Russia’s Su-27 fighter jets were scrambled to escort two tactical fighter jets - a Mirage 2000 and a Rafale, and a C-135 aerial refueling tanker belonging to the French Air and Space Force over the Black Sea, the National Defense Management Center said on Wednesday.
"The crews of Russian fighter jets identified aerial targets as two tactical fighter jets - a Mirage 2000 and a Rafale, and a C-135 aerial refueling tanker belonging to the French Air and Space Force, and escorted them over the Black Sea. After the foreign warplanes made a U-turn from Russia’s state border, the Russian fighter jets safely returned to their home airfield," the statement said.
There was no unauthorized incursion into Russia’s airspace, the center added.
According to the statement, initially, the air targets approaching Russia’s sovereign airspace had been detected by Russian radars over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. Su-27 fighter jets of the Southern Military District’s air defense units on duty were scrambled to identify the air targets and to prevent a violation of Russia’s border.
"The flights of the Russian fighter jets took place in strict accordance with international rules for airspace use over neutral waters, without crossing flight paths or coming dangerously close to foreign aircraft," Russia’s National Defense Management Center stressed.
The Kremlin positively assessed the video format in which the Russia-USA summit took place.
Russia-USA summit took place. According to the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, a special secure communication channel allowed Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden to have a frank conversation.
Taking into account the special responsibility that Moscow and Washington bear for maintaining international stability, the parties intend to continue the dialogue. However, according to Peskov, it is too early to talk about specific dates for the next contacts.
The videoconference between Putin and Biden lasted two hours. Most of the conversation was devoted to Ukrainian issues. The Russian leader gave concrete examples of Kiev's destructive actions, which are aimed at "complete dismantling" of the Minsk agreements. Putin also mentioned Ukrainian initiatives that are increasing pressure on the Russian language.
As for bilateral relations, Moscow offers Washington to nullify all restrictions on the work of diplomatic missions, especially since difficulties on the diplomatic front arose not through Russia's fault.
Another hot topic is NATO's eastward expansion. Putin made it clear that Russia is interested in reliable guarantees that this will not happen.
“Putin said bluntly that we are worried about the buildup of military activity by Ukraine and NATO in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders. He talked about the recent exercises in the Black Sea, which the exercises were conducted by the national group of the armed forces of NATO. In this regard, of course, he set out our views that we need certain guarantees, including guarantees of a legal nature, that ensure our security,"Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov said.
Russia are very concerned about Kiev’s attempts to provoke its curators, Sergey Lavrov commented on President Zelenskiy's belligerent rhetoric across Donbass on Tuesday.
The Russian minister emphasized the fragmented positions of the officials of the current Ukrainian government, headed by Zelensky.
"They have so many people, so many minds. Any of them can change their opinion several times a day. This is true of President Zelensky and his ministers. Former Deputy Prime Minister and new Defence Minister Alexei Reznikov said yesterday that Ukraine should invite (or has already invited) the Brits, the Americans and the Canadians to the frontline in Donbass. Two hours later he said they would not be invited. Apparently, his seniors told him he had gone too far. This process is described as a stream of consciousness. There are many streams flooding in different directions,"he said.
Peaceful settlement can only be achieved through straight, unequivocal implementation of the Minsk agreements. Everything is written in these agreements and translated into UN languages.
"I am confident that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is familiar with this document although he is trying to interpret it in an unacceptable manner that contradicts the text,"Lavrov added.
During the video negotiations between Putin and Biden, the Russian side clearly explained its approaches to a settlement in Ukraine and the need to force the Kiev regime to fulfill its obligations, which are written in black and white in the Minsk Package of Measures.
Restraining inflation, increasing incomes of citizens and sustainable economic growth - these goals were outlined by Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday.
The main reason for global inflation is the extremely soft budgetary policy in a number of developed countries.
Rising inflation, which was 8.4 percent as of late November, is the main problem plaguing the economy and consumers. "It is imperative to bring inflation back to the benchmark level of 4 percent in 2022,"he said.
"Among other things, the production and supply of meat, sugar and vegetables should significantly increase in 2022,"Putin noted.
The President stressed that it is necessary to increase the real disposable income of the population not lower than the calculated level, that is, not lower than 2.5 percent.
Finally, It is important to maintain high rates of economic growth going forward.
At the beginning of the video conference, Putin and Biden greeted each other, with US President expressing his hope for an in-person meeting with the Russian leader in the future. Further talks proceeded behind closed doors.
The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden ended at 20:10 Moscow time; they lasted for slightly over two hours.
The conversation started at about 18:08 Moscow time (10:08 Washington DC). As was reported earlier, the conference agenda included the situation around Ukraine, NATO’s eastward expansion, strategic stability and bilateral issues. Besides, the two leaders planned to touch upon regional security issues, including the situation in Afghanistan.
The video conference was organized via a secure video conference line, designed for communication between world leaders, and used for the first time today. Putin contacted his US counterpart from his Sochi residence.
According to a Bloomberg report, Biden intends to discuss the outcome of the talks with the European allies.
The today’s conference is the fifth conversation between Putin and Biden since the latter’s assumption of the presidential office. Previously, the two leaders had three phone calls and met in person in Geneva in June this year. The Geneva summit became the first Russia-US summit since 2018.
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday by video link launched passenger traffic at the new stations of the Big Circle Line (BCL) of the Moscow Metro.
The new section of the Big Circle Line, more than 20 km long, includes ten stations - Terekhovo, Kuntsevskaya, Davydkovo, Aminevskaya, Michurinsky Prospect, Vernadsky Prospect, Novatorskaya, Vorontsovskaya, Zyuzino and Kakhovskaya , which was opened after reconstruction.
The secure video communication line, which Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will use for talks on Tuesday was established back during creative relations between the two countries, but it has been idle since, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Channel One on Monday.
"Under the previous administrations, when there still remained at least something creative in our relations, an agreement was achieved to establish a secure video communication line for summit and high-level contacts between the two countries. It has remained idle, but its technical condition was maintained," Peskov said.
He added that in the light of the video-conferencing habit that came into fashion over the past two years a decision was made "to commission this line."
"The more so, since it allows for discussing the most sensitive issues," Peskov said.
Putin and Biden will hold talks by video link on December 7. Earlier, Peskov reported that the Russian leader would be in Sochi at the time.
Tensions around Ukraine can be removed only if Kiev gives up on its ideas to solve the problem of Donbass through the use of force, Peskov said.
"The crisis situation with Ukraine" will be discussed at talks between the Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, on December 7, he noted.
"We heard a statement from the US president that he has concrete proposals on Ukraine for the video conference - obviously [proposals] on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis are implied. This is important. I think that President Putin will listen with great attention to these proposals, and it will be possible to understand to which extent they can ease tensions," Peskov said.
"There is only one way to defuse tensions - to understand how to ensure against the possible intentions of Kiev to solve the Donbass problem through force," he added. The spokesman drew attention to "an aggressive and hostile rhetoric coming from Europe’s capital cities" and from Washington on the situation around Ukraine. "We see clearly deliberate leaks in Western, as we say Anglo-Saxon media, which publicize various plans of Russia’s alleged invasion of Ukraine," the spokesman said.
He reiterated that Putin had "an absolutely clearly formulated position" as to the importance of launching talks on the system of guarantees that "cannot be unilateral." "This is a two-way road, clear, but at least this is a concrete initiative," the spokesman stressed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lasted for 3.5 hours.
The two men discussed bilateral relations, including joint efforts within the G20, BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the struggle with terrorism and Afghanistan.
Before the meeting, Putin said that Russia saw India as a great power with a friendly people and thanked Modi for his invitation. The Russian president spoke highly of bilateral cooperation in the economy, investment, energy, high, technology, space and other spheres. Putin stressed Russia’s intention to develop military cooperation with India.
For his part, Modi said that the pandemic had failed to slow down the pace of bilateral relations. He spoke highly of the efforts being exerted by Russia and India to resist the coronavirus infection, be it the testing of vaccines, their production or humanitarian assistance.
It was the first Putin-Modi meeting since 2019. The previous one took place in September 2019 when the Indian prime minister visited Vladivostok. A short while later, in November 2019 the two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia.
Vladimir Putin has invited Narendra Modi to pay a visit to Russia next year to attend the 22nd annual Russian-Indian summit, according to the joint statement issued after their talks in New Delhi and posted on the Kremlin website on Monday.
"President Vladimir Putin thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the gracious hospitality extended to him and his delegation in New Delhi and invited him to visit Russia next year for the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit," the document says.
According to the statement, "the Sides noted with satisfaction the coinciding and similar approaches to their foreign policy priorities and reaffirmed their commitment for further strengthening of the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership, both in the context of the current bilateral relations and in addressing regional and international issues."
Apart from that, Putin and Modi "expressed their mutual intention to strengthen and expand their bilateral relations for the benefit of the peoples of India and Russia".
The December 7 video conference meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joe Biden of the United States won’t be broadcast apart from its very start, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday, adding that most of the meeting would take place behind closed doors.
"There will be no live broadcast. I think we will show the very beginning of the meeting. The very beginning will be broadcast, the entire meeting will be held behind closed doors," he pointed out.
When asked when the meeting was expected to start, Peskov said: "At about six in the evening [Moscow time]." "We believe that it will be sufficiently extensive and lengthy video conference held via a secured communication channel. We expect it to be a long one," the Russian presidential spokesman noted.
In response to a question about the participation of delegations, Peskov said: "We proceed from the fact that it will be a direct conversation between the two presidents, I can’t say who will be beside President Biden." He added that Putin "contacts the relevant ministers and heads of agencies" in the run-up to all serious negotiations.
"It will be necessary to discuss what is being done to implement the understandings that were achieved in Geneva and to take a look at what is being implemented to the full extent and what requires extra efforts. Of course, this concerns bilateral relations, whose condition remains deplorable." the Kremlin official said.
"Then the presidents will discuss the high-profile issues on the agenda - in the first place, tensions over Ukraine, NATO’s expansion towards our borders and Putin’s security guarantees initiative," Peskov said.
He stressed that security guarantees could not be unilateral. "There can be only mutual guarantees," he remarked.
"President Putin is a politician who insists on mutual respect and equitable bilateral relations," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Peskov said the Kremlin’s press-service would publish a news release following the talks. "We will issue a news release, the way we usually do," the presidential spokesman added. He said that a conference call for the media would be arranged, if necessary, but for the time being it was not on the agenda. Peskov answered in the negative, when asked if Putin was expected to make a statement following the conversation.
Dialogue between Russia and India’s foreign and defense ministries is significantly contributing to ensuring global and regional security, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Monday during consultations in the "2+2" format.
"I’m convinced that the dialogue between the foreign policy and defense departments of both countries will make a significant contribution to mutual trust and ensuring global and regional security," Shoigu said.
He noted that the current Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation occupies a special place in relations between both countries and continues to develop steadily.
"Today, within the framework of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission, my colleague, Indian Defense Minister [Rajnath] Singh, and I discussed cooperation in the defense field in a detailed way. We have plans for joint efforts in the future," the Russian minister added.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the 2 + 2 format of talks, which brings together the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and India, will prove effective for discussing a wide range of regional and international issues.
"It gives me great pleasure to take part in the first ever 2 + 2 meeting of the heads of defense and foreign ministers," he said. "This initiative has been endorsed by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi."
"And I am sure that the new mechanism will become an effective dialogue platform for discussing a wide range of regional and international issues, will contribute to the enhancement of traditional mutual understanding and the strengthening of the especially privileged type of strategic partnership between our countries," he went on to say.
Lavrov stressed that Russia and India have a similar vision for the world order that’s fairer, more democratic and polycentric. The countries promote identical or similar positions on the most important issues of peace and security, he said. Both countries, the diplomat added, stand for adherence to international law, stronger principles for collective interstate communication, adhere to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states and respect for the world’s cultural and civilizational diversity.
"All this creates a good, solid foundation for productive work as part of the new mechanism of the Russian-Indian dialog that’s being launched today," the Russian foreign minister said.
Ahead of the Russian-Indian Summit on Monday, Sergei Lavrov held a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi.
On Sunday, Vladimir Putin had a meeting, via videoconference, with President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Societies Francesco Rocca.
Pope Francis apologizes to the Orthodox for the mistakes of the Catholics who split Christianity.
He made this statement in Greece at a meeting with the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church, Jerome II. The final division of the churches into Catholic and Orthodox took place almost a thousand years ago. Speaking about the long and difficult history of relations, the Pope noted that the Vatican was often guided by not Christian feelings at all: "I admit with shame that the decisions of the Catholic Church had nothing to do with Jesus and the Gospel, but were the result of greed and power, our unity was split."
During the visit of the pontiff to Greece, an incident occurred, the local priest shouted "Heretic!" to the Pope. The troublemaker was quickly taken away by the police.
On the International Volunteer Day, Vladimir Putin participates in the #WeAreTogether award ceremony.
The President presented Luka Krymsky medals to the nominees for the Volunteer of the Year -2021 award: pediatrician Pavel Berezhansky, volunteer physician of the “red zone” Olga Zolotukhina, volunteer physician Vladimir Nikolsky, head of the headquarters of the #WeAreTogether in Kirov region Ekaterina Sadakova.
Rosaviatsia (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) will send a protest after a dangerous incident with a NATO spy plane over the Black Sea. The US military aircraft performed risky maneuvers: it was sharply descending by two kilometers at once, and randomly crossed the routes of civilian aircraft.
Federal Air Transport Agency: “The increased intensity of NATO aircraft flights near the borders of the Russian Federation, including over the Black Sea, creates the risk of dangerous incidents in relation to civil aircraft. Considering that the above-mentioned flights of military aircraft without radio communication carry risks for the safety of flights of civil aircraft in the Black Sea region, the Russian aviation authorities will initiate a protest through diplomatic channels. "
Vladimir Putin has said that he always counts on the United Russia party as a powerful political force, President said in his address to participants of the third phase of the party’s 20th congress.
"I would like to emphasize the consolidating role of United Russia as a parliamentary party. Your efforts at the federal and regional levels are helping to rally patriotically-minded and responsible forces towards achieving our common goals and priorities. This is extremely important for adopting high-quality laws in the interests of our society and citizens," Putin said.
"I always count on you, on the United Russia party as a powerful and reliable political force, and on your professionalism and energy in addressing the large-scale tasks we have planned for the coming years and for the longer term," he emphasized.
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the United Russia party performed well during the election campaign and rightfully won.
"I believe that United Russia has performed well in the rather difficult, even extraordinary conditions of the election campaign, has withstood tough and open competition, won confidently, with a good advantage, and once again proved that it is a true leader, a party of popular representation with a parliamentary majority," President said.
The United Russia has all the resources for supporting people in addressing the matters they raise, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Vladimir Putin's morning began with congratulations. Today Russia celebrates Lawyer's Day. Let me remind you that Russia's President is himself a lawyer by education.
So, congratulations!
In the afternoon, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council to discuss the highly sensitive topic of juvenile delinquency.
Further, the President heard a report on the work of the electoral system in Russia, as well as the results of the September voting days by Central Election Commission Chairperson Ella Pamfilova.
In the evening, Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoganand President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.
Sergey Lavrov delivers remarks to media following the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm.
"The OSCE, by its name, should be about security and cooperation, not confrontation," Lavrov said.
According to Lavrov, the situation in the OSCE is complicated, and it can even be called difficult. It reflects the negative trends taking shape in European security and cooperation.
Russia expressed concern over the attempts of a number of countries to impose a number of concepts on all others, such as the “rules-based order” and effective multilateralism, which place a certain group of Western countries above everyone else and promote a discriminatory approach towards international affairs. "We insist on the need to honour international law, which is a universal rule for all countries on our planet,"he added.
Military security in the Euro-Atlantic region continues to disintegrate. Only the Russian-US New START Treaty remains in force.
"Our American colleagues abrogated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the Treaty on Open Skies. everyone is concerned about this, although few parties dare state the real causes of this situation,"Lavrov stressed.
The organisation that bears the name of Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe is torn by growing antagonisms and confrontationist rhetoric.
"Internal working processes are being hampered, and the political dialogue for whose purpose this Organisation was established is being complicated, making it impossible to reach compromises in obvious spheres where the interests of all participating countries coincide,"he said.
A frank conversation is particularly important in these conditions.
"We can feel that there is an interest in overcoming this crisis and finding ways of increasing the OSCE’s efficiency,"Lavrov noted.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of San Marino, Luca Beccari signed an Agreement on the conditions for waiving visa formalities for mutual trips of citizens, on the sidelines of the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council, on Thursday.
Sergey Lavrov delivered a speech at the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Stockholm, on Thursday.
Russia will soon formulate specific proposals on an initiative by Russian President Vladimir Putin on border security guarantees and Moscow expects the West to view them seriously, Lavrov said.
"We want the accords that the president mentioned and we will seek to reach to be necessarily legally binding. In the immediate future, we will formulate specific proposals to our Western counterparts and will expect them to treat them seriously," Russia’s top diplomat said.
As Lavrov pointed out, on the sidelines of a meeting of the OSCE foreign ministers in Stockholm, Russia explained Putin’s initiative on border security guarantees to the West.
"In our speech at the session and in our contacts with Western counterparts, we focused on explaining and promoting the initiative that President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin put forward for the first time at an enlarged board meeting in our ministry and reiterated it in the Kremlin yesterday," Lavrov said.
Moscow is interested in the accords that would take into account the security guarantees of all countries, the Russian foreign minister stressed.
"We do not want any unilateral privileges but will insist that these accords be treated seriously," Lavrov said.
Russian President Putin who spoke at a ceremony of receiving foreign ambassadors’ credentials in the Kremlin on December 1 suggested commencing substantive talks on achieving legal guarantees of stopping NATO’s expansion to the East.
The Russian leader also emphasized that Russia "needs precisely legally binding guarantees because Western counterparts have not honored their previous oral commitments."
On Thursday, Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister Russian Federation participates in the ceremony of photographing the heads of delegations of the OSCE Ministerial Council member states, and also held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event with Nikola Selakovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, José Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Michael Linhart, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria.
Earlier that day, Minister Lavrov met with Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State,Ann Linde, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Elizabeth Truss, UK Foreign Secretary.
On Thursday, Vladimir Putin began meeting on coal industry in Kuzbass offer his condolences and words of support to the victims’ families and friends in accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine.
"I would like to ask you to report on what has already been done and what must be done by the Government and other authorities. Above all, of course, we are talking about medical assistance for the injured: how many are already out of the hospital and how many remain there, are there enough medicines and medical equipment, is any additional assistance required from federal medical centres ? I know that, according to preliminary reports, nothing seems to be needed, but, nevertheless, I would like you to report on this additionally," Putin said.
"I would like to ask the Government and local authorities to take care of everyone who had to face this disaster, families and friends of the victims, and to carefully consider every case. personal and family situations may differ – I know this very well from the past tragic events – we cannot be guided solely by instructions on paper here,"he added.
Putin demanded a report from the Government report on how federal payments are being made to families who have lost their loved ones, as well as to the injured, what has been done and is being done in the region.
As reported, according to the preliminary data, the accident happened due to an entire range of safety violations. the region’s administration has already issued instructions to inspect all the mines in the region and analyse their fire safety condition, including the availability and serviceability of sensors showing methane concentration in the air.
Opening remarks by Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the sidelines of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers, on Thursday.
Sergey Lavrov arrived in Sweden to attend the OSCE Foreign Ministers Meeting on Thursday. He has already managed to hold a bilateral meeting with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde. And also, Lavrov met with the British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, apparently, in order to inquire about she impressions of trip on the Estonian tank near Russian border.
Sergey Lavrov delivers remarks on Russia’s foreign policy priorities at the Government Hour at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, onThursday.
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from 20 newly arrived foreign ambassadors.
As is traditional, the ceremony took place in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Letters of credence were presented to the President of Russia by Lubomir Rehak (Slovak Republic), Dang Minh Khoi (Socialist Republic of Vietnam), Abdullahi Yibaikwal Shehu (Federal Republic of Nigeria), Maju Kake (Republic of Guinea), Hassan Abdi Daoud (Federal Republic of Somalia), Lesley Akyaa Opoku-Ware (Republic of Ghana), Werner Almhofer (Republic of Austria), Mohamed Mahmoud Dahi (Islamic Republic of Mauritania), Davlatshoh Gulmahmadzoda (Republic of Tajikistan), U Lwin Oo (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares (Federative Republic of Brazil), Augusto da Silva Cunha (Republic of Angola), Giorgio Starace (Italian Republic), Janitha Abewickrema Liyanage (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka), Akambi Andre Okounlola-Biaou (Republic of Benin), Juan Fernando Holguin Flores (Republic of Ecuador), Rolando Enrique Barrow Noad (Republic of Panama), Yuri Pavel Santacruz Perdomo (Republic of El Salvador), Marcos Gomez Martinez (Kingdom of Spain), and Pavan Kapoor (Republic of India).
Vladimir Putin hopes that common sense and responsibility will prevail in the West and that the red lines in relations with Russia will not be crossed.
Speaking at the VTB Capital’s "Russia Calling!" investment forum Tuesday, the president noted that one such red line includes the deployment of strike systems in Ukraine.
"If strike complexes emerge in Ukraine, then, the [missile] flight time to Moscow will be about 7-10 minutes, and 5 minutes, if hypersonic weapons are," he noted. "What should we do then? We will have to create something similar against those who threaten us. And we can do it now already."
According to the president, Russia has already created such weapons.
"We tested [it] recently, and successfully, too; starting next year, we will commission a new naval-based hypersonic missile - Mach 9. The flight time will also be 5 minutes for those who issue orders," the president said.
Meanwhile, Putin expressed his concerns over creation of such threats.
"Where are we going to? Why do we do that?" he asked.
"The creation of such threats is the red line. But I hope that it will not come to this. I hope that the feeling of common sense, responsibility for their own countries and the international community will prevail," the Russian President underscored.
On Tuesday, the Kremlin hosted talks between Vladimir Putin and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is in Russia on a working visit.
The two heads of state praised the cooperation between Vietnam and Russia in the area of defense and security. The two countries have achieved many important results in the development of their partnership, deepened a robust political relationship and reaffirmed their determination to make economic cooperation an important pillar in Vietnam-Russia relations.
The two leaders reiterated that cooperation in the energy sector is one of the key pillars of the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and Russia and is beneficial for both sides. The presidents stressed the importance of further cooperation both on the Vietnam Shelf and in Russia in conformity with international law. Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vladimir Putin agreed to speed up the implementation of the project for the construction of a nuclear science and technology center in Vietnam.
The presidents also praised cooperation between the two countries in such traditional areas as education, professional training, science and technology, culture and tourism, information and communications technologies.
Breaking news: Belarus will offer Russia its territory for the deployment of nuclear weapons if the nuclear weapons of NATO countries are in Poland, President Alexander Lukashenko said this in an interview with RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, at the plenary session of the Russia Calling! Investment Forum, Vladimir Putin answered the question of a Qatari investor about what problems keep the Russian President awake and how he solves them.
The world economy is entering the next wave of the pandemic amid high inflationary pressures, one of the reasons for them was broken supply chains when demand recovered, Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the 13th VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!"
The crisis erupted in the global energy market. First of all, it has already served as a multiple increase in the quotations of nitrogen fertilizers, and for agricultural producers around the world it is one of the key resources for maintaining soil fertility and stable yields. It is obvious that this situation creates risks for further growth in food prices.
"With regard to the economic agenda itself, high inflationary pressure is a distinctive characteristic of the current situation - with it the world is entering the next wave of the pandemic," he said.
According to him, growth in prices was caused by a variety of reasons. "In particular, consumer demand for services in tourism, transport, and public catering has recently sagged and shifted towards goods. At the same time, due to closed borders and imposed restrictions, many supply chains have been broken, a shortage of certain goods started to become noticeable, which pushed prices up," Putin said.
Putin noted that the extremely soft budgetary policies of most developed countries played a significant factor in accelerating inflation, and maybe even a key role.
"Of course, the large-scale influx of funds into the economy allowed supporting individuals and businesses in difficult times. And we are doing this in Russia too. But at the same time, this global movement, so to speak, has led to a sharp jump in prices on global markets, including commodities," Putin said.
Given the global, cross-border nature of coronavirus infection, including the new omicron variant, an effective response to the challenge of the epidemic can only be given together, Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Russia Calling! Investment forum.
"I am sure that it is difficult to argue with such a thesis. And the understanding of our common responsibility, especially the leaders of the leading, developed countries of the world, will become the basis for more active joint actions,"he added.
"In the coming weeks it will become clear how serious the consequences of the new strain [Omicron] are. however, it is very clear that we need to be prepared for any change in the virus,"Putin said.
The Russian President noted that it is necessary to constantly monitor the effectiveness of tests and vaccines to use clear algorithms to reduce the spread of infection.
"Maintaining an increased readiness of the health system is important, including drug supplies, oxygen, bed reserves and the most effective disease management protocols,"he added.
Putin instructed the Russian government to prepare an updated action plan in connection with the risks of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus.
Aid to the wounded and the families of the victims should be provided immediately in the Listvyazhnaya mine tragedy, Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday at a meeting with the deputy prime ministers.
"The Government, for its part, will also channel funds to support every wounded and every family of the deceased. An order was signed to allocate about 80 million rubles for this purpose. The families of the victims will receive from the federal center 1 million rubles each, those suffered serious and moderate damage to their health - 400 thousand rubles each, in case of a slight degree of damage, the payment will be 200 thousand. All funds must be immediately sent to people,"Mishustin said.
On Monday, Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with BTS-MOST Board Chairman Ruslan Baysarov.
The company builds and reconstructs tunnels, railways and highways, seaports, subways in our country and abroad. Among the most famous projects are the bridge to the Russian island in Primorye, as well as the crossing between Russia and China.
A new issue has come to light (it existed before, but on a smaller scale) which is pressure on the Russian diaspora’s activists, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
"Based on the newly arisen challenges faced by our compatriots and the entire world, we will adjust and adapt our approaches," she added.
Last week, the Coordinating Council of the Organisations of Russian Compatriots in the United States had to suspend its activities due to persecution by the US security services.
"It is our right to maintain contacts with our homeland, preserve our cultural identity, and maintain the Russian language. this right is being violated by a number of countries, primarily the Baltic States and Ukraine. we will step up our efforts to prevent discrimination against our communities abroad, including by engaging international venues,"Zakharova noted.
Maria Zakharova also explained the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship and the accelerated procedure for obtaining it.
In the first 10 months of 2021, Russian consular missions abroad issued Russian citizenship documents to over 2,200 stateless persons and over 21,000 children born in mixed marriages in foreign countries.
The Presidential Executive Order No. 622 http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58986 of October 31, 2018, approved the State Migration Policy Concept of the Russian Federation for 2019-2025, which focuses on voluntary resettlement for permanent residence in our country of our compatriots living abroad, as well as other persons who can be successfully integrated into Russian society.
As part of implementing this concept, the Foreign Ministry is taking part in drafting federal laws aimed at simplifying the existing rules and procedures underlying the institution of Russian citizenship. The latest changes include repealing the requirement to renounce another existing citizenship when applying for a Russian citizenship or when a preferential procedure is used to grant to citizenship with regard to the following applicants:
– persons who have received a higher education in Russia;
– highly skilled specialists with professions that are in high demand in the Russian economy;
– citizens of Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Ukraine;
– foreign nationals and stateless persons married to Russian citizens who reside in the Russian Federation and have children in this marriage.
In addition, a law was adopted with the participation of the Foreign Ministry under which several groups of citizens can be issued a residence permit and then granted Russian citizenship without the need to first obtain a temporary residence permit. These include, in particular, - people who were born in the RSFSR who were citizens of the Soviet Union; - persons who have a parent or a child who are Russian citizens and reside in the Russian Federation; and foreign citizens who are recognised as native speakers of the Russian language.
The claims of Russia’s threat to Ukraine advanced by the United States, NATO and Kiev should be viewed only as provocations to create tension, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
When asked about the CNN statement, the Russian diplomat noted that this representative of the Western MSM cannot be regarded as a source of truthful information.
"If you watch CNN, you should know that we have ‘invaded’ Ukraine several times. And ‘tanks are ploughing through Ukrainian fields.’ According to CNN, this has been happening for many years now. What a mess we have made there. So you had better stop using this channel as a reliable source of information. We have had to disavow their reports many times and have caught them red-handed with fake news," Zakharova said.
The NATO countries and the US claim they stand for the soonest resolution of the conflict in Donbass, but in fact are pumping Ukraine with weapons to be used against those Kiev calls its citizens and who it allegedly cares about.
"For the sake of these people, the Kiev regime begs the international community to constantly provide assistance and protect them from Russia. all this is done in the name of the same people they use weapons against, weapons provided by the West. it is a horrific vicious circle. and more than just weapons, the US, NATO and Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to conduct military exercises. a global military absorption of the country is underway,"she added.
The Minsk agreements have long been forgotten. Everything related to human rights is no longer relevant in Ukraine, and it seems that all of their declarations, statements and rules that have human rights components are used everywhere except Ukraine.
On Saturday, Vladimir Putin made a video message on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of KVN, a popular humorous television show - Club of the Funny and Inventive.
