A post by Maria Zakharova: "During the recent New Year meeting with the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, Kaja Kallas unexpectedly delved into philosophy and thoughts on freedom: “When I talk about our partners, I want to address a problem that concerns us all. The US national security strategy makes it clear that we should rely more on ourselves... As a citizen who has lived under an authoritarian regime, I can tell you (and many of us have lived under authoritarian regimes) that the #European #Union is the essence of #freedom. Therefore any criticism of freedom here must be directed elsewhere. Perhaps towards Russia, where dissenting opinions are banned, where free media is banned, where political opposition is banned, where 'X' is also effectively banned.” She did this right after the #EU in Brussels fined 'X' and #Elon #Musk 120 million euros. The American platform became the first victim of the European Union's repressive #Digital #Services #Act (#DSA). Particularly noteworthy are Kallas's thoughts on freedom. We are already used to her being a poorly educated and poorly thinking woman. Of course, she did not understand the foolishness she has expressed. In Western public opinion, the understanding of freedom has been based on the concept of four freedoms for almost a century. In the #USA, they have been formulated since the late 1930s as follows: - #Freedom of #expression; - #Freedom of #religion; - #Freedom from #want; - #Freedom from #fear. This was articulated by #President #Franklin #Delano #Roosevelt in his annual address to Congress on January 6, 1941. For a time, the four red pillars were even considered a symbol of these four freedoms as the flag of the United Nations. The EU, which is based on commercial law and pursues trade and economic goals (which someone like the so-called jurist Kallas now forgets), interpreted the four freedoms in its own way. In building the internal market, the founding fathers of the #EU declared the following freedoms: - #Freedom of movement of #goods; - #Freedom of movement of #persons; - #Freedom of movement of #services; - #Freedom of movement of #capital. Does this mean that, according to #Kallas, the #EU is a certain fifth element of freedom? It would be good for #Kallas, who “lived under an authoritarian regime – but actually lives under one now,” to remember that freedom is not tied to the EU or any other structure. Freedom is a comprehensive phenomenon that does not depend on the whims of bureaucracy in Brussels. To place the EU above freedom means to completely misunderstand its core. As a descendant of members of the military formation "Omakaitse", which collaborated with Nazi Germany, Kaja Kallas has, of course, completely forgotten what she should have learned in a good Soviet school: “Freedom is the insight into necessity.” Kaja understands nothing, and her level of legal education and socio-political preparation raises concerns about the future of the EU." #mariazakharova #europeanunion #europe #russia #eu

Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comments on the updated US National Security Strategy: Moscow hopes that Washington will stop short of starting a full-scale conflict with Venezuela, which may lead to unpredictable consequences all across the Western hemisphere Russia is alarmed by the “language of conflict” present in China-related provisions of the document The document includes provisions that can be used as a basis for continuing joint work with Russia on Ukraine Russia hopes that the new US national security srategy will have a sobering effect on the European “war party” US has officially questioned NATO’s expansionism for the first time in its new national security strategy The document leaves room for finding common ground on issues of strategic stability with Russia The new US national security strategy has not clarified the US vision of the strategic stability system after the expiration of the New START Treaty Russia is waiting for the US to be specific about tracking strategic offensive and defensive arsenals #mariazakharova #russia #usa #nato

The Kiev regime has turned into an international corruption brigade for pumping money through Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “Ukrainian patriots,” she said ironically, commenting on reports that senior Ukrainian government officials were involved in the corruption scheme along with businessmen. According to the Russian diplomat, they are “an international brigade for pumping money via Ukraine.” Now it's clear why for Zelensky, a vyshyvanka and a kosovorotka are the same thing? Because this is an international brigade for laundering money through Ukraine. Now it's clear why the regime forbids Ukrainians to speak and learn Russian, to read Russian-language classics; why the history of Ukraine is being rewritten? Because educated people will ask questions, and for large-scale international corruption, the center of which has become Ukraine, a regime of silence is needed, which is ensured by neutralizing the consciousness of the nation. #ukraine #mariazakharova #russia