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🌍 Today (May 25) is African Liberation Day or #AfricaDay.
On this day in 1963, the first conference of African governments took place in Addis Ababa, paving the way to the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity, which later evolved into the African Union. This was how the first stage in the decolonisation process on the African continent reached its culminating point.
👉 Follow this link to read our feature article on Africa Day.
Long before the Europeans arrived in Africa, it was home to developed, self-sufficient and sustainable economies with their own homegrown governance models, as well as production and reproduction paradigms which were in sync with the continent’s environmental and climate imperatives.
It was during the Age of Discovery that Europeans started intensively exploiting Africa’s natural and human resources for enriching their countries, with the Portuguese and Spanish becoming the first nations to establish trade routes along Africa’s western coast.
⛓ ⛓ European powers relied on slave trade as their main method for generating maximum returns. The discovery of the New World brought about a boom for this kind of trade since European colonisers needed free labour to gain a foothold in the Americas. It started by sending slaves from Europe, but by the mid-16th century there were already slave ships heading to the New World across the Atlantic directly from Africa.
Apart from slave trade, Europeans exploited Africa’s rich natural resources. They exported its gold, ivory and other valuable goods.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, this policy of exploiting African resources by the European colonial powers, i.e., Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium, morphed into an all-out effort to subjugate the continent. This brought about and reinforced national liberation movements across the continent and resulted in African counties achieving their independence in the 1960s.
📃 The Soviet Union played a key role in pressuring the UN General Assembly to pass the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples proclaiming the need to end colonialism and discrimination in all its forms.
Our country has played an essential role in proactively assisting African nations in their struggle for independence and played an important role in helping establish these young nations. In fact, the USSR helped build 37 African economies by signing bilateral economic and technical cooperation agreements with them. Soviet military advisors and military experts worked in Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and several other African countries at different times.
🇷🇺🤝🌍 Today, efforts to develop multi-pronged, comprehensive cooperation with African states constitutes a major foreign policy priority for Russia. Held in July 2023 in St Petersburg, the Second Russia-Africa Summit served as anew and major impetus for developing our relations with countries across this region in all their aspects.
❌ Not only are Western powers continuing to exploit the African nations by siphoning off their resources and helping their corporations earn hefty profits, but also seek to defend their own unsightly record there. In their effort to falsify history they have gone beyond their attempts to rewrite the fundamental causes, course and outcomes of World War II and went on to engage in a cynical, albeit tacit, campaign to sweep the colonial-era horrors under the carpet. The West is trying to pretend that it has nothing to do with the suffering many generations of Africans have had to endure, including racism, slave trade and punitive operations.
☝️ But Africa remembers it all.
#AfricaDay
On this day in 1963, the first conference of African governments took place in Addis Ababa, paving the way to the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity, which later evolved into the African Union. This was how the first stage in the decolonisation process on the African continent reached its culminating point.
👉 Follow this link to read our feature article on Africa Day.
Long before the Europeans arrived in Africa, it was home to developed, self-sufficient and sustainable economies with their own homegrown governance models, as well as production and reproduction paradigms which were in sync with the continent’s environmental and climate imperatives.
It was during the Age of Discovery that Europeans started intensively exploiting Africa’s natural and human resources for enriching their countries, with the Portuguese and Spanish becoming the first nations to establish trade routes along Africa’s western coast.
⛓ ⛓ European powers relied on slave trade as their main method for generating maximum returns. The discovery of the New World brought about a boom for this kind of trade since European colonisers needed free labour to gain a foothold in the Americas. It started by sending slaves from Europe, but by the mid-16th century there were already slave ships heading to the New World across the Atlantic directly from Africa.
Apart from slave trade, Europeans exploited Africa’s rich natural resources. They exported its gold, ivory and other valuable goods.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, this policy of exploiting African resources by the European colonial powers, i.e., Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium, morphed into an all-out effort to subjugate the continent. This brought about and reinforced national liberation movements across the continent and resulted in African counties achieving their independence in the 1960s.
📃 The Soviet Union played a key role in pressuring the UN General Assembly to pass the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples proclaiming the need to end colonialism and discrimination in all its forms.
Our country has played an essential role in proactively assisting African nations in their struggle for independence and played an important role in helping establish these young nations. In fact, the USSR helped build 37 African economies by signing bilateral economic and technical cooperation agreements with them. Soviet military advisors and military experts worked in Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and several other African countries at different times.
🇷🇺🤝🌍 Today, efforts to develop multi-pronged, comprehensive cooperation with African states constitutes a major foreign policy priority for Russia. Held in July 2023 in St Petersburg, the Second Russia-Africa Summit served as anew and major impetus for developing our relations with countries across this region in all their aspects.
❌ Not only are Western powers continuing to exploit the African nations by siphoning off their resources and helping their corporations earn hefty profits, but also seek to defend their own unsightly record there. In their effort to falsify history they have gone beyond their attempts to rewrite the fundamental causes, course and outcomes of World War II and went on to engage in a cynical, albeit tacit, campaign to sweep the colonial-era horrors under the carpet. The West is trying to pretend that it has nothing to do with the suffering many generations of Africans have had to endure, including racism, slave trade and punitive operations.
☝️ But Africa remembers it all.
#AfricaDay
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African Liberation Day
🌍 May 25 marks Africa Liberation Day which epitomises the beginning of the continent's liberation from colonialism and the strengthening of national identity. It is also known as Africa Day and commemorates the establishment of the Organisation of African…
🇷🇺🇺🇬 On May 29, Ambassador Vladlen Semivolos was received by Hon. Gen. Jeje Odongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda, to discuss topical issues of the international agenda and practical aspects of bilateral relations.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 29 мая Посол В.С.Семиволос был принят Министром иностранных дел Уганды Дж.Одонго для обсуждения актуальных вопросов международной повестки дня и практических аспектов двусторонних отношений.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 29 мая Посол В.С.Семиволос был принят Министром иностранных дел Уганды Дж.Одонго для обсуждения актуальных вопросов международной повестки дня и практических аспектов двусторонних отношений.
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🇷🇺 Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov congratulates everyone on the occasion of the Russian Language Day and 225th anniversary of the birth of great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin!
#RussianLanguageDay #PushkinDay
#RussianLanguageDay #PushkinDay
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🇷🇺 Today is the Russian Language Day and 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ anniversary of the birth of great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin!
🇺🇬 Ugandan participants of the Kids Summer Day Camp in Kampala celebrate this day by reciting Pushkin’s poem “I remember the marvellous moment” 🤩
🇺🇬 Ugandan participants of the Kids Summer Day Camp in Kampala celebrate this day by reciting Pushkin’s poem “I remember the marvellous moment” 🤩
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🇷🇺 Today is the Russian Language Day and 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ anniversary of the birth of great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin!
🇺🇬 Ugandan student of the “Russkiy Mir” Cabinet in Kampala Christabel Ainomujuni recites Pushkin’s poem “Winter Morning” on this occasion 👏
🇺🇬 Ugandan student of the “Russkiy Mir” Cabinet in Kampala Christabel Ainomujuni recites Pushkin’s poem “Winter Morning” on this occasion 👏
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 7-10 июня в ОАЭ состоялся Медиафорум российских соотечественников стран Африки, Ближнего Востока и Европы. Уганду на мероприятии представляла директор Ассоциации русскоговорящих женщин в Уганде «Росинка» О.В.Сильченко.
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🇷🇺 Our warmest congratulations on the occasion of Russia Day!
🎉 Today we celebrate the holiday that symbolizes national unity, solidarity and historical continuity!
#RussiaDay #Russia1Love #IloveRussia #WeAreRussia #RussiaDay2024
🎉 Today we celebrate the holiday that symbolizes national unity, solidarity and historical continuity!
#RussiaDay #Russia1Love #IloveRussia #WeAreRussia #RussiaDay2024
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 On June 11, Russian Ambassador Vladlen Semivolos hosted Ms. Nwanne Vwede-Obahor, United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative for Uganda, who paid a courtesy call.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 11 июня Посол России В.С.Семиволос принял с визитом вежливости нового Постоянного представителя Программы развития ООН в Уганде Н.Введе-Обахор.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 11 июня Посол России В.С.Семиволос принял с визитом вежливости нового Постоянного представителя Программы развития ООН в Уганде Н.Введе-Обахор.
🇷🇺🇺🇬 On June 13, Ambassador Vladlen Semivolos hosted Eng. Emmanuel Mwaka, President of the Uganda Chess Federation, to discuss issues related to bilateral sports cooperation, particularly in light of the participation of the team from Uganda in the BRICS Sports Games Kazan 2024.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 13 июня Посол В.С.Семиволос провел встречу с Президентом Шахматной федерации Уганды Э.Мвакой для обсуждения вопросов развития двустороннего сотрудничества в сфере спорта, в том числе в свете участия угандийской команды в Спортивных играх стран БРИКС в Казани.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 13 июня Посол В.С.Семиволос провел встречу с Президентом Шахматной федерации Уганды Э.Мвакой для обсуждения вопросов развития двустороннего сотрудничества в сфере спорта, в том числе в свете участия угандийской команды в Спортивных играх стран БРИКС в Казани.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 On June 13, Ambassador Vladlen Semivolos was hosted by Hon. Jacob Marksons Oboth, Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs of Uganda, to discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interest.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 13 июня Посол В.С.Семиволос был принят Министром обороны и по делам ветеранов Уганды Дж.М.Оботом для обсуждения широкого круга вопросов, представляющих взаимный интерес.
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🇷🇺🇺🇬 13 июня Посол В.С.Семиволос был принят Министром обороны и по делам ветеранов Уганды Дж.М.Оботом для обсуждения широкого круга вопросов, представляющих взаимный интерес.
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🎙Exceprts from President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the meeting with the senior officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry (June 14, 2024)
💬 President Putin: This is the task <...>: to outline a vision for equal and indivisible security, mutually beneficial and equitable cooperation, and development on the Eurasian continent in the foreseeable future.
What needs to be done to achieve this and on what principles?
👉 First, it is important to establish dialogue with all potential participants in this future security system. <...>
👉 Second, it is crucial to recognise that the future security architecture should be open to all Eurasian countries that wish to participate in its creation.
The threat to Europe does not come from Russia.
The main threat to Europeans is their critical and ever-increasing dependence on the United States <...>.
If Europe wants to continue being an independent centre of global development and a cultural and civilisational pole on our planet, it should definitely maintain good and friendly relations with Russia. Most importantly, we are ready for this. <...>
👉 Third, it is necessary to significantly intensify the dialogue process between multilateral organisations already operating in Eurasia to promote the idea of a Eurasian security system <...>.
👉 Fourth, we believe that the time has come to start a broad discussion of a new system of bilateral and multilateral guarantees of collective security in Eurasia. At the same time, it is necessary, in the long term, to gradually phase out the military presence of external powers in the Eurasian region. <...>
👉 Fifth, an crucial part of the Eurasian security and development system should definitely be the issues of the economy, social well-being, integration, and mutually beneficial cooperation <...>.
Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I instruct you to assist as much as possible in developing international agreements in all these areas.
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💬 President Putin: This is the task <...>: to outline a vision for equal and indivisible security, mutually beneficial and equitable cooperation, and development on the Eurasian continent in the foreseeable future.
What needs to be done to achieve this and on what principles?
👉 First, it is important to establish dialogue with all potential participants in this future security system. <...>
👉 Second, it is crucial to recognise that the future security architecture should be open to all Eurasian countries that wish to participate in its creation.
The threat to Europe does not come from Russia.
The main threat to Europeans is their critical and ever-increasing dependence on the United States <...>.
If Europe wants to continue being an independent centre of global development and a cultural and civilisational pole on our planet, it should definitely maintain good and friendly relations with Russia. Most importantly, we are ready for this. <...>
👉 Third, it is necessary to significantly intensify the dialogue process between multilateral organisations already operating in Eurasia to promote the idea of a Eurasian security system <...>.
👉 Fourth, we believe that the time has come to start a broad discussion of a new system of bilateral and multilateral guarantees of collective security in Eurasia. At the same time, it is necessary, in the long term, to gradually phase out the military presence of external powers in the Eurasian region. <...>
👉 Fifth, an crucial part of the Eurasian security and development system should definitely be the issues of the economy, social well-being, integration, and mutually beneficial cooperation <...>.
Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I instruct you to assist as much as possible in developing international agreements in all these areas.
Read in full
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🖋 Article «The humanity should get rid of the colonial system heritage. Colonial powers’ time is up» by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russian Federation, Chairman of the United Russia Party
Key points:
• There is brazen interference in the affairs of independent states, which, unfortunately, still continues in various forms. Despite humanity’s persistent efforts to eradicate neocolonialism, the Western world vehemently resists it.
• The former colonial powers persist in exploiting dependent countries, enhancing their own comfort through the humiliation and oppression of others – albeit employing more sophisticated tools and methods.
• According to experts (American experts, for all their bias), between 1946 and 2000, the United States interfered in elections in other countries more than 80 times. Since 1945, there have been more than 50 attempted coups and military interventions. Of the 174 cases of restrictive measures applied in the 20th century, the United States was responsible for 109. <…> In fact, America has become a global sanctions neo-metropolis.
• In order to preserve its geopolitical presence in various parts of the world, the West relies on the so-called debt neo-colonialism . <…> The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
• Neo-metropolitan powers have also been targeting certain countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa with their disruptive efforts in order to control their natural wealth, including critical minerals. They focus on gaining unrestricted access to lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and rear earth deposits they need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
❗️ The fight against neocolonialism is not an eternal confrontation for the sake of confrontation itself. It is primarily a progressive movement of states towards civilisational sovereignty, which is crucial in avoiding degradation and devastation in the 21st century. <…> Only fully sovereign countries that have independence in domestic and foreign affairs will be able to effectively counteract the deliberate efforts of the former metropolises to impose unequal economic and political deals on them.
• Investigation of colonial crimes that do not have a statute of limitations should be placed at the forefront of this activity. It is necessary to consider the creation of a single public database (register) of crimes of the colonial period, as well as modern neocolonial practices, at the UN, and work out a scale to evaluate the damage caused by war crimes committed on their territory.
• Neo-metropoles should be hit where it hurts the most, in their wallets, which they are filling largely by exploiting the rest of the world. We believe that the payment of compensations to the victims of neocolonial practices should be based on clear, legally considered and substantiated evidence. Political and diplomatic assessments must be complemented with a legal evaluation of their actions.
• We wish the best of luck to our African and Latin American colleagues. Their success, including in establishing an anticolonial tribunal (akin to the Nuremberg Trials), will be a major step towards depriving the Global North of its domination and towards building a fair multipolar world order.
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Key points:
• There is brazen interference in the affairs of independent states, which, unfortunately, still continues in various forms. Despite humanity’s persistent efforts to eradicate neocolonialism, the Western world vehemently resists it.
• The former colonial powers persist in exploiting dependent countries, enhancing their own comfort through the humiliation and oppression of others – albeit employing more sophisticated tools and methods.
• According to experts (American experts, for all their bias), between 1946 and 2000, the United States interfered in elections in other countries more than 80 times. Since 1945, there have been more than 50 attempted coups and military interventions. Of the 174 cases of restrictive measures applied in the 20th century, the United States was responsible for 109. <…> In fact, America has become a global sanctions neo-metropolis.
• In order to preserve its geopolitical presence in various parts of the world, the West relies on the so-called debt neo-colonialism . <…> The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
• Neo-metropolitan powers have also been targeting certain countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa with their disruptive efforts in order to control their natural wealth, including critical minerals. They focus on gaining unrestricted access to lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and rear earth deposits they need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
❗️ The fight against neocolonialism is not an eternal confrontation for the sake of confrontation itself. It is primarily a progressive movement of states towards civilisational sovereignty, which is crucial in avoiding degradation and devastation in the 21st century. <…> Only fully sovereign countries that have independence in domestic and foreign affairs will be able to effectively counteract the deliberate efforts of the former metropolises to impose unequal economic and political deals on them.
• Investigation of colonial crimes that do not have a statute of limitations should be placed at the forefront of this activity. It is necessary to consider the creation of a single public database (register) of crimes of the colonial period, as well as modern neocolonial practices, at the UN, and work out a scale to evaluate the damage caused by war crimes committed on their territory.
• Neo-metropoles should be hit where it hurts the most, in their wallets, which they are filling largely by exploiting the rest of the world. We believe that the payment of compensations to the victims of neocolonial practices should be based on clear, legally considered and substantiated evidence. Political and diplomatic assessments must be complemented with a legal evaluation of their actions.
• We wish the best of luck to our African and Latin American colleagues. Their success, including in establishing an anticolonial tribunal (akin to the Nuremberg Trials), will be a major step towards depriving the Global North of its domination and towards building a fair multipolar world order.
📄 Read in full