❌ Anticipating the imminent failure of its "Ukrainian project" and striving to divert attention from troubling trends in the British economy, the UK's political establishment has chosen to inject new vigor into its anti-Russian propaganda and disinformation campaign.
Mainstream media outlets are feverishly deploying politically vetted absurd narratives designed to indoctrinate the British public with fears of an omnipresent Russian threat.
These include alarmist depiction of presumed risks from "Russian hackers" targeting the UK, money-laundering schemes aimed at circumventing illegitimate Western sanctions ostensibly uncovered by local law enforcement agencies, fragmentary disclosures from quasi-judicial procedures following provocations orchestrated by London, such as the "Skripal affair" and recent warehouse arsons.
The list of dismal "James Bond" parodies has grown even longer thanks to a recent story about Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia.
Every day brings new revelations about "operations" attributed to this Bulgarian outfit, all of them planned but never implemented. These include an alleged plot to assassinate a journalist disguised as an ISIS-style terror attack or the staging of a protest outside a diplomatic mission in London.
All these allegations are blatantly false. UK authorities, who know this, are not even bothered with presenting solid evidence.
The media outlets engaged in these anti-Russian propaganda chores seem to relish the insecurity experienced by many Brits as a result of growing crime in the country.
Assuredly, such antics will not have the desired effect upon level-headed audience in the UK and other European countries.
☝️ They will certainly have no impact on Russia's steadfast commitment to rigorously upholding its legitimate interests, as well as developing equal and mutually beneficial relations with its allies and partners.
Mainstream media outlets are feverishly deploying politically vetted absurd narratives designed to indoctrinate the British public with fears of an omnipresent Russian threat.
These include alarmist depiction of presumed risks from "Russian hackers" targeting the UK, money-laundering schemes aimed at circumventing illegitimate Western sanctions ostensibly uncovered by local law enforcement agencies, fragmentary disclosures from quasi-judicial procedures following provocations orchestrated by London, such as the "Skripal affair" and recent warehouse arsons.
The list of dismal "James Bond" parodies has grown even longer thanks to a recent story about Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia.
Every day brings new revelations about "operations" attributed to this Bulgarian outfit, all of them planned but never implemented. These include an alleged plot to assassinate a journalist disguised as an ISIS-style terror attack or the staging of a protest outside a diplomatic mission in London.
All these allegations are blatantly false. UK authorities, who know this, are not even bothered with presenting solid evidence.
The media outlets engaged in these anti-Russian propaganda chores seem to relish the insecurity experienced by many Brits as a result of growing crime in the country.
Assuredly, such antics will not have the desired effect upon level-headed audience in the UK and other European countries.
☝️ They will certainly have no impact on Russia's steadfast commitment to rigorously upholding its legitimate interests, as well as developing equal and mutually beneficial relations with its allies and partners.
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🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions following the 22th Doha Forum (7 December 2024)
❓ Question: There is so much to talk to you about but I'd like to start with Syria. Those dramatic developments that seem to be reshaping the political map of Syria. I would like your reaction to the things which had happened for the last ten days.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The reaction has been public. Repeatedly stated.
It’s inadmissible to allow the terrorist groups to take control of the lands in violation of agreements which exist starting with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 which strongly reiterated the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of the Syrian Arab Republic, which condemned any attempts by terrorists to disturb the life of Syrians, and which called for the direct dialogue between the government and the opposition. And the opposition groups listed in that Resolution.
If we speak about Hayat Tahrir al-Sham specifically, in 2018 and 2020 in the framework of the Astana format two agreements were signed clearly solidifying the common resolve not to allow Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to rule in Idlib to be thrown out of Idlib. And this agreements have not been implemented. And now they are grossly violated. <...>
We strongly reiterated territorial integrity, sovereignty and unity of the Syrian Arab Republic. We called for immediate end of hostile activities.
We stated that we want the Resolution 2254 to be fully implemented and for this purpose called for the dialogue between the government and legitimate opposition, as provided in that Resolution.
☝️ The main thing is not to say something new. The main thing is implement everything to which you sign up.
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❓ Question: There is so much to talk to you about but I'd like to start with Syria. Those dramatic developments that seem to be reshaping the political map of Syria. I would like your reaction to the things which had happened for the last ten days.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: The reaction has been public. Repeatedly stated.
It’s inadmissible to allow the terrorist groups to take control of the lands in violation of agreements which exist starting with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 which strongly reiterated the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of the Syrian Arab Republic, which condemned any attempts by terrorists to disturb the life of Syrians, and which called for the direct dialogue between the government and the opposition. And the opposition groups listed in that Resolution.
If we speak about Hayat Tahrir al-Sham specifically, in 2018 and 2020 in the framework of the Astana format two agreements were signed clearly solidifying the common resolve not to allow Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to rule in Idlib to be thrown out of Idlib. And this agreements have not been implemented. And now they are grossly violated. <...>
We strongly reiterated territorial integrity, sovereignty and unity of the Syrian Arab Republic. We called for immediate end of hostile activities.
We stated that we want the Resolution 2254 to be fully implemented and for this purpose called for the dialogue between the government and legitimate opposition, as provided in that Resolution.
☝️ The main thing is not to say something new. The main thing is implement everything to which you sign up.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry Statement
❗️ We are following the dramatic developments in Syria with extreme concern.
Following his talks with a number of participants in the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar al-Assad decided to step down as the Syrian President and leave the country, instructing the government to transfer power peacefully.
Russia was not a party in those negotiations.
However, we call on all the parties involved to renounce the use of violence and resolve all governance issues through political efforts.
In this regard, Russia maintains contact with all Syrian opposition groups. We urge all the parties to respect the opinions of all ethnic and religious groups in Syrian society.
We strongly support efforts to establish an inclusive political process based on Resolution 2254, unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council.
We hope that these approaches will be taken into account by the UN and all stakeholders, including in the context of implementing UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen’s recent initiative for urgent inclusive intra-Syrian talks in Geneva.
Additionally, Russia is taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of our citizens in Syria.
Russian military bases in Syria are on high alert. There is no serious threat to their security at the moment.
❗️ We are following the dramatic developments in Syria with extreme concern.
Following his talks with a number of participants in the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar al-Assad decided to step down as the Syrian President and leave the country, instructing the government to transfer power peacefully.
Russia was not a party in those negotiations.
However, we call on all the parties involved to renounce the use of violence and resolve all governance issues through political efforts.
In this regard, Russia maintains contact with all Syrian opposition groups. We urge all the parties to respect the opinions of all ethnic and religious groups in Syrian society.
We strongly support efforts to establish an inclusive political process based on Resolution 2254, unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council.
We hope that these approaches will be taken into account by the UN and all stakeholders, including in the context of implementing UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen’s recent initiative for urgent inclusive intra-Syrian talks in Geneva.
Additionally, Russia is taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of our citizens in Syria.
Russian military bases in Syria are on high alert. There is no serious threat to their security at the moment.
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🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (Moscow, 6 December 2024)
💬 When people in the West say we want this conflict to be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter and respect for territorial integrity of Ukraine, and Russia must withdraw. <...> It's a misnomer, because if you want to respect the UN Charter, you have to respect it in its entirety.
The UN Charter, among other things, says that all countries must respect equality of states and right of people for self-determination.
And they also mentioned the United Nations General Assembly resolutions, and this is clear that what they mean is the series of resolutions which they passed after the beginning of this special military operation and which demand condemnation of Russia, Russia to get out of Ukraine territory in 1991 borders.
But there are other UNGA resolutions which were not voted, but which were consensual, and among them is a Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the UN Charter. And it clearly says, by consensus, everybody must respect territorial integrity of states whose governments respect the right of people for self-determination, and because of that represent the entire population living on a given territory.
❗️ To argue that the people who came to power [in Kiev] through military coup d'état in February 2014 represented Crimeans or the citizens of eastern and southern Ukraine is absolutely useless. <...>
The last point is that if we speak about the UN Charter, resolutions, international law, the very first article of the UN Charter, which the West never, never recalls in the Ukrainian context, says, "Respect human rights of everybody, irrespective of race, gender, language, or religion."
Take any conflict. The US, UK, Brussels, they would interfere, saying, "Oh, human rights have been grossly violated. We must restore the human rights in such and such territory".
On Ukraine, never, ever they mumbled the words "human rights," seeing these human rights for the Russian and Russian-speaking population being totally exterminated by law.
So when people say, "Let's resolve the conflict on the basis of the UN Charter", - yes. But don't forget that the Charter is not only about territorial integrity.
☝️ And territorial integrity must be respected only if the governments are legitimate and if they respect the rights of their own people.
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💬 When people in the West say we want this conflict to be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter and respect for territorial integrity of Ukraine, and Russia must withdraw. <...> It's a misnomer, because if you want to respect the UN Charter, you have to respect it in its entirety.
The UN Charter, among other things, says that all countries must respect equality of states and right of people for self-determination.
And they also mentioned the United Nations General Assembly resolutions, and this is clear that what they mean is the series of resolutions which they passed after the beginning of this special military operation and which demand condemnation of Russia, Russia to get out of Ukraine territory in 1991 borders.
But there are other UNGA resolutions which were not voted, but which were consensual, and among them is a Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the UN Charter. And it clearly says, by consensus, everybody must respect territorial integrity of states whose governments respect the right of people for self-determination, and because of that represent the entire population living on a given territory.
❗️ To argue that the people who came to power [in Kiev] through military coup d'état in February 2014 represented Crimeans or the citizens of eastern and southern Ukraine is absolutely useless. <...>
The last point is that if we speak about the UN Charter, resolutions, international law, the very first article of the UN Charter, which the West never, never recalls in the Ukrainian context, says, "Respect human rights of everybody, irrespective of race, gender, language, or religion."
Take any conflict. The US, UK, Brussels, they would interfere, saying, "Oh, human rights have been grossly violated. We must restore the human rights in such and such territory".
On Ukraine, never, ever they mumbled the words "human rights," seeing these human rights for the Russian and Russian-speaking population being totally exterminated by law.
So when people say, "Let's resolve the conflict on the basis of the UN Charter", - yes. But don't forget that the Charter is not only about territorial integrity.
☝️ And territorial integrity must be respected only if the governments are legitimate and if they respect the rights of their own people.
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Forwarded from Kremlin. News
Comment by Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov
We have carefully read the statement by US President-elect Donald Trump, made after his meeting with Macron and Zelensky in Paris.
President Putin has repeatedly said Russia was open to negotiations on Ukraine and welcomed peace initiatives, primarily those coming from countries of the Global South, as well as our BRICS partners, including China, Brazil, and South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, which are engaged in work on the humanitarian track.
Our stance on Ukraine is well known. The conditions required to cease the hostilities immediately were laid out by President Putin in June this year in his speech at Russia's Foreign Ministry.
What bears reminding here is that it was Ukraine that rejected negotiations, and the country still rejects them. Moreover, Zelensky has, by his own decree, banned himself and his presidential office from making any engagements with the Russian leadership. This particular stance of theirs remains unchanged. Yet, all Zelensky has to do to enter a trajectory of peace is to revoke this decree and issue an order to resume dialogue on the basis of arrangements made in Istanbul and with account taken of the realities taking shape on the ground.
As for the data on both sides' casualties, these were obviously presented in accordance with the Ukrainian narrative and reflect the official position of Ukraine. The actual casualty figures are completely different. Ukraine's casualties are many times higher than Russia's.
If such a casualty pace is maintained further, Ukraine's manpower will be completely depleted, and the country will have to lower the mobilization age to 18 years and step up the press-ganging practices. However, even all these measures will not change the catastrophic situation the Ukrainian forces are now finding themselves in. This is not news for Ukraine itself or for international observers.
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💬 Посольство продолжает следить за т.н. публичным расследованием гибели британской гражданки Д.Стерджесс. Трагическое происшествие здесь, как известно, увязывается с «делом Скрипалей».
На прошлой неделе завершились проводимые в рамках расследования открытые слушания. Никаких новых элементов в картину произошедшего в Солсбери и Эймсбери, как и можно было догадаться, они не внесли. Ясности не прибавилось. Но и не для этого всё затевалось.
Представители британских властей используют роль «свидетелей», чтобы безапелляционно продвигать бездоказательные антироссийские версии. Важнейшие участники событий и заинтересованные стороны на заседаниях даже не появляются. В изложенных объяснениях обнаруживаются новые нестыковки.
Прошедшие заседания подтвердили наши ранние оценки предвзятого, политизированного и непрозрачного процесса.
☝️ Нет ни малейших сомнений, что, в конечном счёте, опираясь на уже имплантированные с помощью СМИ мифы, власти добьются квазисудебного «подтверждения» политической версии произошедшего, которую на протяжении нескольких лет эксплуатируют для разрушения отношений с нашей страной.
После того, как британцы ещё в 2018 году полностью уклонились от сотрудничества с Россией по установлению обстоятельств инцидента со Скрипалями, для нас это станет очередным свидетельством его изначально заказного и провокационного характера.
Причём, если в 2018 году инсценировка в Солсбери использовалась Лондоном только в рамках геополитических игрищ, то теперь её цинично используют ещё и для отвлечения внимания от по-человечески важного вопроса, ради ответа на который якобы и запускалось это расследование, – что же случилось с Дон Стерджесс.
Складывается устойчивое впечатление, что британские власти, осознавая свою ответственность за судьбу собственной гражданки, пытаются спрятаться за завесой антироссийских выдумок.
Для нас же главное в том, что так и не дан ответ на ключевой для России вопрос – о судьбе Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей. Прошедшие слушания лишь усугубили беспокойство за российских граждан, которых британцы в лучшем случае скрывают.
Российская сторона регулярно публично обращает внимание на безвестное отсутствие наших соотечественников. В интервью американскому журналисту Т.Карлсону 6 декабря Министр иностранных дел России С.В.Лавров вновь констатировал целенаправленный отказ британских властей, вопреки своим международно-правовым обязательствам, от предоставления нам информации о судьбе российских граждан.
❗️ Посольство продолжит требовать от Лондона исчерпывающих и объективных сведений о местонахождении и состоянии здоровья Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей, а также настаивать на обеспечении консульского доступа к ним согласно положениям Венской конвенции о консульских сношениях 1963 года и двусторонней Консульской конвенции 1965 года.
Если наши граждане действительно, как это подают британские власти, не нуждаются в помощи со стороны российского государства, то проверить это можно, только побеседовав с ними напрямую и убедившись в отсутствии в отношении них признаков давления.
На прошлой неделе завершились проводимые в рамках расследования открытые слушания. Никаких новых элементов в картину произошедшего в Солсбери и Эймсбери, как и можно было догадаться, они не внесли. Ясности не прибавилось. Но и не для этого всё затевалось.
Представители британских властей используют роль «свидетелей», чтобы безапелляционно продвигать бездоказательные антироссийские версии. Важнейшие участники событий и заинтересованные стороны на заседаниях даже не появляются. В изложенных объяснениях обнаруживаются новые нестыковки.
Прошедшие заседания подтвердили наши ранние оценки предвзятого, политизированного и непрозрачного процесса.
☝️ Нет ни малейших сомнений, что, в конечном счёте, опираясь на уже имплантированные с помощью СМИ мифы, власти добьются квазисудебного «подтверждения» политической версии произошедшего, которую на протяжении нескольких лет эксплуатируют для разрушения отношений с нашей страной.
После того, как британцы ещё в 2018 году полностью уклонились от сотрудничества с Россией по установлению обстоятельств инцидента со Скрипалями, для нас это станет очередным свидетельством его изначально заказного и провокационного характера.
Причём, если в 2018 году инсценировка в Солсбери использовалась Лондоном только в рамках геополитических игрищ, то теперь её цинично используют ещё и для отвлечения внимания от по-человечески важного вопроса, ради ответа на который якобы и запускалось это расследование, – что же случилось с Дон Стерджесс.
Складывается устойчивое впечатление, что британские власти, осознавая свою ответственность за судьбу собственной гражданки, пытаются спрятаться за завесой антироссийских выдумок.
Для нас же главное в том, что так и не дан ответ на ключевой для России вопрос – о судьбе Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей. Прошедшие слушания лишь усугубили беспокойство за российских граждан, которых британцы в лучшем случае скрывают.
Российская сторона регулярно публично обращает внимание на безвестное отсутствие наших соотечественников. В интервью американскому журналисту Т.Карлсону 6 декабря Министр иностранных дел России С.В.Лавров вновь констатировал целенаправленный отказ британских властей, вопреки своим международно-правовым обязательствам, от предоставления нам информации о судьбе российских граждан.
❗️ Посольство продолжит требовать от Лондона исчерпывающих и объективных сведений о местонахождении и состоянии здоровья Сергея и Юлии Скрипалей, а также настаивать на обеспечении консульского доступа к ним согласно положениям Венской конвенции о консульских сношениях 1963 года и двусторонней Консульской конвенции 1965 года.
Если наши граждане действительно, как это подают британские власти, не нуждаются в помощи со стороны российского государства, то проверить это можно, только побеседовав с ними напрямую и убедившись в отсутствии в отношении них признаков давления.
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💬 The Embassy continues to monitor the ongoing inquiry into the circumstances of the death of British citizen Dawn Sturgess. This tragic incident is visibly being linked to the "Skripal affair" by UK authorities.
Public hearings, a part of the inquiry, ended last week. As expected, they failed to shed more light on what really happened in Salisbury and Amesbury in 2018. Nothing has become clearer. Yet clarity was never the objective.
Representatives of the British authorities, acting as "witnesses", used the inquiry to promote spurious anti-Russian narratives. Crucial participants and interested parties did not even attend. The submitted accounts of the events contain more inconsistencies.
The hearings have confirmed our earlier assessment that the entire process remains opaque, biased and politically motivated.
☝️ Relying on narratives already implanted via the media, the UK authorities are practically guaranteed to secure a quasi-judicial "endorsement" of their politicised version of events – a work of fiction that has for years been utilised to undermine relations with our country.
Following the UK's wholesale abandonment in 2018 of cooperation with Russia to establish the facts behind the Skripal incident, this eventual outcome will serve as yet another confirmation of its premeditated and provocative nature.
Whereas the 2018 Salisbury provocation was primarily used by London for geopolitical maneuvering, it now seems to be cynically exploited to divert attention from a profoundly human issue: uncovering the truth about what happened to Dawn Sturgess.
It would increasingly appear that the British authorities, fully aware of their responsibility for the security of their citizens, are seeking to cover up their own deficiencies behind a panoply of anti-Russian smokes and mirrors.
As for Russia, we are predominantly concerned by the absence of any information regarding our citizens, Sergei and Yulia Skripal. The latest hearings have only reinforced our apprehension about their fate, as it becomes evident that the British authorities are, at best, concealing their whereabouts.
Russia has consistently and publicly highlighted concerns about the disappearance of our citizens. In his interview with Tucker Carlson on December 6th Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again pointed out that the UK authorities were deliberately refusing to provide any information about Sergei and Yulia Skripal in blatant violation of their international legal obligations.
❗️ The Embassy will remain steadfast in demanding credible information from London regarding Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Furthermore, we will continue to press for unhindered consular access to them, in strict accordance with the provisions of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the 1965 bilateral Consular Convention.
If, indeed, our citizens do not require assistance from the Russian government, as the British authorities allege, there is only way to ascertain this: by hearing it from them directly and in person, while making sure that they are not under duress.
Public hearings, a part of the inquiry, ended last week. As expected, they failed to shed more light on what really happened in Salisbury and Amesbury in 2018. Nothing has become clearer. Yet clarity was never the objective.
Representatives of the British authorities, acting as "witnesses", used the inquiry to promote spurious anti-Russian narratives. Crucial participants and interested parties did not even attend. The submitted accounts of the events contain more inconsistencies.
The hearings have confirmed our earlier assessment that the entire process remains opaque, biased and politically motivated.
☝️ Relying on narratives already implanted via the media, the UK authorities are practically guaranteed to secure a quasi-judicial "endorsement" of their politicised version of events – a work of fiction that has for years been utilised to undermine relations with our country.
Following the UK's wholesale abandonment in 2018 of cooperation with Russia to establish the facts behind the Skripal incident, this eventual outcome will serve as yet another confirmation of its premeditated and provocative nature.
Whereas the 2018 Salisbury provocation was primarily used by London for geopolitical maneuvering, it now seems to be cynically exploited to divert attention from a profoundly human issue: uncovering the truth about what happened to Dawn Sturgess.
It would increasingly appear that the British authorities, fully aware of their responsibility for the security of their citizens, are seeking to cover up their own deficiencies behind a panoply of anti-Russian smokes and mirrors.
As for Russia, we are predominantly concerned by the absence of any information regarding our citizens, Sergei and Yulia Skripal. The latest hearings have only reinforced our apprehension about their fate, as it becomes evident that the British authorities are, at best, concealing their whereabouts.
Russia has consistently and publicly highlighted concerns about the disappearance of our citizens. In his interview with Tucker Carlson on December 6th Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again pointed out that the UK authorities were deliberately refusing to provide any information about Sergei and Yulia Skripal in blatant violation of their international legal obligations.
❗️ The Embassy will remain steadfast in demanding credible information from London regarding Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Furthermore, we will continue to press for unhindered consular access to them, in strict accordance with the provisions of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the 1965 bilateral Consular Convention.
If, indeed, our citizens do not require assistance from the Russian government, as the British authorities allege, there is only way to ascertain this: by hearing it from them directly and in person, while making sure that they are not under duress.
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🤦 The UK Foreign Secretary’s latest claim that Russia is “driving up house prices” displays a worrying ignorance by the Labour Government of the realities of the national property market.
The City of London and UK Overseas Territories are indeed notorious safe havens for foreign money launderers and fraudsters, while foreign investment is a significant factor in price growth. But the two should not be confused.
“Questionable” Russian property acquisitions in the UK since 2016 are estimated even by Transparency International to amount to £1,5 billion, a fraction of overall foreign investments in UK real estate (£43 billion just in 2023).
The much bigger factors in the inadequate housing equation in the UK are the successive governments’ failures to build affordable homes, rampant immigration (some of it a result of the UK’s destabilising foreign policy overseas) as well as recent spikes of inflation, high taxes and low economic growth.
Admitting these hard facts, however, would require the Foreign Secretary to shoulder a measure of responsibility, not least, for imposing economic self-limitations on the UK via anti-Russian sanctions as well as funding the failing far-right regime in Kiev, at the same time as local house prices are going through the roof. Virtue-signalling certainly seems to be a cosier option.
☝️ History repeats itself. The Conservatives, while in government, banned oil and gas imports from Russia and then falsely blamed Russia for the ensuing record energy prices.
Not much CHANGE in UK politics after all.
The City of London and UK Overseas Territories are indeed notorious safe havens for foreign money launderers and fraudsters, while foreign investment is a significant factor in price growth. But the two should not be confused.
“Questionable” Russian property acquisitions in the UK since 2016 are estimated even by Transparency International to amount to £1,5 billion, a fraction of overall foreign investments in UK real estate (£43 billion just in 2023).
The much bigger factors in the inadequate housing equation in the UK are the successive governments’ failures to build affordable homes, rampant immigration (some of it a result of the UK’s destabilising foreign policy overseas) as well as recent spikes of inflation, high taxes and low economic growth.
Admitting these hard facts, however, would require the Foreign Secretary to shoulder a measure of responsibility, not least, for imposing economic self-limitations on the UK via anti-Russian sanctions as well as funding the failing far-right regime in Kiev, at the same time as local house prices are going through the roof. Virtue-signalling certainly seems to be a cosier option.
☝️ History repeats itself. The Conservatives, while in government, banned oil and gas imports from Russia and then falsely blamed Russia for the ensuing record energy prices.
Not much CHANGE in UK politics after all.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the Kiev regime’s attack on IAEA staff (December 11, 2024)
During a planned rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat staff at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on December 10, the armed forces of Ukraine carried out a series of strikes on the official vehicle used for the rotation of Agency personnel.
🔻 The vehicle carrying IAEA staff was attacked at around 3 pm within the Ukrainian controlled territory.
🔻 At 4.37 pm, Ukraine attacked a Russian convoy that was moving from Kamenskoye after delivering the IAEA Secretariat team to the frontline.
❗️We share the outrage of the IAEA management over these provocative and irresponsible actions by the Kiev regime, which not only continues to commit crimes, endangering and attacking Russian nuclear facilities, but has now decided to put at risk the lives of international personnel and the Russian servicemen responsible for the rotation.
That attack, which could have claimed lives, is evidence of the Ukrainian authorities’ complete disregard for the universal norms of humanitarian law and the agreements reached, as well as their undisguised contempt for the immunity of international staff.
We strongly condemn these actions of the Kiev regime, which believes in its impunity. <...>
☝️ We would like to point out that this latest action of Kiev is an obvious provocation staged ahead of the meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, which will convene on December 12 at Kiev’s initiative. We call on the US, Great Britain and their allies to withdraw any support from Zelensky’s regime and to take measures to bring to account the culprits and those responsible for organising and carrying out that provocation.
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During a planned rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat staff at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on December 10, the armed forces of Ukraine carried out a series of strikes on the official vehicle used for the rotation of Agency personnel.
🔻 The vehicle carrying IAEA staff was attacked at around 3 pm within the Ukrainian controlled territory.
🔻 At 4.37 pm, Ukraine attacked a Russian convoy that was moving from Kamenskoye after delivering the IAEA Secretariat team to the frontline.
❗️We share the outrage of the IAEA management over these provocative and irresponsible actions by the Kiev regime, which not only continues to commit crimes, endangering and attacking Russian nuclear facilities, but has now decided to put at risk the lives of international personnel and the Russian servicemen responsible for the rotation.
That attack, which could have claimed lives, is evidence of the Ukrainian authorities’ complete disregard for the universal norms of humanitarian law and the agreements reached, as well as their undisguised contempt for the immunity of international staff.
We strongly condemn these actions of the Kiev regime, which believes in its impunity. <...>
☝️ We would like to point out that this latest action of Kiev is an obvious provocation staged ahead of the meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, which will convene on December 12 at Kiev’s initiative. We call on the US, Great Britain and their allies to withdraw any support from Zelensky’s regime and to take measures to bring to account the culprits and those responsible for organising and carrying out that provocation.
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❗️ While professing its commitment to "freedom and democracy", the UK government has aligned itself with supporting fascist elements in Europe, represented by the neo-Nazi Ukrainian regime that came to power following a coup in 2014.
London is providing political, economic, and military support to Kiev. British instructors are involved in training Ukrainian militants, British mercenaries are deployed to Ukraine, and British-made weapons are used in attacks that result in the deaths of Russian civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Even the Ukrainian fascist slogan "Slava Ukraini" ("Glory to Ukraine!") has been frequently echoed by members of the British political elite as a demonstration of their support for Kiev.
In May 2024, three fighters of Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Brigade visited London, where they were warmly received by a group of British MPs and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photos of the meeting show Ukrainians in military uniforms prominently displaying the Azov insignia with Nazi symbols. Yet, this detail does not seem to concern British lawmakers.
The British mainstream media regularly whitewash and rehabilitate Ukrainian neo-Nazis, including members of the Azov Brigade, portraying them as defenders and patriots of Ukraine.
Notably, there are a number of monuments in Britain dedicated to Ukrainian Nazi collaborators.
• In Bradford, England, a plaque commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations, an organisation comprising former Nazis and their collaborators who fled to the West following the defeat of Hitler's Germany in the Second World War.
• In Derby, England, two plaques honour the 14th SS Grenadier Division, also known as SS Galichina. These are located at the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel. One plaque marks the 60th anniversary of the division, while the other pays tribute to Ukrainian SS members who perished during the Battle of Brody in 1944, where most Hitlerites were decimated by the Red Army.
• In Lockerbie, Scotland, a memorial to the same SS division stands near an improvised chapel, erected on the site of a former prisoner-of-war camp that once held SS Galichina soldiers.
❌ Tellingly, in 2022-2024, the UK delegation voted against the resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" proposed annually by Russia and other co-authors at the UN General Assembly.
Do you find this hard to believe?
Read Russia's MFA report on glorification of Nazism and the spread of neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in various countries, including the UK.
London is providing political, economic, and military support to Kiev. British instructors are involved in training Ukrainian militants, British mercenaries are deployed to Ukraine, and British-made weapons are used in attacks that result in the deaths of Russian civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Even the Ukrainian fascist slogan "Slava Ukraini" ("Glory to Ukraine!") has been frequently echoed by members of the British political elite as a demonstration of their support for Kiev.
In May 2024, three fighters of Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Brigade visited London, where they were warmly received by a group of British MPs and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photos of the meeting show Ukrainians in military uniforms prominently displaying the Azov insignia with Nazi symbols. Yet, this detail does not seem to concern British lawmakers.
The British mainstream media regularly whitewash and rehabilitate Ukrainian neo-Nazis, including members of the Azov Brigade, portraying them as defenders and patriots of Ukraine.
Notably, there are a number of monuments in Britain dedicated to Ukrainian Nazi collaborators.
• In Bradford, England, a plaque commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations, an organisation comprising former Nazis and their collaborators who fled to the West following the defeat of Hitler's Germany in the Second World War.
• In Derby, England, two plaques honour the 14th SS Grenadier Division, also known as SS Galichina. These are located at the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel. One plaque marks the 60th anniversary of the division, while the other pays tribute to Ukrainian SS members who perished during the Battle of Brody in 1944, where most Hitlerites were decimated by the Red Army.
• In Lockerbie, Scotland, a memorial to the same SS division stands near an improvised chapel, erected on the site of a former prisoner-of-war camp that once held SS Galichina soldiers.
❌ Tellingly, in 2022-2024, the UK delegation voted against the resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" proposed annually by Russia and other co-authors at the UN General Assembly.
Do you find this hard to believe?
Read Russia's MFA report on glorification of Nazism and the spread of neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in various countries, including the UK.
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🎙 Excerpt from Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing on topical foreign policy issues (11 December 2024)
Britain’s accusations against Russia regarding alleged hostile activities in the ICT sector
💬 We have observed yet another iteration of the anti-Russia campaign in the United Kingdom.
This time, it stems from accusations made in the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual review, under the British Government Communications Headquarters, alleging "hostile" activities of our country in the field of information and communication technologies.
It is worth noting that the document fails to present any concrete or significant evidence to substantiate the allegations it puts forward. Furthermore, an analysis of the report reveals that the purported threats attributed to Russia are not even a primary focus. Nevertheless, for the sake of political convenience, the media has chosen to emphasise the geopolitical context.
☝️ It is clear that this is part of a broader Russophobic agenda pushed by the British political establishment to serve their own interests.
London is fully aware that, since May 9 of this year, the Global Intergovernmental Register of Contact Points for exchanging information on computer attacks, an initiative spearheaded by Russia, has been operational within the UN framework. This mechanism was specifically established to facilitate investigations into such incidents.
Despite being a participant in this system, the UK has not submitted any requests through this channel to us. This clearly indicates that the British have no evidence linking Russia to malicious activities in the information space.
Furthermore, London seems uninterested in identifying the actual perpetrators behind these incidents – assuming they even occurred and were not entirely fabricated. Once again, the UK has opted for its "highly likely" narrative and resorted to public accusations over substantive engagement. This approach contrasts with the professional cooperation between competent agencies that Russia has consistently suggested.
❗️ We believe that, rather than resorting to baseless insinuations, Britain should turn its attention to the actions of its protégés. Zelensky's regime, which it actively supports, openly acknowledges orchestrating hacker attacks, including through the Kiev-controlled IT Army.
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Britain’s accusations against Russia regarding alleged hostile activities in the ICT sector
💬 We have observed yet another iteration of the anti-Russia campaign in the United Kingdom.
This time, it stems from accusations made in the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual review, under the British Government Communications Headquarters, alleging "hostile" activities of our country in the field of information and communication technologies.
It is worth noting that the document fails to present any concrete or significant evidence to substantiate the allegations it puts forward. Furthermore, an analysis of the report reveals that the purported threats attributed to Russia are not even a primary focus. Nevertheless, for the sake of political convenience, the media has chosen to emphasise the geopolitical context.
☝️ It is clear that this is part of a broader Russophobic agenda pushed by the British political establishment to serve their own interests.
London is fully aware that, since May 9 of this year, the Global Intergovernmental Register of Contact Points for exchanging information on computer attacks, an initiative spearheaded by Russia, has been operational within the UN framework. This mechanism was specifically established to facilitate investigations into such incidents.
Despite being a participant in this system, the UK has not submitted any requests through this channel to us. This clearly indicates that the British have no evidence linking Russia to malicious activities in the information space.
Furthermore, London seems uninterested in identifying the actual perpetrators behind these incidents – assuming they even occurred and were not entirely fabricated. Once again, the UK has opted for its "highly likely" narrative and resorted to public accusations over substantive engagement. This approach contrasts with the professional cooperation between competent agencies that Russia has consistently suggested.
❗️ We believe that, rather than resorting to baseless insinuations, Britain should turn its attention to the actions of its protégés. Zelensky's regime, which it actively supports, openly acknowledges orchestrating hacker attacks, including through the Kiev-controlled IT Army.
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🎙 Comment by Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov
💬 During yesterday’s phone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban suggested carrying out a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine ahead of Christmas, as well as declaring a Christmas ceasefire.
Russia has never rejected peace talks and has stated many times its readiness to resume them based on the 2022 Istanbul agreements.
On the same day, Russia's Federal Security Service forwarded our proposals regarding the exchange of prisoners to the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow.
However, judging by the way Zelensky, as well as his entourage, responded on social media, Ukraine has rejected all of Viktor Orban’s proposals.
☝️ We proceed from the premise that consultations on ensuring peace will continue.
Russia fully supports Viktor Orban's efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement and resolve humanitarian issues dealing with the exchange of prisoners.
💬 During yesterday’s phone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban suggested carrying out a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine ahead of Christmas, as well as declaring a Christmas ceasefire.
Russia has never rejected peace talks and has stated many times its readiness to resume them based on the 2022 Istanbul agreements.
On the same day, Russia's Federal Security Service forwarded our proposals regarding the exchange of prisoners to the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow.
However, judging by the way Zelensky, as well as his entourage, responded on social media, Ukraine has rejected all of Viktor Orban’s proposals.
☝️ We proceed from the premise that consultations on ensuring peace will continue.
Russia fully supports Viktor Orban's efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement and resolve humanitarian issues dealing with the exchange of prisoners.
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🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's remarks at a meeting of the 22nd Congress of the United Russia political party (14 December 2024)
💬 Russia is making progress, the economy is growing, and this is happening against a backdrop of unprecedented – in the truest sense of the word – sanctions, gross interference and pressure from the ruling elites of some countries.
However, no blackmailing or attempts to stand in our way will yield any result. Russia has confidence in itself, it feels it is right and feels its power. Therefore, all the short- and long-term tasks we have set will definitely be completed. <...>
The very name of the party shows the essence of our course, the image of the country that we are building, that we want to preserve and pass on to our descendants, the awareness that we are a unique, distinctive civilisation, a multinational and multi-faith nation that, for all its internal diversity, has been and will continue to be united. That is a crucial thing.
Our opponents have tried to undermine this unity throughout all history, and now they are again following a scenario that has been tested out on others, trying to divide people, play the national or religious card.
❗️ We will firmly suppress such provocations, we will respond to any threats and challenges, and we are ready to fight back, as they say, along the entire front. And it is not only along the line of combat contact.
The truly global, decisive confrontation affects all aspects of our lives: culture, education, worldview, economy and technology.
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💬 Russia is making progress, the economy is growing, and this is happening against a backdrop of unprecedented – in the truest sense of the word – sanctions, gross interference and pressure from the ruling elites of some countries.
However, no blackmailing or attempts to stand in our way will yield any result. Russia has confidence in itself, it feels it is right and feels its power. Therefore, all the short- and long-term tasks we have set will definitely be completed. <...>
The very name of the party shows the essence of our course, the image of the country that we are building, that we want to preserve and pass on to our descendants, the awareness that we are a unique, distinctive civilisation, a multinational and multi-faith nation that, for all its internal diversity, has been and will continue to be united. That is a crucial thing.
Our opponents have tried to undermine this unity throughout all history, and now they are again following a scenario that has been tested out on others, trying to divide people, play the national or religious card.
❗️ We will firmly suppress such provocations, we will respond to any threats and challenges, and we are ready to fight back, as they say, along the entire front. And it is not only along the line of combat contact.
The truly global, decisive confrontation affects all aspects of our lives: culture, education, worldview, economy and technology.
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💬 Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: In 2024, militants of the criminal Kiev regime killed Semyon Yeryomin, Valery Kozhin, Nikita Tsitsagi, and Yulia Kuznetsova.
We will remember them as the victims of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their henchmen.
Anton Voloshin, Igor Kornelyuk, Anatoly Klyan, Andrey Stenin, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov will forever remain in our hearts.
The targeted hunt for Russian journalists and war correspondents carried out by Ukrainian thugs is a direct consequence of the years-long policy pursued by the Kiev clique's Western curators who have enabled and even encouraged terrorist methods, as well as by the multilateral structures they control, whose direct responsibility is to ensure the safety of journalists without distinction.
❌ The outrageous situation around UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of numerous killings of Russian journalists and war correspondents by the criminal Kiev regime, is yet another obvious manifestation of hypocrisy and double standards.
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We will remember them as the victims of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their henchmen.
Anton Voloshin, Igor Kornelyuk, Anatoly Klyan, Andrey Stenin, Darya Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), Rostislav Zhuravlev, and Boris Maksudov will forever remain in our hearts.
The targeted hunt for Russian journalists and war correspondents carried out by Ukrainian thugs is a direct consequence of the years-long policy pursued by the Kiev clique's Western curators who have enabled and even encouraged terrorist methods, as well as by the multilateral structures they control, whose direct responsibility is to ensure the safety of journalists without distinction.
❌ The outrageous situation around UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity for 2022-2023, which deliberately ignored the facts of numerous killings of Russian journalists and war correspondents by the criminal Kiev regime, is yet another obvious manifestation of hypocrisy and double standards.
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🎙 Интервью Посла России в Великобритании А.В.Келина телеканалу «Звезда»
🔸 С нашей точки зрения, [«дело Скрипалей»] является провокацией, которую Лондон использует с 2018 года для планомерного разрушения наших двусторонних отношений.
🔸 Нас здесь обвиняют абсолютно во всём, и особенно в том, что жизнь в Британии становится всё хуже. Ещё говорят, что мы виноваты в росте цен на продукты. Не могу даже перечислять всю ту ерунду, которую здесь пишут.
🔸 Британский официоз и СМИ продолжают говорить о необходимости стоять с Украиной до конца. Тем не менее, тут появились достаточно серьёзные экспертные статьи на тему того, что пора с этим [украинским конфликтом] заканчивать, что Украина не выдержит, что Зеленского надо менять и всю историю противостояния с Россией как-то повернуть в противоположную сторону.
🔸 У нас такое ощущение, что [глава МИД Британии] Дэвид Лэмми ещё не очень разбирается в международных делах, а самое главное – в причинах и корнях происходящих в той или иной стране конфликтах. Тут ещё его помощникам и советникам надо немало поработать.
🔸 Сейчас цель [Британии по Украине] достаточно ясна – отговорить Дональда Трампа от того, чтобы он снижал помощь Украине и уговорить его, чтобы он надавил на Россию. <...> Британские усилия сосредоточены именно на этом, а также на демонстрации солидарности с союзниками.
🔸 Нам сейчас нечего обсуждать с Британией всерьёз в политике, поскольку наши позиции совершенно разные. Постоянного дипломатического диалога в классическом понимании [между наши странами] нет.
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🔸 С нашей точки зрения, [«дело Скрипалей»] является провокацией, которую Лондон использует с 2018 года для планомерного разрушения наших двусторонних отношений.
🔸 Нас здесь обвиняют абсолютно во всём, и особенно в том, что жизнь в Британии становится всё хуже. Ещё говорят, что мы виноваты в росте цен на продукты. Не могу даже перечислять всю ту ерунду, которую здесь пишут.
🔸 Британский официоз и СМИ продолжают говорить о необходимости стоять с Украиной до конца. Тем не менее, тут появились достаточно серьёзные экспертные статьи на тему того, что пора с этим [украинским конфликтом] заканчивать, что Украина не выдержит, что Зеленского надо менять и всю историю противостояния с Россией как-то повернуть в противоположную сторону.
🔸 У нас такое ощущение, что [глава МИД Британии] Дэвид Лэмми ещё не очень разбирается в международных делах, а самое главное – в причинах и корнях происходящих в той или иной стране конфликтах. Тут ещё его помощникам и советникам надо немало поработать.
🔸 Сейчас цель [Британии по Украине] достаточно ясна – отговорить Дональда Трампа от того, чтобы он снижал помощь Украине и уговорить его, чтобы он надавил на Россию. <...> Британские усилия сосредоточены именно на этом, а также на демонстрации солидарности с союзниками.
🔸 Нам сейчас нечего обсуждать с Британией всерьёз в политике, поскольку наши позиции совершенно разные. Постоянного дипломатического диалога в классическом понимании [между наши странами] нет.
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🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's remarks at an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation
💬 The military-political situation in the world remains challenging and unstable. Bloodshed continues in the Middle East, and there is a high potential for conflict in a number of other regions of the world.
We observe the current US administration and practically the entire West attempting to maintain their global dominance. They continue to impose their so-called rules on the international community, which they change time after time, juggling them as they see fit.
Properly speaking, there is just one stable rule – no rules whatsoever for those who engage in this behaviour, for those who believe they are at the head of the world, for those who regard themselves as God's vicars on earth, although they do not believe in God themselves.
❌ At the same time, they conduct hybrid wars and implement containment policies against dissenting states, including Russia.
In a bid to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat on us, the US continues to pump the actually illegitimate Kiev regime with weapons and money, as well as sending mercenaries and military advisors, thereby encouraging further escalation of the conflict.
Simultaneously, under the pretext of a non-existent Russian threat, they scare their population with allegations that we intend to attack someone.
This is a very simple tactical ploy: they push us to a red line that we cannot help but cross; when we begin to respond, they frighten their population with the Soviet – in the olden times – and with the Russian threat today.
Meanwhile, NATO countries are boosting their military spending and the alliance’s assault groupings are being formed near the Russian border. <...>
☝️ Given the escalating geopolitical tensions, we must adopt additional measures to ensure the security of Russia and its allies. We are doing this carefully and thoughtfully, without becoming drawn into a full-scale arms race that would damage the socioeconomic development of the country.
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💬 The military-political situation in the world remains challenging and unstable. Bloodshed continues in the Middle East, and there is a high potential for conflict in a number of other regions of the world.
We observe the current US administration and practically the entire West attempting to maintain their global dominance. They continue to impose their so-called rules on the international community, which they change time after time, juggling them as they see fit.
Properly speaking, there is just one stable rule – no rules whatsoever for those who engage in this behaviour, for those who believe they are at the head of the world, for those who regard themselves as God's vicars on earth, although they do not believe in God themselves.
❌ At the same time, they conduct hybrid wars and implement containment policies against dissenting states, including Russia.
In a bid to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat on us, the US continues to pump the actually illegitimate Kiev regime with weapons and money, as well as sending mercenaries and military advisors, thereby encouraging further escalation of the conflict.
Simultaneously, under the pretext of a non-existent Russian threat, they scare their population with allegations that we intend to attack someone.
This is a very simple tactical ploy: they push us to a red line that we cannot help but cross; when we begin to respond, they frighten their population with the Soviet – in the olden times – and with the Russian threat today.
Meanwhile, NATO countries are boosting their military spending and the alliance’s assault groupings are being formed near the Russian border. <...>
☝️ Given the escalating geopolitical tensions, we must adopt additional measures to ensure the security of Russia and its allies. We are doing this carefully and thoughtfully, without becoming drawn into a full-scale arms race that would damage the socioeconomic development of the country.
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National identity and political choice on the example of Russia and China
📰 Article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
💬 The Western civilisation has always tried to impose its will on external players throughout its history.
Its most effective method was not inflicting a direct military defeat on them, which Europe could seldom accomplish due to the permanent shortage of material and human resources. It employed a much simpler strategy of destroying the existing power structures from within and by proxy.
The Western world tried to prevent people from joining forces to repel the enemy, and to incite rivalry and dissent among them. It aimed at creating or exploiting objective ethnic, language, cultural, tribal and religious differences.
There are many instances when some segments or groups of population rose to that deadly bait and allowed to be drawn into bloody and extended ethno-social and ethno-confessional conflicts. The ultimate form of that policy is the "divide et impera" – divide and rule – principle.
The term became a household word in Britain in the 17th century, but the policy itself was widely used in the Roman Empire and borrowed by the European colonial empires. It was crucial for providing subsistence to nearly all major colonial systems and became an integral part of the parent states' activities. It actually remains the key method for implementing the Western management practices. <...>
❌ A targeted push to fuel religious and ethnic tension and confrontation served as one of the key tools for delivering on the divide element. In fact, the United Nations is still working on redressing the most urgent and gravest consequences of this policy.
For example, London must be credited for inciting and reinforcing the Hindu-Muslim antagonism. British colonisers used to bring cheap agricultural labour to Burma from Bengal, a predominantly Muslim region. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was a major factor in this regard with the increase in demand for rice in Europe, transforming Burma into what can be called a rice basket.
This led to the emergence of a Bengal Muslim community that was alien to the Burman Buddhist majority. Called the Rohingya, this community settled in the north of Rakhine State (Arakan) and developed its own identity which was quite radical.
Mutual distrust and fierce competition for the already limited resources, i.e., the right to own land, between native Burmans and those who descended from labour migrants led to the bloody events of 1942-1943, which came to be known in British history books as the Arakan Massacres. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. Inter-ethnic, religious and social strife continued to deepen, paving the way for the massive outflow of the Rohingya people to neighbouring countries in 2017, recognised as the biggest resettlement of people in Southeast Asia since the 1970s crisis in Indochina.
Cyprus got a similar "ethnic gift" from the UK, which went to great length to deepen the centuries-old conflict between the island’s Greek and Turk populations. <...>
❗️ The classical principle of Western civilisers, "divide et impera", inflicts untold suffering and hardship across the globe, serving as a source of numerous ethnic and socio-cultural conflicts, as well as pervasive economic inequality. This was true in the past, and it remains so today.
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📰 Article by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
💬 The Western civilisation has always tried to impose its will on external players throughout its history.
Its most effective method was not inflicting a direct military defeat on them, which Europe could seldom accomplish due to the permanent shortage of material and human resources. It employed a much simpler strategy of destroying the existing power structures from within and by proxy.
The Western world tried to prevent people from joining forces to repel the enemy, and to incite rivalry and dissent among them. It aimed at creating or exploiting objective ethnic, language, cultural, tribal and religious differences.
There are many instances when some segments or groups of population rose to that deadly bait and allowed to be drawn into bloody and extended ethno-social and ethno-confessional conflicts. The ultimate form of that policy is the "divide et impera" – divide and rule – principle.
The term became a household word in Britain in the 17th century, but the policy itself was widely used in the Roman Empire and borrowed by the European colonial empires. It was crucial for providing subsistence to nearly all major colonial systems and became an integral part of the parent states' activities. It actually remains the key method for implementing the Western management practices. <...>
❌ A targeted push to fuel religious and ethnic tension and confrontation served as one of the key tools for delivering on the divide element. In fact, the United Nations is still working on redressing the most urgent and gravest consequences of this policy.
For example, London must be credited for inciting and reinforcing the Hindu-Muslim antagonism. British colonisers used to bring cheap agricultural labour to Burma from Bengal, a predominantly Muslim region. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was a major factor in this regard with the increase in demand for rice in Europe, transforming Burma into what can be called a rice basket.
This led to the emergence of a Bengal Muslim community that was alien to the Burman Buddhist majority. Called the Rohingya, this community settled in the north of Rakhine State (Arakan) and developed its own identity which was quite radical.
Mutual distrust and fierce competition for the already limited resources, i.e., the right to own land, between native Burmans and those who descended from labour migrants led to the bloody events of 1942-1943, which came to be known in British history books as the Arakan Massacres. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. Inter-ethnic, religious and social strife continued to deepen, paving the way for the massive outflow of the Rohingya people to neighbouring countries in 2017, recognised as the biggest resettlement of people in Southeast Asia since the 1970s crisis in Indochina.
Cyprus got a similar "ethnic gift" from the UK, which went to great length to deepen the centuries-old conflict between the island’s Greek and Turk populations. <...>
❗️ The classical principle of Western civilisers, "divide et impera", inflicts untold suffering and hardship across the globe, serving as a source of numerous ethnic and socio-cultural conflicts, as well as pervasive economic inequality. This was true in the past, and it remains so today.
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Ukraine (New York, 16 December 2024)
💬 The head of the Kiev junta has of late significantly lowered the bar of expectations. He is far less enthusiastic in touting his "victory plan", nor is he "spouting" any longer ideas regarding a potential settlement of the crisis. Make no mistake about these showy peace-loving assertions.
All these ideas have a couple of things in common: first, they are rehashes of the so-called "Zelensky peace formula" and, second, they are impossible to implement in practice, as they do not address the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.
In fact, all Zelensky’s proposals, as well as the ones of a number of Western politicians, who turn on a dime, boil down to freezing the conflict along the "line of contact", giving up the territories that are now part of Russia, and providing security guarantees for "independent Ukraine" within the altered borders. <...>
No schemes aimed at freezing the conflict are agreeable to Russia.
The Minsk agreements demonstrated that neither the West nor the Kiev junta can be trusted, and we are well aware that the whole point of such "tricks" is to give the Kiev regime a respite on the battlefield to "lick the wounds" and rearm.
❗️ NATO involvement in settling the Ukrainian crisis is out of question. From the very outset, NATO and Ukraine's membership therein have been part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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💬 The head of the Kiev junta has of late significantly lowered the bar of expectations. He is far less enthusiastic in touting his "victory plan", nor is he "spouting" any longer ideas regarding a potential settlement of the crisis. Make no mistake about these showy peace-loving assertions.
All these ideas have a couple of things in common: first, they are rehashes of the so-called "Zelensky peace formula" and, second, they are impossible to implement in practice, as they do not address the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.
In fact, all Zelensky’s proposals, as well as the ones of a number of Western politicians, who turn on a dime, boil down to freezing the conflict along the "line of contact", giving up the territories that are now part of Russia, and providing security guarantees for "independent Ukraine" within the altered borders. <...>
No schemes aimed at freezing the conflict are agreeable to Russia.
The Minsk agreements demonstrated that neither the West nor the Kiev junta can be trusted, and we are well aware that the whole point of such "tricks" is to give the Kiev regime a respite on the battlefield to "lick the wounds" and rearm.
❗️ NATO involvement in settling the Ukrainian crisis is out of question. From the very outset, NATO and Ukraine's membership therein have been part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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💬 Посол России в Великобритании А.В.Келин: Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов сыграл большую роль в разоблачении инспирированной Лондоном чудовищной провокации вокруг «дела Скрипалей».
Выражаю соболезнования его семье и близким. Уверен, виновные в этом гнусном преступлении понесут неотвратимое наказание.
Выражаю соболезнования его семье и близким. Уверен, виновные в этом гнусном преступлении понесут неотвратимое наказание.
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❌ The UK's recent restrictions targeting oil tankers under the flags of various African, Asian, Caribbean, Central American and Pacific nations mark yet another futile attempt to hamper international trade and the Global South's development under a ridiculous anti-Russian pretext.
While it will not stem the flow of goods, it may well increase global energy market volatility. This, like similar UK actions in the past, would, in turn, adversely affect household energy prices. Obviously, the bill will be for ordinary Britons to pay.
No wonder the UK government has failed so far to confirm its "£300 energy bill cut by 2029" pledge.
Are geopolitical games more important for British politicians than keeping promises to their own people?
While it will not stem the flow of goods, it may well increase global energy market volatility. This, like similar UK actions in the past, would, in turn, adversely affect household energy prices. Obviously, the bill will be for ordinary Britons to pay.
No wonder the UK government has failed so far to confirm its "£300 energy bill cut by 2029" pledge.
Are geopolitical games more important for British politicians than keeping promises to their own people?
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Russia's MFA statement on Syria
☝️ Moscow is carefully monitoring the evolving situation in Syria following the transfer of control over most of the country's territory to an alliance of armed factions operating under the leadership of the so-called Military Operations Command, headed by Ahmad al-Sharaa.
We acknowledge the declarations made by representatives of the new authorities concerning their intention to facilitate the restoration of governmental functions, maintain order and security, firmly suppress criminal activities, and prevent extrajudicial executions. <...>
From our perspective, the path to a sustainable normalisation of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic lies in the initiation of an inclusive intra-Syrian dialogue aimed at securing national consensus and advancing a comprehensive political settlement process in alignment with the fundamental principles set out in UNSC resolution 2254. <...>
For Russia, it is crucial that the future of Syria is determined by the Syrians themselves.
We are confident that the bonds of friendship and mutual respect that have developed between the peoples of our countries over the past decades will continue to evolve constructively.
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☝️ Moscow is carefully monitoring the evolving situation in Syria following the transfer of control over most of the country's territory to an alliance of armed factions operating under the leadership of the so-called Military Operations Command, headed by Ahmad al-Sharaa.
We acknowledge the declarations made by representatives of the new authorities concerning their intention to facilitate the restoration of governmental functions, maintain order and security, firmly suppress criminal activities, and prevent extrajudicial executions. <...>
From our perspective, the path to a sustainable normalisation of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic lies in the initiation of an inclusive intra-Syrian dialogue aimed at securing national consensus and advancing a comprehensive political settlement process in alignment with the fundamental principles set out in UNSC resolution 2254. <...>
For Russia, it is crucial that the future of Syria is determined by the Syrians themselves.
We are confident that the bonds of friendship and mutual respect that have developed between the peoples of our countries over the past decades will continue to evolve constructively.
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