President Vladimir Putin has once again pointed the finger at the West, accusing it of harboring racist sentiments towards the federation. On Saturday, January 27, the leader of Moscow lashed out against the government on the occasion of the inauguration of a monument commemorating the Second World War in the Leningrad region Russophobia Europe and what he defined as violations Human rights carried out by the Baltic countries.
“In some European countries, Russophobia is promoted as state policy,” Putin explained, before returning to the comparisonUkraine to the Third Reich and declared that “the Kiev regime glorifies Hitler’s accomplices, the SS men.” This was an element of the Tsar's rhetoric that served as a pretext to justify the invasion of the Eastern European nation and secure popular support. In his speech, the Russian president also had harsh words against Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were ruled by Moscow during the Cold War and are now among the NATO and European Union members most critical of the federation. “Tens of thousands of people are being declared in the Baltic states Subhumandeprived and subjugated of their most basic rights Persecutions“Putin argued. “Moscow has repeatedly accused these countries of xenophobia and treating Russian minorities as second-class citizens.”
The reference refers to the three nations' decision to erect barriers on their borders to curb illegal immigration, which is being used as a weapon by Russia and Belarus Hybrid warfareand the deportation ordered by the Riga government 1,200 citizens the Federation and Minsk, who did not provide proof of knowledge of the Latvian language. This is a move that Vladimir Putin called “a threat to the world.” National security Russia” and called on its government to prepare proposals by July 1 on “protecting the rights of compatriots abroad and adopting measures in the event of illegal deportation.” According to the Institute for War Research, the Tsar's instruction would be evidence of “aggressive intentions towards the Baltics,” where the Kremlin has over the years a “Information base for future escalation,” likely part of “broader attempts to destabilize NATO.” The Russian minorities living in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania could therefore be real weapons that the Federation could use in the event of a conflict with the West, which senior Atlantic Alliance officials say could break out within the next decade. Years.