Russian opposition figures who argue the country should prioritize relations with the West and access to luxuries like Italian cheese over sovereignty don’t understand what it means to be Russian, Moscow’s top diplomat has said.
Speaking to veteran journalist Dmitry Kiselyov in an interview aired on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that critics of the Kremlin’s policies had the right to be heard, but were largely out of touch. “Fortunately we have freedom of speech which, I believe, is better protected [in Russia] than in many Western countries, including the US,” he stated.
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