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#SCO #RussiaPakistan
🗓 On October 16, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin took part in the SCO Heads of Government Council Meeting.
💬 Mikhail Mishustin: I would like to congratulate our Pakistani friends and partners on assuming the chairmanship of the SCO Heads of Government Council for the first time and thank them for their warm welcome and excellent organisation of our events in Islamabad.
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Pressure is mounting on Russia, but those who impose sanctions on us will not attain their goals. We are focused on realising our potential and supporting the key spheres of the national economy and relevant enterprises.
📈 Thanks to the development of the real economy sectors, Russia’s GDP increased by 4.2% in the first eight months of 2024. Investment in fixed assets grew by nearly 11 percent in the first six months of this year.
We are working actively to strengthen cooperation with the friendly countries that share our values. Last year, Russia’s trade with the SCO member states reached a record high volume of 30 trillion roubles (approximately $330 billion) and has grown by 5.5% in the first six months of the year.
It is particularly important to promote economic cooperation between the SCO states with a focus on the implementation of President Vladimir Putin’s Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation unites 10 member states and 16 observer nations. It geographically encompasses nearly the entire Eurasian continent. Our nations are home to almost half of the global population and contribute approximately 30% of the world's GDP. This remarkable potential must be harnessed for the common good and in the interests of each member state.
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🤝 I am confident that the SCO possesses every opportunity to emerge as one of the formidable centres of the equitable multipolar world currently taking shape. Together, we have the capability to achieve this – fostering economic prosperity for our nations and citizens.
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🗓 On October 16, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin took part in the SCO Heads of Government Council Meeting.
💬 Mikhail Mishustin: I would like to congratulate our Pakistani friends and partners on assuming the chairmanship of the SCO Heads of Government Council for the first time and thank them for their warm welcome and excellent organisation of our events in Islamabad.
<...>
Pressure is mounting on Russia, but those who impose sanctions on us will not attain their goals. We are focused on realising our potential and supporting the key spheres of the national economy and relevant enterprises.
📈 Thanks to the development of the real economy sectors, Russia’s GDP increased by 4.2% in the first eight months of 2024. Investment in fixed assets grew by nearly 11 percent in the first six months of this year.
We are working actively to strengthen cooperation with the friendly countries that share our values. Last year, Russia’s trade with the SCO member states reached a record high volume of 30 trillion roubles (approximately $330 billion) and has grown by 5.5% in the first six months of the year.
It is particularly important to promote economic cooperation between the SCO states with a focus on the implementation of President Vladimir Putin’s Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation unites 10 member states and 16 observer nations. It geographically encompasses nearly the entire Eurasian continent. Our nations are home to almost half of the global population and contribute approximately 30% of the world's GDP. This remarkable potential must be harnessed for the common good and in the interests of each member state.
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🤝 I am confident that the SCO possesses every opportunity to emerge as one of the formidable centres of the equitable multipolar world currently taking shape. Together, we have the capability to achieve this – fostering economic prosperity for our nations and citizens.
Read in full
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Forwarded from Евразийская экономическая комиссия
В странах Евразийского экономического союза при содействии ЕЭК проведено социологическое исследование по защите прав потребителей. Опрошено более тысячи человек.
Выяснилось, что примерно 65% из них покупают товары и услуги на общем рынке ЕАЭС. Среди покупок преобладают одежда, обувь и текстиль, доля которых составляет 33%. Продукты питания приобретаются в 20% случаев. Также высоки доли приобретаемых услуг по ремонту – 14%, туристических и оздоровительных услуг (по 11%).
Соцопросы также показали повышение уровня доверия покупателей к качеству и безопасности товаров и услуг. Свыше 67% респондентов отметили, что соответствующие требования в Союзе соблюдаются всегда или часто. Наибольшее число таких оценок – в Беларуси (87%), наименьшее – в Кыргызстане (56%).
Порядка 60% граждан в целом положительно оценивают ситуацию с защитой прав потребителей на общем рынке Союза. Более 56% жителей стран ЕАЭС отмечают, что работа уполномоченных государственных органов в этом направлении проводится эффективно. Самый большой процент таких оценок – в Беларуси (72%), наименьший – в Кыргызстане (47%).
Но при этом с нарушениями потребительских прав сталкивались около 35% опрошенных.
#ЕЭК #ЕАЭС #Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС
Выяснилось, что примерно 65% из них покупают товары и услуги на общем рынке ЕАЭС. Среди покупок преобладают одежда, обувь и текстиль, доля которых составляет 33%. Продукты питания приобретаются в 20% случаев. Также высоки доли приобретаемых услуг по ремонту – 14%, туристических и оздоровительных услуг (по 11%).
Соцопросы также показали повышение уровня доверия покупателей к качеству и безопасности товаров и услуг. Свыше 67% респондентов отметили, что соответствующие требования в Союзе соблюдаются всегда или часто. Наибольшее число таких оценок – в Беларуси (87%), наименьшее – в Кыргызстане (56%).
Порядка 60% граждан в целом положительно оценивают ситуацию с защитой прав потребителей на общем рынке Союза. Более 56% жителей стран ЕАЭС отмечают, что работа уполномоченных государственных органов в этом направлении проводится эффективно. Самый большой процент таких оценок – в Беларуси (72%), наименьший – в Кыргызстане (47%).
Но при этом с нарушениями потребительских прав сталкивались около 35% опрошенных.
#ЕЭК #ЕАЭС #Рассказываем_о_ЕАЭС
🎙️ Из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой, Москва, 16 октября 2024 года
🇳🇴 К 80-летию освобождения Красной Армией Восточного Финнмарка от немецко-фашистских захватчиков
💬 25 октября 1944 г., 80 лет назад, в ходе заключительного этапа Петсамо-Киркенесской операции Красной Армией были освобождены от фашистов северонорвежский город Киркенес и его окрестности – Восточный Финнмарк, а затем и вся территория северо-востока Норвегии вплоть до реки Тана. Каждый год в этот день мы вспоминаем подвиг советских военнослужащих – участников боев на норвежской земле, отдаем дань памяти павшим героям. Всего в ходе Петсамо-Киркенесской операции Красная Армия потеряла 6084 человека. В немецких концлагерях на территории Норвегии погибли 12 678 советских военнопленных.
В 1952 г. в знак благодарности за освобождение рядом с центром Киркенеса был воздвигнут памятник советскому солдату (норвежское название – «Russemonumentet» переводится как «Русский монумент»). Надпись на пьедестале выполнена на русском и норвежском языках. Она гласит следующее: «Отважным советским солдатам в память об освобождении города Киркенеса в 1944 г.».
Согласно архивным данным, сохранившиеся жилые помещения, продовольственные склады и другое трофейное имущество были переданы советской стороной местному населению. Организовано снабжение добровольческих и других частей норвежской армии оружием и продовольствием. Советские войска также производили разминирование территории, ремонтировали дороги, заново возводили взорванные немцами мосты и другую гражданскую инфраструктуру, всячески содействовали налаживанию нормальной жизни норвежского населения.
17 октября 1945 г. премьер-министр Норвегии Э.Герхардсен в послании председателю Совета народных комиссаров И.В.Сталину писал: «Люди Красной Армии укрепили дружбу между нашими обеими странами, и они оставили после себя у норвежского народа чувства благодарности и восхищения великим советским народом». Король Норвегии Хокон VII, оценивая освободительную миссию СССР, отмечал: «Война была выиграна Красной Армией на восточном фронте. Именно эта победа привела к освобождению норвежской территории на Севере». Словами признательности, запечатленными на монументе советским воинам в Осло, завершил свое выступление Король Норвегии Харальд V в Киркенесе в октябре 2019 г: «Норвегия благодарит вас. Эти слова высечены в камне».
Мы со скорбью и отвращением наблюдаем, как сегодня в Норвегии превращают нашу общую военную историю в заложника конъюнктурных интересов. За попытками некоторых норвежских политиков и «историков», а также «экспертов» выпятить отдельные заслуги отдельных народов СССР в освобождении северной Норвегии, делить военные памятники на «правильные» и на «неправильные». Мало того, призывать к их сносу.
Неоднократно отмечали, что для нас не существует Победы «своей» и «чужой». Она одна на всех. Тогда они за ценой не постояли. Мы всегда будем помнить о подвигах воинов-освободителей и участников полярных конвоев в Баренцевом море, бойцов Сопротивления и партизанских отрядов, простых жителей Норвегии, помогавших советским военнопленным в фашистских концлагерях и вместе с Красной Армией выбивавших врага со своей земли.
Петсамо-Киркенесская наступательная операция навсегда останется в памяти как символ героизма, как символ стойкости советских солдат, их абсолютной самоотверженности. В результате победы были освобождены северные районы Норвегии, а также ликвидирована угроза Мурманску и Северному морскому пути.
🔎 В память о годовщине данного события АО «Марка» в сентябре с.г. выпустила маркированную открытку «80 лет освобождению Советского Заполярья и Северной Норвегии в ходе Петсамо-Киркенесской операции».
Кстати, на нашем сайте в память этих событий об освобождении советскими воинами северных районов Норвегии в 1944 году размещена подборка документов Архива внешней политики Российской Федерации.
🇳🇴 К 80-летию освобождения Красной Армией Восточного Финнмарка от немецко-фашистских захватчиков
💬 25 октября 1944 г., 80 лет назад, в ходе заключительного этапа Петсамо-Киркенесской операции Красной Армией были освобождены от фашистов северонорвежский город Киркенес и его окрестности – Восточный Финнмарк, а затем и вся территория северо-востока Норвегии вплоть до реки Тана. Каждый год в этот день мы вспоминаем подвиг советских военнослужащих – участников боев на норвежской земле, отдаем дань памяти павшим героям. Всего в ходе Петсамо-Киркенесской операции Красная Армия потеряла 6084 человека. В немецких концлагерях на территории Норвегии погибли 12 678 советских военнопленных.
В 1952 г. в знак благодарности за освобождение рядом с центром Киркенеса был воздвигнут памятник советскому солдату (норвежское название – «Russemonumentet» переводится как «Русский монумент»). Надпись на пьедестале выполнена на русском и норвежском языках. Она гласит следующее: «Отважным советским солдатам в память об освобождении города Киркенеса в 1944 г.».
Согласно архивным данным, сохранившиеся жилые помещения, продовольственные склады и другое трофейное имущество были переданы советской стороной местному населению. Организовано снабжение добровольческих и других частей норвежской армии оружием и продовольствием. Советские войска также производили разминирование территории, ремонтировали дороги, заново возводили взорванные немцами мосты и другую гражданскую инфраструктуру, всячески содействовали налаживанию нормальной жизни норвежского населения.
17 октября 1945 г. премьер-министр Норвегии Э.Герхардсен в послании председателю Совета народных комиссаров И.В.Сталину писал: «Люди Красной Армии укрепили дружбу между нашими обеими странами, и они оставили после себя у норвежского народа чувства благодарности и восхищения великим советским народом». Король Норвегии Хокон VII, оценивая освободительную миссию СССР, отмечал: «Война была выиграна Красной Армией на восточном фронте. Именно эта победа привела к освобождению норвежской территории на Севере». Словами признательности, запечатленными на монументе советским воинам в Осло, завершил свое выступление Король Норвегии Харальд V в Киркенесе в октябре 2019 г: «Норвегия благодарит вас. Эти слова высечены в камне».
Мы со скорбью и отвращением наблюдаем, как сегодня в Норвегии превращают нашу общую военную историю в заложника конъюнктурных интересов. За попытками некоторых норвежских политиков и «историков», а также «экспертов» выпятить отдельные заслуги отдельных народов СССР в освобождении северной Норвегии, делить военные памятники на «правильные» и на «неправильные». Мало того, призывать к их сносу.
Неоднократно отмечали, что для нас не существует Победы «своей» и «чужой». Она одна на всех. Тогда они за ценой не постояли. Мы всегда будем помнить о подвигах воинов-освободителей и участников полярных конвоев в Баренцевом море, бойцов Сопротивления и партизанских отрядов, простых жителей Норвегии, помогавших советским военнопленным в фашистских концлагерях и вместе с Красной Армией выбивавших врага со своей земли.
Петсамо-Киркенесская наступательная операция навсегда останется в памяти как символ героизма, как символ стойкости советских солдат, их абсолютной самоотверженности. В результате победы были освобождены северные районы Норвегии, а также ликвидирована угроза Мурманску и Северному морскому пути.
🔎 В память о годовщине данного события АО «Марка» в сентябре с.г. выпустила маркированную открытку «80 лет освобождению Советского Заполярья и Северной Норвегии в ходе Петсамо-Киркенесской операции».
Кстати, на нашем сайте в память этих событий об освобождении советскими воинами северных районов Норвегии в 1944 году размещена подборка документов Архива внешней политики Российской Федерации.
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#BRICS2024
Early next week, starting October 22 and through 24th, 2024, Russia's Kazan will host one of the largest international events of the year — the XVI BRICS Summit. Its theme — Strengthening multilateralism for equitable global development and security.
👉 Read more about the upcoming Summit, the agenda of the Heads of State and events with the participation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Preparations for the Summit are underway with Kazan being decorated in BRICS livery and colours. Russia's Presidency logo is also displayed near the city's main landmarks.
📸 The official photo bank of the XVI BRICS Summit has been launched. The Event's Photo Host is RIA Novosti news agency.
© Maxim Bogodvid
Early next week, starting October 22 and through 24th, 2024, Russia's Kazan will host one of the largest international events of the year — the XVI BRICS Summit. Its theme — Strengthening multilateralism for equitable global development and security.
👉 Read more about the upcoming Summit, the agenda of the Heads of State and events with the participation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Heads of State will have a busy agenda. They will discuss global and regional issues and the results of their countries' strategic partnerships in the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields. They will also review the results of their security interaction, including the work of their High Representatives and relevant agencies in this field.
They will focus on reforming the international financial system and enhancing the role of the BRICS countries, as well as promoting interbank cooperation and mutual settlements in national currencies.
Another important item on the agenda will be the creation of a new category of BRICS partner countries.
The main results of the Summit will be set out in the final declaration, including the consolidated approach of the member states to current international and regional issues and the further development of BRICS.
(from the briefing of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, October 16, 2024).
Preparations for the Summit are underway with Kazan being decorated in BRICS livery and colours. Russia's Presidency logo is also displayed near the city's main landmarks.
📸 The official photo bank of the XVI BRICS Summit has been launched. The Event's Photo Host is RIA Novosti news agency.
© Maxim Bogodvid
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Спецборт МЧС России доставил 31 партию гумпомощи жителям Газы
Самолет Ил-76 приземлился в аэропорту города Эль-Ариш. На борту порядка 30 тонн гуманитарного груза. В его составе продукты питания, палатки и спальные мешки. Гумпомощь будет передана представителям Египетского общества Красного Полумесяца, которые перенаправят ее населению сектора Газа.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the seizure of the St Michael’s Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Cherkassy, Ukraine
💬 Today, Ukrainian neo-Nazis committed yet another criminal act against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), this time, it was a hostile takeover of the St Michael’s Cathedral in Cherkassy, the largest UOC church in that country.
The attackers opened fire on peaceful parishioners, including women, children, and the elderly. They used pepper spray and drove worshippers out, interrupting the service. As a result of these criminal actions, Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkassy and Kanev was injured and hospitalised.
Against this backdrop, Mayor of Cherkassy Anatoly Bondarenko cynically referred to the incident as a “voluntary transfer” of the St Michael community into the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
It appears that this barbaric action was committed to enforce the law "On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine Governing the Activities of Religious Organisations in Ukraine", which took effect on September 23 and has created legal mechanisms for banning the UOC.
The Kiev regime is doing everything possible to outlaw and liquidate the canonical church, while the Western backers of President Zelensky continue to encourage the deepening of the religious split in Ukraine.
Relevant human rights institutions and mechanisms, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and Personal Representatives of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-discrimination, including against Christians, remain criminally silent.
Such pandering to the crimes of Kiev’s neo-Nazis, who are seizing Orthodox churches, persecuting believers, and even resorting to physical violence against clergy, is seen by the Zelensky regime as encouragement of its barbaric actions.
☝️ Once again, we strongly call on relevant international human rights organizations to focus on their primary duties.
In turn, the Russian side continues to gather evidence of the Kiev regime's outrageous crimes, including against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
These findings are detailed in the reports posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website, “Illegal Actions by the Kiev Regime Targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), its Clergy and Parishioners” (July 2023) and the most recent report, “Regarding the Situation with the Glorification of Nazism and the Spread of Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fuelling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” (September 11) with an entire section dedicated to the Kiev regime’s persecution of the UOC. I encourage you to review them.
❗️We are convinced that Zelensky will not succeed in destroying canonical Orthodoxy practiced by the majority of the people in that country. We strongly call on the international community to condemn the sacrilegious war waged by the Kiev regime against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
💬 Today, Ukrainian neo-Nazis committed yet another criminal act against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), this time, it was a hostile takeover of the St Michael’s Cathedral in Cherkassy, the largest UOC church in that country.
The attackers opened fire on peaceful parishioners, including women, children, and the elderly. They used pepper spray and drove worshippers out, interrupting the service. As a result of these criminal actions, Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkassy and Kanev was injured and hospitalised.
Against this backdrop, Mayor of Cherkassy Anatoly Bondarenko cynically referred to the incident as a “voluntary transfer” of the St Michael community into the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
It appears that this barbaric action was committed to enforce the law "On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine Governing the Activities of Religious Organisations in Ukraine", which took effect on September 23 and has created legal mechanisms for banning the UOC.
The Kiev regime is doing everything possible to outlaw and liquidate the canonical church, while the Western backers of President Zelensky continue to encourage the deepening of the religious split in Ukraine.
Relevant human rights institutions and mechanisms, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and Personal Representatives of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-discrimination, including against Christians, remain criminally silent.
Such pandering to the crimes of Kiev’s neo-Nazis, who are seizing Orthodox churches, persecuting believers, and even resorting to physical violence against clergy, is seen by the Zelensky regime as encouragement of its barbaric actions.
☝️ Once again, we strongly call on relevant international human rights organizations to focus on their primary duties.
In turn, the Russian side continues to gather evidence of the Kiev regime's outrageous crimes, including against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
These findings are detailed in the reports posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website, “Illegal Actions by the Kiev Regime Targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), its Clergy and Parishioners” (July 2023) and the most recent report, “Regarding the Situation with the Glorification of Nazism and the Spread of Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fuelling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” (September 11) with an entire section dedicated to the Kiev regime’s persecution of the UOC. I encourage you to review them.
❗️We are convinced that Zelensky will not succeed in destroying canonical Orthodoxy practiced by the majority of the people in that country. We strongly call on the international community to condemn the sacrilegious war waged by the Kiev regime against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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🎙Member of Russian🇷🇺 Delegation at #UNESCO Executive Board:
📍Russia faced a flurry of fakes spread by Western media & Internet platforms. In order to counter this campaign a section with examples of disinformation and its refutation was launched on website of MFA of Russia.
📍We see particular threat in practice of using fight against disinformation as pretext for imposing political censorship, which is entrenched in the West. It's convenient for them to unprovenly declare a media as source of disinformation & ban it on this unfounded basis. Self-appointed censors seek to impose this logic on the rest of the world.
📍Problem of ensuring safety of journalists is urgent. In recent years Kiev regime carried out numerous attacks on Russian journalists. However most of these crimes have not been condemned by UNESCO Director-General.
📍We emphasise the importance of ensuring free flow of and public access to accurate fact-based information, protecting freedom of opinion and expression.
📍Russia faced a flurry of fakes spread by Western media & Internet platforms. In order to counter this campaign a section with examples of disinformation and its refutation was launched on website of MFA of Russia.
📍We see particular threat in practice of using fight against disinformation as pretext for imposing political censorship, which is entrenched in the West. It's convenient for them to unprovenly declare a media as source of disinformation & ban it on this unfounded basis. Self-appointed censors seek to impose this logic on the rest of the world.
📍Problem of ensuring safety of journalists is urgent. In recent years Kiev regime carried out numerous attacks on Russian journalists. However most of these crimes have not been condemned by UNESCO Director-General.
📍We emphasise the importance of ensuring free flow of and public access to accurate fact-based information, protecting freedom of opinion and expression.
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#BRICS2024
🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Plenary Session of the BRICS Business Forum (October 18, 2024)
💬 I am sincerely delighted to welcome everyone to the BRICS Business Forum.
I would like to note the wide representation of participants in this hall. We have leading business representatives from every country in the BRICS group.
Your companies have been successfully cooperating for a long time, implementing impressive joint projects across a variety of domains: industry and energy, transport and infrastructure, agriculture and the digital economy.
I would like to note, in particular, that this Forum is attended by business leaders from countries that became full participants on January 1, 2024. These are our colleagues and friends from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates.
👉 I would like to emphasise that as the current chair of #BRICS, Russia strives to facilitate integration of new members into all cooperation mechanisms. We saw that representatives from the new BRICS countries were warmly received in the Business Council, and they, too, became actively involved in its work.
The theme of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024 is Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security.
A meaningful action plan is being implemented to advance the partners on three major tracks:
• politics and security,
• economy and finance,
• cultural and humanitarian ties.
To date, the progress on the plan exceeds 80%.
ℹ️ Over 200 events, meetings, conferences, and industry gatherings have been held, as well as most of the expert and ministerial meetings. However, the BRICS Summit, which will open next week in the Russian city of Kazan, will be the central event.
It is symbolic that the leaders’ meeting in Kazan is preceded by this Business Forum, which underscores the importance of close economic partnership between our countries, promoting trade and investment, and deepening cooperation.
The BRICS partners’ joint efforts aimed at accelerating socioeconomic growth and ensuring sustainable development bring concrete, tangible results and in fact, contribute to improving the well-being and quality of life of our countries’ citizens.
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☝️ Among the BRICS leaders' top priorities is to promote business activity. <...> By helping and supporting each other, we will fulfil the main goal of ensuring positive progress, security and ultimately the well-being of the citizens of our nations.
❗️ BRICS is not oriented against anyone. It is aimed only at one common goal — sustainable development and prosperity of our countries and peoples.
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🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Plenary Session of the BRICS Business Forum (October 18, 2024)
💬 I am sincerely delighted to welcome everyone to the BRICS Business Forum.
I would like to note the wide representation of participants in this hall. We have leading business representatives from every country in the BRICS group.
Your companies have been successfully cooperating for a long time, implementing impressive joint projects across a variety of domains: industry and energy, transport and infrastructure, agriculture and the digital economy.
I would like to note, in particular, that this Forum is attended by business leaders from countries that became full participants on January 1, 2024. These are our colleagues and friends from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates.
👉 I would like to emphasise that as the current chair of #BRICS, Russia strives to facilitate integration of new members into all cooperation mechanisms. We saw that representatives from the new BRICS countries were warmly received in the Business Council, and they, too, became actively involved in its work.
The theme of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024 is Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security.
A meaningful action plan is being implemented to advance the partners on three major tracks:
• politics and security,
• economy and finance,
• cultural and humanitarian ties.
To date, the progress on the plan exceeds 80%.
ℹ️ Over 200 events, meetings, conferences, and industry gatherings have been held, as well as most of the expert and ministerial meetings. However, the BRICS Summit, which will open next week in the Russian city of Kazan, will be the central event.
It is symbolic that the leaders’ meeting in Kazan is preceded by this Business Forum, which underscores the importance of close economic partnership between our countries, promoting trade and investment, and deepening cooperation.
The BRICS partners’ joint efforts aimed at accelerating socioeconomic growth and ensuring sustainable development bring concrete, tangible results and in fact, contribute to improving the well-being and quality of life of our countries’ citizens.
<...>
☝️ Among the BRICS leaders' top priorities is to promote business activity. <...> By helping and supporting each other, we will fulfil the main goal of ensuring positive progress, security and ultimately the well-being of the citizens of our nations.
❗️ BRICS is not oriented against anyone. It is aimed only at one common goal — sustainable development and prosperity of our countries and peoples.
📸 © RIAN, TASS
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📄 Joint Communique of the Third Ministerial Meeting of the “3+3” Consultative Regional Platform
👉 Full text of the statement
In the Meeting, the Ministers:
1. Recalled the previous meetings of the 3+3 format held in Moscow and Tehran.
2. Emphasized the significance of reconvening the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform amidst the current complex developments that endanger regional and international peace and stability and agreed to further enhance cooperation within the 3+3 format.
3. In light of the crucial necessity for having good neighborly relations that stem from joint endeavors to realize mutual interests, reaffirmed the importance of the peaceful settlement of disputes, respect for sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity, inviolability of internationally recognized borders, non-interference in internal affairs, prohibition of the threat or use of force and respect for human rights, based on all the principles of the United Nations Charter.
4. In line with the primary role of the Regional Countries and highlighting the importance of dialogue, seizing regional cooperation opportunities, and the ability to frankly converse on prominent international issues, discussed the outstanding issues that concern the region.
5. Commended the positive dynamics in normalization and development of relations between all the countries of the region.
6. Stating the constructive role regional economic cooperation plays in regional confidence building, prosperity, and stability, which in turn benefits all the peoples of the region by providing economic and commercial development opportunities by transforming conflictual topics; agreed to further explore opportunities of cooperation in the fields of transport, communication, trade, energy, investment and connectivity.
7. Underscored the importance of cultural cooperation and people-to-people contacts with a view to encouraging joint projects in education, science, tourism, culture, and sports.
8. Concurred that bilateral talks will complement multilateral consultations towards sustainable regional peace and economic development.
9. Reiterated that the doors of the 3+3 Platform will always be open for Georgia to join.
10. Exchanged views on the escalating situation in the Middle East and strongly condemned grave breaches of the principles of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law that could jeopardize regional peace and security, and urged for respect for international law, end to all aggressions and atrocities through immediate ceasefire, and unhindered access to humanitarian assistance for those affected.
11. Acknowledging the increase in terrorist and criminal activity in areas close to our region, expressed their commitment to cooperate against all forms and manifestations of terrorism in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
12. Underlined the importance of the regular ministerial meetings of the “3+3” Regional Cooperation Platform, as well as consultations in the areas of common interest towards enhancing and solidifying an environment of trust and cooperation in the region.
13. Agreed that the venue and the date of the next meeting will be agreed through diplomatic channels.
The Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation thanked the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye for the good reception and successful holding of this meeting.
İstanbul, 18 October 2024
👉 Full text of the statement
In the Meeting, the Ministers:
1. Recalled the previous meetings of the 3+3 format held in Moscow and Tehran.
2. Emphasized the significance of reconvening the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform amidst the current complex developments that endanger regional and international peace and stability and agreed to further enhance cooperation within the 3+3 format.
3. In light of the crucial necessity for having good neighborly relations that stem from joint endeavors to realize mutual interests, reaffirmed the importance of the peaceful settlement of disputes, respect for sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity, inviolability of internationally recognized borders, non-interference in internal affairs, prohibition of the threat or use of force and respect for human rights, based on all the principles of the United Nations Charter.
4. In line with the primary role of the Regional Countries and highlighting the importance of dialogue, seizing regional cooperation opportunities, and the ability to frankly converse on prominent international issues, discussed the outstanding issues that concern the region.
5. Commended the positive dynamics in normalization and development of relations between all the countries of the region.
6. Stating the constructive role regional economic cooperation plays in regional confidence building, prosperity, and stability, which in turn benefits all the peoples of the region by providing economic and commercial development opportunities by transforming conflictual topics; agreed to further explore opportunities of cooperation in the fields of transport, communication, trade, energy, investment and connectivity.
7. Underscored the importance of cultural cooperation and people-to-people contacts with a view to encouraging joint projects in education, science, tourism, culture, and sports.
8. Concurred that bilateral talks will complement multilateral consultations towards sustainable regional peace and economic development.
9. Reiterated that the doors of the 3+3 Platform will always be open for Georgia to join.
10. Exchanged views on the escalating situation in the Middle East and strongly condemned grave breaches of the principles of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law that could jeopardize regional peace and security, and urged for respect for international law, end to all aggressions and atrocities through immediate ceasefire, and unhindered access to humanitarian assistance for those affected.
11. Acknowledging the increase in terrorist and criminal activity in areas close to our region, expressed their commitment to cooperate against all forms and manifestations of terrorism in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
12. Underlined the importance of the regular ministerial meetings of the “3+3” Regional Cooperation Platform, as well as consultations in the areas of common interest towards enhancing and solidifying an environment of trust and cooperation in the region.
13. Agreed that the venue and the date of the next meeting will be agreed through diplomatic channels.
The Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation thanked the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye for the good reception and successful holding of this meeting.
İstanbul, 18 October 2024
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📹 The 2024 BRICS Summit (XVI) is just around the corner — to take place on October 22-24.
Russia's gorgeous #Kazan stands ready to receive thousands of guests from all around the globe 🤗
The multipolar world is here, the multipolar world is now!
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#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ Maxim Grigoryev, the Сhairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, which includes representatives of civil society from more than 30 countries, continues recording reports of atrocities perpetrated by the Kiev regime.
Witnesses and victims of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass are giving their testimonies.
💬 Veronika Krivoruchko, witness of the AFU's crimes from Donetsk:
"Last night at about 1 am, 25 shells were launched from the direction of Krasnogorovka. The school and nearby houses were damaged. One person died — a young man was killed in his vehicle. One woman was hit by shrapnel.
I think they [Ukrainian neo-Nazis] are shelling us because it is a densely populated neighborhood, there are schools and kindergartens here, collection points of humanitarian aid.
They are trying to destroy all of our schools and kindergartens so that our children have no place where to study."
💬 Tatiana, witness of the AFU's crimes from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
"Our neighbour, a civilian, was walking towards a house where he was usually hiding.
A Ukrainian armored infantry vehicle drove by and they started shooting at him, like hunting a hare. He ran back and forth, ducked, hid behind the wall. The Ukrainian military shot until they hit him in the leg. He was crawling towards the basement, and they kept shooting. They were having fun.
The Ukrainian military shot at houses. They knew that there were civilians there."
💬 Vera Ivanova, victim of the AFU's crimes from Donetsk:
"During the the first shelling, at night, 'petal' mines were used.
And a bomb fell at the bus stop. Another one fell in the park. A girl was wounded there, she died after. The City Executive Committee was also hit.
My dog saved my life. She went to the door and I followed her. At that moment my balcony was hit. I would have been there if not for my dog."
👉 Find out more on the Kiev regime's war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev
❗️ Maxim Grigoryev, the Сhairman of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, which includes representatives of civil society from more than 30 countries, continues recording reports of atrocities perpetrated by the Kiev regime.
Witnesses and victims of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass are giving their testimonies.
💬 Veronika Krivoruchko, witness of the AFU's crimes from Donetsk:
"Last night at about 1 am, 25 shells were launched from the direction of Krasnogorovka. The school and nearby houses were damaged. One person died — a young man was killed in his vehicle. One woman was hit by shrapnel.
I think they [Ukrainian neo-Nazis] are shelling us because it is a densely populated neighborhood, there are schools and kindergartens here, collection points of humanitarian aid.
They are trying to destroy all of our schools and kindergartens so that our children have no place where to study."
💬 Tatiana, witness of the AFU's crimes from Artyomovsk, Donetsk People's Republic:
"Our neighbour, a civilian, was walking towards a house where he was usually hiding.
A Ukrainian armored infantry vehicle drove by and they started shooting at him, like hunting a hare. He ran back and forth, ducked, hid behind the wall. The Ukrainian military shot until they hit him in the leg. He was crawling towards the basement, and they kept shooting. They were having fun.
The Ukrainian military shot at houses. They knew that there were civilians there."
💬 Vera Ivanova, victim of the AFU's crimes from Donetsk:
"During the the first shelling, at night, 'petal' mines were used.
And a bomb fell at the bus stop. Another one fell in the park. A girl was wounded there, she died after. The City Executive Committee was also hit.
My dog saved my life. She went to the door and I followed her. At that moment my balcony was hit. I would have been there if not for my dog."
👉 Find out more on the Kiev regime's war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with journalists from BRICS countries ahead of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 18, 2024)
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Key talking points:
• In the modern world, creating nuclear weapons is not a difficult task. I do not know whether current-day Ukraine is capable of doing this now though. It is not easy for Ukraine today, but generally there are no big difficulties in this regard, with everyone knowing how it is done. <...> I can say straight away: under no circumstances will Russia allow this to happen.
• NATO is waging war against us with the hands of the Ukrainian soldiers, and Ukraine spares no lives for the interests of third countries, but Ukraine on its own does not use high-tech weapons: NATO does that.
• What sets BRICS apart from many other international organisations/fora? #BRICS was never meant to be created to oppose anyone. It is a group of countries that work together, guided by shared values, a common vision for development, and, most importantly, by the consideration of each other’s interests.
• In certain sectors, humanity’s existence is impossible without the BRICS countries, particularly in food and energy markets and so on.
• Russian-Chinese cooperation on the global stage is undoubtedly one of the key pillars of strategic stability worldwide.
• We do not interfere in [bilateral relations of other countries]. If there are any issues arising and if there is something that depends on us, we are ready to offer our services in resolving these issues, if they arise and if the participants in the corresponding process are interested in any involvement from our side.
• The United States should not have destroyed the [Middle East] Quartet. it worked, it was easier to agree on all positions. But the US monopolised the work, took all the responsibility and eventually failed.
• The main method to resolve the Palestinian issue is to create a full-fledged Palestinian state.
• 95% of Russia’s foreign trade with its partners is being done in national currencies. The United States did it themselves.
• The International Criminal Court has no universal power. This is an international organisation whose jurisdiction Russia does not recognise, like many other countries.
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Key talking points:
• In the modern world, creating nuclear weapons is not a difficult task. I do not know whether current-day Ukraine is capable of doing this now though. It is not easy for Ukraine today, but generally there are no big difficulties in this regard, with everyone knowing how it is done. <...> I can say straight away: under no circumstances will Russia allow this to happen.
• NATO is waging war against us with the hands of the Ukrainian soldiers, and Ukraine spares no lives for the interests of third countries, but Ukraine on its own does not use high-tech weapons: NATO does that.
• What sets BRICS apart from many other international organisations/fora? #BRICS was never meant to be created to oppose anyone. It is a group of countries that work together, guided by shared values, a common vision for development, and, most importantly, by the consideration of each other’s interests.
• In certain sectors, humanity’s existence is impossible without the BRICS countries, particularly in food and energy markets and so on.
• Russian-Chinese cooperation on the global stage is undoubtedly one of the key pillars of strategic stability worldwide.
• We do not interfere in [bilateral relations of other countries]. If there are any issues arising and if there is something that depends on us, we are ready to offer our services in resolving these issues, if they arise and if the participants in the corresponding process are interested in any involvement from our side.
• The United States should not have destroyed the [Middle East] Quartet. it worked, it was easier to agree on all positions. But the US monopolised the work, took all the responsibility and eventually failed.
• The main method to resolve the Palestinian issue is to create a full-fledged Palestinian state.
• 95% of Russia’s foreign trade with its partners is being done in national currencies. The United States did it themselves.
• The International Criminal Court has no universal power. This is an international organisation whose jurisdiction Russia does not recognise, like many other countries.