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The 2025 Report On Violations of the Rights of Russian Citizens and Compatriots in Foreign Countries by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Read the full reportThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is consistently paying close attention in its work to violations of the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens and compatriots in foreign countries and
makes considerable efforts to protect the interests of our compatriots within the authority of its diplomatic missions. <...>
Russians continue to be subjected to
barbaric discrimination, primarily in Europe and North America where persist wide-spread and already known violations of the rights of Russians, such as:
• denial of a wide range of services (educational, medical, banking, etc.);
• imposition of measures against Russian businesses;
• seizure of property of Russian citizens;
• forcing them to public repentance;
• condemnation of the actions of Russian authorities;
• suspension of Russian athletes from sports and cultural events.
There are continued reports of
attacks, threats and insults against Russians, deliberate damage of their property and all sorts of discrimination in everyday life. <...>
In the light of support for the Neo-nazi regime in Kiev demonstrated by the collective West, the
most Russophobic policy is pursued by Poland, Baltic States, Ukraine and some other countries.
Under the pretext of "condemning Russian aggression" all these countries have boosted their efforts to
fight against monuments and memorials commemorating Red Army soldiers. As true followers of Nazi ideology, they brought Europe almost to the point of paranoia and manic pursuit of any symbol of memory in honour of the fighters against fascism.
Such ignominious acts, inter alia, contradicting the Nuremberg Tribunal decisions, are examined not only in this report, but also in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s reports, such as following:
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Eighty Years after the Great Victory: Europe has Once Again Fallen in the Shadow of Nazism;👉
On the Situation in several European countries with the desecration and destruction of monuments dedicated to those who fought against Nazism during World War II;👉
Regarding the Situation with the Glorification of Nazism and the Spread of Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.In a number of countries (first of all in the Baltic States, the United States, Canada and Ukraine), members of the Russian-speaking community who promote maintaining of cultural, linguistic and historical ties with Russia and advocate constructive relations with our country are
facing pressure and repression on the part of authorities.
In addition, the authorities in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine continue
squeezing the Russian language out of all educational institutions, thus limiting the right to education in one's native language for their residents (including citizens).
Furthermore, the
threat of mass deportation of Russian-speaking residents by the authorities of the Baltic States is persisting which confirms their efforts to find the final solution to the
"Russian problem" as well as the unprecedented problem of widespread statelessness in their territories.
In an accelerated way, restricting instruction in Russian and imposing various bans,
Finland and
Moldavia try to catch up with the "leaders" of Russophobia. <...>
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, for its part, continues to take all possible diplomatic steps to
protect the rights of Russian citizens imprisoned abroad.
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We continue to record cases of foreign authorities'
obstructing the activities of
Russian journalists and persons representing Russian media.
❗️ We reiterate that
all such actions demonstrate the desire of Western countries to eradicate alternative points of view and prevent the realization of one of the basic rights of their citizens, i.e. the right to freedom of expression.
