Elezioni russe. La situazione a Pechino? Come in tutte le altre citta' del mondo dove i cittadini russi stanno esercitando il loro diritto di voto, lunga fila fuori dall'ambasciata. Nel video si vedono anche i membri di un gruppo folk in tournee' in Cina e personale della compagnia aerea Aeroflot. @LauraRuHK https://t.me/rian_ru/235832

Turnout for Russian General Election Exceeds 70% by 4pm Moscow Time. Very high turnout in the new regions. https://t.me/rian_ru/235920

Guess who is leading the Chinese delegation of observers at the presidential elections of the Russian Federation? Li Hui, China's Special Representative on Eurasian Affairs. Li Hui engaged in a second round of shuttle mediation between Russia, Ukraine and other European countries in an effort to build consensus on a political resolution for the Ukraine crisis.
Li visited Russia, the EU headquarters, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France...and is back in Russia. In fact, he will spend four more days in Moscow. 😏 @LauraRuHK

Osservatori da tutto il mondo, affluenza superiore a quella registrata durante le elezioni presidenziali del 2018, ma i media occidentali vi raccontano che le elezioni sono una farsa e che in Russia non c'e' democrazia. Boh, forse sta tutta in Ucraina, dove Zelensky ha sospeso le elezioni e messo fuorilegge l'opposizione. @LauraRuHK

Celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring with Maslenitsa, a traditional Russian festival filled with pancakes, music, and cultural activities!

Recently, Beijing residents joined in the festivities with circle dances, folk songs, and mouthwatering food. Organized by the Russian-Chinese Friendship, Peace, and Development Committee, "Seeing off the Russian Winter in China" showcased Russian culture and arts at the Beijing Exhibition Center.

From pancake feasts to masterclasses on sabrage, the event highlighted the joy and camaraderie of Maslenitsa. As part of the intercultural years between Russia and China, Maslenitsa marks a new chapter in cultural exchange and celebrations.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin forecast that Russia-China relations would become stronger in the coming years.
Putin spoke on Sunday after partial results showed he had won Russia’s presidential election by a landslide. "Our relations have been taking shape over the past two decades. They are very strong and we are complementing each other. I’m sure that this relationship will be maintained, including, to a great extent, thanks to our good personal relationship with the president of the People’s Republic of China," the Russian leader told reporters.

"But the most important thing is that our national interests coincide, and this creates a favorable environment for resolving our common tasks and in the sphere of international relations, where relations between Russia and China serve as a factor of stability," he added.
Attempts by China’s foes to stage provocations around Taiwan, which is China’s territory, are doomed to fail utterly.
(Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK

Space has become a new battleground. Elon Musk's SpaceX is building a network of spy satellites under a classified contract worth $1.8 billion with a US intelligence agency called the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) ▪️A special business unit under SpaceX, Starshield, is undertaking the project, and if successful, it would advance the US military's ability to quickly spot potential targets almost anywhere on the globe. ▪️Prior to this program, the Pentagon was already a big customer of SpaceX, using its Falcon 9 rockets to launch a dozen military payloads into space. ▪️Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military expert and media commentator, told the Global Times: "This move is very dangerous, as once space becomes another arena for arms race, the company's assets could be in jeopardy. In addition, if this spy satellite network gets involved in a US-instigated space war and thus poses threats to other countries, SpaceX may become a target for retaliation or counterbalance." ▪️Wang Ya'nan, chief editor of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, believes that countries and regions will definitely take countermeasures once the network become operational, such as by moving facilities underground or using optical camouflage for concealment. As a result, obtaining sensitive information would still not be "a piece of cake" for US intelligence agencies. @LauraRuHK https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308988.shtml

#RussianElections Very high turnout in the 4 historic regions that have joined the Russian Federation in 2022 - between 83 and 88%, and a landslide victory for Vladimir Putin. ▪️The presidential election was monitored by observers from all over the world. @LauraRuHK

#RussianElections - Vladimir Putin leads the Russian presidential race with 87.32%. For comparison, here are Putin’s performances in the previous four Russian presidential elections that he participated in as candidate:
2018 – 76.69%
2012 – 63.6%
2004 – 71.3%
2000 – 52.9%

❗️Key takeaways from Vladimir Putin’s statements at a press conference at his campaign headquarters:

▪️ Putin says all Russians are one family; hopes the country will achieve its goals

▪️ Will of Russians can never be crushed from abroad

▪️ Election results show that Donbass and Novorossia are thankful to Russia for protection

▪️ Putin names special operation tasks, strengthening Russia’s defense capabilities among the priorities for his next presidential term

▪️ Attacks on borderline Russian regions continue now, but the enemy’s losses are nearly 100%

▪️ Russia destroys nearly 100% of the enemy’s forces trying to sneak into its soil

▪️ Enemy amassed around 5,000 troops in the border areas and immediate rear zone

▪️ Russia favors peace talks but not only because the enemy is short of ammunition

▪️ Russia has no preferences on US presidential candidates, will work with anyone who is elected

▪️ Putin says he was ready to swap Alexey Navalny for inmates from Western jails

▪️ At some point, Ukraine’s attacks on Russian border areas may force Russia to create a ‘buffer zone’

▪️ Russia-NATO conflict will lead to a situation only one step away from World War III – Putin. (Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK

🎶 A Tchaikovsky Conservatory will be opened in China.
💬 China is set to establish a Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the near future, as announced by Mikhail Shvydkoy, the special representative of President of the Russian Federation for international cultural cooperation.
🔹 This ambitious and long-term educational project, supported by the leadership of the People's Republic of China, will be based on the Moscow State Conservatory named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in collaboration with a Chinese university.
⚡️The newly established music university will employ teachers who have graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and are well-versed in traditional Russian teaching methods, which enjoy global recognition. Mikhail Shvydkoy emphasized that while the conservatory will be open to all applicants, its primary focus will be on catering to the Chinese audience.
Photo: official website of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (source: Russian Consulate General in Hong Kong) @LauraRuHK

Elezioni in Russia. Anche quando la propaganda occidentale si arrampica sugli specchi collezionando figuracce, potete stare sicuri che il fido Iacoboni la rilancera' eroicamente, sfidando gli abissi del ridicolo. Ieri ci mostrava foto di schede elettorali annullate dagli insulti, foto che ha preso da Novaya Gazeta, testata finanziata dai soliti noti. Ai fact checkers di regime ovviamente non interessa smascherare questi fake visto che sono impegnati a diffonderli. Ma chiunque abbia votato sa che prima di entrare nella cabina con la scheda in mano deve lasciare fuori borse e telefoni. La regola vale in tutto il mondo, Russia compresa. Quindi, o le foto sono un falso, o chi le ha fatte ci vuole raccontare che anche in Russia si annullano le schede. A questo punto, dove starebbe la notizia? Forse che in Italia e altrove cio' non avviene? @LauraRuHK

Elezioni in Russia - Il risultato, che alle 7 del mattino ora di Mosca vede l' 87,32% dei voti per il presidente russo - un vero plebiscito - eccede anche le stime derivanti dai sondaggi pre-elettorali che gia' davano Vladimir Putin intorno all'80%. Quali conclusioni si possono trarre? Una su tutte. Quando il popolo russo e' sotto attacco, mette da parte le divisioni politiche e si stringe intorno al suo leader. E' esattamente l'opposto di quanto avviene in Occidente, dove le crisi minano la fiducia popolare nel governo in carica, gia' bassa in partenza, e inaspriscono il conflitto sociale e politico. In Russia chi aveva votato per gli altri maggiori partiti nel 2018, come il Partito Comunista o il Partito Liberal-Democratico, nel 2024 ha deciso di sostenere Putin. Le ragioni sono diverse. In gran parte gli elettori condividono le scelte del loro presidente, scelte difficili e di portata storica, hanno compreso che non era possibile agire diversamente, e ora intendono dimostrare unita' nel perseguimento degli obiettivi dell'operazione militare in Ucraina e sostenere il corso intrapreso dal governo sia in politica interna che in quella estera. Putin ha dato prova di quelle qualita' di leadership che i russi si aspettano dal capo del loro governo. All'Occidente puo' non piacere, ma ai russi ormai interessa poco o nulla quello che l'Occidente pensa di loro e lo hanno dimostrato sia recandosi alle urne (l'affluenza piu' alta dal 1991!) che votando per Putin. @LauraRuHK

🔺The latest results of Russian presidential election.

🔺What awaits Russia under Putin’s new term? Scott Ritter shares his view

🔺The record turnout in Russian presidential election is ‘powerful endorsement of Putin’s leadership’

🔺What unites Russian people behind Putin?

🔺Ex-CIA officer explains what earned Putin animosity in the West

🔺Putin’s victory to ensure Russia's economic rise and military-technical development, experts agree

🔺Putin’s speech at his election HQ after the results showed his landslide victory

🔺What did Putin tell the media at his election campaign headquarters?

🔺What is Putin’s stance on the likelihood of a conflict between Russia and NATO?

🔺If our enemy likes a ‘meat grinder’, we are ok with that, Putin said

🔺How much is to buy a mail-in ballot in the US? Putin knows the answer.

🔺Putin: Taiwan is part of China

🔺Looking back: how Putin faced the challenges and triumphs that marked his decades-long leadership.

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#RussianElections - Vladimir Putin's landslide victory exceeds what pre-election surveys had anticipated - they had put Vladimir Putin at around 80%, he has won over 87%. ▪️What conclusions can be drawn? When Russia is under attack, Russians put aside political differences and rally around their leader. ▪️This is exactly the opposite of what happens in the West, where crises undermine popular trust in the incumbent government, already low to begin with, and exacerbate social and political divisions. In Russia, those who had voted for the other major parties in 2018, such as the Communist Party or the Liberal Democratic Party, decided to back Putin in 2024. The reasons are diverse. For the most part, voters support the choices made by their president, difficult choices of historic significance, and intended to show unity in the pursuit of the goals of the SMO in Ukraine. ▪️Russians understand that the course taken by their government in both domestic and foreign policy is the correct one and Putin has already demonstrated the leadership qualities Russians expect from the head of their government. ▪️The West may not like it, but Russians now care little or nothing what the West thinks of them, and they proved it by going to the polls (highest turnout since 1991!) and voting for Putin. @LauraRuHK

"There were no elections in Russia"🤣Favourite coping strategy in the Baltics: denial of reality! They got the memo from Washington. Remember a few days ago when Yulia Navalnaya called on the West not to recognize the results of the presidential election in Russia? But why stop there? Let's pretend that Russia doesn't exist, never existed, that millions of Russians are just a figment of the imagination. Say abracadabra, and Putin, Russia and Russians will magically disappear. See? Easy. Problem solved. https://t.me/LauraRuHK/7899

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin, said that his re-election as President of the Russian Federation fully reflects the support of the people of the country, reports China Central Television.

"In recent years, the Russian people have united, overcome challenges and made steady progress on the path of national development and rejuvenation," the Chinese leader said. (Source: RIA Novosti) @LauraRuHK

Freedom of speech in the United States is one for domestic politicians and interest groups, and another for ordinary people. The United States issued a report to baselessly smear and accuse other countries of spreading "disinformation," but the United States is the source of disinformation and the command post of "cognitive warfare" throughout the world. Today's world is not at a time when a lie repeated thousands of times can become the truth, or smearing others can whitewash oneself. The eyes of the people of the world are bright. No matter how the United States propagates its freedom of speech, and how it spares no effort to blame other countries for spreading"false information", it cannot change the fact that more and more people are seeing through the ugly practices of the United States: how it relies on lies to weave "the emperor's new clothes," and how it smears others to maintain its hegemony. (Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) @LauraRuHK Read more here https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjbxw/202403/t20240314_11260689.html