Social media users have claimed that Russian children in school in Ireland should not be bullied in any way over the conflict that’s happening in the Ukraine.
They were reacting to what the Russian ambassador to Ireland, Yury Filatov, has said in relation to Russian children being bullied in school by Irish kids over the conflict.
He also said that death threats were made against embassy staff at their homes.
In an interview with Russian television, Filatov said that the protests outside the Dublin embassy had turned violent and that staff had filed reports with the gardaí.
The ambassador describes Ireland as a leader in anti-Russian measures in Europe.
He said that Russian children in school in Ireland are being bullied over the conflict from Irish children.
“The problem that we’re seeing and which people are describing to us is children in school.
“Unfortunately, there are elements of bullying and this is very unfortunate because in general, in my opinion, the Irish people are generally sympathetic and kind, but sometimes, it seems, completely unaware of the situation, so that they take it on themselves to act on the basis of some analysis they have in their heads, and this, unfortunately, can affect our children studying local schools.”
Mr Filatov criticised the role that the Irish media plays in portraying the conflict.
“Here, of course, the media plays a very negative role by painting a very simplified picture of the events taking place in Ukraine at the political level,” he said.
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