“The regime in Kiev praises Hitler's accomplices, members of the SS… In several European countries, Russophobia is promoted as state policy,” the Russian president said
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
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MOSCOW, Jan 27 (Portal) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday rebuked Europe for “Russophobia” and criticized the Baltic states over their human rights as he unveiled a World War II memorial. Since Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine nearly two years ago, he has drawn comparisons to the fight against the Nazis to mobilize his country.
“The regime in Kiev praises Hitler's accomplices, SS members… In a number of European countries, Russophobia is promoted as state policy,” Putin said in the Leningrad region on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Nazi siege.
He explained that the Germans' goal at the time was to steal the Soviet Union's resources and destroy its population. Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union and was devastated by Hitler's troops, rejects comparisons as baseless pretexts for a war of conquest.
In his speech, Putin also criticized the Baltic states for human rights violations. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania which were ruled by Moscow during the Cold War but are now members of the European Union and the NATO military alliance are among the harshest critics of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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“In the Baltic states, tens of thousands of people are declared inhumane, deprived of their most basic rights and subjected to persecution,” said Putin, referring to the repression of migration. Moscow has repeatedly accused the Baltic states of xenophobia and treating Russian minorities as “secondclass citizens.”