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Russia Today
5 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Moscow calls for ‘International day against Russophobia'
The world needs an 'International Day against Russophobia,' Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, adding that this 'extremist' ideology should not be allowed to take root in the international community. Anti-Russian propaganda spread by Western nations has already led to numerous tragedies, including the Ukraine conflict, the spokeswoman told an International Summer School for young public officials. 'Weapons are being supplied to the terrorist Kiev regime under the hellish banners of Russophobia,' she said. According to Zakharova, the hatred of everything Russian has become 'yet another extremist, Nazi… neo-Nazi ideology that kills people both literally and figuratively.' It should be combated just like any other racial or religious hatred, the spokeswoman maintained. Russophobia should have 'no place on Earth,' much less as a state ideology, she said, naming Ukraine as one of the prime examples of nations harboring the ideology and depriving millions of people of their native Russian language. The government in Kiev has waged a campaign to purge anything linked to Russia for years. The authorities have renamed streets and demolished monuments deemed linked to Russia, including some UNESCO World Heritage sites. Moscow has cited the protection of the Russian-speaking population of Donbass among the key reasons for the military operation it launched in 2022. The continued repression of the Russian-speaking population by the Ukrainian government has been consistently ignored by the US and the EU since the Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014, according to Russia. The Baltic states have also ramped up enforcement actions against anyone suspected of having Russian ties. Hundreds of people, primarily ethnic Russians, have reportedly been deported from Latvia for failing a Latvian language exam. Riga has also prohibited entry of Russian citizens who own real estate near strategically important sites, citing security concerns. In June, top officials from Baltic and Nordic nations called on Brussels to ban all Russians with past or current ties to the military from entering the Schengen Zone.
Reuters
24-07-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Russia says rising tariffs threaten US and global economy
MOSCOW, July 24 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that rising trade tariffs carried risks for the economy of the United States and the whole world. Zakharova was commenting on U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump, who has aggressively raised tariffs on countries exporting to the U.S. Trump last week also threatened heavy new sanctions against Russia and countries that buy its exports unless Moscow agrees to a Ukraine peace deal by early September. Zakharova told a press briefing that U.S. actions could lead to a "fragmentation of the world economy", and the U.S. had become a source of additional instability in world trade.
Russia Today
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
EU funding ‘death' of Ukraine
The European Union is funding the 'death' of Ukraine by paying for weapons sent to Kiev, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. On Monday, US President Donald Trump unveiled a proposal to continue delivering American weapons to Ukraine at the expense of EU taxpayers. Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, said that the proposal was welcome, but that Trump should not take credit for aid unless the US is willing to 'share the burden.' 'Was Kaya starting to figure things out?' Zakharova wrote on social media on Wednesday. 'Let's help her: it's a bit like being told to foot the bill for a meal someone else enjoys, only for them to end up dead afterward. Am I correct?' Moscow has consistently argued that no amount of Western military aid will make it change its core goals in the conflict. The Kremlin has described the EU's approach as an attempt to prolong the war 'to the last Ukrainian' and harm Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy. Trump has emphasized that arms sales to Ukraine are a business opportunity for the US. His administration maintains the proposal is naturally shifting responsibility for Ukraine's future to the EU, which it says has the most to gain or lose. 'Europe wants to take the traditional defense of Europe. They should,' US Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker told Fox News. 'The reality right now in Europe is they cannot manufacture the armaments required on the battlefield of Ukraine, or on the battlefield if there is a potential war in Europe.' Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the EU was placing 'improper pressure' on Trump to adopt a more pro-Ukrainian stance. He warned that escalating sanctions on Moscow – something Trump also threatened – would ultimately harm EU member states more than Russia.
