The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the absence of ambassadors from Western countries at the inauguration ceremony of Russian President Vladimir Putin raises the question of the advisability of their presence on Russian territory. writes about this TASS.
“I think it is worth asking a question to the countries whose ambassadors did not come and to the people of these countries. [на инаугурацию]So, what are they doing here in principle if they are not performing their basic functions such as participating in official ceremonies, making contact, communicating? – he said at the briefing.
Zakharova tried to imagine what the new ambassadors of Western countries would do when they had to present their credentials to the head of the Russian state.
“Won’t they come to the Kremlin too? “Maybe they will invent new ceremonies, I don’t know,” he said.
8 May Zakharova in the name In another unfriendly step, Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia, Alexander Lambsdorff, to Berlin for consultations over Moscow’s cyberattack allegations. Also a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedThat the Ukrainian government’s statements questioning the legitimacy of President Putin’s election are an illegal attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation.
On May 7, Putin was inaugurated as President of Russia for the fifth time in his life. The new mandate will last until 2030. He automatically resigned after the government took office.
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