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2023-02-01 20:01:23+00:00
A Russian representative at the 152-nd session of the WHO Executive Board:
🏥 In total, since April 2014, more than 150 medical institutions in DPR and 45 in LPR have been damaged by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
❌ Unfortunately, Western colleagues once again distort facts or use blatant disinformation. It's no secret that the long–term goal of the US and its allies in Ukraine is "victory over Russia on the battlefield by any means".
❗️ Meanwhile, the Kiev regime resorts to war crimes like:
1⃣ Use of civilians as "human shields";
2⃣ Placement of military equipment and establishing firing positions in residential buildings and civilian infrastructure;
3⃣ Transportation of military personnel and military cargo on medical and other non-specialized vehicles with "non-combatant" markings;
4⃣ Use of prohibited inhumane types of weapons, i.a. cluster and unguided ammunition with wide-area impact;
5⃣ Preventing evacuation of civilians;
6⃣ Murders and tortures of Russian POWs.
📄 Full text (🇷🇺)
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2023-02-02 17:31:11+00:00
📅 #OnThisDay in 1943 - exactly 8️⃣0️⃣ years ago - one of the largest and fiercest battles in history, which radically changed the course of World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad was concluded.
This bitter battle lasted 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days on the banks of the Don and Volga rivers, at the walls of Stalingrad, and finally in the city itself. Over 2.1 million people were part of the battle on both sides.
The Battle for Stalingrad surpassed all previous battles in world history in its scale and intensity.
It was the Third Reich's firm belief & strategic calculus that in order to defeat the USSR the Axis would need to accomplish the following:
1️⃣ Conquering the Caucasus with its vital oil reserves (some 90% of all Soviet oil was produced there);
2️⃣ Seizing fertile agricultural areas in the Don and Kuban regions, the North Caucasus and the low reaches of the Volga;
3️⃣ Establishing control over the Volga River - an important transport route.
☝️ However, their plans were not destined to come true.
The Battle of Stalingrad includes two periods:
Defensive: from July 17 to November 18, 1942
Offensive: from November 19, 1942 to February 2, 1943.
🎖 The Battle of Stalingrad ended with a historic victory by the Soviet armed forces, marking a radical turn not only in the course of the Great Patriotic War, but also in the entire World War II.
The fascist block lost a quarter of its forces on the Soviet-German front during this battle with the total losses, including the dead and wounded, prisoners of war and those who went missing, totalling around 1.5 million people. This led Germany to announce its first national day of mourning during the war.
❗️ The victory in Stalingrad created conditions enabling Soviet forces to mount a large-scale counteroffensive aimed at expelling the invaders from the Motherland.
Not only did this massive feat increase the international prestige of the USSR & the Red Army, but also helped strengthen the anti-Hitler coalition.
📖 Learn more
#Stalingrad80
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2023-02-06 17:43:31+00:00
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Speaker of the Council of Representatives (Parliament) of the Republic of Iraq Mohamed al-Halbousi, Baghdad, February 6, 2023
💬 We feel like we are among friends here. Thank you for your kind words about Russia's role in today's world. I would like to stress that we are empowered when our friends stand with us to uphold justice and the basic principles of international law.
We see how the friendly Iraqi people, who have endured enormous hardships, are fully aware of their responsibility for the promotion of just approaches to resolving any international and regional problems.
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2023-02-07 20:31:28+00:00
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s comment for the media on the results of his meeting with Interim President of the Republic of Mali Assimi Goïta
📍Bamako, February 7, 2023
💬 We discussed everything that affects the interests of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Mali in drafting our development plans in line with interests of our peoples.
🤝 We discussed the issues that Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop and I talked about at the news conference: plans for trade, economic and investment activity; ongoing military and military-technical programmes; humanitarian, cultural and education ties, and coordination at the UN and other international organisations.
We are reliably meeting Mali’s needs to ensure its security and defence capability. With our support, the Malian leaders have achieved clear successes in countering terrorism. We will certainly continue this cooperation.
🇺🇳 In the United Nations, we will firmly uphold the fundamental principle of the sovereign equality of states and oppose the increasingly frequent attempts to bring back colonialism to the international community.
We have achieved specific results during this visit and we will translate them into action.
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2023-02-08 20:45:05+00:00
🇷🇺🇲🇷 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comment for the media following a meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani
📍 Nouakchott, February 8, 2023
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• We discussed preparations for the second Russia-Africa Summit, to be held on July 27-29 in St Petersburg. Mr President attended the first edition of this summit in the autumn of 2019 in Sochi and has confirmed his intention to take advantage of President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to come to the next summit in St Petersburg at the end of July.
• We have a shared opinion on international affairs concerning the need to intensify efforts to support international law and the principles in the UN Charter.
• Like our Mauritanian colleagues, we are concerned about the growing tension in the Sahara-Sahel region, where countries need to combine efforts to more effectively combat terrorist manifestations, which are, if anything, growing.
• Bilateral cooperation has always included marine harvesting. Under the Agreement on Cooperation in Marine Fisheries, Russian seiners can operate in Mauritania’s exclusive economic zone.
• We would like to diversify our ties and extend them to other areas, primarily mining and healthcare.
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2023-02-09 21:01:41+00:00
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings on #DiplomatsDay
💬 Today, we are celebrating Diplomatic Worker’s Day. I would like to congratulate all my colleagues, no matter where you work – on Smolenskaya Square, in the Foreign Ministry’s regional offices or in our numerous foreign missions – on our shared holiday.
February 10 is an important day for all Foreign Ministry staff. It symbolises the continuity of the diplomatic service and demonstrates to the country and the world our professional unity and the noble ideals of our country’s diplomacy.
☝️ This year we are celebrating our holiday against the backdrop of the hybrid war that the United States and its allies have unleashed on our country.
There is no doubt that Russia will withstand this time of trials and will become even stronger after overcoming them. The large-scale Russophobic campaign for which the collective West has been cultivating the Nazi regime in Kiev for many years has directly affected our diplomats as well. Many of our colleagues are now working in extreme conditions, often risking life and limb.
The Foreign Ministry team has always faithfully and fully done its duty to the Motherland and our people. And this time will be no different.
❗️ We will continue to do everything necessary to protect our national interests and create a favourable environment for Russia’s stable development and for raising the living standards of its people. The honour and dignity of our Motherland and all our citizens have never been and will never be subject to any compromise.
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2023-02-10 21:51:50+00:00
📅 On February 10, Russia marks Diplomatic Worker’s Day. This date has a special meaning, since it appears on the first document mentioning the Ambassadorial Office (or “Posolsky Prikaz” in Russian), Russia’s first government institution in charge of foreign affairs.
Here are some milestones in the history of Russian diplomacy:
🔹 The first document mentioning the Ambassadorial Office headed by Ivan Viskovaty, a clerk from the Boyar’s Council, dates back to 1549.
🔹 Russia’s victory in the Great Northern War and the adoption of the Imperial title by Peter the Great in 1721 consolidated Russia’s standing as a great power.
🔹 Russia’s victory in the 1812 Patriotic War and its involvement in liberating European countries further reinforced our country’s international standing and had a major impact on international affairs.
🔹Established in 1917, the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs opened a new page in the history of Russian diplomacy. The new agency focused on ending the country’s political isolation.
🔹 When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, the Soviet diplomacy focused on building a collective security system, but Western countries did everything to slow down the negotiating process and ultimately derailed it.
🔹 On July 5, 1941, Moscow started forming its people’s militia, and almost half of staff members at the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, including the entire class of 1941 of the Higher Diplomatic School, volunteered for the front.
🔹 After the war, fighting for peace, international détente and disarmament became Soviet foreign policy priorities. On June 26, 1945, the Soviet Union and representatives of 49 countries signed the UN Charter.
🔹 Russia started to shape its foreign policy as a new democratic state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
📖 Read our extended feature article to learn more about the milestones in the history of Russian foreign policy.
Milestones in the history of Russian diplomacy
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2023-02-11 17:55:43+00:00
📽🎞 Head of the Russian Delegation Konstantin Gavrilov in an interview with Russia Today (Vienna, February 10, 2023):
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🇷🇺 Russia is demanding an assessment from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (#OSCE) about the alleged use of 🧪 chemical weapons by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The officials claim Russian servicemen have been chemically burned and poisoned as a result of Kiev's actions.
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2023-02-13 21:39:36+00:00
OTD in 1873 Feodor Chaliapin the great Russian opera singer was born.
On the initiative of Russia 🇷🇺 supported by Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Chaliapin's anniversary was included in the Calendar of International Celebrations observed by UNESCO. Recognizing the contribution of the unique Russian artist to the world culture, France 🇫🇷 and Italy 🇮🇹 contributed to the promotion of this nomination.
Russia 🇷🇺 is proud of its great citizen, whose fame and heritage inspires many opera singers of our time.
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2023-02-16 18:34:17+00:00
⚡Comment by the Russian Permanent Mission to the EU
on the Resolution Adopted by the European Parliament
on the Occasion of One Year since the Launch of the Special Military Operation⚡
On 16 February, the European Parliament adopted a resolution “on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine”. Another opus by MEPs is a paragon of disinformation.
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🔹 The MEPs pretend to be unaware of the Ukrainian legislative acts that infringe on the rights of national minorities and the Russian-speaking population.
🔹The European Parliament also keeps silent on violations of international humanitarian law by the Ukrainian military.
🔹We do not see any mention in the resolution of strikes by the armed forces of Ukraine against civilians and infrastructure.
❗Obviously, the resolution is aimed at deliberately misleading the European public and trying to justify the EU course to escalate the Ukrainian conflict and increase sanctions pressure on our country.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3Ka4fXB
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2023-02-17 18:15:24+00:00
🇷🇺🪔🇮🇳 We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest Exhibition at the New Delhi's AIFACS Gallery today. The exhibition features a stunning collection of the Contests' award-winning photographs from some of the world's best photojournalists and photographers.
In his address Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov underscored that the Indian photographers are among the most active and successful participants of the Contest. Their works are also showcased at the Gallery.
The exposition will be open to public until February 23 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. There you will have fantastic opportunity to marvel at the images captured by the talented artists and witness the power of visual storytelling.
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2023-02-18 16:00:00+00:00
🕯 Doctor of Military Science, Lieutenant General of the Red Army Dmitry Karbyshev was brutally murdered by the Nazis in the Mauthausen concentration camp in the early hours of February 18, 1945.
Dmitry Karbyshev was a military professional who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. He served in the Red Army from 1918 and was considered to be one of the best military engineers. During the Winter War against Finland, he played an important role in the operation to break through the Mannerheim Line.
During the Great Patriotic War, he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Nazis while he was unconscious. Dmitry Karbyshev was imprisoned in many concentration camps during his time in captivity, including Majdanek, Auschwitz, Flossenbürg, Hammelburg, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen.
☝️ The Nazis tried to persuade the Soviet general to cooperate. According to some data, originally the Germans wanted to place Karbyshev in command of the Russian Liberation Army. He was brought to Berlin in late 1942, where Chief of the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces Wilhelm Keitel personally tried to entice Dmitry Karbyshev to side with Nazi Germany, but the Soviet officer remained steadfast: “I do not trade my conscience and my Motherland!”
While he was a prisoner of war, the Soviet officer organised anti-Nazi resistance groups, thus continuing the fight against the enemy. In early 1944 Karbyshev was sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was tortured and brutally murdered. The Nazis poured cold water on him in the freezing cold until he turned into an ice pillar. The concentration camp survivors, who witnessed Karbyshev’s death, said his last words were: “Stay strong, comrades! Think of the Motherland and courage will not leave you!”
🎖 The steadfast Soviet commander, whose feat went down in history, was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage and heroism.
#FacesOfVictory
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2023-02-19 09:44:56+00:00
🇷🇺🇺🇸Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answer to a media question
❓: Dear Mr. Ambassador, how could you comment on the statements by the administration officials about Russia's alleged involvement in crimes against humanity in Ukraine?
💬Anatoly Antonov: We consider such insinuations as an attempt, unprecedented in terms of its cynicism, to demonize Russia in the course of a hybrid war, unleashed against us.
☝️There is no doubt that the purpose of such attacks is to justify Washington’s own actions to fuel the Ukrainian crisis. First of all, it concerns the rampant militarization of the Kiev regime. At one point the Americans said, that they would supply the republic with only defensive weapons, but now ship heavy armored vehicles, artillery, multiple launch rocket systems with long-range munitions. The U.S. provides intelligence to Kiev Nazis, trains militants. By the will of the White House an egregious act is being committed – just like 80 years ago – tanks with crosses are attacking our country.
How can we trust the West and try to come to any type of agreement after all these statements and actions? Basically, they told us one thing, but acted in the opposite direction.
Officials in DC ignore the use of prohibited indiscriminate ammunition by the armed forces of Ukraine, which are delivered there in huge quantities, taking lives of hundreds of civilians. This fact was even confirmed by American humanitarian NGOs, which can hardly be suspected of pro-Russian sentiments.
At the same time, the US simply turns a blind eye to the atrocities of the Zelensky regime. Washington prefers not to notice the horrific scenes of the shootings of unarmed captured Russian soldiers. It forgot about the bloodcurdling burning of people at the Trade Union Building in Odessa in 2014.
The United States completely ignores the attacks that have been going on for many years on settlements in Donbass - kindergartens, schools, hospitals and residential buildings. Although it should be clear to any sober-minded person that no threats come from there.
❓Washington's two-facedness is outrageous. Why is the State Department silent about the atrocities of Ukrainian cutthroats? What are the American human rights organizations thinking? Why is no one calling for the punishment of fascist thugs?
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2023-02-20 21:15:15+00:00
💬 Kiev continues to fight with the monuments to the soldiers-liberators from fascism.
📍In the village of Bodnarov in Ivano-Frankovsk region 🇺🇦authorities demolished the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union A.P. Koryakov, who died in the fight against the Nazis at the age of 21. It is planned to "excavate, exhume and reburial" his remains in the village cemetery.
📢We call on UNESCO to raise its voice in defense of the memorials to the soldiers-liberators!
☝Founded on the ruins of World War II, the Organization owes its existence to these heroes who gave their lives in the fight against Nazism.
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2023-02-21 20:00:02+00:00
#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
The Americans claim they “had nothing to do” with the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines even though the findings by renowned investigative reporter Seymour Hersh are widely available.
We know that they know that everyone knows that this is a lie.
The problem is not that “the US” is the only logical answer to the oldest question in legal practice, Cui bono (who benefits?) that makes any sense; the problem is that the Americans are simply lying. I could tell you again about US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s vial hoax, but if you are tired of this story, I have plenty of others.
🇭🇹 There is this small nation, Haiti, and it has had bad luck. It was a colony – first Spanish, then French, and then for decades, it remained under American occupation. Each of these countries drained the island and its residents’ resources as much as they could, repaying them with poverty and devastation.
The Cold War was terrible in “warm” Haiti. François Duvalier, a former physician with the American Sanitary Mission, born a Haitian, was a dictator who established the most repressive government in Haiti and ordered arrests and massive human rights abuses. The details make one’s blood run cold: the detainees had their heads chopped off and were tortured by submerging them in baths of acid. Why didn't the Americans stand up for human rights then? Because they needed Duvalier as an anti-communist, to balance Fidel Castro's Cuba, as simple as that. Washington even provided the deranged dictator with money, while paying lip service to democracy.
In the 1990s, the Americans finally stopped respecting the sovereignty of the island republic altogether. In 1994, they pushed for Security Council authorisation for a special military operation in Haiti to restore President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power because they wanted him there. They returned him to power. Later though, when they got tired of him, they just kidnapped him like a puppet and carted him off to Africa. This is how the George W. Bush administration helped build democracy in Haiti.
In 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated; his wife, Martine, was also shot in the attack.
And what was found? Suspicions that the Americans were responsible again emerged in the Western information landscape immediately.
Also that week, the US Department of Justice issued a short press release declaring that several Americans associated with American PMC CTU Security had been arrested. Official Caracas reported that CTU had earlier been involved in the failed assassination attempt on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. And at the same time, at the Security Council meetings on Haiti, the US representative continued to declare their intention to contribute to the development of democracy, organising fair elections and supporting NGOs.
Only the Americans occupy a country on a whim, remove or imprison presidents, or dispose them through murder. Consider these statistics: Haiti is ranked 170th in terms of per capita GDP (of 199); every second HIV-infected resident of the Caribbean islands is Haitian.
This is a very thought-provoking story for Zelensky, who so affectionately embraced Joe Biden in the centre of Kiev. How much must one hate their own people to consider a prospect similar to that of long-suffering Haiti for themselves?
❓ So, to what extent is the US “not responsible” for sabotaging Nord Stream – as much as for the assassination of Haiti's president? Or for the vial hoax of the invasion of Iraq?
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2023-02-22 22:02:15+00:00
🎙 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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2023-02-24 21:01:41+00:00
⚡⚡⚡Ambassador Oleg Stepanov's comment
🔹️Canadian and Western sanctions against Russian citizens, state structures or businesses are meaningless. They’ve never worked against Russia, they can’t influence our sovereign foreign policy or domestic affairs.
🔹️They just harm the economies and well-being of the peoples of those countries whose governments introduce sanctions.
🔹️In general, this is a sign of the helplessness of the Russophobic camp which hates Russia but knows it’s impossible to defeat Russia. In the absence of other means, it channels such a hatred through empty posturing.
🔹️All this deserves no other political reaction on our part than dismissive regret. But, of course, the reciprocal practical response will also follow.
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2023-02-25 19:30:21+00:00
🇷🇺 Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Mrs Lyudmila Vorobieva reflected upon the roots of the Ukrainian crisis in the interview to the Asia Prime Program of the Metro Globe Network (24.02.2023)
👉 Key points:
💬 Our [special military] operation will progress carefully and steadily, and all the targets set out will be achieved.
💬 The West does not want this conflict to be resolved sometime soon. They want this conflict to last, and they are using Ukraine as a military instrument against Russia.
💬 This conflict is not about Ukraine. Ukraine is the victim of the neocolonial policies of Western countries. Ukrainian people are dragged into this situation by their government who are puppets of the West.
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2023-02-27 07:05:54+00:00
🔴 #LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the meeting with Russia's MFA representatives in the Russian regions
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202302270700-LIVE13522-Lavrov-speaks-at-meeting-with-heads-of-FM-s-territorial-bodies-in-country-s-regions
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
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2023-02-27 23:15:02+00:00
⚡️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
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2023-02-28 22:01:21+00:00
Hard to believe this is #Canada circa 2023:
Pro-Nazi torchlight processions hit Canadian streets against the backdrop of Leopard tanks emblazoned with iron crosses pounding Ukraine's fertile soil.
Wake up, Canadians, say NO to neo-Nazis & Banderovites!