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Dec 05 2024 
Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Tucker Carlson
Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson
🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (https://t.me/TuckerCarlsonNetwork) (Moscow, December 6, 2024)
Read in full (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1985783/)
Watch on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6BpFdX_ymM)Key talking points
#RussiaUS
• We would like to have normal relations with all countries especially with the United States. We don’t see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot… Continue reading
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Dec 05 2024 
Selections from today’s briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova,
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1985339/
Selections: Republic of Korea, Worsening situation in Syria, Ukraine
The Republic of Korea update
We are watching with concern the tragic developments underway in the Republic of Korea. We hope that they will not affect the socio-political situation on the Korean Peninsula, which has been complicated by the incendiary activities of the United States and its… Continue reading
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Dec 05 2024 
Russia Calling! Investment Forum
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russia Calling! forum.
The 15th VTB Russia Calling! Investment Forum is being held in Moscow on December 4–5, 2024.
Its main theme is The Future of Capital and the Capital of the Future.
Although this transcript is still not fully complete (update : now complete), already there… Continue reading
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Dec 01 2024 
Dmitry Medvedev: Three developments in Europe at the onset of winter
On his Telegram Channel – British and Zelensky, European Council, Georgia
Three developments in Europe at the onset of winter
1. What do you know? The British have acknowledged at last that Mr. z’s popularity has nosedived and most Ukrainians want him gone. According to The Times, only 16% of them would vote for him, come… Continue reading
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Nov 30 2024 
BRICS Partner States
Russia is filling the expected void when Brazil takes over BRICS.
List of new BRICS partner states to be released before end of year — Russian MFA
No country that received an invitation to become a BRICS partner state has rejected it, Sergey Ryabkov saidMOSCOW, November 30. /TASS/. Moscow intends to release the complete list of the… Continue reading
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Nov 30 2024 
FM Lavrov’s remarks at Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion, “Ukraine crisis: Global information space”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion, “Ukraine crisis: Global information space,” Moscow, November 29, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen,
Colleagues, friends,
We believe it is crucially important to make sure that ambassadors working in the Russian Federation have a detailed understanding of our position regarding one of the most acute international crises, which broke out… Continue reading
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Nov 28 2024 
A Powerful response across Ukraine – Summary at CSTO: President Putin
The CSTO Summit begins in Astana.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking part in the Collective Security Council session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Astana. The leaders of the CSTO, which is widely viewed as a counter to NATO, are set to discuss current issues of international and regional security, as well as the… Continue reading
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Nov 25 2024 
Russia is considering the possibility of deploying missiles in Asia: Ryabkov said
MOSCOW, Nov 25-RIA Novosti. Russia is considering the possibility of deploying intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in Asia if similar American systems appear there, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters.
“Of course, this is one of the options that has also been repeatedly mentioned. The appearance of appropriate American systems in any region of the world… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2024 
Dmitry Medvedev’s Sunday Review
Five events that have already happened
1. First on the list, of course, is the firing of the ‘Oreshnik,’ Russia’s new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile carrying a MIRV payload, used (this time) with non-nuclear warheads. Europe is at a loss, speculating how much damage the missile would cause with nuclear warheads, whether it can be shot… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2024 
Oreshnik – The 3 Km per Second Plot Twist
Nothing to see here. Just a hypersonic demo. Well, not really.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
The average American is only capable of making (some sort of) sense of the world through movies. So let’s go back to a classic: the opening sequence of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now – the Vietnam war counterpart to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of… Continue reading -
Nov 22 2024 
Putin: State awards for the novel Oreshnik missile
Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Kremlin with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. (He really likes that Oreshnik!)
He kept using the word ‘novel’ in his speech yesterday, and I took it to mean new .. new concept. Not five minutes later the talking heads were speculating on which older technology this was… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
❗️ ❗️ Putin: Address to the nation — in progress (Update, now complete with transcript))
This is happening now but the RT live stream does not want to work for me. No doubt we will have Putin’s full address from another source quite rapidly.
https://www.rt.com/on-air/607958-putin-president-russia-statement/
Here are the notes as taken down from other streams:
Putin stated that Western missiles were used to strike military facilities in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.
The conflict… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
Russian Economy: Central Bank chief’s statement in State Duma
TASS
The national economy is in the “breaking point” and inflation slowdown can be expected in coming months
MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The key rate is expected to become lower in the next year if there are no new shocks, Governor of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said at the plenary session of the State Duma,… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
FM Lavrov: Remarks & answers to media questions following the G20 Summit
Key Takeaways:
Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s press briefing following the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro:
🔹 The summit yielded “very positive results,” and important agreements were made, including on the creation of the Global Alliance to Fight Hunger and Poverty;
🔹 Russia agrees with the provision on Ukraine in the final G20 declaration… Continue reading
