🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharovaanswer to a media question about the European Parliament’s latest anti-Russia resolution
❓ Question:On February 8, the European Parliament (EP) approved yet another anti-Russia resolution that contains a number of charges against Russia, including a claim that it is meddling in the “democratic processes in the EU.” What is your comment?
💬 Maria #Zakharova: The Foreign Ministry of Russia usually refrains from commenting on resolutions adopted by the EP. Nevertheless, we find it difficult to ignore the document you mentioned, since it is the latest example of unprecedented hypocrisy and double standards to permeate this European institution.
Bogged down in corruption scandals, the EP has invented a true “manifesto of neo-liberal dictatorship.” It includes “sentences in absentia” with calls to vet all those disagreeing with the self-destructive course pursued by Brussels, endless far-fetched speculations about Russia’s influence, spy hysteria, and other Russophobic paranoid trash. Any dissent is automatically interpreted as a sign of “pro-Kremlin sentiment.” Looks like the Ministry of Truth, doesn’t it?
☝️ At the same time, it is quite clear that the resolution is mostly intended to impose the terms of what is in fact a “cartel agreement” among representatives of the liberal pro-American political mainstream, designed to prevent nationally oriented parties and movements from gaining a stronger foothold in the EP in the future.
Their fears have some merit. The socioeconomic situation in the EU is clearly unsatisfactory <...> This is the reason alternative political forces are gaining strength, as is evident from numerous European opinion polls.
👉 Thus, they are using the alleged “Russian threat” as a pretext to mop up the political landscape and cleanse it of unnerving and increasingly dangerous rivals.
❗️ As for their accusations that Russia is meddling in “democratic processes,” they are absurd by definition.
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💬 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova: A monument to Soviet pilots who perished during the "undeclared war" in Indochina was unveiled in Laos
In contrast to acts of vandalism & barbaric demolition of such monuments in EU countries, our Laotian friends 🇱🇦 continue to cherish the memory of our common past.
💬 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova: Russia’s strategic partnership with #ASEAN is on the rise:
✅ Expert consultations on digitisation have launched;
✅ Work of joint anti-terrorism bodies is intensifying;
✅ Cultural and educational events are being held.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on Russia's contribution to strengthening humanitarian cooperation in public health
💬 Russia is strengthening humanitarian cooperation in sanitary and epidemiological well-being, infection prevention and control with dozens of countries in Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Southeast Asia.
We provide our partners with logistic, scientific and practical assistance in preventing and responding to epidemics, we help train personnel in partner countries, and we develop and implement joint scientific research programmes.
We trained specialists from #ASEAN countries in modern methods of infectious diseases diagnosis and prevention in Vladivostok. About 100 ASEAN specialists attended the courses in March, May and November.
We continue to work actively with our colleagues to combat coronavirus. Let me remind you that Sputnik V was the world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. Our vaccine has been approved in more than 70 countries worldwide. We continue to work towards eradicating this pandemic. Russia has hosted regular conferences on COVID-19 and on combating antibiotic resistance, each attended by over 200 participants from dozens of countries, including the EAEU, the CIS, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1846048/
💬#Zakharova: On January 1, Russia assumed #BRICS chairmanship.
👉 One of the most important objectives is to ensure the integration of new members into the BRICS mechanisms without compromising their effectiveness.
🤝 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hold a meeting with Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn.
🪆 Following a good tradition, Sergey Lavrov presented the SG with a portrait matryoshka.
📍Jakarta, July 12
#RussiaASEAN
📹 by Maria #Zakharova
🇷🇺🇱🇦 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith.
📍 Jakarta, July 12
#RussiaLaos
📹 by Maria #Zakharova