WASHINGTON, November 26. /TASS/. Attempts of the US administration to link famine in Ukraine in early 1930s to the Russian special military operation are explained by the desire to demonize Russia, the Russian Embassy in Washington says in a comment posted on its Telegram channel.
"The United States is promoting the false thesis that the Soviet leadership allegedly deliberately and purposefully ‘starved’ millions of Ukrainians. Such interpretation of the events of the 1930s fundamentally distorts history," the Russian mission says. "A large-scale crop failure and food shortages 90 years ago became a real humanitarian catastrophe for the Soviet Union. The devastating consequences of this phenomenon are a common tragedy for Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs and many other ethnic groups of the huge country," the Embassy noted.
Attempts of the US administration "to tie the events of the first half of the twentieth century with a special military operation look even more preposterous. We see this as nothing more than a new attempt to demonize Russia. Assign completely alien intentions to supposedly suppress and even destroy the fraternal people of a neighboring state," the Embassy stressed.
"The well-worn accusations against the Russian Federation of its readiness to destroy Ukrainian agriculture and undermine global food security for its own benefit have nothing to do with the truth," the Russian mission continued. "The situation is just the opposite - giant corporations from the United States and Europe continue to buy grain on the cheap and export it from the territory of the republic, earning fabulous profits in the markets of developed countries. The truly needy countries receive only crumbs (about 3%). Our attempts to help by sending free agricultural raw materials face economic and legal obstacles," it noted.
"We call on the U.S. officials to finally recognize the key role that the West played in fomenting the Ukrainian crisis. Stop trying to draw attention to the bankrupt Kiev regime once again. Moreover, the real goal of today’s statements is to humbug more billions from taxpayers, which will then be spent on the construction of defense factories, only unwinding the spiral of the conflict," the Embassy added.