© Pavel Bednyakov/SputnikRussian President Vladimir Putin
Immigrants who come to work and live in Russia must comply with its laws and respect its customs and traditions, including learning the language, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
Putin addressed the issue at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, traditionally held in early December.
"We need to attract such labor resources that meet the interests of the Russian economy. This means that [these] people must be prepared from a linguistic, ethnocultural point of view. They must know our traditions and so on.Russia is opening schools in several countries of the former Soviet Union - part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to assist with Russian language instruction and cultural events, the president informed the council.
"The interest of Russia and its citizens 'must be put first'. All immigrants and visitors also must comply with Russian laws. And, of course, we, as a civilized country, must also ensure their rights."
Moscow has withdrawn from several international human rights organizations because they have become "virtually controlled" by the West, demonstrating "political bias, hypocrisy, and open selectivity," Putin said in his opening remarks.
For eight years, these organizations have looked away and have done nothing when confronted with "flagrant violations" by Ukraine against the residents of Donbass, he noted. Not only did they "not notice" the violations happening, but they also encouraged Russophobia and even supported countries "racing to take first place in the shameful competition" of hating Russia the most.
Putin concluded:
"Moscow is fully committed to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is ready to cooperate with all interested countries and partners to find solutions to form an effective, fair, equal system for ensuring human rights for all."
As it should be. You move somewhere, you should integrate or you stay where you are. The melting pot BS is only good to create resentment and racism which divide people instead of uniting them but try telling that to a western politician.