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🎙Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question(April 10, 2026) ❓ Question: European Commission’s Spokesperson Paula Pinho, commenting on the leaked telephone conversation between [Hungarian Foreign Minister] Péter Szijjártó and you, stated that the recording suggests an “alarming possibility of a member state’s government coordinating with Russia, thus actively working against the security and the interests of the EU and all its citizens.” How would you respond to this? 💬 Sergey Lavrov: I will leave the claim that this telephone conversation somehow “works against the security and the interests of the EU and all its citizens” to the conscience of the person who authored it. If she made such a statement, then perhaps that is what she thinks. Frankly, it sounds more like the continuation of the familiar narrative: “the Russians are coming.” <...> Among the many responsibilities of foreign ministers, maintaining political dialogue is a key one. During negotiations, meetings, and telephone conversations, my colleagues and I address a wide range of issues related to both bilateral relations and the international agenda. Particular attention is naturally given to safeguarding the legitimate interests of our citizens. <...> One of the most pressing issues is the situation of national minorities in Ukraine. This is precisely what we have discussed with Péter Szijjártó on numerous occasions. Budapest has never concealed and has repeatedly stated publicly its concerns regarding how Hungarian communities are treated by the Kiev authorities. <...> The situation regarding the Russiansin Ukraine is even more intolerable. Despite professed adherence to values, the EU has not only refrained from criticism but has effectively supported the Kiev regime’s policies to eradicate all things Russian. Through a series of legislative measures, the use of the Russian language in education, culture, and media has been ultimately eliminated. Brussels has either overlooked the regime’s crimes against their own people or framed them as part of strengthening Ukrainian national identity, while also paving the way for glorifying the legacy of Bandera and Shukhevich. Back in April 2019, the Verkhovnaya Rada in Kiev adopted the law On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language, which limited the use of other languages and resulted in an almost total ban on Russian. To ensure that these draconian and widespread measures against human rights did not hinder the Nazi regime’s progress along the “European path,” amendments introduced in December 2023 provided certain exceptions for minority languages of EU member states. In other words, it was double discrimination. <...> Now, with prospects for a political and diplomatic settlement on the horizon, the EU decided it wanted a place at the negotiating table and started talking about security guarantees for Ukraine as a key element of the peaceful solution. Let us omit the fact that nobody in the European Union mentioned security guarantees for Russia – though the conflict cannot be resolved without this – but still the question is being raised: to whom does the EU want to provide these guarantees? To the regime that will continue destroying all things Russian, while also restricting all things Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Romanian? Of course, there is no sense in asking this question to Brussels: it is ready to go all in, including to topple their own once-proclaimed – and now proven false – values ​​and ideals, for the sake of a utopian goal: the strategic defeat of Russia. For this, all means are good. This is why the statements by the European Commission’s Spokesperson Paula Pinho cannot be interpreted as a commitment to the rule of law, but a prevailing Nazi-like approach to human rights in Brussels. <...> Naturally, current European newsmakers should have been told by their parents that eavesdropping is bad. Moreover, if you overheard something that incriminates you, it would even better to keep quiet to avoid embarrassment. Read in full