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🇷🇺🇹🇲April 8 marks 3️⃣4️⃣ years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkmenistan. The dialogue between Moscow and Ashgabat, which was given the status of a strategic partnership in 2017, is intense and based on the solid foundation of shared history, good-neighbourliness, mutual trust and respect for each other’s interests. The special nature of bilateral cooperation is enshrined in the Declaration on Deepening Strategic Partnership, which the Presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan signed in Moscow in the summer of 2022. The Document serves as a cornerstone for deepening ties across a broad range of areas including trade, energy, transport, digital technologies, education, culture, and information and biological security. Our countries maintain political dialogue at the high and highest levels, and exchange views on international and regional issues. Russia respects Turkmenistan’s neutral status, which is a vital factor of global stability and geopolitical balance. In 2025, Ashgabat marked the 3️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of its permanent neutrality, which has been recognised three times by the #UNGA resolutions. 🤝 On June 24-25, 2025, Russia's Foreign Minister SergeyLavrovpaid an official visit to Turkmenistan, where he was received by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and held substantive talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. The negotiations were followed by the the signing of the Programme for Cooperation between Foreign Ministries of Russia and Turkmenistan for 2025-2026. 🎙 Excerpt from SergeyLavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during a meeting with employees of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan and faculty and students of the Institute of International Relations (Ashgabat, June 25, 2025): Russia-Turkmenistan cooperation can serve as a compelling example of relations between countries in a #MultipolarWorld, where the global balance continues to shift due to the strengthening of power centres beyond the historical West. <...> ✍️ From the article by Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan IvanVolynkin"Pursuing the Deepening Strategic Partnership",published in the newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan, for the 3️⃣4️⃣th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries (April 8, 2026): Moscow highly appreciates Ashgabat’s consistent diplomatic efforts to promote peace and stability in Central Asia and the Caspian region. One can say with certainty that Turkmenistan has a solid reputation as a respected platform for international meetings and talks that result in the adoption of important strategic initiatives. 📈 Russia is a leading trade and economic partner ofTurkmenistan.Over the past three years, Russia delivered to Turkmenistan goods and products worth of over $1.5 billion. Russian corporations, such as Gazprom, Tatneft, KAMAZ, the Vozrozhdenie Design and ConstructionGroup, and other economic entities, operate successfully in Turkmenistan. Our countries maintain close coordination across the main international and regional platforms, including the #CIS, the #UN, the Caspian Five, and in the Central Asia-Russia format. Moscow welcomes Ashgabat’s participation in the events held by #BRICS. 🌟 In Turkmenistan, our common history and the sacred memory of the heroism of our people during #WWII, is cherished. After Nazi Germany treacherously attacked our Motherland in 1941, 3'000 volunteers from the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic joined the Red Army, with hundreds of thousands fighting against Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War. In May 2025, our countries jointly celebrated the 8️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of the Great Victory. Russia appreciated the fact that President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov attended the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow. An army unit from Turkmenistan took part in the parade to respect the memory of our combat brotherhood in #WW2. 🎉 We extend our cordial congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Turkmenistan on our shared anniversary, wish them prosperity and success! #RussiaTurkmenistan

📰Interview with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova for 'Zapiski Sledovatelya' Journal No. 2/2025, published by Russia's Investigative Committee(May 30, 2025) ✍️The Legal Front of Memory Key talking points: • Combating manifestations of racism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism, and countering attempts to rewrite history and distort the outcomes of #WWII are among Russia’s priorities on the human rights track. • Today we see increasingly frequent attempts to rewrite the history and results of WWII, to erase the memory of heroic anti-fascist fighters, to destroy monuments built in their honour, and to ban the wearing of military decorations that are strongly associated with Victory. • History is being falsified in an openly hostile manner, which includes glorifying Nazi collaborators and disrespecting the memory of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in the fight against fascism, questioning the Red Army’s liberation mission in Eastern Europe <...> The decisions of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences and the Nuremberg Tribunal verdicts are also being questioned. • This tendency to rewrite history and glorify Nazi henchmen has become part of the Kiev regime’s state ideology and policy. The neo-Nazi elites are trying to cement Ukraine’s independence by denying its Soviet past, praising the Waffen-SS Galicia Division <...> • In line with efforts to combat the glorification of Nazism and the distortion of history, every year since 2005, Russia has submitted a resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to the UN General Assembly. On December 17, 2024, during the plenary session of the 79th #UNGA in New York, 119 countries voted in support of this document. • Russia and a group of like-minded countries submitted a draft resolution on the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War IIto the ongoing 79th UN General Assembly, which was adopted on March 4. <...> Our partners’ unified stance on this matter constitutes a substantive contribution to countering the rewriting of history. • It is a matter of principle for us that the international community recognise the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as the genocide of the Soviet people. • The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Nazi-affiliated armed groups reveal signs of genocidal intent. They wanted to eliminate Russians and Russian speakers in #Donbass <...>, adepts of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and people in this region in general as an ethnic, religious and national entity. • Ukraine initiated proceedings in the UN International Court of Justice in February 2022, right after the start of the special military operation, as per the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. However, it turned to the Kiev regime’s disadvantage. • The International Court of Justice issued its preliminary objections under this case on February 2, 2024. In this document, it rejected all the claims made by Ukraine alleging that Russia violated the Convention. The court went on to rule that further proceedings will focus on whether Ukraine itself committed acts of genocide in Donbass. Therefore, the Kiev regime filed the lawsuit only to become a defendant in this case. • On November 18, 2024, Russia submitted its main pleading document, the Counter Memorandum, as part of these proceedings. In fact, this is the first time since the Nuremberg Trials that Russia de facto assumed the role of the prosecution in an international tribunal. But there are even more parallels with the Nuremberg Trials — just as during these trials, we are dealing with a Nazi regime which was targeting civilians with mass atrocities on racial, ethnic and national grounds. Read the interview in full

🗓 On July 15, Russia's Foreign Minister SergeyLavrov took part in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tianjin. In the first half of the day, President of China Xi Jinping met with the Heads of Foreign Ministries participating in the Council meeting. The Chinese Leader shared his assessments of the #SCO’s current state and development prospects. Sergey Lavrov, on behalf of all his colleagues, delivered a reply speech. During the meeting in Tianjin, the Ministers discussed the Organisation’s activities in preparation for the upcoming meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State (CHS) and the SCO Plus summit, scheduled for August 31-September 1 in Tianjin. They also reviewed a package of documents and decisions to be adopted at the Heads of State Council meeting. Guidelines for the SCO’s further development will be outlined in the SCO Development Strategy until 2035. 👉 The Tianjin Declaration will set forth agreed approaches to strengthening the SCO, while also addressing pressing global and regional issues. It is also expected that a number of thematic statements will be adopted, including those dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the end of #WWIIand the founding of the United Nations. An in-depth exchange was held on key regional and international matters, as well as the situation within the SCO space. The Ministers underscored the importance of enhancing coordination among SCO member states in shaping a #MultipolarWorld order with the United Nations at its core. The meeting reaffirmed the shared commitment to deepening cooperation within the SCO as a vital pillar of an emerging architecture of equal and indivisible security across Eurasia. Sergey Lavrov also held several bilateral meetings.

🎙Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State (February 27, 2026, Moscow) Read in full The event was held in the Grand Kremlin Palace, attended by President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus, Chairman of the Supreme State Council Alexander Lukashenko. Following the Meeting, the parties signed a package of seven documents, including the Decree on the 2026 Priorities of the Meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State. *** 💬Vladimir Putin: At today’s meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, we are to discuss and approve truly important decisions aimed at the further comprehensive development and strengthening of cooperation between Russia and Belarus in the political, economic, social and humanitarian spheres. This meeting is taking place in a jubilee year for the Union State. In April, we will mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty establishing the Union of Russia and Belarus – signed on 2 April 1996 – which launched our joint integration efforts. Over the decades, through coordinated work, we have accomplished much. A common socio-economic, defence, migration, information, scientific-educational and cultural-humanitarian space has been formed. Favourable conditions have been created throughout the Union State for pursuing a unified macroeconomic policy. Major joint projects are being implemented in industry, transport, agriculture, high-tech and science-intensive sectors. Import substitution programmes are progressing successfully – including in such key areas as machine and tool building, microelectronics and optics. 📈 As a result,bilateral trade and investment continue to grow year after year. In 2025, trade turnover increased again – this time by almost 3%. While statistical methodologies may differ slightly, the overall figure is substantial – $52 billion. Russia remains the leading investor in the Belarusian economy, with accumulated investments exceeding $4.5 billion. Around 2,500 Russian companies operate in Belarus. Cultural, academic, sports and youth exchanges remain an integral part of the Union State’s broad agenda. More than 16,000 Belarusian students are currently enrolled in Russian educational institutions. Next year, an additional 1,300 Belarusian applicants will be able to enter Russian universities on state-funded places alone. 🇷🇺🇧🇾Russia and Belarus closely cooperate as allies in foreign policy and defence. Our positions on key issues of the international agenda are either close or fully aligned. We consistently strive to contribute constructively to resolving global and regional challenges, working shoulder to shoulder in the #CSTO, the #CIS, the #SCO and on other multilateral platforms, including the #UN. Together, we counter sanctions pressure and advocate for the formation of a truly fair #MultipolarWorld. A solid foundation for our alliance has been laid by the intergovernmental Treaty on Security Guarantees within the Union State, which entered into force in 2025. I am confident that, together with our Belarusian friends, we will continue to do everything necessary to ensure the military security of the Union State using all capabilities at our disposal. #RussiaBelarus

📰Interview with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova for 'Zapiski Sledovatelya' Journal No. 2/2025, published by Russia's Investigative Committee(May 30, 2025) ✍️The Legal Front of Memory Key talking points: • Combating manifestations of racism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism, and countering attempts to rewrite history and distort the outcomes of #WWII are among Russia’s priorities on the human rights track. • Today we see increasingly frequent attempts to rewrite the history and results of WWII, to erase the memory of heroic anti-fascist fighters, to destroy monuments built in their honour, and to ban the wearing of military decorations that are strongly associated with Victory. • History is being falsified in an openly hostile manner, which includes glorifying Nazi collaborators and disrespecting the memory of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in the fight against fascism, questioning the Red Army’s liberation mission in Eastern Europe <...> The decisions of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences and the Nuremberg Tribunal verdicts are also being questioned. • This tendency to rewrite history and glorify Nazi henchmen has become part of the Kiev regime’s state ideology and policy. The neo-Nazi elites are trying to cement Ukraine’s independence by denying its Soviet past, praising the Waffen-SS Galicia Division <...> • In line with efforts to combat the glorification of Nazism and the distortion of history, every year since 2005, Russia has submitted a resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to the UN General Assembly. On December 17, 2024, during the plenary session of the 79th #UNGA in New York, 119 countries voted in support of this document. • Russia and a group of like-minded countries submitted a draft resolution on the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War IIto the ongoing 79th UN General Assembly, which was adopted on March 4. <...> Our partners’ unified stance on this matter constitutes a substantive contribution to countering the rewriting of history. • It is a matter of principle for us that the international community recognise the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as the genocide of the Soviet people. • The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Nazi-affiliated armed groups reveal signs of genocidal intent. They wanted to eliminate Russians and Russian speakers in #Donbass <...>, adepts of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and people in this region in general as an ethnic, religious and national entity. • Ukraine initiated proceedings in the UN International Court of Justice in February 2022, right after the start of the special military operation, as per the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. However, it turned to the Kiev regime’s disadvantage. • The International Court of Justice issued its preliminary objections under this case on February 2, 2024. In this document, it rejected all the claims made by Ukraine alleging that Russia violated the Convention. The court went on to rule that further proceedings will focus on whether Ukraine itself committed acts of genocide in Donbass. Therefore, the Kiev regime filed the lawsuit only to become a defendant in this case. • On November 18, 2024, Russia submitted its main pleading document, the Counter-Memorial, as part of these proceedings. In fact, this is the first time since the Nuremberg Trials that Russia de facto assumed the role of the prosecution in an international tribunal. But there are even more parallels with the Nuremberg Trials — just as during these trials, we are dealing with a Nazi regime which was targeting civilians with mass atrocities on racial, ethnic and national grounds. Read the interview in full

📰Interview with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova for 'Zapiski Sledovatelya' Journal No. 2/2025, published by Russia's Investigative Committee(May 30, 2025) ✍️The Legal Front of Memory Key talking points: • Combating manifestations of racism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism, and countering attempts to rewrite history and distort the outcomes of #WWII are among Russia’s priorities on the human rights track. • Today we see increasingly frequent attempts to rewrite the history and results of WWII, to erase the memory of heroic anti-fascist fighters, to destroy monuments built in their honour, and to ban the wearing of military decorations that are strongly associated with Victory. • History is being falsified in an openly hostile manner, which includes glorifying Nazi collaborators and disrespecting the memory of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in the fight against fascism, questioning the Red Army’s liberation mission in Eastern Europe <...> The decisions of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences and the Nuremberg Tribunal verdicts are also being questioned. • This tendency to rewrite history and glorify Nazi henchmen has become part of the Kiev regime’s state ideology and policy. The neo-Nazi elites are trying to cement Ukraine’s independence by denying its Soviet past, praising the Waffen-SS Galicia Division <...> • In line with efforts to combat the glorification of Nazism and the distortion of history, every year since 2005, Russia has submitted a resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to the UN General Assembly. On December 17, 2024, during the plenary session of the 79th #UNGA in New York, 119 countries voted in support of this document. • Russia and a group of like-minded countries submitted a draft resolution on the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War IIto the ongoing 79th UN General Assembly, which was adopted on March 4. <...> Our partners’ unified stance on this matter constitutes a substantive contribution to countering the rewriting of history. • It is a matter of principle for us that the international community recognise the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as the genocide of the Soviet people. • The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Nazi-affiliated armed groups reveal signs of genocidal intent. They wanted to eliminate Russians and Russian speakers in #Donbass <...>, adepts of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and people in this region in general as an ethnic, religious and national entity. • Ukraine initiated proceedings in the UN International Court of Justice in February 2022, right after the start of the special military operation, as per the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. However, it turned to the Kiev regime’s disadvantage. • The International Court of Justice issued its preliminary objections under this case on February 2, 2024. In this document, it rejected all the claims made by Ukraine alleging that Russia violated the Convention. The court went on to rule that further proceedings will focus on whether Ukraine itself committed acts of genocide in Donbass. Therefore, the Kiev regime filed the lawsuit only to become a defendant in this case. • On November 18, 2024, Russia submitted its main pleading document, the Counter Memorandum, as part of these proceedings. In fact, this is the first time since the Nuremberg Trials that Russia de facto assumed the role of the prosecution in an international tribunal. But there are even more parallels with the Nuremberg Trials — just as during these trials, we are dealing with a Nazi regime which was targeting civilians with mass atrocities on racial, ethnic and national grounds. Read the interview in full

📰Interview with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova for 'Zapiski Sledovatelya' Journal No. 2/2025, published by Russia's Investigative Committee(May 30, 2025) ✍️The Legal Front of Memory Key talking points: • Combating manifestations of racism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and neo-Nazism, and countering attempts to rewrite history and distort the outcomes of #WWII are among Russia’s priorities on the human rights track. • Today we see increasingly frequent attempts to rewrite the history and results of WWII, to erase the memory of heroic anti-fascist fighters, to destroy monuments built in their honour, and to ban the wearing of military decorations that are strongly associated with Victory. • History is being falsified in an openly hostile manner, which includes glorifying Nazi collaborators and disrespecting the memory of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in the fight against fascism, questioning the Red Army’s liberation mission in Eastern Europe <...> The decisions of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences and the Nuremberg Tribunal verdicts are also being questioned. • This tendency to rewrite history and glorify Nazi henchmen has become part of the Kiev regime’s state ideology and policy. The neo-Nazi elites are trying to cement Ukraine’s independence by denying its Soviet past, praising the Waffen-SS Galicia Division <...> • In line with efforts to combat the glorification of Nazism and the distortion of history, every year since 2005, Russia has submitted a resolution on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to the UN General Assembly. On December 17, 2024, during the plenary session of the 79th #UNGA in New York, 119 countries voted in support of this document. • Russia and a group of like-minded countries submitted a draft resolution on the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War IIto the ongoing 79th UN General Assembly, which was adopted on March 4. <...> Our partners’ unified stance on this matter constitutes a substantive contribution to countering the rewriting of history. • It is a matter of principle for us that the international community recognise the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as the genocide of the Soviet people. • The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Nazi-affiliated armed groups reveal signs of genocidal intent. They wanted to eliminate Russians and Russian speakers in #Donbass <...>, adepts of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and people in this region in general as an ethnic, religious and national entity. • Ukraine initiated proceedings in the UN International Court of Justice in February 2022, right after the start of the special military operation, as per the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. However, it turned to the Kiev regime’s disadvantage. • The International Court of Justice issued its preliminary objections under this case on February 2, 2024. In this document, it rejected all the claims made by Ukraine alleging that Russia violated the Convention. The court went on to rule that further proceedings will focus on whether Ukraine itself committed acts of genocide in Donbass. Therefore, the Kiev regime filed the lawsuit only to become a defendant in this case. • On November 18, 2024, Russia submitted its main pleading document, the Counter Memorandum, as part of these proceedings. In fact, this is the first time since the Nuremberg Trials that Russia de facto assumed the role of the prosecution in an international tribunal. But there are even more parallels with the Nuremberg Trials — just as during these trials, we are dealing with a Nazi regime which was targeting civilians with mass atrocities on racial, ethnic and national grounds. Read the interview in full

"What is more poisonous for humanity, cocaine or carbon?" Read Progressive International Council member Gustavo Petro’s historic speech from the #UNGA now. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-09-21-without-peace-with-the-planet-there-will-be-no-peace-among-nations/en

Поездка в Папуа-Новую Гвинею — это хороший шаг. Но разве руководству гуманитарной организации не следовало потребовать от @antonioguterres отправиться на восток Афганистана, чтобы: 1) увидеть катастрофическое землетрясение, унесшее жизни тысяч невинных людей; и 2) привлечь внимание и мобилизовать международные ресурсы для реагирования на это стихийное бедствие, а также для решения катастрафической проблемы, возникшей при режиме Талибана, которая привела к гибели и ранениям женщин в результате гендерного апартеида? Афганцы также являются частью «этого мира...», которых Генеральный секретарь ООН обязан защищать, особенно накануне Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН. Между тем, @UNMA остается самой слабой миссией @UN; миссию возглавляет представитель, который фактически пришёл к соглашению с Талибаном, хотя он должен был быть на переднем крае защиты и расширения прав и возможностей афганских женщин. سفر به پاپوا نیوگینی اقدامی نیک است. اما آیا رهبری بشردوستانه ایجاب نمی‌کند که ‎@antonioguterres به شرق افغانستان نیز سفر کند تا: ۱) فاجعۀ زلزله ی را ببیند که هزاران انسان بی‌گناه را به کام مرگ کشانده است؛ و ۲) برای جلب توجه و بسیج منابع جهانی به‌منظور پاسخگویی به این فاجعۀ طبیعی و هم‌چنین رسیدگی به فاجعۀ ساختۀ بشر زیر حاکمیت طالبان ــ که باعث جان‌باختن زنان زخمی به دلیل آپارتاید جنسیتی گردیده است ــ اقدام نماید؟ افغان‌ها بخشی از "ما مردمان..." هستند که منشی عمومی سازمان ملل متحد مکلف به دفاع از آنان است، به‌ویژه در آستانۀ نشست ‎#UNGA. با این حال ،‎@UNMAnews همچنان ضعیف‌ترین مأموریت ‎@UN باقی مانده است؛ مأموریتی که اخیراً توسط نمایندۀ رهبری شد که عملاً با طالبان کنار آمده بود، در حالی که این مأموریت باید در صف نخست برای حفاظت و توانمندسازی زنان افغانستان قرار می‌داشت. @MAshrafhaidari https://x.com/antonioguterres/status/1964659665393905665?t=XYQwtMEzExqxMBQ2myCRsA&s=19 ‎

🕊️ Russia ready for talks on Ukraine, but no ceasefire proposals will be considered, says FM Lavrov. "Yes, we are ready for negotiations. But we won't consider any ceasefire proposals because we were deceived before," Lavrov stated at a press conference during the high-level events of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. #UNGA https://dcweekly.org/2023/09/23/russia-ready-for-ukraine-negotiations-but-rejects-ceasefire-proposals/ Subscribe to @BadVolfNews

✉️Greetings by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the organisers, participants and guests of the 17th International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum”(April 28, 2026) ✍️ It is gratifying that hospitable Kazan is once again providing a platform for dialogue between cultures, religions and civilisations. Russia and Muslim countries enjoy friendly relations. There is mutual interest in developing a multifaceted partnership. We are also united by our commitment to shaping a #MultipolarWorldbased on the generally recognised principles of international law, the values of equality, mutual respect and the diversity of development models. The Group of Strategic Vision “Russia – Islamic World” makes its contribution to our joint efforts. I am confident that the Forum will help strengthen business contacts between Russia and the countries of the Islamic world, promote trade and economic ties, implement investment projects, create logistics routes and form technological alliances. I wish you every success in your work and all the very best. SERGEY LAVROV

🎙Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on the 80th anniversary of the International Court of Justice(April 17, 2026) 💬 On April 18, 1946, the International Court of Justice– the principal judicial organ of the UN and the highest body of international justice – held its first public hearing. It was established by the UN Charter to fulfil the key task ofensuring that international disputes are resolved by peaceful means. Operating on the strict principle of voluntary consent to jurisdiction, for 80 years the Court has ruled on landmark cases, profoundly shaping our understanding of international law. Our country has a long history of cooperation with the International Court of Justice. On August 20, 1945, the Soviet Union was among the first states to ratify the Court’s Statute, alongside the UN Charter. ☝️Unfortunately, the Court has recently become the arena of a “legal war”. Its jurisdiction is being blatantly abused to bring patently absurd claims against Russia. Other countries in the #MultipolarWorld, including our closest allies, have also come under attack. In an effort to force the Court into making anti-Russia rulings, Western countries are interfering en masse in proceedings. In the Russian-Ukrainian case under the Genocide Convention, 33 states have declared their accession, ostensibly as neutral “third parties”, but in reality, on Kiev’s side. This practice is flawed and has even forced the Court to change its own rules. 👉Attempts to pressure the Court have failed. False accusations against the Russian Federation of alleged “state terrorism”, “financing terrorism,” “racial discrimination”, and violation of the Genocide Conventionhave been rejected by the Court. On the contrary, the Courtexplicitly recognised that the DPR and LPR were not “terrorist organisations” thereby delegitimizing Kiev’s so-called “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Donbass. In the Genocide Convention case, Ukraine itself ended up in the dock for the genocide committed in Donbass by the Kiev regime and its Nazi henchmen. *** It is in the interests of all states to have an independent, fair, and impartial body for resolving international disputes. We hope that the International Court of Justice will maintain its objectivity, withstand the pressure being placed upon it, and remain an effective mechanism for resolving disagreements – unlike the politicised organisations that have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Fair justice, equal for all, is an essential component of long-term, lasting peace and stability on our planet. Read in full