HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The consul-general, Russian Federation, Vladimir P. Mikhayaloy, has said Russia will continue to play its due role in global politics but it has no intention to become a super-power.

Delivering a lecture on "Russian role in the post-9/11 world politics", organized by the international relations department of the University of Sindh on Thursday, he said the world would have to verify information provided by western channels and also to verify their sources of information to understand politics at global level.

He said Russia did not believe in a uni-polar world nor was it acceptable to the international community. He said his country had always been fighting terrorism and it was very much involved in international politics, whether someone liked it or not.

Referring to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, Mr Mikhayaloy said such incidents had also taken place before 9/11 but the difference was that this particular incident had occurred in the US.

He maintained that terrorists could not be called freedom fighters in any way and there was a need to define terrorism. The consul general criticized double standards with regard to terrorism.

He said the image created by the international media about Pakistan was not correct. Similarly, he said, the media had also created a wrong image of Russia. He said both the countries were suffering for this.

He invited people of Pakistan to visit Russia and witness hospitality and love of Russian people. He called upon the young generation to study and discuss the international situation and problems as every time the solution to these problems was different.

Mr Mikhayaloy held out an assurance that he would undertake concrete efforts to develop academic linkages and research collaboration between universities of the two countries, especially between the University of Sindh and higher educational institutes of Russia.

He said Russia was striving hard to alleviate poverty in the country. The dean of the faculty of social sciences, Dr Rafia Ahmad Shaikh, thanked the Russian consul-general for delivering the lecture and appreciated his views. -Bureau