Sergei Naryshkin - About Polish claims to Western Ukraine

a reply to: turretless

"We must thank the President of Poland for revealing the true face of the "free world." At least now no one has any doubts about whom the US and its allies are relying on in promoting their ideas of freedom and democracy, as well as what unenviable fate they were preparing for Ukraine and its citizens."

I suppose we must thank Putin for promoting his ideas of "freedom and democracy" for the citizens of Ukraine?

Honestly, can you get any more ludicrously twisted?

a reply to: quintessentone


Has Poland invaded Ukraine yet?

Didn't the fake Polish invasion orders that russia forged indicate that the invasion would start 2 weeks ago?

Was it delayed while Polish troops try to figure out whether to follow the forged orders of a retired Polish General?

Or were the Polish troops just too busy preparing the 250 tanks that they recently donated to Ukraine?

Russophobia in the French political circles is growing

May 30, 2022

According to Sergey Naryshkin (the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia) according to information received by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, the Kyiv mayor's office is considering an appeal from the French authorities to rename Moskovskaya (Московская) Street in the Ukrainian capital. The administration of President Emmanuel Macron offers the Kyiv authorities a choice of three possible options: Charles de Gaulle street, Paris street or French street. Such a move would allegedly express the so-called "unprecedented level of special relations between countries."

France's shameful proposal is essentially an undisguised manifestation of extreme Russophobia and complicity with the Nazi regime in Kyiv. This is clearly evident against the background of the fact that Paris is quite satisfied with the existence in the Ukrainian capital of the avenues of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, the former leaders of the OUN-UPA, recognized in the materials of the Nuremberg Trials as accomplices of the German fascists during the Second World War.

I would like to draw the attention of the French people to the fact that even in the most difficult periods of bilateral relations in Russia, they did not think about deleting France and its historical figures from Russian toponymy. Residents of Moscow will never stoop to renaming streets and squares, universities and schools bearing the names of Charles de Gaulle, Romain Rolland, Maurice Thorez, the heroes of the Normandie-Niemen regiment and the Paris Commune, and many other prominent representatives of the French people. The Russians have deep respect for them, despite the Russophobic sentiments within the French political class.

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Did renaming streets give putin feelz?




He must have really hated what happened in the former East Germany.

Or Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia...

You get the idea.




Hey, here's an idea, write an article claiming that the U.S. has ordered the burning of all russian books, renaming of all russian related streets, and has ordered the immediate execution of anyone who says even two words in russian.

Do you think the madman's head would actually explode?

You could be responsible for saving what's left of russia if it works.

originally posted by: Subsonic
I'm of Polish ancestry and my grandmother was born in Lviv. Lviv was, and has for nearly all its history up until 1939, been a part of Poland, not Ukraine (or USSR). Even today, most of Lviv is ethnic Polish, not Ukrainian. Fact is, large chunks of Ukraine are not Ukrainian at all but rather Polish, Russian, and Romanian, and those folks are still ticked about it. Ukraine has long been a war waiting to happen considering it's largely made up of land stolen from other countries, so none of this should be any surprise to anyone with historical knowledge of that region.

Lviv and Volynia are the 2 regions in question. These issues go back centuries to the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and it's subsequent "partitions" by Austria, Russia and Prussia.

Zelensky appears to agree to the transfer of Ukrainian sovereignty to Poland

June 9, 2022

According to Sergey Naryshkin (the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) according to the information received by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, the dreams of the Polish authorities about the return of the "Eastern Cresses" are being embodied in concrete actions.

Warsaw is strongly pushing the regime of Volodymyr Zelensky to transfer to it de facto control over the most important state functions and institutions. With the consent of Kyiv, the Poles are currently, in particular, hosting a backup data processing center of the State Tax Service of Ukraine (STSU). It was brought to the attention of the Ukrainian leadership that this allegedly would improve the efficiency of the said department.

The main task of installing the STSU equipment on the territory of Poland was taken over by the technological company SILTEC, affiliated with the local special services. Methodological support and support for the ongoing operation is provided by representatives of American digital giants - DELL, IBM and CISCO.

In other words, Kyiv deliberately opens the Polish-American tandem access to information of national importance, including information about taxpayers and, as a result, the real financial situation of Ukraine. In business, such a "deal" could be categorized as an M&A [Mergers and acquisitions]. But the state is not a private corporation, and in this case we see that the Kyiv junta has already agreed to the annexation of Ukraine by Poland and voluntarily surrenders state sovereignty to it.

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Polish priests 'fool' Ukrainian catholics

June 22, 2022

According to Sergei Naryshkin (the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) according to incoming information, the Polish authorities are consistently implementing plans to appropriate the western regions of Ukraine. Polish footsteps are heard more and more clearly not only in the corridors of Ukrainian state institutions, but also under church vaults.

As it became known, the Conference of Polish Bishops (the central governing body of the Catholic Church in Poland) is seriously discussing the issue of absorbing the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. In practical terms, for this it is proposed to “edit” the provisions of the concordat concluded between Warsaw and the Vatican in 1993 and ratified by the Sejm in 1998. It is planned, in particular, to amend the sixth article of this agreement, designed to lift the ban on the activities of Polish Catholics outside of Poland. The Archbishop of Lvov, in turn, is scheduled to be given a seat in the Conference of Polish Bishops.

According to the data received, the fundamental point for the Polish authorities and clergy is to “removal” from the concordat any hints of Poland’s recognition of the eastern borders established after the Second World War. These "unfairly defined boundaries", as noted in Warsaw, cannot serve as an obstacle to the return of "historical Polish lands" to the bosom of the mother church.

The Conference of Polish Bishops expects that the Roman Curia will support such a variant of church "integration", and in fact - church annexation. It remains to be hoped that the sane forces in the Vatican will not want to participate in this lawlessness.

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Poland still hopes to snatch a piece of Ukrainian land

June 30, 2022

According to Sergey Naryshkin (the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) according to the information received by the Service, the Polish leadership has begun to work out scenarios for the de facto dismemberment of Ukraine.

In Warsaw, based on an analysis of the situation, they come to a painful realization of the impossibility (contrary to the statements of Western politicians and the military) to prevent the troops of the Russian Federation, the DPR and the LPR from successfully solving their tasks within the framework of a special operation and prevent Russia from winning on the battlefield. In this regard, the prospects for the political survival of the V. Zelensky regime are also assessed by the Poles as "disappointing".

In the emerging "critical" circumstances, Warsaw prefers to go beyond the previously planned deployment of a Polish "peacekeeping contingent" in western Ukraine. Warsaw is working on the option of creating a proxy state controlled by Poland in the "Eastern Territories", which will be "protected" by the Polish armed forces. At the same time, a project is being considered to form a "buffer zone" from the central regions of Ukraine, which, according to the Poles, will allow them to avoid an extremely undesirable direct clash with Russia.

The Polish authorities are convinced that the US and UK will be forced to support this plan. According to Warsaw, as Russian troops advance deep into Ukrainian territory, Washington and London will have no choice but to show "unconditional solidarity" with an ally ready to "resolutely defend the interests of the West in Ukraine."

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Poland is trying to hide expansion to Western Ukraine

July 12, 2022

Sergei Naryshkin (The Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) said that the information received by the Service testifies to the nervous reaction of the Polish leadership to the fact that its plans to dismember Ukraine have become the subject of public attention.

In Warsaw, they hoped that in the conditions of tense geopolitical confrontation, neither Kyiv, nor Washington, nor Moscow would pay attention to its consistent preparations for the seizure of Ukrainian lands. Poland hoped that when the conflict in Ukraine entered the phase of a diplomatic settlement, the parties would be forced to recognize "Polish expansion" as a fait accompli. Now, due to the leakage of sensitive information, the Polish leadership is forced to remove the concerns that sound from "partners in NATO and the EU."

In Warsaw, they hope to correct the matter with massive propaganda. Controlled "think tanks" and the media were instructed to launch a media campaign that would disguise Poland's actions to strengthen its position in Ukraine and refute "inappropriate rumors."

Emphasis is proposed to be made on creating an image of "collective participation" of all European neighbors of Ukraine in the affairs of Kyiv. To do this, Warsaw is ready to go for more active cooperation on the Ukrainian issue with Hungary and Romania, thus hiding behind them to implement their own plans.

It seems that Warsaw does not notice that its "secret" ambitions and complexes have been a source of ridicule and irritation of its "patrons" for many years. By the way, in the declassified documents of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service there is a very eloquent description of Polish foreign policy, given in 1935 by the head of the British Foreign Office, John Simon: "The Polish government is pursuing a childish policy of prestige that hinders the strengthening of peace in Europe and does not correspond to the political, military or financial situation of Poland." Today, Simon's successors, as we know, express the same idea in simpler and cruder forms...

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Naryshkin calls strengthening integration a guarantee of ensuring the security of the Russian Federation and Belarus

July 7, 2022

Deepening the integration of Russia and Belarus is a guarantee and a tool for ensuring the security of the two states. Sergei Naryshkin (the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation) told reporters about this on Thursday after a joint meeting of the boards of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the State Security Committee of Belarus.

The Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service drew attention to the significant progress towards the integration and strengthening of the Union State of Russia and the Republic of Belarus in recent years, as well as to cooperation through literally all ministries and departments. "The civil society is also actively cooperating, as I have already said, ties in the field of culture, science, education, sports are becoming stronger," he said, answering a question about the prospects for Russian-Belarusian cooperation.

“All this indicates that our integration is deepening, the Union, the Union State is growing stronger. And this is both a guarantee and an instrument for ensuring the security of our states and citizens of Russia and Belarus,” Naryshkin added. “And we have no doubt that victory will be ours".

The next meeting of the collegiums of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the State Security Committee of Belarus was held on Thursday in Moscow. As noted in the press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service, during the event the results of bilateral cooperation in the main areas of intelligence activities were considered, the tasks and prospects for joint work for the coming period were discussed. According to the press bureau, separate talks were held between the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the chairman of the State Security Committee of Belarus Ivan Tertel.

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Poland continues to master Ukraine

August 8, 2022

The press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia reports that the information received by the Service testifies to the gradual implementation by Warsaw of its far-reaching plans for Ukraine. It is becoming more and more obvious that it is not only about the possibility of introducing "Polish peacekeeping forces" into the western regions of this country, but also about establishing control over the most promising sectors of the economy of the neighboring state.

First of all, this concerns agricultural production. The tactics chosen here are simple, but very effective. Using the current difficult situation of Ukrainian agricultural producers (including in terms of storing harvested crops), Polish companies organized the purchase of their products at reduced prices, dooming Ukrainian enterprises to bankruptcy in a number of cases. Then it is supposed to buy up their assets and lands at bargain prices. For example, the purchase of new crop barley at $30 per ton, which is almost 5 times cheaper than the real cost of this product.

At the same time, the Polish side is investing in the creation of transport infrastructure and other logistics for the smooth export of Ukrainian food to Europe and other markets where prices are much higher.

The implementation of these aspirations of Warsaw is facilitated by the new legal framework created by Kyiv - the law on special guarantees for Polish citizens adopted by the Verkhovna Rada at the end of July this year and the law on privatization, which allows the sale of Ukrainian industrial enterprises with a 50 percent discount.

Thus, the current Kyiv authorities have essentially already started selling off the country, giving priority in this "business project" to the Polish neighbors.

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originally posted by: turretless
Here is what Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin said today (in Russian).

About Polish claims to Western Ukraine

April 28, 2022

According to information received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Washington and Warsaw are working on plans to establish tight military and political control of Poland over "their historical possessions" in Ukraine.

The first stage of "reunification" should be the entry of Polish troops into the western regions of the country under the slogan of their "protection against Russian aggression." The modalities of the upcoming mission are currently being discussed with the Joseph Biden administration. According to preliminary agreements, it will take place without a NATO mandate, but with the participation of "willing states." Warsaw has not yet been able to agree with potential members of the "coalition of like-minded people."

However, the Polish leadership is not interested in "additional eyewitnesses" of their operation. The so-called peacekeeping contingent is planned to be deployed in those parts of Ukraine where the threat of a direct collision with the Russian Armed Forces is minimal. And the priority "combat tasks" of the Polish military will include the gradual interception of control over the strategic facilities located there from the National Guard of Ukraine. Polish secret services are already searching for "agreeable" representatives of the Ukrainian elite to form a Warsaw-oriented "democratic" counterbalance to the nationalists.

According to the assumptions of the Polish administration, preventive consolidation in the west of Ukraine will most likely lead to a split in the country. At the same time, Warsaw will essentially receive under control the territories where there will be "Polish peacekeepers."

In fact, we are talking about an attempt to repeat the historic "deal" for Poland after the First World War, when the collective West, represented by the Entente, recognized Warsaw's right to first occupy part of Ukraine to protect the population from the "Bolshevik threat", and then the inclusion of these territories in composition of the Polish state. The subsequent events became a clear illustration of the colonial order and forced Polonization as the main methods of building "Great Poland."

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originally posted by: turretless
Here is what Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin said today (in Russian).

About Polish claims to Western Ukraine

April 28, 2022

According to information received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Washington and Warsaw are working on plans to establish tight military and political control of Poland over "their historical possessions" in Ukraine.

The first stage of "reunification" should be the entry of Polish troops into the western regions of the country under the slogan of their "protection against Russian aggression." The modalities of the upcoming mission are currently being discussed with the Joseph Biden administration. According to preliminary agreements, it will take place without a NATO mandate, but with the participation of "willing states." Warsaw has not yet been able to agree with potential members of the "coalition of like-minded people."

However, the Polish leadership is not interested in "additional eyewitnesses" of their operation. The so-called peacekeeping contingent is planned to be deployed in those parts of Ukraine where the threat of a direct collision with the Russian Armed Forces is minimal. And the priority "combat tasks" of the Polish military will include the gradual interception of control over the strategic facilities located there from the National Guard of Ukraine. Polish secret services are already searching for "agreeable" representatives of the Ukrainian elite to form a Warsaw-oriented "democratic" counterbalance to the nationalists.

According to the assumptions of the Polish administration, preventive consolidation in the west of Ukraine will most likely lead to a split in the country. At the same time, Warsaw will essentially receive under control the territories where there will be "Polish peacekeepers."

In fact, we are talking about an attempt to repeat the historic "deal" for Poland after the First World War, when the collective West, represented by the Entente, recognized Warsaw's right to first occupy part of Ukraine to protect the population from the "Bolshevik threat", and then the inclusion of these territories in composition of the Polish state. The subsequent events became a clear illustration of the colonial order and forced Polonization as the main methods of building "Great Poland."

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Well my mother tells me a factual statement that her farmland was taken by Russians...Western...Southern. How much would that fertile land be worth now, just asking as a daughter?

Thanks to the Russians, Poland now has lands that previously belonged to Germany.

I doubt that the Poles thought about Czech farms when they took the Teszyn region from Czechoslovakia.

What locality was your farm near?

From the point of view of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service…
Speech by Colonel-General of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Vladimir Matveev at the plenary session of the Moscow Conference on International Security MCIS-2022.

August 16, 2022

Dear conference participants!

Our forum is taking place against the backdrop of historical events that are of decisive importance for the future of Russia and the entire world order. The special military operation in Ukraine has made a literally surgical impact on the architecture of international relations and security, revealing and accelerating trends that have been ripening for a long time. It became absolutely obvious that the world is not "flat", as American geopoliticians convinced us, but quite voluminous and multifaceted. The unipolar world that was established in the 1990s is by no means the "end of history", but just one of its short-term episodes. Now it is coming to an end, giving way to a multipolar world order. This process is painful, first of all, for the West, but irreversible. As the saying goes, "the old things are passed away. Behold all things are made new." [Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians - 5:17]

The bitterness with which the United States and NATO are trying to challenge Russia's natural, legitimate rights to ensure national security, as well as the rights of Russian-speaking and not only Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine to preserve their own identity and strengthen ties with the rest of the Russian world, is extremely indicative. Obviously, the West is not concerned about the fate of the Kyiv regime. As can be seen from the data received by the Foreign Intelligence Service, Western curators have almost written off this regime and are in full swing developing plans for the division and occupation of at least part of Ukrainian lands.

In fact, there is much more at stake than Ukraine, Europe, and even all of Eurasia. For Washington and its allies, this is about the fate of the colonial system of world domination. The West has been methodically building it up over the course of at least the last four centuries. And now it falling apart. De jure, the process of mass decolonization, of course, began in the middle of the last century. However, the de facto bonds of oppression and subjugation persisted. In general, the approach of the former Western metropolises to the states that have gained freedom is illustrated by the well-known phrase of the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. I quote: "Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent."

In the second half of the 20th century, separate, often competing European colonizers were replaced by the United States, which had ambitions for world domination. The United States did not burden itself with the establishment of relations of formal political dependence, but used a whole range of neo-colonial (economic, ideological and humanitarian) coercive measures. Where they did not work, political assassinations, coups and direct military means were used. Thus, well known the involvement of the United States in the assassinations of the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba, the Dominican statesman Rafael Trujillo, the first President of the Republic of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem, the assassination attempts on the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai in 1955 and the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, coup d'état in Iran in 1953, in Guatemala in 1954, in Chile in 1973. This list can be continued for a very long time.

The global forced "democratization" initiated by the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the bombing of Yugoslavia, the destruction of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. It, in fact, was precisely of a colonial nature, since it was aimed primarily at depriving countries and peoples of their independence. At the same time, "something has gone wrong" for the Americans since the Iraqi campaign. As Farid Zakaria (a prominent American expert on international politics) clearly put it, "the empire has overstretched its forces and is gradually turning into exaggerated hegemony that cannot back up its messianic rhetoric with real steps." The current crisis around Ukraine fully confirms the correctness of this conclusion.

Here is one illustrative example. In February of this year, India and the United Arab Emirates, along with China, abstained in a UN Security Council vote on a United States-sponsored anti-Russian resolution. Then the State Department sent a circular to American embassies around the world. It contained a demand to convey to the Indian and Arab representatives the unacceptability of such behavior for Washington. However, literally the next day the circular was withdrawn. At the same time, the American political-shaping community admitted that the United States can no longer talk with partners "in the spirit of the times of Bush Jr.", that is, the language of force.
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To be continued

From the point of view of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service… (Continuation)

It is noteworthy that the vast majority of Asian, African and Latin American states did not join the Western campaign for the so-called blockade or, as they say in the West, "the cancellation of Russia." Moreover, manifestations of disagreement with the aggressive policy of Washington are becoming more and more open. And the point here is not some special sympathy for our country, but a correct understanding of the essence of the processes taking place in the world. As President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin noted (speaking recently at the celebration of the centenary of Russian illegal intelligence) I quote: "this offers new opportunities to Russia and likeminded countries – as you know, there are quite a few of them. It is true that some of them are not eager to speak out, but they are roughly on the same wavelength with us." The representatives of foreign powers present in this hall are clearly not a timid one. Believe me, in Russia your courage and adherence to principles are highly valued.

The current Ukrainian crisis is, in fact, the failure of the US policy to colonize Russia. But long before the start of the special military operation, the rapid economic and political development of the states of Asia, Africa and Latin America dealt a no less sensitive blow to Western hegemony. Today, the so-called "global South" is the world's main breadbasket, factory and cradle of humanity. It accounts for about 80 percent of the world's population and more than half of world GDP. Many non-Western countries, primarily China and India, are significantly ahead of the "developed economies" of the West (as they call themselves) in terms of growth rates. Such multilateral organizations and formats as the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS are successfully operating and expanding. A qualitatively new space of relations is being formed in Greater Eurasia. They are based not only on the addition of economic potentials, but also on the civilizational commonality of the peoples living here. Independent integration processes on the African and Latin American continents are being strengthened.

More importantly, the peoples of Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America have managed to preserve what the West has practically lost, or rather, destroyed itself. I mean the connection with the spiritual dimension of being, a tradition that in Western countries has long since given way to positivism and the cult of material success. It is for you and me that people are created in the image and likeness of God, and the Euro-Atlantic elite in its pride and striving for world power denies people not only religious, ethnic and gender, but even human appearance. We have the youth of the world and real life. They have decay and spiritual degradation.

Recent events convincingly show that European countries have become the main victims in the struggle of the United States to maintain its global dominance. Europe, where the first powerful metropolises once originated, has, by now, itself, in fact, turned into a US colony. Under the pretext of combating the so-called Russian threat, Washington actually managed to bring its strategic project of economic, military-political and spiritual subjugation of Europe to its logical conclusion. It is amazing how such a brilliant civilization could reduce itself to such a humiliating state. The Americans dictate to the politicians and officials of the EU states frankly disastrous conditions for the European economy and security, and they unquestioningly comply with them.

In a sense, America itself is under colonial oppression by its own globalist elite, which uses the economic, military-political and humanitarian resources of the United States to carry out its adventures. Ordinary Americans, as well as Europeans, are destined for the role of expendables in these plans, living under the ersatz-religious slogan of Davos put forward a couple of years ago, I quote: "By 2030 you'll own nothing and be happy."

It is sometimes difficult to get rid of the idea that the campaign of Russophobia launched in the West solves the same tasks - strengthening control over society, limiting mass consumption and the birth rate, so that the elite would "breathe easier." That is, today European and American citizens are being called to give up heating and personal vehicles in the name of solidarity with the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime. Tomorrow they will most likely be told that the fight against Russia or, for example, China, requires the establishment of a total transhumanist dictatorship.
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To be continued

From the point of view of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service… (Completion)

We have to take into account that the Euro-Atlantic elites have looked at the world as their undivided domain for too long. They will not give up this habit voluntarily. The West is weakening, stumbling, but still self-considered very powerful. According to our information, the White House seriously hopes to revive and even strengthen the global liberal dictatorship. At the same time, American strategists either ignore the trend towards multipolarity or treat it as a sign of oncoming anarchy. Such a dogmatic approach is, on the one hand, ridiculous, and on the other hand, extremely dangerous. It is here that lies the main challenge to peace and stability in various parts of the globe.

As the West (led by the United States) loses power, it will become more aggressive and reckless. In order to buy time to consolidate and regroup their own forces, Washington and its satellites will try to chaoticize other countries and regions, turning any potential, hidden or long-standing conflicts into "hotspots." In this sense, the entire planet, from the Balkans and the post-Soviet space to the South China Sea, the Indian subcontinent and Latin America, and even more so the Middle East, is in the high-risk zone without exaggeration.

It is encouraging in the current circumstances that the United States is far from being the only actor in international relations. Other, more responsible global and regional players, united, are quite capable of resisting American adventures and independently carry out the settlement of problem situations. There are many examples of this. The "Astana format", which allows to observe mutual consideration of the not always coinciding interests of Russia, Turkey and Iran for normalization in Syria. Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh through the joint efforts of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. The successful participation of the CSTO countries in thwarting an attempted rebellion in Kazakhstan earlier this year. Consolidation of forces gives countries stability and strategic depth, which are so necessary in the conditions of a new reformatting of the world and a really difficult transition from a unipolar to a multipolar state.

The first chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck, once said that what distinguishes a true politician is the ability and I quote "to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past."

The current crisis will be experienced by those states and peoples that recognize the direction of the ongoing changes and stand on the right side of history. The West, desperately clinging to the past, only exacerbates its problems, and its end may be terrible.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Our goal is not to remake the world, much less to dominate it. Russia is fighting for the right of countries and peoples to sovereignty, freedom and security. And I'm sure we have a lot of like-minded people in this struggle.

Thank you for your attention!

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I feel your woes.

About the terrorist act against the embassy of the Russian Federation in Kabul on September 5, 2022

September 8, 2022

According to information received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the terrorist act against the Russian Embassy in Kabul was aimed at disrupting further stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan and the constructive participation of our country in this process. The emerging progress in normalizing the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan clearly does not suit the United States and its allies. The long-term presence of Western countries in Afghanistan has only led to the destruction of the economy, degradation in the security sphere and the formation of a breeding ground for the growth of extremism.

In the context of a global confrontation with Russia, the West seeks to prevent the strengthening of the position and influence of our country in Afghanistan. A natural result of the refusal of Western states from coordinated, systemic international cooperation in the fight against extremism was the intensification of terrorist activity in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Cases of group and single attacks have become more frequent.

Success in the fight against terrorism is impossible without the combined efforts of all countries. Flirting with extremists inevitably leads to an increase in threats to international security and new terrorist attacks.

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Western countries and referendums

September 23, 2022

According to Sergey Naryshkin (the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) according to information received by the Foreign Intelligence Service, the referendums that began on September 23 this year in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions on joining Russia cause an extremely nervous, in fact, hysterical reaction in NATO countries and European Union. This is also evidenced by the statement made by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on September 20 of this year about the preparation by Brussels of new anti-Russian sanctions, the target of which will be, among other things, “everyone involved” in organizing a popular vote in the liberated regions of Ukraine.

However, in doing so, Borrell revealed the true attitude of the Western ruling class towards democracy: it hates the will of the people. After all, referendums are one of the fundamental instruments of real democracy, which is not controlled by the oligarchy and corrupt political technologists. The "collective West" deep fear Barrel's position expresses, where power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of individuals bypassing democratic procedures and may be lost in the case of a direct expression of the will of the population.

It is not surprising that public dissatisfaction with the incompetence and dictates of the European bureaucracy is growing in "United Europe": former gynecologists, trapeze artists, mediocre writers have usurped power over "United Europe". As Nigel Farage, an ardent champion of the UK's break with the EU, aptly put it, appointees with "the charisma of a damp rag" rule there.

At the same time, the EU bureaucrats' rejection of referendums in the territories liberated during the Special Military Operation cannot be regarded as a special case. Western “democracy champions” reacted just as nervously to Catalonia’s 2017 self-determination plebiscite, and are now seeking to prevent the Scottish authorities from organizing a second referendum on the region’s independence in 2023.

Thus, it is the West that discredits the concept and meaning of democracy, juggling the appropriate phraseology for an arbitrary and extremely dangerous division of the world into "right and wrong" in its selfish interests. The so-called democratic countries, which were once perceived as "lights of freedom", are referred to the "right" a priori, but now, in essence, they have degenerated into totalitarian-liberal regimes that do not tolerate freedom of opinion and speech. "Wrong" are the states in which the majority of the world's population lives. They are labeled as "authoritarian and totalitarian regimes". At the same time, it is in non-Western states that life is built on the basis of respect for a person, for traditional universal values, for the right to democracy and self-determination.

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Thus, it is the West that discredits the concept and meaning of democracy, juggling the appropriate phraseology for an arbitrary and extremely dangerous division of the world into "right and wrong" in its selfish interests. The so-called democratic countries, which were once perceived as "lights of freedom", are referred to the "right" a priori, but now, in essence, they have degenerated into totalitarian-liberal regimes that do not tolerate freedom of opinion and speech. "Wrong" are the states in which the majority of the world's population lives. They are labeled as "authoritarian and totalitarian regimes". At the same time, it is in non-Western states that life is built on the basis of respect for a person, for traditional universal valu

this part must be a joke. like russia really promotes the freedoms that he claims the west has suppressed and are totalitarian regimes than russia.

look at the laws your country has passed in just the past 7 months that limit freedom and are totalitarian in their scope, they are more reminiscent of a totalitarian regime than a republic or democracy.

talk about being a d---head.

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Has Poland invaded Ukraine?