BRICS/Russia-Africa ‘Shared Vision 2030’: Alternative To Neo-Colonial Pillage

Last updated Oct 29, 2019, Fort Russ News (Russia) https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/10/russia-africa-shared-vision-2030-alternative-to-neo-colonial-pillage/

By Matthew Ehret 

A long night of suffering has kept one of the richest continents on the globe in a state of virtual dark age for over a century. Although the age of science has given humanity the means to access the highest standards of living in world history, 2019 has seen 15 000 children die of preventable deaths every day (illness, starvation and murder) with half occurring in Sub Saharan Africa. In a world of advanced energy technology, only five of 54 African countries have access to 100% electrification and all are North African.

Africa’s dark situation was never due to simplistic terms like “corruption” or “incompetence”, nor was Africa ever “culturally incompatible” with western technology as some racists have taught in social science classes. The truth is that Africa was never given true independence as is popularly believed. Sure there was nominal independence, but the economic independence needed to become sovereign nations on the continent was never granted by the empire.

This is why the growing presence of nations such as China and Russia on the continent are increasingly seen as beacons of hope for

Abya Yala*, BRICS/Venezuela e Rússia consolidam alianças estratégicas

06.10.2019, Pravda.ru (Rússia) http://port.pravda.ru/russa/06-10-2019/48696-venezuela_russia-0/

Caracas, 5 out (Prensa Latina) Rússia e Venezuela consolidam hoje suas relações e alianças estratégicas depois de uma intensa semana de intercâmbios bilaterais enfatizados pela recente visita do presidente, Nicolás Maduro, à nação euroasiática.

A celebração da XXI Reunião Ministerial do Foro de Países Exportadores de Gás, em Moscou e da Comissão de Alto Nível Intergubernamental em Caracas, marcou o panorama informativo do país sul-americano devido à trascendencia de ambos encontros.

O Foro, no que participam os países líderes mundiais em termos de reservas e exportações de gás natural, é presidido pelo ministro do Petróleo de Venezuela, Manuel Quevedo, e tem como objetivo impulsionar o uso dos recursos energéticos em benefício do desenvolvimento dos povos.

A sua chegada à capital russa e em reunião prévia ao conclave, o servidor público venezuelano destacou os laços que unem a ambos países e o interesse comum em promover a complementariedade

Abya Yala, Venezuela/Presidente Nicolás Maduro califica como éxito total su visita oficial a Rusia

26 septiembre 2019, TeleSUR (Venezuela) https://www.telesurtv.net/news/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-exito-visita-cooperacion-rusia-20190926-0031.html

El jefe de Estado indicó que "la relación con el presidente Putin es de profunda confianza política, de amistad verdadera, de comunicación y de entendimiento".

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, aseguró este jueves que la visita oficial para fortalecer las relaciones de cooperación bilateral con su homólogo deRusia, Vladímir Putin, fue un éxito total.

Tras arribar a la nación suramericana, el mandatario presentó un balance de la reunión sostenida con el Ejecutivo ruso y los nuevos acuerdos para afianzar la cooperación en diversas áreas.

El jefe de Estado indicó que "la relación con el presidente Putin es de profunda confianza política, de amistad verdadera, de comunicación y de entendimiento".

"Hemos acordado un nuevo mapa de cooperación que pone su acento en el desarrollo económico, industrial, en la transferencia de tecnología y

BRICS, Rússia/Intervenção do Presidente Vladimir Putin na sessão plenária do Fórum Económico Oriental, nos dias 6 e 7, em Vladivostok

12.09.2019, Pravda.ru (Rússia) http://port.pravda.ru/russa/12-09-2019/48548-vladimir_putin-0/

Vladimir Putin participou na sessão plenária do Fórum Económico Oriental.

O encontro decorreu, nos dias 6 e 7, em Vladivostok, capital do Território Primorye e, agora, de todo o Distrito Federal do Extremo Oriente da Rússia

Foram enviados convites para o fórum a Chefes de Estado e de Governo estrangeiros, chefes de grandes empresas russas e estrangeiras, além de políticos e especialistas.

Tema do fórum: O Extremo Oriente -- Horizontes de Desenvolvimento.

Ilha Russky, Território do Primorye

Excertos da transcrição da sessão plenária do Fórum Económico Oriental

Presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin: Presidente Battulga, Primeiro Ministro Narendra Modi, Primeiro Ministro Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Primeiro Ministro Shinzo Abe,

Senhoras e Senhores, Amigos,

Antes de mais, gostaria de falar com os nossos convidados estrangeiros, dirigentes dos países representados neste Fórum e com os nossos parceiros estrangeiros na plateia. Obrigado por mostrarem tanto respeito pela Rússia e pelo vosso interesse em desenvolver relações entre os nossos países.

Espero e tenho a certeza de que o nosso trabalho durante este fórum, será muito produtivo e gratificante para todos. Sinto-me feliz por receber todos vós, no Fórum Económico do Leste.

É a quinta vez que Vladivostok, capital do Território Primorye e, agora, de todo o Distrito Federal do Extremo Oriente da Rússia, reúne os Chefes dos principais Estados da Região da Ásia-Pacífico, os maiores investidores, os empresários, os representantes do público e comunidades especializadas.

Este ano, estamos a receber mais de 8.500 participantes de 65 países. Desde o primeiro fórum, a representação aumentou

BRICS, Rússia/O poder da diplomacia e da parceria no Fórum de Vladivostok

07 Setembro 2019, Resistir.info (Portugal) https://www.resistir.info/russia/vladivostok_06set19.html  

por Strategic Culture Foundation

 

– Silenciado pelos media ocidentais

Várias nações participaram esta semana do Fórum Económico Oriental (Eastern Economic Forum, EEF) anual, em Vladivostok. O encontro mostra o poder da diplomacia e da parceria para o desenvolvimento multilateral. Seria desejável que as potências ocidentais pudessem aprender.

Com mais razão porque muitas das nações participantes do EEF tiveram disputas desde longa data: Rússia-Japão, Coreia do Sul-Coreia do Norte, China-Índia, Mongólia-Japão, entre outras. Mas a disposição desses países de se empenharem e promoverem o desenvolvimento mútuo é um indicador claro dos benefícios da diplomacia e do multilateralismo.

O principal objectivo do EEF – agora no seu quinto ano – é

BRICS/Thinking Fast and Slow: Why the West Cannot See the Rise of Russia and China

July 17, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/17/thinking-fast-and-slow-why-west-cannot-see-rise-russia-china/

Martin Sieff*

Why do Western leaders, pundits and academics all continue to despise the remarkable progress in economic and strategic cooperation being made between Russia and China and with their neighbors?

In the past six years, Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China met each other for sustained conferences on no less than 30 occasions.

President Xi paid a state visit to Russia from June 5 to June 7 where he and President Putin held bilateral talks which resulted in the two leaders signing an agreement to step up global strategic stability in the modern-era. Then from June 8 to June 10, both leaders also attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

There was nothing sinister or secret about these meetings. On the contrary, they were extensively covered in the Russian and Chinese media. And they celebrated major advances in

DPR calls Zelensky’s new Donbass ideas an attempt to quit Minsk-2 talks

July 09, 2019 12:25 // Updated: July 09, 2019 12:25, https://dan-news.info/en/world-en/dpr-calls-zelenskys-new-donbass-ideas-an-attempt-to-quit-minsk-2-talks.html

Donetsk, Jul 9 – DAN. Ukrainian authorise are trying to dodge their commitments under the Minsk Agreements as they are, Donetsk People’s Republic Foreign Minister, the Republic’s representative to the Contact Group talks Natalia Nikonorova said on Tuesday.

On Monday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in a post on Facebook suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin a meeting in Minsk with the USA, Great Britain, Germany and France as mediators. “Let’s discuss whose Crimea is and who is not in Donbass,” he wrote. Zelensky suggested “the following company” for the conversation: US president Donald Trump, British prime minister Theresa May, German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Emmanuel Macron.

“Instead of beginning an open, direct and effective dialogue with us, the new Ukrainian leadership prefers to fill the media space with unsubstantiated statements which are nearly identical with former Ukrainian authorities’ rhetoric,” Nikonorova said. “A shining example is

BRICS, Russia/Vladimir Putin’s news conference following the G20 summit

June 29, 2019, 10:50, President of Russia http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news (Russia) http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60857

Following the G20 summit, the President of Russia answered journalists’ questions.

Osaka, Japan

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon. Let us begin. Go ahead, please.

Question: Good afternoon, Mr President. We would like to ask, since I am the first to ask a question, about your personal results of the summit. There was a lot of scepticism prior to it, coming both from other leaders and expressed by you, concerning the possible results of the summit. Was the scepticism justified? What are the outcomes for world trade and the global economy?

And the second question, if I may: what were Russia’s objectives here at the G20, and were the results achieved?

Vladimir Putin: There was certain scepticism, it is true, and not from me alone. Yet on the whole the G20 summit has proved its relevance, we have to admit that, and it was effective in all the major areas of work. The result has been achieved. I think we can congratulate the Japanese presidency on that. Japan did a lot for the summit’s success, and its efforts paid off.

I would like to single out four major fields where the needed agreements have been reached. It is true that there were no breakthrough decisions. However, all the participants reconfirmed their commitment to continue efforts to improve the global trade system, including work to reform the WTO. The very fact that everyone confirmed the need for the process and reaffirmed their readiness to work along the lines is a positive development in itself.

Positions have been coordinated, except for the United States, which always has a special opinion. In fact, the US

BRICS, Russia/Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum

June 7, 2019, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60707

Vladimir Putin made a speech at the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Also took part in the SPIEF session are President of China Xi Jinping, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The discussion is moderated by journalist, RT TV Channel presenter Sophie Shevardnadze.

* * *

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, friends and colleagues, ladies and gentlemen.

I am happy to welcome to Russia all heads of state and government, all participants in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. We are grateful to our guests for their attention and friendly attitude to Russia and their willingness for joint work and business cooperation that always rests, as business leaders know well, on pragmatism, understanding of mutual interests and, of course, trust in each other, frankness and clear-cut positions.

I would like to take advantage of the SPIEF venue to tell you not only about the goals and tasks that we in Russia have set for ourselves but also about our views on the state of the global economic system. For us this is not an abstract conversation, nor an academic discussion. Russia’s development, simply by virtue of its size, history, culture, the human potential and economic opportunities cannot take place outside the global context, without the correlation of the domestic, national and global agendas.

So, what is the state of affairs today or at least how do we in Russia see it?

Technically, global economic growth, and

News conference following talks with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan

August 9, 2016, President of Russia http://eng.kremlin.ru/transcripts (Russia) 

18:00, St Petersburg

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen.

We have just completed the main part of the talks with President Erdogan. Naturally, this meeting is very important for the future of Russia-Turkey relations.

We had a matter-of-fact and, I would like to emphasise, constructive conversation on the entire range of bilateral issues and the international agenda.

The history of our relations includes different periods, sometimes very uneasy and even dramatic ones, but the logic of mutual respect inevitably wins out.

First of all, I would like to note that despite the complicated domestic situation in Turkey, Mr Erdogan found the time to come to St Petersburg, and this step certainly shows the interest of our Turkish partners in restoring cooperation with Russia.

Today we met

BRICS, Rússia"Há jornalistas responsáveis pela guerra mundial que se aproxima" -- Putin

8 julho 2016, Pravda.ru http://port.pravda.ru (Rússia)

 Vladimir Putin, afinal, arregaçou as mangas.

O presidente russo estava em conferência de imprensa com jornalistas estrangeiros na conclusão do Fórum Econômico Internacional de S.Peteresburgo, dia 17 de junho, quando decidiu que era hora de deixar perfeitamente claro que o mundo caminha por uma trilha que pode levar a uma guerra nuclear.

Putin acusou os jornalistas de só contarem "histórias", repetindo sempre, cegamente, só mentiras e desinformação, que os EUA os mandam repetir sobre os sistemas norte-americanos de anti-mísseis

BRICS/Meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys/Совещание послов и постоянных представителей Российской Федерации

June 30, 2016, Kremlin Кремль http://kremlin.ru (Россия)

Vladimir Putin addressed the eighth meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, it is a pleasure to greet you all at this traditional gathering at the Foreign Ministry. Let me start by thanking the Foreign Ministry’s heads and staff and everyone working in our missions abroad for their professionalism and devotion to their work. I am sure that you will all continue to work in the same well-coordinated and effective fashion.

Russia follows an independent foreign policy and seeks to develop open and honest relations with all countries, in the west, east, south and north. Russia seeks mutually advantageous and constructive ties in the broadest range of areas. We do not impose our will or our values on others and we fully comply with the provisions of international law and consistently uphold the key role of the United Nations and its Security Council in resolving global and regional problems.

As you know, the world today is far from stable and the situation is becoming less predictable all the time. Great change is taking place in all areas of international relations. Competition for influence and resources is increasing. At the same time, we see confrontation between different visions of how to build the

BRICS/China, Rússia assinam declaração conjunta sobre fortalecer a estabilidade estratégica global/China, Russia sign joint statement on strengthening global strategic stability

27 junho 2016, Pátria Latina http://www.patrialatina.com.br (Brasil)

Xinhua, Pequim 

Tradução: Vila Vudu

 

China e Rússia comprometeram-se a fortalecer a estabilidade estratégica global, em declaração conjunta assinada pelos presidentes Xi Jinping da China e Vladimir Putin da Rússia.

A declaração foi assinada depois das conversações de sábado à tarde em Pequim.

Na declaração conjunta, os dois representantes manifestaram preocupação com “fatores negativos” que afetam a estabilidade estratégica global.

Alguns países e alianças militares buscam obter vantagem decisiva no campo militar e da tecnologia relevante, para atender aos seus próprios interesses, servindo-se da ameaça de usar a força em assuntos internacionais. Essa política resultou num crescimento descontrolado do poder militar e abalou

BRICS, БРИКС, 金砖五国/APPEAL TO CHINA AND RUSSIA: PLEASE DO NOT LET VENEZUELA FALL!

June 13, 2016, Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca (Canada)

By Andre Vltchek*

Open Letter to Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin

Dear Mr. President Xi Jinping,

Dear Mr. President Vladimir Putin,

The re-emerging specter of nuclear catastrophe is once again haunting the world.

The West is trying to isolate and provoke two great, proud, powerful and sovereign countries; China and Russia. It appears that the pathological desire to gain (or more precisely, re-gain) full control over the entire world is fully restraining all remaining flickers of rationale and humanism inside the brains of the politicians and business ‘elites’ in Washington, London and elsewhere.

The danger is real. It is enough to take a brief look at the map depicting the world at the beginning of the 20^th Century, to realize that the West is capable of enslaving almost the entire Planet, by forcing through its colonialist and imperialist designs.

Western imperialism has already exterminated hundreds of millions of human beings, in all corners of the globe. And even now, it is still murdering millions, directly and indirectly.

Both China and Russia experienced the horrors of Western invasions. On several occasions, both nations had to turn to steel, in order to resist and

BRICS, БРИКС/Kremlin prepara-se para ataques 'jornalísticos' contra Putin

31 março 2016, Pravda.ru http://port.pravda.ru (Rússia)

O porta-voz do presidente russo Vladimir Putin, Dmítri Péskov, em conversa com repórteres, comentou o pedido recebido pelo chefe de Estado da Federação Russa, para que respondesse a uma lista de perguntas provocativas, encaminhada por um "Request Thread - Consórcio Internacional de Jornalismo Investigativo" (sic). O Kremlin respondeu que não tomaria conhecimento das perguntas,  propostas em estilo de Inquisição.

"Do nosso ponto de vista, algumas ONGs e serviços de inteligência estrangeiros, bem como alguns meios de comunicação já se intrometeram na campanha eleitoral em nosso país - que ainda nem começou!", disse

BRICS, БРИКС/Video: Rusia ataca a Daesh con misiles lanzados desde un submarino

8 diciembre 2015, HispanTV hispantv.com (Irán)

El Ejército ruso bombardea por primera vez objetivos del grupo takfirí EIIL en Siria con misiles lanzados desde el submarino Rostov del Don.

Rusia ha atacado este martes dos puntos estratégicos del EIIL (Daesh, en árabe) en la ciudad siria de Al-Raqa con misiles crucero Calibre (3M-54 Klub) lanzados desde el submarino Rostov del Don, que se encuentra cerca de la costa de Siria, ha informado

BRICS, БРИКС/China apoya la iniciativa rusa de crear un frente común anti-EIIL

4 diciembre 2015, HispanTV http://www.hispantv.com (Irán)

La Cancillería china secunda la iniciativa de Rusia de crear un frente común antiterrorista regido por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU).

"Creemos que nuestra posición coincide con la de Rusia, el presidente (ruso, Vladimir) Putin también ha instado a formar un frente común de lucha contra el terrorismo auspiciado por las Naciones Unidas", ha afirmado este viernes la portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores chino, Hua Chunying.

Hua ha expresado el rechazo de Pekín a toda forma del terrorismo, y se ha pronunciado contra el uso de dobles raseros en esta materia. “La comunidad internacional debe respetar los principios de la Carta de la ONU”, ha recalcado.

Las distintas partes, ha proseguido la vocera, deben garantizar la materialización práctica del consenso alcanzado en

BRICS, БРИКС/Irán y Rusia se muestran decididos a seguir cooperaciones antiterroristas

3 noviembre 2015, HispanTV http://www.hispantv.com (Irán)

El presidente iraní, Hasan Rohani, ha resaltado que Teherán y Moscú apuestan por combatir seriamente el terrorismo.

“Al contrario de los (países occidentales) que hablan de lucha contra el terrorismo y no la toman en serio, Irán y Rusia han mostrado que son serios en la lucha contra este flagelo”, ha dicho Rohani en una rueda de prensa conjunta con su homólogo ruso, Vladimir Putin, al margen de la III cumbre del Foro de Países Exportadores de Gas (FPEG), celebrada en Teherán, capital de Irán.

Luego de destacar que el terrorismo es una amenaza para todo el mundo, Rohani ha precisado que las oportunidades con que cuentan ambos países serán la base de una mayor cooperación que beneficie a los dos pueblos como a la región.

El presidente iraní ha subrayado que Teherán y Moscú comparten puntos comunes en temas importantes tanto regionales como internacionales y

BRICS, БРИКС/ Vladimir Putin: Meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan/Владимир Путин: Встреча с Королём Иордании Абдаллой II

 November 24, 2015, Kremlin Кремль http://kremlin.ru (Россия)

http://kremlin.ru/transcripts (Россия)

15:40, Sochi

Vladimir Putin had talks with King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, who is in Russia on a working visit.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Your Majesty, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Russia.

We maintain constant contacts with you. Today, when there is such a serious struggle against international terrorism, it is obvious that we must join our efforts. I am happy to state that our military and official services are working in this direction.

Apart from that, we have other matters to discuss – I am referring to our bilateral relations.

King Abdullah II of Jordan: My dear brother, I thank you very much for seeing me today, on a day when you have many weighty issues on your shoulders.

I would like to offer my condolences and those of the Jordanian people for that tragic terrorist heinous attack on the innocent Russians that lost their lives through the Metrojet terrorist attack, as well as the loss of your pilot today. I believe that this compels the international community to work stronger together both militarily and diplomatically in the context of Vienna, which is something that you have been a strong sponsor of.

You know, Mr President, I have said for many years that the only way of finding a political solution in Syria is with the strong role that both you and Russia play for a political solution for the Syrian people.

Your fight against Daesh is a fight that all of us have to do together not only in Syria and Iraq but also both you and I have said that this a global war, a war that binds all of us together.

Daesh, Al Qaeda and their offshoots want this to be a fight against humanity. And you and I have both hoped for many years about

BRICS, БРИКС/Putin: 40 países financian a Daesh

16 noviembre 2015, HispanTV http://hispantv.net (Irán)

El presidente de Rusia ha indicado que al parecer, 40 países, incluidos algunos miembros del G-20, proporcionan ayuda financiera al grupo terrorista EIIL (Daesh, en árabe).

En declaraciones pronunciadas este lunes ante la prensa, Vladimir Putin ha proseguido que durante la cumbre del Grupo de los 20 (G-20) ha dado ejemplos para evidenciar a los socios la veracidad de la información recogida por la Inteligencia rusa.

“Durante la cumbre di ejemplos basados en nuestras informaciones sobre el dinero que reciben las unidades de Daesh (…) Ese dinero procede de 40 países, entre los cuales hay