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| Putin expresses concern for the Russian-speaking citizens in Ukraine |
| 2022-02-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Russian President Vladimir Putin was concerned about discrimination against the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine. This was stated by the Russian leader on February 8 during a press conference following talks with French leader Emmanuel Macron. The head of Russia explained that he was concerned about discrimination against the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, enshrined in law. Putin pointed out that the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine is denied "both recognition as an indigenous people, in fact, in their native land, and the use of their native language." The President of Russia called it strange that this fact is not reflected in any way “in some position on the part of the European countries” and expressed the hope that the President of France, following the meeting in Moscow, will discuss with the Kiev authorities during his upcoming visit to Ukraine issues of ensuring security guarantees and stability in Europe. Earlier, REGNUM reported that Russian President Putin announced that Ukraine was taking a course towards the dismantling of the Minsk agreements. Putin: dialogue with the US and NATO on security guarantees will continue [REGNUM] Russia's dialogue with the United States and NATO on security assurances is not over yet, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. "I don’t think that this is where our dialogue is over," he said. At the same time, Putin stressed that NATO and the United States, in their responses to Russian proposals, did not pay attention to the main problems troubling Russia. According to the Russian leader, the West simply ignored these provisions. As REGNUM reported earlier, a meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden took place earlier . It was noted that during the talks, anti-Russian sanctions were discussed, which could be introduced in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 When Putin gets concerned about something we should get concerned. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2022-02-08 16:37 |
| #6 The Sudetenland comparison's not even close. This was Tatar / Cossack territory for centuries. Russians arrived mainly in Catherine's time at the end of the 18thc. and later in the 19tg c. after Englishman John Hughes established steelworks to exploit the vast coal reserves. The Russians who bear the most blame for destroying the Donbas industrial region and causing the current mess are Trotsky and Lenin, who first aligned with and exploited Nestor Makhno's Anarcho-Communist (sound familiar?) movement to defeat the White forces in the Civil War and then demolished their useful-tool allies in 1920. Which pattern the Ukrainian crazies seem destined to repeat again and again: side with a "liberator" and then get crushed by him. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-08 09:57 |
| #5 /\ Exactly correct ! Biden's open border and re-population efforts, a mirror image. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-08 08:44 |
| #4 The Soviets settled ethnic Russians in all the "republics" in part to crowd out the locals and in part to set the stage for just this gambit. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-02-08 08:41 |
| #3 Beat me to it, Deacon.... Got to admit, Pooty is a student of history....of course, he should also consider where that gambit ended up 6 or 7 years later |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-08 07:59 |
| #2 ^ |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-08 07:37 |
| #1 Echos of the Sudetanland? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-02-08 05:09 |