🗓 On November 28, 1915, renowned Soviet writer, poet, playwright, publicist, and military journalist Konstantin Simonov was born in Petrograd.

His name in Soviet and world literature is associated with the era of the Great Patriotic War, hard and trying war times for the country and its people.

In 1939, after graduating from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, young poet Konstantin Simonov was posted to Mongolia as military correspondent for the 'Geroicheskaya Krasnoarmeyskaya' (Heroic Red Army) newspaper. As a post-graduate student, Simonov gained his first professional "baptism of fire" there, reporting on the battles of #KhalkhinGol river between the Red Army and Japanese troops.

✍️ During the Great Patriotic War, Simonov worked as journalist for numerous frontline newspapers, including 'Boyevoye Znamya' (the Combat Banner), 'Izvestia', 'Krasnaya Zvezda' (the Red Star), and the leading and most authoritative national outlet 'Pravda'. During that time, Simonov created his most iconic poems and novels, such as "Russian People", "So It Will Be" (plays), and acclaimed short novel "Days and Nights", which was the first in Soviet literature to depict the Battle of Stalingrad.

Simonov's wartime poetry, including "Remember, Alyosha, the Roads of Smolenshchina..." and "Wait for Me", reflected the extraordinary fortitude of the Soviet people amid difficult challenges and horrors of the #WWII.

🖋 The verses from poem "Wait for Me" (1941):

Wait for me and I'll come back,
Dodging every fate!
"What a bit of luck!" they'll say,
Those that did not wait.
They will never understand
How amidst the strife,
By your waiting for me, dear,
You had saved my life.

How I made it, we shall know,
Only you and I.
You alone knew how to wait -
We alone know why!

☝️These soul-touching and inspiring piece literally gave hope for the entire #WWII generation of Soviet people, and was commended by the leadership of the #USSR so that "Wait for Me" was published on the leader of "Pravda" newspaper — it was the first time that the central national outlet, which traditionally covered only official news, featured a poem. Simonov gained nationwide recognition, and became an icon to soldiers, home-front workers, and citizens all across the entire country.

The Red Army commanders who Simonov worked side-by-side with, often remembered his courage during the war on the front, noted he was always present on the forward edge of battle positions, despite shelling or attacks by the enemy.

In the post-war era, Simonov served as editor-in-chief of the Soviet magazine "Novy Mir" (the New World) and later as chief editor of the "Literaturnaya Gazeta" (Literature Newspaper). He continued his career as journalist for "Pravda" in Central Asia, Siberia, and in the Far East.

Apart from journalism, Simonov devoted himself to supporting veterans of #WWII. According to his contemporaries, Simonov regularly responded to letters from unknown soldiers and officers, helping them with housing, pensions, and obtaining prosthetics. He never gave up writing pieces about the life and fate of the Soviet people who endured and went through the most devastating war in history of mankind, so that future generations would never forget about it.

🕯 Konstantin Simonov passed away on August 28, 1979. As per his will, the poet's ashes were scattered in a field near the city of Mogilev, the site, as he described, "the very piece of land where in July 1941, our soldiers just in one day destroyed and burned 39 German tanks..."

#Victory80 #FacesOfVictory #WeRemember

#KievRegimeCrimes

⚡️ Amidst growing futile attempts of the 'collective West' and their Ukrainian puppets to reignite the anti-Russian sentiment by fabricating hoaxes and fakes, one should pay close attention to the well-documented evidence meticulously gathered by the Russian MFA and Investigative Committee of the Kiev regime's cruel and barbaric crimes against its own citizens, civilians, journalists, ethnic and linguistic groups.

Reports by the Russian MFA and White Books for one's perusal & research 👇

📖 The Truth Behind Events in Ukraine and Donbass (2014-2022)
📖 The Tragedy of Southeastern Ukraine. The White Book of Crimes (2015)
📖 White Book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine (2013-2014)

👉 Terrorist Crimes Committed by the Kiev Regime (2024)
👉 Human Rights Situation in Certain Countries (The Joint Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus) (2024)
👉 The Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (2024)
👉 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 (2024)
👉 Foreign reprisals against Russian journalists and media (as of November 2024)
👉 The Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (2023)
👉 Human rights situation in certain countries (2021)

#NoStatuteOfLimitations

🎙️Ответ Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова на запрос «РИА Новости»

❓28 ноября правительство и оппозиционные партии Норвегии договорились увеличить поддержку Киева в 2025 г. до, как минимум, 3,2 млрд.долл. Премьер-министр Норвегии Й.Г.Стёре назвал достигнутый внутриполитический консенсус по этому вопросу важным сигналом Украине и «тем, кто нападает». Как вы можете прокомментировать это решение норвежских властей?

💬 Решение кабинета Й.Г.Стёре не стало для нас сюрпризом. Осло не отклоняется от линии коллективного Запада на углубление конфронтации с Россией. Однако увеличивать военную накачку киевского режима – это все равно что тушить огонь керосином. Этот шаг Норвегии лишь способствует эскалации и затягиванию украинского конфликта в ущерб безопасности в Европе. Он также лишь отдаляет перспективу нормализации двусторонних отношений. Уже успев немного познакомиться со страной и ее проблемами, полагаю, что можно было бы найти намного лучшее применение для денег норвежских налогоплательщиков.

🎙️Svar fra Russlands Ambassadør i Norge Nikolay Korchunov til RIA Novosti

❓Spørsmål: 28. november ble regjeringen og opposisjonspartiene i Norge enige om å øke støtten til Kiev i 2025 til minst 3,2 milliarder dollar. <…> Hvordan kan Ambassadøren kommentere denne beslutningen fra norske myndigheter?

💬 Nikolay Korchunov: Beslutningen fra Jonas Gahr Støres regjering kom ikke som en overraskelse for oss. Oslo avviker ikke fra det kollektive Vestens linje om å forsterke konfrontasjonen med Russland. Men å øke den militære opprustningen av Kiev-regimet er som å prøve å slukke bålet med å kaste bensin på det. Norges skritt bidrar bare til å eskalere og forlenge konflikten i Ukraina, til skade for sikkerheten i Europa. Det svekker også utsiktene til en normalisering av det bilaterale forholdet. Etter å ha blitt litt kjent med Norge og dets problemer, mener jeg at norske skattepenger kunne vært brukt på en mye bedre måte.

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🎙️Интервью Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова для МИА «Россия сегодня» (опубликовано 30 ноября 2024 г.)

❓Вы приступили к работе послом буквально через пару недель после того, как официальный Осло потребовал сократить численность российского посольства. Насколько в целом контакты Москвы и Осло сейчас конструктивны? И достаточны ли они для того, чтобы решать критические важные вопросы, в том числе, о работе посольств?

💬 Н.В.Корчунов: В отличие от многих других стран, история российско-норвежских отношений до последнего времени не была омрачена какими-либо трагическими страницами. Наши страны никогда не воевали друг с другом.
Россия первой из иностранных государств признала независимость Норвегии в 1905 г. Первым в истории послом-женщиной была Полномочный представитель СССР в Норвегии Александра Коллонтай. Советский Союз и Норвегия совместно боролись с германским нацизмом. Наступление Красной армии на северо-востоке Норвегии в октябре 1944 г., которое стоило жизни многих советских солдат, положило начало освобождению страны от нацисткой оккупации.
К сожалению, приходится принимать дела, когда двусторонние отношения находятся в низшей точке. Россия не является инициатором их ухудшения. Норвегия сама пошла по пути остановки политдиалога, сворачивания торгово-экономических связей, отраслевой кооперации, межрегиональных и приграничных контактов. Серьезную обеспокоенностью вызывает нарастание конфронтационности, неопределенности в отношениях, отсутствие диалога по всем злободневным вопросам, в т.ч. в сфере политики безопасности.
В этих условиях главную задачу вижу в том, чтобы не допустить дальнейшей деградации отношений. Путь к их нормализации лежит в постепенном восстановлении разнообразных связей. Это задача непростая, прежде всего в связи с дефицитом доверия друг к другу.
Однако географию изменить нельзя. Наши страны остаются соседями. Надеемся, что в конце концов здравый смысл возобладает. Россия и Норвегия вернуться к взаимодействию и решению общих проблем.

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🎙 From Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the roundtable discussion held by the Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy "Ukraine Crisis: Global Information Space" (Moscow, November 29, 2024)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> When Zelensky's regime openly states that it is literally on the hunt for Russian mass media... the West either keeps mum or condones it.

It was proven that the Ukrainian security services were directly involved in targeting assassinations of Russian journalists, Daria Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin, Rostislav Zhuravlyov, Boris Maksudov, and many, many others.

We haven't heard a word of condemnation, not a single one of these heinous terrorist attacks from the enlightened Western countries. And the same happened when the Russian journalists were killed in the Donbass long before the special military operation was launched.

And the scandal with the report of the UNESCO Secretariat on the safety of journalists that were killed in carrying out their professional duties is well known.

❌ The well-known facts about the deaths of Russian journalists are not even mentioned in that document.

👉 That's why Madam Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, is a direct accomplice in the information warfare against Russia and against truth in general.

The media landscape remains the key battleground continues to be the main battleground of the aggressive campaign launched by the West against Russia and other countries of the global majority that adhere to independent domestic and foreign policy. Ukraine has turned into another testing ground for the use and for the test of sophisticated methods to manipulate public opinion, <...> for the promotion of fakes, but it is also a testing ground for Western weapons, and they don't hide it.

<...>

They do everything they can to polarize the operations of multilateral human rights structures. The Russian journalists I mentioned, who were killed by the Ukrainian Nazis, are not even talked about in the Western countries.

👉 <...> Such structures as UNESCO, OSCE, Council of Europe are obliged, in line with the charter documents, to observe human rights, the rights of journalists. And these structures over the past years have demonstrated their total unscrupulousness and incompetence, their silence, their inaction.

<...> Pandering to the criminal Kiev regime leads to human casualties.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion, “Ukraine crisis: Global information space” (Moscow, November 29, 2024)

💬 The collective West has long been using information warfare techniques to distort information in order to get ahead with its dirty geopolitical plots.

I’d like to share a historical anecdote with you. <...> In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a special Bible for the British colonies, Select Parts of the Holy Bible for the Use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands, was published, also known in the world biblical studies as The Slave Bible. They took 90 percent of the Old Testament and 50 percent of the New Testament out of it. In order to enslave the souls and minds of millions of slaves, the forefathers of today’s Western liberals censored the Holy Scriptures, and removed sections of it that could instill in the slave labourers’ minds the idea that all people are equal before God. The Slave Bibles had been published in London since the early 19th century.

Little has changed since then.

🔻 The Kiev regime operates under direct control of the Anglo-Saxons and their NATO satellites, and acts in line with British colonial practices. It uses many modern-day ultra-liberal Western ideology techniques. Cancel culture is one such technique. The systematic rewriting and falsifying by Ukrainian propagandists of their own past, including blotting out entire chapters from history textbooks, is part of that approach. <...>

🔻 The countries of the collective West, which like to speak about the freedom of speech, pluralism and democracy, actually demonstrate a fierce intolerance of any alternative views. In this context, they have predictably focused their attacks on Russian media outlets such as RT and Sputnik. <...>

👉 Germany has recently banned the broadcasting of Russia’s Channel One and expelled its journalists. We provided a symmetrical response. Similar things happen every day. <...>

The media still serves as one of the main frontlines in the aggressive campaign the collective West has launched against Russia, as well as against other countries within the Global Majority which pursue an independent domestic and foreign policy. Ukraine has turned into yet another testing ground for deploying and testing sophisticated methods for manipulating public opinion. <...>

Washington, London, and EU capitals are all trying to sweep under the carpet the crimes perpetrated by their underlings in Ukraine and justify them. In doing so, they have been relying on their media as a powerful tool while blocking any sources of unwanted news. They have gone to great lengths to paralyse international human rights bodies. Moreover, the fact that Russian journalists have been dying at the hands of Ukrainian Nazis, as I have already mentioned, is a non-topic in the West. <...>

❗️ Entities like UNESCO, OSCE and the Council of Europe have a mandate under their statutory documents to promote human rights, including ensuring safety for journalists. In recent years, they have demonstrated their extreme opportunism and inability to live up to their mission by remaining silent and failing to act.

***

But information wars, lies or fake news will not help the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. The special military operation’s goals and objectives will be achieved.

However, achieving a lasting and sustainable settlement in the Ukraine conflict would be impossible unless we remove its root causes. These primarily include:

▪️creating lasting security threats for Russia along its western borders resulting from NATO’s expansion,

▪️ NATO’s efforts to absorb Ukraine,

▪️ the system-wide effort by the Kiev regime to strip Russians and Russian speakers in its own country of their rights.

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🗓 On December 1, 1959, the indefinite Antarctic Treaty was signed. This historic document preserved the status quo, froze territorial claims, and established principles regulating the activities of all states in this vital coldest region on the planet.

🧊 The Antarctic region includes the continent of Antarctica, discovered in 1820 by Russian explorers Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, and the adjacent southern waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

🌐 Today, 54 states are parties to the Antarctic Treaty, with 29 of them, including Russia, holding consultative status, allowing them to participate in decision-making processes. Over time, an international system of agreements has been developed around the Treaty, regulating environmental protection, fisheries, tourism, and mineral resource exploration in the region.

📖 Key provisions of the treaty:

• The signatory countries renounced attempts to assert sovereignty over their zones of influence and refrained from disputing the rights of other countries.
• Antarctica was declared a demilitarized zone: military activity, the construction of military bases, and weapons testing are strictly prohibited.
• The region is open to international scientific research, information exchange, and cooperation.

🇷🇺 Russia is an active party to the Treaty. The Russia's Foreign Policy Concept emphasizes the country's commitment to preserving and further developing the Antarctic Treaty System.

🐧 Russia carries out scientific research in Antarctica. The Russian Antarctic Expedition, managed by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), operates five year-round research stations on the continent: Novolazarevskaya, Bellingshausen, Mirny, Progress, and Vostok. During the summer, additional research is conducted at seasonal field bases, including Molodyozhnaya, Druzhnaya-4, Bunger Oasis, Russkaya, and Leningradskaya.

📃 Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on their shared vision of the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century

Common Vision of a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI century

💬 We, the representatives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus proceed from the recognition of the following key realities of our time:

DIVERSITY AS THE WORLD'S FOUNDATION — Diversity in basics of life, civilizations, cultures, traditions, peculiar features of historical development and value systems has been inherent to the world, while the state's formation as the key unit of international relations has given rise to a diversity in forms of political governance and models of domestic social, economic, cultural and humanitarian development that states came to assume. <...>

MULTIPOLARITY ON THE HORIZON — The world's inherent diversity has set it on an inexorable trajectory towards multipolarity. The trend presents an opportunity to build a lasting, fair and inclusive democratic world order underpinned by peaceful coexistence for the sake of ensuring security and full prosperity for all countries based on mutually beneficial cooperation and genuine multilateralism. <...>

IMPORTANCE OF EURASIA — Factors like geographical location, size, population and resource potential have all combined to shape Eurasia in a historical perspective as a vital player in international relations, which still drives global development in general. It is Eurasia that makes a major contribution to sustained growth in the world economy while it is here that independent development centers strengthen their global reach. <...>

☝️ In this regard we commit ourselves to:

RELY ON INTERNATIONAL LAW — Be guided in our actions by the norms of international law, based on the UN Charter in its both entirety and interrelationship as well as on other international legally binding documents. <...>

CREATE A MULTIPOLAR WORLD — Promote efforts to establish, in a most accelerated manner possible, a multipolar world and a just global order. <...>

STRENGTHEN SECURITY — Build a new pan-continental security cooperation architecture predicated on the principles of indivisible security, justice, legitimacy, sustainability and joint contribution by stakeholders. <...>

MAKE USE OF EURASIAN MECHANISMS — Make use of multilateral cooperation mechanisms operating on the Eurasian continent, including, among others, the #EAEU, #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO, #ASEAN, #CICA, #LAS, #GCC and the #UnionState with regard to cooperation in specific areas, while promoting cross-platform activities and joint initiatives. <...>

🇷🇺🇧🇾 We, the representatives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus invite all Eurasian states to join a dialogue on a whole range of issues that affect principles of cooperation in the multipolar era and that cover a pan-continental architecture of security; cooperation and development with the view to drafting a "Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI Century", while giving due consideration to the provisions set out in this document.

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🎙️ Ответ Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова на запрос «РИА Новости» (2 декабря 2024 г.)

❓СМИ сообщают, что Норвегия создаст центр подготовки морского десанта НАТО на севере страны, в районе коммуны Сёррейса, расположенной за полярным кругом. Отмечается, что объект будет предназначен для тренировки подразделений морского десанта стран НАТО, в том числе США, Великобритании и Нидерландов. Как вы можете прокомментировать данные сообщения?

💬 Н.В.Корчунов: Норвежское правительство планирует в 2026 г. создать в н.п.Сёррейса в северонорвежской губернии Тромс тренировочный центр для отработки десантных операций НАТО в арктических условиях. Предполагается построить инфраструктуру для размещения и боевой подготовки сотен военнослужащих, в т.ч. из США, Великобритании и Нидерландов.

Никакой угрозы военного нападения на Норвегию нет. Это признают норвежские власти и военные. Значит, помощь союзного десанта норвежцам не понадобится. В этой связи у нас возникает резонный вопрос: куда собираются десантироваться натовцы? Данная тема для нас болезненная. В 2020 г. в России отметили 100-летие освобождения Красной Армией Мурманска и Архангельска от британско-американских интервентов, которые высадились на российском Севере и оккупировали его в тяжелейшие для нашей страны годы Гражданской войны.

Руководство России неоднократно предостерегало от приближения военной инфраструктуры НАТО к российской границе. В результате наращивания военной деятельности альянса в Арктике, которая еще недавно была зоной низкой напряженности, в регионе резко повышается конфронтационность. В отсутствие эффективных мер доверия и каналов коммуникации по военной линии такая тенденция чревата рисками опасных инцидентов и эскалации.

🎙️Svar fra Russlands ambassadør i Norge, Nikolay Korchunov, på henvendelse fra RIA Novosti (2. desember 2024)

❓Medier rapporterer at Norge vil etablere et treningssenter for NATOs amfibiestyrker nord i landet, i Sørreisa kommune, som ligger over polarsirkelen. Det opplyses at senteret skal brukes til å trene de maritime landgangsenhetene til NATO-land, inkludert USA, Storbritannia og Nederland. Hvordan kan De kommentere disse rapportene?

💬 Nikolay Korchunov: Den norske regjeringen planlegger å etablere i 2026 et treningssenter i Sørreisa i Indre Troms for å øve på NATOs amfibieoperasjoner under arktiske forhold. Det er planlagt å bygge infrastruktur for innkvartering og kamptrening av hundrevis av militære, inkludert soldater fra USA, Storbritannia og Nederland.
Det foreligger ingen trussel om et militært angrep på Norge. Det erkjenner norske myndigheter og militære. Det betyr at nordmenn ikke vil ha behov for bistand fra allierte anfibiestyrker. I den forbindelse har vi et naturlig spørsmål: Hvor er det NATO-tropper kommer til å gå i land? Dette er et smertefullt tema for oss. I 2020 feiret vi 100-årsjubileet for Den røde armés frigjøring av Murmansk og Arkhangelsk fra de britisk-amerikanske intervensjonistene som gikk i land i det russiske nord og okkuperte det under de vanskeligste årene av borgerkrigen i Russland.
Russlands myndigheter har gjentatte ganger advart mot å bringe NATOs militære infrastruktur nærmere den russiske grensen. Som følge av den militære oppbyggingen i Arktis, som inntil nylig var en lavspenningssone, har konfrontasjonen i regionen økt kraftig. I mangel av effektive tillitsskapende tiltak og militære kommunikasjonskanaler øker denne utviklingen risikoen for farlige hendelser og eskalering.

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🕯December 3 marks the Day of the Unknown Soldier in Russia, honouring the feat of all soldiers who perished for the Motherland, yet whose names remain unknown.

#OnThisDay in 1966, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Red Army's victory over Nazi forces in the Battle of Moscow, a ceremony of the burial of the unknown soldiers' remains was held in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. These remains were originally located in a mass grave on the 41st kilometre of the Leningrad Highway and were discovered during construction activities on the road. Back in 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, this very place saw fierce and bloody battles between the Soviet forces and Nazi invaders.

▪️ On May 8, 1967, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden was unveiled. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal", — the worldwide famous words were inscribed upon the granite slab on the Tomb. Soviet newspapers noted back then: "...he [the Unknown Soldier] was slain for his Motherland, for his home — Moscow. This is all we know about him."

💬 Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky remarked:

"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the ancient walls of the Moscow Kremlin shall serve as a monument of eternal glory to the heroes who died on the battlefield for their Motherland.

Henceforth, the ashes of the one who shielded Moscow with his chest rest here".

The Eternal Flame was set at the Tomb. In December of 1997, the Honor Guard was instituted near the Eternal Flame.

In total, approximately two million Soviet and Russian citizens were reported missing in action during the wars and conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Russian Ministry of Defence carries out on a regular basis search operations to perpetuate the memory of heroes who perished for the Motherland.

Russian diplomats abroad are engaged in extensive efforts aimed at preserving historical memory, countering attempts to distort the history of #WWII and to question the Great Victory of the Soviet people.

The Embassies of Russia all across the world ensure the maintenance, repair and restoration of Soviet monuments and war graves.

❗️ Regrettably, as part of a disgraceful campaign to distort history of #WWII, a policy of state vandalism is being pursued in certain countries of Eastern Europe, in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in particular, with the one aim — to eradicate Russia's memorial heritage — the monuments to Soviet heroes and liberators.

By order of the official authorities, criminal acts are being perpetrated in these countries to desecrate mass graves, when the remains of fallen soldiers are barbarically exhumed for the purpose of their subsequent "reburial in accordance with European practice" in specially designated locations.

🎗 It is prohibited for Russian compatriots in Europe, under the threat (!) of criminal prosecution, to pay tribute to heroes who fought against Nazism. The Russian MFA highlights these outrageous incidents.

The memory of all who sacrificed their lives for our future is and will remain immortal.

#WeRemember

📄 Joint Ministerial Statement of the 35th APEC Ministerial Meeting 2024 (Lima, Peru)

• In reaffirming our commitment to the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040 of an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community by 2040 for the prosperity of all our people and future generations, including by implementing the Aotearoa Plan of Action (APA), and under the APEC 2024 theme “Empower. Include. Grow.,” we have advanced APEC’s cooperation agenda through three thematic priorities:

✅ trade and investment for inclusive and interconnected growth;

✅ innovation and digitalization to promote transition to the formal and global economy;

✅ sustainable growth for resilient development. <...>

👉 Empower

• We commend APEC’s work this year in encouraging innovation and digitalization to promote the transition from the informal to the formal economy, including through focused discussions and policy dialogues. <...>

• We recognize the essential role of an enabling, open, fair, non-discriminatory, safer and more inclusive digital ecosystem that facilitates trade, and the importance of enhancing trust and security in the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) <...>

👉 Include

• We emphasize the importance of realizing the economic potential of all. We acknowledge the valuable contributions of persons with disabilities to economic growth in the region, while recognizing the need to provide them with more opportunities. <...>

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🎙️ Intervjuet med Russlands Ambassadør i Norge Nikolay Korchunov, publisert av nyhetsbyrået «Rossija Segodnja» (30.11.2024)

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❓De begynte å jobbe som ambassadør i Norge bare et par uker etter at det offisielle Oslo krevde at antall ansatte ved den russiske ambassaden ble redusert. Hvor konstruktive er kontaktene mellom Moskva og Oslo nå? Og er de tilstrekkelige til å løse kritiske problemer, inkludert arbeidet til ambassader?

💬 Nikolay Korchunov:
I motsetning til mange andre land ble historien til de russisk-norske forhold inntil nylig ikke overskygget av noen tragiske sider. Landene våre har aldri vært i krig med hverandre.
Russland var den første staten som anerkjente Norges selvstendighet i 1905. Historiens første kvinnelige ambassadør var den befullmektigede representanten for Sovjetunionen i Norge, Alexandra Kollontaj. Sovjetunionen og Norge kjempet i fellesskap mot tysk nazisme. Den Røde armés offensiv i nordøst-Norge i oktober 1944, som kostet mange sovjetiske soldater livet, markerte starten på landets frigjøring fra nazistenes okkupasjon.

Dessverre må jeg begynne i den nye jobben som ambassadør når bilaterale forhold er på sitt laveste punkt. Russland er ikke initiativtakeren til deres forverring. Norge har selv valgt veien for å stoppe politisk dialog, innskrenke handels- og økonomiske bånd, industrisamarbeid og mellomregionale og grenseoverskridende kontakter. Av alvorlig bekymring er økningen i konfrontasjonen, usikkerheten i forhold og mangelen på dialog om alle relevante spørsmål, inkludert innen sikkerhetspolitikk.

Under disse forholdene ser jeg som hovedoppgave å hindre en ytterligere forverring av bilaterale forhold. Veien til deres normalisering ligger i en gradvis gjenoppretting av forskjellige forbindelser. Dette er ikke en lett oppgave, først og fremst på grunn av manglende tillit til hverandre.

Geografien kan imidlertid ikke endres. Våre land forblir naboer. Vi håper at sunn fornuft vil seire og at Russland og Norge vil gå tilbake til samhandling og løsning av felles problemer.

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🔗 Publisert av RIA Novosti 30. November 2024 (les på russisk)

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🕯 On December 3, Russia commemorates the Day of the Unknown Soldier, established to immortalise the heroic deeds of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Motherland and remain unidentified.

This day holds special importance for many Russians, symbolising national pride and mourning.

The date was not chosen by chance: on December 3, 1966, a solemn burial ceremony for the remains of an unknown soldier took place in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall.

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