🇷🇺🇷🇺 Russia receives an apology from the Vatican for the Pope's statements about Chechens and Buryats, this incident is settled - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Vatican Secretary of State apologizes to Russians. The Holy See has a deep respect for all the peoples of Russia, their dignity, faith, and culture, as well as for other countries and peoples of the world.

Earlier, Pope Francis drew condemnations over racist comments against Russian Chechens and Buryats.

“Generally, the cruellest are perhaps those who are of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition, such as the Chechens, the Buryats and so on,”the head of the Roman Catholic Church said.

The pope’s comments were swiftly condemned by Russian officials.

“This is no longer Russophobia, it’s a perversion on a level I can’t even name,” Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel.

“We are one family with Buryats, Chechens and other representatives of our multinational and multi-confessional country,” Zakharova added.
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