GENEVA, March 28. /TASS/. The UN should take decisive measures to protect the Russian population and stop Europe from discriminating against it, especially in the Baltic nations, the Russian delegation said during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
The issue of increasing discrimination against Russians and the Russian-speaking population in European countries "remains unresolved," Georgy Muradov, a representative of the Russian delegation, Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean Government and Permanent Representative of the region to the Russian President, noted in his speech at the session. "The gap between what countries are obligated to do and how they are implementing the law with regard to our compatriots continues to grow rapidly," he stated. The Russian people "demand that the UN take decisive measures to protect the Russian-speaking population," efforts to stop "discrimination against the Russian and Russian-speaking population and to ban all manifestations of anti-Russianism as a new form of racism," the representative of the Russian delegation emphasized.
Muradov recalled that in the Baltic States, "contrary to international conventions, the authorities fuel hatred for the Russian language, which is excluded from the education system. Cynical decisions are taken to deport Russians, including the elderly. Young people are taught to hate everything Russian." "Those fighting for the rights of the Russian-speaking population continue to languish in prisons," the diplomat emphasized. "This reveals the nationalistic nature of the policy pursued by these countries," he added.
"The policy of terror against Russians in Europe is a blow to the human rights obligations of Europe itself and a significant risk factor for undermining security throughout the European space," Muradov summarized.
The 55th session of the HRC is taking place in Geneva from February 26 to April 5. Russia is not a member of the council, but actively participates in its meetings.