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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a BRICS Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting, Moscow (January 31, 2024)
⚠️ The reliance of the Western minority on force and the suppression of dissent is leading to serious crises in international relations and increasing the number of conflicts.
• The Western policy affects us and we can feel the impact. Everyone knows that a hybrid war has been unleashed against Russia. The US and its allies want to impose the infamous Zelensky Formula on the international community.
• I asked those who attended the Peace Formula meeting in Davos whether the initiatives presented by the Global Majority got any traction, only to be told that no one paid any attention to them. They are not there to offer initiatives. <...> All they have to do is go there so that they can be counted among the participants for producing a new record for the whole world to see.
❗️ This demonstrates a total failure to respect the opinions of others and the desire to ignore them, which amounts to a purely colonial, imperialist attitude, no matter how you put it.
🌐 Nevertheless, we know the course of history cannot be reversed. We are witnessing the Global Majority.
• Our strategic partners, including those in #BRICS, are pursuing pragmatic and independent foreign policies – unlike the West, which tends to impose on others the development models that suit it.
• BRICS is a global organisational principle for the Global South and East. However, it is not based on the bloc principle, which I want to emphasise, but on the principles of mutual respect, a sovereign choice of development path and the implementation of the fundamental principle of the UN Charter, that is, the sovereign equality of states.
☝️ We will focus on ensuring the smooth inclusion of our new colleagues and new BRICS members in everyday activities. We will continue prioritising cooperation with countries (~30 of them) that have shown an interest in a rapprochement with BRICS and are prepared to participate in our practical projects.
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⚠️ The reliance of the Western minority on force and the suppression of dissent is leading to serious crises in international relations and increasing the number of conflicts.
• The Western policy affects us and we can feel the impact. Everyone knows that a hybrid war has been unleashed against Russia. The US and its allies want to impose the infamous Zelensky Formula on the international community.
• I asked those who attended the Peace Formula meeting in Davos whether the initiatives presented by the Global Majority got any traction, only to be told that no one paid any attention to them. They are not there to offer initiatives. <...> All they have to do is go there so that they can be counted among the participants for producing a new record for the whole world to see.
❗️ This demonstrates a total failure to respect the opinions of others and the desire to ignore them, which amounts to a purely colonial, imperialist attitude, no matter how you put it.
🌐 Nevertheless, we know the course of history cannot be reversed. We are witnessing the Global Majority.
• Our strategic partners, including those in #BRICS, are pursuing pragmatic and independent foreign policies – unlike the West, which tends to impose on others the development models that suit it.
• BRICS is a global organisational principle for the Global South and East. However, it is not based on the bloc principle, which I want to emphasise, but on the principles of mutual respect, a sovereign choice of development path and the implementation of the fundamental principle of the UN Charter, that is, the sovereign equality of states.
☝️ We will focus on ensuring the smooth inclusion of our new colleagues and new BRICS members in everyday activities. We will continue prioritising cooperation with countries (~30 of them) that have shown an interest in a rapprochement with BRICS and are prepared to participate in our practical projects.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On Russian-Chinese consultations
🗓 On January, 31 in Beijing the Russian-Chinese consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place.
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out. Particular attention in this context was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
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🗓 On 1 February in Beijing the regular Russian-Chinese consultations on outer space security in an inter-agency format took place.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They stressed the need to continue close cooperation and active joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and its weaponization.
The delegations emphasized the importance of the earliest launch of negotiations on a multilateral legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space (PAROS) on the basis of the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects. The relevance of the international initiative/political commitment "No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space" was recognized.
☝️ The meeting confirmed the unity of the Russian and Chinese approaches to outer space security. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms.
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🗓 On January, 31 in Beijing the Russian-Chinese consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place.
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out. Particular attention in this context was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
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🗓 On 1 February in Beijing the regular Russian-Chinese consultations on outer space security in an inter-agency format took place.
The Sides exchanged their assessments of the current situation in this area. They stressed the need to continue close cooperation and active joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and its weaponization.
The delegations emphasized the importance of the earliest launch of negotiations on a multilateral legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space (PAROS) on the basis of the Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects. The relevance of the international initiative/political commitment "No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space" was recognized.
☝️ The meeting confirmed the unity of the Russian and Chinese approaches to outer space security. It was noted that there is a need for further close coordination in this area both in a bilateral format, and at specialized multilateral platforms.
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🎙 Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov's interview with RT following first BRICS Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting (February 1, 2024)
Key talking points
• There are two major issues that we should deal with in the course of this Russian Year at BRICS:
👉 Smoothly integrate new members into the group;
👉 Present a report on principles, modalities for a partner-country category, and develop a list of potential partner-countries.
• BRICS countries further move towards making our whole financial banking and economic systems immune against adversary action and policies of the collective West.
• Earlier attempts of the Biden administration to unilaterally transform the Middle East and impose solutions that would allow for normalisation of relationship between Israel and some Arab states completely failed.
• We work deliberately to ensure that political process is once again in place and we ultimately reach the formula that would allow [the war between Israel and Palestine] to finish.
❗️ I am pretty confident that the moment will come when we will see reintroduction of US tactical nuclear weapons in the UK.
This is very fit into an aggressive and threatening pattern
which both Washington and London follow while dealing with the changing global security situation.
If they believe that reintroduction of nuclear weapons in UK would be an act of deterrence towards Russia, then they mistake and miscalculate once again.
☝️ We will find our ways how to counter this through military-technical means and it will not enhance security of United Kingdom, nor the US, nor NATO as a whole.
Key talking points
• There are two major issues that we should deal with in the course of this Russian Year at BRICS:
👉 Smoothly integrate new members into the group;
👉 Present a report on principles, modalities for a partner-country category, and develop a list of potential partner-countries.
• BRICS countries further move towards making our whole financial banking and economic systems immune against adversary action and policies of the collective West.
• Earlier attempts of the Biden administration to unilaterally transform the Middle East and impose solutions that would allow for normalisation of relationship between Israel and some Arab states completely failed.
• We work deliberately to ensure that political process is once again in place and we ultimately reach the formula that would allow [the war between Israel and Palestine] to finish.
❗️ I am pretty confident that the moment will come when we will see reintroduction of US tactical nuclear weapons in the UK.
This is very fit into an aggressive and threatening pattern
which both Washington and London follow while dealing with the changing global security situation.
If they believe that reintroduction of nuclear weapons in UK would be an act of deterrence towards Russia, then they mistake and miscalculate once again.
☝️ We will find our ways how to counter this through military-technical means and it will not enhance security of United Kingdom, nor the US, nor NATO as a whole.
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⚡️ On February 1, the State Duma adopted an appeal to the Congress of the United States of America in connection with the recent terrorist attack by Ukraine which downed an aircraft on a humanitarian mission
Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
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The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
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Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
<...>
The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
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⚡️ On February 1, the State Duma adopted an appeal to the Congress of the United States of America in connection with the recent terrorist attack by Ukraine which downed an aircraft on a humanitarian mission
Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
<...>
The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
Read in full
Excerpts from the appeal
<...> Ukraine perpetrated a terrorist attack on January 24, 2024, shooting down an IL-76 military transport aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation above the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Region, which transported 65 Ukrainian POWs for a pre-arranged prisoner exchange.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system by the Ukrainian military from the town of Liptsy, Kharkov Region.
☝️ The attack on the aircraft was premeditated murder, as the prisoner swap between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the itinerary had been agreed upon earlier.
<...>
The members of the State Duma believe that the deliberate silencing of the truth about the victims of the Kiev regime’s criminal acts is a road to nowhere.
You represent the American people, not the corrupt bureaucrats or defence industry lobbyists. We are confident that American taxpayers are not particularly enthusiastic about their money being spent so that Ukraine can continue sending its soldiers to their deaths, and killing its prisoners of war and civilians.
The facts show that a significant portion of the lethal Western weapons supplied to the corrupt Kiev regime ends up in the hands of terrorists and radical extremists around the world through criminal machinations.
The members of the State Duma urge the members of the United States Congress to condemn the crimes committed by the terrorist Kiev regime, to stop supporting it, and to help bring to justice those directly responsible for this inhuman terrorist attack.
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This bitter battle lasted 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days on the banks of the Don and Volga rivers, at the walls of Stalingrad, and finally in the city itself. The Battle for Stalingrad surpassed all previous battles in world history in its scale and intensity.
Up to 2.1 million people took part in the battle on both sides at a given time.
By late June, 1942, the enemy had concentrated at a front some 600–650 kilometres long from Kursk to Taganrog up to 35 percent of the infantry and over 50 percent of the tank and motorised divisions from the overall number of forces on the Soviet-German front.
☝️ However, their plans to win because of significant forces in this area were not destined to come true.
The Battle of Stalingrad includes two periods:
Defensive: from July 17 to November 18, 1942
Offensive: from November 19, 1942 to February 2, 1943.
There were no long pauses or lulls in the battle - the fighting was continuous. Stalingrad for the Nazi was a kind of "mill", which grinded thousands of German soldiers and officers.
The invaders lost a quarter of its forces on the Soviet-German front during this battle with the total losses, including the dead and wounded, prisoners of war and those who went missing, totalling around 1.5 million people. This led Germany to announce its first national day of mourning during the war.
The victory in Stalingrad created conditions enabling Soviet forces to mount a large-scale counteroffensive aimed at expelling the invaders from the Motherland.
☝️ Not only did this massive feat increase the international prestige of the USSR & the Red Army, but also helped strengthen the anti-Hitler coalition.
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📅 On the night of February 2, 1945, Soviet POWs made a mass escape from the Mauthausen concentration camp (located in what is today Austria). This daring uprising went down in history as one of the biggest of World War II.
Mauthausen belonged to the toughest, third category of concentration camps for “the incorrigible enemies of the Reich.” It was founded by a granite quarry near Linz, Hitler’s hometown, soon after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938.
Citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary were the most numerous groups of prisoners. Up to 335,000 people passed through the camp during its existence, including over 120,000 who perished there. Lt-General Dmitry Karbyshev was one of those brutally murdered in the camp. The Nazis doused him with cold water until he turned into a block of ice.
Block No. 20 was designed for those who were sentenced to death – mostly Soviet POWs charged with clandestine activities. Beatings and torture were routine at the camp. Overall, about 6,000 Red Army officers and men perished on this block.
On the night of February 2, 1945, 419 POWs made a daring escape from “death row”. They jumped out the windows of a barrack and hurled whatever they could find at the machinegun towers. Those who managed to get over the fence dashed barefoot across the snow-covered outer perimeter of the camp.
All local SS units were involved in the pursuit of the fugitives, which was cynically dubbed “Hare Hunting.” Those who were returned to the camp were brutally tortured to death by the Nazis.
☝️ Risking her life, Austrian Maria Langthaler gave refuge to two escapees in her house at a time when her four sons were fighting on the Eastern Front. In 2021, she was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
💬 Former Mauthausen POW Nikolay Parshin recalls: “Prisoners on death row rose up against their torturers and broke free from the hell on Earth created by the Nazis. They died in glory like warriors…Their memory will always remain in our hearts.”
Mauthausen belonged to the toughest, third category of concentration camps for “the incorrigible enemies of the Reich.” It was founded by a granite quarry near Linz, Hitler’s hometown, soon after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938.
Citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary were the most numerous groups of prisoners. Up to 335,000 people passed through the camp during its existence, including over 120,000 who perished there. Lt-General Dmitry Karbyshev was one of those brutally murdered in the camp. The Nazis doused him with cold water until he turned into a block of ice.
Block No. 20 was designed for those who were sentenced to death – mostly Soviet POWs charged with clandestine activities. Beatings and torture were routine at the camp. Overall, about 6,000 Red Army officers and men perished on this block.
On the night of February 2, 1945, 419 POWs made a daring escape from “death row”. They jumped out the windows of a barrack and hurled whatever they could find at the machinegun towers. Those who managed to get over the fence dashed barefoot across the snow-covered outer perimeter of the camp.
All local SS units were involved in the pursuit of the fugitives, which was cynically dubbed “Hare Hunting.” Those who were returned to the camp were brutally tortured to death by the Nazis.
☝️ Risking her life, Austrian Maria Langthaler gave refuge to two escapees in her house at a time when her four sons were fighting on the Eastern Front. In 2021, she was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
💬 Former Mauthausen POW Nikolay Parshin recalls: “Prisoners on death row rose up against their torturers and broke free from the hell on Earth created by the Nazis. They died in glory like warriors…Their memory will always remain in our hearts.”
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the embassy roundtable discussion of a settlement in Ukraine (Moscow, January 30, 2024)
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
💬 The Ukraine crisis is a test for the emerging multipolar world order, for the global majority, which is coming to the realisation that exclusive reliance on the mechanisms of international relations created by the collective West has no prospects.
• Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, now a consultant or adviser for the Vladimir Zelensky team, said recently that the West viewed Ukraine as a “defensive wall” in front of Russia. According to this mindset, everything that is linked with Ukraine must be used to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.
✍️ In 1942, the Nazi criminal Reichskommissar Erich Koch, later sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials, wrote, “Ukraine is merely an object of exploitation for us. It should pay for the expenses of the war, and its population to a certain extent should be utilised as second-rate people for the tasks of the war, even if they have to be caught with a lasso.” Doesn’t this remind you of anything❓
• In less than two years, the West has allocated over $200 billion to Ukraine to support its military programme and to shore up the budget of this totally insolvent country. To put this in perspective, the EU has appropriated less than 80 billion euros to be disbursed within seven years to provide socioeconomic support for the Global South and the Global East.
• Washington is forcing EU countries to send everything they have to Ukraine for next to nothing. The countries that do this are replenishing their arsenals with US-made weapons they buy at full price.
❗️ Weapons are spreading around the world. The Kiev regime has been famous for its efforts to seize every opportunity to make a profit, even if it deals in trading death.
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🗓 On January 30, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at a roundtable meeting organised by the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, noscriptd Ukrainian Crisis: The Militarisation of Kiev’s Neo-Nazi Regime.
Around 70 representatives of the diplomatic missions from the Global South and East accredited in Moscow attended the event.
☝️ The Minister elaborated on the origins of the Ukrainian crisis, quoting facts indicating that the West had been intentionally making efforts to cultivate anti-Russia and neo-Nazi sentiments in Ukraine since it gained independence, and to transform the country into a tool for containing and delivering a strategic defeat to Russia.
The Minister presented facts and figures attesting to the fact that the Kiev regime had been undergoing militarisation for a prolonged period of time, stocking up on Western weapons that are now used in terrorist attacks against civilians, or end up, through the black market, in the hands of extremist organisations around the world. The minister warned against the potential violation of end-user certificate requirements in the course of military and technical cooperation.
❗️ On a separate note, Sergey Lavrov explained why the Zelensky Formula and associated events are inadequate and out of touch with reality. He pointed to the fact that Ukrainian leadership had breached the provisions of Ukraine’s neutral and non-aligned status and concerning the use and protection of the Russian language in the Declaration on State Sovereignty and the Constitution of Ukraine.
The participants in the roundtable meeting had an engaged exchange of opinions on other topical issues, including the situation in the Middle East, relations between the Global South and the collective West, and the international economic issues caused by the illegitimate sanctions.
Around 70 representatives of the diplomatic missions from the Global South and East accredited in Moscow attended the event.
☝️ The Minister elaborated on the origins of the Ukrainian crisis, quoting facts indicating that the West had been intentionally making efforts to cultivate anti-Russia and neo-Nazi sentiments in Ukraine since it gained independence, and to transform the country into a tool for containing and delivering a strategic defeat to Russia.
The Minister presented facts and figures attesting to the fact that the Kiev regime had been undergoing militarisation for a prolonged period of time, stocking up on Western weapons that are now used in terrorist attacks against civilians, or end up, through the black market, in the hands of extremist organisations around the world. The minister warned against the potential violation of end-user certificate requirements in the course of military and technical cooperation.
❗️ On a separate note, Sergey Lavrov explained why the Zelensky Formula and associated events are inadequate and out of touch with reality. He pointed to the fact that Ukrainian leadership had breached the provisions of Ukraine’s neutral and non-aligned status and concerning the use and protection of the Russian language in the Declaration on State Sovereignty and the Constitution of Ukraine.
The participants in the roundtable meeting had an engaged exchange of opinions on other topical issues, including the situation in the Middle East, relations between the Global South and the collective West, and the international economic issues caused by the illegitimate sanctions.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, January 31, 2024)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 New cases of Canadian authorities harbouring Nazi criminals
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Washington’s attempts to prevent Russian athletes from participating in sports events
🔹 The state of affairs in the EU economy
🔹 Russia’s humanitarian grain shipments to African countries
🔹 100th Anniversary of Russia-Italy diplomatic relations
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▪️Lately, the Banderites have been literally hunting down unarmed people, targeting them with armed drones.
According to DPR officials, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have stepped up their drone attacks against the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery near Ugledar. Home to several dozen monks, this monastery has been regularly and cynically targeted by Ukraine. The January 29, 2024 attack left a priest wounded.
There is no doubt that these are deliberate and premeditated actions by the Banderites. Drone operators can clearly see what is going on and know their targets, whether they are after military vehicles or an ordinary family shopping at an outdoor market.
☝️ Russian law enforcement agencies have been gathering all the details on these atrocities, and all those involved in them will be identified and held to account.
#RussiaHelps
In execution of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's decision announced during the Second Russia-Africa Summit, ships carried 200,000 tonnes of grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.
✅ Russia fulfilled its obligations without delay, and made a substantial contribution to the food security of the African continent once again.
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime
🔹 New cases of Canadian authorities harbouring Nazi criminals
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Washington’s attempts to prevent Russian athletes from participating in sports events
🔹 The state of affairs in the EU economy
🔹 Russia’s humanitarian grain shipments to African countries
🔹 100th Anniversary of Russia-Italy diplomatic relations
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#Ukraine
▪️Lately, the Banderites have been literally hunting down unarmed people, targeting them with armed drones.
According to DPR officials, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have stepped up their drone attacks against the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery near Ugledar. Home to several dozen monks, this monastery has been regularly and cynically targeted by Ukraine. The January 29, 2024 attack left a priest wounded.
There is no doubt that these are deliberate and premeditated actions by the Banderites. Drone operators can clearly see what is going on and know their targets, whether they are after military vehicles or an ordinary family shopping at an outdoor market.
☝️ Russian law enforcement agencies have been gathering all the details on these atrocities, and all those involved in them will be identified and held to account.
#RussiaHelps
In execution of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's decision announced during the Second Russia-Africa Summit, ships carried 200,000 tonnes of grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.
✅ Russia fulfilled its obligations without delay, and made a substantial contribution to the food security of the African continent once again.
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⚡️ MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about statements by the South Korean leadership on nuclear issues
❓ Question: President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol said: “North Korea is the only country in the world that explicitly specifies invasion and preemptive nuclear use in its constitution.” Your comment?
💬 Maria Zakharova: I believe the statement is blatantly biased. Such statements are designed to obscure aggressive plans as regards the DPRK.
They look particularly odious against the backdrop of what is happening on the Korean Peninsula and the surrounding situation. The degree of tension and conflict is continuously growing there, primarily due to the brazen policy of the US and its allies, including the Republic of Korea and Japan.
The authors of such strategic revelations should know that the doctrines of Seoul’s American curators assert for themselves the possibility of a nuclear first strike. They also justify “preventive” disarming and decapitating strikes on countries that Washington has listed as its enemies.
As for being unique, the US is truly the only country to have used nuclear weapons, having cynically dropped bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stage of the war. The US was confident it would get away with this. This action was unjustified from a military or any other point of view but Washington needed to demonstrate vividly that it possessed super-powerful weapons.
Unfortunately, Seoul doesn’t seem to realise that the US’ leading position is irrevocably becoming a thing of the past.
This shortsighted approach is reflected in provocative rhetoric. A vivid example of this is the recent statement by the South Korean leaders to the effect that the Republic of Korea and the US have already reached the nuclear alliance level. But does Seoul understand that if it comes to testing these statements in practice, South Korea may turn out to be no more than a small bargaining chip in Washington’s geopolitical games?
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❓ Question: President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol said: “North Korea is the only country in the world that explicitly specifies invasion and preemptive nuclear use in its constitution.” Your comment?
💬 Maria Zakharova: I believe the statement is blatantly biased. Such statements are designed to obscure aggressive plans as regards the DPRK.
They look particularly odious against the backdrop of what is happening on the Korean Peninsula and the surrounding situation. The degree of tension and conflict is continuously growing there, primarily due to the brazen policy of the US and its allies, including the Republic of Korea and Japan.
The authors of such strategic revelations should know that the doctrines of Seoul’s American curators assert for themselves the possibility of a nuclear first strike. They also justify “preventive” disarming and decapitating strikes on countries that Washington has listed as its enemies.
As for being unique, the US is truly the only country to have used nuclear weapons, having cynically dropped bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stage of the war. The US was confident it would get away with this. This action was unjustified from a military or any other point of view but Washington needed to demonstrate vividly that it possessed super-powerful weapons.
Unfortunately, Seoul doesn’t seem to realise that the US’ leading position is irrevocably becoming a thing of the past.
This shortsighted approach is reflected in provocative rhetoric. A vivid example of this is the recent statement by the South Korean leaders to the effect that the Republic of Korea and the US have already reached the nuclear alliance level. But does Seoul understand that if it comes to testing these statements in practice, South Korea may turn out to be no more than a small bargaining chip in Washington’s geopolitical games?
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🎙️Посол России А.В.Келин об организации выборов Президента России в Великобритании
❗Избирательный участок охватывает всю территорию Великобритании и будет располагаться по адресу: 6/7 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QP.
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Мы получили заверение [британской стороны] в том, что безопасность в день проведения выборов Президента России будет усилена.
В этом году для проведения голосования будет сформирован один участок - на базе Посольства.
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It was here that a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War took place - the largest group of Nazi Germany troops and its satellites was defeated. This victory in Stalingrad was the beginning of the end for the entire Hitler coalition.
✊ The city did not surrender to the enemy. Thanks to the incredible will to live, fortitude and courage of the defenders - the Nazis suffered a crushing defeat.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the statement made by President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa on transferring Russian military equipment to the US
❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding the statements by President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa on his country’s intention to transfer Russian military equipment and weapons, which were acquired under international contracts, to the US?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Our partners are well aware of the terms of their contracts, which include the obligation to use the delivered assets for their intended purpose and not to transfer them to third parties without Russia’s consent. We believe that Ecuador took what can be described as a hasty decision under significant pressure from outside stakeholders.
Had this been a question of transferring what Ecuador has been referring to as scrap metal, it is highly unlikely that Washington would have offered to exchange it for modern equipment worth a substantial amount of money. We hope that Quito understands this.
❓ Question: What would be your comment regarding the statements by President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa on his country’s intention to transfer Russian military equipment and weapons, which were acquired under international contracts, to the US?
💬 Maria Zakharova: Our partners are well aware of the terms of their contracts, which include the obligation to use the delivered assets for their intended purpose and not to transfer them to third parties without Russia’s consent. We believe that Ecuador took what can be described as a hasty decision under significant pressure from outside stakeholders.
Had this been a question of transferring what Ecuador has been referring to as scrap metal, it is highly unlikely that Washington would have offered to exchange it for modern equipment worth a substantial amount of money. We hope that Quito understands this.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the support for Ukraine approved at the EU summit on February 1
❓ Question: Despite the multiplying conflicts in the world, growing internal differences between the EU member countries, acute socioeconomic problems in some European countries and the fatigue of European society from the Ukrainisation of all aspects of life there, the EU political leadership announced at the February 1 summit its decision to allocate billions to support the Ukrainian regime. What motivates EU politicians to do this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The European Union has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years. It has stopped being a successful economic association and has chosen a policy of confrontation with those who underwrote its prosperity for many decades, in part, Russia.
Despite its slogans about “strategic autonomy” and ending external dependence in the economy, the EU has completely submitted to Washington.
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The EU’s current internal and external policy shows that European institutions are completely divorced from the genuine interests of the Europeans. <...> At a time, when European farmers are calling for help, their political leaders shut the windows and decide to send another 50 billion euros to the Ukrainian regime.
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The overwhelming majority of ordinary Europeans are the hardest hit by the militarisation of the EU economy. The US military-industrial complex is reaping the main economic benefits.
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The EU wants to overcome its financial crisis by forcing its economy down a military path, despite the potential challenge this poses to global security.
☝️ The absence of a system for monitoring the location of manufactured weapons and military hardware will lead to even more theft of these arms. They will inundate the black market and conflict zones and aggravate terrorist threats around the world.
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❓ Question: Despite the multiplying conflicts in the world, growing internal differences between the EU member countries, acute socioeconomic problems in some European countries and the fatigue of European society from the Ukrainisation of all aspects of life there, the EU political leadership announced at the February 1 summit its decision to allocate billions to support the Ukrainian regime. What motivates EU politicians to do this?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The European Union has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years. It has stopped being a successful economic association and has chosen a policy of confrontation with those who underwrote its prosperity for many decades, in part, Russia.
Despite its slogans about “strategic autonomy” and ending external dependence in the economy, the EU has completely submitted to Washington.
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The EU’s current internal and external policy shows that European institutions are completely divorced from the genuine interests of the Europeans. <...> At a time, when European farmers are calling for help, their political leaders shut the windows and decide to send another 50 billion euros to the Ukrainian regime.
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The overwhelming majority of ordinary Europeans are the hardest hit by the militarisation of the EU economy. The US military-industrial complex is reaping the main economic benefits.
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The EU wants to overcome its financial crisis by forcing its economy down a military path, despite the potential challenge this poses to global security.
☝️ The absence of a system for monitoring the location of manufactured weapons and military hardware will lead to even more theft of these arms. They will inundate the black market and conflict zones and aggravate terrorist threats around the world.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on US strikes on Iraq and Syria
💬 The US strategic bomber attack on Iraq and Syria, which destroyed and damaged dozens of facilities and killed numerous civilians, has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s total disregard for international law.
The obedient participation of British Royal Air Force in the US attack should not give anyone the illusion of an “international coalition” taking action. London has yet to answer for its zealous support of the provocations launched by its bosses in Washington.
☝️ It is clear that the airstrikes were specifically intended to further escalate the conflict. By relentlessly attacking the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States has been purposefully attempting to draw the largest countries in the region into the conflict.
Confident of its impunity, Washington continues to sow chaos and destruction in the Middle East. The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Joe Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an unknown UAV attack on a US base in Jordan, has no justification. The attempts to flex their muscles in order to influence the political situation in the United States, as well as their desperation to salvage the failed international policies of the current US administration in the context of the ongoing election campaign are leading to a further escalation of international tensions and further undermining US credibility in the Arab world.
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❗️ We strongly condemn this new outrageous act of US-British aggression against sovereign states. We insist on the urgent consideration of this situation by the UN Security Council.
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💬 The US strategic bomber attack on Iraq and Syria, which destroyed and damaged dozens of facilities and killed numerous civilians, has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s total disregard for international law.
The obedient participation of British Royal Air Force in the US attack should not give anyone the illusion of an “international coalition” taking action. London has yet to answer for its zealous support of the provocations launched by its bosses in Washington.
☝️ It is clear that the airstrikes were specifically intended to further escalate the conflict. By relentlessly attacking the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States has been purposefully attempting to draw the largest countries in the region into the conflict.
Confident of its impunity, Washington continues to sow chaos and destruction in the Middle East. The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Joe Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an unknown UAV attack on a US base in Jordan, has no justification. The attempts to flex their muscles in order to influence the political situation in the United States, as well as their desperation to salvage the failed international policies of the current US administration in the context of the ongoing election campaign are leading to a further escalation of international tensions and further undermining US credibility in the Arab world.
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❗️ We strongly condemn this new outrageous act of US-British aggression against sovereign states. We insist on the urgent consideration of this situation by the UN Security Council.
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