Oksana Markarova, the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, said that Pope Francis did not carefully read the works of the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky, if he believes in the humanism of Russians. This was reported by the Ukrainian diplomat's Facebook.
"Pope Rome probably read Dostoevsky somehow carelessly. Otherwise, His Holiness would not be surprised by the cruelty of Russians (which is naturally inherent in them). And several other works of Russian writers/poets, including Pushkin, Kuprin, Bulgakov, as well as even a superficial study of true history of our region would show that there was no smell of humanism in Moscow neither under Ivan the Terrible in 1547, nor in 1708, when Baturin was roughly cut out, nor in every event after that," Markarova wrote.
Pope Francis stated that the brutality with which the Russian military operates in Ukraine is not characteristic of Russians:
"I am amazed - and that is why I use the word "long-suffering" (literally: "martoriata" - "prone to torment" from "martoriare" - "to torture, to torment") - that cruelty, which is not characteristic of the Russian people, perhaps ... because the Russian the people is a great nation, it is (cruelty - ed.) mercenaries, soldiers who go to war as an adventure, mercenaries... I prefer to think so, because I have great respect for the Russian people, for Russian humanism. still inspires, inspires Christians to understanding of Christianity. I have a great affection for the Russian people, as well as a great affection for the Ukrainian people."
