Esistono molti luoghi comuni sulla Russia e nella gran parte dei casi si tratta di stereotipi anacronistici che non servono a capire la Russia contemporanea, l'equivalente insomma di "pizza, mafia, mandolino" per l'Italia. Trattandosi del paese piu' grande del mondo, e' ovvio che sia caratterizzato da un altissimo livello di complessita' e qualsiasi tentativo di descriverlo non puo' che essere riduttivo e soggettivo. Ero stata a Mosca poco prima della pandemenza Covid e dell'inizio dell'operazione militare in Ucraina e inevitabilmente molte cose sono cambiate da allora. Entrambi gli eventi hanno dato un'accelerazione a dei processi in atto anche nel resto del mondo, vale a dire automazione, digitalizzazione, riconfigurazione delle catene commerciali e dei sistemi di pagamento a seguito delle sanzioni occidentali. Automazione e digitalizzazione sono processi di sviluppo del capitale che per sua natura cerca la massimizzazione del profitto, quindi sono spariti i cassieri non solo al cinema ma anche in metropolitana e si e' costretti ad interagire con uno schermo e non piu' con una persona per acquistare i biglietti; nei ristoranti i camerieri ti danno il loro codice QR per farsi lasciare la mancia direttamente sul loro conto, lo fa persino chi suona per strada. Un determinato rapporto di produzione determina il carattere di un’epoca e dunque, tra le altre cose, il metodo con cui si scambiano merci e servizi, anche quelli posti al di fuori della sfera dominante. Non lo dico io, lo scriveva Marx. Ovviamente non tutti apprezzano queste innovazioni, esiste una forte resistenza tra i settori piu' conservatori della societa'. Non funzionando carte di credito o app straniere per i pagamenti (neppure quelle cinesi), incontro ostacoli e devo spesso interagire con decine di "addetti alle macchine" il cui compito e' istruire l'utente ad usarle - gli utenti stranieri con carte non compatibili sono uccelli rari e quindi non previsti dal programma. Ebbene, essi stessi criticano la decisione di eliminare i cassieri e l'interazione umana. Il bisogno di rapporti umani e' ancora molto forte in Russia, per nostra fortuna. Se le megalopoli come Mosca o San Pietroburgo non sono rappresentative del resto del paese, indicano pero' un'aspirazione e una tendenza. Va sottolineato che esiste anche una Russia che delle tendenze metropolitane se ne infischia. PS. comunque e' grazie ai contanti che posso viaggiare, mangiare, dormire e fare acquisti. @LauraRuHK

Come nel resto della Russia, anche nelle quattro regioni che hanno siglato la loro adesione alla Federazione russa con il referendum del settembre 2022, si sono svolte le elezioni amministrative per il rinnovo dei consigli locali. Le elezioni sono state monitorate da osservatori internazionali. A Mariupol un'elettrice afferma "Anche da noi ci sono cambiamenti positivi in corso. Qualcosa che in Ucraina non si vedeva da 30 anni. Sono felice di essere in Russia!"
https://t.me/rt_russian/171539

Chinese firm to produce smart tech in Russia’s Far East
The company plans to invest more than $100 million in a new industrial park in Amur Region

China’s Xuanyuan Group Industrial Development plans to create an industrial park in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region, the company announced on Sunday, according to TASS. It signed a declaration of intent with the Amur Region Investment Attraction Agency on the first day of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

According to the deal, the Chinese company will invest up to 10 billion rubles ($102 million) in the industrial park, which will create over 400 jobs in the region. The park will produce smart equipment, including robots, 3D printers, drones, wind turbine blades, tanks for storage and transportation of liquefied natural gas and helium, and other technological goods.

The project envisages the creation of a science and research center, a production base for robotics and 3D printing, smart warehouses, and engineering infrastructure. Xuanyuan Group said it has a strong research and development team and long-term cooperation with leading technological institutes in China, which will help the company in its work on the industrial park.

“We want to build something new, different from what we had before – a new industrial park complex for the production of intelligent equipment. We know that there are good business opportunities in the Amur region, we have already looked at the site offered to us. We plan to attract experienced Chinese manufacturers to work with us,” Xuanyuan Group CEO Hailong Xue told reporters.

According to Sergey Khmura, the deputy head of the Amur Region Investment Attraction Agency, the industrial park will offer equal opportunities for companies of both Russian and Chinese origin.

“This is a very important stage for the development of the region’s economy. It shows how much the region is becoming a priority in terms of high-tech development and cooperation with foreign investors. Previously, entrepreneurs from Asia were interested in mining, timber logging, and agriculture. Now the region is developing conditions for high-tech industry,” he stated. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Kiev regime may expel Reuters media agency out of the country.

This is due to them publishing Russian strikes, and Ukraine's ineffective missile defenses.

Imagine the level of self-delusion, when you kick out even mainstream media, who do most of your lying for you!

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India will offer Russia options to invest the billions in rupees it has accumulated for exports, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday during the G20 in New Delhi.

“Our Indian friends said they would propose promising areas they can be invested in,” Lavrov told reporters, citing talks with Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the East Asia summit prior to his arrival to India. “Right now our governments are talking how to use and invest them to mutual benefit.” (Source: Bloomberg) @LauraRuHK

Questi sono i risultati delle elezioni amministrative in Russia. Russia Unita (Edinaya Rossya) il partito al governo ha ottenuto la maggioranza ovunque tranne che nella regione di Oryol e nella Repubblica della Khakassia, dove il Partito Comunista che gia' amministrava la regione ha mantenuto il suo vantaggio. L'affluenza nelle regioni che hanno aderito alla Federazione Russa nel 2022 e' stata nettamente superiore alla media nazionale. @LauraRuHK

EU Greenlights Seizure Of Personal Phones And Cars From Russians

Russian nationals are effectively banned from taking many personal items with them when traveling to the EU, the European Commission confirmed this week. Goods ranging from private cars and smartphones to cosmetics and even toilet paper are sanctioned. They thus cannot be brought into the bloc even temporarily or during tourist travels, it explained.

The latest set of answers to the ‘frequently asked questions’ by the EU Commission issued on Friday focused on Russian cars. “It is not relevant whether the use of the vehicles is private or commercial” as long as they fall into the sanctioned goods category, it said.

The ban covers “vehicles having a Russian license plate” and “registered in Russia,” the commission’s statement said, adding that the duration of a car’s possible stay in the EU is “not relevant.” The clarification came following a series of incidents in which German customs authorities were seen confiscating private Russian cars entering the country at least since July. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

At the G20 Western countries were politely told that the rest of the world has had enough of their fixation on Ukraine. @LauraRuHK

The meeting between the leaders of Russia and the DPRK, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, will be held tomorrow in the Far East of Russia, including in a one-on-one format, no press conference is planned, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"Negotiations will take place. We are talking about negotiations between two delegations, which, of course, are headed by the leaders of the two countries. There will be one-on-one communication, and an official dinner in honor of Kim Jong-un." Peskov said.

"So far, we have not said [where the negotiations will take place]. In the Far East," Peskov said.

Topics of negotiations
Putin and Kim Jong-un will discuss issues of bilateral cooperation between Russia and the DPRK in various fields, the situation in the region, international affairs, the spokesman added.

During the talks, "sensitive topics" will also be touched upon.

"First of all, of course, issues related to bilateral relations, bilateral cooperation, trade and economic ties, cultural exchanges will be discussed. Of course, there will be a rich exchange of views on the situation in the region and on international affairs in general, because it is of interest to both Putin and our guest from Pyongyang," Peskov said.
He added that the Russian Federation is ready, if necessary, to discuss with the DPRK the sanctions of the UN Security Council. "The processes related to our work in the United Nations, in the Security Council, are becoming a subject for discussion. We coordinate our actions as neighbors and partners with North Korea. Of course, if necessary, we will be ready with our comrades from North Korea to continue the discussion on this topic." Peskov explained.

Commenting, at the request of journalists, warnings from the White House to the DPRK about the sale of weapons to Russia, the spokesman said that Moscow is not interested in warnings from Washington in the context of negotiations with the DPRK. "As you know, after all, realizing our relations with our neighbors, including North Korea, the interests of our two countries are important for us, and not warnings from Washington. It is the interests of our two countries that we will focus on," he concluded. (Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK

Al Forum Economico di Vladivostok e' iniziata la seduta plenaria a cui partecipa il presidente Putin. https://t.me/smotri_media/58671

Today is a great day to post my interview with Kit Klarenberg on X about his investigation of an explosive new court filing, which indicates that at least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level❗️

WATCH: https://youtu.be/tflB4oH1NhY

Putin's working day at the ЕEF began at 5:30 Moscow time.

Vice President of Laos Pany Yathothu - at the meeting with Putin: I am closely following the development of the situation in Russia. I would like to take this opportunity to say that under your leadership, despite the difficulties and challenges from outside, as well as the economic sanctions imposed by the policies of the United States and its Western allies, Russia has been able to maintain economic and social stability. The Russian economy continues to grow, and Moscow's role and influence in the world and in the region in the process of forming a multipolar world order is constantly strengthening.
@Slavyangrad

☝🏻I Paesi occidentali stanno distruggendo con le loro stesse mani il sistema di legami commerciali e finanziari che essi stessi hanno creato, ha detto il presidente russo Vladimir Putin al Forum economico orientale 2023.

@tutti_i_fatti

Address at the Eastern Economic Forum summary:

▪️The rate of investment in the Far East is 3 times the Russian region average.

▪️The development of the Far East is our absolute priority for the 21st century. Another of our strategic priorities is the Arctic;

▪️Far East is only 35% explored, with huge potential for natural resource industries;

▪️By 2030, LNG production in the Russian Arctic will triple.

▪️Ensuring energy security, the Power of Siberia and Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas pipelines will be connected, to include them in the country’s unified gas supply system.

▪️The global economy has changed and continues to change; the West, with its own hands, is destroying the system of trade and finance that it itself created;

▪️Russia’s trade turnover with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region grew by 13.7% last year, and by another 18.3% in the first half of 2023.

One couldn't have chosen a better location for the Putin-Kim meeting. The Vostochny Cosmodrome is just perfect. https://t.me/RTnews_unc3/14999

Kim Jong-un: "La Russia e' impegnata in una lotta sacrosanta per difendere la sovranità del suo Stato e proteggere la sua sicurezza. Abbiamo sempre sostenuto e appoggiato tutte le decisioni del Presidente Putin e del governo russo. Spero che saremo sempre uniti nella lotta contro l'imperialismo." https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/54608

😎 The boat of US-Vietnam "friendship" has crashed against reality, to paraphrase Mayakovsky. @LauraRuHK