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🕯 January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established on November 1, 2005 by the decision of the United Nations General Assembly, which Russia co-authored.
On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
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On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
#WeRemember
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🗓 On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the city from the rest of the country by land. From the north, it was cut off from the main forces by Finnish troops allied with the Nazi Germany. In addition to the Finns, soldiers from Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands & Norway took part in the offensive, as well as volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France & Czechoslovakia.
Despite the cold, hunger & horrors of war, the Leningraders selflessly defended their city from total destruction during these 872 days and even in these dire circumstances continued producing goods & various machinery to supply the war effort against the Nazis. The incredible resilience and bravery of Leningrad residents shattered all the plans and ambitions of the Nazi invaders.
⚔️ A year after the breakthrough, Soviet Army managed to finally lift the siege of the city on January 27, 1944. After the success of the Iskra Operation, the situation in the city improved dramatically, but the threat remained. At the end of 1943, the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation was planned, during which Soviet soldiers liberated the Leningrad, Novgorod and part of the Kalinin (now Tver) regions, and pushed back the enemy to the borders of Estonia and Latvia.
🎖 The courage & heroism of Leningrad defenders were highly appreciated by the Motherland. Many units & formations were awarded the honourable title of “Guards”, orders & the honorary title of “Leningrad”. On the Leningrad, Volkhov & Karelian fronts, 486 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, including eight people who received it twice. 350,000+ servicemen on the Leningrad front alone received orders & medals.
#WeRemember and pay tribute to the heroes who stopped the Nazi plague that crippled Europe and threatened humankind.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the city from the rest of the country by land. From the north, it was cut off from the main forces by Finnish troops allied with the Nazi Germany. In addition to the Finns, soldiers from Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands & Norway took part in the offensive, as well as volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France & Czechoslovakia.
Despite the cold, hunger & horrors of war, the Leningraders selflessly defended their city from total destruction during these 872 days and even in these dire circumstances continued producing goods & various machinery to supply the war effort against the Nazis. The incredible resilience and bravery of Leningrad residents shattered all the plans and ambitions of the Nazi invaders.
⚔️ A year after the breakthrough, Soviet Army managed to finally lift the siege of the city on January 27, 1944. After the success of the Iskra Operation, the situation in the city improved dramatically, but the threat remained. At the end of 1943, the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation was planned, during which Soviet soldiers liberated the Leningrad, Novgorod and part of the Kalinin (now Tver) regions, and pushed back the enemy to the borders of Estonia and Latvia.
🎖 The courage & heroism of Leningrad defenders were highly appreciated by the Motherland. Many units & formations were awarded the honourable title of “Guards”, orders & the honorary title of “Leningrad”. On the Leningrad, Volkhov & Karelian fronts, 486 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, including eight people who received it twice. 350,000+ servicemen on the Leningrad front alone received orders & medals.
#WeRemember and pay tribute to the heroes who stopped the Nazi plague that crippled Europe and threatened humankind.
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🕯 President of Russia Vladimir Putin is taking part in the events to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.
The President laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex. From the first days of the siege, the Red Army fighters held back the superior enemy forces in that area, a small three-kilometre stretch of the frontline south of Leningrad, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city.
The President visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he honoured the memory of the fallen Leningrad residents and defenders of the city by laying a wreath at the Motherland monument. About half a million people are buried in mass graves at the Piskarevskoye cemetery. The words of poet Olga Berggolts, ”No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten“ are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Leningrad is the only city in world history with a population of several million people that was able to withstand almost 900 days of encirclement. The siege by Nazi Germany lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. The ring was broken on January 18, 1943, and on January 27, 1944, a ceremonial salute was fired to mark the end of the blockade.
By that time there were no more than 800,000 inhabitants left in the Northern Capital out of the three million who had lived in Leningrad and its suburbs before the siege.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
The President laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex. From the first days of the siege, the Red Army fighters held back the superior enemy forces in that area, a small three-kilometre stretch of the frontline south of Leningrad, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city.
The President visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he honoured the memory of the fallen Leningrad residents and defenders of the city by laying a wreath at the Motherland monument. About half a million people are buried in mass graves at the Piskarevskoye cemetery. The words of poet Olga Berggolts, ”No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten“ are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Leningrad is the only city in world history with a population of several million people that was able to withstand almost 900 days of encirclement. The siege by Nazi Germany lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. The ring was broken on January 18, 1943, and on January 27, 1944, a ceremonial salute was fired to mark the end of the blockade.
By that time there were no more than 800,000 inhabitants left in the Northern Capital out of the three million who had lived in Leningrad and its suburbs before the siege.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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❗️ All this happened against the backdrop of terrible exhaustion from hunger and constant shelling by the enemy.
Children's diaries have a unique place in commemorating the resilience of ordinary people whose will to live triumphed over the oppression of the Third Reich. During this difficult time, some of the city’s children documented on paper the terrible events they witnessed day by day.
🕯 The most famous of these diaries was Tanya Savicheva's notebook, where six out of nine pages chronicle the dates of her relatives' deaths: her mother, grandmother, sister, brother and two uncles. Tragically, Tanya herself died during evacuation in the Gorky Region on July 1, 1944, at the age of 14.
Keeping a diary helped these children cope with anxiety, fear and loss. Under the onslaught of hunger, constant shelling and bombing, and the death of loved ones, a piece of paper and a pencil provided solace and support. These written accounts offer invaluable insights into the experiences of people during those terrible 872 days of the Siege.
📚 Today, on the 80th Anniversary of the lifting of the Siege, we share excerpts from the diaries of children who witnessed those tragic events.
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🗓 On January 27, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko took part in a ceremony for unveiling a memorial to the USSR civilians who fell victim of the Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War. The event is timed to the 80th Anniversary of breaking the Siege of Leningrad.
💬 President Putin: January 27 is one of the most important dates in our shared national history. On this day in 1944, Red Army soldiers completely lifted the Siege of Leningrad. A year later, in 1945, they liberated Auschwitz.
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For eight decades now, our pain for the victims, for the shattered destinies, and for everyone who endured incredible ordeals has not subsided. Our compassion is passed on from generation to generation and has #NoStatuteOfLimitation, just like the crimes of Hitler’s fanatics and their accomplices, those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly carried out the genocide of the Soviet people.
🕯 The massacres of unarmed and defenceless elderly people, women, children, and disabled were deliberate, systemic punitive acts.
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We are witnessing a disturbing trend where the outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, which unequivocally condemned Nazism, are being revised. Some countries not only rewrite history and exonerate the executioners: revanchists and neo-Nazis have embraced the Nazi ideology and methods.
• Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states are labelled “subhuman,” stripped of basic rights and persecuted.
• The Kiev regime glorifies Hitler's followers and members of the SS and uses terror against dissenters. Barbaric shelling of peaceful cities and towns persists, and the killing of the elderly, women and children continues.
• Some European countries endorse Russophobia as a state policy.
❗️ We will do everything in our power to halt and eradicate Nazism.
The followers of Nazi executioners are doomed. Nothing can deter the desire of millions of people in Russia and across the planet for true freedom, justice, peace, and security.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
💬 President Putin: January 27 is one of the most important dates in our shared national history. On this day in 1944, Red Army soldiers completely lifted the Siege of Leningrad. A year later, in 1945, they liberated Auschwitz.
<...>
For eight decades now, our pain for the victims, for the shattered destinies, and for everyone who endured incredible ordeals has not subsided. Our compassion is passed on from generation to generation and has #NoStatuteOfLimitation, just like the crimes of Hitler’s fanatics and their accomplices, those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly carried out the genocide of the Soviet people.
🕯 The massacres of unarmed and defenceless elderly people, women, children, and disabled were deliberate, systemic punitive acts.
<...>
We are witnessing a disturbing trend where the outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, which unequivocally condemned Nazism, are being revised. Some countries not only rewrite history and exonerate the executioners: revanchists and neo-Nazis have embraced the Nazi ideology and methods.
• Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states are labelled “subhuman,” stripped of basic rights and persecuted.
• The Kiev regime glorifies Hitler's followers and members of the SS and uses terror against dissenters. Barbaric shelling of peaceful cities and towns persists, and the killing of the elderly, women and children continues.
• Some European countries endorse Russophobia as a state policy.
❗️ We will do everything in our power to halt and eradicate Nazism.
The followers of Nazi executioners are doomed. Nothing can deter the desire of millions of people in Russia and across the planet for true freedom, justice, peace, and security.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko chaired a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus at the Konstantin Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It is noteworthy that the draft Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State in 2024–2026 submitted to the Supreme State Council is aimed at further advancing the comprehensive interaction between the two countries, including in industry, agriculture, energy, transport, logistics, and information.
A new strategy for scientific and technological development of the Union State for the period until 2035 has been submitted for approval. It contains specific steps to strengthen overall technological sovereignty, including the launch of large joint projects for import substitution and the creation of competitive products with high added value.
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🤝 The programme for the Union State’s coordinated foreign policy actions until 2026, prepared for this meeting, will continue and encourage even closer Russia-Belarus coordination in international affairs.
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📃 Following the meeting, a number of decisions were adopted and relevant documents were signed. The following decrees of the Supreme State Council of the Union State were signed:
• On the Progress on the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2021–2023 and Union programmes;
• On the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026;
• On Certain Issues of Implementing a Common Industrial Policy and the Rules to Confirm the Manufacture of Industrial Products on the Territory of the Union State;
• A resolution On Implementing A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2022–2023 and A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026 was also signed;
and much more.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It is noteworthy that the draft Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State in 2024–2026 submitted to the Supreme State Council is aimed at further advancing the comprehensive interaction between the two countries, including in industry, agriculture, energy, transport, logistics, and information.
A new strategy for scientific and technological development of the Union State for the period until 2035 has been submitted for approval. It contains specific steps to strengthen overall technological sovereignty, including the launch of large joint projects for import substitution and the creation of competitive products with high added value.
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🤝 The programme for the Union State’s coordinated foreign policy actions until 2026, prepared for this meeting, will continue and encourage even closer Russia-Belarus coordination in international affairs.
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📃 Following the meeting, a number of decisions were adopted and relevant documents were signed. The following decrees of the Supreme State Council of the Union State were signed:
• On the Progress on the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2021–2023 and Union programmes;
• On the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026;
• On Certain Issues of Implementing a Common Industrial Policy and the Rules to Confirm the Manufacture of Industrial Products on the Territory of the Union State;
• A resolution On Implementing A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2022–2023 and A Programme for Coordinated Foreign Policy Action by the States – Parties to the Treaty Establishing the Union State for 2024–2026 was also signed;
and much more.
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🔴 #LIVE: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during the ambassadors' panel discussion on resolving the situation around Ukraine
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🇷🇺Russia rejects the decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Skating Union regarding Kamila Valieva and the Russian figure skating team. This is another example of Russophobiс politicization in sports. For us Kamila and her teammates are and always will be Olympic champions.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 26, 2024)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Organising the Russian presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 NATO military exercise - Steadfast Defender 2024
🔹 EU - agricultural problems
🔹 Anti-Serbian repression in Kosovo
🔹 The Day of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad
🔹 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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▪️ #Ukraine #Terrorism
On January 21, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a targeted missile and artillery strike against a farmer’s market and retail outlets in the Tekstilshchik residential area, Kirovsky District, Donetsk. This was the most violent attack in recent years, killing 27 civilians, including two teenagers, and injuring another 25 residents.
The premeditated terrorist attack by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles launched from the Kharkov Region targeting Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on January 24 was another heinous crime committed by the Zelensky regime. Everyone onboard, including six crew members, three Russian escort officers, and 65 Ukrainian servicemen on their way to a pre-agreed prisoner swap, died on the spot.
Kiev was aware of this flight and its humanitarian mission, yet they issued an order to destroy it.
▪️ #NATO
Against the backdrop of constant calls for Russia to de-escalate, the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to hold Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest coalition military exercise since the Cold War, raise numerous questions. The manoeuvres amount to an overt provocation. For several months, a joint force consisting of 90,000 personnel from 31 NATO member countries and Sweden will be deployed near the Russian borders, spanning the territory from Norway to Romania.
This step is deliberately aimed at escalating tensions; it raises the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe.
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Organising the Russian presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 NATO military exercise - Steadfast Defender 2024
🔹 EU - agricultural problems
🔹 Anti-Serbian repression in Kosovo
🔹 The Day of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad
🔹 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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▪️ #Ukraine #Terrorism
On January 21, Ukrainian neo-Nazis launched a targeted missile and artillery strike against a farmer’s market and retail outlets in the Tekstilshchik residential area, Kirovsky District, Donetsk. This was the most violent attack in recent years, killing 27 civilians, including two teenagers, and injuring another 25 residents.
The premeditated terrorist attack by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles launched from the Kharkov Region targeting Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on January 24 was another heinous crime committed by the Zelensky regime. Everyone onboard, including six crew members, three Russian escort officers, and 65 Ukrainian servicemen on their way to a pre-agreed prisoner swap, died on the spot.
Kiev was aware of this flight and its humanitarian mission, yet they issued an order to destroy it.
▪️ #NATO
Against the backdrop of constant calls for Russia to de-escalate, the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to hold Steadfast Defender 2024, the largest coalition military exercise since the Cold War, raise numerous questions. The manoeuvres amount to an overt provocation. For several months, a joint force consisting of 90,000 personnel from 31 NATO member countries and Sweden will be deployed near the Russian borders, spanning the territory from Norway to Romania.
This step is deliberately aimed at escalating tensions; it raises the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe.
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❗️The second issue of the Bulletin on the activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights to protect children during a special military operation (SMO) is available at the official web-site of he Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Right in seven languages:
🇷🇺 Russian;
🇬🇧 English;
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan;
🇦🇲 Armenian;
🇪🇸 Spanish;
🇨🇳 Chinese;
🇫🇷 French.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
💬 It doesn’t matter where or in what status a child is in Russia, in an orphanage, in a foster family, whether he or she has Russian citizenship or not. If he has a parent with full parental rights, the family has every opportunity to be reunited.
💬 Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
💬 It is important to understand that the territories of the DPR and LPR have been shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for many years, and most orphaned children from social institutions in the republic are aware of this. Children do not perceive Russia as an enemy and expect protection and help from us, so being placed in safe territory with Russian foster families is not a traumatic circumstance for them.
*The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
🇷🇺 Russian;
🇬🇧 English;
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan;
🇦🇲 Armenian;
🇪🇸 Spanish;
🇨🇳 Chinese;
🇫🇷 French.
The document contains information about activities of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the realization of the rights and interests of minors affected by the military actions.
💬 It doesn’t matter where or in what status a child is in Russia, in an orphanage, in a foster family, whether he or she has Russian citizenship or not. If he has a parent with full parental rights, the family has every opportunity to be reunited.
💬 Since the beginning of the SMO, representatives of Ukrainian authorities have not officially contacted the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. It should be noted that Maria Lvova-Belova is open to interaction with the Ukrainian side, and if official requests were received, they would be considered.
💬 It is important to understand that the territories of the DPR and LPR have been shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for many years, and most orphaned children from social institutions in the republic are aware of this. Children do not perceive Russia as an enemy and expect protection and help from us, so being placed in safe territory with Russian foster families is not a traumatic circumstance for them.
*The first Bulletin was presented on April 4, 2023.
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📅 On January 31, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended a joint meeting of the State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs, Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots Abroad, and the Oversight Committee. The meeting took place ahead of the Government Hour scheduled for February 14 at the State Duma and focused on the topical issues of Russian foreign policy. Leaders of the parliamentary parties in the State Duma also attended the meeting.
In his address, the Foreign Minister stressed the priorities for the Russian diplomatic service that include:
✔️ protecting national interests,
✔️ strengthening sovereignty,
✔️ improving the country’s leading international positions.
Answering questions from parliament members, Sergey Lavrov spoke about the key trends of forming a multi-polar world, emphasised the growing impact of the cultural and civilisational factor on world politics, and the importance of facilitating various cooperation mechanisms that would be resistant to the destructive actions of unfriendly countries.
The participants discussed the further steps required to achieve foreign policy goals in different areas amidst the turbulent geopolitical situation.
In his address, the Foreign Minister stressed the priorities for the Russian diplomatic service that include:
✔️ protecting national interests,
✔️ strengthening sovereignty,
✔️ improving the country’s leading international positions.
Answering questions from parliament members, Sergey Lavrov spoke about the key trends of forming a multi-polar world, emphasised the growing impact of the cultural and civilisational factor on world politics, and the importance of facilitating various cooperation mechanisms that would be resistant to the destructive actions of unfriendly countries.
The participants discussed the further steps required to achieve foreign policy goals in different areas amidst the turbulent geopolitical situation.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On January 30, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Ma Zhaoxu as part of the latter’s working visit to Russia.
The Parties praised Russia and China for the momentum they have generated in developing their relations in keeping with the agreements of the two countries’ leaders.
They emphasised the importance for Russia and China to achieve even closer coordination on the international stage, including within the United Nations and the UN Security Council, while also reaffirming their shared commitment to stepping up contacts in other international and regional organisations and forums, primarily within #BRICS, considering that Russia is chairing this association in 2024.
The two officials discussed the situation in Ukraine and had a trust-based exchange of views on ensuring security across the Eurasian space and in Asia-Pacific.
They expressed their firm belief in the urgent need to come up with a political and diplomatic solution to achieve a settlement in the Middle East and ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
🤝 Both Sides expressed their readiness to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on foreign policy matters with an unwavering focus on promoting peace and stability in the region and around the world.
During his visit to Moscow, Ma Zhaoxu met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on January 29. The two officials had a detailed exchange of opinions on the developments around the world and discussed a wide range of regional and national topics, as well as cooperation within multilateral associations. The Ukraine issue and an Israeli-Palestinian settlement were also on the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko also took part in the meeting.
As per tradition, these conversations took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere.
The Parties praised Russia and China for the momentum they have generated in developing their relations in keeping with the agreements of the two countries’ leaders.
They emphasised the importance for Russia and China to achieve even closer coordination on the international stage, including within the United Nations and the UN Security Council, while also reaffirming their shared commitment to stepping up contacts in other international and regional organisations and forums, primarily within #BRICS, considering that Russia is chairing this association in 2024.
The two officials discussed the situation in Ukraine and had a trust-based exchange of views on ensuring security across the Eurasian space and in Asia-Pacific.
They expressed their firm belief in the urgent need to come up with a political and diplomatic solution to achieve a settlement in the Middle East and ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
🤝 Both Sides expressed their readiness to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on foreign policy matters with an unwavering focus on promoting peace and stability in the region and around the world.
During his visit to Moscow, Ma Zhaoxu met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on January 29. The two officials had a detailed exchange of opinions on the developments around the world and discussed a wide range of regional and national topics, as well as cooperation within multilateral associations. The Ukraine issue and an Israeli-Palestinian settlement were also on the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko also took part in the meeting.
As per tradition, these conversations took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere.
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⚡️ On January 29, a representative from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced that the organisation would not participate in international monitoring of the presidential election in Russia on March 15-17 citing the lack of an invitation from the Russian side.
• The forthcoming electoral process in Russia will be highly transparent. Invitations extended by the Russian authorities will bring in around 1,000 international observers <...> in accordance with the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. The absence of the OSCE ODIHR will not compromise the quality of international observations.
🤷♂️ Even when invitations were extended to the ODIHR, it consistently opted out of monitoring, presenting unfounded ultimatum-like demands that the Russian Federation, like any other nation, was under no obligation to meet.
• The ODIHR is used to communicating with the OSCE member countries in an ultimatum-like language. While portrayed as adhering to the ODIHR's golden standards by the Western alliance, it is, in fact, an approach that includes diktat, browbeating, and blackmail. This approach is ineffective with Russia.
☝️ The ODIHR does not hold exclusive rights to observe or certify elections, nor does it have the authority to pass judgment. It is merely one of several potential international parties in election observation. Other reputable international entities are willing to participate in observing elections in Russia. <...>
❗️In fact, the ODIHR is working to execute a political order and is violating the principles of objectivity, impartiality, and professionalism in the process.
Given this state of affairs, and unlike organisations with untarnished reputations that adhere to the principles of objectivity and impartiality, the ODIHR election observation mission has no place at the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation.
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• The forthcoming electoral process in Russia will be highly transparent. Invitations extended by the Russian authorities will bring in around 1,000 international observers <...> in accordance with the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. The absence of the OSCE ODIHR will not compromise the quality of international observations.
🤷♂️ Even when invitations were extended to the ODIHR, it consistently opted out of monitoring, presenting unfounded ultimatum-like demands that the Russian Federation, like any other nation, was under no obligation to meet.
• The ODIHR is used to communicating with the OSCE member countries in an ultimatum-like language. While portrayed as adhering to the ODIHR's golden standards by the Western alliance, it is, in fact, an approach that includes diktat, browbeating, and blackmail. This approach is ineffective with Russia.
☝️ The ODIHR does not hold exclusive rights to observe or certify elections, nor does it have the authority to pass judgment. It is merely one of several potential international parties in election observation. Other reputable international entities are willing to participate in observing elections in Russia. <...>
❗️In fact, the ODIHR is working to execute a political order and is violating the principles of objectivity, impartiality, and professionalism in the process.
Given this state of affairs, and unlike organisations with untarnished reputations that adhere to the principles of objectivity and impartiality, the ODIHR election observation mission has no place at the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the situation in the Korean Peninsula
Tension has been escalating in the Korean Peninsula lately threatening security and stability in Northeast Asia.
This escalation stems from the provocative steps by the US and its allies, aimed at ramping up their military activity in the region, including by deploying NATO infrastructure, making military preparations and holding more manoeuvres and exercises, some involving nuclear components, close to the DPRK’s border.
The fact that the US and the collective West are seeking to shift the blame for escalating tension in the peninsula and in Northeast Asia in general onto the DPRK is nothing more than a reflection of their long-standing habit of shifting the burden of responsibility. In fact, it is the unrelenting aggressive provocations by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that are forcing Pyongyang to take adequate measures to ensure its defence capabilities and security.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry calls for an end to the US’ irresponsible and hazardous policy, which uses its Indo-Pacific Strategy as a motto to divert countries in the region from developing independently, depriving their people of their sovereign right to preserve and strengthen their identity and choose their own development path.
Tension has been escalating in the Korean Peninsula lately threatening security and stability in Northeast Asia.
This escalation stems from the provocative steps by the US and its allies, aimed at ramping up their military activity in the region, including by deploying NATO infrastructure, making military preparations and holding more manoeuvres and exercises, some involving nuclear components, close to the DPRK’s border.
The fact that the US and the collective West are seeking to shift the blame for escalating tension in the peninsula and in Northeast Asia in general onto the DPRK is nothing more than a reflection of their long-standing habit of shifting the burden of responsibility. In fact, it is the unrelenting aggressive provocations by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that are forcing Pyongyang to take adequate measures to ensure its defence capabilities and security.
❗️ The Foreign Ministry calls for an end to the US’ irresponsible and hazardous policy, which uses its Indo-Pacific Strategy as a motto to divert countries in the region from developing independently, depriving their people of their sovereign right to preserve and strengthen their identity and choose their own development path.
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⚡️ On the UN International Court of Justice’s refusal to designate Russia as an aggressor state and the DPR and LPR as terrorist organisations in response to Ukraine’s allegations
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💬 On January 31, the UN International Court of Justice delivered its judgment on the merits in the case filed by Ukraine in January 2017 on the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (ICSFT). Russia’s arguments undercutting Ukraine’s groundless insinuations were heard in The Hague: the Court rejected almost all of more than 20 submissions made by Kiev during the seven-year proceedings, and left Ukraine without any reparations.
❗️The Court also dismissed Ukraine’s insinuations that the DPR and the LPR are allegedly terrorist organisations.
👉 These findings are of particular importance in light of the fact that Kiev intended to use the Court’s Judgment to support its demands for the transfer of Russian assets stolen in the West and the imposition of international restrictions on Russia.
In addition, the Court rejected Ukraine’s claim under the ICSFT that Russia should be held responsible for the crash of Boeing Flight MH17 and did not accept the Ukrainians’ allegations that the DPR was involved in the crash. During the hearing, Russia presented compelling evidence of fatal flaws in the pseudo-international investigation of the incident by the Joint Investigation Team under the umbrella of the Dutch justice system.
With regard to the events of 2014-2017, the UN International Court of Justice was unable to support Ukraine’s arguments about Russia’s alleged involvement and the guilt of the Donetsk militias in the shelling of the Bugas military checkpoint near Volnovakha, the military airfield in Kramatorsk, where the headquarters of the so-called ATO was located, and AFU positions in Mariupol and Avdeyevka, stating that these incidents did not fall under the ICSFT.
The Russian side highlighted the particular cynicism of the Ukrainian allegations: Kiev tried to present strikes against military targets as “acts of terror,” although the Ukrainian armed forces have been firing on the cities of Donbass with heavy weapons for many years, striking civilian objects, including an air strike on the building of the Lugansk regional administration on June 2, 2014, the killing of civilians in an attack on a public transport stop in Donetsk on January 22, 2015, and many other bloody crimes.
👉 Equally cynical is the way in which the Kiev regime tried to designate humanitarian aid to Donbass residents suffering from Ukrainian shelling and the economic blockade as financing terrorism.
The UN International Court of Justice stated that Russia had complied in good faith with its obligations to cooperate in the field of fighting terrorism financing, including the obligation to identify and freeze assets used to finance terrorism; to extradite or independently prosecute perpetrators of terrorist crimes; to provide mutual legal assistance; and to cooperate in the prevention of terrorist crimes. This is fully consistent with the FATF's earlier conclusions about the high level of Russia's fulfillment of its obligations in this area; the FATF assessed Ukraine's claims as being of a purely political nature.
We were bewildered, against this background, at the Court's conclusion that Russia had failed to take measures to investigate two facts contained in information received from Ukraine regarding persons who have allegedly collected funds in Russia to help the people of Donbass. The Court had to go against its own practice and set an unprecedentedly low bar for proving the applicability of the Terrorist Financing Convention when there was no evidence of either terrorism or its financing.
As a result of the proceedings, Ukraine was completely denied all claims for reparation or other forms of compensation.
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💬 On January 31, the UN International Court of Justice delivered its judgment on the merits in the case filed by Ukraine in January 2017 on the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (ICSFT). Russia’s arguments undercutting Ukraine’s groundless insinuations were heard in The Hague: the Court rejected almost all of more than 20 submissions made by Kiev during the seven-year proceedings, and left Ukraine without any reparations.
❗️The Court also dismissed Ukraine’s insinuations that the DPR and the LPR are allegedly terrorist organisations.
👉 These findings are of particular importance in light of the fact that Kiev intended to use the Court’s Judgment to support its demands for the transfer of Russian assets stolen in the West and the imposition of international restrictions on Russia.
In addition, the Court rejected Ukraine’s claim under the ICSFT that Russia should be held responsible for the crash of Boeing Flight MH17 and did not accept the Ukrainians’ allegations that the DPR was involved in the crash. During the hearing, Russia presented compelling evidence of fatal flaws in the pseudo-international investigation of the incident by the Joint Investigation Team under the umbrella of the Dutch justice system.
With regard to the events of 2014-2017, the UN International Court of Justice was unable to support Ukraine’s arguments about Russia’s alleged involvement and the guilt of the Donetsk militias in the shelling of the Bugas military checkpoint near Volnovakha, the military airfield in Kramatorsk, where the headquarters of the so-called ATO was located, and AFU positions in Mariupol and Avdeyevka, stating that these incidents did not fall under the ICSFT.
The Russian side highlighted the particular cynicism of the Ukrainian allegations: Kiev tried to present strikes against military targets as “acts of terror,” although the Ukrainian armed forces have been firing on the cities of Donbass with heavy weapons for many years, striking civilian objects, including an air strike on the building of the Lugansk regional administration on June 2, 2014, the killing of civilians in an attack on a public transport stop in Donetsk on January 22, 2015, and many other bloody crimes.
👉 Equally cynical is the way in which the Kiev regime tried to designate humanitarian aid to Donbass residents suffering from Ukrainian shelling and the economic blockade as financing terrorism.
The UN International Court of Justice stated that Russia had complied in good faith with its obligations to cooperate in the field of fighting terrorism financing, including the obligation to identify and freeze assets used to finance terrorism; to extradite or independently prosecute perpetrators of terrorist crimes; to provide mutual legal assistance; and to cooperate in the prevention of terrorist crimes. This is fully consistent with the FATF's earlier conclusions about the high level of Russia's fulfillment of its obligations in this area; the FATF assessed Ukraine's claims as being of a purely political nature.
We were bewildered, against this background, at the Court's conclusion that Russia had failed to take measures to investigate two facts contained in information received from Ukraine regarding persons who have allegedly collected funds in Russia to help the people of Donbass. The Court had to go against its own practice and set an unprecedentedly low bar for proving the applicability of the Terrorist Financing Convention when there was no evidence of either terrorism or its financing.
As a result of the proceedings, Ukraine was completely denied all claims for reparation or other forms of compensation.
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⚡️ On the International Court of Justice finding no discrimination against Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Russia and completely rejecting Ukraine’s reparations claims
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💬 On January 31, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice released its final Judgment in the dispute with Russia initiated by Ukraine in January 2017, based on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The court rejected practically all Ukraine’s demands and recognised that Russia’s policy conforms to its commitments under the convention. There is no discrimination against Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea.
The main false accusation levelled by Kiev against Russia was that:
• Russia’s law-enforcement actions against members of the terrorist group Hizb ut-Tahrir and the extremist groups Tablighi Jamaat and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People constituted persecution of Crimean Tatars on ethnic grounds. The court did not agree with this assessment. It did not find any elements of discrimination in the standards of Russian anti-extremist legislation. Nor did it detect any signs of racial discrimination in the application of these standards by Russian law-enforcement bodies.
• The court did not find that the ban on the Mejlis, which Russia has outlawed as an extremist organisation, violated the Convention. It emphasised in its Judgment that the Qurultay is the representative body of the Crimean Tatar people. It was not banned and continues fulfilling its functions in Crimea.
• The court rejected Ukraine’s accusations of Russia’s alleged involvement in the targeted murders and abductions of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea.
• The court also rejected all Ukraine’s claims on the issues of citizenship. It did not identify any cases of racial discrimination in the Russian laws on granting citizenship in Crimea since 2014.
• Ukraine’s allegations about the infringement of the rights of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians to access to their national media, assemblies and rallies and the preservation of cultural heritage sites were also found to lack merit.
• Russia’s restoration of the Khan’s Palace in Bachchisarai was not a “cultural catastrophe” as Ukrainian representatives tried to present it. It was necessary to remedy the effects of negligence on the part of the Ukrainian authorities that had brought this landmark of history and culture to a dilapidated state.
• The International Court of Justice recognised that the residents of Crimea have access to education in the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian languages. At the same time, a majority on the court ruled that the sharp reduction in the number of schools with instruction in Ukrainian after Crimea’s transfer to Russia’s jurisdiction in 2014, is a violation of its commitments on the right to education under the CERD.
☝️ This finding is controversial enough, especially considering that the court admitted that Crimeans chose instruction in Russian of their own free will. Were the Russian authorities supposed to drag children into Ukrainian schools against their will? All those who want instruction in Ukrainian will be granted this opportunity in one way or another in accordance with current legislation.
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✅ The case is over. Russia is not supposed to take any special action to fulfil this judgment. All of Ukraine’s demands for reparations have been rejected.
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💬 On January 31, 2024, the UN International Court of Justice released its final Judgment in the dispute with Russia initiated by Ukraine in January 2017, based on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The court rejected practically all Ukraine’s demands and recognised that Russia’s policy conforms to its commitments under the convention. There is no discrimination against Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea.
The main false accusation levelled by Kiev against Russia was that:
• Russia’s law-enforcement actions against members of the terrorist group Hizb ut-Tahrir and the extremist groups Tablighi Jamaat and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People constituted persecution of Crimean Tatars on ethnic grounds. The court did not agree with this assessment. It did not find any elements of discrimination in the standards of Russian anti-extremist legislation. Nor did it detect any signs of racial discrimination in the application of these standards by Russian law-enforcement bodies.
• The court did not find that the ban on the Mejlis, which Russia has outlawed as an extremist organisation, violated the Convention. It emphasised in its Judgment that the Qurultay is the representative body of the Crimean Tatar people. It was not banned and continues fulfilling its functions in Crimea.
• The court rejected Ukraine’s accusations of Russia’s alleged involvement in the targeted murders and abductions of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea.
• The court also rejected all Ukraine’s claims on the issues of citizenship. It did not identify any cases of racial discrimination in the Russian laws on granting citizenship in Crimea since 2014.
• Ukraine’s allegations about the infringement of the rights of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians to access to their national media, assemblies and rallies and the preservation of cultural heritage sites were also found to lack merit.
• Russia’s restoration of the Khan’s Palace in Bachchisarai was not a “cultural catastrophe” as Ukrainian representatives tried to present it. It was necessary to remedy the effects of negligence on the part of the Ukrainian authorities that had brought this landmark of history and culture to a dilapidated state.
• The International Court of Justice recognised that the residents of Crimea have access to education in the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian languages. At the same time, a majority on the court ruled that the sharp reduction in the number of schools with instruction in Ukrainian after Crimea’s transfer to Russia’s jurisdiction in 2014, is a violation of its commitments on the right to education under the CERD.
☝️ This finding is controversial enough, especially considering that the court admitted that Crimeans chose instruction in Russian of their own free will. Were the Russian authorities supposed to drag children into Ukrainian schools against their will? All those who want instruction in Ukrainian will be granted this opportunity in one way or another in accordance with current legislation.
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✅ The case is over. Russia is not supposed to take any special action to fulfil this judgment. All of Ukraine’s demands for reparations have been rejected.
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🇷🇺 Investigative Committee of Russia:
⚡️ Investigators identify the weapons system used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to down the Il-76 plane in the Belgorod Region
The Investigative Committee is continuing its investigation of a criminal case following a terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the sky over the Belgorod Region.
It has been established that the service personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces using two missiles launched by a surface-to-air system from Liptsy, Kharkov Region, Ukraine.
The site is located 1.8 kilometres to the northeast and 4.8 kilometres to the southeast of the presumed impact site. The inspection helped identify 116 fragments belonging to the fuselage and mechanisms of the two missiles. They had English-language inscriptions and markings on them.
The following markings were found on the discovered fragments: ASSY 11455748, SN740179, ASSY 1146134», SN740206, ASSY 11461865, SN740207, Raytheon, CONFIDENTIAL classified by PATRIOT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE DATED: 9/22/83 ADDENDA DATED 11/28/83 8/8/84 CONTRACT NO/DAAH01-86C-A018, as well as 18876 ASSY, MARTIN MARIETA and 10253043-39 02 S/N 80025.
The investigators used ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), gas-phase chromatography with mass spectrometric detection and high-performance liquid chromatography in selected ion mode to conduct a wipe analysis, which revealed traces of hexogen with up to 10 percent content of octogen, which is typical for foreign-made explosives.
These tests led to the conclusion that judging by their engineering features, geometry and markings the fragments from the crash site belong to the MIM-104A surface-to-air missile from the Patriot, a US launcher, developed by Raytheon and Hughes corporations and manufactured by Raytheon.
⚡️ Investigators identify the weapons system used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to down the Il-76 plane in the Belgorod Region
The Investigative Committee is continuing its investigation of a criminal case following a terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the sky over the Belgorod Region.
It has been established that the service personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces using two missiles launched by a surface-to-air system from Liptsy, Kharkov Region, Ukraine.
The site is located 1.8 kilometres to the northeast and 4.8 kilometres to the southeast of the presumed impact site. The inspection helped identify 116 fragments belonging to the fuselage and mechanisms of the two missiles. They had English-language inscriptions and markings on them.
The following markings were found on the discovered fragments: ASSY 11455748, SN740179, ASSY 1146134», SN740206, ASSY 11461865, SN740207, Raytheon, CONFIDENTIAL classified by PATRIOT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE DATED: 9/22/83 ADDENDA DATED 11/28/83 8/8/84 CONTRACT NO/DAAH01-86C-A018, as well as 18876 ASSY, MARTIN MARIETA and 10253043-39 02 S/N 80025.
The investigators used ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), gas-phase chromatography with mass spectrometric detection and high-performance liquid chromatography in selected ion mode to conduct a wipe analysis, which revealed traces of hexogen with up to 10 percent content of octogen, which is typical for foreign-made explosives.
These tests led to the conclusion that judging by their engineering features, geometry and markings the fragments from the crash site belong to the MIM-104A surface-to-air missile from the Patriot, a US launcher, developed by Raytheon and Hughes corporations and manufactured by Raytheon.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a BRICS Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting, Moscow (January 31, 2024)
⚠️ The reliance of the Western minority on force and the suppression of dissent is leading to serious crises in international relations and increasing the number of conflicts.
• The Western policy affects us and we can feel the impact. Everyone knows that a hybrid war has been unleashed against Russia. The US and its allies want to impose the infamous Zelensky Formula on the international community.
• I asked those who attended the Peace Formula meeting in Davos whether the initiatives presented by the Global Majority got any traction, only to be told that no one paid any attention to them. They are not there to offer initiatives. <...> All they have to do is go there so that they can be counted among the participants for producing a new record for the whole world to see.
❗️ This demonstrates a total failure to respect the opinions of others and the desire to ignore them, which amounts to a purely colonial, imperialist attitude, no matter how you put it.
🌐 Nevertheless, we know the course of history cannot be reversed. We are witnessing the Global Majority.
• Our strategic partners, including those in #BRICS, are pursuing pragmatic and independent foreign policies – unlike the West, which tends to impose on others the development models that suit it.
• BRICS is a global organisational principle for the Global South and East. However, it is not based on the bloc principle, which I want to emphasise, but on the principles of mutual respect, a sovereign choice of development path and the implementation of the fundamental principle of the UN Charter, that is, the sovereign equality of states.
☝️ We will focus on ensuring the smooth inclusion of our new colleagues and new BRICS members in everyday activities. We will continue prioritising cooperation with countries (~30 of them) that have shown an interest in a rapprochement with BRICS and are prepared to participate in our practical projects.
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⚠️ The reliance of the Western minority on force and the suppression of dissent is leading to serious crises in international relations and increasing the number of conflicts.
• The Western policy affects us and we can feel the impact. Everyone knows that a hybrid war has been unleashed against Russia. The US and its allies want to impose the infamous Zelensky Formula on the international community.
• I asked those who attended the Peace Formula meeting in Davos whether the initiatives presented by the Global Majority got any traction, only to be told that no one paid any attention to them. They are not there to offer initiatives. <...> All they have to do is go there so that they can be counted among the participants for producing a new record for the whole world to see.
❗️ This demonstrates a total failure to respect the opinions of others and the desire to ignore them, which amounts to a purely colonial, imperialist attitude, no matter how you put it.
🌐 Nevertheless, we know the course of history cannot be reversed. We are witnessing the Global Majority.
• Our strategic partners, including those in #BRICS, are pursuing pragmatic and independent foreign policies – unlike the West, which tends to impose on others the development models that suit it.
• BRICS is a global organisational principle for the Global South and East. However, it is not based on the bloc principle, which I want to emphasise, but on the principles of mutual respect, a sovereign choice of development path and the implementation of the fundamental principle of the UN Charter, that is, the sovereign equality of states.
☝️ We will focus on ensuring the smooth inclusion of our new colleagues and new BRICS members in everyday activities. We will continue prioritising cooperation with countries (~30 of them) that have shown an interest in a rapprochement with BRICS and are prepared to participate in our practical projects.
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