Elena Chernenko
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Special correspondent at the Kommersant daily newspaper, Moscow. Специальный корреспондент Коммерсантъ. Views are my own [email protected]
Moscow, Russia
Joined November 2010
To all politicians, experts and journos in US and EU who write that "Putin is trapped", "he needs a decent off ramp from the military campaign in Ukraine", etc., I strongly recommend watching the video of his conversation with young entrepreneurs and scientists today. 1/5.
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Vladimir Putins speech on Ukraine did not happen at 20-00 as it was announced, and it not clear when it will be aired. Journalists from the Kremlin pool were writing just half an hour ago that they are "waiting", but it does not seem like something is to happen today.
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This, apparently, is the most anti-American speech that Vladimir Putin has ever made. Munich-2007 is just baby talk compared to what has been said today in the Kremlin.
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So Vladimir Putin took 7 questions from Western (US, EU, Canada) media during his press-conference after the summit in Geneva. Guess how many questions from Russian media took Joe Biden during his presser? 0. Zero.
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Vladimir Putin: "The United States is the only country in history that has used nuclear weapons. Creating, by the way, a precedent." This second phrase about the "precedent" is very disturbing.
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He is assertive, cool-headed and absolutely selfconfident. And sure of his mission which he finally stated in plain text: "Peter the Great led the Northern War for 21 years. It would seem that he fought with Sweden, captured land… He didn't capture it, he returned it!" 3/5.
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It is expected that Russian president Vladimir Putin makes a special statement on Ukraine today at 20-00 msk, after that a statement from minister of defence Sergey Shoygu is expected.
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And the ending: "The same is true in the western direction, it concerns Narva, his first campaigns. Why did he care to do it? To returned (this land) and strengthen it – that's what he did. Apparently, it also our destiny to return and strengthen." 5/5.
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Putin goes on: "When Peter the Great laid the new capital in St. Petersburg, none of the European countries recognized this territory as Russian, everyone recognized it as Swedens. But along with Finno-Ugric peoples Slavs lived ther from ancient times". 4/5.
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KREMLIN: PUTIN TOLD SCHOLZ AND MACRON HE WILL SIGN A DECREE ON RECOGNISING INDEPENDENCE OF DONETSK AND LUGANSK SHORTLY.
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It seems that the US stands up for the right of countries to choose their own security arrangements only when those arrangements benefit the US itself. If they run against American interests the US will do everything to derail them. 1/5.
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So we now know Vladimir Putin's plan for the 16th of February: he is meeting Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro in the Kremlin.
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First time I see the Russian delegation having more women then the US team. Count 4 : 1. #ArcticCouncil #RussiaUStalks
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So the Russian parliament (both the Duma and the Senate) just ratified the decision to extend NEW START. Took them about 5 hours. Not even a day.
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This is not a real photo from the talks: as Kommersant learned the Russian delegation objected to Chinese flags in the absence of Chinese, so the US made this pic and then removed ALL flags before the meeting started
Vienna talks about to start. China is a no-show. Beijing still hiding behind #GreatWallofSecrecy on its crash nuclear build-up, and so many other things. We will proceed with #Russia, notwithstanding.
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Путин: "Россия создала резерв сотрудников правоохранительных органов для Белоруссии". Какой же ад. Это что, российский ОМОН будет задерживать белоруссов?.
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А это не вмешательство в дела Парагвая? @MID_RF.
#Парагвай #Асунсьон – акции оппозиции запланированы на 1 и 3 февраля 2021 года в районе здания генеральной прокуратуры страны.
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Russia and the US to exchange documents prolonging NEW START in the next hours, Kommersant sources say. 5 year extension, no precondition, notes. Russian parliament to ratify the decision in a weeks time
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Maybe this was a trick to make everyone watch news on state TV for 2 hours.
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Dear friends, thank you for your kind words of support. I am still at the police department, but hope to get out soon. Freedom for @isafronov.
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@herszenhorn David, that saying about the sleeping beauty for most Russians has no reference to rape or else. It is a common idiom that means you have to do something even if you don't like it. Parents would say that to children who won't eat or so.
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Всем политикам, экспертам и журналистам в США и ЕС, которые пишут, что "Путин в ловушке", "ему нужен сценарий достойного выхода из военной кампании на Украине" и т.д., настоятельно рекомендую посмотреть видео его сегодняшнего общения с молодыми предпринимателями и учеными. 1/4.
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National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien tells Bild magazine that US was not allowed to fly over Kaliningrad at all within #OST. Now that's simply not true. Last US flight was just in March #OpenSkiesTreaty
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And these are just some very recent examples. Whatever you might think about the Russian demands on Ukraine not joining NATO, don't be fooled by hypocritical statements about sacred principles and rights. I wish politics was about morals, but it often isn't. 5/5.
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Считаю Илью Сачкова из @GroupIB витриной российской IT-отрасли. Часто обращалась за комментариями, рассказывала о нем студентам, и даже думала, что если уйду из "Ъ", то направлю свое резюме в его компанию. Госизмена - это страшное обвинение. По этой статье у нас не оправдывают.
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Don't remember a UN Security Council meeting where Russia and China would be so strikingly speaking in one voice like the one Ukraine today. Am no China expert though and might have missed something. But this seems new. @AlexGabuev?.
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Wendy Sherman @DeputySecState confirms in an interview with @kommersant that the US will not go head with the Strategic Stability Dialogue with Russia in the current circumstances
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The deployment of Russian (tactical) nuclear weapons in Belarus will begin immediately after the completion of the preparation of facilities for it on July 7-8 — Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko. @kommersant.
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What Vladimir Putin said about the resumption of nuclear tests and the fate of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: "Experts say that with new weapons it is necessary to make sure the warhead will work without failures, and that (nuclear) tests should be carried out." 1\3.
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For the first time since 1999 there will be no official delegation from Russia at the @MunSecConf
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Turkey and India want to buy Russian weapon systems. But the US wants to boost its own arms sales so it threatens these countries with sanctions. 3/5.
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Brasil wanted to enhance its medical security with Russian vaccines. But the US wants to sell them their own products so they openly pressure them not to cooperate with Russia. 4/5.
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Angela Merkel thought North Stream 2 was good for German energy security. But the US wanted to sell its LNG so it went (and still goes) a long way to stop the project. 2/5.
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Russia will finally withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) on November 7, 2023. The conference of the participating countries will probably be held at the end of June in Vienna in a hybrid format.
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Putin and Biden reconfirmed the principle that a nuclear war can not be fought because it can not be won! Reconfirmed the Gorbachev-Reagan principle! Hurray!.
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Russian official delegation just arrived in Geneva for security talks with the US. Informal meeting scheduled for tonight, main part tomorrow
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General, State Duma deputy Vladimir Shamanov called the calculation that the Russian army will be greeted in Ukraine "with flowers" wrong. "This is one of the main mistakes that we felt acutely in the first five days (of the special operation)," he said ().
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Друзья, спасибо вам за слова поддержки, я очень тронута. У меня все в порядке, сижу в ОВД по р.Мещанский. Воду и зарядку передали. Все будет хорошо, я в это верю. Свободу @isafronov.
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Scoop: Joe Biden proposed to meet Vladimir Putin in Europe on the 15-16th of June
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It does not seen implausible to you that Russia would create concentration camps in Ukraine? This "reporting" in a German (of all media) outlet is just sickening.
Pretty extraordinarily horrifying stuff. Even worse, it doesn’t seem totally implausible.
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Дорогой Дед Мороз, подари мне, пожалуйста, на Новый Год живого единорога. Он мне очень нужен. Да, единорог. Да, живой. Если 1 января животного не будет, я отпи. жу Снегурочку. Заранее спасибо. ПС: Я целый год вела себя хорошо. Ну правда.
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Few quotes from President Putin on nukes from yesterday's Valdai: The US aims to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. What is to achieve a strategic defeat of a country? If not to destroy this country, then, I don't know, to reduce this country to an insignificant role.1\7.
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The "Normandy" talks in Berlin failed, Russia feels no Western pressure on Ukraine to implement the Minsk agreements. Worrisome. Details in RU by @kommersant Vladimir Soloviev: Переговоры в «нормандском формате» закончились безрезультатно в пользу Украины
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Путин: Вы предлагаете начать переговорный процесс?.Нарышкин: Я поддержу предложение о признании. Путин: Поддержите или поддерживаете?.Нарышкин: Поддерживаю вхождение «ЛДНР» в состав РФ. Путин: Мы это не обсуждаем.Нарышкин: Я поддерживаю предложение о признании независимости.
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After Lavrov and Blinken finished their greetings I yelled: "Secretary Blinken, is the US ready to give Russia legal security guarantees?" "Don't shout at us", replied Lavrov instead of his American colleague, laughing.
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So the Belarus ministry of defence now says Russian forces to remain for more drills, citing Ukraine tensions and "the strong smell of gunpowder in Europe".
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Vladimir Putin: "Russia has moved the first part of nuclear warheads to Belarus. By the end of summer, by the end of the year, we will complete the task completely. This is an element of deterrence, a signal to those who think about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia".
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Поскольку много пишут в личку, напишу тут: конечно Сергей Лавров не уйдет из МИДа ради Госдумы. Но как-то надо Единую Россию вносить туда, вот и выбрали самые мощные плечи - его, Шойгу, Проценко. .
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"The United States is well aware of what deescalatory steps we expect from them" Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov - on arms control amid the conflict around Ukraine.Thread 1\15.
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It seems that we are really going to see a recognition of the independence of the self proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev to meet US National Security Adviser @jakejsullivan in the coming weeks in a European city. Main topic: possible US-Russia summit
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Анонсированное выступление Владимира Путина в 20-00 не состоялось, и нет ясности, когда оно будет теперь. Журналисты Кремлевского пула еще полчаса назад писали "ждем", но что-то уже не верится, что сегодня.
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The US embassy in Russia issued a security alert warning about possible attacks on public spaces in Moscow and other cities
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Moscow will not conduct nuclear tests if the United States refrains from such steps, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. However, the infrastructure of the Novaya Zemlya test site, he added, "is in full readiness".
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" I know that he’s in a position now to be able to invade almost — assuming that the ground is frozen above Kyiv". Joe Biden said it again. Someone needs to tell him it's not 1812 and not 1941. The RASPUTITSA factor seems to exist only in the White House and at CNN.
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Caught DFM Sergey Ryabkov on the phone while his plane was leaving Geneva. Main take away: strategic dialog to start within "a few weeks". Working groups and other details not outlined yet, but "clear goal" from presidents
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According to Russ sources consultations RU-US on cyber security go well. RU side sees 3 deliverables from first few month of talks. 1: Regular expert dialogue (frozen in 2014) reestablished. Thay seem to have had 4 rounds of negotiations, most per video connection Kremlin-WH.
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Путин и Байден подтвердили приверженность принципу, что в ядерной войне не может быть победителей! Принцип Горбачева-Рейгана! Ура!.
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This space is worth watching. RIA: Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, called for an adjustment of the foundations of the state policy of Russia on nuclear deterrence in order to prevent the West from increasing degree of escalation. 1\4.
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The meeting of the bilateral consultative commission on the START treaty between Russia and the United States, which was supposed to take place on November 29—December 6 in Cairo, is not going to take place as expected. 1/2.
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Russia evacuating all of its diplomatic staff from Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin to adress the nation in a short while.
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Операция ва-банк:.Сергей Уткин @usv1980 о новых угрозах и рисках в связи со спецоперацией на Украине
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Возможно это был хитрый ход, чтобы заставить всех 2 часа смотреть новости на гостелеканалах.
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Посол США Джон Салливан только что привез в МИД РФ ответ на российские требования о гарантиях безопасности / The US Ambassador John Sullivan just entered the Russian MFA with the written answers to Russia's security guarantees demands
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Kommersant scoop: US president adviser Fiona Hill visits Moscow (with no public announcement)
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According to Kommersant's sources @evangershkovich from the Wall Street Journal will be brought from Ekaterinburg to Moscow and arrested in the Lefortovo court. His case is handled by the central apparatus of the FSB
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Свежий политический анекдотец от коллеги:.Разговаривают два алкаша. -Ты меня уважаешь? .-Уважаю. Но не признаю!.
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The US have in direct contact with Russian officials stated the readiness for talks on reducing nuclear risks and arms control after 2026. They await a response. RU said that in terms of "form and content of a potential response" it will decide "with time"
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Russia to announce withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty in the coming days. Reason - lack of requested guarantees from European NATO states (Kommersant sources) #OST
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Vladimir Putin just signed the order to regocnize the independence of the self proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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КРЕМЛЬ: ПУТИН ПРОИНФОРМИРОВАЛ ШОЛЬЦА И МАКРОНА, ЧТО В БЛИЖАЙШЕЕ ВРЕМЯ ИМЕЕТ В ВИДУ ПОДПИСАТЬ УКАЗ О ПРИЗНАНИИ ЛНР/ДНР.
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The Russian MFA just issued a very critical statement concerning the fact that US and British monitors of the OSCE mission are leaving the Donbass in such a moment. Calls on the mission not to be instrumentalized.
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So I actually called that number from the NOTAM and asked for clarification on the launch. Was very politelly asked to call there anymore. Sent an official letter to the Russian MoD and @roscosmos.
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Wrote about US plans to deploy ground-based medium and shorter-range missiles in Germany first time since 1980s. Although they will be conventional, RU experts fear a new missile crisis, noting that NATO shouldn't try to repeat the double track decision
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A draft law on de-ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has been published. The State Duma will consider it in three readings next week. The bill was signed by 440 deputies out of 450 — a record in the history of the State Duma.
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Kommersant sources say that US ambassador to Russia John Sullivan does not want to leave Moscow "for consultations back home" as the Kremlin told him to do
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Russia draft.TREATY .BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND.THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION .ON SECURITY GUARANTEES
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In Yekaterinburg, an activist sewed her mouth in protest against the war in Ukraine (according to Novaya Gazeta.Europe): Nadezhda Sayfutdinova went to a picket with her mouth sewn with threads. The activist was holding a poster "It is impossible to be silent." She was detained.
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Reading @McFaul's book while breastfeeding. I wonder whether this makes the little one interested in US-Russian relations 😂.
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@McFaul Weaponry obtained by Kiev comes with a much higher risk of the Ukrainian authorities deciding they can take back Donbass by force insted of the implementation of the Minsk agreements. You and I both know what that will lead to.
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