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Leaders of the CIS member states are having an informal meeting in St Petersburg
"Indeed, our nations have so much in common: our shared history, spiritual roots, deeply intertwined cultures and customs, values and traditions. And, of course, the Russian language is a major unifying power that binds our multi-ethnic states together. At one of the previous summits, we decided to hold the Year of the Russian Language across the CIS in 2023. I would like to thank you all for supporting this initiative," the President of Russia said.
"Indeed, our nations have so much in common: our shared history, spiritual roots, deeply intertwined cultures and customs, values and traditions. And, of course, the Russian language is a major unifying power that binds our multi-ethnic states together. At one of the previous summits, we decided to hold the Year of the Russian Language across the CIS in 2023. I would like to thank you all for supporting this initiative," the President of Russia said.
Посол в Канаде осудил голосование Германии против резолюции ООН по нацизму
https://ria.ru/20221226/natsizm-1841533912.html
https://ria.ru/20221226/natsizm-1841533912.html
Russian Diplomat Calls Vote of Former Axis States Against UN Nazism Resolution Blasphemy
https://sputniknews.com/20221226/russian-diplomat-calls-vote-of-former-axis-states-against-un-nazism-resolution-blasphemy-1105804360.html
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Посол России в Канаде О.В.Степанов для РИА Новости:
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💬 Каждый год Генеральная Ассамблея ООН рассматривает ставший регулярным проект резолюции о борьбе с героизацией нацизма, неонацизмом и другими соответствующими практиками.
В этот раз голосование было крайне показательным. Впервые против высказались Германия и Япония. Потомки проигравших Вторую мировую войну главных государств «Оси». Десятилетиями они хотели отмыться от своего тёмного прошлого. А теперь скинули маски.
☝️ Подобное кощунственное поведение оскорбляет память жертв германского нацизма и японского милитаризма.
❗️ Однозначная пронацистская позиция Германии и Японии прекращает обсуждение возможности исключения из текста Устава ООН формулировки о «вражеских государствах». И перечёркивает перспективы такой реформы ООН, когда Берлин и Токио претендовали бы на места в Совете Безопасности.
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💬 Каждый год Генеральная Ассамблея ООН рассматривает ставший регулярным проект резолюции о борьбе с героизацией нацизма, неонацизмом и другими соответствующими практиками.
В этот раз голосование было крайне показательным. Впервые против высказались Германия и Япония. Потомки проигравших Вторую мировую войну главных государств «Оси». Десятилетиями они хотели отмыться от своего тёмного прошлого. А теперь скинули маски.
☝️ Подобное кощунственное поведение оскорбляет память жертв германского нацизма и японского милитаризма.
❗️ Однозначная пронацистская позиция Германии и Японии прекращает обсуждение возможности исключения из текста Устава ООН формулировки о «вражеских государствах». И перечёркивает перспективы такой реформы ООН, когда Берлин и Токио претендовали бы на места в Совете Безопасности.
Ambassador Oleg Stepanov to Sputnik news agency:
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💬Every year, the UN General Assembly considers a regular draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other relevant practices.
For the first time, Germany and Japan spoke out against the resolution. Descendants of the main Axis states that started and lost World War II. For decades, they wanted to get rid of their dark past. They wanted to make the whole world forget their war crimes and crimes against humanity. And now they have shown their true identity.
☝️Such blasphemous behavior offends the memory of the victims of German Nazism and Japanese militarism.
❗️The unequivocal pro-Nazi position of Germany and Japan prevents any further discussion of the possibility of deleting the wording of “enemy states” from the text of the UN Charter. And ultimately crosses out the prospects for such a reform of the UN, when Berlin and Tokyo would be running for permanent seats in the Security Council.
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💬Every year, the UN General Assembly considers a regular draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other relevant practices.
For the first time, Germany and Japan spoke out against the resolution. Descendants of the main Axis states that started and lost World War II. For decades, they wanted to get rid of their dark past. They wanted to make the whole world forget their war crimes and crimes against humanity. And now they have shown their true identity.
☝️Such blasphemous behavior offends the memory of the victims of German Nazism and Japanese militarism.
❗️The unequivocal pro-Nazi position of Germany and Japan prevents any further discussion of the possibility of deleting the wording of “enemy states” from the text of the UN Charter. And ultimately crosses out the prospects for such a reform of the UN, when Berlin and Tokyo would be running for permanent seats in the Security Council.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova answers a media question in connection with the worsening crisis in Kosovo
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❓ Media question: What can you tell us about the latest developments in Kosovo, where the situation continues to worsen?
💬 Maria Zakharova: For 17 days now, the Serbs have remained at the barricades they built in northern Kosovo in protest of the arrest of a former member of the local “police,” ethnic Serb Dejan Pantic by the Kosovars. This legitimate form of peaceful and non-violent resistance to repeated acts of intimidation and discrimination on ethnic grounds has triggered a furious reaction from the Kosovo Albanian “authorities.”
They are threatening to use force to remove the barricades with heavy equipment. Lists with names of Serbs accused of being involved in “terrorism,” which include President of Serbia Alexandar Vucic’s family, have been leaked into the public domain.
The NATO and EU contingents deployed in the region cannot and do not want to use their influence with regard to what is happening there. The constant pressure on the part of the EU and leading EU member states on the Kosovo Serbs is in stark contrast with their deathly silence on Pristina disregarding its commitment to create a Community of Serbian Municipalities in the province.
If anyone is really striving for peace, firm adherence to international legal foundations is a key condition for a Kosovo settlement. Attempts to undermine or ignore fundamental UN Security Council Resolution 1244 provisions are untenable.
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❓ Media question: What can you tell us about the latest developments in Kosovo, where the situation continues to worsen?
💬 Maria Zakharova: For 17 days now, the Serbs have remained at the barricades they built in northern Kosovo in protest of the arrest of a former member of the local “police,” ethnic Serb Dejan Pantic by the Kosovars. This legitimate form of peaceful and non-violent resistance to repeated acts of intimidation and discrimination on ethnic grounds has triggered a furious reaction from the Kosovo Albanian “authorities.”
They are threatening to use force to remove the barricades with heavy equipment. Lists with names of Serbs accused of being involved in “terrorism,” which include President of Serbia Alexandar Vucic’s family, have been leaked into the public domain.
The NATO and EU contingents deployed in the region cannot and do not want to use their influence with regard to what is happening there. The constant pressure on the part of the EU and leading EU member states on the Kosovo Serbs is in stark contrast with their deathly silence on Pristina disregarding its commitment to create a Community of Serbian Municipalities in the province.
If anyone is really striving for peace, firm adherence to international legal foundations is a key condition for a Kosovo settlement. Attempts to undermine or ignore fundamental UN Security Council Resolution 1244 provisions are untenable.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’ opening remarks at a working meeting with senior executives of the Russian media.
📍 Moscow, December 26, 2022
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⚠️ Everything that we are now witnessing in Europe in its broadest sense and on other continents, where US “messengers” want every country to take an anti-Russia position, to join the sanctions and to keep from talking with Russian representatives reflects an attempt to establish the end of history and the final and irreversible dominance of the “golden billion". These vain attempts are anti-historical and are aimed at stopping and suppressing the objective formation of a multipolar world.
🔹 Many countries and politicians are aware of the dead-end nature of this kind of policy and the fact that there is no alternative to building neighbourly relations on this planet which implies taking into account each other's interests
🔹 Rest assured that in the near future, we will see a serious drop in the West’s ability to “steer” the global economy the way it pleases. Whether it wants it or not, it will have to sit down and talk.
🔹 We are not going to chase the West. They tore up most of our relationships. We do have other countries with which we can develop cooperation in the economy, social, cultural affairs and sports. We will deal with the countries that never failed us, the countries with which we managed to reach complex compromises, and when they were effectively reached, no one ever tried to cheat anyone. When it comes to the West, things are exactly the other way round.
📍 Moscow, December 26, 2022
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⚠️ Everything that we are now witnessing in Europe in its broadest sense and on other continents, where US “messengers” want every country to take an anti-Russia position, to join the sanctions and to keep from talking with Russian representatives reflects an attempt to establish the end of history and the final and irreversible dominance of the “golden billion". These vain attempts are anti-historical and are aimed at stopping and suppressing the objective formation of a multipolar world.
🔹 Many countries and politicians are aware of the dead-end nature of this kind of policy and the fact that there is no alternative to building neighbourly relations on this planet which implies taking into account each other's interests
🔹 Rest assured that in the near future, we will see a serious drop in the West’s ability to “steer” the global economy the way it pleases. Whether it wants it or not, it will have to sit down and talk.
🔹 We are not going to chase the West. They tore up most of our relationships. We do have other countries with which we can develop cooperation in the economy, social, cultural affairs and sports. We will deal with the countries that never failed us, the countries with which we managed to reach complex compromises, and when they were effectively reached, no one ever tried to cheat anyone. When it comes to the West, things are exactly the other way round.
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
Who guarded Zelensky during his visit in Washington? Western journalists have been told on his way from Poland across the pond he was guarded by what could have been half of the US and NATO air forces. The last time a Nazi drug-addict was air-lifted with such pomp was during WWII, when Reichsminister of Aviation Hermann Goering, a hard morphine junkie, was taken from one AF base to another.
But that’s not important. I was much more interested in theUkrainian president's bunker dweller’s guards on land. In autumn I noticed his bodyguards’ Nazi emblems, when he posted photographs with his personal security detail on Instagram. Some of them turned out to be quite the lovers of Nazi military history and re-enactments, who openly displayed Nazi symbols on their uniforms, including patches with of the SS tank division Totenkopf (Death’s Head) heraldry.
Shortly before his visit to Washington, Zelensky travelled to the conflict contact line - an appetizer to the US tour. What has his entourage, in particular Deputy Defence Minister Anna Malyar, posted after the trip? More photographs with Nazi skull-and-bones chevrons. This smiling woman in body armour and a down parka is Ms Malyar. The young Ukrainian neo-Nazi on her right probably accompanied his boss in Artyomovsk. We can see another blurred death’s head patch on his chest. You will no longer find this photograph on Ms Malyar’s Telegram blog. Why, Anna, do you feel embarrassed for some reason? I suggest being braver next time and try prove to us that yours is not a Nazi regime.
And yet, I wonder if Zelensky took his thugs, with their shaved sides, swastikas, death’s heads and other attributes of the damnable past, to Washington? Or did he tell them to sit this one out and relax at home?
Who guarded Zelensky during his visit in Washington? Western journalists have been told on his way from Poland across the pond he was guarded by what could have been half of the US and NATO air forces. The last time a Nazi drug-addict was air-lifted with such pomp was during WWII, when Reichsminister of Aviation Hermann Goering, a hard morphine junkie, was taken from one AF base to another.
But that’s not important. I was much more interested in the
Shortly before his visit to Washington, Zelensky travelled to the conflict contact line - an appetizer to the US tour. What has his entourage, in particular Deputy Defence Minister Anna Malyar, posted after the trip? More photographs with Nazi skull-and-bones chevrons. This smiling woman in body armour and a down parka is Ms Malyar. The young Ukrainian neo-Nazi on her right probably accompanied his boss in Artyomovsk. We can see another blurred death’s head patch on his chest. You will no longer find this photograph on Ms Malyar’s Telegram blog. Why, Anna, do you feel embarrassed for some reason? I suggest being braver next time and try prove to us that yours is not a Nazi regime.
And yet, I wonder if Zelensky took his thugs, with their shaved sides, swastikas, death’s heads and other attributes of the damnable past, to Washington? Or did he tell them to sit this one out and relax at home?
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✍️ Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s year-end interview with TASS news agency. December 27, 2022
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Key talking points
⚠️ The United States is the main beneficiary of the military conflict [in Ukraine] as it seeks to reap biggest benefits from it in economic and military-strategic terms. At the same time, Washington is addressing an important geopolitical goal, which is to destroy the traditional ties between Russia and Europe and to overpower its European satellites even more.
It is no longer a secret that victory over Russia “on the battlefield” is the strategic goal of the United States and its NATO allies. They see it as a mechanism to significantly degrade or even destroy our country.
🔸 We keep warning our adversaries in the West about the danger of their course for escalating the Ukraine crisis. With the contingent they have nurtured in Kiev, the risk of the situation spiralling out of control remains very high. It is important to stave off a disaster.
On the other hand, the West is sending out openly confrontational signals in the nuclear sphere. It appears that they have brushed all propriety aside completely. <...> We continue to urge the West to exercise maximum restraint in this highly sensitive sphere. To minimise nuclear risks, it is necessary to remain committed to the postulate that a nuclear war is unacceptable.
🇷🇺🇪🇺 Our relations with the European Union have deteriorated to a historic low. The reasons for this are well known. Since the beginning of the special military operation, Brussels, following the US and NATO, has declared a hybrid war against Russia.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia-US relations are in an extremely poor state. They have become practically frozen through the fault of Washington. Its confrontational anti-Russia policy is becoming increasingly exacerbated and comprehensive. It is objectively impossible to maintain any kind of normal communication with the Biden administration, which is talking about our strategic defeat as its goal.
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Key talking points
⚠️ The United States is the main beneficiary of the military conflict [in Ukraine] as it seeks to reap biggest benefits from it in economic and military-strategic terms. At the same time, Washington is addressing an important geopolitical goal, which is to destroy the traditional ties between Russia and Europe and to overpower its European satellites even more.
It is no longer a secret that victory over Russia “on the battlefield” is the strategic goal of the United States and its NATO allies. They see it as a mechanism to significantly degrade or even destroy our country.
🔸 We keep warning our adversaries in the West about the danger of their course for escalating the Ukraine crisis. With the contingent they have nurtured in Kiev, the risk of the situation spiralling out of control remains very high. It is important to stave off a disaster.
On the other hand, the West is sending out openly confrontational signals in the nuclear sphere. It appears that they have brushed all propriety aside completely. <...> We continue to urge the West to exercise maximum restraint in this highly sensitive sphere. To minimise nuclear risks, it is necessary to remain committed to the postulate that a nuclear war is unacceptable.
🇷🇺🇪🇺 Our relations with the European Union have deteriorated to a historic low. The reasons for this are well known. Since the beginning of the special military operation, Brussels, following the US and NATO, has declared a hybrid war against Russia.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia-US relations are in an extremely poor state. They have become practically frozen through the fault of Washington. Its confrontational anti-Russia policy is becoming increasingly exacerbated and comprehensive. It is objectively impossible to maintain any kind of normal communication with the Biden administration, which is talking about our strategic defeat as its goal.
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✍️ The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order on special economic measures in the fuel-and-energy sector in response to the price cap established on Russian oil and oil products by some foreign states.
⚠️ The Executive Order has established that in connection with the ban imposed by the United States, and other foreign countries that sided with them, on the transport of Russian oil and oil products and related services, which is applied if the price of Russian oil and oil products is above the limit established by said foreign states (price limit mechanism), Russia bans the sale of oil and oil products to foreign companies and individuals if the contracts on these sales include the use of this mechanism directly or indirectly. The established ban applies to all stages of sales up to and including the final buyer.
The ban on Russian oil sales established by the current Executive Order becomes valid on the day of its entry into force. Russian oil and oil product sales, that are banned by the Executive Order, may be carried out under a special decision of the President of the Russian Federation.
⚠️ The Executive Order has established that in connection with the ban imposed by the United States, and other foreign countries that sided with them, on the transport of Russian oil and oil products and related services, which is applied if the price of Russian oil and oil products is above the limit established by said foreign states (price limit mechanism), Russia bans the sale of oil and oil products to foreign companies and individuals if the contracts on these sales include the use of this mechanism directly or indirectly. The established ban applies to all stages of sales up to and including the final buyer.
The ban on Russian oil sales established by the current Executive Order becomes valid on the day of its entry into force. Russian oil and oil product sales, that are banned by the Executive Order, may be carried out under a special decision of the President of the Russian Federation.
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🤝 On December 27, 2022, President of Russia Vladimir Putin held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the informal Summit of the CIS heads of state.
🇷🇺🇦🇲 President Putin to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan: Our economic relations are evolving steadily: we have seen a 73 percent increase in trade over the first ten months of this year. This is a good result.
Of course, the main issue is the settlement in the South Caucasus, and specifically, in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the tensions around Karabakh.
#RussiaArmenia
🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Putin to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko: We agreed to hold the Year of the Russian Language in 2023 and I thought that it would be the most appropriate to meet today for a working breakfast in the Russian Museum.
It is a good environment to talk about serious matters, including our bilateral relations. Even though we are in constant contact, still life gives us a reason every day to discuss certain issues and make the necessary decisions to deal with them efficiently.
#RussiaBelarus
🇷🇺🇦🇲 President Putin to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan: Our economic relations are evolving steadily: we have seen a 73 percent increase in trade over the first ten months of this year. This is a good result.
Of course, the main issue is the settlement in the South Caucasus, and specifically, in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the tensions around Karabakh.
#RussiaArmenia
🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Putin to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko: We agreed to hold the Year of the Russian Language in 2023 and I thought that it would be the most appropriate to meet today for a working breakfast in the Russian Museum.
It is a good environment to talk about serious matters, including our bilateral relations. Even though we are in constant contact, still life gives us a reason every day to discuss certain issues and make the necessary decisions to deal with them efficiently.
#RussiaBelarus
📹Watch '8 Years Before', an independently-funded documentary directed by international journalist Donald Courter and produced collaboratively with international heavyweight fighting champion Jeff Monson.
The film portrays in stark detail the long saga of suffering that the Donbass people endured at the hands of the 🇺🇦 regime's henchmen, following the 2014 coup d'etat.
🔗https://youtu.be/da5T_nEvi3I
The film portrays in stark detail the long saga of suffering that the Donbass people endured at the hands of the 🇺🇦 regime's henchmen, following the 2014 coup d'etat.
🔗https://youtu.be/da5T_nEvi3I
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🇷🇺🇨🇺📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez.
The Presidents exchanged views on current issues of bilateral cooperation and reaffirmed their intentions to consistently implement the agreements reached following the visit of the President of Cuba to Russia on November 19–22, 2022, with due consideration of the proposals and wishes of the Cuban side. Particular attention was paid to mutually beneficial joint projects in energy, industry and other areas, and a shared interest in continuing to strengthen all areas of the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership was expressed.
🤝 President Vladimir Putin congratulated Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on Cuba’s national holiday, Liberation Day, celebrated on January 1, conveying wishes of well-being and prosperity to the entire Cuban people. The leaders also exchanged warm words ahead of the New Year.
It was agreed to step up contacts at various levels.
The Presidents exchanged views on current issues of bilateral cooperation and reaffirmed their intentions to consistently implement the agreements reached following the visit of the President of Cuba to Russia on November 19–22, 2022, with due consideration of the proposals and wishes of the Cuban side. Particular attention was paid to mutually beneficial joint projects in energy, industry and other areas, and a shared interest in continuing to strengthen all areas of the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership was expressed.
🤝 President Vladimir Putin congratulated Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on Cuba’s national holiday, Liberation Day, celebrated on January 1, conveying wishes of well-being and prosperity to the entire Cuban people. The leaders also exchanged warm words ahead of the New Year.
It was agreed to step up contacts at various levels.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya (December 29, 2022)
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#Ukraine
It is obvious that Kiev is not ready for dialogue. Vladimir Zelensky churns out all kinds of ideas and peace formulas, with the illusion of succeeding, with the Western assistance, in achieving the withdrawal of our troops from the Russian territories in Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, making Russia pay reparations, voluntarily surrender to international tribunals, etc.
👉 Of course, we will not discuss conditions of this kind with anyone.
#OSCE
Let me tell you right away that the situation within the OSCE has been quite challenging. Created as a platform for promoting equitable dialogue and cooperation, this organisation has been going through a deep crisis these past few years.
We are now reaping the fruits of this selfish, short-sighted policy of our former partners. Our trust in them has suffered a major blow. One of the lessons is that if and when we ever start working together again, we will have to build new foundations because the past approaches are no longer working.
#JCPOA
The model we suggested was straightforward and clear: the United States and Iran move to meet each other halfway at the same time by gradually returning to compliance with the JCPOA. All details were worked out. This is a realistic scenario as long as there is political will to carry it out.
The fact that with the finishing line in sight, the United States and Europeans ran out of gas and focused on efforts to destabilise the internal political situation in Iran is another story.
☝️ Meanwhile, it is a fact of life that there is no reasonable alternative to the JCPOA.
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#Ukraine
It is obvious that Kiev is not ready for dialogue. Vladimir Zelensky churns out all kinds of ideas and peace formulas, with the illusion of succeeding, with the Western assistance, in achieving the withdrawal of our troops from the Russian territories in Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, making Russia pay reparations, voluntarily surrender to international tribunals, etc.
👉 Of course, we will not discuss conditions of this kind with anyone.
#OSCE
Let me tell you right away that the situation within the OSCE has been quite challenging. Created as a platform for promoting equitable dialogue and cooperation, this organisation has been going through a deep crisis these past few years.
We are now reaping the fruits of this selfish, short-sighted policy of our former partners. Our trust in them has suffered a major blow. One of the lessons is that if and when we ever start working together again, we will have to build new foundations because the past approaches are no longer working.
#JCPOA
The model we suggested was straightforward and clear: the United States and Iran move to meet each other halfway at the same time by gradually returning to compliance with the JCPOA. All details were worked out. This is a realistic scenario as long as there is political will to carry it out.
The fact that with the finishing line in sight, the United States and Europeans ran out of gas and focused on efforts to destabilise the internal political situation in Iran is another story.
☝️ Meanwhile, it is a fact of life that there is no reasonable alternative to the JCPOA.
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⚡️Main Foreign Policy Outcomes of 2022⚡️
The year 2022 saw history-making events, such as the emergence of a new international reality, and became a turning point for Russia’s foreign policy.
👉 The recognition of the Donetsk & Lugansk People’s Republics, the start of the Special Military Operation in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the referendums held in the DPR & LPR and the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye & Kherson regions and their subsequent integration into Russia – these events will forever go down in the history of Russia.
They put an end to 30 years of Russia’s honest attempts to develop equitable relations with the collective West.
✍️ Russia & other like-minded countries adopted a political declaration in support of the inviolability of the UN Charter.
✍️ An overwhelming majority of states members of the UN GA approved the annual Russia-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
✍️ At Russia’s initiative, the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the 5 Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War & Avoiding Arms Races was adopted in January 2022.
✅ International cooperation within the framework of the #EAEU, #SCO & #BRICS made rapid headway.
✅ Allied relations with Belarus continued to grow stronger.
✅ Several major initiatives have been implemented within the framework of the #CIS aimed at strengthening integration ties in all spheres of the organisation’s activities.
✅ The mechanisms of the #CSTO operated efficiently.
Russian diplomats have significantly stepped up efforts to achieve the peaceful settlement of international conflicts. Russia extensively supported stabilising the situation in Afghanistan. Russia has promoted a complex approach to the Syrian dossier, including within the Astana format. We have promoted comprehensive normalisation of the relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
We have successfully developed ties with our many international partners who are interested in maintaining a constructive dialogue with Russia.
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The year 2022 saw history-making events, such as the emergence of a new international reality, and became a turning point for Russia’s foreign policy.
👉 The recognition of the Donetsk & Lugansk People’s Republics, the start of the Special Military Operation in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the referendums held in the DPR & LPR and the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye & Kherson regions and their subsequent integration into Russia – these events will forever go down in the history of Russia.
They put an end to 30 years of Russia’s honest attempts to develop equitable relations with the collective West.
✍️ Russia & other like-minded countries adopted a political declaration in support of the inviolability of the UN Charter.
✍️ An overwhelming majority of states members of the UN GA approved the annual Russia-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
✍️ At Russia’s initiative, the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the 5 Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War & Avoiding Arms Races was adopted in January 2022.
✅ International cooperation within the framework of the #EAEU, #SCO & #BRICS made rapid headway.
✅ Allied relations with Belarus continued to grow stronger.
✅ Several major initiatives have been implemented within the framework of the #CIS aimed at strengthening integration ties in all spheres of the organisation’s activities.
✅ The mechanisms of the #CSTO operated efficiently.
Russian diplomats have significantly stepped up efforts to achieve the peaceful settlement of international conflicts. Russia extensively supported stabilising the situation in Afghanistan. Russia has promoted a complex approach to the Syrian dossier, including within the Astana format. We have promoted comprehensive normalisation of the relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
We have successfully developed ties with our many international partners who are interested in maintaining a constructive dialogue with Russia.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, via videoconference.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: In the context of growing geopolitical tensions, the importance of the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership as a stability factor is growing. Our relations have passed all the tests, demonstrating their maturity and stability, and they continue to grow dynamically.
Despite the unfavourable external situation, the illegitimate restrictions and patent blackmail on the part of certain Western countries, Russia and China have achieved record high growth rates in mutual trade. In 2022, it increased by about 25 percent.
📈 Energy supplies have reached unprecedented levels, and joint projects are underway to add capacity in hydrocarbons production and refining. In 2022, Russia became one of the leaders in oil exports to China.
Of course, defence and military technology cooperation, which contributes to ensuring the security of our countries and maintaining stability in key regions, has a special place in the entire range of Russian-Chinese cooperation and our relations. We aim to strengthen cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and China.
🤝 Moscow and Beijing’s coordination on the international arena, including at the UN Security Council, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, and the G20, serves to create a fair world order based on international law.
❗️ We share the same views on the causes, course and logic of the ongoing transformation of the global geopolitical landscape. In the face of unprecedented pressure and provocations from the West, we defend our principled positions and protect not only our own interests, but also the interests of all those who stand for a truly democratic world order and the right of countries to freely determine their destiny.
#RussiaChina
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: In the context of growing geopolitical tensions, the importance of the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership as a stability factor is growing. Our relations have passed all the tests, demonstrating their maturity and stability, and they continue to grow dynamically.
Despite the unfavourable external situation, the illegitimate restrictions and patent blackmail on the part of certain Western countries, Russia and China have achieved record high growth rates in mutual trade. In 2022, it increased by about 25 percent.
📈 Energy supplies have reached unprecedented levels, and joint projects are underway to add capacity in hydrocarbons production and refining. In 2022, Russia became one of the leaders in oil exports to China.
Of course, defence and military technology cooperation, which contributes to ensuring the security of our countries and maintaining stability in key regions, has a special place in the entire range of Russian-Chinese cooperation and our relations. We aim to strengthen cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and China.
🤝 Moscow and Beijing’s coordination on the international arena, including at the UN Security Council, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, and the G20, serves to create a fair world order based on international law.
❗️ We share the same views on the causes, course and logic of the ongoing transformation of the global geopolitical landscape. In the face of unprecedented pressure and provocations from the West, we defend our principled positions and protect not only our own interests, but also the interests of all those who stand for a truly democratic world order and the right of countries to freely determine their destiny.
#RussiaChina
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Ukraine’s fighting with historical monuments
💬 Ukraine continues in its consistent policy of falsifying its own history, destroying and revising the historical memory of its people. One of the components of this destructive policy is the fight against monuments. Many of them were installed decades ago by the ancestors of those who have now misappropriated the right to destroy this heritage.
👉 Now they have started removing the monuments to those outstanding leaders that promoted the prosperity and power of the Russian state that included the territory of present-day Ukraine. They were upholding its independence in the struggle against foreign enemies hundreds of years ago.
A group of people acted like criminals under the cover of night on December 29, 2022. In fact, they are criminals because they oppose the historical truth. They tore down the monuments to the Founders of Odessa, devoted to Catherine the Great and her associates.
But this pitiful antic of insane Russophobes will not change the fact that Odessa owes its existence to Catherine the Great.
❗️ The history of these places, like the entire history of Ukraine, is inseparable from Russian history and any attempt by the Kiev regime to rewrite it are doomed to fail.
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💬 Ukraine continues in its consistent policy of falsifying its own history, destroying and revising the historical memory of its people. One of the components of this destructive policy is the fight against monuments. Many of them were installed decades ago by the ancestors of those who have now misappropriated the right to destroy this heritage.
👉 Now they have started removing the monuments to those outstanding leaders that promoted the prosperity and power of the Russian state that included the territory of present-day Ukraine. They were upholding its independence in the struggle against foreign enemies hundreds of years ago.
A group of people acted like criminals under the cover of night on December 29, 2022. In fact, they are criminals because they oppose the historical truth. They tore down the monuments to the Founders of Odessa, devoted to Catherine the Great and her associates.
But this pitiful antic of insane Russophobes will not change the fact that Odessa owes its existence to Catherine the Great.
❗️ The history of these places, like the entire history of Ukraine, is inseparable from Russian history and any attempt by the Kiev regime to rewrite it are doomed to fail.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Great Game programme on Channel One (Moscow, December 28, 2022)
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Key points:
❗️President of Russia Vladimir Putin has said many times that we never reject any proposal to achieve diplomatic agreements. The terms on which we agree to discuss them are well known. The fact that four territories belong to the Russian Federation is an indispensable condition for talks.
🌐 I agree with those analysts reviewing the outgoing year who note that the discord between the West that claims hegemony & control over compliance with “its rules” everywhere, on the one hand, and the global majority, on the other, is an objective phenomenon. It was brewing and would have come to the surface eventually. We could no longer tolerate how Russians were being humiliated in Ukraine and how threats to our security were created there. We launched the special military operation that served as a catalyst and sharply accelerated this process.
⚠️ Our priority is the lives of the soldiers & civilians that remain in the zone of hostilities. We are patient people. We will defend our compatriots, citizens and lands that belonged to Russia for centuries, proceeding from these priorities.
🔸 We are at war with the collective West led by the United States which is a nuclear power. This war was declared years ago after the coup in Ukraine which was orchestrated by the US & supported by the EU, and after no one planned to act on the Minsk agreements.
🔸 Our Western colleagues used to say that “Russia needs to know its place”. <...> We were seen as an ordinary junior partner that had the resources needed by the West.
☝️ I am confident that with our resilience, patience and sense of purpose, we will defend the noble goals that are crucially important for our people and our country. We will do it consistently, while remaining ready for an equal dialogue and agreements that will ensure a truly equitable and indivisible security in Europe. This includes respect for Russia’s interests.
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Key points:
❗️President of Russia Vladimir Putin has said many times that we never reject any proposal to achieve diplomatic agreements. The terms on which we agree to discuss them are well known. The fact that four territories belong to the Russian Federation is an indispensable condition for talks.
🌐 I agree with those analysts reviewing the outgoing year who note that the discord between the West that claims hegemony & control over compliance with “its rules” everywhere, on the one hand, and the global majority, on the other, is an objective phenomenon. It was brewing and would have come to the surface eventually. We could no longer tolerate how Russians were being humiliated in Ukraine and how threats to our security were created there. We launched the special military operation that served as a catalyst and sharply accelerated this process.
⚠️ Our priority is the lives of the soldiers & civilians that remain in the zone of hostilities. We are patient people. We will defend our compatriots, citizens and lands that belonged to Russia for centuries, proceeding from these priorities.
🔸 We are at war with the collective West led by the United States which is a nuclear power. This war was declared years ago after the coup in Ukraine which was orchestrated by the US & supported by the EU, and after no one planned to act on the Minsk agreements.
🔸 Our Western colleagues used to say that “Russia needs to know its place”. <...> We were seen as an ordinary junior partner that had the resources needed by the West.
☝️ I am confident that with our resilience, patience and sense of purpose, we will defend the noble goals that are crucially important for our people and our country. We will do it consistently, while remaining ready for an equal dialogue and agreements that will ensure a truly equitable and indivisible security in Europe. This includes respect for Russia’s interests.
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✍️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent Christmas and New Year greetings to foreign heads of state and government.
✅ Relations between Russia and Abkhazia are developing dynamically, in the spirit of alliance and strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇦🇲 Russia and Armenia reinforced the strategic nature of their bilateral alliance and outlined steps to further develop their partnership in different areas, including within the EAEU, CSTO and CIS.
🇷🇺🇦🇿 Russia and Azerbaijan reached a new level of allied cooperation. Bilateral trade is breaking records; cooperation in transport and humanitarian affairs is progressing fast, along with region-to-region cooperation.
🇷🇺🇧🇾 Thanks to close alliance, Russia and Belarus rose to the occasion and withstood the challenges of the outgoing year.
🇷🇺🇰🇿 Russia-Kazakhstan relations continued to rapidly develop on a firm basis of principles of strategic partnership, alliance and neighbourliness.
🇷🇺🇰🇬 Strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kyrgyzstan are growing stronger as the countries actively cooperate within Eurasian integration frameworks, joining forces against challenges to regional and international security.
✅ Relations between Russia and South Ossetia are moving forward, with Russia supporting socioeconomic assistance programmes in South Ossetia.
🇷🇺🇹🇯 In 2022, Russia-Tajikistan relations developed dynamically in the spirit of alliance and strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇹🇲 2022 was quite a successful year for the relationship between Russia and Turkmenistan.
🇷🇺🇺🇿 Russia and Uzbekistan are continuing to advance their strategic partnership and alliance across the board.
🇷🇺🇧🇴 President Vladimir Putin praised the Bolivian leader’s principled position of developing partner relations between the two countries and expressed confidence that through joint efforts, they will successfully complete bilateral cooperation projects they have mapped out.
🇷🇺🇧🇷 Moscow and Brasilia extensively cooperated at international platforms, especially within BRICS, and successfully advanced the friendly bilateral relationship.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China continued to strengthen, demonstrating rapid progress and resistance to external challenges.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia-Cuba relations are ascendent, as Miguel Diaz-Canel’s recent visit to Moscow fully confirmed.
🇷🇺🇭🇺 Despite the complicated international environment, relations between Russia and Hungary continue to move in a positive direction.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 In 2022 Russia and India continued to develop their specially privileged strategic partnership, carry out large-scale trade and economic projects in addition to energy, military technology and other areas of cooperation, coordinate efforts in addressing important matters of regional and global agendas.
🇷🇺🇳🇮 The two countries will ensure that Russia-Nicaragua strategic partnership will continue to advance on all fronts for the benefit of the friendly nations and in the interests of regional security and stability.
🇷🇺🇷🇸 In 2022, Russia-Serbia relations continued to make steady progress based on the principles of strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇸🇾 Russian leader expressed unwavering support for Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity as well as readiness to assist with stabilising the situation and the post-conflict recovery in the country.
🇷🇺🇹🇷 The mutually beneficial ties between Russia and Türkiye are progressing rapidly, despite the complicated international situation.
🇷🇺🇻🇪 The outgoing year confirmed the importance of the strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Despite the deterioration in the international situation, the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam continues to move in a positive direction.
✉️ President Vladimir Putin also extended Christmas and New Year greetings to former heads of foreign states and governments, in particular, Silvio Berlusconi, Robert Kocharyan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Serzh Sargsyan and Gerhard Schröder.
✅ Relations between Russia and Abkhazia are developing dynamically, in the spirit of alliance and strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇦🇲 Russia and Armenia reinforced the strategic nature of their bilateral alliance and outlined steps to further develop their partnership in different areas, including within the EAEU, CSTO and CIS.
🇷🇺🇦🇿 Russia and Azerbaijan reached a new level of allied cooperation. Bilateral trade is breaking records; cooperation in transport and humanitarian affairs is progressing fast, along with region-to-region cooperation.
🇷🇺🇧🇾 Thanks to close alliance, Russia and Belarus rose to the occasion and withstood the challenges of the outgoing year.
🇷🇺🇰🇿 Russia-Kazakhstan relations continued to rapidly develop on a firm basis of principles of strategic partnership, alliance and neighbourliness.
🇷🇺🇰🇬 Strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kyrgyzstan are growing stronger as the countries actively cooperate within Eurasian integration frameworks, joining forces against challenges to regional and international security.
✅ Relations between Russia and South Ossetia are moving forward, with Russia supporting socioeconomic assistance programmes in South Ossetia.
🇷🇺🇹🇯 In 2022, Russia-Tajikistan relations developed dynamically in the spirit of alliance and strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇹🇲 2022 was quite a successful year for the relationship between Russia and Turkmenistan.
🇷🇺🇺🇿 Russia and Uzbekistan are continuing to advance their strategic partnership and alliance across the board.
🇷🇺🇧🇴 President Vladimir Putin praised the Bolivian leader’s principled position of developing partner relations between the two countries and expressed confidence that through joint efforts, they will successfully complete bilateral cooperation projects they have mapped out.
🇷🇺🇧🇷 Moscow and Brasilia extensively cooperated at international platforms, especially within BRICS, and successfully advanced the friendly bilateral relationship.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China continued to strengthen, demonstrating rapid progress and resistance to external challenges.
🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia-Cuba relations are ascendent, as Miguel Diaz-Canel’s recent visit to Moscow fully confirmed.
🇷🇺🇭🇺 Despite the complicated international environment, relations between Russia and Hungary continue to move in a positive direction.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 In 2022 Russia and India continued to develop their specially privileged strategic partnership, carry out large-scale trade and economic projects in addition to energy, military technology and other areas of cooperation, coordinate efforts in addressing important matters of regional and global agendas.
🇷🇺🇳🇮 The two countries will ensure that Russia-Nicaragua strategic partnership will continue to advance on all fronts for the benefit of the friendly nations and in the interests of regional security and stability.
🇷🇺🇷🇸 In 2022, Russia-Serbia relations continued to make steady progress based on the principles of strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇸🇾 Russian leader expressed unwavering support for Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity as well as readiness to assist with stabilising the situation and the post-conflict recovery in the country.
🇷🇺🇹🇷 The mutually beneficial ties between Russia and Türkiye are progressing rapidly, despite the complicated international situation.
🇷🇺🇻🇪 The outgoing year confirmed the importance of the strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Despite the deterioration in the international situation, the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam continues to move in a positive direction.
✉️ President Vladimir Putin also extended Christmas and New Year greetings to former heads of foreign states and governments, in particular, Silvio Berlusconi, Robert Kocharyan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Serzh Sargsyan and Gerhard Schröder.