"This was Russia's problem." The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan commented on the situation with the beaten Russian boy
People in Kyrgyzstan are unhappy that the grandchildren of those who defended Moscow during the Great Patriotic War are called “migrants.”
The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Akylbek Zhaparov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Kommersant.
The publication recalled the incident with the beating of a Russian boy in Kyrgyzstan and asked whether there is a problem of oppression of Russian speakers in the country.
“This was a Russian problem. That is, there were elections and Vladimir Volfovich decided that it was necessary to protect the interests of Russians, including in Kyrgyzstan,” Japarov said.
He believes that these were echoes of the LDPR election campaign.
“I must say with great pride that we are a country where the official language is Russian. And our children still declare their love in the language of Yesenin and Pushkin. We saved February 23rd. Look at your calendar - do you have it or not? Where else is November 7th still celebrated? We saved March 8th. There is May 1, there is May 9, all monuments to veterans of the Great Patriotic War are protected and cleaned,” the prime minister noted.
“We thank fate that we lived in a time called the Soviet Union. And none of us is fighting monuments to Lenin. That is, we are more Russian-speaking than Russians themselves. We cherish our history,” added the publication’s interlocutor.
At the same time, he admits that “life does not stand still.”
“We have a very difficult present when you know that your grandfather died for Moscow, and now his grandchildren in Moscow are called migrants and they cannot get a job. But I hope this period will pass and tomorrow we will also have a common great future. I think that the Eurasian Economic Union will still work on the principles on which it was proclaimed, and we will all be citizens of new countries not only with a common past history, but also with a very great future,” the head of government emphasized.
He was asked what he would like to replace the word “migrant” with.
What word would you like to use instead of “migrant”?
“In the USSR, did we call each other ‘migrant’? I want to use the phrase “citizen of Kyrgyzstan who is a member of the EAEU.” Citizens of the EAEU have the same rights and opportunities both in terms of getting a job and in other matters, do you understand? That is why we entered into a new union,” Japarov concluded.
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