Kiev's Relinquishment of Elimination of Everything Russian Crucial for Settlement — Lavrov

TASS ^ | 2/26/25

[marshmallow]

The Russian foreign minister reiterated that promoting awareness and understanding of the root causes of the conflict by any state would constitute "the best contribution to creating conditions for a just settlement"

DOHA, February 26. /TASS/. The elimination of everything Russian has become a fundamental cause of the conflict in Ukraine. For a fair settlement to be achieved, Russia demands the Ukrainian authorities abandon this policy, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated at a news conference following his visit to Qatar.

"Today, we have once again highlighted a blatant issue that the West has deliberately and painstakingly ignored. This is the policy of the regime that came to power as a result of a government coup, which seeks to eradicate everything Russian through legislative measures in education, media, and culture," Lavrov emphasized.

Promoting awareness and understanding of the root causes of the conflict by any state would constitute "the best contribution to creating conditions for a just settlement."

"Furthermore, just recently, the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church was banned," Lavrov recalled. "This is a direct violation of the UN Charter, which mandates respect for human rights, including, above all, linguistic and religious rights. Yet, none of the Western representatives are addressing this issue."

[The Antiyuppie]

Hmm… the soviets(Russians) tried to do that to rhe Ukranians for 70 years.

[adorno]

This is the policy of the regime that came to power as a result of a government coup, which seeks to eradicate everything Russian through legislative measures in education, media, and culture," Lavrov emphasized.

Coups and intervention into other countries, are how Russian leaders operated in the past, and in the present. Looking in the mirror much, Lavrov?

And, when Russia goes into any country, including when they entered Ukraine in the past, they forced their way of doing things on the conquered people, like forcing Ukrainians to abandon the Ukrainian language in favor of the Russian language. When the Soviet Union ruled Ukraine, if anyone was caught speaking Ukrainian, they would be punished and/or never heard from again.

So, eliminating any Russia influence leftover from the past, is only fair.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So, eliminating any Russia influence leftover from the past, is only fair.

It's not fascism when you do it.

[marshmallow]

So, eliminating any Russia influence leftover from the past, is only fair.

Persecuting the Russian speakers in Ukraine is the key to peace in Eastern Europe going forward?

[JimRed]

Ukraine trying to eliminate everything Russian would be like the U.S. trying to eliminate everything Spanish/Hispanic/Mexican. Ain’t gonna happen. Live with it.

[adorno]

Persecuting the Russian speakers in Ukraine is the key to peace in Eastern Europe going forward?

How did you arrive at that conclusion from anything I said?

[adorno]

It's not fascism when you do it.

When fascism is imposed on you, you want to undo it, if it's harmful to you.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

When fascism is imposed on you, you want to undo it, if it's harmful to you.

Just as I said, it's not fascism when you do it because you're special.

[blitz128]

Yup they want a peace(surrender) settlement

DDAY announcement from Der Fuhrer

To all allied invaders:

Stop illegal invasion of our liberated brotherly territories, lay down your arms, and we will consider peace.

Yours truly AH

[marshmallow]

How did you arrive at that conclusion from anything I said?

Um.....exactly from what you said. You're all in favor of "eliminating Russian influence left over from the past".....I quote.

The Russian language is the preeminent example of "Russian influence". Eliminating the Russian language qualifies as persecution of those who wish to speak it.

[blitz128]

Yup they want a peace(surrender) settlement

DDAY announcement from Der Fuhrer

To all allied invaders:

Stop illegal invasion of our liberated brotherly territories, lay down your arms, and we will consider peace.

Yours truly AH

[adorno]

Um.....exactly from what you said. You're all in favor of "eliminating Russian influence left over from the past".....I quote.

In context to everything I commented in my posts, the fair thing to do would be what the Russians did while in control of Ukraine. It doesn't mean that it should be done; I only stated that 'the fair' thing to do would be as the Russians did to the Ukrainians. The fair thing for me to do to you is to cut off one of your fingers, if you cut off one of my fingers, but, the 'fair thing' does not mean that it should happen.

I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the Russian minister who suggested that it would be unfair for the Ukrainians to eradicate Russian influence in that country.

Context, my friend, context.

[Midwesterner53]

Russia: What’s ours is ours and what’s yours is ours. (Should make a lot of freepers happy)

[adorno]

Just as I said, it's not fascism when you do it because you're special.

I am special. ;)

And, fascism should be eliminated from wherever it exists. It's not fascism if the people decide it's the right thing to do to eliminate Russian influence, which was imposed by force.

[marshmallow]

I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the Russian minister who suggested that it would be unfair for the Ukrainians to eradicate Russian influence in that country.

Why is he a "hypocrite"? He's not saying the Soviets did nothing wrong in Ukraine. He's not extoling communism. He's simply dealing with the reality of 21st century Ukraine. The reality is that a significant fraction of the folks in Ukraine want to speak Russian. What Lavrov wants is for Russian language and culture to be available in schools for those who want it.

As for what's "fair", based on recent or even distant history, you don't want to go there. Redressing perceived historical wrongs is what's behind a substantial portion of "wokeism" in this country. Victimizing the present generation for the perceived wrongs of the past is never "fair" and never a reasonable way forward.

[marshmallow]

And, fascism should be eliminated from wherever it exists.

What Russian "fascism" has existed in Ukraine since 2014 that needed to be eliminated? What's "fascist" about the Russian language?

It's one thing to fight current oppression and totalitarianism but quite another to make the current generation pay for the wrongs, real or imagined, of the past. Is that what you consider to be "fair"?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It's not fascism if the people decide it's the right thing to do to eliminate Russian influence, which was imposed by force.

So if the people "decide it's the right thing to do" to send "Russian dissidents" to death camps, that's fine by you.

Check.

[Arcadian Empire]

Wrongs of the past do not justify wrongs of the present.

[epluribus_2]

Ask the Latvians. 50% are Russian now. Kinda like the USA American country was becoming something else - until TRUMP)