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2021-12-31 21:04:37+00:00
🥳 Happy New Year 🌲
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣!
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2021-12-31 18:28:56+00:00
🔮 Touch the bottom, turn on the blizzard - and the Russian Foreign Ministry's light will shine through!
Happy New Year!
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2021-12-31 17:05:49+00:00
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with @tass_agency:
🇦🇫 On the prospects of the Taliban's official recognition
It is still premature to talk about official recognition of the Taliban. This will hinge on how events in Afghanistan develop and, more precisely, on whether the Taliban realise their promises, including on forming an inclusive government and successfully countering the terrorist and drug threats that emanate from Afghanistan.
🇷🇺🇧🇾 On the Russian - Belarusian coordinated foreign policy action plan
Specifically, this refers to taking joint steps to defend ourselves against information campaigns against us, unilateral restrictive measures, politicisation of the work of international organisations and the imposition of a NATO-centric security model in Europe. Cooperation in curbing the threats posed by NATO's military infrastructure approaching the borders of the Union State also plays a significant role.
📰 Read in full
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2021-12-31 11:35:55+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸📞 On December 30, President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the US Joseph Biden.
The conversation focused on the implementation of the agreement to launch negotiations on providing Russia with legally binding security guarantees, reached during the December 7 videoconference.
Both leaders expressed willingness to engage in a serious and substantive dialogue on these issues. It was confirmed that the negotiations would take place first in Geneva on January 9–10 and then as part of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on January 12. Negotiations are also to be held at the OSCE on January 13.
The Presidents agreed to personally supervise these negotiating tracks, especially bilateral, with a focus on reaching results quickly.
#RussiaUS #SecurityGuarantees
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2021-12-30 08:27:06+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWYJJ9NUVqs
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2021-12-29 12:53:27+00:00
❗️ #Reminder: TASS News Agency is hosting News Photo Awards (for the second time) - international contest competition for professional news photographers.
This year's theme - Changing World. In 2021 a broader view of the developments is welcomed, which reflect both the crucial changes in people’s lives and throughout the world in the post-COVID reality as well as key events of this year.
Joining the contest is free of charge. Any press photographer working or collaborating with the media can submit an application at the website: https://npacontest.com/
You can submit your photos in 4 categories 👇
• News
• People & Lifestyle
• Нealthcare
• Environment
🏅 There are two nominee categories: one for the Best Single Photo and the other for Best Photo Series. The winners in each category will receive $3,000. The best photo of all sent will be awarded the Grand Prize. The creator of this artwork will receive $10,000.
🗓 Submissions are open until January 7, 2022.
#NewsPhotoAwards #NewsPhotoAwards2021
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2021-12-29 07:11:57+00:00
On December 26, Desmond Tutu, a prominent figure of the South African liberation movement, Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church of South Africa and Nobel Peace prize laureate, died aged 90.
Archbishop Tutu took an active part in the fight against the apartheid regime in South Africa and in the subsequent formation of a democratic civil society in the country. He will be remembered in Russia as an outstanding human rights defender and spiritual leader who was highly respected not only in South Africa but throughout the world.
Our deepest condolences go to the family and the South African nation 🕯
#RussiaSouthAfrica
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2021-12-28 18:20:10+00:00
📍 On December 28, St Petersburg hosted the annual informal Summit Meeting of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
💬 President Putin: This was a special year for the CIS. Only recently, in December, we marked the organisation’s 30th Anniversary.
We have been deepening our integration in its multiple aspects, including in terms of ensuring national security, and in the economy. I must note the lingering positive impact from the ties we have been sharing since the Soviet era.
🤝 Preserving the opportunities and competitive advantages that we have inherited from the past, we are able to overcome these difficulties much better than many other countries. I must say that we in Russia have supported these relations and will support them in the future.
#RussiaCIS
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2021-12-28 16:47:17+00:00
🇷🇺🇰🇿 On December 28, Vladimir Putin met with the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the Constantine Palace.
💬 When we gather with our colleagues to discuss any matter related to the development of the EAEU, the Eurasian Economic Union, we always remember that the idea belonged to you. We are thankful to you for initiating the creation of the union and for being its driving force for many years, at least until it got firmly established.
🤝 Our relations with #Kazakhstan in 2020, the hardest year of the pandemic, did not see a significant economic decline. This is, of course, a very important result of our joint activity with the current leadership of Kazakhstan, its President and Government.
I also wish you and the entire nation of Kazakhstan happy holidays.
#RussiaKazakhstan
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2021-12-27 09:54:11+00:00
⚡️ Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on topical foreign policy issues at 11 am MSK (approximately) on December 30.
In light of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and WHO recommendations on holding public events via teleconferencing, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson will answer media questions received by the call centre. Accredited journalists will be sent detailed information concerning the technical aspects of submitting questions.
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2021-12-27 09:20:51+00:00
🎙 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the distortion of Russia’s approach to security guarantees
💬 There have been statements coming from the United States and several other Western countries alleging that the topic of stopping NATO’s expansion will not be on the agenda during discussions of Russia’s proposals to devise legally binding security guarantees.
In this connection, we would like to emphasise that the non-expansion of NATO and preventing the deployment of weapons systems near the Russian border that threaten Russia’s security will be front and centre during the upcoming talks with the United States and NATO. This is something those who until now have been unable to grasp Russia’s position must understand.
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2021-12-26 16:06:15+00:00
⚡️#Opinion by Maria #Zakharova:
💬 Kleptocrats have stolen $100 billion of government money.
Oh, I forgot one important detail – in the United States.
Who said this? No, neither Vladimir Solovyev, nor Dmitry Kiselev, nor Margarita Simonyan.
US Secret Service Coordinator Roy Dotson made this statement.
In his words, the US allocated money to counter pandemic-related unemployment but, as you might have guessed, these funds did not reach the jobless.
In general, Mr Dotson is refreshingly honest. He asks himself: “Can we stop fraud? Will we?” and answers “No.”
Apparently, the Secret Service knows well how the US state machinery operates.
Now the main point: Why do we care about this? Because Washington has recently announced anti-corruption struggle as one of its foreign policy priorities. A bill was drafted in this context - Combating Global Corruption Act of 2021 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/14). It elevates to the absolute the long-standing American tradition of transnational enforcement and becomes a foundation for international communication. The US has misappropriated its right as the global anti-corruption auditor, prosecutor, investigator and judge. And all of a sudden such an unpleasant leak has occurred. To recall both Freud and Andersen: “the King has no clothes at all.”
We can also recall how Afghanistan turned into a corruption hole for the US, where billions allotted for the country’s recovery were stolen. Or take the corruption scandal involving the purchase of medical equipment, which broke out last October. But, of course, stealing $100 billion from the pandemic relief fund for the jobless is very impressive. Washington will now only be able to break this record by stealing funds allocated for combatting global corruption.
If the Democratic administration is so eager to combat corruption globally, let it start with itself. It can establish some kind of fund, no idea which kind, but Washington surely has plenty of experience in this field.
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1509
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2021-12-26 11:06:50+00:00
🇷🇺🇪🇬📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The heads of state exchanged heartfelt wishes on the approaching New Year.
They continued the discussion on current issues in Russian-Egyptian relations. The leaders praised the current level of bilateral cooperation in various fields including the construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant Al Dabaa and the establishment of a Russian industrial zone in the Suez canal area.
The Presidents also covered various international issues. Russia and Egypt acknowledged that they have similar approaches towards reaching a political settlement in Libya.
#RussiaEgypt
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2021-12-25 16:58:42+00:00
🇷🇺🇷🇸📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.
As a follow-up to the talks held in Sochi on November 25, 2021, the leaders continued their discussion of the current state and prospects for cooperation in various areas, including the implementation of joint energy projects.
A special focus was given to deliveries of Russian natural gas to Serbia. The presidents noted that system-wide work has been organised on that track by the two countries’ agencies, which makes it possible to ensure stable provision of heat and energy to Serbian households and industry.
The leaders exchanged greetings on the forthcoming New Year and Christmas and agreed to maintain contacts and continue coordination at different levels.
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2021-12-25 15:45:39+00:00
📺 RT channel presents a current-age topical manual on just how one should (might) celebrate Christmas in 2021/22. In the eye of the beholder, of course.
☝️ RT reminds that in the age of new ethics and cancel culture all things conservative should turn progressive. Or should they?
#ThinkForYourself & #MerryChristmas!
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2021-12-24 19:52:13+00:00
📰 Sergey Lavrov's interview to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian newspaper "Oslobodzhene".
🔹 Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina relations
Russia appreciates the mutual understanding which has come about in relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, its ethnic groups and even individual communities. The probable reason for this is our common Slavic roots and numerous historical and spiritual links.
🔹 Russian interests in the Balkans
Peace, security and stability in the Balkans are our main interests. There is no need to search for any hidden meanings behind Russia’s policies. This will not lead you anywhere. We work with everyone on an equal, mutually beneficial, transparent footing, rooted in the international law, primarily the UN Charter.
🔹 the Dayton Peace Agreement
We have adhered, adhere and will continue to adhere to the positions of the Dayton Peace Agreement. We fully support the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the equality of its three constituent peoples and two entities with broad constitutional powers. We consider this concept to be adequate and functional, and we believe that it takes the entire range of interests of the country’s peoples into account.
🔹Russia-US relations
Speaking about Russia-US relations, they are unhealthy. A lot of irritants have piled up. The Americans are pursuing an openly unfriendly policy by imposing sanctions, making unsubstantiated accusations against us, and taking other hostile steps which create a toxic atmosphere and make calm and professional communication impossible.
🔹NATO and Ukraine
The course on dragging Kiev into NATO with the prospect of deploying attack missile systems near our borders creates unacceptable threats to Russia’s security thus provoking serious military risks for all parties involved, up to a large-scale conflict in Europe.
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2021-12-24 13:22:28+00:00
🇷🇺🇮🇱📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President Israel Isaac Herzog.
The presidents exchanged season’s greetings and discussed a range of topical issues of bilateral cooperation, above all in the humanitarian sphere.
☝️ There was a special focus on the common task of preserving the historical truth about World War II and countering attempts to revise its outcomes.
It was agreed to maintain personal contact.
#RussiaIsrael
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2021-12-24 08:48:21+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: #Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
https://youtu.be/nlyaUU5i-B8
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2021-12-23 18:17:57+00:00
⭐️ #OTD in 1943, our country won the Battle of the Dnieper, one of the largest in the history of mankind.
Thanks to the heroism of Soviet soldiers, Donbass, Left-bank and part of the Right-bank Ukraine were liberated.
#WeRemember
👉 Learn more
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2021-12-23 09:13:11+00:00
🇷🇺 #LIVE: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual news conference on topical questions on current affairs & situation in Russia and abroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CSpnWd90_w
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2021-12-23 08:07:43+00:00
🇷🇺 #Announcement: At 12 am Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual #PressConference to answer topical questions on current affairs & situation in Russia and abroad
#President #Russia #Putin #PutinPresser2021
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2021-12-22 18:19:31+00:00
🇷🇺🇱🇺 📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel.
The leaders discussed in detail issues related to the prospects of settling the conflict in the southeast of Ukraine and the migration problem at the border between Belarus and European Union countries.
The President of Russia gave a principled assessment of Kiev’s destructive actions that have led to a deadlock in the talks on settling the domestic crisis in Ukraine. Emphasis was placed on the need for a full and unconditional implementation of the Minsk Package of Measures by the Ukrainian authorities.
#RussiaLuxembourg
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2021-12-22 15:59:41+00:00
📅 #OTD in 1717, Peter I established sectoral management bodies - collegia. Among them was Collegium of Foreign Affairs, the predecessor of our Ministry.
❗️ The reform led to a rapid expansion Russia’s diplomatic presence abroad.
👉 Learn more
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2021-12-22 11:52:36+00:00
🇮🇷🇷🇺🇹🇷 Joint Statement by the Representatives of Iran, Russia and Turkey on the 17th International Meeting on Syria in the Astana Format:
❗️ Expressed their determination to continue working together to combat terrorism in all forms and manifestations and stand against separatist agendas aimed at undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria as well as threatening the national security of neighboring countries.
Reviewed in detail the situation in Idlib de-escalation area, agreed to make further efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in and around the area.
Condemned continuing Israeli military attacks in Syria which violate the international law, international humanitarian law, the sovereignty of Syria and neighboring countries, endanger the stability and security in the region and called for cessation of them.
#Syria
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2021-12-22 10:50:01+00:00
💬 Maria #Zakharova on EU satellite operator’s decision to take RT DE channel off air:
❗️ This is a fact of persecution of the media and informational segregation.
Our response will not be long in coming.
🔗 https://is.gd/nV4tpg
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2021-12-22 09:10:01+00:00
🔴#LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov's interview to RT television channel on the key issues of the international agenda
https://www.mid.ru/ru/press_service/video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40oXUBwrVUw
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2021-12-21 19:49:33+00:00
🇷🇺🇧🇦 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Vice Chair of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bisera Turkovic.
📍 Sochi, December 21, 2021
💬 We are just five days away from the 25th anniversary of #DiplomaticRelations between our countries. Our staff has drafted congratulatory messages to this effect, and we will exchange them today.
🤝 This may be a short period, from a historical perspective, but over these years, we have accomplished quite a journey from mutual diplomatic recognition to building a constructive, multi-faceted #partnership. Much has been done to promote trade, economic, investment and humanitarian ties.
We are interested in further developing of our friendly relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will make every endeavour to support and accompany your country in its development based on the Dayton Accords. #Russia is one of the guarantor countries of this agreement.
#RussiaBiH
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2021-12-21 16:17:34+00:00
🇷🇺🎙 #Announcement: On December 22, at noon Moscow time (approx.), RT television channel will broadcast a live interview with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on current foreign policy issues.
Online streaming will be available on the Foreign Ministry website & on the Ministry social media accounts.
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2021-12-21 14:45:52+00:00
🇷🇺 Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on topical foreign policy issues at 🕚 11 am MSK (approximately) on December 24.
In light of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and WHO recommendations on holding public events via teleconferencing, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson will answer media questions received by the call centre. Accredited journalists will be sent detailed information concerning the technical aspects of submitting questions.
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2021-12-21 11:43:05+00:00
🤝 On 21 December, the 17th International Meeting on Syria in the Astana Format opened in Nur-Sultan, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The talks, scheduled to be held on 21-22 December, involve official representatives of guarantor countries, namely, Iran, Russia and Turkey, as well as Syria, the Syrian opposition and the delegations of Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, which have observer status in the Astana Format, representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
🇷🇺 Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev heads the Russian delegation.
💬 Prior to the event, the Head of the Russian delegation told journalists: “We are opening the 17th International Meeting on Syria. As you know, representatives of all delegations have arrived in Nur-Sultan. Today, we have a rather packed agenda. We are going to discuss various aspects of the Syrian settlement that are of special interest to the parties.”
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2021-12-21 10:38:17+00:00
🔴#LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bisera Turković hold a joint press-conference following talks in Sochi 🇷🇺🇧🇦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwWtwaQtOM
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2021-12-20 21:17:12+00:00
🎙 Deputy FM Sergey #Ryabkov's interview with Interfax News Agency.
Key points:
🔸 The security situation in Europe, the Euro-Atlantic region and Eurasia has indeed greatly deteriorated recently. This has happened because of a series of concerted actions by the United States and its NATO allies, which, generally speaking, can be described as an attempt to undermine Russia’s security and to create a hostile environment around us.
🔸 Ukraine is in the focus of this policy. Ukraine’s decisions are not independent but are subject to change in the situation. When the West provides unconditional and unqualified support to Ukraine, certain quarters in Kiev play up to the worst Western objectives and formulas.
🔸 The statement adopted by the North Atlantic Council on December 16 is vivid proof of this. Ninety percent of the text consists of time-worn ultimatums to Russia. We are not issuing any ultimatums to anyone, and we will not allow others to do this towards us.
READ IN FULL
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2021-12-20 17:06:16+00:00
🇷🇺🇮🇳📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
Vladimir Putin warmly thanked Narendra Modi for the hospitality extended to the Russian delegation during its top-level visit to New Delhi on December 6. The leaders discussed the practical aspects of efforts to implement the agreements reached following the talks. They expressed mutual intention to continue the further all-round development of relations of special privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India.
The two leaders continued to exchange views on the international stability and security problems, including the situation in the Asia-Pacific, continued.
#RussiaIndia
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2021-12-20 17:04:20+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoyev
📍 Sochi, December 20, 2021
Our presidents are regularly in touch, as are our colleagues from security councils, governments, ministries and agencies. We place great importance on bilateral contacts between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. This way we can regularly identify additional steps that need to be taken to fulfil the agreements reached at the highest level.
I would like to note that trade between our countries is growing. It actually surged by nearly 70 percent in the first half of this year. We have every chance of reaching significantly higher levels than before Covid-19 by the end of the year.
#RussiaSouthOssetia
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2021-12-18 09:39:11+00:00
📌 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Russia’s reciprocal list of British citizens denied entry to the Russian Federation.
💬 As known, in August 2021, under far-fetched and absurd pretexts, the British government, relying on its national sanctions authority, announced personal restrictions on seven Russian citizens over their alleged direct responsibility for the poisoning of Alexey #Navalny.
👉 In response to #London’s unfriendly actions and based on the principle of reciprocity, a decision was made to impose personal sanctions on a proportionate number of British representatives who are deeply involved in anti-Russian activities. They have been denied entry to the #RussianFederation.
❗️ Once again, we call on the British leadership to abandon its confrontational policy with respect to our country. Any and all unfriendly actions will be met with an adequate and proportionate response.
#RussiaUK
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2021-12-17 19:11:25+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 During the Dec 15, 2021 meeting at the @MFARussia, the US party received:
- a draft treaty on security guarantees
- agreement on measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation and @NATO member states.
Read in full (drafts included):
https://is.gd/XIUV0k
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2021-12-17 15:18:35+00:00
🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir #Putin congratulated Pope Francis on his 85th birthday:
✉️ The message reads, in part:
“You dedicated your whole life to promoting high spiritual and moral values. You have made an invaluable contribution to developing relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church and to strengthening ties between Russia and the Vatican.
I have many pleasant recollections of our meetings and our constructive and meaningful talks, which reaffirmed the similarity between the attitudes of Russia and the Holy See to the key international issues. I am confident that by working together we will be able to do a great deal to protect Christians’ rights and interests and to maintain interfaith dialogue.
#RussiaVatican
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2021-12-17 11:12:25+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: Briefing by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov on "Russia's Security Guarantee Initiatives"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxcOSAaUjA
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2021-12-17 07:30:48+00:00
🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova, December 15, 2021.
🔹#RussiaUS
🔹#Ukraine #Donbass #MinskAgreements
🔹#Afghanistan
🔹#Syria #AstanaFormat
🔹#CrimeaIsRussia
🔹#RussiaCIS
🔹#NATO
🔹#NagornoKarabakh
🔹#Moldova
...& more
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2021-12-17 06:36:09+00:00
⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on important advances in IAEA-Iran interaction
💬 On December 15, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reported to the IAEA Board of Governors about the agreements reached with Iran on a number of fundamental matters related to IAEA verification activities in Iran.
We welcome these agreements. We support the mutual commitment of the IAEA and Iran to continue cooperating both within the framework of the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and under the requirements of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and in light of UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
The good news is now more important than ever in terms of stimulating the ongoing talks in Vienna, which resumed on November 29, to re-establish the full implementation of the #JCPOA.
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2021-12-17 06:26:41+00:00
⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the draft law on sanctions on Belarus under consideration in Lithuania
☝️ We are extremely concerned about the news of a possible ban on the transit of goods from Belarus through Lithuania.
We are convinced that this path will lead to a dead end since it can affect the provision of supplies to the Kaliningrad Region and negatively affect the economy, social status and quality of life of the residents of that Russian region.
At the same time, we were surprised to learn that Poland, without prior notice, tightened the requirement to present PCR tests at the Russian-Polish border and reduced test validity to 24 hours. We understand the complexity of the epidemiological situation and the need for proper measures to combat the pandemic. However, we believe steps that affect the daily lives of many people should be discussed with the international stakeholders and announced in advance.
❗️Of course, if adopted, the above restrictive measures will not go unnoticed by Russia. We call on our partners not to follow the path of undermining economic ties, but instead to do everything possible to normalise the situation and comply in full with Lithuania’s international obligations to ensure Russian cargo transit to and from the Kaliningrad Region, in particular, the 1993 Russian-Lithuanian intergovernmental agreement on international road transport and other agreements.
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2021-12-16 21:32:20+00:00
🇺🇳 The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance".
✅ 130 votes in favour,
🤷♂️ 49 abstentions,
❌ and only 2 (🇺🇸🇺🇦) against...
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2021-12-16 17:34:00+00:00
🇧🇭 Today #Bahrain, a long-time reliable partner of #Russia in the Arab world, celebrates the 5️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary of Independence!
🇷🇺🤝🇧🇭 Congratulations to our Bahraini friends on their national holiday! We wish you peace & prosperity!
🔗 Learn more
#RussiaBahrain
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2021-12-16 15:03:11+00:00
⚡️Foreign Ministry Statement
❗️ The Russian side strongly believes that the guilty verdict brought in by the German court against the citizen of the Russian Federation Vadim Sokolov on December 15 in the case of the murder of Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, former terrorist gang leader in the North Caucasus, in Berlin on August 23, 2019, is extremely biased and is clearly a case of an explicit political put-up job. We insist that the Russian citizen is innocent. He has the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Germany against the unjust verdict.
We strongly reject the unfounded and far-fetched accusations which were concocted with the assistance of foreign security services and affiliated agencies claiming that Russian government bodies were involved in the murder of terrorist Khangoshvili, who lived in Germany with the knowledge of the German authorities. The only theory that was planted in Germany’s mainstream media shortly after the murder in August 2019 relied on falsified facts and unfounded speculations, posts from social media and online platforms that have lost credibility a long time ago as participants in almost all recent hybrid operations against Russia. They used testimony obtained under duress and fake evidence that was obtained, according to those who supplied it, with the use of illegal and even openly unlawful methods.
Interestingly, other legitimate theories related to the crime in Tiergarten Park in Berlin were neither considered nor explored by the investigators, prosecutors and the court.
We are deeply disappointed by the fact that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany chose, under the guise of the above verdict, to perpetrate another unfriendly action against the Russian Federation and proclaim persona non grata two diplomatic employees of the Russian Embassy in Germany, who were not and could not have been involved in the Zelimkhan Khangoshvili case, which fact the German authorities are well aware of. Berlin should rest assured that Russia will respond proportionately.
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2021-12-15 22:33:40+00:00
🗞 FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Egyptian public television channel TeN TV
Read in full: https://is.gd/e09uF4
Watch: https://is.gd/UMzVz8
Key points:
🔸 Russia’s current relations with all Arab states without exception are based on mutual respect and are developing dynamically.
🔸 Russia has been contributing to the international efforts in support of a settlement in Libya for many years.
🔸 A black hole has emerged in the place of Libya after the West bombed the Libyan statehood out of existence. The militants and extremists whom the West had armed against Muammar Gaddafi poured south through it, which is the main reason why the Sahara-Sahel region has been gripped by years-long crisis.
🔸 The lack of respect for other countries is typical of the United States and the way it acts across the globe, not only in relation to Russia, China and others they call their rivals and adversaries. They treat their allies and talk to them the same way.
🔸 France declares whenever it has the chance that Russia can’t provide military support to Mali. If we all want to help Africa, we need to do this by combining efforts, not by trying to “fence off” our areas of responsibility, each marking “their” territory, to prevent others from going there.
🔸 The crisis in Western Sahara should be resolved, as any other crisis, based on the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. In Western Sahara’s case, the resolutions imply a direct dialogue between Morocco and the Polisario Front. This dialogue should be resumed as soon as possible.
🔸 We cannot support any unilateral steps, above all the ongoing Israeli actions to expand its settlement activity, which no one approves of. This practice has been condemned by representatives of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia.
🔸 Multilateralism is objective reality. The goal is not to pit countries against each other in this highly competitive environment but to try to streamline this erratic random movement. This is the objective of President Putin’s initiative to hold a summit of permanent UN Security Council members.
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2021-12-15 21:26:31+00:00
🇷🇺🇮🇷📞 On December 13, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the initiative of the Iranian side.
The ministers focused on the developments around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme in the context of the Vienna talks, which resumed on November 29.
They reaffirmed their countries’ resolve to revive the nuclear deal in its initial balanced format approved by the UN Security Council. They pointed out that it is the only correct way to ensure the rights and interest of all parties to the comprehensive agreements.
#RussiaIran #JCPOA
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2021-12-15 18:03:09+00:00
📅 Today is Remembrance Day for Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty.
❗️ In Russia we cherish the memory of press workers who perished while on the job in hot spots. Andrey #Stenin (🕯 Donbass, 2014) & Khaled #Alkhateb (🕯 Syria, 2017) are among them.
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2021-12-15 12:54:09+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: #Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgOFDAczuNo
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2021-12-14 20:10:11+00:00
🇷🇺🇫🇷📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, focusing on current international affairs.
With regard to the situation on the Belarus-EU border, Vladimir Putin spoke in favour of discussing these problems during direct contacts between EU representatives and Minsk.
The sides exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin noted that the Ukrainian authorities are purposefully aggravating the situation on the line of contact, and are doing so with the complicity of a number of Western countries. In addition, modern weapons are being pumped into Ukraine, which poses direct threat to Russia's security.
The President emphasised the importance of immediately launching international talks to develop legally stated guarantees to forestall NATO’s further eastward expansion.
The state of affairs in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement was reviewed in depth as well.
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2021-12-14 19:11:00+00:00
🇷🇺🇩🇪📞 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by telephone with German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock at her initiative.
The foreign ministers exchanged views on bilateral relations. The Russian diplomat emphasised the desire to develop a dialogue with the new German government that would promote cooperation for the benefit of both nations.
Mr Lavrov also underscored the need to give Russia security guarantees in the form of legal commitments on NATO’s renunciation of its eastward expansion and establishing military infrastructure near Russian borders. The new German foreign minister received a detailed explanation on the lack of any alternative to the Minsk agreements on settling Ukraine’s domestic crisis and their implementation by Kiev. Mr Lavrov also emphasised the significance of the influence that Germany can have on the Ukrainian authorities as a participant in the Normandy format.
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2021-12-14 16:32:30+00:00
🇷🇺🇫🇮📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Finland Sauli Niinistö
The main attention was paid to the Ukrainian domestic crisis. Vladimir Putin emphasised the importance of the complete and unconditional fulfilment by Kiev of the Minsk Package of Measures.
The President of Russia noted that in violation of the Minsk agreements, the Ukrainian authorities are more and more obviously placing their bets on the use of force. Thus, they are using heavy weapons and attack drones in Donbass.
Vladimir Putin again stressed the importance of immediately starting talks with the United States and NATO. The goal of the talks would be to draft international legal security guarantees for Russia, ruling out NATO’s further movement eastward and the deployment of weapons systems threatening Russia in Ukraine and other adjacent states.
A number of current bilateral issues were discussed. The leaders reaffirmed their striving to continue developing mutually beneficial cooperation.
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2021-12-14 11:32:00+00:00
🌍#OTD in 1960, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was adopted.
The document paved the way to freedom for a 1/3 of humanity... Much of the credit for the draft goes to Soviet diplomats & the USSR ☝️
▶️ Learn more
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2021-12-14 10:37:40+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with Izvestia, December 13, 2021
Key points
🔹 The problems in relations with the United States did not emerge yesterday. They have to do with the US tendency, by and large, to deny Russia the role of a major independent player in international relations while trying to impose its own approaches to a whole range of issues, including how we should live in our own country.
🔹 We cannot see any progress, with the exception of the launch of several structured dialogues in such areas as strategic stability and ICT security. We will work where opportunities arise, where the Americans at least try to heed common sense and listen to our approaches.
🔹The growth in tension over Ukraine is primarily Washington’s geopolitical project, an attempt to expand its sphere of influence. We have openly pointed out that there are red lines which we will not allow anyone to cross.
🔹 NATO says that every country is free to decide how to guarantee its security, up to and including by joining military-political alliances. I would like to point out that the freedom to join alliances cannot be absolute. It is as it is in human societies, your freedom ends where the freedom of others begins. There must be clear boundaries and mutual obligations and responsibilities.
🔹 There should be no further expansion of NATO. The attempt to present the matter by saying that Russia has no right of veto here is a futile attempt. We will continue to say that if our opponents act contrary to this truth, they will not strengthen their security but will instead face grave consequences.
#RussiaUS #NATO
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2021-12-13 20:36:08+00:00
🇷🇺🇬🇧📞 On December 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson.
⚡️ Vladimir Putin gave specific examples of #Kiev's destructive course on derailing the Minsk agreements, which are the only viable path towards resolving the internal Ukraine crisis.
❗️ It was emphasised that all this is happening amid the active military “exploration” of Ukraine’s territory by NATO, something that poses a direct threat to #Russia’s security.
❗️ With this in mind, the President of Russia stated the need to immediately begin talks in order to develop clear international legal agreements that can preclude #NATO’s further eastward advance and the deployment of weapons that pose a threat to Russia in neighbouring states.
#RussiaGreatBritain
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2021-12-13 13:24:15+00:00
⚡️As a response to risks regarding the new Omicron strain, the Russian Government temporarily suspends entry to Russia for foreign nationals arriving from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, as well as China's Hong Kong SAR until further notice.
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2021-12-13 09:27:22+00:00
⚡️ Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on topical foreign policy issues at 3 pm MSK (approximately) on December 15.
In light of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and WHO recommendations on holding public events via teleconferencing, the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre. Accredited journalists will be sent detailed information concerning the technical aspects of submitting questions.
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2021-12-12 17:03:34+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to President of the United States Joseph Biden over the tragic aftermath of a tornado that hit Kentucky and several other states.
✉️ The message reads, in part:
🕯 “Russia shares the grief of those who lost their family members or friends to this disaster. We sincerely wish a speedy recovery to all those injured and hope that you will quickly overcome the consequences of this force of nature.”
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2021-12-12 13:50:36+00:00
⚡️#Opinion by Maria #Zakharova:
💬 The G7 countries have called on Russia and Ukraine to return to the negotiating table.
In doing so, they laid bare their failure to take responsibility for their own mistakes.
Of those there are many:
- Interference in Ukraine’s domestic affairs, which caused a fatal split in society.
- Manipulating events to depose those in power, which became an unconstitutional coup d’etat.
- Undermining one of their own core principles of respecting the interests of a minority (not a minority in numeric terms, but in terms of its lack of representation in the bodies of power) through their unwavering support of the regime in Kiev.
- Refraining from exerting influence on, or simply put, working with Kiev to implement the Minsk agreements, which had raised hopes of resolving the internal Ukrainian conflict through negotiation.
- Laying the blame for the shoddy work they’ve done at Russia’s door.
It’s not Russia and Ukraine that should be brought to the negotiating table. It’s Ukraine and Ukraine.
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1459
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2021-12-11 16:52:48+00:00
❗️ Foreign Ministry statement on dialogue with the United States and other Western countries regarding security guarantees.
We note US President Joseph Biden’s readiness expressed at the December 7, 2021 talks with President Vladimir Putin to establish a serious dialogue on issues related to ensuring our country's security. At the same time, numerous loose interpretations of our position have emerged in recent days.
🚫 Escalating a confrontation with our country is absolutely unacceptable. As a pretext, the West is using the situation in Ukraine, where it embarked on encouraging Russophobia and justifying the actions of the Kiev regime to undermine the Minsk agreements and prepare for a military scenario in Donbass.
☝️ In this connection, as President Vladimir Putin stressed, we insist that serious long-term legal guarantees are provided, which would exclude NATO’s further advancement to the east and deployment of weapons on Russia’s western borders which are a threat to Russia.
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2021-12-11 14:02:15+00:00
🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova, December 9, 2021.
🔹#Ukraine #Donbass #MinskAgreements
🔹#RussiaUS #CyberSecurity
🔹#summitfordemocracy
🔹#Afghanistan
🔹#MENWFZ
🔹#BosniaAndHerzegovina
🔹#HumanRightsDay
...& more
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2021-12-11 08:50:10+00:00
Today we celebrate 6️⃣0️⃣ years of #RussiaTanzania diplomatic relations!
🇷🇺🤝🇹🇿 The time-tested friendship between our nations keeps growing. We heartily congratulate the Tanzanian people on achieving this milestone!
👉 Our bilateral ties
#RussiaAfrica
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2021-12-10 12:49:02+00:00
Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
💬 The UK High Court has authorised the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
❗️ This shameful verdict as part of the political case against the journalist and public figure is yet another manifestation of the Anglo-Saxon tandem’s cannibalistic worldview.
What a fitting way for the West to mark the Human Rights Day and the end of the “summit for democracy.”
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2021-12-09 22:45:46+00:00
🇷🇺🇿🇦📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.
🦠 The parties continued their discussion of the two countries’ interaction in the context of the newly identified Omicron strain of the coronavirus. They agreed on having a group of Russian virologists, epidemiologists, researchers, and doctors, as well as a sanitary-epidemiological laboratory and other medical equipment sent to South Africa in the very short term.
Cyril Ramaphosa appreciated Russia’s interest in closer cooperation in responding to the pandemic.
#RussiaRSA
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2021-12-09 22:37:28+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s address to the readers of RIAC’s digest “Ten Years in the Global World,” Moscow, December 9, 2021
💬 We are bringing to your notice a unique publication timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), which is not only a recognised foreign policy think tank, but also a reputable platform for a broad-based dialogue on key international matters.
It is necessary to conduct a broad public discussion of Russia’s role and place in the world and its foreign policy priorities in this current complicated period in the development of international relations, a period that is critical in many respects. This new publication is making an important contribution to this important cause.
#RIAC
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2021-12-09 22:17:54+00:00
🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on air incidents above the Black Sea
💬 The military activity of the United States and NATO member states along the perimeter of Russia’s borders, including military flights and dangerous manoeuvres by naval ships, continues to mount. The US military and its NATO allies have gone from attempts to test the strength of our border protection system to provocations against civilian aircraft, which jeopardises the safety of the airspace and puts human lives in danger.
In connection with these provocative actions, on December 8, the US Embassy in Moscow received a note of protest warning about the dangerous consequences of this reckless behaviour.
The note enumerates recent incidents which did not end in tragedy only due to sheer luck and the quick thinking of Russian pilots and air traffic controllers.
Thus, on the morning of December 3, the US Air Force CL-600 reconnaissance aircraft performed a flight over the open waters of the Black Sea near the area of responsibility of the Russian air traffic services and made a steep descent from an altitude of 11,000 m to an altitude of 9,200 m, having thus crossed the route reserved for civil aircraft. The crew failed to answer the airtraffic dispatchers' repeated calls.
Thanks exclusively to the professionalism and discipline of our aviation services, which promptly gave a command to the pilots of an Aeroflot flight, whose route was crossed by the reconnaissance aircraft, a collision was prevented.
In the same hours and for the same reasons, a Maltese airliner flying from Sochi to Skopje narrowly escaped a collision. Later that day, December 3, Russian military aircraft scrambled to escort the US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea.
We observe these dangerous situations on a regular basis.
Earlier, on October 6, as the note presented to the US Embassy says, flight PSD093 performed by the Special Flight Detachment Rossiya en route from Anapa to Moscow, at 3:50 pm (Moscow time), when it was above the Black Sea coast between Anapa and Novorossiysk, detected an unidentified flying object that was flying straight ahead of it and failed to establish communication. It was identified as the UAV Reaper (MQ9AReaper) which is used by NATO for reconnaissance missions. To avoid a collision, the air controllers from the Rostov Regional Air Traffic Management Centre swiftly changed the Russian air carrier’s route.
On October 13 at 9:58 am (Moscow time), a US Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft got dangerously close to a Boeing 767-300 ER passenger aircraft operated by Azur Air airline which was flying from Ramenskoye Airport to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The incident took place in the area of responsibility of the aforementioned Rostov Centre. Given the circumstances, the air controllers instructed the pilots to make a steep descent in order to avoid a collision.
❗️To reiterate, the unacceptable and dangerous activities of the aircraft operated by NATO member countries, with US and NATO military aircraft flying without radio communication or flight plans and failing to obtain air traffic control clearances, are fraught with serious risks to the safety of civil aircraft, which violates basic principles of international air navigation under the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 and other international laws.
👉 Reserving the right to respond to the corresponding challenges posed by the United States and NATO members, we call for a substantive dialogue on security guarantees and a discussion of pathways to reduce military and political tensions and to prevent dangerous incidents in the air and at sea. Otherwise, all the means at our disposal will be used to prevent and neutralise emerging threats.
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2021-12-09 15:37:50+00:00
🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's Address on Heroes of Fatherland Day.
💬 This day is inseparably linked to the history of our country. It celebrates the heroism of our forefathers and contemporaries, all those whose actions, deeds and life itself were an example of selfless service to the nation.
⭐️ The #heroism of these truly great citizens of our Fatherland, their valour and courage reflect the will and character of our people. Throughout our history, this character has always helped us to stand up against the toughest challenges.
Our special gratitude goes to our medical personnel and other professionals, all those who are keeping alive the glorious traditions of courage, commitment to duty and selflessness.
🇷🇺 People of diverse ethnic backgrounds, religions, views and beliefs live in Russia, but all of them are united in their respect for the Heroes of the Fatherland, boosting our desire to keep moving forward and our unity. I firmly believe that this is how it always will be.
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2021-12-09 14:29:26+00:00
#Opinion
💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said recently, that “We have entered a phase in foreign policy and international relations where it’s no longer the formal Greek structure of the Parthenon – the United Nations, the IMF and the World Bank, and so forth.” At the same time, he admitted that his country is trying to reform the international architecture by establishing new “alliances, partnerships and institutions” that will work in Washington’s interests.
❗️ This is exactly what we have been saying for the past three years. The United States is destroying the world order that is based on international law and the central role of the UN to create its own comfort zone where it intends to rule single-handed. This is why the US is rallying extras for its “summit for democracy,” where the participants will be granted the honour of serving US interests.
Opinions of Jake Sullivan’s statement can vary from “cynical” to “self-possessed.” But one thing is undeniable: he was honest. For the first time in years, they have called things by their name.
READ in full
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2021-12-09 12:26:12+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: #Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vuenzono8
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2021-12-09 11:11:52+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Embassy of Russia in the USA:
Comment regarding the statement by Senator Roger Wicker
☝️ We drew attention to the remarks of Republican Senator Roger Wicker made on December 7 on air of Fox News TV channel. Commenting on the situation with the internal Ukrainian crisis, the legislator recommended the US President to keep on the table the possibility of a military action, including the preventive use of nuclear weapons against Russia in case of an escalation.
❗️ Such statements are irresponsible. We advise all the unenlightened to read the joint statement of the Presidents of Russia and the United States of June 16, 2021 thoroughly. This document reaffirms the two countries’ commitment to the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.
🔹 It is noteworthy that the state of Mississippi, which is represented by the legislator, hosts the offices of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Atomics, etc. This raises questions. Whose interests does the senator promote when calling for war - the Ukrainians or the U.S. military industry? How is it possible to place lucrative interests of weapons production above peoples’ aspirations to protect themselves from the threat of a nuclear missile war?
🔹 On December 7, the Presidents of Russia and the United States outlined framework for the possible reduction of tensions. Serious, professional and thoughtful work lies ahead to agree on long-term security guarantees. Such a dialogue requires calmness and demonstration of readiness to compromise. Wicker's ill-considered statements will hardly help us to find a way out of the critical stage in current Russian-American relations.
☝️ Joking with nuclear weapons is not appropriate for an American politician working at the U.S. legislative body.
#RussiaUS
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2021-12-08 17:32:56+00:00
🇷🇺🤝🇧🇾 #OTD in 1999, #Russia & #Belarus signed the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State - a political & economic integration association of two sovereign states.
The development of cooperation within the Union State remains a strategic priority of our nations.
👉 Learn more
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2021-12-08 08:17:36+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden had a lengthy conversation via videoconference.
Key points:
🔹 The intra-Ukrainian crisis and the lack of progress in implementing the 2015 Minsk agreements, which have no alternative for bringing about a peaceful resolution, topped the conversation’s agenda.
🔹 Vladimir Putin warned against shifting the responsibility on Russia, since it was NATO that was undertaking dangerous attempts to gain a foothold on Ukrainian territory, and building up its military capabilities along the Russian border.
🔹 The Presidents discussed the developments around the JCPOA. The Russian President noted the importance of ensuring it is fully implemented in its original version.
🔹 Russia proposed resetting all existing restrictions regarding the functioning of the diplomatic missions.
🔹 The Presidents recalled the fact that the two countries were allies during World War II.
Overall, the conversation took place in a sincere and business-like atmosphere.
#RussiaUS
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2021-12-07 16:51:48+00:00
🇷🇺🇹🇩 FM Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Zene Cherif
📍 Moscow, December 7, 2021
💬 There has been consistent progress in the relations between Russia and Chad. We have established regular political dialogue, including as part of the Russia-Africa Summit, which took place in October 2019 in Sochi.
We have been working together effectively within the UN. Russia is grateful to Chad for supporting many of its initiatives. We are looking forward to hearing your assessment of the peacekeeping efforts on the African continent, especially considering Chad’s serious and proactive commitment to these efforts.
#RussiaChad #RussiaAfrica
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2021-12-07 16:47:06+00:00
#HappeningNow
🇷🇺🇺🇸 President of Russia Vladimir #Putin and the US President Joe Biden are hosting the #RussiaUS Summit online, holding talks via videoconference.
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2021-12-07 15:19:40+00:00
✈️ #OTD 1️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ years ago, Yekaterina #Budanova was born - the 2nd best female fighter pilot of #WWII.
Katya made 266 sorties & shot down 11 enemy planes. She died fighting for her Motherland at 26, defending the sky over the #Donbass.
#FacesOfVictory
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2021-12-07 12:47:43+00:00
⚡️ Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on topical foreign policy issues at 🕒 3 pm MSK (approximately) on December 9.
In light of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and WHO recommendations on holding public events via teleconferencing, the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre. Accredited journalists will be sent detailed information concerning the technical aspects of submitting questions.
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2021-12-07 10:37:00+00:00
🔴#LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Foreign Minister of #Chad Mahamat Zene Cherif hold a joint press-conference following talks in Moscow 🇷🇺🇹🇩
#RussiaChad #RussiaAfrica
https://www.mid.ru/ru/press_service/video
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2021-12-06 20:18:50+00:00
❗️ Russia’s response to a new attack by a group of 45 states concerning the incident with Alexey Navalny.
Read in full on the Russian MFA website:
The document, circulated as an official document of the United Nations Security Council and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is published on the OPCW page.
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2021-12-06 19:11:37+00:00
🇷🇺🇮🇳 President Vladimir Putin held talks with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
💬 President Putin: Russia views India as a major power, whose people have been very friendly to us. Our relations proceed from a very positive foundation. They are developing and forward-looking.
In 2020, trade between our countries decreased by more than 17 percent, but in the first nine months of 2021 it grew by over 38 percent.
This also applies to investment, which currently stands at US$38 billion and is more or less equally distributed between the two countries, with Russia having a slightly larger share.
We remain proactively involved on the international stage. Just as you have said, our positions coincide on many issues. Of course, terrorism and efforts to fight it are a matter of grave concern, as are combatting drug trafficking and organised crime.
READ in full
#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti
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2021-12-06 10:53:30+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during the 2+2 talks between Russian and Indian foreign and defence ministers
📍 New Delhi, December 6, 2021
I am confident that this new format will become an effective dialogue platform for discussing a wide range of regional and international issues, and that it will help our countries to further deepen their long-established mutual understanding and strengthen their special and privileged strategic partnership.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia and India have similar visions of the model of a more just, democratic and polycentric world order. They promote identical or very similar views on the most vital issues of peace and security. They advocate compliance with international law and strengthening the collective principles of communication between states. They adhere to the principles of non-interference in domestic affairs of sovereign states and respecting the great diversity of cultures and civilisations in the world.
#RussiaIndia
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2021-12-06 10:21:47+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question of the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” programme
📍 Moscow, December 5, 2021
❓You have said that Ukraine is “a lost cause” regarding the implementation of the Minsk Agreements.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: If Ukraine is left alone to its conscience, it will not do anything. It must be pushed to act. This is what the Normandy format was established for, but Berlin and Paris are neglecting their obligations.
We are trying to attract their attention to the importance of doing this.
#NormandyFormat
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2021-12-06 09:36:39+00:00
🔴#LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following 2+2 format talks between Foreign and Defence Ministers of India and Russia 🇷🇺🇮🇳
#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrD8eOwfYE
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2021-12-06 06:16:58+00:00
🇷🇺🇮🇳 In #India, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov took part in bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister of India
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
#RussiaIndia #DruzhbaDosti
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2021-12-06 04:51:38+00:00
🛬 FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Delhi near midnight.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 Today he will participate in the 2+2 format Russia-India talks involving Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the two nations. Following that the bilateral Summit will take place.
#RussiaIndia
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2021-12-05 19:30:40+00:00
💬 The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF):
Over 100 countries already accept visitors vaccinated with @sputnik_vaccine.
Today Saudi Arabia joins 101 other nations by approving entry of individuals vaccinated with the #SputnikV vaccine following extensive talks involving the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia and RDIF, as well as supported the Ministry of Investments.
❗️ This decision will enable Muslims from all over the world vaccinated with Sputnik V to participate in the Hajj and the Umrah pilgrimages to Islam’s holiest sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina. Upon entering the country, persons vaccinated with Sputnik V will be required to quarantine for 48 hours and take a PCR test.
🇷🇺🇸🇦 As Saudi Arabia opens its borders for the Sputnik V vaccinated, this decision will play an important role for increasing the tourist flows and establishing new business ties between Russia and Saudi Arabia, including through activities of The Russia-Saudi Economic Council.
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2021-12-05 15:55:29+00:00
💬 #Opinion by Maria Zakharova:
It appears that Bild did some digging into the German archives, made a few changes with some correction fluid and posted the article, Putin's Plan for Invasion of Ukraine. All things new are simply the well-forgotten old, and Germany does not tire of trying to provide proof of this saying, giving us more ideology-based propaganda that cancels out any common sense.
Let's set things straight.
Lviv is marked on the map as Lemberg, while the modern city’s name in German is Lwiw – the one that is used in official materials by the German Federal Foreign Office. On the city’s map of 1942, when it was under occupation, the place was mentioned as Lemberg – the Austro-Hungarian name used at the time by its Nazi occupants. The question is exactly what map did the authors of the article use?
The map of eastern Ukraine was apparently sent [to German authors] directly from Bankovaya Street, with the city of Dnepropetrovsk marked as Dnipro, to which it was renamed only five years ago during the so-called de-communisation campaign.
So, they put it all together and saw something was missing – and they decided this was a plan for attack.
Apparently, we should seek their ‘source of inspiration’ across the pond: only yesterday the Washington Post posted a similar map mentioning Russia’s alleged invasion of Ukraine (I have already made my comments on these bogus stories today). The Germans have taken a creative approach to US images – and took it a step further, with their love for marching on Kiev.
The initial stage of the ‘invasion,’ which Bild called “South,” includes attacking Ukraine’s southern regions to cut off the country’s access to the sea and to ensure supply lines to Crimea. German ‘wunder-journalists’ totally have no idea that the Crimean Bridge has been used for these purposes for several years now – and apparently, Kiev is also to blame for Germany’s being clueless because, according to statements by Ukrainian experts, no bridge exists as its construction is impossible.
The second stage of the ‘invasion’ calls for the weakening of Ukraine’s defensive capacity with ballistic missile attacks. Dubbed “Northeast,” this stage is designed to allegedly be conducted in parallel with the first one. Dear friends, but what does Russia have to do with this? For several years, the Kiev regime has been successfully degrading Ukraine’s defensive capacity on its own.
The third stage, “Kiev,” involves an offensive against Ukraine’s capital from the north. After advancing “approximately to the Korosten-Uman line,” the Russian army will “force Kiev to surrender.”
The city of Uman is known as a location of the annual pilgrimage of Hasidim. What is Bild getting at? In Germany, people have already gotten used to fake news – but this example of German trolling may come at a cost for the newspaper, given the recently found fact of blatant anti-Semitism among German journalists.
So Bild journalists used three pieces of the puzzle to pull together this nonsense and then left to enjoy their weekend feeling satisfied.
So why not spoil it for them?
🔗 https://www.mid.ru/en/nedostovernie-publikacii/-/asset_publisher/nTzOQTrrCFd0/content/id/4983363
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2021-12-05 14:07:51+00:00
❗️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: US Air Force’s actions have posed risks to civil aviation.
💬 Just because an air incident over the Black Sea’s international waters has been prevented, this does not mean the United States and NATO can further put people’s lives at #risk with impunity.
👉 I will once again say what Russian experts have stated: the increased activity of NATO aircraft near Russia’s borders, including over the Black Sea, creates risks of dangerous incidents involving civil aircraft.
Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsiya) has reported its timeline of the incident: “In the morning of December 3, 2021, at 9.53 am, a NATO CL-600 surveillance plane performed a flight over the Black Sea’s international waters, near the area of responsibility of Russian air traffic services, with a rapid descent from the altitude of 11,000m to 9,200m, crossing the path designated for civil aircraft. The reconnaissance plane’s crew did not respond to repeated requests from air traffic control units.
Almost simultaneously, Russian Aeroflot’s Airbus A330-300 flying from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport to Moscow and a CL-650 aircraft belonging to Malta and flying from Russia’s Sochi to North Macedonia’s Skopje performed their flights across the aforementioned air space.
The two civil aircraft’s travel paths and altitudes were promptly changed.
These prompt measures taken by Russian air traffic control services allowed safe flights to continue in the said air space over the Black Sea’s international waters.
☝️ As the aforementioned flights by military aircraft with no radio communications create risks for civilian planes over the Black Sea, Russia’s state aviation authorities will lodge a diplomatic protest.
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2021-12-04 16:06:08+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸🇨🇳🇬🇧🇫🇷 Р5 Conference Paris, 2-3 December, 2021 Final Joint communique
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The Nuclear Weapon States reaffirmed their enduring commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) across all three pillars, and their unconditional support for its universalisation.
They reaffirmed their commitment under the NPT to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.
They also reflected on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the importance of its entry into force, twenty-five years after it was opened for signature, and recalled the importance of moratoria on nuclear tests to the achievement of disarmament and non-proliferation objectives.
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#P5
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2021-12-04 12:40:19+00:00
🇷🇺🇿🇦📞 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.
The Presidents agreed to join efforts in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, in particular in view of the newly identified Omicron strain.
The leaders also discussed interaction within BRICS and trade and economic cooperation.
#RussiaRSA
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2021-12-03 10:23:20+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting
📍 Stockholm, December 2, 2021
❗️ The OSCE is in a depressing state today. It has fallen hostage to the bloc discipline of the European Union and NATO, and is mired in petty agendas.
The “effective multilateralism” our partners champion will not work if one group of countries puts itself above others and uses pressure and unfair competition tools against those who disagree – such as “vaccine diplomacy,” media campaigns using fake news, and illegal sanctions.
#RussiaOSCE
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2021-12-02 20:00:43+00:00
🎙 Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, Stockholm, December 2, 2021.
💬 There is no doubt that the only way out of the current crisis (the situation is really tense) is to find a balance of interests. I hope that we will address this today.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 There are certain internal problems that Russian diplomats are facing in the United States. In response, we had to create similar, comparable conditions for American diplomats in our country. I think this is one of the problems that can be quickly resolved and thereby send a signal that we can negotiate as our presidents want.
Let me stress that we are interested in working together to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Our American colleagues have said more than once that they would like to help without destroying the Normandy format by restoring a separate dialogue channel. We are ready for this.
#RussiaUSA
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2021-12-02 15:45:26+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: FM Sergey Lavrov gives press conference following OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNBx4zTxDvA
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2021-12-02 12:31:01+00:00
🤝 In Sweden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid.
#RussiaOSCE
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2021-12-02 12:18:26+00:00
🇷🇺🇬🇧 In Sweden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss.
#RussiaUK
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2021-12-02 11:43:52+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸 In Sweden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
#RussiaUS
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2021-12-02 11:17:50+00:00
🇷🇺 In Sweden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the opening and first plenary sessions of the 28th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
#RussiaOSCE
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2021-12-02 10:41:33+00:00
🇷🇺🇸🇪 On the sidelines of the 28th Meeting of the #OSCE Ministerial Council, Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov met with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
#RussiaOSCE #RussiaSweden
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2021-12-02 07:55:29+00:00
🇷🇺 In #Sweden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov took part in the #CSTO Foreign Ministers meeting.
#RussiaCSTO
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2021-12-01 19:24:00+00:00
🎙 From FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the international interparty forum, Global Challenges of the 21st Century: Interparty Dimension
📍 Moscow, December 1, 2021
🇷🇺 Russia, as the largest Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, will continue to help strengthen global and regional security and stability in all dimensions, and work to confront the many challenges of today’s world on the solid basis of international law, primarily the principles of the UN Charter.
❗️ Among our unconditional priorities are combatting racism and xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism, as well as any other forms of intolerance and discrimination, including ethnic and linguistic.
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2021-12-01 18:36:02+00:00
🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Stockholm on a working visit to Sweden, to take part in the OSCE Ministerial Council.
#RussiaOSCE
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2021-12-01 12:11:26+00:00
🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answer to a media question at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister of the Federative Republic of Brazil Carlos Fransa following talks
📍 Moscow, November 30, 2021
💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: Twenty years ago, the leaders of Russia and Brazil consolidated the strategic nature of our partnership. Today, we confirmed a clear and firm mutual commitment to further strengthen it.
🇷🇺🇧🇷Brazil is our leading economic partner in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the first nine months of this year, trade was up by 75 percent at $4.9 billion.
We share a basic approach to international and regional issues, which is to address international problems solely on the basis of international law and norms and principles enshrined in the UN Charter.
#RussiaBrazil
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2021-12-01 11:43:38+00:00
📍 The #TehranConference that concluded on #OTD in 1943, ranks among the most important diplomatic events of #WWII.
✅ Key decisions:
• The parties agreed to open the Second Front; the large-scale Operation Overlord was scheduled for May 1944 and later rescheduled for June 6, 1944. Proceeding from the approved action plan, the Soviet Union pledged to launch a simultaneous #offensive on the Eastern Front, that is, during the Allied offensive in France, so that the German high command would be unable to re-deploy part of its forces to the West.
• The parties decided that the Soviet Union would join the war against #Japan following the defeat of Germany in Europe.
• The Big Three leaders discussed the post-war world order. The idea of establishing an organisation that would address matters of global peace and security, what would one day become the #UN, was voiced for the first time in Tehran.
#WeWereAllies #HistoryOfDiplomacy
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2021-12-01 11:18:50+00:00
📅#OTD in 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed, which froze territorial claims and enshrined the principles of demilitarization & freedom of scientific investigation of the region.
☝️A sample of cooperation between states for the benefit of all humankind.
▶️ Learn more
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2021-12-01 11:08:08+00:00
🎙 Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich’s answer to a question from Rossiya Segodnya about US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement on the inclusion of Russia in the list of alleged violators of religious freedom
❓ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced recently that Russia, along with China and Iran, had been put on the list of countries that, according to Washington, “engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.” How can you comment on this step? Will Russia retaliate?
💬 Gennady Askaldovich: The United States is displaying an enviable persistence in playing up the religious theme. They stick labels on undesirable states, including Russia, which allegedly violate religious freedom.
☝️ We have to reiterate again and again that there is no religious persecution in Russia. Neither are there detainees who could be listed, even at a stretch, as “prisoners of conscience.”
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2021-12-01 08:05:54+00:00
🔴#LIVE: Sergey #Lavrov speaks at plenary session of Federation Council during Government Hour on #Russia’s foreign policy priorities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpn0Fpy_rA
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2021-12-01 07:56:47+00:00
⚡️ Foreign Ministry Statement on the planned US «summit for democracy».
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(Excerpts) In connection with the so called summit for democracy to be held on December 9-10 at the initiative of the US administration, we consider it necessary to make the following statement.
❗️ The organisers and enthusiasts behind this strange event claim to lead the world in advancing the cause of democracy and human rights. However, the track record and reputation of the United States, Great Britain, and the EU member states in terms of respecting democratic rights and freedoms at home, as well as in the international arena, are, to put it mildly, far from ideal.
The evidence suggests that the United States and its allies cannot and should not claim the status of a “beacon” of democracy, since they themselves have chronic problems with freedom of speech, election administration, corruption and human rights.
The editorial policy of major Western media outlets is, in fact, controlled by the partisan and corporate elites. Well-oiled mechanisms for censorship, self-censorship and the removal of unwanted accounts and content from digital platforms are used to suppress dissent in the media, which represents a gross violation of the right to free expression promoted by the West.
Social media platforms controlled by US corporations are widely used for disinformation, propaganda and manipulation of public opinion.
About a year ago, during the election campaign in the United States, the world saw how the archaic electoral system of that country began to crumble.
While fashioning itself as the “global democratic leader”, the United States has for many years led the world in the number of prisoners (over 2 million people). Conditions in many penitentiary institutions degrade human dignity. Washington continues to keep silent about torture at the Guantanamo Bay prison. The US intelligence services pioneered the creation of secret prisons in allied states, a practice without precedent in the modern world.
❌ Claiming to be on the right side of ideology and morality, the United States and a small group of its allies have undermined confidence in themselves with aggressive actions on the world stage under the banner of “promoting democracy.” There were more than a dozen military interventions and attempts at “regime change” over the past 30 years. Provocative actions in the military-political sphere often flagrantly violate international law, and cause only chaos and destruction.
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🇺🇳 To resolve pressing problems, we urge all foreign partners not to engage in “democracy promotion,” not to draw new dividing lines, but to return to the compliance with international law and to enforce the principle of the sovereign equality of states, which is enshrined in the UN Charter. It embodies the foundation for a democratic world order that the US and its allies do not accept.
As humanity continues to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftereffects, the cooperation of all states on the basis of the principles of the UN Charter is needed now more than ever.
☝️We will closely follow the “summit for democracy”
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2021-12-01 07:18:05+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: #Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjHbqBxRFr0