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❗️ The amount of bilateral trade of Russia with other BRICS countries in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 38% and continues to grow.
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🎙 From FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus
💬 What surprises me more are not the lies that we hear daily and hourly from Kiev, but the fact that Kiev's sponsors have joined in this game of lies.
They are covering for Kiev, whether they need to or not and have been doing so for quite a while now. You mentioned the eight-year period that followed the anti-constitutional coup. This coup was the result of the opposition spitting in the face of the European Union as represented by France, Germany and Poland, which signed the agreement between Viktor Yanukovych and the three opposition leaders as guarantors. The next morning it was torn to shreds. Instead they prioritised cancelling the regional status of the Russian language and sent armed thugs to Crimea. This is how it all began.
💬 What surprises me more are not the lies that we hear daily and hourly from Kiev, but the fact that Kiev's sponsors have joined in this game of lies.
They are covering for Kiev, whether they need to or not and have been doing so for quite a while now. You mentioned the eight-year period that followed the anti-constitutional coup. This coup was the result of the opposition spitting in the face of the European Union as represented by France, Germany and Poland, which signed the agreement between Viktor Yanukovych and the three opposition leaders as guarantors. The next morning it was torn to shreds. Instead they prioritised cancelling the regional status of the Russian language and sent armed thugs to Crimea. This is how it all began.
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🗓 June 23, 1944
#ThisDay 78 years ago, the Belorussian strategic offensive operation Bagration was launched during the Great Patriotic War.
⚔️ Being unique in terms of spatial scale, this operation is rightly considered to be the greatest achievement of the national art of war. It has resulted in the defeat of the most powerful Wehrmacht group.
◽️ Forces of the 1st Baltic, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Belorussian fronts supported by Dnepr Flotilla liberated Belorussia, some parts of Lithuania and Latvia, reached Poland and East Prussian border. The German Nazi command redeployed a considerable part of its forces from the Western Front to Belorussia for confronting Soviet troops. It facilitated the offensive of the allied force in France.
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#ThisDay 78 years ago, the Belorussian strategic offensive operation Bagration was launched during the Great Patriotic War.
⚔️ Being unique in terms of spatial scale, this operation is rightly considered to be the greatest achievement of the national art of war. It has resulted in the defeat of the most powerful Wehrmacht group.
◽️ Forces of the 1st Baltic, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Belorussian fronts supported by Dnepr Flotilla liberated Belorussia, some parts of Lithuania and Latvia, reached Poland and East Prussian border. The German Nazi command redeployed a considerable part of its forces from the Western Front to Belorussia for confronting Soviet troops. It facilitated the offensive of the allied force in France.
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The President of Russia spoke at the 14th BRICS Summit. Highlights:
🔹The authority of BRICS on the world stage is constantly growing due to its economic, political and human capacity.
🔹BRICS plays an important role in building a multipolar world.
🔹The transnational nature of challenges and threats requires joint responses based on honest cooperation.
🔹Western countries pass on their own macroeconomic mistakes to the world with the help of financial mechanisms.
🔹The authority of BRICS on the world stage is constantly growing due to its economic, political and human capacity.
🔹BRICS plays an important role in building a multipolar world.
🔹The transnational nature of challenges and threats requires joint responses based on honest cooperation.
🔹Western countries pass on their own macroeconomic mistakes to the world with the help of financial mechanisms.
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on the US complicity in the recruitment of US citizens to fight in Ukraine
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💬 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has noted recent reports on US citizens being recruited and transferred to Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic to participate in hostilities, with the complicity of the White House and American intelligence services.
We are referring to the activity of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, which runs counter to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and involves overt recruitment of fighters to the so-called Foreign Legion of Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine.
❗️ We regard the US authorities’ complicity in such activities as further proof of Washington not being interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
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💬 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has noted recent reports on US citizens being recruited and transferred to Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic to participate in hostilities, with the complicity of the White House and American intelligence services.
We are referring to the activity of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, which runs counter to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and involves overt recruitment of fighters to the so-called Foreign Legion of Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine.
❗️ We regard the US authorities’ complicity in such activities as further proof of Washington not being interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
Forwarded from Kremlin. News
The main agreements of the meeting are recorded in the Beijing Declaration of the XIV BRICS Summit
See more on the Kremlin’s official website.
See more on the Kremlin’s official website.
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🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in the 14th BRICS Summit, held via videoconference and chaired by China.
💬 President Putin: The BRICS format has been consistently increasing its prestige and international influence. This is an objective process, since the five BRICS countries, as we all know, have immense political, economic, scientific, technical and human potential. We have everything we need to work together and achieve results for ensuring global stability and security, sustained growth and prosperity, and better well-being for our people.
I believe that the topic of today’s meeting, Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development, is very relevant. Considering the complexity of the challenges and threats the international community is facing, and the fact that they transcend borders, we need to come up with collective solutions.
👉 The Beijing Declaration of the 14th BRICS Summit formalises the key agreements of the meeting.
💬 President Putin: The BRICS format has been consistently increasing its prestige and international influence. This is an objective process, since the five BRICS countries, as we all know, have immense political, economic, scientific, technical and human potential. We have everything we need to work together and achieve results for ensuring global stability and security, sustained growth and prosperity, and better well-being for our people.
I believe that the topic of today’s meeting, Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development, is very relevant. Considering the complexity of the challenges and threats the international community is facing, and the fact that they transcend borders, we need to come up with collective solutions.
👉 The Beijing Declaration of the 14th BRICS Summit formalises the key agreements of the meeting.
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📆 June 23 marks International Olympic Day, the day when the International Olympic Committee was established in 1894 after the first Olympic Congress in Paris supported the idea of resuming the tradition of Olympic Games.
🇷🇺 Russia stood at the origins of the modern Olympic Movement. Russian general and military teacher Andrey Butovsky was one of the 13 members of the first International Olympic Committee in 1894. Russian athletes preformed at Olympic Games starting in 1900, winning top positions in the country team medal count.
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Russia has been and remains committed to the traditional Olympic values. We oppose the attempts to politicise sport or use it as a tool of coercion, unfair competition and discrimination. We reject the practice of “collective punishment” for acts perpetrated by individual people, which has recently become a frequent occurrence.
🔗 https://is.gd/FF8lzT
#OlympicDay
🇷🇺 Russia stood at the origins of the modern Olympic Movement. Russian general and military teacher Andrey Butovsky was one of the 13 members of the first International Olympic Committee in 1894. Russian athletes preformed at Olympic Games starting in 1900, winning top positions in the country team medal count.
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Russia has been and remains committed to the traditional Olympic values. We oppose the attempts to politicise sport or use it as a tool of coercion, unfair competition and discrimination. We reject the practice of “collective punishment” for acts perpetrated by individual people, which has recently become a frequent occurrence.
🔗 https://is.gd/FF8lzT
#OlympicDay
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⚠️It has been reliably elicited that professionals of the 72nd Centre for Information and Psychological Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Kharkov are preparing another cynical provocation with deaths amongst civilian population to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of launching indiscriminate attacks against civilian facilities.
🔹militants from Kraken nationalist battalion and 113th Territorial Brigade bring medical staff and ill children from other medical facilities of Kharkov to the First Child Health Hospital (Klochkovskaya st.). At the same time, the building of the hospital is mined and neo-Nazis are planning to explode it as soon as Russian troops launch artillery attacks at the military facilities in Kharkov. Correspondents from leading Western news agencies have already arrived in the city to prepare fake photos and videos;
🔹 two reporters from CNN news channel escorted by 10 servicemen of Azov nationalist battalion have arrived in Odessa for recording prepared terrorist attacks on civilian facilities in order to accuse Russia of using prohibited methods of warfare. We warn the so-called civilised West in advance that the abovementioned and other provocations by the Ukrainian authorities about the 'atrocities of the Russians' are soon to be widely circulated through the Western media and in various resources of the Internet.
❗️ We reiterate that Russian Armed Forces provide comprehensive assistance and support to the civilian population, treat them with high humanity and do not launch any attacks at the civilian infrastructure facilities during the special military operation.
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🔹militants from Kraken nationalist battalion and 113th Territorial Brigade bring medical staff and ill children from other medical facilities of Kharkov to the First Child Health Hospital (Klochkovskaya st.). At the same time, the building of the hospital is mined and neo-Nazis are planning to explode it as soon as Russian troops launch artillery attacks at the military facilities in Kharkov. Correspondents from leading Western news agencies have already arrived in the city to prepare fake photos and videos;
🔹 two reporters from CNN news channel escorted by 10 servicemen of Azov nationalist battalion have arrived in Odessa for recording prepared terrorist attacks on civilian facilities in order to accuse Russia of using prohibited methods of warfare. We warn the so-called civilised West in advance that the abovementioned and other provocations by the Ukrainian authorities about the 'atrocities of the Russians' are soon to be widely circulated through the Western media and in various resources of the Internet.
❗️ We reiterate that Russian Armed Forces provide comprehensive assistance and support to the civilian population, treat them with high humanity and do not launch any attacks at the civilian infrastructure facilities during the special military operation.
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#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #HumanitarianResponse #HumanitarianAid
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❗️📄Read extracts from the statement of Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich «To the report of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine», (meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, 23 June 2022):
➖In work of OSCE Project Coordinator in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, nothing has remained of #OSCE itself - in such conditions we don’t see any reason for extending mandate of PCU.
➖Report of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in #Ukraine leaves feeling that his work is carried out in a mythical prosperous country where human rights are respected & democratic institutions function, and he only helps to correct minor shortcomings. ❌It's not like that
❗️In absence of proper response from OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to Kiev’s violation of its commitments we conclude that work of this structure has become detached from its tasks
➖Return of 🇺🇦Ukraine to path of compliance with commitments seems not to have been at all part of work of PCU - instead only one “product” was consistently delivered - a decent picture of “Kiev’s progress” in democracy development, respect for human rights & rule of law
➖In work of OSCE Project Coordinator in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, nothing has remained of #OSCE itself - in such conditions we don’t see any reason for extending mandate of PCU.
➖Report of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in #Ukraine leaves feeling that his work is carried out in a mythical prosperous country where human rights are respected & democratic institutions function, and he only helps to correct minor shortcomings. ❌It's not like that
❗️In absence of proper response from OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to Kiev’s violation of its commitments we conclude that work of this structure has become detached from its tasks
➖Return of 🇺🇦Ukraine to path of compliance with commitments seems not to have been at all part of work of PCU - instead only one “product” was consistently delivered - a decent picture of “Kiev’s progress” in democracy development, respect for human rights & rule of law
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#Remarks by the Ambassador of #Russia to Ireland Yuriy Filatov on the World Grain Supply
💬 "All of that makes one wonder if the EU leaders know real situation on the ground. If they do, they have engaged in the lowest possible form of disinformation. If not – then that would reveal the high degree of their incompetence. Either way, this is bad news for the EU public."
See more:
https://telegra.ph/Remarks-by-the-Ambassador-of-Russia-to-Ireland-Yuriy-Filatov-on-the-World-Grain-Supply-06-23
💬 "All of that makes one wonder if the EU leaders know real situation on the ground. If they do, they have engaged in the lowest possible form of disinformation. If not – then that would reveal the high degree of their incompetence. Either way, this is bad news for the EU public."
See more:
https://telegra.ph/Remarks-by-the-Ambassador-of-Russia-to-Ireland-Yuriy-Filatov-on-the-World-Grain-Supply-06-23
Telegraph
Remarks by the Ambassador of Russia to Ireland Yuriy Filatov on the World Grain Supply
There have been quite a number of statements lately from Kiev officials blaming Russia for blocking Ukrainian grain exports, “stealing” Ukrainian grain and essentially accusing Russia of fueling the international food crisis. No surprise here, since over…
#Arctic booth among major #SPIEF 2022 highlights ✨ Focus on 🇷🇺 #ArcticCouncil Chairmanship priorities, depoliticized international cooperation 🤝, #NorthenSeaRoute 🚢, regional social & economic development, local & indigenous population, environment & tourism 🐻❄️
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⚠️In addition, Ukrainian armed groups continue using educational institutions, houses of culture and other social facilities with military purposes:
▫️in Druzhkovka, Donetsk People's Republic, in the school №8 (Bogdana Khmelnitskovo st.), militants of nationalist battalions have deployed strongpoints, artillery and multiple-rocket launchers, while the local population has been intentionally left without evacuation;
▫️in Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, in the vocational technical school №64 (Pushkina st.), a group of foreign mercenaries has deployed its manpower, as well as armoured vehicles and artillery at the adjacent territory;
▫️in Kharkov, on the lower and upper floors of residential buildings (Akademika Pavlova st.), Ukrainian nationalists have deployed their firing positions. At the same time, residents are forbidden to leave their flats, while any attempts of civilians to evacuate to safe areas are severely suppressed.
▫️These facts show the indifference of the Ukrainian authorities to the civilian population and their total disregard to the international humanitarian law. It occurs with the tacit consent of the collective West that continues turning a blind eye to the numerous war crimes of the Kiev regime.
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▫️in Druzhkovka, Donetsk People's Republic, in the school №8 (Bogdana Khmelnitskovo st.), militants of nationalist battalions have deployed strongpoints, artillery and multiple-rocket launchers, while the local population has been intentionally left without evacuation;
▫️in Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, in the vocational technical school №64 (Pushkina st.), a group of foreign mercenaries has deployed its manpower, as well as armoured vehicles and artillery at the adjacent territory;
▫️in Kharkov, on the lower and upper floors of residential buildings (Akademika Pavlova st.), Ukrainian nationalists have deployed their firing positions. At the same time, residents are forbidden to leave their flats, while any attempts of civilians to evacuate to safe areas are severely suppressed.
▫️These facts show the indifference of the Ukrainian authorities to the civilian population and their total disregard to the international humanitarian law. It occurs with the tacit consent of the collective West that continues turning a blind eye to the numerous war crimes of the Kiev regime.
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#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #HumanitarianResponse #HumanitarianAid
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus
📰 READ IN FULL
Key points:
🔸The West fears honest competition. Hence, a desire to cancel the culture of any country that stands on its own, nationally-oriented positions.
🔸 When at last the Ukrainians have the grace to suggest resuming the diplomatic process, we will see what situation has emerged on the ground.
🔸 Ukraine tried to build its sovereignty by cancelling its own history. The West encouraged that approach and that conceptual vision of the Ukrainian state just to harm Russia.
🔸 Everyone understands the hypocrisy of the demagogic groaning about the absence of sanctions on food and fertiliser. Yes, food is not under sanctions, but all the necessary steps for delivering it to consumers fall under sanctions.
📰 READ IN FULL
Key points:
🔸The West fears honest competition. Hence, a desire to cancel the culture of any country that stands on its own, nationally-oriented positions.
🔸 When at last the Ukrainians have the grace to suggest resuming the diplomatic process, we will see what situation has emerged on the ground.
🔸 Ukraine tried to build its sovereignty by cancelling its own history. The West encouraged that approach and that conceptual vision of the Ukrainian state just to harm Russia.
🔸 Everyone understands the hypocrisy of the demagogic groaning about the absence of sanctions on food and fertiliser. Yes, food is not under sanctions, but all the necessary steps for delivering it to consumers fall under sanctions.
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🗓 June 24, 1945
#ThisDay 77 years ago, the historical parade to honour the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany was held in the Red Square, Moscow.
◽️ The parade lasted two hours. It was attended by 24 marshals, 249 generals, 2,536 officers, 31,116 sergeants and soldiers.
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#ThisDay 77 years ago, the historical parade to honour the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany was held in the Red Square, Moscow.
◽️ The parade lasted two hours. It was attended by 24 marshals, 249 generals, 2,536 officers, 31,116 sergeants and soldiers.
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⭕️Read extracts from the statement of Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich “On ongoing crimes by Ukraine against civilian population with the support of Western alliance of OSCE participating States”, (meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, 23 June 2022):
Situation in 🇺🇦Ukraine is most vivid illustration of the crisis of confidence that has matured in recent years in the all-European space.
Today neo-Nazism has raised its head in #OSCE space - most egregious example is #Ukraine, where neo-Nazi groups from Ukrainian armed formations, using weapons supplied by NATO countries, continue to attack civilians
Defenders of #Donbass republics are fighting for right to live safely in their homeland, to preserve & develop their culture, language and traditions. The task of completely liberating these territories from occupying 🇺🇦 Ukrainian armed formations will certainly be completed
❗️ Blatant double standards used by "collective West" in support of 🇺🇦 Kiev regime only convince people of Donbass and citizens of all Russia of fairness & rightness of the case to protect #DPR and #LPR from Ukrainian aggression
❌Steps taken by Kiev regime, which can be described as “cultural and linguistic genocide”, clearly do not fit into “European values”
Situation in 🇺🇦Ukraine is most vivid illustration of the crisis of confidence that has matured in recent years in the all-European space.
Today neo-Nazism has raised its head in #OSCE space - most egregious example is #Ukraine, where neo-Nazi groups from Ukrainian armed formations, using weapons supplied by NATO countries, continue to attack civilians
Defenders of #Donbass republics are fighting for right to live safely in their homeland, to preserve & develop their culture, language and traditions. The task of completely liberating these territories from occupying 🇺🇦 Ukrainian armed formations will certainly be completed
❗️ Blatant double standards used by "collective West" in support of 🇺🇦 Kiev regime only convince people of Donbass and citizens of all Russia of fairness & rightness of the case to protect #DPR and #LPR from Ukrainian aggression
❌Steps taken by Kiev regime, which can be described as “cultural and linguistic genocide”, clearly do not fit into “European values”
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 President of Russia Vladimir Putin attended a BRICS+ meeting involving the leaders of several invited states, held via videoconference.
💬 President Putin:
🔹 It is notable that the leaders of the countries who are attending our meeting today stand for developing a truly democratic multipolar world order based on the principles of equality, justice and mutual respect
🔹 We have every opportunity to build up practical cooperation between the #BRICS countries and its partners, the countries represented here. We feel your mutual interest in maintaining close business contacts.
🔹 It is equally important for BRICS to expand cooperation with regional associations like ASEAN, the African Union, the Association of Caribbean States, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Indian Ocean Rim Association.
💬 President Putin:
🔹 It is notable that the leaders of the countries who are attending our meeting today stand for developing a truly democratic multipolar world order based on the principles of equality, justice and mutual respect
🔹 We have every opportunity to build up practical cooperation between the #BRICS countries and its partners, the countries represented here. We feel your mutual interest in maintaining close business contacts.
🔹 It is equally important for BRICS to expand cooperation with regional associations like ASEAN, the African Union, the Association of Caribbean States, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Indian Ocean Rim Association.
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⚡️Emergency statement by Russian Defence Ministry
◽️Units of Tsentr group of troops under the command of Colonel General A.Lapin defeated the opposing enemy and blocked Lisichansk from the south after having breached the defensive line of Ukrainian troops.
◽️Within 5 days, they have liberated 11 settlements, including the largest ones: Loskutovka, Mirnaya Dolina and Ustinovka.
◽️Southern group of troops under the command of the General of the Army S.Surovikin has defeated the encircled group of Ukrainian troops in Gorskoye.
◽️Russian troops and units of LPR People's Militia have liberated Gorskoye and Zolotoye.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
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◽️Units of Tsentr group of troops under the command of Colonel General A.Lapin defeated the opposing enemy and blocked Lisichansk from the south after having breached the defensive line of Ukrainian troops.
◽️Within 5 days, they have liberated 11 settlements, including the largest ones: Loskutovka, Mirnaya Dolina and Ustinovka.
◽️Southern group of troops under the command of the General of the Army S.Surovikin has defeated the encircled group of Ukrainian troops in Gorskoye.
◽️Russian troops and units of LPR People's Militia have liberated Gorskoye and Zolotoye.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
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Forwarded from Dmitry Polyanskiy
Today we circulated as an official document of the UN Security Council and General Assembly a letter with examples of hate speech of Ukrainian officials and politicians.
Here is a link to this document.
We did it as a follow up to our statement in the UN SC on 21 June.
Hopefully this document will open the eyes of our UN colleagues and help them realize whom are we dealing with in reality in Ukraine today
Here is a link to this document.
We did it as a follow up to our statement in the UN SC on 21 June.
Hopefully this document will open the eyes of our UN colleagues and help them realize whom are we dealing with in reality in Ukraine today
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🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on political repression against dissenters is intensifying in Ukraine:
Kiev is going to introduce the practice of mass requisitioning Ukrainian enterprises from owners who, by the arbitrary decision of the authorities, are recognised as pro-Russia sympathisers. What kind of law, democracy or liberalism are we talking about?
❗️ The policy of forced Ukrainisation and persecution of everything that is Russian continues unabated.
On June 19, the Verkhovna Rada approved draft laws that effectively ban Russian music from being played in the streets of Ukrainian cities, music halls, stadiums and on radio and television.
Books, newspapers and magazines from Russia and Belarus have been banned in Ukraine and cannot be brought in. Russian-speaking writers are removed from world literature courses.
A native of Odessa, Anna Akhmatova wrote, “It’s not scary to die by a bullet, not painful to lose home, and we will protect you, Russian speech, the great Russian word.”
Kiev is going to introduce the practice of mass requisitioning Ukrainian enterprises from owners who, by the arbitrary decision of the authorities, are recognised as pro-Russia sympathisers. What kind of law, democracy or liberalism are we talking about?
❗️ The policy of forced Ukrainisation and persecution of everything that is Russian continues unabated.
On June 19, the Verkhovna Rada approved draft laws that effectively ban Russian music from being played in the streets of Ukrainian cities, music halls, stadiums and on radio and television.
Books, newspapers and magazines from Russia and Belarus have been banned in Ukraine and cannot be brought in. Russian-speaking writers are removed from world literature courses.
A native of Odessa, Anna Akhmatova wrote, “It’s not scary to die by a bullet, not painful to lose home, and we will protect you, Russian speech, the great Russian word.”