Mr. Chairperson,
I would like to start my speech with the words that belong to the great thinker Martin Luther, “A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it, the bigger it becomes”.
This wise aphorism is fully applicable to politics. He who has chosen the path of deception will have to lie again and again, making up explanations for discrepancies, spreading disinformation and doing forgery, desperately using all means to cover the tracks of the lies and to hide the truth.
The United Kingdom has entered this slippery path. We can clearly see all of this on the example of the “Skripal case” fabricated by the British authorities, this poorly disguised anti-Russian provocation accompanied by an unprecedented propaganda campaign, taken up by a group of countries, and the finalized unprecedented expulsion of diplomats under a far-fetched pretext. Please, do not try to pass this group for the international community – it is far from that.
It has already been a month since the Prime Minister of Great Britain Theresa May put forward some extremely serious accusations against Russia of the alleged use of chemical weapons. We have been waiting for an explanation for a long time, counting on our British colleagues to eventually back up these loud statements with some at least halfway intelligible facts. We have repeatedly proposed to them to work together on the investigation of the events in Salisbury, have been requesting information. The response consisted in haughty, arrogant statements saying Russia should confess to the crime.
The British side continues to scatter absolutely unfounded accusations, disseminating more and more new, often senseless, versions of the events. The British politicians and officials simply cannot stop anymore and continue pouring down new torrents of lies. London sabotages every attempt to conduct a truly objective investigation into the incident in Salisbury with the participation of Russian experts. They have classified everything, supposedly conducting their own national investigation. Although the “responsible” have already been designated.
Why they are doing this is obvious. Great Britain strives to avoid at all costs the establishment of the truth about the events, hide all evidence, which could unmask them. They are simply playing for time. Because the further it gets – the more difficult it will be to figure out what really did (or did not) happen in Salisbury.
The lie always fears the truth, for the truth is the most terrifying weapon against lies. Let us, therefore, turn to the naked facts which demonstrate how insolently and clumsily the British government is disseminating the insinuations regarding the “Skripal case”.
LIE №1
Russia does not respond to any legitimate questions made by the United Kingdom on March 12, 2018 through the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to London A.V. Yakovenko (some of the allies of the United Kingdom keep repeating this like a mantra).
I would like to remind you that the British side has suggested that we confess to one of the two versions it has made up: either the poisoning of Sergey and Yulia Skripal was a purposeful action by Russia, or Russia has lost control over the arsenal of chemical weapons it allegedly has. Despite the brazen nature of this ultimatum, we definitely did not ignore it, but immediately gave an unequivocal answer: Russia has nothing to do with the chemical incident in Salisbury. Great Britain has not contacted us with any other questions.
LIE №2
Great Britain acts in strict compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The facts demonstrate exactly the opposite. Thus, the Article IX of the Convention stipulates that States Parties shall conduct bilateral consultations on any ambiguous issues. We see that in reality the United Kingdom has avoided complying with this provision and still refuses to interact with us. As far as the British ultimatum communicated through the Ambassador of the Russian Federation I have mentioned is concerned, it cannot in any way be considered a “proposal of cooperation” in the sense of the CWC or a “request for legal assistance”.
On our part, on April 13, we sent through the Technical Secretariat a note to the British side under the Paragraph 2 Article IX with a list of legitimate questions that we have regarding the “Skripal case”. We have been acting strictly in accordance with the Convention and expected that our partners from London would do the same. There still has been no response. It is as if the United Kingdom did not notice the Convention at all or did not want to act in accordance with its norms.
We also witnessed how London came up with a new form of work – “the independent verification by the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW of the British side’s findings.” I would like to underscore: there is nothing like this in the Convention. This is an invention by the United Kingdom. Instead of precisely following the provisions of the Convention, the United Kingdom tries to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes.
LIE №3
Russia refuses to cooperate in establishing the truth.
In the reality, it is exactly the opposite. Russia is extremely interested – probably, even more than any other country – in an honest, open and impartial investigation of the incident in Salisbury. We have repeatedly proposed, asked, demanded from the British side to cooperate in the investigation. We have put forward for the consideration of the 57th extraordinary session of the Executive Council a draft decision that contained the call for Russia and Great Britain to establish such interaction with the involvement of the Technical Secretariat. We expressed then and confirm now our readiness to cooperate with the OPCW and within the OPCW.
Unfortunately, all of our efforts stumble into a blind wall of complete unwillingness of London to interact.
LIE №4
The United Kingdom claims that Russia, allegedly, infinitely multiplies its versions of the chemical incident in Salisbury trying to divert from itself the wave of criticism for the alleged use of chemical weapons on the British soil.
In the reality, this is what the British side has been doing, disseminating through its so-called “independent” media the infinite versions: the poison first was in the suitcase, then on the door handle, then in the buckwheat, then at the restaurant, then in the flower bouquet, then in the ventilation system of the car, then in perfume, etc.
LIE №5
The Russian leadership has allegedly stated that the extermination of traitors abroad is the state policy of the Russian Federation.
This is slander and complete nonsense. Let them demonstrate where they saw this. Obviously, the United Kingdom will not be able to present a single example of a statement of this kind because nothing similar has ever been said by the Russian leadership.
LIE №6
The conclusions made by the experts of the Technical Secretariat based on the results of the analysis of samples collected from the Skripal father and daughter confirmed that they had been poisoned with a substance from the “Novichok” family.
Our military experts are ready to present their evaluation of what was said in the report by the Technical Secretariat based on the results of the work of the group of specialists in the United Kingdom.
For now, I will only say one thing: the claim that the Technical Secretariat confirmed that this chemical points to its Russian origin is an outright lie. The report itself does not say a single word about the name “Novichok”; the CWC simply does not contain such a concept. And in the report by the Technical Secretariat there is also no confirmation of the “Russian footprint” in the chemical substance found in Salisbury.
Nevertheless, the British authorities immediately disseminated in the world media the fake news that the OPCW supposedly confirmed that the Skripals were poisoned with “Novichok”, and that the latter, they say, was developed in the USSR and Russia only, hence Moscow is to blame. This is how the findings of the report by the Technical Secretariat are being falsified.
LIE №7
The so-called “Novichok” is a Soviet invention and it, supposedly, could have been produced only in Russia.
It is necessary to remind that “Novichok” is the name invented in the West for a group of chemical agents which were developed in many countries, including in the United Kingdom. In one of his recent interviews, the Secretary of State Boris Johnson confirmed that the United Kingdom has samples of this substance at the laboratory in Porton Down. Actually, we have a lot of questions to ask this laboratory. It would be interesting to know how they determined that the Skripals had been poisoned with a “Novichok”-type nerve agent. Because any reasonable person would understand that you can establish this if you have the original component to which you can compare the chemical which has been found. It follows that this laboratory has a stock of “Novichok”, and, possibly, also the antidotes which were used in the Skripals’ treatment.
In Russia, there has never been any research and development or experimental work conducted as part of a programme under the name of “Novichok”. I reiterate, there has never been a programme with such a name. In the Soviet times, starting with the 1970s, not only the Soviet, but also the British and American scientists were working on creating new types of nerve agents. This is how the famous VX nerve gas was created. And in the 1990s, after the breakup of the USSR, the Western special services exported from Russia a group of chemists together with the documentation. The specialists in the West began to closely study the documents and, based on them, started working in this direction, achieved certain results, which were made public.
We know very well that the “Novichok”-type nerve agents were in production in a number of countries. And, unlike our Western partners, who are constantly rolling their eyes and saying that they know something but that it, as they say, is intelligence data and they cannot reveal it, we operate in a different fashion. We work with open sources. Thus, on December 1, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office contacted the Russian agency responsible for issues concerning patents with a request to check the patentability of an invention made by an American scientist T. Rubin. Here is this document (demonstration).
This document talks about the invention of a special bullet, the distinctive feature of which is that it has a separate cavity for equipping it with different kinds of toxic agents. When using the mentioned invention, the lethal effect is achieved due to the effect of this toxic agent on the human body. In other words, this ammunition falls under the jurisdiction of the CWC. The principle of operation of the bullet consists in equipping it with binary components which interact with each other upon impact. And this is what we read on the page 11 of this official American document, “At least one of the active substances may be selected from nerve agents including… tabun (GA), sarin (GB), soman (GD), cyclosarin (GF), and VG, …VM, VR, VX, and [attention!] Novichok agents.”
In other words, this document confirms that in the United States the “Novichok”-type nerve agents were not just produced but also patented as a chemical weapon. And not some long time ago, but just a couple of years ago – the patent is dated December 1, 2015.
Moreover, searching by the key word “Novichok” on the digital source google.patents.com you can find over 140 patents issued by the United States, related to the use and protection from exposure to the “Novichok” toxic agent.
These are the real facts, not some idle talk, and the response to those who insolently claim that the “Novichok”-type nerve agents existed and were produced in the USSR and Russia.
LIE №8
One of the victims, a Russian citizen Yulia Skripal is, allegedly, avoiding contacts with her relatives and refusing the Russian consular assistance.
Presently, the British authorities are zealously hiding Yulia Skripal from the media and the public. Her whereabouts are unknown. The Russian side, as well as her relatives (her cousin Victoria was refused an entry visa by the British authorities) are being denied access to her. She does not have the opportunity to go back to Russia and undergo medical examination and treatment.
The abovementioned circumstances indicate that, in fact, the Russian citizen Yulia Skripal is being held hostage by the British authorities, held by force on the territory of the United Kingdom, subjected to psychological manipulation.
I have given just a few examples of how the British authorities spread disinformation and blatantly lie. This list of disclosures could, probably, go on, but we should probably stop here. It is typical that the United Kingdom is not even thinking about refuting any of their theses, despite the fact that they are completely unfounded.
I have no doubts that in the future, we can await new waves of disinformation, pseudo-leaks to the media, insolent attacks on us by the British officials. But no real evidence will ever be produced.
The United Kingdom demonstrates clear unwillingness to adequately cooperate regarding the investigation of this obscure story. This convinces us that the United Kingdom does not want any truth. They cannot allow it to come to light.
The report presented by the Technical Secretariat concerning the British specialists’ findings poses a number of questions and calls for additional detailed examination, including by the British side. Any specialist would understand that the final conclusions can be made only having before your eyes the materials of the chemical and spectral analysis of the mentioned samples. And the Technical Secretariat has passed these materials only to London.
We underscore, Russia will not take at face value any conclusions regarding the “Skipal case” until one simple condition is met: the Russian experts will be provided with access to the victims, as well as to the mentioned materials of the OPCW expert analysis and the entire volume of the real information regarding this incident London has at its disposal.
We have solid grounds to believe that all of this is a gross provocation against Russia by the special services of the United Kingdom. And if the British side continues to refuse to cooperate with us, it will only reaffirm our conviction that this is exactly the case.
Mr. Chairperson,
One cannot help but recall the following saying: for some people lying is not a means of justification, but a means of defence. On April 16, we heard yet another strange statement: the G7 calls upon Russia to respond to the legitimate questions of the United Kingdom regarding the “Skripal case”. You can consider this statement our response.
At the same time, we would like to hear from the British side the answers to the numerous and specific questions of the Russian Federation regarding the incident in Salisbury. Moreover, we would be grateful if the representatives of the G7 could explain to us why their countries launched a diplomatic war against Russia based on some fakes.
Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
Please, circulate this statement as an official document of this special OPCW Executive Council session.
source: https://netherlands.mid.ru/en_GB/web/netherlands-en/-/statement-of-a-shulgin-at-the-opcw-ec
I didn’t read most of this, but what I read was superb. If I could afford it, I’d publish it in student newspapers.
I did just that with Srdja Trifkovic’s superb essay “Iraq and the Neocons’ Pseudo-Reality”, back in the day. * http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/745800/posts
Cannot the Russian-American community publish this in at least every state university newspaper? Participating in a like-minded blog community can be stimulating, but doesn’t address changing the hearts and minds of the larger society.
* Then I got ‘observed’, a creepy guy wearing a tuxedo rang my doorbell and asked to borrow 25 cents, etc.
The translation of the word “provocation” is so strange and awkward. We’ve heard it a lot these days and I can understand it’s meaning because we have similar “feeling” in my language, but this ought to be rectified by Russian spokespersons.
I have become fascinated by the Russian language these days. It is really an insight into how people construct their thought. I have learned Chinese before and was equally amazed at how differently a mindset or a brain and culture can be through idiom.
Although for these kind of info wars, it doesn’t really help to have such a rich language as opposed to plain simple English. It’s just too nuanced for English speaking brains. (This is not intended to be derogatory in any way)
Well, it is not my intention to offend anyone, but I have heard this on number of occasions that actually English language is a very primitive language. Just recently someone compared the dictionaries saying the following: English language has 80,000 words, French 150,000, German 200,000 and I am going to skip the rest of the argument as it’s going to become really insulting to the English speakers.
I think I understand the intent conveyed with the use of the term, it does feel a bit awkward to me too, but I’m quite curious what exactly you suspect is lost in the translation? (since I can have no idea being portuguese)
Could you expand?
I think “Setup” would be the best word in English to describe it.
I think “provocation” in this case, as the Russians have been using it, and as I thought should be understood, encompasses also a feeling of disdain, and a sense of attack on dignity.
However, provocation as I read it in English is more straightforwardly imagined as a guy running up to a Russian border and flagging the middle finger. Or any Trump tweet. This word does not adequately convey Russian feelings when spoken in my view.
I think of it like your word “Saudade”. It’s pretty difficult to capture in English because it’s so many feelings in he same word.
The idea of translation should not be to convey the same words but the same feelings behind them.
Russians have done a lot in that sense but not enough. Still too many commas in speech, parenthesis to expand train of thought, like the Portuguese actually, I am actually finding these two thought processes very similar.
But it is not perfectly clear for an English speaker. Should be more Keep it Simple Stupid.
If I get it right is the sense of being “framed” for something, being spun a web around one self. “Provocation” would indeed look general, incomplete, insufficient, inconsequential as opposed to being setup.
Is there a legal term used in anglo justice system akin to the above?
Entrapment maybe.
Setup would be adequate for media purposes.
None of those can convey the multitude of feelings that I gather from the Russian use of the word Provocation though. Just more adequately describe the factual scenario without attaching moral judgement to it, which is what the English language does well.
Bear in mind though, I am not Russian. This thought of mine is just a consequence of my continuous exposure to foreign languages. I have no claim to knowing Russian culture or whatnot, but the construction of phrases, the emphasis in speech (I listen to most of them in native Russian) and the underlying train of thought (granted after I read translations) makes me think “Provocation” does not quite hit the mark as a literal translation.
The same happens to what the Chinese say. It is many times lost in translation and sometimes does not accurately represent the important feelings behind statements or sometimes even, the severity of the statements themselves which come from cultural background.
I will just take a slight exception to the critique here by pointing out that the term in question is modified by rhe word “gross”. I am not a lawyer but “gross provocation” sounds like a legal term to me, and would take the meaning out of common parlance and into jurisdictional phrasing.
As such, it has majesty to my way of thinking, as a formal declaration of an illegal action by one state against another.
As I said above, the term looks appropriate to me, though I would like someone to provide the Russian word originally used in the speech so we could debate the translation.
As an Engliish speaker I would understand a gross provocation to be in the nature of a blatant attempt to inflame an adversary, as with a red flag to a bull. That would be a very meaningful statement in context of Russia’s”creditworthy forbearance in spite of provocations from the western powers that would try the patience of lesser nations.
If that is what was meant, it’s not a bad translation at all.
In case of Russia being framed is a provocation.There.
I’ll chime in here. The translation is a very important factor, as people reading translated text are really at the mercy of the translator. Example please, you say? Here it is. Since I happen to speak four languages, I bear witness to that fact. One example, Hammond’s book “A History of Greece to 322” I read it first in Polish, as it was a gift from a Polish friend. Later on I decided to buy it in original English, and believe me they are different. Polish translation is a sham. Translator who translated Kazantzakis’s book about Christ to English, actually apologized in the prologue that he tried his best to translate this book from “heavy Cretan Greek dialect, as he put it” the best he could with the help of Kazantzakis’s wife. Unfortunately not always we can read the original text and thus we are at the mercy of a translator who “may have a hidden intent to convey his/her own message and not the one of the original text”. It sucks but many time we have no choice but deal with it.
More importantly, the live translations of UN meetings are close to painful to listen to.
I think Russia should invest both in its language, training foreign translators, as well as educating Russians in English thought raher than literal translation of words.
I honestly think that a lot really does get lost in translation at these live negotiations. It is sad, but English is the best suited language for simple and direct discussion, it is easy, it is mathematical and straightforward and is not as nuanced as more complex languages.
For this same reason I think Mandarin translators will be useless in the future because Chinese will have to learn English to conduct unambiguous business.
I agree. Unless, translators are given the transcript before hand, they pretty well have to try to translate word for word, which many a time turns out to be not correct. I do not doubt, that after the fact an honest translator will say: ” $hit I should have used different word”
The rule in literature is the translation is made by a native speaker of the destination language, and ideally someone who the author attributes a degree of trust. For obvious reasons should prevail the trust criteria wtr to foreign state communication, and wider public. The assumption being enabling a shorter mental step finding equivalent in own language, and increased knowledge of the foreign culture improving the meaning quality.
But more critical is the assumption that both the emitter and receptor are interested/honest/yielding participants, not to mention the translator as facilitator of the message. Under a mere hint of dismissive/manipulative/concurrent exchange scenarios the whole falls apart. The translator as a third party is a mere aggravation, of an already precarious situation.
This is the reason that to the best of my ability I always favor native speaking/local news channels, doing my part of being interested and honest participant, I know in advance, without that I might as well go catch some sun.
I was also horrified listening to the later UNSC declarations, since I could totally bypass the translator in many situations just by observing certain inflections made in the voice, even its discrepancy with the translated message. Nebenzia’s translator was messing like hell, and I don’t know russian, but tone is a good part of the message.
Regarding state maters the source must take responsibility for the task of providing proper translations in the lingua franca, this would imply finding and imposing reliable translators in international organizations. As dignifying it is to hear a native speaker in its sovereign language, the faithful translation of the message should take priority, and whenever necessary under mass communication the switch should be made to the primary/secondary lingua franca.
As far as I’m concerned I’ll keep doing my best to just understand.
How easy it is to take all you educated people off the subject.Instead of discussing the article you discuss a word.
Trolls are laughing their heads off.
Nice going intelectuals.
Anon, while you are making a valid point, I’d like to point out the obvious. Not to repeat what metamars below said. we were discussing one of the two major points that Russia is facing.
1. Translation impacts the message immensely. Russia needs to get the message through, at least to some.
2. Nobody in the West is listening, as the West continually lies, every time it opens it’s mouth.
Having said all that, Russia just like the VdG said must get through the fog of disinfo.
Very thorough response from the Russian Federation, but truth and facts don’t matter.
Of course they don’t matter to people like John Bolton and Nikki Haley.
They’d potentially matter a lot if the public was suitably exposed. Lacking that, the mainstream media propaganda will probably prevail.
I believe I understand the emotion and the reality behind this statement.
In fact, I agree with it, if one means “matter” in the circus of a lot of public opinion.
But I do think the effort made to state truth and refute lies is always essential.
It might not to the political or PR job on its own, but it backs up those tasks.
Eventually Russia may well be making demands more aggressively.
It will have laid the paper trail, so to speak.
The more I read of English colonial history, the less respect I have for Britain as a nation. It has always been predatory, but has very successfully used cultural images to mask and confuse. Many individual Britons have immense charm, integrity, and great sense of humor. But generally all of these nice surface qualities are embedded in the huge sense of entitlement that Britons of all classes seem to have: the deeply held belief that they and their ways really are superior to wogs, frogs, etc. Their hatred of Russia dates to before the outset of the so-called Great Game in Central Asia. There they created a record of freely lying and betraying to get their way and manipulate “allies” on their way to taking over the country by ginning up an “enemy” in Imperial Russia, a practice that earned the contempt of Afghan tribal leaders and the moniker “perfidious Albion.” No “Monroe” type Doctrine for Russia (e.g., “Stay away from our continent!”), ever. Not in 1839 and not in the 21st century.
This unquestioning conviction of superiority as a justification for grabbing all of the world’s wealth and channeling it to the home island lhas underlain England’s/UK’s foreign/commercial policy for hundreds of years. Now that they are reduced to the confines of their little island, they still have these delusions of grandeur—and for some reason, their own, no doubt—EU nations are enabling them in spewing out these ridiculous lies and demands.
Some of my good friends—even some relatives!—are English, but I think the country and the world would be a lot better off if the English nose got bloodied a few times, soon. How best to do this? .
Shulgin has called out these playground bullies for the liars that they are.
He has done his duty to his country and to the truth.
I sure hope his statement gets traction.
Katherine
Katherine – your comment is excellent in all its parts.
Thank you
I agree, Katherine, though I also think some of the points about translation above are well taken.
But I do want to praise Russia for the huge improvements in communication since the early Maidan days and what could be called the rape of Ukraine. The linguistic advance this speech represents in clarity of presentation must indeed be commended.
This is an excellent speech. And with the advances in technology that are all around us, it is good to get the corrections to translation being offered in comments here. Thanks to all.
Excellent comment. Have you ever heard the saying: “The Brits will use white/kid gloves and drink your blood through the straw?”
Truths and facts means nothing nowadays in western MSM and for War Party. What really matters is economic and military power and independence (with wise policy and co-operation with more reliable partners).
Of course Russia and China have to continue “talks” with those fools but don’t waste time and energy too much.
The truth is the first to be abused in war, for it is war now. Do not know Putin about it, strange to Trump, the Theresa and Makaron snaps know that because they hate the truth.
For those interested in the statements by all participants of the meeting, please visit the OPCW website and get the official documents (PDF).
https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/salisbury-incident/related-official-documents/
On the main page of OPCW where the speeches are, the Russian speech is missing.
Among the rest, the speech from Cuba is the only one which is not translated in to English. What is more, speech from Cuba is published as a picture PDF not text PDF so you can’t copy/paste text to Google translate and read what Cuba has to say. Someone from craigmurray site used OCR and than Google translate for the last paragraph. It says:
“Mr. president:
We must preserve the technical character of the OPCW, the international body mandated to ensure compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. We deeply regret the politicization of the debates. Unfounded accusations against the Russian Federation are inadmissible. Cuba reiterates that cooperation must prevail over confrontation, while rejecting the application of unilateral measures, which undermine international stability.
Thank you very much.”
https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/salisbury-incident/related-official-documents/
A very sophisticated, logical and fact based argument. But when such is applied to schoolyard bullies, they are not useful. Casting pearls before swine might be the appropriate term.
However, that is not to say his actions are useless. The rest of the world is watching and many are persuaded more by logic than by schoolyard insults put downs.
Great to have this view and questions. Not that any of the “great brainwashed” will change their minds but it is a macabre type of fun to watch them rationalize beyond what words can describe.
There is no logical thinking among politicians in the West or its people. In the Nordic countries where I live (Sweden) people are busy paying their interest rates, taxes and their recipes for self-inflicted diseases that the Western “democracies” imposed on them. The pressure from Sorros is increasing and people move slowly but surely our back yard. The people here are all too busy with neighbors they do not want, at work where too many people are having difficulty with the language. MSM hails disagreement daily, also on state-owned television it is hacking on people. Politicians only talk about jobs that are not or have never existed, that new citizens must be interfered in society and the sex must not be determined at birth or god. We live in a pre-war era that shrinks.
Now I want to let off steam. Some people within Russia still try and spin the idea that some Anglo are good and care about the truth but in reality there is only a tiny about 2 % who are challenging the empire from inside. Western Partners and all this stuff. The next plan is to take away Russia’s veto power on the basis it supports a gas attacking war criminal Assad.
Trying to explain rationally things to Anglo politicians and their populations is a waste of time. If you live in USA, UK etc you will see this clearly. Their sheer ugliness in mind and body shocks you, from the way Greed is considered glorious, obesity is accepted, attention seeking in all ways etc. Facts do not matter at all to hordes of violent minded, ill people sat stuffing there faces on junk in front of a computer or television. The goal of the Empire is to dehumanise, humiliate and fragment Russian society to create its collapse or target as an enemy in a Hot War. We must never lose sight of this.
(Your name has been abbreviated as it was too long.Mod.)
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