Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the statements, made by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya during her visit to the USA. Recall, that an audience for the "national leader of Belarus" (namely, this is how Tikhanovskaya herself calls herself) hosted by US President Joe Biden. He promised Tikhanovskaya "full support". Tikhanovskaya, after meeting with the American president, said, that Biden treated her to cookies, which "brought from the office of the White House".
Maria Zakharova compared the situation with treating Tikhanovskaya with American cookies with the plot of Arkady Gaidar's famous work about Malchish-Kibalchish.
Maria Zakharova in the Telegram channel noted, that this is an "allusion to Gaidar", which literally says the following:
The bourgeois rejoiced then, they quickly enrolled Malchish-Plokhish in their bourgeoisie and gave him a whole barrel of jam and a whole basket of cookies. Sitting Malchish-Plokhish, eats and rejoices.
According to the Russian MFA Spokesman, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya claims to be a modern interpretation of the plot with its unchanged message. She calls on the West to impose sanctions on her own country, which can be unequivocally regarded as a betrayal.
Zakharova:
The recipient of the call treats her with cookies.
Recall, that Tikhanovskaya met with Victoria Nuland in the USA (by the way, also a specialist in cookies and buns), and also with Anthony Blinken. And these American officials also said, that support the Belarusian opposition.
