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🕯 The world mourns with Russia following the horrific terrorist attack that claimed dozens of innocent lives at Crocus City Hall.
Throughout the last days, memorial events are taking place in various parts of the globe; those who are not indifferent bring flowers and toys to the walls of Russian diplomatic missions.
Throughout the last days, memorial events are taking place in various parts of the globe; those who are not indifferent bring flowers and toys to the walls of Russian diplomatic missions.
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❗️On the Russian Federation’s non-recognition of the outer limits of the unilaterally established US continental shelf
On March 18-29, Kingston (Jamaica) is hosting a session of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority). In accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, it is supposed to regulate the activities of states in the deep seabed of areas that are not subject to the national jurisdiction of the coastal states.
During the session, the Russian delegation announced its refusal to recognise the outer limits of the US continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the width of the territorial sea is measured in seven areas of the world’s oceans. The US declared this in December 2023. It is unilaterally trying to reduce the area of the seabed under the Authority, and hence the entire international community, and to obtain additional sections of the shelf for its own use (about 1 million square kilometres).
☝️ These unilateral steps by the US do not conform to the rules and procedures established by international law. The Russian delegation criticised the selective approach of the US to the application of international law, focusing on its rights and completely ignoring its obligations, and blocked Washington’s latest attempt to use the 1982 Convention exclusively to advance its own interests.
Earlier, a corresponding demarche was sent to the US through bilateral channels.
On March 18-29, Kingston (Jamaica) is hosting a session of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority). In accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, it is supposed to regulate the activities of states in the deep seabed of areas that are not subject to the national jurisdiction of the coastal states.
During the session, the Russian delegation announced its refusal to recognise the outer limits of the US continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the width of the territorial sea is measured in seven areas of the world’s oceans. The US declared this in December 2023. It is unilaterally trying to reduce the area of the seabed under the Authority, and hence the entire international community, and to obtain additional sections of the shelf for its own use (about 1 million square kilometres).
☝️ These unilateral steps by the US do not conform to the rules and procedures established by international law. The Russian delegation criticised the selective approach of the US to the application of international law, focusing on its rights and completely ignoring its obligations, and blocked Washington’s latest attempt to use the 1982 Convention exclusively to advance its own interests.
Earlier, a corresponding demarche was sent to the US through bilateral channels.
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💬 Today, the High Court in London handed down an interim ruling to delay the extradition of the founder of the WikiLeaks portal, Australian investigative journalist Julian Assange, to the United States. <...>
It took the British justice system 161 months - almost 5,000 days - more than 13 years to decide ... TO WAIT SOME MORE!
Even counting from the arrest, 60 months, five years, have passed.
However, counting it that way begs the question: what have the British been busy with all that time as the Australian was sitting one street away in the Ecuadorian embassy? As a result of London’s pressure, he was in conditions of torture, confined to a small room with no access to the outside world and under round-the-clock surveillance by Scotland Yard.
The entire UK justice system has become a farce and a laughing stock for the whole world. All this is a mockery of human dignity committed by the woefully inefficient and punitive British pseudo-justice system.
It took London that many years to hand down a criminal procedural decision against the journalist.
🤷 On the other hand, London "knew everything" about who ordered the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk just a few hours after it took place.
The dome of Old Bailey - the central criminal court in London - features a statue of Themis. With her eyes wide open, she looks west to America.
Julian Assange, who has devoted his life to exposing the secrets of the British and American intelligence conglomerate, is becoming a victim of the corrupt British pseudo-Themis.
Once again, we draw the attention of the international community to the ongoing persecution of an investigative journalist at Washington’s behest.
❗️ This case has for many years now been causing serious damage to the institution of journalism and independent media, and violates the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and human rights.
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💬 Today, the High Court in London handed down an interim ruling to delay the extradition of the founder of the WikiLeaks portal, Australian investigative journalist Julian Assange, to the United States. <...>
It took the British justice system 161 months - almost 5,000 days - more than 13 years to decide ... TO WAIT SOME MORE!
Even counting from the arrest, 60 months, five years, have passed.
However, counting it that way begs the question: what have the British been busy with all that time as the Australian was sitting one street away in the Ecuadorian embassy? As a result of London’s pressure, he was in conditions of torture, confined to a small room with no access to the outside world and under round-the-clock surveillance by Scotland Yard.
The entire UK justice system has become a farce and a laughing stock for the whole world. All this is a mockery of human dignity committed by the woefully inefficient and punitive British pseudo-justice system.
It took London that many years to hand down a criminal procedural decision against the journalist.
🤷 On the other hand, London "knew everything" about who ordered the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk just a few hours after it took place.
The dome of Old Bailey - the central criminal court in London - features a statue of Themis. With her eyes wide open, she looks west to America.
Julian Assange, who has devoted his life to exposing the secrets of the British and American intelligence conglomerate, is becoming a victim of the corrupt British pseudo-Themis.
Once again, we draw the attention of the international community to the ongoing persecution of an investigative journalist at Washington’s behest.
❗️ This case has for many years now been causing serious damage to the institution of journalism and independent media, and violates the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and human rights.
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Russia categorically rejects baseless accusations by anonymous "Whitehall sources" of supposedly "fuelling disinformation about the Princess of Wales".
The lively social media interest across #Russia and countries around the world regarding some photos of the Princess, circulated by Kensington Palace, should not be maliciously misinterpreted as "foreign interference" aimed against the Royal Family. This is not and has never been our policy.
The Princess and her family have our enduring and sincere sympathies.
We wish Her Royal Highness a swift and comprehensive recovery.
The lively social media interest across #Russia and countries around the world regarding some photos of the Princess, circulated by Kensington Palace, should not be maliciously misinterpreted as "foreign interference" aimed against the Royal Family. This is not and has never been our policy.
The Princess and her family have our enduring and sincere sympathies.
We wish Her Royal Highness a swift and comprehensive recovery.
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🇷🇺 Russia's EMERCOM aircraft delivered yet another 29 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip
✅ cereal, flour, sugar and other long-term storage products;
✅ personal hygiene products.
The EMERCOM's IL-76 aircraft flew to the airport of El-Arish. In Egypt, the humanitarian aid will be handed over to representatives of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. They will redirect it to the people of the Gaza Strip.
In total, since the beginning of the humanitarian mission, 20 flights of the Russia's EMERCOM have delivered ~480 tonnes of food products, medicines, clothing and other essentials to the people of the Gaza Strip.
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✅ cereal, flour, sugar and other long-term storage products;
✅ personal hygiene products.
The EMERCOM's IL-76 aircraft flew to the airport of El-Arish. In Egypt, the humanitarian aid will be handed over to representatives of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. They will redirect it to the people of the Gaza Strip.
In total, since the beginning of the humanitarian mission, 20 flights of the Russia's EMERCOM have delivered ~480 tonnes of food products, medicines, clothing and other essentials to the people of the Gaza Strip.
📹 EMERCOM of Russia
#RussiaHelps
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🇺🇳 On the UNSC's consideration of the situation in Gaza
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🗓 On March 22, the UN Security Council voted on the US draft resolution concerning the situation in Gaza. The text was submitted after the US alone vetoed the February 20 Algerian draft demanding an immediate ceasefire. The US representatives made assurances that their document would allegedly allow the UNSC to make the right decision and claimed, publicly too, that they were in favour of ending the bloodshed in the enclave.
👉 In reality, however, the American draft that was put to a vote after four weeks of drawn-out consultations contained only a general imperative to stop the hostilities on the strict condition that the hostages are released. It included one-sided condemnation of Hamas qualifying it as a terrorist movement, but made no mention of Israel as an occupying power or its multiple violations of humanitarian obligations.
The text was not supported by the majority of UNSC member states and was rejected by the Palestinians and representatives of the Arab group. In the end, the Algerian delegation representing the countries of the region voted against it. Guyana abstained, and Russia and China vetoed it.
In parallel, the ten non-permanent members of the Security Council put together and then put to a vote their alternative draft resolution. On March 25, it was adopted by 14 votes in favour, with the United States abstaining. UNSC Resolution 2728 clearly and unambiguously enshrines the demand for “an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties, leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire.” It also contains demands to ensure humanitarian access to those in need, the immediate release of hostages, and compliance with the obligations established by international humanitarian law with respect to all detainees.
🇷🇺 Russia remains convinced that the opportunity to act on the UN Security Council resolution, which the United States has so persistently and hypocritically obstructed, must be taken.
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🗓 On March 22, the UN Security Council voted on the US draft resolution concerning the situation in Gaza. The text was submitted after the US alone vetoed the February 20 Algerian draft demanding an immediate ceasefire. The US representatives made assurances that their document would allegedly allow the UNSC to make the right decision and claimed, publicly too, that they were in favour of ending the bloodshed in the enclave.
👉 In reality, however, the American draft that was put to a vote after four weeks of drawn-out consultations contained only a general imperative to stop the hostilities on the strict condition that the hostages are released. It included one-sided condemnation of Hamas qualifying it as a terrorist movement, but made no mention of Israel as an occupying power or its multiple violations of humanitarian obligations.
The text was not supported by the majority of UNSC member states and was rejected by the Palestinians and representatives of the Arab group. In the end, the Algerian delegation representing the countries of the region voted against it. Guyana abstained, and Russia and China vetoed it.
In parallel, the ten non-permanent members of the Security Council put together and then put to a vote their alternative draft resolution. On March 25, it was adopted by 14 votes in favour, with the United States abstaining. UNSC Resolution 2728 clearly and unambiguously enshrines the demand for “an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties, leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire.” It also contains demands to ensure humanitarian access to those in need, the immediate release of hostages, and compliance with the obligations established by international humanitarian law with respect to all detainees.
🇷🇺 Russia remains convinced that the opportunity to act on the UN Security Council resolution, which the United States has so persistently and hypocritically obstructed, must be taken.
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⚡️ Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Nikolay Kharitonov, Andrey Krasov, Yana Lantratova, as well as Dr. Alexander Dugin and Andrey Derkach issued a statement to the ministries and departments of justice urging them to investigate the organisation and financing of terrorism, including with regard to the explosions of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 pipelines, and the crimes of the Kiev regime, in particular the terrorist attacks planned and carried out by the MID MD Ukraine.
Addressees:
• Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
• Federal Office of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany
• US Department of Justice
• Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus
• Ministry of Justice of the French Republic
• Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
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Addressees:
• Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
• Federal Office of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany
• US Department of Justice
• Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus
• Ministry of Justice of the French Republic
• Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
The Interior Minister of Germany Nancy Faeser said in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel: “Germany will amend the test for citizenship candidates to include questions about the Holocaust, Judaism and the history of Israel.
Germany bears special responsibility for protecting Jews and the State of Israel because of the Holocaust, which is Germany’s crime against humanity. Today, this responsibility if part of our identity.”
💬 What about people of other nationalities and citizenship who were tortured to death, burned and buried alive?
Paying compensations for the Nazi atrocities to the victims of one nationality and assuming historical responsibility for the citizens of only one state would amount to repeating the crimes and mistakes made 80 years ago.
A large article published recently in Rossiyskaya Gazeta shows that Berlin is returning to the path of racial discrimination. (It is available in German) In the past, wagons packed with people transported them to concentration camps along this path. Incidentally, IBM equipment and punch cards were used to count the prisoners at all stages between ghettoes and gas chambers. It was hailed as progress.
Germany’s policy runs contrary to the provisions of international law.
UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 on Holocaust remembrance mentions the suffering of “the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities,” just like UNESCO Resolution 34С/61. The OSCE Berlin Declaration mentions “all ethnic and religious groups.”
Nazi Germany committed crimes not against one ethnic group but against many.
Actually, this is what the phrase “crimes against humanity,” which was first used at the Nuremberg Trials that condemned Nazism, is all about.
As for crimes against a certain ethnic group, there are different names for them in different national legislations and traditions. The Jews call it Shoah, the residents of Leningrad call it the Blockade, which has been declared genocide, just like the Nazis’ actions in the Kaliningrad, Rostov, Pskov, Voronezh and other regions in Russia, and the Roma remember it as Samudaripen or Paraimos.
Berlin has no moral right to adopt different attitudes to the victims of Nazi crimes. All ethnic groups died an equally horrible death in gas chambers. The stoves of Treblinka did their job regardless of ethnic or language distinctions, and Nazi policy documents included plans for the extermination or enslavement of various ethnic, religious and social groups.
We must prevent Nazism from raising its ugly head in Europe again!
The Interior Minister of Germany Nancy Faeser said in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel: “Germany will amend the test for citizenship candidates to include questions about the Holocaust, Judaism and the history of Israel.
Germany bears special responsibility for protecting Jews and the State of Israel because of the Holocaust, which is Germany’s crime against humanity. Today, this responsibility if part of our identity.”
💬 What about people of other nationalities and citizenship who were tortured to death, burned and buried alive?
Paying compensations for the Nazi atrocities to the victims of one nationality and assuming historical responsibility for the citizens of only one state would amount to repeating the crimes and mistakes made 80 years ago.
A large article published recently in Rossiyskaya Gazeta shows that Berlin is returning to the path of racial discrimination. (It is available in German) In the past, wagons packed with people transported them to concentration camps along this path. Incidentally, IBM equipment and punch cards were used to count the prisoners at all stages between ghettoes and gas chambers. It was hailed as progress.
Germany’s policy runs contrary to the provisions of international law.
UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 on Holocaust remembrance mentions the suffering of “the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities,” just like UNESCO Resolution 34С/61. The OSCE Berlin Declaration mentions “all ethnic and religious groups.”
Nazi Germany committed crimes not against one ethnic group but against many.
Actually, this is what the phrase “crimes against humanity,” which was first used at the Nuremberg Trials that condemned Nazism, is all about.
As for crimes against a certain ethnic group, there are different names for them in different national legislations and traditions. The Jews call it Shoah, the residents of Leningrad call it the Blockade, which has been declared genocide, just like the Nazis’ actions in the Kaliningrad, Rostov, Pskov, Voronezh and other regions in Russia, and the Roma remember it as Samudaripen or Paraimos.
Berlin has no moral right to adopt different attitudes to the victims of Nazi crimes. All ethnic groups died an equally horrible death in gas chambers. The stoves of Treblinka did their job regardless of ethnic or language distinctions, and Nazi policy documents included plans for the extermination or enslavement of various ethnic, religious and social groups.
We must prevent Nazism from raising its ugly head in Europe again!
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The Economist gives a stern admonishment to the Kiev regime for failing to sacrifice more human lives on the altar of NATO's proxy war against Russia.
"Fresh recruits", it says, need to be raised. Evidently, no age is too small, no medical condition too prohibitive. Travails of a "democratic process", like getting a bill through parliament, are no excuse for inaction.
Hardly a surprise. The marionettes in Kiev are expected to hold up their side of the bargain. Western money, weapons and personal guarantees in return for cheap and plentiful Ukrainian cannon fodder.
After all, if the West had wanted peace, it would not have scuppered the settlement process in the spring of 2022.
In the immortal words of David Cameron, "it's value for money".
Nothing personal.
"Fresh recruits", it says, need to be raised. Evidently, no age is too small, no medical condition too prohibitive. Travails of a "democratic process", like getting a bill through parliament, are no excuse for inaction.
Hardly a surprise. The marionettes in Kiev are expected to hold up their side of the bargain. Western money, weapons and personal guarantees in return for cheap and plentiful Ukrainian cannon fodder.
After all, if the West had wanted peace, it would not have scuppered the settlement process in the spring of 2022.
In the immortal words of David Cameron, "it's value for money".
Nothing personal.
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Уважаемые граждане,
19-20 апреля состоится выездной консульский прием в г. Белфаст (Северная Ирландия), в ходе которого гражданам Российской Федерации, вне зависимости от места их проживания, будут предоставлены практически все виды консульских услуг, также будет осуществлена визовая поддержка иностранных граждан.
Для записи на прием российским гражданам необходимо направить копию лицевой страницы российского заграничного паспорта на адрес эл.почты: consularsession@rusemb.org.uk и указать вид необходимого консульского действия.
Заявки принимаются до 15 апреля включительно, срок обработки запросов - 3-5 дней;
Запросы на оформление виз просьба направлять на адрес эл.почты: portablebio@Russia-visacentre.com.
Просьба иметь в виду, что за оформление документов, помимо консульского сбора, включая надбавку за обслуживание в неприемный день, взымается комиссия в пользу организации, предоставляющей помещение и отвечающей за другие организационные вопросы в размере 50 фунтов с человека.
19-20 апреля состоится выездной консульский прием в г. Белфаст (Северная Ирландия), в ходе которого гражданам Российской Федерации, вне зависимости от места их проживания, будут предоставлены практически все виды консульских услуг, также будет осуществлена визовая поддержка иностранных граждан.
Для записи на прием российским гражданам необходимо направить копию лицевой страницы российского заграничного паспорта на адрес эл.почты: consularsession@rusemb.org.uk и указать вид необходимого консульского действия.
Заявки принимаются до 15 апреля включительно, срок обработки запросов - 3-5 дней;
Запросы на оформление виз просьба направлять на адрес эл.почты: portablebio@Russia-visacentre.com.
Просьба иметь в виду, что за оформление документов, помимо консульского сбора, включая надбавку за обслуживание в неприемный день, взымается комиссия в пользу организации, предоставляющей помещение и отвечающей за другие организационные вопросы в размере 50 фунтов с человека.
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White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby: “My uncle used to say... that the best manure salesmen often carry their samples in their mouths. Russian officials seem to be pretty good manure salesmen.”
Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova:
💬 The Russian language completely lacks such proverbs because... manure is carried in mouths across the pond, not in Russia.
Now I see why the phrase “to wash one’s mouth out with soap” is so widely used in the US.
Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova:
💬 The Russian language completely lacks such proverbs because... manure is carried in mouths across the pond, not in Russia.
Now I see why the phrase “to wash one’s mouth out with soap” is so widely used in the US.
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💔 Nearly a week has passed since the dreadful terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, but this tragedy rings fresh and continues to echo in the hearts of people from around the world.
The inflow of condolences coming from the leadership of the host countries, political parties, representatives of the diplomatic corps and public organisations continues unabated. Orthodox churches around the world are holding memorial services for the dead and prayers for the health of the injured. Russian compatriots as well as foreign citizens are carrying flowers and candles to makeshift memorials outside Russian diplomatic missions.
Thank you for your sympathy and support!
📹 The world mourns with Russia
The inflow of condolences coming from the leadership of the host countries, political parties, representatives of the diplomatic corps and public organisations continues unabated. Orthodox churches around the world are holding memorial services for the dead and prayers for the health of the injured. Russian compatriots as well as foreign citizens are carrying flowers and candles to makeshift memorials outside Russian diplomatic missions.
Thank you for your sympathy and support!
📹 The world mourns with Russia
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💬 The German parliament followed in the wake of Canada and the US and endorsed legalisation of weed.
Now people in Germany will legally grow and store marijuana. Now it is allowed to carry up to 25 grammes of cannabis, store up to 50 grammes at home and grow up to three plants. Organisation of internet delivery of doses has already got underway with the connivance of the authorities.
And this is only the first part of the plan.
In future, enthusiasts will establish even special clubs for growing cannabis and sharing the harvest. It is allowed to smoke pot at a distance of a mere 100 metres from kindergartens and playgrounds.
And, of course, this liberalisation will also affect drug dealers that are behind the bars now. Previous convictions for growing or storage will be deleted from the Federal Central Register. The current investigations will be discontinued – there are almost 3,500 cases in Berlin alone. Tagesspiegel wrote recently that Berlin is flooded with drug crime – every other crime is related to drugs now.
The most surprising thing is that members of the German Government realise where they are taking their country. The opioid epidemic in the US and Canada did not go unnoticed in Germany. Drugs destroy a nation and deny the future to yourself and your children.
Here’s what German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said: “Cannabis is poison for the brain.” Yet, he “supports unequivocally” its legalisation. This is dubious, of course, but we will be pleased to wait and see.
I almost forgot to mention this. They selected a symbolic date for legalising cannabis – April 1, Fools’ Day.
💬 The German parliament followed in the wake of Canada and the US and endorsed legalisation of weed.
Now people in Germany will legally grow and store marijuana. Now it is allowed to carry up to 25 grammes of cannabis, store up to 50 grammes at home and grow up to three plants. Organisation of internet delivery of doses has already got underway with the connivance of the authorities.
And this is only the first part of the plan.
In future, enthusiasts will establish even special clubs for growing cannabis and sharing the harvest. It is allowed to smoke pot at a distance of a mere 100 metres from kindergartens and playgrounds.
And, of course, this liberalisation will also affect drug dealers that are behind the bars now. Previous convictions for growing or storage will be deleted from the Federal Central Register. The current investigations will be discontinued – there are almost 3,500 cases in Berlin alone. Tagesspiegel wrote recently that Berlin is flooded with drug crime – every other crime is related to drugs now.
The most surprising thing is that members of the German Government realise where they are taking their country. The opioid epidemic in the US and Canada did not go unnoticed in Germany. Drugs destroy a nation and deny the future to yourself and your children.
Here’s what German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said: “Cannabis is poison for the brain.” Yet, he “supports unequivocally” its legalisation. This is dubious, of course, but we will be pleased to wait and see.
I almost forgot to mention this. They selected a symbolic date for legalising cannabis – April 1, Fools’ Day.
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🎙 MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s reply to a Rossiya Segodnya question regarding the fact that the Council of Europe has not responded to the March 22, 2024 terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall
❓Question: While casting itself as Europe’s oldest human rights organisation, the Council of Europe has yet to express its condolences to Russia regarding the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. How can you explain Strasbourg’s position on this matter?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The tragedy at the Crocus City Hall concert complex came as a shock for the entire world. State leaders and senior officials from international organisations, members of the diplomatic corps, as well as people from many countries firmly condemned this monstrous terrorist attack while sending Russia their condolences and support.
The openly cynical indifference displayed by senior officials from the Council of Europe (CoE) is striking. I am talking primarily about CoE Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, who is from Croatia, as well as FM, Education and Sport of Liechtenstein Dominique Hasler, who currently presides the CoE Committee of Ministers. They have yet to express their official position regarding the tragic events <...>. On that day, they were in Kiev, and were probably too afraid to cause misgivings to the host.
👉 They wrote yet another shameful page into the annals of their organisation with its futile attempts to position itself as the conscience of Europe <...>.
To be fair, we must note that CoE Parliamentary Assembly President Theodoros Roussopoulos did post a message on X, (Twitter) to condemn the terrorist attack and express his “condolences to the victims and their families.”
❗️Strasbourg once again demonstrated how deeply degraded the Council of Europe has become today. <...>
At the same time, we must note that Russian diplomats in Strasbourg received so many personal messages of condolences showing that people in France and members of the diplomatic corps in Strasbourg do care about what happened.
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❓Question: While casting itself as Europe’s oldest human rights organisation, the Council of Europe has yet to express its condolences to Russia regarding the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. How can you explain Strasbourg’s position on this matter?
💬 Maria Zakharova: The tragedy at the Crocus City Hall concert complex came as a shock for the entire world. State leaders and senior officials from international organisations, members of the diplomatic corps, as well as people from many countries firmly condemned this monstrous terrorist attack while sending Russia their condolences and support.
The openly cynical indifference displayed by senior officials from the Council of Europe (CoE) is striking. I am talking primarily about CoE Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, who is from Croatia, as well as FM, Education and Sport of Liechtenstein Dominique Hasler, who currently presides the CoE Committee of Ministers. They have yet to express their official position regarding the tragic events <...>. On that day, they were in Kiev, and were probably too afraid to cause misgivings to the host.
👉 They wrote yet another shameful page into the annals of their organisation with its futile attempts to position itself as the conscience of Europe <...>.
To be fair, we must note that CoE Parliamentary Assembly President Theodoros Roussopoulos did post a message on X, (Twitter) to condemn the terrorist attack and express his “condolences to the victims and their families.”
❗️Strasbourg once again demonstrated how deeply degraded the Council of Europe has become today. <...>
At the same time, we must note that Russian diplomats in Strasbourg received so many personal messages of condolences showing that people in France and members of the diplomatic corps in Strasbourg do care about what happened.
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🎙 Briefing by MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, March 27, 2024)
🔹 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack
🔹 Reproachful statements by Estonian foreign minister
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 The UK Foreign Office replies to Russia’s request concerning the Skripals
🔹 Neo-colonial practices of the Western countries concerning Kyrgyzstan
🔹 Influx of Ukrainian food into Romania that fails to meet EU standards
🔹 210th anniversary of the Russian Army’s Foreign Campaign
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• Ignoring this “dancing on the graves” organised by Ukrainian propagandists, people from all continents are extending their heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured and strongly condemning this terrible attack against innocent civilians.
🕯 The Foreign Ministry’s Telegram channel features images capturing impromptu memorials, videos, summary clips, and more.
• We thank those who have not remained indifferent.
#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ In the past, the Ukrainian special services, such as the Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, have repeatedly admitted publicly to preparing and committing high-profile terrorist attacks against Russia and its citizens.
🔹 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack
🔹 Reproachful statements by Estonian foreign minister
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 The UK Foreign Office replies to Russia’s request concerning the Skripals
🔹 Neo-colonial practices of the Western countries concerning Kyrgyzstan
🔹 Influx of Ukrainian food into Romania that fails to meet EU standards
🔹 210th anniversary of the Russian Army’s Foreign Campaign
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#CrocusCityHall
• Ignoring this “dancing on the graves” organised by Ukrainian propagandists, people from all continents are extending their heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured and strongly condemning this terrible attack against innocent civilians.
🕯 The Foreign Ministry’s Telegram channel features images capturing impromptu memorials, videos, summary clips, and more.
• We thank those who have not remained indifferent.
#KievRegimeCrimes
❗️ In the past, the Ukrainian special services, such as the Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, have repeatedly admitted publicly to preparing and committing high-profile terrorist attacks against Russia and its citizens.
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🎙 Excerpts from the interview with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for Izvestia MIC (March 28, 2024)
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#MiddleEastSettlement
• Creating the state of Palestine within the 1967 borders in line with the UNSC resolutions is the only way to bring a lasting solution to this issue.
• Most importantly, the bloodshed should be stopped. The adoption of this resolution (UNSC 2728) is a good development. The Americans let it pass realising that if they veto this resolution, calling for a ceasefire, they would lose face in their relations with the Global Majority.
#Moldova
• Moldovan President Sandu is openly seeking to break off relations with Russia. <...> Sandu has been turned into a instrument for developing the geopolitical space first by the EU and then NATO. <...> NATO has turned Ukraine into a tool of aggression. Now, they plan to do the same with Moldova.
#Armenia
• The Armenian leadership is deliberately aiming at breaking off relations with Russia. <...> The goal of those who are trying to tempt the Armenian leadership to the side of the West is simple – to disrupt stability in the South Caucasus and to turn it into a zone of Western domination.
#MultipolarWorld
• We have already dispelled all the far-fetched aspirations that Russia can be isolated by holding the Games of the Future and the World Youth Festival.
• We are paying more attention to our common Eurasian continent, where we have CSTO, EAEU, and SCO. These organisations are establishing partner relations with other organisations in that part of the world, like ASEAN, the Arab League, and the GCC. At the same time, we are developing ties with the African Union. <...> We are doing the same in Latin America. We have many partners there.
• Today, we see the regionalisation of global development. Every region and every country would like to be able to rely on its neighbours, to see what they can do together, among themselves, without depending on the logistics, financial and other instruments which the West still controls.
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#MiddleEastSettlement
• Creating the state of Palestine within the 1967 borders in line with the UNSC resolutions is the only way to bring a lasting solution to this issue.
• Most importantly, the bloodshed should be stopped. The adoption of this resolution (UNSC 2728) is a good development. The Americans let it pass realising that if they veto this resolution, calling for a ceasefire, they would lose face in their relations with the Global Majority.
#Moldova
• Moldovan President Sandu is openly seeking to break off relations with Russia. <...> Sandu has been turned into a instrument for developing the geopolitical space first by the EU and then NATO. <...> NATO has turned Ukraine into a tool of aggression. Now, they plan to do the same with Moldova.
#Armenia
• The Armenian leadership is deliberately aiming at breaking off relations with Russia. <...> The goal of those who are trying to tempt the Armenian leadership to the side of the West is simple – to disrupt stability in the South Caucasus and to turn it into a zone of Western domination.
#MultipolarWorld
• We have already dispelled all the far-fetched aspirations that Russia can be isolated by holding the Games of the Future and the World Youth Festival.
• We are paying more attention to our common Eurasian continent, where we have CSTO, EAEU, and SCO. These organisations are establishing partner relations with other organisations in that part of the world, like ASEAN, the Arab League, and the GCC. At the same time, we are developing ties with the African Union. <...> We are doing the same in Latin America. We have many partners there.
• Today, we see the regionalisation of global development. Every region and every country would like to be able to rely on its neighbours, to see what they can do together, among themselves, without depending on the logistics, financial and other instruments which the West still controls.
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📹 #HapenningNow
💐 The members of the diplomatic corps in Moscow are arriving and gathering to take part in a solemn ceremony at the Crocus City Hall in memoriam of the victims of the heinous terrorist attack of March 22, 2024.
💐 The members of the diplomatic corps in Moscow are arriving and gathering to take part in a solemn ceremony at the Crocus City Hall in memoriam of the victims of the heinous terrorist attack of March 22, 2024.
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This campaign came to be known among Russian historians as the Foreign Campaigns of the Russian Army. Together with its allied armies, namely Prussia, Austria, Sweden, and Great Britain, Russia liberated European countries from the French oppression.
📜 When the Russian Army entered France in December 1813, Emperor Alexander I issued an order. Here’s a quote from it:
Warriors! You have already saved your Motherland and brought it glory, and enabled Europe to recover its liberty and independence. Crowning this feat with the much-desired peace is all that remains.
With Paris seized by the Russians, Napoleon abdicated in Fontainebleau on April 6 under pressure from his marshals, and was exiled to the Island of Elba off the Italian coast.
Russia played an instrumental role in France’s remaining within its pre-war borders, and took French cities under its protection by preventing Prussian and Austrian troops from pillaging them. Following Alexander I’s orders, the Russian troops also ensured that the collections of the Louvre and other French museums, as well as historical monuments, remained intact.
On June 9, 1815, a new European security architecture was established a the Vienna Congress, which became one of the main outcomes of Russia’s Foreign Campaigns.
From Maria Zakharova’s briefing:
We honour the memory of our heroic ancestors, finding strength and inspiration in their valorous deeds. We’d like to advise the contemporary Western leaders and the emerging “Napoleons” who once again harbour intentions of sending troops eastward to remember the lessons of history
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⚡️ The brutal terrorist attack committed in Krasnogorsk on March 22, which shocked the whole world, is far from the first act of terrorism targeting our country in recent time. The investigative actions carried out by the competent authorities in Russia indicate that the trails of all these crimes lead to Ukraine.
Other barbaric bomb attacks took the lives of journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), seriously injured writer Yevgeny “Zakhar” Prilepin and killed his driver, Alexander Shubin; five people were killed by an explosion of the Crimean Bridge, and 42 were wounded in an explosion in a café in St Petersburg. The killing and mutilation of civilians, including children, was accompanied by raids by the terrorist organisation known as Russian Volunteer Corps.
❗️ In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry has put forward a demand for the Ukrainian authorities, under the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism to immediately arrest and extradite every person implicated in the above terrorist acts.
One of the demands is to arrest head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasily Malyuk, who cynically admitted on March 25 that Ukraine was behind the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 and revealed details of the organisation of other attacks in the Russian Federation.
☝️ The fight against international terrorism is the responsibility of every state. The Russian side demands that the Kiev regime immediately cease any support for terrorist activities, extradite the perpetrators and compensate for the damage caused to the victims. Ukraine’s violation of its obligations under the antiterrorist conventions will entail international legal liability.
Other barbaric bomb attacks took the lives of journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), seriously injured writer Yevgeny “Zakhar” Prilepin and killed his driver, Alexander Shubin; five people were killed by an explosion of the Crimean Bridge, and 42 were wounded in an explosion in a café in St Petersburg. The killing and mutilation of civilians, including children, was accompanied by raids by the terrorist organisation known as Russian Volunteer Corps.
❗️ In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry has put forward a demand for the Ukrainian authorities, under the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism to immediately arrest and extradite every person implicated in the above terrorist acts.
One of the demands is to arrest head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasily Malyuk, who cynically admitted on March 25 that Ukraine was behind the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 and revealed details of the organisation of other attacks in the Russian Federation.
☝️ The fight against international terrorism is the responsibility of every state. The Russian side demands that the Kiev regime immediately cease any support for terrorist activities, extradite the perpetrators and compensate for the damage caused to the victims. Ukraine’s violation of its obligations under the antiterrorist conventions will entail international legal liability.
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💐🕯On March 30, flowers were laid at an improvised memorial near the Crocus City Hall.
The heads of missions and staff from over 130 embassies (over 350 people) took part in the event.
The Russian side is grateful to the esteemed representatives of the diplomatic corps for solidarity with the people of Russia at this difficult moment.
#ForeverInOurHearts
The heads of missions and staff from over 130 embassies (over 350 people) took part in the event.
The Russian side is grateful to the esteemed representatives of the diplomatic corps for solidarity with the people of Russia at this difficult moment.
#ForeverInOurHearts
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