Timothy Snyder at UN about Russian genocidal policies in Ukraine.

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https://snyder.substack.com/p/playing-the-victim
https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15226.doc.htm

...the term "russophobia," which we are discussing today, has been exploited during this war as a form of imperial propaganda in which the aggressor claims to be the victim. It has served this last year as a justification for Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

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Links to statements by US and UK:

https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-un-security-council-briefing-called-by-russia-on-russophobia/

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-addresses-security-council-meeting-on-russophobia-uk-at-the-un