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💬 Maria #Zakharova:
When the US State Department says again that Evan Gershkovich is a journalist and not a spy, think about The Summing Up, the literary memoir of British writer Somerset Maugham (Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, and The Painted Veil). He was quite outspoken in it about his secret missions:
“I returned to America and shortly afterwards was sent on a mission to Petrograd. I was diffident of accepting the post, which seemed to demand capacities that I did not think I possessed; but there seemed to be no one more competent available at the moment and my being a writer was very good ‘cover’ for what I was asked to do... But I could not miss the opportunity of spending certainly a considerable time in the country of Tolstoi, Dostoievski and Chekov; I had a notion that in the intervals of the work I was being sent to do I could get something for myself that would be of value; so, I set my foot hard on the loud pedal of patriotism and persuaded the physician I consulted that under the tragic circumstances of the moment I was taking no undue risk. I set off in high spirits with unlimited money at my disposal and four devoted Czechs to act as liaison officers between me and Professor Masaryk who had under his control in various parts of Russia something like sixty thousand of his compatriots. I was exhilarated by the responsibility of my position. I went as a private agent, who could be disavowed if necessary, with instructions to get in touch with parties hostile to the government and devise a scheme that would keep Russia in the war and prevent the Bolsheviks, supported by the Central Powers, from seizing power. It is not necessary for me to inform the reader that in this I failed lamentably and I do not ask him to believe me when I state that it seems to me at least possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded. Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put an end to all my plans.
I returned to England. I had had some interesting experiences and had got to know fairly well one of the most extraordinary men I have ever met. This was Boris Savinkov, the terrorist who had assassinated Trepov and the Grand Duke Sergius...”
Maugham wrote openly that he was a British agent sent to Russia to interfere in its internal affairs and to influence the Russian government. It was in 1917, when Russia was amid revolutionary turmoil, and Maugham was sent there as a correspondent of The Daily Telegraph.
He is not the only Anglo-Saxon who worked for British secret services under the guise of a journalist or a writer. Here are some of the others:
- Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus) – and informer and a secret agent for Sir Francis Walsingham, who created Britain’s professional secret service.
- Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe) – a pro-Union spy in Scotland.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh) – a propaganda writer for MI7, an office of the Directorate of Military Intelligence with responsibilities for press liaison and propaganda, in 1916-1918.
- Graham Greene (The Quiet American) – from 1941 to 1944, he worked for MI6 as a member of the Foreign Office in Sierra Leone and Portugal. After WWII, he was a correspondent of the magazine The New Republic in Indochina.
- Ian Fleming (James Bond) – an officer in the Royal Navy’s Naval Intelligence Department during WWII.
- John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) – in 1959, he was transferred to MI6 and spent the next five years working under diplomatic cover in West Germany, first as Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Bonn and later as a political consul in Hamburg.
- Stella Rimington (Dead Line) – Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996.
The others who worked at or for Britain’s War Propaganda Bureau, commonly known as Wellington House, in 1914-1918 are H. G. Wells (The War of the Worlds), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), as well as many newspaper editors.
When the US State Department says again that Evan Gershkovich is a journalist and not a spy, think about The Summing Up, the literary memoir of British writer Somerset Maugham (Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, and The Painted Veil). He was quite outspoken in it about his secret missions:
“I returned to America and shortly afterwards was sent on a mission to Petrograd. I was diffident of accepting the post, which seemed to demand capacities that I did not think I possessed; but there seemed to be no one more competent available at the moment and my being a writer was very good ‘cover’ for what I was asked to do... But I could not miss the opportunity of spending certainly a considerable time in the country of Tolstoi, Dostoievski and Chekov; I had a notion that in the intervals of the work I was being sent to do I could get something for myself that would be of value; so, I set my foot hard on the loud pedal of patriotism and persuaded the physician I consulted that under the tragic circumstances of the moment I was taking no undue risk. I set off in high spirits with unlimited money at my disposal and four devoted Czechs to act as liaison officers between me and Professor Masaryk who had under his control in various parts of Russia something like sixty thousand of his compatriots. I was exhilarated by the responsibility of my position. I went as a private agent, who could be disavowed if necessary, with instructions to get in touch with parties hostile to the government and devise a scheme that would keep Russia in the war and prevent the Bolsheviks, supported by the Central Powers, from seizing power. It is not necessary for me to inform the reader that in this I failed lamentably and I do not ask him to believe me when I state that it seems to me at least possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded. Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put an end to all my plans.
I returned to England. I had had some interesting experiences and had got to know fairly well one of the most extraordinary men I have ever met. This was Boris Savinkov, the terrorist who had assassinated Trepov and the Grand Duke Sergius...”
Maugham wrote openly that he was a British agent sent to Russia to interfere in its internal affairs and to influence the Russian government. It was in 1917, when Russia was amid revolutionary turmoil, and Maugham was sent there as a correspondent of The Daily Telegraph.
He is not the only Anglo-Saxon who worked for British secret services under the guise of a journalist or a writer. Here are some of the others:
- Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus) – and informer and a secret agent for Sir Francis Walsingham, who created Britain’s professional secret service.
- Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe) – a pro-Union spy in Scotland.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh) – a propaganda writer for MI7, an office of the Directorate of Military Intelligence with responsibilities for press liaison and propaganda, in 1916-1918.
- Graham Greene (The Quiet American) – from 1941 to 1944, he worked for MI6 as a member of the Foreign Office in Sierra Leone and Portugal. After WWII, he was a correspondent of the magazine The New Republic in Indochina.
- Ian Fleming (James Bond) – an officer in the Royal Navy’s Naval Intelligence Department during WWII.
- John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) – in 1959, he was transferred to MI6 and spent the next five years working under diplomatic cover in West Germany, first as Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Bonn and later as a political consul in Hamburg.
- Stella Rimington (Dead Line) – Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996.
The others who worked at or for Britain’s War Propaganda Bureau, commonly known as Wellington House, in 1914-1918 are H. G. Wells (The War of the Worlds), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), as well as many newspaper editors.
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📅 12 июля в Москве в рамках российского председательства в БРИКС прошли консультации руководителей информационных подразделений внешнеполитических ведомств стран-участниц объединения.
Состоялся обстоятельный обмен мнениями по всему комплексу вопросов углубления взаимодействия в информационной сфере в целях укрепления международного авторитета и популяризации #БРИКС. Отмечена особая актуальность практической координации в формировании контуров общего безопасного медиапространства стран БРИКС в условиях агрессивного информационного давления «коллективного Запада».
Обсуждена тематика использования во внешнеполитической деятельности инструментов цифровой дипломатии. Намечены пути взаимодействия по проблематике искусственного интеллекта на профильных многосторонних площадках и практического применения этой передовой технологии в информационной работе.
🤝 Участники подчеркнули важность выработки коллективных механизмов по противодействию распространению дезинформации и фейков, попыткам дискредитировать деятельность БРИКС и его участников в глазах мировой общественности.
Выражена заинтересованность в развитии равноправного и взаимовыгодного сотрудничества между СМИ, экспертными кругами и профессиональными объединениями журналистов.
Рассмотрены практические аспекты подготовки и проведения Саммита БРИКС в Казани (22-24 октября 2024 г.) в части обеспечения его объективного и всестороннего освещения в СМИ.
«На полях» встречи проведены двусторонние консультации по информационной проблематике с делегациями 🇧🇷 Бразилии, 🇪🇬 Египта, 🇮🇷 Ирана и 🇨🇳 Китая.
Состоялся обстоятельный обмен мнениями по всему комплексу вопросов углубления взаимодействия в информационной сфере в целях укрепления международного авторитета и популяризации #БРИКС. Отмечена особая актуальность практической координации в формировании контуров общего безопасного медиапространства стран БРИКС в условиях агрессивного информационного давления «коллективного Запада».
Обсуждена тематика использования во внешнеполитической деятельности инструментов цифровой дипломатии. Намечены пути взаимодействия по проблематике искусственного интеллекта на профильных многосторонних площадках и практического применения этой передовой технологии в информационной работе.
🤝 Участники подчеркнули важность выработки коллективных механизмов по противодействию распространению дезинформации и фейков, попыткам дискредитировать деятельность БРИКС и его участников в глазах мировой общественности.
Выражена заинтересованность в развитии равноправного и взаимовыгодного сотрудничества между СМИ, экспертными кругами и профессиональными объединениями журналистов.
Рассмотрены практические аспекты подготовки и проведения Саммита БРИКС в Казани (22-24 октября 2024 г.) в части обеспечения его объективного и всестороннего освещения в СМИ.
«На полях» встречи проведены двусторонние консультации по информационной проблематике с делегациями 🇧🇷 Бразилии, 🇪🇬 Египта, 🇮🇷 Ирана и 🇨🇳 Китая.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾Алексей Оверчук принял участие в церемонии открытия XXXIII Международного фестиваля искусств «Славянский базар в Витебске»
🎼Международный фестиваль искусств «Славянский базар» – это крупномасштабный культурный проект, способствующий реализации гуманитарного сотрудничества, а также возрождению и развитию художественной культуры и искусства.
🇷🇺На церемонии открытия вице-премьер зачитал приветственные слова Президента России участникам и гостям фестиваля.
🎭Для композиторов, певцов, поэтов, художников и артистов различных жанров витебский фестиваль предоставляет хорошую возможность продемонстрировать талант и мастерство, пообщаться с коллегами и друзьями, поделиться опытом и творческими планами.
Программа «Славянского базара» традиционно весьма насыщенна и разнообразна. В этот раз особое место в ней занимают мероприятия, приуроченные к двум знаменательным юбилеям:
⚜️80-летию освобождения Белоруссии от нацистских захватчиков,
⚜️25-летию подписания Договора о создании Союзного государства.
⚡️ Международный фестиваль искусств «Славянский базар» проводится с 1992 года. В этом году на нем представлено 42 страны. Основные мероприятия пройдут в Витебске с 11 по 14 июля.
🎼Международный фестиваль искусств «Славянский базар» – это крупномасштабный культурный проект, способствующий реализации гуманитарного сотрудничества, а также возрождению и развитию художественной культуры и искусства.
🇷🇺На церемонии открытия вице-премьер зачитал приветственные слова Президента России участникам и гостям фестиваля.
🎭Для композиторов, певцов, поэтов, художников и артистов различных жанров витебский фестиваль предоставляет хорошую возможность продемонстрировать талант и мастерство, пообщаться с коллегами и друзьями, поделиться опытом и творческими планами.
Программа «Славянского базара» традиционно весьма насыщенна и разнообразна. В этот раз особое место в ней занимают мероприятия, приуроченные к двум знаменательным юбилеям:
⚜️80-летию освобождения Белоруссии от нацистских захватчиков,
⚜️25-летию подписания Договора о создании Союзного государства.
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🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin addressed the Plenary Session of the 10th #BRICS Parliamentary Forum (July 11, St Petersburg)
💬 President Vladimir Putin: The theme of this forum — The Role of Parliaments in Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security — is extremely important. It speaks for itself, highlighting the nature of the fundamental global transformations underway today.
Your open discussions, the face-to-face conversations between legislators representing their voters fully align with the principles that underpin BRICS philosophy. These include consideration of each other’s interests, reliance on democracy in international relations, respect for sovereignty of nations and their right to determine their own development trajectories.
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🌐 We understand very well that formation of a world order that reflects the real balance of forces and the new geopolitical, economic and demographic reality is a complicated and, unfortunately, even painful process – mainly because the efforts of the BRICS members and other developing countries are facing fierce resistance from the ruling elites of the so-called “golden billion” states.
Acting contrary to historical logic and often to the detriment of the long-term interests of their own nations, they seek to cement a certain order based on their own so-called rules that nobody has ever seen, discussed or adopted. These rules are written or corrected every time anew, to suit every specific situation and in the interests of those who consider themselves exceptional and arrogated the right to dictate their will to others. This is classical colonialism at its best, a clear attempt to replace legitimate international law and monopolise the ultimate truth – and this monopoly is destructive.
The pressure on those who have their own stance is growing. Contrary to the principles of international law, they are using force and coercion, unilateral sanctions, selective application of trade rules, and blackmail.
We have seen attempts to restrict direct contacts between lawmakers, which goes against the principle of free interparliamentary cooperation and the sovereign right of official representatives of every state to protect their national interests.
That is why today the significance and relevance of collective work by people’s representatives on the constructive agenda of our association are rising dramatically.
🇷🇺 Let me remind you that the main goal of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship this year is to create the most favourable conditions for consistent development of all its members. I am convinced that, by acting together in unity, we will be able to fulfill our countries’ potential in the economy, investment, technology, and human capital; to strengthen the positive impact of BRICS on global developments and make the world safer and more harmonious.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: The theme of this forum — The Role of Parliaments in Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security — is extremely important. It speaks for itself, highlighting the nature of the fundamental global transformations underway today.
Your open discussions, the face-to-face conversations between legislators representing their voters fully align with the principles that underpin BRICS philosophy. These include consideration of each other’s interests, reliance on democracy in international relations, respect for sovereignty of nations and their right to determine their own development trajectories.
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🌐 We understand very well that formation of a world order that reflects the real balance of forces and the new geopolitical, economic and demographic reality is a complicated and, unfortunately, even painful process – mainly because the efforts of the BRICS members and other developing countries are facing fierce resistance from the ruling elites of the so-called “golden billion” states.
Acting contrary to historical logic and often to the detriment of the long-term interests of their own nations, they seek to cement a certain order based on their own so-called rules that nobody has ever seen, discussed or adopted. These rules are written or corrected every time anew, to suit every specific situation and in the interests of those who consider themselves exceptional and arrogated the right to dictate their will to others. This is classical colonialism at its best, a clear attempt to replace legitimate international law and monopolise the ultimate truth – and this monopoly is destructive.
The pressure on those who have their own stance is growing. Contrary to the principles of international law, they are using force and coercion, unilateral sanctions, selective application of trade rules, and blackmail.
We have seen attempts to restrict direct contacts between lawmakers, which goes against the principle of free interparliamentary cooperation and the sovereign right of official representatives of every state to protect their national interests.
That is why today the significance and relevance of collective work by people’s representatives on the constructive agenda of our association are rising dramatically.
🇷🇺 Let me remind you that the main goal of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship this year is to create the most favourable conditions for consistent development of all its members. I am convinced that, by acting together in unity, we will be able to fulfill our countries’ potential in the economy, investment, technology, and human capital; to strengthen the positive impact of BRICS on global developments and make the world safer and more harmonious.
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🗓 On July 11, Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
🏛 Vladimir Putin met with Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, at the Tauride Palace in Saint-Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: [The Inter-Parliamentary Union] is a respectable organisation that was founded back in the late 19th century. Many countries are its members. We welcome the fact that it is now led by a representative of a developing economy in Africa. I am confident that this will be interesting for you.
On our part, we hope that you will support the work of the BRICS parliamentary dimension, which is important. Not only does it lay the foundation for joint work to strengthen the regulatory framework between participating states, but also it creates a favourable humanitarian atmosphere for achieving common development goals.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Speaking of the parliamentary dimension of our cooperation, I consider it to be extremely important because it focuses on the most important aspects of our interaction and creates a favourable atmosphere for achieving our goals and accomplishing high-priority objectives, including the economy, cultural and humanitarian ties.
🇷🇺🇮🇷 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Iran is beginning its work as a full [BRICS] member. This makes us happy. We worked together to organise Iran’s accession.
Russia and Iran are making considerable progress in their relations. Iran recently held a presidential election. I hope and I have no doubt that Russia-Iran relations will develop at the same steady pace as they did under Mr Raisi, whose passing we all mourn.
🏛 Vladimir Putin met with Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, at the Tauride Palace in Saint-Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: [The Inter-Parliamentary Union] is a respectable organisation that was founded back in the late 19th century. Many countries are its members. We welcome the fact that it is now led by a representative of a developing economy in Africa. I am confident that this will be interesting for you.
On our part, we hope that you will support the work of the BRICS parliamentary dimension, which is important. Not only does it lay the foundation for joint work to strengthen the regulatory framework between participating states, but also it creates a favourable humanitarian atmosphere for achieving common development goals.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Speaking of the parliamentary dimension of our cooperation, I consider it to be extremely important because it focuses on the most important aspects of our interaction and creates a favourable atmosphere for achieving our goals and accomplishing high-priority objectives, including the economy, cultural and humanitarian ties.
🇷🇺🇮🇷 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Iran is beginning its work as a full [BRICS] member. This makes us happy. We worked together to organise Iran’s accession.
Russia and Iran are making considerable progress in their relations. Iran recently held a presidential election. I hope and I have no doubt that Russia-Iran relations will develop at the same steady pace as they did under Mr Raisi, whose passing we all mourn.
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🤝 Consultations among the Heads of Information Departments / Spokespersons of BRICS Ministries of Foreign Affairs were held today, on July 12, in Moscow
#BRICS2024
🤝 Consultations among the Heads of Information Departments / Spokespersons of BRICS Ministries of Foreign Affairs were held today, on July 12, in Moscow
#BRICS2024
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📅 8–12 июля в Нью-Йорке состоялась восьмая сессия Рабочей группы открытого состава (#РГОС) ООН по международной информационной безопасности #МИБ
По итогам мероприятия консенсусом принят третий ежегодный промежуточный доклад данного механизма, в котором нашли отражение многие элементы подходов России и её единомышленников к обеспечению МИБ.
Главным результатом напряжённой переговорной работы стало закрепление в документе консенсусного решения создать в ООН по завершении деятельности нынешней РГОС в 2025 году единый универсальный переговорный механизм по проблематике информбезопасности и согласование его ключевых параметров. Удалось сохранить сугубо консенсусную процедуру принятия решений при ведущей роли государств и закрепить в мандате формата-преемника РГОС задачу выработки норм юридически обязывающего характера.
🤝 Российская сторона готова к дальнейшему конструктивному участию в процессе уточнения деталей будущей структуры в ходе заключительного переговорного цикла РГОС (декабрь 2024 года - июль 2025 года).
Россия продолжит в качестве приоритета отстаивать необходимость создания справедливой системы МИБ, построенной на принципах равноправия, взаимоуважения, доверия и учётов интересов всех государств.
По итогам мероприятия консенсусом принят третий ежегодный промежуточный доклад данного механизма, в котором нашли отражение многие элементы подходов России и её единомышленников к обеспечению МИБ.
Главным результатом напряжённой переговорной работы стало закрепление в документе консенсусного решения создать в ООН по завершении деятельности нынешней РГОС в 2025 году единый универсальный переговорный механизм по проблематике информбезопасности и согласование его ключевых параметров. Удалось сохранить сугубо консенсусную процедуру принятия решений при ведущей роли государств и закрепить в мандате формата-преемника РГОС задачу выработки норм юридически обязывающего характера.
🤝 Российская сторона готова к дальнейшему конструктивному участию в процессе уточнения деталей будущей структуры в ходе заключительного переговорного цикла РГОС (декабрь 2024 года - июль 2025 года).
Россия продолжит в качестве приоритета отстаивать необходимость создания справедливой системы МИБ, построенной на принципах равноправия, взаимоуважения, доверия и учётов интересов всех государств.