Greek lawyer spoke about the racist policy of the EU towards Russians

Headquarters of the European Union in Brussels. File photoATHENA, May 25.Based on the principles of education and equality, European states are pursuing a racist and offensive policy towards Russian citizens, Konstantinos Dedes, a well-known Greek lawyer, Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in the Peloponnese region, said at the international conference «Legal and social issues of the migration crisis. International experience.» The forum was organized Greek-Russian Club «Dialogue» with the assistance of the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad. It was attended by university professors from Athens, London, Istanbul and Sofia, well-known lawyers, journalists, representatives of organizations of Russian compatriots.The mayor of Lvov called Russophobia in Ukraine insufficientAccording to him, since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, «European states, which were based on the principles of love, enlightenment, brotherhood, equality, have pursued an offensive, racist policy towards Russian citizens.» «They confiscated the property of individuals. What legislation allows the confiscation of property of individuals if the state where the owner comes from is in conflict with another, neighboring state? Ukraine is neither a member of the European Union nor NATO. What law does this follow from? ?» — said Dedes. The lawyer said that he studied law in Greece, Italy, other countries, there is no such thing in the legislation anywhere. According to him, Russians who bought property in Greece cannot now obtain a residence permit. «What constitution dictates this? Yachts are confiscated from people just because they are Russians, arrests are made on accounts in Greek banks, which demanded that all Russians provide certificates of payment of insurance premiums, taxes, origin of income. I understand that they came from the conflict zone, but they come in luxury limousines, rent luxury hotel rooms and live there. Let them come if they do not feel safe at home. But we should not have two different approaches,» he said. lawyer.The Foreign Ministry said that the Polish authorities are at the forefront of Russophobia According to him, Ukrainians are Europe's favorite migrants, but Russians are not. “But what is the difference between Ukrainians and Russians from an ethnic point of view? They are the same nationality. But it so happened that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the husband has a Ukrainian passport, and his wife has a Russian one. So, the husband is good, and his wife is bad? Here we are talking about an obvious violation of human rights,» he said. «This is not the topic of our conference, but I decided to express it because it boiled over,» Dedes said. The former Greek First Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani. «Racism is inherent in our society,» she said. According to her, refugees from Myanmar, Somalia, Yemen, «completely forgotten» Palestine are in poorer countries. «The European Union describes its policy as 'we open our hearts but close our borders'. People are not allowed into territorial waters, border guards carry out a pushback («push»), when people are thrown back into the sea.» The Greek side, under the government of the New Democracy party, has absolutely closed this issue (for discussion),» Valavani said. She said that there is a restriction of democracy in Europe. «This is a targeted de-democratization of political life, where the most important aspects and issues of everyday move to certain control mechanisms that do not answer and do not report to anyone. We can take as an example the Eurogroup (financial ministers of the euro area countries), which does not share the minutes of their meetings,» said the former deputy finance minister. >Lavrov noted the attempts of Western governments to play along with everyday Russophobia, Valavani said that populism from a Latin American phenomenon has become a European phenomenon since 2010, populist parties have come to power and hold it in countries such as Austria and Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, others. «These parties in their political agenda is based on racism. In migration policy, this is often covered up by statements about Islamist refugees,» Valavani said, noting that among the populist parties there are both extremist leftists and neo-Nazis. Speaking of left-wing populism, Valavani said that it replaces political thinking speeches about morality and anti-capitalist statements that do not lead to any solutions. According to her, left and right populism in Europe supports the theory of two extremes — right and left. «Almost in all European countries, an ultra-right agenda is being adopted on migration and social issues. We are seeing this in Poland, Slovakia, the countries of the Visegrad Group,» Valavani said. Speaking of refugees from Ukraine, the politician said that European cities are oversaturated with Ukrainian flags, everywhere the Ukrainian anthem plays, and the bureaucrats very quickly provide them with residence and work permits. «Even Poland, which refused to accept at least one refugee from Syria, accepts Ukrainian refugees. This is a propaganda machine,» the politician said. She believes that as more aid is allocated to Ukraine, prices rise, imaginary love for refugees will soon disappear. Ryabkov called Russophobia in the West disgustingFormer First Deputy Minister of National Defense of Greece, member of the Greek party «People's Unity» («Laiki Enotita»), Deputy Chairman of the international association «Friends of Crimea» Costas Hesychos said that people are fleeing not only from conflicts, but also from poverty. He believes that a genocide is taking place in Yemen, but people do not have the opportunity to leave their country and escape. Hesychos said that migration has turned from a problem into a kind of Hollywood show. «We see that they selectively show who exactly is a refugee and what country he comes from. The first country in terms of refugee flows is Syria, where there is still a war with «jihad warriors», NATO mercenaries. But Syria does not appear in the media «Syrian refugees are invisible, they don't exist in the modern world, they are unacceptable. This is a racist term that prevails in our media space. They are not white people, they follow a different religion, they do not have the same rights that refugees and migrants from Ukraine, who are in a different classification, are much higher than Syrians, Somalis, Sudanese and so on,» Hesychos believes. He noted that there are organizations that profit from the migration crisis.Russophobia developed in Ukraine under Western patronage, Shoigu said, «Of the 82 million refugees in the world, 40% are minors. 10% of them are not accompanied by their parents or other relatives. And we understand where these children end up — in sexual slavery, in labor slavery , in complex criminal situations. Today, Kosovo is the center of such crimes. But no one in the EU is taking this issue seriously,» the politician said. in order to survive, they will have to become NATO mercenaries and «export terrorism to other regions, to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and so on, possibly to Turkey.» 2014 after the Maidan.» One and a half million Ukrainians were forced to leave their country due to the racist policies of the regime. They left to Lugansk, Donetsk or to Russia. We know that they are counted and included in the statistics when they travel to the West, but when they travel in the other direction, towards Russia, Lugansk and Donetsk, then they are not included in the statistics. Consequently, they cannot have the same rights as other Ukrainians who have gone to the West. It's a certain kind of inequality,» Hesychos said. «There is no equality for refugees in Europe. It all depends on their country of origin or religion,» he said.