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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan
📍 Moscow, August 31, 2023
💬 We are happy to welcome you in Moscow and believe that this meeting is quite well-timed. This is our first full-fledged contact since the appointment of Mr Hakan Fidan as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye. On that note, we extend our congratulations to him again.
Considering your record of service, we believe that our relations will maintain continuity as regards foreign ministries. The more so since it proceeds from the fundamental agreements made by our Presidents. Given that President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan are preparing for a regular meeting, I believe that today we should take a close look at all the issues included for their discussion.
Naturally, in addition to the bilateral agenda, we have a wide-ranging dialogue and practical cooperation in regional and international affairs. All of this requires regular coordination. I am sure that today’s meeting will be useful and will make it possible to submit constructive recommendations to our leaders.
#RussiaTürkiye
📍 Moscow, August 31, 2023
💬 We are happy to welcome you in Moscow and believe that this meeting is quite well-timed. This is our first full-fledged contact since the appointment of Mr Hakan Fidan as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye. On that note, we extend our congratulations to him again.
Considering your record of service, we believe that our relations will maintain continuity as regards foreign ministries. The more so since it proceeds from the fundamental agreements made by our Presidents. Given that President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan are preparing for a regular meeting, I believe that today we should take a close look at all the issues included for their discussion.
Naturally, in addition to the bilateral agenda, we have a wide-ranging dialogue and practical cooperation in regional and international affairs. All of this requires regular coordination. I am sure that today’s meeting will be useful and will make it possible to submit constructive recommendations to our leaders.
#RussiaTürkiye
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Last Friday, Pope Francis addressed Catholic youth in St Petersburg via videoconference. He blessed young Russian Catholics before the new academic year, offered some words of guidance and concluded his address with the words: “Do not forget your heritage. You are heirs of a great Russia. The great Russia of saints, of kings. The great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, that great and enlightened Russian Empire of great culture and much humanity. Never deny this heritage, you are the heirs of the great Mother Russia, carry on with it. And thank you. Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russians.”
Kiev neo-Nazis reacted the Pontiff's speech in their own way. “Official Foreign Ministry spokesman” of the Kiev regime Oleg Nikolenko described the Pontiff’s words as “imperialist propaganda” and “unfortunate Russian great-power ideas.” And, for good measure, he went on to lecture the head of the Roman Catholic Church, which includes more than a billion believers around the world, on what he should say to his flock.
But there was more to come. That is, a new low to be reached. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, called Pope Francis a “Russian propaganda tool” in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, where he also referred to what the Pope said about Russia as “a destructive discourse for modern humanism.”
First off… humanism? Do Podolyak and the rest of the microbes in the Kiev regime even know what the word means?
Humanism is about wanting to do greater good for humanity. It is about cultural evolution and the highest level of moral capabilities based on humane thinking. The Encyclopaedists – French thinkers in the 18th century – saw humanism as philanthropy, or love for humanity, “a gentle, patient and selfless virtue, which endures evil without approving it.” It would seem that Bandera-style torch processions are a far cry from gentle and patient humanism. The irrational hatred of everything Russian is a far cry from the tolerance of humanism. Rampant corruption is a far cry from the selflessness of humanism. The Kiev regime is an anti-human and anti-humanistic neoplasm by definition.
And secondly, whose heirs are now in power in Kiev? The heirs of the Great Ukrs? In better times, those who claimed that the Ukrs were descended from ancient Aryans were locked up in Pavlovka – the main psychiatric asylum in Ukraine – next door to Napoleons and agents of distant galaxies.
These days, the Kiev regime is trying hard to emphasise that the unfortunate population of Ukraine are the heirs of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich, who were nurtured by Hitler and visited immeasurable evil on Ukraine and other nations. There is no doubt that this bubble will burst in time, too.
Doesn’t this suggest that those ancient Ukrs and Nazi collaborators are the best the Kiev regime can muster as its heritage? Because Gogol, Khmelnitsky, and anyone else they still allow people to be proud of were directly linked to Russia. But the Kiev regime has erased Russia from its ancestors.
And if anyone in Kiev wants to see whose heritage is being squandered by the criminal and his gangs that seized power on Bankovaya Street, they should visit Ukraine’s National Art Museum in Kiev to look at Forever with Moscow, Forever with the Russian People by Ukrainian painter Mikhail Khmelko.
Or has it been sold already?
💬 Last Friday, Pope Francis addressed Catholic youth in St Petersburg via videoconference. He blessed young Russian Catholics before the new academic year, offered some words of guidance and concluded his address with the words: “Do not forget your heritage. You are heirs of a great Russia. The great Russia of saints, of kings. The great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, that great and enlightened Russian Empire of great culture and much humanity. Never deny this heritage, you are the heirs of the great Mother Russia, carry on with it. And thank you. Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russians.”
Kiev neo-Nazis reacted the Pontiff's speech in their own way. “Official Foreign Ministry spokesman” of the Kiev regime Oleg Nikolenko described the Pontiff’s words as “imperialist propaganda” and “unfortunate Russian great-power ideas.” And, for good measure, he went on to lecture the head of the Roman Catholic Church, which includes more than a billion believers around the world, on what he should say to his flock.
But there was more to come. That is, a new low to be reached. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, called Pope Francis a “Russian propaganda tool” in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, where he also referred to what the Pope said about Russia as “a destructive discourse for modern humanism.”
First off… humanism? Do Podolyak and the rest of the microbes in the Kiev regime even know what the word means?
Humanism is about wanting to do greater good for humanity. It is about cultural evolution and the highest level of moral capabilities based on humane thinking. The Encyclopaedists – French thinkers in the 18th century – saw humanism as philanthropy, or love for humanity, “a gentle, patient and selfless virtue, which endures evil without approving it.” It would seem that Bandera-style torch processions are a far cry from gentle and patient humanism. The irrational hatred of everything Russian is a far cry from the tolerance of humanism. Rampant corruption is a far cry from the selflessness of humanism. The Kiev regime is an anti-human and anti-humanistic neoplasm by definition.
And secondly, whose heirs are now in power in Kiev? The heirs of the Great Ukrs? In better times, those who claimed that the Ukrs were descended from ancient Aryans were locked up in Pavlovka – the main psychiatric asylum in Ukraine – next door to Napoleons and agents of distant galaxies.
These days, the Kiev regime is trying hard to emphasise that the unfortunate population of Ukraine are the heirs of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich, who were nurtured by Hitler and visited immeasurable evil on Ukraine and other nations. There is no doubt that this bubble will burst in time, too.
Doesn’t this suggest that those ancient Ukrs and Nazi collaborators are the best the Kiev regime can muster as its heritage? Because Gogol, Khmelnitsky, and anyone else they still allow people to be proud of were directly linked to Russia. But the Kiev regime has erased Russia from its ancestors.
And if anyone in Kiev wants to see whose heritage is being squandered by the criminal and his gangs that seized power on Bankovaya Street, they should visit Ukraine’s National Art Museum in Kiev to look at Forever with Moscow, Forever with the Russian People by Ukrainian painter Mikhail Khmelko.
Or has it been sold already?
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s interview with ANSA Italian news agency
Read in full
(Telegraph)
Key talking points:
🔹 For Western officials, diplomatically resolving the Ukrainian crisis is not a priority. They plan to drag out the conflict so that the Kiev regime engages in a war of attrition against Russia. Losses among Ukrainians hold no sway for NATO; they are mere expendable assets in achieving NATO’s geopolitical goals.
🔹 Our requirements for resolving the European security crisis provoked by Washington and Brussels are well-known. First, the parameters of security guarantees provided by both Russia and the West must be agreed upon in line with the proposals that we made to the United States and NATO in December 2021.
🔹 The special military operation’s goal is not to seize Ukraine's territory, but to denazify and demilitarise it and ensure its non-bloc status. Only then can we talk about eliminating threats to Russia and its citizens’ security.
🇻🇦 Russia has repeatedly emphasised that it highly values the Vatican's balanced stance on the Ukrainian conflict and the efforts of the Holy See and Pope Francis in seeking a peaceful settlement, which unfortunately have been openly turned down by the Kiev regime.
🇮🇹 Following the lead of the United States, Italy has chosen a course aimed at the deliberate dismantling of the decades-old complex of Russian-Italian cooperation in various fields. Italy is supplying increasingly heavy and lethal weaponry and military equipment to Ukraine
🔹 At the same time, many good things connect us with Italy and its wonderful people, who - we are well aware of it - despite the Russophobic exercises by the paid-up mainstream media, maintain a deep sympathy for and interest in Russia, its culture and people.
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(Telegraph)
Key talking points:
🔹 For Western officials, diplomatically resolving the Ukrainian crisis is not a priority. They plan to drag out the conflict so that the Kiev regime engages in a war of attrition against Russia. Losses among Ukrainians hold no sway for NATO; they are mere expendable assets in achieving NATO’s geopolitical goals.
🔹 Our requirements for resolving the European security crisis provoked by Washington and Brussels are well-known. First, the parameters of security guarantees provided by both Russia and the West must be agreed upon in line with the proposals that we made to the United States and NATO in December 2021.
🔹 The special military operation’s goal is not to seize Ukraine's territory, but to denazify and demilitarise it and ensure its non-bloc status. Only then can we talk about eliminating threats to Russia and its citizens’ security.
🇻🇦 Russia has repeatedly emphasised that it highly values the Vatican's balanced stance on the Ukrainian conflict and the efforts of the Holy See and Pope Francis in seeking a peaceful settlement, which unfortunately have been openly turned down by the Kiev regime.
🇮🇹 Following the lead of the United States, Italy has chosen a course aimed at the deliberate dismantling of the decades-old complex of Russian-Italian cooperation in various fields. Italy is supplying increasingly heavy and lethal weaponry and military equipment to Ukraine
🔹 At the same time, many good things connect us with Italy and its wonderful people, who - we are well aware of it - despite the Russophobic exercises by the paid-up mainstream media, maintain a deep sympathy for and interest in Russia, its culture and people.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Knowledge Day ceremony at Primakov School (Moscow, September 1, 2023)
💬 This is not the first time that we are marking Knowledge Day and the start of the new academic year together at this school; it has become a good tradition. I am pleased to note that the Primakov School’s prestige, reputation and popularity has been growing every year, and an increasing number of parents want their children to join this excellent educational institution.
I would like to wish the first-graders good luck in this new stage in their lives. You will be crossing the school threshold for the first time today. Here, you will make new friends, you will experience success, difficulties, and trials. I have no doubt that you will overcome every challenge if you listen to your teachers who will help you learn and think independently.
I would like to especially address the 11th graders. You have already received the extensive knowledge that the Primakov School provides; this will be your last year before the final exams. You will also face the choice of your future path in life. I wish that you make a choice which will meet your interests and help you become an independent and successful person. I hope that some of you will consider enrolling at MGIMO. We could only welcome that. Our university draws on the most talented school graduates’ pool from all over our Motherland, but above all, from Moscow and the Moscow Region.
I would like to remind you that the name of Yevgeny Primakov, the man your school was named after, is associated with numerous great events in our country’s past, with the evolution of the Russian Federation as a sovereign, independent state, and the development of its foreign policy, which remains fully relevant today. Yevgeny Primakov will forever remain in our memory as a great diplomat, scholar and statesman.
I wish you to be worthy of his memory, in your studies and deeds. Good luck and all the very best.
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💬 This is not the first time that we are marking Knowledge Day and the start of the new academic year together at this school; it has become a good tradition. I am pleased to note that the Primakov School’s prestige, reputation and popularity has been growing every year, and an increasing number of parents want their children to join this excellent educational institution.
I would like to wish the first-graders good luck in this new stage in their lives. You will be crossing the school threshold for the first time today. Here, you will make new friends, you will experience success, difficulties, and trials. I have no doubt that you will overcome every challenge if you listen to your teachers who will help you learn and think independently.
I would like to especially address the 11th graders. You have already received the extensive knowledge that the Primakov School provides; this will be your last year before the final exams. You will also face the choice of your future path in life. I wish that you make a choice which will meet your interests and help you become an independent and successful person. I hope that some of you will consider enrolling at MGIMO. We could only welcome that. Our university draws on the most talented school graduates’ pool from all over our Motherland, but above all, from Moscow and the Moscow Region.
I would like to remind you that the name of Yevgeny Primakov, the man your school was named after, is associated with numerous great events in our country’s past, with the evolution of the Russian Federation as a sovereign, independent state, and the development of its foreign policy, which remains fully relevant today. Yevgeny Primakov will forever remain in our memory as a great diplomat, scholar and statesman.
I wish you to be worthy of his memory, in your studies and deeds. Good luck and all the very best.
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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:
Middle East settlement
📃 We believe that reviving the Middle East settlement process, while placing the efforts to address the Palestinian problem at its core, is a prerequisite for bringing peace and security to the Middle East.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 We attach key importance to preventing the escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israelis and to providing extensive humanitarian assistance to those affected and in need in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
We call on the sides to show restraint, refrain from unilateral steps and provocative actions, and respect the special status and integrity of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem.
☝️ We support the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on all issues concerning the final status based on a universally acknowledged international legal framework, including the two-state formula.
#UNGA78
Middle East settlement
📃 We believe that reviving the Middle East settlement process, while placing the efforts to address the Palestinian problem at its core, is a prerequisite for bringing peace and security to the Middle East.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 We attach key importance to preventing the escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israelis and to providing extensive humanitarian assistance to those affected and in need in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
We call on the sides to show restraint, refrain from unilateral steps and provocative actions, and respect the special status and integrity of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem.
☝️ We support the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on all issues concerning the final status based on a universally acknowledged international legal framework, including the two-state formula.
#UNGA78
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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:
Africa
📃 We believe that efforts to prevent crises and solve conflicts in Africa should be African-led and supported by the international community. We stand for strengthening the UN's partnership with the African Union and the continent's sub-regional organizations.
We intend to further actively contribute to the political resolution of the crises in the CAR, the DR Congo, South Sudan, Somalia, Mali and the Sahara-Sahel region as a whole, as well as in other hotspots across Africa. We oppose attempts to defame our cooperation with African countries.
🇨🇫 As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a bilateral partner of Bangui, we continue to facilitate the stabilization and national reconciliation process in the CAR based on the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation of 6 February 2019 to ensure a lasting solution to the protracted conflict in the heart of Africa. In line with international law, we assist the country's authorities in building national security capabilities.
🇲🇱 We are closely following the security situation in Mali against the backdrop of the UNSC decision to withdraw the UN Stabilization Mission in the country (30 June 2023). <...> Russia will continue to provide support to Bamako on a bilateral basis, including in building the combat capability of the armed forces, training military and law enforcement personnel, and providing humanitarian assistance.
🇸🇩 We support regional efforts to resolve the ongoing armed conflict between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, which broke out on 15 April 2023. We strongly oppose attempts to impose politicized solutions on the parties to the conflict and exert pressure on them from outside, including through illegitimate unilateral sanctions measures. We are convinced that a sustainable solution can only be achieved by political and diplomatic means with the participation of all Sudanese parties concerned.
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Africa
📃 We believe that efforts to prevent crises and solve conflicts in Africa should be African-led and supported by the international community. We stand for strengthening the UN's partnership with the African Union and the continent's sub-regional organizations.
We intend to further actively contribute to the political resolution of the crises in the CAR, the DR Congo, South Sudan, Somalia, Mali and the Sahara-Sahel region as a whole, as well as in other hotspots across Africa. We oppose attempts to defame our cooperation with African countries.
🇨🇫 As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a bilateral partner of Bangui, we continue to facilitate the stabilization and national reconciliation process in the CAR based on the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation of 6 February 2019 to ensure a lasting solution to the protracted conflict in the heart of Africa. In line with international law, we assist the country's authorities in building national security capabilities.
🇲🇱 We are closely following the security situation in Mali against the backdrop of the UNSC decision to withdraw the UN Stabilization Mission in the country (30 June 2023). <...> Russia will continue to provide support to Bamako on a bilateral basis, including in building the combat capability of the armed forces, training military and law enforcement personnel, and providing humanitarian assistance.
🇸🇩 We support regional efforts to resolve the ongoing armed conflict between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, which broke out on 15 April 2023. We strongly oppose attempts to impose politicized solutions on the parties to the conflict and exert pressure on them from outside, including through illegitimate unilateral sanctions measures. We are convinced that a sustainable solution can only be achieved by political and diplomatic means with the participation of all Sudanese parties concerned.
#UNGA78
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:
Climate change
We attach great importance to international cooperation in addressing climate change. We regard the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement as the main international legal mechanisms to achieve a durable solution to the climate issue. We consider it important to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Paris Agreement in terms of keeping the average global temperature increase within the range of 2–1.5° C and achieving carbon neutrality in the second half of the century rather than by 2050.
We oppose the "blurring" of the mandate of the UNFCCC and the establishment of a system of treaty obligations duplicating it. The division of labour between environmental mechanisms should be respected while avoiding the creation of artificial overlaps making it harder to pursue common goals and interests.
❗️ We are convinced that climate action should build on non-discriminatory international cooperation with due regard for economic realities and interests of all the countries concerned.
We oppose linking climate and security agendas and vesting peacekeeping missions with unnatural climate-monitoring functions. By doing so, major donor states are seeking to shrug off the responsibility for economic problems faced by least developed countries.
#UNGA78
Climate change
We attach great importance to international cooperation in addressing climate change. We regard the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement as the main international legal mechanisms to achieve a durable solution to the climate issue. We consider it important to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Paris Agreement in terms of keeping the average global temperature increase within the range of 2–1.5° C and achieving carbon neutrality in the second half of the century rather than by 2050.
We oppose the "blurring" of the mandate of the UNFCCC and the establishment of a system of treaty obligations duplicating it. The division of labour between environmental mechanisms should be respected while avoiding the creation of artificial overlaps making it harder to pursue common goals and interests.
❗️ We are convinced that climate action should build on non-discriminatory international cooperation with due regard for economic realities and interests of all the countries concerned.
We oppose linking climate and security agendas and vesting peacekeeping missions with unnatural climate-monitoring functions. By doing so, major donor states are seeking to shrug off the responsibility for economic problems faced by least developed countries.
#UNGA78
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🗓 On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed by the militarist Japan.
ℹ️ The signing ceremony of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender took place aboard USS Missouri. The document proclaimed “the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control wherever situated.” On behalf of the USSR, the document was to be signed by Lieutenant-General Kuzma Derevyanko.
🔺 The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945, fulfilling its obligations assumed during the Crimean and Potsdam conferences. Already on August 9, the Red Army launched the Manchurian strategic offensive operation (August 9 – September 2).
The Soviet troops’ well-coordinated actions helped defeat the enemy. This played a significant role in the liberation of China and Korea from the Japanese invaders and resulted in the destruction of a bridgehead of aggression and a large military and economic base of Japan on the Asian continent as well as cut short the resistance of Hitler’s last ally and brought its surrender closer.
✍️ Japan fully accepted the terms of the 1945 Potsdam Declaration. According to the treaty, it ceased hostilities immediately; all Japanese and Japanese-controlled armed forces surrendered unconditionally.
ℹ️ The signing ceremony of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender took place aboard USS Missouri. The document proclaimed “the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control wherever situated.” On behalf of the USSR, the document was to be signed by Lieutenant-General Kuzma Derevyanko.
🔺 The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945, fulfilling its obligations assumed during the Crimean and Potsdam conferences. Already on August 9, the Red Army launched the Manchurian strategic offensive operation (August 9 – September 2).
The Soviet troops’ well-coordinated actions helped defeat the enemy. This played a significant role in the liberation of China and Korea from the Japanese invaders and resulted in the destruction of a bridgehead of aggression and a large military and economic base of Japan on the Asian continent as well as cut short the resistance of Hitler’s last ally and brought its surrender closer.
✍️ Japan fully accepted the terms of the 1945 Potsdam Declaration. According to the treaty, it ceased hostilities immediately; all Japanese and Japanese-controlled armed forces surrendered unconditionally.
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#HistoryOfDiplomacy
📜 On September 2, 911, the first written peace treaty was signed between Rus’ and the Byzantine Empire.
This document was one of the first diplomatic acts of our country, and the oldest written source of Russian law.
⚔️ The agreement was signed after Prince Oleg’s successful campaign against Constantinople. It established “peace and love” between Rus’ and Byzantium, and envisaged responsibility for various violations and penalties for them.
❗️ By signing the agreement the rapidly developing ancient Russian state achieved a major diplomatic victory. It strengthened relations between the two powers, and reinforced the position of Rus’ in the Black Sea.
📜 On September 2, 911, the first written peace treaty was signed between Rus’ and the Byzantine Empire.
This document was one of the first diplomatic acts of our country, and the oldest written source of Russian law.
⚔️ The agreement was signed after Prince Oleg’s successful campaign against Constantinople. It established “peace and love” between Rus’ and Byzantium, and envisaged responsibility for various violations and penalties for them.
❗️ By signing the agreement the rapidly developing ancient Russian state achieved a major diplomatic victory. It strengthened relations between the two powers, and reinforced the position of Rus’ in the Black Sea.
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Today on September 3, we mark the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism.
On this day kids and students from Donbass made an address in verse to the wider global public, showing and telling about the terroristic shelling of the Kiev regime, leaving the universities and schools of region devastated.
On this day kids and students from Donbass made an address in verse to the wider global public, showing and telling about the terroristic shelling of the Kiev regime, leaving the universities and schools of region devastated.
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📆 On September 3, Russia marks the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism.
◾️ The date was established in 2005 to commemorate the tragic events of September 1-3, 2004 in Beslan, where 334 people, including 186 children aged 1 to 17 years, were killed.
🖊 Excerpt from Russia's statement at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly: We stand for the consolidation of the international community in the fight against terrorism with the central coordinating role of the UN, rejecting politicisation, double standards and "hidden agendas" while remaining based on the UN Charter, relevant universal conventions, protocols, and resolutions of the UN Security Council, as well as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The surge in terrorism was largely provoked by the West's interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan became victims of armed adventures and neo-colonial ambitions. This has resulted in the undermining of their statehood, rampant terrorism, the growth of drug trafficking, impoverishment of the population, and degradation of human rights. (From the speech at the plenary meeting of the G20 Council of Foreign Ministers, New Delhi, March 2, 2023)
💬 Maria Zakharova: In today's international realities, countering terrorism has long lost its unifying principle. The "collective West" is openly waging a hybrid war against Russia, not only using Ukraine as a geopolitical battering ram against our country, but also brazenly turning a blind eye to the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime. (from briefing on August 30, 2023)
◾️ The date was established in 2005 to commemorate the tragic events of September 1-3, 2004 in Beslan, where 334 people, including 186 children aged 1 to 17 years, were killed.
🖊 Excerpt from Russia's statement at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly: We stand for the consolidation of the international community in the fight against terrorism with the central coordinating role of the UN, rejecting politicisation, double standards and "hidden agendas" while remaining based on the UN Charter, relevant universal conventions, protocols, and resolutions of the UN Security Council, as well as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The surge in terrorism was largely provoked by the West's interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan became victims of armed adventures and neo-colonial ambitions. This has resulted in the undermining of their statehood, rampant terrorism, the growth of drug trafficking, impoverishment of the population, and degradation of human rights. (From the speech at the plenary meeting of the G20 Council of Foreign Ministers, New Delhi, March 2, 2023)
💬 Maria Zakharova: In today's international realities, countering terrorism has long lost its unifying principle. The "collective West" is openly waging a hybrid war against Russia, not only using Ukraine as a geopolitical battering ram against our country, but also brazenly turning a blind eye to the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime. (from briefing on August 30, 2023)
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According to media reports, the Kiev regime's police units have sealed off the Holy Annunciation Monastery of the Ternopol eparchy (diocese) with the goal to shut it down and evict the nuns...
This brings to mind obvious associations and serves as yet another proof that the regime in Ukraine is a neo-Nazi one, and that Zelensky is a fascist through and through, all following in the footsteps of their Third Reich idols...
This brings to mind obvious associations and serves as yet another proof that the regime in Ukraine is a neo-Nazi one, and that Zelensky is a fascist through and through, all following in the footsteps of their Third Reich idols...
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🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organizers and guests of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum.
✉️ Friends,
Allow me to extend the warmest greetings to you as the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (September 10-13, 2023) gets under way.
The Forum enjoys a high level of international prestige and creates an important opportunity for businesspeople, politicians, public figures, and experts from all over the world to take part in dialogue that is direct and meaningful. The Forum has traditionally sought to address the most pressing issues facing the development of the economy, society, and infrastructure in the Russian Far East along with many aspects of cooperation and integration in the vast Asia-Pacific region.
The main theme of this year’s meeting – “The Path to Partnership, Peace, and Prosperity” – reflects Russia’s desire to build constructive relations with all interested foreign partners. Our country is fully open to an inclusive dialogue on pressing regional problems and has every intention of continuing to participate actively in efforts to nurture relations between the states of the Asia-Pacific region and contribute to a system based on equality, mutual benefit, and respect for the legitimate interests of all.
Discussions during the Forum’s plenary session, its panel sessions and thematic round tables will focus on the prospects for expanding cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology. It is important that we identify ways to create new, highly efficient production and logistics chains, modernize transport and energy systems, and ensure food and environmental security in the region.
I hope your work is successful and productive, and I wish you all the best.
✉️ Friends,
Allow me to extend the warmest greetings to you as the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (September 10-13, 2023) gets under way.
The Forum enjoys a high level of international prestige and creates an important opportunity for businesspeople, politicians, public figures, and experts from all over the world to take part in dialogue that is direct and meaningful. The Forum has traditionally sought to address the most pressing issues facing the development of the economy, society, and infrastructure in the Russian Far East along with many aspects of cooperation and integration in the vast Asia-Pacific region.
The main theme of this year’s meeting – “The Path to Partnership, Peace, and Prosperity” – reflects Russia’s desire to build constructive relations with all interested foreign partners. Our country is fully open to an inclusive dialogue on pressing regional problems and has every intention of continuing to participate actively in efforts to nurture relations between the states of the Asia-Pacific region and contribute to a system based on equality, mutual benefit, and respect for the legitimate interests of all.
Discussions during the Forum’s plenary session, its panel sessions and thematic round tables will focus on the prospects for expanding cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology. It is important that we identify ways to create new, highly efficient production and logistics chains, modernize transport and energy systems, and ensure food and environmental security in the region.
I hope your work is successful and productive, and I wish you all the best.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, August 30, 2023)
🔷 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔷 G20
🔷 Ukrainian crisis
🔷 Ukrainian Crimes Against Humanity
🔷 Rodion Miroshnik’s appointment as Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large for Kiev Regime’s Crimes
🔷 The situation in the global grain market
🔷 Impact of the anti-Russia sanctions on the global economy
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#Ukraine
▪️ While encouraging their Kiev puppets to commit even more savage crimes, the NATO countries continue to flood the country with deadly weapons. In addition to the ongoing arms supplies, there have been never-ending discussions lately in a number of European countries about the possibility of sending fighter jets to Kiev. We strongly condemn such actions, as they are aimed at escalating the conflict further. For us, it makes no difference if they send the F-16 or any other planes. All this means is that the West is getting increasingly drawn into the Ukraine conflict. Their words that they are not in a “direct confrontation” with our country have lost their meaning.
#Sanctions
▪️ According to a source the West definitely views as reliable – The Financial Times – since the beginning of the special military operation, which coincided with the sanctions from hell as Joe Biden called them, major European companies have lost at least 100 billion euros. Oil and gas companies, financial institutions and banks, as well as manufacturers piled up the biggest losses.
🔷 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔷 G20
🔷 Ukrainian crisis
🔷 Ukrainian Crimes Against Humanity
🔷 Rodion Miroshnik’s appointment as Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large for Kiev Regime’s Crimes
🔷 The situation in the global grain market
🔷 Impact of the anti-Russia sanctions on the global economy
And more...
📚 Read in full
#Ukraine
▪️ While encouraging their Kiev puppets to commit even more savage crimes, the NATO countries continue to flood the country with deadly weapons. In addition to the ongoing arms supplies, there have been never-ending discussions lately in a number of European countries about the possibility of sending fighter jets to Kiev. We strongly condemn such actions, as they are aimed at escalating the conflict further. For us, it makes no difference if they send the F-16 or any other planes. All this means is that the West is getting increasingly drawn into the Ukraine conflict. Their words that they are not in a “direct confrontation” with our country have lost their meaning.
#Sanctions
▪️ According to a source the West definitely views as reliable – The Financial Times – since the beginning of the special military operation, which coincided with the sanctions from hell as Joe Biden called them, major European companies have lost at least 100 billion euros. Oil and gas companies, financial institutions and banks, as well as manufacturers piled up the biggest losses.
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⚡️ Russia's position at the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly:
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
📃 We strictly abide by our obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). We support its early entry into force. We call on the eight countries whose signature and/or ratification is required for its entry into force to do so without delay.
We consider the position of the USA, which is the only state to have officially refused to ratify the Treaty, to be a major destructive factor for the CTBT. Washington has taken consistent steps towards resuming nuclear tests, including by increasing the readiness of the Nevada Test Site and allocating significant funds for its maintenance. We encourage Washington to reconsider its stance on the CTBT.
❗️ We firmly reject any insinuations that our country might resume nuclear tests. As President Vladimir Putin clearly stated in his address on 21 February 2023, Russia would not be the first to conduct a nuclear test. We will only take this step in response to a similar action by the US. We intend to further maintain our voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests introduced in 1991.
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
📃 We strictly abide by our obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). We support its early entry into force. We call on the eight countries whose signature and/or ratification is required for its entry into force to do so without delay.
We consider the position of the USA, which is the only state to have officially refused to ratify the Treaty, to be a major destructive factor for the CTBT. Washington has taken consistent steps towards resuming nuclear tests, including by increasing the readiness of the Nevada Test Site and allocating significant funds for its maintenance. We encourage Washington to reconsider its stance on the CTBT.
❗️ We firmly reject any insinuations that our country might resume nuclear tests. As President Vladimir Putin clearly stated in his address on 21 February 2023, Russia would not be the first to conduct a nuclear test. We will only take this step in response to a similar action by the US. We intend to further maintain our voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests introduced in 1991.
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🇷🇺🇹🇷 On September 4, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Sochi.
💬 Vladimir Putin: We continue to maintain the momentum in promoting relations between Russia and Türkiye, facilitated by your direct involvement. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that last year our trade increased by over 80 percent. This positive trend spilled over into the first half of this year.
We have made headway, and I hope that we will complete our talks on establishing a gas hub in Türkiye in the near future, so as to make the energy situation in the region more stable and well-balanced. I believe that this will prove beneficial.
We continue to build the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. Today, Türkiye has become a member of the international club of nuclear states, following the delivery of the first batch of Russian nuclear fuel to Akkuyu. We will launch the first power unit next year, all goes according to plan.
We have a lot to discuss in the context of maintaining regional security. Of course, we will not overlook issues linked with the Ukraine crisis. I know that you intend to raise questions about the grain deal. We are open to talks on this issue.
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#RussiaTürkiye
💬 Vladimir Putin: We continue to maintain the momentum in promoting relations between Russia and Türkiye, facilitated by your direct involvement. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that last year our trade increased by over 80 percent. This positive trend spilled over into the first half of this year.
We have made headway, and I hope that we will complete our talks on establishing a gas hub in Türkiye in the near future, so as to make the energy situation in the region more stable and well-balanced. I believe that this will prove beneficial.
We continue to build the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. Today, Türkiye has become a member of the international club of nuclear states, following the delivery of the first batch of Russian nuclear fuel to Akkuyu. We will launch the first power unit next year, all goes according to plan.
We have a lot to discuss in the context of maintaining regional security. Of course, we will not overlook issues linked with the Ukraine crisis. I know that you intend to raise questions about the grain deal. We are open to talks on this issue.
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🇷🇺🇹🇷 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a joint news conference following talks in Sochi (September 4, 2023)
💬 Vladimir Putin: I want to note that Russia-Türkiye multifaceted cooperation, which is based on neighbourliness, partnership and mutual benefit, is successfully developing across all areas.
👉 We paid great attention to current international issues, in particular to the situation around Ukraine. Naturally, we talked about the suspension from July 18 of the Black Sea Initiative on grain exports from Ukrainian ports.
Russia was forced to make this decision because the Western countries had blocked the part of fulfilling the grain deal that ensured Russian agricultural products access to global markets.
It is clear that suspending the deal did not affect the global food market. Grain prices continue to decline. There is no physical shortage of food. Yes, there are problems with fair distribution, but this has nothing to do with the grain deal.
We will be willing to consider the possibility of resuming the grain deal and will do it immediately, as soon as all the agreements set out in that deal on lifting the restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are fully implemented.
🇷🇺 Russia will continue to export food and fertiliser, to contribute to price stabilisation and to improve the situation in global agricultural industry. To this end, we have proposed, among other things, to supply one million tonnes of grain from Russia at a preferential price for processing in Türkiye and then transporting it without cost to the neediest countries.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: I want to note that Russia-Türkiye multifaceted cooperation, which is based on neighbourliness, partnership and mutual benefit, is successfully developing across all areas.
👉 We paid great attention to current international issues, in particular to the situation around Ukraine. Naturally, we talked about the suspension from July 18 of the Black Sea Initiative on grain exports from Ukrainian ports.
Russia was forced to make this decision because the Western countries had blocked the part of fulfilling the grain deal that ensured Russian agricultural products access to global markets.
It is clear that suspending the deal did not affect the global food market. Grain prices continue to decline. There is no physical shortage of food. Yes, there are problems with fair distribution, but this has nothing to do with the grain deal.
We will be willing to consider the possibility of resuming the grain deal and will do it immediately, as soon as all the agreements set out in that deal on lifting the restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are fully implemented.
🇷🇺 Russia will continue to export food and fertiliser, to contribute to price stabilisation and to improve the situation in global agricultural industry. To this end, we have proposed, among other things, to supply one million tonnes of grain from Russia at a preferential price for processing in Türkiye and then transporting it without cost to the neediest countries.
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#RussiaTürkiye
It appears that the only Trudeau’s cabinet daily duty is to spread blatant lies covering crimes of the Kiev regime.
Pretending to “care about children” while cynically supplying weapons used by 🇺🇦 against civilians.
🇨🇦 taxpayers’ money is in capable hands 🙌🏻
Pretending to “care about children” while cynically supplying weapons used by 🇺🇦 against civilians.
🇨🇦 taxpayers’ money is in capable hands 🙌🏻