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#Outcomes2024

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a news conference on the outcomes of Russian diplomacy in 2024 (January 14, 2025)

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💬 FM Sergey #Lavrov: We are living in a historical era or confrontation between those who uphold the fundamental principles of international law <...> which have been formulated, set out and put forth in the most important international document – the UN Charter – and those who are not satisfied with that document, who decided <...> that they could not live in accordance with the wishes of the “political West”, <...> those who oppose multipolarity.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has repeatedly explained the true root causes of the special military operation in Ukraine. We had to begin to repel an attack, a war waged against us by the collective West with the main goal of suppressing competition when Russia re-emerged as its strong rival on the international arena.

Their main goal was to weaken our country geopolitically, creating direct military threats to us right on our borders, on Russia’s native territories, <...> in an attempt to slash our strategic potential and devalue it as much as possible.

The second reason also has to do with the history of the region, only it was more about the people who have lived on that land for centuries. <...> These people were labelled ‘terrorists’ by the current Ukrainian regime, which came to power through a coup d'etat. And when they refused to accept it, that regime launched an all-out offensive against all things Russian. <...>

There has been a revival in efforts to oppose the Western diktat, with emerging economies and new centres of financial power in China, India, ASEAN, the Arab world, and CELAC. This group also includes a resurgent Russia together with its allies from the EAEU, the CIS, and CSTO. This also includes the SCO and #BRICS.

The United States does not want to have any competitors anywhere, starting with the energy sector. <...> The United States and its allies have placed sanctions policies at the core of what they do on the international stage, including regarding Russia. This demonstrates their refusal to engage in fair economic competition and their commitment to using unfair, aggressive practices for suppressing their opponents.

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#CollectiveWest

The West is intoxicated by its perceived “greatness,” its impunity, and its self-endowed authority to dictate the destinies of peoples worldwide. This reflects arrogance and a disdainful attitude towards the rest of the world. It is yet another brazen assertion that when we speak of “democracy,” it signifies merely one thing – “we do as we please.” <...> It is sheer hypocrisy, dictatorial behaviour, disrespect for the populace.

#UN

UN Security Council reform is needed. Not all countries that bear special responsibility in the global economy, finance, politics, and military affairs are represented in the UN Security Council. It has been pointed out repeatedly that countries such as India and Brazil have long earned permanent Security Council membership on all counts, as has Africa.

#RussiaChina

Russia-China partnership is among the key factors stabilising modern international life and the ongoing processes that are used, among other things, to escalate confrontation and hostility in international affairs, which is what our neighbours from NATO engage in under US guidance.

#USA #Ukraine

As soon as Donald Trump assumes the presidency and articulates his final stance on Ukrainian matters, we will examine it. <...> The increasing reference to the realities “on the ground” is a development likely to be welcomed.

#RussiaSerbia

Our relations with Serbia are grounded solely in the interests of the Serbian and Russian peoples, as well as our respective states. Our interests align on the vast majority of issues. These relations are rich with specific agreements and projects, including those in the energy sector, approved by our heads of state, governments, and companies.
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🇷🇺🇳🇴 Ответ Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова информагентству «ТАСС» (16 января 2025 г.)

Не могли бы вы прокомментировать планы НАТО разместить в Норвегии Центр управления воздушными операциями альянса, а также изложить позицию относительно недавно обозначенной министром обороны страны установки к началу 2030-х годов выйти на показатель военного финансирования в 3% от ВВП и требований Д.Трампа довести его до 5%?

💬 Н.В.Корчунов:
Прежде всего, стоит заметить, что укрепление Североатлантического альянса в Арктике несет в себе риски дальнейшего повышения напряженности и конфликтности в регионе. Иными словами, чем больше НАТО в Арктике, тем меньше там безопасностиосновные проблемы арктического региона лежат в невоенной плоскости.
В отношении планов наращивания своих военных потенциалов до 3% от ВВП с нами норвежская сторона не консультировалась. Но этот заявленный целевой показатель Норвегии явно не дотягивает до уровня, обозначенного избранным президентом США. Вскоре мы увидим, какое в Белом доме будет отношение к странам, не дотягивающим до вашингтонского «норматива». С другой стороны, в Арктике основное внимание Вашингтона сейчас сконцентрировано явно не на Норвегии и не на ее арктических территориях.

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🇷🇺🇳🇴 Kommentar fra Russlands ambassadør i Norge Nikolay Korchunov til TASS (16. januar 2025)

Kan dere kommentere NATOs planer om å utplassere alliansens Combined Air Operations Centre i Norge, samt si noe om det nylig uttalte målet fra landets forsvarsminister om å bruke tre prosent av bruttonasjonalprodukt til forsvar allerede tidlig på 2030-tallet, mens Donald Trumps krav er å øke den til 5 %?

💬 Nikolay Korchunov:
Først og fremst er det verdt å merke seg at styrkingen av NATO i Arktis innebærer en risiko for ytterligere økning av spenninger og konflikter i regionen. Med andre ord, jo mer NATO er det i Arktis, desto mindre sikkerhet er det der - hovedproblemene i den arktiske regionen ligger på det ikke-militære planet.
Fra norsk side har vi ikke blitt konsultert om planene om å bygge opp den militære kapasiteten til 3 prosent av BNP. Men dette erklærte norske målet ligger klart under det nivået som USAs påtroppende president har skissert. Vi får snart se hvordan Det hvite hus vil behandle land som ikke når opp til Washingtons «standard». På den annen side er Washingtons hovedfokus i Arktis nå tydeligvis ikke på Norge og ikke på dets arktiske territorier.

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🎙️Комментарий Посла России в Норвегии Н.В.Корчунова норвежской газете «Верденс Ганг» (16 января 2025 г.)

Не могли бы вы прокомментировать недавние высказывания представителей Государственной Думы Российской Федерации в отношении архипелага Шпицберген?

💬 Н.В.Корчунов: В Российской Федерации высказываются разные мнения, предложения по вопросам внешней политики и политики безопасности, в том числе и парламентариями, подчас противоречащие друг другу, но решающее значение всегда имеет позиция Президента, изложенная в утвержденных им документах по Арктике, в т.ч. Основах госполитики Российской Федерации в Арктике на период до 2035 г. и Стратегии развития Арктической зоны Российской Федерации до 2035 г., где говорится о необходимости сохранения Арктики как территории мира, взаимовыгодном сотрудничестве с арктическими государствами на основе международного права, в т.ч. и на Шпицбергене – на условиях равноправного взаимовыгодного сотрудничества с Норвегией. Создание военных баз на территории других государств региона указанные документы, имеющие прямое действие для всех органов власти, включая Министерство обороны, не предусматривают.

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🎙️Kommentar fra Russlands Ambassadør til Norge Nikolay Korchunov til VG (16. januar 2025)

Kan du kommentere de nylige uttalelsene fra den russiske Statsdumaen om Svalbard?

💬 Nikolay Korchunov: Det uttrykkes ulike meninger og forslag om utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske spørsmål i Russland, også fra parlamentarikere, som noen ganger motsier hverandre, men den avgjørende betydning har alltid presidentens holdning, slik den fremkommer i de dokumenter om Arktis som presidenten har godkjent, blant annet Grunnlagene for Den Russiske Føderasjonens statspolitikk i Arktis frem til 2035 og Strategien for utvikling av Den Russiske Føderasjonens arktiske sonen frem til 2035, som omtaler behovet for å bevare Arktis som et fredens territorium, gjensidig fordelaktig samarbeid med arktiske stater på folkerettslig grunnlag, også på Spitsbergen – på likeverdige og gjensidig fordelaktige samarbeidsvilkår med Norge. Disse dokumentene, som gjelder direkte for alle myndigheter, inkludert Forsvarsdepartementet, forutsetter ikke etablering av militære baser på territoriet til andre stater i regionen.

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🎙 Ответ официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой на вопрос СМИ в связи с юбилеем Организации Объединённых Наций

Вопрос: В этом году мы будем отмечать 80-летие ООН, Устав которой вступил в силу 29 октября 1945 года после сдачи Советским Союзом на хранение правительству США своей ратификационной грамоты. Как Вы можете оценить роль Всемирной организации в обеспечении интересов безопасности России в послевоенный период?

💬 М.В.Захарова: Создание Организации Объединённых Наций стало плодом великой Победы во Второй мировой войне, которая была добыта ценой беспримерного подвига советских солдат и миллионов жизней граждан СССР, а также других государств, входивших в антигитлеровскую коалицию.

Советский Союз, продолжателем которого является Россия, стоял у истоков ООН. Именно в Москве осенью 1943 года союзники во Второй мировой войне — представители СССР, Великобритании и США — пришли к согласию о необходимости учреждения международной организации, которая уберегла бы будущие поколения от еще одного глобального конфликта. В дальнейшем при ведущей роли советской стороны, данная идея совершенствовалась и в итоге была претворена в жизнь в ходе Сан-Францисской конференции 1945 года.

🇺🇳 #ООН стала ядром новой Ялтинско-Потсдамской системы международных отношений. В Уставе Организации были зафиксированы основополагающие международно-правовые нормы, сформировавшие кодекс поведения государств на мировой арене. В первую очередь, речь идёт о суверенном равенстве государств, праве народов на самоопределение и невмешательстве во внутренние дела.

Нельзя не упомянуть и постулат о территориальной целостности, но с принципиальной оговоркой: в соответствии с единодушно принятой Декларацией о принципах международного права от 1970 года, он касается лишь тех государств, чьи правительства представляют весь свой народ без дискриминации по какому-либо признаку.

В лице ООН мировое сообщество получило уникальную по своей легитимности и представительности переговорную площадку. Была заложена прочная институциональная основа для налаживания равноправного многостороннего сотрудничества в интересах решения широкого круга проблем, связанных с поддержанием мира и безопасности, обеспечением поступательного социально-экономического развития и продвижением прав человека.

На протяжении своей истории ООН пережила немало сложных этапов. Серьёзнейшим испытанием на прочность для неё стала холодная война, которая не раз ставила человечество на грань ядерного апокалипсиса и создавала существенные препятствия для коллективного поиска ответов на глобальные угрозы.

Скоротечный «однополярный момент» в международных отношениях также негативно сказался на позициях ООН: возомнившие себя победителями в холодной войне США и их сателлиты пустились в различные противоправные авантюры, зачастую попросту игнорируя Организацию и её Устав.

❗️ В настоящее время ооноцентричная система вновь погрузилась в кризис. Организацию зачастую обвиняют в излишнем бюрократизме, неповоротливости, дублировании усилий, нерациональном использовании средств и т.д. Однако корни пошатнувшегося авторитета и недостаточной эффективности ООН следует, прежде всего, искать не в каких-то «врожденных пороках», а в деструктивной линии «коллективного Запада», подрывающего Организацию изнутри.

На таком фоне очевидно, что полностью восстановить авторитет и престиж ООН можно будет лишь в том случае, если западники откажутся от необоснованных притязаний на собственную исключительность и продемонстрируют готовность к равноправному международному сотрудничеству на основе баланса интересов. Продвинуться к достижению высоких целей, провозглашенных в Уставе ООН, и нахождению эффективных решений глобальных проблем современности можно лишь через сопряжение усилий всех государств-членов.

☝️ Сегодня альтернатив ООН по-прежнему нет. В соответствии с Концепцией внешней политики Россия уделяет её деятельности первостепенное внимание, в том числе в вопросах обеспечения национальной безопасности. <...>

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🗓 On January 18, 1943, the Red Army broke the siege of Leningrad during Operation "Iskra" (Spark).

▪️The siege of the city lasted 872 days. For most of that time, communication with #Leningrad was maintained only by air and through the only transportation road, the Road of Life, running on the ice across Lake Ladoga.

Soviet forces repeatedly tried to break the siege. They managed to succeed on January 18, 1943 during Operation "Iskra" carried out by the Leningrad and the Volkhov Fronts with air support from the Baltic Fleet of the #USSR's Navy.

To liberate the besieged city, it was decided to deliver a major blow near Shlisselburg, in the most vulnerable area of the German defences adjacent to Lake Ladoga. That area was best suited for two rapid offensives — from the west (inside the siege ring) and from the east.

⚔️ On January 18, during fierce fighting, the Red Army broke through the encirclement. A narrow 11 km-wide corridor was created on the southern shore of Lake Ladoga to deliver supplies to Leningrad and evacuate its residents.

After 16 months of heroic struggle against Hitler’s invaders, the USSR’s second most important city regained connection by land with the rest of the country. Three weeks after the breakthrough, a railroad was laid and the first trains with food and ammunition were sent to Leningrad.

☝️ The breakthrough of the siege of Leningrad became a turning point in the battle for the Northern Capital. Hitler's plans to overwhelm Leningrad by an assault were finally ruined. After the conclusion of the Operation "Iskra", the Red Army seized the initiative in battle for the city. The threat of Wehrmacht and Finland joining their forces under Leningrad was removed.

On the occasion of breaking the siege the city, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a special letter on behalf of all Americans to Leningrad residents. It read, in part:

✍️ “In the name of the people of the United States of America, I present this scroll to the City of Leningrad as a memorial to its gallant soldiers and its loyal men, women and children who, isolated from the rest of their nation by the invader and despite constant bombardment and untold sufferings from cold, hunger and sickness, successfully defended their beloved city throughout the critical period from September 8, 1941 to January 18, 1943, and thus symbolized the undaunted spirit of the peoples of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of all the nations of the world resisting forces of aggression.”

During Operation "Iskra", the enemy was pushed back from the southern shore of Lake Ladoga by 10-12 kilometers. That victory was achieved at a high cost. The 67th and 13th Air Armies of the Leningrad Front sustained casualties of 41'000 servicemen with 12'300 perished; the Volkhov Front’s casualties amounted to 73'800 with 21'600 who fell in that battle.

🎖 Around 19'000 soldiers and officers of the Leningrad and the Volkhov Fronts and the Red-Banner Baltic Fleet were awarded orders and medals; the noscript of the Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred on 25 individuals.

On January 18, 2018, the 'Proryv [Breakthrough] Panorama Museum' was opened at the site where the forces of the Leningrad Front crossed the Neva river. It features a detailed picture of dramatic events of January 13, 1943 — the second day of Operation "Iskra".

#WeRemember #Victory80
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks, via videoconference, at a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council (January 20, 2025)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Indeed, since yesterday, the global media and social networks have been flooded with news from Washington, coinciding with the arrival of Trump and his team in the capital for today’s inauguration, set to take place at 8:00 pm Moscow Time. While the details are widely reported, speculation, analytical assessments, and forecasts are also intensifying regarding how this event may influence various conflicts across different regions of the world.

There are numerous conflicts, including those in the Middle East, where the situation remains fragile. Despite the signing of an agreement between Israel and Hamas, there are no convincing signs of lasting stability. On the one side, warnings are voiced that Israel is violating the agreements, while Israel accuses Hamas of not fully adhering to the commitments they made.

Of course, the Palestine problem beyond the Gaza Strip does not go anywhere. We can recall that Donald Trump, during his first term, promoted a concept that was totally different from the Arab Peace Initiative and implied that relations between Israel and all Arabs be normalised…

❗️ Yemen, Libya, and, of course, Syria after the events that took place a month ago, all this makes the Middle East and the Near East a very troubled region. Let us not forget Afghanistan, where the Americans are also trying to restore their presence to some extent, using neighbouring countries for this and thinking about returning their military infrastructure there.

I am saying all this in terms of the policies carried out by the previous administration. So, of course, everyone is trying to guess what official approaches the Trump administration will promote. Unofficially, members of his team and he, himself, have repeatedly spoken out about the Middle East and the Ukraine crisis, which Trump considers a priority area of his foreign policy activity with an eye to resolving it, making it clear that they understand the Russian position in some of its aspects: for example, regarding the unacceptability of Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance.

However, let me repeat that all of these are preliminary statements, more like “test runs,” made on the eve of the new President’s official inauguration and the approval of members of his administration.

This is why a lot depends on the United States, first of all, because the Europeans and US Asian allies, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand are completely guided by the position of the White House, and in this sense, they are waiting to see what its final position will be. Of course, developing countries are waiting, too – countries in the regions where the United States can play a positive role or carry on the previous administration’s course to maintain conflict potential in the hope of benefitting from the ongoing crises. At least, this was the United States’ course for many years under various administrations.

Therefore, guessing is a thankless job.

We are open to contacts.

We have repeatedly confirmed this in response to relevant questions, with the understanding that we will have serious proposals from those of our colleagues who once suspended, or even broke off, relations with the Russian Federation.
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🗓 On January 20, Crimea celebrates Republic Day. The holiday commemorates the referendum of 1991, when the absolute majority of Crimean residents voted to re-establish the Crimean Autonomous Republic.

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Crimea in history of Russia

Interesting facts:

🔸 Crimea has had a close connection with Russia for centuries. As far as in 988–989, Grand Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich converted to Christianity in the then Tauric Chersonese. Centuries later, on April 19, 1783, Empress Catherine the Great signed a manifesto on the accession of Crimea to the Russian Empire.

🔸 The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (CASSR) was originally established as part of the RSFSR in 1921. In 1945 it became the Crimean Region. In 1954, Crimea was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR; First Secretary of the CPSU’s Crimean Regional Committee, Pavel Titov, opposed the move and was relieved of his post.

🔸 The sovereignty referendum, which was held on January 20, 1991 to decide on re-establishing the CASSR, was the first plebiscite in the Soviet Union’s history. Voters were asked whether they supported re-establishing the CASSR as an entity of the USSR and a participant in the Union Treaty. A total of 93% of residents voted for autonomy. In the same year, a law was passed to re-establish the CASSR.

🔸 The 1991 Crimean referendum was the first attempt to determine the future of Crimea based on the will of its residents. To a large extent, this plebiscite served as the starting point for the peninsula’s reunification with Russia in 2014.

🔸 Republic Day was established in 2009. In 2014, after Crimea’s reunification with Russia, the holiday was included in the regional law on holidays.

🔸 On March 18, 2014, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the top officials from Crimea and Sevastopol signed the Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia in full accordance with the results of the referendum held on March 16, 2014, where 96% of Crimean voted FOR the peninsula’s reunification with Russia.

Ever since #CrimeaIsRussia once again and forever will be henceforth.
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Краткие тезисы:

• Возрастающее значение арктического региона в мировой политике предопределено рядом факторов, основными среди которых являются изменение климата, открывающее Арктику для экономической деятельности и судоходства, и наличие значительных минерально-сырьевых запасов, в т.ч. критически важных минералов, востребованных в контексте глобального энергоперехода.

• В Арктике пересекаются интересы не только арктических государств, но также и интересы стран Европейского континента, Азии, Ближнего Востока и Латинской Америки. Все активнее в Арктике ведет себя ЕС, который стремится навязать свои правила игры в регионе. Пытается усилить свои позиции НАТО, подстегивая военную напряженность и конфликтность в высоких широтах.

• Обострившиеся в последнее время в Арктике противоречия между арктическими странами, к сожалению, в значительной степени являются следствием утраты политического веса и влияния Арктического совета, деятельность которого свелась сугубо к технической работе. Сохраняющиеся противоречия сдерживают его работу и не укрепляют атмосферу сотрудничества.

• Не можем не отметить возникновение тенденции усиления правовой неопределенности, попытки односторонних действий в ущерб многосторонним процедурам. Не могут не беспокоить попытки подмены международного права порядком, основанным на правилах.

• Применение санкций против России другими арктическими странами рассматриваем как грубое нарушение международного права, крайнее проявление гибридной войны, которая ведется против Российской Федерации в том числе и в Арктическом регионе, а также как фактический отказ этой группы стран от добросовестного выполнения Стратегического плана Арктического совета до 2030 г., утвержденного министрами иностранных дел в Рейкьявике в 2021 г.

Изменение юрисдикции Гренландии может внести правовую неопределенность, которой хотелось бы избежать. Элементы уже отработанной гибридной войны против России используются Вашингтоном против Копенгагена, не желающего расставаться со своим колониальным прошлым в виде острова Гренландия. У нас это, конечно, не может не вызывать озабоченности.

• Мало, к сожалению, сейчас говорится о роли и интересах коренных народов Арктики, в том числе и народа Гренландии – инуитов. Это один из самых крупных северных народов, представители которого в т.ч. проживают в России. Важно не допустить того, чтобы коренные народы были разменной монетой в геополитических спорах.

• Попытки распространения квази-санкционного режима на архипелаг Шпицберген и организации, там работающие, не могут не противоречить не только международному праву, но и духу и целям Договора о Шпицбергене 1920 г., в котором его участники согласились доверить Норвегии управление архипелагом.

• Исходим из того, что норвежская сторона будет осуществлять управление Шпицбергеном на основе принципов добропорядочности, уважения и учета интересов других стран-участниц договора. Перспективы российской хозяйственной и научной деятельности в значительной степени зависят от тех условий, которые формируются принимающей – в данном случае норвежской – стороной.

📍Осло, 18 января 2025 г.
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🎙️ Fra intervjuet med Russlands Ambassadør til Norge Nikolay Korchunov til programmet «Insight» på TV-kanalen «RBC TV»

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Korte teser:

• Den arktiske regionens økende betydning i verdenspolitikken er forårsaket av en rekke faktorer, der de viktigste er klimaendringene, som åpner Arktis for økonomisk aktivitet og skipsfart, og tilstedeværelsen av betydelige mineralressurser, inkludert kritiske mineraler som det er etterspørsel etter i forbindelse med den globale energiomstillingen.

• Ikke bare de arktiske statenes interesser, men også interessene til stater i Europa, Asia, Midtøsten og Latin-Amerika overlapper hverandre i Arktis. EU blir stadig mer aktiv i Arktis og forsøker å innføre sine egne spilleregler i regionen. NATO forsøker å styrke sine posisjoner, noe som bidrar til militær spenning og konflikt i nordområdene.

• Dessverre er motsetningene mellom de arktiske landene, som i det siste har blitt mer akutte i Arktis, i stor grad et resultat av at Arktisk råd har mistet politisk tyngde og innflytelse, og at rådets aktiviteter har blitt redusert til rent teknisk arbeid. De vedvarende motsetningene hemmer rådets arbeid og bidrar ikke til å styrke samarbeidsklimaet.

• Vi kan ikke unngå å legge merke til at det er en tendens til økende rettsusikkerhet og forsøk på ensidige tiltak på bekostning av multilaterale prosedyrer. Vi kan ikke annet enn å være bekymret over forsøkene på å erstatte folkeretten med en såkalt "regelbasert orden".

• Vi anser andre arktiske lands bruk av sanksjoner mot Russland som et grovt brudd på folkeretten, et ekstremt utslag av hybridkrigen som føres mot Den Russiske Føderasjon, også i den arktiske regionen, og også som et de facto avslag fra denne gruppen av land på å oppfylle i god tro Arktisk råds strategiske plan fram mot 2030, som ble godkjent av utenriksministrene i Reykjavik i 2021.

• En endring i Grønlands jurisdiksjon kan føre til en rettslig usikkerhet som man helst vil unngå. Elementer av den allerede praktiserte hybridkrigføringen mot Russland brukes av Washington mot København, som ikke ønsker å kvitte seg med sin koloniale fortid i form av Grønland. Dette kan selvfølgelig ikke annet enn å bekymre oss.

• Dessverre snakkes det lite om rollen og interessene til urbefolkningene i Arktis, inkludert inuittene på Grønland. Dette er et av de største nordlige folkene, som blant annet er representert i Russland. Det er viktig å ikke la urfolk bli et forhandlingskort i geopolitiske tvister.

• Forsøk på å utvide det sanksjonslignende regimet til også å omfatte Spitsbergen og organisasjonene som arbeider der, er ikke bare i strid med folkeretten, men også med ånden og målsettingen i Spitsbergen-traktaten fra 1920, der partene ble enige om å overlate forvaltningen av øygruppen til Norge.

• Vi går ut fra at man fra norsk side vil forvalte Spitsbergen på grunnlag av prinsippene om god orden, respekt og hensyn til de andre traktatlandenes interesser. Utsiktene for russisk økonomisk og vitenskapelig aktivitet avhenger i stor grad av de betingelsene som skapes av vertsparten - i dette tilfellet Norge.

📍Oslo, 18. januar 2025.
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Итоги заседания Совета Евразийской экономической комиссии

Совет ЕЭК одобрил формирование совместной исследовательской группы для изучения целесообразности соглашения о свободной торговле с Тунисом
Утверждён план мероприятий по оценке научно-технического уровня вступивших в силу техрегламентов ЕАЭС и перечней стандартов к ним

Дополнены Правила проведения исследований биологических лекарственных средств
Внесены изменения в Правила регистрации и экспертизы лекарств
В ЕАЭС одобрены общие подходы по взаимодействию интеллектуальных транспортных систем
Совет ЕЭК утвердил порядок сбора, обобщения и предоставления информации об опасной продукции и ее размещения в информсистеме Союза
Совет ЕЭК одобрил первые две заявки на субсидирование в рамках механизма финансирования промкооперации
Совет ЕЭК утвердил индикативные балансы на 2025 год по отдельным сельскохозяйственным товарам

#ЕЭК #ЕАЭС
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🎙 Statement of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva Ambassador Gennady Gatilov at the plenary meeting of the Conferenсe on Disarmament (Geneva, 23 January 2025)

Key talking points:

• In 2024, the situation in the sphere of international security continued to deteriorate due to the irresponsible actions of the West, led bу the United States, which are trying to preserve at any cost their former dominance and hegemony in the world. They are trying to reverse the natural course of history towards the establishment of а more equitable polycentric world order based on the principles of sovereign equality of States and the indivisibility of security enshrined in the international law.

• Contrary to its obligations under the #NPT, Washington has continued to strengthen its advanced-based nuclear weapons capabilities in Europe while carrying out deep modernization of warheads and their means of delivery as well as preparations for the re-entry of the base for deployment of its strategic arsenal in the UK. It also brought into operation а modern NATO missile defense system in Poland - the country which is now talking about plans to host American nuclear weapons.

• In Asia the situation is no better. It is noteworthy that since recently the North Atlantic Alliance has declared the entire Eurasian continent as its zone of interest. The waters of the South China Sea and East China Sea are already included in NATO’s “agenda”. Cooperation is increasing within the framework of so-called AUКUS partnership, which is turning into а nuclear alliance.

• The recent steps taken bу the so-called "collective West" in the situation in and around Ukraine are of particular concern. It's not an exaggeration to say that bу its reckless actions, including missile strikes against strategic and environmentally dangerous facilities on the territory of our country, aimed at further inflaming the conflict and provoking Russia to escalate it in response, the West, represented bу the States sponsoring the Kiev regime, has actually brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

• The US, UК and France bear particular responsibility for that, as their leaders committed themselves to avoid any military confrontation between the nuclear powers bу signing the Statement of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council on January 3, 2022.

• We reaffirm our country's unwavering commitment to its obligations under Article VI of the Тrеаtу on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which places the goal of achieving а world without nuclear weapons in the context of general and complete disarmament. We believe that the nuclear disarmament should bе carried out step-by-step, on the basis of a consensus.

• In order to prevent extremely dangerous developments, back in June 2024, President Vladimir Putin proposed his vision of а new security system in Eurasia, which, as he stressed, has to bе created actually anew. The initiative is based on the principles of the UN Charter and the rule of international law.

• Russia welcomes any sound initiatives and ideas aimed at reducing international tension and normalizing interstate relations. That is why we supported the initiative of the Republic of Belarus to develop а framework document "The Eurasian Сhаrtеr of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI century".

• We are confident that in the context of unstable geopolitical situation and aggravation of the conflict potential in various regions of the world, Russian initiative to develop а draft International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Chemical and Biological Terrorism is still in demand. The document is designed to eliminate gaps in international law that prevent prompt and effective response to the WМD terrorism.

• We also rесоgnizе the interest of а number of States in bringing to the Conference the issue of military application of new technologies, including artificial intelligence.

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📸 The 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is open for entries.

Andrei Stenin is an outstanding Russian photojournalist, who was killed by the Kiev regime in the line of duty in Donbass in 2014.

The contest is an annual competition organized by Rossiya Segodnya media group to discover young talent among photojournalists aged 18 to 33. Sputnik news agency and radio is its international media partner.

👉 Apply

Entries can be submitted in five categories:

📸 Top News
📸 Portrait. A Hero of Our Time
📸 My Planet
📸 Sports
📸 Top View

The award ceremony for the 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is traditionally slated to take place in Moscow in September−October 2025.

🌐 Continuing the tradition of showcasing the winning photographs, the contest will once again embark on exhibition tours in both Russian and international cities in the coming year. Since its inception, the exhibitions have been displayed to audiences in countries such as China, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, DR Congo, Türkiye, Lebanon, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Egypt, and numerous others.

Entries close on February 28, 2025.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answers to Rossiya Segodnya questions about Arctic issues

Question: What is your opinion of Norway’s Chairship of the Arctic Council (AC)? Is Oslo aware of Russia’s concerns which have led to the suspension of our participation in the Council?

💬 Maria Zakharova: Seeking to promote Russia’s interests in the Arctic, the Foreign Ministry maintains interaction with Norway’s Chairship of the Arctic Council and the AC Secretariat in Tromso. Oslo’s statements on its commitment to resuming the Council’s operation have so far resulted in the relaunch of its working and expert groups with Russia’s participation in a virtual format. This is important but clearly insufficient. Political dialogue at the AC platform remains suspended, and its main coordinating agency – the Committee of Senior Officials – has not resumed its meetings. We intend to continue working with Norway to normalise the situation at the Council. We will be able to assess the results of Norway’s Chairship, which will end in May 2025, on the basis of concrete results.

Question: Some media outlets have previously reported that the West maintains contacts with Russia via the Arctic Council thanks to the position of Norway as its Chair. If this is so, in which spheres have these contacts been established?

💬 Maria Zakharova: We have resumed partial participation in the Artic Council. At the initiative of Norway’s Chairship, the meetings of all the six working groups of the Council – on sustainable development, climate, environmental protection, and emergency prevention, preparedness and response – resumed via videoconference in the second half of 2024. Representatives from the concerned Russian agencies and organisations took part in all of them. We hope that the resumption of the Council’s work will continue with due regard for the interests of all Arctic countries.

Question: Is Moscow ready to resume full participation in the Arctic Council, or is this issue not on the agenda and Russia is ready to withdraw from it?

💬 Maria Zakharova: The Russian Federation has always stood for developing constructive cooperation in the Arctic in the interests of peace and stability in the region, the sustainable development of the Arctic, the protection of the interests of indigenous ethnic groups, and the conservation of the fragile Arctic environment. We are ready to resume dialogue on all items on the Arctic agenda, including within the Arctic Council, on the conditions of equality and mutual benefit. Our work at the Council will be based on the real state of affairs in that format and our country’s goals in that region.

Question: When could contacts between the Arctic Five be resumed?

💬 Maria Zakharova: The resumption of meetings of the Arctic Five (Russia, Denmark, Canada, Norway and the United States) is not on the agenda. A trust-based dialogue will only be possible if the Western countries abandon their anti-Russia policies and express readiness to respect our interests and to jointly look for solutions to Arctic problems.
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#Victory80

🎙 Address by the Leaders of the #CIS Member-States to the people of the CIS and the international community regarding the 80th anniversary of the Soviet people's Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War (October 8, 2024)

💬 We, the Heads of the States of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Member-Nations, call on the people of the CIS countries and around the world to prevent the revival of fascism, Nazism, and militarism, and to cut short any attempts to unleash a new World War.

8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, the multi-ethnic Soviet nation achieved a historical Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was the most brutal war in the history of humankind, which claimed millions of lives among our compatriots who perished on the frontlines, while fighting in guerilla units, or from bombing, were tortured to death during occupation and in concentration camps, froze or starved to death.

Attempts to equate the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in terms of their responsibility for starting the war are immoral and sacrilegious with regard to the memory of those who liberated the world from the so-called 'brown plague'.

❗️ We call for condemning and holding accountable those who offend the memory of soldiers-liberators and glorify Nazi criminals and their accomplices.

In this connection, we welcome the UN General Assembly resolution noscriptd “Combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” while also expressing our commitment to abide by the purposes and principles of the International Convention on Eliminating All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

☝️ It is our shared duty to preserve the memory of those who died for freedom and peace on Earth, to do everything we can to defend the right cause for which they fought and to which they sacrificed their lives, and to do everything to reinforce unity among all people of good will for combatting any manifestations of Nazism and neo-Nazism, as well as the threat of a new world war.

#WeRemember
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🌟 #OnThisDay 8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim, was located in Nazi-occupied Poland) — the most terrifying German extermination camp in #WWII — was liberated by the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front during the Vistula–Oder offensive operation.

#Auschwitz was created by the Nazis in 1940 in a building that used to serve as military barracks near a small town called Oswiecim, whose history dates back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Having occupied Poland in 1939, the Nazis changed the town's name of Oswiecim to German Auschwitz. Later, in 1941-1943, two more imprisonment facilities were established in the vicinity of Oswiecim. They were:

▪️Auschwitz II — best known to the wider public as #AuschwitzBirkenau, was three kilometres away from the main facility — Oswiecim and located near Brzezinka, a Polish village (Birkenau in German). Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest "death factory". Equipped with crematoriums and gas chambers, it was created by the Nazis with only one aim — exterminate people.

▪️Auschwitz III (also known as Monowitz). Its prisoners were used by the Nazis for the Third Reich war industries.

Following the so-called Wannsee Conference in 1942, the Nazis approved what was called the “final solution to the Jewish question”. Since then, Auschwitz-Birkenau was turned into the main "death factory" for the annihilation of Jews in Europe.

❗️ Prisoners of Oswiecim were held by the Nazis in inhuman, barbaric conditions. They had to do hard, exhausting work until total exhaustion, to endure poor sanitation in the camp's facilities, malnutrition and constant tortures by the guards and SS-troops. It was in Oswiecim that the Germans first tested the "Zyklon-B" poisonous agent on human beings. Prisoners of Auschwitz were also subjected to cruel medical experiments, led by a Nazi criminal, infamous retired military doctor Josef Mengele.

In 1944, when the Red Army started the liberation of Europe, the Nazis, in an effort to cover the tracks of their crimes in Auschwitz, rushed to burn documents and destroy the camp's gas chambers, crematoriums, and deported as many prisoners as they could westward to other concentration camps deep in the Third Reich — over 58,000 prisoners were evacuated by the Nazis before Oswiecim and liberated by the Soviet forces in January, 1945.

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In January 1945, the units of the 1st Ukrainian Front launched the Vistula-Oder offensive and, successfully expelling the Nazis from Poland, finally reached Auschwitz.

⚔️ In the late hours of January 27, following three days of fighting the retreating enemy, the Red Army took over Oswiecim and opened the gates of Auschwitz. The camp’s 7,000 prisoners were freed. Most of them were sick or suffering from extreme exhaustion and tortures.

Rescued prisoners burst into tears of joy when they greeted their liberators. Some facilities of the camp were instantly made a hospital. According to various historic estimates, in 1940-1945, from 1.5 to 4 million people perished in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Over the past years, we are witnessing a campaign in several European countries, including Poland, to rewrite and falsify the history of WWII and, in particular, to erase the memory of the feat performed by the Soviet soldiers-liberators who saved the Auschwitz prisoners.

🎙 From a briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues (January 23, 2025):

💬 "This year, like all those years before, Russian representatives will not be invited to the commemoration ceremonies at Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27. That is, there will be no one there to mention the Soviet liberator soldiers and express gratitude to them. In this regard, there is something that needs to be said to the organisers and all the Europeans who will be there:

Your lives, your work and leisure, the very existence of your nations, your children have been paid for by Soviet soldiers, their lives, their blood. It was them who crushed the Third Reich machine. You are forever in their debt."


🕯 #WeRemember
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