Human rights organization warns of the phenomenon of children of Russian origin being bullied because of the conflict in Ukraine

RT news agency quoted Jon Kristian Lange, a senior adviser of Save the Children in Denmark, as saying that the situation of bullying among Russian children is so serious that many children of Russian origin here are afraid to go out. learn. According to some parents, the children “pretend to have a stomachache” in the hope of not having to go to school.

Counselor Lange said that the situation that children of Russian origin is facing is similar to what children of Asian descent have to go through after the COVID-19 epidemic appeared. The COVID-19 pandemic started in Asia.

Save the Children has been visiting schools to raise awareness about bullying and offer suggestions on how the conflict in Ukraine doesn’t affect Russian students.

The Danish TV channel TV2 takes as an example the case of a Russian girl living in the city of Horsens. She was nicknamed “spy” or “friend of President Putin” by a male friend.

The school administration said it took action against the bullying behavior. “We take this matter very seriously. We talked to the parent and the male student. We also keep an eye on him in every lesson, trying every day to create a safe environment for our students,” said Mr. Vibeke Stensgaard, manager of Bankagerskolen School.

According to Lange, this bullying stems from the way parents talk at home about the Ukraine conflict. Besides, the psychology of hating Russians online also easily affects children’s way of thinking.

“You have to be careful, because what you say can be repeated right on the schoolyard,” Lange said, adding that many Russian children are afraid that no one will dare to play with them because of their background.

Bullying of Russian children is the latest example of a growing anti-Russian movement linked to the military campaign in Ukraine. The movement was sparked in part by Western government officials. Before that, Congressman Eric Swalwell of California (USA) even put forward a proposal to expel all Russian students attending universities in the US.