Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the governments of Ukraine and Moldova for allegedly discriminating against Russian culture and language. Lavrov warned that such actions were unacceptable and compared the situations in Ukraine and Moldova, particularly mentioning Transnistria. He argued that Moldova was following in the footsteps of Ukraine in terms of anti-Russian policies.
Lavrov threatens "Moldovan regime" over Transnistria. He compares Moldova with Ukraine and says that "the situation is identical." https://t.co/OdQ1CyfyVy https://t.co/y05UOpBnSF
The Moldovan regime is following closely the path of the Kyiv regime. The regime in Chisinau is following in the footsteps of the Kyiv one - abolishing everything Russian and, together with the Ukrainians, putting serious economic pressure on Transnistria. ️We called on the… https://t.co/6lM0EeW6ed
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov: “We had warned our Western colleagues for years, that there would be disastrous consequences of NATO expanding to the East, & engulfing that country [Ukraine].” https://t.co/6m1WqNAdWP
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov saying all the things about Moldova that he did about Ukraine just before Russia invaded. “The Moldovan regime is following in the footsteps of the Kiev one,” Lavrov. “Everything Russian is being cancelled. If we were Moldova, we would take this… https://t.co/eMimDMerKB
"The Moldovan regime is following in the footsteps of the Kyiv one", - Lavrov 🐴 P.S. I have already heard it somewhere...
After 'the regime in Kyiv', Lavrov is now talking about the 'Regime in Chisinau', referring to the government of Moldova. Lavrov stated that the Moldovan government is following in the footsteps of Ukraine. https://t.co/itzmn6FjAW
Notice how Lavrov didn’t just single out Transnistria, where Russian remains the primary language. Instead he makes the ridiculous premise that a sovereign country must continue to speak and teach a non-native language that was literally forced upon it for half a century. https://t.co/jkOAE5RSlG
Lavrov said Moldova is following into Kyiv’s footsteps discriminating everything Russian. That is false - we still have schools teaching in Russian, Russian language theatres, papers etc. Which is more than minorities get in Russia or even in Europe https://t.co/dF0aiXKOd9
Lavrov: If Finland were to abolish the Swedish language, which is spoken by 5% of the population, there'd be a revolt. In the Ukraine more than half of the population is either ethnic Russian or Russian-speaking, and they are discriminated against, insulted, physically… https://t.co/LQp0MpzG5L
At the Antalya Diplomaсy Forum, Sergey Lavrov spoke about Russian education and language being banished in Ukraine. He said, that the Kiev regime decided to destroy everything connected to Russian culture, despite Moscow’s appeals to the West, warning that this was unacceptable. https://t.co/MTB0bS1koc