In the midst of the Ukraine conflict, Russians around the world are witnessing abusive and harassing behavior, the American magazine Time reported.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, The publication wrote in a report: After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people around the world have tried to show some sympathy for Ukraine by helping humanitarian organizations and cooperating in sanctions or personal protests, but there have been some who have opposed this behavior.
The report cites an example: In some cases, these protests seemed pointless or even silly, for example, the International Tree of the Year competition in Russia removed Russian trees from the survey.
This publication wrote: Russian cultural exports were also not spared, and we have seen the cancellation of performances by the Russian Siberian State Ballet, the Royal Moscow Ballet Company and the Bolshevik Ballet in Britain.
According to Time, in some cases, the rhetoric against the Russians has been clearly discriminatory, such as remarks by Congressman Eric Questionwell calling for the “expulsion of Russian students from the United States” or remarks by Roger Gill, a British envoy who said Russians living in the country must return to their home.
According to the report, these attacks are without any consideration against all those who are also in the Russian language domain.
Deutsche Welle, a German media outlet, reported that one of the Russian language teaching centers stated that its students had been harassed.
In Vancouver, Canada, the walls of the Russian Community Center were painted blue and yellow (a symbol of the Ukrainian flag). In the state of Ohio, a center jointly run by a Russian and Ukrainian citizen also received threatening messages and calls.