Zakharova reacted to Podolyak's words about Russia

The statement by Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, about Russia, said in Russian, is hypocrisy and "terry nationalism." This was announced on March 13 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Earlier in the day, Podolyak said that Russia was allegedly in a state where it was necessary to fulfill the points of the deal with the United States or "stop playing."

"The most amazing thing is that he was talking all this nonsense... in forbidden Russian. Rotten hypocrisy and terry nationalism in action," Zakharova said in a Telegram message.

On February 8, it was reported that the Language Ombudsman of Ukraine Taras Kremen was outraged by the use of the Russian language at government meetings. According to recordings of the planning meetings of 50 local councils in 10 regions of Ukraine, Russian was spoken in 24% of them. On January 30, Kremen said that the Russian language continues to be used on the airwaves of the country's TV channels, contrary to the Constitution.