🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla hold talks.

📍 Havana, February 19, 2024

#RussiaCuba

Operation Ukraine: America's Fingerprints
Who supports Ukrainian Nationalism?

As soon as World War II ended and the Nazis were defeated, US intelligence agencies built ties with former Hitler collaborators to work together against the Soviet Union and then Russia. The operation to form an armed underground movement in Western Ukraine was dubbed 'Aerodynamic'.

The CIA assembled war criminals and Bandera movement activists from filtration camps, and created an agent network. Their task was to sabotage nuclear plants and dams on Ukrainian territory in an effort to separate it from the Soviet Union. They terrorised civilians and were responsible for at least 35,000 casualties, according to CIA co-founder Frank Wisner.

In the early 1950s, Red Army units mostly wiped out the nationalist insurgency, however the CIA employed a new strategy. Since then Ukrainian nationalists have been engaged in an ideological anti-Russian war. The operation ‘Prolog’ gradually stoked nationalist sentiment in Ukraine and bred loyalty to Nazi ideas.

What is the outcome of half-century-long American influence?

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🎙️Excerpts from Russian 🇷🇺 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s comments on an outcome of a meeting with First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, President of Cuba 🇨🇺 Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez

(unofficial translation)

“Cuba is interested in rapprochement with BRICS. Russia, as a chairman of the association this year, will actively take this into account.

Just as we will contribute to the development of relations between Cuba and the EAEU. There is a number of specific plans that were discussed during the visit here of Eurasian Economic Commission [Board] member Sergey Glazyev. These plans will now be put on paper for consideration with all members of the EAEU.”

#EAEU 🇷🇺🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬

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فيلم وثائقي على قناة RT بعنوان "الميدان: التحول إلى الحرب"

في نهاية عام 2013 في كييف، تطورت الاحتجاجات العفوية ضد وقف عملية التكامل الأوروبي إلى مواجهة طويلة الأمد وأدت في النهاية إلى انقسام في البلاد.

التقى مؤلفو الفيلم بالصحفيين والممثلين السابقين لوكالات إنفاذ القانون وشهود آخرين ومشاركين في تلك الأحداث، الذين شرحوا كيف تم تنفيذ الاستعدادات لـ "الميدان"، وما الذي تسبب في نمو الصراع المدني، ومن ولماذا تم ذلك؟ مهتمة باستمرارها.

وقدموا تقييمهم لعواقب المواجهة في كييف: تغيير السلطة، وقمع المشاعر الموالية لروسيا، والاشتباكات في ماريوبول وأوديسا، واندلاع الأعمال العدائية في دونباس.

https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/551342-ukraine-maidan-road-war/

📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Globo (February 21, 2024)

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#G20

It became clear that relying on just one centre of economic power is not a viable approach and most recently the G20 has engaged in a dialogue to reform and to restore the functionality of global economic institutions.

The positive dynamics of this forum are largely attributable to the fact that emerging markets are acting independently and insisting on fair consideration of their interests.

☝️ It is important for the G20 countries to commit to not weaponise the economy and to not engage in unfair competition.

#BRICS

🌐 Strengthening the potential and role of BRICS in international affairs is our priority.

BRICS members represent different economic and political systems, religions, and macro-regions and are able to work together as equal partners. Its international standing is steadily growing.

#Ukraine

❗️The root causes of the Ukraine crisis need to be eliminated if we want to achieve a sustainable and fair settlement. The West must stop supplying weapons to Ukraine, and Kiev must stop hostilities.

Ukraine should reinstate its neutral, non-aligned, and non-nuclear status and ensure the rights and freedoms of its citizens. It is critical that the basis be the new territorial realities and the situation on the ground.

#RussiaUS

👉 The ruling elite of the US views Russia as an adversary and a threat regardless of its party affiliation. The former president did nothing to improve Russia-US relations during his four-year stint in the White House.

We have no illusions and do not expect the anti-Russian course of the US to change in the foreseeable future. We are prepared to work with any leader who wins the American people’s trust. What matters to us is not specific political figures, but their policies towards Russia. President Putin made that clear recently in his televised interview.

✍🏼 Статья Посла России в Ливане Александра Рудакова «Украинский госпереворот: 10 лет спустя»

- Прошло уже 10 лет с момента вооруженного антиконституционного госпереворота на Украине.
В гуще разворачивающихся на Ближнем Востоке событий этот кровавый юбилей мог бы с легкостью затеряться, что было бы вполне оправданно в такой предельно напряженной обстановке.

- Все началось с момента обретения Украиной независимости после развала Советского Союза. … Уже в 2008 г. в Бухаресте страны НАТО заявили о том, что эта бывшая советская республика вступит в Североатлантический альянс. Россия по очевидным причинам не может оставаться в стороне от такого нарушения международно-правовых обязательств – тем более сейчас, когда атлантисты в открытую называют нас своей главной угрозой.

- Конечно же, «следы» от случившегося в результате госпереворота вели прямо в Вашингтон. … Вряд ли организация «цветных революций» американцами уже кого-то удивляет.

- … после госпереворота десятилетней давности Киев встал на тропу конфронтации. … Это была, по сути, гражданская война, единственная цель которой заключалась в реализации проекта «Анти-Россия».

- Политическая значимость Киева уменьшается с каждым днем.

- На государственном уровне [на Украине] сформировалась политика угнетения национальных меньшинств.

- [Там] разрастается культ смерти и ненависти, который заменяет нашим соседям некогда единые духовно-нравственные ценности.

- … рациональнее задавать вопрос не о том, какой будет Украина через десять лет, а будет ли она вообще❓

✍🏼 An article by Ambassador of Russia to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov “The Coup in Ukraine: 10 years after”
 
- Ten years have already passed since the armed coup in Ukraine took place.
In the midst of the events unraveling in the Middle East, this bloody anniversary could have easily been forgotten, which is justifiable in this extremely tense environment.

- It all began when Ukraine gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union. … In 2008, the NATO States in Bucharest declared their intention to drag the former Soviet republic into their military Alliance. For obvious reasons Russia cannot ignore this blatant violation of its security concerns – especially now, when we have been officially and openly declared as NATO’s principal threat.

- Needless to say, the government overthrow can be traced directly to Washington. … The US masterminding “color revolutions” is hardly a surprise to anyone anymore.

- … after the coup Kiev stepped foot on the path
of confrontation. It was not just a battle with everything Russian. It was essentially a civil war with the sole goal of bringing the Anti-Russia project to life.

- Kiev’s political significance is diminishing day by day. The current regime lacks sovereignty – all of its military and political decisions are taken after being approved by Western capitals.

- Ukraine is no longer a priority for “progressive democracies” with all of their resources being funneled towards the collective punishment of Palestinians.

- Oppression of ethnic minorities has become an integral part of government policy [in Ukraine].

- A cult of death and hatred that replaces traditional spiritual and moral values in our neighbors’ minds is rapidly expanding [in Ukraine].

- … it seems that instead of questioning what the country [Ukraine] will be like in 10 years it is more rational to question whether it will exist at all❓

Сегодня это случится! 🤩

⚡ Церемония открытия первого в истории международного мультиспортивного турнира Игры Будущего 2024 в Казани состоится сегодня.

Вы увидите высокотехнологичное и мультимедийное фиджитал-шоу в двух реальностях, в котором вас ждёт игра с пространством, светом и проекциями.

📚 Интересный факт: к сюжету Церемонии открытия приложил руку искусственный интеллект, а само шоу раскроет футурологические прогнозы по 8 направлениям мира будущего:

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☝🏻The opinion expressed in the article by Eduard Popov, PhD, Director of the Independent Non-Profit Organisation "Center for Public and Information Cooperation "Europe", will help you understand the essence of the events that took place 10 years ago in Ukraine

An article of Kirill Shevchenko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Russian State Social University, “From the Galician Rus’ to Western Ukraine” outlines his view of the Ukrainian movement of the early 1920s

🎙 Russia's President Vladimir Putin's speech at the opening ceremony for Games of the Future international tournament in Kazan.

💬 Vladimir Putin: I am glad to welcome to Russia the pioneers of phygital sports which is an innovative format that gave rise to the name to the competition. These are indeed the Games of the Future.

The blending of tradition and the modern age, the harmonising of physical fitness and high intellect, the integration of sports and technology, education and science – a person needs all that for well-rounded development and success in our era of rapid change, and the multifaceted, multipolar, free and competitive world that is taking shape before our eyes.

It makes perfect sense that the idea to merge conventional and e-sports was born in Russia.

☝️ Our country remains one of the leading sports powerhouses on the planet, the home of great athletes, victories and records. We have always championed sport and its lofty humanistic values.

#GamesOfTheFuture are our gift to the international sports family.

🎓 Russia is also a land of outstanding scientists, designers and engineers. Their achievements opened up new horizons of knowledge for humankind, and today our research teams and companies are scaling new heights in digital technologies and the use of artificial intelligence in areas that are at the leading edge of progress.

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✅ The Games of the Future is free from politics, as well as all discrimination and double standards. I am positive that the true spirit of sports will be on display at the Games venues.

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The international phygital tournament is a unique event in the modern history of international sports – which begins right here and now in Russia.

Godspeed!

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🗓 February 22 marks the 10th anniversary of the unconstitutional coup d'etat in Ukraine — an event, which led to an armed civil conflict, essentially a war waged by the Kiev regime against its own people, and a deepest crisis of international and European security since World War II.

10 years have passed since the tragic and horrible events of February 2014. The residing "authorities" in Kiev, aka the Kiev regime, and their Western sponsors are, as per their usual m.o., are attempting to distort the truth, conceal true facts, and turn the timeline of those events, their substance upside down.

❗️ But the truth is stubborn; it tends to get revealed sooner or later.

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On the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, the crimes of the OUN-UPA, and the support of the West

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The most horrific events unfolded on 20 February: the still unidentified snipers began shooting on the Institutskaya Street in the centre of Kiev at both law enforcement and protesters. Euromaidan supporters and Western politicians, seized "the opportunity", blamed the legitimate authorities of Ukraine. No evidence of Yanukovich's involvement was provided, and there is none to this day. Unlike, the Maidan activists & the opposition who benefited the most and was seen smuggling weapons into the area <...>

On 21 February, in an attempt to avoid further bloodshed, Yanukovych signed an Agreement on the Settlement of the Political Crisis in Ukraine with the opposition (from the opposition's side — Vitali Klitschko (UDAR party), Arseniy Yatsenyuk ("Fatherland"), and Oleg Tyagnybok ("Freedom")), which was supported and guaranteed by the foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland. This document envisaged the creation of a government of national trust, constitutional reform, and the organization of early presidential elections. None of the Agreement's provisions were implemented.

The next day, on February 22, the Supreme Council passed a resolution on Viktor Yanukovych's "self-removal" from performing the duties of the President of Ukraine, thereby usurping power (although he remained a legitimate president, remained in Ukraine and had made no statements regarding resignation). It was then announced that the "government of the victors (winner)" would be formed. The West turned a blind eye to all violations and hurried to declare a "change of power" in Ukraine, openly encouraging the putschists to pursue their anti-Russian policy. What ensued was basically a hunt for the remaining law enforcement officers and officials loyal to their oath and the country. <...> The very next day, the very first decision of the new "government" through the Verkhovnaya Rada was to revoke the law on the status of the Russian language, which according to data was back then the mother tongue of the majority (!) of the Ukrainian citizens.

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The "mediation" meddling of the West led to a sharp polarisation of Ukrainian society, which created the preconditions for an armed civil conflict. The first legislative steps of the "Maidan victors" — the abovementioned cancellation of the language law — were received with alarm in South-Eastern Ukraine, where spontaneous formation of popular militia forces began. Kiev immediately accused all the inhabitants of the region of "state treason" and "terrorism", threw the army and neo-Nazi punitive battalions to violently suppress the protests.

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‼️ "Euromaidan" created a deep rift in Ukrainian society, lead to persecution, fight against dissent, spread of nationalism and neo-Nazism, legal lawlessness and nihilism, fighting the Russian language and own history, complete degradation of the socio-economic situation in the country.

The terror and horror brought by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis and nationalists in 2014 must be brought to an end. Denazification and demilitarisation will be achieved.

📖 Read more about these tragic events of 2014 in our article.

📄 Foreign Ministry Spox Maria Zakharova's comment on the crisis in Ukraine