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💬 Opinion by Maria #Zakharova
Ukraine’s biolabs were funded by the Pentagon to develop biological weapons. These labs in Ukraine were subordinate to the Health Ministry.
In the summer of 2016, Barack Obama’s Democrat administration sent US national Ulyana Suprun (born and raised in the US) to Ukraine, where she became Health Minister of Ukraine.
Ulyana Suprun’s father, George Harry Jurkiw, is a retired vice-president of North American Controls Inc, a defence industry corporation.
Ulyana Suprun’s grandfather, Ivan Jurkiw, was a corporal in the independent army of Ukraine in 1919. There are reports that in WWII he was a member of Bandera units and took part in combat and sabotage missions against Soviet troops in the Carpathian Mountains.
Ulyana Suprun’s husband, Marco Suprun, is a Canadian propagandist and producer. He is notorious for his contacts with ultra-right activists in Ukraine.
This is just one instance that illustrates how demilitarisation is connected with deNAZIfication.
Ukraine’s biolabs were funded by the Pentagon to develop biological weapons. These labs in Ukraine were subordinate to the Health Ministry.
In the summer of 2016, Barack Obama’s Democrat administration sent US national Ulyana Suprun (born and raised in the US) to Ukraine, where she became Health Minister of Ukraine.
Ulyana Suprun’s father, George Harry Jurkiw, is a retired vice-president of North American Controls Inc, a defence industry corporation.
Ulyana Suprun’s grandfather, Ivan Jurkiw, was a corporal in the independent army of Ukraine in 1919. There are reports that in WWII he was a member of Bandera units and took part in combat and sabotage missions against Soviet troops in the Carpathian Mountains.
Ulyana Suprun’s husband, Marco Suprun, is a Canadian propagandist and producer. He is notorious for his contacts with ultra-right activists in Ukraine.
This is just one instance that illustrates how demilitarisation is connected with deNAZIfication.
That the "Health Minister" of Ukraine overlooking the biolabs is a US national is enough to ring the bioweapon alarm bells.
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❗️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on the situation in Ukraine:
💬 I am accusing Western and primarily the US media of not only spreading fake news and disinformation, but of being accomplices in the massacre in Bucha.
Western media can block us on Twitter all they want. They can cut things out, apply labels and threaten users that certain information is supposedly “hazardous to human health.” They are spreading fake stories and presenting them as fact. They can do this as long as they like but they must remember that history always dots its i’s and crosses its t’s.
The truth will always prevail.
(excerpt from weekly briefing of 06.04.22)
💬 I am accusing Western and primarily the US media of not only spreading fake news and disinformation, but of being accomplices in the massacre in Bucha.
Western media can block us on Twitter all they want. They can cut things out, apply labels and threaten users that certain information is supposedly “hazardous to human health.” They are spreading fake stories and presenting them as fact. They can do this as long as they like but they must remember that history always dots its i’s and crosses its t’s.
The truth will always prevail.
(excerpt from weekly briefing of 06.04.22)
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#Opinion by Maria Zakharova
💬 Maria #Zakharova: Do you remember the recent incident when Sergey Razov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic, filed a lawsuit at the prosecutor’s office in Rome against the Italian newspaper La Stampa and its journalist Domenico Quirico for the publication of an article called “If Killing a Tyrant is the Only Option,” which discussed in all seriousness the possibility, expediency and hypothetic perpetrators of the Russian President’s assassination?
The Italian Criminal Code contains Article 414, Clause1 and Clause 3 on incitement to commit a crime.
The Russian Ambassador cited these clauses in the court case. But the wonders of democracy never cease to amaze.
That same daily published an article the other day reporting that the lawsuit by the Russian Ambassador had been dismissed at a preliminary hearing in Turin. Despite the established procedure, we have not received any official response so far. According to the newspaper, the court cited the absence of a constitutional principle confirming that a criminal offence had been committed, while descriptions of an assassination constitute no threat to state security (whose security – Russia’s or Italy’s?) and do not constitute incitement to commit a crime since “there are no essential elements of an offence.”
Isn’t that great?
Based on these conclusions, La Stampa editor-in-chief proudly stated that the newspaper has its own beliefs which it fights for: the beliefs of liberal democracy.
No doubt about that. This is clearly a case of liberal totalitarianism.
This is not the first time we see that liberal democracy in the modern western interpretation does not exclude but in fact encourages a discussion on the pages of a national newspaper with a huge circulation on the possibility and expediency of assassinating the head of a foreign state.
The cancel culture has become the foundation of liberal thought. If it is possible to cancel entire nations as a class, as a historical phenomenon, the assassination of statesmen certainly fits into this logic.
Nazism, which was quite democratic by Western standards, first burned books in the squares, banned dissent and then took up exterminating people in gas chambers. This is the same philosophy. This school of thought justifies the cancellation of the native language, the cancellation of those who oppose the cancellation of the native language, the cancellation of the defence of one’s own values if they don’t fit into the current environment of scoundrels of every hue hiding behind the banner of neo-liberalism.
Incidentally we never found a question mark in the title of the article, despite the newspaper’s statement to the contrary, and we didn’t need the help of a qualified translator for this, which the newspaper recommended. Now that there is a court ruling (surprisingly fast despite the expectations), the conclusion is obvious: both moral and legal limitations to distributing such provocative materials have been lifted in modern Italy.
By the way, Italy’s Criminal Code stipulates a harsh punishment – up to 1.5 years in prison – for insulting the honour and dignity of the Italian president.
In my humble opinion, no one should be insulted, no matter if he or she is the Italian president, an Italian citizen or a citizen of another country. What does liberalism think about that?
Let me give you a hint. Freedom is the opportunity to create and implement worthy and useful things.
Today’s liberalism stems from the opposite ideology, one that glorifies freedom as impunity to commit abominations.
💬 Maria #Zakharova: Do you remember the recent incident when Sergey Razov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic, filed a lawsuit at the prosecutor’s office in Rome against the Italian newspaper La Stampa and its journalist Domenico Quirico for the publication of an article called “If Killing a Tyrant is the Only Option,” which discussed in all seriousness the possibility, expediency and hypothetic perpetrators of the Russian President’s assassination?
The Italian Criminal Code contains Article 414, Clause1 and Clause 3 on incitement to commit a crime.
The Russian Ambassador cited these clauses in the court case. But the wonders of democracy never cease to amaze.
That same daily published an article the other day reporting that the lawsuit by the Russian Ambassador had been dismissed at a preliminary hearing in Turin. Despite the established procedure, we have not received any official response so far. According to the newspaper, the court cited the absence of a constitutional principle confirming that a criminal offence had been committed, while descriptions of an assassination constitute no threat to state security (whose security – Russia’s or Italy’s?) and do not constitute incitement to commit a crime since “there are no essential elements of an offence.”
Isn’t that great?
Based on these conclusions, La Stampa editor-in-chief proudly stated that the newspaper has its own beliefs which it fights for: the beliefs of liberal democracy.
No doubt about that. This is clearly a case of liberal totalitarianism.
This is not the first time we see that liberal democracy in the modern western interpretation does not exclude but in fact encourages a discussion on the pages of a national newspaper with a huge circulation on the possibility and expediency of assassinating the head of a foreign state.
The cancel culture has become the foundation of liberal thought. If it is possible to cancel entire nations as a class, as a historical phenomenon, the assassination of statesmen certainly fits into this logic.
Nazism, which was quite democratic by Western standards, first burned books in the squares, banned dissent and then took up exterminating people in gas chambers. This is the same philosophy. This school of thought justifies the cancellation of the native language, the cancellation of those who oppose the cancellation of the native language, the cancellation of the defence of one’s own values if they don’t fit into the current environment of scoundrels of every hue hiding behind the banner of neo-liberalism.
Incidentally we never found a question mark in the title of the article, despite the newspaper’s statement to the contrary, and we didn’t need the help of a qualified translator for this, which the newspaper recommended. Now that there is a court ruling (surprisingly fast despite the expectations), the conclusion is obvious: both moral and legal limitations to distributing such provocative materials have been lifted in modern Italy.
By the way, Italy’s Criminal Code stipulates a harsh punishment – up to 1.5 years in prison – for insulting the honour and dignity of the Italian president.
In my humble opinion, no one should be insulted, no matter if he or she is the Italian president, an Italian citizen or a citizen of another country. What does liberalism think about that?
Let me give you a hint. Freedom is the opportunity to create and implement worthy and useful things.
Today’s liberalism stems from the opposite ideology, one that glorifies freedom as impunity to commit abominations.
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💬 #Opinion by Maria #Zakharova:
News about Berlin's ongoing pressure on the Telegram messenger app has been leaked to Der Spiegel. According to the information obtained by the magazine, the German criminal police forced the company to hand over users’ personal data under various vague pretexts, as well as to block channels at the request of law enforcement agencies.
I must say that the Germans have been putting up pressure on Telegram for a long time.
👉 https://telegra.ph/Opinion-by-Maria-Zakharova-06-23
And now this “no pressure” has forced the company's management to enter into a nexus dialogue with the German police. Regular consultations are held, and, according to Der Spiegel, the head of Telegram attends them “wearing a hoodie.” As a result, the Germans have forced the messenger app to leak user data to them.
What hypocrites! If you read the coalition agreement between the German parties on forming the government – the main document defining Germany’s internal politics for the next five years – the protection of personal data is high on the government agenda. It says, we promote anonymisation methods, establish legal stability through formalised standards and introduce criminal liability for illegal deanonymisation. The Germans have voted for this believing their government would uphold their rights to privacy and freedom. In reality though, the German justice and law enforcement agencies are giving their citizens less and less freedom online, reinstating the worst traditions of the “police state” (Polizeistaat).
News about Berlin's ongoing pressure on the Telegram messenger app has been leaked to Der Spiegel. According to the information obtained by the magazine, the German criminal police forced the company to hand over users’ personal data under various vague pretexts, as well as to block channels at the request of law enforcement agencies.
I must say that the Germans have been putting up pressure on Telegram for a long time.
👉 https://telegra.ph/Opinion-by-Maria-Zakharova-06-23
And now this “no pressure” has forced the company's management to enter into a nexus dialogue with the German police. Regular consultations are held, and, according to Der Spiegel, the head of Telegram attends them “wearing a hoodie.” As a result, the Germans have forced the messenger app to leak user data to them.
What hypocrites! If you read the coalition agreement between the German parties on forming the government – the main document defining Germany’s internal politics for the next five years – the protection of personal data is high on the government agenda. It says, we promote anonymisation methods, establish legal stability through formalised standards and introduce criminal liability for illegal deanonymisation. The Germans have voted for this believing their government would uphold their rights to privacy and freedom. In reality though, the German justice and law enforcement agencies are giving their citizens less and less freedom online, reinstating the worst traditions of the “police state” (Polizeistaat).
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova
💬 A decision by the "authorities" in Pristina to start applying unjustified discriminatory "rules" on forced re-issuance of personal documents and licence plates for local Serbs from August 1 is another step towards expulsion of the Serbian population from Kosovo and ousting Kosovo Serbian institutions that protect the rights of Serbian residents from the arbitrary actions by Pristina radicals led by "Prime Minister" Albin Kurti. Kosovar leaders know that Serbs will not remain indifferent when it comes to a direct attack on their freedoms, and are deliberately aggravating the situation in order to launch a violent scenario. Of course, Belgrade, which the West wants to further "neutralise" by using Kosovo Albanians, is also on the receiving end of the attack.
❗️ We call on Pristina, as well as the United States and EU behind it, to stop their provocations and to respect the rights of Serbs in Kosovo.
This development is yet another evidence of the failure of the EU mediation mission. It is also an illustration of the place Serbia will enjoy in the European Union, which is inviting Belgrade to accept the de facto disenfranchisement of its compatriots.
💬 A decision by the "authorities" in Pristina to start applying unjustified discriminatory "rules" on forced re-issuance of personal documents and licence plates for local Serbs from August 1 is another step towards expulsion of the Serbian population from Kosovo and ousting Kosovo Serbian institutions that protect the rights of Serbian residents from the arbitrary actions by Pristina radicals led by "Prime Minister" Albin Kurti. Kosovar leaders know that Serbs will not remain indifferent when it comes to a direct attack on their freedoms, and are deliberately aggravating the situation in order to launch a violent scenario. Of course, Belgrade, which the West wants to further "neutralise" by using Kosovo Albanians, is also on the receiving end of the attack.
❗️ We call on Pristina, as well as the United States and EU behind it, to stop their provocations and to respect the rights of Serbs in Kosovo.
This development is yet another evidence of the failure of the EU mediation mission. It is also an illustration of the place Serbia will enjoy in the European Union, which is inviting Belgrade to accept the de facto disenfranchisement of its compatriots.
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⚡️ Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova:
Russia intends to convene an official UN Security Council Meeting regarding the incidents with the #NordStream & #NordStream2 gas pipelines.
Russia intends to convene an official UN Security Council Meeting regarding the incidents with the #NordStream & #NordStream2 gas pipelines.