VIENNA, October 22. /TASS/. For many years, the French authorities created social problems themselves, then unleashed terror against their fellow citizens, primarily children, Russian Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Dmitry Polyansky said at a regular meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council.

"For many years, the irresponsible French leadership did everything possible to ensure that unrest would erupt. The issues include chronic underfunding of educational institutions, uncontrolled migration, overcrowded classrooms, dilapidated school buildings and unsanitary conditions. It was precisely on this ‘fertile ground’ that social protests erupted. For years, Paris had been fleecing its own citizens to benefit the corrupt Ukrainian regime. Now it could think of nothing better than to unleash terror against its fellow citizens, primarily children," he said.

"Today, human rights advocates compare the consequences of the use of excessive force to injuries sustained in combat," the Russian permanent representative continued. More than 200 teenagers had been injured as a result of excessive force, while over 6,500 people had been detained, the vast majority of them minors, he said.