MOSCOW, October 1 – Novosti. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she was “touched by Western arguments that Russia has decided to ‘redraw the map of Europe'” and responded to such criticism.
“I am touched by the arguments of the West that Russia has decided to ‘redraw the map of Europe.’ It is ridiculous that this thesis is being advocated in Germany, which has its current borders solely due to their ‘redrawing’ in the late 80s of the 20th century,” Zakharova wrote. in your Telegram channel.
She recalled the political slogan of Chancellor Willy Brandt: Jetzt wächst zusammen, was zusammengehört (“Now unites what is one”).
“In the 80s, we understood the Germans and went to meet their aspirations. It was our good will, despite the fact that German fascism destroyed half of our country and destroyed over 25 million of our citizens. And it’s not for Berlin to stutter about “redrawing” borders – it’s scary to remember their historical experience, but you can’t forget it either,” Zakharova wrote.
According to her, it is also ridiculous that the countries of Eastern Europe come forward with this thesis , “many of which have become sovereign states solely due to the” redrawing “of borders in recent decades.”
“Enjoying the privileges they received and forgetting about morality and responsibility, these capitals did not want to know how the people feel, who sacrificed a lot for the sake of Europe in the 20th century and received their own division for this. she added.
Zakharova also recalled that Ukraine for the first time in history gained statehood thanks to the “redrawing” of borders – in 1918, and then 70 years later.
“It’s funny to hear about the “redrawing” of borders from across the ocean. After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia , after supporting the “redrawing” of Serbia and the American adventure with the “independence of Kosovo.” They need to decide once and for all: “redrawing” the borders is good or bad If they start saying that “everything depends on the context”, then it is difficult to find a more suitable “context” than the constant oppression of national minorities on linguistic and ethnic grounds, which ended in eight years of terror,” she concluded.
Earlier, Russia vetoed in the UN Security Council a draft resolution by the United States and Albania that does not recognize referendums in the DPR , LPR , Zaporozhye and Kherson regions . The text condemned “the organization by Russia of illegal so-called referendums in the regions of Ukraine, within the internationally recognized borders.” Russia’s actions were called illegal and it was noted that they could not form the basis for changing the status of the four regions.
The authors called on all countries, international organizations and specialized structures not to recognize the change in the status of “Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine.” Also in the text there was a call not to recognize the accession of four regions to the Russian Federation. In addition, Moscow was called upon to immediately withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
The West, not recognizing the referendums on joining Russia, is showing double standards, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzya pointed out in the Security Council earlier , recalling the recognition of Kosovo . There are other examples in history of the recognition by the West of the separation and annexation of territories without the consent of the states to which they belonged. Texas seceded from Mexico in 1836 and then became part of the United States; in 1990 and 1991, Slovenia and Croatia held referendums on independence from Yugoslavia without the consent of its authorities and were recognized; in 1991 referendums on independence from the USSR were held in Estonia , Ukraine, Georgia , Moldova, Turkmenistan , Armenia and Azerbaijan – against the will of the Soviet leadership and the entire Soviet people, who at the all-Union referendum spoke in favor of preserving the Union; and during the unification of the FRG and the GDR, no one asked the opinion of the population at all – the absorption of East Germany by West took place without a referendum.
At the same time, the results of referendums within the Western countries themselves are ignored. In 2017, 90% of the inhabitants of the autonomy voted for the independence of Catalonia from Spain , after which Madrid began large-scale repressions against supporters of independence. At the end of 2017, the inhabitants of the Italian Veneto and Lombardy demanded more autonomy from Rome in referenda , but the process of granting new powers from the central authorities stalled.
