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Nov 19 2024 
❗️❗️ Putin approves revised Russian nuclear doctrine (Update: Full Text)
UPDATE: Formal translation from the Russian MFA.
✍️ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin approved the new Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, signing the attendant Executive Order on November 19, 2024.
Key items:
• State policy on Nuclear Deterrence is defensive by nature, it is aimed at maintaining the nuclear… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
About the confirmed Russian presidential decision on Russia’s nuclear policy
💠@Dmitry Medvedev:
⭕ About the unconfirmed decision regarding strikes “deep into Russia” and the confirmed Russian presidential decision on Russia’s nuclear policy:As the dust raised by Western newspapers begins to settle, it is becoming evident that, despite the apparent propagandistic intent behind these publications, this development could carry very serious consequences.
It’s not so important who… Continue reading
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Nov 17 2024 
US Options Narrow as Ukrainian Lines Continue Crumbling
By Brian Berletic: Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 17, 2024;
Ukraine continues losing territory at an increasing rate, with the salient west of Donetsk City continuing to expand including the city of Kurakhove, as well as advances into the urban areas of Toretsk near New York, Chasiv… Continue reading
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Nov 17 2024 
The SMO – summary from Two Majors
In general we should give more attention to the Russian SMO. Although comments abound such as ‘Ukraine is toast’, ‘it cannot continue for much longer’, ‘404 is off the map’, and similar, there is still furious fighting going on and the incursion into Russian territory (Kursk) is being fortified. It is clear that Russia walks… Continue reading
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Nov 16 2024 
And he lost it! Trump’s ex-Deputy Assistant Dr. Sebastian Gorka & Afshin Rattansi
It is a bit slow in the beginning but wait for it. You see the snake rise up and then slither away, because he cannot answer the questions from Afshin Rattnsi
Trump’s ex-Deputy Assistant Dr. Sebastian Gorka & Afshin Rattansi clash Over Gaza. This is worth while watching because we see what we… Continue reading
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Nov 15 2024 
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the Situation in the Gaza Strip
Madam President,
We are grateful to Algeria, Guyana, Slovenia and Switzerland for their initiative to convene today’s UN Security Council meeting in connection with the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. We thank Ms. Brands Kehris, Rein Paulsen and Joyce Msuya for their overviews of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding before our very eyes, and for… Continue reading
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Nov 14 2024 
FM Lavrov’s interview: Marina Kim for the New World project
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1981521/) with Marina Kim for the New World project (Moscow, November 14, 2024)
Key talking points:
#InternationalAffairs
• Our main task now is to achieve all the goals formulated by President Vladimir Putin. You are aware of the West’s expectations. They are speculating about stopping the hostilities at a certain line and… Continue reading
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Nov 08 2024 
President Putin’s speech at the Valdai Club
This is a good and complete video out of Putin’s speech. The transcript will be updated here as it is completed. I suggest that this becomes a ‘required course’ for all of us.
The best description of Mr.Putin is cool, calm, collected, warm and friendly with his trademark of a phenomenal grasp of international affairs and… Continue reading
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Nov 07 2024
Highlights from Putin’s speech at the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club
Here is a set of highlights but we need to post up the transcript as soon as it is available. The most interesting part is the answers that Putin is still busy giving to the Valdai audience.
Putin names six key principles for the world’s sustainable development
Addressing the Valdai Forum on November… Continue reading
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Nov 06 2024 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the International Symposium Inventing the Future, Moscow, November 4, 2024
https://www.mid.ru/en/press_service/minister_speeches/1979085/
Colleagues and friends,
It is a privilege to be part of this new initiative, which seeks to unite people, identify shared values, and develop recommendations that will enable humanity to live in accordance with the legacies bestowed by the ancestors of each nation and nationality.
In this context, the platform of the Russia National Centre, established under… Continue reading
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Nov 05 2024 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya, Moscow, November 5, 2024
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1979380/
Question: What’s your take on the outcomes of the BRICS summit and Russia’s BRICS chairmanship which is about to conclude? Which countries are active BRICS partners, and what does this status mean in real life?
Sergey Lavrov: Without exaggeration, the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan came as a landmark international event not only of the year,… Continue reading
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Oct 31 2024
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine
Madam President,
When we learned about the request for today’s UNSC briefing, we were, frankly speaking, taken aback by the cynicism and brazenness of our Western colleagues and their egregious double standards. We understand perfectly well that the situation on the frontline is catastrophic for the Zelensky regime, especially after his inglorious Kursk adventure, which triggered… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2024 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview: Argumenty i Fakty newspaper, Moscow, October 20, 2024
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1976783/
(Ed: Bolding is mine.)
Question: Let me commence with BRICS. A significant number of countries, approximately 30 or perhaps more, have voiced their intention to join this group. Notably, Türkiye, a NATO member, which was rather surprising to me. Conversely, it has been reported that Kazakhstan, through the statement of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Press Secretary, has… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2024 
Maria Zakharova on the escalation of tension in the Korean Peninsula (Updated with a Brian Berletic comment)
Comment (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1975982/) by Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the escalation of tension in the #KoreanPeninsula
💬 In recent days, tensions on the Korean Peninsula has markedly escalated. According to official statements from Pyongyang, the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including its capital, has experienced unprecedented incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles… Continue reading
