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⚡️ Address of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the UN, international parliamentary organisations, and parliaments of the world in connection with the violation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child due to criminal actions by the Kiev regime
💬 The mass use by the Kiev-controlled armed formations of indiscriminate weapons, firearms, and light weapons, as well as the use of cluster and phosphorous munitions, and remote mining of residential communities are the main reasons minors are becoming victims.
The criminal actions of the Kiev regime have violated a whole range of provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of November 20, 1989, including the provisions guaranteeing the right to life, healthy development, freedom of conscience, thought, views, opinions, and religious beliefs, education, and the use of the native language.
❌ Children living in Ukraine are subjected to harassment based on language, and are persecuted for pro-Russian views.
❌ Ukrainian armed formations force minors to undergo combat training in field camps, perform tasks as saboteurs, missile and artillery spotters, spread disinformation, and participate in terrorist attacks.
❌ There are numerous cases of child abuse with the connivance of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, as well as the exploitation of children in the porn industry, which thrives in Ukraine.
❌ In cooperation with Western non-governmental organisations linked to organised crime, Kiev covers up the abduction of children for further export abroad.
❗️ We consider it important to condemn the inaction of the specialised agencies and international organisations, whose scope of duties includes providing assistance in ensuring compliance with the fundamental rights and freedoms of minors.
Such a biased and unprofessional approach encourages the Kiev rulers to violate international humanitarian law and to condemn an even greater number of innocent children to death and suffering.
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💬 The mass use by the Kiev-controlled armed formations of indiscriminate weapons, firearms, and light weapons, as well as the use of cluster and phosphorous munitions, and remote mining of residential communities are the main reasons minors are becoming victims.
The criminal actions of the Kiev regime have violated a whole range of provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of November 20, 1989, including the provisions guaranteeing the right to life, healthy development, freedom of conscience, thought, views, opinions, and religious beliefs, education, and the use of the native language.
❌ Children living in Ukraine are subjected to harassment based on language, and are persecuted for pro-Russian views.
❌ Ukrainian armed formations force minors to undergo combat training in field camps, perform tasks as saboteurs, missile and artillery spotters, spread disinformation, and participate in terrorist attacks.
❌ There are numerous cases of child abuse with the connivance of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, as well as the exploitation of children in the porn industry, which thrives in Ukraine.
❌ In cooperation with Western non-governmental organisations linked to organised crime, Kiev covers up the abduction of children for further export abroad.
❗️ We consider it important to condemn the inaction of the specialised agencies and international organisations, whose scope of duties includes providing assistance in ensuring compliance with the fundamental rights and freedoms of minors.
Such a biased and unprofessional approach encourages the Kiev rulers to violate international humanitarian law and to condemn an even greater number of innocent children to death and suffering.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On December 8, 1999, Russia and Belarus signed the Treaty Establishing the Union State of Russia and Belarus. This integration structure presented a combination of characteristics pertaining both to an international organisation and a state, and its creation marked a new stage in the unification of our two nations.
The effort to establish the Union State includes:
👉 creating a single economic space;
👉 carrying out coordinated foreign, defence and social policies;
👉 establishing a unified legal system.
At the same time, each member state preserves its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and model of government.
The specific achievements of the Union State include:
✅ Ensuring equal right to employment, labour compensation and other social and labour guarantees for all;
✅ Visa-free travel and no migration cards;
✅ Mutual recognition and equivalency of diplomas, academic degrees and titles;
✅ Joint programmes in manufacturing, energy, construction, IT and space exploration.
In November 2021, 28 development programmes were adopted for the Union State. By carrying them out, Russia and Belarus aim to create an equitable and harmonised business environment that offers new development opportunities to their economies. The two countries’ governments and relevant agencies have already fulfilled about 90 percent of the initiatives set forth in these programmes.
Russia and Belarus have come a long way since signing the treaty in forging closer ties. Today, the relations between them have taken on a genuinely strategic and allied nature. Close and deep-running foreign policy coordination remains an integral part of these relations, including within platforms such as the UN, the CIS, the CSTO, the OSCE, and the IAEA.
🤝 Today, Russia and Belarus share the same views on almost all key international matters. Moscow and Minsk maintain an active political dialogue at all levels.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
The effort to establish the Union State includes:
👉 creating a single economic space;
👉 carrying out coordinated foreign, defence and social policies;
👉 establishing a unified legal system.
At the same time, each member state preserves its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and model of government.
The specific achievements of the Union State include:
✅ Ensuring equal right to employment, labour compensation and other social and labour guarantees for all;
✅ Visa-free travel and no migration cards;
✅ Mutual recognition and equivalency of diplomas, academic degrees and titles;
✅ Joint programmes in manufacturing, energy, construction, IT and space exploration.
In November 2021, 28 development programmes were adopted for the Union State. By carrying them out, Russia and Belarus aim to create an equitable and harmonised business environment that offers new development opportunities to their economies. The two countries’ governments and relevant agencies have already fulfilled about 90 percent of the initiatives set forth in these programmes.
Russia and Belarus have come a long way since signing the treaty in forging closer ties. Today, the relations between them have taken on a genuinely strategic and allied nature. Close and deep-running foreign policy coordination remains an integral part of these relations, including within platforms such as the UN, the CIS, the CSTO, the OSCE, and the IAEA.
🤝 Today, Russia and Belarus share the same views on almost all key international matters. Moscow and Minsk maintain an active political dialogue at all levels.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
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❗️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Venezuela-Guyana dispute over Essequibo’s status
💬 We are closely following the developments around Essequibo, considering the results of the December 3 consultative referendum in Venezuela on the status of this area and legal steps following this event.
🇻🇪🇬🇾 In our view, this is a matter of Venezuela-Guyana relations and should be settled in a neighbourly way by finding peaceful mutually acceptable solutions in accordance with international law, bilateral agreements and national legislation.
We believe that the priority in the current situation is to reduce tensions and strengthen trust between Venezuela and Guyana. We urge them to refrain from any actions that may unbalance the situation and harm both sides.
📞 We welcome the December 6 telephone conversation between Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil and his Guyanese counterpart Hugh Todd. We hope they will continue such contacts.
We oppose foreign pressure and interference in the affairs of sovereign states, especially when it comes to delicate issues requiring caution from third countries at both public and private level.
☝️ We reaffirm our position of principle that Latin America should remain a zone of peace, as the CELAC countries announced at the Havana summit in 2014. We support the efforts to enhance regional unity and welcome Latin American and Caribbean countries consolidating their position as an influential centre of the emerging multipolar world.
💬 We are closely following the developments around Essequibo, considering the results of the December 3 consultative referendum in Venezuela on the status of this area and legal steps following this event.
🇻🇪🇬🇾 In our view, this is a matter of Venezuela-Guyana relations and should be settled in a neighbourly way by finding peaceful mutually acceptable solutions in accordance with international law, bilateral agreements and national legislation.
We believe that the priority in the current situation is to reduce tensions and strengthen trust between Venezuela and Guyana. We urge them to refrain from any actions that may unbalance the situation and harm both sides.
📞 We welcome the December 6 telephone conversation between Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil and his Guyanese counterpart Hugh Todd. We hope they will continue such contacts.
We oppose foreign pressure and interference in the affairs of sovereign states, especially when it comes to delicate issues requiring caution from third countries at both public and private level.
☝️ We reaffirm our position of principle that Latin America should remain a zone of peace, as the CELAC countries announced at the Havana summit in 2014. We support the efforts to enhance regional unity and welcome Latin American and Caribbean countries consolidating their position as an influential centre of the emerging multipolar world.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, December 6, 2023)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip
🔹 The Foreign Ministry’s report on the glorification of Nazism and current manifestations of neo-Nazism and racism
🔹 Discrimination against Russian athletes
🔹 Russian humanitarian aid for Somalia
and more...
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#Ukraine
Ukraine has become an enormous black hole for vast material and human resources.
The term “black hole” is not a symbolic simile in this case but indicates that there is a mechanism of illegal distribution of resources and their plunder in enormous amounts. Nobody can say where all the resources disappear, but everyone regards it as a fact, including in the Middle East and North Africa.
It is common knowledge that the weapons sent by the United States and other NATO countries to Ukraine have turned up in the Middle East. These weapons do not appear there in small amounts, or by chance and neither are they planted. They are there delivered in large batches.
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The Kiev regime has long abandoned any hope for Ukraine’s future as a sovereign state, choosing instead enslavement by transatlantic corporations and colonisation by the West.
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NATO is becoming mired in the Ukraine conflict. As we understand, it is conducting a hybrid war against Russia under the slogan of “saving” Ukraine. Additionally, they have said that their main goal is to prevent a confrontation with Russia.
In reality, the risks of a direct military clash between Russia and NATO are increasing. The Russian Armed Forces will see any fighter aircraft involved in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as legitimate targets for destruction, no matter where the planes take off.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip
🔹 The Foreign Ministry’s report on the glorification of Nazism and current manifestations of neo-Nazism and racism
🔹 Discrimination against Russian athletes
🔹 Russian humanitarian aid for Somalia
and more...
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#Ukraine
Ukraine has become an enormous black hole for vast material and human resources.
The term “black hole” is not a symbolic simile in this case but indicates that there is a mechanism of illegal distribution of resources and their plunder in enormous amounts. Nobody can say where all the resources disappear, but everyone regards it as a fact, including in the Middle East and North Africa.
It is common knowledge that the weapons sent by the United States and other NATO countries to Ukraine have turned up in the Middle East. These weapons do not appear there in small amounts, or by chance and neither are they planted. They are there delivered in large batches.
<...>
The Kiev regime has long abandoned any hope for Ukraine’s future as a sovereign state, choosing instead enslavement by transatlantic corporations and colonisation by the West.
<...>
NATO is becoming mired in the Ukraine conflict. As we understand, it is conducting a hybrid war against Russia under the slogan of “saving” Ukraine. Additionally, they have said that their main goal is to prevent a confrontation with Russia.
In reality, the risks of a direct military clash between Russia and NATO are increasing. The Russian Armed Forces will see any fighter aircraft involved in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as legitimate targets for destruction, no matter where the planes take off.
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🇷🇺🇪🇬📞 On December 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a telephone conversation.
Vladimir Putin shared his impressions following his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, as well as talks with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 held in Moscow.
The Leaders discussed a number of issues related to Russian-Egyptian cooperation, which has been developing very successfully.
🤝 Both Parties expressed their interest in further expanding cooperation in various areas in a traditionally friendly manner based on the principles of strategic partnership.
The President of Russia thanked Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for his assistance in evacuating Russian citizens and members of their families, as well as delivering humanitarian aid from Russia to the Gaza Strip, and wished him success in the upcoming presidential election in Egypt.
#RussiaEgypt
Vladimir Putin shared his impressions following his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, as well as talks with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 held in Moscow.
The Leaders discussed a number of issues related to Russian-Egyptian cooperation, which has been developing very successfully.
🤝 Both Parties expressed their interest in further expanding cooperation in various areas in a traditionally friendly manner based on the principles of strategic partnership.
The President of Russia thanked Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for his assistance in evacuating Russian citizens and members of their families, as well as delivering humanitarian aid from Russia to the Gaza Strip, and wished him success in the upcoming presidential election in Egypt.
#RussiaEgypt
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the Joint Statement by the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia confirming the mutual intention to normalise relations and conclude a peace treaty
💬 Moscow notes with satisfaction the Joint Statement by the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia confirming the mutual intention to normalise relations and conclude a peace treaty between the two countries.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 We welcome the fact that Baku and Yerevan have reached an agreement to release the Armenian and Azerbaijani prisoners of war. Russia has consistently advocated for a prisoner exchange where everyone is released. This will contribute to mutual confidence-building and open up new opportunities for advancing the normalisation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan in line with the comprehensive trilateral agreements between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of 2020-2022. We are ready to continue to provide all our assistance in unblocking transport links, delimiting the border, concluding a peace treaty and civil societies contacts.
We also appreciate Yerevan’s decision to withdraw its bid to host the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) in November 2024 as a gesture of goodwill, as well as Baku’s declared support for Armenia’s candidacy for the UNFCCC Bureau membership. The Russian side (Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev) has contacted Baku and Yerevan with a view to reaching an agreement on the UNFCCC.
💬 Moscow notes with satisfaction the Joint Statement by the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia confirming the mutual intention to normalise relations and conclude a peace treaty between the two countries.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 We welcome the fact that Baku and Yerevan have reached an agreement to release the Armenian and Azerbaijani prisoners of war. Russia has consistently advocated for a prisoner exchange where everyone is released. This will contribute to mutual confidence-building and open up new opportunities for advancing the normalisation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan in line with the comprehensive trilateral agreements between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of 2020-2022. We are ready to continue to provide all our assistance in unblocking transport links, delimiting the border, concluding a peace treaty and civil societies contacts.
We also appreciate Yerevan’s decision to withdraw its bid to host the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) in November 2024 as a gesture of goodwill, as well as Baku’s declared support for Armenia’s candidacy for the UNFCCC Bureau membership. The Russian side (Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev) has contacted Baku and Yerevan with a view to reaching an agreement on the UNFCCC.
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 The other day NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg turned up at the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. One might wonder what NATO has to do with climate?
During his speech, Stoltenberg discussed Russian gas and the Alliance's responsibility. One might wonder what NATO has to do with Russian gas?
Unfortunately, NATO Secretary-General omitted to mention NATO's efforts to disrupt supply chains from Russia for the most environmentally friendly hydrocarbon energy source with minimal CO2 emissions.
He failed to acknowledge that prior to COP28, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter published a report on the impact on Scandinavia’s ecology of the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
To put it simply, the impact was catastrophic.
Experts, including Joel Bengtsson, a climate analyst with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, estimated that the explosion resulted in the release of 14 million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere over Sweden and Denmark. Due to the low density of gas, the true extent of the release is difficult to comprehend, if specialists estimate it to be around 14000000 tonnes.
The emission release was so severe that it affected Sweden's annual reporting for the EU's overall emission statistics. Sweden's share of approximately 6 million tonnes is ten times greater than the total emissions from domestic aviation in a year and is equivalent to the annual turnover of a well-established agriculture industry in a large country.
As a result of the terrorist attack, the Scandinavian countries of the EU now face penalties for non-compliance with climate obligations, although they did nothing wrong. The gas pipelines simply passed through their exclusive economic zone.
One might wonder what the terrorist attack on the Nord Streams has to do with NATO?
The connection lies with the White House. It was there, at the highest level, that the plans to destroy this infrastructure project were announced six months prior to the terrorist attack that led to such disastrous environmental consequences.
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/6736
💬 The other day NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg turned up at the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. One might wonder what NATO has to do with climate?
During his speech, Stoltenberg discussed Russian gas and the Alliance's responsibility. One might wonder what NATO has to do with Russian gas?
Unfortunately, NATO Secretary-General omitted to mention NATO's efforts to disrupt supply chains from Russia for the most environmentally friendly hydrocarbon energy source with minimal CO2 emissions.
He failed to acknowledge that prior to COP28, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter published a report on the impact on Scandinavia’s ecology of the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
To put it simply, the impact was catastrophic.
Experts, including Joel Bengtsson, a climate analyst with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, estimated that the explosion resulted in the release of 14 million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere over Sweden and Denmark. Due to the low density of gas, the true extent of the release is difficult to comprehend, if specialists estimate it to be around 14000000 tonnes.
The emission release was so severe that it affected Sweden's annual reporting for the EU's overall emission statistics. Sweden's share of approximately 6 million tonnes is ten times greater than the total emissions from domestic aviation in a year and is equivalent to the annual turnover of a well-established agriculture industry in a large country.
As a result of the terrorist attack, the Scandinavian countries of the EU now face penalties for non-compliance with climate obligations, although they did nothing wrong. The gas pipelines simply passed through their exclusive economic zone.
One might wonder what the terrorist attack on the Nord Streams has to do with NATO?
The connection lies with the White House. It was there, at the highest level, that the plans to destroy this infrastructure project were announced six months prior to the terrorist attack that led to such disastrous environmental consequences.
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/6736
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🎖 On December 9, Russia celebrates the Heroes of the Fatherland Day. Today we honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, recipients of the Order of St. George and the Order of Glory, people whose outstanding deeds and accomplishments will forever be written into the history of our country.
The date of the holiday is dedicated to Saint George. On this day in 1769, Empress Catherine II established the highest military award — the Order of St. George, which was bestowed upon heroes who showed exceptional bravery in battle. More than 10,000 people became knights of the Order.
In 1807, the Cross of St. George, state decoration for lower ranks was established and became one of the most respected combat awards.
On April 16, 1934, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR established the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for collective and personal feats in service to the Soviet state and society.
☝️ Eight Soviet diplomats were awarded this title, another was the recipient all three classed of the Order of Glory.
In 1992 the title Hero of the Russian Federation was established. Since 1992, it has been awarded to approximately 1,500 people, including posthumously to Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Andrey Karlov, tragically killed as a result of a terrorist attack, as well as the soldiers participating in the special military operation.
👉 In 2000, the Order of St. George was restored by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation as the highest military award.
(from the Statement by President of Russia during the ceremony of presenting Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia on December 8, 2023)
The date of the holiday is dedicated to Saint George. On this day in 1769, Empress Catherine II established the highest military award — the Order of St. George, which was bestowed upon heroes who showed exceptional bravery in battle. More than 10,000 people became knights of the Order.
In 1807, the Cross of St. George, state decoration for lower ranks was established and became one of the most respected combat awards.
On April 16, 1934, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR established the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for collective and personal feats in service to the Soviet state and society.
☝️ Eight Soviet diplomats were awarded this title, another was the recipient all three classed of the Order of Glory.
In 1992 the title Hero of the Russian Federation was established. Since 1992, it has been awarded to approximately 1,500 people, including posthumously to Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Andrey Karlov, tragically killed as a result of a terrorist attack, as well as the soldiers participating in the special military operation.
👉 In 2000, the Order of St. George was restored by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation as the highest military award.
💬 President Putin: The fabric of popular memory is impermeable to time. We have been passing on from one generation to another the feeling of gratitude to our heroes and their courage and revered those who stood up to defend the freedom and independence of our Fatherland.
(from the Statement by President of Russia during the ceremony of presenting Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia on December 8, 2023)
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#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself
🎬 Road of Life — an RT Doc film.
Synopsis: Anatoly Beznosov is a neurologist who works at the Krasnodon Children's Home with kids who require palliative care. This means that there is no chance of recovery. During the hardest days in Donbass, Anatoly and his colleagues had to evade Ukrainian shelling and provided care for the children in basements.
As life gradually returns to normal, Krasnodon Children's Home has started to receive support from the Road of Life charity foundation.
Doctors and volunteers do their best to make sure the little ones' last days are pain-free and loving.
📹 Watch to learn more about the stories of these kids.
🎬 Road of Life — an RT Doc film.
Synopsis: Anatoly Beznosov is a neurologist who works at the Krasnodon Children's Home with kids who require palliative care. This means that there is no chance of recovery. During the hardest days in Donbass, Anatoly and his colleagues had to evade Ukrainian shelling and provided care for the children in basements.
As life gradually returns to normal, Krasnodon Children's Home has started to receive support from the Road of Life charity foundation.
Doctors and volunteers do their best to make sure the little ones' last days are pain-free and loving.
📹 Watch to learn more about the stories of these kids.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following the 21th Doha Forum, 10 December 2023
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💬 The domination of the “collective West” was based on diverse history including ruthless exploitation of peoples and territories of other countries.
On the basis of this five hundred years, the US & its allies built the model of globalization, which they believed would serve THEM well to continue to be number one in economy, in military exercises, in culture, politics, and so on and so forth. And they thought that they would be using this globalization scheme to continue their domination.
However, other countries, using exactly the principles and instruments of the western globalization, managed to beat the West on its own turf, building economies on the basis of national sovereignty, on the basis of balance of interests with other countries.
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We see this process very much underway, which is clearly changing the balance of power in the world, and not to the West liking.
This is especially seen in various conflicts which the West ignites all over the world. Everything goes to keep the hegemony.
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❓ The analysis of all these events raises a question: is there a single place where the US intervened with military force, where life has become better?
I think you know the answer 👉 Ruined statehood, human tragedies, and bleak prospects for the future of the countries where the Americans & NATO interfered.
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We have to accept the existence of new organizations, new formats, new structures like #BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, #AfricanUnion, and many subregional organizations in Africa, CELAC and subregional groups in Latin America. They are going to be the bricks of the new polycentric world. This must be recognized as an objective course of history and this must be respected. This is something which we actually miss when we analyse the modern Western diplomacy. But this is for the West to draw conclusions.
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💬 The domination of the “collective West” was based on diverse history including ruthless exploitation of peoples and territories of other countries.
On the basis of this five hundred years, the US & its allies built the model of globalization, which they believed would serve THEM well to continue to be number one in economy, in military exercises, in culture, politics, and so on and so forth. And they thought that they would be using this globalization scheme to continue their domination.
However, other countries, using exactly the principles and instruments of the western globalization, managed to beat the West on its own turf, building economies on the basis of national sovereignty, on the basis of balance of interests with other countries.
<...>
We see this process very much underway, which is clearly changing the balance of power in the world, and not to the West liking.
This is especially seen in various conflicts which the West ignites all over the world. Everything goes to keep the hegemony.
<...>
❓ The analysis of all these events raises a question: is there a single place where the US intervened with military force, where life has become better?
I think you know the answer 👉 Ruined statehood, human tragedies, and bleak prospects for the future of the countries where the Americans & NATO interfered.
<...>
We have to accept the existence of new organizations, new formats, new structures like #BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, #AfricanUnion, and many subregional organizations in Africa, CELAC and subregional groups in Latin America. They are going to be the bricks of the new polycentric world. This must be recognized as an objective course of history and this must be respected. This is something which we actually miss when we analyse the modern Western diplomacy. But this is for the West to draw conclusions.
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🇷🇺🇮🇱📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.
The discussion focused on the critical situation in the Palestine-Israel conflict zone, in particular, the disastrous humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
☝️ Vladimir Putin reaffirmed principled position of rejecting and condemning terrorism in all its manifestations.
❗️ At the same time, it is of the utmost importance to avoid such grave consequences for the civilian population while countering terrorist threats.
Russia is ready to provide all possible assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilians and de-escalate the conflict.
In addition, the parties expressed mutual interest in further cooperation on the evacuation of Russian citizens and their families, as well as the release of Israelis held in Gaza.
Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to continue contacts.
The discussion focused on the critical situation in the Palestine-Israel conflict zone, in particular, the disastrous humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
☝️ Vladimir Putin reaffirmed principled position of rejecting and condemning terrorism in all its manifestations.
❗️ At the same time, it is of the utmost importance to avoid such grave consequences for the civilian population while countering terrorist threats.
Russia is ready to provide all possible assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilians and de-escalate the conflict.
In addition, the parties expressed mutual interest in further cooperation on the evacuation of Russian citizens and their families, as well as the release of Israelis held in Gaza.
Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to continue contacts.
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🗓 December 10 marks the 146th anniversary of the Russian army’s successful Siege of Plevna, a decisive battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
Plevna (Pleven) was of a city of strategic importance where several roads converged, leading to Ruse and Sofia via the Balkan ridge as well as to a number of other important locations.
⚔️ The siege and liberation of Plevna, which lasted from July 19 to December 10, 1877, claimed the lives of over 30,000 Russian soldiers, members of the Bulgarian voluntary army units, and soldiers of the seven liberation coalition countries.
📰 Back then, newspapers wrote:
☝️ The siege of the fortress was a defining moment in the Liberation of Bulgaria, and a symbol of the heroism and dedication of Russian soldiers who fought for the freedom of the Balkan nations.
The feats of the Russian soldiers, who made a crucial contribution to the liberation of Bulgaria and restoration of its statehood, is being cast into oblivion by the Bulgarian authorities, who openly show hostility towards our country.
💬 Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova:
(from the interview to TASS, August 29, 2023)
Plevna (Pleven) was of a city of strategic importance where several roads converged, leading to Ruse and Sofia via the Balkan ridge as well as to a number of other important locations.
⚔️ The siege and liberation of Plevna, which lasted from July 19 to December 10, 1877, claimed the lives of over 30,000 Russian soldiers, members of the Bulgarian voluntary army units, and soldiers of the seven liberation coalition countries.
📰 Back then, newspapers wrote:
The fall of Plevna remains a landmark event in the history of Slavic liberation. Both Russia and Bulgaria now cherish the once unknown city, while the battle has become an example of the art of war.
☝️ The siege of the fortress was a defining moment in the Liberation of Bulgaria, and a symbol of the heroism and dedication of Russian soldiers who fought for the freedom of the Balkan nations.
The feats of the Russian soldiers, who made a crucial contribution to the liberation of Bulgaria and restoration of its statehood, is being cast into oblivion by the Bulgarian authorities, who openly show hostility towards our country.
💬 Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova:
Today, bilateral relations between Russia and Bulgaria are at their worst level since the start of the post-socialist period. <...> Surveys show that 65% of citizens have a positive attitude towards our country. Our common history is the most effective tool against negative sentiments.
(from the interview to TASS, August 29, 2023)
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🎙 Key points from the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions following the 21th Doha Forum, 10 December 2023
🔸 We strongly condemned the terrorist attack against Israel on the 7th of October, like we condemn any terrorist attack. At the same time, we do not believe it's acceptable to use this event for collective punishment of the millions of Palestinian people with indiscriminate shelling of the civilian quarters.
🔸 We have to recall what was the roots of the situation in the Palestinian territories. 75 years of resolution, promising the state to the Palestinians as being sabotaged, and for about 50 years the blockade of Gaza continues.
🔸 The egoistic nature of the decisions the American foreign policy provides are very well known to us.
🔸 I mentioned the phenomenon of "cancel culture". It's not a war of choice. It's the operation which we could not avoid given the years of Ukraine being prepared by the United States and NATO as an instrument to undermine Russia's security.
🔸 They had a chance in March and April 2022. Very soon after the beginning of the military operation when in Istanbul the negotiators reached a deal based on the neutrality of Ukraine. No NATO, but some other security guarantees given to Ukraine by the West and Russia together. This deal was aborted. It was canceled because the Americans and the Brits decided that if President Vladimir Putin is ready to sign it then let's exhaust him more.
🔸 I remember the reaction of the Democratic party after Donald Trump won in 2016. And by the way, we still remember how President Barack Obama, three weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration, expelled dozens of Russian diplomats with their families. Making sure that the departure was as uncomfortable as possible. And then introduced sanctions against Russia for "interference in the American domestic affairs".
Since then, they never could provide a single proof that this lie has any substance behind it.
☝️ I serve my country as long as my country needs me.
🔸 We strongly condemned the terrorist attack against Israel on the 7th of October, like we condemn any terrorist attack. At the same time, we do not believe it's acceptable to use this event for collective punishment of the millions of Palestinian people with indiscriminate shelling of the civilian quarters.
🔸 We have to recall what was the roots of the situation in the Palestinian territories. 75 years of resolution, promising the state to the Palestinians as being sabotaged, and for about 50 years the blockade of Gaza continues.
🔸 The egoistic nature of the decisions the American foreign policy provides are very well known to us.
🔸 I mentioned the phenomenon of "cancel culture". It's not a war of choice. It's the operation which we could not avoid given the years of Ukraine being prepared by the United States and NATO as an instrument to undermine Russia's security.
🔸 They had a chance in March and April 2022. Very soon after the beginning of the military operation when in Istanbul the negotiators reached a deal based on the neutrality of Ukraine. No NATO, but some other security guarantees given to Ukraine by the West and Russia together. This deal was aborted. It was canceled because the Americans and the Brits decided that if President Vladimir Putin is ready to sign it then let's exhaust him more.
🔸 I remember the reaction of the Democratic party after Donald Trump won in 2016. And by the way, we still remember how President Barack Obama, three weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration, expelled dozens of Russian diplomats with their families. Making sure that the departure was as uncomfortable as possible. And then introduced sanctions against Russia for "interference in the American domestic affairs".
Since then, they never could provide a single proof that this lie has any substance behind it.
☝️ I serve my country as long as my country needs me.
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
💬 75 years ago, on December 9, 1948, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 260 A (III) approving the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which confirmed that genocide was a crime under international law. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 9 as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups facing annihilation.
❗️ The Europeans were actively involved in destroying the indigenous population of America as they colonised the continent. Researchers estimate that the number of their victims during the period from the late 15th century to 1910 reached a staggering 15 million. The Australian aboriginal people shared the fate of American Indians.
Unfortunately, despite centuries of human progress, the extermination of various ethnic and religious groups continues to occur. In fact, the 20th century witnessed the horrifying growth of such acts.
🕯 The tragic events of World War I, Nazi Germany’s extermination of Slavs in German-occupied Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust led to the realisation that genocide should be treated as a criminal act under international law.
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⚠️ Justice must be served, and the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, crimes fuelled by hatred and notions of racial supremacy, must and will be exposed.
☝️ Those professing the Nazi ideology in our day and age will be held accountable as well.
Russia is committed to ensuring that the crime of genocide, one of the gravest crimes against humanity, does not go unpunished.
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💬 75 years ago, on December 9, 1948, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 260 A (III) approving the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which confirmed that genocide was a crime under international law. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 9 as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups facing annihilation.
❗️ The Europeans were actively involved in destroying the indigenous population of America as they colonised the continent. Researchers estimate that the number of their victims during the period from the late 15th century to 1910 reached a staggering 15 million. The Australian aboriginal people shared the fate of American Indians.
Unfortunately, despite centuries of human progress, the extermination of various ethnic and religious groups continues to occur. In fact, the 20th century witnessed the horrifying growth of such acts.
🕯 The tragic events of World War I, Nazi Germany’s extermination of Slavs in German-occupied Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust led to the realisation that genocide should be treated as a criminal act under international law.
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⚠️ Justice must be served, and the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, crimes fuelled by hatred and notions of racial supremacy, must and will be exposed.
☝️ Those professing the Nazi ideology in our day and age will be held accountable as well.
Russia is committed to ensuring that the crime of genocide, one of the gravest crimes against humanity, does not go unpunished.
Read in full
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⚡️Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of Russia Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity (December 11, 2023)
📄Western countries did sabotage the vote on the Security Council Resolution on the international investigation of the US biological labs.
Russian specialists gained access to several Ukrainian biological facilities: laboratories in Rubezhnoye, Severodonetsk, Kherson and their official documentation. It confirmed the dangerous nature of Pentagon's experiments to assess the Ukrainian population's susceptibility to zoonotic infections, the facts of testing pharmaceuticals on the local population and exporting biological samples to the US for their possible use in offensive biological programmes.
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❗️Office of the President of Ukraine is coordinating the actions of national special services in organising an anti-Russian provocative action with poisonous substances.
Taking into account the experience of the Syrian conflict, it is assumed that accusing the Russian Armed Forced of using chemical weapons will allow launching a new anti-Russian campaign in the UN institutions and the world media outlets.
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According to the reporting documents available to us for the Project 'Assessing Risk of Emerging Infections from Insectivorous Bats in Ukraine and Georgia', coronavirus studies were conducted in 2016–2020.
The spread of the new coronavirus infection has led to a significant increase in the profits of biotech companies that produce vaccines and drugs against coronaviruses, and increased the dependence of developing countries on the US, created the conditions for the continued implementation of dual-use programmes.
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☝️The US efforts to establish global biological control are accompanied by the replacement of the provisions of the BWC and other norms of international law with its own rules, which were developed in the US interest, supported by the collective West, and imposed on third countries for implementation
📄Western countries did sabotage the vote on the Security Council Resolution on the international investigation of the US biological labs.
Russian specialists gained access to several Ukrainian biological facilities: laboratories in Rubezhnoye, Severodonetsk, Kherson and their official documentation. It confirmed the dangerous nature of Pentagon's experiments to assess the Ukrainian population's susceptibility to zoonotic infections, the facts of testing pharmaceuticals on the local population and exporting biological samples to the US for their possible use in offensive biological programmes.
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❗️Office of the President of Ukraine is coordinating the actions of national special services in organising an anti-Russian provocative action with poisonous substances.
Taking into account the experience of the Syrian conflict, it is assumed that accusing the Russian Armed Forced of using chemical weapons will allow launching a new anti-Russian campaign in the UN institutions and the world media outlets.
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According to the reporting documents available to us for the Project 'Assessing Risk of Emerging Infections from Insectivorous Bats in Ukraine and Georgia', coronavirus studies were conducted in 2016–2020.
The spread of the new coronavirus infection has led to a significant increase in the profits of biotech companies that produce vaccines and drugs against coronaviruses, and increased the dependence of developing countries on the US, created the conditions for the continued implementation of dual-use programmes.
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☝️The US efforts to establish global biological control are accompanied by the replacement of the provisions of the BWC and other norms of international law with its own rules, which were developed in the US interest, supported by the collective West, and imposed on third countries for implementation