Russian Embassy in Australia

12 June 2023 05:47

Shrapnel from a US shell used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was found on the territory of Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant

Fragments of a shell from an American M777 howitzer were found during technical works in the Zaporozhye NPP splash pool - this directly proves that the Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly shell the plant — as this weaponry is used by Ukrainian fighters.

Several times, the Russian side has stressed the danger of shelling the ZNPP, but for the Ukrainian side, which is ready to go even for an ecocide, it is apparently just empty noises. The continuation of attacks on the plant could lead to serious consequences that would affect absolutely everyone.

@ukraine_watch

Russian Embassy in Australia

11 June 2023 09:05

Ukraine Hits Flood Shelter With UK-Supplied Missiles — Kherson Official

Ukrainian forces have attacked several temporary shelters for people evacuated in the wake of the Kakhovka dam breach, the Kherson region’s acting governor, Vladimir Saldo, said on Saturday morning, sharing pictures of the devastated facility.

The strike on the shelter on the left bank of the Dnieper River was carried out around 5 am local time, allegedly using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, Saldo said in a statement. According to preliminary information, there was at least one casualty, a woman.

The Black Sea village of Zhelezny Port also came under “fierce shelling” overnight, with a local hotel hosting the evacuees “destroyed,” according to the official. 

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10 June 2023 09:04

#Opinion by Maria Zakharova

💬 The "Big Bad Kuleba", the Foreign Minister of the Kiev regime, has rejected a proposal from international organisations to conduct an independent investigation into the Kakhovskya hydroelectric dam explosion. Only this time, he used rude language on air speaking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had called Zelensky the day before and proposed creating an international commission to investigate the collapse of the Kakhovskya hydroelectric dam involving experts from Russia, Ukraine, the UN and Turkey.

Kiev’s odious Permanent Representative to the UN Sergey Kislitsa expressed the same idea in New York, saying that the investigation was “impossible.”

Why am I not surprised? Too obvious. The Kiev regime never even gave the UN the lists of persons it declared dead in Bucha. Fat chance they’ll want an investigation of the terrorist attack on a power plant!

Moreover, who are the terrorists and their sponsors, and who wants an investigation? Remember how the United States and their vassals blocked the Russian resolution at the UN, which called for an independent investigation into the explosions on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines?

An investigation would have stuck in Zelensky's throat. According to Kislitsa, the Kiev neo-Nazis need to reach the other side of the Dnieper. Preferably, it seems, on the Leopards and Abrams.

But I hasten to reassure the Kiev “diplomats”: don’t worry, this terrorist attack is already being investigated, and those who have stepped out of line won’t get to the other side.

Russian Embassy in Australia

09 June 2023 11:22

NATO Gave Consent To Kherson Dam Blast, Is To Bear Responsibility - Russia

Russia says the devastating flooding in the Kherson region was exacerbated by Ukrainian authorities releasing water at the Dniepr power plant under their control, which Moscow says was ultimately approved by NATO.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

08 June 2023 07:11

President Putin Optimistic About Russian Economy, Expects 1-2% Growth Next Year

In a welcoming telegram to participants and guests of the 26th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia’s economy could grow in 2023 despite the global economic slowdown.

According to experts' assessments, the global economy is projected to continue decelerating next year, but he wrote that Russia’s economy may improve by 1-2%. Putin urged maximizing the emerging opportunities and emphasized the importance of focusing on technological and financial sovereignty, optimizing cooperation and logistics, improving infrastructure, and reducing inequality and poverty.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

08 June 2023 02:04

🇷🇺🇹🇷📞 President Vladimir Putin and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation.

The Presidents continued to discuss topical issues of Russian-Turkish cooperation. They expressed mutual confidence that a multifaceted and mutually beneficial partnership in various spheres would continue to develop dynamically. In this context, they noted their commitment to the consistent implementation of joint projects in energy, trade and tourism.

A range of international topics was also touched upon, including further coordination in multilateral organisations.

The Presidents discussed the situation around Ukraine. Vladimir Putin stated that the Kiev authorities, at the suggestion of their Western handlers, were still making a dangerous bet on the escalation of hostilities, committing war crimes, openly using terrorist methods and organising sabotage on Russian territory. A clear example of this was the barbaric action to destroy the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson Region, which resulted in a large environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.

🤝 The President of Russia once again congratulated his Turkish counterpart on his official assumption of office. The two leaders agreed to maintain a regular personal dialogue.

Russian Embassy in Australia

07 June 2023 13:45

Minsk Agreements Allowed Me To Arm Ukraine — Ex-President

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has boasted about his role in rebuilding his country’s military under cover of the Minsk Agreements in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper. The Minsk agreements were adopted soon after Poroshenko took office in June 2014 and were supposed to de-escalate the conflict in the Donbass.

Instead, Poroshenko told the newspaper that his government had opted for a military buildup with the help of foreign sponsors. “Do you know how many battalions I had north of Kiev when I became president? Zero. What about the state budget? Below zero. What about working tanks? A pittance,” the former leader said.

“Immediately after the signing, I invited NATO instructors and bought weapons and vehicles. During my presidency, we built an army,” he declared. The former president insisted that this had allowed Ukraine to prepare for the current confrontation with Russia.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

07 June 2023 01:59

⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Ukrainian armed forces

We strongly condemn the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Ukrainian armed forces that has led to a devastating humanitarian and environmental disaster.

Bombing the dam has led to a significant rise in the water level downstream of the Dnieper River. Entire neighbourhoods were flooded, and thousands of people had to be evacuated. The evacuation is already underway.

This act of sabotage by the Kiev regime has caused devastating damage to the farmland in the region and the ecosystem at the mouth of the Dnieper River. The inevitable drop in the water level of the Kakhovka reservoir will affect Crimea’s water supply, and will hinder the improvement of agricultural land in the Kherson region.

This is a terrorist act directed against purely civilian infrastructure. It was planned in advance by the Kiev regime for military purposes as part of the Ukraine forces’ “counteroffensive.” The Kiev regime not only launched mass artillery attacks against the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, but also deliberately brought the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir to a critical level by opening the Dneprovsk Hydroelectric Power Plant’s floodgates.

The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on this act of terrorism that has led to significant property damage and other grave consequences.

☝️ The Russian side will initiate a discussion for considering this crime by the Kiev regime in the UN Security Council, the statutory and decision-making bodies of the OSCE and other international organisations.

❗️ We call on the international community to condemn the criminal acts committed by the Ukrainian authorities, which are becoming increasingly inhumane and pose a major threat to regional and global security.

Russian Embassy in Australia

06 June 2023 08:17

🤣Another gem of quality journalism from the Australian mainstream media puts to shame the British tabloids

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 June 2023 04:12

Russian Food Exports to Friendly Countries Boosted 25%

Russia last year redirected the supply of agricultural products from unfriendly countries to friendly ones, resulting in exports to friendly countries increasing 25% to $34 billion, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said at the final board of the Ministry of Agriculture.

She noted that in total in 2022, Russia exported food worth $41.5 billion - 12% more than in 2021.

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03 June 2023 04:06

🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 On June 1-2, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in a #BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town chaired by South Africa.

The Ministers held an in-depth discussion on a wide range of current international issues, cooperation at multilateral venues, ways to strengthen the BRICS countries’ strategic partnership, BRICS institution building, and preparations for the 15th BRICS summit scheduled for August 22-24.

The delegation heads spoke out for promoting multilateralism, preserving the UN’s leading role in the maintenance of peace and security, ensuring sustainable development, including through broader use of Africa’s potential and combating climate change, as well as boosting cooperation to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

They reaffirmed their resolve to continue working in the five countries’ key areas of strategic partnership in politics, security, culture and humanitarian ties.

One of their priorities is the further development of interaction on the economic and financial tracks and stable operations of the New Development Bank.

Following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers adopted a joint statement.

The agenda also included an extended Friends of BRICS meeting attended by Foreign Ministers from 12 developing countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, the Comoro Islands, Cuba, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These contacts have become a good tradition and are helping strengthen interaction between the BRICS nations and like-minded countries.

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 June 2023 01:05

🇷🇺🇧🇷 FMs Sergey Lavrov and Mauro Vieira meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Ministerial and "Friends of BRICS" meeting

📍 Cape Town, June 2, 2023

#RussiaBrazil #BRICS

Russian Embassy in Australia

02 June 2023 00:51

🇷🇺🇮🇳 On June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during his visit to South Africa to participate in the #BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting.

The Ministers discussed topical issues on the bilateral agenda, as well as international and regional problems.

They praised the dynamics of cooperation in the most important areas of the special and privileged strategic partnership between our countries, and paid special attention to the expansion of dialogue in the SCO, BRICS and G20.

They also confirmed their mutual commitment to continue building an equitable multipolar system of interstate relations, including preventing and countering the use of neo-colonial practices.

Russian Embassy in Australia

01 June 2023 11:56

▪️ On #ChildrensDay our thoughts are with the kids of #Donbass: for 9 long years they've been shelled - thousands wounded and killed by the Kiev regime neo-Nazis

All the while politicians and MSM in the West turned a blind eye to their suffering.

#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself

Russian Embassy in Australia

31 May 2023 13:29

❗️The decision to sever the decades-old sister city ties with St Petersburg 🇷🇺 diminishes the standing of Melbourne 🇦🇺 as the cultural heart of Australia and a renowned centre of the world’s culture. It was under the sister cities agreement that masterpieces from Hermitage were brought to the National Gallery of Victoria in 2015, or concerts of Russian music and the Dostoyevsky Museum exhibition organised in 2019, to mention but a few events.

Punished by this act of empty virtue signalling over Ukraine are, in fact, Melbournians.

It appears that the City Council has ceded to arms twisting from a few dozen of pro-Ukrainian activists who most probably never read a book by Dostoyevsky. Why should they? According to recent reports, 11 mln copies of Russian books have been extracted from Ukrainian libraries and destroyed as a matter of government policy.

Aggressive ignorance and narrow-minded xenophobia are inherent in the Kiev regime. It was precisely ultra-nationalistic slogans of ‘Ukraine for Ukrainians’ and persecution of the Russian language and culture by the 2014 Maidan coup leaders and their successors that led to the current tragic conflict.

It is concerning to see those evil ways introduced, moreover, arrogantly imposed in multicultural Australia.

Russian Embassy in Australia

12 June 2023 00:08

🇷🇺 🎉С Днём России! / Happy Russia Day!

#ДеньРоссии #RussiaDay2023

Russian Embassy in Australia

11 June 2023 09:05

💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman #Zakharova:

This is how the proAmerican ghouls single-mindedly pursued their goal - to destroy the dam.

👉 Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant: a detailed timeline and chronology.

It were these methodical attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the HPP that resulted in the destruction of its structures, which began on June 6, 2023, and the uncontrolled discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir downstream of the Dnieper.

Russian Embassy in Australia

10 June 2023 09:04

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, June 7, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹#Ukraine
🔹Tolyatti-Odessa #ammonia pipeline explosion
🔹#Moldova
🔹 #SPIEF2023
🔹 Report on the #HumanRights in certain countries
🔹 #BritishCrimes against the Maori
🔹 #Senegal
🔹#RussianLanguageDay

And more...

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Talking points:

#Ukraine

No matter how hard Western sponsors may strive to saturate the Kiev regime with weapons in order to inflict the maximum possible harm on Russia, their efforts are in vain. Even more people will perish, if they continue doing this. Unfortunately, the Kiev regime will not calm down and will continue to perpetrate extremist and terrorist attacks all over the world.

#Moldova

Unlike the collective West, Russia is not interfering with Moldova’s internal affairs. It is not asking for anything, nor is it suggesting that it changes or rewrites anything. Russia does not come up with any pre-conditions. Russia complies with existing agreements and works to promote the relations that have not yet been blocked by Maia Sandu and her team. Unfortunately, Russia is witnessing a situation where the people that came to power in Chisinau under completely different slogans are destroying the country.

Russian Embassy in Australia

08 June 2023 08:33

☝️❗️Looks like a notice to the Australian media: don’t even think of departing from the official Ukrainian propaganda line

Russian Embassy in Australia

08 June 2023 07:10

🇷🇺 🇹🇿 🇿🇦 Russia to launch charters to Tanzania and South Africa

The Izvestia newspaper reported this referring to Maya Kotlyar, CEO of MAYEL Travel.

🇹🇿 In early June, Russia’s federal Air Transport Agency issued a permit to a charter airline Azur Air to operate flights to Zanzibar, Tanzania.

In May, Russian ambassador to Tanzania Andrey Avetisyan confirmed that aviation authorities of both countries were negotiating the launch of charters.

🇿🇦 Also, In January, the South African ambassador to Moscow Mzuvukile Maqetuka stated that South Africa was discussing the launch of four direct flights per week with Russian airline Nordwind.

And a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that direct flights could be launched before the Second Russia–Africa Summit.

According to Maya Kotlyar, this issue is still under discussion, “but the discussions are serious.”

@RoscongressDirect

#RussiaAfrica2023

Russian Embassy in Australia

08 June 2023 02:04

🇷🇺🇿🇦📞 President Vladimir Putin and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa spoke over the phone.

The discussion focused on the key aspects of the further development of bilateral strategic partnership.

Issues related to the well-known African initiative to find ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict were also discussed, and it was agreed that Vladimir Putin would soon receive a delegation of a number of African heads of state.

The two Leaders also touched upon the preparations for the second #RussiaAfrica summit scheduled for late July in St Petersburg and the upcoming BRICS summit in Johannesburg in August.

🤝 They expressed commitment to continuing close coordination between Russia and South Africa on international platforms.

Russian Embassy in Australia

07 June 2023 02:47

❗️🇷🇺 Уважаемые соотечественники,

Предлагаем всем, кто заинтересован в переезде в Россию в рамках Госпрограммы по оказанию содействия добровольному переселению в Российскую Федерацию, пройти краткий опрос, направленный на улучшение мер по реализации Госпрограммы.

Заполненную анкету необходимо до 25 июля направить на электронный адрес Посольства: edu.australia@mid.ru.

Это не займет много времени. Анонимность и конфиденциальность гарантированы.

Russian Embassy in Australia

07 June 2023 01:59

❗️Ukraine Uses UK-Supplied Storm Shadow Missiles To Attack Civilian Homes

Footage shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile strike on the civilian infrastructure of Novoalekseyevka village in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian military fired four projectiles, three of which were shot down by Russian air defenses.

Information about the victims and victims is being clarified, the operational services of the region told RT.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

06 June 2023 01:40

🗓🎉Today we celebrate the Russian Language Day!

6 June is the birthday of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin who is considered the father of modern Russian literature. UNESCO established this day in 2010.

On the occasion here are 1⃣0⃣ facts about the Russian language:

1⃣ With more than 258 million total speakers worldwide Russian is the world's seventh-most spoken language by number of native speakers, and the world's eighth by total number of speakers.

2⃣ Russian is an official language in Russia🇷🇺, Belarus🇧🇾, Kazakhstan🇰🇿, and Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬, and is commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Tajikistan and Israel. There are also numerous Russian speakers in the United States, China, Poland, and Finland.

3⃣ According to the 2021 Census there are nearly 55 000 Russian speakers in Australia🇦🇺.

4⃣ Along with Chinese, English, French Arabic and Spanish Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations🇺🇳.

5⃣ Russian is the language of space🪐🛰! It is one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station. Part of training to become an astronaut (really we should say cosmonaut) even includes doing a homestay in Moscow to learn local lingo.

6⃣ Russian belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages and the most spoken Slavic language.

7⃣ The Russian Cyrillic alphabet has 33 letters divided into 10 vowels, 21 consonants and 2 letters that do not have sounds.

8⃣ The word "spasibo" (Russian: спасибо - thank you) was originally "спаси бог", literally “god save”. So when you were thanking someone, you were asking for god’s blessing for that person.

9⃣ The word "vodka" (Russian: во́дка) derives from the word "voda", which means "water".

🔟 Some English words do not exist in Russian. For example, «Grandparents»! Russians would call them separately - ‘babushka’ and ‘dedushka’.

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 June 2023 04:07

📄 From the Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (Cape Town, South Africa, 1 June 2023)

🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations:

• Exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues;

• Reiterated their commitment to strengthening multilateralism and upholding international law, including the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter;

• Expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects notably in the developing world;

• Reiterated the call for reforms of the principal organs of the UN;

• Reaffirmed the importance of the G20 to continue playing the role of the premier multilateral forum in the field of economic cooperation;

• Called for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

• Recognised the impact on the world economy from unilateral approaches in breach of international law;

• Emphasised that ensuring energy security is a crucial foundation for economic development, social stability, national security, and the welfare of all nations worldwide;

• Reiterated that the objectives, principles and provisions of the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement must be honoured;

• Called for the full and effective implementation of both the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the Secretariat of the United Nations on promoting Russian food products and fertilizers to the world markets;

• Expressed serious concern over continued conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa;

• Welcomed the readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the League of Arab States on 7 May 2023;

• Expressed strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed;

• Called for strengthening the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

03 June 2023 01:05

#FamilyPhoto

📸 Foreign Ministers of the expanded "Friends of BRICS" format at the Family Photo ceremony

📍 Cape Town, June 2, 2023

Russian Embassy in Australia

03 June 2023 01:05

🇷🇺🇦🇪 🤝 FMs Sergey Lavrov & Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet in Cape Town on the sidelines of the BRICS Ministerial and "Friends of BRICS" meeting

#RussiaUAE

Russian Embassy in Australia

02 June 2023 00:50

⚡️ On new facts of global surveillance by the United States

The Russian authorities have uncovered new facts of the US special services using American IT companies for global surveillance of US and other countries’ citizens. In this instance, they used the software vulnerabilities of US-made smartphones.

This fact has conclusively proven what Moscow has been speaking about for a long time, namely, that the US intelligence services have been using IT giants for decades to collect internet users’ personal data without their knowledge. More evidence of this illegal activity comes to light every year.

Time and again, we addressed the concerned international platforms on the need to restore order and formulate the universal rules of conduct in the digital environment based on respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and the sovereign equality of states. In January 2021, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a Statement on the violation of the freedom of speech principle by US global IT companies and on drafting an international convention to regulate their operations. Practice has shown that Washington is not ready to consider our proposals.

❗️ The United States has placed itself above the law. We have provided the UN with ample evidence of the double standards that country and its special services and companies have been using in the sphere of international information security (IIS).

We once again call on all the concerned parties to formulate clear and fair regulations in the digital sphere that would be binding for all states and especially ICT designers. This is the goal of the initiatives Russia has advanced within the framework of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on IIS. <...>

☝️ No state has a right to abuse its technological capabilities in a sensitive sphere such as access to the personal data of smartphone users.

Russian Embassy in Australia

01 June 2023 09:37

Kiev Shells 🇷🇺's Shebekino Overnight with Multiple Strikes - Five Dead, Homes Destroyed

The local governor confirmed a residential building is on fire, after Ukraine shelled the area three times overnight - several apartments and private homes were damaged.

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Russian Embassy in Australia

31 May 2023 10:09

On 31 May 2023 consent orders were sealed by the the Federal Court of Australia which declared that the Notice of Termination of Lease issued by the National Capital Authority dated 16 August 2022 in respect of the Russian Embassy construction site in Yarralumla was invalid and of no effect.

The Embassy is committed to resume works on the site and timely complete the construction.