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Today, on May 11th, 2023, the first meeting of the Organizing Committee of the World Youth Festival was held in Moscow, chaired by First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Sergey Kiriyenko.
The World Youth Festival will be held from March 1 to 7, 2024 on the federal territory "Sirius".
It will be a fundamentally new format, where representatives of youth communities from different countries will discuss world problems and challenges that have become the leitmotif of the current historical time.
🌍 20 thousand young leaders in business, media, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sport, including 10 thousand foreign participants are expected by hospitable Russian youth.
5 thousand volunteers from all Russian regions will be involved in the event.
Rosmolodezh takes the most active part in festival's arrangement.
At the present moment the Directorate of World Youth Festival has been created. It acts as the executive direction of the festival.
Rosmolodezh together with Rocongress Foundation have also agreed to organize a call center for interaction with the participants of the festival.
We are looking forward to March 2024!
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to the participants in the 13th session of the Arctic Council
💬 The Arctic region, which is playing an increasingly important role in world politics and the economy, is one of Russia's priorities.
As a country presiding in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, Russia has invariably acted in line with the common interest, which is to ensure the sustainable and safe development of the entire Arctic region, the wellbeing of the Arctic population, including the indigenous peoples of the North.
The Russian presidency’s comprehensive programme was oriented towards achieving these objectives. More than 100 themed forums, some of them with international participants, were held as part of the programme.
☝️ Unfortunately, the Council’s full-scale activity was suspended by Western member countries under the absolutely far-fetched pretext that it related to the situation in Ukraine, which was provoked by the Western countries themselves. We consider this step by our Western colleagues politically motivated and counterproductive as it leads to a disintegration of collective approaches to the responsible management of the Arctic.
However, we still believe that the Arctic states bear a special responsibility for the consistent development of this region. It is our understanding that further effective work and the future of the Arctic Council in general will depend on whether we can find possibilities to continue a civilised dialogue in the interests of preserving the Arctic as a territory of peace, stability and constructive cooperation.
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💬 The Arctic region, which is playing an increasingly important role in world politics and the economy, is one of Russia's priorities.
As a country presiding in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, Russia has invariably acted in line with the common interest, which is to ensure the sustainable and safe development of the entire Arctic region, the wellbeing of the Arctic population, including the indigenous peoples of the North.
The Russian presidency’s comprehensive programme was oriented towards achieving these objectives. More than 100 themed forums, some of them with international participants, were held as part of the programme.
☝️ Unfortunately, the Council’s full-scale activity was suspended by Western member countries under the absolutely far-fetched pretext that it related to the situation in Ukraine, which was provoked by the Western countries themselves. We consider this step by our Western colleagues politically motivated and counterproductive as it leads to a disintegration of collective approaches to the responsible management of the Arctic.
However, we still believe that the Arctic states bear a special responsibility for the consistent development of this region. It is our understanding that further effective work and the future of the Arctic Council in general will depend on whether we can find possibilities to continue a civilised dialogue in the interests of preserving the Arctic as a territory of peace, stability and constructive cooperation.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to the participants in the session of the 11th St Petersburg International Legal Forum ‘Foundations of the international legal order vs the “rules-based order”: The future of international law,’ (Moscow, May 12, 2023)
💬 I am delighted to offer my greetings to the participants in the 11th St Petersburg International Legal Forum.
• Today, Western countries seek to shift the blame on someone else by accusing Russia of violating international law. In doing so they refer to the international law they had trampled in Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya when they unleashed their wars of aggression against them. They tried to do the same in Syria.
🌐 The Western elites have taken on board the worst colonial-era traditions in their effort to split up the world into what they call democracies and authoritarian regimes. The overtly racist statements by EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, who described Europe as an idyllic “garden” and the rest of the world as a “jungle,” demonstrate the very essence of this syndrome of exceptionality.
• Making extensive use of illegitimate unilateral restrictions has become an integral part of the rules-based order for the Western countries. This is a gross violation of the UN Charter’s letter and spirit. Only the Security Council has the right to enact and enforce sanctions.
🇷🇺 Russia has been a consistent advocate of respecting international law with the UN Charter at its core, as well as of strengthening the legal and democratic principles in interstate interaction. This is why we remain committed to reinforcing the UN’s central and coordinating role in international affairs.
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💬 I am delighted to offer my greetings to the participants in the 11th St Petersburg International Legal Forum.
• Today, Western countries seek to shift the blame on someone else by accusing Russia of violating international law. In doing so they refer to the international law they had trampled in Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya when they unleashed their wars of aggression against them. They tried to do the same in Syria.
🌐 The Western elites have taken on board the worst colonial-era traditions in their effort to split up the world into what they call democracies and authoritarian regimes. The overtly racist statements by EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, who described Europe as an idyllic “garden” and the rest of the world as a “jungle,” demonstrate the very essence of this syndrome of exceptionality.
• Making extensive use of illegitimate unilateral restrictions has become an integral part of the rules-based order for the Western countries. This is a gross violation of the UN Charter’s letter and spirit. Only the Security Council has the right to enact and enforce sanctions.
🇷🇺 Russia has been a consistent advocate of respecting international law with the UN Charter at its core, as well as of strengthening the legal and democratic principles in interstate interaction. This is why we remain committed to reinforcing the UN’s central and coordinating role in international affairs.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the confiscation of Konstantin Malofeyev’s assets in the US
💬 According to available information, the US Department of Justice recently completed the transfer of assets belonging to Russian entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeyev to the US Department of State. Earlier, they were blocked by an American bank and withdrawn by decision of the Joe Biden administration with the purpose of sending them to the pro-Nazi Kiev regime.
It is obvious to all those who are unwilling to obey US instructions that this is robbery for political reasons. Using illegal methods, the US authorities are confiscating the property of objectionable foreigners contrary to the fundamental principles that guarantee the inviolability of private property.
❗️ Moreover, in stealing other’s property, the US is simultaneously supporting Kiev’s terrorist attacks.
The attempts to conceal this shameful fact by saying that Malofeyev’s assets will be spent “on Ukraine’s recovery” are no more than a propaganda myth. Obviously, Ukraine will at best receive crumbs from these stolen assets, most of which will land in the US and in the pockets of its Kiev puppets.
☝️ We would like to hope that the international community and business people will draw the right conclusions from this story, at least about the true “reliability” of the US monetary and financial system and the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
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💬 According to available information, the US Department of Justice recently completed the transfer of assets belonging to Russian entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeyev to the US Department of State. Earlier, they were blocked by an American bank and withdrawn by decision of the Joe Biden administration with the purpose of sending them to the pro-Nazi Kiev regime.
It is obvious to all those who are unwilling to obey US instructions that this is robbery for political reasons. Using illegal methods, the US authorities are confiscating the property of objectionable foreigners contrary to the fundamental principles that guarantee the inviolability of private property.
❗️ Moreover, in stealing other’s property, the US is simultaneously supporting Kiev’s terrorist attacks.
The attempts to conceal this shameful fact by saying that Malofeyev’s assets will be spent “on Ukraine’s recovery” are no more than a propaganda myth. Obviously, Ukraine will at best receive crumbs from these stolen assets, most of which will land in the US and in the pockets of its Kiev puppets.
☝️ We would like to hope that the international community and business people will draw the right conclusions from this story, at least about the true “reliability” of the US monetary and financial system and the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, May 10, 2023)
🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #VictoryDay #Victory78
🔹 Dismantling a monument of gratitude to the Red Army in Poland
🔹 The Baltic authorities’ attempts to prevent May 9 celebrations
🔹 Situation in Pakistan
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Talking points:
#Ukraine
Before May 9, Vladimir Zelensky cancelled Victory Day, which the majority of Ukrainian citizens hold sacred, and declared Europe Day instead. <...> By taking this decision, Vladimir Zelensky has cast a shadow over the feat accomplished by millions of Ukrainians and betrayed the memory of those who stood up to defend this land from a fascist Europe.
History develops in cycles. Eighty years after the rout of Nazism, we are again fighting this horror reborn in the West and Ukraine. This time, the enemy has tried to set against us a certain part of the population in the originally Russian areas by inculcating in them the idea of ethnic superiority. The memory of our fallen ancestors cannot allow us to let the neo-Nazis in Ukraine gain the upper hand. The declared goals are important as never before. As the Russian leadership said, they would be implemented.
#Pakistan
We are closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan following the May 9 arrest of Imran Khan, former prime minister and chairman of Pakistan’s largest opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice), on corruption charges. We are seriously concerned about media reports of violent attacks by protesters on police and miliary facilities in the country.
We call on the sides to settle their differences peacefully. We hope that the large-scale protests will be held without major clashes and that the situation will normalise soon.
🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #VictoryDay #Victory78
🔹 Dismantling a monument of gratitude to the Red Army in Poland
🔹 The Baltic authorities’ attempts to prevent May 9 celebrations
🔹 Situation in Pakistan
And much more...
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Talking points:
#Ukraine
Before May 9, Vladimir Zelensky cancelled Victory Day, which the majority of Ukrainian citizens hold sacred, and declared Europe Day instead. <...> By taking this decision, Vladimir Zelensky has cast a shadow over the feat accomplished by millions of Ukrainians and betrayed the memory of those who stood up to defend this land from a fascist Europe.
History develops in cycles. Eighty years after the rout of Nazism, we are again fighting this horror reborn in the West and Ukraine. This time, the enemy has tried to set against us a certain part of the population in the originally Russian areas by inculcating in them the idea of ethnic superiority. The memory of our fallen ancestors cannot allow us to let the neo-Nazis in Ukraine gain the upper hand. The declared goals are important as never before. As the Russian leadership said, they would be implemented.
#Pakistan
We are closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan following the May 9 arrest of Imran Khan, former prime minister and chairman of Pakistan’s largest opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice), on corruption charges. We are seriously concerned about media reports of violent attacks by protesters on police and miliary facilities in the country.
We call on the sides to settle their differences peacefully. We hope that the large-scale protests will be held without major clashes and that the situation will normalise soon.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the UK’s decision to transfer the Storm Shadow missile system to Ukraine
On May 11 of this year, the British Government officially reported that it would send Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine. The system has the ability to deliver long-range strikes with increased precision.
❗️ We qualify this as another extremely hostile move by London to further fill Ukraine with arms. This leads to a serious escalation of tensions in the zone of the special military operation. The transfer of long-range precision missiles to the Kiev regime graphically confirms the unprecedented level of Britain’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
☝️ Russia reserves the right to take any necessary measure to neutralise the threats that may be created through the use of British cruise missiles by Ukraine.
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On May 11 of this year, the British Government officially reported that it would send Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine. The system has the ability to deliver long-range strikes with increased precision.
❗️ We qualify this as another extremely hostile move by London to further fill Ukraine with arms. This leads to a serious escalation of tensions in the zone of the special military operation. The transfer of long-range precision missiles to the Kiev regime graphically confirms the unprecedented level of Britain’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
☝️ Russia reserves the right to take any necessary measure to neutralise the threats that may be created through the use of British cruise missiles by Ukraine.
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🇷🇺🇿🇦 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at the South African side’s initiative
🔸The presidents discussed topical issues of Russian-South African relations of strategic partnership. They expressed a desire to further step up mutually beneficial ties in various areas.
🔸The presidents noted the importance of further close, bilateral coordination of positions during preparations for major multilateral events, in particular, the Second Russia-Africa Summit scheduled for July in St Petersburg and the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in August under South Africa’s Presidency.
🔸During the discussion of global food security, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s willingness to supply needy African countries with substantial amounts of grain and fertiliser, including no-cost deliveries.
🔸Having supported Cyril Ramaphosa’s idea on the participation of a group of African leaders in discussing the prospects for settling the conflict in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin set forth his principled assessments of the destructive line pursued by the Kiev regime and its patrons. He noted that Russia has never refused to work on the diplomatic track.
🔸It was agreed to continue contacts at various levels.
🔸The presidents discussed topical issues of Russian-South African relations of strategic partnership. They expressed a desire to further step up mutually beneficial ties in various areas.
🔸The presidents noted the importance of further close, bilateral coordination of positions during preparations for major multilateral events, in particular, the Second Russia-Africa Summit scheduled for July in St Petersburg and the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in August under South Africa’s Presidency.
🔸During the discussion of global food security, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s willingness to supply needy African countries with substantial amounts of grain and fertiliser, including no-cost deliveries.
🔸Having supported Cyril Ramaphosa’s idea on the participation of a group of African leaders in discussing the prospects for settling the conflict in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin set forth his principled assessments of the destructive line pursued by the Kiev regime and its patrons. He noted that Russia has never refused to work on the diplomatic track.
🔸It was agreed to continue contacts at various levels.
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On May 10-11, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin attended a high-level four-party meeting (Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine plus the UN) in Istanbul as a member of the Russian interdepartmental delegation.
The parties focused on the implementation of the package of agreements signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022. They laid emphasis on the Black Sea Initiative on the export of Ukrainian grain, which expires on May 18. The parties conducted a detailed exchange of views on the current problems in the work of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) and the proposals by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on unblocking the Togliatti–Odessa Ammonia Pipeline.
⚠️ Russian delegates confirmed that the exports of ammonia were supposed to begin simultaneously with the export of Ukrainian grain under both Istanbul agreements and without any preliminary conditions. Emphasising the interlinked character of the package agreements, the Russian participants noted the absence of progress in implementing the Russia-UN Memorandum on normalising domestic agricultural exports.
They pointed to five systemic problems (bank payments, transport logistics and insurance, parts supplies, unblocking “frozen” assets and the ammonia pipeline). These obstacles continue preventing Russian agricultural exports from reaching global markets.
❗️ Russian delegates noted that commercial exports of Ukrainian grain (70 percent of which is fodder corn and feeder grain) mostly to the advanced countries are not of primary importance for ensuring global food security and reducing the threat of famine. To reach these goals, it is more important to normalise exports of Russian fertilisers and grain (70 percent of which is wheat), which are being complicated by Western unilateral blocking sanctions.
The parties focused on the implementation of the package of agreements signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022. They laid emphasis on the Black Sea Initiative on the export of Ukrainian grain, which expires on May 18. The parties conducted a detailed exchange of views on the current problems in the work of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) and the proposals by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on unblocking the Togliatti–Odessa Ammonia Pipeline.
⚠️ Russian delegates confirmed that the exports of ammonia were supposed to begin simultaneously with the export of Ukrainian grain under both Istanbul agreements and without any preliminary conditions. Emphasising the interlinked character of the package agreements, the Russian participants noted the absence of progress in implementing the Russia-UN Memorandum on normalising domestic agricultural exports.
They pointed to five systemic problems (bank payments, transport logistics and insurance, parts supplies, unblocking “frozen” assets and the ammonia pipeline). These obstacles continue preventing Russian agricultural exports from reaching global markets.
❗️ Russian delegates noted that commercial exports of Ukrainian grain (70 percent of which is fodder corn and feeder grain) mostly to the advanced countries are not of primary importance for ensuring global food security and reducing the threat of famine. To reach these goals, it is more important to normalise exports of Russian fertilisers and grain (70 percent of which is wheat), which are being complicated by Western unilateral blocking sanctions.
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📖 Crimea — an unalienable part of Russia — reunited with the Motherland by popular vote in 2014. Ever since it has been one of the most rapidly developing regions in Europe. Yet, for the past nine years it has become a target of mass disinformation campaign launched by officials & mainstream media in the West, envious & intolerant to the independent will of the Crimeans, who refused to dance to the Western puppet masters & chose their own destiny.
The "25 Questions about Crimea" handbook debunks popular myths & fakes spread by the West, sheds light on the real story behind the peninsula's accession to Russia & Crimea today.
❓ What happened in Crimea in 2014?
• In 2014, as a result of a free expression of the will of the people of Crimea, the peninsula seceded from Ukraine, declared its independence & reunited with Russia.
❓ Did Crimea have the right to secede from Ukraine?
• The declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea was a legal form of its people's exercise of the right to self determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter.
❓ Why did Russia accepted the request of Crimea for accession?
• After declaring independence Crimea was threatened by war & ethnic cleansing, as nationalists & neo-Nazis seized power in Kiev in a coup d'etat.
❓ Were any international observers present at referendum in Crimea in 2014?
• 130 observers from 23 countries were present at the referendum. They noted its compliance with the norms of democratic legislation & the legitimacy of the vote.
❓ Why is Russia investing in the development of Crimea?
• Since 2014, Russia has allocated over $18.5 billion for the development of Crimea which helps the Crimea & Sevastopol to successfully integrate into the Russian economic space.
❓ Do many foreign tourists visit Crimea? Is it dangerous?
• Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign guests come to Crimea for unforgettable impressions. Vacation in Crimea is absolutely safe. The situation on the peninsula is stable & calm.
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The "25 Questions about Crimea" handbook debunks popular myths & fakes spread by the West, sheds light on the real story behind the peninsula's accession to Russia & Crimea today.
❓ What happened in Crimea in 2014?
• In 2014, as a result of a free expression of the will of the people of Crimea, the peninsula seceded from Ukraine, declared its independence & reunited with Russia.
❓ Did Crimea have the right to secede from Ukraine?
• The declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea was a legal form of its people's exercise of the right to self determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter.
❓ Why did Russia accepted the request of Crimea for accession?
• After declaring independence Crimea was threatened by war & ethnic cleansing, as nationalists & neo-Nazis seized power in Kiev in a coup d'etat.
❓ Were any international observers present at referendum in Crimea in 2014?
• 130 observers from 23 countries were present at the referendum. They noted its compliance with the norms of democratic legislation & the legitimacy of the vote.
❓ Why is Russia investing in the development of Crimea?
• Since 2014, Russia has allocated over $18.5 billion for the development of Crimea which helps the Crimea & Sevastopol to successfully integrate into the Russian economic space.
❓ Do many foreign tourists visit Crimea? Is it dangerous?
• Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign guests come to Crimea for unforgettable impressions. Vacation in Crimea is absolutely safe. The situation on the peninsula is stable & calm.
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⭐️ Every year, on May 9, we mark the triumph of the Soviet people over Nazism in the #GreatPatrioticWar and #WWII. Victory Parades, pinnacle event of the celebrations, are held across the country, with the main parade taking place in Moscow. The sacred memory brings our nation together when we pay tribute to all those who saved the world from the Nazis.
The solemn and spectacular event comprises thousands of Russian servicemen marching through the Red Square and hundreds of military vehicle units rumbling through Moscow.
On November 7, 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, a military parade of historical significance was held on the Red Square. In time of the enemy's full-scale invasion it had a tremendous impact on morale throughout the Soviet Union. Soldiers who participated in the march went to the battle front the very next day to defend the Motherland from Nazi Germany.
The very first Victory Parade took place on June 24, 1945, in which the Soviet soldiers threw the Nazi banners at the feet of the Mausoleum. The next three parades in Moscow took place on jubilee years — 1965, 1985 and 1990. Since 1995 the landmark event has been held annually (even in 2020 during the most dire times of the COVID-19 pandemic).
On May 9, 2023, we gathered once again on the Red Square to honour the veterans and all those who perished during the Great Patriotic War saving our country and liberating Europe from the Nazis. We will keep the Memory alive and carry it through the years.
#NoOneIsForgotten #NothingIsForgotten
#Victory78 #VDay78 #May9
The solemn and spectacular event comprises thousands of Russian servicemen marching through the Red Square and hundreds of military vehicle units rumbling through Moscow.
On November 7, 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, a military parade of historical significance was held on the Red Square. In time of the enemy's full-scale invasion it had a tremendous impact on morale throughout the Soviet Union. Soldiers who participated in the march went to the battle front the very next day to defend the Motherland from Nazi Germany.
The very first Victory Parade took place on June 24, 1945, in which the Soviet soldiers threw the Nazi banners at the feet of the Mausoleum. The next three parades in Moscow took place on jubilee years — 1965, 1985 and 1990. Since 1995 the landmark event has been held annually (even in 2020 during the most dire times of the COVID-19 pandemic).
On May 9, 2023, we gathered once again on the Red Square to honour the veterans and all those who perished during the Great Patriotic War saving our country and liberating Europe from the Nazis. We will keep the Memory alive and carry it through the years.
#NoOneIsForgotten #NothingIsForgotten
#Victory78 #VDay78 #May9
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🇸🇾 According to incoming information, on May 13 in New York, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic announced its decision to allow UN humanitarian agencies to continue to use two border crossings on the border with Türkiye – Bab al-Salam and Al-Rai – for another three months, until August 13.
Moscow welcomes this sovereign resolution of the Syrian authorities, which is aimed at promoting international humanitarian assistance to all Syrians in need, without political bias but in compliance with the rules and principles of the international humanitarian law, which means in coordination and agreement with the country’s government.
☝️ It is noteworthy to recall other important steps taken by Damascus in connection with the earthquake: blanket approval of humanitarian missions in the country, including the immediate coordination of aid deliveries to the SAR and to all regions along domestic routes, as well as a fast-track procedure for issuing visas to foreign humanitarian workers.
At the same time, it cannot but be noted that, despite the Syrians’ massive and urgent needs for humanitarian assistance, which increased dramatically after the natural disaster, the process of providing such support continues to be subject to preconditions with open discrimination against the territories controlled by Damascus.
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❗️ This situation is yet another clear demonstration of the double standards of the Western countries that are in every possible way promoting a cross-border mechanism for delivering aid to the SAR bypassing Damascus (through the Bab al-Hawa checkpoint) under pseudo-humanitarian slogans. While claiming their alleged donor generosity, the US and its allies have been methodically stealing Syria’s natural resources and strangling it with illegal unilateral sanctions.
The Syrian government’s decision to prolong the operation of the two additional border crossings that operate without a special UN Security Council resolution shows that assistance to the Syrians can and should be provided.
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Moscow welcomes this sovereign resolution of the Syrian authorities, which is aimed at promoting international humanitarian assistance to all Syrians in need, without political bias but in compliance with the rules and principles of the international humanitarian law, which means in coordination and agreement with the country’s government.
☝️ It is noteworthy to recall other important steps taken by Damascus in connection with the earthquake: blanket approval of humanitarian missions in the country, including the immediate coordination of aid deliveries to the SAR and to all regions along domestic routes, as well as a fast-track procedure for issuing visas to foreign humanitarian workers.
At the same time, it cannot but be noted that, despite the Syrians’ massive and urgent needs for humanitarian assistance, which increased dramatically after the natural disaster, the process of providing such support continues to be subject to preconditions with open discrimination against the territories controlled by Damascus.
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❗️ This situation is yet another clear demonstration of the double standards of the Western countries that are in every possible way promoting a cross-border mechanism for delivering aid to the SAR bypassing Damascus (through the Bab al-Hawa checkpoint) under pseudo-humanitarian slogans. While claiming their alleged donor generosity, the US and its allies have been methodically stealing Syria’s natural resources and strangling it with illegal unilateral sanctions.
The Syrian government’s decision to prolong the operation of the two additional border crossings that operate without a special UN Security Council resolution shows that assistance to the Syrians can and should be provided.
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#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
💬 Today, all Ukrainian and German media are showing the footage with Chancellor Olaf Scholz shouting the words of the Nazi salute, “Slava Ukraine,” (“Glory to Ukraine!”) with Zelensky and (unexpectedly) Tikhanovskaya in the background.
The Western elites’ poor education does not absolve them of responsibility.
“Slava Ukraine!” (“Glory to Ukraine!”) is a Nazi salute. We have repeatedly said as much, both during one of my briefings and in our social media posts that NATO officials hate so much.
Let me repeat this for those riding swastika-painted tanks.
The salute, “Slava Ukraine!”, was accepted by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists as its official greeting in 1939. Later they added the gesture in the form of a raised and extended right arm and the response “Geroyam Slava!” (“Glory to the Heroes!”). This was how the Bandera collaborationists saluted the Wehrmacht units entering occupied areas, to the clunking of tank trucks and the heavy footfall of creaking boots. Marching along the streets and dirt roads of Ukraine, the Germans shouted in response “Sieg Heil!” and “Heil Hitler!”
Olaf Scholz has crossed the clear line drawn by all the leaders of both postwar Germanys: he shouted the Nazi salute in public. This happened less than a week after the 78th anniversary of the end of war in Europe.
It is not yet 80 years since the war. Berlin has a peculiar way of preparing for the anniversary. But possibly there is a simpler explanation: the German political elites are under pressure from corruption scandals. German politicians found a non-standard way out of the situation: they would do the Nazi salute at an opportune moment and thus show their loyalty to Washington.
💬 Today, all Ukrainian and German media are showing the footage with Chancellor Olaf Scholz shouting the words of the Nazi salute, “Slava Ukraine,” (“Glory to Ukraine!”) with Zelensky and (unexpectedly) Tikhanovskaya in the background.
The Western elites’ poor education does not absolve them of responsibility.
“Slava Ukraine!” (“Glory to Ukraine!”) is a Nazi salute. We have repeatedly said as much, both during one of my briefings and in our social media posts that NATO officials hate so much.
Let me repeat this for those riding swastika-painted tanks.
The salute, “Slava Ukraine!”, was accepted by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists as its official greeting in 1939. Later they added the gesture in the form of a raised and extended right arm and the response “Geroyam Slava!” (“Glory to the Heroes!”). This was how the Bandera collaborationists saluted the Wehrmacht units entering occupied areas, to the clunking of tank trucks and the heavy footfall of creaking boots. Marching along the streets and dirt roads of Ukraine, the Germans shouted in response “Sieg Heil!” and “Heil Hitler!”
Olaf Scholz has crossed the clear line drawn by all the leaders of both postwar Germanys: he shouted the Nazi salute in public. This happened less than a week after the 78th anniversary of the end of war in Europe.
It is not yet 80 years since the war. Berlin has a peculiar way of preparing for the anniversary. But possibly there is a simpler explanation: the German political elites are under pressure from corruption scandals. German politicians found a non-standard way out of the situation: they would do the Nazi salute at an opportune moment and thus show their loyalty to Washington.
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🗓 Today, the Crimean Bridge celebrates an anniversary. It united mainland Russia with the peninsula via the Kerch Strait. The opening ceremony took place exactly five years ago, on May 15, 2018. It was attended by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
❗️This impressive infrastructure project has symbolised Crimea’s reunification with Russia. This unique road artery has revitalised and completely changed the region, giving a powerful impetus to its socioeconomic development.
🚗 The 19 km-long bridge – the longest in Europe – consists of two parallel parts – the railway and the motorway. It starts in Taman, passes over Tuzla Island, crosses the Kerch Strait and reaches the Crimean coast. In May 2018, the motorway span was put into service in a record time (27 months). Freight traffic was opened in the autumn of the same year, while the railway bridge was completed a bit later – in December 2019.
📈 Overall, over 23.7 million transport vehicles have crossed the bridge since it was opened to traffic. A daily record was recorded on August 15, 2018 – 38,297 vehicles.
☝️ The bridge has enhanced logistics access to Crimea, promoting the development of tourism, transport and trade – the key economic sectors that provide the republic with one third of its gross product.
💬 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (May 15, 2018): “In fact, the whole country worked on this bridge. This is an excellent result that has made Crimea and the legendary Sevastopol stronger and brought us closer.”
❗️This impressive infrastructure project has symbolised Crimea’s reunification with Russia. This unique road artery has revitalised and completely changed the region, giving a powerful impetus to its socioeconomic development.
🚗 The 19 km-long bridge – the longest in Europe – consists of two parallel parts – the railway and the motorway. It starts in Taman, passes over Tuzla Island, crosses the Kerch Strait and reaches the Crimean coast. In May 2018, the motorway span was put into service in a record time (27 months). Freight traffic was opened in the autumn of the same year, while the railway bridge was completed a bit later – in December 2019.
📈 Overall, over 23.7 million transport vehicles have crossed the bridge since it was opened to traffic. A daily record was recorded on August 15, 2018 – 38,297 vehicles.
☝️ The bridge has enhanced logistics access to Crimea, promoting the development of tourism, transport and trade – the key economic sectors that provide the republic with one third of its gross product.
💬 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (May 15, 2018): “In fact, the whole country worked on this bridge. This is an excellent result that has made Crimea and the legendary Sevastopol stronger and brought us closer.”
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permament Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:
🎙Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine (15 May 2023)
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☝️ Western delegations were never interested in the situation of ordinary people of Donbas since 2014. Today we are not going to hear from them a word of condemnation of another atrocious shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian forces on 28 April.
• Responsibility for these crimes rests not only with the Kiev regime, but also with those who supply Kiev with weapons. <...> All those weapons that are being provided i.a. by Security Council member states who are represented in this chamber, and who claim so concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the Ukrainian conflict, kill civilians daily. Those weapons kill women and children, destroy schools and hospitals in the DPR and LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
• With total connivance of Western sponsors, Kiev does not hesitate to use terrorist methods. Among its crimes – terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, killings of journalists Daria Dugina and Maxim Fomin, attempted assassination of Zakhar Prilepin that killed his friend, Alexander Shubin.
❗️ Today we are going to hear a lot about solidarity of Western community with Ukraine, and their readiness to stand with it “until the end”. It must be understood however that their support is exactly what is pushing Ukraine towards this end.
• Under the guise of raising private investment for large-scale projects in key areas of the economy, Ukraine’s state sovereignty is in fact being transferred under the external corporate management of the world's major investment fund that is based in New York.
🇪🇺 Most of the food that is exported from Ukraine (and which was supposed to go to the countries of the Global South) ends up within the European Union. It is a fact and the most telling demonstration of the true essence of Brussels’ celebrated humanitarian initiatives.
🎙Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine (15 May 2023)
Read in full
☝️ Western delegations were never interested in the situation of ordinary people of Donbas since 2014. Today we are not going to hear from them a word of condemnation of another atrocious shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian forces on 28 April.
• Responsibility for these crimes rests not only with the Kiev regime, but also with those who supply Kiev with weapons. <...> All those weapons that are being provided i.a. by Security Council member states who are represented in this chamber, and who claim so concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the Ukrainian conflict, kill civilians daily. Those weapons kill women and children, destroy schools and hospitals in the DPR and LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
• With total connivance of Western sponsors, Kiev does not hesitate to use terrorist methods. Among its crimes – terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, killings of journalists Daria Dugina and Maxim Fomin, attempted assassination of Zakhar Prilepin that killed his friend, Alexander Shubin.
❗️ Today we are going to hear a lot about solidarity of Western community with Ukraine, and their readiness to stand with it “until the end”. It must be understood however that their support is exactly what is pushing Ukraine towards this end.
• Under the guise of raising private investment for large-scale projects in key areas of the economy, Ukraine’s state sovereignty is in fact being transferred under the external corporate management of the world's major investment fund that is based in New York.
🇪🇺 Most of the food that is exported from Ukraine (and which was supposed to go to the countries of the Global South) ends up within the European Union. It is a fact and the most telling demonstration of the true essence of Brussels’ celebrated humanitarian initiatives.