Russie en Tunisie 🇷🇺🇹🇳

👨‍🎓Les 16 et 17 novembre, la Société géographique russe, en collaboration avec le Ministère russe des Affaires étrangères et l'agence fédérale Rossotrudnichestvo, organise la dixième campagne éducative internationale annuelle «Dictée géographique - 2024» en Russie et à l'étranger.

📍L'événement jubilaire se déroulera à la fois en présentiel et à distance. Il vise à populariser les connaissances géographiques et à accroître l'intérêt pour la science et le patrimoine national de la Russie.

👉Pour plus d’informations, veuillez visiter le site officiel du proje: https://dictant.rgo.ru/en

🎙 Points clés du point de presse hebdomadaire de la porte-parole de la diplomatie russe, Maria Zakharova :

#Ukraine

Le financement continu ainsi que l'approvisionnement en armes de la junte de Zelensky entraînent de graves problèmes politiques et économiques pour ses alliés européens.

Les budgets de l'UE sont sous pression, et les coalitions politiques se délitent, sans parler des indices de popularité des gouvernements qui s'effondrent.

#France

Dans une interview à un média français, le ministre de la Défense, Sébastien Lecornu, a annoncé avoir signé un décret autorisant la livraison d'une dizaine de missiles de longue portée « Scalp » à l'Ukraine, permettant, selon Paris, au régime de Kiev de frapper derrière les lignes de front.

Lorsque ce régime frappera au-delà des lignes de front, j'aimerais dire à Lecornu : il faut espérer qu'il ne touche pas l'ambassade de France.

#UNESCO

Le Secrétariat général de l'UNESCO et sa directrice générale, Audrey Azoulay, continuent d'ignorer résolument les crimes du régime de Kiev contre les journalistes russes, y compris les meurtres ciblés, les attentats et les tentatives d'assassinat...

L'hypocrisie flagrante apparaît dans la statistique présentée dans le rapport [par Azoulay], selon laquelle, entre 2022 et 2023, aucun journaliste russe ne serait décédé...

Nous rappelons à Mme Azoulay que, pendant cette période, ce sont Daria Douguina, Vladlen Tatarsky, Oleg Klokov, Rostislav Zhouravlev et Boris Maksoudov qui ont été tués par le régime de Kiev.

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the International Symposium 'Inventing the Future' (Moscow, November 4, 2024)

Key talking points:

• The global balance of power is undergoing transformative changes, driven by the objective trends in the world economy where the influence of the states of the Global South and the Global East, and indeed the World Majority, is growing.

• The economic resurgence enables an increasing number of non-Western nations to consistently bolster their sovereignty and to pursue a nationally oriented agenda in both foreign and domestic policy.

• Following the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Washington and its allies, as part of the hybrid war they are waging, have launched an aggressive sanctions campaign against Russia. In the past decade, more than 21,000 sanctions have been imposed on our country across various domains, including economy, finance, trade, investment, media, culture, sport, and broadly, people-to-people contacts. These neo-colonial practices of the West primarily impact the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

• The adverse effect of this campaign against the undesired is that the West is undermining itself. Western capitals have conveniently forgotten principles such as fair competition, the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, among others.

• When economic pressure fails to sway truly sovereign nations, the West, led by the United States, resorts to threats, blackmail, and even the use of force.

• It is sad to state that the ruling elites in many European countries evidently see no future for themselves in a multipolar world and are looking instead to the overseas hegemon to save them.

• The West is never satisfied with what they have. The war they started against Russia in Europe wasn’t enough.

• NATO now plans to conduct “defensive” operations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait which lie thousands of miles away from its shores. Any right-minded observer knows that this path will lead nowhere.

• The obsession [of the West] with controlling absolutely everything has led to a rash of tragedies in the Middle East.

• This year, yet another independent UN member — Yemen — came under an aggression of the West [Anglo-Saxons]. The Syrian Arab Republic is still reeling from the shock of American interference. The United States has effectively blocked all multilateral mechanisms aimed at promoting the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.

• The serious challenges facing the world call for a united effort based on equality, rather than submission to those who seek global dominance.

• Establishing direct contacts and horizontal ties among all regional integration entities and with #BRICS which already includes the key countries that are regional leaders, is a significant step towards multipolarity.

• Another area of focus is the de-dollarisation of the international financial and economic system. I wish to remind you that the share of national currencies in Russia's transactions with the #SCO and #EAEU countries has surpassed 90%, and with the BRICS nations, we are approaching 65%. This figure continues to grow.

🇺🇳 People often ask: what will multipolarity rely on in terms of international legal foundation? There’s no need to look for new principles; they are all there in the UN Charter 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules.

The problem is that our Western partners have never fully respected these principles.

Read in full

📄 Déclaration commune de la Première conférence ministérielle du Forum de Partenariat Russie-Afrique (Sotchi, 10 novembre 2024)

👉 Déclaration intégrale

💬 Nous, ministres des Affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie et des États africains reconnus par l’Organisation des Nations Unies (l’ONU), dirigeants de la Commission de l’Union africaine et des organes exécutifs des organisations d'intégration majeures de l'Afrique, ainsi que leurs représentants, sommes réunis le 10 novembre 2024 dans la Fédération de Russie, territoire fédéral Sirius, pour participer à la première conférence ministérielle du Forum de partenariat Russie-Afrique.

Nous nous félicitons du niveau stratégique de la coopération russo-africaine et nous apprécions positivement le rythme de mise en œuvre des accords conclus lors du premier (Sotchi, 23-24 octobre 2019) et du deuxième (Saint-Pétersbourg, 27-28 juillet 2023) sommets Russie-Afrique et énoncés dans leurs documents finaux, y compris le Plan d’action du Forum de Partenariat Russie-Afrique pour 2023-2026.

Nous réaffirmons l'intention de poursuivre notre coopération au niveau stratégique afin de créer un ordre mondial garantissant la paix et la sécurité internationales pour tous, les possibilités égales pour le développement de tous les États, la préservation de leurs identités culturelles et civilisationnelles quels que soient leurs systèmes politiques, économiques ou sociaux, leur situation géographique, leurs potentiels démographiques et militaires et leurs ressources.

Nous saluons l’adoption par les chefs des délégations participant à la première conférence ministérielle du Forum de partenariat Russie-Afrique des déclarations communes :
- sur les mesures visant à créer un système de sécurité internationale de l'information juste, transparent et équitable,
- sur le renforcement de la coopération dans la lutte contre le terrorisme,
- sur les questions d'actualité relatives à l'exploration et l'utilisation de l'espace à des fins pacifiques.

***

🔹 Coopération dans le domaine de la politique

Nous considérons le développement d'un partenariat constructif avec l'Union africaine et les organisations d'intégration africaines majeures comme la priorité de la politique étrangère de la Fédération de Russie et des États africains.

🔹 Coopération dans le domaine de la sécurité

Nous confirmons l'importance du principe des « Solutions africaines aux problèmes africains » pour le règlement des conflits.

🔹 Coopération dans le domaine commercial et économique

Nous exprimons notre volonté à poursuivre nos efforts conjoints pour renforcer la voix et la représentation des pays du continent africain dans l'architecture de la gouvernance économique mondiale.

🔹 Coopération dans les domaines de l'éducation, des soins de santé, de la culture, des sports, de la politique de la jeunesse et des médias

Nous notons avec satisfaction la coopération dynamique entre la Fédération de Russie et les États africains dans le domaine de la culture.

🔹 Coopération dans le domaine de la protection de l'environnement et du climat

Nous préconisons d'intensifier les efforts pour consolider les approches aux questions environnementales et climatiques internationales sur les plateformes spécialisées de l'ONU, pour empêcher la politisation des activités dans ces domaines.

***

❗️ Les ministres des Affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie et des États africains reconnus par les Nations Unies, les dirigeants de la Commission de l'Union africaine et des organes exécutifs des organisations d'intégration majeures de l'Afrique, ainsi que leurs représentants, qui ont participé à la première Conférence ministérielle du Forum de Partenariat Russie-Afrique, expriment leur détermination à poursuivre leur travail commun en vue d'approfondir la coopération et d'assurer le bon déroulement du troisième sommet Russie-Afrique qui se tiendra en 2026.

#RussieAfrique

#PhotoDeFamille

📸 Les chefs des délégations africaines et le Ministre russe des Affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov, avant la première séance plénière de la Conférence ministérielle du Forum de partenariat #RussieAfrique

📍 Sotchi, 10 novembre

🎙 Excerpts from President of Russia Vladimir Putin's speech in the plenary session of the 21st annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club (November 7, 2024)

💬 Vladimir Putin: The moment of truth is fast approaching.

The former world arrangement is irreversibly passing away, actually it has already passed away, and a serious, irreconcilable struggle is unfolding for the development of a new world order. It is irreconcilable, above all, because this is not even a fight for power or geopolitical influence.

It is a clash of the very principles that will underlie the relations of countries and peoples at the next historical stage. Its outcome will determine whether we will be able, through joint efforts, to build a world that will allow all nations to develop and resolve emerging contradictions based on mutual respect for cultures and civilisations, without coercion and use of force. And finally, whether the human society will be able to retain its ethical humanistic principles, and whether an individual will be able to remain human.

At first glance, it might appear that there is no alternative. Yet, regrettably, there is. It is the dive of humanity into the depths of aggressive anarchy, internal and external splits, the erosion of traditional values, the emergence of new forms of tyranny, and the actual renunciation of the classical principles of democracy, along with fundamental rights and freedoms.

Increasingly often, democracy is being interpreted not as the rule of majority but of minority. Traditional democracy and the rule of the people are being set against an abstract notion of freedom, for the sake of which, as some argue, democratic procedures, elections, majority opinion, freedom of speech, and an unbiased media can be disregarded or sacrificed.

The peril lies in the imposition of totalitarian ideologies and making them the norm, as exemplified by the current state of Western liberalism. This modern Western liberalism, in my view, has degenerated into extreme intolerance and aggression towards any alternative or sovereign and independent thought. Today, it even seeks to justify neo-Nazism, terrorism, racism, and even the mass genocide of civilians.

Moreover, there are international conflicts and confrontations fraught with the danger of mutual destruction. Weapons that can cause this do exist and are being constantly improved, taking new forms as the technologies advance. The number of nations possessing such weapons is growing, and no one can guarantee that these weapons will not be used, especially if threats incrementally multiply and legal and moral norms are ultimately shattered.

❗️We have come close to the dangerous point.

The West’s calls to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, a nation with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, reveal the reckless adventurism of certain Western politicians.

Such blind faith in their own impunity and exceptionalism could lead to a global catastrophe.

Efforts to cling to their diminishing power through force result only in widespread instability and more tensions, leading to casualties and destruction. However, these efforts fail to achieve the desired outcome of maintaining absolute, unchallenged power.

For the march of history cannot be halted.

🗓 On November 7, 1941, the historic military parade took place on the Red Square in Moscow marking the 24th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.

The parade was organised and held, when the Nazi forces were already approaching the Soviet capital — at the time an unthinkable endeavour.

Not only was it a defiance of Hitler's war machine and inhumane regime, but a testament to the unbending will of the Soviet people, the parade showed the Red Army soldiers and officers’ resilience and determination.

The march involved some 28'500 servicemen, as well as 140 artillery pieces, 160 tanks, and 232 vehicles. From the Red Square, Soviet soldiers and officers headed directly to the front, ready to defend their Motherland from the Nazis no matter the hardships and seemingly improbable odds.

The military parade became a symbol of the Soviet people’s fortitude and courage, inspired them in their fight against German aggression. It bolstered the USSR’s international prestige and strengthened the Allied coalition.

⚔️ A month later, the “invincible” Wehrmacht suffered its first major defeat, and Hitler’s ambitious blitzkrieg plan against the Soviet Union was thwarted.

In 2004, a federal law was passed designating November 7 as a Day of Military Glory in Russia in honour of the Red Square military parade. Ever since, festive concerts and exhibitions commemorating this event have been held annually across the country.

#Victory79

🇷🇺 On November 4, our country celebrates National Unity Day. #OnThisDay 412 years ago, a popular uprising liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian invaders. Thousands of our country’s residents of different ethnicities, social strata & religions managed to close ranks to counter the existential threat and gave an example of genuine courage and loyalty to their Fatherland.

In the early 17th century, the Russian state was going through one of the hardest periods in its history called the Time of Troubles. The Moscow branch of the Ryurik dynasty that used to rule the country for seven centuries, died out. Numerous impostors began to claim the throne, pretending to be Tsar Ivan IV's son, the deceased Tsarevich Dmitry.

▪️ Our country was one step away from losing its sovereignty and could have vanished from the map of the world for good.

The first of the impostors, False Dmitry I, managed to seize the throne in 1605 thanks to the support of Sigismund III King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The adventurer hoped to annex the Seversk and Smolensk regions to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and spread Catholicism in Russia, but he miscalculated – a year later the unpopular False Dmitry I was deposed by the boyars, and the throne was taken by Vassily Shuisky, a representative of the Suzdal branch of the Rurikovich dynasty.

The next impostor, False Dmitry II, was proposed in 1606 by Sigismund III’s opponents from among the Polish nobility. The north-west and north of Russian lands fell under the control of foreign invaders, and False Dmitry II himself settled in the town of Tushino, 17 kilometers from the Kremlin. In such circumstances Vassily Shuisky appealed to Sweden for help. Sigismund III, who was at war with the Swedes at the time, used this as a pretext for open intervention.

In the autumn of 1609, Polish-Lithuanian troops besieged Smolensk and occupied a number of Russian cities. After False Dmitry II fled under the onslaught of the army of the Russian commander Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky in early 1610, some of the boyars who had been in Tushino made a compact with Sigismund III on naming his son Wladislaw tsar-elect. Power in the country passed to the boyar council who were forced to swear allegiance to Wladislaw. The interventionist troops occupied the Kremlin.

⚔️ Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow and All Russia issued a call to resist foreign invaders, but the first national resistance alliance to gather in Ryazan was defeated. The initiator of the second resistance, the zemstvo headman Kuzma Minin, managed to gather an impressive army in Nizhny Novgorod of over 10,000 landowners, peasants, Cossacks, riflemen and nobles. Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, who was in that region for medical treatment, was elected to lead the army. In August 1612, they approached Moscow and in autumn defeated the superior forces of the interventionists in fierce battles.

👑 The liberation of the capital and the consolidation of the masses were a powerful boost for the revival of the Russian state. In 1613, the Zemsky Sobor (a nation-wide assembly) elected a new Russian tsar, Mikhail Romanov, the first of the new dynasty. By 1618, the last troops of Polish-Lithuanian and Swedish invaders were pushed out of Russia.

💬 President of Russia Vladimir Putin (Sevastopol, November 4, 2021):

The people of Russia came together to defend their homeland, chase out the invaders and traitors, restore a strong state, and stop sectarian strife. They took on the task of saving the country and paved the way for Russia’s revival and strengthening. More than four centuries have passed since then, but the feat accomplished by the people still strikes us with its powerful outflow of patriotic feelings, and the fact that people came to understand that there was nothing more important than their Motherland’s destiny and future.

📜 Learn more in our in-depth historical delve.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 16th Assembly of the Russian World (Moscow, November 2, 2024)

💬 It is profoundly symbolic that your forum traditionally convenes on the eve of National Unity Day, a day on which we commemorate our people's victory in the struggle against foreign invaders.

On January 1, 2024, the Foreign Ministry assumed the sole founding role of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. This represents a significant honour and responsibility for us. I wish to assure you of our continued dedication to enhancing the Foundation's potential and influence.

Over the years, your gatherings have distinguished themselves as a unique platform that brings together all those engaged in the multinational and multi-faith Russkiy Mir: prominent public and political figures, academics, Russian language scholars and compatriots. We highly value your contribution to the promotion of our Motherland's rich cultural and historical heritage and the advancement of international humanitarian cooperation.

We shall preserve our traditional values and safeguard the cultural and historical heritage of the diverse peoples of the Russian Federation. This goal is unequivocally reaffirmed in the new Foreign Policy Concept, which Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed in March 2023. It characterises Russia as a unique country-civilisation with over a thousand years of history.

⚠️ The situation in Ukraine illustrates the potential consequences of willingly forsaking the spiritual and cultural roots bequeathed by our forebears. Following the bloody state coup in 2014, the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev embarked on a systematic campaign to eradicate all that is associated with the Russian World. Russians, Russian speakers, and individuals simply affiliated with Russian culture came under assault.

In Ukraine, the use of the Russian language is legally prohibited across various areas, from education and media to daily life. In late September, yet another law banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church was passed. The West is not just keeping silent, but is vocally proclaiming its support for Ukraine which allegedly "upholds European values".

Notably, protecting the rights and freedoms, as well as the legal interests of the Russian people and Russian speakers should be an integral part of a political settlement in Ukraine, alongside ensuring Ukraine’s non-aligned, neutral, and non-nuclear status, and eliminating any and all threats to Russia’s security that may come from within its borders.

🌐 We will continue working alongside our like-minded partners to shape a fairer multipolar world order that relies on civilisational diversity of the modern-day world. We will keep pursuing our independent foreign policy and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation with every country that is willing to cooperate on the basis of equality, trust, and an honest balance of interests, thus contributing to an atmosphere of mutual understanding among nations. Without a doubt, each one of you has a part to play in this.

Read in full