Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues, As I understand, today’s meeting was motivated by the desire of some delegations to discuss the topic of “impunity” in Ukraine. I think this is very timely. It is a term that fully reflects what has been happening in this country since 2014. National-radical forces, outright Russophobes and neo-Nazis then came…
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Dragana Trifković in the UNSC: Western Weapons in Ukraine are Killing Civilians Regardless of Whether They Speak Russian or Ukrainian
On September 8, a session was held in the UN Security Council on the topic of arms delivery to Ukraine by the West. In the introductory part of the session, Dragana Trifković, director of the Center for Geostrategic Studies, spoke about the weapons that were delivered to the battlefield during the war in Yugoslavia, comparing…
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Meeting on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine
Mr. President, First of all, let me express my sincere condolences to the United Kingdom and the people of this country following the passing of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. We thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu and Ms. Dragana Trifković for their briefings. Unfortunately, we couldn’t hear part of Ms. Dragana Trifković’s statement, but we hope that she will…
UNSC: Russia Comments on IAEA Nuclear Plant Report
Statement by Permanent Representative V.A. Nebenzi at the UN Security Council meeting on the attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhzhia NPP Mr. Chairman, We thank UN Secretary-General A. Guterres and IAEA Director General R. Grossi for their briefings. We commend Mr. R. Grossi for his decision to carry out the Agency’s mission…
Statements by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine Mr. President, The reason that the Council members at one point decided to avoid connecting foreign leaders via video link is also the desire to avoid the technical glitches that we just saw during the speech of Mr. Vladimir Zelensky. At times it was…
Evidence of Ukrainian Shelling of Zaporozhye Provided to UN
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing regarding the attacks of Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporozhye NPP Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General R.DiCarlo for her briefing. In the context of the briefing I would like to point out that we’ve heard her words that the electricity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant…
Petition Against French Troops’ Presence in Niger Launched After Protest Rally Banned in Capital
Oleg Burunov On Monday, France withdrew its troops from Mali, bringing its anti-terror Operation Barkhane, which kicked off in 2017, to a close, and relocating its headquarters to Niger. Niger’s M62 public movement, consisting of 15 NGOs, has launched a petition against the presence of France’s Barkhane force in the country after the authorities banned…
Russia’s Statement at the UNSC Briefing on Attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye NPP
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing regarding the attacks of Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporozhye NPP (agenda item “Threats to international peace and security”) Mr.President, We thank Mr.R.Grossi, Director-General of the IAEA, for his briefing. We repeatedly warned our Western colleagues that if they do not call the Kiev regime to…
Russia Calls for Reform of UN Security Council
According to Alexey Drobinin, the time has come to ponder whether the UN agenda “is in sync with the interests of the majority of the global community”. The United Nations is in dire need of reform and the Security council must be “democratized” by expanding its representation, Russian foreign ministry official Alexey Drobinin has written in a…
The UN is No Longer Fit for its Purpose. Should it Be Abolished or Reformed?
Timofei Bordachev The global body was created by the winners of humanity’s most destructive war, but that was 80 years ago. The United Nations is a product of Western intellectual common sense, which after the Second World War created relatively fair conditions in order to maintain its centrality in international politics. The fact that Western…
Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC Briefing on Maintenance of Peace and Security in Ukraine
Statement by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC Briefing on Maintenance of Peace and Security in Ukraine Mr.President, Before I start, let me make the following remark. We are seriously concerned over the stance of the Albanian Presidency with regard to participation of President Zelensky of Ukraine in this meeting. There have been…
Russia on Ukraine – Security Council Media Stakeout (15 June 2022)
Remarks to the Press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia regarding bombardments of Donetsk by Ukrainian military Vassily Nebenzia: The Ukrainian military continue to shell civilians. Recently their assaults have intensified. In fact, those assaults never stopped. And on June 13 the Kiev regime launched a large-scale shelling of the city of Donetsk and adjacent areas in…
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