❓: Dear Anatoly Ivanovich, how could you comment on the silence by the U.S. Side on the situation around the Holy Dormition Kiev Caves Lavra?
💬Anatoly Antonov: We are alarmed by the infringement on the rights of believers, growing with each passing hour, amid the persecution of novices of the Holy Dormition Kiev Caves Lavra.
The cases of attacks against Christians are numerous. Each of them requires response on the part of the international community.
⚠️The repressions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are a grave violation of religious rights and freedoms enshrined in universal international legal documents, and a blatant example of discrimination against believers.
👉The harassment of the monks comes at the time when Washington holds the “Summit for Democracy” with calls to respect for the freedom of individuals, speech, conscience and religion. Zero reaction to the horrifying actions of Kiev authorities contradicts the Summit’s declared goals.
What does the silence of the participants of the event as regards discrimination of the inhabitants of the monastery mean? Is it indifference, double standards, or proof of blind adherence to U.S. guidelines?
⁉️Aren't they aware here of the fact that in Ukraine clerics have long been driven from their parishes, temples are subject to humiliating searches, cathedrals are seized, and worshippers are harassed with threats of physical violence and deprivation of citizenship?
In this respect the decision of the organizers of the forum to invite Zelensky, who staged bacchanalia of lawlessness in order to split the Orthodox world, is inexplicable. What can this individual teach?
❌ Americans should find courage to move from moralizing at the “Summit for Democracy” towards meaningful steps to stop blasphemy and crackdown on the Orthodox community.
⛪️🤝For our part, we express support to the clergy and parishioners who are fighting for the preservation of historic and religious ties with the holy abode of Russian Orthodoxy.
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🔴 #ПрямойЭфир: Брифинг официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой по текущим вопросам внешней политики
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFDVVbeLSg
🔗 https://rutube.ru/video/50233401cadb86a9a5869d8f1230044b
🔗 https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/video
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFDVVbeLSg
🔗 https://rutube.ru/video/50233401cadb86a9a5869d8f1230044b
🔗 https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/video
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🔴 #ПрямойЭфир: Брифинг М.В.Захаровой по текущим вопросам внешней политики
Брифинг официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой по текущим вопросам внешней политики
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🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)
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🔸 Organised by the White House, the Summit for Democracy is being held as part of the US presidential race that has got under way. It will be yet another meeting in favour of a world system where Washington wants to play the central role, while the dissidents, as should be expected, will be branded as “undemocratic states.”
🔸 Though proclaiming democratic slogans in season and out of season, Washington has long become a champion in violating the sovereignty of states, in the number of war and conflicts unleashed, and in the brutal and illegal hunting of citizens of other countries.
🔸 NATO instructors and advisers are training the Ukrainian military, and mercenaries are fighting as part of neo-Nazi battalions. In an attempt to draw out the military confrontation as much as possible, they are not hiding their key goal, which is to defeat Russia on the battlefield and then dismember it.
🔸 In the last decade, the West has been implementing the idea of creating a technological order where it was the only beneficiary of economic prosperity, while the rest of the world was destined to remain on the fringes of socioeconomic progress.
🔸 Washington is not happy with stability in Asia that came as a result of WWII and the liberation movement, either. The US Indo-Pacific strategy is an attempt to create an Asian NATO.
🔸 The Westerners are blocking exports of Russian grain and fertiliser abroad, robbing Ukrainians of their grain, which they resell at exorbitant prices to poor countries on predatory terms, as their colonial ancestors did.
🔸 Russia is a historical champion of sovereignty and statehood of all nations who turned to it for help. Russia saved the United States at least twice, once during the Revolutionary War and then again during the Civil War.
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Key points:
🔸 Organised by the White House, the Summit for Democracy is being held as part of the US presidential race that has got under way. It will be yet another meeting in favour of a world system where Washington wants to play the central role, while the dissidents, as should be expected, will be branded as “undemocratic states.”
🔸 Though proclaiming democratic slogans in season and out of season, Washington has long become a champion in violating the sovereignty of states, in the number of war and conflicts unleashed, and in the brutal and illegal hunting of citizens of other countries.
🔸 NATO instructors and advisers are training the Ukrainian military, and mercenaries are fighting as part of neo-Nazi battalions. In an attempt to draw out the military confrontation as much as possible, they are not hiding their key goal, which is to defeat Russia on the battlefield and then dismember it.
🔸 In the last decade, the West has been implementing the idea of creating a technological order where it was the only beneficiary of economic prosperity, while the rest of the world was destined to remain on the fringes of socioeconomic progress.
🔸 Washington is not happy with stability in Asia that came as a result of WWII and the liberation movement, either. The US Indo-Pacific strategy is an attempt to create an Asian NATO.
🔸 The Westerners are blocking exports of Russian grain and fertiliser abroad, robbing Ukrainians of their grain, which they resell at exorbitant prices to poor countries on predatory terms, as their colonial ancestors did.
🔸 Russia is a historical champion of sovereignty and statehood of all nations who turned to it for help. Russia saved the United States at least twice, once during the Revolutionary War and then again during the Civil War.
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🎙 Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta (March 27, 2023)
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🇺🇸 The United States will once again [at the the "Summit for Democracy"] declare itself the defender of international law and is sure to claim that the world must live by its rules.
While hypocritically speculating about the freedom of choice, the United States, the self-appointed global dictator, will in fact scoff at countries whose sovereignty and democracy it has trampled underfoot.
***
☝️ Their democracy is nothing more than a pretty façade of a state structure designed to cover up how they ignore the rights of the common American.
Those who have taken a closer look at the US legal and socio-political system have no illusions about whether there is freedom of speech or freedom of expression.
***
🤦 The main task of the political regime in the present-day US is to mislead their own population amid the system-wide crisis they are facing.
While defending competition by word only, the American authorities have made the country’s economy dependent on corrupt and lobbying ties traced to the White House and the Capitol. The political process has degenerated into a clash between corporations, which put their people in key positions in the bodies of power.
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🇺🇸 The United States will once again [at the the "Summit for Democracy"] declare itself the defender of international law and is sure to claim that the world must live by its rules.
While hypocritically speculating about the freedom of choice, the United States, the self-appointed global dictator, will in fact scoff at countries whose sovereignty and democracy it has trampled underfoot.
***
☝️ Their democracy is nothing more than a pretty façade of a state structure designed to cover up how they ignore the rights of the common American.
Those who have taken a closer look at the US legal and socio-political system have no illusions about whether there is freedom of speech or freedom of expression.
***
🤦 The main task of the political regime in the present-day US is to mislead their own population amid the system-wide crisis they are facing.
While defending competition by word only, the American authorities have made the country’s economy dependent on corrupt and lobbying ties traced to the White House and the Capitol. The political process has degenerated into a clash between corporations, which put their people in key positions in the bodies of power.
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⚡️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova regarding WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich getting caught red-handed.
💬 What the reporter of The Wall Street Journal, a US publication, has been doing in Yekaterinburg had nothing to do with journalism.
Unfortunately, this is not the first case when foreigners use the status of a “foreign correspondent,” journalist visas and accreditation in our country as a cover-up for undertaking actions that are not related to journalism.
And he was not the first Western national to be caught red-handed.
💬 What the reporter of The Wall Street Journal, a US publication, has been doing in Yekaterinburg had nothing to do with journalism.
Unfortunately, this is not the first case when foreigners use the status of a “foreign correspondent,” journalist visas and accreditation in our country as a cover-up for undertaking actions that are not related to journalism.
And he was not the first Western national to be caught red-handed.
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⚡️ 31 марта опубликован текст Концепции внешней политики Российской Федерации, утвержденной Указом Президента Российской Федерации № 229 от 31 марта 2023 г.
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• Россия самоопределилась в качестве самобытной страны-цивилизации, обширной евразийской и евро-тихоокеанской державы, одного из суверенных центров мирового развития, играющего уникальную роль в поддержании глобального баланса сил и обеспечении мирного, поступательного развития человечества.
• Россия не считает себя врагом Запада, не изолируется от него, не имеет по отношению к нему враждебных намерений, рассчитывает на осознание им бесперспективности конфронтации с Россией, принятие многополярных реалий.
• Россия намерена уделять приоритетное внимание устранению рудиментов доминирования США и других недружественных государств в мировых делах.
• Россия стремится к обеспечению безопасности в равной мере для всех государств на основе принципа взаимности.
• Приоритеты гуманитарной политики России за рубежом – противодействие кампании русофобии, защита русского языка, российской культуры, спорта, Русской православной церкви от дискриминации.
• Особо важное значение для России имеет всеобъемлющее углубление связей и координации с дружественными суверенными глобальными центрами силы – Китаем и Индией
• Флагманский проект России в XXI веке – превращение Евразии в единое общеконтинентальное пространство мира, стабильности, взаимного доверия, развития и процветания.
• Россия считает исламскую цивилизацию дружественной, будет укреплять всеобъемлющее взаимовыгодное сотрудничество с ней.
• Россия намерена способствовать дальнейшему становлению Африки в качестве самобытного и влиятельного центра мирового развития.
• Россия будет наращивать сотрудничество с Латинской Америкой на прагматичной, деидеологизированной и взаимовыгодной основе.
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Из текста Концепции:
• Россия самоопределилась в качестве самобытной страны-цивилизации, обширной евразийской и евро-тихоокеанской державы, одного из суверенных центров мирового развития, играющего уникальную роль в поддержании глобального баланса сил и обеспечении мирного, поступательного развития человечества.
• Россия не считает себя врагом Запада, не изолируется от него, не имеет по отношению к нему враждебных намерений, рассчитывает на осознание им бесперспективности конфронтации с Россией, принятие многополярных реалий.
• Россия намерена уделять приоритетное внимание устранению рудиментов доминирования США и других недружественных государств в мировых делах.
• Россия стремится к обеспечению безопасности в равной мере для всех государств на основе принципа взаимности.
• Приоритеты гуманитарной политики России за рубежом – противодействие кампании русофобии, защита русского языка, российской культуры, спорта, Русской православной церкви от дискриминации.
• Особо важное значение для России имеет всеобъемлющее углубление связей и координации с дружественными суверенными глобальными центрами силы – Китаем и Индией
• Флагманский проект России в XXI веке – превращение Евразии в единое общеконтинентальное пространство мира, стабильности, взаимного доверия, развития и процветания.
• Россия считает исламскую цивилизацию дружественной, будет укреплять всеобъемлющее взаимовыгодное сотрудничество с ней.
• Россия намерена способствовать дальнейшему становлению Африки в качестве самобытного и влиятельного центра мирового развития.
• Россия будет наращивать сотрудничество с Латинской Америкой на прагматичной, деидеологизированной и взаимовыгодной основе.
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⚡️The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
📑 This Concept is a strategic planning document which provides a systemic vision of the national interests of Russia in the domain of foreign policy, basic principles, strategic goals, major objectives & priority areas of the Russian foreign policy.
☝️ More than a 1000 years of independent statehood, the cultural heritage of the preceding era, deep historical ties with the traditional European culture & other Eurasian cultures, & the ability to ensure harmonious coexistence of different peoples, ethnic, religious & linguistic groups on one common territory, which has been developed over many centuries, determine Russia's special position as a unique country-civilization & a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power that brings together the Russian people & other peoples belonging to the cultural & civilizational community of the Russian world.
Russia, taking into account its decisive contribution to the victory in World War II & its active role in shaping the contemporary system of international relations & eliminating the global system of colonialism, is one of the sovereign centres of global development performing a historically unique mission aimed at maintaining global balance of power & building a multipolar international system, as well as ensuring conditions for the peaceful progressive development of humanity on the basis of a unifying and constructive agenda.
🇷🇺 Russia pursues an independent & multi-vector foreign policy driven by its national interests & the awareness of its special responsibility for maintaining peace & security at the global & regional levels.
Russian foreign policy is peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, & pragmatic & is based on the respect for universally recognized principles & norms of international law.
❗️ Russia's attitude towards other states & interstate associations is contingent on the constructive, neutral or unfriendly character of their policies with respect to Russia.
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📑 This Concept is a strategic planning document which provides a systemic vision of the national interests of Russia in the domain of foreign policy, basic principles, strategic goals, major objectives & priority areas of the Russian foreign policy.
☝️ More than a 1000 years of independent statehood, the cultural heritage of the preceding era, deep historical ties with the traditional European culture & other Eurasian cultures, & the ability to ensure harmonious coexistence of different peoples, ethnic, religious & linguistic groups on one common territory, which has been developed over many centuries, determine Russia's special position as a unique country-civilization & a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power that brings together the Russian people & other peoples belonging to the cultural & civilizational community of the Russian world.
Russia, taking into account its decisive contribution to the victory in World War II & its active role in shaping the contemporary system of international relations & eliminating the global system of colonialism, is one of the sovereign centres of global development performing a historically unique mission aimed at maintaining global balance of power & building a multipolar international system, as well as ensuring conditions for the peaceful progressive development of humanity on the basis of a unifying and constructive agenda.
🇷🇺 Russia pursues an independent & multi-vector foreign policy driven by its national interests & the awareness of its special responsibility for maintaining peace & security at the global & regional levels.
Russian foreign policy is peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, & pragmatic & is based on the respect for universally recognized principles & norms of international law.
❗️ Russia's attitude towards other states & interstate associations is contingent on the constructive, neutral or unfriendly character of their policies with respect to Russia.
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1 апреля исполнится 150 лет со дня рождения композитора, пианиста и дирижера Сергея Рахманинова.
Специально к этой дате представляем новый спецпроект — первый в России интерактивный симфонический оркестр.
Слушайте в нем партии Второго Концерта Рахманинова по отдельности и создавайте уникальные комбинации мелодий.
#ТАССпецпроект
Специально к этой дате представляем новый спецпроект — первый в России интерактивный симфонический оркестр.
Слушайте в нем партии Второго Концерта Рахманинова по отдельности и создавайте уникальные комбинации мелодий.
#ТАССпецпроект
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Интерактивный спецпроект ТАСС к 150-летию со дня рождения Сергея Рахманинова
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📄 Выдержки из Концепции внешней политики Российской Федерации, утверждённой 31 марта 2023 года
• Человечество переживает эпоху революционных перемен. Структурная перестройка мировой экономики, ее перевод на новую технологическую основу, рост национального самосознания, культурно-цивилизационное разнообразие и другие объективные факторы ускоряют процессы перераспределения потенциала развития в пользу новых центров экономического роста и геополитического влияния, способствуют демократизации международных отношений.
• Россия стремится к формированию такой системы международных отношений, которая обеспечивала бы надёжную безопасность, сохранение культурно-цивилизационной самобытности, равные возможности развития для всех государств независимо от их географического положения, размера территории, демографического, ресурсного и военного потенциалов, политического, экономического и социального устройства.
• Российская Федерация исходит из неделимости международной безопасности и стремится к её обеспечению в равной мере для всех государств на основе принципа взаимности. На этой основе Россия открыта к совместным действиям по формированию обновлённой, более устойчивой архитектуры международной безопасности со всеми заинтересованными государствами и межгосударственными объединениями.
• В случае совершения иностранными государствами или их объединениями недружественных действий, представляющих угрозу суверенитету и территориальной целостности Российской Федерации, в том числе связанных с применением ограничительных мер (санкций) политического или экономического характера либо с использованием современных информационно-коммуникационных технологий, Российская Федерация считает правомерным принять симметричные и асимметричные меры, необходимые для пресечения таких недружественных действий, а также для предотвращения их повторения в будущем.
👉 Полный текст Концепции внешней политики России
• Человечество переживает эпоху революционных перемен. Структурная перестройка мировой экономики, ее перевод на новую технологическую основу, рост национального самосознания, культурно-цивилизационное разнообразие и другие объективные факторы ускоряют процессы перераспределения потенциала развития в пользу новых центров экономического роста и геополитического влияния, способствуют демократизации международных отношений.
• Россия стремится к формированию такой системы международных отношений, которая обеспечивала бы надёжную безопасность, сохранение культурно-цивилизационной самобытности, равные возможности развития для всех государств независимо от их географического положения, размера территории, демографического, ресурсного и военного потенциалов, политического, экономического и социального устройства.
• Российская Федерация исходит из неделимости международной безопасности и стремится к её обеспечению в равной мере для всех государств на основе принципа взаимности. На этой основе Россия открыта к совместным действиям по формированию обновлённой, более устойчивой архитектуры международной безопасности со всеми заинтересованными государствами и межгосударственными объединениями.
• В случае совершения иностранными государствами или их объединениями недружественных действий, представляющих угрозу суверенитету и территориальной целостности Российской Федерации, в том числе связанных с применением ограничительных мер (санкций) политического или экономического характера либо с использованием современных информационно-коммуникационных технологий, Российская Федерация считает правомерным принять симметричные и асимметричные меры, необходимые для пресечения таких недружественных действий, а также для предотвращения их повторения в будущем.
👉 Полный текст Концепции внешней политики России
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📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
#Trends
• Humanity is currently going through revolutionary changes. The formation of a more equitable multipolar world order is underway.
• The changes which are now taking place & which are generally favourable are nonetheless not welcomed by a number of states being used to the logic of global dominance & neocolonialism.
• Serious pressure is being put on the UN & other multilateral institutions the intended purpose of which, as platforms for harmonizing the interests of the leading powers, is artificially devalued.
• Russia does not consider itself to be an enemy of the West, is not isolating itself from the West and has no hostile intentions with regard to it; Russia hopes that in future the states belonging to the Western community will realize that their policy of confrontation and hegemonic ambitions lack prospects.
#Priorities
• Russia is striving towards a system of international relations that would guarantee reliable security, preservation of its cultural & civilizational identity, & equal opportunities for the development for all states.
• Russia consistently advocates strengthening the legal fundamentals of international relations, & faithfully complies with its international legal obligations.
#RegionalTracks
• The most important for the security, stability, territorial integrity & social & economic development of Russia, strengthening its position as one of the influential sovereign centres of world development and civilization is to ensure sustainable long-term good-neighbourly relations & to combine the strengths in various fields with the CIS member states.
• Russia aims at further strengthening the comprehensive partnership & the strategic cooperation with China.
• Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India.
• Russia seeks to transform Eurasia into a continental common space of peace, stability, mutual trust, development & prosperity.
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#Trends
• Humanity is currently going through revolutionary changes. The formation of a more equitable multipolar world order is underway.
• The changes which are now taking place & which are generally favourable are nonetheless not welcomed by a number of states being used to the logic of global dominance & neocolonialism.
• Serious pressure is being put on the UN & other multilateral institutions the intended purpose of which, as platforms for harmonizing the interests of the leading powers, is artificially devalued.
• Russia does not consider itself to be an enemy of the West, is not isolating itself from the West and has no hostile intentions with regard to it; Russia hopes that in future the states belonging to the Western community will realize that their policy of confrontation and hegemonic ambitions lack prospects.
#Priorities
• Russia is striving towards a system of international relations that would guarantee reliable security, preservation of its cultural & civilizational identity, & equal opportunities for the development for all states.
• Russia consistently advocates strengthening the legal fundamentals of international relations, & faithfully complies with its international legal obligations.
#RegionalTracks
• The most important for the security, stability, territorial integrity & social & economic development of Russia, strengthening its position as one of the influential sovereign centres of world development and civilization is to ensure sustainable long-term good-neighbourly relations & to combine the strengths in various fields with the CIS member states.
• Russia aims at further strengthening the comprehensive partnership & the strategic cooperation with China.
• Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India.
• Russia seeks to transform Eurasia into a continental common space of peace, stability, mutual trust, development & prosperity.
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