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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova(October 23, 2024) 🔹Cyberattack on the Foreign Ministry’s website 🔹BRICS Summit in Kazan 🔹TV BRICS international media network 🔹FM Sergey Lavrov's schedule 🔹Hostile actions of the Polish authorities 🔹Kiev regime crimes 🔹Proliferation of weapons from Ukraine 🔹Moldova update 🔹Terrorist attacks on Nord Stream gas pipelines 🔹Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Dubrovka Theatre 🔹Germany reforms restitution process regarding Nazi-looted cultural property, denial of Nazi genocide of the Leningraders 🔹Establishment of Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team 📰Read 📺Watch *** #KievRegimeCrimes The Ukrainian armed forces have turned into a Nazi army long ago and commit atrocities against civilians. They use the example of their idols from the Third Reich, who used the most cruel and inhuman torture and methods of extermination. <...> Meanwhile, we are once again seeing that there is no reaction from international human rights organisations. ☝️ We see yet another proof that these institutions have completely deteriorated. <...> They see their main task in serving the interests of Western patrons. #Moldova 🗳 Chisinau launched a massive crackdown against the opposition and independent media and used administrative leverage to pressure them directly, while the US and EU representatives had no qualms about interfering in the election process. Despite all this, the outcome of the election demonstrated that the Moldovan leadership failed in its efforts. The nation firmly spoke out against EU integration, even if the authorities, including Maia Sandu, went to great lengths to sweep these results under the carpet. It is quite obvious that the final results of the referendum, with 50.46 percent of favourable votes and 49.54 percent of votes cast against the proposal, resulted from a last-ditch effort to falsify the final tally. ❗️ Everyone agrees that they were falsified.

#BRICS2024 🇷🇺🇲🇷President of RussiaVladimir Putin and President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouaniheld talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 24, 2024) 💬Vladimir Putin: Mr President, I am delighted to meet with you. We appreciate your decision to personally visit Kazan not only as head of state but also as chairperson of the African Union, and to attend the BRICS Summit’s events. 🌍 The strengthening of cooperation with the dynamically developing African countries is one of BRICS priorities in the outreach format. Mauritania’s representatives took an active part in the group’s events organised during Russia’s chairmanship this year. Russia has developed close and constructive relations with the African Union. We appreciate the practical activities of that organisation in politics and the economy, as well as in ensuring security on the African continent. We welcome the African Union’s decision to join the G20 as a full member. For our part, we are providing all-round assistance to this process. 📈Russia’s trade with Africa is growing with each passing year. It increased by over 30 percent in 2023 and continued to grow this year. From January to July, our mutual trade increased by another 25 percent year on year. The two #RussiaAfrica summits, which were held with the direct and proactive assistance of the African Union, one in Sochi in 2019 and the other in St Petersburg in 2023, have given a fresh impetus to the further development of Russia’s relations with African countries. We are actively working together to implement the important documents adopted as a result of these summits. 🤝 As for our bilateral relations, Russia & Mauritania developed close ties back in the middle of the 20th century, and we continue to strengthen them on the principles of friendship, mutual respect and a balance of national interests. This year, we will mark the 60th anniversary of our diplomatic relations. We have accumulated a wealth of positive experience in the area of mutually beneficial cooperation over that period. We maintain regular political dialogue at various levels. Our foreign ministers keep in touch with each other. We are working consistently to strengthen the legal framework of our relationship. We have developed close ties in education. We have trained over 3,500 Mauritanian professionals. Mr President, we are delighted by the growing interest of your young people in studying in Russia. 🌐 Russia and Mauritania often take a common stance on the international stage, which helps us develop our relations on the same basis within the framework of the BRICS Plus/Outreach format. Mr President, we highly value your support for Russia’s initiatives at the UN and other multilateral forums and venues. #RussiaMauritania

🇷🇺Russia proposed to open the BRICS grain exchange, which will allow to ensure food security in the association. President #Putin: It has been suggested to open the BRICS grain exchange that will facilitate the formation of fair and predictable price indicators for products and primary produce, considering its particular role in ensuring food security. The implementation of this initiative will help protecting national markets from negative external interference, speculations and attempts to cause the food shortage artificially. #brics2024#brics#bricssummit

📄XVI BRICS Summit Kazan Declaration 📍 Kazan, Russia, October 23, 2024 Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security ✍️ We reiterate the importance of further enhancing BRICS solidarity and cooperation based on our mutual interests and key priorities and further strengthening our strategic partnership. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus. As we build upon 16 years of BRICS Summits, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars: ✅ political and security; ✅ economic and financial; ✅ cultural and people-to-people cooperation; and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth. We welcome the considerable interest by countries of the Global South in BRICS and we endorse the Modalities of BRICS Partner Country Category. We strongly believe that extending the BRICS partnership with EMDCs will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and true international cooperation for the benefit of all. We commit to further promoting BRICS institutional development. 👉Strengthening Multilateralism For A More Just And Democratic World Order 🇺🇳 We reaffirm our support for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges and support the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS countries, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council. We recognise the crucial role of BRICS in the process of improving the international monetary and financial system (IMFS), with a view to making it more responsive to the needs of all countries. 👉Enhancing cooperation for global and regional stability and security We strongly support enhanced BRICS dialogue on policy and security issues. We reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed. 👉Fostering Economic and Financial Cooperation for Just Global Development We underscore the need to reform the current international financial architecture to meet the global financial challenges including global economic governance to make the international financial architecture more inclusive and just. 👉Strengthening people-to-people exchanges for social and economic development #BRICS2024: We commend Russia's BRICS Chairship in 2024 and express our gratitude to the government and people of the Russian Federation for holding the XVI BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan. #BRICS2025: We extend full support to Brazil for its BRICS Chairship in 2025 and the holding of the XVII BRICS Summit in Brazil. Read in full: 1, 2

📃 BRICS leaders adopt final declaration of XVI BRICS summit 💬 “A final declaration has been prepared, which contains general assessments of the state of affairs in the world, summarises the results of the Russian BRICS presidency, and defines the benchmarks of interaction for the long term” - President Vladimir Putin. 🖋️ The declaration consists of four sections: “Strengthening multilateralism for a fairer and more democratic world order”, “Strengthening cooperation in the interests of global and regional stability and security”, “Deepening financial and economic cooperation in the interests of equitable global development”, “Expanding humanitarian exchanges in the interests of socio-economic development.” 🔗 The final declaration is published on the official website of the Russian President. #BRICS2024

🔴#LIVE: Restricted-format meeting of the XVI #BRICS2024 Summit 🔴Official website of Russia's Chairship in BRICS 🔴BRICS 🔴Ruptly

#BRICS2024 🗓 On 22 October, ahead of the #BRICS Summit, a gala concert of soloists from BRICS countries was held in the Column Hall of the Kazan City Hall. 🎼Laureates of international and Russian competitions, singers of leading theatres and creative groups of the BRICS countries, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Musa Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre, performed for the leaders of the BRICS countries. Among the performers: 🇷🇺Pavel Milyukov 🇨🇳 Zhang Mengwen 🇮🇳 Anando Mukerjee 🇧🇷 José Gallisa 🇿🇦Siyabulela Ntlale 📸BRICS Summit Photo Bank

#BRICS2024 🇷🇺🇮🇳 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosaheld talks on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 22, 2024): 💬President Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, We are delighted to welcome you all to Kazan, Russia. We are grateful for your decision to take part in the BRICS Summit. Tonight, we will attend the opening ceremony together. This year, Russia assumed the BRICS chairmanship, taking over from South Africa, and we have built our work taking into account the resultsachieved at the Johannesburg summit.Our focus has been on the seamless integration of new participants into the multi-level architecture of #BRICS. 🤝 In close contact with our South African friends, we have worked on coordinating the modalities for establishing the partner state status. The relevant agencies of our countries collaborated in the financial sector to expand the use of national currencies in mutual settlements and to create an independent payment system. Our bilateral relations are based on the principles of a comprehensive strategic partnership, equality, and mutual respect. Our political dialogue is progressing, and our foreign policy departments and security councils are actively communicating. Interparliamentary cooperation has been established. <...> Russia and the Republic of South Africa closely coordinate their efforts on the international stage to establish a fair multipolar world order. 🇷🇺🌍 Russia attaches special significance to strengthening relations with African countries. Collaborative work is underway to implement joint agreements approved at the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg, notably a declaration and an action plan until 2026. We look forward to hosting the head of your foreign policy agency in Sochi for the first ministerial conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum, scheduled for November 9–10. #RussiaSouthAfrica

#BRICS2024 🇷🇺🇿🇦 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa hold talks on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit. 📍Kazan, October 22, 2024 #RussiaSouthAfrica

🇷🇺🇿🇦 "Very nice" - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa praises Russian-Tatar hospitality at Kazan airport The president tasted traditional Tatar chak-chak and Russian karavai. #BRICS2024

❤️BRICS countries' leaders continue to arrive in Russia's Kazan to participate in the #BRICS2024 summit 📸 Summit photo gallery - photobank

♥️#BRICS2024 📸 The final preparations for there the XVI BRICS Summit, starting tomorrow, have been completed! #Kazan welcomes its guests with traditional Russian and Tatar hospitality! Delegations from 36 countries, including leaders of 22 states, as well as the heads of six international organisations, are scheduled to attend the event. Russia's President Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral meetings with practically all leaders, participating in the Summit. ©brics-russia2024.ru