⚡️ Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova:

We have repeatedly urged the activation of the Russian-Ukrainian Prisoner of War exchange. This matter is a significant humanitarian issue and fully adheres to international principles and regulations. The families of servicemen from both sides await the return of their loved ones.

❗️However, due to the politicisation of the issue by the Ukrainian side, the exchange processes are exceedingly challenging and protracted.

For over a year, Ukraine has withheld its consent to accept servicemen from Detached Brigades 102, 126, and 118. It only agreed to accept 279 of the 935 Ukrainian servicemen proposed for prisoner exchange.

We deem it essential to resume constructive dialogue and expedite the Prisoner of War exchanges.

#RussiaHelps

⚡️ Russia's EMERCOM under the executive order of President Vladimir Putin renders humanitarian assistance to the people in need in Lebanon, delivers 19 tonnes of medical supplies and first aid kits.

🇷🇺🤝🇱🇧 #RussiaLebanon

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (October 30, 2024)

🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Attempts to destroy Russian language in Ukraine
🔹 UK's insinuations
🔹 Crisis in the Middle East
🔹 International Criminal Court’s annual report
🔹 Russia-DPRK
🔹 Situation in Georgia
🔹 Situation in Moldova

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#KievRegimeCrimes

The EU parliamentarians, blinded by their hatred of Russia, continue to use tactics from their handbook, which essentially boil down to slandering our country as much as possible and repeating these lies until they appear to be true. They are not interested in the truth; they never notice or comment on the numerous crimes that Kiev neo-Nazis commit against non-combatants or POWs. At the same time, the evidence is literally out there in plain view: videos of torture, executions and reprisals against Russian POWs.

Their words, actions and thoughts are fully dedicated to one Russophobic goal – to inflict a “strategic defeat” on our country, as they put it.

❗️ They will never succeed. Political adventurers of all stripes have been cherishing such plans for centuries, seeking world domination. They wanted our resources and territory. They had to subjugate us or destroy us to have it, but they failed to defeat Russia. They will fail again. This has been proven by history itself.

#UK #Insinuations

Accusations are made on behalf of Keir Starmer against the Armed Forces of Russia, alleging strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure in the Black Sea.

☝️ Such unfounded, yet vociferous, outrage from London once again highlights the contrary – the direct involvement of the United Kingdom in supplying arms to the Kiev regime through the Black Sea maritime corridor.

It appears that Downing Street is not inclined towards resolving the conflict but is instead taking measures that prolong it, thereby extending the suffering of the Ukrainian people.

#RussiaDPRK

We have commented on the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea many times. There is nothing extraordinary when two countries, who are good neighbours and share a common past in their relations, agree on the way they want to work together in various domains, including those dealing with their own security. The West has been seeking to demonise both Russia and the DPRK. They may view this as something strange.

We will fulfil the objectives as per this document by following the framework it designates to this effect. In this sense, those committed to promoting mutually beneficial peaceful cooperation with Russia have nothing to worry about. As for those dreaming about inflicting a strategic defeat against our country or tearing it to pieces, our advice for them is to give up on these unnatural and senseless aspirations, stop their efforts to intimidate us and change their rhetoric.

Sanctions have become a blunt force that Washington and its allies have been using against Pyongyang, not to mention the drastic humanitarian implications that these restrictions entail.

We have publicly raised this issue in the UN Security Council and presented our arguments, but the collective West takes an irrational revanchist approach to the Korean issue, relying on the demonstration of military force, intimidation, blackmail, threats and continues to wield its sanctions club, which only fuels the smouldering conflict and pushes it towards a dangerous limit.

⚡Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Russian Mission to the EU Kirill Logvinov answers questions by “Izvestiya” News Agency, 5 November 2024

❓Question: Does Russia expect that the EU anti-Russian sanctions will be lifted should the Ukrainian conflict be resolved?

💬 The current developments in the European Union, which is rapidly transforming from an integration association focused on trade and economy into an ideological bloc with a significant militaristic dimension, indicate that sanctions are becoming an instrument of foreign policy for Brussels. For the EU, restrictions are an essential part of the so-called “rules-based order”.

Sanctions are an attempt by the European Union to punish other countries for disagreeing with such “order” and for their desire to defend their own sovereign interests. In other words, this is not about Ukraine. The Ukrainian conflict has become just a one-time excuse for the EU to launch another and far from the last sanctions flywheel, and in fact, a declaration of economic war against a country (in this case, Russia) that refuses to live by the “EU rules”.

❓Question: Is Russia ready for the EU sanctions to remain in place for an extended period of time and perhaps for decades?

💬 Of course it is ready. After all, for Brussels the 14 sanctions “packages” also serve as some sort of foundation on which the EU-wide course for comprehensive counteraction to the so-called “Russian threat” is firmly based. According to statements by the EU leadership, this threat has an existential nature for the European Union.

In fact, the Eurobureaucracy has trapped itself in a paradigm that it has made up itself, conditioning the future of the EU on the achievement of the goals and objectives of the Russian special military operation. This means that the anti-Russian sanctions have become an integral part of the EU's struggle for its own survival.

🎙 Joint Statement on Space Security issues in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, October 30, 2024)

💬 We, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Russian Federation, the Syrian Arab Republic,

Recognizing the common interest of all humankind in the preserving outer space for peaceful purposes,

Acknowledging the significance of outer space activities as an important factor of social, economic, scientific and technological development of States, as well as their increasing role in maintaining national and global security,

Recognizing that international security is currently facing serious challenges in the sphere of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation,

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We believe that outer space shall be used in compliance with the international law for the benefit of all nations, regardless of the level of their economic, scientific or technological development;

We confirm that it is a historic responsibility of all States to ensure that the exploration and use of outer space are carried out exclusively for peaceful purposes for the benefit of mankind;

We stand for improving the transparency, predictability and sustainability of the activities of the States on peaceful exploration and use of outer space in full conformity with the norms and principles of the international law, for the development of international cooperation and mutual understanding, maintenance of international peace and security;

We call for refraining form any methods and means or any activities that pose risks of damaging the space environment and the long-term-sustainability of outer space activities of all participants;

We declare that the exclusion of outer space from the sphere of the arms race and the preservation of outer space for peaceful purposes shall become a mandatory norm of State policy and a generally recognized international obligation;

We acknowledge that the guaranteed prevention of an arms race in outer space will provide a possibility for the peaceful exploration of outer space and its use in solving acute major problems relating to economic, social and cultural development facing mankind today, as well as in consolidating the efforts of all States in this domain;

We call upon all States, and above all those with major space capabilities:

a) to refrain from attempts to use outer space for purposes of an armed confrontation and policies aimed at achieving military superiority and dominance in outer space;

b) to take urgent measures to prevent for all time the placement of weapons in outer space and the threat or use of force in outer space, from space against Earth and from Earth against objects in outer space;

c) To seek through negotiations the soonest elaboration of appropriate reliably verifiable legally binding multilateral agreements;

We declare that we will make all possible efforts to prevent outer space from turning into an arena for military confrontation and to ensure security in outer space activities;

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🎙 Excerpts from the briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the issue of the Ukrainian POWs (Moscow, November 2, 2024)

❓ Question: You mentioned that some prisoners of war are considered traitors by Kiev. Are these POWs willing to return, knowing the consequences they might face as traitors, even being shot?

💬 Maria Zakharova: We cannot speak on behalf of each individual. I have cited the figures – approximately seven hundred individuals proposed for exchange were ignored by the Kiev regime which has shown no interest in considering or discussing them, let alone accepting them. The individuals proposed for exchange who have made their own decisions and requested this, are being denied their constitutional and legal rights by the Ukrainian "leaders,".

The existing mechanisms are under the scrutiny of our country's Defence Ministry and the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova. We are responding to statements made by diplomatic and foreign policy missions. Since the "meeting" in Montreal, we have heard pronouncements from the foreign ministry heads of these countries. <...> This is not merely an event under a non-existent motto or slogan but is, in fact, a false flag operation. It is the complete opposite of reality.

The international community, represented by the Western patrons of the Kiev regime, chooses to ignore how prisoners of war are treated and their conditions. We uphold international humanitarian law concerning individuals classified as prisoners of war. They do not require "patronage."

The Kiev regime should simply fulfil its obligations to its citizens – those who, in fact, placed their trust in it and were defenceless against these oppressors, who forcibly removed people, men, from their homes and apartments.

❓ Question: Am I correct in understanding that there have been no requests from the countries mentioned by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister to act as patrons of Ukrainian citizens?

💬 Maria Zakharova: Today, the Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs, Grigory Karasin, stated that we remain open to dialogue.

Furthermore, I would like to add that if there is an inclination on anyone's part to mediate, it would be prudent for these mediators to approach the Kiev regime with the facts we have presented today.

I would like to reiterate that we have never declined any offers on well-spirited assistance (mediation). We are always appreciative of those who show compassion on the battlefield. Such high ideals are commendable, especially when individuals are not compelled to "head to the battlefield" in the words of the former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, but when instead people speak of the necessity and existence of a humanitarian dimension, of peace, and of political and diplomatic means of resolving conflicts. We have consistently valued such efforts and intentions.

I would also like to emphasise that mediation is required to persuade the Kiev regime to reclaim their citizens, whom it currently rejects.

I have provided the data on specific brigades, their names, and their designation. This is more than a mere statement criticising or disavowing the comments of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga. These are concrete facts that Ukrainian society needs to engage with.

👉 The list of names of the 29 marines that the Kiev regime falsely claims they've never exchanged, although they did on October 17, 2024

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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the International Symposium 'Inventing the Future' (Moscow, November 4, 2024)

Key talking points:

• The global balance of power is undergoing transformative changes, driven by the objective trends in the world economy where the influence of the states of the Global South and the Global East, and indeed the World Majority, is growing.

• The economic resurgence enables an increasing number of non-Western nations to consistently bolster their sovereignty and to pursue a nationally oriented agenda in both foreign and domestic policy.

• Following the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Washington and its allies, as part of the hybrid war they are waging, have launched an aggressive sanctions campaign against Russia. In the past decade, more than 21,000 sanctions have been imposed on our country across various domains, including economy, finance, trade, investment, media, culture, sport, and broadly, people-to-people contacts. These neo-colonial practices of the West primarily impact the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

• The adverse effect of this campaign against the undesired is that the West is undermining itself. <...> Western capitals have conveniently forgotten principles such as fair competition, the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, among others.

• When economic pressure fails to sway truly sovereign nations, the West, led by the United States, resorts to threats, blackmail, and even the use of force.

• It is sad to state that the ruling elites in many European countries evidently see no future for themselves in a multipolar world and are looking instead to the overseas hegemon to save them.

• The West is never satisfied with what they have. The war they started against Russia in Europe wasn’t enough.

• NATO now plans to conduct “defensive” operations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait which lie thousands of miles away from its shores. Any right-minded observer knows that this path will lead nowhere.

• The obsession [of the West] with controlling absolutely everything has led to a rash of tragedies in the Middle East.

• This year, yet another independent UN member — Yemen — came under an aggression of the West [Anglo-Saxons]. The Syrian Arab Republic is still reeling from the shock of American interference. The United States has effectively blocked all multilateral mechanisms aimed at promoting the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.

• The serious challenges facing the world call for a united effort based on equality, rather than submission to those who seek global dominance.

• Establishing direct contacts and horizontal ties among all regional integration entities and with #BRICS which already includes the key countries that are regional leaders, is a significant step towards multipolarity.

• Another area of focus is the de-dollarisation of the international financial and economic system. I wish to remind you that the share of national currencies in Russia's transactions with the #SCO and #EAEU countries has surpassed 90%, and with the BRICS nations, we are approaching 65%. This figure continues to grow.

🇺🇳 People often ask: what will multipolarity rely on in terms of international legal foundation? There’s no need to look for new principles; they are all there in the UN Charter 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules.

The problem is that our Western partners have never fully respected these principles.

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🎙 Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation in explanation of vote on a draft resolution “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction” (L.65) in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UNGA (New York, November 4, 2024)

💬 Madam Chair,

The Russian Federation remains fully committed to the goals and objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and to preserving and strengthening this important mechanism. However, for several years in a row we have been forced to vote against both specific individual provisions and the UNGA draft resolution on the implementation of the CWC as a whole.

Russia has consistently and categorically opposed the reference in the resolution to the illegitimate decisions of the Executive Council and the Conference of the States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which are based on the findings of the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) regarding the alleged involvement of the Syrian Armed Forces in the use of chemical weapons on the territory of its own State.

☝️ We have consistently reiterated that the decision to confer attributive functions on the OPCW Technical Secretariat was taken outside the competence of the principal organ of the Organisation. Consequently, the Russian Side does not recognise either the activities of the IIT as a whole or the reports prepared by it, which contain distorted facts and deliberately politicised and false conclusions.

The provisions of the new OP2, introduced this year by the authors of the draft, apparently for purely political reasons, are unacceptable and perplexing. This passage not only imposes a false interpretation of the situation in and around Ukraine, which is beyond the competence of the OPCW, but also contains groundless and politicised accusations against Russia as a bona fide State Party to the Convention.

👉 At the same time, it deliberately ignores the facts of numerous violations of obligations under Article I of the CWC by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including the use of toxic chemicals and riot control agents in the special military operation zone, as well as preparations for large-scale provocations in order to then accuse Russia of an alleged use of toxic substances.

Russia has repeatedly brought to the attention of the OPCW and its Member States, as well as other specialised international bodies and fora, the facts regarding the blatant and flagrant violation by the authorities in Kiev of their obligations under international law to prohibit the use of this type of WMD.

The distorted reflection of the situation surrounding the alleged “poisoning” of Navalny, when the Russian Side has still not received comprehensive information that was requested from the German authorities on what actually happened to the Russian citizen after he left the territory of the Russian Federation, is unacceptable.

Finally, we object to the confirmation in the core resolution of a ban on the aerosolised use of central nervous system-acting chemicals for law enforcement purposes, which goes beyond the scope of the CWC.

❗️ We regret to note that this document is becoming more politicised and divisive every year. It does nothing to strengthen the CWC regime or to consolidate the efforts of the international community to combat this type of WMD.

On the contrary, the provisions contained in the relevant draft resolution only make it less likely to resume non-discriminatory and effective cooperation among States Parties in order to resolve by consensus the current issues on the agenda of the OPCW, once an effective and authoritative disarmament mechanism.

Thank you.

🎙 Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation in explanation of vote on a draft resolution “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” L.37 in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UNGA (New York, November 4, 2024)

💬 Our delegation would like to explain its position on document L.37 “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”.

Russia is firmly committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons as the ultimate goal of the common efforts of the international community, which must be undertaken within the framework of the process of the general and complete disarmament in strict compliance with the provisions of the Preamble of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (#NPT), as well as its Article VI in its entirety and without singling out its specific elements.

We respect the incentives of those who seek a shortcut to “nuclear zero”, but we are convinced that progress is possible only on the basis of a realistic, calibrated and step-by-step approach that promotes international peace and stability and is based on the principle of undiminished security for all. In addition, according to the decisions of the First Special Session of the UNGA in 1978 the reduction of nuclear weapons should be accompanied by the strengthening of the security of all States that are engaged in the nuclear disarmament process.

In our view, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) does not meet these criteria and cannot serve as a framework for the implementation of practical measures to reduce nuclear weapons. Accordingly, we do not believe that this treaty establishes universal norms or contributes to the development of customary international law.

Furthermore, we are convinced that the claims that the TPNW is closely related to and complementary to the NPT in promoting and encouraging nuclear disarmament are unfounded.

In this regard, there is no reason for us to support the TPNW and other radical initiatives in this area.

The elaboration and persistent promotion of such ideas in the current circumstances appear to be premature and counterproductive steps, since they do not lead to the actual reduction of nuclear weapons and do not promote the creation of the necessary prerequisites to this end, but at the same time they provoke further split among nuclear and non-nuclear-weapon States, threatening to cause irreversible damage to the NPT regime.

👉 Taking these considerations into account, Russia voted against draft resolution L.37.

⚡️Russia 🇷🇺takes an active part in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

On November 6️⃣ the All-Russian scientific and practical conference "Russia in the UN Decade of Ocean Science. Resources and Knowledge", an official event of the Decade, was launched in Moscow.

📍The Conference is devoted to the most important areas of scientific research ensuring rational and efficient use of the World Ocean resources in the interests of the country's economy and social sphere, capacity development of marine activities, and the prospects for solving the priorities of the UN Decade.

⚓️ On November 6, President of Russia Vladimir Putin participated, via video link, in a ceremony for launching Chukotka nuclear icebreaker.

💬 Today marks a major and meaningful event related to the large-scale development of the Arctic, Siberia, and the Russian Far East. <...>

The nuclear icebreaker Chukotka will be the fourth serial icebreaker built under this project. One icebreaker was built before that series had been launched. Two more ships of the same class, Yakutia and Leningrad, are under construction at the Baltic Shipyard.

Next year, as agreed, icebreaker Stalingrad of the same series should be laid down. In addition, the next-generation nuclear icebreaker Leader, the most powerful so far, is being built at Zvezda shipyard in the Far East.

🚢 The construction of these powerful modern vessels is yet another embodiment of Russia’s industrial, scientific, technological and human resources potential. It is on the basis of domestic technologies and breakthrough scientific solutions that the national economy should develop.

I would like to repeat that our plans to develop our Arctic territories and to increase cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route rely on expanding Russia's icebreaker fleet. <...>

We will need to consider options to create a more efficient pricing model for icebreaker freight transit, so that more carriers and shippers can afford such services, especially since both Russian and foreign companies are showing more and more interest in this route with each passing year, and I am sure this interest will only grow.

👉 Overall, we will need to seriously improve the safety and reliability of shipping in that region. To this end, we will continue to improve the quality of satellite navigation and communication, ice monitoring, upgrade infrastructure of Arctic ports and build the necessary railway access routes to them. In particular, we will need to expand and increase the capacity of nearby and distant railway access routes to the Murmansk Transport Hub, and to build a Northern Latitudinal Railway with potential extensions to the ports of Yamal, Taimyr and the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

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🧊 I congratulate you again. Russia has the largest icebreaking fleet in the world. This is natural, Russia is a northern country. We have 34 diesel icebreakers, seven nuclear-powered icebreakers, and there will also be the Yakutia, Chukotka, Leningrad and Stalingrad – 11 in all. And the Leader. In December, hopefully, we will raise the flag on the Yakutia nuclear-powered icebreaker and it will join Russia’s icebreaking fleet.

The year before last we carried 34 million tonnes along the Northern Sea Route, in 2023 – 36 million tonnes, this year it will be 37.6, somewhere around 38, and in 2030, I am sure, it will be over 100 million tonnes. These are ambitious plans, and their implementation will make a significant contribution to the development of Russia's transport infrastructure and make the Northern Sea Route very attractive both for the Russian carriers and our partners abroad.

I believe that the Northern Sea Route will only gain momentum year on year and not only because of the climate change, but also thanks to greater capabilities of the Russian icebreaker fleet.

🤝 I want to congratulate once again the shipbuilders – workers, engineers, scientists and specialists in most diverse fields – on today’s event. For the shipbuilders and the country as a whole it is a good and festive event. I am sure we will hold another such event at the end of this year and hoist the flag on another icebreaker, the Yakutia.

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🎙 General statement by the representative of the delegation of the Russian Federation before the vote on the draft proposals in Cluster 3: Outer Space (Disarmament aspects) in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UNGA (New York, November 5, 2024)

💬 Russia is a responsible participant in outer space activities and the author of a number of fundamental initiatives aimed at the prevention of an arms race in outer space (#PAROS). In doing so, our State contributes to keeping outer space free of weapons and preventing it from becoming yet another sphere of tension and armed confrontation.

There are now two interrelated goals for the international community.

👉 The first one is to preserve outer space for exploitation exclusively for peaceful purposes.
👉 The second goal is to ensure non-discriminatory access to outer space and space benefits for all UN Member States without exception, and to create the necessary conditions for them to use outer space technologies for sustainable development.

Guided by these goals, Russia again submitted three draft resolutions to the UNGA First Committee:

📄 "Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space" (L.6),
📄 "Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities" (L.58),
📄 "No first placement of weapons in outer space" (L.59).

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All three documents are based on similar UNGA resolutions of previous years, which received unconditional support of the absolute majority of UN Member States. <…>

We are convinced that the adoption of these three resolutions will strengthen the efforts of the international community in the area of PAROS and confirm the previously defined focus of work aimed at the early development of new "hard" norms of international space law to ensure that outer space remains peaceful and free of all types of weapons.

It is in that constructive spirit that the amendments proposed by Russia (A/C. 1/79/78/Rev.1 and A/C.l/79/79/Rev.1) to the draft resolution submitted by the United States of America, Japan and Argentina on weapons of mass destruction in outer space (L.7/Rev.1) shall be considered.

Russia has no objection to reaffirming the obligations already contained in Article IV of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and strictly observed by all States Parties. We see a positive change in the US approach to this Treaty, which is the cornerstone of international space law and the most important regulator of space activities.

Nevertheless, it is unacceptable to give the impression that UN Member States are prepared to limit themselves to reaffirming already existing international legal norms. As it was noted earlier, the main objective of PAROS is to develop new legally binding agreements as soon as possible which, among other things, provide for a ban on the placement of any weapons, not only WMD, in outer space.

As conceived by the authors, the initiative of the United States, Japan and Argentina could be interpreted as an attempt to legitimize the placement of any other weapons other than WMD in outer space, which would provoke a conventional arms race in outer space.

☝️ Should the Russian amendments be approved, they will give this draft resolution a balanced character, bring it in line with other UNGA resolutions on PAROS, and thus the document will correspond to the interests and joint aspirations of the entire international community.

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🎙 Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation in explanation of vote on a draft resolution "Artificial intelligence in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security" L.43 in the First Committee of the 79th session of the UNGA (New York, 6 November, 2024)

💬 Russia voted against the draft resolution ennoscriptd “Military applications of artificial intelligence and their implications for international peace and security” (L.43). We also voted against paragraphs PP2, PP8, PP9, OP5, OP6, OP8 and abstained on all other paragraphs put to the vote.

Russia has consistently opposed any international initiatives that could lead to the fragmentation of work or undermine the efforts of the international community to seek international consensus on such an important and sensitive issue as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in military domain.

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We oppose the recognition in the draft resolution of only one approach to the future possible regulation of military use of AI, which is a so-called “responsible application” of artificial intelligence in the military domain (PP2, PP9, OP5, OP6).

We consider it inexpedient to attempt to predetermine the outcome of the consideration of the issues of application of AI in the military domain, which in the future may include the elaboration of specialized international treaties and/or “soft law” instruments based on concepts other than the notorious “responsible behavior”.

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We find it unacceptable to welcome some regional and non-inclusive events promoting the views of a narrow group of States on the problem of the military use of AI technologies, which are then imposed on the international community as certain “ready-made solutions”. We are referring, among other things, to the Summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM).

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