Ms. Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova reacted to Pope Francis' statement about his "great respect for the Russian people and Russian humanism."

She wrote about it on her Facebook page.

"Sorry, I can't help myself. The Pope must have read Dostoyevsky somehow carelessly. Otherwise, His Holiness would not be surprised by the Russians' harshness (which is precisely their natural characteristic). And several other works of Russian writers/poets, including Pushkin, Kuprin, Bulgakov, as and even a superficial study of the true history of our region would show that there was no humanism in Muscovy either under Ivan the Terrible in 1547, or in 1708, when Baturin was brutally beheaded, or in every event after that..." Markarova stressed.

It is worth noting that Pope Francis stated during a conversation with journalists that he does not believe in the cruelty of Russian citizens towards Ukrainians and added that he considers Russians to be a "great nation".

The pontiff also mentioned Dostoevsky, who "inspires Christians to understand Christianity."

We will remind you that Pope Francis supported Ukrainians after Russia attacked our country.

However, at the same time, the pontiff was scandalized by other loud statements, for which he was criticized in Ukraine and the world.

In particular, before Easter, during the procession, the Vatican decided that a Ukrainian and a Russian woman should carry the cross. 

Earlier, the Pope stated that he does not consider the war in Ukraine to be a conflict between good and evil and suggested that the Russian Federation could have provoked it.

He also stated that the war in Ukraine is the "Third World War".

At the same time, the pontiff is sure that Ukraine is not the only victim.

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