🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Moscow, 27 November 2024)
💬 Increasing numbers of participants in the international dialogue are coming to the realisation that the exploitation of former colonies by the colonial powers has never stopped.
All it did was merely adjust its form, but the goal has remained the same, and it is to pump out resources from the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America to sustain the West’s dominance and ensure a high standard of living for its people.
The methods can vary from sanctions pressure to coercion into signing unequal predatory agreements. Clearly, this slows down the development of the Global South and the Global East, particularly the poorest and the least developed nations among them.
The developing countries keep raising the issue of their rightful spot in the global division of labour, which, in its current form, is a stark manifestation of modern neocolonialism in and of itself. <...>
We have no illusions and we are clear-eyed about the fact that Western neocolonialists will never give up their privileges of their own accord.
Everyone can see that the West is shamelessly leveraging international financial institutions to promote its self-serving interests. The IMF and the WTO have been politicised, and "undesirable" members of these organisations are being openly discriminated against.
This is why, alongside our like-minded partners from around the world, we believe that bringing principles and governance system established by the Bretton Woods institutions in line with the realities of the global economy is a long time coming. In fact, the G7 economies account for less than a third of global GDP, whereas BRICS nations make up 36 percent.
☝️ The West ostensibly agrees with this view, but is unwilling to take action.
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💬 Increasing numbers of participants in the international dialogue are coming to the realisation that the exploitation of former colonies by the colonial powers has never stopped.
All it did was merely adjust its form, but the goal has remained the same, and it is to pump out resources from the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America to sustain the West’s dominance and ensure a high standard of living for its people.
The methods can vary from sanctions pressure to coercion into signing unequal predatory agreements. Clearly, this slows down the development of the Global South and the Global East, particularly the poorest and the least developed nations among them.
The developing countries keep raising the issue of their rightful spot in the global division of labour, which, in its current form, is a stark manifestation of modern neocolonialism in and of itself. <...>
We have no illusions and we are clear-eyed about the fact that Western neocolonialists will never give up their privileges of their own accord.
Everyone can see that the West is shamelessly leveraging international financial institutions to promote its self-serving interests. The IMF and the WTO have been politicised, and "undesirable" members of these organisations are being openly discriminated against.
This is why, alongside our like-minded partners from around the world, we believe that bringing principles and governance system established by the Bretton Woods institutions in line with the realities of the global economy is a long time coming. In fact, the G7 economies account for less than a third of global GDP, whereas BRICS nations make up 36 percent.
☝️ The West ostensibly agrees with this view, but is unwilling to take action.
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🎙 Watch Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with Roundtable programme on TRT World hosted by Enda Brady
Key talking points:
🔹 We will judge Mr Trump's future presidency by his actions, not by what he said during his election campaign. <...> We have taken note of his declarations and statements regarding Russia and the crisis in Ukraine. But, of course, we will see what he is going to do as his first steps and then we will make our judgement.
🔹 [US President] Joe Biden has seriously contributed to the crisis [in relations] between Russia and Ukraine, to the expansion of the Ukraine conflict by supplying weapons, by leading Western countries against Russia. It was all a hybrid war against our country.
🔹 The Ukraine conflict is dragging on mainly because Western countries – the US, the UK and others – are supplying Ukraine with a lot of weapons and a lot of money.
🔹 We can start talking about peace on the day Ukraine withdraws from 4 regions that have decided to be part of Russia. But what we see from the Ukrainian side is that they are still not proposing any [real] peace plan and they are sticking to the well-known 10-point plan, which includes the actual surrender of the Russian forces […] and all this nonsense that has nothing to do with the real situation on the ground.
🔹 Two elements are missing from all these peace plan initiatives [on Ukraine proposed by third parties]. The first is the abolition of racial segregation in Ukraine, the restoration of human rights for Russian speakers there. The second is that we do not need a temporary cessation of hostilities, we need a comprehensive settlement, a lasting, long-term and reliable one. We do not want Ukraine to be rearmed by the West to resume the fighting at a new level.
🔹 Nothing can justify what happened on 7 October last year when Hamas attacked Israel. But nothing can also justify the collective punishment of the Palestinians as well. 40,000 civilians have already died. <...> It is terrible what is happening over there. Of course it should be stopped as soon as possible, but the only solution is to return to the overall settlement of the Middle East crisis, including the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
Watch the interview in full on our YouTube channel
Key talking points:
🔹 We will judge Mr Trump's future presidency by his actions, not by what he said during his election campaign. <...> We have taken note of his declarations and statements regarding Russia and the crisis in Ukraine. But, of course, we will see what he is going to do as his first steps and then we will make our judgement.
🔹 [US President] Joe Biden has seriously contributed to the crisis [in relations] between Russia and Ukraine, to the expansion of the Ukraine conflict by supplying weapons, by leading Western countries against Russia. It was all a hybrid war against our country.
🔹 The Ukraine conflict is dragging on mainly because Western countries – the US, the UK and others – are supplying Ukraine with a lot of weapons and a lot of money.
🔹 We can start talking about peace on the day Ukraine withdraws from 4 regions that have decided to be part of Russia. But what we see from the Ukrainian side is that they are still not proposing any [real] peace plan and they are sticking to the well-known 10-point plan, which includes the actual surrender of the Russian forces […] and all this nonsense that has nothing to do with the real situation on the ground.
🔹 Two elements are missing from all these peace plan initiatives [on Ukraine proposed by third parties]. The first is the abolition of racial segregation in Ukraine, the restoration of human rights for Russian speakers there. The second is that we do not need a temporary cessation of hostilities, we need a comprehensive settlement, a lasting, long-term and reliable one. We do not want Ukraine to be rearmed by the West to resume the fighting at a new level.
🔹 Nothing can justify what happened on 7 October last year when Hamas attacked Israel. But nothing can also justify the collective punishment of the Palestinians as well. 40,000 civilians have already died. <...> It is terrible what is happening over there. Of course it should be stopped as soon as possible, but the only solution is to return to the overall settlement of the Middle East crisis, including the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
Watch the interview in full on our YouTube channel
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🗓 On November 28, 1943, the Tehran Conference opened as the first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the USSR, the United States and Great Britain during World War II. Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR Joseph Stalin, President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill spent four days discussing ways to strengthen the coalition for defeating Hitler and the post-war world order.
Our country’s success on the frontline was a key factor which made this conference possible. In fact, the war entered a new stage in February 1943 after the USSR defeated the Nazi troops in Stalingrad, while the effective offensive by the Soviet troops along the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943 persuaded the Western leaders that the days were counted for the Third Reich.
☝️ It is an established fact that Nazi spies conceived a special operation in Tehran to assassinate the Big Three leaders. However, the Soviet intelligence officers prevented this act of sabotage just a few days before the event was expected to begin. Over 400 German agents were arrested.
At the conference, the final decision on the timeframe for opening a second front in Europe was the main diplomatic victory for the USSR. Heated debates led to the signing of the Military Conclusions of the Tehran Conference, which stipulated that US and British troops would launch their landing operation in Normandy, France, during May 1944.
The conference’s agenda also covered:
✔️ the post-war world order, including the borders between European countries;
✔️ the decision on USSR entering the war against Japan after defeating Germany;
✔️ an idea of setting up some kind of an organisation in charge of preserving peace – it was a harbinger of UN’s establishment.
✍️ The three powers adopted a declaration reaffirming their commitment to “work together in war and in the peace that will follow.”
During the conference, Winston Churchill presented a ceremonial longsword to Joseph Stalin on behalf of King George VI of the United Kingdom as a token of homage to the courage of the Soviet defenders of Stalingrad. It was later transferred to the Battle of Stalingrad Museum in Volgograd.
🗃 Documents from the Foreign Ministry Archives on foreign policy and diplomatic efforts by the leading Allied powers
#HistoryOfDiplomacy
Our country’s success on the frontline was a key factor which made this conference possible. In fact, the war entered a new stage in February 1943 after the USSR defeated the Nazi troops in Stalingrad, while the effective offensive by the Soviet troops along the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943 persuaded the Western leaders that the days were counted for the Third Reich.
☝️ It is an established fact that Nazi spies conceived a special operation in Tehran to assassinate the Big Three leaders. However, the Soviet intelligence officers prevented this act of sabotage just a few days before the event was expected to begin. Over 400 German agents were arrested.
At the conference, the final decision on the timeframe for opening a second front in Europe was the main diplomatic victory for the USSR. Heated debates led to the signing of the Military Conclusions of the Tehran Conference, which stipulated that US and British troops would launch their landing operation in Normandy, France, during May 1944.
The conference’s agenda also covered:
✔️ the post-war world order, including the borders between European countries;
✔️ the decision on USSR entering the war against Japan after defeating Germany;
✔️ an idea of setting up some kind of an organisation in charge of preserving peace – it was a harbinger of UN’s establishment.
✍️ The three powers adopted a declaration reaffirming their commitment to “work together in war and in the peace that will follow.”
During the conference, Winston Churchill presented a ceremonial longsword to Joseph Stalin on behalf of King George VI of the United Kingdom as a token of homage to the courage of the Soviet defenders of Stalingrad. It was later transferred to the Battle of Stalingrad Museum in Volgograd.
🗃 Documents from the Foreign Ministry Archives on foreign policy and diplomatic efforts by the leading Allied powers
#HistoryOfDiplomacy
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🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's answers to media questions following his state visit to Kazakhstan and the CSTO summit (28 November 2024)
❓ Question: Western media outlets report that some US and European politicians and officials are already suggesting giving nuclear weapons back to Kiev. How real is this scenario, in your opinion? Or is it some sort of escalation and fear-mongering? Yet if this happens, if nuclear weapons are given to the Kiev regime, how will Russia respond? Could preventive measures be taken? Does Ukraine’s non-nuclear status remain a precondition for settling the conflict?
💬 Vladimir Putin: Being a sane person, what do you think we are going to do if the country we are fighting with becomes a nuclear power? In this case we will use all weapons Russia has, all of them. We will not let this happen. This is the first point.
Secondly, such statements can only be made by irresponsible individuals who are not accountable for anything and do not feel any burden of responsibility for the destiny of their countries and the entire world.
And thirdly, if someone transfers something officially, that will constitute a violation of all assumed commitments regarding non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
And we will not let this happen in Ukraine itself, we will be watching every step being taken there.
It used to be a very high-tech and industrially developed republic of the Soviet Union. However, everything or nearly everything Soviet Ukraine could take pride in has been lost.
Thus it will be next to impossible to do it from scratch. What could be done is something dirty, a dirty bomb by scrambling up nuclear power plants’ waste.
❗️ But even in this case the response will be absolutely adequate to the threats to the Russian Federation.
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❓ Question: Western media outlets report that some US and European politicians and officials are already suggesting giving nuclear weapons back to Kiev. How real is this scenario, in your opinion? Or is it some sort of escalation and fear-mongering? Yet if this happens, if nuclear weapons are given to the Kiev regime, how will Russia respond? Could preventive measures be taken? Does Ukraine’s non-nuclear status remain a precondition for settling the conflict?
💬 Vladimir Putin: Being a sane person, what do you think we are going to do if the country we are fighting with becomes a nuclear power? In this case we will use all weapons Russia has, all of them. We will not let this happen. This is the first point.
Secondly, such statements can only be made by irresponsible individuals who are not accountable for anything and do not feel any burden of responsibility for the destiny of their countries and the entire world.
And thirdly, if someone transfers something officially, that will constitute a violation of all assumed commitments regarding non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
And we will not let this happen in Ukraine itself, we will be watching every step being taken there.
It used to be a very high-tech and industrially developed republic of the Soviet Union. However, everything or nearly everything Soviet Ukraine could take pride in has been lost.
Thus it will be next to impossible to do it from scratch. What could be done is something dirty, a dirty bomb by scrambling up nuclear power plants’ waste.
❗️ But even in this case the response will be absolutely adequate to the threats to the Russian Federation.
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#WeRemember
🕯On November 29, 1941, Soviet partisan scout Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, after brutal torture and humiliation, was executed by Nazis. She was the first woman awarded the noscript of the Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) during the Great Patriotic War.
When the war broke out, young Zoya, like many of her peers, became a home-front worker: she sewed duffel bags and buttonholes for shelter-halves, served as a stamper and tally clerk at a factory.
At the age of 18, shortly upon graduation from school, she volunteered to fight Nazis.
⚔️ In late October of 1941, when the Battle of Moscow was in full swing, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya joined the Red Army. She was enlisted in reconnaissance at the headquarters of the Western Front. Along with other volunteers, Zoya learned the guerrilla warfare and sabotage skills, such as mining, cutting wire lines, and obtaining information about the enemy.
On November 4, 1941, her scout group was dispatched in the Nazi rear to lay minefields in the vicinity of Volokolamsk, near Moscow.
After this mission was successfully completed, scout group commanders of reconnaissance unit No 9903, in which Zoya served, were tasked with burning 10 villages in the enemy rear within a week.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya managed to burn three houses in Petrishchevo village, used by the Nazis as a transport hub during the offensive on Moscow.
The remote village also housed a Wehrmacht radio intelligence unit. Among the houses that were burned by Zoya, one was used as a communications centre, and the others as barracks for Nazi soldiers waiting to be sent to attack Moscow.
During this mission, the young woman was captured by the enemy.
The Germans tortured Zoya for a long time. Despite the humiliation and brutal beating, the partisan lady did not betray her comrades, did not give away to the enemy the number of her unit or any other information that was a military secret. She did not even give them her name, saying during interrogation that she was Tanya.
▪️ On November 29, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was publicly hanged by Nazis in front of the inhabitants of one of the occupied villages.
💬 Zoya’s final words were to her fascist executioners:
Only on January 1, 1942, her body was finally interred. In 1942, Zoya was properly reburied at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
🎖 Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and her heroic feat will forever remain in people's memory as the embodiment of unparalleled fortitude and courage, dedication and heroism. Her example inspired hundreds of thousands of her peers to fight Nazis in #WWII.
#Victory80 #FacesOfVictory
🕯On November 29, 1941, Soviet partisan scout Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, after brutal torture and humiliation, was executed by Nazis. She was the first woman awarded the noscript of the Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) during the Great Patriotic War.
When the war broke out, young Zoya, like many of her peers, became a home-front worker: she sewed duffel bags and buttonholes for shelter-halves, served as a stamper and tally clerk at a factory.
At the age of 18, shortly upon graduation from school, she volunteered to fight Nazis.
⚔️ In late October of 1941, when the Battle of Moscow was in full swing, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya joined the Red Army. She was enlisted in reconnaissance at the headquarters of the Western Front. Along with other volunteers, Zoya learned the guerrilla warfare and sabotage skills, such as mining, cutting wire lines, and obtaining information about the enemy.
On November 4, 1941, her scout group was dispatched in the Nazi rear to lay minefields in the vicinity of Volokolamsk, near Moscow.
After this mission was successfully completed, scout group commanders of reconnaissance unit No 9903, in which Zoya served, were tasked with burning 10 villages in the enemy rear within a week.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya managed to burn three houses in Petrishchevo village, used by the Nazis as a transport hub during the offensive on Moscow.
The remote village also housed a Wehrmacht radio intelligence unit. Among the houses that were burned by Zoya, one was used as a communications centre, and the others as barracks for Nazi soldiers waiting to be sent to attack Moscow.
During this mission, the young woman was captured by the enemy.
The Germans tortured Zoya for a long time. Despite the humiliation and brutal beating, the partisan lady did not betray her comrades, did not give away to the enemy the number of her unit or any other information that was a military secret. She did not even give them her name, saying during interrogation that she was Tanya.
▪️ On November 29, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was publicly hanged by Nazis in front of the inhabitants of one of the occupied villages.
💬 Zoya’s final words were to her fascist executioners:
“You will hang me now, but I am not alone. There are 200 million of us. You cannot hang everyone. I will be avenged.”
Only on January 1, 1942, her body was finally interred. In 1942, Zoya was properly reburied at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
🎖 Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and her heroic feat will forever remain in people's memory as the embodiment of unparalleled fortitude and courage, dedication and heroism. Her example inspired hundreds of thousands of her peers to fight Nazis in #WWII.
#Victory80 #FacesOfVictory
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🎙 Интервью Посла России в Великобритании А.В.Келина ведущему телеканала «Россия 24» А.А.Кареевскому (29 ноября 2024 года)
Испытание ракетной системы «Орешник»
☝️ Что касается применения «Орешника», это произвело на здешнюю публику очень серьёзное впечатление. <...>
Местные СМИ и соцсети вмиг запестрели апокалиптическими заголовками. В них читается осознание того, что именно отмашка Вашингтона, Лондона и Парижа на применение ВСУ дальнобойных вооружений для ударов вглубь России подвела мир как никогда близко к опасной черте.
На этом фоне в Британии, пожалуй, впервые начали весьма отчетливо звучать призывы не допускать дальнейшей эскалации.
Британские наёмники на Украине
🪖 Все знают, что значительное число британских наёмников находится на Украине. <...> Джеймс Андерсон попал в плен в районе курской авантюры ВСУ. Чем занимался этот персонаж, воюя бок о бок с украинскими боевиками, думаю, пояснять не надо.
Сейчас он публично раскаивается в том, что пришёл на нашу землю и удивляется, что его бывшие украинские сослуживцы стреляли ему в спину, когда он сдавался в плен.
В отношении британского наёмника возбуждено уголовное дело. Он обвиняется в том, что в составе вооружённых формирований Украины незаконно пересёк государственную границу России и участвовал в боевых действиях. Британец и его сообщники, судя по всему, совершали преступления против мирного населения.
Эскалация украинского конфликта
❌ Британцы полностью проигнорировали все предупреждающие сигналы с нашей стороны и перешли к острым эскалационным действиям по дальнейшему углублению украинского кризиса.
Это чревато усилением стратегических рисков, а в худшем случае – столкновением ядерных держав.
Полагаем, что Великобритания, как и другие страны НАТО, теперь вовлечена в вооружённый конфликт вместе с Украиной против нас.
Антироссийские санкции Лондона
🚢 Внедряя свои односторонние санкции в систему международного морского судоходства, они [западники] «копают» под мировую торговлю в целом. Вносят в неё новые структурные и географические перекосы, формируют диспропорции в механизмах страхования и финансирования морской торговли.
За все эти издержки, в конечном счёте, придётся платить покупателям перевозимых морским путём товаров. Это ударит и по карманам самих британцев, которые живут на острове и без морской торговли никак не обойдутся. В общем пилят сук, на котором сами сидят.
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Испытание ракетной системы «Орешник»
☝️ Что касается применения «Орешника», это произвело на здешнюю публику очень серьёзное впечатление. <...>
Местные СМИ и соцсети вмиг запестрели апокалиптическими заголовками. В них читается осознание того, что именно отмашка Вашингтона, Лондона и Парижа на применение ВСУ дальнобойных вооружений для ударов вглубь России подвела мир как никогда близко к опасной черте.
На этом фоне в Британии, пожалуй, впервые начали весьма отчетливо звучать призывы не допускать дальнейшей эскалации.
Британские наёмники на Украине
🪖 Все знают, что значительное число британских наёмников находится на Украине. <...> Джеймс Андерсон попал в плен в районе курской авантюры ВСУ. Чем занимался этот персонаж, воюя бок о бок с украинскими боевиками, думаю, пояснять не надо.
Сейчас он публично раскаивается в том, что пришёл на нашу землю и удивляется, что его бывшие украинские сослуживцы стреляли ему в спину, когда он сдавался в плен.
В отношении британского наёмника возбуждено уголовное дело. Он обвиняется в том, что в составе вооружённых формирований Украины незаконно пересёк государственную границу России и участвовал в боевых действиях. Британец и его сообщники, судя по всему, совершали преступления против мирного населения.
Эскалация украинского конфликта
❌ Британцы полностью проигнорировали все предупреждающие сигналы с нашей стороны и перешли к острым эскалационным действиям по дальнейшему углублению украинского кризиса.
Это чревато усилением стратегических рисков, а в худшем случае – столкновением ядерных держав.
Полагаем, что Великобритания, как и другие страны НАТО, теперь вовлечена в вооружённый конфликт вместе с Украиной против нас.
Антироссийские санкции Лондона
🚢 Внедряя свои односторонние санкции в систему международного морского судоходства, они [западники] «копают» под мировую торговлю в целом. Вносят в неё новые структурные и географические перекосы, формируют диспропорции в механизмах страхования и финансирования морской торговли.
За все эти издержки, в конечном счёте, придётся платить покупателям перевозимых морским путём товаров. Это ударит и по карманам самих британцев, которые живут на острове и без морской торговли никак не обойдутся. В общем пилят сук, на котором сами сидят.
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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The West has long been using information warfare techniques to distort information in order to get ahead with its dirty geopolitical plots.
Let me give you a historical example. There’s a letter written by Bishop Beilby Porteus of London, in which he had the following to say about the religion for slaves toiling on the Caribbean sugar plantations, "prepare a short form of public prayer, together with select portions of noscripture particularly those which relate of the slave duties toward the master".
Prayer alone was not enough. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a special Bible for the British colonies, also known in the world biblical studies as the Slave Bible, was published.
They took out 90% of the Old Testament and 50% of the New Testament. In order to enslave the souls and minds of millions of slaves, the ancestors of today’s Western liberals censored the Holy Scriptures, removing passages that might instill in the minds of slave labourers the idea that all people are equal before God. The Slave Bibles had been published in London since the early 19th century. Little has changed since then.
The Kiev regime operates under the direct control of the the US, the UK and their NATO satellites, and acts in line with British colonial practices.
It uses many modern techniques of ultra-liberal Western ideology. Cancel culture is one such technique. The systematic rewriting and falsification of its own past by Ukrainian propagandists, including the erasure of entire chapters from history textbooks, is part of this approach.
The entire Western-controlled media sphere is a kind of slave bible.
Today, Western public relations agencies are engaged in such neo-colonial practices. The West owns news corporations that have global reach, operate in conjunction with an intricate network of lobbyists, and conduct information campaigns to advance their owners’ self-serving interests.
☝️ Their main aim is to create an aura of mass support for the neo-liberal policies of Washington and London, and to cut off the public from sources of alternative information.
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Let me give you a historical example. There’s a letter written by Bishop Beilby Porteus of London, in which he had the following to say about the religion for slaves toiling on the Caribbean sugar plantations, "prepare a short form of public prayer, together with select portions of noscripture particularly those which relate of the slave duties toward the master".
Prayer alone was not enough. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a special Bible for the British colonies, also known in the world biblical studies as the Slave Bible, was published.
They took out 90% of the Old Testament and 50% of the New Testament. In order to enslave the souls and minds of millions of slaves, the ancestors of today’s Western liberals censored the Holy Scriptures, removing passages that might instill in the minds of slave labourers the idea that all people are equal before God. The Slave Bibles had been published in London since the early 19th century. Little has changed since then.
The Kiev regime operates under the direct control of the the US, the UK and their NATO satellites, and acts in line with British colonial practices.
It uses many modern techniques of ultra-liberal Western ideology. Cancel culture is one such technique. The systematic rewriting and falsification of its own past by Ukrainian propagandists, including the erasure of entire chapters from history textbooks, is part of this approach.
The entire Western-controlled media sphere is a kind of slave bible.
Today, Western public relations agencies are engaged in such neo-colonial practices. The West owns news corporations that have global reach, operate in conjunction with an intricate network of lobbyists, and conduct information campaigns to advance their owners’ self-serving interests.
☝️ Their main aim is to create an aura of mass support for the neo-liberal policies of Washington and London, and to cut off the public from sources of alternative information.
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⛓ Today the world marks International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Slavery is one of the most terrible and tragic episodes in the history of mankind. For over four centuries, the Western countries had been enriching themselves by exploiting millions of innocent men, women and children, taken by force from the African continent.
Portugal, France, Britain and the Netherlands played the predominant role in the slave trade. A mass-scale human trafficking to America began in the 17th century, with slaves reaching up to 40 percent of the population in some states by the time the US gained independence.
In the northern states, slaves were generally used as house servants or labourers, and in the South they were forced to work on plantations for growing indigo, tobacco, cotton, or rice. The US laws regarded slaves as personal estate and protected slaveholders’ rights. Thus, the exploitation of slaves played a pivot role in the emergence of the US capitalism.
The renouncing of slavery in the US was slow and painful. It was accomplished only in 1865 after the end of the bloody Civil War. However, slavery was not thoroughly eradicated, with most southern states approving laws that allowed plantation owners to attach former slaves to their estate. In addition, segregation laws were adopted in some parts of the country that deprived African Americans of a number of civil rights. These restraints were lifted only in the 1960s.
🇺🇳 According to UN data, approximately 17 million individuals were forcibly taken from Africa throughout the history of the slave trade, marking it as one of the largest crimes in human history. At the same time, an immense damage inflicted on the Africa’s economic potential is estimated at $777 trillion by the African Reparations Commission.
Today, the West prefers to hush up these tragic events. The descendants of the colonialists are yet to pay compensation for the damage inflicted; moreover, they have not even apologised for it to the peoples of Africa.
Combating neo-colonialism is a priority for Russia in fostering cooperation with the African continent. Russia supports African states in their efforts to finally complete the decolonisation process and advocates for a thorough examination of the consequences of the slave trade within leading international organisations.
Slavery is one of the most terrible and tragic episodes in the history of mankind. For over four centuries, the Western countries had been enriching themselves by exploiting millions of innocent men, women and children, taken by force from the African continent.
Portugal, France, Britain and the Netherlands played the predominant role in the slave trade. A mass-scale human trafficking to America began in the 17th century, with slaves reaching up to 40 percent of the population in some states by the time the US gained independence.
In the northern states, slaves were generally used as house servants or labourers, and in the South they were forced to work on plantations for growing indigo, tobacco, cotton, or rice. The US laws regarded slaves as personal estate and protected slaveholders’ rights. Thus, the exploitation of slaves played a pivot role in the emergence of the US capitalism.
The renouncing of slavery in the US was slow and painful. It was accomplished only in 1865 after the end of the bloody Civil War. However, slavery was not thoroughly eradicated, with most southern states approving laws that allowed plantation owners to attach former slaves to their estate. In addition, segregation laws were adopted in some parts of the country that deprived African Americans of a number of civil rights. These restraints were lifted only in the 1960s.
🇺🇳 According to UN data, approximately 17 million individuals were forcibly taken from Africa throughout the history of the slave trade, marking it as one of the largest crimes in human history. At the same time, an immense damage inflicted on the Africa’s economic potential is estimated at $777 trillion by the African Reparations Commission.
Today, the West prefers to hush up these tragic events. The descendants of the colonialists are yet to pay compensation for the damage inflicted; moreover, they have not even apologised for it to the peoples of Africa.
Combating neo-colonialism is a priority for Russia in fostering cooperation with the African continent. Russia supports African states in their efforts to finally complete the decolonisation process and advocates for a thorough examination of the consequences of the slave trade within leading international organisations.
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🕯December 3 marks the Day of the Unknown Soldier in Russia, honouring the feat of all soldiers who perished for the Motherland, yet whose names remain unknown.
#OnThisDay in 1966, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Red Army's victory over Nazi forces in the Battle of Moscow, a ceremony of the burial of the unknown soldiers' remains was held in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. These remains were originally located in a mass grave on the 41st kilometre of the Leningrad Highway and were discovered during construction activities on the road. Back in 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, this very place saw fierce and bloody battles between the Soviet forces and Nazi invaders.
▪️ On May 8, 1967, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden was unveiled. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal", — the worldwide famous words were inscribed upon the granite slab on the Tomb. Soviet newspapers noted back then: "...he [the Unknown Soldier] was slain for his Motherland, for his home — Moscow. This is all we know about him."
💬 Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky remarked:
"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the ancient walls of the Moscow Kremlin shall serve as a monument of eternal glory to the heroes who died on the battlefield for their Motherland.
Henceforth, the ashes of the one who shielded Moscow with his chest rest here".
The Eternal Flame was set at the Tomb. In December of 1997, the Honor Guard was instituted near the Eternal Flame.
In total, approximately two million Soviet and Russian citizens were reported missing in action during the wars and conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Russian Ministry of Defence carries out on a regular basis search operations to perpetuate the memory of heroes who perished for the Motherland.
Russian diplomats abroad are engaged in extensive efforts aimed at preserving historical memory, countering attempts to distort the history of #WWII and to question the Great Victory of the Soviet people.
The Embassies of Russia all across the world ensure the maintenance, repair and restoration of Soviet monuments and war graves.
❗️ Regrettably, as part of a disgraceful campaign to distort history of #WWII, a policy of state vandalism is being pursued in certain countries of Eastern Europe, in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in particular, with the one aim — to eradicate Russia's memorial heritage — the monuments to Soviet heroes and liberators.
By order of the official authorities, criminal acts are being perpetrated in these countries to desecrate mass graves, when the remains of fallen soldiers are barbarically exhumed for the purpose of their subsequent "reburial in accordance with European practice" in specially designated locations.
🎗 It is prohibited for Russian compatriots in Europe, under the threat (!) of criminal prosecution, to pay tribute to heroes who fought against Nazism. The Russian MFA highlights these outrageous incidents.
The memory of all who sacrificed their lives for our future is and will remain immortal.
#WeRemember
#OnThisDay in 1966, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Red Army's victory over Nazi forces in the Battle of Moscow, a ceremony of the burial of the unknown soldiers' remains was held in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. These remains were originally located in a mass grave on the 41st kilometre of the Leningrad Highway and were discovered during construction activities on the road. Back in 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, this very place saw fierce and bloody battles between the Soviet forces and Nazi invaders.
▪️ On May 8, 1967, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden was unveiled. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal", — the worldwide famous words were inscribed upon the granite slab on the Tomb. Soviet newspapers noted back then: "...he [the Unknown Soldier] was slain for his Motherland, for his home — Moscow. This is all we know about him."
💬 Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky remarked:
"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the ancient walls of the Moscow Kremlin shall serve as a monument of eternal glory to the heroes who died on the battlefield for their Motherland.
Henceforth, the ashes of the one who shielded Moscow with his chest rest here".
The Eternal Flame was set at the Tomb. In December of 1997, the Honor Guard was instituted near the Eternal Flame.
In total, approximately two million Soviet and Russian citizens were reported missing in action during the wars and conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Russian Ministry of Defence carries out on a regular basis search operations to perpetuate the memory of heroes who perished for the Motherland.
Russian diplomats abroad are engaged in extensive efforts aimed at preserving historical memory, countering attempts to distort the history of #WWII and to question the Great Victory of the Soviet people.
The Embassies of Russia all across the world ensure the maintenance, repair and restoration of Soviet monuments and war graves.
❗️ Regrettably, as part of a disgraceful campaign to distort history of #WWII, a policy of state vandalism is being pursued in certain countries of Eastern Europe, in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in particular, with the one aim — to eradicate Russia's memorial heritage — the monuments to Soviet heroes and liberators.
By order of the official authorities, criminal acts are being perpetrated in these countries to desecrate mass graves, when the remains of fallen soldiers are barbarically exhumed for the purpose of their subsequent "reburial in accordance with European practice" in specially designated locations.
🎗 It is prohibited for Russian compatriots in Europe, under the threat (!) of criminal prosecution, to pay tribute to heroes who fought against Nazism. The Russian MFA highlights these outrageous incidents.
The memory of all who sacrificed their lives for our future is and will remain immortal.
#WeRemember
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🕯 3 декабря в России отмечается День Неизвестного Cолдата. Эта дата призвана увековечить память, воинскую доблесть и подвиги погибших в боевых действиях российских и советских военнослужащих, чьи имена так и не удалось установить.
По этом случаю советник-посланник Посольства России в Великобритании А.Е.Гусаров возложил цветы к Советскому военному мемориалу в Лондоне, расположенному в парке рядом с Имперским военным музеем.
Мемориал – единственный в британской столице памятник советским солдатам, героически павшим в годы Второй мировой войны.
По этом случаю советник-посланник Посольства России в Великобритании А.Е.Гусаров возложил цветы к Советскому военному мемориалу в Лондоне, расположенному в парке рядом с Имперским военным музеем.
Мемориал – единственный в британской столице памятник советским солдатам, героически павшим в годы Второй мировой войны.
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🕯 On December 3, Russia commemorates the Day of the Unknown Soldier, established to immortalise the heroic deeds of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Motherland and remain unidentified.
This day holds special importance for many Russians, symbolising national pride and mourning.
The date was not chosen by chance: on December 3, 1966, a solemn burial ceremony for the remains of an unknown soldier took place in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall.
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🕯 On December 3, Russia commemorates the Day of the Unknown Soldier, established to immortalise the heroic deeds of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Motherland and remain unidentified.
This day holds special importance for many Russians, symbolising national pride and mourning.
The date was not chosen by chance: on December 3, 1966, a solemn burial ceremony for the remains of an unknown soldier took place in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall.
👉 Learn more
🎥 © Russian Military Historical Society
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🕯 On 3 December, Russia commemorates the Day of the Unknown Soldier, honouring the memory, courage, and heroic deeds of Russian and Soviet soldiers who perished fighting for their Motherland and whose names remain unknown.
To mark the occasion, Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy to the UK Alexander Gusarov laid flowers at the Soviet War Memorial in London, located in a park adjacent to the Imperial War Museum.
The monument stands as the only tribute in the British capital to Soviet soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War.
To mark the occasion, Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy to the UK Alexander Gusarov laid flowers at the Soviet War Memorial in London, located in a park adjacent to the Imperial War Museum.
The monument stands as the only tribute in the British capital to Soviet soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War.
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❌ В последние дни британские власти превзошли самих себя в использовании в адрес нашей страны и её руководства недопустимой и оскорбительной лексики.
В ходе выступления в лондонской мэрии 2 декабря Кир Стармер взялся рассуждать о России как «неустойчивом и отчаявшемся агрессоре». До этого местный официоз пытался изобразить нашу страну «порочной», а россиян – страдающими от отсутствия задатков «критического мышления».
Подобные хамские эпитеты, хотя и не стали для нас новостью, свидетельствуют, прежде всего, о продолжающемся падении уровня квалификации и самоуважения британского истеблишмента.
В Лондоне, пытаясь осознать реальность, стали рефлексировать по поводу очевидного провала их собственных деструктивных антироссийских замыслов на Украине. Эту симптоматику дополняет очередная накрывшая британские СМИ волна антироссийского психоза на почве шпиономании и вымыслов о мнимых киберугрозах.
Что касается якобы прозвучавших, в изложении местных СМИ, полунамёков в выступлении К.Стармера на переговорную опцию в контексте украинского урегулирования, они смотрятся предельно цинично и не могут вызывать доверия.
☝️ Достаточно вспомнить «послужной список» Лондона на украинском треке, включающий вооружённую и финансовую накачку неонацистского киевского режима, участие британских инструкторов в организации провокаций и диверсий против Вооружённых сил России, срыв безответственным Борисом Джонсоном мирных переговоров весной 2022 года, а также непреклонную ставку на эскалацию конфликта, даже ценой создания беспрецедентных рисков для европейской и международной стабильности.
Да и ныне британские власти, говоря о мире, на практике ведут дело, как заявил сам К.Стармер, к дальнейшему «укреплению позиций» своих киевских подопечных на поле боя. Жертвами этой кровожадной линии предсказуемо станут ещё тысячи насильно мобилизованных украинцев, которых также кинут в проплаченную западниками бойню.
Подлинный мир на Украине может быть достигнут исключительно на путях устранения коренных первопричин кризиса, в формирование которых большой вклад внесли британцы и их союзники.
Речь идёт, прежде всего, о надёжном и всеобъемлющем обеспечении безопасности Российской Федерации путём демилитаризации и денафицикации Украины, обеспечения её безъядерного и нейтрального внеблокового статуса, признания новых территориальных реалий. Это, разумеется, несовместимо с циркулирующими в СМИ пробросами о вовлечении Украины или её отдельных частей в состав НАТО.
Безусловно, должны быть в полной мере обеспечены права, свободы и интересы русскоязычных граждан на Украине, отменены все западные санкции.
❗️ Как бы ни усердствовало ныне британское руководство на ниве оголтелой антироссийской риторики, без выполнения этих условий выйти на мирное решение украинского конфликта попросту не получится.
В ходе выступления в лондонской мэрии 2 декабря Кир Стармер взялся рассуждать о России как «неустойчивом и отчаявшемся агрессоре». До этого местный официоз пытался изобразить нашу страну «порочной», а россиян – страдающими от отсутствия задатков «критического мышления».
Подобные хамские эпитеты, хотя и не стали для нас новостью, свидетельствуют, прежде всего, о продолжающемся падении уровня квалификации и самоуважения британского истеблишмента.
В Лондоне, пытаясь осознать реальность, стали рефлексировать по поводу очевидного провала их собственных деструктивных антироссийских замыслов на Украине. Эту симптоматику дополняет очередная накрывшая британские СМИ волна антироссийского психоза на почве шпиономании и вымыслов о мнимых киберугрозах.
Что касается якобы прозвучавших, в изложении местных СМИ, полунамёков в выступлении К.Стармера на переговорную опцию в контексте украинского урегулирования, они смотрятся предельно цинично и не могут вызывать доверия.
☝️ Достаточно вспомнить «послужной список» Лондона на украинском треке, включающий вооружённую и финансовую накачку неонацистского киевского режима, участие британских инструкторов в организации провокаций и диверсий против Вооружённых сил России, срыв безответственным Борисом Джонсоном мирных переговоров весной 2022 года, а также непреклонную ставку на эскалацию конфликта, даже ценой создания беспрецедентных рисков для европейской и международной стабильности.
Да и ныне британские власти, говоря о мире, на практике ведут дело, как заявил сам К.Стармер, к дальнейшему «укреплению позиций» своих киевских подопечных на поле боя. Жертвами этой кровожадной линии предсказуемо станут ещё тысячи насильно мобилизованных украинцев, которых также кинут в проплаченную западниками бойню.
Подлинный мир на Украине может быть достигнут исключительно на путях устранения коренных первопричин кризиса, в формирование которых большой вклад внесли британцы и их союзники.
Речь идёт, прежде всего, о надёжном и всеобъемлющем обеспечении безопасности Российской Федерации путём демилитаризации и денафицикации Украины, обеспечения её безъядерного и нейтрального внеблокового статуса, признания новых территориальных реалий. Это, разумеется, несовместимо с циркулирующими в СМИ пробросами о вовлечении Украины или её отдельных частей в состав НАТО.
Безусловно, должны быть в полной мере обеспечены права, свободы и интересы русскоязычных граждан на Украине, отменены все западные санкции.
❗️ Как бы ни усердствовало ныне британское руководство на ниве оголтелой антироссийской риторики, без выполнения этих условий выйти на мирное решение украинского конфликта попросту не получится.
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❌ In recent days the British authorities have surpassed themselves in deploying unacceptable and offensive language against our country and its leadership.
On 2 December, in his speech at London’s Guildhall, Prime Minister Keir Starmer labeled Russia as an "erratic and increasingly desperate aggressor". Before that UK officials had attempted to portray Russia as “depraved” and its citizens as lacking in “critical thinking".
Such obnoxious remarks, sadly, are nothing new to us. They reflect, above all, the continuing decline in professionalism and self-respect within the British establishment.
At pains to reconcile itself with reality, London is agonizing over the evident blunder of its destructive anti-Russian strategy in Ukraine. This is further manifested by a new bout of Russophobic psychosis in British media, fueled by spy mania and fabricated cyber scares.
As for vague allusions to a negotiated conclusion to the Ukraine crisis, seemingly detected by some local media within Keir Starmer’s speech, these would have been, even if real, deeply cynical and untrustworthy.
☝️ London’s track record on Ukraine speaks for itself. Among its many “achievements” are arming and financing of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime, deploying British instructors to facilitate provocations and subversive operations against the Russian Armed Forces, derailing the peace negotiations, personally managed by the irresponsible Boris Johnson in spring 2022, as well as stubbornly escalating the conflict without regard to unprecedented risks such actions pose to European and global stability.
Even now, while speaking of peace, in practice the British authorities strive, as Prime Minister Starmer admitted, to strengthen the position of their Kiev proxies on the battlefield. As a result of this bloodthirsty policy, sponsored by the West, thousands more forcibly connoscripted Ukrainians will likely be hastened to their demise.
Lasting peace in Ukraine can only be achieved by addressing the root causes of the crisis, themselves largely a product of policies of the UK and others.
This implies, first and foremost, ensuring the comprehensive security of the Russian Federation through the demilitarisation and de-Nazification of Ukraine, securing the non-nuclear and neutral non-aligned status for Ukraine, while recognising new territorial realities. Naturally, this is incompatible with media-circulated insinuations that either Ukraine or some of its regions may go on to become part of NATO.
It is imperative that the rights, freedoms, and interests of Russian-speakers in Ukraine are fully guaranteed and that all Western sanctions are lifted.
❗️ Regardless of the British government’s infatuation with confrontational and inflammatory anti-Russian rhetoric, a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis cannot be achieved unless these conditions are fulfilled.
On 2 December, in his speech at London’s Guildhall, Prime Minister Keir Starmer labeled Russia as an "erratic and increasingly desperate aggressor". Before that UK officials had attempted to portray Russia as “depraved” and its citizens as lacking in “critical thinking".
Such obnoxious remarks, sadly, are nothing new to us. They reflect, above all, the continuing decline in professionalism and self-respect within the British establishment.
At pains to reconcile itself with reality, London is agonizing over the evident blunder of its destructive anti-Russian strategy in Ukraine. This is further manifested by a new bout of Russophobic psychosis in British media, fueled by spy mania and fabricated cyber scares.
As for vague allusions to a negotiated conclusion to the Ukraine crisis, seemingly detected by some local media within Keir Starmer’s speech, these would have been, even if real, deeply cynical and untrustworthy.
☝️ London’s track record on Ukraine speaks for itself. Among its many “achievements” are arming and financing of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime, deploying British instructors to facilitate provocations and subversive operations against the Russian Armed Forces, derailing the peace negotiations, personally managed by the irresponsible Boris Johnson in spring 2022, as well as stubbornly escalating the conflict without regard to unprecedented risks such actions pose to European and global stability.
Even now, while speaking of peace, in practice the British authorities strive, as Prime Minister Starmer admitted, to strengthen the position of their Kiev proxies on the battlefield. As a result of this bloodthirsty policy, sponsored by the West, thousands more forcibly connoscripted Ukrainians will likely be hastened to their demise.
Lasting peace in Ukraine can only be achieved by addressing the root causes of the crisis, themselves largely a product of policies of the UK and others.
This implies, first and foremost, ensuring the comprehensive security of the Russian Federation through the demilitarisation and de-Nazification of Ukraine, securing the non-nuclear and neutral non-aligned status for Ukraine, while recognising new territorial realities. Naturally, this is incompatible with media-circulated insinuations that either Ukraine or some of its regions may go on to become part of NATO.
It is imperative that the rights, freedoms, and interests of Russian-speakers in Ukraine are fully guaranteed and that all Western sanctions are lifted.
❗️ Regardless of the British government’s infatuation with confrontational and inflammatory anti-Russian rhetoric, a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis cannot be achieved unless these conditions are fulfilled.
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