The Ambassador of Russia to Turkey reported the threats received by him

The Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov told the Zvezda television channel about threats addressed to him and in relation to Russia, Interfax reports.

“Of the latter, what attacked last night and this morning, things like:“ We will build skyscrapers from your military skulls ”and“ Pay the price for each drop of blood you spilled ”and so on,” the diplomat said.

He expressed the opinion that such messages launch the chain reactions of xenophobia, malice and hatred. "Someone will say, it will let the couples and go further, someone will say that this is democracy. One cannot disagree with this. At the same time, such actions are unacceptable, because we are not talking about the embassy or after, but about Russia and all its representatives," said Yerkhov.

The Russian diplomat said that he was not worried about his safety, as he is guarded, but emphasized that it is impossible to assign security to all foreign employees and isolate Russians living in Turkey.

"These matters need extreme caution and extreme scrupulousness, you can not provoke anger and hatred, to make enmity between the peoples. Such an atmosphere can lead to the whole building of the Turkish-Russian relations, and this is a very large and important complex of relationships, which painstakingly built up tens of thousands of people, starting with the presidents, who made a considerable personal contribution to their own personal contributions to the efforts of the presidents The development of bilateral ties, ”said Yerkhov.

The day before, during the Munich Security Conference, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Turkey met Sergey Lavrov and Mevlut Chavushoglu. The Turkish representative assured the Russian colleague that the country is taking all the necessary measures to ensure the security of Russian diplomats.