics committee within 72 hours of the incident, and serious incidents, including subject death, within 24 hours of the incident’.
⚠️ Despite their evident military-biological focus, the US and Ukraine remain deliberately discreet regarding collaborative BWC reporting actions.
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◾️ Foreign Ministry Statement on the sudden death of Republic of Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei
The leaders and staff of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation feel deep sorrow over the sudden death of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei on November 26, 2022.
An outstanding diplomat and statesman has passed away, a true patriot who dedicated his life to serving his Motherland and defending its interests in the international arena.
Vladimir Makei was Russia’s sincere friend, who made an unparalleled contribution to bilateral cooperation, to the integrative construction of the Union State and to strengthening ties between the brotherly peoples of Russia and Belarus.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent his colleague’s wife a message, conveying his condolences to all Vladimir Makei’s friends and family members.
We will keep Vladimir Makei in our hearts forever as a magnanimous person with deep wisdom, a brilliant professional, fellow-diplomat and loyal comrade who won the affection and respect not only of his fellow-countrymen but also far and wide beyond Belarus.
We will always cherish his memory.
The leaders and staff of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation feel deep sorrow over the sudden death of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei on November 26, 2022.
An outstanding diplomat and statesman has passed away, a true patriot who dedicated his life to serving his Motherland and defending its interests in the international arena.
Vladimir Makei was Russia’s sincere friend, who made an unparalleled contribution to bilateral cooperation, to the integrative construction of the Union State and to strengthening ties between the brotherly peoples of Russia and Belarus.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent his colleague’s wife a message, conveying his condolences to all Vladimir Makei’s friends and family members.
We will keep Vladimir Makei in our hearts forever as a magnanimous person with deep wisdom, a brilliant professional, fellow-diplomat and loyal comrade who won the affection and respect not only of his fellow-countrymen but also far and wide beyond Belarus.
We will always cherish his memory.
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Telegraph
In Memoriam Vladimir Makei
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🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺🇹🇯 Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan
💬 Showing solidarity, we express our disagreement with the unprecedented decision of the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, which has made it impossible for the delegation of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs to take part in the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting.
We note that such actions violate the norms of the OSCE, the Rules of Procedure and decisions of its decision-making authorities, in particular, the decision of the 2002 OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto on the role of the Chairmanship-in-Office, which states that it must keep its actions consistent with stances agreed upon by all member states and take into account the full scope of member states’ opinions.
We state that in infringing on the rights of the Russian delegation, 🇵🇱 the Polish Chairmanship-in-Office has failed to fulfil its obligations to the OSCE, currently the most representative pan-European organisation for security and cooperation.
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❗️ We express our disagreement with the decision by the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office not to send an invitation to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to participate in the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, in violation of the long-standing practice.
We urge the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office to ensure equal and inclusive representation of all OSCE member states without exception, and call on future chairmanships in OSCE institutions and structures to take a constructive approach to their function and ensure that all member states of the organisation observe their mandates and the practice of achieving the goals of dialogue and cooperation for the benefit of all OSCE member states.
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💬 Showing solidarity, we express our disagreement with the unprecedented decision of the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, which has made it impossible for the delegation of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs to take part in the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting.
We note that such actions violate the norms of the OSCE, the Rules of Procedure and decisions of its decision-making authorities, in particular, the decision of the 2002 OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto on the role of the Chairmanship-in-Office, which states that it must keep its actions consistent with stances agreed upon by all member states and take into account the full scope of member states’ opinions.
We state that in infringing on the rights of the Russian delegation, 🇵🇱 the Polish Chairmanship-in-Office has failed to fulfil its obligations to the OSCE, currently the most representative pan-European organisation for security and cooperation.
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❗️ We express our disagreement with the decision by the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office not to send an invitation to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to participate in the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, in violation of the long-standing practice.
We urge the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office to ensure equal and inclusive representation of all OSCE member states without exception, and call on future chairmanships in OSCE institutions and structures to take a constructive approach to their function and ensure that all member states of the organisation observe their mandates and the practice of achieving the goals of dialogue and cooperation for the benefit of all OSCE member states.
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🎙 Statement by #CSTO Foreign Ministers on countering global drug threat
✍️ We, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation:
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👉 Vehemently oppose the revision or slackening of the current international drug control system and legalisation of the consumption of any narcotic drugs for non-medical purposes;
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👉 Reaffirm our intention to continue promoting practical anti-drug cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combatting Illicit Drug Trafficking, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors and to develop cooperation with interested states as well as regional and international agencies in order to draft collective responses to the global drug threat;
👉 Express willingness to coordinate positions on drug-related issues in the respective bodies of the UN and other international and regional structures.
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✍️ We, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation:
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👉 Vehemently oppose the revision or slackening of the current international drug control system and legalisation of the consumption of any narcotic drugs for non-medical purposes;
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👉 Reaffirm our intention to continue promoting practical anti-drug cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combatting Illicit Drug Trafficking, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors and to develop cooperation with interested states as well as regional and international agencies in order to draft collective responses to the global drug threat;
👉 Express willingness to coordinate positions on drug-related issues in the respective bodies of the UN and other international and regional structures.
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