... media holding on current international issues, Moscow, May 15, 2020
Question:
The coronavirus pandemic has already closed many countries. Do you think the world will... ...?
Sergey Lavrov:
Many discussions are being held on this issue today. Indeed, many COVID-19 response measures are being taken at random because nobody knows for sure how... ... of its actions, which requires credible evidence and clear facts to support any accusations, in court or in international agencies. We have not seen this approach from...
... important to Russia’s status and self-image, Moscow must reduce its dependence on China by fostering its relations with other large economic and financial players: primarily European countries, India, and Japan.
Although the crisis precipitated by the new coronavirus pandemic is still in its very early stages, it is clear that it has vastly accelerated the ongoing processes around the world. The most consequential is the intensification of Sino-American rivalry and the emergence of new global bipolarity....
... and the United States is largely focused in the South China and East China seas, thousands of miles away from Russia. Russia does not have any interests in that region... ... confrontation to transmute into a bloc-based rivalry.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Battle of “Coronavirus Narratives”: Three Lines of Defence Against China
Yet many are still... ... to see in the tragicomic story involving the EU report on disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The handling of the coronavirus is leaving more and more people in...
... deceased. There is hardly any medical assistance for the convicted, neither there is coronavirus testing. The prisoners are preponderantly left without individual sanitary... ... in the U.S. are alarming the critical situation in jails (
https://www.hrw.org/…/covid-19-shouldnt-be-death-sentence-p…
#). They call on the release for the vulnerable... ... are under the threat.
Anatoly I.Antonov
Source:
Facebook Embassy of Russia in the USA
... Moscow, exclusively for
valdaiclub.com
.
The politicisation of the situation with the coronavirus pandemic, which has gained ferocity in recent weeks, has led to a sad but... ... brought the virus into China, or that theres the possibly it was imported.
The line of accusation against the PRC is based on the selective criticism of events from the sequence... ... plans of tens or hundreds of millions of people. In the world that existed before the COVID-19 epidemic, it was impossible for a politician or official in any country to...
... what some call a black swan moment — though it might be too soon to tell
In what seems like a blink of the eye, the coronavirus has uprooted and deracinated nearly every sense of normalcy that could possibly exist. A pathogen that up until a ... ... evolved into a global pandemic that knows no borders, expresses no predilection, and holds no political or national affiliations. COVID-19 has changed every fabric of our society. It’s changed the way we do business, the way we interact with loved ones, ...
... war, but rather a soft power battle
There has been a blame game between Washington and Beijing regarding the source of the COVID-19. As stated by the
Guardian
and
China Daily
, President Donald Trump and other American officials, have labelled Covid-19 ... ... have also labelled the virus the “Kung Flu”. The Republican senator Tom Cotton questioned the idea of whether or not the coronavirus could be a China-crafted bioweapon without providing evidence. Correspondingly, in China, a spokesman for the foreign ...
... with the International Life magazine, April 17, 2020
Question:
Mr Ryabkov, let’s start with the most urgent issue – the coronavirus. Today, the United States is the anti-rating leader in the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Meanwhile, US President ... ... political and psychological barriers, to look at themselves from the outside is one of the lessons that can be learnt from the COVID-19 crisis.
Question:
Mr Ryabkov, let us recall the New York Times publication which accused President of Russia Vladimir ...
... would have acted in a similar manner with respect to any other country.
Third, accusations against WHO unwittingly suggest thoughts of trying to find a “scapegoat”... ... health care and is unlikely to help in the fight against the disease.
Andrey Kortunov:
Coronavirus: A New Bug or Feature of World Politics?
The attack on the WHO fits into... ... According to the State Department, the United States alone will spend $225 million to fight COVID-19 abroad, while $274 million has already been provided by the US government....
... economic crisis will impact procurement for the world's leading armies
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic combined with the resulting economic crisis is already affecting... ... slow-down of expensive and promising R&D, which in early stages mainly generates costs.
The USA: More Money for Each and Every One!
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Russ Scalf... ... with the information policy allegedly pursued to spread disinformation and panic over COVID-19, there are now new threats like the virus itself, and the Alliance members...
