00:00I am glad to meet you at this time, at this historical stage, especially after more than
00:10two years have passed since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.
00:152.
00:16What extent is Moscow committed to its previously stated goals, and can we expect a softening
00:20of your position in order to achieve peace?
00:22These are not so much our goals as the requirements of general international law.
00:27When many talk about the need to resolve the conflict on the basis of the UN Charter,
00:35they always add the need to respect the sovereignty of Ukraine and the territorial integrity
00:39of Ukraine.
00:40The UN Charter, in addition to territorial integrity, and, by the way, before territorial
00:46integrity is mentioned there, contains a requirement to respect the right of nations to self-determination.
00:53And it was precisely this right, the right to self-determination, that guided all those
00:58who carried out the process of decolonization, primarily on the African continent.
01:04And Russia, the Soviet Union, was one of the main initiators of this process, and the corresponding
01:12declaration in the early 1960s was adopted on our initiative.
01:17And when the General Assembly, back in the last century, began to discuss, what is more
01:22important – territorial integrity or the right of nations to self-determination.
01:29After long negotiations, a declaration was adopted, a voluminous document.
01:34And in the part we are talking about now, it is stated very clearly, that everyone is
01:41obliged to respect the territorial integrity of states whose governments respect the right
01:45of nations to self-determination.
01:49And by virtue of this they represent the entire population living in a given territory.
01:56After the bloody unconstitutional coup d'Ă©tat in February 2014, the neo-Nazis, who came
02:03to power did not represent either Crimea or Donbass.
02:06There is no need to convince anyone of this.
02:09And even earlier, before the right of nations to self-determination, the UN Charter wrote
02:17about the need to respect human rights, regardless of race, gender, language and religion.
02:23So, in Ukraine, the Russian language is prohibited by law in all spheres of life.
02:31And recently a law was passed there, that prohibits the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the
02:36canonical Orthodox Church.
02:38Therefore, those, who advocate for resolving the conflict on the basis of the UN Charter,
02:44of course, they should read this Charter more carefully.
02:52I know, that the Orange Revolution was the starting point for all of this.
02:58And we understand, that today Russia plays an important role on the world stage in resolving
03:06conflicts.
03:07The question is this.
03:13Is a special operation an important point in the transformation of the world community
03:17and world order?
03:19And is Russia ready for broader military action?
03:22Well, you yourself said, that the coup d'Ă©tat was one of the main stages, that eventually
03:30led us all to the situation, that we are now observing.
03:34And, of course, this coup d'Ă©tat was stimulated and supported by Western countries.
03:41And after that, for many, many years, we warned, that this should not be done to Russian people,
03:48who lived their entire lives on the lands, that ended up under Soviet rule within the
03:54framework of the Ukrainian state.
03:57In no case should this territory, which the Russians had been developing for centuries,
04:03be drawn into the North Atlantic Alliance.
04:05We have been warning about this for a long time.
04:07But, having raised and educated neo-Nazis, the West has clearly continued to support
04:13them as an instrument of war against the Russian Federation.
04:17That justice is on our side, well, that is obvious to everyone, who understands at least
04:24a little, what is happening, and who understands what justice consists of.
04:32Justice lies in the right of every person to be, who his parents raised him to be and
04:37who he wants to be.
04:38But, I repeat, the use of the Kiev neo-Nazi regime as a tool to fight Russia, of course,
04:46has greatly alarmed the world majority, the countries of the Global South, Africa, Asia,
04:52Latin America, because everyone began to think about, who Washington will direct its discontent
04:59next, who might Washington dislike next time, anyone.
05:05And in this sense, you are absolutely right.
05:07Of course, a special military operation is of global significance, because it defends
05:13a multipolar world order, where all countries without exception are equal.
05:19I will once again remind you of the UN Charter, which states, that the United Nations are
05:24based on the sovereign equality of states.
05:27This principle has never been respected or observed by either the United States or its
05:31satellites in any situation.
05:33And, of course, the world majority is interested in ending the current state of affairs, when
05:40the Americans demand, that everyone respect not international law, but a rules-based order.
05:47And their rules change every time, as we say, as God puts it into their souls.
05:52When in Kosovo they needed to tear this region away from Serbia, they simply declared its
05:57independence without any referendum.
05:59They said, that this was the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination.
06:04And when, several years later, after the Nazis seized power in Kiev, the residents of Crimea
06:12held a referendum and voted in front of a large number of foreign observers for reunification
06:17with Russia.
06:19The Americans condemned this action and said, that it violated territorial integrity.
06:24That is, you understand, that it is clear to everyone, and most of my interlocutors
06:28from Africa, Asia, Latin America understand, what we are talking about.
06:33The point is, that the United States wants to prove to everyone, that they are the hegemon,
06:40and that no one dares to object to them, no matter what they want.
06:45And that is why the United States says, that it is about inflicting a strategic defeat
06:53on Russia on the battlefield.
06:56They see this as an existential threat, a threat to their hegemony.
07:03And if truth wins in this situation, and it will certainly prevail, then they will consider
07:11it their defeat, as a loss of their reputation, their authority, and the loss of the fear,
07:18that many feel towards them.
07:25You anticipated my question, Mr. Minister.
07:33I would like to talk about the strategic defeat of Russia, which the West wants so
07:39much.
07:44And today the West is like children playing with matches.
07:47And, in turn, does Russia want escalation?
07:50No.
07:51We do not want any escalation.
07:53You are absolutely right.
07:55They are playing.
07:56And, it seems, that they really have a child mentality.
08:00Although they are adults, men and women, they occupy responsible positions.
08:06They are ministers, prime ministers, chancellors, presidents, and so on, probably.
08:13For several months now there has been such a discussion about, how Russia only threatens,
08:19talks about red lines, and the West crosses these red lines every time.
08:25And nothing happens.
08:27President Putin, speaking recently in St. Petersburg, commented on this situation, especially
08:36in the context of all sorts of initiatives to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles
08:40– American, French, British – to allow Ukraine to strike at any target on the territory
08:47of the Russian Federation.
08:49This will be a direct war of NATO against Russia.
08:54And at least in Washington there are some reasonable people, who understand this.
08:59And now NATO is waging a war against Russia.
09:02But it is a hybrid war with the hands of the Ukrainians.
09:06And if we are talking about long-range missile weapons, then everyone understands, that the
09:11Ukrainians themselves will not be able to use them.
09:14Targeting, satellite data, preparing flight missions – all this can only be done by
09:20specialists from the country, that produces these weapons.
09:23But, speaking about, what you asked about the strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield
09:31– well, I do not want to quote specifically some Western politicians.
09:40But both in the United States and in Europe there are people, who have studied history
09:45and who remember it well.
09:50Both Napoleon and Hitler tried to strategically defeat us.
09:53Either way, they both gathered under their banners more than half of the European countries,
10:00that obediently submitted to them, which were captured by them, and which handed over their
10:08military and their armies to the command of both Bonaparte and Adolf Schickelgruber.
10:14And they all ended very sadly.
10:16And I repeat that those, who read and know history understand this perfectly well.
10:22Either way, now, just like during the World War II, the entire coalition under the Americans,
10:31about 50 countries, is fighting against us with the hands of the Kiev regime, which,
10:40like Hitler's regime, is openly Nazi.
10:42And in such situations, no one should forget about the character of the Russian people.
10:50And we are now seeing this character on the front lines.
10:55All attempts to destabilize our society always lead to the opposite result.
10:59Our society is now more united than ever before.
11:06And we simply do not see any other option than to defeat the Nazis, who have once again
11:11encroached on our history, our land, our language.
11:20But today there is also a question, especially in the context of references to the use of
11:28nuclear weapons by Russia.
11:31We know about the doctrine of the Russian Federation in this area.
11:35Every time the West crosses red lines, the question arises, where do these red lines
11:44actually lie in the context of nuclear weapons?
11:47You know, we talk about red lines, hoping that our assessments, our statements will
11:55be heard by smart people, who make decisions to say that tomorrow, if you do not do what
12:04we demand of you, then we will press the red button.
12:09This is not serious.
12:11And in such situations, I am convinced, that those, who make decisions, they have an idea
12:17of what we are talking about.
12:21And no one wants a nuclear war.
12:24We have said this many times.
12:25But, I can assure you, we have weapons, that will have very serious consequences for the
12:35masters of the Ukrainian regime.
12:38We have these weapons, and they are in a state of full combat readiness.
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