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🖋 Article «The humanity should get rid of the colonial system heritage. Colonial powers’ time is up» by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russian Federation, Chairman of the United Russia Party
Key points:
• There is brazen interference in the affairs of independent states, which, unfortunately, still continues in various forms. Despite humanity’s persistent efforts to eradicate neocolonialism, the Western world vehemently resists it.
• The former colonial powers persist in exploiting dependent countries, enhancing their own comfort through the humiliation and oppression of others – albeit employing more sophisticated tools and methods.
• According to experts (American experts, for all their bias), between 1946 and 2000, the United States interfered in elections in other countries more than 80 times. Since 1945, there have been more than 50 attempted coups and military interventions. Of the 174 cases of restrictive measures applied in the 20th century, the United States was responsible for 109. <…> In fact, America has become a global sanctions neo-metropolis.
• In order to preserve its geopolitical presence in various parts of the world, the West relies on the so-called debt neo-colonialism . <…> The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
• Neo-metropolitan powers have also been targeting certain countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa with their disruptive efforts in order to control their natural wealth, including critical minerals. They focus on gaining unrestricted access to lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and rear earth deposits they need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
❗️ The fight against neocolonialism is not an eternal confrontation for the sake of confrontation itself. It is primarily a progressive movement of states towards civilisational sovereignty, which is crucial in avoiding degradation and devastation in the 21st century. <…> Only fully sovereign countries that have independence in domestic and foreign affairs will be able to effectively counteract the deliberate efforts of the former metropolises to impose unequal economic and political deals on them.
• Investigation of colonial crimes that do not have a statute of limitations should be placed at the forefront of this activity. It is necessary to consider the creation of a single public database (register) of crimes of the colonial period, as well as modern neocolonial practices, at the UN, and work out a scale to evaluate the damage caused by war crimes committed on their territory.
• Neo-metropoles should be hit where it hurts the most, in their wallets, which they are filling largely by exploiting the rest of the world. We believe that the payment of compensations to the victims of neocolonial practices should be based on clear, legally considered and substantiated evidence. Political and diplomatic assessments must be complemented with a legal evaluation of their actions.
• We wish the best of luck to our African and Latin American colleagues. Their success, including in establishing an anticolonial tribunal (akin to the Nuremberg Trials), will be a major step towards depriving the Global North of its domination and towards building a fair multipolar world order.
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Key points:
• There is brazen interference in the affairs of independent states, which, unfortunately, still continues in various forms. Despite humanity’s persistent efforts to eradicate neocolonialism, the Western world vehemently resists it.
• The former colonial powers persist in exploiting dependent countries, enhancing their own comfort through the humiliation and oppression of others – albeit employing more sophisticated tools and methods.
• According to experts (American experts, for all their bias), between 1946 and 2000, the United States interfered in elections in other countries more than 80 times. Since 1945, there have been more than 50 attempted coups and military interventions. Of the 174 cases of restrictive measures applied in the 20th century, the United States was responsible for 109. <…> In fact, America has become a global sanctions neo-metropolis.
• In order to preserve its geopolitical presence in various parts of the world, the West relies on the so-called debt neo-colonialism . <…> The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
• Neo-metropolitan powers have also been targeting certain countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa with their disruptive efforts in order to control their natural wealth, including critical minerals. They focus on gaining unrestricted access to lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and rear earth deposits they need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
❗️ The fight against neocolonialism is not an eternal confrontation for the sake of confrontation itself. It is primarily a progressive movement of states towards civilisational sovereignty, which is crucial in avoiding degradation and devastation in the 21st century. <…> Only fully sovereign countries that have independence in domestic and foreign affairs will be able to effectively counteract the deliberate efforts of the former metropolises to impose unequal economic and political deals on them.
• Investigation of colonial crimes that do not have a statute of limitations should be placed at the forefront of this activity. It is necessary to consider the creation of a single public database (register) of crimes of the colonial period, as well as modern neocolonial practices, at the UN, and work out a scale to evaluate the damage caused by war crimes committed on their territory.
• Neo-metropoles should be hit where it hurts the most, in their wallets, which they are filling largely by exploiting the rest of the world. We believe that the payment of compensations to the victims of neocolonial practices should be based on clear, legally considered and substantiated evidence. Political and diplomatic assessments must be complemented with a legal evaluation of their actions.
• We wish the best of luck to our African and Latin American colleagues. Their success, including in establishing an anticolonial tribunal (akin to the Nuremberg Trials), will be a major step towards depriving the Global North of its domination and towards building a fair multipolar world order.
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RT @mfa_russia: 🔴 #LIVE: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs #UN Security Council debate on multilateral cooperation in the inte…
RT @mfa_russia: 🎙 Russia's FM Sergey #Lavrov during the #UNSC meeting:
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🎙 Statement by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the UN Security Council meeting on multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order (New York, July 16, 2024)
💬 The actions of the US and its allies are hindering international cooperation and the creation of a more just world. They have taken countries and regions hostage, prevent nations from realising their sovereign rights declared in the UN Charter
<...>
I am confident that this situation can be changed if there is good will, of course. To stop the implementation of a negative scenario, we would like to propose to discuss a number of steps towards restoring trust and stabilising the international situation.
1. The root causes of the ongoing crisis in Europe should be eliminated once and for all. The conditions for restoring stable peace in Ukraine have been put forth by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
A political and diplomatic settlement should be complemented with practical steps, to be taken in the West and the Euro-Atlantic community, to remove threats to the Russian Federation. The coordination of mutual guarantees and agreements should be based on the recognition of the new geostrategic realities on the Eurasian continent, where a continental architecture of really equal and indivisible security is taking shape. Europe risks lagging behind this objective historical process. We are ready to discuss a balance of interests.
2. The restoration of the regional and global balance of forces should be accompanied with active efforts to eliminate injustices in the global economy. There must be no monopoly in monetary and financial regulation, trade and technologies, by definition. <...>
3. Major fundamental changes are necessary in other institutes of global governance if we want them to work to the benefit of all. This primarily concerns the United Nations Organisation, which remains the embodiment of multilateralism against all the odds, with unique and universal legitimacy and universally recognised broad competencies.
An important step towards the restoration of the UN’s effectiveness would be the reconfirmation by all Member States of their commitment to the principles of the UN Charter, not selectively but in their entirety and as a whole. <...>
4. Regional associations have practical significance for the development of multipolarity, including the #CIS, the #CSTO, the #EAEU, #ASEAN, the Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC), the Arab League, the African Union and #CELAC. <...>.
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❗️It depends on member countries alone whether our world will be diverse and equitable. The Charter of our Organisation is our foothold.
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💬 The actions of the US and its allies are hindering international cooperation and the creation of a more just world. They have taken countries and regions hostage, prevent nations from realising their sovereign rights declared in the UN Charter
<...>
I am confident that this situation can be changed if there is good will, of course. To stop the implementation of a negative scenario, we would like to propose to discuss a number of steps towards restoring trust and stabilising the international situation.
1. The root causes of the ongoing crisis in Europe should be eliminated once and for all. The conditions for restoring stable peace in Ukraine have been put forth by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
A political and diplomatic settlement should be complemented with practical steps, to be taken in the West and the Euro-Atlantic community, to remove threats to the Russian Federation. The coordination of mutual guarantees and agreements should be based on the recognition of the new geostrategic realities on the Eurasian continent, where a continental architecture of really equal and indivisible security is taking shape. Europe risks lagging behind this objective historical process. We are ready to discuss a balance of interests.
2. The restoration of the regional and global balance of forces should be accompanied with active efforts to eliminate injustices in the global economy. There must be no monopoly in monetary and financial regulation, trade and technologies, by definition. <...>
3. Major fundamental changes are necessary in other institutes of global governance if we want them to work to the benefit of all. This primarily concerns the United Nations Organisation, which remains the embodiment of multilateralism against all the odds, with unique and universal legitimacy and universally recognised broad competencies.
An important step towards the restoration of the UN’s effectiveness would be the reconfirmation by all Member States of their commitment to the principles of the UN Charter, not selectively but in their entirety and as a whole. <...>
4. Regional associations have practical significance for the development of multipolarity, including the #CIS, the #CSTO, the #EAEU, #ASEAN, the Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC), the Arab League, the African Union and #CELAC. <...>.
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❗️It depends on member countries alone whether our world will be diverse and equitable. The Charter of our Organisation is our foothold.
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The North Atlantic Alliance expects Ukraine to join its bloc 'when Allies agree and conditions are met.' Washington considered the issue of its accession back in 1994. This is evidenced by recently declassified US government documents: 'Possibility of NATO membership for Ukraine. Baltic and southern tier states should be maintained; we should not consign them to a gray zone or a Russian sphere of influence.'
It should be recalled that NATO was created in 1949 for collective defense against the 'Soviet threat.' The USSR has not existed for 30 years, but the expansion of the alliance continues — today the bloc has 32 countries (at the time of the collapse of the USSR, NATO included 16 countries). Learn what the organization has brought to the world over the years from our video.
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⚡️The Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
❗️ This report continues the Ministry's efforts to draw the attention of the international community to the grave human rights situation in Ukraine. Right from the outset it should be noted that the human rights situation in Ukraine has been steadily deteriorating over recent years.
It is quite clear by now that Ukraine is ruled by an openly Nazi regime committing countless gross and systematic violations of human rights in all spheres of public life.
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Kiev's Nazi approaches are being fully realized with regard to Ukraine's Russian-speaking population. Ukraine has banned everything Russian (language, culture, education, printed matter and media).
In the sphere of education, the process of derussification has reached its climax:
👎 Teaching in and study of Russian at schools is prohibited;
👎 All literature pieces of Russian and Soviet (except for Ukrainian) authors have been removed from the school literature programme;
👎 Books in Russian are withdrawn from libraries.;
👎 Schoolchildren and teachers are forbidden even to speak Russian not only in class, but also during personal communication at break;
👎 The government in Kiev not only supports but also authorizes attacks on churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
❌ However, all these blatant human rights violations committed by Kiev are brushed under the rug or covered up by most Western NGOs and international human rights mechanisms.
<...>
☝️ As regards the situation in Ukraine, at this point we can say that by its actions Kiev only confirms a total lack of independence and shows itself to be a "puppet regime", carrying out the instructions of external handlers to create a Russophobic project entitled "Anti-Russia" out of its own country.
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❗️ This report continues the Ministry's efforts to draw the attention of the international community to the grave human rights situation in Ukraine. Right from the outset it should be noted that the human rights situation in Ukraine has been steadily deteriorating over recent years.
It is quite clear by now that Ukraine is ruled by an openly Nazi regime committing countless gross and systematic violations of human rights in all spheres of public life.
<...>
Kiev's Nazi approaches are being fully realized with regard to Ukraine's Russian-speaking population. Ukraine has banned everything Russian (language, culture, education, printed matter and media).
In the sphere of education, the process of derussification has reached its climax:
👎 Teaching in and study of Russian at schools is prohibited;
👎 All literature pieces of Russian and Soviet (except for Ukrainian) authors have been removed from the school literature programme;
👎 Books in Russian are withdrawn from libraries.;
👎 Schoolchildren and teachers are forbidden even to speak Russian not only in class, but also during personal communication at break;
👎 The government in Kiev not only supports but also authorizes attacks on churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
❌ However, all these blatant human rights violations committed by Kiev are brushed under the rug or covered up by most Western NGOs and international human rights mechanisms.
<...>
☝️ As regards the situation in Ukraine, at this point we can say that by its actions Kiev only confirms a total lack of independence and shows itself to be a "puppet regime", carrying out the instructions of external handlers to create a Russophobic project entitled "Anti-Russia" out of its own country.
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Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russian Federation:
💬 The West relies on the "debt neo-colonialism".
The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
🖊️Read the full article on the global anti-neocolonial movement "For Freedom of Nations"
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/historical_materials/1956884/
💬 The West relies on the "debt neo-colonialism".
The neo-colonial powers are using financial institutions under their control and extensively exploiting the difficult socioeconomic situation in many countries of the Global South to induce them to borrow at interest rates that are higher than those offered to the so-called golden billion countries.
🖊️Read the full article on the global anti-neocolonial movement "For Freedom of Nations"
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/historical_materials/1956884/
RT @mfa_russia: ⚓️ Today, on July 28, Russia celebrates #NavyDay!
Our country is among the world’s biggest naval powers and possesses ever…
Our country is among the world’s biggest naval powers and possesses ever…
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⚓️ On Russia’s Navy Day, President of Russia, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin reviewed the Main Naval Parade held in St Petersburg.
The President, accompanied by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseyev, sailed aboard the naval motorboat Raptor to review the parade line of warships on the Neva River roadstead. Vladimir Putin greeted and congratulated their crews on their special day.
The vessels that took part in the review included:
🇷🇺 the battleship Poltava, the small missile ships Serpukhov and Odintsovo, the corvette Boiky, the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin, the submarine Mozhaisk,
🇨🇳 the destroyer Jiaozuo of the Chinese Navy,
🇩🇿 the training ship La Soummam of the Algerian Navy,
🇮🇳 the frigate Tabar of the Indian Navy.
In total, 20 surface ships and boats, one submarine, four sailing vessels, and more than 2,500 military personnel took part in this year’s parade.
#NavyDay is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of July. The first Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg took place in 1996 to mark the Russian Navy’s 300th anniversary. The tradition of holding the annual parade in the city on this day was restored by a Presidential Executive Order in 2017.
The President, accompanied by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseyev, sailed aboard the naval motorboat Raptor to review the parade line of warships on the Neva River roadstead. Vladimir Putin greeted and congratulated their crews on their special day.
The vessels that took part in the review included:
🇷🇺 the battleship Poltava, the small missile ships Serpukhov and Odintsovo, the corvette Boiky, the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin, the submarine Mozhaisk,
🇨🇳 the destroyer Jiaozuo of the Chinese Navy,
🇩🇿 the training ship La Soummam of the Algerian Navy,
🇮🇳 the frigate Tabar of the Indian Navy.
In total, 20 surface ships and boats, one submarine, four sailing vessels, and more than 2,500 military personnel took part in this year’s parade.
#NavyDay is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of July. The first Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg took place in 1996 to mark the Russian Navy’s 300th anniversary. The tradition of holding the annual parade in the city on this day was restored by a Presidential Executive Order in 2017.
RT @RT_com: Navy Day Parade held in St. Petersburg, Russia | Highlights https://t.co/vUmnXIqXza
An inspiring engagement between Russian diplomats and their young future counterparts from Sub Saharan Africa was held at the UN Office at Nairobi!
The team of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the International Organizations in Nairobi met with the delegates of the Sub Saharan Africa International Model United Nations #SAIMUN2024 representing #Russia during this year's Model UN in #Kenya.
A brief overview of Russia`s foreign policy priorities was followed by an inspiring discussion on a wide range of global topics, including education, affordable housing, role of African nations in global peace and security architecture and many more.
It was a privilege to speak in front of the young talented Africans who represent the next generation of champions of international cooperation and sustainable development.
Best of luck to the future diplomats!
The team of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the International Organizations in Nairobi met with the delegates of the Sub Saharan Africa International Model United Nations #SAIMUN2024 representing #Russia during this year's Model UN in #Kenya.
A brief overview of Russia`s foreign policy priorities was followed by an inspiring discussion on a wide range of global topics, including education, affordable housing, role of African nations in global peace and security architecture and many more.
It was a privilege to speak in front of the young talented Africans who represent the next generation of champions of international cooperation and sustainable development.
Best of luck to the future diplomats!