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Kyiv, April 1, 2014. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has encouraged its colleagues in the Russian Federation (RF) to focus on their own domestic issues, rather than to interfere in Ukraine\u2019s internal affairs. This statement was released in response to Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov\u2019s call for the federalization of Ukraine and for Ukraine adopting Russian as the country’s second official language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past several weeks, Russia has been working hard to portray itself as a wise and virtuous older brother whose role it is to resolve any alleged issues in Ukraine, whether it be minority rights violations or the presence of fascists in the government. The best example of Russia\u2019s indispensable help is its “defense” of the Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine’s Crimea, which resulted in the invasion of a foreign country and an illegal seizure of its territory.<\/p>\n

Disclosing the official position of the Russian Federation, Minister Lavrov stated that a \u201cform of unitary state for Ukraine exhausted itself; Ukraine needs a new Constitution, each region must have a right to select its own government, executive and legislative power.\u201d According to Lavrov, Ukraine should follow Russia\u2019s federal structure, and make Russian as its second official language.<\/p>\n

His “constructive advice” was met with a resolute reaction in Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ukraine\u2019s MFA proposed to the Russian side that \u201cthat instead of dictating its ultimatum-like terms to a sovereign and independent state, it should first pay attention to the catastrophic condition and complete lack of rights of its own national minorities, including Ukrainians.\u201d The statement continued with a rhetorical question: \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t Russia implement federalism, which, by the way, is affixed in the official name of the state, with real and not just declarative substance?\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia, the world\u2019s largest country, is home to more than one hundred ethnicities, whose people can legitimately demand a broadening of their autonomy and rights within the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, this concept would never gain support in today\u2019s Russia, noted Ukraine\u2019s MFA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mere suggestion of this is immediately suppressed in Russia, and any attempt to purse the idea will be drowned in blood, as it was in the Northern Caucasus,\u201d stated Ukraine’s foreign ministry in its comments.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s aggressive method of securing ethnic minority rights through the deployment of military units \u2018for the good of Ukraine\u2019 de facto undermined the integrity of Russia’s own borders, destabilized the global balance of power and compromised international and regional peace. \u00a0Seeking an unarmed resolution to the Ukraine-Russia confrontation, last week the United Nations held a General Assembly during which one hundred UN members supported Ukraine’s territorial integrity and denounced Russia\u2019s recent military intervention in the country. In addition, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russia\u2019s Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris on March 30, 2014. After the talks, Kerry said: \u201cno decision on Ukraine’s future can be made without Kiev’s [sic] involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyiv, April 1, 2014. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has encouraged its colleagues in the Russian Federation (RF) to focus on their own domestic issues, rather than to interfere in Ukraine\u2019s internal affairs. This statement was released in response to Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov\u2019s call for the federalization of Ukraine and for […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":10462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[705],"tags":[],"section":[648],"form":[800],"yoast_head":"\nUkraine's MFA: Russia Should Heed Its Own Advice | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kyiv, April 1, 2014. 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