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🇷🇺 Russia's President Vladimir #Putin:
💬 In many Western countries, people are subjected to persecution just because they are originally from Russia. They are being denied medical care, their children are expelled from schools, parents are losing their jobs, and Russian music, culture, and literature are being banned. In its attempts to “cancel” Russia, the West tore off its mask of decency and began to act crudely showing its true colours. One cannot help but remember the anti-Semitic Nazi pogroms in Germany in the 1930s, and then pogroms perpetrated by their henchmen in many European countries that joined the Nazi aggression against our country during the Great Patriotic War.
(excerpt from a meeting on socioeconomic support for regions, held by President Vladimir Putin on March 16, 2022)
💬 In many Western countries, people are subjected to persecution just because they are originally from Russia. They are being denied medical care, their children are expelled from schools, parents are losing their jobs, and Russian music, culture, and literature are being banned. In its attempts to “cancel” Russia, the West tore off its mask of decency and began to act crudely showing its true colours. One cannot help but remember the anti-Semitic Nazi pogroms in Germany in the 1930s, and then pogroms perpetrated by their henchmen in many European countries that joined the Nazi aggression against our country during the Great Patriotic War.
(excerpt from a meeting on socioeconomic support for regions, held by President Vladimir Putin on March 16, 2022)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Easter Sunday ☦️
💬 President Vladimir #Putin: This Feast of feasts, Easter brings Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Easter Sunday together around high moral ideals and values, inspiring the best in people, as well as belief in the triumph of life, goodness and justice.
It is important that we note the creative, positive and fruitful efforts by the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations to preserve our rich historical, cultural and spiritual traditions, as well as to promote family values and educate the younger generation. Of course, Christian organisations deserve special credit for their community service and charity undertakings, and their commitment to helping those in need of care and support in these challenging times.
#EasterSunday
💬 President Vladimir #Putin: This Feast of feasts, Easter brings Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Easter Sunday together around high moral ideals and values, inspiring the best in people, as well as belief in the triumph of life, goodness and justice.
It is important that we note the creative, positive and fruitful efforts by the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations to preserve our rich historical, cultural and spiritual traditions, as well as to promote family values and educate the younger generation. Of course, Christian organisations deserve special credit for their community service and charity undertakings, and their commitment to helping those in need of care and support in these challenging times.
#EasterSunday
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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi.
🎙 Following international consultations, the Presidents of the two countries adopted a Joint Statement.
💬 Vladimir #Putin: We have large projects we are working on. Everybody knows about the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. This is energy, which is very important, but there are other areas as well.
In this regard, I would like to note that TurkStream, the construction of which we completed some time ago, is today one of the most important routes for supplying Europe with Russian gas.
TurkStream, unlike all other directions of our hydrocarbon supplies to Europe, is operating well, smoothly, and without failure. I do not mean only deliveries to consumers in Turkiye, but, let me repeat, also to consumers in Europe.
☝️ I believe that our European partners should be grateful to Turkiye for ensuring the continuous transit of gas to their markets.
🎙 Following international consultations, the Presidents of the two countries adopted a Joint Statement.
💬 Vladimir #Putin: We have large projects we are working on. Everybody knows about the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. This is energy, which is very important, but there are other areas as well.
In this regard, I would like to note that TurkStream, the construction of which we completed some time ago, is today one of the most important routes for supplying Europe with Russian gas.
TurkStream, unlike all other directions of our hydrocarbon supplies to Europe, is operating well, smoothly, and without failure. I do not mean only deliveries to consumers in Turkiye, but, let me repeat, also to consumers in Europe.
☝️ I believe that our European partners should be grateful to Turkiye for ensuring the continuous transit of gas to their markets.
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🇷🇺 On the sidelines of the #SCO summit in Samarkand, President of Russia Vladimir #Putin held talks with his foreign colleagues:
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
🇹🇲 President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
🇮🇷 President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
🇵🇰 Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
🇨🇳 President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping
🇺🇿 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 Trilateral meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
🇹🇲 President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
🇮🇷 President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
🇵🇰 Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
🇨🇳 President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping
🇺🇿 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 Trilateral meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
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🇷🇺 On the sidelines of the #SCO summit in Samarkand, President of Russia Vladimir #Putin held talks with his foreign colleagues:
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
🇹🇲 President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
🇮🇷 President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
🇵🇰 Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
🇨🇳 President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping
🇺🇿 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 Trilateral meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
🇹🇲 President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
🇮🇷 President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
🇵🇰 Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
🇨🇳 President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping
🇺🇿 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 Trilateral meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in Singapore
He said this in connection with a settlement of the problem in Ukraine. After the special military operation began, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said publicly that Russia must remember that France has nuclear weapons too. That statement was not provoked in any way. We never as much as mentioned this subject. It was Vladimir Zelensky who started speaking about it. All of you remember what Liz Truss said when asked if she would be ready to push the nuclear button.
📌 As for Russia, President Vladimir #Putin and other Kremlin officials have said on numerous occasions that we have a doctrine on the Basic Principles of the State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence. It is a public document and clearly sets out everything in this connection. I suggest that you take another look at circumstances under which we would use nuclear weapons, which are absolutely clearly outlined.
❓ In your remarks at a meeting of the UN Security Council you, for the first time, openly said that the Western countries are parties to the conflict in Ukraine. Does this mean that we now regard them as potential enemies? Will this change the structure of relations with these countries? Josep Borrell has said that, so far, the EU is not considering sending troops there.
My second question has to do with the doctrine you mentioned. According to it, if the accession referendums are successful, Russia will have grounds to use nuclear weapons in case of attacks at its territory. The United States has warned of an unavoidable – but so far unspecified – strike in this event. Does Moscow regard such threats seriously? Is the conflict in Ukraine moving towards a third world war, as President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic fears?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would not like to make gloomy forecasts now. The entire state territory of Russia that has already been or can additionally be formalised in the constitution of our country will certainly benefit from full protection. How can it be otherwise? All the laws, doctrines, concepts, and strategies of the Russian Federation are applicable throughout its territory.
I haven’t heard that the United States is threatening to carry out a strike of any kind. I know that US President Joe Biden has said that Russia can expect new “sanctions from hell” or from any other place if the referendums are held and their results are accepted. If they really threatened an inevitable strike against Russia, I would like to see the text. I didn’t know that the United States and Ukraine have become allies linked by this dangerous “chain.”
As for the legal aspects of Western involvement in this war, anyone who at least sometimes reads the news knows what is happening. Weapons are being openly pumped into Ukraine. Zelensky demands more weapons every day from either Germany or Israel. He has also criticised Israel for sending fewer weapons than Ukraine has asked for or arguing that it is short on weapons it needs by itself. Kiev is being supplied with satellite intelligence. The West is using approximately 70 military satellites and 200 private satellites to support the Ukrainian armed forces and nationalist battalions. A Ukrainian commander has said recently when commenting on the use of US-made weapons on the battlefield that the Americans have the right of veto regarding targets.
⁉️ What is this if not direct involvement when they target us with lethal weapons and participate in the war?
Getting back to the legal aspect, the United States, #NATO, and the #EU say that they are not parties to the conflict, which brings us to a certain convention. There are the 1907 Hague Conventions – Convention with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land and Convention Relating to the Legal Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities. They have not been terminated and are still effective. They have to do with neutral powers’ obligations during wars on sea and land.
📌 As for Russia, President Vladimir #Putin and other Kremlin officials have said on numerous occasions that we have a doctrine on the Basic Principles of the State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence. It is a public document and clearly sets out everything in this connection. I suggest that you take another look at circumstances under which we would use nuclear weapons, which are absolutely clearly outlined.
❓ In your remarks at a meeting of the UN Security Council you, for the first time, openly said that the Western countries are parties to the conflict in Ukraine. Does this mean that we now regard them as potential enemies? Will this change the structure of relations with these countries? Josep Borrell has said that, so far, the EU is not considering sending troops there.
My second question has to do with the doctrine you mentioned. According to it, if the accession referendums are successful, Russia will have grounds to use nuclear weapons in case of attacks at its territory. The United States has warned of an unavoidable – but so far unspecified – strike in this event. Does Moscow regard such threats seriously? Is the conflict in Ukraine moving towards a third world war, as President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic fears?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I would not like to make gloomy forecasts now. The entire state territory of Russia that has already been or can additionally be formalised in the constitution of our country will certainly benefit from full protection. How can it be otherwise? All the laws, doctrines, concepts, and strategies of the Russian Federation are applicable throughout its territory.
I haven’t heard that the United States is threatening to carry out a strike of any kind. I know that US President Joe Biden has said that Russia can expect new “sanctions from hell” or from any other place if the referendums are held and their results are accepted. If they really threatened an inevitable strike against Russia, I would like to see the text. I didn’t know that the United States and Ukraine have become allies linked by this dangerous “chain.”
As for the legal aspects of Western involvement in this war, anyone who at least sometimes reads the news knows what is happening. Weapons are being openly pumped into Ukraine. Zelensky demands more weapons every day from either Germany or Israel. He has also criticised Israel for sending fewer weapons than Ukraine has asked for or arguing that it is short on weapons it needs by itself. Kiev is being supplied with satellite intelligence. The West is using approximately 70 military satellites and 200 private satellites to support the Ukrainian armed forces and nationalist battalions. A Ukrainian commander has said recently when commenting on the use of US-made weapons on the battlefield that the Americans have the right of veto regarding targets.
⁉️ What is this if not direct involvement when they target us with lethal weapons and participate in the war?
Getting back to the legal aspect, the United States, #NATO, and the #EU say that they are not parties to the conflict, which brings us to a certain convention. There are the 1907 Hague Conventions – Convention with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land and Convention Relating to the Legal Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities. They have not been terminated and are still effective. They have to do with neutral powers’ obligations during wars on sea and land.
🇷🇺 President #Putin on alternative energy sources:
💬Of course, alternative types of energy should be explored – solar, wind, tidal and hydrogen energy. We need to explore them all, but we need to take into account the current volume of consumption, the growth rates of the global economy, the demand for energy resources and the level of technological development.
☝️But jumping the gun, for political reasons, especially populist domestic policies – come on, who does that?
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69584
#REW #REW2022 #RussianEnergyWeek #AlternativeEnergy
💬Of course, alternative types of energy should be explored – solar, wind, tidal and hydrogen energy. We need to explore them all, but we need to take into account the current volume of consumption, the growth rates of the global economy, the demand for energy resources and the level of technological development.
☝️But jumping the gun, for political reasons, especially populist domestic policies – come on, who does that?
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69584
#REW #REW2022 #RussianEnergyWeek #AlternativeEnergy
President of Russia
Russian Energy Week International Forum plenary session
Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum. The topic of the panel discussion is Global Energy in a Multipolar World.
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💬 President #Putin: We are not at war with the people of #Ukraine.
They've become hostages of the Kiev regime and its Western masters, who have occupied Ukraine.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
They've become hostages of the Kiev regime and its Western masters, who have occupied Ukraine.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in Singapore
💬 President #Putin: Since 2014, people of Donbass have been defending the right to live on their land, to speak their mother tongue, and have not yielded to the Kiev regime's shelling.
☝️ We have done our best to negotiate a peaceful way out of this complex conflict.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
☝️ We have done our best to negotiate a peaceful way out of this complex conflict.
🔗http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in Singapore
💬President of Russia Vladimir #Putin:
🔹Those in power in the #West do not care who to bet on in the fight against Russia.
🔹The West is using #Ukraine both as a battering ram against Russia & as a firing range.
❗️ The more long-range Western systems come to Ukraine, the further away we will be forced to push the threat from our borders.
Read in full👉http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
🔹Those in power in the #West do not care who to bet on in the fight against Russia.
🔹The West is using #Ukraine both as a battering ram against Russia & as a firing range.
❗️ The more long-range Western systems come to Ukraine, the further away we will be forced to push the threat from our borders.
Read in full👉http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
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💬 President #Putin: According to US experts themselves, the wars started by the US after 2001 resulted in nearly 900,000 deaths, 38 million people became refugees.
They now simply want to erase this from the humanity's memory.
But no one has forgotten and will #neverforget.
They now simply want to erase this from the humanity's memory.
But no one has forgotten and will #neverforget.
Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in Singapore
💬 President #Putin: The US is seeking to permanently secure its world dominance. Step by step they are trying to destroy the system of global security & arms control.
⚡️ I am forced to announce that Russia suspends its participation in the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
⚡️ I am forced to announce that Russia suspends its participation in the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.