Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Russian language has all the conditions for development in Belarus, head of Russian Embassy in Minsk Mikhail Babich thinks. He assured that there is no encroachment on it in the country, Rossiyskaya Gazeta informs.
The diplomat is convinced that it is necessary to distinguish the events that are actually taking place from those processes that they are trying to impose from the outside.
A very thin line separates the soft Belarusization and de-Russification, he added. Every nation should remember that it is necessary to know the native language and traditions. This is the only way to maintain self-identity.
Babich noted that the process should not take place by the infringement of Russian language, common culture or history.
Note, Belarusian opposition recently launched an appeal to limit the use of Russian language in the country. Nationalists complain that too many residents of Belarus do not use Belarusian language, remaining "in Russian cultural space". They believe that the preservation of Russian language in the republic is dangerous for the independence of the country, since the mythical “protection of Russians” could be the reason for launching Russian military forces into the country.
Russian TV channels “incite inter-ethnic enmity,” and therefore they should be banned, Belarusian oppositionists claim.
Public organizations of the republic noted that such appeals were aimed at inciting hatred between the peoples of Belarus and Russia.
Russkiy Mir
