Anti-Semitic statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are evidence that Russia is the rightful heir to the ideology of Nazism, says Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the presidential office.

“Lavrov’s openly anti-Semitic statements, accusations of Jews in World War II and the Holocaust are further evidence that it is Russia that is the rightful heir to Nazi ideology,” he tweeted on Monday.

He added that in an attempt to rewrite history, the Kremlin is looking for arguments to justify the massacre of Ukrainians..

“Russia inadequately assesses the world and its place in it, accuses the Jewish people of provoking war, revises world history in favor of Nazism and the right to kill, expands its military arsenal, not shunning the technologies of terrorism and genocide,” Podolyak wrote..

#Lavrov's anti-Semitic statements calling for Jews in WWII and the Holocaust are another evidence that Russia itself is an offender of the Nazi ideology. Trying to rewrite history, Moscow is just joking arguments for the truth of the massacres of Ukrainians. (1/2) — Mikhailo Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) May 2, 2022 [see_also ids\u003d"

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