Russia, its representatives Queen II. He complained that Elizabeth’s refusal to invite him to the funeral was “blasphemous” and “extremely immoral”.
“We find it extremely immoral that Britain’s attempt to use a national tragedy that touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes, to settle accounts with our country in days of mourning,” the Russian official said. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova. The comments were quoted by Sky News.
“This is especially blasphemous in connection with the memory of Elizabeth II, who, as you know, served in the territorial defense of the British armed forces, who fought against the Nazis during the Second World War,” said the Russian girl. The Great Patriotic War became the basis of its modern national identity.
Invitations to attend state funerals were sent to world leaders around the world, including Russia, allied Belarus, Buma (Myanmar), Assad-led Syria, Taliban-led Afghanistan and Maduro-led Venezuela. denied. . .
Communist China was invited, although some parliamentarians and countries like North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran lobbied for it, even at the ambassadorial level.
#Zaharova: We must say that, as an example of a very strong unifying force, World War II. Elizabeth did not prevent London from making divisive statements in support of its own opportunistic goals.
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– Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
(@mfa_russia) 15 September 2022
President Vladimir Putin, the Tsars in Moscow and St. careful lines
Despite Putin now calling Britain his main enemy in Europe, public sympathy He praised King Charles III for “deserving the love, respect and authority of his subjects in the international arena”, and wished “courage and courage in the face of grave, irreparable losses”, regarding his mother’s death.
Even after the message that Russian representatives were not invited to the Queen’s funeral, Zakharova added: “[f]For our part, we offer our deepest condolences to the British people for their great loss”, perhaps giving an idea of how highly the deceased monarch was held even by rival states.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Queen II. Elizabeth (left) leaves in an open carriage after the president’s ceremonial reception at the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s mounted guards parade on June 24, 2003, in London. Putin and his wife made the first occasion of a Russian leader’s visit to the United Kingdom since Queen Victoria’s reign. (NICHOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)
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