🎙Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from RIA Novosti regarding allegations that Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum(February 24, 2026)
❓ Question: Zelensky has repeatedly claimed that by launching the special military operation, Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum. However, the head of the Kiev regime forgets that by enshrining NATO membership as a constitutional objective and engaging in military-technical cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance, Ukraine itself violated, inter alia, the Budapest Memorandum. Could you elaborate on the groundlessness of Ukraine’s accusations and on other documents it has breached?
💬Maria Zakharova: To answer this question, let us recall that the Budapest Memorandum – or the Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – is an act that does not constitute an international treaty. It was signed on December 5, 1994 by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, the US and the UK.
Under this document, Ukraine agreed to transfer to Russia the portion of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal located on its territory and to become a fully non-nuclear state. In turn, Russia, the US and the UK provided security assurances to Ukraine.
It should also be recalled that, simultaneously with the Memorandum, a joint statement was adopted in Budapest by the leaders of Russia, the UK, the US and Ukraine. Among other things, it reaffirmed the importance of #OSCE commitments aimed at countering the rise of aggressive nationalism and chauvinism. It is evident that the Ukrainian side failed to fulfil these commitments and for many years tolerated the growth of highly aggressive nationalism.
At the OSCE summit in Budapest in 1994, and during related events on its margins, Russia did not undertake any obligation to compel part of Ukraine to remain within its composition against the will of the local population. The provisions of the Budapest Memorandum do not apply to circumstances arising from internal political or socio-economic factors.
❗️Thus, Ukraine’s loss of territorial integrity was the result of complex internal processes to which Russia and its obligations under the Budapest Memorandum bear no relation. Accordingly, there can be no question of any violation of the Budapest Memorandum by Russia.
At the same time, Russia and Ukraine were bound by a more significant legal instrument – the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine – which Ukraine systematically violated prior to the launch of the special military operation.
For many years, the Ukrainian leadership pursued a policy of gross and systematic breaches of this Treaty, which should be qualified as a refusal to comply with its provisions. This, in particular, ultimately led to the decision of the Russian leadership to begin the special military operation.
Ukraine’s strategic course toward acquiring full NATO membership was enshrined at the constitutional level, effectively violating Article 6 of the Treaty. At that moment, Ukraine officially renounced one of the foundations of its international recognition in the 1990s – its neutral and non-aligned status – thereby also breaching the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
❗️NATO's unchecked geopolitical expansion up to our borders, including Ukraine, became one of the root causes of the conflict. Without addressing this, a settlement is impossible.
When accusing Russia of violating the Budapest Memorandum, they somehow fail to recall the long-standing sabotage of this fundamental bilateral Russian-Ukrainian document.
☝️ The above facts – as well as many others – demonstrate that the goals and objectives of the special military operation remain relevant and will be fulfilled, as repeatedly stated by the Russian leadership.
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🎙Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from RIA Novosti regarding allegations that Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum(February 24, 2026)
❓ Question: Zelensky has repeatedly claimed that by launching the special military operation, Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum. However, the head of the Kiev regime forgets that by enshrining NATO membership as a constitutional objective and engaging in military-technical cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance, Ukraine itself violated, inter alia, the Budapest Memorandum. Could you elaborate on the groundlessness of Ukraine’s accusations and on other documents it has breached?
💬Maria Zakharova: To answer this question, let us recall that the Budapest Memorandum – or the Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – is an act that does not constitute an international treaty. It was signed on December 5, 1994 by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, the US and the UK.
Under this document, Ukraine agreed to transfer to Russia the portion of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal located on its territory and to become a fully non-nuclear state. In turn, Russia, the US and the UK provided security assurances to Ukraine.
It should also be recalled that, simultaneously with the Memorandum, a joint statement was adopted in Budapest by the leaders of Russia, the UK, the US and Ukraine. Among other things, it reaffirmed the importance of #OSCE commitments aimed at countering the rise of aggressive nationalism and chauvinism. It is evident that the Ukrainian side failed to fulfil these commitments and for many years tolerated the growth of highly aggressive nationalism.
At the OSCE summit in Budapest in 1994, and during related events on its margins, Russia did not undertake any obligation to compel part of Ukraine to remain within its composition against the will of the local population. The provisions of the Budapest Memorandum do not apply to circumstances arising from internal political or socio-economic factors.
❗️Thus, Ukraine’s loss of territorial integrity was the result of complex internal processes to which Russia and its obligations under the Budapest Memorandum bear no relation. Accordingly, there can be no question of any violation of the Budapest Memorandum by Russia.
At the same time, Russia and Ukraine were bound by a more significant legal instrument – the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine – which Ukraine systematically violated prior to the launch of the special military operation.
For many years, the Ukrainian leadership pursued a policy of gross and systematic breaches of this Treaty, which should be qualified as a refusal to comply with its provisions. This, in particular, ultimately led to the decision of the Russian leadership to begin the special military operation.
Ukraine’s strategic course toward acquiring full NATO membership was enshrined at the constitutional level, effectively violating Article 6 of the Treaty. At that moment, Ukraine officially renounced one of the foundations of its international recognition in the 1990s – its neutral and non-aligned status – thereby also breaching the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
❗️NATO's unchecked geopolitical expansion up to our borders, including Ukraine, became one of the root causes of the conflict. Without addressing this, a settlement is impossible.
When accusing Russia of violating the Budapest Memorandum, they somehow fail to recall the long-standing sabotage of this fundamental bilateral Russian-Ukrainian document.
☝️ The above facts – as well as many others – demonstrate that the goals and objectives of the special military operation remain relevant and will be fulfilled, as repeatedly stated by the Russian leadership.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video message to the participants in the 7th Young Diplomats Forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries (Moscow, May 18, 2023)
💬 It is a great privilege for me to greet the participants in the 7th Young Diplomats Forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries. This year, it is being held as part of Russia − Islamic World: Kazanforum 2023.
🇷🇺 Russia has a tradition of promoting friendly ties with the majority of Muslim countries. We share a commitment to seeking guidance in our interstate cooperation from the principles of equality, mutually respecting our interests and seeking to balance them.
🔹 Russian diplomacy prioritises the promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding, as well as the consolidation of our efforts to stand up for the traditional spiritual and moral values shared by all world religions, and also combatting Islamophobia, including within the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the #OSCE.
🌐 New global centres in Eurasia, the Asia-Pacific Region, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America have achieved impressive results in various areas by focusing on their independence, state sovereignty, and their unique cultural and civilisational identities, all while acting based on their core national interests and conducting an independent foreign policy.
🔹 Russia has been consistent in its belief that confrontation leads international relations into a dead-end. We need to avoid confrontation, unreasonable and extremely dangerous as it is, between the global centres of power.
❗️People aspire to reach a new, well-considered balance of interests. It is essential that instead of rule by force, we equip the emerging world order with legal norms and regulations based on the UN Charter.
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🗣#Lavrov souligne la menace réelle d'un effondrement de l’#OSCE
À Moscou, le chef de la diplomatie russe Sergueï Lavrov a accueilli son homologue suisse, président en exercice de l’OSCE. Au cœur des échanges, un enjeu central : trouver une issue à la crise profonde qui mine l’Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe. Les détails avec Antoine Cléraux.
RT en français • Osez questionner !
🇷🇺🇧🇾🇰🇿 20-21 мая российско-белорусская делегация во главе с заместителем Постоянного представителя Российской Федерации при ОБСЕМ.В.Буякевичем и заместителем Начальника Управления общеевропейского сотрудничества МИД БеларусиА.М.Чесновским посетила Республику Казахстан для анализа работы полевого присутствия #ОБСЕ в Астане.
Состоялся обстоятельный обмен мнениями с руководством Программного офиса ОБСЕ в Астане по ключевым вопросам функционирования Организации, а также проектной деятельности офиса по трём измерениям безопасности и приоритетам его взаимодействия с казахстанской стороной.
В рамках визита российско-белорусскую делегацию приняли в МИД Казахстана. В ходе беседы с заместителем Директора Департамента Европы А.С.Биртан стороны обсудили ряд вопросов взаимодействия на площадке ОБСЕ и ход реализации проектов Программного офиса по содействию национальным властям в контексте реализуемых в Казахстане масштабных реформ. Участники встречи подчеркнули настрой на дальнейшее взаимодействие на венской площадке и важность усилий по продвижению совместных инициатив.
Данная поездка стала продолжением состоявшихся в апреле 2024 года серии визитов российской делегации по линии ОБСЕ в Центральную Азию.
#OSCE
🎙 Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks & answers to media questions at a meeting with lecturers and students of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk, June 25, 2024)
Key talking points:
• The Union State continues to develop steadily. To date, we have approved 28 Union programmes in accordance with the presidents’ instructions. This has been legally formalised through a resolution passed by parliaments of Russia and Belarus. Today, we've also approved 31 high priority guidelines, which encompass approximately 300 events and projects. These guidelines represent a specific plan for deepening our integration processes, aiming to achieve maximum economic effectiveness and improve the social sphere.
• We [with Belarus] maintain close diplomatic collaboration. We support each other at the #UN and the #OSCE, although I'd add as an aside that the latter organisation is digging its own grave as it has completely discredited its initial lofty ideals, which were the basis of its establishment during the signing the Helsinki Final Act.
• One of our essential foreign policy tasks is certainly to uphold the truth about the Great Patriotic War & to prevent any attempts to rewrite history & glorify Nazi criminals.
• No matter how the situation develops, it's of the essence to provide reliable security for all citizens of the Union State – for you and me, for all Belarusians and Russians.
• Eurasia has tremendous competitive advantages compared to other regions. Eurasia is the fastest growing region, primarily its eastern part. Western European economics have been sagging lately, largely because the US wanted it that way. Along with instigating anti-Russia bias in Ukraine, turning Ukraine against Russia, they've also eliminated competition by weakening Europe.
• The process is underway; the dollar has discredited itself, just like all the other principles underlying the Western globalisation model despite lip service to fair competition, the presumption of innocence, equal market conditions for all, and many other principles. All of them were cancelled when they decided to “punish” Russia and several other countries. They're grossly overusing this method. Therefore, the de-dollarisation trend in global economic relations is a fitting response.
• As for Western Europe, they must decide if they want to continue to pull Uncle Sam’s chestnuts out of the fire or will opt for upholding their own interests.
• The Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged, and Germany just had to accept it. I'm confident that no one will ever show us any investigation result. Sweden and Denmark have already closed their investigations, saying they had no results to show. The Germans continue to evade our official requests. Given that the pipelines are our property, keeping us in the dark about what they are discussing among themselves, while their alleged investigation progress is both beyond the bounds of decency and beyond the legal framework.
• Russia's President Vladimir Putin has set forth our proposals (that are by no means the first ones). <...> President Putin expressed our opinion on June 14, 2024 at the Russia's MFA: under the Constitution, territories recognised as part of the Russian Federation must be liberated completely, and the threat to the security of the Russian Federation must be eliminated. Ukraine must assume a non-aligned, peaceful and demilitarised status, and the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population must be reinstated. So far, many of these people are still on Ukrainian territories that are not part of the Russian Federation. Their rights have been violated in the rudest possible manner.
• But #BRICS and other members of the Global Majority are aware of their responsibility as well as of the objective course of history, and will adjust their mutual communication toolkit to avoid dependence on the former hegemon’s attempts to perpetuate its hegemony whatever it takes. These attempts are doomed, however, the process will take time.
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#internship
#OSCE
#КультМедиа
🇦🇹Стажировка в ОБСЕ
ОБСЕ в Вене открыли набор на стажировку в штаб-квартире: разные направления, от программного менеджмента до hr.
Можно подаваться на 3 направления, но по моему опыту, могут позвать на интервью совершенно на иное направление.
требования: не старше 30 лет, студент или недавний выпускник, гражданство страны члена ОБСЕ, Казахстан является членом организации
условия: контракт на 2-6 месяцев, есть стипендия, визу делают оперативно. Приглашают на интервью через 1-2 месяца.
подробности тут
t.me/cult_media
АКШнын ЕККУдагы миссиясынын өкүлдөрүнө Tunduk тууралуу маалымат берилди
«Түндүк» мамлекеттик мекемесинин орун басары Рахат Жусумамбетова менен АКШнын Европадагы коопсуздук жана кызматташтык уюмуна (ЕККУ) болгон миссиясынын саясий кызматкери Кент Маллендин жолугушуусу болду.
Жолугушуунун жүрүшүндө Рахат Жусумамбетова ЕККУнун Бишкектеги Программалык кеңсесинин колдоосу жана өлкөнүн IT тармагын өнүктүрүүгө жигердүү салымы үчүн ыраазычылык билдирди.
Ал ошондой эле Tunduk мобилдик тиркемесин ишке киргизүү жана өлкөнү санариптештирүүнү өнүктүрүү жарандар менен мамлекеттик кызматкерлердин түз өз ара аракеттенүүсүн алдын алып, ошону менен коррупцияны азайтарын белгиледи.
Мындан тышкары, жолугушууда «Түндүк» мамлекеттик мекемесинин санариптик чечимдери, ишке киргизилген жана пландаштырылган онлайн кызматтары жана сервистери тууралуу маалымат берилди.
Өз кезегинде Кент Маллен ЕККУнун Бишкектеги Программалык кеңсеси менен «Түндүк» мамлекеттик мекемесинин ортосундагы кызматташууну улантууга кызыкдар экенин ырастады.
Жолугушуунун жыйынтыгында тараптар кызматташууну мындан ары да чыңдоого макулдашышты.
#tunduk#osce#usa
🎙알렉산더 고르차코프 공공외교 지원기금 후원회의에서 세르게이 라브로프 외교부 장관의 모두 발언 중
🌐«주요 동향은 보다 정의로운 다자 세계 질서를 구축하려는 것입니다. 새로운 세계 중심지가 계속해서 강화되어 가고 있습니다…
❗️독립국가연합 #CIS, 러시아-벨라루스 연합국, 유럽 안보 협력기구 #OSCE, 유라시아경제연합 #EAEU 등 기구에 가입하는 우리 파트너•동맹국가와의 협력을 다방면적으로 강화하는 데 각별한 의미를 두고 있습니다.
블라디미르 푸틴 러시아 대통령이 제기한 또 하나 장기적이며 미래지향적인 구상에 여러분의 주목을 끌고 싶습니다. 유라시아 대륙에서 평등하고 불가분한 안보 구조를 구축하는 것입니다.
☝️이와 같은 전략적인 사업은 대유라시아파트너십 구상을 이어가서 발전시키고 있습니다. 대유라시아파트너십은 EAEU, ASEAN, SCO등 통합단체가 연관되어 있음으로써 개관적으로 형성되어가고 있습니다».
🇨🇭🇷🇺 Le Conseiller fédéral suisse des affaires étrangères, Ignazio Cassis, a annoncé sur X qu’il était arrivé à Moscou, accompagné du secrétaire général de l'Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE), Feridun Sinirlioglu.
#suisse#osce#russie#visite
🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with '60 Minutes' television programme (December 25, 2024)
💬Sergey Lavrov: We have not had any illusions about the prospects [of 2025]. Resolving the Ukraine crisis doesn’t have any prospects, either. It has long been clear to everyone holding unbiased positions that it can be settled only in the context of agreements on lasting security and stability in Europe, which would take into account the interests of the Russian Federation and the legitimate interests of all other countries. <...>
President Putin has repeatedly stressed that we never walk away from talks. We need to see serious, concrete proposals. When we have them, we will decide on how to respond to them based on our national interests, the goals of the special military operation, and President Vladimir Putin’s June 14 speech at the Foreign Ministry.
Other key points
• The prevailing discourse we are hearing both in the West and in Ukraine today is about a truce and only truce. It is about buying time to allow the Kiev regime to regain strength, with the help of the West, and resume its attempts to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, acting on their Western bosses’ instructions.
President Vladimir Putin has mentioned this repeatedly – during the Direct Line, at the Valdai Discussion Club meeting, and at the Russia Calling! investment forum. We will not be satisfied with a truce. We need reliable and legally binding agreements aimed at eliminating the root causes of the conflict, addressing problems such as common security in Europe, NATO expansion, the European Union’s recent decision to become an appendage of the North Atlantic bloc, in fact, erasing all differences between these organisations, and above all, upholding the rights of the people living in these territories who have supported reunification with the Russian Federation.
• We have never initiated a discussion regarding what should be done with nuclear weapons and whether they can be used. On the contrary, it was at Russia's initiative that in 2021, first at the level of Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, and subsequently among the leaders of the entire G5 nuclear-armed states – the permanent members of the Security Council – the 1987 Gorbachev-Reagan principle was reaffirmed: there can be no victors in a nuclear war, thus it should never be instigated. This was a Russian initiative.
We are not interested in escalating the issue of nuclear weapons usage risks. We firmly adhere to the principle I mentioned earlier: there can be no victors in a nuclear war.
• Regarding the incessant terrorist acts perpetrated by the Kiev regime, which deliberately targets purely civilian structures such as residential buildings, hospitals, clinics, shops, and places where people congregate and relax – this is outrageous. It is a blatant violation of all anti-terrorism conventions and relevant UN Security Council resolutions. We express our condemnation, although regrettably, almost no one in the West and none of the leaders of international organisations, including the #UN, the #OSCE, #UNESCO, and others, join us in this denunciation. Naturally, we do not stop there.
We regularly disseminate information and present relevant videos illustrating our efforts to dismantle facilities directly associated with the preparation and execution of activities by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
❗️We caution that any continuation of this path will be met with increasingly decisive responses on our part.
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Yevropada xavfsizlik va hamkorlik tashkilotining 🇺🇿O‘zbekistondagi loyihalari muvofiqlashtiruvchisi bilan uchrashuv
✔️ O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Vazirlar Mahkamasi huzuridagi Biznes va tadbirkorlik oliy maktabida 19-fevral kuni Yevropada xavfsizlik va hamkorlik tashkilotining (YeXHT) O‘zbekistondagi loyihalari muvofiqlashtiruvchisi, elchi Antti Kartunen bilanuchrashuv bo‘lib o‘tdi.
Meeting with theOSCE Project Coordinator in 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
💼 On February 19th, the Graduate School of Business under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted a meetingwith the Project Coordinator of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Uzbekistan, Ambassador Antti Karttunen.
Встреча с Координатором проектовОрганизация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе в 🇺🇿 Узбекистане
➡️ В Высшей школе бизнеса и предпринимательства при Кабинете Министров Республики Узбекистан 19 февралясостоялась встреча с Координатором проектов Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ) в Узбекистане, послом Антти Карттуненом.
#GraduateSchool#OSCE#Project#Coordinator
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