🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, June 7, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹#Ukraine
🔹Tolyatti-Odessa #ammonia pipeline explosion
🔹#Moldova
🔹 #SPIEF2023
🔹 Report on the #HumanRights in certain countries
🔹 #BritishCrimes against the Maori
🔹 #Senegal
🔹#RussianLanguageDay

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Talking points:

#Ukraine

No matter how hard Western sponsors may strive to saturate the Kiev regime with weapons in order to inflict the maximum possible harm on Russia, their efforts are in vain. Even more people will perish, if they continue doing this. Unfortunately, the Kiev regime will not calm down and will continue to perpetrate extremist and terrorist attacks all over the world.

#Moldova

Unlike the collective West, Russia is not interfering with Moldova’s internal affairs. It is not asking for anything, nor is it suggesting that it changes or rewrites anything. Russia does not come up with any pre-conditions. Russia complies with existing agreements and works to promote the relations that have not yet been blocked by Maia Sandu and her team. Unfortunately, Russia is witnessing a situation where the people that came to power in Chisinau under completely different slogans are destroying the country.

#HumanRights #NorthernEurope

❗️ Northern Europe nations pose themselves as human rights champions, but in reality the trends as regards human rights situation are quite disturbing. The issues mainly stem from the mass migration, deficiencies in the law enforcement system, the spread of radical neo-liberal ideas and far-right ideologies.

🇸🇪 In Sweden:
• The statistics of hate crimes are alarming: 6-7 thousand cases per year, about 70% of them have xenophobic and racist overtones.
• The situation is still aggravated by heightened activities of aggressive right-wing extremist and neo-Nazi movements.
• Violations against refugees have increased due to the worsening migration crisis.

🇩🇰 In Denmark:
• Discriminatory attitudes towards migrants still persist.
• There is a practice of detaining persons who have been refused asylum (this mainly concerns people from Syria).
• The number of religious and racially motivated hate crimes continues to rise.

🇳🇴 In Norway:
• Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are not uncommon.
• A number of radical right groups confessing ideas of national and racial exclusivity operate in the country.
• Human rights activists note the excessive use of isolation and coercive methods in prisons.

🇮🇸 In Iceland:
• Sexual violence is widespread. A survey by the University of Iceland found that every fourth Icelandic woman has been raped or sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
• Human rights community notes with concern a rise of hate speech, especially towards ethnic and religious groups and foreign Muslims.
• There is a rise of Russophobia in Icelandic society.

🇫🇮 In Finland:
• Racial discrimination and xenophobia remain a problem.
• Right‑wing extremist sentiments are widespread and even growing in society.
• There have also been cases of disproportionate use of coercive measures by law enforcement agencies against participants in peaceful demonstrations.
• Significant growth of discriminatory attitude towards our compatriots has been noted.

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