Lavrov put a Ukrainian journalist in his place
A Ukrainian journalist caused a scandal at a joint press conference of the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey in Istanbul. He demanded to be given the floor, although this was not provided for in the protocol.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calmed down the rowdy.
“We are not in Ukraine, but in Turkey – a free country,” he said.
Having reached the microphone, the Ukrainian asked “what of the things stolen in Ukraine, besides grain, that Russia managed to sell.” Lavrov made him repeat the question and then answered.
“So you have a headache about where to steal something and you think that everyone does this? I answer you - we are implementing goals that have been publicly announced - to rid the east of Ukraine from the pressure of the neo-Nazi regime. As for grain, we explained today that grain can be freely transported to its destinations. There is no obstacle from Russia. It is necessary for Mr. Zelensky to give a command, if he is in command of anything else, to allow foreign and Ukrainian ships to enter the Black Sea,” the Russian minister said.
The troublemaker was a native of Yevpatoria, Muslim Umerov, who works for the Majlis TV channel ATR.
Umerov (in the lower right corner) with colleagues
True, remembering the scandal caused last time by the deputy director of this TV channel Osman Pashayev, Umerov was accredited for a press conference from Suspilna TV, which works with Western grants.
“Our Mus was deprived of a question by the Russian curator, who indicated to the Turkish moderator who he could ask... But Mus would not have been Mus if at the last minute he had not snatched the microphone and, on behalf of Suspilny, had not asked a question about the loot in Bucha. Just like March 10, there was a furor in all European media,” Pashayev boasts about the provocation he staged on his blog.
Osman Pashayev
Lavrov puts a Ukrainian journalist in his place.