MOSCOW, February 25. /ITAR-TASS/. It is dangerous and counterproductive to try to force Ukraine into choosing the side – “with us or against us”, said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a meeting with his Luxembourgian counterpart Jean Asselborn. “We want Ukraine to be part of the pan-European family,” Lavrov noted.

Russia and Luxembourg are “deeply concerned that continuing processes [in Ukraine] are not always developing in the right way, Lavrov noted. “We confirmed our principled position of non-interference into Ukraine’s internal affairs. We hope that everybody will adhere to similar positions and maintain contact will all political forces in Ukraine,” the foreign minister said.

A ban to Russian companies to broadcast in Ukraine will be a serious violation of freedom of speech, Lavrov stressed. “If this decision is taken in Ukraine, this will be a serious violation of freedom of speech,” he noted.