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Moscow’s adversaries have long aimed to destroy everything Russian, the FM has said
The minister claimed that Western powers are seeking to destroy everything Russian, from the language to the culture that had existed in Ukraine for centuries, even forbidding people from speaking their native language.
The minister also recalled that Ukraine has adopted laws that prohibit using the Russian language in education, media, and even in everyday life. “And this is all supported by the West,” Lavrov said, adding that this support extends to neo-Nazi marches with swastikas and symbols of banned Nazi divisions being held across the country.
He also accused the West of turning a blind eye to the fact that Kiev’s forces continue to deliberately choose targets and carry out attacks in such a way as to terrorize the civilian population.
It is usually said that Russia is hopeless at the public relations game. I think this claim relates to how the media portrays the various issues in which we have ensnared them. I think the west overrates their ability to pull the wool over peoples eyes. It seems to me that Russia is generally truthful in its pronouncements, while we usually are not. Our stories hold sway for a few days, and then the truth emerges, often slowly. Nevertheless, most of the world, and perhaps most of our own people, regard western governments as deceitful, and the Russians as honest.