Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia Alemayehu Tegenu Argau. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 14Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia Alemayehu Tegenu Argau said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he did not understand why monuments to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin were being demolished in Ukraine. Over the past three months, more than 10 monuments to Pushkin, including in Uzhgorod, Nikolaev, Chernihiv and Ternopil. I know. UNESCO exists for such issues,» the ambassador said. Earlier, in an interview with RIA Novosti, he said that Pushkin unites Russia and Ethiopia, since the poet's ancestors were from this country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Ukrainian authorities for many years, they pursued a course of aggressive de-Russification and forced assimilation. He noted that Russia wants to see Ukraine as friendly, without a ban on the Russian language and Russian culture.
