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Donbass and part of Novorossia aspire to join Russia

28 September 2022

The results of the four referendums on joining the Russian Federation which were held in the independent region of Donbass and in Ukraine have been announced:
– Donetsk: 99% yes
– Lugansk: 98% yes
– Zaporizhya: 93% yes
– Kherson: 87% yes
These referendums are not recognized by the G7 and NATO (...)

How to Stop the Escalation to War

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 27 September 2022

The Ukrainian conflict is turning into a war between the West on one side and Russia and China on the other. Each side is convinced that the other one wants its loss. And fear is a bad advisor. Peace can only be preserved if each side recognizes its mistakes. This must be a radical change, (...)

Albania presided over the Security Council with partiality

by Vasily Nebenzya

New York (USA) | 29 June 2022

I would like to express my deep disappointment at a number of cases in which Albania abused its prerogatives as President of the Security Council.
The President called a Security Council meeting on 28 June following a request from Ukraine. This has been a matter of protracted discussion among (...)

US repeals property rights for Russians

15 April 2022

The White House has announced that it does not plan to return the seized assets of Russian citizens.
The US Constitution does not guarantee the right to property. Until now, the US Congress has been preoccupied with the Russian government’s respect for property. Thus the Sergei Magnitsky Rule (...)

Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange

by Vasily Nebenzya

New York (USA) | 7 April 2022

I would like to urgently draw your attention to another blatant violation by the Kiev regime of its obligations under the Third Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war.
We were informed by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation that the exchange of prisoners (...)

It won’t be possible to keep Russia out of UN Security Council

6 April 2022

In an interview with MSNBC’s The “ReidOut” on 5 April 2022, US Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield admitted that it would not be possible to exclude Russia from the Security Council.
Since day one of the Russian intervention in Ukraine, the United States has (...)

Ukraine : the return of war propaganda

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 15 March 2022

Thierry Meyssan interrupts his series of chronicles on the titanic conflict between Russia and the United States. He addresses everyone to break the lies of the war propaganda.

Statement by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation regarding crimes against civilians in Donbass

Moscow (Russia) | 10 March 2022

Since 2014, the Ukrainian forces have been waging war in Donbass. Throughout these almost eight years, the Ukrainian authorities and representatives of Ukrainian paramilitary units have effectively been eliminating the civilian population of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People’s (...)

Comments by Thierry Meyssan on Russia’s intervention in Ukraine (Video)

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 27 February 2022

Video recorded on 24 February 2022
Thierry Meyssan: Good day!
A few hours ago the Russian army conducted airstrikes against the sector of the Ukrainian armed forces that is linked to NATO. In 3 hours, the Russian army wiped out the entire Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses and will continue (...)

Russia slams UNSG António Guterres’ bias

23 February 2022

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the partiality of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres at a protocol meeting in Moscow with his Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on 23 February 2022.
The Russian Minister underlined that Mr. Guterres’ statements were not consistent with (...)

Russia vetoes resolution on climate change

16 December 2021

On 13 December 2021, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres promoted the adoption of a draft resolution on global warming presented by Niger, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency. However, to everyone’s surprise, Russia decided to veto this long-awaited text.
Russia (...)

Vassily Nebenzia veto the UNSC draft resolution on climate and security

by Vasily Nebenzya

New York (USA) | 13 December 2021

Mr.President,
As we repeatedly stated before, the draft resolution on climate and security which is under consideration today is unacceptable to Russia. Let me again explain our position. The co-sponsors did not and do not want to listen to our elaborations, nor did they want to talk (...)

“The Law, the Rights and the Rules”

by Sergey Lavrov

Moscow (Russia) | 28 June 2021

The frank and generally constructive conversation that took place at the June 16, 2021 summit meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden in Geneva resulted in an agreement to launch a substantive dialogue on strategic stability, reaffirming the crucial premise that nuclear war (...)

Turkishization of occupied Syria

by Bassam Sabbagh

New York (USA) | 24 June 2021

I am writing to you further to our letters regarding the practices of the Turkish regime and the systematic attacks that it has committed against the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Those practices and attacks constitute a clear violation (...)

The double standards of the Pratassevich affair

25 May 2021

US President Joe Biden and the EU heads of state and government strongly condemned the arrest of journalist Raman Pratassevich in Belarus.
The Ryanair aircraft, passing through Belarusian airspace while transporting him from Greece to Lithuania on 23 May 2021, was grounded in Minsk after a (...)

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