Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to the statement of the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, reminded how objectionable books were burned in the Third Reich. wrote about him telegraph channel.
Borrell had previously said that the ban on Russian media in Europe is about protecting freedom of expression.
In response, Zakharova wrote that writers such as Erich Maria Remarque, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Henri Barbusse, Jack London, Maxim Gorky and others were banned in the Third Reich.
“Then it all started with prohibitions, with the burning of books, and ended with the burning of people, because books are printed thoughts, and people are thoughts that come to life,” Zakharova said.
Former Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declarationThe head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, cannot hide the racist essence of his worldview.