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⚡️Today the European Union, firmly on the road to self-destruction, has without exaggeration opened a new page in the history of both international monetary and financial relations and its own integration. The EU has consciously taken the unprecedented step of stealing the sovereign assets of a foreign country. This is a clear example of what "European values" and the West-imposed "rules-based order" are all about. In this particular case, these “rules” have been extended to include a certain "legal basis" invented in the European Quarter for the fraudulent manipulation of the proceeds from the illegally frozen assets of the Bank of Russia. In effect, the EU has demonstrated to the entire international community that it now feels entitled to steal the financial reserves entrusted to it, to refuse to honour its own commitments to protect private property and capital investment, and to disregard international legal immunities. Theft has thus officially become an instrument of Brussels' foreign policy. ❗️The consequences of this precedent will certainly be unpredictable, including for the eurozone, the economies of the member states and the investment environment. Still, the only predictable thing is that sooner or later the EU will have to return the stolen funds to our country.

🌐 BRICS is "the strongest instrument" for a new global economy and currency, a Russian academic tells Sputnik Africa "As for the African countries, BRICS offer them an opportunity for development, to fight poverty and inequality, to increase gross domestic product," Venera Garipova, a lecturer at Kazan Innovative University, said on the sidelines of the BRICS Academic Forum. A multipolar world is emerging and new players are appearing in the global economy, she said, adding that therefore, it is important that new regions and associations are formed to move to a high level of economic cooperation between states, as is the case within BRICS. ☝️ Another area of the group's activity is the fight against the dominance of the US dollar in the world economy and its de-dollarization, Garipova noted, who is also the head of the Center for Remote Technology Development. Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸TikTok | Sputnik Africa | Boost us on Telegram🔸

🎙 Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with PIR Center for Policy Studies (May 22, 2024) Key points: 💬 The interest towards #BRICS has been steadily growing against the backdrop of large-scale geopolitical challenges and dramatic changes taking place in the world today. • BRICS is seen as one of the pillars of a new, more equitable world order, which is designed to give all countries equal opportunities, to free the states of the Global South and Global East from the role of obedient suppliers of cheap labor and raw materials that the West imposes on them, and to consolidate the right of all nations for preserving their identity, self-determination, independent domestic and foreign policy, and protection of traditional values. Russia and other BRICS countries fully share this stance and are infavor of an honest partnership that denies any exceptionalism. • BRICS is an innovative format of interstate cooperation, bringing together different cultures and civilizations, countries with different economic and political systems <...>. Our common goal is a firm commitment to pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, defending sovereignty and our national interests. • As part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024, we intend to continue developing strategic partnership on the basis of consensus and continuity, and work to enhance its role in world affairs. It's also reflected by the motto of the Russian BRICS Year “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”. • The BRICS Summit in October 2024, will be the culmination of the Russian year in BRICS. We intend to continue the tradition of organizing on the sidelines meetings with developing countries. That cooperation within the BRICS framework and its mechanisms of interaction with like-minded nations will enable the voice of the Global South to sound louder and clearer in the international arena, as well as to defend our national interests and the right to choose our own path of development. Read in full #BRICS2024

21 мая с.г. состоялась видеоконференция "История блокированного Ленинграда", приуроченная к 80-летию полного освобождения города от фашистской осады. Мероприятие было организовано Государственным мемориальным музеем обороны и блокады Ленинграда (г. Санкт-Петербург) и кейптаунским крылом активистов КСОРС ЮАР при поддержке почетного консула ЮАР в Санкт-Петербурге. С приветственным словом к участникам виртуального круглого стола обратился генеральный консул России в Кейптауне А.В.Маленко. Уроженец Ленинграда, дипломат рассказал историю своей семьи, связанную с блокадой города, подчеркнул необходимость помнить подвиг ленинградцев, чей несгибаемый дух не позволил немецко-фашистским захватчикам поднять свое знамя над северной Пальмирой. В ходе видеоконференции было отмечено, что 11 сентября 1944 года в кейптаунской городской ратуше состоялось исполнение 7-й симфонии Д.Шостаковича. Полученные в ходе концерта средства были направлены на закупку необходимых медикаментов для бойцов Красной армии.

❗️Attack on Slovak PM Robert Fico shows liberal elites shifting to open political terror against opponents, says Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸TikTok | Sputnik Africa | Boost us on Telegram🔸

⚡️In accordance with the instructions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the first stage of the exercise began in the Southern Military District under the guidance of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces with practical guidance on the training and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. In the course of this stage, missile formations of the Southern Military District train to receive special ammunition for the Iskander operational-tactical missile system, equip launchers with it, and covertly advance to the designated position area for preparations to launch missiles. The Russian Aerospace Forces' aviation units involved in the exercise train to attach special warheads to aviation weaponry, including Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, and perform sorties to designated patrol areas. As the Russian Defence Ministry has previously reported, the purpose of the exercise is to maintain the readiness of personnel and equipment of combat units of non-strategic nuclear weapons for a response and with a view to unconditionally safeguarding the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian State in response to provocative statements and threats made by certain Western officials against the Russian Federation. 🔹Russian Defence Ministry