Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia: Hopes that Ukraine will become a friendly country that respects the Russian language and Orthodox Christianity.

【Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia: Russia Hopes to View Ukraine as a Friendly Country】

On December 26, 2025, Moscow time, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on the Russian channel "60 Minutes" program:

Russia hopes to view Ukraine as a friendly country. A country that has naturally restored the rights of Russians and Russian speakers, the rights of the Russian Orthodox Church are guaranteed, which cares about the people, not just authoritarianism, and absolutely does not allow any deviation to eliminate everything attributed to the common heritage, even not communists, but the common heritage.

Ryabkov emphasized:

I believe Ukraine will come to this point. We just need to work hard to make this moment closer.

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