Interfax: West turning a blind eye on true causes of Odesa tragedy – Lavrov

VIENNA. May 6 (Interfax) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West is concealing the true causes of the tragic events in Odesa on May 2 which left at least 46 people killed, and that the investigation will eventually die off.

“Although the West condemns the Odesa tragedy, it is turning a blind eye on its true causes, the way the policy of legalizing Bandera’s and Shukhevych’s legacy and atrocities in the guise of ‘new Ukrainian patriotism’ was silenced during Yushchenko and his team’s tenure,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in Vienna on Tuesday.

The text of Lavrov’s speech was provided to journalists.

“The Kyiv leadership pronounced incoherent condolences, declared mourning and started an investigation. But few will be surprised if this investigation falls apart, as the probe into the Febr uary sniper shooting in the Ukrainian capital city did,” Lavrov said.

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