From the interview of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.A. Ryabkov to the International Life magazine (May 26, 2023)…

🎙 From the interview of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.A. Ryabkov to the International Life magazine (May 26, 2023)

On the Concept of Russian Foreign Policy

The concept confirms our choice in favor of an independent development path. Emphasizes the balancing role of Russia in international affairs, its special position as an original state-civilization , a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power.

#ДСНВ

The agreement has not sunk into the past. It remains a kind of reference norm, but, of course, its entire operational component is completely frozen, and I see no prerequisites for a change to take place here.

#РоссияСША

Russian-American relations have now become just one of the platforms in the common struggle of those who stand for a more just and multipolar world, and those who seek to defend and strengthen, strengthen the historical hegemony of the collective West.

#ДОВСЕ

In the current period [the emergence of a new similar agreement] is unrealistic . The deepest hostility of NATO to Russia, the desire against all odds to dictate to Moscow its own conditions and demands completely knock the ground out from under such undertakings.

#НАТО expansion

The fact that the security of Finland itself, as well as the security of the United States, will not be strengthened as a result of the next expansion of NATO is an obvious fact for me, which in time will not be denied either in Helsinki or in Washington.

#БРИКС

Against the backdrop of large-scale geopolitical challenges and fundamental changes taking place in the world today, interest in BRICS is steadily growing . BRICS is perceived as one of the “pillars” of a new, more just world order, as it offers the world creative, unifying, forward-looking initiatives.

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