STORY: Russia's foreign ministry calls U.S. military hegemony "evil of modern world"
DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023
LENGTH: 0:02:19
LOCATION: Moscow
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): CHEN TING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): MARIA ZAKHAROVA, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Russian): CHEN TING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Russian): MARIA ZAKHAROVA, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): CHEN TING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
"Recently, a report by the Xinhua Analytical Center 'US Military Hegemony: Origins, Facts and Dangers' was published in Beijing. What is the relevance of this Xinhua Think Tank publication today?"

SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): MARIA ZAKHAROVA, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"The indicator in the form of American terrible, colossal public debt, in my opinion, is one of the manifestations of the fact that, in pursuit for some kind of the world domination, they missed the main thing: they missed their own problems, which are now obviously not problems, but crises.
And American hegemony does exist, and it is aggressive, and it has a military-political dimension. For example: the NATO bloc, aggressive, working against collective principles in international relations, endlessly sowing destabilization, the one that has not responded to any of the crises that it created.
With pleasure I will study the materials you are talking about, I think it would be more correct if the Xinhua News Agency translated them into different languages, perhaps you have already done this, and we would also be happy to share those assessments that may coincide with ours. I believe that its preparation is extremely timely and the wording is absolutely accurate."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Russian): CHEN TING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
"How would you assess the US military hegemony?"

SOUNDBITE 4 (Russian): MARIA ZAKHAROVA, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"The evil of the modern world. There is evil in this world, and it is precisely in the concepts of American hegemonism, they name it differently: neo-imperialism, neocolonialism; hegemony, in principle, includes these concepts, is concentrated what does not allow the world to solve pressing issues and problems, develop, have equal rights, and to have, also obligations for all states and to feel, most importantly, free, to rely on the right, but at the same time to feel free. This is what American hegemonism hinders."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow.
(XHTV)