🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RIA Novosti and Rossiya 24 TV on current foreign policy issues

📍Moscow, December 28, 2023

• Because of this hybrid war by the entire collective West, which was unleashed by the hands, bodies and other parts of Ukrainian society against us with the use of modern Western weapons, Russia has become much stronger during this year. The unity of our people has increased substantially.

• The overwhelming majority of states, the World Majority, have not joined the sanctions but cannot raise their voice high enough during debates for the time being. However, they are coming to realise that this could happen to anyone, and that any country could become a target for sanctions by the US, Europe or any US ally.

• More and more countries are telling us that they are with us. They understand that the lengthy process of forming a multipolar world has begun. They will help us by action but will have to occasionally trot out fake excuses (excuse the rude expression) to avoid being given a hard time. This is a serious trend.

• With the special military operation underway and our ongoing confrontation with the West, including on the economic and sanctions front, the objective substantiation of our actions takes on special importance.

• In the context of the emphasis on the Global Majority, on the countries that are ready to work with us in a fair, mutually beneficial and mutually respectful manner, including in the economy, politics, and security, our chairmanships, two of them, coming next year, are of central importance. One is in the #CIS and the other in #BRICS.

• Maybe, the West is even thinking about “specifying its strategy” because if “Russia’s strategic defeat” is a strategy (excuse my tautology please), it has failed miserably. <...> It is clear what they want to achieve – to leave as soon as possible from this grievous position, one that Europe was driven into primarily by Washington.

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Rusya Federasyonu Devlet Başkanı Başdanışmanı Yuriy Uşakov, TASS haber ajansına demeç verdi:

🔸 BRICS üyeleriyle işbirliği Rusya'nın temel ulusal çıkarlarına uygun olmakla beraber Moskova'nın çok kutuplu adil dünya düzeni oluşturmayı ve tüm ülkeler için eşit kalkınma fırsatlarını yaratmayı öngören tutarlı politikasıyla organik olarak örtüşmekte;

🔸 Ekonomi alanında, Rusya'nın BRICS dönem başkanlığı, üye devletlerin ticaret, yatırım, inovasyon, teknoloji ve sosyal alanlardaki stratejik ortaklığının daha da güçlendirilmesi konularına odaklanıyor;

🔸 BRICS bünyesinde dijital para birimleri ve blok zinciri gibi en modern teknolojilere dayalı bağımsız bir ödeme sisteminin oluşturulması ve, en önemlisi de, bu sistemin siyasetin dışında kalması, geleceğe yönelik önemli bir hedef;

🔸 Bugüne dek çok sayıda yeni başvuru geldi. Her ne kadar şu anda ikinci genişleme dalgası hakkında konuşmak için erken olsa da, gruba üye tüm ülkeleri, BRICS'e birçok ülkenin ilgisinin ancak memnuniyetle karşılanıp teşvik edilebileceği konusunda hemfikir.