The Russian Foreign Ministry asks the Main Human Right to the UN to pay attention to the oppression of the Russian -speaking in the Baltic

In Moscow, the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights Louise Arbur was satisfied in Russia, Alexander Yakovenko told reporters on Friday the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. According to him, "in Russia they are ready for an open discussion of any topics." "We actively support the activities of Arbur. The next confirmation of this was the recent decision of the Russian government annually, starting already from this year, to make a voluntary contribution of $ 2 million to the budget of the Office of the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights," Yakovenko said.

He emphasized that "commitment to human rights and basic freedoms unites the world community." "We expect that the Supreme Commissioner will pay special attention to ensuring the universality of the application of universally recognized human rights standards, measures to prevent a number of dangerous trends that weaken the international regime for the protection of human rights," said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

He noted that "we are talking about a violation of the rights of national minorities, first of all, the Russian -speaking population in Latvia and Estonia, interethnic clashes in Europe, attempts to freely interpret the states of their international obligations to torture in the context of the fight against terrorism."

In addition, according to Yakovenko, "the manifestations of religious intolerance, the abuse of the use of freedom of speech are not yet obsolete." “All this is nothing more than new challenges and threats in the human rights sphere, requiring an adequate reaction from the Supreme Commissioner and the corresponding UN mechanisms,” the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized.