Language Issues
During today’s session of PACE when Alaxandar Milinkevich was giving his keynote speech, a Russian controversial politician, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for his nationalistic views, cried out to Belarusian opposition leader, “Speak Russian, not French!”
Mr. Zhirinovsky, I am sure, had an opportunity to listen to the translation of Milinkevich’s address, which included a very detailed description of the current Belarusian political situation. Unfortunately, transcript of his speech is not yet available in English. But for all of you, including Mr. Zhirinovsky, who can read Russian, there it is in the language of Dostoyevsky and Putin:
