Public Statement from Russian and Ukrainian community living in Jersey
This is the statement on behalf of Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian, and other languages of the ex-Soviet Union diaspora. We are a very mixed community with regards to our backgrounds.
We have different geographical, political, social, ethnic backgrounds, age differences (20-60+), and religious beliefs.
We have different mother languages, sometimes several. Mostly we are united by the Russian language, not by force, but by convenience to communicate within our circle.
We respect all native languages and traditions.
We might have our internal differences, but we declare that within our community we stand together in the face of escalation of the situation on the Ukrainian and Belorussian border.
We strongly oppose any aggression towards any country’s rights for existence, whether it is by conventional warfare, cyberattacks, terrorism any other means to disrupt peaceful co-existence.
The repercussions are not only internal in these countries. There is already serious economical, political and social impact, including immigration, on Europe and the World.
It is easy to feel that in Jersey we are insulated from the events in Ukraine, but it is an illusion. A “small” war can easily spread into a global conflict.
All of us have families in Russia and Ukraine, most mixed for several centuries. It is an enormous worry about what can happen to them. If this war goes ahead, it will be a war of “brother against brother”. It cannot happen, it should not happen.
We worry about the potential negativity in Jersey towards people from any side of this situation, by individuals or authorities. We have already heard some unsettling remarks made at recent States sittings.
We want to make a strong message to the local society and beyond – we oppose aggression in any form, and Russians and Ukrainians are not fighting against each other in Jersey."
We might have our internal differences, but we declare that within our community we stand together in the face of escalation of the situation on the Ukrainian and Belorussian border.
We strongly oppose any aggression towards any country’s rights for existence, whether it is by conventional warfare, cyberattacks, terrorism any other means to disrupt peaceful co-existence.
The repercussions are not only internal in these countries. There is already serious economical, political and social impact, including immigration, on Europe and the World.
It is easy to feel that in Jersey we are insulated from the events in Ukraine, but it is an illusion. A “small” war can easily spread into a global conflict.
All of us have families in Russia and Ukraine, most mixed for several centuries. It is an enormous worry about what can happen to them. If this war goes ahead, it will be a war of “brother against brother”. It cannot happen, it should not happen.
We worry about the potential negativity in Jersey towards people from any side of this situation, by individuals or authorities. We have already heard some unsettling remarks made at recent States sittings.
We want to make a strong message to the local society and beyond – we oppose aggression in any form, and Russians and Ukrainians are not fighting against each other in Jersey."
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