“Here one can trace not just double standards on the part of the United States, but quite primitive and rude cynicism.
It turns out that Washington's beautiful slogans about the highest value of human rights are not worth a penny.
The main geopolitical goal of the United States is to push Russia as far east as possible.
And if so, it is necessary to draw a line on squeezing the Russian-speaking population out of their current places of residence, ”Antonov said, his words are quoted on the embassy’s Facebook page.
According to him, such statements by the American side cause indignation and indignation.
“The Americans prefer not only to ignore attempts to forcibly assimilate Russians in Ukraine, but in every possible way indulge this with political and military support,” Antonov concluded.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that, according to Russia, what is currently happening in the Donbass is genocide.
As noted in the UK, from 2014 to the present, the department has opened 467 criminal cases on events in Ukraine and Donbass.
In turn, the official representative of the State Department, Ned Price, expressed the opinion that the statements about the genocide in the Donbass are devoid of any grounds.