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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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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On Russian-Chinese consultations
🗓 On January, 31 in Beijing the Russian-Chinese consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place.
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out. Particular attention in this context was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
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🗓 On 1 February in Beijing the regular Russian-Chinese consultations on outer space security in an inter-agency format took place.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They stressed the need to continue close cooperation and active joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and its weaponization.
The delegations emphasized the importance of the earliest launch of negotiations on a multilateral legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space (PAROS) on the basis of the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects. The relevance of the international initiative/political commitment "No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space" was recognized.
☝️ The meeting confirmed the unity of the Russian and Chinese approaches to outer space security. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms.
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🗓 On January, 31 in Beijing the Russian-Chinese consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place.
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out. Particular attention in this context was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
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🗓 On 1 February in Beijing the regular Russian-Chinese consultations on outer space security in an inter-agency format took place.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They stressed the need to continue close cooperation and active joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and its weaponization.
The delegations emphasized the importance of the earliest launch of negotiations on a multilateral legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space (PAROS) on the basis of the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects. The relevance of the international initiative/political commitment "No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space" was recognized.
☝️ The meeting confirmed the unity of the Russian and Chinese approaches to outer space security. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms.
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🎙 Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov's interview with RT following first BRICS Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting (February 1, 2024)
Key talking points
• There are two major issues that we should deal with in the course of this Russian Year at BRICS:
👉 Smoothly integrate new members into the group;
👉 Present a report on principles, modalities for a partner-country category, and develop a list of potential partner-countries.
• BRICS countries further move towards making our whole financial banking and economic systems immune against adversary action and policies of the collective West.
• Earlier attempts of the Biden administration to unilaterally transform the Middle East and impose solutions that would allow for normalisation of relationship between Israel and some Arab states completely failed.
• We work deliberately to ensure that political process is once again in place and we ultimately reach the formula that would allow [the war between Israel and Palestine] to finish.
❗️ I am pretty confident that the moment will come when we will see reintroduction of US tactical nuclear weapons in the UK.
This is very fit into an aggressive and threatening pattern
which both Washington and London follow while dealing with the changing global security situation.
If they believe that reintroduction of nuclear weapons in UK would be an act of deterrence towards Russia, then they mistake and miscalculate once again.
☝️ We will find our ways how to counter this through military-technical means and it will not enhance security of United Kingdom, nor the US, nor NATO as a whole.
Key talking points
• There are two major issues that we should deal with in the course of this Russian Year at BRICS:
👉 Smoothly integrate new members into the group;
👉 Present a report on principles, modalities for a partner-country category, and develop a list of potential partner-countries.
• BRICS countries further move towards making our whole financial banking and economic systems immune against adversary action and policies of the collective West.
• Earlier attempts of the Biden administration to unilaterally transform the Middle East and impose solutions that would allow for normalisation of relationship between Israel and some Arab states completely failed.
• We work deliberately to ensure that political process is once again in place and we ultimately reach the formula that would allow [the war between Israel and Palestine] to finish.
❗️ I am pretty confident that the moment will come when we will see reintroduction of US tactical nuclear weapons in the UK.
This is very fit into an aggressive and threatening pattern
which both Washington and London follow while dealing with the changing global security situation.
If they believe that reintroduction of nuclear weapons in UK would be an act of deterrence towards Russia, then they mistake and miscalculate once again.
☝️ We will find our ways how to counter this through military-technical means and it will not enhance security of United Kingdom, nor the US, nor NATO as a whole.
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⚡️ On February 1, the State Duma adopted an appeal to the Congress of the United States of America in connection with the recent terrorist attack by Ukraine which downed an aircraft on a humanitarian mission
Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
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The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
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Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
<...>
The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
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This bitter battle lasted 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days on the banks of the Don and Volga rivers, at the walls of Stalingrad, and finally in the city itself. The Battle for Stalingrad surpassed all previous battles in world history in its scale and intensity.
Up to 2.1 million people took part in the battle on both sides at a given time.
By late June, 1942, the enemy had concentrated at a front some 600–650 kilometres long from Kursk to Taganrog up to 35 percent of the infantry and over 50 percent of the tank and motorised divisions from the overall number of forces on the Soviet-German front.
☝️ However, their plans to win because of significant forces in this area were not destined to come true.
The Battle of Stalingrad includes two periods:
Defensive: from July 17 to November 18, 1942
Offensive: from November 19, 1942 to February 2, 1943.
There were no long pauses or lulls in the battle - the fighting was continuous. Stalingrad for the Nazi was a kind of "mill", which grinded thousands of German soldiers and officers.
The invaders lost a quarter of its forces on the Soviet-German front during this battle with the total losses, including the dead and wounded, prisoners of war and those who went missing, totalling around 1.5 million people. This led Germany to announce its first national day of mourning during the war.
The victory in Stalingrad created conditions enabling Soviet forces to mount a large-scale counteroffensive aimed at expelling the invaders from the Motherland.
☝️ Not only did this massive feat increase the international prestige of the USSR & the Red Army, but also helped strengthen the anti-Hitler coalition.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the embassy roundtable discussion of a settlement in Ukraine (Moscow, January 30, 2024)
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
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🤝 On February 1, Moscow hosted the traditional meeting between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassadors of the #CIS Member States accredited in Russia. CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev also took part in the meeting.
During the meeting, multilateral cooperation within the CIS last year was reviewed, and key goals for the future were outlined, taking into account the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship of the CIS this year.
🌐 Those attending the meeting also exchanged views on current international and regional issues.
During the meeting, multilateral cooperation within the CIS last year was reviewed, and key goals for the future were outlined, taking into account the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship of the CIS this year.
🌐 Those attending the meeting also exchanged views on current international and regional issues.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 31, 2024)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 New cases of Canadian authorities harbouring Nazi criminals
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Washington’s attempts to prevent Russian athletes from participating in sports events
🔹 The state of affairs in the EU economy
🔹 Russia’s humanitarian grain shipments to African countries
🔹 100th Anniversary of Russia-Italy diplomatic relations
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▪️Lately, the Banderites have been literally hunting down unarmed people, targeting them with armed drones.
According to DPR officials, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have stepped up their drone attacks against the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery near Ugledar. Home to several dozen monks, this monastery has been regularly and cynically targeted by Ukraine. The January 29, 2024 attack left a priest wounded.
There is no doubt that these are deliberate and premeditated actions by the Banderites. Drone operators can clearly see what is going on and know their targets, whether they are after military vehicles or an ordinary family shopping at an outdoor market.
☝️ Russian law enforcement agencies have been gathering all the details on these atrocities, and all those involved in them will be identified and held to account.
#RussiaHelps
In execution of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's decision announced during the Second Russia-Africa Summit, ships carried 200,000 tonnes of grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.
✅ Russia fulfilled its obligations without delay, and made a substantial contribution to the food security of the African continent once again.
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 New cases of Canadian authorities harbouring Nazi criminals
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Washington’s attempts to prevent Russian athletes from participating in sports events
🔹 The state of affairs in the EU economy
🔹 Russia’s humanitarian grain shipments to African countries
🔹 100th Anniversary of Russia-Italy diplomatic relations
📰 Read in full
📺 Watch
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#Ukraine
▪️Lately, the Banderites have been literally hunting down unarmed people, targeting them with armed drones.
According to DPR officials, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have stepped up their drone attacks against the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery near Ugledar. Home to several dozen monks, this monastery has been regularly and cynically targeted by Ukraine. The January 29, 2024 attack left a priest wounded.
There is no doubt that these are deliberate and premeditated actions by the Banderites. Drone operators can clearly see what is going on and know their targets, whether they are after military vehicles or an ordinary family shopping at an outdoor market.
☝️ Russian law enforcement agencies have been gathering all the details on these atrocities, and all those involved in them will be identified and held to account.
#RussiaHelps
In execution of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's decision announced during the Second Russia-Africa Summit, ships carried 200,000 tonnes of grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.
✅ Russia fulfilled its obligations without delay, and made a substantial contribution to the food security of the African continent once again.
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🏅 On February 2, 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established the medal “To a Partisan of the Patriotic War”, which was awarded to ~150'000 heroes during the war years.
The partisan movement emerged in response to the German occupation and the atrocities carried out by the Nazis. It played an important part in the nationwide struggle behind enemy lines, covering practically the entire territory of the USSR that was temporarily occupied. Thanks to interaction with the Soviet command, the partisans became an organised fighting force, making a major contribution to the Red Army’s success in liberating the Motherland.
The names of many selfless partisans are inscribed in the history of the victory over the Third Reich, among them Tikhon Bumazhkov, the organiser of one of the first partisan groups, "Krasny Oktyabr"; Sidor Kovpak, commander of the Putivl partisan unit; Alexey Fyodorov, commander of the Chernigov partisan movement headquarters; one of the youngest partisans Leonid Golikov, and many others.
☝️ The medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" was presented to partisans, commanders of partisan units and organisers of the partisan movement for special services to the partisan cause, as well as for courage, heroism and outstanding achievements in the partisan fight for the Soviet Motherland against Nazi invaders behind the lines.
Artist Nikolai Moskalyov was the author of the model's initial sketch. His designs were used to create the Order of Kutuzov, the Order of Glory, and the medals "For the Defence of Moscow", "For the Defence of Leningrad", "For the Defence of Odessa", "For the Defence of Stalingrad", "For the Defence of the Caucasus", and others.
The partisan movement emerged in response to the German occupation and the atrocities carried out by the Nazis. It played an important part in the nationwide struggle behind enemy lines, covering practically the entire territory of the USSR that was temporarily occupied. Thanks to interaction with the Soviet command, the partisans became an organised fighting force, making a major contribution to the Red Army’s success in liberating the Motherland.
The names of many selfless partisans are inscribed in the history of the victory over the Third Reich, among them Tikhon Bumazhkov, the organiser of one of the first partisan groups, "Krasny Oktyabr"; Sidor Kovpak, commander of the Putivl partisan unit; Alexey Fyodorov, commander of the Chernigov partisan movement headquarters; one of the youngest partisans Leonid Golikov, and many others.
☝️ The medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" was presented to partisans, commanders of partisan units and organisers of the partisan movement for special services to the partisan cause, as well as for courage, heroism and outstanding achievements in the partisan fight for the Soviet Motherland against Nazi invaders behind the lines.
Artist Nikolai Moskalyov was the author of the model's initial sketch. His designs were used to create the Order of Kutuzov, the Order of Glory, and the medals "For the Defence of Moscow", "For the Defence of Leningrad", "For the Defence of Odessa", "For the Defence of Stalingrad", "For the Defence of the Caucasus", and others.
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It was here that a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War took place - the largest group of Nazi Germany troops and its satellites was defeated. This victory in Stalingrad was the beginning of the end for the entire Hitler coalition.
✊ The city did not surrender to the enemy. Thanks to the incredible will to live, fortitude and courage of the defenders - the Nazis suffered a crushing defeat.
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