Russia Day reception attended by diplomatic corps, compatriots, 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇦 media, representatives of Canadian society and GAC.
Ambassador Oleg Stepanov in his speech noted that on June 12 this year we mark 80-th anniversary of 🇷🇺-🇨🇦 diplomatic relations.
Ambassador Oleg Stepanov in his speech noted that on June 12 this year we mark 80-th anniversary of 🇷🇺-🇨🇦 diplomatic relations.
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🇷🇺 #Russia is... so many things, all at once. A lifetime worth of amazing things to explore & discover.
Immerse in Russia's enigmatic & friendly atmosphere, enjoy its natural beauty and rich traditions of its peoples - #ExploreRussia!
Happy #RussiaDay! 🥳
#RussiaDay2022 #RussiaIs #Russia1Love
Immerse in Russia's enigmatic & friendly atmosphere, enjoy its natural beauty and rich traditions of its peoples - #ExploreRussia!
Happy #RussiaDay! 🥳
#RussiaDay2022 #RussiaIs #Russia1Love
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#Food4Thought
🔎 RIA Novosti have launched a new special project - a journalistic investigation “Joint. Drug War of Ukraine Against Russia".
The project presents hard evidence of the hybrid war launched by Kiev against our country 8 years ago with the main goal to “drown the Russians in drugs”.
📰 Just a small excerpt:
The Interior Ministry’s Centre for Information and Analysis has reported an annual increase in the trafficking of synthetic drugs in our country, from 5 percent of the market in 2014 to 60 percent in 2021.
Security services officers told RIA Novosti that Ukrainians set up laboratories in border regions to smuggle drugs into Russia or organise their manufacturing and sale in Russia.
In 2019, 62 kg of drugs were confiscated in the Belgorod Region. The figure increased nearly nine-fold, to 534 kg, in 2020. The figure doubled in 2021, when security services confiscated 1,066 kg.
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🔎 RIA Novosti have launched a new special project - a journalistic investigation “Joint. Drug War of Ukraine Against Russia".
The project presents hard evidence of the hybrid war launched by Kiev against our country 8 years ago with the main goal to “drown the Russians in drugs”.
📰 Just a small excerpt:
The Interior Ministry’s Centre for Information and Analysis has reported an annual increase in the trafficking of synthetic drugs in our country, from 5 percent of the market in 2014 to 60 percent in 2021.
Security services officers told RIA Novosti that Ukrainians set up laboratories in border regions to smuggle drugs into Russia or organise their manufacturing and sale in Russia.
In 2019, 62 kg of drugs were confiscated in the Belgorod Region. The figure increased nearly nine-fold, to 534 kg, in 2020. The figure doubled in 2021, when security services confiscated 1,066 kg.
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#DebunkingMyths
❌ Myth: Russia is using energy supplies for political purposes.
✅ Faсts: It is the EU which, by imposing or planning to impose further unilateral sanctions against Russian energy supplies, is politicizing the energy sphere, attempting to use interdependences between energy consumers and suppliers as an instrument of political pressure, while damaging its own economy and the well-being of its citizens and aggravating what is already a precarious situation in the global energy markets.
Unfounded allegations that Moscow is using energy supplies for political aims are part and parcel of the fact-twisting information warfare unleashed by the EU and the US, the latter seeking to increase its LNG exports to the EU.
#Think4Yourself
❌ Myth: Russia is using energy supplies for political purposes.
✅ Faсts: It is the EU which, by imposing or planning to impose further unilateral sanctions against Russian energy supplies, is politicizing the energy sphere, attempting to use interdependences between energy consumers and suppliers as an instrument of political pressure, while damaging its own economy and the well-being of its citizens and aggravating what is already a precarious situation in the global energy markets.
Unfounded allegations that Moscow is using energy supplies for political aims are part and parcel of the fact-twisting information warfare unleashed by the EU and the US, the latter seeking to increase its LNG exports to the EU.
#Think4Yourself
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📆 Today marks the 239th Anniversary of the foundation of Sevastopol. It was on this day in 1783 that Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie ordered to lay the foundations of the first four stone structures in Sevastopol: a house for the commander of the Sevastopol naval squadron, a chapel, a smithy in the Admiralty, and a wharf, which was later given the name of Grafskaya.
❗️ An important landmark in the contemporary history of Sevastopol was undoubtedly the March 16, 2014 Crimean referendum on the status of Crimea. As a result of the vote, 95.6% of referendum participants spoke in favour of the city joining the Russian Federation.
🇷🇺 Today, the legendary Sevastopol retains its honorary title as the main base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a city of martial glory and valour of Russian sailors.
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❗️ An important landmark in the contemporary history of Sevastopol was undoubtedly the March 16, 2014 Crimean referendum on the status of Crimea. As a result of the vote, 95.6% of referendum participants spoke in favour of the city joining the Russian Federation.
🇷🇺 Today, the legendary Sevastopol retains its honorary title as the main base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a city of martial glory and valour of Russian sailors.
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🎙 Remarks to the Press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia regarding shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian military
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🔷 The Ukrainian military continue to shell civilians. Recently their assaults have intensified. And on June 13 the Kiev regime launched a large-scale shelling of the city of Donetsk and adjacent areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
🔷 This shelling could not bring to Kiev any military advantage as Donetsk is not on the line of contact. There are no military objects where the shells fell. The Ukrainian military deliberately targeted civilian districts and infrastructure – hospitals, markets, residential areas.
🔷 It is a disgrace that the Western media largely stay blind, deaf and numb to these appalling incidents. And those who speak up, only do so to promote nonsense that the city was shelled by the Russian forces.
🔷 I would like to say to the Western countries supplying weaponry to Ukraine – the blood of civilians is on your hands.
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🔷 The Ukrainian military continue to shell civilians. Recently their assaults have intensified. And on June 13 the Kiev regime launched a large-scale shelling of the city of Donetsk and adjacent areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
🔷 This shelling could not bring to Kiev any military advantage as Donetsk is not on the line of contact. There are no military objects where the shells fell. The Ukrainian military deliberately targeted civilian districts and infrastructure – hospitals, markets, residential areas.
🔷 It is a disgrace that the Western media largely stay blind, deaf and numb to these appalling incidents. And those who speak up, only do so to promote nonsense that the city was shelled by the Russian forces.
🔷 I would like to say to the Western countries supplying weaponry to Ukraine – the blood of civilians is on your hands.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳📞 President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone. The leaders exchanged views on a wide range of issues on the bilateral and international agendas.
🔸 reaffirmed their commitment to deepen the comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction;
🔸 agreed to expand cooperation in energy, finance, the manufacturing industry, transport and other areas;
🔸 touched upon further development of military and defence ties.
It was emphasised that Russia and China have overlapping or very close positions, consistently uphold the fundamental principles of international law, seek to build a truly multipolar and fair system of international relations.
🔸 reaffirmed their commitment to deepen the comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction;
🔸 agreed to expand cooperation in energy, finance, the manufacturing industry, transport and other areas;
🔸 touched upon further development of military and defence ties.
It was emphasised that Russia and China have overlapping or very close positions, consistently uphold the fundamental principles of international law, seek to build a truly multipolar and fair system of international relations.
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🇷🇺🇿🇦📞 President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had a phone conversation.
The presidents expressed satisfaction with the current level of the two countries' strategic partnership and stressed the shared intention to expand mutually beneficial cooperation, above all in trade, the economy, and investment.
They also discussed in detail issues of food security, including the supply of Russian agricultural products and fertilisers to the African continent, in particular South Africa.
The leaders also noted the importance of joint work within BRICS in order to further promote the role of this association in global politics and economics.
Vladimir Putin and Cyril Ramaphosa also exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine.
It was agreed to maintain contact.
The presidents expressed satisfaction with the current level of the two countries' strategic partnership and stressed the shared intention to expand mutually beneficial cooperation, above all in trade, the economy, and investment.
They also discussed in detail issues of food security, including the supply of Russian agricultural products and fertilisers to the African continent, in particular South Africa.
The leaders also noted the importance of joint work within BRICS in order to further promote the role of this association in global politics and economics.
Vladimir Putin and Cyril Ramaphosa also exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine.
It was agreed to maintain contact.
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👩 🚀 On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova performed her historic mission aboard Vostok-6, became the first woman in space. And to this day she remains the only female to have ever ventured to orbit solo.
🔹 Launched from Baikonur Vostok-6 orbited the Earth 48 times and successfully landed in the Altai Territory. The flight took 2 days, 22 hours and 50 minutes. During the flight, Valentina Tereshkova took a series of pictures of the horizon, which was later used to detect aerosol levels in the atmosphere.
🔹 Tereshkova’s space flight became a global sensation. Three days after the flight, she was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Later on, she received the titles of Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Mongolia, and also became honorary citizen of 18 Russian and foreign cities.
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🔹 Launched from Baikonur Vostok-6 orbited the Earth 48 times and successfully landed in the Altai Territory. The flight took 2 days, 22 hours and 50 minutes. During the flight, Valentina Tereshkova took a series of pictures of the horizon, which was later used to detect aerosol levels in the atmosphere.
🔹 Tereshkova’s space flight became a global sensation. Three days after the flight, she was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Later on, she received the titles of Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Mongolia, and also became honorary citizen of 18 Russian and foreign cities.
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💬"Russia is not angry, but is concentrating. We have preserved our sovereignty and the ability to defend our national interests. Now is the time to rethink resources in a life without rules. I will clarify - not in the conditions of sanctions or blockade, namely life without sanctions. A world without rules is war. Economic and political. Any country may find itself in a situation where the dollar, as a reserve currency, will be blocked. Who's next - China? Africa?" – emphasized at the Forum Opening Ceremony, Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
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🔴 #LIVE: Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Plenary Session of the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202206171100-LIVE11149-Putin-addresses-at-plenary-session-of-SPIEF-2022-in-St-Petersburg
🔗 https://forumspb.com/en/programme/business-programme/100065/#broadcast
#SPIEF2022
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202206171100-LIVE11149-Putin-addresses-at-plenary-session-of-SPIEF-2022-in-St-Petersburg
🔗 https://forumspb.com/en/programme/business-programme/100065/#broadcast
#SPIEF2022
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🎙Briefing by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, June 15.
Main topics:
🔹 FM #Lavrov. Schedule
🔹 Update on #Ukraine
🔹 #SPIEF2022
🔹 Outcomes of the Summit of the Americas
🔹 EU project of rebuilding Ukraine
🔹 ECHR ruling on the Russian law On Foreign Agents
🔹 Russia - Ukrainian talks
🔹 Prospects of direct conflict between Russia and the US
🔹 60 years of #RussiaSenegal diplomatic relations
🔹 #BRICS
And more...
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Main topics:
🔹 FM #Lavrov. Schedule
🔹 Update on #Ukraine
🔹 #SPIEF2022
🔹 Outcomes of the Summit of the Americas
🔹 EU project of rebuilding Ukraine
🔹 ECHR ruling on the Russian law On Foreign Agents
🔹 Russia - Ukrainian talks
🔹 Prospects of direct conflict between Russia and the US
🔹 60 years of #RussiaSenegal diplomatic relations
🔹 #BRICS
And more...
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS news agency, St Petersburg (June 16, 2022)
💬 We are defending Donbass. We had to recognise the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic. We will uphold their independence within the borders where they held the referendum in 2014.
💬 You see the people’s response in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson region and Zaporozhye region, and a number of other Ukrainian regions. They want to build a peaceful life without constantly experiencing fear of the neo-Nazis who have been abusing them all these long years.
💬 We are key initiators of the statements that were made at the Russian-US summits, as well as those made on behalf of the leaders of the five UN Security Council permanent member countries, saying that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and so it must never be unleashed. That is our position. We are strongly committed to it.
💬 We are defending Donbass. We had to recognise the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic. We will uphold their independence within the borders where they held the referendum in 2014.
💬 You see the people’s response in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson region and Zaporozhye region, and a number of other Ukrainian regions. They want to build a peaceful life without constantly experiencing fear of the neo-Nazis who have been abusing them all these long years.
💬 We are key initiators of the statements that were made at the Russian-US summits, as well as those made on behalf of the leaders of the five UN Security Council permanent member countries, saying that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and so it must never be unleashed. That is our position. We are strongly committed to it.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the NTV network
📍 Saint-Petersburg, June 16, 2022
◻️ To attain its strategic goal, the West, first, is ready to hurt its own citizens for the sake of its geopolitical ambitions, and second, is forcing all others to act likewise through open blackmail, threats, ultimatums and other lowbrow methods and moves.
◻️ I hope that along with politicians who irresponsibly demand to supply Ukraine with whatever it wants, there are military people who realise what is at stake and understand the risks involved.
◻️ We do not have a goal to become one of the poles of a multipolar world. We are just stating an objective reality. This world is developing objectively, all by itself. All the current “labours” of the West are aimed at “containing” this objective historical process.
📍 Saint-Petersburg, June 16, 2022
◻️ To attain its strategic goal, the West, first, is ready to hurt its own citizens for the sake of its geopolitical ambitions, and second, is forcing all others to act likewise through open blackmail, threats, ultimatums and other lowbrow methods and moves.
◻️ I hope that along with politicians who irresponsibly demand to supply Ukraine with whatever it wants, there are military people who realise what is at stake and understand the risks involved.
◻️ We do not have a goal to become one of the poles of a multipolar world. We are just stating an objective reality. This world is developing objectively, all by itself. All the current “labours” of the West are aimed at “containing” this objective historical process.
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Vladimir Putin's remarks at the SPIEF 2022 plenary session. Highlights:
🔸The economic blitzkrieg against Russia had no chance of success from the start.
🔸Russia can scale up its food and fertiliser exports, and grain supplies to 50 mln tonnes next year.
🔸Russia will promote economic growth by relying on private business, and further reduce administrative hurdles.
🔸The Russian economy will continue to be open. Russia will never follow a path of self-isolation.
The President announced a number of instructions and proposals:
🔹Reduce the preferential mortgage interest rate to 7%, effective through this year, as announced earlier.
🔹Dramatically cut the number of audits across all Russian businesses, except on risky or potentially dangerous activities.
🔹Launch a comprehensive programme to upgrade housing and utility services.
🔹Increase support for families with children.
🔹Launch an industrial mortgage programme for enterprises at 5%.
See more on the Kremlin’s official website.
🔸The economic blitzkrieg against Russia had no chance of success from the start.
🔸Russia can scale up its food and fertiliser exports, and grain supplies to 50 mln tonnes next year.
🔸Russia will promote economic growth by relying on private business, and further reduce administrative hurdles.
🔸The Russian economy will continue to be open. Russia will never follow a path of self-isolation.
The President announced a number of instructions and proposals:
🔹Reduce the preferential mortgage interest rate to 7%, effective through this year, as announced earlier.
🔹Dramatically cut the number of audits across all Russian businesses, except on risky or potentially dangerous activities.
🔹Launch a comprehensive programme to upgrade housing and utility services.
🔹Increase support for families with children.
🔹Launch an industrial mortgage programme for enterprises at 5%.
See more on the Kremlin’s official website.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the BBC TV channel
🔹 We announced a special military operation after being left with no other means to make it clear to the West that it is engaging in criminal activity by dragging Ukraine into NATO, by coddling and doting on a neo-Nazi regime, whose president Vladimir Zelensky said in September 2021 (you didn’t tell your viewers about it, did you?) that, if someone in Ukraine feels Russian, they should leave for Russia.
🔹 Today, the Ukrainian regime is attacking civilians with your Western weapons just like they did in 2014 when the putschists came to power, when the centre of Lugansk was bombed by aircraft and 50 people were burned alive in Odessa.
🔹 I think that NATO is a threat. We are told not to worry, that Ukraine’s accession to NATO wouldn’t pose a threat to the Russian Federation. With all due respect for our colleagues from the North Atlantic Alliance, I must say that Russia has the right to decide for itself what threatens its security and what does not.
🔹 We announced a special military operation after being left with no other means to make it clear to the West that it is engaging in criminal activity by dragging Ukraine into NATO, by coddling and doting on a neo-Nazi regime, whose president Vladimir Zelensky said in September 2021 (you didn’t tell your viewers about it, did you?) that, if someone in Ukraine feels Russian, they should leave for Russia.
🔹 Today, the Ukrainian regime is attacking civilians with your Western weapons just like they did in 2014 when the putschists came to power, when the centre of Lugansk was bombed by aircraft and 50 people were burned alive in Odessa.
🔹 I think that NATO is a threat. We are told not to worry, that Ukraine’s accession to NATO wouldn’t pose a threat to the Russian Federation. With all due respect for our colleagues from the North Atlantic Alliance, I must say that Russia has the right to decide for itself what threatens its security and what does not.
According to 🇷🇺@mod_russia data, since February 24 601 mercenaries from 🇨🇦 arrived to 🇺🇦. As of June 17, 162 are deceased and 169 fled 🇺🇦.
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#MercenarismIsCrime #ThinkSmart #DontLoseYourHead ☝🏻😎