Plate on the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation . Archival photoMOSCOW, April 18Russophobia has assumed an unprecedented character and is already becoming the political ideology of a number of states, said Alexander Nurizade, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for work with compatriots abroad. has never happened in history, is already becoming not just a typical manifestation of chauvinism, but a kind of ideology on which the policy of a number of states is based,» Nurizadeh said at a press conference dedicated to the launch of the international humanitarian project «For the Rights of Compatriots».
Russophobia kills. What will the blockade of Russia lead to? According to him, about 30 million Russians currently live abroad, many of whom need help today. «A separate topic for me is the politicization of the Russian language … the last example that struck me was UNESCO, which postponed consideration of the issue of establishing a world day of the Russian language,» Nurizadeh said. He added that it is extremely difficult to explain the adoption of such a decision by a «de-ideologized organization». The diplomat also reported on the increase in cases of vandalism in different countries regarding places of military glory on the eve of the Victory Day celebrations.
