Новости за 18.11.2021

People should not be used as political bargaining points or bargaining chips, Stephane Dujarric noted

Those people who are staying in Belarus don’t see this country as the aim of their journey, Valentin Rybakov stressed

NATO weapons are being pumped into Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov noted

There are 167 technopark residents, according to Head of Yakutia Aysen Nikolayev

According to the Belarusian Ministry of Health, several dozen people asked to be vaccinated

Sergey Lavrov recalled that Russia’s current foreign policy concept was adopted in 2016 when "the situation was different in the international arena"

According to Dmitry Peskov, NATO actions cannot leave Moscow indifferent and instill concerns and sense of necessity to take adequate measures

According to the diplomat, it started back in the 90s, when the West began to violate the promises made to Moscow about the non-expansion of NATO to the East

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday made a decision to disclose diplomatic correspondence between Lavrov and his French and German counterparts in order to prevent distortions of Moscow’s stance regarding the idea of a meeting of the Normandy Quartet’s foreign ministers

IFRC has allocated more than one million Swiss Francs to Belarus Red Cross, Polish Red Cross and Lithuanian Red Cross, whose volunteers and staff are assisting thousands of vulnerable people with food, water, blankets and vital medical assistance

In August, after the election results were announced, mass protests began in Belarus

Lavrov stressed that only agreements endorsed by all countries can last

World Athletics, suspended RusAF’s membership in November 2015, following a wave of anti-doping rules violations and formed a special mission on the issue

In total, according to the latest data, more than 400 people flew out of Minsk

Russia's top diplomat stressed that Kiev showed no intention to act on the provisions of the corresponding agreements, but wished to rewrite them

As Putin pointed out, while continuing contacts with the Taliban, it is necessary to use more actively the formats of Moscow consultations and consultations of the extended Troika on the Afghan peaceful settlement

According to Belarusian Prosecutor-General Andrei Shved, almost 30 people were left injured due to the effects of the substances

"The first thing that comes to mind is - poor children", the Russian president said

"To ensure stability, the Russian peacekeeping force is very much needed as a guarantor of the ceasefire regime and security of the civilian population", Vladimir Putin said

There are politicians in Kiev, including Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky who would like ‘to whip up tension’ and would very much want "to stage some provocation to prompt Russia’s reaction," the foreign minister said

The new route has no transit stops, the time en route is expected to be reduced to 15 days

Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a telephone conversation on Wednesday

The Russian leader noted that this issue was shared between several ministries and agencies

The Russian president recalled that Russia played a direct part in efforts to defeat international terrorism in Syria, thus preventing the collapse of that state

Concrete fronts of foreign policy, diplomatic activity are to be formalized in the updated version of the foreign policy concept currently underway