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⚡️Russia's draft updated nuclear doctrine expands the category of states, military alliances subject to nuclear deterrence - Putin

🔴#LIVE: Remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at G20 Foreign Ministers meeting on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly 🔴Ruptly 🔴UN Web TV 🔴X 🔴Facebook 🔴Russia’s MFA website #UNGA79

❗️Key takeaways from statements by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the State Council Presidium on export development: ▪️Russia should increase its non-raw materials and non-energy exports, including food supplies abroad ▪️The contribution of BRICS countries to the global economy has exceeded the share of G7 states ▪️The share of the ruble in Russia’s foreign trade settlements is approaching 40%, while the share of “toxic Western currencies” has halved ▪️Real markets of the future are being formed in the world, and Russia’s export opportunities must be utilized ▪️The West’s actions against Russian financial organizations are hostile ▪️Russia has already become one of the world’s leading exporters of food products

⚡️Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter in Brussels 🗓On 24 September 2024, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Russian Mission to the EU Kirill Logvinov participated at a regular meeting of the Heads of Missions of the Member States of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter accredited in Brussels. The event, organised at the initiative of the Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the EU, was timed to coincide with the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 🌐The discussion covered various pressing issues of the international agenda, including the Middle East crisis, the conflict in Ukraine and the situation around Venezuela. The participants emphasised the priority of reaffirming the central and coordinating role of the UN and commitment to its Charter. They stressed that the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States should remain fundamental. The Group pointed out the inadmissibility of attempts by the West to subordinate international relations to a so-called “rules-based world order”. The diplomats also addressed EU practices that contradict the principles of multipolarity, such as unilateral coercive measures and manifestations of neocolonialism. 🤝The regular exchange of views between the Heads of Missions of the Member States of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter accredited in Brussels (the first meeting in this format was initiated by the Russian Mission in April 2023) aims to contribute to the achievement of the Group's goals and objectives within UN platforms.

⚡️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for a documentary titled "The UN from the 20th to the 21st Century" (Moscow, September 25, 2024) Key points: • Less than a year after the victorious powers established the UN based on the noble principles formulated in its charter, it became clear that the West, acting contrary to these principles, intended to launch a war against the Soviet Union, and not merely a cold war but an all-out war. These plans hatched by the then "Anglo-Saxons" [nations of the Anglosphere led by the US & UK] have long become public knowledge. • Once NATO was created, the Soviet Union circulated a large document which demonstrated the detrimental effect of that and the danger of building walls between the East and the West, especially in Europe, and called for respecting the #UNCharter and for working towards this. Our call was not heeded. ✊ However, we kept fighting for justice and the implementation of the principle of sovereign equality of nations. Decolonisation was a bright stage and a major embodiment of that principle. The Soviet Union was the main initiator of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. Following its adoption, the number of UN states increased by 80-90 members. • They tell us that the main goal today is to ensure the territorial integrity of Ukraine. It is a misleading interpretation of the UN Charter, where the right of nations to self-determination is put before territorial integrity. • Even before demanding respect for territorial integrity, the UN Charter demands respect for human rights without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion <…> Now that Zelensky’s Nazi regime, which the West nurtured, has banned both the language and religious rights of a large number of its own population, the West has put away the banners it was waving for decades. ❗️The top priority now is to ensure the achievement of the initial goals and principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and as a whole, rather than selectively or occasionally. • The reform of the UN Security Council is not a one-off event. It’s a process which has been ongoing since the time the United Nations came into being <...> Nevertheless, it relies on principles that must be preserved at all costs. The main principle is that the Security Council reform should be based on a broad-based agreement among states. It does not say “consensus,” but it does state “broad-based agreement among states.” 🌍🇮🇳🇧🇷 We have invariably supported the legitimate aspirations of India and Brazil to secure permanent seats in the Security Council. However, African aspirations must be met as well. Africa has common collective positions, which we respect. And we would have like that. • Our position implies providing additional seats for Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We are open to some of these seats being permanent, but we need to achieve general agreement before we can move forward. It is a complicated process. I don’t see any chance for bringing this process to a swift and expedited completion any time soon. • Since the UN was created, there has never been a time, a region, or a situation that involved the United States in one way or another, where the country would actually respect that principle. Every time, everywhere they acted as a hegemon, or like a "bull in a china shop". • When they wanted to punish Russia, the West abandoned all the principles which it was feeding to us and which it declared sacred. The same is happening to the principles of the UN Charter. The West is trampling and destroying them without a moment’s hesitation. ➡️ Read in full #UNGA79#UNCharterIsOurRules

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🇷🇺🛬 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in New York to take part in the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly #UNGA79

▶️ The Kalashnikov Concern has completed the development of the RPL-20 light machine gun for engaging enemy manpower, firepower and vehicles. Photo: Guliya Levanenkova/TASS, video: Georgy Sultanov/TASS

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a question from the Kommersant newspaper about the Summit of the Future scheduled to be held in New York The comment was issued on September 21, 2024 ❓ Question: Next week, the UN Headquarters in New York will host the Summit of the Future, which is due to adopt a Pact for the Future, a Global Digital Compact, and a Declaration on Future Generations. What is Russia’s assessment of this event and the documents to be approved? 💬 Maria Zakharova: The Summit of the Future will be held in New York on September 22−23 ahead of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly. It will focus on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ proposals on strengthening the system of multilateral cooperation and on the UN reform, among other things. The plan for the first day is to adopt the document entitled the Pact for the Future along with two addenda: the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations. ☝️ Russia consistently proceeds from the premise that it is necessary to adapt the UN to modern realities, whose main characteristic is the emergence of a multipolar international order. At the same time, it is fundamentally important that these changes are directed towards enhancing the UN’s efficacy and prestige. There is a need to restore its central coordinating role, which has been undermined by the collective West’s attempts to force the UN to dance to its tune. The work on the main part of the draft Pact is progressing slowly. The co-coordinators of the talks largely take their lead from the West and are reluctant to addres the concerns expressed by the Global Majority countries. Consequently, the current version contains many ambiguities. I am referring to the tendency to erode the intergovernmental nature of the United Nations by equating the rights of member states and non-state actors, being selective about listing the norms of international law, overemphasising the human rights dimension of UN activities, establishing a universal link between climate and security issues, and insisting on speedy advances on the nuclear disarmament track, among other points. Talks on the draft Global Digital Compact are also challenging. The West is seeking to monopolise internet regulation and place states and non-state actors on the same footing in terms of decision-making on the international technological agenda. To counter this, Russia and its like-minded partners emphasise the importance of taking specific steps to bridge the digital gap as soon as possible to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Only this approach will enable the Global South states to produce the required goods and services rather than relying on ready-made solutions from Western corporations, which are notorious for their predatory practices. Given all this, it is impossible to predict the outcomes of the talks on the Summit’s final documents. ❗️ As a founding state of the United Nations and a responsible member of the international community, Russia, along with its Global Majority partners, will continue its efforts to defend the multipolar international order.

#Think4Yourself 🎬Russian Cultural Code: Art — an educational documentary For centuries, the Western world has been trying to solve the mystery of the Russian soul. Today, in the Digital Age, is has acquired a new name — the Russian cultural code. In this film (developed by the School of Arina Sharapova, TV presenter, Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber), music, graphic art and architecture will become a key to the Russian code. Unlike literature, theatre and cinema, these arts require no translation. Contemporary art often reflects a response to changes in society and through art we can trace how Russian culture adapts to technological progress. Young musicians and students were invited to take part in the discussion with artist Alexei Belyayev-Gintovt who has created paintings and installations dedicated to Russia’s special role in the world. 👉Watch the documentary to better understand the Russian soul.

🗓 On September 19, 1943, one of the largest partisan operations of the Great Patriotic War to disrupt railway communications on Nazi-occupied territories, behind enemy lines, Operation "Concert", commenced. It became a continuation of the "Rail War", conducted in August-September 1943. The partisans were tasked to destroy as many German trains and railway lines as possible to disrupt communications and hinder the delivery of munitions and provisions to the territories occupied by the Nazis. The operation involved 193 partisan units in Belarus, the Baltics, Karelia, Crimea, Leningrad, Kalinin, Smolensk and Orel regions with the total number of 120,615 people. In over six weeks, the partisans blew up approximately 150,000 rail lines, 100 railway bridges and about 100 enemy trains, hindering the delivery of Nazi reserves and allowing the Soviet aviation to attack railway junctions, where Nazis became easy targets, more effectively. ☝️ The operation resulted in the reduction of the throughput capacity of the rail lines the Nazis used by nearly 40%. According to military experts, the partisans’ actions in the operations "Rail War" and "Concert" were more than 11 times more effective than all the raids of the Nazi aviation, which dropped more than 10,000 bombs on the railways in the Soviet rear during the same period. 🌟 Operation "Concert" greatly contributed to disrupting logistics and demoralising Nazi troops and to the preparation of the Red Army’s autumn offensive towards Smolensk and Gomel, as well as facilitated its advance towards the Dnieper and Desna rivers. #Victory79

The first-ever Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize awarded to the African Union The African Union became the first recipient of the Leo Tolstoy international peace prize in recognition of a significant contribution to strengthening peace. The inaugural award ceremony was held at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Sept 9, timed to the anniversary of the great Russian writer and humanist thinker. Valery Gergiev, world-famous conductor and chairman of the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize jury, presented the award to Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat. Established by the Russian Historical Society, the Russian Peace Foundation, and the Russian Military Historical Society, the Leo Tolstoy Peace Prize recognizes organizations and individuals for their achievements in peacekeeping, fight for freedoms, human rights, and countering the threat of World War III or nuclear catastrophe. Photo by Alexander Shalgin