Russian Embassy in Australia

31 May 2023 02:00

⚡️The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the Ukraine forces’ attempted terrorist attacks that took place in the early morning of May 30 in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

According to the Defence Ministry, the attacks were carried out with the use of eight fixed-wing UAVs. All of them were downed by the Russian air defence and electronic warfare systems. Five drones were shot down by Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems, and three other drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means, after which they lost control and went astray. Unfortunately, the drones that lost control fell on high-rise residential blocks of flats near the Moskovsky State Farm, Leninsky Prospekt and Profsoyuznaya Street. According to the responders, no serious injuries have been reported.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case in this regard. We are confident that every person involved in it will be found and suffer severe punishment.

❌ These attacks were plotted and carried out by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime, for which acts of terror have become an evil routine practice. Its representatives have long and openly called for “retaliation strikes” against Moscow. While making no sense from a military point of view, these attacks appear to be directed exclusively against civilians in order to sow panic among them.

Western support for the Kiev regime is emboldening the Ukrainian leadership towards committing increasingly reckless criminal acts, including acts of terrorism, violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes.
Assurances by NATO officials to the effect that the Kiev regime will not strike deep into Russian territory have turned out to be completely disingenuous.

❗️ The Russian side reserves the right to take tough measures in response to the terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime.

Russian Embassy in Australia

30 May 2023 07:23

Second Eurasian Economic Forum results summarized

👉 More than 2,700 participants and media representatives from Russia and 59 countries and territories attended the forum.

Among them were four head of states, five deputy prime ministers, nine ministers, representatives of 38 foreign delegations and thirteen head diplomats.

🌐 Also, heads of international organizations and associations visited the forum, including SCO and CIS.

✍🏻 Several agreements have been signed on the sidelines of the event.

🗓 The business program consisted of 35 sessions. The main topics were as follows:
▪the preparation of new long-term planning documents and defining the main areas for cooperation on integration until 2030 and 2045;
▪the development of EAEU cooperation with countries from beyond the CIS;
▪customs regulations;
▪prospects for the market within the EAEU;
▪digital transformation;
▪improving mechanisms for international settlement.

Read about other results of the forum here.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

30 May 2023 06:17

Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to US Senator Lindsey Graham:

💬 <...> If Senator Graham himself, who was a participant in these dramatic events at Bankova Street, thinks that his words were taken out of context and he did not mean that, he has every opportunity to make a statement. He can pick up the phone, turn on the video camera, point it at himself and record a short video clip.

And only then will we all find out what really happened there, if he really meant those words, or it was a PR-stunt and media production by the Kiev regime.

Russian Embassy in Australia

29 May 2023 06:06

❗️28 мая Посол России 🇷🇺 А.В.Павловский принял участие в праздновании 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣-летия Свято-Николаевского прихода ☦️ в Брисбене. Посол присутствовал на божественной литургии в соборе Святителя Николая, а также обратился с приветствием к участникам торжественного вечера по случаю юбилея. В своем выступлении он поздравил настоятеля храма протоиерея Гавриила (Макарова) и прихожан, отметил роль старейшего в Австралии русского православного прихода как духовного центра притяжения для соотечественников, для всех, кто ощущает сопричастность русскому языку, культуре и традициям, в ком живет любовь к России.

Russian Embassy in Australia

27 May 2023 02:45

📄 Russia has consented to extend the Black Sea Initiative on Ukrainian food exports by two months. As a result, the agreement will remain in effect until the end of the planned 120-day cycle (through July 17), whereupon, as it is stipulated in the document, it can be terminated by an objecting party (Russia, Türkiye, or Ukraine).

However, almost immediately after the decision on extending the initiative was approved, the Westerners and the Ukrainians came forward with demands on a buildup and expansion of Ukrainian exports rather than a mere continuation of the maritime traffic. They habitually resorted to their hackneyed postulates on food security, famine relief, and aid to destitute countries, and got support from the UN staff.

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❗️ The situation being what it is, there are some legitimate questions we would like to ask. Why does Ukrainian grain continue to be successfully exported, while Russian ammonia is stuck in the port of Yuzhny? What did the UN Secretary-General coordinate in Kiev on March 8 and what is the point of his relevant proposals, if supplying this raw material of key importance for the production of fertilisers continues to be impeded by Ukraine’s endless additional requests? Where are all those champions of food security, who are so vociferous in calling for allowing the export of Ukrainian fodder corn and forage but are keeping mum when the Ukrainians and others block the export of Russian ammonia needed to produce food for 45 million people, primarily in African countries?

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If Rosselkhozbank is not connected to SWIFT and there is no progress on solving other system-wide problems that are blocking Russian agricultural exports, the Black Sea Initiative will also have to look for alternatives, such as the EU’s much vaunted land “solidarity corridors,” whereby large amounts of Ukrainian products are exported, if at a much greater internal and external cost.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

27 May 2023 00:44

❗️Ukraine Shells Donetsk Residential Area

The Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at Donetsk - this time a residential sector in the Voroshilovsky district of the city.

A house and garage are destroyed, while a car burns. According to preliminary data, no one was hurt.

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26 May 2023 08:09

Kiev Corruption: Defense Contractors Accused Of Embezzlement

Several Ukrainian state-owned companies engaged in international arms purchases received millions of dollars under Ministry of Defense contracts but did not fulfill the deliveries, according to Ukrainian media.

In 2022, the MoD signed contracts and made down payments with several arms importers, but have not received arms - while some funds have been withdrawn abroad and transferred to foreign firms.

At the beginning of 2023, the Ministry began to file lawsuits, and at the moment there are at least 30 of them - most still pending - with total claims amounting to 8.9 billion hryvnia ($241 million).

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06 February 2023 00:06

🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s comment on the 20th anniversary of US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech on February 5, 2003 in the UN Security Council accusing Iraq of creating weapons of mass destruction, which became the pretext for the subsequent American invasion

💬 The image of Colin Powell showing a test tube, supposedly containing anthrax powder, has long become widely recognised as a personification of hypocrisy and the US ruling elite’s conviction in their own impunity, their indisputable right to arrogantly teach the rest of the world, using force against a deliberately weak adversary in order to preserve their own global hegemony.

Although, as a decent person, Colin Powell would not hide in the future the fact that he was forced to lie under orders. We even accept that he was tormented by a conscience that is not characteristic of the American political class, especially the leaders of the today’s generation.

In the rapidly changing geopolitical conditions, the United States is now clearly unable to resort to the use of force every time it wants to, without serious consequences. The ignominious flight from Afghanistan outlined the limits of America’s military capabilities, but did not drive away old habits and manners, aggressive and unbridled rhetoric, as evidenced by the American intervention in Ukraine as a party to the conflict.

However, the Americans will still have to change their views, getting rid of the entitlement syndrome, which was so clearly manifested in the scandal with the vial. They will also have to reckon with Russia and China, as well as other major international players that are shaping a more equitable multilateral world order.

☝️ One should not expect that the memory of what happened 20 years ago will be buried in the quicksands of modern history.

Russian Embassy in Australia

04 February 2023 23:41

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya 24 and RIA Novosti (Moscow, February 2, 2023)

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💬 I believe that the exceptionalism and the absolute conviction in their own infallibility and superiority is the main reason why we are now opposing the countries that are using the Kiev regime to wage a hybrid war against us, although not exactly a hybrid war.

🔸 The United States and all other Westerners, whom the Americans have brought to the heel thus stripping the EU of the remaining attributes of independence, are widely known as “grand democrats.” However, discussions about democratic approaches to international issues leave them impassive.

❗️ The US have discarded all their principles at the snap of a finger, principles like the inviolability of private property, presumption of innocence, good-faith competition, market mechanisms, etc., which they were cultivating and imposing on others for decades as part of the globalisation package.

🔸 The current talk about transitioning to national currencies is not accidental. Who knows what side of the bed the US president will wake up on tomorrow, or who he will see as “unsympathetic.”

🔸 There are many who want to scare us with China. In my opinion, this is a game based on wanting to prevent us from cooperating and coordinating our positions in the economy or international affairs. There is no doubt that the plans signed by Russia and the PRC meet the interests of both Moscow and Beijing.

☝️ What matters at this point is not the time but the essence, the quality of results we will ensure for our people and those who want to remain part of Russian culture – the Kiev junta, with the West’s encouragement, was depriving them of all things Russian for many years.

Russian Embassy in Australia

04 February 2023 21:01

🇷🇺🇧🇷📞 On February 2, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Mauro Vieira.

Sergey Lavrov wished Mr Vieira success in connection with the start of his tenure as head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.

🤝 The Parties confirmed mutual commitment to continuing joint work to strengthen the entire range of strategic partnership between Russia and Brazil.

The Ministers also discussed current issues of interaction in the bilateral format and in the international arena, and reviewed the schedule of upcoming Russian-Brazilian contacts at various levels.

#RussiaBrazil

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 February 2023 01:30

Tanks & Fascism on our Doorstep Again: Vladimir Putin on 80th Anniversary of Stalingrad Victory - "not a battle for a city, but for future of country

The Russian President praised the incredible strength of the people of Volgograd, then Stalingrad, during the Great Patriotic War. Key moments from his speech:

📍Moral duty to remember the great sacrifice during Battle of Stalingrad
📍Nazi ideology reemerging, while Russia withstands Western aggression
📍Once again threatened by German tanks
📍Heritage, values and tradition distinguishes Russia

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Russian Embassy in Australia

01 February 2023 07:17

🇬🇧 At the invitation of Melbourne Holocaust Museum Russian Ambassador to Australia H.E. Dr. Alexey Pavlovsky participated on 30 January in the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

🇷🇺 30 января по приглашению руководства Мельбурнского музея Холокоста Посол России в Австралии А.В.Павловский принял участие в мероприятии, посвященном Международному дню памяти жертв Холокоста.

Russian Embassy in Australia

01 February 2023 04:07

🇷🇺🇦🇲📞 President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.

The leaders discussed the current situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, stressing the importance of the consistent implementation of the entire package of trilateral agreements reached by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

They also touched on a number of current issues on the bilateral agenda.

Russian Embassy in Australia

31 January 2023 23:30

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt Sameh Shoukry (Moscow, January 31, 2023)

💬 We believe that Egypt is our good friend and reliable partner, not only in the Middle East, but also in international affairs.

🤝 We have always appreciated Egypt's traditionally responsible and balanced position on various regional and international problems, as well as your desire to seek political agreements on any crises and conflicts.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

31 January 2023 05:51

❗️Putin Discusses OPEC+ Cooperation With Crown Prince Of Saudi Arabia In Telephone Conversation — TASS

The Kremlin press service also reported that Russia and Saudi Arabia would further develop cooperation in trade and energy.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

31 May 2023 01:59

#AntifakeOfTheDay

A cynical attempt to justify US Senator Lindsey Graham & his cannibalistic remarks

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💬 An outrageous remark by US Senator Lindsey Graham during a meeting with head of the Kiev regime Zelensky, “And the Russians are dying... the best money we’ve ever spent” stunned the international public not just with its Neanderthal Russophobia, but with its truly human-hating underlying message.

The widespread indignation forced the propaganda machine at the service of Western politicians, with Reuters & the BBC as its cogs, which led the effort to justify the senator, to scramble to manage the crisis & to try to keep the lid on the situation.

It turns out, supposedly, that Senator Graham said something different & in a different way. As was the case with similar monstrous fabrications of former US President George W.Bush, they used clumsy & shameful excuses to the effect that the senator’s words were ripped out of context, or that the video was spliced & so on.

The attempt to justify themselves is doomed. It is already impossible to come out clean after saying these words, even if they were uttered separately.

The senator is not the only such person, & these words of his are far from being the first ones ever said on this matter. The Nazi philosophy of hatred for Russians is what really unites the Kiev regime & its American patrons. The hateful Russophobic remarks by other officials & representatives of the political establishment in Washington & Kiev are still fresh in memory. Here are just a few of them.

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This entire story, with the cowardly excuses & preposterous attempts to cover up for Lindsey Graham, is another blow to the already faded reputation of Reuters & the BBC, which had to ride it out for both Washington & Kiev. This is not journalism, but PR agencies working on the order of the collective West. They need to absolve Senator Graham & keep the head of the Zelensky regime out of it at the same time. With everything said and done, that mission is impossible.

Russian Embassy in Australia

30 May 2023 07:22

🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺 Happy EAEU day!

🗓️ On 2️⃣9️⃣ May for the first time we celebrated the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). On that day in 2014, the Treaty on the EAEU was signed in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

🤝 For 9 years the EAEU, which currently consists of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Russia, has become a key platfom for cooperation and interaction between the states of Greater Eurasia.

🎉 Congratulations to our colleagues and all citizens of the EAEU countries!

Russian Embassy in Australia

30 May 2023 02:31

🇷🇺🇰🇪 🤝 #RussiaKenya Friendship

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was received by President of Kenya His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto and Kenya's Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Alfred Mutua in Nairobi.

📸 #PhotoOfTheDay

Russian Embassy in Australia

27 May 2023 02:45

🇷🇺🇧🇷 📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a telephone conversation. The President of Brazil shared his impressions of participating in the recent G7 summit (Hiroshima, Japan, May 20–21, 2023), and also outlined his vision of possible mediation efforts to find ways of resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

The President of Russia gave a principled assessment of the developments around Ukraine, while confirming that Russia is open to dialogue on the political and diplomatic track, which is still blocked by Kiev and its Western sponsors.

The presidents discussed several current aspects of the Russian-Brazilian strategic partnership, and expressed mutual interest in its further progressive development and deepening of practical cooperation in various fields.

In addition, they considered issues related to joint work within #BRICS and other multilateral platforms.

The conversation was constructive and substantive.

Russian Embassy in Australia

27 May 2023 02:45

🇷🇺🇦🇿🇦🇲 Trilateral talks between President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took place in the Kremlin.

💬 Vladimir Putin: I appreciate your prompt response to my proposal to hold another meeting, and I hope that it will pave the way for the practical resolution of some of the issues that we have been discussing for a long time.

We have achieved much in this format; not only did hostilities stop in autumn 2020, but efforts were also launched to unblock economic and transport ties in the region and delimit the border.

🤝 Despite all the difficulties and problems, and we still have many of them, the situation is moving in the direction of a settlement. One of the issues here is transport ties. The three of us have talked about this in some detail just now in bilateral meetings, and there are still a few unresolved issues. But, in my opinion – we talked about this with our colleagues from the Azerbaijani side and with our colleagues from the Armenian side – in my opinion, these are mere technicalities.

We also discussed this topic at length. It has to do with terminology. These terms must reflect a clear understanding of the realities and events that will follow the signing of the relevant documents. But in my opinion and in our opinion – I mean all three of us, the Prime Minister of Armenia, the President of Azerbaijan and myself – these are surmountable obstacles.

☝️ By and large, these are not obstacles at all, but purely technical issues. Therefore, we have now agreed that in the near future, in a week – I will now ask my colleagues to agree on this date as well – the deputy prime ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia will meet and clear up any outstanding issues. It seems to me that this is a good agreement, which gives us hope that the outstanding issues will be resolved.

Russian Embassy in Australia

26 May 2023 08:10

Ukraine Weapon Smuggling To Poland Spikes

The black market trade of weapons, ammunition and false documents from Ukraine to Poland has risen sharply over the past year according to Polish outlet Rzeczpospolita, citing deputy head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Maciej Wasik.

According to the border service, police seized more than 8,300 units of illegal weapons in 2022, compared to only 1,400 in 2021.

The publication notes that the value of confiscated goods in Q1 2023 has almost doubled to 73 million zlotys (about $17.4mn) from 37 million zlotys ($8.82mn) in the same period last year.

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06 February 2023 00:06

❗️Kiev Planning 'Large-Scale' Provocation to Accuse Russia of War Crimes - 🇷🇺 DefMin.

The Russian Defence Ministry says it's obtained information from independent sources indicating Ukraine is plotting to pin strikes on Russia to accuse it of war crimes.

The plan involves the controlled demolition of residential infrastructure in the city of Kramatorsk - including a hospital. Medical staff have already switched to remote working.

Ukraine's security services have reportedly gathered Western journalists in the city already, at the Sapphire Hotel.

Russia says the plot to accuse it of atrocities will be used to garner support for more weapons, while the Ukrainian army continues to suffer setbacks.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

05 February 2023 23:48

❗️Russian Foreign Minister Arrives In Iraq

Sergey Lavrov has touched down in Baghdad as he begins his next diplomatic tour.

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04 February 2023 23:41

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, February 1, 2023)

🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Meta's decision to take the Azov off the list of dangerous organisations
🔹 Anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 Anti-Muslim campaigns in a number of European countries
🔹 On possibly allowing Russian athletes to compete during the 2024 Olympics in Paris
🔹 Inauguration of Satellite Mission Control Centre in Angola

And more...

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Russian Embassy in Australia

03 February 2023 02:06

Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important? - Russia Beyond 👇
🔗 https://www.rbth.com/history/335815-why-was-battle-of-stalingrad-important

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 February 2023 01:30

Vladimir Putin visited the Mamayev Kurgan memorial in Volgograd as part of the celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad

The President laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory and honoured the memory of the fallen soldiers with a minute of silence.

See more on the Kremlin’s official website.

Russian Embassy in Australia

01 February 2023 06:49

Human Rights Watch Says Ukraine Appears To Have Used ‘Banned Mines’ In Civilian Areas

“Ukrainian forces appear to have extensively scattered landmines around the Izyum area, causing civilian casualties and posing an ongoing risk,” Steve Goose, director of the arms division at Human Rights Watch, said in a report released on Tuesday.

The nonprofit has urged Kiev to look into its use of “butterfly mines” or “petal mines,” outlawed under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty — which Ukraine signed in 1999 and ratified in 2005.

According to the report, Ukraine’s defense ministry has failed to address an inquiry over mine use, saying that “information on the types of weapons used by Ukraine… is not to be commented on before the war ends.” The ministry also claimed it “abides by its international obligations, including the prohibition of the use of anti-personnel mines.”

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01 February 2023 04:07

🇷🇺🇩🇿📞 President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The Presidents noted with satisfaction that Russia-Algeria cooperation, rooted in the long-standing traditions of friendship and mutual respect, continued to steadily expand.

✅ They reaffirmed their readiness to continue working together on the global energy market, including within the OPEC Plus and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

It was agreed to step up the contacts at various levels and preparation of important bilateral documents.

#RussiaAlgeria #RussiaAfrica

Russian Embassy in Australia

31 January 2023 23:30

🇷🇺🇵🇰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Moscow, January 30, 2023)

💬 Today we have agreed to work hard to build up trade and economic cooperation. The focus was on the promising energy sector, including the supply of hydrocarbons, as well as the construction of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore.

The fight against terrorism is the most important area of our joint efforts. We talked about this in detail today. During the talks, news came of another terrorist attack near a mosque in Peshawar. There are casualties. We join in the condolences.

At the same time, we insist that the fight against terrorism must be intensified throughout the world and conducted without applying double standards or flirting with terrorist groups in order to achieve political goals. Some of our Western colleagues are often guilty of this sin.

🤝 We praise the dialogue between the two foreign ministries, including at the UN, which helps address topical regional and international problems more effectively.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

30 January 2023 12:43

📞🇷🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 On January 28 and 29, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had telephone conversations with Foreign Minister of Israel Eli Cohen, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine Riyad al-Maliki.

The Russian Foreign Minister expressed his condolences to his colleagues over the deaths and injuries of civilians as a result of the recent escalation.

❗️ FM Lavrov stressed that Moscow was seriously concerned about a new spiral of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which could lead to a renewed full-fledged armed confrontation causing more casualties and destruction. The Minister called on his Israeli and Palestinian partners to show maximum responsibility and refrain from any actions that could provoke a further degradation of the situation.

There was a frank and involved exchange of views on the prospects of the situation in the Middle East with an emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli settlement. Sergey Lavrov emphasised the urgent need to resume the efforts of the Quartet of international mediators in order to restart the negotiating process between Israel and Palestine as soon as possible on a universally recognised international legal basis.

🤝 The Ministers also discussed a number of topical issues on the bilateral agenda. They reaffirmed their willingness to develop mutually beneficial and multifaceted cooperation between the countries.