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US professor and economist Jeffrey Sachs says #BRICS must champion education & cooperation, while blasting US confrontational stance
Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist, emphasized the vital importance of education and government cooperation in creating a peaceful and sustainable world.
💬 Speaking to participants at the #BRICS Urban Future Forum in Moscow on September 18, he underscored the necessity of large-scale infrastructure and services, such as education and healthcare, stating that these initiatives "cannot be done on a piecemeal basis."
Furthermore, Sachs criticized the confrontational stance of the United States, arguing that international relations should be guided by cooperation rather than competition.
"We need cooperation, not confrontation," he stated, urging governments to prioritize improvements in quality of life over engaging in conflicts that jeopardize global stability.
#TheyAboutUs
Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist, emphasized the vital importance of education and government cooperation in creating a peaceful and sustainable world.
💬 Speaking to participants at the #BRICS Urban Future Forum in Moscow on September 18, he underscored the necessity of large-scale infrastructure and services, such as education and healthcare, stating that these initiatives "cannot be done on a piecemeal basis."
Furthermore, Sachs criticized the confrontational stance of the United States, arguing that international relations should be guided by cooperation rather than competition.
"We need cooperation, not confrontation," he stated, urging governments to prioritize improvements in quality of life over engaging in conflicts that jeopardize global stability.
#TheyAboutUs
Russia pays 44% of its imports in rubles
36% of Russian imports are settled in currencies of friendly nations, with only 20% using "toxic" currencies, according to the data from the Russian Central Bank analyzed by Russian media agency
@SputnikInt
📈 This shift towards the ruble is driven by a significant increase in its usage in transactions with:
➖ Africa, where it has reached 76% (up from 54% in June);
➖ Asia, with 40%;
➖ The Caribbean, with 22%.
📈 On the export side, the ruble is used in:
➖ 99% of transactions with the Caribbean;
➖ 81% of payments with Oceania;
➖ 80% of operations with Africa;
➖ 66% of transactions with Europe.
For over two years, Russia has been strategically shifting its trade towards the ruble and the currencies of the friendly countries. This effort has effectively dethroned the dollar and euro, which were the dominant currencies used in transactions before February 2022.
36% of Russian imports are settled in currencies of friendly nations, with only 20% using "toxic" currencies, according to the data from the Russian Central Bank analyzed by Russian media agency
@SputnikInt
📈 This shift towards the ruble is driven by a significant increase in its usage in transactions with:
➖ Africa, where it has reached 76% (up from 54% in June);
➖ Asia, with 40%;
➖ The Caribbean, with 22%.
📈 On the export side, the ruble is used in:
➖ 99% of transactions with the Caribbean;
➖ 81% of payments with Oceania;
➖ 80% of operations with Africa;
➖ 66% of transactions with Europe.
For over two years, Russia has been strategically shifting its trade towards the ruble and the currencies of the friendly countries. This effort has effectively dethroned the dollar and euro, which were the dominant currencies used in transactions before February 2022.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the US’s most recent restrictions on Russian media
💬 As the United States continues to pursue a strict policy of total extermination of any dissent, the country launched another wave of restrictions against the Russian media and journalists.
☝️ On September 13, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions against two Russian media holding companies, Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti and Sputnik), autonomous non-profit organisation TV-Novosti (RT television channel and Ruptly video agency) and Eurasia NGO. Importantly, the previous round of sanctions was announced just a few days ago, on September 4.
👉 The US law enforcement agencies have joined the persecution of Russian journalists with particular zeal. The house of an RT journalist was recently searched by about 20 FBI agents, who also subjected the Russian woman to humiliating procedures, in a blatant manifestation of lawlessness sanctioned from above. The Russian channel employee had to hastily leave the country fearing for her safety and health. More far-fetched charges have been brought against a number of Russian media employees and even US citizens who had the courage to appear on Russian media broadcasts. If arrested, they may face long prison sentences.
The current US administration is trying to justify the unprecedented repression against the Russian media in an extremely cynical manner by fighting against their “interference” in domestic political affairs. In fact, what we are witnessing is another politically motivated campaign, a witch hunt where deliberately fostered fear and spy mania are used by the ruling circles in the United States to manipulate public opinion and shield the population from any unwanted information.
❌ Having finally trampled on its international obligations to ensure the pluralism of opinion and even the provisions of its own Constitution, the United States has actually declared war on freedom of speech around the world, now resorting to open threats and blackmail against other states in its effort to pitch them against the Russian media and establish sole control over the global information landscape.
☝️ We harbour no illusions about the rampant censorship in the United States ever being given a proper assessment by the relevant international organisations, whose activity is orchestrated by Washington. At the same time, we qualify their silence as approval of this practice and de facto complicity in the lawless actions against the Russian media.
#freedomofspeech
💬 As the United States continues to pursue a strict policy of total extermination of any dissent, the country launched another wave of restrictions against the Russian media and journalists.
☝️ On September 13, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions against two Russian media holding companies, Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti and Sputnik), autonomous non-profit organisation TV-Novosti (RT television channel and Ruptly video agency) and Eurasia NGO. Importantly, the previous round of sanctions was announced just a few days ago, on September 4.
👉 The US law enforcement agencies have joined the persecution of Russian journalists with particular zeal. The house of an RT journalist was recently searched by about 20 FBI agents, who also subjected the Russian woman to humiliating procedures, in a blatant manifestation of lawlessness sanctioned from above. The Russian channel employee had to hastily leave the country fearing for her safety and health. More far-fetched charges have been brought against a number of Russian media employees and even US citizens who had the courage to appear on Russian media broadcasts. If arrested, they may face long prison sentences.
The current US administration is trying to justify the unprecedented repression against the Russian media in an extremely cynical manner by fighting against their “interference” in domestic political affairs. In fact, what we are witnessing is another politically motivated campaign, a witch hunt where deliberately fostered fear and spy mania are used by the ruling circles in the United States to manipulate public opinion and shield the population from any unwanted information.
❌ Having finally trampled on its international obligations to ensure the pluralism of opinion and even the provisions of its own Constitution, the United States has actually declared war on freedom of speech around the world, now resorting to open threats and blackmail against other states in its effort to pitch them against the Russian media and establish sole control over the global information landscape.
☝️ We harbour no illusions about the rampant censorship in the United States ever being given a proper assessment by the relevant international organisations, whose activity is orchestrated by Washington. At the same time, we qualify their silence as approval of this practice and de facto complicity in the lawless actions against the Russian media.
#freedomofspeech
❌ Since the beginning of 2024 a number of British, American, Canadian and Australian mercs have been eliminated in Ukraine.
Here is summary:
July: Hal Bhatia (UK, eleminated in Volchansk), Winton Hardy (Canada, eleminated in Volchansk), Brock Greenwood (Australia, eleminated near Kupyansk), Lincoln Digby (Australia, eleminated near Donetsk)
August: Vulcan (UK, eleminated near Kharkov), Alex Ryzhuk (Ireland, eleminated near Kupyansk), David Joseph Miller (USA, eleminated near Chasov Yar).
September: Marlin Tarmi (UK, eleminated near Kharkov), Cole Killinger (USA, eleminated, presumably, near Sudzha).
❗️ And these are only those who were found and identified. It is not known how many of bodies still remain on the battlefield, as Ukrainian side is not willing to thourougly count its losses.
Here is summary:
July: Hal Bhatia (UK, eleminated in Volchansk), Winton Hardy (Canada, eleminated in Volchansk), Brock Greenwood (Australia, eleminated near Kupyansk), Lincoln Digby (Australia, eleminated near Donetsk)
August: Vulcan (UK, eleminated near Kharkov), Alex Ryzhuk (Ireland, eleminated near Kupyansk), David Joseph Miller (USA, eleminated near Chasov Yar).
September: Marlin Tarmi (UK, eleminated near Kharkov), Cole Killinger (USA, eleminated, presumably, near Sudzha).
❗️ And these are only those who were found and identified. It is not known how many of bodies still remain on the battlefield, as Ukrainian side is not willing to thourougly count its losses.
🚀 Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub are set to break the record for the longest single flight under the ISS program!
At 16:06:51 Moscow time, they will surpass the previous record of 370 days, 21 hours, and 22 minutes, held by Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and Francisco Rubio.
🛰 Having launched on September 15, 2023, aboard the Soyuz MS-24, Kononenko and Chub are slated to return on September 23, 2024, after an incredible 374-day mission!
✨ For context, the all-time longest space flight was achieved by Russian Valery Polyakov, who spent 437 days on the Mir orbital complex.
#RussiaInSpace
At 16:06:51 Moscow time, they will surpass the previous record of 370 days, 21 hours, and 22 minutes, held by Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and Francisco Rubio.
🛰 Having launched on September 15, 2023, aboard the Soyuz MS-24, Kononenko and Chub are slated to return on September 23, 2024, after an incredible 374-day mission!
✨ For context, the all-time longest space flight was achieved by Russian Valery Polyakov, who spent 437 days on the Mir orbital complex.
#RussiaInSpace
✍️ Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Ilya Rogachev responds to a publication in The Star newspaper
The column on historically significant events “Back in the day” reported that on 17 Sept 1939 the USSR “joined Germany’s invasion of Poland attacking its eastern borders.”
❌ This is nothing more than a myth painted by Western propaganda as a proof of an alleged ‘conspiracy between Hitler and Stalin’ – alongside the much-touted Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and the so-called ‘Soviet-German joint parade’ in Brest.
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#Rebuttals #FakeNews #DebunkingMyths
The column on historically significant events “Back in the day” reported that on 17 Sept 1939 the USSR “joined Germany’s invasion of Poland attacking its eastern borders.”
❌ This is nothing more than a myth painted by Western propaganda as a proof of an alleged ‘conspiracy between Hitler and Stalin’ – alongside the much-touted Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and the so-called ‘Soviet-German joint parade’ in Brest.
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#Rebuttals #FakeNews #DebunkingMyths
✨ Our latest publication on the indigenous peoples of the Russian North has garnered great interest and positive feedback! Let's continue exploring this mysterious region and its ancient sanctuaries, which still draw visitors seeking spiritual support.
🔮 Sacred Lake Lama
Located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Lake Lama is uninhabited but serves as a base for tourism. Its eastern end is considered a site of ancient power, with Evenk wooden idols found there. Local lore suggests that the last Evenk shamaness lived there in the late 1930s. The lake’s waters are sacred to northern peoples, believed to grant wishes, and ancient bronze artifacts from the 18th century B.C. have been discovered.
🔮 Whale Bone Alley, Chukotka
Yttygran Island, an ancient settlement of Eskimo hunters, features the Whale Bone Alley, discovered in the 1970s. Dating back to the 14th-16th centuries, this impressive structure consists of rows of gray and bowhead whale bones, believed by some to be a sacred site, while others think it was used for drying boats.
🔮 Idols of Vaygach Island
In the Nenets Autonomous Area, Vaygach Island houses approximately fifteen surviving stone idols, once used for spiritual offerings by northern peoples. Although uninhabited until the 1930s, it became a mining settlement named Varnek, primarily worked by prisoners. Today, around one hundred residents remain.
🔮 Stolb Island, Yakutia
Stolb Island, in the Lena River delta, is sacred to the Yukaghir people. Local legend holds that it was created by a shaman grieving his daughter. Visitors traditionally leave offerings like candy or coins, a practice that continues among rare tourists.
🔮 Labyrinths of the Russian North
The largest stone labyrinths, known as "Babylons," are found on the Solovetsky Islands and elsewhere in the Russian North, often near water. Systematic reports began in the 19th century, but mentions date back to the 16th century. Their exact purpose remains unclear, though many believe they had ritual significance.
#DiscoverRussia #VisitRussia #BestOfRussia #RussianNorth
🔮 Sacred Lake Lama
Located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Lake Lama is uninhabited but serves as a base for tourism. Its eastern end is considered a site of ancient power, with Evenk wooden idols found there. Local lore suggests that the last Evenk shamaness lived there in the late 1930s. The lake’s waters are sacred to northern peoples, believed to grant wishes, and ancient bronze artifacts from the 18th century B.C. have been discovered.
🔮 Whale Bone Alley, Chukotka
Yttygran Island, an ancient settlement of Eskimo hunters, features the Whale Bone Alley, discovered in the 1970s. Dating back to the 14th-16th centuries, this impressive structure consists of rows of gray and bowhead whale bones, believed by some to be a sacred site, while others think it was used for drying boats.
🔮 Idols of Vaygach Island
In the Nenets Autonomous Area, Vaygach Island houses approximately fifteen surviving stone idols, once used for spiritual offerings by northern peoples. Although uninhabited until the 1930s, it became a mining settlement named Varnek, primarily worked by prisoners. Today, around one hundred residents remain.
🔮 Stolb Island, Yakutia
Stolb Island, in the Lena River delta, is sacred to the Yukaghir people. Local legend holds that it was created by a shaman grieving his daughter. Visitors traditionally leave offerings like candy or coins, a practice that continues among rare tourists.
🔮 Labyrinths of the Russian North
The largest stone labyrinths, known as "Babylons," are found on the Solovetsky Islands and elsewhere in the Russian North, often near water. Systematic reports began in the 19th century, but mentions date back to the 16th century. Their exact purpose remains unclear, though many believe they had ritual significance.
#DiscoverRussia #VisitRussia #BestOfRussia #RussianNorth
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🎻 Dear subscribers! Are you ready for today’s feature on the Best of Russian Music?
Russian classical music is celebrated worldwide, and no major music festival or competition feels complete without a piece from a Russian composer.
🎶 Orchestras around the globe pay tribute to the brilliance of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Glinka, and many other remarkable talents.
This Sunday evening, we invite you to listen to Tchaikovsky’s "Trepak" (Russian Dance) from The Nutcracker, performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia.
🎧 Enjoy!
🎻 Dear subscribers! Are you ready for today’s feature on the Best of Russian Music?
Russian classical music is celebrated worldwide, and no major music festival or competition feels complete without a piece from a Russian composer.
🎶 Orchestras around the globe pay tribute to the brilliance of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Glinka, and many other remarkable talents.
This Sunday evening, we invite you to listen to Tchaikovsky’s "Trepak" (Russian Dance) from The Nutcracker, performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia.
🎧 Enjoy!
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
⚡️ Russian MFA in cooperation with the Rosatom State Corporation has issued handbook "Back Home to Russia. 40th Anniversary of the launch of the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) Unit 1"
The copies of the handbook were circulated during the 68th session of the IAEA General Conference, opened on September 16 in Vienna.
📖 Read the handbook in full
ℹ️ The history of the Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) dates back to 1977 when the Council of Ministers of the #USSR adopted a decision on its construction. Site works began in 1979. In 1984, Unit 1 of the plant was put into operation. In 1985-1987, another three units were put into operation, and in 1988 an expansion project was approved for the construction of two more reactors.
🇷🇺 At the ZNPP site, six Soviet-design power units with VVER reactors were constructed and put into operation. Atomenergoproekt (Moscow) acted as chief designer of the project, Kurchatov Institute (Moscow) – was its scientific coordinator, Gidropress (Podolsk, Moscow region) supplied the reactor installations.
The equipment for the power plant was manufactured by enterprises in Leningrad (reactor vessels were manufactured by the Izhora Plants) and Volgodonsk (earthquake-resistant refuelling machines).
☝️ Thus, the Russian Federation is the owner of the project and technologies, and has the whole set of documentation, regarding Zaporozhskaya Nuclear power plant.
As a result of the referendum held in late September 2022, the Zaporozhskaya region,where the ZNPP is located, has joined the Russian Federation. The plant has come under Russian jurisdiction.
Before the ZNPP came under Russian jurisdiction, Ukrainian authorities had carried out a number of questionable experiments involving the use in the plant's reactors of nuclear fuel that was neither in compliance with its engineering design nor initially agreed upon with the Russian organization that had designed the ZNPP.
⚛️ Maintenance and repair at the plant are being carried out in 2024 as scheduled (as previously in 2023). The plant equipment damaged as a result of shellings by the AFU was repaired. <...> Measures were also undertaken to ensure uninterrupted water supply to essential consumers of the systems of the ZNPP power units, as the dam of the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant had been destroyed as a result of Ukrainian shellings. Now the water level in the said pond is stable.
Currently, the Zaporozhskaya NPP operates all standard radiation monitoring systems, except for three of them, which were destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, and two, which are situated on the right bank of the river Dnepr,
controlled by Ukraine.
The Russian Side has undertaken compensating measures. Radiation and technological monitoring of basic equipment and technological systems of power units, radiation-dosimetry monitoring of staff exposure, environment radiation monitoring, etc. are ensured. Radiation monitoring data are automatically transmitted to the IAEA Secretariat.
☝️ Russia takes all possible measures to ensure reliability and protection of the ZNPP, its robust operation, to curb threats to its security posed by Ukraine, strengthen its nuclear safety in accordance with national legislation and obligations undertaken, including Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities.
The very fact of return of the plant to the Russian nuclear community represents a significant contribution to the nuclear safety and nuclear security of this NPP which is the largest in Europe.
❌ The primary threat to the ZNPP’s security comes from Ukraine that regularly attacks the plant and its infrastructure, and resorts to all kinds of provocations, including against staff of the ZNPP and family members, living in the city of Energodar.
The copies of the handbook were circulated during the 68th session of the IAEA General Conference, opened on September 16 in Vienna.
📖 Read the handbook in full
ℹ️ The history of the Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) dates back to 1977 when the Council of Ministers of the #USSR adopted a decision on its construction. Site works began in 1979. In 1984, Unit 1 of the plant was put into operation. In 1985-1987, another three units were put into operation, and in 1988 an expansion project was approved for the construction of two more reactors.
The equipment for the power plant was manufactured by enterprises in Leningrad (reactor vessels were manufactured by the Izhora Plants) and Volgodonsk (earthquake-resistant refuelling machines).
☝️ Thus, the Russian Federation is the owner of the project and technologies, and has the whole set of documentation, regarding Zaporozhskaya Nuclear power plant.
As a result of the referendum held in late September 2022, the Zaporozhskaya region,where the ZNPP is located, has joined the Russian Federation. The plant has come under Russian jurisdiction.
Before the ZNPP came under Russian jurisdiction, Ukrainian authorities had carried out a number of questionable experiments involving the use in the plant's reactors of nuclear fuel that was neither in compliance with its engineering design nor initially agreed upon with the Russian organization that had designed the ZNPP.
⚛️ Maintenance and repair at the plant are being carried out in 2024 as scheduled (as previously in 2023). The plant equipment damaged as a result of shellings by the AFU was repaired. <...> Measures were also undertaken to ensure uninterrupted water supply to essential consumers of the systems of the ZNPP power units, as the dam of the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant had been destroyed as a result of Ukrainian shellings. Now the water level in the said pond is stable.
Currently, the Zaporozhskaya NPP operates all standard radiation monitoring systems, except for three of them, which were destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, and two, which are situated on the right bank of the river Dnepr,
controlled by Ukraine.
The Russian Side has undertaken compensating measures. Radiation and technological monitoring of basic equipment and technological systems of power units, radiation-dosimetry monitoring of staff exposure, environment radiation monitoring, etc. are ensured. Radiation monitoring data are automatically transmitted to the IAEA Secretariat.
☝️ Russia takes all possible measures to ensure reliability and protection of the ZNPP, its robust operation, to curb threats to its security posed by Ukraine, strengthen its nuclear safety in accordance with national legislation and obligations undertaken, including Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities.
The very fact of return of the plant to the Russian nuclear community represents a significant contribution to the nuclear safety and nuclear security of this NPP which is the largest in Europe.
❌ The primary threat to the ZNPP’s security comes from Ukraine that regularly attacks the plant and its infrastructure, and resorts to all kinds of provocations, including against staff of the ZNPP and family members, living in the city of Energodar.
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