Today, September 5, marks the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Minsk Protocol.

⚠️ This document contained specific agreements between Kiev, Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic for the peaceful settlement of the #UkrainianConflict, which arose as a result of the coup d'état on Maidan and Kiev's military operation against Donbass that followed.

Later, in February 2015, the “Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements” was adopted. This package was approved by the #UN Security Council. According to its provisions, peace was supposed to prevail in Donbass by the end of 2015, and efforts towards the socio-economic recovery of the region were to begin.

❗️ Faithful and consistent implementation of the Minsk agreements by Kiev was the only chance to bring peace back to Ukraine.

❌ Unfortunately, these agreements were never implemented. The Ukrainian government did not seize the opportunity for peace and instead sought to resolve the conflict by force. Both the former German Chancellor and the former President of France, who were guarantor countries of the Agreement, have admitted and publicly stated that they never intended to honour the agreements. Those who acted as guarantors of the Minsk Agreements cynically used the respite to arm the Ukrainian military and prepare it for a war with Russia.

☝️ In this situation, Russia had no right to step aside. Once we realized that all possible measures of political and diplomatic settlement had been exhausted and there was no other way to protect the people in the LPR and DPR from extermination, Russia recognised the independence of Donbass Republics and launched the special military operation.

#CrisisInUkraine #MinskAgreements

👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 #OTD September 5, is Teachers' Day in India.
The date was chosen for a reason: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a prominent educationist and social activist who made a significant contribution to the development of education in India, was born on this day in 1888.

💐 The celebration has its own traditions: students wear ceremonial clothes, give flowers and homemade gifts to teachers, organise concerts and plays.

🎉 Congratulations to all Indian teachers !

#School #IndiaTeachersDay #RussiaIndia #India

🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in the 9th Eastern Economic Forum plenary session (September 5, 2024)

Full text of the statement and answers to media questions

💬 President Putin: We have designated the development of the Far East as a national priority for the XXI century. The significance and correctness of that decision have been confirmed by life itself, the challenges we have recently encountered and, most importantly, the objective trends that are gaining momentum in the global economy, when the main business ties, trade routes and the overall development are increasingly shifting towards the East and the Global South.

Our Far Eastern regions offer direct access to these growing emerging markets, helping us overcome the barriers which some Western elites are trying to create worldwide. The most important thing, as I have already mentioned, is that the Far East is a huge area for implementing business initiatives, launching complex projects and creating whole new industries.

❗️ The Far East has become a crucial factor for strengthening Russia’s standing in the world and our flagship in the new global economic reality. The further development of the Far East will largely determine the future of our country as a whole.

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Overall, representatives of more than 75 countries and territories are taking part in the forum’s events. It is extremely important that such discussions are complemented with substantive business dialogues and result in the adoption of investment decisions and trade agreements. I would like to say that over a thousand agreements worth in total more than 10.5 trillion rubles were signed during the previous three forums.

☝️The Eastern Economic Forum has rightfully become a respected venue for establishing reliable business contacts and discussing the strategic development of the Russian Far East and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.

Other key talking points

• Russia's economy ranks fourth in the world in terms of GDP by purchasing power parity;

• We and our BRICS partners use national currencies in 65% of trade settlements with each other;

• We did not refuse to settle in dollars, we were denied settlements, and we were simply forced to look for other options;

• More than 30 countries are willing to cooperate with BRICS, and some of them are ready to join the group;

• The new members who joined BRICS this year are self-sufficient, have rapidly growing economies and will make their contribution to the development of the grouping;

• [Kiev regime's Kursk incursion] goal of trying to make us nervous, to relocate our forces, to halt our military adavance in Donbass was not achieved. Our Armed Forces stabilised the situation and stepped up their offensive.

#EEF2024

Non-Compliance by Ukraine with Its International Obligations

The regime in Kiev that came to power illegally as a result of a coup d'état has for many years failed to fulfil international obligations taken by Ukraine.

Obligation-list which was failed (Part 1):

The UN Security Council Resolution 2202 on the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements, adopted on 12 February 2015.

1. International humanitarian law (IHL) and agreements on the use of specific weapons.

1.1. Article 3, common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the 1977 Additional Protocol relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) as well as international human rights norms.

1.2. The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV), the 1977 Additional Protocol relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), as well as international human rights norms.

1.3. The 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (Geneva Convention I), the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III), Protocol I.

1.4. The Inhuman Weapons Convention (also known as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons) (IWC).

To be continued…