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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement in connection with the Russian Federation suspending the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (#NewSTART)
❗️ The Russian Federation found itself in a radically new security environment resulting from Washington’s extreme hostility and efforts to stir up confrontation, as well as its overt commitment to promoting a malicious escalation of the conflict in and around Ukraine.
The United States is now openly seeking to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia, while tensions encouraged by Washington go far beyond the Ukraine crisis with the United States and the US-led West trying to harm our country at every possible level, in every sphere and region of the world.
There is every reason to argue that the United States policy aims to undermine Russia’s national security, which directly contradicts the fundamental principles and understandings set forth in the New START’s preamble and forming its foundation. It would not have been signed without stating these principles.
This de facto amounts to a fundamental change of circumstances compared to those prevailing at the time of signing the New START Treaty.
In this situation, it is no longer possible to maintain business as usual with the United States and the West in general, both as a matter of principle and regarding arms control, which is inseparable from the geopolitical, military and strategic reality.
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⚠️ The fact that Western countries coalesced around the anti-Russia agenda increasingly impacts their nuclear policy, which constitutes a serious shift in the security landscape. In particular, NATO members have been carrying out the so-called Joint Nuclear Operations for decades, and designated the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as a “nuclear alliance” at a certain point, while also placing a bigger emphasis on nuclear weapons in NATO’s conceptual documents and stating their commitment to further strengthening and improving the combat readiness of the relevant capabilities that are under NATO control.
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Taking all these circumstances into account, Russia has come to the conclusion that the United States has seriously violated the New START Treaty and that this violation is of fundamental importance for the realisation of the treaty’s objective and goals.
The decision to suspend the New START Treaty can be reversed if Washington demonstrates the political will and takes honest efforts towards general de-escalation and the creation of conditions for resuming the comprehensive operation of the treaty and, consequently, its survival. This is exactly what we urge the American party to do.
☝️ Until then, any steps to accommodate Washington with regard to New START are absolutely out of the question.
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❗️ The Russian Federation found itself in a radically new security environment resulting from Washington’s extreme hostility and efforts to stir up confrontation, as well as its overt commitment to promoting a malicious escalation of the conflict in and around Ukraine.
The United States is now openly seeking to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia, while tensions encouraged by Washington go far beyond the Ukraine crisis with the United States and the US-led West trying to harm our country at every possible level, in every sphere and region of the world.
There is every reason to argue that the United States policy aims to undermine Russia’s national security, which directly contradicts the fundamental principles and understandings set forth in the New START’s preamble and forming its foundation. It would not have been signed without stating these principles.
This de facto amounts to a fundamental change of circumstances compared to those prevailing at the time of signing the New START Treaty.
In this situation, it is no longer possible to maintain business as usual with the United States and the West in general, both as a matter of principle and regarding arms control, which is inseparable from the geopolitical, military and strategic reality.
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⚠️ The fact that Western countries coalesced around the anti-Russia agenda increasingly impacts their nuclear policy, which constitutes a serious shift in the security landscape. In particular, NATO members have been carrying out the so-called Joint Nuclear Operations for decades, and designated the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as a “nuclear alliance” at a certain point, while also placing a bigger emphasis on nuclear weapons in NATO’s conceptual documents and stating their commitment to further strengthening and improving the combat readiness of the relevant capabilities that are under NATO control.
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Taking all these circumstances into account, Russia has come to the conclusion that the United States has seriously violated the New START Treaty and that this violation is of fundamental importance for the realisation of the treaty’s objective and goals.
The decision to suspend the New START Treaty can be reversed if Washington demonstrates the political will and takes honest efforts towards general de-escalation and the creation of conditions for resuming the comprehensive operation of the treaty and, consequently, its survival. This is exactly what we urge the American party to do.
☝️ Until then, any steps to accommodate Washington with regard to New START are absolutely out of the question.
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Foreign Ministry statement in connection with the Russian Federation suspending the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction…
By releasing a statement regarding the New START Treaty on February 8, 2023, as well as in the comments by the Foreign Ministry’s senior officials on this topic, the Foreign Ministry provided a detailed assessment of the deplorable state of affairs regarding…
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🎙 President Vladimir Putin's congratulations on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day
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💬 Comrade officers, veterans,
Please accept my greetings on this holiday, Defender of the Fatherland Day!
This national holiday epitomises the heroic history of our Army and Navy and the unbreakable link connecting all generations of defenders of the Fatherland. It embodies our deep gratitude to the faithful sons and daughters of the Fatherland, to all those who did not spare themselves as they fought the enemy defending their native land and their people, underwent trials with honour and emerged as a victor, and who crushed foreign invasions. So it was at Lake Chudskoye and on Kulikovo Field, near Poltava and Borodino, and in the victorious May of 1945.
On this day, deep respect and the warmest words go to our dear veterans who defeated Nazism and upheld the freedom and independence of the Motherland. Your feats during the Great Patriotic War will forever remain in the historical memory of our people as a vivid example of patriotism and courage and will serve as an inexhaustible source of spiritual strength. The current generation of Russian soldiers and officers preserves and enhances the military traditions of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
I would like to extend my heartfelt greetings on this holiday to our military personnel, volunteers, mobilised citizens, and specialists in various professions who are participating in the special military operation. Our troops are heroically fighting the neo-Nazism that has taken root in Ukraine, protecting our people in our historical lands, and are fighting courageously and heroically.
❗️ Modern and efficient Army and Navy are a guarantee of the country's security and sovereignty, and a guarantee of its stable development and its future. That is why, as before, we will give priority attention to strengthening our defence capability.
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💬 Comrade officers, veterans,
Please accept my greetings on this holiday, Defender of the Fatherland Day!
This national holiday epitomises the heroic history of our Army and Navy and the unbreakable link connecting all generations of defenders of the Fatherland. It embodies our deep gratitude to the faithful sons and daughters of the Fatherland, to all those who did not spare themselves as they fought the enemy defending their native land and their people, underwent trials with honour and emerged as a victor, and who crushed foreign invasions. So it was at Lake Chudskoye and on Kulikovo Field, near Poltava and Borodino, and in the victorious May of 1945.
On this day, deep respect and the warmest words go to our dear veterans who defeated Nazism and upheld the freedom and independence of the Motherland. Your feats during the Great Patriotic War will forever remain in the historical memory of our people as a vivid example of patriotism and courage and will serve as an inexhaustible source of spiritual strength. The current generation of Russian soldiers and officers preserves and enhances the military traditions of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
I would like to extend my heartfelt greetings on this holiday to our military personnel, volunteers, mobilised citizens, and specialists in various professions who are participating in the special military operation. Our troops are heroically fighting the neo-Nazism that has taken root in Ukraine, protecting our people in our historical lands, and are fighting courageously and heroically.
❗️ Modern and efficient Army and Navy are a guarantee of the country's security and sovereignty, and a guarantee of its stable development and its future. That is why, as before, we will give priority attention to strengthening our defence capability.
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🕯️ 23 февраля 2023 г. по случаю Дня защитника отечества на городском кладбище "Биспебьерг" состоялась церемония возложения венков к монументу советских солдат, погибших во Второй мировой войне, а также к могиле ветерана Великой Отечественной войны С.Штипельмана.
🔹 В церемонии приняли участие Временный поверенный в делах А.Князева, Военный атташе В.Матвеев, а также сотрудники Посольства России в Дании.
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🕯️ Den 23. februar 2023 blev der i anledning af Fædrelandets forsvarer dag afholdt en kransenedlæggelse på Bispebjerg-kirkegårdet ved monumentet til sovjetiske soldater, der døde under Anden Verdenskrig, samt ved graven af veteran Semyon Shtipelman.
🔹 Ceremonien blev overværet af Chargé d'Affaires Anna Knyazeva, militærattaché Vladimir Matveev, samt ansatte ved den russiske ambassade i Danmark.
🔹 В церемонии приняли участие Временный поверенный в делах А.Князева, Военный атташе В.Матвеев, а также сотрудники Посольства России в Дании.
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🕯️ Den 23. februar 2023 blev der i anledning af Fædrelandets forsvarer dag afholdt en kransenedlæggelse på Bispebjerg-kirkegårdet ved monumentet til sovjetiske soldater, der døde under Anden Verdenskrig, samt ved graven af veteran Semyon Shtipelman.
🔹 Ceremonien blev overværet af Chargé d'Affaires Anna Knyazeva, militærattaché Vladimir Matveev, samt ansatte ved den russiske ambassade i Danmark.
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🎙Брифинг официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой (Москва, 22 февраля 2023 года)
🔷 С.В.Лавров. График Министра
🔷 Об украинском кризисе
🔷 9-я годовщина антиконституционного вооруженного госпереворота в Киеве
🔷 К пятой «годовщине» инцидентов в Солсбери и Эймсбери
🔷 О заседании Совета Безопасности ООН по взрывам на «Северных потоках»
🔷 #ДНЯО
🔷 О запрете русского языка в частных вузах Латвии
🔷 #РоссияКитай
И многие другие темы...
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🔷 С.В.Лавров. График Министра
🔷 Об украинском кризисе
🔷 9-я годовщина антиконституционного вооруженного госпереворота в Киеве
🔷 К пятой «годовщине» инцидентов в Солсбери и Эймсбери
🔷 О заседании Совета Безопасности ООН по взрывам на «Северных потоках»
🔷 #ДНЯО
🔷 О запрете русского языка в частных вузах Латвии
🔷 #РоссияКитай
И многие другие темы...
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🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC debate on Ukraine (February 24, 2023)
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Key talking points
🔸 for all phrases to contain the word “peace” that high-ranking Ukrainian and Western officials cunningly said even in this meeting, implied something completely different from peace, namely a capitulation of Russia and inflicting a strategic defeat on our country.
🔸 You and your other colleagues deny the universal human rights and freedoms of Russian-speaking Ukrainians, if you believe that the Kiev authorities who attacked them were a victim, and if you keep silent about a campaign of terror that was unleashed against them.
🔸 Cessation of hostilities in Ukraine is something that only collective West is not interested in. As we all know now, the West did not let the Kiev regime make peace in April-May last year. Our Western colleagues are okay with things as they are: Russians and Ukrainians killing each other, Western defense industries reaping fantastic profits and getting a site to test new weapons, NATO getting rid of old weapons and rearming gradually. In addition to this, Washington is weakening its European competitors who demonstrate an unprecedented degree of subservience and impotence. Most importantly, the West eagerly rubs its hands hoping to preserve, by means of weakening Russia and threatening China, its global monopoly.
🔸 A resolution to this conflict is inseparable from issues related to an equitable and indivisible Euro-Atlantic security architecture. Now it exists only for the US and its allies in NATO.
🔸 The collective West must accept the fact that there are other actors on the planet who have own interests, and that they must co-exist with those actors and can as well cooperate with them to mutual benefit on an equal and respectful basis.
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Key talking points
🔸 for all phrases to contain the word “peace” that high-ranking Ukrainian and Western officials cunningly said even in this meeting, implied something completely different from peace, namely a capitulation of Russia and inflicting a strategic defeat on our country.
🔸 You and your other colleagues deny the universal human rights and freedoms of Russian-speaking Ukrainians, if you believe that the Kiev authorities who attacked them were a victim, and if you keep silent about a campaign of terror that was unleashed against them.
🔸 Cessation of hostilities in Ukraine is something that only collective West is not interested in. As we all know now, the West did not let the Kiev regime make peace in April-May last year. Our Western colleagues are okay with things as they are: Russians and Ukrainians killing each other, Western defense industries reaping fantastic profits and getting a site to test new weapons, NATO getting rid of old weapons and rearming gradually. In addition to this, Washington is weakening its European competitors who demonstrate an unprecedented degree of subservience and impotence. Most importantly, the West eagerly rubs its hands hoping to preserve, by means of weakening Russia and threatening China, its global monopoly.
🔸 A resolution to this conflict is inseparable from issues related to an equitable and indivisible Euro-Atlantic security architecture. Now it exists only for the US and its allies in NATO.
🔸 The collective West must accept the fact that there are other actors on the planet who have own interests, and that they must co-exist with those actors and can as well cooperate with them to mutual benefit on an equal and respectful basis.
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⚡️Nord Stream blast timeline per #Hersh disclosures
#СGTN has released a very informative video based on the bombshell article by the American journalist Seymour Hersh. It’s extremely important not only for Russia but also for the world community to find out what lies at the bottom of that terrorist attack.
❗️Eventually truth will out.
The video by courtesy of #СGTN.
#4CuriousMinds
#NordStream
#СGTN has released a very informative video based on the bombshell article by the American journalist Seymour Hersh. It’s extremely important not only for Russia but also for the world community to find out what lies at the bottom of that terrorist attack.
❗️Eventually truth will out.
The video by courtesy of #СGTN.
#4CuriousMinds
#NordStream
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✍️ Article by Alexey Drobinin, Director, Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russia’s Foreign Ministry
“The vision of a multipolar world: The civilizational factor and Russia’s place in the emerging world order“
Key points
🔹 The world is moving on from globalization to the emergence of civilizational platforms, and onward to the interaction and integration between them. This is a long term historical process, a whole new era that we are entering.
🔹 Civilizational commonwealths need not be, and indeed cannot be, equal in their economic and military might, territorial scope or population numbers. They are united by the fact that they can influence global processes and introduce to the global discussion their own views on how to address various problems.
🔹 A list of criteria which civilizations and other globally significant players should meet:
- the capability and will to carry out a sovereign and independent domestic and foreign policy;
- the availability of a sufficient comprehensive economic, military, demographic, scientific educational and technological potential;
- access to adequate resources that make it possible to maintain socioeconomic resilience and high-level of self-sufficiency of the national economy;
- the capability to act as an “assembly node” for contiguous geographical spaces and to lead integration projects is a critical element;
- authentic philosophy of development as well as its own “signature” vision of international politics, its authentic cultural and spiritual potential with significance for the world at large.
🔹 The compliance with the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN Charter is called upon to guarantee freedom and prosperity of all countries in a multipolar world, regardless of their affiliation with a particular civilizational commonwealth. By working to ensure the compliance with this principle, we are defending a major constant in the fight for the democratization of international relations, for the protection of cultural, civilizational diversity and for the construction of a multipolar world system, in which no nation’s interests should be infringed upon.
🔹 The decolonization in the 1960s did not lead to the new independent states achieving a full-fledged economic and political sovereignty. Neo-colonialism was designed to ensure a continious diversion of resources from the developing world to satisfy the needs of the “Golden Billion.” In the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and socialist commonwealth, this system spread practically worldwide under the slogans of globalization.
🔹 In the early 21st century, the rise of the Global East and Global South, which gained momentum thanks to the expanded cross-border cooperation, broke this economically and morally untenable paradigm. In 2021 BRICS countries surpassed the G7 share in the global economic activity and accounted for 32 percent of the Global GDP, calculated on the purchasing power parity basis. Economic development is followed by the acquisition of a political entity status. Each of the world’s macro-regions saw a globally significant leading country, or several such countries, come to the fore.
🔹 The realization of the fact that rules of the game are changing could, in principle, in itself become an incentive for everyone to sit down and talk. But for now, we are watching Anglo-Saxons, or rather, their ruling elites, attempt to restore the “unipolar moment” of the early 1990s by force. To get there, they are pushing to dismember civilizational commonwealths into segments, suitable to be absorbed, in line with the “divide and rule” maxim.
🔹 The civilizational factor in international affairs is a hallmark of time. As we live through the transition to a new historic era, the ever ongoing struggle of ideas and notions about the future intensifies. But this collision takes place neither in an abstract world, nor, or in a power vacuum. Its frame is defined by the geopolitical and civilizational vision of a multipolar world, which is being born today.
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“The vision of a multipolar world: The civilizational factor and Russia’s place in the emerging world order“
Key points
🔹 The world is moving on from globalization to the emergence of civilizational platforms, and onward to the interaction and integration between them. This is a long term historical process, a whole new era that we are entering.
🔹 Civilizational commonwealths need not be, and indeed cannot be, equal in their economic and military might, territorial scope or population numbers. They are united by the fact that they can influence global processes and introduce to the global discussion their own views on how to address various problems.
🔹 A list of criteria which civilizations and other globally significant players should meet:
- the capability and will to carry out a sovereign and independent domestic and foreign policy;
- the availability of a sufficient comprehensive economic, military, demographic, scientific educational and technological potential;
- access to adequate resources that make it possible to maintain socioeconomic resilience and high-level of self-sufficiency of the national economy;
- the capability to act as an “assembly node” for contiguous geographical spaces and to lead integration projects is a critical element;
- authentic philosophy of development as well as its own “signature” vision of international politics, its authentic cultural and spiritual potential with significance for the world at large.
🔹 The compliance with the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN Charter is called upon to guarantee freedom and prosperity of all countries in a multipolar world, regardless of their affiliation with a particular civilizational commonwealth. By working to ensure the compliance with this principle, we are defending a major constant in the fight for the democratization of international relations, for the protection of cultural, civilizational diversity and for the construction of a multipolar world system, in which no nation’s interests should be infringed upon.
🔹 The decolonization in the 1960s did not lead to the new independent states achieving a full-fledged economic and political sovereignty. Neo-colonialism was designed to ensure a continious diversion of resources from the developing world to satisfy the needs of the “Golden Billion.” In the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and socialist commonwealth, this system spread practically worldwide under the slogans of globalization.
🔹 In the early 21st century, the rise of the Global East and Global South, which gained momentum thanks to the expanded cross-border cooperation, broke this economically and morally untenable paradigm. In 2021 BRICS countries surpassed the G7 share in the global economic activity and accounted for 32 percent of the Global GDP, calculated on the purchasing power parity basis. Economic development is followed by the acquisition of a political entity status. Each of the world’s macro-regions saw a globally significant leading country, or several such countries, come to the fore.
🔹 The realization of the fact that rules of the game are changing could, in principle, in itself become an incentive for everyone to sit down and talk. But for now, we are watching Anglo-Saxons, or rather, their ruling elites, attempt to restore the “unipolar moment” of the early 1990s by force. To get there, they are pushing to dismember civilizational commonwealths into segments, suitable to be absorbed, in line with the “divide and rule” maxim.
🔹 The civilizational factor in international affairs is a hallmark of time. As we live through the transition to a new historic era, the ever ongoing struggle of ideas and notions about the future intensifies. But this collision takes place neither in an abstract world, nor, or in a power vacuum. Its frame is defined by the geopolitical and civilizational vision of a multipolar world, which is being born today.
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⚡️ On March 2, Ukrainian saboteurs committed an outrageous terrorist attack in two border villages in the Bryansk Region of Russia. We strongly condemn the act. The terrorists penetrated Russian territory, killed two civilians, and seriously wounded an 11-year-old boy.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly acknowledged that all their actions are carried out with the approval and support of the United States and other NATO countries. The killings in the Bryansk Region were committed with NATO weapons. This raises a legitimate question about classifying those states as accomplices to such crimes and as sponsors of terrorism.
Russian investigative bodies have opened an investigation. This crime will not go unpunished.
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🗓 February 26 marked nine years since the beginning of the Crimean Spring, which culminated in a referendum and the subsequent reunification of Crimea with Russia.
The starting point of these historical events was the anti-constitutional armed coup in Kiev orchestrated by the West. Its driving force was radical nationalists, who never hid their aggressive anti-Russia attitudes.
In the referendum held on March 16, 2014, the people of Crimea voted almost unanimously for its return to its native harbour. The question of Russian sovereignty over the peninsula was settled once and for all.
❗️ Today, the Kiev regime continues to plan a military seizure of Crimea and strikes against it, obviously unconcerned about the lives of the Russian civilians.
👉 Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian leadership’s aggressive statements regarding Crimea, the media reports that Kiev authorities would like to present Russian and Belarusian citizens in Ukraine with the following choice: either join the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fight, or be deported. Obviously, this issue would have arisen sooner or later. We believe that sober-minded Russians and Belarusians in Ukraine also realised this.
We are ready to accommodate all victims of the Kiev regime in Russia.
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Ukrainian officials have repeatedly acknowledged that all their actions are carried out with the approval and support of the United States and other NATO countries. The killings in the Bryansk Region were committed with NATO weapons. This raises a legitimate question about classifying those states as accomplices to such crimes and as sponsors of terrorism.
Russian investigative bodies have opened an investigation. This crime will not go unpunished.
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🗓 February 26 marked nine years since the beginning of the Crimean Spring, which culminated in a referendum and the subsequent reunification of Crimea with Russia.
The starting point of these historical events was the anti-constitutional armed coup in Kiev orchestrated by the West. Its driving force was radical nationalists, who never hid their aggressive anti-Russia attitudes.
In the referendum held on March 16, 2014, the people of Crimea voted almost unanimously for its return to its native harbour. The question of Russian sovereignty over the peninsula was settled once and for all.
❗️ Today, the Kiev regime continues to plan a military seizure of Crimea and strikes against it, obviously unconcerned about the lives of the Russian civilians.
👉 Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian leadership’s aggressive statements regarding Crimea, the media reports that Kiev authorities would like to present Russian and Belarusian citizens in Ukraine with the following choice: either join the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fight, or be deported. Obviously, this issue would have arisen sooner or later. We believe that sober-minded Russians and Belarusians in Ukraine also realised this.
We are ready to accommodate all victims of the Kiev regime in Russia.
➡️ Read in full
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❗️Комментарий Посольства России в Дании
👉 СМИ, в том числе в Дании, распространяют и обсуждают различные версии о возможных участниках диверсий, произошедших в сентябре 2022 года против газопроводов «Северный поток-1» и «Северный поток-2». При этом делаются ссылки на неофициальные данные разведывательных служб различных государств или мнения частных лиц, проводивших собственное расследование этих инцидентов.
❗️Россия рассматривает диверсии против газопроводов как акт международного терроризма. Его расследование должно проводиться скоординированно, а лучше — совместно с участием всех заинтересованных государств. И тех, которые пострадали, а также и тех, которые оказались не в состоянии обеспечить безопасность критически важной европейской энергетической инфраструктуры, проходящей через их исключительные экономические зоны в Балтийском море.
🔹Только в этом случае можно обеспечить всесторонний характер расследования, его объективность и транспарентность и как следствие — достоверность его результатов. Только в этом случае можно рассчитывать на установление виновных и привлечение их к ответственности. Только в этом случае можно будет обезопасить европейскую транспортную и энергетическую инфраструктуру в мире от попыток повторения подобных диверсий.
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❗️Kommentar fra den russiske ambassade i Danmark
👉 Medierne, herunder i Danmark, distribuerer og diskuterer forskellige versioner om mulige deltagere i den sabotage, der fandt sted i september 2022 mod Nord Stream 1 og Nord Stream 2 gasrørledningerne. Samtidig henvises der til uofficielle data fra forskellige staters efterretningstjenester eller meninger fra personer, der har foretaget deres egen undersøgelse af disse hændelser.
❗️Rusland betragter sabotage mod gasrørledninger som en international terrorhandling. Dets undersøgelse bør udføres på en koordineret måde, eller endu bedre, samt alle interesserede stater - begge dem, der er blevet ramt, og dem, der ikke har været i stand til at sikre den kritiske europæiske energiinfrastruktur i deres eksklusive økonomiske zoner i Østersøen.
🔹Kun i dette tilfælde er det muligt at sikre undersøgelsens omfattende karakter, dens objektivitet og gennemsigtighed og som følge heraf pålideligheden af dens resultater. Kun i dette tilfælde kan vi regne med at identificere gerningsmændene og stille dem for retten. Kun i dette tilfælde vil det være muligt at sikre den europæiske transport- og energiinfrastruktur i verden mod forsøg på at gentage en sådan sabotage.
👉 СМИ, в том числе в Дании, распространяют и обсуждают различные версии о возможных участниках диверсий, произошедших в сентябре 2022 года против газопроводов «Северный поток-1» и «Северный поток-2». При этом делаются ссылки на неофициальные данные разведывательных служб различных государств или мнения частных лиц, проводивших собственное расследование этих инцидентов.
❗️Россия рассматривает диверсии против газопроводов как акт международного терроризма. Его расследование должно проводиться скоординированно, а лучше — совместно с участием всех заинтересованных государств. И тех, которые пострадали, а также и тех, которые оказались не в состоянии обеспечить безопасность критически важной европейской энергетической инфраструктуры, проходящей через их исключительные экономические зоны в Балтийском море.
🔹Только в этом случае можно обеспечить всесторонний характер расследования, его объективность и транспарентность и как следствие — достоверность его результатов. Только в этом случае можно рассчитывать на установление виновных и привлечение их к ответственности. Только в этом случае можно будет обезопасить европейскую транспортную и энергетическую инфраструктуру в мире от попыток повторения подобных диверсий.
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❗️Kommentar fra den russiske ambassade i Danmark
👉 Medierne, herunder i Danmark, distribuerer og diskuterer forskellige versioner om mulige deltagere i den sabotage, der fandt sted i september 2022 mod Nord Stream 1 og Nord Stream 2 gasrørledningerne. Samtidig henvises der til uofficielle data fra forskellige staters efterretningstjenester eller meninger fra personer, der har foretaget deres egen undersøgelse af disse hændelser.
❗️Rusland betragter sabotage mod gasrørledninger som en international terrorhandling. Dets undersøgelse bør udføres på en koordineret måde, eller endu bedre, samt alle interesserede stater - begge dem, der er blevet ramt, og dem, der ikke har været i stand til at sikre den kritiske europæiske energiinfrastruktur i deres eksklusive økonomiske zoner i Østersøen.
🔹Kun i dette tilfælde er det muligt at sikre undersøgelsens omfattende karakter, dens objektivitet og gennemsigtighed og som følge heraf pålideligheden af dens resultater. Kun i dette tilfælde kan vi regne med at identificere gerningsmændene og stille dem for retten. Kun i dette tilfælde vil det være muligt at sikre den europæiske transport- og energiinfrastruktur i verden mod forsøg på at gentage en sådan sabotage.
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🎙 Ответы Посла России в Дании В.Барбина на вопросы датского телеканала "ТВ2", 8 марта 2023 г.
❓ Есть ли у Вас какие-либо комментарии по поводу новостей о взрывах на газопроводах «Северный поток»?
- Вместо межгосударственного взаимодействия в расследовании диверсий в отношении газопроводов в Балтийском море международную общественность втягивают в обсуждение разного рода версий произошедшего.
❗️ Подобные информационные вбросы призваны отвлечь внимания от того факта, что западные страны согласовано и последовательно противодействуют подключению России к участию в проводимом ими расследовании взрывов и установлении виновных. В этих условиях российская сторона внесла на обсуждение в Совете Безопасности ООН проект резолюции, предусматривающий проведение независимого международного расследования.
❓На что указывает российское расследование взрывов?
- Россия рассматривает диверсии против газопроводов как акт международного терроризма. Масштаб диверсий указывает на возможную вовлеченность государственных структур.
❓ Что, по Вашему мнению, должны сделать датские власти в рамках своего расследования?
- Российская сторона неоднократно предлагала датской стороне наладить взаимодействие по расследованию взрывов на газопроводах, но неизменно получала категорический отказ. На обращения Генеральной прокуратуры России об оказании правовой помощи датская сторона также ответила отказом. Не встретил поддержки датской стороны и российский проект резолюции СБ ООН.
❗️ Такая датская позиция противоречит декларируемой Копенгагеном необходимости международного взаимодействия в борьбе с терроризмом и преступностью и вызывает множество вопросов о причинах такой непоследовательности.
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👉 Read the answers of Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin to the TV2 questions on Nord Stream via the link
❓ Есть ли у Вас какие-либо комментарии по поводу новостей о взрывах на газопроводах «Северный поток»?
- Вместо межгосударственного взаимодействия в расследовании диверсий в отношении газопроводов в Балтийском море международную общественность втягивают в обсуждение разного рода версий произошедшего.
❗️ Подобные информационные вбросы призваны отвлечь внимания от того факта, что западные страны согласовано и последовательно противодействуют подключению России к участию в проводимом ими расследовании взрывов и установлении виновных. В этих условиях российская сторона внесла на обсуждение в Совете Безопасности ООН проект резолюции, предусматривающий проведение независимого международного расследования.
❓На что указывает российское расследование взрывов?
- Россия рассматривает диверсии против газопроводов как акт международного терроризма. Масштаб диверсий указывает на возможную вовлеченность государственных структур.
❓ Что, по Вашему мнению, должны сделать датские власти в рамках своего расследования?
- Российская сторона неоднократно предлагала датской стороне наладить взаимодействие по расследованию взрывов на газопроводах, но неизменно получала категорический отказ. На обращения Генеральной прокуратуры России об оказании правовой помощи датская сторона также ответила отказом. Не встретил поддержки датской стороны и российский проект резолюции СБ ООН.
❗️ Такая датская позиция противоречит декларируемой Копенгагеном необходимости международного взаимодействия в борьбе с терроризмом и преступностью и вызывает множество вопросов о причинах такой непоследовательности.
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👉 Read the answers of Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin to the TV2 questions on Nord Stream via the link
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
(Moscow, March 9, 2023)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 The West’s #DoubleStandards on Ukraine and #Kosovo
🔹 New #EU sanctions for violating women's rights
🔹 Tatyana #Andriets’ arrest in #Latvia
🔹 The National Consensus promoted by the Ariel Henry provisional government in #Haiti
🔹 #US #Cybersecurity strategy
🔹 Offensive remarks by US Ambassador to #Norway
🔹 Desecration of Russian and #SovietMonuments in #Bulgaria
🔹 The anniversary of the bombing of #Tokyo
🔹 Donation of Russian firefighting equipment to #Kyrgyzstan
🔹 Conference on #ClimateChange and permafrost melting
🔹 On the Cancelling of #RussianCulture in the West
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🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 The West’s #DoubleStandards on Ukraine and #Kosovo
🔹 New #EU sanctions for violating women's rights
🔹 Tatyana #Andriets’ arrest in #Latvia
🔹 The National Consensus promoted by the Ariel Henry provisional government in #Haiti
🔹 #US #Cybersecurity strategy
🔹 Offensive remarks by US Ambassador to #Norway
🔹 Desecration of Russian and #SovietMonuments in #Bulgaria
🔹 The anniversary of the bombing of #Tokyo
🔹 Donation of Russian firefighting equipment to #Kyrgyzstan
🔹 Conference on #ClimateChange and permafrost melting
🔹 On the Cancelling of #RussianCulture in the West
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🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s reply to a media question regarding extension of the grain deal
❓ Question: Ukraine has resumed talks with partners regarding the grain deal. Reuters reported, with a reference to a top official in the Ukrainian authorities, that Ukraine commenced talks to extend the grain deal. According to the report, the Russian side did not take part in the talks. What can you say about these reports?
💬 Answer: We are well aware of the statements by various sides, including the Kiev regime, on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, whose second term (120 days) expires on March 18. There were no talks conducted in this regard, especially with participation of the Russian representatives.
Our general position regarding the package proposal of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which comprises the Russia-UN Memorandum to normalise national agricultural exports, as well as the aforementioned Black Sea Grain Initiative, is well-known and remains intact.
We proceed from the fact that the agreements entered into in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, need to be fulfilled in conjunction with one another in order to resolve the specified humanitarian tasks to overcome the food crisis and help the countries in need in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
❗️ We have to state that so far only the Ukrainian part has been effectively implemented, Russian agricultural exports continue to be blocked by western unilateral sanctions.
Another round of consultations of a Russian interdepartmental delegation with UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan and head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who supervise the Russia-UN Memorandum and the Black Sea Grain Initiative, respectively, will take place in Geneva on March 13.
❓ Question: Ukraine has resumed talks with partners regarding the grain deal. Reuters reported, with a reference to a top official in the Ukrainian authorities, that Ukraine commenced talks to extend the grain deal. According to the report, the Russian side did not take part in the talks. What can you say about these reports?
💬 Answer: We are well aware of the statements by various sides, including the Kiev regime, on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, whose second term (120 days) expires on March 18. There were no talks conducted in this regard, especially with participation of the Russian representatives.
Our general position regarding the package proposal of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which comprises the Russia-UN Memorandum to normalise national agricultural exports, as well as the aforementioned Black Sea Grain Initiative, is well-known and remains intact.
We proceed from the fact that the agreements entered into in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, need to be fulfilled in conjunction with one another in order to resolve the specified humanitarian tasks to overcome the food crisis and help the countries in need in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
❗️ We have to state that so far only the Ukrainian part has been effectively implemented, Russian agricultural exports continue to be blocked by western unilateral sanctions.
Another round of consultations of a Russian interdepartmental delegation with UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan and head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who supervise the Russia-UN Memorandum and the Black Sea Grain Initiative, respectively, will take place in Geneva on March 13.
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❗️ Den 12. marts i Jyllands-Posten blev der offentliggjort nogle udtalelserne fra Forsvarsakademiet militæranalytiker Jeanette Serritzlev. Ifølge den danske ekspert er "der ikke dokumentation" for, at Ukraine har bombet byerne i Donbass og Krim, og at mennesker, der bor der, udsættes for vold, herunder seksuel vold. Nå, lad os prøve at henlede Jeannete Serritzlevs opmærksomhed på nogle fakta.
Da russiske informationskilder a priori opfattes som upålidelige i det danske ekspertmiljø, har vi brugt kun de internationale samt de "korrekte" (læs - vestlige) ressourcer.
👉 Læs Ambassadens kommentar på vores hjemmeside
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❗️ 12 марта с.г. в газете «Юлландс-Постен» были опубликованы некоторые заявления военного аналитика Академии обороны Дании Ж.Серритцлев. По мнению датского эксперта, «нет никаких подтверждений» тому, что Украина бомбила города Донбасса и Крыма, а проживающие там люди сталкивались с насилием, в том числе сексуальным. Что ж, постараемся обратить внимание Ж.Серритцлев на некоторые факты.
Поскольку датским экспертным сообществом российские источники информации априори воспринимаются как недостоверные, обратимся к международным и «правильным» (читай - западным) ресурсам.
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Da russiske informationskilder a priori opfattes som upålidelige i det danske ekspertmiljø, har vi brugt kun de internationale samt de "korrekte" (læs - vestlige) ressourcer.
👉 Læs Ambassadens kommentar på vores hjemmeside
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❗️ 12 марта с.г. в газете «Юлландс-Постен» были опубликованы некоторые заявления военного аналитика Академии обороны Дании Ж.Серритцлев. По мнению датского эксперта, «нет никаких подтверждений» тому, что Украина бомбила города Донбасса и Крыма, а проживающие там люди сталкивались с насилием, в том числе сексуальным. Что ж, постараемся обратить внимание Ж.Серритцлев на некоторые факты.
Поскольку датским экспертным сообществом российские источники информации априори воспринимаются как недостоверные, обратимся к международным и «правильным» (читай - западным) ресурсам.
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⚡️ Комментарий официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой о ходе работы над российским проектом резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН о расследовании диверсии на газопроводах «Северный поток»
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💬 В Нью-Йорке продолжается работа над российским проектом резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН об учреждении Генеральным секретарем ООН независимой международной комиссии по расследованию обстоятельств взрывов на газопроводах «Северный поток». Российская делегация провела четыре раунда переговоров, пытаясь выработать приемлемый для всех членов Совбеза текст. Поиск столь необходимого компромисса будет продолжен, учитывая важность установления заказчиков и исполнителей теракта.
В данном контексте обратили внимание на недавно появившуюся информацию о том, что в ходе обследования с разрешения датских властей компанией «Нордстрим АГ» одной из ниток трубопровода в исключительной экономической зоне Дании на расстоянии 30 километров от места взрыва был обнаружен «предмет», который не является частью конструкции «Северного потока», но может представлять собой элемент взрывного устройства.
На прошлой неделе в МИД России был вызван посол Дании, который на тот момент проявил незнание данного факта. Сегодня во время встречи он отметил, что принимаются все меры для изучения ситуации с учетом «аспектов безопасности и экономики», фактически ограничившись общими словами.
Обнаруженная в ходе упомянутого обследования «находка» ещё раз подчеркивает острую необходимость срочного принятия Советом Безопасности резолюции об учреждении Генсекретарем ООН соответствующей комиссии с целью пролить свет на все обстоятельства диверсии с тем, чтобы подобное не повторялось в будущем.
☝️ Уход стран «коллективного Запада» от конструктивной работы над проектом резолюции, учитывая их отказ допустить Россию к расследованию, станет свидетельством намеренно создаваемых препятствий в установлении истины.
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💬 В Нью-Йорке продолжается работа над российским проектом резолюции Совета Безопасности ООН об учреждении Генеральным секретарем ООН независимой международной комиссии по расследованию обстоятельств взрывов на газопроводах «Северный поток». Российская делегация провела четыре раунда переговоров, пытаясь выработать приемлемый для всех членов Совбеза текст. Поиск столь необходимого компромисса будет продолжен, учитывая важность установления заказчиков и исполнителей теракта.
В данном контексте обратили внимание на недавно появившуюся информацию о том, что в ходе обследования с разрешения датских властей компанией «Нордстрим АГ» одной из ниток трубопровода в исключительной экономической зоне Дании на расстоянии 30 километров от места взрыва был обнаружен «предмет», который не является частью конструкции «Северного потока», но может представлять собой элемент взрывного устройства.
На прошлой неделе в МИД России был вызван посол Дании, который на тот момент проявил незнание данного факта. Сегодня во время встречи он отметил, что принимаются все меры для изучения ситуации с учетом «аспектов безопасности и экономики», фактически ограничившись общими словами.
Обнаруженная в ходе упомянутого обследования «находка» ещё раз подчеркивает острую необходимость срочного принятия Советом Безопасности резолюции об учреждении Генсекретарем ООН соответствующей комиссии с целью пролить свет на все обстоятельства диверсии с тем, чтобы подобное не повторялось в будущем.
☝️ Уход стран «коллективного Запада» от конструктивной работы над проектом резолюции, учитывая их отказ допустить Россию к расследованию, станет свидетельством намеренно создаваемых препятствий в установлении истины.
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❗️ Очередной целью журналистской «охоты на ведьм» стали русскоязычные пользователи социальных сетей, поддерживающие действия России. В статье «Юлландс-Постен» (12 марта) их заклеймили российскими агентами влияния, распространяющими дезинформацию.
▪️ По логике материала, малейший отход от догм «мира, основанного на правилах» – результат спланированной «антидемократической» акции. Любой, кто придерживается другой точки зрения – как минимум, конспиролог, а как максимум – «агент Кремля». Такую позицию высказали и спикеры сразу нескольких партий Дании, назвав само существование пророссийских высказываний «глубоко проблематичным».
▪️ При этом ни журналисты издания, ни опрошенные эксперты не приводят ни одного доказательства недостоверности проанализированных ими публикаций. Возможности же судить самостоятельно читателям «Юлландс-Постен» не предоставляют: на упомянутые посты не оставляют ссылок и не передают их содержание хотя бы описательно.
▪️ Примечательна реакция представителей самих социальных сетей: в остальное время ратующие за свободу слова, в интервью датскому изданию они не стесняются признавать, что просмотры несоответствующих западным нарративам публикаций намеренно занижаются.
❗️ Словом, – при полной поддержке политиков и медиасообщества – в Дании продолжается «зачистка» информационного пространства. Инакомыслие выкорчевывают теперь и из соцсетей, иллюстрируя как на практике реализуется право на свободу слова и самовыражения.
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❗️ Et nyt mål for den journalistiske "heksejagt" er blevet russisktalende brugere af sociale netværk, der støtter Ruslands handlinger. I en Jyllands-Posten-artikel (12. marts) blev de stemplet som russiske indflydelsesagenter, der spreder desinformation.
▪️ Ifølge materialets logik er den mindste afvigelse fra den "regelbaserede verdens" dogmer resultatet af planlagte "antidemokratiske" handlinger. Enhver, der har et andet synspunkt, er i det mindste en konspirationsteoretiker og i værste fald en "Kremlin-agent". Denne holdning blev også udtrykt af ordførere fra flere danske partier, idet de kaldte selve eksistensen af pro-russiske udtalelser "dybt problematisk".
▪️ Samtidig giver hverken journalister eller de interviewede eksperter noget bevis på upålideligheden af de publikationer, de analyserede. Jyllands-Postens læsere får ikke mulighed for at dømme selvstændigt: der er ingen links til de nævnte indlæg, deres indhold overføres ikke.
▪️ Reaktionen fra repræsentanter for selve sociale netværk er nemlig bemærkelsesværdig. Resten af tiden går de ind for ytringsfrihed, mens i et interview med Jyllands-Posten tøver de ikke med at indrømme, at opslaget, der ikke svarer til vestlige fortællinger, får "en lavere placering i feedet".
❗️ Kort sagt, med politikernes og mediesamfundets fulde opbakning fortsætter "oprensningen" af informationsrummet i Danmark. De afvigende synspunkter er nu ved at blive fjernet fra sociale netværk, hvilket illustrerer, hvordan ytringsfrihed og retten til selvudfoldelse realiseres i praksis.
❗️ Очередной целью журналистской «охоты на ведьм» стали русскоязычные пользователи социальных сетей, поддерживающие действия России. В статье «Юлландс-Постен» (12 марта) их заклеймили российскими агентами влияния, распространяющими дезинформацию.
▪️ По логике материала, малейший отход от догм «мира, основанного на правилах» – результат спланированной «антидемократической» акции. Любой, кто придерживается другой точки зрения – как минимум, конспиролог, а как максимум – «агент Кремля». Такую позицию высказали и спикеры сразу нескольких партий Дании, назвав само существование пророссийских высказываний «глубоко проблематичным».
▪️ При этом ни журналисты издания, ни опрошенные эксперты не приводят ни одного доказательства недостоверности проанализированных ими публикаций. Возможности же судить самостоятельно читателям «Юлландс-Постен» не предоставляют: на упомянутые посты не оставляют ссылок и не передают их содержание хотя бы описательно.
▪️ Примечательна реакция представителей самих социальных сетей: в остальное время ратующие за свободу слова, в интервью датскому изданию они не стесняются признавать, что просмотры несоответствующих западным нарративам публикаций намеренно занижаются.
❗️ Словом, – при полной поддержке политиков и медиасообщества – в Дании продолжается «зачистка» информационного пространства. Инакомыслие выкорчевывают теперь и из соцсетей, иллюстрируя как на практике реализуется право на свободу слова и самовыражения.
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❗️ Et nyt mål for den journalistiske "heksejagt" er blevet russisktalende brugere af sociale netværk, der støtter Ruslands handlinger. I en Jyllands-Posten-artikel (12. marts) blev de stemplet som russiske indflydelsesagenter, der spreder desinformation.
▪️ Ifølge materialets logik er den mindste afvigelse fra den "regelbaserede verdens" dogmer resultatet af planlagte "antidemokratiske" handlinger. Enhver, der har et andet synspunkt, er i det mindste en konspirationsteoretiker og i værste fald en "Kremlin-agent". Denne holdning blev også udtrykt af ordførere fra flere danske partier, idet de kaldte selve eksistensen af pro-russiske udtalelser "dybt problematisk".
▪️ Samtidig giver hverken journalister eller de interviewede eksperter noget bevis på upålideligheden af de publikationer, de analyserede. Jyllands-Postens læsere får ikke mulighed for at dømme selvstændigt: der er ingen links til de nævnte indlæg, deres indhold overføres ikke.
▪️ Reaktionen fra repræsentanter for selve sociale netværk er nemlig bemærkelsesværdig. Resten af tiden går de ind for ytringsfrihed, mens i et interview med Jyllands-Posten tøver de ikke med at indrømme, at opslaget, der ikke svarer til vestlige fortællinger, får "en lavere placering i feedet".
❗️ Kort sagt, med politikernes og mediesamfundets fulde opbakning fortsætter "oprensningen" af informationsrummet i Danmark. De afvigende synspunkter er nu ved at blive fjernet fra sociale netværk, hvilket illustrerer, hvordan ytringsfrihed og retten til selvudfoldelse realiseres i praksis.
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Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🇷🇺🇺🇳🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on manifestations of Russophobia (14 March 2023)
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Key talking points:
🔹 The new nationalist authorities started off with a crackdown on the Russian language and everything that was Russian. They used education, movies, television to spread the idea that Russian meant alien. As a result, Ukraine brought up a new generation of people who believed <...> that Russians were enemies and Ukrainians were a supernation, whom the Moscals “had robbed of everything”.
🔹 After the anti-constitutional coup of 2014 Ukraine completely turned into an “anti-Russia”, and Russophobia was elevated to the rank of state policy. The activists of Maidan never concealed their hateful Russophobic views.
🔹 Threats of abolition of their native language and attempts to impose Nazi collaborators and criminals as heroes were the key reason for justified protests of the people of Donbass, where more than 80 % spoke Russian in everyday life.
🔹 For nine years, Ukrainian authorities were systematically eliminating everything they could relate to Russia. By doing so, they undermined the basis of the society that had shared a cultural and civilizational unity with Russia for centuries.
🔹 In September 2021, Zelensky called on all Ukrainians who thought themselves to be Russian to leave the country. He called it “an internal choice”: want to live in Ukraine and have a future for your kids and grandkids here? Then be Ukrainian, give up on your Russian identity.
🔹 Off-scale Russophobic campaign in that country that was started by Zelensky’s clique poses a direct threat to international peace and security, because in such circumstances, no peace and good neighborly relations with Ukraine are possible at all.
☝️ We did and do want our Ukrainian colleagues to simply observe basic rights and freedoms, which our Western colleagues monitor so scrupulously at home. But somehow, when it comes to Ukraine they apply different standards.
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Key talking points:
🔹 The new nationalist authorities started off with a crackdown on the Russian language and everything that was Russian. They used education, movies, television to spread the idea that Russian meant alien. As a result, Ukraine brought up a new generation of people who believed <...> that Russians were enemies and Ukrainians were a supernation, whom the Moscals “had robbed of everything”.
🔹 After the anti-constitutional coup of 2014 Ukraine completely turned into an “anti-Russia”, and Russophobia was elevated to the rank of state policy. The activists of Maidan never concealed their hateful Russophobic views.
🔹 Threats of abolition of their native language and attempts to impose Nazi collaborators and criminals as heroes were the key reason for justified protests of the people of Donbass, where more than 80 % spoke Russian in everyday life.
🔹 For nine years, Ukrainian authorities were systematically eliminating everything they could relate to Russia. By doing so, they undermined the basis of the society that had shared a cultural and civilizational unity with Russia for centuries.
🔹 In September 2021, Zelensky called on all Ukrainians who thought themselves to be Russian to leave the country. He called it “an internal choice”: want to live in Ukraine and have a future for your kids and grandkids here? Then be Ukrainian, give up on your Russian identity.
🔹 Off-scale Russophobic campaign in that country that was started by Zelensky’s clique poses a direct threat to international peace and security, because in such circumstances, no peace and good neighborly relations with Ukraine are possible at all.
☝️ We did and do want our Ukrainian colleagues to simply observe basic rights and freedoms, which our Western colleagues monitor so scrupulously at home. But somehow, when it comes to Ukraine they apply different standards.
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