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🎙 President Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format meeting (August 24, 2023)
💬 All of us here are proponents of a new multipolar world order with a genuine balance of interests and taking into consideration the sovereign interests of as many countries as possible, while enabling them to follow their own development models and helping them preserve their diverse national cultures and traditions.
I would like to point out that BRICS is not competing against anyone and does not seek to act as a counterweight to anyone. It is obvious, however, that the emergence of a new world order, which is an objective process, has its fierce opponents who are seeking to stall this process and avert the emergence of new, independent centres of development and power around the world.
The emerging new world order is also threatened by the radical neoliberalism certain countries are trying to impose, aiming to destroy traditional values that are important to all of us: the family and respect for national and religious traditions.
🌍 Given that most African states are participating in our meeting, BRICS today naturally focuses on Africa, and we in Russia are happy about that.
We deeply appreciate the African countries’ extremely friendly attitude towards Russia. For its part, Russia is sincerely interested in a further deepening of multifaceted ties with the African continent, and we will actively promote these ties in practice and implement new joint projects in various fields.
Our country has been paying special attention to ensuring food and fertilizer supplies to African countries and the global markets in general. In other words, we use all the opportunities at our disposal to contribute to the global efforts to fight hunger and prevent a food crisis.
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💬 All of us here are proponents of a new multipolar world order with a genuine balance of interests and taking into consideration the sovereign interests of as many countries as possible, while enabling them to follow their own development models and helping them preserve their diverse national cultures and traditions.
I would like to point out that BRICS is not competing against anyone and does not seek to act as a counterweight to anyone. It is obvious, however, that the emergence of a new world order, which is an objective process, has its fierce opponents who are seeking to stall this process and avert the emergence of new, independent centres of development and power around the world.
The emerging new world order is also threatened by the radical neoliberalism certain countries are trying to impose, aiming to destroy traditional values that are important to all of us: the family and respect for national and religious traditions.
🌍 Given that most African states are participating in our meeting, BRICS today naturally focuses on Africa, and we in Russia are happy about that.
We deeply appreciate the African countries’ extremely friendly attitude towards Russia. For its part, Russia is sincerely interested in a further deepening of multifaceted ties with the African continent, and we will actively promote these ties in practice and implement new joint projects in various fields.
Our country has been paying special attention to ensuring food and fertilizer supplies to African countries and the global markets in general. In other words, we use all the opportunities at our disposal to contribute to the global efforts to fight hunger and prevent a food crisis.
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🎙 President Vladimir Putin spoke at a gala event devoted to the 80th Anniversary of the victory over the Nazi German invaders in the Battle of Kursk in the village of Ponyri, Kursk Region, and presented state awards to participants in the special military operation.
💬 Today, we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Kursk Bulge, in the Battle of Kursk.
I sincerely congratulate all people of Russia on this event, and, of course, primarily our dear veterans and, with special feeling, the people of the Kursk, Belgorod, Oryol and Voronezh regions. The fighting of the heroic Salient of Fire took place on these lands, the endless fields, the copse, the heights. The Salient of Fire will remain forever one of the pinnacles of the great feats of our people.
Hitler was planning to take revenge for the defeat in Stalingrad, believing that his tank divisions and Waffen-SS troops would force a breakthrough and then roll to the east. Instead, they encountered the unbending stamina and valour of our soldiers and commanders, battle-hardened fighters of the Red Army – and the Nazi onslaught failed.
⚔️ The Battle for Kursk lasted almost two months. A large tank battle near Prokhorovka was its main event. Hundreds of tanks converged on a narrow section of the front in a counter battle. The land was literally burning under them.
We will never forget how fiercely the tank crews, infantry, pilots, sappers and gunners – all those who fought for victory in the Battle of Kursk – crushed the enemy.
🎖 Today, high state awards will be presented at this legendary Kursk site. They are being presented to our heroes – military personnel, participants in the special military operation who are worthy of the glory of the heroes of the Kursk Bulge – those who fought against the Nazis in the summer 1943.
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💬 Today, we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Kursk Bulge, in the Battle of Kursk.
I sincerely congratulate all people of Russia on this event, and, of course, primarily our dear veterans and, with special feeling, the people of the Kursk, Belgorod, Oryol and Voronezh regions. The fighting of the heroic Salient of Fire took place on these lands, the endless fields, the copse, the heights. The Salient of Fire will remain forever one of the pinnacles of the great feats of our people.
Hitler was planning to take revenge for the defeat in Stalingrad, believing that his tank divisions and Waffen-SS troops would force a breakthrough and then roll to the east. Instead, they encountered the unbending stamina and valour of our soldiers and commanders, battle-hardened fighters of the Red Army – and the Nazi onslaught failed.
⚔️ The Battle for Kursk lasted almost two months. A large tank battle near Prokhorovka was its main event. Hundreds of tanks converged on a narrow section of the front in a counter battle. The land was literally burning under them.
We will never forget how fiercely the tank crews, infantry, pilots, sappers and gunners – all those who fought for victory in the Battle of Kursk – crushed the enemy.
🎖 Today, high state awards will be presented at this legendary Kursk site. They are being presented to our heroes – military personnel, participants in the special military operation who are worthy of the glory of the heroes of the Kursk Bulge – those who fought against the Nazis in the summer 1943.
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📄 XV BRICS Summit Johannesburg II Declaration (Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa, August 23, 2023)
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✍️ We, the Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Sandton, South Africa, from 22 to 24 August 2023 for the XV BRICS Summit held under the theme: "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism".
We reaffirm our commitment to the #BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, strengthened collaboration and consensus. As we build upon 15 years of BRICS Summits, we further commit ourselves to strengthening the framework of mutually beneficial BRICS cooperation under the three pillars:
✅ political and security;
✅ economic and financial;
✅cultural and people-to-people cooperation;
and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.
Key points:
🇺🇳 We support a comprehensive reform of the UN, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships.
• We are concerned about ongoing conflicts in many parts of the world. We stress our commitment to the peaceful resolution of differences and disputes through dialogue and inclusive consultations.
• We have decided to invite Argentina 🇦🇷, Egypt 🇪🇬, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, Iran 🇮🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and the UAE 🇦🇪 to become full members of BRICS from 1 January 2024.
🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 Brazil, India, China and South Africa extend their full support to Russia 🇷🇺 for its BRICS Chairship in 2024 and the holding of the XVI BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan, Russia.
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✍️ We, the Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Sandton, South Africa, from 22 to 24 August 2023 for the XV BRICS Summit held under the theme: "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism".
We reaffirm our commitment to the #BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, strengthened collaboration and consensus. As we build upon 15 years of BRICS Summits, we further commit ourselves to strengthening the framework of mutually beneficial BRICS cooperation under the three pillars:
✅ political and security;
✅ economic and financial;
✅cultural and people-to-people cooperation;
and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.
Key points:
🇺🇳 We support a comprehensive reform of the UN, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships.
• We are concerned about ongoing conflicts in many parts of the world. We stress our commitment to the peaceful resolution of differences and disputes through dialogue and inclusive consultations.
• We have decided to invite Argentina 🇦🇷, Egypt 🇪🇬, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, Iran 🇮🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and the UAE 🇦🇪 to become full members of BRICS from 1 January 2024.
🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 Brazil, India, China and South Africa extend their full support to Russia 🇷🇺 for its BRICS Chairship in 2024 and the holding of the XVI BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan, Russia.
🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin's comments on the crash of Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin's jet:
💬I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families of all those who died. This is always a tragedy. And indeed, if they were there, and the preliminary information indicates that employees of the Wagner company were also there, I would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our common cause of fighting the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine. We remember this, we know and we won’t forget.
💬I've known Mr. Prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 1990s. He was a man of a no easy fate. He made some serious mistakes in his life, but he also achieved the needed results - both for himself and, when I asked him, for the common cause.
💬I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families of all those who died. This is always a tragedy. And indeed, if they were there, and the preliminary information indicates that employees of the Wagner company were also there, I would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our common cause of fighting the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine. We remember this, we know and we won’t forget.
💬I've known Mr. Prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 1990s. He was a man of a no easy fate. He made some serious mistakes in his life, but he also achieved the needed results - both for himself and, when I asked him, for the common cause.
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📄 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's article for Komsomolskaya Pravda (August 25, 2023)
The living and the dead land
Key points:
💬 Back in their day, the Nazis came up with the idea of using depleted uranium as an armour-piercing weapon. <...> At the time, the danger of uranium as a weapon was not obvious, and all the data to this effect was viewed as controversial until the 1990s, when NATO troops employed depleted uranium munitions during their aggression against Yugoslavia in what turned out to be a horrific experiment.
• Russia warned people in Ukraine about this threat many times, but unfortunately it is about to materialise on the Ukrainian territory too. British and American supplies of radioactive and highly toxic depleted uranium munitions are turning Ukraine into a territory that is unsuitable for living. The radioactive contamination of soil is already underway.
📈 There was a substantial surge in radiation reported in Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky Region in May. A similar spike in radiation was also reported around the same time in Poland’s western regions. In both cases, the explosion of depleted uranium munitions at a storage facility in Khmelnitsky was probably what caused the spikes.
• Every warehouse with depleted uranium munitions and every tank carrying them can potentially lead to a surge in cancer rates, leaving behind deadly and toxic soils, and posing a mortal danger for all living being.
☝️ Ukrainians must understand that the UK supplies them with a true poison, since there will be no getting away from tumours, and demand that depleted uranium munitions be shipped out of the country as quickly as possible.
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The living and the dead land
Key points:
💬 Back in their day, the Nazis came up with the idea of using depleted uranium as an armour-piercing weapon. <...> At the time, the danger of uranium as a weapon was not obvious, and all the data to this effect was viewed as controversial until the 1990s, when NATO troops employed depleted uranium munitions during their aggression against Yugoslavia in what turned out to be a horrific experiment.
• Russia warned people in Ukraine about this threat many times, but unfortunately it is about to materialise on the Ukrainian territory too. British and American supplies of radioactive and highly toxic depleted uranium munitions are turning Ukraine into a territory that is unsuitable for living. The radioactive contamination of soil is already underway.
📈 There was a substantial surge in radiation reported in Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky Region in May. A similar spike in radiation was also reported around the same time in Poland’s western regions. In both cases, the explosion of depleted uranium munitions at a storage facility in Khmelnitsky was probably what caused the spikes.
• Every warehouse with depleted uranium munitions and every tank carrying them can potentially lead to a surge in cancer rates, leaving behind deadly and toxic soils, and posing a mortal danger for all living being.
☝️ Ukrainians must understand that the UK supplies them with a true poison, since there will be no getting away from tumours, and demand that depleted uranium munitions be shipped out of the country as quickly as possible.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 On August 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.
During the conversation, the Officials discussed a number of issues pertaining to the activities of the global organisation. Mr Lavrov confirmed Russia’s commitment to developing mutually beneficial cooperation with the UN. He emphasised the need for representatives of the UN Secretariat to strictly follow the principle of impartiality with regard to international officials, as fixed in Article 100 of the UN Charter.
Both Officials noted the importance of further strengthening the UN’s central, coordinating role in global politics.
☝️ When asked by the UN Secretary-General about the prospects for resuming the #BlackSeaInitiative, Mr Lavrov again described Moscow’s position that had been stated by the President of Russia. He said Moscow would be ready to resume participation in this agreement only if the commitments to Russia were fulfilled.
During the conversation, the Officials discussed a number of issues pertaining to the activities of the global organisation. Mr Lavrov confirmed Russia’s commitment to developing mutually beneficial cooperation with the UN. He emphasised the need for representatives of the UN Secretariat to strictly follow the principle of impartiality with regard to international officials, as fixed in Article 100 of the UN Charter.
Both Officials noted the importance of further strengthening the UN’s central, coordinating role in global politics.
☝️ When asked by the UN Secretary-General about the prospects for resuming the #BlackSeaInitiative, Mr Lavrov again described Moscow’s position that had been stated by the President of Russia. He said Moscow would be ready to resume participation in this agreement only if the commitments to Russia were fulfilled.
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⚡️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” programme (August 24, 2023)
❓ Question: Today, one could not help noticing that Western media reported on yesterday’s plane crash almost in unison. We saw a journalist, who had obviously been paid off by Western media, approach you. What do these synchronised actions by our colleagues mean?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I did not keep track of what was written or said or broadcast on this topic. I am hard put to give any comment on this issue from where I stand. An investigation was launched without delay, the case was opened. Investigators are working.
I suggest we base our judgement on facts rather than on what Western media reports.
❓ Question: Today, one could not help noticing that Western media reported on yesterday’s plane crash almost in unison. We saw a journalist, who had obviously been paid off by Western media, approach you. What do these synchronised actions by our colleagues mean?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I did not keep track of what was written or said or broadcast on this topic. I am hard put to give any comment on this issue from where I stand. An investigation was launched without delay, the case was opened. Investigators are working.
I suggest we base our judgement on facts rather than on what Western media reports.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (24 August, 2023)
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💬 We would not have turned up where we are, had it not been for the Kiev regime and its war on the Russian speaking population in eastern Ukraine that began in 2014. We had to protect the women, children and elderly people whom Kiev started annihilating after its Western patrons eventually refused to implement the UNSC-endorsed Minsk Agreements. Moreover, as we are well aware today, for all those years the Minsk Package had been just a smokescreen behind which Ukraine was getting prepared for a war with Russia.
• At the end of 2021, we put forward to Western states unprecedented proposals on security guarantees. All of them were rejected, and Ukraine was preparing openly to seize the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics by force. Russia could not let this happen. Neither could we tolerate the strengthening on our borders of a Russophobic neo-Nazi regime posing a direct threat to our country.
• And the truth is that the United States and its allies pre-programmed this proxy war against Russia at least back in 2014. Washington, London and Brussels, who are fighting with others’ hands, are not interested in having it stop.
❗️ Ukraine's fate as a blind-folded tool in the hands of the West is not to be envied. And this becomes clearer and clearer these days. Probably, the only positive thing in this is that the case of Ukraine has shown what blind indulgence of the West and willingness to compromise one’s own interests for the sake of Western geopolitical agenda leads to. May this be a lesson to others. And may the Ukrainian tragedy never repeat itself.
🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (24 August, 2023)
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💬 We would not have turned up where we are, had it not been for the Kiev regime and its war on the Russian speaking population in eastern Ukraine that began in 2014. We had to protect the women, children and elderly people whom Kiev started annihilating after its Western patrons eventually refused to implement the UNSC-endorsed Minsk Agreements. Moreover, as we are well aware today, for all those years the Minsk Package had been just a smokescreen behind which Ukraine was getting prepared for a war with Russia.
• At the end of 2021, we put forward to Western states unprecedented proposals on security guarantees. All of them were rejected, and Ukraine was preparing openly to seize the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics by force. Russia could not let this happen. Neither could we tolerate the strengthening on our borders of a Russophobic neo-Nazi regime posing a direct threat to our country.
• And the truth is that the United States and its allies pre-programmed this proxy war against Russia at least back in 2014. Washington, London and Brussels, who are fighting with others’ hands, are not interested in having it stop.
❗️ Ukraine's fate as a blind-folded tool in the hands of the West is not to be envied. And this becomes clearer and clearer these days. Probably, the only positive thing in this is that the case of Ukraine has shown what blind indulgence of the West and willingness to compromise one’s own interests for the sake of Western geopolitical agenda leads to. May this be a lesson to others. And may the Ukrainian tragedy never repeat itself.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a question from Rossiya Segodnya on the outcomes of the US-South Korea-Japan Summit
❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding the outcomes of the US-South Korea-Japan Summit, which took place on August 18, 2023, at Camp David?
💬 We believe that the agreements that were reached during this meeting were clearly confrontational and have a Cold War taint to them. They are designed to promote a bloc-against-bloc architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region under the pretext of responding to global challenges and threats, including the DPRK’s missile and nuclear programme.
This revamped triangle is similar to other narrow-minded bloc-based projects initiated by the United States such as AUKUS and the Quad. Judging by its declared goals and objectives, the military and political cooperation between the three countries is designed to promote the key tenets of the US hegemon, including containing Russia and China, and forcing sovereign nations to follow the infamous rules-based order.
It is quite regrettable that while experiencing a lack of agency in international affairs, Tokyo and Seoul have been obediently following the anti-Russia and China-phobic narratives of their patrons. The Republic of Korea has been treating its neighbours in the region with an increasingly unfriendly bias, further undermining Seoul’s bilateral relations with these countries. We will definitely respond to further efforts to support the criminal Kiev regime in any form, including by providing military aid, as well as imposing more sanctions on Russia.
☝️ We have pointed out many times that the only way to guarantee peace and stability in Northeast Asia is to build a comprehensive architecture of indivisible security. For that, we need to take practical steps towards military and political de-escalation, renounce confrontational thinking or addressing challenges through sanctions and force, including the urgent matters faced by the Korean Peninsula.
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❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding the outcomes of the US-South Korea-Japan Summit, which took place on August 18, 2023, at Camp David?
💬 We believe that the agreements that were reached during this meeting were clearly confrontational and have a Cold War taint to them. They are designed to promote a bloc-against-bloc architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region under the pretext of responding to global challenges and threats, including the DPRK’s missile and nuclear programme.
This revamped triangle is similar to other narrow-minded bloc-based projects initiated by the United States such as AUKUS and the Quad. Judging by its declared goals and objectives, the military and political cooperation between the three countries is designed to promote the key tenets of the US hegemon, including containing Russia and China, and forcing sovereign nations to follow the infamous rules-based order.
It is quite regrettable that while experiencing a lack of agency in international affairs, Tokyo and Seoul have been obediently following the anti-Russia and China-phobic narratives of their patrons. The Republic of Korea has been treating its neighbours in the region with an increasingly unfriendly bias, further undermining Seoul’s bilateral relations with these countries. We will definitely respond to further efforts to support the criminal Kiev regime in any form, including by providing military aid, as well as imposing more sanctions on Russia.
☝️ We have pointed out many times that the only way to guarantee peace and stability in Northeast Asia is to build a comprehensive architecture of indivisible security. For that, we need to take practical steps towards military and political de-escalation, renounce confrontational thinking or addressing challenges through sanctions and force, including the urgent matters faced by the Korean Peninsula.
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🗓 On August 26, 1943, the Battle of the Dnieper commenced. It was one of the largest and most important campaigns in history, which involved up to 4 million officers and soldiers on both sides, with the frontline stretching for 750 kilometres.
After the defeat of German forces in the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943, Hitler definitively lost the strategic initiative and the Nazi armies began a rapid retreat to the West. The German command hoped to stop the victorious advance of the Soviet soldiers.
⚔️ The battle lasted for four months and included two stages: in August-September, 1943, the Soviet forces reached the Dnieper; in September-December, 1943, the Red Army crossed the river and took control of the entire Dnieper area, creating a bridgehead for the liberation of the Right-Bank Ukraine.
The Dnieper was a powerful natural obstacle that proved extremely hard to negotiate. As a morale booster, the Supreme High Command issued a directive promising that commanders and soldiers who were among the first to cross the river would be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
By the end of the year, the German invaders were driven from Donbass, Left-Bank Ukraine and the capital of Soviet Ukraine Kiev were liberated.
According to most historians, the fighting for Kiev was one of the most strenuous and blood-letting efforts in the history of the Great Patriotic War. The city’s liberation caused jubilation not only in the Soviet Union but also in the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition.
🕯 During the 778 days of the Nazi occupation of Kiev, many thousands of local residents and Soviet POWs were killed, and dozens of thousands of Jews were executed in the Babi Yar ravine. The Germans and their henchmen, the Ukrainian nationalists, sent over 100,000 Kiev residents to Germany for hard labour.
🎖 Nearly 400,000 Soviet officers and soldiers died during the Battle of the Dnieper. Over 2,400 men were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
After the defeat of German forces in the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943, Hitler definitively lost the strategic initiative and the Nazi armies began a rapid retreat to the West. The German command hoped to stop the victorious advance of the Soviet soldiers.
⚔️ The battle lasted for four months and included two stages: in August-September, 1943, the Soviet forces reached the Dnieper; in September-December, 1943, the Red Army crossed the river and took control of the entire Dnieper area, creating a bridgehead for the liberation of the Right-Bank Ukraine.
The Dnieper was a powerful natural obstacle that proved extremely hard to negotiate. As a morale booster, the Supreme High Command issued a directive promising that commanders and soldiers who were among the first to cross the river would be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
By the end of the year, the German invaders were driven from Donbass, Left-Bank Ukraine and the capital of Soviet Ukraine Kiev were liberated.
According to most historians, the fighting for Kiev was one of the most strenuous and blood-letting efforts in the history of the Great Patriotic War. The city’s liberation caused jubilation not only in the Soviet Union but also in the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition.
🕯 During the 778 days of the Nazi occupation of Kiev, many thousands of local residents and Soviet POWs were killed, and dozens of thousands of Jews were executed in the Babi Yar ravine. The Germans and their henchmen, the Ukrainian nationalists, sent over 100,000 Kiev residents to Germany for hard labour.
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✍️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent greetings to President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania and President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev on the 15th anniversary of the republics' independence.
The message to President Bzhania reads, in part:
💬 The Russian Federation will further take every effort to provide assistance to the fraternal Abkhazian people in ensuring defence capability and security, protecting its foreign policy interests and solving pressing economic and social issues.
The message to President Gagloev reads, in part:
💬 Relations between our countries have reached the level of alliance and integration. Russia pays particular attention to the consistent implementation of ambitious projects aimed at modernising the republic’s infrastructure, raising the living standards and ensuring social protection of its residents.
The message to President Bzhania reads, in part:
💬 The Russian Federation will further take every effort to provide assistance to the fraternal Abkhazian people in ensuring defence capability and security, protecting its foreign policy interests and solving pressing economic and social issues.
The message to President Gagloev reads, in part:
💬 Relations between our countries have reached the level of alliance and integration. Russia pays particular attention to the consistent implementation of ambitious projects aimed at modernising the republic’s infrastructure, raising the living standards and ensuring social protection of its residents.
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#HistoryOfDiplomacy
📆 #OTD in 1845, Fyodor Martens, a Russian diplomat and famous expert on the history and theory of international law, was born. In Russia he is known above all as the author of Contemporary International Law of Civilised Peoples, a fundamental work that became the first Russian manual on international law.
The future international lawyer was born in Pärnu, Livonia Governorate of the Russian Empire. Having lost his parents when he was a child, he ended up in a St Petersburg orphanage. When he grew up, he was accepted to the law faculty of St Petersburg University thanks to his brilliant academic success.
Later he taught at his alma mater, as well as a number of other leading educational institutions of the Russian Empire. In 1869, he joined the Russian Foreign Ministry, and in 1881 became a permanent member of the Ministry Board. He participated in the Brussels Conference on the Codification of Laws and Customs of War on Land and represented Russia at international conferences of the Red Cross, the Brussels Conference on African Affairs, and many other important international venues.
Holding the Hague Peace Conferences in 1899 and 1907 at Russia’s initiative was among Martens’ most important achievements. At the first conference, the Russian expert developed the principles for peaceful resolution of international disputes, and at the second, he led a commission on maritime law, which made a significant contribution to the development of this area of international law.
A provision formulated by Martens was first recorded in the preamble to the Hague Convention of 1899, under which the parties to an armed conflict must first of all be guided by the principles of humanity and the requirements of public conscience (the so-called Martens clause). The theoretical innovations of the Russian diplomat also laid the foundation of the Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land.
📆 #OTD in 1845, Fyodor Martens, a Russian diplomat and famous expert on the history and theory of international law, was born. In Russia he is known above all as the author of Contemporary International Law of Civilised Peoples, a fundamental work that became the first Russian manual on international law.
The future international lawyer was born in Pärnu, Livonia Governorate of the Russian Empire. Having lost his parents when he was a child, he ended up in a St Petersburg orphanage. When he grew up, he was accepted to the law faculty of St Petersburg University thanks to his brilliant academic success.
Later he taught at his alma mater, as well as a number of other leading educational institutions of the Russian Empire. In 1869, he joined the Russian Foreign Ministry, and in 1881 became a permanent member of the Ministry Board. He participated in the Brussels Conference on the Codification of Laws and Customs of War on Land and represented Russia at international conferences of the Red Cross, the Brussels Conference on African Affairs, and many other important international venues.
Holding the Hague Peace Conferences in 1899 and 1907 at Russia’s initiative was among Martens’ most important achievements. At the first conference, the Russian expert developed the principles for peaceful resolution of international disputes, and at the second, he led a commission on maritime law, which made a significant contribution to the development of this area of international law.
A provision formulated by Martens was first recorded in the preamble to the Hague Convention of 1899, under which the parties to an armed conflict must first of all be guided by the principles of humanity and the requirements of public conscience (the so-called Martens clause). The theoretical innovations of the Russian diplomat also laid the foundation of the Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from the "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" programme (August 27, 2023)
❓ We remember when BRICS was called an association that has no influence on anything. Today we see that dozens of countries are interested in joining. What does this indicate?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: It shows that they work using their tongues, while we work using our heads and actions.
❓ We remember when BRICS was called an association that has no influence on anything. Today we see that dozens of countries are interested in joining. What does this indicate?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: It shows that they work using their tongues, while we work using our heads and actions.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from the "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" programme on August 27, 2023
❓ Is it true that BRICS could become an alternative to the G20 in the future?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I don't think that's necessary right now. That is not our goal. President Vladimir Putin, referring to today's meeting of BRICS members with their partners, emphasised that we are not going to disadvantage anyone. We don’t want others to prevent us from implementing projects that are mutually beneficial and not aimed against anyone.
The position of the already enlarged BRICS in the G20 will be strengthened. Saudi Arabia and Argentina are part of the G20 already. The formal division of the G20 into the G7 plus and BRICS+ is now taking shape in practice. We will coordinate our approaches with the new members at the UN, the G20 and other international platforms.
❓ Is it true that BRICS could become an alternative to the G20 in the future?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I don't think that's necessary right now. That is not our goal. President Vladimir Putin, referring to today's meeting of BRICS members with their partners, emphasised that we are not going to disadvantage anyone. We don’t want others to prevent us from implementing projects that are mutually beneficial and not aimed against anyone.
The position of the already enlarged BRICS in the G20 will be strengthened. Saudi Arabia and Argentina are part of the G20 already. The formal division of the G20 into the G7 plus and BRICS+ is now taking shape in practice. We will coordinate our approaches with the new members at the UN, the G20 and other international platforms.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the Ukrainian crisis
💬 In an effort to distract the attention of its Western handlers from problems on the frontline, including the fiasco of the so-called counteroffensive, the neo-Nazi Kiev regime continues to launch pointless strikes against civilian facilities in Russia, with the Ukrainian and foreign media actively covering them.
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Work continues on exposing and punishing the Ukrainian neo-Nazis guilty of shelling the civilian population, mistreating civilians, attempted murders and murders, including murders committed in a way that jeopardises the local population based on political and ideological hatred and enmity.
In the past week, Russian courts studied the evidence collected by the Russian Investigative Committee and sentenced 11 Ukrainian servicemen.
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Despite the suffering of the civilians in Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its satellites continue to flood the neo-Nazi Kiev regime with weapons. <...> Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar arms supplies to the criminal Kiev regime are raising an increasing number of questions among the Western public.
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The increasing calls for the Ukraine conflict to be resolved through talks once again raise the issue of the impossibility of trusting Kiev and its Western handlers. We must not forget the way they treated the Minsk agreements, which gave a real chance for a peaceful settlement of the Donbass conflict.
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❗️ Now, we are witnessing the Westerners and their Kiev underlings using a new trick. They are actively promoting Zelensky's so-called peace formula which in reality has nothing to do with peace and contains only a set of ultimatums that are unacceptable to Russia. In reality, they are cobbling up an anti-Russia coalition, and are trying to draw our Global South partners into it.
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💬 In an effort to distract the attention of its Western handlers from problems on the frontline, including the fiasco of the so-called counteroffensive, the neo-Nazi Kiev regime continues to launch pointless strikes against civilian facilities in Russia, with the Ukrainian and foreign media actively covering them.
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Work continues on exposing and punishing the Ukrainian neo-Nazis guilty of shelling the civilian population, mistreating civilians, attempted murders and murders, including murders committed in a way that jeopardises the local population based on political and ideological hatred and enmity.
In the past week, Russian courts studied the evidence collected by the Russian Investigative Committee and sentenced 11 Ukrainian servicemen.
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Despite the suffering of the civilians in Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its satellites continue to flood the neo-Nazi Kiev regime with weapons. <...> Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar arms supplies to the criminal Kiev regime are raising an increasing number of questions among the Western public.
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The increasing calls for the Ukraine conflict to be resolved through talks once again raise the issue of the impossibility of trusting Kiev and its Western handlers. We must not forget the way they treated the Minsk agreements, which gave a real chance for a peaceful settlement of the Donbass conflict.
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❗️ Now, we are witnessing the Westerners and their Kiev underlings using a new trick. They are actively promoting Zelensky's so-called peace formula which in reality has nothing to do with peace and contains only a set of ultimatums that are unacceptable to Russia. In reality, they are cobbling up an anti-Russia coalition, and are trying to draw our Global South partners into it.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly
The primary objective of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is to reaffirm the central and coordinating role of the universal Organization in global affairs and to strengthen the multipolar system of international relations.
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👉 We have consistently advocated strengthening the multilateral framework of international relations and world economy based on the universal norms of international law, first and foremost the provisions of the UN Charter, focusing on the unconditional respect for the sovereign equality of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.
❗️ It is pivotal to prevent a small group of Western countries from taking control of the UN by striving to substitute generally recognized principles of cooperation between the states with non-consensual constructs.
#UN
The UN Security Council reform should aim to strengthen the representation of developing states from Africa, Asia and Latin America in the Security Council without prejudice to the UNSC's effectiveness and operational efficiency. Low twenties seems the optimum number of members of the reformed Council.
We support realistic initiatives to revitalize the work of the UN General Assembly within the relevant Ad Hoc Working Group. It is of paramount importance to fine-tune UNGA working methods, streamline its overloaded agenda and strengthen multilingualism.
#Sanctions
Sanctions are an important auxiliary tool for the UNSC to suppress activities threatening international peace and security. They must not be used as a means of punishment. They should be carefully measured, targeted and time-limited and take into account political, socio-economic, human rights and humanitarian consequences.
❗️It is unacceptable to introduce, in addition to UNSC sanctions, further unilateral coercive measures, especially those with extraterritorial effect. We advocate for including this requirement in relevant SC resolutions.
#UNGA78
The primary objective of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is to reaffirm the central and coordinating role of the universal Organization in global affairs and to strengthen the multipolar system of international relations.
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👉 We have consistently advocated strengthening the multilateral framework of international relations and world economy based on the universal norms of international law, first and foremost the provisions of the UN Charter, focusing on the unconditional respect for the sovereign equality of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.
❗️ It is pivotal to prevent a small group of Western countries from taking control of the UN by striving to substitute generally recognized principles of cooperation between the states with non-consensual constructs.
#UN
The UN Security Council reform should aim to strengthen the representation of developing states from Africa, Asia and Latin America in the Security Council without prejudice to the UNSC's effectiveness and operational efficiency. Low twenties seems the optimum number of members of the reformed Council.
We support realistic initiatives to revitalize the work of the UN General Assembly within the relevant Ad Hoc Working Group. It is of paramount importance to fine-tune UNGA working methods, streamline its overloaded agenda and strengthen multilingualism.
#Sanctions
Sanctions are an important auxiliary tool for the UNSC to suppress activities threatening international peace and security. They must not be used as a means of punishment. They should be carefully measured, targeted and time-limited and take into account political, socio-economic, human rights and humanitarian consequences.
❗️It is unacceptable to introduce, in addition to UNSC sanctions, further unilateral coercive measures, especially those with extraterritorial effect. We advocate for including this requirement in relevant SC resolutions.
#UNGA78
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a question from The International Affairs about the so-called Athens Declaration adopted by a number of European countries
❓ Question: What is your comment on the Athens Declaration adopted by the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine, as well as the “premier” of Kosovo, following their meeting in Athens on August 21?
💬 The Athens Declaration provides new graphic evidence that the current EU leadership persists with its policy designed to Ukrainise the agenda of all multilateral cooperation formats.
☝️ They select participants for each event of this sort, thus revealing for the umpteenth time the hidden designs behind any EU agenda.
The EU uses political and economic pressure and blackmail to induce Western Balkan countries to join its aggressive political line towards Russia. They want the accession countries to share collective responsibility. <...>
❗️ The EU does not take into consideration the real problems and aspirations of people living in Western Balkan countries.
To continue its confrontation with Russia, the EU is ready to sacrifice the Western Balkan region’s true development and security interests in violation of one of the fundamental principles of the UN Charter: respect for sovereignty and the right to independent development. They hypocritically refer in their final document to Russia’s violation of the European security principles, which they, along with the United States, made null and void by their interventions in Yugoslavia in 1999, Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011, and Syria in 2014.
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❓ Question: What is your comment on the Athens Declaration adopted by the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine, as well as the “premier” of Kosovo, following their meeting in Athens on August 21?
💬 The Athens Declaration provides new graphic evidence that the current EU leadership persists with its policy designed to Ukrainise the agenda of all multilateral cooperation formats.
☝️ They select participants for each event of this sort, thus revealing for the umpteenth time the hidden designs behind any EU agenda.
The EU uses political and economic pressure and blackmail to induce Western Balkan countries to join its aggressive political line towards Russia. They want the accession countries to share collective responsibility. <...>
❗️ The EU does not take into consideration the real problems and aspirations of people living in Western Balkan countries.
To continue its confrontation with Russia, the EU is ready to sacrifice the Western Balkan region’s true development and security interests in violation of one of the fundamental principles of the UN Charter: respect for sovereignty and the right to independent development. They hypocritically refer in their final document to Russia’s violation of the European security principles, which they, along with the United States, made null and void by their interventions in Yugoslavia in 1999, Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011, and Syria in 2014.
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