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Jan 27 2024 
The Day the Siege was Broken
Tribute from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the… Continue reading
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Jan 24 2024 
Lavrov at UNSC: Using Truth as a Hammer
Lavrov at UNSC: Day Two West Asia & Palestine: Using Truth as a Hammer
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Lavrov pulls out a verbal hammer at the end of his remarks at the second day of special UNSC hearings on Ukraine with today’s about the situation in West Asia and Palestine in particular. Here’s Sergey with… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2024 
Russian FM Lavrov: 2023 Foreign Policy Review
Original and Video at Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions during a news conference on Russia’s foreign policy performance in 2023, Moscow, January 18, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am glad to welcome you at our annual event. Every year, we come together right after the New Year and… Continue reading
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Jan 11 2024 
Russian Fifth Column – (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin has said.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240111/efforts-to-recruit-russian-fifth-column-highlight-pervasive-nature-of-us-surveillance-state-1116122142.html
Mere weeks ahead of the 2024 presidential election in Russia, the United States intends to ramp up efforts to recruit Russian graduates of US exchange programs in order to form a “fifth column” in Russia and to meddle in Russia’s internal affairs, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin has said.
Commenting on this development,… Continue reading
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Jan 09 2024 
Valdai Club on the road in India “International Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities for India-Russia relations”
Approximately 2 years ago Mr Putin made a comment at a Valdai Club discussion to the effect that Valdai should create a multinational profile and Valdai should go on the road. For anyone watching carefully, just recently Dr S Jaishankar visited Moscow to high praise from all parties. A part of Valdai is in India,… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2024 
Putin’s Visit to Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital
The cameras are on, otherwise I would make a certain gesture here now; you all know what kind of gesture it is.
I think that the realisation is starting to dawn on them, and the rhetoric is changing: those who were talking just yesterday about the need to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia are now looking for the right words on how to quickly end the conflict. We also want to end the conflict, as quickly as possible,… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2023 
President Putin’s New Year’s Message
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/82195
Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends,
We are bidding farewell to 2023. Very soon it will become part of history and we will have to move forward, create the future.
We have worked very hard and accomplished a lot over the past year. We were proud of our common achievements and happy about our successes. And we… Continue reading
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Dec 28 2023 
Lavrov Unplugged
We’ve heard of mafia-like “pistol-whips” about the face, and cruder “b” slaps, but this a third path being delivered by Uncle Lavrov, delivered with quintessential dry diplomatic sadness..
💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ Dollar has become a tool of interference in domestic affairs and regime changes, Lavrov notes
⭕ Lavrov in an interview with Sputnik and Rossiya 24 broadcaster: the… Continue reading -
Dec 26 2023 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov answers questions from the NTV Itogi Nedeli programme, December 24, 2023
Please note the BRICS explanation which I’ve bolded – Amaryth
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https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1922749/
Question: Here is a philosophical question: Yesterday, you spoke about justice, a just solution to the crisis, a just multipolar world order, etc. Now the Global South is closely watching us. What kind of justice can we offer them? How do we make it clear to… Continue reading
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Dec 26 2023 
Russia – China Are on a Roll
While the dogs of war bark, lie and steal, the Russia-China caravan strolls on.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture.
2023 may be defined for posterity as The Year of the Russia-China Strategic Partnership. This wonder of wonders could easily sway under a groove by – who else – Stevie Wonder: “Here… Continue reading
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Dec 26 2023 
Russian Defence Minister chairs special wrap up teleconference
At the extended board session, we reviewed the Armed Forces’ activities in 2023.
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief highly appreciated the work of leadership and personnel of the Ministry of Defence, thanked for the conscientious fulfilment of the tasks.
During the year, efforts were focused on achieving the objectives of the special military operation.
The most important of these is… Continue reading
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Dec 22 2023 
Such a wonderful depiction – thievish they are!
Sergey Lavrov did his normal presser and answered media questions when visiting The Republic of Tunisia only yesterday. He has a talent to just casually drop secrets as well.
Question: It has recently come to light that the Prosecutor’s Office of Germany is seeking the seizure of Russian assets in favor of Germany’s budget. Was this expected?… Continue reading
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Dec 20 2023 
President Putin arrived at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation to attend an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board.
The President arrived at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation to attend an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board.
December 19, 2023
14:40
Moscow
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At the expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board. Photo: Artem Geodakyan, TASS
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Comrade officers, Mr Shoigu,
A year ago, we met at the concluding meeting of the Defence Ministry Board and discussed priority tasks linked with… Continue reading
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Dec 20 2023 
Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Channel One’s Bolshaya Igra (Great Game) political talk show
Dimitri Simes: The year is drawing to a close, and we can start to consider preliminary results.
I would like to ask you about something that I think is among the most important developments, namely changes in the collective West and Kiev’s narrative regarding the situation in Ukraine. A year ago, there was talk about a… Continue reading
