Russia’s international ministry on Tuesday accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in Russia’s inside affairs and stated their behaviour raised questions concerning the level of such envoys.
The warfare in Ukraine has triggered the deepest disaster in Russia’s relations with the West because the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that it dangers frightening a nuclear warfare if Western troops are despatched to combat in Ukraine.
Russia was dismayed by what Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on March 4 was a refusal by European Union ambassadors to satisfy him for a dialog forward of Russia’s March 15-17 presidential election.
There was no speedy response to Lavrov’s assertion from the Western ambassadors.
Asked by Russian state tv anchor Vladimir Solovyov if the EU ambassadors understood their operate, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated their refusal to satisfy Lavrov raised questions on their position.
“The question indeed arises among everyone: what are they doing, and why, how do they interpret their conduct on the territory of our country if they do not perform their most important function?” Zakharova stated.
Solovyov famous that EU ambassadors attended the March 1 funeral of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, whom he solid as their agent. Navalny, whose dying at an Arctic jail colony was introduced on Feb. 16, all the time denied he was a Western agent.
Zakharova stated such behaviour confirmed Western ambassadors in Moscow had been meddling in Russia’s affairs and placing on “performances” reasonably than doing their diplomatic work.
The banner headline on Solovyov’s tv present learn: “Should the EU ambassadors be sent out?”
WARNING TO BERLIN
The West is grappling with what assist it’s going to give to Kyiv after Russian forces regained the initiative on the battlefield after a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive final yr.
Russian media final week printed an audio recording of a gathering of senior German army officers held by Webex discussing weapons for Ukraine and a possible strike by Kyiv on a bridge in Crimea.
Russia summoned Germany’s ambassador to the international ministry on Monday, demanding clarification of the conversations and the help given to Ukraine to strike Russian targets.
The ambassador, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, was additionally scolded over what Moscow stated had been makes an attempt by Berlin to limit the actions of Russian journalists in Germany, in keeping with the Russian international ministry.
“If they touch Russian correspondents and bring their plans to conclusion, German journalists will leave Russia,” Zakharova stated.
Source: www.anews.com.tr