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02
May
2022

Kuleba: Lavrov fails to conceal deep anti-Semitism of Russian elites

KYIV. May 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statements are insulting both to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and to Israel and the entire Jewish people, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

"FM Lavrov could not help hiding the deeply-rooted antisemitism of the Russian elites. His heinous remarks are offensive to President Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel, and the Jewish people. More broadly, they demonstrate that today’s Russia is full of hatred towards other nations," Kuleba said on Twitter.

Earlier, in an interview with Mediaset, Lavrov said: "He (Zelensky) presents the argument: what kind of nazification can they have if he is Jewish. I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. That means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say that the most rabid anti-Semites tend to be Jews. "Accidents will happen in the best regulated families," as we say.