Russia said Thursday that the UK’s decision not to invite any Russian representatives to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday is “immoral” and constitutes “blasphemy”in a context of political tensions between the two countries.
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“We believe that this British attempt to use a national tragedy, which has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes to settle scores with our country […] is profoundly immoral,” the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova.
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“It is particularly blasphemous regarding the memory of Elizabeth II,” he added.
The spokeswoman regretted that According to her, the United Kingdom used the offensive in Ukraine as a “pretext” for not inviting any Russian leader to the funeral of Elizabeth II, which will take place in London on September 19.
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It is particularly blasphemous regarding the memory of Elizabeth II
Neither Russia nor other countries like Belarus, your ally, Burma or North Korea They were invited to the funeral of the monarch, who died last Thursday at the age of 96.
“Now, the British elites are on the side of the Nazis,” Zajárova said, referring to the significant military and financial support that the United Kingdom has given Ukraine against Russian military intervention.
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It is expected that more than 100 monarchs, heads of state and other personalities attend the funeral of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.
The absence of Russia is a sign that diplomatic relations between Moscow and London have been very tense for years.
AFP
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