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MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew a crisp rebuke from the White House connected Wednesday for saying the United States had assembled a conjugation of European countries to lick "the Russian question" successful the aforesaid mode that Adolf Hitler had sought a "final solution" to eradicate Europe's Jews.
"How situation helium comparison thing to the Holocaust, anything. Let unsocial a warfare that they started," White House nationalist information spokesperson John Kirby said.
Lavrov, who caused an planetary furore past twelvemonth with remarks astir Hitler, said Washington was utilizing the aforesaid maneuver arsenic Napoleon and the Nazis successful trying to subjugate Europe successful bid to destruct Russia.
Using Ukraine arsenic a proxy, helium said, "they are waging warfare against our state with the aforesaid task: the 'final solution' of the Russian question."
"Just arsenic Hitler wanted a 'final solution' to the Jewish question, now, if you work Western politicians ... they intelligibly accidental Russia indispensable endure a strategical defeat."
The 'Final Solution' was Hitler's blueprint for the Holocaust, which led to the systematic execution of 6 cardinal Jews, arsenic good arsenic members of different minorities.
Lavrov has caused outrage earlier with remarks astir Hitler. Last May helium said the Nazi person had "Jewish blood", drafting aggravated protests from Israel.
"It's astir truthful absurd that it's not worthy responding to, different than the genuinely violative mode successful which helium tried to formed america successful presumption of Hitler and the Holocaust," Kirby told reporters astatine a briefing.
Reporting by Reuters, Katharine Jackson successful Washington; Writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Nick Zieminski
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