UK turns Russophobia argument on Moscow, claims greatest threat to Russian society is war in Ukraine

Britain turned Moscow’s claim of “Russophobia” on its head on Tuesday, when it accused the Kremlin of being the biggest threat to Russian culture and society because of its ongoing war in Ukraine.

At a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia claiming that “Russophobia” comes from Western countries opposing its war in Ukraine, UK minister counselor Fergus Eckersley said, “We are not suffering from Russophobia. ”

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on the Middle East in November 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altafer)

Russophobia is just one of a growing list of excuses the Russian government uses to justify its war in Ukraine.

“The Russian government may believe that this propaganda will help justify the lives of the thousands of Russian soldiers who have been sacrificed.

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“Comrades, Russia has not been attacked. There is only one aggressor.”

Council members have repeatedly called on Moscow to withdraw its forces from all of Ukraine, including areas it claims to have annexed.

In a separate show of protest against Russia’s claims of repression by Western countries, the UK invited Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder to brief the council.

A pedestrian passes by the “Children of Donbass” open-air photo exhibition outside the Estonian Consulate in Moscow, January 23, 2023. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

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“The damage to Russian culture is primarily a matter of Russian policy,” Snyder said. “The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has by far killed more speakers of Russian than any other action.

“There is no comparison,” he said. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in mass killings of Russian citizens. About 200,000 people were killed or maimed.”

Russian officials have repeatedly claimed that Western countries are helping Ukraine to defame Russia and its people, rather than as a response to its invasion of its southwest neighbor a year ago.

Vassily Nebenzia, a Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the maintenance of the peace and security of Ukraine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on February 24, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

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Moscow’s UN representative, Vassily Nebenzia, pushed the narrative once again on Tuesday in response to comments from the UK and its guest speaker.

Nebenzia also repeated false claims that Kiev was being led by “Nazis” and suggested that Ukraine was not looking to reunite Ukraine with Russia, despite having already annexed five of its regions. was, but rather to oust its leadership.