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Lavrov& #39;s first public keynote since the beginning of the war in Ukraine - at the & #39;New Horizons Educational Marathon& #39; (the other keynote is by Kadyrov) - is a true festival of lies
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NATO wants a unipolar world. They promised Russia they won& #39;t enlarge, even in 2009, and that they won& #39;t threaten us, but they tricked us.
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Ukraine is being forced into NATO.
The coup in 2014 brought Nazis and radicals to power.
NATO planned to place offensive weapons there.
The UK was already designing a naval base in the Azov Sea with the Ukrainian government.
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The coup in 2014 brought Nazis and radicals to power.
NATO planned to place offensive weapons there.
The UK was already designing a naval base in the Azov Sea with the Ukrainian government.
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Russian-speakers, people like you [the audience is mostly children and youth!] were threatened.
They voted in a referendum to live the way they want.
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They voted in a referendum to live the way they want.
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The West wants us to change our values.
They want to destroy our family and traditional values [HAPPY IDAHOT!]. We cannot let this happen.
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They want to destroy our family and traditional values [HAPPY IDAHOT!]. We cannot let this happen.
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Question from the audience: what is soft power?
Lavrov: Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria? The West is terrible.
Russia is different. We have a lot to offer the world. We have a lot to offer. We are for peace. Russia wants to solve problems peacefully!
[Also see: не бьёт, не любит]
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Lavrov: Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria? The West is terrible.
Russia is different. We have a lot to offer the world. We have a lot to offer. We are for peace. Russia wants to solve problems peacefully!
[Also see: не бьёт, не любит]
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Question from the audience: the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany called chancellor Scholz a thin-skinned sausage. Why does Ukraine get away with everything?
Lavrov: nobody needs Ukraine. They are expendable. The West wants to fight until the last Ukrainian.
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Lavrov: nobody needs Ukraine. They are expendable. The West wants to fight until the last Ukrainian.
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Lavrov: Russians are not & #39;zombified& #39; like westerners. Russians are different. They have access to free information, media, and can assess it critically to make up their own mind.
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Ukraine banned the Russian language from 5th grade. Also banned all Russian-speaking media.
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French president Macron is the only European leader who has a balanced view of the situation and proposes constructive solutions for the & #39;situation in Ukraine& #39;
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Question from the audience: children from Donetsk People& #39;s Republic can already participate in our event. When will children from Kherson be able to do it?
Lavrov: it all depends on what the local structures [Russian occupier forces] and local civil society [LOL] wants
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Lavrov: it all depends on what the local structures [Russian occupier forces] and local civil society [LOL] wants
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Q: can the West disconnect Russia from the internet?
Lavrov: I have heard nothing to this effect, but I am sure & #39;Russian brains& #39; will secure us a pole position in all communication systems
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Lavrov: I have heard nothing to this effect, but I am sure & #39;Russian brains& #39; will secure us a pole position in all communication systems
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Q: Why are Russian diplomats expelled [from Western countries]?
Lavrov: USA dictates this; USA said kick them out - they think everything is allowed; you can & #39;beat& #39; Russia, and humiliate it, cancel its culture etc.
Our Embassies cannot work in the West - all channels closed
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Lavrov: USA dictates this; USA said kick them out - they think everything is allowed; you can & #39;beat& #39; Russia, and humiliate it, cancel its culture etc.
Our Embassies cannot work in the West - all channels closed
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Lavrov: we will reform our Foreign Ministry. We will reinforce the HQ and our embassies in countries that respect the UN charger, especially CIS
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Q: Proxy wars are a Western specialism. Does it make any sense to talk to Kyiv, as they are marionettes in the hands of the West?
Lavrov: Ukraine is not sovereign. During the negotiations in Turkey, Ukraine presented ideas we were happy to consider. We started...
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Lavrov: Ukraine is not sovereign. During the negotiations in Turkey, Ukraine presented ideas we were happy to consider. We started...
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...translating this into a legal agreement, but the following day the & #39;Bucha provocation& #39; surfaced and Ukraine stopped talking to us.
It is clear Ukraine is steered by the USA and the UK. They have representatives in Ukraine too.
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It is clear Ukraine is steered by the USA and the UK. They have representatives in Ukraine too.
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Lavrov: as my predecessor [Soviet Foreign Minister] Andrey Gromyko said, 10 years of talks are better than 1 day of war. We did not want this, but we were forced [to invade Ukraine]
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Luckily for all of us, Lavrov has no more time for questions.
EOT - off I go to wash my eyes with bleach again
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EOT - off I go to wash my eyes with bleach again
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