No EU country would tolerate Ukraine protest violence at home – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the violence currently consuming the Ukrainian capital Kiev was in “no small part” being organized from abroad, adding no EU country would accept such disorder within its own borders. ● “As it turns out, these agitators have not even considered the interests of the Ukrainian opposition itself, in so far as they have attempted to incite violence,” Lavrov said during a media conference in Moscow. “When something like this happens within a European country, no one questions the need to curb the disorder and violence with firm measures,” he added. Lavrov criticized some European states for handling the Ukrainian crisis in such an offhand manner, warning that their interference could cause the situation to spiral out of control. He was especially critical of the fact that members of several European states have rushed to Independence Square in Kiev to participate in the anti-government demonstrations despite having diplomatic relations with Ukraine. “It’s just distasteful, and it is, by the way, fueling the situation.”