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Lavrov says Russia doesn’t accept Ukraine’s “Nazi” regime
(MENAFN) Russia recognizes Ukraine as an independent state but refuses to accept the current Kiev government, which it describes as a “Nazi” regime intent on the “extermination of everything Russian,” according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
In an interview aired Sunday on a Hungarian YouTube channel, Lavrov said today’s Ukraine is vastly different from the country whose sovereignty Moscow supported after the Soviet Union’s collapse.
“We recognize the independence of Ukraine, no doubt about this, [but] we recognized Ukraine on the basis of its own Declaration of Independence and Constitution… which defined Ukraine as a non-nuclear, neutral, non-bloc country guaranteeing the rights of all national minorities,” he said.
Lavrov claimed that after the 2014 Maidan coup, Ukraine became “a bluntly Nazi regime” that “shows open contempt for anything Russian,” targeting its history, media, culture, religion, education, and language.
He highlighted that the post-coup Ukrainian authorities quickly revoked the official status of the Russian language, enacting laws that removed regional recognition and restricted its public use. Lavrov called Ukraine “the only country on Earth” to ban a UN language and said Russian speakers in Donetsk and Lugansk—now part of Russia following referendums—were reduced to “second-sort people” despite constitutional guarantees for minority rights. He stressed that a key objective for Moscow is to protect these communities from persecution.
“We are convinced that we must save people from the Nazi regime – people who have always been part of Russian culture,” Lavrov stated, adding that Kiev’s Western supporters should prioritize the restoration of language and minority rights before asking Russia, “when will you end the war.”
Lavrov also asserted that territories such as Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye, and Crimea are “not actually new” but rather “historic Russian territories” that remained part of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which later became modern Ukraine.
In an interview aired Sunday on a Hungarian YouTube channel, Lavrov said today’s Ukraine is vastly different from the country whose sovereignty Moscow supported after the Soviet Union’s collapse.
“We recognize the independence of Ukraine, no doubt about this, [but] we recognized Ukraine on the basis of its own Declaration of Independence and Constitution… which defined Ukraine as a non-nuclear, neutral, non-bloc country guaranteeing the rights of all national minorities,” he said.
Lavrov claimed that after the 2014 Maidan coup, Ukraine became “a bluntly Nazi regime” that “shows open contempt for anything Russian,” targeting its history, media, culture, religion, education, and language.
He highlighted that the post-coup Ukrainian authorities quickly revoked the official status of the Russian language, enacting laws that removed regional recognition and restricted its public use. Lavrov called Ukraine “the only country on Earth” to ban a UN language and said Russian speakers in Donetsk and Lugansk—now part of Russia following referendums—were reduced to “second-sort people” despite constitutional guarantees for minority rights. He stressed that a key objective for Moscow is to protect these communities from persecution.
“We are convinced that we must save people from the Nazi regime – people who have always been part of Russian culture,” Lavrov stated, adding that Kiev’s Western supporters should prioritize the restoration of language and minority rights before asking Russia, “when will you end the war.”
Lavrov also asserted that territories such as Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye, and Crimea are “not actually new” but rather “historic Russian territories” that remained part of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which later became modern Ukraine.
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