Russia to take asymmetric steps in response to Russophobic campaign in Baltic states

Moscow, SANA- Russia will take asymmetric measures, first of all in the political and economic spheres, in response to the Russophobic actions of the Baltic nations, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

“We don’t want to become like those who have unleashed this campaign and use such barbaric methods. But what is currently going on in the Baltic states is unacceptable for us, and, naturally, it will tell on bilateral relations with these countries, which are already at the lowest ebb. We have been taking and will continue to take asymmetric measure, first of all in the political and economic spheres. Responsibility for what is going on rests entirely on the Baltic authorities, which are reluctant to understand what they are doing,” the ministry said.

According to the ministry, the unprecedented barbaric campaign against monuments to Soviet soldiers in Baltic countries and on discrimination of their own Russian-speaking population has gone beyond common sense and humanness.

The Russian foreign ministry noted that nationalists in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are distorting history of the 20th century to support the Russophobic course of their states.

“Glorification of Nazi accomplices has become part of their policy, which has led to the current wave of desecration of the Soviet memorial heritage. Such policy is incompatible with the annual resolution of the United Nations General Assembly ‘Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” the ministry stressed.

ALI, Baraa