⚡️The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

📑 This Concept is a strategic planning document which provides a systemic vision of the national interests of Russia in the domain of foreign policy, basic principles, strategic goals, major objectives & priority areas of the Russian foreign policy.

☝️ More than a 1000 years of independent statehood, the cultural heritage of the preceding era, deep historical ties with the traditional European culture & other Eurasian cultures, & the ability to ensure harmonious coexistence of different peoples, ethnic, religious & linguistic groups on one common territory, which has been developed over many centuries, determine Russia's special position as a unique country-civilization & a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power that brings together the Russian people & other peoples belonging to the cultural & civilizational community of the Russian world.

Russia, taking into account its decisive contribution to the victory in World War II & its active role in shaping the contemporary system of international relations & eliminating the global system of colonialism, is one of the sovereign centres of global development performing a historically unique mission aimed at maintaining global balance of power & building a multipolar international system, as well as ensuring conditions for the peaceful progressive development of humanity on the basis of a unifying and constructive agenda.

🇷🇺 Russia pursues an independent & multi-vector foreign policy driven by its national interests & the awareness of its special responsibility for maintaining peace & security at the global & regional levels.

Russian foreign policy is peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, & pragmatic & is based on the respect for universally recognized principles & norms of international law.

❗️ Russia's attitude towards other states & interstate associations is contingent on the constructive, neutral or unfriendly character of their policies with respect to Russia.

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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Statement on Finland 🇫🇮 completing the process to join NATO

💬 On April 4, 2023, it was officially declared that all the legal procedures related to Finland becoming a NATO member were completed.

As we have warned on multiple occasions, the Russian Federation will have to respond with military-technical, as well as other measures in order to address national security threats arising from Finland joining NATO.

Specific decisions regarding the build-up of defence capabilities along Russia’s northwestern borders will depend on the specific terms on which Finland joins NATO, including the deployment of NATO’s military infrastructure and offensive weapons on its territory.

☝️ The line of contact between NATO and the Russian Federation’s border has more than doubled. This constitutes a major shift for Northern Europe, which used to be one of the most stable regions in the world. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has made another step to move closer to the territory of Russia.

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By joining NATO, Finland has given up on its unique identity and lost its independence, which for decades gave it a special status in international affairs. Helsinki’s policy of military non-alignment has long served its national interests and was a major confidence-building factor in the Baltic region and across the European continent. But now all this has become a thing of the past.

Finland became a minor NATO member without the possibility to influence any decisions. It has lost its ability to have a say in international affairs.

History will tell whether Finland needed to take this ill-conceived step, undertaken by the country’s government without taking into consideration what the people think about it by holding a referendum and carefully examining the consequences of NATO membership. We strongly believe that this is the case.

❗️ Finland’s accession to NATO will have a negative effect on the bilateral relations between Russia and Finland.

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🎙 Interview by Russia's Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia to TASS News Agency (31 March 2023)

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🔷 We expect Minister Lavrov to arrive in New York in the second half of April. He will chair an open debate on April 24 on the topic of effective multilateralism in defense of the principles of the UN Charter.

🔷 We call on UN members to look beyond the horizon of the current moment and present their vision of how we could build a truly multipolar world through joint efforts, in which the interests of all states would be guaranteed.

🔷 Taking into account the facts we provide, the world organization from the very beginning heard and knew our demands to unblock the activities of Russian companies exporting relevant goods.

🔷 The “Arria formula” meeting is designed to bring to the international community first-hand information about evacuated children from the war zone in Donbass and Ukraine and dispel the false narrative spread by the Western media about the alleged “abductions” of children from Ukraine and attempts to "destroy their identity."

❗️ The Russian side does not prevent children from maintaining contact and communication with their relatives and friends, regardless of their place of residence.

🔷 The tactics of our Western colleagues do not surprise us - after all, as we once again became convinced from the recent investigation of the authoritative American journalist Seymour Hersh, all the evidence points to who is behind the explosions on the Nord Stream.

О реакции в Норвегии на решения МУС по Украине

Считаем категорически неприемлемыми комментарии членов норвежского правительства, в т.ч. премьер-министра о готовности «выполнить обязательства перед Междунпродным уголовным судом в Гааге» в отношении «ордеров на арест» Президента России В.В.Путина и Уполномоченной при Президенте по правам ребенка М.А.Львовой-Беловой.

Рассматриваем подобную риторику, а тем более любые действия, касающиеся приведения в исполнение этих решений МУС, как очередной недружественный жест Осло. В России чётко отфиксировали такую позицию Норвегии.

🇷🇺Россия не участвует в Римском статуте 1998 г. и наряду с Индией, Китаем, США и многими другими странами не признаёт его юрисдикцию. Решения МУС, в т.ч. ордера, не имеют силы в российской правовой системе и являются для нас юридически ничтожными.

МУС не оправдал возложенных на него ожиданий и не стал подлинно независимым и беспристрастным органом международного правосудия.

МУС также не имеет никакого отношения к системе ООН. Согласно международному праву, должностные лица государства пользуются иммунитетом, а должностные лица высокого ранга – абсолютным иммунитетом.

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Om reaksjoner i Norge på ICC´s avgjørelser om Ukraina

Vi anser som helt uakseptable, kommentarene fra medlemmer i den norske regjeringen, inkludert statsministeren om at man er parat til «overholde forpliktelser overfor Den internasjonale straffedomstolen i Haag» som gjelder «arrestordre» på Russlands President Vladimir Putin og Kommisjonær for barnerettigheter under Russlands President Maria Lvova-Belova.

Vi betrakter en slik retorikk og spesielt all slags handlinger som gjelder håndhevelse av disse avgjørelser fra ICC, som en ny uvennlig gest fra Oslo. Dette norske standpunktet er nøyaktig registrert i Russland.

Russland deltar ikke i Roma-vedtektene av 1998 og på linje med India, Kina, USA samt mange andre land anerkjenner ikke deres jurisdiksjon. Bestemmelser fra ICC, inkludert ordre, har ingen makt i det russiske rettssystemet og er for oss juridisk ugyldige.

ICC har aldri innfridd forventningene som man stilte til den og har aldri blitt et sannelig uavhengig og upartisk organ i den internasjonale rettsvesen.

ICC har også ingenting å gjøre med FN-systemet. Ifølge folkeretten nyter statstjenestepersoner immunitet, mens høyrangs tjenestepersoner nyter absolutt immunitet.

Russian Foreign Ministry - МИД России

https://www.nettavisen.no/vladimir-putin/icc/jonas-gahr-store/russland-ut-mot-stores-retorikk-uakseptabelt-og-uvennlig/s/5-95-1020485?fbclid=IwAR3LLrw_qpKRvvJGevn7j0z3FQbprDRSjLhvdsvL0KGvfB5AJHBfNCB_U8E&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues

🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202304051200-live13925-russian-mfa-spokesperson-zakharova-holds-weekly-briefing

🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video

⚡️ Regarding the pressure put by the Kiev regime on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra leaders amid the Great Lent

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❗️ In the last days of March and early April, the campaign to seize the pearl of Orthodoxy – the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra – waged by the current Kiev regime and the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a schismatic and non-canonical church controlled by current regime authorities, reached a decisive stage.

This move was long in the making.

On April 1 of this year, the abbot of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Paul, was put under house arrest, while neo-Nazi activists began to arrive at the monastery, mocking the divine services and attempts by the brethren and other people praying at the monastery to preserve the Lavra in the bosom of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

⚠️ It speaks volumes that Zelensky and his regime would choose this exact moment to put pressure on the Lavra – the time of the Great Lent.

The Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is no ordinary monastery. It is the centre of canonical Orthodoxy, as well as one of the oldest Lavras of the ancient Russian state.

The Kiev regime has turned its religious policy into a tool for promoting its neo-Nazi practices.

It is an open secret that the Zelensky regime is in no way independent when it comes to its anti-ecclesiastic policies. Creating a schism within Orthodoxy and delivering a blow against this sphere of life has long been Washington’s stated goal.

◾️ Even for the current Kiev authorities seizing the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is illegitimate in terms of law and immoral from a spiritual perspective. It demonstrates better than many other steps the regime has taken or its rhetoric its criminal nature and readiness to turn a blind eye to the feelings and, even more importantly, the rights of people, including Ukrainian citizens.