UK turns Russophobia argument on Moscow, claims biggest risk to Russian society is warfare in Ukraine

The U.Okay. on Tuesday regarded to show Moscow’s declare of “Russophobia” on its head when it accused the Kremlin of being the best risk to Russian tradition and society on account of its continued warfare in Ukraine. 

In a U.N. Security Council assembly known as by Russia to handle what it claims is “Russophobia” coming from Western nations that oppose its warfare in Ukraine, U.Okay. Minister Counselor Fergus Eckersley, mentioned, “We don’t undergo from Russophobia.” 

The U.N. Security Council holds a gathering on the Middle East in November 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

“Russophobia is likely one of the ever-growing record of excuses the Russian authorities has give you to justify its warfare in Ukraine,” he mentioned, giving a part of his handle in Russian to make sure Russians listening may absolutely perceive him. 

“The Russian authorities could consider that this propaganda will assist to justify at dwelling the lives of the tens of hundreds of Russian troopers who’ve been sacrificed.

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“Colleagues, Russia shouldn’t be underneath assault. There is just one aggressor right here.”

Members of the council have repeatedly known as on Moscow to withdraw its forces from all of Ukraine, together with the areas its has claimed to have annexed.

In a separate present of opposition to Russia’s claims of oppression by Western nations, the U.Okay. invited Yale University Professor of History Timothy Snyder to transient the council. 

A pedestrian walks previous the “Children of Donbass” open-air picture exhibition exterior the Estonian Consulate in Moscow Jan. 23, 2023. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP by way of Getty Images)

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“Harm to Russian tradition is primarily a matter of Russian coverage,” Snyder mentioned. “The Russian warfare of aggression in Ukraine has killed extra audio system of Russian than every other motion by far.

“There’s no comparability,” he added. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the mass killing of Russian residents. Some 200,000 are useless or maimed.”

Russian officers have repeatedly claimed that Western nations are aiding Ukraine out of condemnation for Russia and its individuals, reasonably than as a response to its invasion of its southwest neighbor over a yr in the past. 

Vassily Nebenzia, a everlasting consultant of the Russian Federation of the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council assembly on the upkeep of peace and safety of Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York City Feb. 24, 2023.  (Timothy A. Clary/AFP by way of Getty Images)

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Moscow’s U.N. consultant, Vassily Nebenzia, as soon as once more pushed this narrative Tuesday in response to feedback from the U.Okay. and it is visitor speaker. 

Nebenzia additionally repeated the false claims that Kyiv is headed by “Nazis” and instructed that Russia was not seeking to reunite Ukraine with Russia regardless of having already annexed 5 of its areas, however reasonably to oust its management.