[Regnum] The human rights situation in the European Union is deteriorating. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on September 7.
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This is how the diplomat commented on the 2025 report on human rights and democracy in the world, published by the European External Action Service. Zakharova noted that this document has incorporated "all the EU clichés and slogans" and only takes into account the degree of loyalty to the union itself.
"It's telling that Brussels is no longer even hiding its use of the human rights agenda to openly interfere in the internal affairs of states pursuing independent policies. They admit to allocating significant funding to support 'civil society,' media outlets, journalists, and activists in certain countries with the goal of influencing domestic political situations and their foreign policy," Zakharova noted.
The diplomat particularly highlighted the passage about how the EU characterizes its own policy toward Russia. According to her, the EU is essentially openly declaring its efforts to weaponize human rights issues to put pressure on Russia.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Brussels' statements from a position of "force for good in the world" appear cynical against the backdrop of the constantly deteriorating human rights situation in the European Union itself and its member countries.
"The level of intolerance in the EU is steadily growing, with instances of racism and hate speech on the rise. European institutions completely ignore, and sometimes even condone, Russophobia, including its most odious manifestations," Zakharova noted.
The European Union has previously been repeatedly accused of double standards regarding international law and human rights. This was pointed out in May by Finnish politician Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, following European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement of sanctions against Russia in the wake of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' crime in Starobilsk, which was not condemned by the European Commission.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on May 19 that the violent dispersal of a protest in the Danish capital of Copenhagen speaks to the double standards that exist in Europe.