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Dec 30 2022 
Xi Jinping & Vladimir Putin + Update
Most of the substantive issues discussed in this video conference will only trickle out with more time. Here is a short summary of what is public now.
Relations between 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳 ‘Best in History’ – Putin-Xi Video Call Key Points
📍The Russia/China partnership is a stabilizing force against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions and pressure
📍Relations between… Continue reading -
Dec 27 2022 
Lavrov: interview with TASS
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s year-end interview with TASS news agency, December 27, 2022
Question: The launch of the special military operation in Ukraine and ensuing developments, including an unprecedented deterioration of our relations with the West, was the main event of the outgoing year. Do you think the conflict in Ukraine can last a long time,… Continue reading -
Informal summit of CIS heads of state
The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St Petersburg hosted an informal meeting of the heads of state of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Attending the meeting were President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Traditional informal… Continue reading
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Dec 27 2022 
Lavrov speaks to Russian Media
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a working meeting with senior executives of the Russian media, Moscow, December 26, 2022
Summary:⚠️ Everything that we are now witnessing in Europe in its broadest sense and on other continents, where US “messengers” want every country to take an anti-Russia position, to join the sanctions and to keep… Continue reading
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Russia dropping US dollar for Chinese Yuan – and fast
From Ben Norton and excellent research as usual:
In response to Western sanctions, Russia’s central bank is dropping the US dollar and plans to buy Chinese yuan on the foreign exchange market. The yuan’s share of trading on Russia’s currency market increased from 1% to 40-45% in less than a year, while dollar trade halved from… Continue reading
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Putin and Shoigu speak
After a flurry of security council meetings, a visit by Putin to the front lines of the SMO, Medvedev visiting Xi Jinping, Putin and Shoigu are giving their speeches.
I’ve taken this from a Russian reporter that wrote down the basics. We will have to wait for a professional and accurate transcript.
Collegium of the Ministry of… Continue reading
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FM Lavrov: Conference European Security Issues
Long, complex, true ‘Lavrov Style’, detailed, exact, but yet a creative presentation.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s news conference on European security issues, Moscow, December 1, 2022
Esteemed journalists,Good afternoon.
Thank you for responding to our invitation. We considered it important to discuss today problems of European and, hence, global security. In Europe, NATO’s members are increasingly claiming global… Continue reading
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FM Lavrov: Dialogue for the Future
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks during a meeting with the participants of the scientific and educational programme, Dialogue for the Future, Moscow, November 30, 2022
Colleagues.It is good to see everyone here at the Dialogue for the Future again. We hold this dialogue regularly, normally at the end of each calendar year. We find it very… Continue reading
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Lavrov’s comments: Film, Nazism on Trial
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the film, Nazism on Trial, Moscow, November 26, 2022
Question: Today, we are being told (primarily by the Ukrainians) that the Russians have “made things up” and there are no Nazis in Ukraine and there have never been any. However, we remember history well. We can see that over the… Continue reading -
Briefing: Maria Zakharova
Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 24, 2022
These are selections from Maria’s last briefing. If you want to read the complete briefing, it is at the link.Crisis in Ukraine
I’d like to draw your attention to two dates in the recent history of Ukraine – November 21 and 22. They are linked with… Continue reading
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Vassily Nebenzia: UNSC briefing-Ukraine
Note: This is one of the best and clearest speeches of Nebenzia at the UNSC. It is excellent reference material. The RT article on this is also good – Amarynth
https://www.rt.com/news/567073-security-council-ukraine-proxy-war/
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Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (November 23, 2022)
Key points:
☝️ In the course of our special military operation, we have to… Continue reading
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CSTO summit
The President of Russia took part in a regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in a restricted format.
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in a restricted format.
Talks continued in an extended format with… Continue reading
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Nov 16 2022 
Lavrov: remarks and answers to media questions following the G20 Summit
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the G20 Summit, Denpasar, November 15, 2022
During the first day of the G20 Summit, the discussion focused on three subjects – energy, food security, and the global health situation.
We outlined our widely-distributed and principled approaches to the causes of the ongoing energy and food… Continue reading
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Nov 16 2022 
Maria Zakharova: on UN vote of Aggression against Ukraine
Summary:
Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the adoption of UN General Assembly Resolution Furtherance of Remedy and Reparation for Aggression against Ukraine
🔹 In effect, those who voted for this document took it upon themselves to recommend the creation of a certain international mechanism that will be managed by a separate group of countries… Continue reading
