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The way the Western leaders, politicians and media have responded to the news of Alexei Navalny's death has once again revealed their hypocrisy, cynicism and lack of principles. This is the “blame Russia first” approach in action. With a prepped script ready for every situation.
Let's look at the timeline. 👇
Today at approximately 2:19 pm, the website operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area reported the death of convict Alexey Navalny in Prison Colony No. 3.
Literally 15 minutes later, a flurry of carbon-copy accusations poured in:
- 2:35 pm, Tobias Billström: “Terrible news about Navalny. If the information about his death in a Russian prison is confirmed, it will be another heinous crime by Putin's regime”;
- 2:35 pm, Barth Eide: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of Navalny's death. The Russian government bears a heavy burden of responsibility for this”;
- 2:41 pm, Edgars Rinkevics: “Whatever your thoughts about Alexei Navalny as a politician, he was just brutally murdered by the Kremlin. That's a fact and that is something one should know about the true nature of Russia's current regime”;
- 2:50 pm, Jan Lipavsky: “Russia still treats foreign policy issues the same way it treats its citizens. It has turned into a violent state that kills people who dream of a beautiful, better future, such as Nemtsov and now Navalny, who was imprisoned and tortured to death”;
- 2:51 pm, Stéphane Séjourné: “Navalny paid with his life to fight against a system of oppression. His death in a penal colony reminds us of the realities of Vladimir Putin's regime”;
- 3:02 pm, Charles Michel: “The EU holds the Russian regime solely responsible for this tragic death”;
- 3:10 pm Kiev regime kingpin Zelensky: “Clearly, he was killed by Putin, like thousands of others who were tortured to death”;
- 3:16 pm (media), 4:50 pm (social media), Jens Stoltenberg: “We need to establish all the facts, and Russia needs to answer all the questions”;
- 3:20 pm, Mark Rutte: “Navalny's death once again bears witness to the immense brutality of the Russian regime”;
- 3:30 pm, Maia Sandu: “Navalny's death in a Russian prison is a reminder of the regime's egregious suppression of dissent”;
- 3:35 pm, Annalena Baerbock: “Like no one else, Alexei Navalny was a symbol for a free and democratic Russia. That is precisely the reason he had to die”;
- 3:43 pm, Ursula von der Leyen: “A grim reminder of what Putin and his regime are all about”;
- 3:49 pm, Ulf Kristersson: “The Russian authorities, and President Putin personally, are responsible for Alexei Navalny no longer being alive”;
- 3:14 pm, Olaf Scholz: “He has now paid for this courage with his life. This terrible news demonstrates once again how Russia has changed and what kind of regime is in power in Moscow”;
- 3:25 pm, Antony Blinken: “Beyond that, his death in a Russian prison and the fixation and fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that Putin has built. Russia bears responsibility for this”;
- 5:28 pm, Emmanuel Macron: “In today's Russia, free spirits are put in the Gulag and sentenced to death”;
Within a short period of time, two hours as a matter of fact (starting at 2:19 pm), Western politicians and their subordinate media managed, it appears, to get the results of a forensic examination that has yet to take place, to investigate, to indict Moscow and to render a verdict.
There is no explanation other than to assume these responses were prepared in advance.
Perhaps we could believe this unbelievable, seemingly miraculous swiftness had the whole world not witnessed the months-long, toothless “investigation” into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, which fizzled out eventually.
What distinguishes all these statements is the glaring absence of even a suggestion of perhaps... waiting until the results of a forensic examination and investigation are available.
Let's look at the timeline. 👇
Today at approximately 2:19 pm, the website operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area reported the death of convict Alexey Navalny in Prison Colony No. 3.
Literally 15 minutes later, a flurry of carbon-copy accusations poured in:
- 2:35 pm, Tobias Billström: “Terrible news about Navalny. If the information about his death in a Russian prison is confirmed, it will be another heinous crime by Putin's regime”;
- 2:35 pm, Barth Eide: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of Navalny's death. The Russian government bears a heavy burden of responsibility for this”;
- 2:41 pm, Edgars Rinkevics: “Whatever your thoughts about Alexei Navalny as a politician, he was just brutally murdered by the Kremlin. That's a fact and that is something one should know about the true nature of Russia's current regime”;
- 2:50 pm, Jan Lipavsky: “Russia still treats foreign policy issues the same way it treats its citizens. It has turned into a violent state that kills people who dream of a beautiful, better future, such as Nemtsov and now Navalny, who was imprisoned and tortured to death”;
- 2:51 pm, Stéphane Séjourné: “Navalny paid with his life to fight against a system of oppression. His death in a penal colony reminds us of the realities of Vladimir Putin's regime”;
- 3:02 pm, Charles Michel: “The EU holds the Russian regime solely responsible for this tragic death”;
- 3:10 pm Kiev regime kingpin Zelensky: “Clearly, he was killed by Putin, like thousands of others who were tortured to death”;
- 3:16 pm (media), 4:50 pm (social media), Jens Stoltenberg: “We need to establish all the facts, and Russia needs to answer all the questions”;
- 3:20 pm, Mark Rutte: “Navalny's death once again bears witness to the immense brutality of the Russian regime”;
- 3:30 pm, Maia Sandu: “Navalny's death in a Russian prison is a reminder of the regime's egregious suppression of dissent”;
- 3:35 pm, Annalena Baerbock: “Like no one else, Alexei Navalny was a symbol for a free and democratic Russia. That is precisely the reason he had to die”;
- 3:43 pm, Ursula von der Leyen: “A grim reminder of what Putin and his regime are all about”;
- 3:49 pm, Ulf Kristersson: “The Russian authorities, and President Putin personally, are responsible for Alexei Navalny no longer being alive”;
- 3:14 pm, Olaf Scholz: “He has now paid for this courage with his life. This terrible news demonstrates once again how Russia has changed and what kind of regime is in power in Moscow”;
- 3:25 pm, Antony Blinken: “Beyond that, his death in a Russian prison and the fixation and fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that Putin has built. Russia bears responsibility for this”;
- 5:28 pm, Emmanuel Macron: “In today's Russia, free spirits are put in the Gulag and sentenced to death”;
Within a short period of time, two hours as a matter of fact (starting at 2:19 pm), Western politicians and their subordinate media managed, it appears, to get the results of a forensic examination that has yet to take place, to investigate, to indict Moscow and to render a verdict.
There is no explanation other than to assume these responses were prepared in advance.
Perhaps we could believe this unbelievable, seemingly miraculous swiftness had the whole world not witnessed the months-long, toothless “investigation” into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, which fizzled out eventually.
What distinguishes all these statements is the glaring absence of even a suggestion of perhaps... waiting until the results of a forensic examination and investigation are available.
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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry:
🇷🇺 #Avdeevka (~31,75 sq km) has been liberated from the Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis.
This will allow to move the frontline further away from Donetsk and decrease the number of terrorist attacks against its residents.
Full Russian MoD statement to be released shortly.
🇷🇺 #Avdeevka (~31,75 sq km) has been liberated from the Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis.
This will allow to move the frontline further away from Donetsk and decrease the number of terrorist attacks against its residents.
Full Russian MoD statement to be released shortly.
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in #Cuba as part of his Latin American tour
📍 Havana, February 19, 2024
#RussiaCuba
📍 Havana, February 19, 2024
#RussiaCuba
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, February 14, 2024)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 MFA’s preparations for holding the Presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Moldova
🔹 Attacks on Russian Orthodox Church congregations in Denmark
🔹 Promoting A.Hitler’s legacy in Germany
🔹 Recognising the genocide of the Soviet peoples during the Great Patriotic War
🔹 The collective West’s neo-colonial policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina
🔹 Lack of reaction from the OSCE to discrimination against Russian and the Russian-speaking population in the Baltic States
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#Ukraine
The West continues to overlook the terrorist actions of the Kiev junta, turning a blind eye to all their criminal activities and the threats to commit them. Ukrainian Minister for Digital Transformation, Mikhail Fyodorov, attracted attention by making a brigandish statement that resembled the rhetoric of Al-Qaeda and ISIS (organisations that are banned and globally recognised as terrorist). He went as far as promising major explosions throughout Russia.
There should be no illusions that the Kiev regime will escape accountability for such statements and malevolent actions.
#BosniaAndHerzegovina
They [illegal actions by the Western parties’ multilateral efforts] are guided by a Less Dayton – More Brussels motto, and acting in gross violation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitutional provisions, which guarantee equality for the three state-forming peoples and the country’s two entities. They are pressuring the country into accepting a Western neo-liberal pseudo-civilian social model while failing to take into account the historical, political, cultural, religious and administrative factors that have defined the way the state in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been developing.
❗️ They are open about imposing their priorities on sovereign Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving it no option other than to follow the EU and NATO in their policies while sacrificing ties with third parties.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 MFA’s preparations for holding the Presidential election abroad
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Moldova
🔹 Attacks on Russian Orthodox Church congregations in Denmark
🔹 Promoting A.Hitler’s legacy in Germany
🔹 Recognising the genocide of the Soviet peoples during the Great Patriotic War
🔹 The collective West’s neo-colonial policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina
🔹 Lack of reaction from the OSCE to discrimination against Russian and the Russian-speaking population in the Baltic States
📰 Read in full
📺 Watch
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#Ukraine
The West continues to overlook the terrorist actions of the Kiev junta, turning a blind eye to all their criminal activities and the threats to commit them. Ukrainian Minister for Digital Transformation, Mikhail Fyodorov, attracted attention by making a brigandish statement that resembled the rhetoric of Al-Qaeda and ISIS (organisations that are banned and globally recognised as terrorist). He went as far as promising major explosions throughout Russia.
There should be no illusions that the Kiev regime will escape accountability for such statements and malevolent actions.
#BosniaAndHerzegovina
They [illegal actions by the Western parties’ multilateral efforts] are guided by a Less Dayton – More Brussels motto, and acting in gross violation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitutional provisions, which guarantee equality for the three state-forming peoples and the country’s two entities. They are pressuring the country into accepting a Western neo-liberal pseudo-civilian social model while failing to take into account the historical, political, cultural, religious and administrative factors that have defined the way the state in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been developing.
❗️ They are open about imposing their priorities on sovereign Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving it no option other than to follow the EU and NATO in their policies while sacrificing ties with third parties.
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⚡️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of Russia Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on violations of Chemical Weapons Convention by US and Ukraine (February 19, 2024)
☣️ According to OPCW timelines, the US should have completed the destruction of declared chemical weapons stockpiles in 2007, but despite its economic capacity, it did so only in 2023, twice postponing the deadline on the pretext of financial, organisational, and technical difficulties.
▪️ Washington retains significant interest in the use of chemical riot control as a warfighting tool. <...> The transfer of non-lethal chemical weapons to third countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine) is further evidence of the US' violation of the Convention.
❗️During the special military operation, cases of the use of US chemical munitions by the AFU were recorded. <...> Ukraine, with the complicity of Western countries, is not limiting itself to the use of non-lethal chemicals, actively using scheduled chemicals.
▪️ According to available information, the Kiev regime, with the assistance of Western curators, is developing new tactics for conducting combat operations using a 'special chemical belt'. It involves detonating tanks of hydrocyanic acid and ammonia as Russian troops advance.
👉Plans for the large-scale use of toxic substances are evidenced by Ukraine's requests for antidotes, gas masks, and other personal protective equipment.
***
▪️ Despite the fact that the Organisation's activities presuppose equal rights of participants, in November 2023, for the first time since the signing of the Convention, Russia was essentially 'expelled' from the OPCW Executive Council. We were replaced by Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, countries that have a clear anti-Russian policy and have never had chemical weapons.
☝️Thus, another international platform was formed, the activity of which is fully controlled by the US and used by them for settling political accounts with undesirable countries
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☣️ According to OPCW timelines, the US should have completed the destruction of declared chemical weapons stockpiles in 2007, but despite its economic capacity, it did so only in 2023, twice postponing the deadline on the pretext of financial, organisational, and technical difficulties.
▪️ Washington retains significant interest in the use of chemical riot control as a warfighting tool. <...> The transfer of non-lethal chemical weapons to third countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine) is further evidence of the US' violation of the Convention.
❗️During the special military operation, cases of the use of US chemical munitions by the AFU were recorded. <...> Ukraine, with the complicity of Western countries, is not limiting itself to the use of non-lethal chemicals, actively using scheduled chemicals.
▪️ According to available information, the Kiev regime, with the assistance of Western curators, is developing new tactics for conducting combat operations using a 'special chemical belt'. It involves detonating tanks of hydrocyanic acid and ammonia as Russian troops advance.
👉Plans for the large-scale use of toxic substances are evidenced by Ukraine's requests for antidotes, gas masks, and other personal protective equipment.
***
▪️ Despite the fact that the Organisation's activities presuppose equal rights of participants, in November 2023, for the first time since the signing of the Convention, Russia was essentially 'expelled' from the OPCW Executive Council. We were replaced by Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, countries that have a clear anti-Russian policy and have never had chemical weapons.
☝️Thus, another international platform was formed, the activity of which is fully controlled by the US and used by them for settling political accounts with undesirable countries
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla hold talks.
📍 Havana, February 19, 2024
#RussiaCuba
📍 Havana, February 19, 2024
#RussiaCuba
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙 Remarks to the press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia with regard to the attack by Ukrainian forces against Belgorod, Russia (February 19, 2024)
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: Facing massive failures in the battlefield (namely the recent loss of a strategic town of Avdeevka), the Kiev regime is trying to make up by intensifying its terrorist attacks against civilians.
During the day on February 15, they launched another massive attack on peaceful areas of Belgorod. Seven people died, including a newborn. 19 local residents, four of whom were children, were injured.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the same day, air defense systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian Vampire Missile System shells over the territory of the Belgorod region.
❗️ This strike makes no sense from the military point of view. The military infrastructure was not located in the immediate vicinity of the shelling. Instead, rockets were launched on innocent people in a premeditated act of terror.
We call on the UN Secretariat and the agencies to condemn these heinous crimes against civilians and civilian infrastructure carried out by the Kiev regime in violation of the international humanitarian law.
Yet another terrorist attack by the Ukrainian armed forces against the city of Belgorod has once again highlighted the criminal role of the West led by the US, which continues to send the deadly weapons to the Kiev regime and thus is an accomplice in all its crimes. These weapons are used in a mass and indiscriminate killing of civilians.
<...>
❌ Hypocrisy and cynicism of Western states become even more evident since they directly violate all the international agreements and commitments regarding the transfer of weapons and military equipment they are a party to.
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🎙 Remarks to the press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia with regard to the attack by Ukrainian forces against Belgorod, Russia (February 19, 2024)
💬 Vassily Nebenzia: Facing massive failures in the battlefield (namely the recent loss of a strategic town of Avdeevka), the Kiev regime is trying to make up by intensifying its terrorist attacks against civilians.
During the day on February 15, they launched another massive attack on peaceful areas of Belgorod. Seven people died, including a newborn. 19 local residents, four of whom were children, were injured.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the same day, air defense systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian Vampire Missile System shells over the territory of the Belgorod region.
❗️ This strike makes no sense from the military point of view. The military infrastructure was not located in the immediate vicinity of the shelling. Instead, rockets were launched on innocent people in a premeditated act of terror.
We call on the UN Secretariat and the agencies to condemn these heinous crimes against civilians and civilian infrastructure carried out by the Kiev regime in violation of the international humanitarian law.
Yet another terrorist attack by the Ukrainian armed forces against the city of Belgorod has once again highlighted the criminal role of the West led by the US, which continues to send the deadly weapons to the Kiev regime and thus is an accomplice in all its crimes. These weapons are used in a mass and indiscriminate killing of civilians.
<...>
❌ Hypocrisy and cynicism of Western states become even more evident since they directly violate all the international agreements and commitments regarding the transfer of weapons and military equipment they are a party to.
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 On February 19, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a visit to the Republic of Cuba as part of his trip to the Latin American region.
He was received by the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez and held talks with Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez.
During the meetings, which took place in a traditionally friendly and constructive atmosphere, the Sides had a substantive exchange of views on cooperation in politics, trade and the economy, culture and the humanitarian field.
📈 They noted the key achievements of the two countries over the past year in the material sphere, which will help Russian economic operators to play a more active role in the implementation of Cuba's large-scale plans for socio-economic development until 2030.
The Parties had a detailed discussion on the parameters for strengthening close coordination between Russia and Cuba in the global arena and on regional platforms. They confirmed mutual willingness to fully strengthen the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership.
🤝 The Officials noted that their approach had not changed regarding the categorical unacceptability of unilateral illegitimate restrictive measures, and the desire to jointly advance in building a multipolar world based on genuine equality of states, respect for mutual interests and fundamental principles and standards of international law.
☝️ The Russian Side reaffirmed its unwavering support for Havana in its just demand for the complete and immediate lifting of the US embargo and the removal of the country from the US State Department's list of states sponsors of terrorism.
#RussiaCuba
He was received by the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez and held talks with Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez.
During the meetings, which took place in a traditionally friendly and constructive atmosphere, the Sides had a substantive exchange of views on cooperation in politics, trade and the economy, culture and the humanitarian field.
📈 They noted the key achievements of the two countries over the past year in the material sphere, which will help Russian economic operators to play a more active role in the implementation of Cuba's large-scale plans for socio-economic development until 2030.
The Parties had a detailed discussion on the parameters for strengthening close coordination between Russia and Cuba in the global arena and on regional platforms. They confirmed mutual willingness to fully strengthen the Russian-Cuban strategic partnership.
🤝 The Officials noted that their approach had not changed regarding the categorical unacceptability of unilateral illegitimate restrictive measures, and the desire to jointly advance in building a multipolar world based on genuine equality of states, respect for mutual interests and fundamental principles and standards of international law.
☝️ The Russian Side reaffirmed its unwavering support for Havana in its just demand for the complete and immediate lifting of the US embargo and the removal of the country from the US State Department's list of states sponsors of terrorism.
#RussiaCuba
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (Havana, February 19, 2024)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would like to begin by thanking you for your traditional hospitality, as is customary between our countries. <...>
In September 2023, you and I met in New York on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. As always, we had a trust-based exchange concerning the unprecedented processes unfolding in the international arena, when the realities of the multi-polar world, objectively shaped and reflecting the unstoppable course of history, are not just being tested, but are eliciting an aggressive response from the US and other Global Minority countries. These countries are using every available avenue to preserve their dominance, hegemony and control. The means used by the American and other Western policymakers to get there include blackmail, ultimatums, threats, heavy-handed military force, and sanctions rather than diplomacy.
Cuba has firsthand experience of the unlawful pressure and total embargo that the US continues to enforce as a supposed legitimate course of action. Although the rest of the international community finds it intolerable, Washington persists in its actions.
We have global tasks at hand, including the mobilisation of the Global Majority to uphold their legitimate rights. We are working on it actively within the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter established in 2021. The interest in this Group is steadily increasing. We will work to safeguard the fundamental principles of the UN Charter against attempts to rewrite international law and replace it with obscure rules.
☝️ The Charter explicitly states that the UN is based on the sovereign equality of states. It is imperative that we hold our Western colleagues accountable, as they have long ago disregarded that principle and continue to go about their affairs the way they did in colonial times.
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would like to begin by thanking you for your traditional hospitality, as is customary between our countries. <...>
In September 2023, you and I met in New York on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. As always, we had a trust-based exchange concerning the unprecedented processes unfolding in the international arena, when the realities of the multi-polar world, objectively shaped and reflecting the unstoppable course of history, are not just being tested, but are eliciting an aggressive response from the US and other Global Minority countries. These countries are using every available avenue to preserve their dominance, hegemony and control. The means used by the American and other Western policymakers to get there include blackmail, ultimatums, threats, heavy-handed military force, and sanctions rather than diplomacy.
Cuba has firsthand experience of the unlawful pressure and total embargo that the US continues to enforce as a supposed legitimate course of action. Although the rest of the international community finds it intolerable, Washington persists in its actions.
We have global tasks at hand, including the mobilisation of the Global Majority to uphold their legitimate rights. We are working on it actively within the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter established in 2021. The interest in this Group is steadily increasing. We will work to safeguard the fundamental principles of the UN Charter against attempts to rewrite international law and replace it with obscure rules.
☝️ The Charter explicitly states that the UN is based on the sovereign equality of states. It is imperative that we hold our Western colleagues accountable, as they have long ago disregarded that principle and continue to go about their affairs the way they did in colonial times.
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 #RussiaCuba
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🇷🇺🇻🇪 On Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
On February 20, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Venezuela.
During the visit, he will:
• meet with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro,
• Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez,
• hold talks with Foreign Minister Yván Gil.
The Parties will discuss key issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction on the global stage, as well as regional and global developments.
🤝 Venezuela is Russia’s strategic partner and ally. These bilateral relations, based on strong friendship and solidarity, are on the rise and are actively developing in all key areas.
The political dialogue between Russia and Venezuela is very intensive. Last year, President Vladimir Putin and President Nicolás Maduro had two telephone conversations (on May 4 and December 21). Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Caracas on February 28 and on April 18, respectively. Executive Vice President and Minister of the Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade Delcy Rodríguez visited Moscow on October 11-13, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Jorge Rodríguez on September 29 – October 3, and Foreign Minister Yván Gil on November 15-17.
At various multilateral platforms, Russia and Venezuela consistently support the establishment of a more equitable multi-polar world order.
Moscow and Caracas share a unanimous stance on the unacceptability of interfering in internal affairs and using unilateral coercive measures as instruments of pressure.
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☝️ Russia will continue to provide all possible assistance to the government and people of Venezuela as regards protecting their national sovereignty and right to choose their own development path, including as a country that helps maintain national dialogue among the political forces in Venezuela.
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#RussiaVenezuela
On February 20, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Venezuela.
During the visit, he will:
• meet with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro,
• Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez,
• hold talks with Foreign Minister Yván Gil.
The Parties will discuss key issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction on the global stage, as well as regional and global developments.
🤝 Venezuela is Russia’s strategic partner and ally. These bilateral relations, based on strong friendship and solidarity, are on the rise and are actively developing in all key areas.
The political dialogue between Russia and Venezuela is very intensive. Last year, President Vladimir Putin and President Nicolás Maduro had two telephone conversations (on May 4 and December 21). Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Caracas on February 28 and on April 18, respectively. Executive Vice President and Minister of the Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade Delcy Rodríguez visited Moscow on October 11-13, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Jorge Rodríguez on September 29 – October 3, and Foreign Minister Yván Gil on November 15-17.
At various multilateral platforms, Russia and Venezuela consistently support the establishment of a more equitable multi-polar world order.
Moscow and Caracas share a unanimous stance on the unacceptability of interfering in internal affairs and using unilateral coercive measures as instruments of pressure.
<...>
☝️ Russia will continue to provide all possible assistance to the government and people of Venezuela as regards protecting their national sovereignty and right to choose their own development path, including as a country that helps maintain national dialogue among the political forces in Venezuela.
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#RussiaVenezuela
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🇷🇺🇻🇪 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez hold talks.
📍 Caracas, February 20, 2024
#RussiaVenezuela
📍 Caracas, February 20, 2024
#RussiaVenezuela