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Flags of Israel. Archive photoTEL AVIV, May 2. Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov has been summoned for an explanatory conversation at the Jewish Foreign Ministry in connection with the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.» outrageous remarks of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian Ambassador to Israel for an explanatory conversation with the Deputy General Director of the department for Euro-Asia,» the message says. On Sunday, the Russian Foreign Minister gave an interview to the Italian television company Mediaset, in which stated that there is “Nazification” in Ukraine, “captured militants and battalions of Azov (against whose fighters criminal cases have been initiated in the Russian Federation — ed.), Aidar and other units wear … the symbol and tattoos of the swastika, Nazi battalions.» Lavrov added that Volodymyr Zelensky «puts forward an argument: what kind of Nazism can they have if he is a Jew.» According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which are quoted on the website of the Foreign Ministry, «this means absolutely nothing, the wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.» Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called the words of the Russian colleague «an unforgivable and outrageous statement , as well as a terrible historical mistake.» The Russian Embassy has not commented on this yet.