🎙 From the statements by Andrey Belousov, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federationin the First Committee of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 25 October 2023)

At the Thematic Debate on «Regional Disarmament and Security»:

💬 Given the current lack of trust as well as the obviously hostile attitude on the part of Washington and the collective Brussels, it is unreasonable and naive to expect any progress towards revising the state of conventional arms control in Europe (CACE). Any dialogue on a new CACE version will only be possible if the West abandons its hostile anti-Russian policy. Shaping such a regime in future will undoubtedly require fundamentally new approaches while taking into account Russia's national interests as an imperative.

At the Thematic Debate on «Disarmament Machinery»:

💬 The leading role in addressing arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues, as well as issues of international peace and global security, should be played by the United Nations, as was intended when the Organization was established. The strengthening of existing arms control regimes and the development of new ones should be carried out either through active conventional mechanisms or through the UN disarmament machinery. Only such a principle can ensure genuine multilateralism in disarmament and take into account the security interests of the stakeholders.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (Minsk, October 26, 2023)

💬 Thank you very much for the invitation and the idea of holding the High-level International Conference Eurasian Security: Reality and Prospects in a Transforming World.

It is especially important now when Europe, as dictated by the Americans, decided to divide our united, large and rich in mineral resources continent, which was given to us by God and history, into two camps.

👉 This happened before, during the Soviet era and the Cold War, but even then our economic ties were not severed. Today, Europe is suffering direct losses because of Washington’s pressure.

Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Aleinik mentioned our readiness to cooperate with everyone but only as equal and honest partners. Foreign Minister Szijjarto said the same.

I pointed out that we hold the door to these processes open to everyone. But if Europe prefers to shut itself off, we will have to move from the division of labour to independent and sovereign production of everything we need for development and security.

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🔴 #LIVE: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the first meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Caspian Co-operation.

📍 Moscow, October 27, 2023

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🔴 #LIVE: The UN Security Council holds a meeting on Ukraine on Russia's initiative

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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, October 26, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Palestinian-Israeli conflict
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 EU industrial production
🔹 The threat of expulsion of Russian citizens living in Latvia
🔹 Moldova

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#Ukraine

On October 23, 2023, The Washington Post carried a detailed story about the involvement of Ukrainian security services in the assassination of Darya Dugina, the explosions of the Crimean Bridge and other crimes.

According to the paper, since 2015, the CIA spent tens of millions of dollars on training Ukrainian security services and turning them into America’s allies in the fight against Russia.

It also mentions the UK’s MI-6 in the same context. Those Anglo-Saxon intelligence services reportedly established the No 5 and No 6 divisions at the Security Service of Ukraine. Both divisions were directly subordinated to them and were expected to focus on active measures (acts of sabotage) against Russia.

According to the publication, the CIA was behind Ukrainian security services’ operations all the time. The Ukrainian side coordinated all high-profile operations with the CIA which provided the perpetrators with all the essentials.

#MiddleEast

We are deeply concerned about the reported geographical expansion of fighting in the West Bank. The potential for conflict is growing along the Blue Line on the Lebanese-Israeli border. We are watching with concern as Israel steps up air strikes on Syrian territory. We are extremely concerned about the military manoeuvres by non-regional parties in the Eastern Mediterranean. These factors, along with the increasing bellicose rhetoric from various sides, heighten the risks of the conflict escalating into a region-wide one.

In this regard, we reiterate the need for an early ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors for evacuation and delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. We also reiterate our call for the release of the hostages.

🎙 President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Security Council and Government, and the heads of security agencies (October 30, 2023)

💬 At a recent meeting with religious associations’ leaders, I spoke about the attempts to use the dramatic situation in the Middle East and other regional conflicts against our country to destabilise and divide our multi-ethnic and multi-faith society.

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Those behind the Middle East conflict and other regional conflicts will be using the destructive impact of these conflicts to sow hatred and cause clashes between people around the world.

We remember how the current phase of the Middle East crisis began: it was a terrorist attack against Israeli civilians and civilians from other countries who happened to be in Israel at that time. We see that, unfortunately, instead of punishing criminals and terrorists, they started to retaliate according to the principle of collective responsibility.

There is no justification for the terrible events taking place in Gaza now, where hundreds of thousands of innocent people are being killed indiscriminately, without having anywhere to flee or hide from the bombing. When you see blood-stained children, dead children, the suffering of women and old people, when you see medics killed, of course, it makes you clench your fists as tears well in your eyes.

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We must clearly understand who in reality is behind the tragedy of peoples in the Middle East and in other regions around the world, who has been organising this lethal chaos and who benefits from it.

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These are the current ruling elites in the US and its satellites who are the main beneficiaries of the global instability that they use to extract their bloody rent.

The US as a global superpower is becoming weaker and is losing its position, and everyone sees and understands this, even judging by the trends in the world economy. The American-style world, with the hegemony of one country, is being destroyed and is receding gradually but inexorably into the past.

🎙 From President Vladimir Putin's speech during a meeting with members of the Security Council and Government, and heads of security agencies (October 30, 2023)

💬 Today, Russia is not just actively participating in the formation of a new, fairer multipolar world with equal rights and opportunities for all countries and civilisations. We are not only one of the leaders of this objective historical process, but I will say more, and everyone knows this: Russia is fighting on the battlefield for our future, for the principles of a just world order, for the freedom of countries and peoples.

❗️ I will repeat again: the ruling elites of the US and its satellites are behind the tragedy of the Palestinians, the massacre in the Middle East in general, the conflict in Ukraine, and many other conflicts in the world – in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and so on. This has become obvious to everyone.

🔻 They are not achieving results on the battlefield, so they want to split us from within, as far as Russia is concerned, to weaken us and sow confusion.

🔻 They do not want Russia to participate in solving any international or regional problems, including in the Middle East settlement.

🔻 They do not need durable peace in the Holy Land; they need constant chaos in the Middle East.

🔺 Unlike the West, our approaches towards the situation in the Middle East have always lacked mercenary interests, intrigues and double standards.

❗️ The key to resolving the conflict lies in establishing a sovereign and independent Palestinian state, a full-fledged Palestinian state. We have repeatedly said this openly and honestly during our contacts with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders.

Good morning, India! 🌞 शुभ प्रभात, भारत!

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🔴 #LIVE: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the opening of the World Thematic Conference of Russian Compatriots.

📍 Moscow, November 1, 2023

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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN:

🎙 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine (October 31, 2023)

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💬 The Ukrainian clique, as we all know very well today, had more than one opportunity to silence the guns.

First of all, they should have stopped the war against the peaceful population of Donbass, which began more than 9 years ago. Then they should have rejected glorification of Nazi collaborators who had been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, Roma, Poles, Russians and Ukrainians. They should have granted to the entire population of the country, without exception or discrimination, the rights that people in the vast majority of other countries enjoy by default. That includes countries of the European Union, which Ukraine so desperately seeks to join.

☝️ In other words, Ukraine should have stopped being an "Anti-Russia" and returned to normal, civilized and good-neighborly development.

However, the regime that came to power in 2014 with Western help after an anti-constitutional coup missed all these opportunities without asking its citizens whether they wanted to fight until last Ukrainian. What’s more, the regime in Kiev actually boasts about it, begging for more and more Western military aid.

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❗️ The fact is consistently silenced down that from the very beginning of the conflict in Donbass in 2014 the Kiev military has been attacking critical civilian infrastructure, primarily water and heating facilities. Besides, medical and educational institutions have been and continue to be destroyed.

All sorts of compromised mechanisms that were created in the West rubber stamp whatever reports and data are needed for that purpose. Structures responsible for this propaganda and various Russophobic narratives seat in Kiev, Washington, London and Brussels.