MOSCOW, December 6. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky, with his nationalistic rhetoric, is delusional in thinking that he can bring people of Russian culture back to Ukraine after everything he has done, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with noted US journalist Tucker Carlson.
"Before the military operation, in September 2021, he was interviewed, and at that time he was conducting war against Donbass in violation of the Minsk agreements. And the interviewer asked him what he thought about the people on the other side of the line of contact. He answered very thoughtfully, there are people and there are ‘species.’ And if you, living in Ukraine, feel associated with the Russian culture, my advice to you, for the sake of your kids, for the sake of your grandkids, get out to Russia," the top Russian diplomat said.
"And if this guy wants to bring Russians and people of Russian culture back under his territorial integrity, I mean, it shows that he's not adequate," Lavrov added.
He highlighted the fact that "when Vladimir Zelensky was playing not in international arena, but at his comedy club or whatever it is called, he was - there are videos from that period - bluntly defending the Russian language. He was saying: ‘What is wrong with Russian language? I speak Russian. Russians are our neighbors. Russian is one of our languages.’" "And get lost, he said, to those who wanted to attack the Russian language and Russian culture. When Vladimir Zelensky became president, he changed very fast," the Russian foreign minister concluded.