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Russian Embassy’s reply to the article ‘Russia today echoes ‘might is right’ foreign policy of the past’ by G.Sæther, Norwegian Ambassador to SA

‘We assumed that the era of large-scale war in Europe was over but we were wrong,’ says Mr. G.Sæther. We believe Serbs assumed that, too, when back in 1999 the US-led NATO, at its own discretion, bombed and invaded their country, Yugoslavia.

‘Russia is also a master of blaming the war on others, in particular on NATO’s so-called expansion,’ – claims Mr G.Sæther. We remind that since 1991 there has been six waves of the ‘so-called expansion’.

Arguing Russia uses ‘rape as a military tactic’ is just rich. Be it known that stating this the Ambassador disseminates sick fantasies of the Ukrainian ex-Ombudswoman L.Denisova who was fired exactly for that lie.

G.Sæther’s words about ‘Russia invading Georgia’ are mere lies. It was Georgia’s M.Saakashvilli who ordered to attack South Ossetia and Russian peacekeepers stationed there on the night of 8 August 2008.
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#Announcement

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on current foreign policy issues at approximately 10.30 am MSK (07.30 am GMT) on July 6.

❗️ Accreditation is open until 12 pm on July 5.
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📅 #OTD in 1944, units of the Red Army’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belarusian fronts, supported by the 1st Baltic Front, liberated Minsk as part of Operation Bagration.

On June 28, 1941, Nazi forces seized the city. The Nazis destroyed nearly 80% of residential buildings, hastened to establish a ghetto. 400,000+ people perished by their hand in Minsk and its outskirts. The crimes committed there have but one word to describe them - genocide.

The retreating invaders took out their anger on the city and its resilient denizens: they blew up 23 major enterprises, wrecked a water conduit, blew up local sewers and the telephone network, destroyed 47 schools, as well as theatres, libraries, outpatient clinics and hospitals.

🔥 At 2:30 am on July 3 the occupiers felt the righteous anger of the Red Army. Eyewitnesses wrote that the Germans began to panic when the Soviet soldiers descended on the city. Partisans helped to liberate the city; they took part in the preparation of the operation plan and participated in street fighting.

The Soviet air force, which dominated the skies, hit the enemy hard,wreaking havoc on the retreating Nazis and hampering the arrival of their reserves

Highly effective and well-coordinated operations made it possible to expel the enemy from Minsk by the evening of July 3. To commemorate this event, Moscow ordered a 324-gun artillery salute.

❗️ It should be noted that Soviet forces continued to mop up the German formation, encircled to the east and southeast of Minsk, in the so-called Minsk pocket, until July 11. The Nazis failed to break out of the pocket. In all, 70,000 enemy soldiers were killed, and around 35,000 more, including 12 generals, were taken prisoner.

The main forces of the three Belarusian fronts pushed westward, while the others continued to mop up the encircled enemy formation near Minsk.

#Victory78
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🌍 Black Sea Grain Deal's Cessation Will Not Affect Africa: Russian Grain Union

The possible termination of the Black Sea grain deal will not affect African countries, Arkady Zlochevsky, president of the Russian Grain Union, has told Sputnik Africa

According to Zlochevsky, Russia's grain supplies to African countries "in no way" depend on the implementation of the Ukrainian deal

💬 "If it [the deal] will be or will not be there, we will provide our volumes anyway. And the president [Vladimir Putin] also said that we will give some volume for free," the director pointed out

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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova

💬 The Kiev regime's attempt to attack an area where civilian infrastructure is located, including an airport, which, incidentally, also serves international flights, is yet another act of terrorism.

Considering that Zelensky carries out these attacks with weapons supplied by the West or purchased with Western funds, this is international terrorism.

The international community must understand that the United States, the UK and France, all permanent members of the UN Security Council, are financing a terrorist regime.
More than half of all African nations confirmed their participation in #Russia#Africa Summit at highest level

💬 Final preparations are underway for the Second Russia-Africa Summit to be held in St. Petersburg in the end of July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at an online briefing.

We are about to enter the homestretch. Almost all countries have confirmed their participation at the highest level. It’s not just ten to twenty countries, but more than half of all African nations have confirmed their participation,” the Minister said.

📌 An economic and a media forums will be also held on the sidelines of the Summit.

#RussiaAfrica #Forum2023
The business program of the Second Russia–Africa Summit has been released

It is divided into four tracks.

📌 The New Global Economy block is devoted to the prospects of running a Russian business in Africa.

📌 International security, political stability, food security are the main topics of the Integrated Security and Sovereign Development track.

📌 Within the Cooperation in Science and Technology block, experts will discuss #Russia#Africa cooperation in the field of advanced technologies.

📌 Interaction in education, culture, sports, and ensuring rights comprise the agenda of The Humanitarian and Social Sphere: Working Together for a New Quality of Life track.

Also, a number of events will be held:

🔹 Meeting of University Rectors;
Media Forum;
🔹 Round Table Attended by Russian and African Supreme Audit Institutions;
🔹 Events of the youth program;
🔹 Healthy Life Forum and Creative Business Forum sessions.

#RussiaAfrica #Summit2023
Athletes from 30 countries will compete in the Summer Games of the Deaflympians “We are together. Sport” in Ufa

🤾🏽‍♀️Among them are sportsmen from:

🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇧🇷Brazil
🇫🇷France
🇮🇷Iran
🇮🇶Iraq
🇮🇱Israel
🇰🇪Kenya
🇵🇭Philippines
🇪🇸Spain
🇹🇷Turkey
🇺🇸United States
🇻🇳Vietnam

🤝 An agreement to hold the games in Ufa had been concluded at the SPIEF 2023 by Russian Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin, Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov, and the Russian Sports Federation of Deaf Sports President Dmitriy Rebrov.

The games will take place from 23 July to 2 August in Ufa, Russia.

@RoscongressDirect
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Vladimir Putin attended a meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council

“We intend to continue to deepen ties with members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. These ties are becoming stronger and more diverse. Russia’s trade with SCO member states has increased by over one third, or 37 percent, reaching a record high of $263 billion last year. In January to April this year, it went up by another 35 percent. We are using national currencies for mutual settlements more widely. In particular, over 80 percent of commercial transactions between Russia and the People’s Republic of China are made in rubles and yuan. The share of the Russian national currency in export transactions with all the SCO countries exceeded 40 percent in 2022,” the President pointed out.

See more on the Kremlin’s official website.
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's speech at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council.

💬 President Putin: We believe it is important that all members of the association share their approaches to the situation in global politics, security, the social and economic spheres.

At the same time, our organisation is strongly committed to creating a truly just and multipolar world order, an order based on international law and common principles of mutually respectful cooperation between sovereign states with the central, coordinating role of the United Nations.

Our organisation plays an increasingly important role in international affairs and brings a substantial contribution to maintaining peace and stability, ensuring sustainable economic growth of its member states and developing ties between peoples.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues in the #SCO member states who have expressed their support for the Russian leadership in defending the constitutional order, lives and security of its citizens. We greatly appreciate this.

Russia has been in favour of strengthening cooperation between the member states in investment, banking and finance, as well as in industry, energy, transport and logistics, agriculture, telecommunications, digitalisation and high tech.

Counterterrorism, countering extremism and religious radicalism, curbing drug trafficking and other types of smuggling, combating militant formations must remain a priority of the SCO.

It is a matter of satisfaction that the authority and influence of our association continue to improve, and other countries and international structures show interest in its activity. They trust us and want to be friends and work together.

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with «Rádio e Televisão de Portugal»

📍 Moscow, June 30, 2023

Key talking points:

Ukrainian crisis

They [the West] are using Ukraine as an expendable material, drugging Ukrainian soldiers for them not to feel any pain and driving them to the front lines like cattle. President Putin said a few days ago that the entire economic, war and information machine of the West is working against us. Media lies are off the charts.

Russia-NATO

We have heard lots of lies and false promises from the West. I’m not saying this to keep searching for arguments to back our past or current policies, but to re-confirm the fact that we have learned our lesson. We are no longer looking to the past, but to the future. The past has taught us a good lesson.

Multipolar world

The multipolar world is taking shape objectively, because new centres of economic growth, financial power and political influence have emerged. China, India and Brazil are cases in point. Let's not forget the Gulf countries, Türkiye, Indonesia and the ASEAN countries.

UN

All that is needed is to abide by the UN Charter and to return to the commitments that were solemnly proclaimed, signed and ratified. Primarily, the issue is about the principle of the sovereign equality of states. Humanity’s problems since the creation of the UN are rooted in the fact that the West outright refused to respect the sovereign equality of all other countries. It continues to think and act in colonial ways and to live at the expense of others.

Russia-Africa

Unlike some other countries dominated by those who we in Russia call “people who lost track of their origins,” African countries are well aware of the history of their states and their struggle against colonialism. They appreciate our country’s help.

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The Programme for the #RussiaAfrica Economic and Humanitarian Forum has been announced (July 27-28, 2023):

Main themes:

🔹 The New Global Economy

Trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU and Africa has a long and rich history. Today, given the current trends in global economic development, the dialogue between Eurasia and Africa has the potential of regional economic associations.

The African continent is one of the fastest-growing energy markets in the world. Building on the friendly ties between Russia and African states, Russian energy companies are implementing a number of ambitious projects on the African continent.

🔹 Integrated Security and Sovereign Development

Global security increasingly affects the African continent. The Global North exploits its dominant position in the current system of international relations and continues to employ aggressive, neo-colonial policies to achieve its goals.

Africa is the most food-insecure region in the world. Due to sanctions wars and the collapse of supply and production chains, the flywheel of food inflation on the planet is set to accelerate.

🔹 Cooperation in Science and Technology

One of the key strategic tasks that every state faces in the contemporary world is the use of technologies that will ensure energy security, guarantee the sustainable development of various economic sectors and increase the scientific and human capacity of the country.

🔹 The Humanitarian and Social Sphere

The human dimension of development has been declared a priority by Russia and the African Union and its Agenda 2063 programme. In an increasingly multipolar world, cooperation in the human dimension takes on particular significance.

🔹 Media Forum

It is crucial for the media to be truly sovereign and be able to convey their point of view to the audience. Strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation is now a key agenda item for representatives of the media industry around the world.

Find out more
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🏄‍♂️1 июля стартовала Всероссийская премия молодёжных достижений «Время молодых»!

Кандидаты на получение премии выдвигаются Росмолодёжью, а народное голосование определит лучших в шести номинациях: «Друг молодых», «Место молодых», «Голос молодых», «Событие года», «Госстарт» и «Друг России».

🇷🇺❤️Номинация «Друг России» — нововведение этого года. Она для лидеров молодёжных сообществ российских соотечественников за рубежом, которые объединили вокруг себя единомышленников и реализовали социально значимые инициативы, направленные на продвижение объективного образа России.

🌠Также начался приём заявок для участия в специальной номинации «Молодёжная столица России».
Город–победитель станет точкой притяжения молодёжи в 2024 году и катализатором развития проектов Росмолодёжи.

Пришло ваше время! Действуйте!
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🏄‍♂️The All-Russian Youth Achievement Award "Time of the Young" started on 1st July!

Rosmolodezh nominates candidates for the award and a popular vote will determine the best in six categories: “Friend of the Young”, “Place of the Young”, “Voice of the Young”, “Event of the Year”, “Gosstart” and “Friend of Russia”.

🇷🇺❤️The "Friend of Russia" nomination is an innovation this year. It is for leaders of youth communities of Russian compatriots abroad who united like-minded people around themselves and implemented socially significant initiatives aimed at promoting an objective image of Russia.

🌠The call for applications for the special nomination “Youth Capital City of Russia” has also started.
The winning city will be a point of attraction for young people in 2024, and will act as a catalyst for Rosmolodezh projects.

Your time has come! Go for it!
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#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

💬 The Kiev regime has decorated the Motherland Monument (iconic Soviet monument, unveiled in 1981, marking the Victory over Nazism in #WWII) in the colours of the US flag on July 4.

Apparently, this is a visualization of a concept by a local "historian" Alexander Dubina that Christopher Columbus was... Ukrainian 🤡
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🎞 Let us continue to dive into the history of Russian towns with @TVBRICS

Suzdal, a jewel in the crown of the Russian Golden Ring

🏡 A small town, covering only 9, 5 square kilometers, Suzdal is densely populated with ancient religious and civilian buildings.

🔸The Kremlin, 6 monasteries, 30 churches, and about 200 houses of 17th and 18th centuries in a fair state evoke spirit of the Middle Ages.

⛪️ The Kremlin of Suzdal and the Monastery of our Saviour and St. Euthimius are UNESCO heritage sites.

🔸It seems like time is slowing its pace here. The Suzdal scenery frozen up in XIX century is beloved by Russian film-makers and often used as a backdrop for historical films.

#Russia #DiscoverRussia #Suzdal #BRICS