Sergey Lavrov performed at a festival in Crimea. Told about Indians on reservations and bears with balalaikas As short as possible

We are perceived as a country of balalaika, vodka, bears. Thank God we have such symbols. We did not invent them, it comes from life. Balalaika and vodka are a sign of fun and kindness, and bears are a sign of respect for nature. Our western partners play along with the cave instincts of the Ukrainian authorities, I just feel sorry for them. If the CIA believes that Kabul will fall in a few months, then we rely on the CIA’s estimates. Crimea is the territory of Russia and is part of the Union State together with our Belarusian friends . In every joke there is a grain of a joke, but  you cannot plant for jokes . I cannot comment in the dark, show this joke. My favorite dish is borscht. In summer I love Altai. In the United States, Indians live on reservations, and bears in Russia walk across the country.

This is a rough retelling of Sergei Lavrov’s speech at the Tavrida art cluster in Crimea, based on media reports ( one , two , three , four , five , six , seven ). First-person phrases are not necessarily accurate quotes.

(c)MEDUZA 2021

8 comments

  1. “In the United States, Indians live on reservations, and bears in Russia walk across the country.”

    Well Lavrov. Which place would any normal person want to live, on an Indian reservation, or Russian village? You decide.

    https://ukrainetodayorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/main-qimg-8945d9ae60806bcf7a163ba0abeaef2c.jpg

    Beautiful Russian village.

    https://ukrainetodayorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/american-indian-reservations-alabama-coushatta-campground.jpg

    Lake Tombigbee Campground on the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in East Texas. Both recreational tourism and heritage tourism play significant roles in the economies of the American Indian reservations in Texas.

  2. “We are perceived as a country of balalaika, vodka, bears.”
    And a state mafia, theft, wife-beatings, air pollution, toxic waters, ruined soils, burning forests, oil spills, and alcoholism. BTW, the most toxic place on earth is … in mafia land.

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