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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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🕯 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.
👉 Learn more
🎥 © Russian Military Historical Society
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🇷🇺 Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence
I. General Provisions
1. These Fundamentals are a strategic planning document in the area of ensuring defence that reflects official views on the essence of nuclear deterrence, identifies military risks and threats intended to be neutralized by the implementation of nuclear deterrence, as well as defines the principles of nuclear deterrence and the conditions for the transition of the Russian Federation to the employment of nuclear weapons.
2. Assured deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies is one of the highest state priorities. Deterrence of aggression is ensured by the totality of the military might of the Russian Federation, including nuclear weapons.
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II. The Essence of Nuclear Deterrence
9. The Russian Federation exercises nuclear deterrence toward a potential adversary, defined as individual states and military coalitions (blocs, alliances), that consider the Russian Federation as a potential adversary and possess nuclear and (or) other types of weapons of mass destruction or significant combat capabilities of general purpose forces.
Nuclear deterrence is also exercised toward states that provide territory, air and (or) sea space under their control, as well as resources for preparing and committing aggression against the Russian Federation.
10. Aggression by any state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies is considered as the aggression by this coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole.
11. Aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state is considered as their joint attack.
III. Conditions for the Transition of the Russian Federation to the Employment of Nuclear Weapons
18. The Russian Federation reserves the right to employ nuclear weapons in response to the employment of nuclear and (or) other types of weapons of mass destruction against itself and (or) its allies, as well as in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) the Republic of Belarus as participants in the Union State with the employment of conventional weapons, which creates a critical threat to their sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity.
19. The conditions that enable the possibility of nuclear weapons employment by the Russian Federation are as follows:
a) receipt of reliable data on the launch of ballistic missiles attacking the territories of the Russian Federation and (or) its allies;
b) employment of nuclear or other types of weapons of mass destruction by an adversary against the territories of the Russian Federation and (or) its allies, against facilities and (or) military formations of the Russian Federation located outside its territory;
c) actions by an adversary affecting elements of critically important state or military infrastructure of the Russian Federation, the disablement of which would disrupt response actions by nuclear forces;
d) aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) the Republic of Belarus as participants in the Union State with the employment of conventional weapons, which creates a critical threat to their sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity;
e) receipt of reliable data on the massive launch (take-off) of air and space attack means (strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned, hypersonic and other aerial vehicles) and their crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation.
20. The decision to employ nuclear weapons is made by the President of the Russian Federation.
21. The President of the Russian Federation may, if necessary, inform the military-political leadership of other states and (or) international organizations about the readiness of the Russian Federation to employ nuclear weapons or of the decision taken to employ nuclear weapons, as well as of the fact of their employment. <...>
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I. General Provisions
1. These Fundamentals are a strategic planning document in the area of ensuring defence that reflects official views on the essence of nuclear deterrence, identifies military risks and threats intended to be neutralized by the implementation of nuclear deterrence, as well as defines the principles of nuclear deterrence and the conditions for the transition of the Russian Federation to the employment of nuclear weapons.
2. Assured deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies is one of the highest state priorities. Deterrence of aggression is ensured by the totality of the military might of the Russian Federation, including nuclear weapons.
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II. The Essence of Nuclear Deterrence
9. The Russian Federation exercises nuclear deterrence toward a potential adversary, defined as individual states and military coalitions (blocs, alliances), that consider the Russian Federation as a potential adversary and possess nuclear and (or) other types of weapons of mass destruction or significant combat capabilities of general purpose forces.
Nuclear deterrence is also exercised toward states that provide territory, air and (or) sea space under their control, as well as resources for preparing and committing aggression against the Russian Federation.
10. Aggression by any state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies is considered as the aggression by this coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole.
11. Aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state is considered as their joint attack.
III. Conditions for the Transition of the Russian Federation to the Employment of Nuclear Weapons
18. The Russian Federation reserves the right to employ nuclear weapons in response to the employment of nuclear and (or) other types of weapons of mass destruction against itself and (or) its allies, as well as in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) the Republic of Belarus as participants in the Union State with the employment of conventional weapons, which creates a critical threat to their sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity.
19. The conditions that enable the possibility of nuclear weapons employment by the Russian Federation are as follows:
a) receipt of reliable data on the launch of ballistic missiles attacking the territories of the Russian Federation and (or) its allies;
b) employment of nuclear or other types of weapons of mass destruction by an adversary against the territories of the Russian Federation and (or) its allies, against facilities and (or) military formations of the Russian Federation located outside its territory;
c) actions by an adversary affecting elements of critically important state or military infrastructure of the Russian Federation, the disablement of which would disrupt response actions by nuclear forces;
d) aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) the Republic of Belarus as participants in the Union State with the employment of conventional weapons, which creates a critical threat to their sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity;
e) receipt of reliable data on the massive launch (take-off) of air and space attack means (strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned, hypersonic and other aerial vehicles) and their crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation.
20. The decision to employ nuclear weapons is made by the President of the Russian Federation.
21. The President of the Russian Federation may, if necessary, inform the military-political leadership of other states and (or) international organizations about the readiness of the Russian Federation to employ nuclear weapons or of the decision taken to employ nuclear weapons, as well as of the fact of their employment. <...>
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📄 On 7 November 2024, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted Resolution No. 1510 "On conducting an experiment on testing the rules and conditions for entry into and exit from the Russian Federation of foreign citizens and stateless persons" (hereinafter referred to as "the experiment").
The purpose the experiment is to create a public "Digital Profile of a Foreign Citizen" information resource, a set of information submitted to public information systems by foreign citizens, authorized bodies and organizations participating in the experiment, in the volume and order stipulated by the Experiment Rules.
The experiment will be conducted in two stages.
1️⃣ 1 December 2024 to 30 June 2025
The first one, provides for collecting biometric personal data of foreign citizens (a photographic image of the person's face and finger papillary patterns) at air checkpoints on the state border of the Russian Federation – Moscow air zone at international airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo), as well as Zhukovsky (Moscow region) and at the Mashtakovo automobile checkpoint (Orenburg region).
2️⃣ 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2026
The second stage will be held from 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2026. During this stage, in addition to fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements, foreign citizens planning to enter the Russian Federation visa-free, must register in the integrated identification and authentication system and submit an application to enter into and stay (reside) in the Russian Federation using the mobile application of the Integrated Portal of Public and Municipal Services (Functions) federal state information system.
The experiment will involve all foreign citizens and stateless persons crossing the state border of the Russian Federation at the resolution-specified checkpoints throughout its implementation period, with the exception of:
- citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
- children under 6 years of age;
- heads and staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign states in the Russian Federation, as well as their family members;
- officials of international organizations (missions of international organizations) and their family members;
- holders of diplomatic and service passports entering or leaving the Russian Federation due to performing official duties or as part of official delegations, as well as their family members.
Meanwhile, the procedure for processing and issuing Russian visas to foreign citizens, including single electronic visa, remains the same.
👉 The full text of the Resolution
The purpose the experiment is to create a public "Digital Profile of a Foreign Citizen" information resource, a set of information submitted to public information systems by foreign citizens, authorized bodies and organizations participating in the experiment, in the volume and order stipulated by the Experiment Rules.
The experiment will be conducted in two stages.
1️⃣ 1 December 2024 to 30 June 2025
The first one, provides for collecting biometric personal data of foreign citizens (a photographic image of the person's face and finger papillary patterns) at air checkpoints on the state border of the Russian Federation – Moscow air zone at international airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo), as well as Zhukovsky (Moscow region) and at the Mashtakovo automobile checkpoint (Orenburg region).
2️⃣ 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2026
The second stage will be held from 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2026. During this stage, in addition to fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements, foreign citizens planning to enter the Russian Federation visa-free, must register in the integrated identification and authentication system and submit an application to enter into and stay (reside) in the Russian Federation using the mobile application of the Integrated Portal of Public and Municipal Services (Functions) federal state information system.
The experiment will involve all foreign citizens and stateless persons crossing the state border of the Russian Federation at the resolution-specified checkpoints throughout its implementation period, with the exception of:
- citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
- children under 6 years of age;
- heads and staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign states in the Russian Federation, as well as their family members;
- officials of international organizations (missions of international organizations) and their family members;
- holders of diplomatic and service passports entering or leaving the Russian Federation due to performing official duties or as part of official delegations, as well as their family members.
Meanwhile, the procedure for processing and issuing Russian visas to foreign citizens, including single electronic visa, remains the same.
👉 The full text of the Resolution
🇷🇺🇳🇴 Ambassadens kommentar til Aftenposten i forbindelse med artikkelen om «Russlands hybridkrigføring» (3. desember 2024)
💬 Anklager om at Russland driver «hybridkrigføring» er absurde. Selv etter sabotasjen av gassrørledningene «Nord Stream», da russisk undervannsinfrastruktur ble sprengt, fortsetter noen å «måle andre med samme mål som seg selv».
Under påskudd av å bekjempe den «russiske trusselen» forsøker man å rettferdiggjøre uvennlige handlinger mot Russland, avbryter mellommenneskelige kontakter og undergraver OSSEs forpliktelser innenfor den menneskelige dimensjon.
Hvis Vesten ønsket det, ville det være lett for dem å bli overbevist om hvor latterlige anklagene er. Når det gjelder dataangrepene som er tilskrevet Russland, har vi for eksempel gjentatte ganger foreslått til den norske siden å samarbeide med Det russiske nasjonale koordineringssenter for datahendelser. Dessverre ble disse forslagene ignorert.
❗️Det ser ut til at «hybridkrigføring» er blitt en integrert del av nemlig Vestens politikk overfor Moskva (ulovlige økonomiske sanksjoner, bruk av Russlands midler i utlandet, stenging av grenser, press på vårt land på den internasjonale arenaen, forsøk på å undergrave Russlands forhold til andre ikke-vestlige land, spredning av desinformasjon for å diskreditere den russiske staten, påvirkning for å skape indre ustabilitet i Russland, påvirkning av den offentlige opinionen, bruk av cyberrommet til å blande seg inn i Russlands indre anliggender, osv).
💬 Anklager om at Russland driver «hybridkrigføring» er absurde. Selv etter sabotasjen av gassrørledningene «Nord Stream», da russisk undervannsinfrastruktur ble sprengt, fortsetter noen å «måle andre med samme mål som seg selv».
Under påskudd av å bekjempe den «russiske trusselen» forsøker man å rettferdiggjøre uvennlige handlinger mot Russland, avbryter mellommenneskelige kontakter og undergraver OSSEs forpliktelser innenfor den menneskelige dimensjon.
Hvis Vesten ønsket det, ville det være lett for dem å bli overbevist om hvor latterlige anklagene er. Når det gjelder dataangrepene som er tilskrevet Russland, har vi for eksempel gjentatte ganger foreslått til den norske siden å samarbeide med Det russiske nasjonale koordineringssenter for datahendelser. Dessverre ble disse forslagene ignorert.
❗️Det ser ut til at «hybridkrigføring» er blitt en integrert del av nemlig Vestens politikk overfor Moskva (ulovlige økonomiske sanksjoner, bruk av Russlands midler i utlandet, stenging av grenser, press på vårt land på den internasjonale arenaen, forsøk på å undergrave Russlands forhold til andre ikke-vestlige land, spredning av desinformasjon for å diskreditere den russiske staten, påvirkning for å skape indre ustabilitet i Russland, påvirkning av den offentlige opinionen, bruk av cyberrommet til å blande seg inn i Russlands indre anliggender, osv).
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🇷🇺🇳🇴 Посольство России в Норвегии:
Комментарий Посольства газете «Афтенпостен» в связи с обвинениями России в ведении «гибридной войны» (опубликован 3 декабря 2024 года)
💬 Обвинения России в ведении «гибридной войны» абсурдны.
Даже после диверсий на «Северных потоках», когда была взорвана российская подводная инфраструктура, кое-кто продолжает «судить по себе».
Под предлогом борьбы с «российской угрозой» делаются попытки оправдать недружественные действия против нашей страны, прерываются контакты между людьми, подрываются принятые в ОБСЕ обязательства в области человеческого измерения.
При желании на Западе могли бы легко убедиться в нелепости предъявляемых обвинений. Так, в части приписываемых российской стороне кибератак мы неоднократно предлагали норвежским властям взаимодействовать с российским Национальным координационным центром по компьютерным инцидентам. К сожалению, эти предложения были проигнорированы.
❗️Судя по всему, «гибридные войны» стали неотъемлемой частью именно политики Запада в отношении Москвы: нелегитимные экономические санкции, распоряжение российскими капиталами за рубежом, закрытие границ, оказание давления на нашу страну на международной арене, попытки подрыва взаимоотношений России с другими – незападными странами, распространение дезинформации с целью дискредитации российского государства, создание в России внутренней нестабильности, влияние на общественное мнение, использование киберпространства для вмешательства во внутренние дела и др.
Комментарий Посольства газете «Афтенпостен» в связи с обвинениями России в ведении «гибридной войны» (опубликован 3 декабря 2024 года)
💬 Обвинения России в ведении «гибридной войны» абсурдны.
Даже после диверсий на «Северных потоках», когда была взорвана российская подводная инфраструктура, кое-кто продолжает «судить по себе».
Под предлогом борьбы с «российской угрозой» делаются попытки оправдать недружественные действия против нашей страны, прерываются контакты между людьми, подрываются принятые в ОБСЕ обязательства в области человеческого измерения.
При желании на Западе могли бы легко убедиться в нелепости предъявляемых обвинений. Так, в части приписываемых российской стороне кибератак мы неоднократно предлагали норвежским властям взаимодействовать с российским Национальным координационным центром по компьютерным инцидентам. К сожалению, эти предложения были проигнорированы.
❗️Судя по всему, «гибридные войны» стали неотъемлемой частью именно политики Запада в отношении Москвы: нелегитимные экономические санкции, распоряжение российскими капиталами за рубежом, закрытие границ, оказание давления на нашу страну на международной арене, попытки подрыва взаимоотношений России с другими – незападными странами, распространение дезинформации с целью дискредитации российского государства, создание в России внутренней нестабильности, влияние на общественное мнение, использование киберпространства для вмешательства во внутренние дела и др.
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🔔 An experiment on testing the rules and conditions for entry into and exit from Russia of foreign citizens and stateless persons was launched on December 1st in order to create a state information resource "Digital Profile of a Foreign Citizen".
The Russian Government adopted a respective resolution on November 7th.
The information on how the experiment will be conducted and which categories of foreigners will be affected by it is in our files.
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The Russian Government adopted a respective resolution on November 7th.
The information on how the experiment will be conducted and which categories of foreigners will be affected by it is in our files.
Download full PDF
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Plenary Session of the Russia Calling! forum (December 4, 2024)
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Key points:
• Our entrepreneurs, companies and entire industries faced serious challenges in 2022 as a result of actions taken by, let me put it mildly, some countries or more precisely, their leading elites. These countries have shown themselves to be unreliable partners. Many industrial and logistics chains, as well as cooperative ties that took decades to develop, have been endangered or even disrupted.
• We often hear people from the political, military, or economic fields say that these countries set the task of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, including in the economy and technology, to drastically weaken our country’s manufacturing industry, finance and services, to create an insurmountable shortage of goods on our market, to destabilise the labour market, and to lower the living standards of our citizens. It is obvious that these plans have failed to materialise. Following a challenging period, the Russian economy has not only fully recovered, but is also living through qualitative structural changes, which is vitally important and, perhaps, is the most important outcome of our work in the economy over the past two to three years.
• Russia’s technological, production and logistics potential is making strides. Ties with promising partners are getting stronger.
📈 Last year, Russia’s gross domestic product grew by 3.6 percent, which is a well-known fact, and increased by 4.1 percent in January-October of this year. The growth mainly comes from the manufacturing industries and sectors with high added value.
💼 Russia has a record-low unemployment rate of just 2.3 percent. Compared to the majority of the world’s leading and developing economies, this figure is minimal.
• Russia’s leadership in financial technologies positions us well to forge flexible partnerships with foreign counterparts, promote integration projects, and leverage the complementary strengths of our respective economies. I am also referring to the investment platform we are developing with our BRICS partners. This work is in its early stages but all the parties involved agree on its potential benefits and good prospects. It is expected to become an important instrument for supporting our economies and providing financial resources to the countries of the Global South and East.
• Despite the political pressure, many of our partners, including those from Western Europe and the United States, have not left the Russian market. Some of these companies continue to operate as before, probably about half of them; others have transferred management to the persons and entities they control. About one quarter of those companies have really left, while some continue to procedure to exit the Russian economy.
• Russia has not pivoted now to the Global South or East, no. Russia has engaged in this policy for a long time now, since the 2000s, mindful of the global development and global economic trends. We have been doing that for a long time now in an orderly and consistent manner.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Our relations with China are not impacted by events that are taking place, for example, in Ukraine. China has long ago become our largest trade and economic partner, even before that.
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Key points:
• Our entrepreneurs, companies and entire industries faced serious challenges in 2022 as a result of actions taken by, let me put it mildly, some countries or more precisely, their leading elites. These countries have shown themselves to be unreliable partners. Many industrial and logistics chains, as well as cooperative ties that took decades to develop, have been endangered or even disrupted.
• We often hear people from the political, military, or economic fields say that these countries set the task of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, including in the economy and technology, to drastically weaken our country’s manufacturing industry, finance and services, to create an insurmountable shortage of goods on our market, to destabilise the labour market, and to lower the living standards of our citizens. It is obvious that these plans have failed to materialise. Following a challenging period, the Russian economy has not only fully recovered, but is also living through qualitative structural changes, which is vitally important and, perhaps, is the most important outcome of our work in the economy over the past two to three years.
• Russia’s technological, production and logistics potential is making strides. Ties with promising partners are getting stronger.
📈 Last year, Russia’s gross domestic product grew by 3.6 percent, which is a well-known fact, and increased by 4.1 percent in January-October of this year. The growth mainly comes from the manufacturing industries and sectors with high added value.
💼 Russia has a record-low unemployment rate of just 2.3 percent. Compared to the majority of the world’s leading and developing economies, this figure is minimal.
• Russia’s leadership in financial technologies positions us well to forge flexible partnerships with foreign counterparts, promote integration projects, and leverage the complementary strengths of our respective economies. I am also referring to the investment platform we are developing with our BRICS partners. This work is in its early stages but all the parties involved agree on its potential benefits and good prospects. It is expected to become an important instrument for supporting our economies and providing financial resources to the countries of the Global South and East.
• Despite the political pressure, many of our partners, including those from Western Europe and the United States, have not left the Russian market. Some of these companies continue to operate as before, probably about half of them; others have transferred management to the persons and entities they control. About one quarter of those companies have really left, while some continue to procedure to exit the Russian economy.
• Russia has not pivoted now to the Global South or East, no. Russia has engaged in this policy for a long time now, since the 2000s, mindful of the global development and global economic trends. We have been doing that for a long time now in an orderly and consistent manner.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Our relations with China are not impacted by events that are taking place, for example, in Ukraine. China has long ago become our largest trade and economic partner, even before that.
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🗓 On December 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a regular, 27th, meeting of the Russian Federation Interagency Commission for the Council of Europe (CE).
The Commission analysed the CE’s current anti-Russia activities, primarily its continued course for stepping up a legal aggression against the Russian Federation via the creation of illegitimate, pseudo-legalistic mechanisms for bringing Russia to “account” in connection with the special military operation. Additional measures have been outlined to neutralise unfriendly actions undertaken against Russia.
❌ The Commission reaffirmed the Russian Federation’s refusal to participate in the Council of Europe multilateral conventions that no longer meet its interests, up to denouncing the relevant agreements.
The Commission analysed the CE’s current anti-Russia activities, primarily its continued course for stepping up a legal aggression against the Russian Federation via the creation of illegitimate, pseudo-legalistic mechanisms for bringing Russia to “account” in connection with the special military operation. Additional measures have been outlined to neutralise unfriendly actions undertaken against Russia.
❌ The Commission reaffirmed the Russian Federation’s refusal to participate in the Council of Europe multilateral conventions that no longer meet its interests, up to denouncing the relevant agreements.
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🗓 On December 5, Russia marks the Day of Military Glory. #OnThisDay in 1941, the Red Army launched its counteroffensive against Nazi invaders that heralded an incipient turn of the tide in the Great Patriotic War.
By early December 1941, the Soviet group comprised 1.1 million officers and soldiers, over 7'500 artillery systems, 774 tanks and 1'000 aircraft prior to the counteroffensive. The Germans had a marked advantage, including 50% more service personnel, 80% more artillery systems and 50% more tanks.
Contrary to the predictions of the German high command that considered a large-scale Soviet counteroffensive to be impossible, it took the Red Army just 11 days to defeat the Wehrmacht’s Army Group Centre. The Soviet forces advanced 65-125 km along the entire line of contact, hurled the enemy back by 100-250 km and stopped it 150-400 km from Moscow by April 20, 1942.
The enemy was expelled from the Moscow, Tula and Ryazan regions, as well as from numerous districts of the Kalinin and Smolensk regions.
❗️ German troops’ morale was undermined. During the counteroffensive near Moscow, Soviet defenders managed to dispel the myth of the Wehrmacht’s invincibility and to inflict the first major defeat on Hitler during World War II.
Over 500'000 enemy officers and men were killed, wounded or went missing in action during the operation. The Nazis lost 1'300 tanks and 2'500 artillery systems.
The Soviet counteroffensive during the Battle of Moscow came to symbolise heroism and fortitude and had tremendous strategic significance for the entire course of the Great Patriotic War. The Red Army’s success helped strengthen the Anti-Hitler Coalition and forced the governments of Japan and Turkiye to refrain from entering the war on the side of Germany.
🎖 ~ One million defenders defenders of the Soviet capital received the Medal for the Defence of Moscow, and 110 people became Heroes of the Soviet Union.
In May 1965, ahead of the 20th Victory Day anniversary, Moscow was awarded the honorary noscript of the Hero City.
#Victory80
By early December 1941, the Soviet group comprised 1.1 million officers and soldiers, over 7'500 artillery systems, 774 tanks and 1'000 aircraft prior to the counteroffensive. The Germans had a marked advantage, including 50% more service personnel, 80% more artillery systems and 50% more tanks.
Contrary to the predictions of the German high command that considered a large-scale Soviet counteroffensive to be impossible, it took the Red Army just 11 days to defeat the Wehrmacht’s Army Group Centre. The Soviet forces advanced 65-125 km along the entire line of contact, hurled the enemy back by 100-250 km and stopped it 150-400 km from Moscow by April 20, 1942.
The enemy was expelled from the Moscow, Tula and Ryazan regions, as well as from numerous districts of the Kalinin and Smolensk regions.
❗️ German troops’ morale was undermined. During the counteroffensive near Moscow, Soviet defenders managed to dispel the myth of the Wehrmacht’s invincibility and to inflict the first major defeat on Hitler during World War II.
Over 500'000 enemy officers and men were killed, wounded or went missing in action during the operation. The Nazis lost 1'300 tanks and 2'500 artillery systems.
The Soviet counteroffensive during the Battle of Moscow came to symbolise heroism and fortitude and had tremendous strategic significance for the entire course of the Great Patriotic War. The Red Army’s success helped strengthen the Anti-Hitler Coalition and forced the governments of Japan and Turkiye to refrain from entering the war on the side of Germany.
In May 1965, ahead of the 20th Victory Day anniversary, Moscow was awarded the honorary noscript of the Hero City.
#Victory80
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Ukraine (December 4, 2024)
💬 Today, in this Chamber, we once again have to listen to hackneyed and many times debunked falsehoods about Ukrainian children allegedly abducted by Russia.
Obviously, the US and its satellites have decided to take this narrative out of mothballs in order to shift the focus away from the recent escalatory steps they have taken to exacerbate the Ukrainian conflict and expand its geography, which potentially may end up in a direct confrontation between nuclear powers. I am referring to the authorization to use long-range ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles to strike within our territory, which fundamentally changes the nature of the conflict.
❗️ Nonetheless, they will have to talk about this at the meeting that we requested for December 20.
The problems having to do with the child protection in Ukraine began shortly after the anti-constitutional Maidan coup of February 2014, when the nationalist and neo-Nazi regime came to power in Kiev with the help of the West and turned against the country's Russian-speaking population, including children. Not only were those children and their parents denied the right to speak and be educated in their native language, but also there were attempts to deprive them of their national, confessional and historical identity and to remold their brain.
Moreover, the new authorities do not scruple and will not scruple to use any means to attain their goals. If you need evidence, just visit the Alley of Angels in Donetsk; there is a monument there to the Donbass children who died at the hands of the nationalists. According to approximate estimates, over 24,000 people – Donbass children – have been affected by Ukrainian bombing and shelling since 2014.
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By levelling accusations that Russia is allegedly abducting Ukrainian children, Kiev and its Western patrons are deliberately using a bait-and-switch tactic. The Russian authorities are evacuating children from areas of hostilities in full compliance with their obligations under international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The absolute majority of children arrived in Russia together with their parents or other relatives, they were fleeing Ukraine’s shelling.
☝️ If for whatever reason a family is separated, then the Office of Children's Rights Commissioner has a clear algorithm how to reunite children with their relatives. This has been carried out since the beginning of the special military operation, consistently and openly. All incoming requests are promptly processed. People are assisted when they are submitting documents. Russia has been doing this work in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Qatar and the Vatican.
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All the information I’ve just told you is publicly available. However, these facts are being consistently ignored, since they are inconvenient for the collective West and its Ukrainian underlings. But we’ve got used to that, because the US and its satellites are not interested in the truth, the only thing they are interested in is accusations against Russia, and no one is going to prove the veracity of these accusations.
👉 The main and, essentially, the only threat to Ukrainian children comes from what is being done by the Kiev regime. The regime treats them as nothing but rising “cannon fodder” that the Ukrainian expired ringleader will use when he runs out of older Ukrainians to be forcibly sent to die for Western geopolitical interests in a senseless meat grinder.
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Ukraine (December 4, 2024)
💬 Today, in this Chamber, we once again have to listen to hackneyed and many times debunked falsehoods about Ukrainian children allegedly abducted by Russia.
Obviously, the US and its satellites have decided to take this narrative out of mothballs in order to shift the focus away from the recent escalatory steps they have taken to exacerbate the Ukrainian conflict and expand its geography, which potentially may end up in a direct confrontation between nuclear powers. I am referring to the authorization to use long-range ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles to strike within our territory, which fundamentally changes the nature of the conflict.
❗️ Nonetheless, they will have to talk about this at the meeting that we requested for December 20.
The problems having to do with the child protection in Ukraine began shortly after the anti-constitutional Maidan coup of February 2014, when the nationalist and neo-Nazi regime came to power in Kiev with the help of the West and turned against the country's Russian-speaking population, including children. Not only were those children and their parents denied the right to speak and be educated in their native language, but also there were attempts to deprive them of their national, confessional and historical identity and to remold their brain.
Moreover, the new authorities do not scruple and will not scruple to use any means to attain their goals. If you need evidence, just visit the Alley of Angels in Donetsk; there is a monument there to the Donbass children who died at the hands of the nationalists. According to approximate estimates, over 24,000 people – Donbass children – have been affected by Ukrainian bombing and shelling since 2014.
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By levelling accusations that Russia is allegedly abducting Ukrainian children, Kiev and its Western patrons are deliberately using a bait-and-switch tactic. The Russian authorities are evacuating children from areas of hostilities in full compliance with their obligations under international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The absolute majority of children arrived in Russia together with their parents or other relatives, they were fleeing Ukraine’s shelling.
☝️ If for whatever reason a family is separated, then the Office of Children's Rights Commissioner has a clear algorithm how to reunite children with their relatives. This has been carried out since the beginning of the special military operation, consistently and openly. All incoming requests are promptly processed. People are assisted when they are submitting documents. Russia has been doing this work in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Qatar and the Vatican.
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All the information I’ve just told you is publicly available. However, these facts are being consistently ignored, since they are inconvenient for the collective West and its Ukrainian underlings. But we’ve got used to that, because the US and its satellites are not interested in the truth, the only thing they are interested in is accusations against Russia, and no one is going to prove the veracity of these accusations.
👉 The main and, essentially, the only threat to Ukrainian children comes from what is being done by the Kiev regime. The regime treats them as nothing but rising “cannon fodder” that the Ukrainian expired ringleader will use when he runs out of older Ukrainians to be forcibly sent to die for Western geopolitical interests in a senseless meat grinder.
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🇺🇳 On the adoption of UN General Assembly resolution on eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations
🗓 On December 4, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution noscriptd Eradication of Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, which was drafted by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with the guiding role of Russia. A total of 113 countries voted for it, 63 states abstained, and none of the UN member states voted against it. The document was previously approved by the Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (C-24) and the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly.
☝️ This convincing support shows that this initiative fully meets the fundamental interests of the Global Majority.
🌐 Its representatives are resolved to join forces in the struggle against the relics of the shameful colonial era and the modern manifestations of colonialism, which are seriously hindering the development of a more just multipolar world that will provide conditions for the comprehensive and sovereign development of states without any form of coercion.
The core of the abstaining group is made up of the former Western parent states, which bear the brunt of responsibility for centuries of colonial oppression of Asian, African and Latin American countries. This resolution was extremely unsuitable for them. However, they decided against opposing the Global South and East.
The main goal of that initiative is to ensure the full implementation of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. In this context, it provides for declaring December 14 as an annual International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations (marking the day when the Declaration was adopted) and preparing thematic information awareness and educational programmes.
This resolution will help organise systemic efforts to eradicate all manifestations of colonialism. Moreover, it will serve as a solid foundation for advancing new anti-colonial initiatives within the UN framework and at other multilateral platforms.
🇷🇺 Russia is fully ready for this work together with the many countries that think likewise.
🗓 On December 4, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution noscriptd Eradication of Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, which was drafted by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with the guiding role of Russia. A total of 113 countries voted for it, 63 states abstained, and none of the UN member states voted against it. The document was previously approved by the Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (C-24) and the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly.
☝️ This convincing support shows that this initiative fully meets the fundamental interests of the Global Majority.
🌐 Its representatives are resolved to join forces in the struggle against the relics of the shameful colonial era and the modern manifestations of colonialism, which are seriously hindering the development of a more just multipolar world that will provide conditions for the comprehensive and sovereign development of states without any form of coercion.
The core of the abstaining group is made up of the former Western parent states, which bear the brunt of responsibility for centuries of colonial oppression of Asian, African and Latin American countries. This resolution was extremely unsuitable for them. However, they decided against opposing the Global South and East.
The main goal of that initiative is to ensure the full implementation of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. In this context, it provides for declaring December 14 as an annual International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations (marking the day when the Declaration was adopted) and preparing thematic information awareness and educational programmes.
This resolution will help organise systemic efforts to eradicate all manifestations of colonialism. Moreover, it will serve as a solid foundation for advancing new anti-colonial initiatives within the UN framework and at other multilateral platforms.
🇷🇺 Russia is fully ready for this work together with the many countries that think likewise.
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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (December 4, 2024)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov's schedule
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Situation in Syria
🔹 Situation in South Korea
🔹 Situation in Georgia
🔹 Russian media’s petitions in connection with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s draft report on the safety of journalists
🔹 Italy's duplicity regarding mercenarism
🔹 We Accuse photo exhibition
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#Ukraine
In the pursuit of an illusory victory over Russia, the administration of the outgoing US President, alongside European “hawks” – more akin to “lame ducks”– have gambled on intensifying conflict. They are endeavouring to arm the Kiev regime to the fullest possible extent before the new US President assumes office, thereby seeking to ensure the perpetuation of hostilities into 2025. <...>
The inadequate Ukrainian leader, Zelensky, makes statements every day on the impossibility of any talks with Russia, while NATO Secretary General Rutte says that weapons deliveries are vital for strengthening Kiev’s negotiating position. Do the NATO and other Western leaders ever look out of their windows? Do they know what their predecessors or allies mired in the NATO negativism said two days ago and what statements and decisions they made? They are out of synch.
#Syria
On November 27, militants from the international terrorist organisation Hayat Tahrir al-Sham operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone, alongside other armed groups, including the ones that are part of the Syrian National Army, launched a large-scale offensive in northwestern Syria.
We strongly condemn this attack led by terrorists recognised as such by the UN Security Council. Notably, there are many foreign combatants among them, including those from the former Soviet Union. Clearly, Ukraine was also involved, based on the information we are receiving about cooperation between the Kiev regime’s special services and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, including the transfer of UAVs and sharing the experience of using them. This is not the first or the last region where the Kiev terrorist regime is using its criminal experience. Before that, there were African countries, and now it’s Syria.
#UNESCO #Journalists #DoubleStandards
ВWe continue to receive overwhelming numbers of petitions from the Russian federal and regional media outlets in connection with the controversial 2022-2023 draft report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, which ignores the facts of targeted killings of Russian journalists by the Kiev regime. <...>
This destructive and inordinately biased policy of the UNESCO leadership undermines the credibility of this UN special agency and causes serious harm to its authority, while Ms Azoulay herself is in fact an accessory to the information aggression against Russia, the war on the truth. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov covered these matters when he met with ambassadors from the World Majority countries accredited in Russia. We will not put up with this.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov's schedule
🔹 Kiev regime crimes
🔹 Situation in Syria
🔹 Situation in South Korea
🔹 Situation in Georgia
🔹 Russian media’s petitions in connection with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay’s draft report on the safety of journalists
🔹 Italy's duplicity regarding mercenarism
🔹 We Accuse photo exhibition
📰 Read
📺 Watch
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#Ukraine
In the pursuit of an illusory victory over Russia, the administration of the outgoing US President, alongside European “hawks” – more akin to “lame ducks”– have gambled on intensifying conflict. They are endeavouring to arm the Kiev regime to the fullest possible extent before the new US President assumes office, thereby seeking to ensure the perpetuation of hostilities into 2025. <...>
The inadequate Ukrainian leader, Zelensky, makes statements every day on the impossibility of any talks with Russia, while NATO Secretary General Rutte says that weapons deliveries are vital for strengthening Kiev’s negotiating position. Do the NATO and other Western leaders ever look out of their windows? Do they know what their predecessors or allies mired in the NATO negativism said two days ago and what statements and decisions they made? They are out of synch.
#Syria
On November 27, militants from the international terrorist organisation Hayat Tahrir al-Sham operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone, alongside other armed groups, including the ones that are part of the Syrian National Army, launched a large-scale offensive in northwestern Syria.
We strongly condemn this attack led by terrorists recognised as such by the UN Security Council. Notably, there are many foreign combatants among them, including those from the former Soviet Union. Clearly, Ukraine was also involved, based on the information we are receiving about cooperation between the Kiev regime’s special services and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, including the transfer of UAVs and sharing the experience of using them. This is not the first or the last region where the Kiev terrorist regime is using its criminal experience. Before that, there were African countries, and now it’s Syria.
#UNESCO #Journalists #DoubleStandards
ВWe continue to receive overwhelming numbers of petitions from the Russian federal and regional media outlets in connection with the controversial 2022-2023 draft report by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, which ignores the facts of targeted killings of Russian journalists by the Kiev regime. <...>
This destructive and inordinately biased policy of the UNESCO leadership undermines the credibility of this UN special agency and causes serious harm to its authority, while Ms Azoulay herself is in fact an accessory to the information aggression against Russia, the war on the truth. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov covered these matters when he met with ambassadors from the World Majority countries accredited in Russia. We will not put up with this.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (Moscow, December 6, 2024)
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#RussiaUS
• We would like to have normal relations with all countries especially with the United States. We don't see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate for the sake of the universe.
• The Ukrainians would not be able to do what they're doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the American servicemen. We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia as it were, we are sending signals. <...>
[The US and its allies] must understand that we would be ready to use any means not to allow them to succeed in what they call strategic defeat of Russia. They fight for keeping the hegemony over the world on any country, any region, any continent. We fight for our legitimate security interests.
• We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, we are sending signals. We hope that the last one, a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called #Oreshnik was taken seriously.
• When the United States and other Western countries recognized unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, they said this is the self-determination being implemented. There was no referendum in Kosovo — unilateral declaration of independence. <...> And when a few years later, Crimeans were holding referendum with invitation of many international observers, not from international organizations, but from parliamentarians in Europe, in Asia, in post-Soviet space, they said that they cannot accept this because this is violation of territorial integrity 🤷♂️
The UN Charter is not a menu. You have to respect it in all its entirety 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules
• I think [Donald Trump] is a very strong person. A person who wants results. Who doesn't like procrastination on anything. But this does not mean that he's pro-Russian as some people try to present him. The amount of sanctions we received under the Trump administration was very big.
#Ukraine
• We strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interest of Russia, and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine, who still live in Ukraine being Russians. <...>
No military bases, no military exercises on the Ukrainian soil with participation of foreign troops. <...> We cannot tolerate a deal which would keep the legislation which are prohibiting Russian language, Russian media, Russian culture, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, because it is a violation of the obligations of Ukraine under the UN Charter.
• We are not talking about exterminating anybody's population. We don't have any intention to exterminate Ukrainian people. They are brothers and sisters to the Russian people.
• It is becoming clear that there is a fatigue in some capitals, and there are talks every now and then that the Americans would like to leave [Ukraine] with the Europeans and to concentrate on something more important.
#Syria
• The Americans in the east of Syria groom some Kurdish separatists using the profits from oil and grain sold, the resources which they occupy. <...> The information [on who's backing Islamist groups] which is being floated and it's in the public domain mentions among others the Americans, the Brits. Some people say that Israel is interested in making this situation aggravate. So that Gaza is not under very close scrutiny.
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Key talking points
#RussiaUS
• We would like to have normal relations with all countries especially with the United States. We don't see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate for the sake of the universe.
• The Ukrainians would not be able to do what they're doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the American servicemen. We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia as it were, we are sending signals. <...>
[The US and its allies] must understand that we would be ready to use any means not to allow them to succeed in what they call strategic defeat of Russia. They fight for keeping the hegemony over the world on any country, any region, any continent. We fight for our legitimate security interests.
• We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, we are sending signals. We hope that the last one, a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called #Oreshnik was taken seriously.
• When the United States and other Western countries recognized unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, they said this is the self-determination being implemented. There was no referendum in Kosovo — unilateral declaration of independence. <...> And when a few years later, Crimeans were holding referendum with invitation of many international observers, not from international organizations, but from parliamentarians in Europe, in Asia, in post-Soviet space, they said that they cannot accept this because this is violation of territorial integrity 🤷♂️
The UN Charter is not a menu. You have to respect it in all its entirety 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules
• I think [Donald Trump] is a very strong person. A person who wants results. Who doesn't like procrastination on anything. But this does not mean that he's pro-Russian as some people try to present him. The amount of sanctions we received under the Trump administration was very big.
#Ukraine
• We strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interest of Russia, and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine, who still live in Ukraine being Russians. <...>
No military bases, no military exercises on the Ukrainian soil with participation of foreign troops. <...> We cannot tolerate a deal which would keep the legislation which are prohibiting Russian language, Russian media, Russian culture, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, because it is a violation of the obligations of Ukraine under the UN Charter.
• We are not talking about exterminating anybody's population. We don't have any intention to exterminate Ukrainian people. They are brothers and sisters to the Russian people.
• It is becoming clear that there is a fatigue in some capitals, and there are talks every now and then that the Americans would like to leave [Ukraine] with the Europeans and to concentrate on something more important.
#Syria
• The Americans in the east of Syria groom some Kurdish separatists using the profits from oil and grain sold, the resources which they occupy. <...> The information [on who's backing Islamist groups] which is being floated and it's in the public domain mentions among others the Americans, the Brits. Some people say that Israel is interested in making this situation aggravate. So that Gaza is not under very close scrutiny.
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🎙 Excerpt from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (Moscow, December 5, 2024)
❓ Question: In the last month since the election [in the US], you have all sorts of things going on politically in bordering states in this region. In Georgia, in Belarus, in Romania, and then, of course, most dramatically in Syria, you have turmoil.
Does this seem like part of an effort by the US to make the resolution more difficult?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: There is nothing new, frankly. Because the US, historically, in foreign policy, was motivated by making some trouble and then to see if they can fish in the muddy water.
Iraqi aggression, Libyan adventure — ruining the state, basically. Fleeing from Afghanistan. Now trying to get back through the back door, using the UN to organize some ‘event’ where the US can be present, in spite of the fact that they left Afghanistan in very bad shape and arrested money and don't want to give it back.
❗️ I think this is, if you analyze the American foreign policy steps, adventures, most of them are the right word — the pattern. They create some trouble, and then they see how to use it.
When the OSCE monitors elections, when it used to monitor elections in Russia, they would always be very negative, and in other countries as well, Belarus, Kazakhstan. This time, in Georgia, the monitoring mission of OSCE presented a positive report. And it is being ignored.
🤷♂️ So when you need endorsement of the procedures, you do it when you like the results of the election. If you don't like the results of elections, you ignore it.
It's like when the US and other Western countries recognized unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, they said this is the self-determination being implemented. There was no referendum in Kosovo — unilateral declaration of independence. By the way, after that the Serbs approached International Court of Justice, which ruled that (well, normally they are not very specific in their judgment, but they ruled) that when part of a territory declares independence, it is not necessarily to be agreed with the central authorities.
And when a few years later, Crimeans were holding referendum with invitation of many international observers, not from international organizations, but from parliamentarians in Europe, in Asia, in post-Soviet space, they said, no, we cannot accept this because this is violation of territorial integrity.
☝️ You know, you pick and choose. The UN Charter is not a menu. You have to respect it in all its entirety.
❓ Question: In the last month since the election [in the US], you have all sorts of things going on politically in bordering states in this region. In Georgia, in Belarus, in Romania, and then, of course, most dramatically in Syria, you have turmoil.
Does this seem like part of an effort by the US to make the resolution more difficult?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: There is nothing new, frankly. Because the US, historically, in foreign policy, was motivated by making some trouble and then to see if they can fish in the muddy water.
Iraqi aggression, Libyan adventure — ruining the state, basically. Fleeing from Afghanistan. Now trying to get back through the back door, using the UN to organize some ‘event’ where the US can be present, in spite of the fact that they left Afghanistan in very bad shape and arrested money and don't want to give it back.
❗️ I think this is, if you analyze the American foreign policy steps, adventures, most of them are the right word — the pattern. They create some trouble, and then they see how to use it.
When the OSCE monitors elections, when it used to monitor elections in Russia, they would always be very negative, and in other countries as well, Belarus, Kazakhstan. This time, in Georgia, the monitoring mission of OSCE presented a positive report. And it is being ignored.
🤷♂️ So when you need endorsement of the procedures, you do it when you like the results of the election. If you don't like the results of elections, you ignore it.
It's like when the US and other Western countries recognized unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, they said this is the self-determination being implemented. There was no referendum in Kosovo — unilateral declaration of independence. By the way, after that the Serbs approached International Court of Justice, which ruled that (well, normally they are not very specific in their judgment, but they ruled) that when part of a territory declares independence, it is not necessarily to be agreed with the central authorities.
And when a few years later, Crimeans were holding referendum with invitation of many international observers, not from international organizations, but from parliamentarians in Europe, in Asia, in post-Soviet space, they said, no, we cannot accept this because this is violation of territorial integrity.
☝️ You know, you pick and choose. The UN Charter is not a menu. You have to respect it in all its entirety.
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🎙 Remarks by the Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maxim Musikhin at the oral hearings at the International Court of Justice as part of the process of the Court issuing an advisory opinion at the request of the UN General Assembly on the nature of the obligations of states with regard to climate change
💬 Maxim Musikhin: The issue of climate change represents a critical global challenge that humanity is facing today. This problem impacts all nations to varying degrees. Global challenges require global solutions.
Russia is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, and for over three decades, it has been an active participant in the international “climate” process, being a leader in both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering a universal climate regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
👉 Under the Paris Agreement Russia has approved a Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development up to 2050 with Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In October 2023, a new Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation was adopted, which, in particular, provides for achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 at the latest.
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States’ obligations related to climate change are defined within the specialized treaties of the UNFCCC system.
☝️ When providing its advisory opinion, we respectfully ask the Court to refrain from formulating new international legal norms or new obligations for States. Moreover, we hope the Court’s would be cautious not to undermine or exert any pressure on the ongoing negotiation process under the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.
Key points:
UNFCCC Treaty System
The fundamental position of Russia is that States’ obligations concerning climate change exist exclusively within the framework of the treaty regime under the UNFCCC system. <...>
As the Russian Federation noted in its Written Statement, establishing goals for, and pathways to, achieving NDCs is the prerogative of each individual State. Establishing universal criteria for determining the adequacy of NDC ambitions would contradict this principle.
Human Rights
We emphasize the fundamental differences between international legal regulation in the fields of human rights and climate change.
First, international human rights law is based on the idea of opposition between individual human rights and the government of a respective State. Violations of human rights result in State accountability to the affected individual. This “individual versus government” logic does not apply to climate change.
Second, human rights obligations are territorial in nature.
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
As a major maritime power, the Russian Federation attaches great importance to the proper management of the world’s oceans. Russia is a Party to the UNCLOS, which establishes a comprehensive legal regime governing activities in the oceans.
We do not believe that the 1982 Convention contains specific independent obligations of States concerning climate change.
The Role of Regional Cooperation
The Russian Federation actively engages in this area with regional platforms such as the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS). <...>
Regional cooperation should play a significant role in combating climate change and contribute to States’ fulfillment of their relevant international legal obligations.
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💬 Maxim Musikhin: The issue of climate change represents a critical global challenge that humanity is facing today. This problem impacts all nations to varying degrees. Global challenges require global solutions.
Russia is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, and for over three decades, it has been an active participant in the international “climate” process, being a leader in both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering a universal climate regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
👉 Under the Paris Agreement Russia has approved a Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development up to 2050 with Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In October 2023, a new Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation was adopted, which, in particular, provides for achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 at the latest.
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States’ obligations related to climate change are defined within the specialized treaties of the UNFCCC system.
☝️ When providing its advisory opinion, we respectfully ask the Court to refrain from formulating new international legal norms or new obligations for States. Moreover, we hope the Court’s would be cautious not to undermine or exert any pressure on the ongoing negotiation process under the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.
Key points:
UNFCCC Treaty System
The fundamental position of Russia is that States’ obligations concerning climate change exist exclusively within the framework of the treaty regime under the UNFCCC system. <...>
As the Russian Federation noted in its Written Statement, establishing goals for, and pathways to, achieving NDCs is the prerogative of each individual State. Establishing universal criteria for determining the adequacy of NDC ambitions would contradict this principle.
Human Rights
We emphasize the fundamental differences between international legal regulation in the fields of human rights and climate change.
First, international human rights law is based on the idea of opposition between individual human rights and the government of a respective State. Violations of human rights result in State accountability to the affected individual. This “individual versus government” logic does not apply to climate change.
Second, human rights obligations are territorial in nature.
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
As a major maritime power, the Russian Federation attaches great importance to the proper management of the world’s oceans. Russia is a Party to the UNCLOS, which establishes a comprehensive legal regime governing activities in the oceans.
We do not believe that the 1982 Convention contains specific independent obligations of States concerning climate change.
The Role of Regional Cooperation
The Russian Federation actively engages in this area with regional platforms such as the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS). <...>
Regional cooperation should play a significant role in combating climate change and contribute to States’ fulfillment of their relevant international legal obligations.
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🎙 Excerpt from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (Moscow, December 6, 2024)
❓ Question: This time President Trump was elected on the explicit promise to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. So I mean, he said that in appearance after appearance. So given that, there is hope for a resolution, it sounds like. What are the terms to which you'd agree?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Well, as regards the terms, I basically alluded to them. When President Vladimir Putin spoke in this Ministry of Foreign Affaires on the 14th of June he once again reiterated that we were ready to negotiate on the basis of the principles which were agreed in Istanbul and rejected by Boris Johnson, according to the statement of the head of the Ukrainian delegation.
The key principle is non-block status of Ukraine. And we would be ready to be part of the group of countries who would provide collective security guarantees to Ukraine.
❓ Question: But no NATO?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: No NATO. Absolutely. No military bases, no military exercises on the Ukrainian soil with participation of foreign troops. And this is something which he reiterated. But of course, he said, it was April 2022, now some time has passed, and the realities on the ground would have to be taken into account and accepted.
The realities on the ground are not only the line of contact, but also the changes in the Russian Constitution after referendum was held in Donetsk, Lugansk republics and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. And they are now part of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution. And this is a reality.
And of course, we cannot tolerate a deal which would keep the legislation which are prohibiting Russian language, Russian media, Russian culture, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, because it is a violation of the obligations of Ukraine under the UN Charter, and something must be done about it.
☝️ And the fact that the West (since this russophobic legislative offensive started in 2017) was totally silent and it is silent until now, of course we would have to pay attention to this in a very special way.
❓ Question: This time President Trump was elected on the explicit promise to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. So I mean, he said that in appearance after appearance. So given that, there is hope for a resolution, it sounds like. What are the terms to which you'd agree?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Well, as regards the terms, I basically alluded to them. When President Vladimir Putin spoke in this Ministry of Foreign Affaires on the 14th of June he once again reiterated that we were ready to negotiate on the basis of the principles which were agreed in Istanbul and rejected by Boris Johnson, according to the statement of the head of the Ukrainian delegation.
The key principle is non-block status of Ukraine. And we would be ready to be part of the group of countries who would provide collective security guarantees to Ukraine.
❓ Question: But no NATO?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: No NATO. Absolutely. No military bases, no military exercises on the Ukrainian soil with participation of foreign troops. And this is something which he reiterated. But of course, he said, it was April 2022, now some time has passed, and the realities on the ground would have to be taken into account and accepted.
The realities on the ground are not only the line of contact, but also the changes in the Russian Constitution after referendum was held in Donetsk, Lugansk republics and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. And they are now part of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution. And this is a reality.
And of course, we cannot tolerate a deal which would keep the legislation which are prohibiting Russian language, Russian media, Russian culture, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, because it is a violation of the obligations of Ukraine under the UN Charter, and something must be done about it.
☝️ And the fact that the West (since this russophobic legislative offensive started in 2017) was totally silent and it is silent until now, of course we would have to pay attention to this in a very special way.
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🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the 30th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum
💬 Thirty years ago, on December 5, 1994, the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the Budapest Memorandum, was signed in Budapest.
Against the backdrop of a disinformation campaign launched by the Kiev regime around this anniversary and the legally untenable insinuations about Russia allegedly violating the obligations arising from this document, we would like to call your attention to the following.
☝️ Any such accusations distort the content and meaning of the Memorandum for malevolent purposes and are nothing else, but an element of anti-Russia propaganda.
The Memorandum is not an international treaty and does not create rights or obligations under international law. It does not impose additional legal obligations on signatory states, including Russia, beyond those they already had at the time of signing it.
The Budapest Memorandum was adopted in connection with Ukraine acquiring a nuclear-weapon-free status and, accordingly, its accession to the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon state. This document is a component of a package of political agreements that impose certain obligations on all parties equally. <...>
The United States and a number of EU countries acted quite differently. They blatantly disregarded Ukraine’s sovereignty, unceremoniously interfered in its internal and external affairs, and tried in every possible way to impose a non-alternative Western-oriented future on its people. Contrary to Ukraine’s initially neutral status, they dragged it into bloc confrontation-driven schemes against Russia, cynically playing on the Russophobic and nationalist sentiments entertained by a portion of the population. <...>
The 1994 agreements were also scuttled by Washington and its allies’ destabilising course towards unchecked expansion of NATO and the military and political development of the post-Soviet space to the detriment of Russia’s fundamental security interests. <...>
Over the years, Kiev itself has also failed to honour its commitments under the Budapest agreements. In particular, those commitments, according to a verbatim quote from the above joint statement by the leaders of the four countries, were supposed to “counter the growth of aggressive nationalism and chauvinism.” <...>
👉 Thus, Ukraine’s loss of territorial integrity was the result of internal centrifugal processes stoked by the external destabilising influence of the West, to which neither Russia, nor its obligations under the Budapest Memorandum have the slightest connection.
At the same time, statements by the Kiev regime that not only call into question the viability of the Budapest Memorandum, but can also be construed as an outright bid to revise Ukraine’s nuclear-weapon-free status cannot but cause concern. <...>
❗️ For our country, the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the Kiev regime is outright unacceptable.
⚠️ In view of the bellicose statements and extremely hostile anti-Russia actions of Western countries, which continue to fuel the confrontation stoked by them in the context of the Ukraine crisis, we are compelled to warn of the risks of a direct military clash between nuclear powers and, accordingly, of its potentially dire consequences, and to send concrete sobering signals in support of such warnings.
Russia is not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons, and any claims to the contrary are nothing more than deliberate anti-Russia lies.
We take nuclear deterrence policy with the utmost seriousness and responsibility. As Russia’s doctrinal guidelines evolve, they retain a purely defensive orientation and continue to outline quite strictly the extreme circumstances, in which Russia reserves the right to defend itself using nuclear weapons. <...>
This is not the language of threats, but the classical logic of deterrence.
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💬 Thirty years ago, on December 5, 1994, the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the Budapest Memorandum, was signed in Budapest.
Against the backdrop of a disinformation campaign launched by the Kiev regime around this anniversary and the legally untenable insinuations about Russia allegedly violating the obligations arising from this document, we would like to call your attention to the following.
☝️ Any such accusations distort the content and meaning of the Memorandum for malevolent purposes and are nothing else, but an element of anti-Russia propaganda.
The Memorandum is not an international treaty and does not create rights or obligations under international law. It does not impose additional legal obligations on signatory states, including Russia, beyond those they already had at the time of signing it.
The Budapest Memorandum was adopted in connection with Ukraine acquiring a nuclear-weapon-free status and, accordingly, its accession to the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon state. This document is a component of a package of political agreements that impose certain obligations on all parties equally. <...>
The United States and a number of EU countries acted quite differently. They blatantly disregarded Ukraine’s sovereignty, unceremoniously interfered in its internal and external affairs, and tried in every possible way to impose a non-alternative Western-oriented future on its people. Contrary to Ukraine’s initially neutral status, they dragged it into bloc confrontation-driven schemes against Russia, cynically playing on the Russophobic and nationalist sentiments entertained by a portion of the population. <...>
The 1994 agreements were also scuttled by Washington and its allies’ destabilising course towards unchecked expansion of NATO and the military and political development of the post-Soviet space to the detriment of Russia’s fundamental security interests. <...>
Over the years, Kiev itself has also failed to honour its commitments under the Budapest agreements. In particular, those commitments, according to a verbatim quote from the above joint statement by the leaders of the four countries, were supposed to “counter the growth of aggressive nationalism and chauvinism.” <...>
👉 Thus, Ukraine’s loss of territorial integrity was the result of internal centrifugal processes stoked by the external destabilising influence of the West, to which neither Russia, nor its obligations under the Budapest Memorandum have the slightest connection.
At the same time, statements by the Kiev regime that not only call into question the viability of the Budapest Memorandum, but can also be construed as an outright bid to revise Ukraine’s nuclear-weapon-free status cannot but cause concern. <...>
❗️ For our country, the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the Kiev regime is outright unacceptable.
⚠️ In view of the bellicose statements and extremely hostile anti-Russia actions of Western countries, which continue to fuel the confrontation stoked by them in the context of the Ukraine crisis, we are compelled to warn of the risks of a direct military clash between nuclear powers and, accordingly, of its potentially dire consequences, and to send concrete sobering signals in support of such warnings.
Russia is not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons, and any claims to the contrary are nothing more than deliberate anti-Russia lies.
We take nuclear deterrence policy with the utmost seriousness and responsibility. As Russia’s doctrinal guidelines evolve, they retain a purely defensive orientation and continue to outline quite strictly the extreme circumstances, in which Russia reserves the right to defend itself using nuclear weapons. <...>
This is not the language of threats, but the classical logic of deterrence.
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🎙 Address by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the #UnionState (December 6, 2024)
💬 #RussiaBelarus relations of alliance and strategic partnership are based on the unshakeable principles of friendship and neighbourliness, mutual respect and regard for each other’s interests. <...>
Trade and investment exchanges are actively developing within the framework of the Union State, multifaceted business contacts and cooperation ties are growing stronger, and conditions are being created for stable and sustainable growth of our countries’ economies. In a word, practical integration is bringing real tangible benefits to the citizens of our countries, enhancing the quality of their lives and well-being. <...>
Russia accounts for over half of foreign trade of Belarus. At the same time, Belarus is the fourth largest trade partner of Russia; its share stands at nearly 9 percent. <...>
Russia has invested over $4 billion in the Belarusian economy. There are about 2,500 companies with Russian capital operating in the republic. Our energy cooperation is growing stronger, and we continue to create joint oil and gas markets. <...>
📈 Bilateral cooperation in manufacturing has been growing in scale with a focus on import substitution and increasing the share of high value-added products, which is crucial today, and is set to play an even bigger role in the future. <...>
Humanitarian cooperation has been gaining traction within the Union State too, with efforts to promote proactive exchanges in education, culture, sports and youth affairs. <...>
Faced with unprecedented external pressure, Russia and Belarus have joined ranks on the international stage and have been unwavering in their commitment to supporting each other as true allies. We share coinciding or convergent approaches, as diplomats say, to the most urgent global and regional matters. <...>
Russia and Belarus have been stepping up their cooperation in defence and security, as the President of Belarus has already said, as well as in military technology. Of course, this meets the fundamental interests of our two countries and their people. <...>
❗️The situation in the European region, in particular, in Ukraine, is definitely a cause of particular concern. The Western countries are deliberately exacerbating tensions in the region. In fact, their actions have led to today’s tragedy and continue to aggravate the crisis. Such irresponsible policies are pushing the world to the brink of a global conflict.
We know that Belarus, the President of Belarus, supports a policy aimed at a peaceful settlement of this crisis. We are continuously discussing the matter <...>.
👉 In this context, it makes perfect sense for us to sign an interstate treaty on security guarantees within the Union State today. The document defines our mutual allied obligations to use all available forces and capabilities to ensure both countries’ defences, and protect their sovereignty, independence and constitutional order, as well as the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external border of the Union State.
This includes Russian tactical nuclear weapons, previously deployed on the territory of the Republic of Belarus at the suggestion of the President of Belarus.
☝️ Let me remind you that the November 19 Executive Order Approving the Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence clearly indicates the possibility of using those weapons for defensive purposes in response to a possible attack with the use of weapons of mass destruction, or to repel aggression with the use of conventional weapons, which poses a critical threat to Russia’s sovereignty or territorial integrity.
🏅 #Victory80: Next year, we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is important that both Russia and Belarus remember and revere the heroism of our fathers and grandfathers who fought shoulder to shoulder against Nazism.
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#RussiaBelarus25
💬 #RussiaBelarus relations of alliance and strategic partnership are based on the unshakeable principles of friendship and neighbourliness, mutual respect and regard for each other’s interests. <...>
Trade and investment exchanges are actively developing within the framework of the Union State, multifaceted business contacts and cooperation ties are growing stronger, and conditions are being created for stable and sustainable growth of our countries’ economies. In a word, practical integration is bringing real tangible benefits to the citizens of our countries, enhancing the quality of their lives and well-being. <...>
Russia accounts for over half of foreign trade of Belarus. At the same time, Belarus is the fourth largest trade partner of Russia; its share stands at nearly 9 percent. <...>
Russia has invested over $4 billion in the Belarusian economy. There are about 2,500 companies with Russian capital operating in the republic. Our energy cooperation is growing stronger, and we continue to create joint oil and gas markets. <...>
📈 Bilateral cooperation in manufacturing has been growing in scale with a focus on import substitution and increasing the share of high value-added products, which is crucial today, and is set to play an even bigger role in the future. <...>
Humanitarian cooperation has been gaining traction within the Union State too, with efforts to promote proactive exchanges in education, culture, sports and youth affairs. <...>
Faced with unprecedented external pressure, Russia and Belarus have joined ranks on the international stage and have been unwavering in their commitment to supporting each other as true allies. We share coinciding or convergent approaches, as diplomats say, to the most urgent global and regional matters. <...>
Russia and Belarus have been stepping up their cooperation in defence and security, as the President of Belarus has already said, as well as in military technology. Of course, this meets the fundamental interests of our two countries and their people. <...>
❗️The situation in the European region, in particular, in Ukraine, is definitely a cause of particular concern. The Western countries are deliberately exacerbating tensions in the region. In fact, their actions have led to today’s tragedy and continue to aggravate the crisis. Such irresponsible policies are pushing the world to the brink of a global conflict.
We know that Belarus, the President of Belarus, supports a policy aimed at a peaceful settlement of this crisis. We are continuously discussing the matter <...>.
👉 In this context, it makes perfect sense for us to sign an interstate treaty on security guarantees within the Union State today. The document defines our mutual allied obligations to use all available forces and capabilities to ensure both countries’ defences, and protect their sovereignty, independence and constitutional order, as well as the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external border of the Union State.
This includes Russian tactical nuclear weapons, previously deployed on the territory of the Republic of Belarus at the suggestion of the President of Belarus.
☝️ Let me remind you that the November 19 Executive Order Approving the Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence clearly indicates the possibility of using those weapons for defensive purposes in response to a possible attack with the use of weapons of mass destruction, or to repel aggression with the use of conventional weapons, which poses a critical threat to Russia’s sovereignty or territorial integrity.
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#RussiaBelarus25
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