Vitaly Korotich: Our compatriots who left for the United States are oppressed. But Russia will intercede for them
Vitaly Korotich at his dacha near Moscow.
Photo: Alexander GAMOV
The Russian Embassy in Washington said that the interrogations and searches of Russian representatives of the diaspora in the United States by the FBI were “as unfriendly towards the Russian Federation.” The Russian side has repeatedly conveyed its position on “flagrant incidents of oppression of compatriots” to the US authorities. However, there was no proper reaction …
And on November 18, the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots (KSORS) published a statement on the suspension of its work. The reason is the long-term and unprecedented pressure on the representatives of the Russian-speaking community by the American authorities.
– … Vitaly Alekseevich, here you, as a person who lived there for 10 years, can answer – that, indeed, ours …
– Oh no. Not everything is so simple there, – stated Korotich kp.ru. – First of all, who are our people who got there? As a rule, the absolute majority are people who left here, they just believed that it is better there. Therefore, they remain compatriots in those cases when they have not yet received American citizenship. Maybe, so to speak, the “fatherland” in them and then sometimes awakens, but this is at those moments when life becomes completely bad.
In this case, we are not talking about material well-being, but about a hostile attitude towards Russian Americans.
This is part of the general attitude towards Russia. Russia is now a scarecrow in America. No matter what happens, everyone blames our country. Bad weather – “Putin is to blame” …
– But what is the reason for such an aggravation of hostility towards our compatriots?
– Now it is flashed in the press that, perhaps, by the end of the year, Biden and our president will communicate and talk. This means that there is some kind of preparation for the event. And, it also means that there is a struggle between different tendencies within the American political community. at least at the level of trade, humanitarian and some other interaction.
So the “hit” on the diaspora, I think, is connected with the struggle of these forces.
Now he will in every possible way stimulate popular opinion in one direction and the other. Our former compatriots will be smashed.
Of course, it’s bad if people are “slapped” just because they once moved from Russia.
– Should Russia intercede for them?
– Of course, she will intercede! This is just a code of decency for each state, each government, that it does not give up its own, even the former ones.
I hope that ours will defend theirs, wherever they are. And I really want those for whom Russia will stand up to radiate love for our Fatherland in every possible way.
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