Russian FM Lavrov says freezing Ukraine conflict would revive Nazism
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned at a Vladivostok lecture that freezing the Ukraine conflict would amount to reviving Nazism, betraying ancestors who defeated it in 1945.
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Why It Matters
Lavrov addressed the Eastern Economic Forum audience in Vladivostok, discussing the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
VLADIVOSTOK, September 3. /TASS/. Russia would effectively agree to the revival of Nazism if it agreed to freeze conflict, leaving the current Kiev regime intact, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a lecture organized by the Znanie (Knowledge) Society on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
"First of all, they don’t want to settle the conflict, they want to freeze it, leaving this threat on our borders," Lavrov said.
In his words, by agreeing to freeze the conflict, Moscow "would be greenlighting the revival of Nazism in the most literal sense, in the form of this quasi-state, fully dependent on the West but at the same time preserving its Nazi ideology."
"It would be betraying our ancestors, who defeated Nazism in 1945," the top Russian diplomat continued. "I do not think our people are ready for that. As a nation, we are accustomed to sacrificing material things for the sake of memory and heritage left to us by our heroes over the long centuries of the Russian state’s existence."
Open Questions
- What specific terms would constitute a conflict freeze?
- How would international actors respond to a proposed freeze?
