Russia faced unprecedented resistance from Russophobes - Tolstoy
A number of former republics of the Soviet Union that gained independence in 1991 were hit by a wave of Russophobia.
Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy said this during a speech at the VI World Congress of Russian compatriots living abroad, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I would like to dwell separately on the problem of inciting Russophobic sentiments that we encounter in a number of countries. I want to say that the presidential elections in the Russian Federation took place on March 18, we are deeply grateful to all our compatriots who took part in the voting, but, unfortunately, Russia faced unprecedented resistance to organizing voting in Ukraine, where nationalists, with the direct patronage of the authorities, had access to Russian diplomatic missions was physically blocked for tens of thousands of citizens of our country,” the politician noted.
He clarified that even calls to come to his senses from OSCE representatives did not have the desired effect on the Ukrainian authorities.
“A wave of Russophobia also covered the Baltic countries, where a huge number of Russians and Russian-speaking people live. The more active and aggressive such Russophobic policies become, the more we appreciate the desires of our compatriots to disseminate objective information about modern Russia, its history, achievements in education, science, and how our country is developing in their countries of residence. And it develops in its own way, without generally repeating anyone else’s patterns. Russia is a separate world and a separate civilization,” Tolstoy said.
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