As Russia mourned, the tragedy at Crocus City Hall was cynically presented as theme for caricatures in UK papers, including those in The Guardian.
Whatever the spin, using a terrorist attack for political point-scoring is insensitive and immoral.
Or is it Ok just because it's about Russians?
Those claiming high moral ground should know better
Whatever the spin, using a terrorist attack for political point-scoring is insensitive and immoral.
Or is it Ok just because it's about Russians?
Those claiming high moral ground should know better
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⚔️ These day we commemorate the conclusion of the main leg of the Napoleonic Wars: it ended with the triumph of the Russian and allied forces who repelled Napoleon all the way back to France. On March 31, 1814, Russian army led by Emperor Alexander I triumphantly entered Paris.
Russia's goal was to expel the French troops from the countries they had invaded, deprive Napoleon of the opportunity to use their resources, complete the defeat of the aggressor on his own territory and ensure the establishment of a lasting peace in Europe.
The Russian forces seized the French capital, thus winning the final battle of its 1813-1814 foreign campaign. After the fall of Paris Napoleon abdicated the throne.
On May 30, 1814 the Treaty of Paris was signed between the members of the Anti-Napaleonic coalition and France. The Patriotic War was over: Germany was liberated and France was restored to its borders of 1792.
☝️ Russia made the main contribution to the defeat of Napoleon.
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Russia's goal was to expel the French troops from the countries they had invaded, deprive Napoleon of the opportunity to use their resources, complete the defeat of the aggressor on his own territory and ensure the establishment of a lasting peace in Europe.
The Russian forces seized the French capital, thus winning the final battle of its 1813-1814 foreign campaign. After the fall of Paris Napoleon abdicated the throne.
On May 30, 1814 the Treaty of Paris was signed between the members of the Anti-Napaleonic coalition and France. The Patriotic War was over: Germany was liberated and France was restored to its borders of 1792.
☝️ Russia made the main contribution to the defeat of Napoleon.
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🇷🇺 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation:
⚖️ A procedural examination has been initiated in response to an appeal from State Duma deputies concerning terrorist activities against Russia.
Following a review of the appeal submitted by State Duma deputies Andrey Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov, Yana Lantratova, as well as public figures Alexander Dugin and Andrey Derkach, regarding the necessity of investigating into the organisation, financing, and execution of terrorist attacks orchestrated by the United States, Ukraine, and other Western nations against Russia, a procedural examination has been launched at the central office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
🔍 During the examination, the investigation will meticulously analyse the provided information and make a procedural decision.
⚖️ A procedural examination has been initiated in response to an appeal from State Duma deputies concerning terrorist activities against Russia.
Following a review of the appeal submitted by State Duma deputies Andrey Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov, Yana Lantratova, as well as public figures Alexander Dugin and Andrey Derkach, regarding the necessity of investigating into the organisation, financing, and execution of terrorist attacks orchestrated by the United States, Ukraine, and other Western nations against Russia, a procedural examination has been launched at the central office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
🔍 During the examination, the investigation will meticulously analyse the provided information and make a procedural decision.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the occasion of the second anniversary of the staged Bucha massacre
💬 April 3 marks two years since the Zelensky regime and its Western handlers staged a bloody mass murder of the people in the town of Bucha, Kiev Region, allegedly by Russian servicemen, which turned out to be a botched job.
However, following the guidelines provided to them and failing to even make an attempt to double-check the facts and establish the actual state of affairs, Western politicians and the media scrambled to spread this falsehood.
This provocation was a put-up job and a staged provocation which was clear from the onset. The Russian side has refuted these allegations many times. We will now refute them once again. During the time the Russian Armed Forces were in Bucha until March 30, 2022, its residents moved freely around the town and used mobile phones and the internet.
❗️ There were no complaints about the Russian servicemen’s actions during that period, which was publicly confirmed by the mayor of the town, Anatoly Fedoruk, the day after our units left that town.
Moreover, during the time they were in Bucha, Russian servicemen brought 452 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people in the Kiev Region’s towns and villages.
The first footage showing bodies strewn across the town appeared only after the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign journalists entered the town. Importantly, these were not criminalists or forensic experts, but biased media members, whose role was to tell the public a fabricated story and not to ask unnecessary questions.
🕯 The first findings of the forensic examination of the bodies found in Bucha, which were published in the British The Guardian on April 24, 2022, showed that most of the civilians died as a result of artillery shelling from fragments of anti-personnel 122-mm shells, which fit the D-30 howitzers in service of the Ukrainian forces, which confirms the fact that these people were killed not by bullets from small arms allegedly used by Russian servicemen, but as a result of the Ukrainian army’s artillery strikes targeting Bucha.
The propaganda-driven disinformation campaign in Bucha came as a response to our goodwill gesture to withdraw troops from the Kiev and Chernigov regions which was made in the wake of progress at the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul on March 28, 2022. Clearly, the goal of this campaign was to disrupt the dialogue between the parties and to launch a package of pre-arranged Western sanctions on Russia at the behest of London.
Subsequently, Kiev held multiple events inspired by the “Bucha massacre” in order to distract the international community’s attention from its own crimes and inconsistencies of the provocation it had staged, and to spread the fake theory about the town residents allegedly killed by the Russian military among the public in Western countries. This year, the Kiev officials’ attempts to make a big event out of this anniversary have an extra goal of preventing the international community from focusing on the challenging situation in Ukraine and on the line of contact.
Multiple requests that Russia sent to international organisations, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, to establish the circumstances of the incident and to provide an accurate list of the persons whose bodies were found on the streets of Bucha, as well as other information, remain unanswered.
☝️ This shows that the organisers of this heinous act have things to hide.
Once again, we demand that international agencies stop covering up for the Kiev regime and ensure a thorough investigation that will finally reveal the names of the victims, the time and the cause of their death, the signs of the bodies having been moved from one place to another, and the individuals responsible for this terrifying crime by the Kiev authorities.
💬 April 3 marks two years since the Zelensky regime and its Western handlers staged a bloody mass murder of the people in the town of Bucha, Kiev Region, allegedly by Russian servicemen, which turned out to be a botched job.
However, following the guidelines provided to them and failing to even make an attempt to double-check the facts and establish the actual state of affairs, Western politicians and the media scrambled to spread this falsehood.
This provocation was a put-up job and a staged provocation which was clear from the onset. The Russian side has refuted these allegations many times. We will now refute them once again. During the time the Russian Armed Forces were in Bucha until March 30, 2022, its residents moved freely around the town and used mobile phones and the internet.
❗️ There were no complaints about the Russian servicemen’s actions during that period, which was publicly confirmed by the mayor of the town, Anatoly Fedoruk, the day after our units left that town.
Moreover, during the time they were in Bucha, Russian servicemen brought 452 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people in the Kiev Region’s towns and villages.
The first footage showing bodies strewn across the town appeared only after the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign journalists entered the town. Importantly, these were not criminalists or forensic experts, but biased media members, whose role was to tell the public a fabricated story and not to ask unnecessary questions.
🕯 The first findings of the forensic examination of the bodies found in Bucha, which were published in the British The Guardian on April 24, 2022, showed that most of the civilians died as a result of artillery shelling from fragments of anti-personnel 122-mm shells, which fit the D-30 howitzers in service of the Ukrainian forces, which confirms the fact that these people were killed not by bullets from small arms allegedly used by Russian servicemen, but as a result of the Ukrainian army’s artillery strikes targeting Bucha.
The propaganda-driven disinformation campaign in Bucha came as a response to our goodwill gesture to withdraw troops from the Kiev and Chernigov regions which was made in the wake of progress at the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul on March 28, 2022. Clearly, the goal of this campaign was to disrupt the dialogue between the parties and to launch a package of pre-arranged Western sanctions on Russia at the behest of London.
Subsequently, Kiev held multiple events inspired by the “Bucha massacre” in order to distract the international community’s attention from its own crimes and inconsistencies of the provocation it had staged, and to spread the fake theory about the town residents allegedly killed by the Russian military among the public in Western countries. This year, the Kiev officials’ attempts to make a big event out of this anniversary have an extra goal of preventing the international community from focusing on the challenging situation in Ukraine and on the line of contact.
Multiple requests that Russia sent to international organisations, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, to establish the circumstances of the incident and to provide an accurate list of the persons whose bodies were found on the streets of Bucha, as well as other information, remain unanswered.
☝️ This shows that the organisers of this heinous act have things to hide.
Once again, we demand that international agencies stop covering up for the Kiev regime and ensure a thorough investigation that will finally reveal the names of the victims, the time and the cause of their death, the signs of the bodies having been moved from one place to another, and the individuals responsible for this terrifying crime by the Kiev authorities.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus.
✉️ Despite challenging international circumstances, significant progress has been made recently in developing the multifaceted ties between Russia and Belarus, and in bolstering the institutions of the Union State.
Good results have stemmed from coordinated efforts in foreign policy, defence, and security. The effective execution of jointly agreed-upon Union programmes has facilitated the harmonisation of legislation in critical sectors between Russia and Belarus, laying the groundwork for unified macroeconomic and monetary policies, as well as the establishment of a common socioeconomic space.
At the January session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, a new set of measures aimed at fostering integration processes was adopted. I firmly believe that the steadfast execution of these measures aligns with the core interests of both Russians and Belarusians and contributes to strengthening stability and security in the Eurasian space.
✉️ Despite challenging international circumstances, significant progress has been made recently in developing the multifaceted ties between Russia and Belarus, and in bolstering the institutions of the Union State.
Good results have stemmed from coordinated efforts in foreign policy, defence, and security. The effective execution of jointly agreed-upon Union programmes has facilitated the harmonisation of legislation in critical sectors between Russia and Belarus, laying the groundwork for unified macroeconomic and monetary policies, as well as the establishment of a common socioeconomic space.
At the January session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, a new set of measures aimed at fostering integration processes was adopted. I firmly believe that the steadfast execution of these measures aligns with the core interests of both Russians and Belarusians and contributes to strengthening stability and security in the Eurasian space.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On April 2, the peoples of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus celebrate their Day of Unity.
🗓 #OTD in 1996, they signed a treaty on the formation of the Community of Russia and Belarus, which served as the first step towards the creation of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
The Treaty on the Union of Russia and Belarus came into force a year later, and on December 8, 1999, the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State was signed.
🤝 Today, the Union State implements programmes in industry, energy and IT, to name a few. Trade between Russia and Belarus grows at record high rates every year, given the considerable degree of mutual complementarity of their economies.
💬 Addressing a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State on January 29, 2024, President Vladimir Putin said:
☝️ The Unity Day of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus confirms the cohesion of the two fraternal peoples and their striving to continue strengthening their interaction based on the centuries-old traditions of friendship and close cultural and spiritual ties.
📃 On the occasion of the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
🎊 We congratulate our Belarusian friends on a holiday that is a symbol of unbreakable ties of brotherly friendship between our countries and peoples!
🗓 #OTD in 1996, they signed a treaty on the formation of the Community of Russia and Belarus, which served as the first step towards the creation of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
The Treaty on the Union of Russia and Belarus came into force a year later, and on December 8, 1999, the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State was signed.
🤝 Today, the Union State implements programmes in industry, energy and IT, to name a few. Trade between Russia and Belarus grows at record high rates every year, given the considerable degree of mutual complementarity of their economies.
💬 Addressing a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State on January 29, 2024, President Vladimir Putin said:
We have been working together to build the Union State for almost 25 years. Along this path, we have managed to achieve a great deal. Thanks to the successful implementation of 28 sectoral Union programmes, Russian and Belarusian legislation was harmonised, the legal and organisational foundations for a common economic space formed, and conditions created for the implementation of a unified macroeconomic and monetary policy, and for joint work to minimise damage from illegal Western restrictions.
☝️ The Unity Day of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus confirms the cohesion of the two fraternal peoples and their striving to continue strengthening their interaction based on the centuries-old traditions of friendship and close cultural and spiritual ties.
📃 On the occasion of the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
🎊 We congratulate our Belarusian friends on a holiday that is a symbol of unbreakable ties of brotherly friendship between our countries and peoples!
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Western “democracy” in nutshell. Latest news
Three weeks ago, Sweden finally joined NATO. We know that the Swedes themselves were never asked about it, but a few days ago, Göteborgs-Posten, a Swedish newspaper, published an opinion poll on what the Swedish people think about their country’s membership in the alliance. The poll involved over a thousand respondents aged over 18.
These numbers are highly indicative of the general sentiment.
Participants were asked whether or not they approved of the potential deployment of Swedish soldiers to zones of hostilities or NATO exercises. Three out of five respondents gave a negative response.
The decision of the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet to join NATO has polarised the Swedish public, with half of the population vehemently opposing their county’s membership in the North Atlantic alliance.
The Swedes are still coming to terms with the gravity of the situation. “It looks like Sweden waged a war against the United States and suffered a crushing defeat,” says a Swedish expert, Jan Guillou, in his article published by Aftonbladet, a leading national political newspaper. He is echoed by a columnist from the Dagens Arena, former Ambassador to Russia Sven Hirdman: “Now Sweden is a US vassal.” The Swedish people ask direct questions: “Does the increased NATO and US military presence in Sweden mean that our country is now entangled in NATO’s military controversy with Russia?”
They are starting to suspect something.
NATO membership is for Sweden a risky and costly change of priorities. The people of Sweden certainly do not need it. That’s why the government decided not to hold a referendum on the matter.
The true reason is that, apart from the Washington-oriented provisional government in Stockholm, nobody actually wanted to stumble into NATO.
💬 Western “democracy” in nutshell. Latest news
Three weeks ago, Sweden finally joined NATO. We know that the Swedes themselves were never asked about it, but a few days ago, Göteborgs-Posten, a Swedish newspaper, published an opinion poll on what the Swedish people think about their country’s membership in the alliance. The poll involved over a thousand respondents aged over 18.
These numbers are highly indicative of the general sentiment.
Participants were asked whether or not they approved of the potential deployment of Swedish soldiers to zones of hostilities or NATO exercises. Three out of five respondents gave a negative response.
The decision of the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet to join NATO has polarised the Swedish public, with half of the population vehemently opposing their county’s membership in the North Atlantic alliance.
The Swedes are still coming to terms with the gravity of the situation. “It looks like Sweden waged a war against the United States and suffered a crushing defeat,” says a Swedish expert, Jan Guillou, in his article published by Aftonbladet, a leading national political newspaper. He is echoed by a columnist from the Dagens Arena, former Ambassador to Russia Sven Hirdman: “Now Sweden is a US vassal.” The Swedish people ask direct questions: “Does the increased NATO and US military presence in Sweden mean that our country is now entangled in NATO’s military controversy with Russia?”
They are starting to suspect something.
NATO membership is for Sweden a risky and costly change of priorities. The people of Sweden certainly do not need it. That’s why the government decided not to hold a referendum on the matter.
The true reason is that, apart from the Washington-oriented provisional government in Stockholm, nobody actually wanted to stumble into NATO.
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💬 President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach made a telltale admission to pranksters.
This is what he said:
Thomas Bach entered into a political, administrative and apparently criminal conspiracy with one particular side to remove strong sports rivals at international competitions.
His relations with the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and its officials and his admission about the request to watch Russian athletes must be subjected to thorough investigation.
Such behind-the-scenes agreements based on the good old German tradition of snitching are giving a new look at the scandal fuelled by the same Germans – German “investigators” of the doping scandal which unfairly kicked many Russian athletes off the sports track.
☝️ I hope international sports journalists will not ignore this egregious situation. It seems to me it is a Watergate for the IOC as a whole and personally for Bach.
💬 President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach made a telltale admission to pranksters.
This is what he said:
“Now those who support [the Russian Government] cannot take part [in the Olympic Games]. We have a special review panel at the level of the IOC which is working with an independent company, and they are monitoring the internet, media and public declarations. So, if an athlete said something somewhere, he won’t be able to take part in the Games. We also offered the Ukrainian side, and not only offered but asked them to provide us with their knowledge about behaviour of such athletes or officials. And they cannot take part [in the Games].”
Thomas Bach entered into a political, administrative and apparently criminal conspiracy with one particular side to remove strong sports rivals at international competitions.
His relations with the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and its officials and his admission about the request to watch Russian athletes must be subjected to thorough investigation.
Such behind-the-scenes agreements based on the good old German tradition of snitching are giving a new look at the scandal fuelled by the same Germans – German “investigators” of the doping scandal which unfairly kicked many Russian athletes off the sports track.
☝️ I hope international sports journalists will not ignore this egregious situation. It seems to me it is a Watergate for the IOC as a whole and personally for Bach.
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⚡️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation strongly condemns the attempts of external interference in the preparation and organization of presidential elections in the Russian Federation, which had begun even before the elections were officially scheduled.
The interference attempts, mostly coordinated by Washington, were made in several directions, including👇
• public statements by senior Western politicians <...>;
• attempts at creating an illegal digital platform for holding fake "alternative" elections of the president of the Russia Federation from abroad;
• violation of the legislative ban on election campaigning on voting days, namely through a protest action at noon on 17 March 2024 that was orchestrated from abroad;
• organizing and carrying out more than 12 million cyber-attacks against the Russian Federation Central Election Commission official website, including DDoS attacks;
• hampering the arrival in Russia of invited foreign (international) observers
and others.
❗️ The Kiev regime, incited by its NATO sponsors, also took actions to disrupt the elections of the president of the Russian Federation. Ukraine's armed formations shelled polling stations in the Russian Federation border regions.
It can be stated that the generally recognized principles and norms of the international law <...> were grossly violated.
<...>
☝️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation calls on the United Nations, international parliamentary organizations and parliaments of foreign States to condemn the actions of the collective West that are coordinated by Washington, interfere in the preparation and organization of the elections of the president of the Russian Federation, obstruct the free expression of the will of Russian citizens, and encourage terrorism and extremism in order to destabilize the situation in Russia during the election campaign.
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The interference attempts, mostly coordinated by Washington, were made in several directions, including👇
• public statements by senior Western politicians <...>;
• attempts at creating an illegal digital platform for holding fake "alternative" elections of the president of the Russia Federation from abroad;
• violation of the legislative ban on election campaigning on voting days, namely through a protest action at noon on 17 March 2024 that was orchestrated from abroad;
• organizing and carrying out more than 12 million cyber-attacks against the Russian Federation Central Election Commission official website, including DDoS attacks;
• hampering the arrival in Russia of invited foreign (international) observers
and others.
❗️ The Kiev regime, incited by its NATO sponsors, also took actions to disrupt the elections of the president of the Russian Federation. Ukraine's armed formations shelled polling stations in the Russian Federation border regions.
It can be stated that the generally recognized principles and norms of the international law <...> were grossly violated.
<...>
☝️ The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation calls on the United Nations, international parliamentary organizations and parliaments of foreign States to condemn the actions of the collective West that are coordinated by Washington, interfere in the preparation and organization of the elections of the president of the Russian Federation, obstruct the free expression of the will of Russian citizens, and encourage terrorism and extremism in order to destabilize the situation in Russia during the election campaign.
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🎙Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview to Nick Ferrari for LBC, 4 April, 2024
75th Anniversary of NATO
💬Andrei Kelin:
▪︎In the beginning of '90s we have tried to establish a relationship with NATO that could be a part of the European security architecture, but we were a bit idealistic at that time.
▪︎We established partnership with NATO, European Union and OSCE and we were thinking that this could really work, but the [political] development has gone a different way. Instead of gaining a comprehensive European security architecture we have got five NATO enlargements.
▪︎Now, NATO is preparing to establish a fund which will accumulate $100 bn in order to supply armaments to Ukraine and this confirms our understanding that the Alliance has become absolutely adversarial to Russia.
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75th Anniversary of NATO
💬Andrei Kelin:
▪︎In the beginning of '90s we have tried to establish a relationship with NATO that could be a part of the European security architecture, but we were a bit idealistic at that time.
▪︎We established partnership with NATO, European Union and OSCE and we were thinking that this could really work, but the [political] development has gone a different way. Instead of gaining a comprehensive European security architecture we have got five NATO enlargements.
▪︎Now, NATO is preparing to establish a fund which will accumulate $100 bn in order to supply armaments to Ukraine and this confirms our understanding that the Alliance has become absolutely adversarial to Russia.
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🎙 Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko's interview with RT (April 4, 2024)
Key talking points:
• The establishment of NATO resulted from the panic that gripped Western elites due to the growing authority, power and attractiveness of the Soviet Union, a country that bore all the burdens of World War II almost single-handedly, ensuring the Victory [over Nazi Germany].
• NATO is still a tool of American hegemony, a tool of subjecting Europe to American military and political interests. <...> The Americans insist that their European allies increase their military spending using the threat of pulling out of NATO to force Europeans to pay more for security.
• Сonfrontation with Russia would be political suicide in the current situation. The Russian "threat" exists only in the minds of Americans and Western Europeans, specifically those who make confrontation with Russia the basis of their foreign policy.
• The paradox that this manufactured trend of demonising Russia is necessary for the survival of NATO. NATO cannot exist without an external adversary. <...> It's obvious that NATO's role would have been reduced to zero in that case, with all the ensuing consequences for the Euro-American alliance.
• Both Sweden and Finland are rapidly increasing their military expenditures, purchasing American weaponry. <...> [It does not serve the] interests of peace and security in [Europe]. It serves American interests, and that's what matters most.
• In 1999 [NATO] bombed [Yugoslavia] for 78 days. They caused a tragedy in Iraq and the tragedy in Libya. They almost destroyed Syria and many others, like Afghanistan. That's their history. The Alliance is a source of confrontation, hostility and division.
Key talking points:
• The establishment of NATO resulted from the panic that gripped Western elites due to the growing authority, power and attractiveness of the Soviet Union, a country that bore all the burdens of World War II almost single-handedly, ensuring the Victory [over Nazi Germany].
• NATO is still a tool of American hegemony, a tool of subjecting Europe to American military and political interests. <...> The Americans insist that their European allies increase their military spending using the threat of pulling out of NATO to force Europeans to pay more for security.
• Сonfrontation with Russia would be political suicide in the current situation. The Russian "threat" exists only in the minds of Americans and Western Europeans, specifically those who make confrontation with Russia the basis of their foreign policy.
• The paradox that this manufactured trend of demonising Russia is necessary for the survival of NATO. NATO cannot exist without an external adversary. <...> It's obvious that NATO's role would have been reduced to zero in that case, with all the ensuing consequences for the Euro-American alliance.
• Both Sweden and Finland are rapidly increasing their military expenditures, purchasing American weaponry. <...> [It does not serve the] interests of peace and security in [Europe]. It serves American interests, and that's what matters most.
• In 1999 [NATO] bombed [Yugoslavia] for 78 days. They caused a tragedy in Iraq and the tragedy in Libya. They almost destroyed Syria and many others, like Afghanistan. That's their history. The Alliance is a source of confrontation, hostility and division.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on occasion of the 75th anniversary of NATO
💬 Maria Zakharova: Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., which marked the birth of the most aggressive military alliance of our time. <...>
The way the politicians of that time saw it, NATO was designed to become the key tool for establishing and maintaining the global hegemony of Washington and its allies, which it has remained to this day. <...>
According to its first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, the purpose of NATO was to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,” and it has remained unchanged to this day.
For the US, NATO has remained a key tool to keep its European allies under control and a resource base for the US defence complex. <...>
After the Cold War ended <...> Washington and its allies engaged in armed “peacekeeping” in the Balkans, which ended in a treacherous aggression against Yugoslavia, and “fighting terrorism” in Afghanistan. NATO allies joined the US-led coalition in Iraq and carried out a “humanitarian” intervention in Libya.
❗️These interventions invariably led to entire countries being ruined and broken up.
For the third year in a row now, Washington and its satellites have been flooding Ukraine with mercenaries and weapons in order to inflict, as they say, a strategic defeat on Russia and to deplete our resources. They are using every means and methods available to the collective West and its Kiev puppets, up to and including the terrorist attacks, to get there. The alliance’s reckless schemes have failed, which fact pushes it towards moves that could entail tragic ramifications for the European and even global security.
The West has already had the chance to see that Russia is prepared for any scenario.
☝️ Our security is reliably protected and our defence capabilities are strong.
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💬 Maria Zakharova: Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., which marked the birth of the most aggressive military alliance of our time. <...>
The way the politicians of that time saw it, NATO was designed to become the key tool for establishing and maintaining the global hegemony of Washington and its allies, which it has remained to this day. <...>
According to its first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, the purpose of NATO was to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,” and it has remained unchanged to this day.
For the US, NATO has remained a key tool to keep its European allies under control and a resource base for the US defence complex. <...>
After the Cold War ended <...> Washington and its allies engaged in armed “peacekeeping” in the Balkans, which ended in a treacherous aggression against Yugoslavia, and “fighting terrorism” in Afghanistan. NATO allies joined the US-led coalition in Iraq and carried out a “humanitarian” intervention in Libya.
❗️These interventions invariably led to entire countries being ruined and broken up.
For the third year in a row now, Washington and its satellites have been flooding Ukraine with mercenaries and weapons in order to inflict, as they say, a strategic defeat on Russia and to deplete our resources. They are using every means and methods available to the collective West and its Kiev puppets, up to and including the terrorist attacks, to get there. The alliance’s reckless schemes have failed, which fact pushes it towards moves that could entail tragic ramifications for the European and even global security.
The West has already had the chance to see that Russia is prepared for any scenario.
☝️ Our security is reliably protected and our defence capabilities are strong.
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🇷🇺 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation:
💬 Investigators have obtained data from the mobile phones of suspects accused of carrying out the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.
Experts analysed the mobile phones that the terrorists attempted to destroy, and their findings provided significant evidence regarding the preparations for the crime.
As directed by their handler, the terrorists chose Crocus City Hall as their target.
☝️ On the morning of February 24, 2024, the second anniversary of the start of the special military operation, one of the terrorists, acting on instructions from their handler, found screenshots online of the location of Crocus City Hall entrances and access routes, and sent them to the handler. The accused confirmed all this in the affidavit.
Additionally, the terrorist’s phone contained photos of individuals wearing camouflage uniforms with Ukrainian flags, positioned in front of damaged buildings. There was also a Ukrainian postal stamp depicting an obscene gesture.
❗️ This data suggest a possible connection between the terrorist attack and the special military operation.
Law-enforcement officers continue their operational and investigative activities to determine whether Ukrainian special services and international Islamist terrorist organisations were involved in orchestrating and financing the terrorist attack.
💬 Investigators have obtained data from the mobile phones of suspects accused of carrying out the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.
Experts analysed the mobile phones that the terrorists attempted to destroy, and their findings provided significant evidence regarding the preparations for the crime.
As directed by their handler, the terrorists chose Crocus City Hall as their target.
☝️ On the morning of February 24, 2024, the second anniversary of the start of the special military operation, one of the terrorists, acting on instructions from their handler, found screenshots online of the location of Crocus City Hall entrances and access routes, and sent them to the handler. The accused confirmed all this in the affidavit.
Additionally, the terrorist’s phone contained photos of individuals wearing camouflage uniforms with Ukrainian flags, positioned in front of damaged buildings. There was also a Ukrainian postal stamp depicting an obscene gesture.
❗️ This data suggest a possible connection between the terrorist attack and the special military operation.
Law-enforcement officers continue their operational and investigative activities to determine whether Ukrainian special services and international Islamist terrorist organisations were involved in orchestrating and financing the terrorist attack.
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 The US tried to mark one year of The Wall Street Journal employee Evan Gershkovich’s detention as best they could.
This is what one of the last March issues of The Wall Street Journal looked like — a partly blank front page with only a black-and-white photo of US citizen Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges after being caught red-handed, and a headline on top reading ‘His story should be here.’
Indeed, Evan Gershkovich could have written a story about the terrorist shelling of Russian cities, something the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev has been doing in recent months. Reporters come under fire, too, including American journalists, so wouldn’t this make a great report from a hotspot, which the Americans themselves had created by supplying the militants with weapons and intelligence?
He could have written a long article about all his fellow journalists killed by the Kiev regime: Oles Buzina, Pavel Sheremet, Andrey Stenin, Anatoly Klyan, Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin and many others.
He could, but he must have had a reason not to do so in all those years that he was working in Russia.
He could, if he was engaged in journalism, not espionage.
By the way, I do not rule out that it was the WSJ’s way of expressing its anger with the US intelligence services, which, contrary to US laws, continue to use journalists as their agents.
It is also indicative that no US newspaper has ever printed a blank editorial in support of the American journalist Gonzalo Lira, who spent eight months in the torture chambers of a Ukrainian prison until he was killed by the Ukrainian security service in January.
Speaking of which, have they opened a criminal case on his murder in the US? I haven’t heard of it.
💬 The US tried to mark one year of The Wall Street Journal employee Evan Gershkovich’s detention as best they could.
This is what one of the last March issues of The Wall Street Journal looked like — a partly blank front page with only a black-and-white photo of US citizen Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges after being caught red-handed, and a headline on top reading ‘His story should be here.’
Indeed, Evan Gershkovich could have written a story about the terrorist shelling of Russian cities, something the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev has been doing in recent months. Reporters come under fire, too, including American journalists, so wouldn’t this make a great report from a hotspot, which the Americans themselves had created by supplying the militants with weapons and intelligence?
He could have written a long article about all his fellow journalists killed by the Kiev regime: Oles Buzina, Pavel Sheremet, Andrey Stenin, Anatoly Klyan, Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin and many others.
He could, but he must have had a reason not to do so in all those years that he was working in Russia.
He could, if he was engaged in journalism, not espionage.
By the way, I do not rule out that it was the WSJ’s way of expressing its anger with the US intelligence services, which, contrary to US laws, continue to use journalists as their agents.
It is also indicative that no US newspaper has ever printed a blank editorial in support of the American journalist Gonzalo Lira, who spent eight months in the torture chambers of a Ukrainian prison until he was killed by the Ukrainian security service in January.
Speaking of which, have they opened a criminal case on his murder in the US? I haven’t heard of it.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment regarding the disconnection of one of the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant’s external power lines
💬 In the morning of April 4, Europe’s largest nuclear power facility, the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), lost one of its critical sources of electricity needed to cool the reactors, as well as for other important nuclear safety functions.
Importantly, this is not the first time this has happened. The Kiev regime remains the sole threat to the facility’s security, relentlessly attempting new provocations. As recently as March 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used UAVs to try and destroy the ZNPP diesel fuel depot, which is critical for its backup power supply. Kiev’s sponsors reacted with non-committal statements about the ZNPP facing “constant nuclear safety risks” amid a military conflict. At the same time, everyone clearly understands what this means at the UN, the IAEA, and in world capitals, including those that continue to supervise the Zelensky regime directly.
We warn Kiev and its Western handlers against any attempts to attack or destabilise the nuclear power plant. We urge the IAEA and its leaders to actively involve the experts present at the scene to publicly record all attacks by the Ukrainian side and clearly state from whence a threat is coming to the facility’s safe operation.
💬 In the morning of April 4, Europe’s largest nuclear power facility, the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), lost one of its critical sources of electricity needed to cool the reactors, as well as for other important nuclear safety functions.
Importantly, this is not the first time this has happened. The Kiev regime remains the sole threat to the facility’s security, relentlessly attempting new provocations. As recently as March 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used UAVs to try and destroy the ZNPP diesel fuel depot, which is critical for its backup power supply. Kiev’s sponsors reacted with non-committal statements about the ZNPP facing “constant nuclear safety risks” amid a military conflict. At the same time, everyone clearly understands what this means at the UN, the IAEA, and in world capitals, including those that continue to supervise the Zelensky regime directly.
We warn Kiev and its Western handlers against any attempts to attack or destabilise the nuclear power plant. We urge the IAEA and its leaders to actively involve the experts present at the scene to publicly record all attacks by the Ukrainian side and clearly state from whence a threat is coming to the facility’s safe operation.
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❗️ Foreign Ministry statement in connection with the high-level Armenia-US-EU format meeting
💬 We consider the high-level Armenia-US-EU format meeting held in Brussels on April 5, 2024 as yet another attempt by the collective West to embroil the South Caucasus into geopolitical confrontation. Irresponsible and destructive interference of extra-regional forces in the affairs of the South Caucasus, and the desire to drive a wedge between the countries of the region and their neighbours can have devastating consequences for stability, security and economic development in the region, and provoke the emergence of new dividing lines, as well as uncontrolled growth of tensions.
Clearly, the West wants to turn Armenia into a tool for implementing its extremely dangerous designs in the South Caucasus. We know that Washington and Brussels –under the guise of ephemeral promises – are pushing for Armenia to withdraw from the CSTO and the EAEU and the Russian military base and border guards to pull out from that region. We urge the Yerevan leadership not to let the West deceive it and to lead the country down a false path, which is fraught with the security vacuum, grave economic problems and population outflow.
The amount of grant support announced by Brussels cannot compare with the multi-billion dollar benefits Armenia continues to receive from its interaction with Moscow and within the EAEU and the CIS. These factors have ensured a multiple increase in trade (fourfold since 2018) in recent years and, as a consequence, a record economic growth and improved well-being of the population.
☝️ We reiterate our commitment to comprehensively deepen and expand relations with Armenia based on the principles that are laid out in the foundational bilateral documents and agreements signed within common integration associations. We are convinced that the progressive development of the Russian-Armenian alliance will contribute to the realisation of the fundamental interests of the peoples of Russia and Armenia and strengthening of the regional security and stability.
The West also does not abandon its attempts to destroy the fundamental basis of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalisation which relies on a set of trilateral statements by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan made in 2020-2022, which envisage measures to unblock transport links and economic ties, to delimit the border, to draft a peace treaty, and to consolidate mutual trust through contacts of public leaders and experts. Under the pressure from Washington and Brussels, Yerevan suspended the implementation of these agreements, on many of which, particularly the issue of lifting the mutual transport blockade, the parties were close to adopting mutually acceptable solutions. Moscow remains ready to facilitate the long-awaited peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia in every possible way.
Regional and bilateral issues in the South Caucasus should be addressed in accordance with the principle of regional responsibility as agreed during the second meeting of the 3+3 Consultative Platform on October 23, 2023 in Tehran, where Armenia was a participant. We call on external players to respect these agreements, and the authorities in Yerevan to take into account the concerns of neighbouring states when pursuing their foreign policy.
💬 We consider the high-level Armenia-US-EU format meeting held in Brussels on April 5, 2024 as yet another attempt by the collective West to embroil the South Caucasus into geopolitical confrontation. Irresponsible and destructive interference of extra-regional forces in the affairs of the South Caucasus, and the desire to drive a wedge between the countries of the region and their neighbours can have devastating consequences for stability, security and economic development in the region, and provoke the emergence of new dividing lines, as well as uncontrolled growth of tensions.
Clearly, the West wants to turn Armenia into a tool for implementing its extremely dangerous designs in the South Caucasus. We know that Washington and Brussels –under the guise of ephemeral promises – are pushing for Armenia to withdraw from the CSTO and the EAEU and the Russian military base and border guards to pull out from that region. We urge the Yerevan leadership not to let the West deceive it and to lead the country down a false path, which is fraught with the security vacuum, grave economic problems and population outflow.
The amount of grant support announced by Brussels cannot compare with the multi-billion dollar benefits Armenia continues to receive from its interaction with Moscow and within the EAEU and the CIS. These factors have ensured a multiple increase in trade (fourfold since 2018) in recent years and, as a consequence, a record economic growth and improved well-being of the population.
☝️ We reiterate our commitment to comprehensively deepen and expand relations with Armenia based on the principles that are laid out in the foundational bilateral documents and agreements signed within common integration associations. We are convinced that the progressive development of the Russian-Armenian alliance will contribute to the realisation of the fundamental interests of the peoples of Russia and Armenia and strengthening of the regional security and stability.
The West also does not abandon its attempts to destroy the fundamental basis of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalisation which relies on a set of trilateral statements by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan made in 2020-2022, which envisage measures to unblock transport links and economic ties, to delimit the border, to draft a peace treaty, and to consolidate mutual trust through contacts of public leaders and experts. Under the pressure from Washington and Brussels, Yerevan suspended the implementation of these agreements, on many of which, particularly the issue of lifting the mutual transport blockade, the parties were close to adopting mutually acceptable solutions. Moscow remains ready to facilitate the long-awaited peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia in every possible way.
Regional and bilateral issues in the South Caucasus should be addressed in accordance with the principle of regional responsibility as agreed during the second meeting of the 3+3 Consultative Platform on October 23, 2023 in Tehran, where Armenia was a participant. We call on external players to respect these agreements, and the authorities in Yerevan to take into account the concerns of neighbouring states when pursuing their foreign policy.
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#Antifake
❗️Western media’s yet another attempt to cause a rupture in interethnic peace and harmony in Russia
💬 The tragedy in the Moscow Region – the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall – served as a trigger for the once respectable American political magazine Foreign Policy to promote a biased agenda in the public space, as well as something like litmus test for journalistic consistency and humanity.
The test was failed.
The magazine’s journalists, who have lost all idea of morality and ethics <...> – have released as many as three articles about the terrorist attack, all of them very ugly.
Instead of expressing grief and sympathy for the victims of the disaster, or at least presenting the sequence of events and facts in a neutral key, Foreign Policy began to speculate about interethnic peace in Russia, whitewash the authorities of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, and openly discredit the work of Russian law enforcement agencies and security services. All of this is extremely far from the truth.
The investigation is carried out professionally and without political bias. The Investigative Committee of Russia is taking active search measures to identify all instigators and perpetrators of the criminal act. However, the Ukrainian trace is unequivocally proved both by the Kiev regime’s clear motives to sow discord and initiate instability in Russian society, and by other evidence, including the Ukrainian Security Service’s readiness to provide the terrorists with a “window” to cross the border.
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Such behaviour by the magazine’s journalists is unacceptable, and references to freedom of speech and expression are unacceptable when we are talking about the personal tragedy of hundreds of innocent people who suffered at the hands of terrorists.
Foreign Policy is not very different from Ukrainian propagandists.
This deep decline in the quality of Foreign Policy’s work causes nothing but regret. This is a general trend for the entire US media controlled by the Washington establishment.
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❗️Western media’s yet another attempt to cause a rupture in interethnic peace and harmony in Russia
💬 The tragedy in the Moscow Region – the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall – served as a trigger for the once respectable American political magazine Foreign Policy to promote a biased agenda in the public space, as well as something like litmus test for journalistic consistency and humanity.
The test was failed.
The magazine’s journalists, who have lost all idea of morality and ethics <...> – have released as many as three articles about the terrorist attack, all of them very ugly.
Instead of expressing grief and sympathy for the victims of the disaster, or at least presenting the sequence of events and facts in a neutral key, Foreign Policy began to speculate about interethnic peace in Russia, whitewash the authorities of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, and openly discredit the work of Russian law enforcement agencies and security services. All of this is extremely far from the truth.
The investigation is carried out professionally and without political bias. The Investigative Committee of Russia is taking active search measures to identify all instigators and perpetrators of the criminal act. However, the Ukrainian trace is unequivocally proved both by the Kiev regime’s clear motives to sow discord and initiate instability in Russian society, and by other evidence, including the Ukrainian Security Service’s readiness to provide the terrorists with a “window” to cross the border.
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Such behaviour by the magazine’s journalists is unacceptable, and references to freedom of speech and expression are unacceptable when we are talking about the personal tragedy of hundreds of innocent people who suffered at the hands of terrorists.
Foreign Policy is not very different from Ukrainian propagandists.
This deep decline in the quality of Foreign Policy’s work causes nothing but regret. This is a general trend for the entire US media controlled by the Washington establishment.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion to settle the situation around Ukraine (Moscow, April 4, 2024)
Key talking points:
• April 14 marks the 10th anniversary of the Nazis that came to power in Ukraine declaring an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Donbass. They designated them as terrorists who must be destroyed.
• Throughout these years, we knew and said publicly that the accusations of terrorism against Donbass were baseless. Now it was confirmed by the UN International Court of Justice in its decision dated January 31, 2024, regarding the claim filed by Kiev and its masters against the Russian Federation.
• The International Court of Justice has effectively confirmed that Kiev's aggressive actions against Donetsk and Lugansk were initially based on lies.
• Today, Ukraine, if we return to its arguments about terrorism as justification for its actions, has clearly become a terrorist state. Over the past 10 years it has been terrorising citizens in its own country and beyond.
• The Foreign Ministry has recently issued official demands to the Ukrainian authorities, urging them to promptly cease any support for terrorist activities, extradite those responsible, and provide compensation for damages incurred.
• Alongside the appeal made through the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office has dispatched relevant documents to the US and several other Western countries, documents based on appeals from citizens and parliamentarians and detailing the actions we expect from them in connection with the newly discovered evidence exposing the support for the Ukrainian regime’s terrorist activities and preparations from its patrons.
• We all know that Kiev is not independent, but is following instructions from its bosses and handlers implementing their anti-Russia project.
• We honestly told the Westerners that they were pushing Ukraine towards a disaster. No one wanted to listen.
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Key talking points:
• April 14 marks the 10th anniversary of the Nazis that came to power in Ukraine declaring an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Donbass. They designated them as terrorists who must be destroyed.
• Throughout these years, we knew and said publicly that the accusations of terrorism against Donbass were baseless. Now it was confirmed by the UN International Court of Justice in its decision dated January 31, 2024, regarding the claim filed by Kiev and its masters against the Russian Federation.
• The International Court of Justice has effectively confirmed that Kiev's aggressive actions against Donetsk and Lugansk were initially based on lies.
• Today, Ukraine, if we return to its arguments about terrorism as justification for its actions, has clearly become a terrorist state. Over the past 10 years it has been terrorising citizens in its own country and beyond.
• The Foreign Ministry has recently issued official demands to the Ukrainian authorities, urging them to promptly cease any support for terrorist activities, extradite those responsible, and provide compensation for damages incurred.
• Alongside the appeal made through the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office has dispatched relevant documents to the US and several other Western countries, documents based on appeals from citizens and parliamentarians and detailing the actions we expect from them in connection with the newly discovered evidence exposing the support for the Ukrainian regime’s terrorist activities and preparations from its patrons.
• We all know that Kiev is not independent, but is following instructions from its bosses and handlers implementing their anti-Russia project.
• We honestly told the Westerners that they were pushing Ukraine towards a disaster. No one wanted to listen.
Read in full
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion to settle the situation around Ukraine (Moscow, April 4, 2024)
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Zelensky's 'peace formula'
• This scheme is widely known and it is effectively an ultimatum that forces Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991. Recently, Mr Zelensky “kindly suggested” that “we start” with the borders as of February 2022. It doesn’t hurt to dream of things.
• We stand for our truth and the interests of our people <...>. If they want to reach a fair, realistic deal and strike a balance between us in terms of our security interests, we are ready to move in this direction any moment. But for that, we do not need a foundation or a liner of any kind such as the Zelensky formula, no matter how you describe it, in order to move from stating the readiness to launch talks to actually starting the negotiation.
Regarding the West's cynical attitude towards Ukraine
• What the West has been saying about Ukraine and putting its bets on defeating Russia is also quite telling. In his interview with CNN, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said: “We cannot afford Russia to win this war. Otherwise, the US and European interests will be very damaged. It’s not a matter of generosity alone, it’s not a matter of supporting Ukraine because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player <...>».
👉 Europe recognised that it has no aspirations and all it wants is for the United States not to lose its dominant role in global affairs, no matter the cost.
The situation in the Gaza Strip
• We reiterated our position where we condemned the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 and the untenable methods Israel is using now. In fact, Tel Aviv has resorted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
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Zelensky's 'peace formula'
• This scheme is widely known and it is effectively an ultimatum that forces Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991. Recently, Mr Zelensky “kindly suggested” that “we start” with the borders as of February 2022. It doesn’t hurt to dream of things.
• We stand for our truth and the interests of our people <...>. If they want to reach a fair, realistic deal and strike a balance between us in terms of our security interests, we are ready to move in this direction any moment. But for that, we do not need a foundation or a liner of any kind such as the Zelensky formula, no matter how you describe it, in order to move from stating the readiness to launch talks to actually starting the negotiation.
Regarding the West's cynical attitude towards Ukraine
• What the West has been saying about Ukraine and putting its bets on defeating Russia is also quite telling. In his interview with CNN, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said: “We cannot afford Russia to win this war. Otherwise, the US and European interests will be very damaged. It’s not a matter of generosity alone, it’s not a matter of supporting Ukraine because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player <...>».
👉 Europe recognised that it has no aspirations and all it wants is for the United States not to lose its dominant role in global affairs, no matter the cost.
The situation in the Gaza Strip
• We reiterated our position where we condemned the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 and the untenable methods Israel is using now. In fact, Tel Aviv has resorted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
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