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✉️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent congratulations to the newly elected heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, noting their significant contribution to ensuring the comprehensive development of the regions and creating conditions for raising the welfare of the people.
He emphasised the importance of further efforts to integrate the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the legal and socioeconomic system of our country.
☝️ He confirmed the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in establishing and promoting international relations at the regional level in line with the unified foreign policy course of the country.
He emphasised the importance of further efforts to integrate the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into the legal and socioeconomic system of our country.
☝️ He confirmed the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in establishing and promoting international relations at the regional level in line with the unified foreign policy course of the country.
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⭐️ #OTD in 1895, outstanding Marshal, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky was born. During the most difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, he headed the General Staff of the Red Army, formulating and coordinating the most important Soviet strategic operations.
A theological seminary graduate, Alexander Vasilevsky had dreamed of becoming an agronomist in his younger years, but World War I disrupted his plans.
The young officer deployed to the front where he quickly became a Staff Captain, a rank similar to Captain in the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces. Vasilevsky then realised that he would pursue a military career for the rest of his life.
Major General Vasilevsky was serving with the General Staff when the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 started. He came to head the General Staff some time later. As a member of the General Headquarters and its representative, he deployed to fronts where the challenges were greatest.
Vasilevsky’s military talents were manifested vividly during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). He co-authored the plan for a counteroffensive and directly supervised operations to repel a counterstrike by the Wehrmacht’s Hoth Army Group that tried to relieve the 6th German Army, commanded by Friedrich von Paulus, in and around Stalingrad.
Later, Vasilevsky coordinated operations of the Voronezh and Steppe fronts during the Battle of Kursk, planned and conducted operations to liberate Donbass, the Ukrainian west bank of the Dnieper River, and Crimea.
In February-April 1945, Vasilevsky commanded the 3rd Belarusian Front whose units stormed and seized Konigsberg. In June-August 1945, he commanded Soviet forces in the Far East and contributed to the defeat of Japan’s powerful Kwantung Army in just 24 days.
After the war, Vasilevsky headed the Ministry of the Soviet Armed Forces and actively promoted the national veterans’ movement. An urn with his ashes is currently interred in the necropolis that is part of the Kremlin Wall.
#FacesOfVictory
A theological seminary graduate, Alexander Vasilevsky had dreamed of becoming an agronomist in his younger years, but World War I disrupted his plans.
The young officer deployed to the front where he quickly became a Staff Captain, a rank similar to Captain in the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces. Vasilevsky then realised that he would pursue a military career for the rest of his life.
Major General Vasilevsky was serving with the General Staff when the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 started. He came to head the General Staff some time later. As a member of the General Headquarters and its representative, he deployed to fronts where the challenges were greatest.
Vasilevsky’s military talents were manifested vividly during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). He co-authored the plan for a counteroffensive and directly supervised operations to repel a counterstrike by the Wehrmacht’s Hoth Army Group that tried to relieve the 6th German Army, commanded by Friedrich von Paulus, in and around Stalingrad.
Later, Vasilevsky coordinated operations of the Voronezh and Steppe fronts during the Battle of Kursk, planned and conducted operations to liberate Donbass, the Ukrainian west bank of the Dnieper River, and Crimea.
In February-April 1945, Vasilevsky commanded the 3rd Belarusian Front whose units stormed and seized Konigsberg. In June-August 1945, he commanded Soviet forces in the Far East and contributed to the defeat of Japan’s powerful Kwantung Army in just 24 days.
After the war, Vasilevsky headed the Ministry of the Soviet Armed Forces and actively promoted the national veterans’ movement. An urn with his ashes is currently interred in the necropolis that is part of the Kremlin Wall.
#FacesOfVictory
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#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself
Things the MSM will never show you or even let you know: how Russia's new regions and the people celebrate the reunification, how the damage done by the Kiev regime & neo-Nazis is been repaired, cities restored and are rapidly developing, how the eyes of the younger generations are locked on the future as part of Russia.
The young people of Donbass marked the first Anniversary of the reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with Russia with an honest showcase of what it means for them to be with Russia once again.
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#DonbassIsRussia
Things the MSM will never show you or even let you know: how Russia's new regions and the people celebrate the reunification, how the damage done by the Kiev regime & neo-Nazis is been repaired, cities restored and are rapidly developing, how the eyes of the younger generations are locked on the future as part of Russia.
The young people of Donbass marked the first Anniversary of the reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with Russia with an honest showcase of what it means for them to be with Russia once again.
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#DonbassIsRussia
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Antony Blinken’s lies on the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy
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Antony Blinken had the audacity to lie about one of the most appalling tragedies of World War II: the massacre of civilians in Soviet Kiev on September 29-30, 1941, in the Babi Yar ravine. Right after occupying the city, the Nazis began their cleansing operations. Within a few days, tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and Soviet prisoners of war were executed. On September 29-30 alone, the Nazis brutally butchered 34,000 people: this was what Blinken was referring to as he cynically lied (more on this below) about the memory of this tragedy in the USSR, “forgetting” that the executions continued right up to the liberation of Kiev by the Red Army in November 1943.
But we remember everyone: tens of thousands of people of non-Aryan race, partisans and prisoners: all those whom the Nazis sentenced to die and whose remains were left in the Babi Yar ravine. Everyone who lost their lives. Everyone who fell victim to the German idea of superiority. Those who did not live to see the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR capital by the Soviet soldiers.
The US Secretary of State wrote in his post: “Soviets buried this history” by which he meant that they hushed it up. This is a blatant lie, monstrous in its ignorance and cynicism.
No other country in the world so consistently held Nazism accountable for the crimes of the Holocaust as the Soviet Union.
Perhaps there are still decent people left in the State Department who can convey the following information to Mr Blinken.
Already in March 1945, even before the Victory, Resolution No 378 of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the Ukrainian Communist Party Central Committee, On the Construction of a Memorial at Babi Yar, was adopted, in accordance with which work began to create a park and install a monument on the burial site of the victims of the Nazi occupiers. It was unveiled on July 2, 1976, on the territory that was later named the Babi Yar National Historical Memorial Reserve in Kiev. <...>
Yet Blinken had the audacity to write that we don’t or didn’t remember the past, and he did that on the anniversary of the tragedy. On the other hand, what is left to be desired from the US Secretary of State who was declared one of the most influential Jews in the world last year by an Israeli magazine but who found no words to condemn the honouring of a Nazi in the Canadian parliament? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues orders to finance the Nazi regime in Kiev, a regime that glorifies the collaborators Bandera and Shukhevich? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues an order to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution condemning neo-Nazism, racism and xenophobia? <...>
P.S. Blinken’s stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was a Holocaust survivor who was in several death camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. He recalled with gratitude the role of the USSR and Soviet soldiers’ contribution to the Victory over Nazism until the end of his life. Here is an almost prophetic quote of his from an interview with RIA Novosti in 2010: “We, Holocaust survivors who went through Auschwitz, are disappearing one after another. Very soon there will be no eyewitnesses of this catastrophe. And history will speak in the impersonal voice of novelists, researchers and historians at best. Remember Yevtushenko’s poem ‘There Are No Monuments Over Babi Yar’? Shostakovich wrote his 13th symphony called “Babi Yar.” At worst, these will be the voices of demagogues, falsifiers, those who say the Holocaust never happened.”
I wonder what he would say today about his stepson’s lies...
💬 Antony Blinken’s lies on the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy
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Antony Blinken had the audacity to lie about one of the most appalling tragedies of World War II: the massacre of civilians in Soviet Kiev on September 29-30, 1941, in the Babi Yar ravine. Right after occupying the city, the Nazis began their cleansing operations. Within a few days, tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and Soviet prisoners of war were executed. On September 29-30 alone, the Nazis brutally butchered 34,000 people: this was what Blinken was referring to as he cynically lied (more on this below) about the memory of this tragedy in the USSR, “forgetting” that the executions continued right up to the liberation of Kiev by the Red Army in November 1943.
But we remember everyone: tens of thousands of people of non-Aryan race, partisans and prisoners: all those whom the Nazis sentenced to die and whose remains were left in the Babi Yar ravine. Everyone who lost their lives. Everyone who fell victim to the German idea of superiority. Those who did not live to see the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR capital by the Soviet soldiers.
The US Secretary of State wrote in his post: “Soviets buried this history” by which he meant that they hushed it up. This is a blatant lie, monstrous in its ignorance and cynicism.
No other country in the world so consistently held Nazism accountable for the crimes of the Holocaust as the Soviet Union.
Perhaps there are still decent people left in the State Department who can convey the following information to Mr Blinken.
Already in March 1945, even before the Victory, Resolution No 378 of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the Ukrainian Communist Party Central Committee, On the Construction of a Memorial at Babi Yar, was adopted, in accordance with which work began to create a park and install a monument on the burial site of the victims of the Nazi occupiers. It was unveiled on July 2, 1976, on the territory that was later named the Babi Yar National Historical Memorial Reserve in Kiev. <...>
Yet Blinken had the audacity to write that we don’t or didn’t remember the past, and he did that on the anniversary of the tragedy. On the other hand, what is left to be desired from the US Secretary of State who was declared one of the most influential Jews in the world last year by an Israeli magazine but who found no words to condemn the honouring of a Nazi in the Canadian parliament? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues orders to finance the Nazi regime in Kiev, a regime that glorifies the collaborators Bandera and Shukhevich? What do we want from the US Secretary of State who issues an order to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution condemning neo-Nazism, racism and xenophobia? <...>
P.S. Blinken’s stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was a Holocaust survivor who was in several death camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. He recalled with gratitude the role of the USSR and Soviet soldiers’ contribution to the Victory over Nazism until the end of his life. Here is an almost prophetic quote of his from an interview with RIA Novosti in 2010: “We, Holocaust survivors who went through Auschwitz, are disappearing one after another. Very soon there will be no eyewitnesses of this catastrophe. And history will speak in the impersonal voice of novelists, researchers and historians at best. Remember Yevtushenko’s poem ‘There Are No Monuments Over Babi Yar’? Shostakovich wrote his 13th symphony called “Babi Yar.” At worst, these will be the voices of demagogues, falsifiers, those who say the Holocaust never happened.”
I wonder what he would say today about his stepson’s lies...
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the 20th Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club (Sochi, October 2, 2023)
#MultipolarWorld
Today we talked about changes taking place in the international arena. The world is becoming multipolar. The expansion of BRICS is the main evidence of this. BRICS is seen as a reliable partner and as a structure that will not disappoint and will help each member feel more confident.
#UN
UN reform must reflect the reality of a multipolar world where the West can no longer claim the role that it is seeking to maintain either fairly or otherwise. The process is underway. We are taking an active part in it.
#Russophobia
What strikes me most is the speed with which the outward civility has fallen away from practically all Europeans, the front they have been hiding behind in recent years, retaining not only the remnants of diplomacy but also traces of elementary ethics. This is a manifestation of what is usually called Nazism – just in relation of Russians.
#SouthCaucasus
We are working with our Azerbaijani colleagues and neighbours to stabilise the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, to strengthen trust, and create conditions for the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to resume their normal life together. I hope that Yerevan should also have a stake in that and will undertake efforts to this end.
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#MultipolarWorld
Today we talked about changes taking place in the international arena. The world is becoming multipolar. The expansion of BRICS is the main evidence of this. BRICS is seen as a reliable partner and as a structure that will not disappoint and will help each member feel more confident.
#UN
UN reform must reflect the reality of a multipolar world where the West can no longer claim the role that it is seeking to maintain either fairly or otherwise. The process is underway. We are taking an active part in it.
#Russophobia
What strikes me most is the speed with which the outward civility has fallen away from practically all Europeans, the front they have been hiding behind in recent years, retaining not only the remnants of diplomacy but also traces of elementary ethics. This is a manifestation of what is usually called Nazism – just in relation of Russians.
#SouthCaucasus
We are working with our Azerbaijani colleagues and neighbours to stabilise the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, to strengthen trust, and create conditions for the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to resume their normal life together. I hope that Yerevan should also have a stake in that and will undertake efforts to this end.
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Hey, Ottawa! Is this how your Nazi scandal ends? Still waiting for apologies to the Russian Canadian Community and discussing the dismantling of Nazi monuments. And btw, are you to publish the Cabinet’s communications re Hunka’s participation (particularly, the GAC office of protocol and of the DPM Freeland office’s records)? This is an open society, right?
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🚀 The world’s first artificial satellite was launched into Earth orbit on October 4, 1957. This ushered in a new space age in the history of humankind. This event was the result of the strenuous effort of Soviet scientists, designers and engineers, who by that time had great achievements to their credit in developing rocket technology.
To put an artificial satellite into orbit, it was necessary to design a rocket carrier capable of reaching orbital velocity, which is about 8 kilometres per second. This engineering feat was accomplished by Sergey Korolyov, the chief Soviet spacecraft designer, who had upgraded the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile he created earlier.
📻 The satellite put into orbit on October 4 was a radio transmitter in a metal capsule. During the first three weeks it was sending the simplest signals like beep-beep, which could easily be received on Earth with any radio receiver.
According to Sergey Korolyov, the Soviet sputnik’s call signs “have spread around all continents and among all nations leading them to believe that humankind’s daring dream had come true.” Scientists and space buffs around the world were captivated by the flight of the small metal ball they were watching.
🌐 News of the satellite launch reverberated strongly around the world. It was the first time that this valuable data about the upper ionosphere had been received, paving the way for new launches. However, the greatest impression was produced by the fact that the country that had recently pulled through the most horrendous war was the first to go into space.
During the more than 60 years that have passed since then, dozens of countries have put over 7,000 satellites into orbit. We are proud that our sputnik was the first to reach space.
To put an artificial satellite into orbit, it was necessary to design a rocket carrier capable of reaching orbital velocity, which is about 8 kilometres per second. This engineering feat was accomplished by Sergey Korolyov, the chief Soviet spacecraft designer, who had upgraded the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile he created earlier.
📻 The satellite put into orbit on October 4 was a radio transmitter in a metal capsule. During the first three weeks it was sending the simplest signals like beep-beep, which could easily be received on Earth with any radio receiver.
According to Sergey Korolyov, the Soviet sputnik’s call signs “have spread around all continents and among all nations leading them to believe that humankind’s daring dream had come true.” Scientists and space buffs around the world were captivated by the flight of the small metal ball they were watching.
🌐 News of the satellite launch reverberated strongly around the world. It was the first time that this valuable data about the upper ionosphere had been received, paving the way for new launches. However, the greatest impression was produced by the fact that the country that had recently pulled through the most horrendous war was the first to go into space.
During the more than 60 years that have passed since then, dozens of countries have put over 7,000 satellites into orbit. We are proud that our sputnik was the first to reach space.
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Russian peacekeepers continue to do their duty in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh
▫️ Servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping forces monitor the situation on a round-the-clock basis, as well as perform patrols through settlements in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
▫️ No ceasefire violations were recorded in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping forces over the past 24 hours.
▫️ The Russian peacekeeping contingent maintains continuous cooperation with Baku and Stepanakert aimed at preventing bloodshed, ensuring security and observing the norms of humanitarian law with regard to the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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▫️ Servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping forces monitor the situation on a round-the-clock basis, as well as perform patrols through settlements in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
▫️ No ceasefire violations were recorded in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping forces over the past 24 hours.
▫️ The Russian peacekeeping contingent maintains continuous cooperation with Baku and Stepanakert aimed at preventing bloodshed, ensuring security and observing the norms of humanitarian law with regard to the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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❗️Embassy Statement
We have noticed a press release from the Prime Minister's office following Mr.Trudeau's participation in a meeting with President of the United States of America Joe Biden and other “world leaders” on Russia and the situation in Ukraine. The phrase that particularly catches the eye is the support for President Zelensky’s “ongoing diplomatic efforts toward a just peace”. Nothing new, but a couple of things need to be clarified.
The Canadian government is well aware, and our readers will be interested, that the Kiev regime, by the Zelensky’s decree No. 679 of September 30, 2022, it is forbidden to negotiate peace with Russia. No diplomatic efforts can be discussed under these circumstances.
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We have noticed a press release from the Prime Minister's office following Mr.Trudeau's participation in a meeting with President of the United States of America Joe Biden and other “world leaders” on Russia and the situation in Ukraine. The phrase that particularly catches the eye is the support for President Zelensky’s “ongoing diplomatic efforts toward a just peace”. Nothing new, but a couple of things need to be clarified.
The Canadian government is well aware, and our readers will be interested, that the Kiev regime, by the Zelensky’s decree No. 679 of September 30, 2022, it is forbidden to negotiate peace with Russia. No diplomatic efforts can be discussed under these circumstances.
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🎙 President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club (October 5, 2023)
Key talking points:
• The prosperity of the West has been achieved by robbing colonies for several centuries. This is a fact. Essentially, this level of development has been achieved by robbing the entire planet. The history of the West is essentially the chronicle of endless expansion.
• This war, the one that the regime sitting in Kiev started with the vigorous and direct support from the West, has been going on for more than nine years, and Russia’s special military operation is aimed at stopping it. And it reminds us that unilateral steps, no matter who takes them, will inevitably prompt retaliation.
• The Ukraine crisis is not a territorial conflict and not an attempt to establish regional geopolitical balance. The issue is much broader and more fundamental and is about the principles underlying the new international order.
• The West – at least a certain part of the West, the elite – always need an enemy. They need an enemy to justify the need for military action and expansion.
• There are many civilisations, and none is superior or inferior to another. They are equal since each civilisation represents a unique expression of its own culture, traditions, and the aspirations of its people.
• The essential characteristics of a civilisation-state encompass diversity and self-sufficiency, which, I believe, are two key components. Today’s world rejects uniformity, and each state and society strives to develop its own path of development
❗️ Russia was, is and will be one of the foundations of this new world system, ready for constructive interaction with everyone who strives for peace and prosperity, but ready for tough opposition against those who profess the principles of dictatorship and violence. We believe that pragmatism and common sense will prevail, and a multipolar world will be established.
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Key talking points:
• The prosperity of the West has been achieved by robbing colonies for several centuries. This is a fact. Essentially, this level of development has been achieved by robbing the entire planet. The history of the West is essentially the chronicle of endless expansion.
• This war, the one that the regime sitting in Kiev started with the vigorous and direct support from the West, has been going on for more than nine years, and Russia’s special military operation is aimed at stopping it. And it reminds us that unilateral steps, no matter who takes them, will inevitably prompt retaliation.
• The Ukraine crisis is not a territorial conflict and not an attempt to establish regional geopolitical balance. The issue is much broader and more fundamental and is about the principles underlying the new international order.
• The West – at least a certain part of the West, the elite – always need an enemy. They need an enemy to justify the need for military action and expansion.
• There are many civilisations, and none is superior or inferior to another. They are equal since each civilisation represents a unique expression of its own culture, traditions, and the aspirations of its people.
• The essential characteristics of a civilisation-state encompass diversity and self-sufficiency, which, I believe, are two key components. Today’s world rejects uniformity, and each state and society strives to develop its own path of development
❗️ Russia was, is and will be one of the foundations of this new world system, ready for constructive interaction with everyone who strives for peace and prosperity, but ready for tough opposition against those who profess the principles of dictatorship and violence. We believe that pragmatism and common sense will prevail, and a multipolar world will be established.
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🎙 From President Vladimir Putin's answers to questions during the Plenary Session of the 20th Anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
Nagorno-Karabakh
💬 Vladimir Putin: President of France Macron and Mr Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, oversaw the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan gathering in Prague in the autumn of 2022 and signing a statement, under which Armenia recognised Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. <...> And then, at the beginning of 2023, they repeated it a second time at a similar meeting in Brussels.
By the way, no one told us about this, I personally learned this from the press. Azerbaijan has always believed that Karabakh is part of its territory, but by defining the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, Armenia made a qualitative change in its position.
After this, President Aliyev came up to me at a meeting and said: you see, everyone recognised that Karabakh is ours; your peacekeepers are there on our territory. You see, even the status of our peacekeepers immediately underwent a qualitative change after the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan was determined. He said: your military is on our territory and let us now agree on their status on bilateral basis. And Prime Minister Pashinyan confirmed: yes, now you have to talk bilaterally.
That is, Karabakh is gone. You can say whatever you want about this status, but this was the key issue: the status of Karabakh. Everything revolved around it over the previous decades: how and when, who and where will determine the status. Now Armenia decided: Karabakh officially became part of Azerbaijan. This is the position of the Armenian state today.
<...>
It was only a matter of time: when and in what way Azerbaijan would establish constitutional order there within the framework of the Constitution of the Azerbaijani state.
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Nagorno-Karabakh
💬 Vladimir Putin: President of France Macron and Mr Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, oversaw the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan gathering in Prague in the autumn of 2022 and signing a statement, under which Armenia recognised Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. <...> And then, at the beginning of 2023, they repeated it a second time at a similar meeting in Brussels.
By the way, no one told us about this, I personally learned this from the press. Azerbaijan has always believed that Karabakh is part of its territory, but by defining the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, Armenia made a qualitative change in its position.
After this, President Aliyev came up to me at a meeting and said: you see, everyone recognised that Karabakh is ours; your peacekeepers are there on our territory. You see, even the status of our peacekeepers immediately underwent a qualitative change after the status of Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan was determined. He said: your military is on our territory and let us now agree on their status on bilateral basis. And Prime Minister Pashinyan confirmed: yes, now you have to talk bilaterally.
That is, Karabakh is gone. You can say whatever you want about this status, but this was the key issue: the status of Karabakh. Everything revolved around it over the previous decades: how and when, who and where will determine the status. Now Armenia decided: Karabakh officially became part of Azerbaijan. This is the position of the Armenian state today.
<...>
It was only a matter of time: when and in what way Azerbaijan would establish constitutional order there within the framework of the Constitution of the Azerbaijani state.
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In response to GAC's post:
🇷🇺The Russian forces do not target civilian facilities. The strikes are only carried out against military and military-related infrastructure and military manpower locations.
🇷🇺The Russian forces do not target civilian facilities. The strikes are only carried out against military and military-related infrastructure and military manpower locations.
In response to GAC's post:
According to the Russian law foreign citizens cannot own lands in the border regions and cannot purchase agricultural lands (only lease of lands is allowed).
According to the Russian law foreign citizens cannot own lands in the border regions and cannot purchase agricultural lands (only lease of lands is allowed).
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🛡 Today, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation marks its 21st anniversary.
#OTD in 2002, the Collective Security Treaty was assigned the status of an international regional organisation, and the CSTO Charter was adopted.
In 2004, the #CSTO was granted the status of observer at the UN GA. The Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Secretariats of the United Nations and the CSTO was signed in Moscow in 2010.
The Organisation comprises six member states: Russia 🇷🇺, Armenia 🇦🇲, Belarus 🇧🇾, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Tajikistan 🇹🇯.
The CSTO upholds three major aspects of cooperation:
• political cooperation;
• military cooperation;
• countering new challenges and threats.
📄 The Organisation's activity is regulated by the Collective Security Strategy until 2025, a policy document that charts the main goals of the development of CSTO.
The member states coordinate their efforts in the joint fight against international terrorism and extremism, illicit trafficking of drugs and weapons, organised transnational crime, illegal migration and other threats to stability in the CSTO area.
The collective security system includes a military component, the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force.
By working together, the CSTO member states have created an integral and effective mechanism for jointly addressing security issues and for promoting their collective interests on the international arena.
💬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The international authority of the CSTO is evidence of the Organisation's achievements and recognition of its capabilities. <...> As we continue to advance our security initiatives in the region, our voice will become increasingly influential (from FM Sergey Lavrov's interview for the film "CSTO Allies - 30 Years Guarding Collective Security", Moscow, June 7, 2022).
☝️ Russia regards the continued strengthening and development of all-round cooperation with CSTO member states, and enhancing its international role as a foreign policy priority.
#OTD in 2002, the Collective Security Treaty was assigned the status of an international regional organisation, and the CSTO Charter was adopted.
In 2004, the #CSTO was granted the status of observer at the UN GA. The Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Secretariats of the United Nations and the CSTO was signed in Moscow in 2010.
The Organisation comprises six member states: Russia 🇷🇺, Armenia 🇦🇲, Belarus 🇧🇾, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Tajikistan 🇹🇯.
The CSTO upholds three major aspects of cooperation:
• political cooperation;
• military cooperation;
• countering new challenges and threats.
📄 The Organisation's activity is regulated by the Collective Security Strategy until 2025, a policy document that charts the main goals of the development of CSTO.
The member states coordinate their efforts in the joint fight against international terrorism and extremism, illicit trafficking of drugs and weapons, organised transnational crime, illegal migration and other threats to stability in the CSTO area.
The collective security system includes a military component, the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force.
By working together, the CSTO member states have created an integral and effective mechanism for jointly addressing security issues and for promoting their collective interests on the international arena.
💬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The international authority of the CSTO is evidence of the Organisation's achievements and recognition of its capabilities. <...> As we continue to advance our security initiatives in the region, our voice will become increasingly influential (from FM Sergey Lavrov's interview for the film "CSTO Allies - 30 Years Guarding Collective Security", Moscow, June 7, 2022).
☝️ Russia regards the continued strengthening and development of all-round cooperation with CSTO member states, and enhancing its international role as a foreign policy priority.
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#InMemoriam
📅 Prominent Soviet and Russian diplomat Yury Dubinin was born on October 7, 1930. Major events in the history of diplomacy in the 20th century are associated with his name, including the inception of the pan-European process, the reinstatement of diplomatic relations between the USSR and Spain, and the first agreements on disarmament to be reached in the history of Soviet-American relations.
Yury Dubinin devoted nearly 45 years of his life to diplomacy. At different times, he was Ambassador to Spain (1978-1986), Ambassador to the United States (1986-1990), Ambassador to France (1990-1991), Ambassador to Ukraine (1996-1999) and Permanent Representative to the UN (1986). Between 1994 and 1999, he was Deputy Foreign Minister.
In the 1990s, Yury Dubinin led our country’s delegation at the hard talks with Ukraine. In this post he did a lot to improve relations between Moscow and Kiev. On his initiative, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between our countries was signed in 1997.
After his resignation, Yury Dubinin was engaged in prolific scientific and educational activities. He was a professor at the Department of International Relations at MGIMO University, took an active part in teaching young specialists the art of diplomacy and wrote articles and memoirs on the achievements of Russian diplomats. He was a member of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy for many years.
Yury Dubinin was endowed with the best qualities that are inculcated by the domestic diplomatic school. His book “The Art of Negotiation,” which summarised the diplomat’s experience of many years, has become a must-read book for several generations of government employees and specialists in international relations.
💬 Yury Dubinin: The inner core of a diplomat is one thing – the interests of his country. This is his main guideline. This is in a diplomat’s mind, in his heart and blood. It is the thread of Ariadne that helps him behave in an appropriate manner in various situations.
📅 Prominent Soviet and Russian diplomat Yury Dubinin was born on October 7, 1930. Major events in the history of diplomacy in the 20th century are associated with his name, including the inception of the pan-European process, the reinstatement of diplomatic relations between the USSR and Spain, and the first agreements on disarmament to be reached in the history of Soviet-American relations.
Yury Dubinin devoted nearly 45 years of his life to diplomacy. At different times, he was Ambassador to Spain (1978-1986), Ambassador to the United States (1986-1990), Ambassador to France (1990-1991), Ambassador to Ukraine (1996-1999) and Permanent Representative to the UN (1986). Between 1994 and 1999, he was Deputy Foreign Minister.
In the 1990s, Yury Dubinin led our country’s delegation at the hard talks with Ukraine. In this post he did a lot to improve relations between Moscow and Kiev. On his initiative, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between our countries was signed in 1997.
After his resignation, Yury Dubinin was engaged in prolific scientific and educational activities. He was a professor at the Department of International Relations at MGIMO University, took an active part in teaching young specialists the art of diplomacy and wrote articles and memoirs on the achievements of Russian diplomats. He was a member of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy for many years.
Yury Dubinin was endowed with the best qualities that are inculcated by the domestic diplomatic school. His book “The Art of Negotiation,” which summarised the diplomat’s experience of many years, has become a must-read book for several generations of government employees and specialists in international relations.
💬 Yury Dubinin: The inner core of a diplomat is one thing – the interests of his country. This is his main guideline. This is in a diplomat’s mind, in his heart and blood. It is the thread of Ariadne that helps him behave in an appropriate manner in various situations.
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🇷🇺🇰🇿🇺🇿 President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the launch of Russian gas supplies to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan.
💬 President Putin: This is an enormous trilateral energy project, and it is being implemented using the Central Asia-Centre gas pipeline system, built in the 1960s. <...>
Now this pipeline will reliably meet the needs of the dynamically growing economy of Uzbekistan and, to some extent, Kazakhstan. <...>
☝️ The contract on the export of Russian gas to Uzbekistan and the agreement on its transportation via Kazakhstan were signed during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in June. Pursuant to these documents, Russia will supply 2.8 billion cubic metres of gas to consumers in Uzbekistan within the next two years. <...>
The implementation of this project will have obvious benefits for all three states.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan will receive an additional source of energy, which will guarantee an uninterrupted supply of heating and electricity to households and socially important facilities.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan will be able to resolve issues of gas supply to its northern and eastern regions. Gazprom is already working out the corresponding routes and gas supply parameters.
🇷🇺 Russia has confirmed its status as a reliable natural gas supplier. We are open to future cooperation and will strive to meet the needs of all our Kazakh and Uzbek friends and partners, as well as other consumers interested in this fuel.
❗️ Overall, the project undoubtedly has great importance for economic development and energy security of our three countries and the entire vast region. <...>
🤝 I am confident that the strategic partnership of our three countries will continue. It will develop further and bring specific, tangible results to our nations.
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💬 President Putin: This is an enormous trilateral energy project, and it is being implemented using the Central Asia-Centre gas pipeline system, built in the 1960s. <...>
Now this pipeline will reliably meet the needs of the dynamically growing economy of Uzbekistan and, to some extent, Kazakhstan. <...>
☝️ The contract on the export of Russian gas to Uzbekistan and the agreement on its transportation via Kazakhstan were signed during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in June. Pursuant to these documents, Russia will supply 2.8 billion cubic metres of gas to consumers in Uzbekistan within the next two years. <...>
The implementation of this project will have obvious benefits for all three states.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan will receive an additional source of energy, which will guarantee an uninterrupted supply of heating and electricity to households and socially important facilities.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan will be able to resolve issues of gas supply to its northern and eastern regions. Gazprom is already working out the corresponding routes and gas supply parameters.
🇷🇺 Russia has confirmed its status as a reliable natural gas supplier. We are open to future cooperation and will strive to meet the needs of all our Kazakh and Uzbek friends and partners, as well as other consumers interested in this fuel.
❗️ Overall, the project undoubtedly has great importance for economic development and energy security of our three countries and the entire vast region. <...>
🤝 I am confident that the strategic partnership of our three countries will continue. It will develop further and bring specific, tangible results to our nations.
Read in full
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🔴 #LIVE: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit hold a joint news conference following talks in Moscow
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