The Russian ambassador in Bucharest, Valery Kuzmin, claims that “during the special operation in Ukraine, Russia is forced to confront not only the revived forces of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, but also the attempts of the USA and its vassals in NATO to preserve world hegemony by any means.” He made these statements, echoing the Kremlin’s rhetoric, at a reception on the occasion of the Day of People’s Unity of Russia, where his guests were, among others, Senator Diana Sosoake and former PSD politician Adrian Severin.

Diana Shoshoake, Adrian Severin and “more than 20 members of the diplomatic corps of friendly countries” among the participants

The reception dedicated to the Day of National Unity of Russia was organized by the embassy in Bucharest on Thursday evening, and among the guests were “representatives of the Parliament of Romania, extra-parliamentary political parties, academia, non-governmental organizations, including Society of Romanian-Russian Friendship, mass media, as well as the association of Russian compatriots, including the Chamber of the Romanian-Russian Association of Economic and Cultural Cooperation, the Romanian Cossack Society, the Union of Subcarpathian Rus, regional branches of Lypovensk Rus’ Community in Romania, the Association “Our world”, Group of friends of Volodymyr Vysotskyi and others”.

“More than twenty representatives of the diplomatic corps of friendly countries” also took part in the event, the embassy notes.

In photos published by the diplomatic mission on Facebook, among the participants can be seen Senator Diana Shoshoake and former PSD MEP Adrian Severin, who was sentenced in 2016 to 4 years in prison for bribery and abuse of influence and was released on parole in 2017.

Valery Kuzmin: “The majority of Russian citizens are aware of the challenges created by NATO’s aggressive eastward expansion policy”

In his speech, the Russian ambassador practically repeated the Kremlin’s rhetoric, asserting that “the vast majority of Russian citizens, as well as our compatriots abroad, are aware of the challenges to the legitimate national interests of the Motherland, which are created by the aggressive policy of expansion.” NATO to the East”.

• “It is this unique formula of “national unity” that has repeatedly allowed the Russian state to maintain its sovereignty and independence, despite the hostile attacks of colonizers, and to successfully repel various types of foreign invasions.
• And today, these traditions were clearly manifested during the military special operation in Ukraine, during which Russia is forced to resist not only the revived forces of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, but also the attempts of the United States and its vassals from NATO to preserve it by any means. means world hegemony, which is irrevocably going into the past,” Kuzmin also stated in his speech.

In early April, less than two months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Senator Diana Sosoake, together with three other parliamentarians, met with the Russian ambassador in Bucharest, and they “proposed the position of our country’s neutrality, in the sense of “Romania’s non-participation in the war between the two belligerent states : the Russian Federation and Ukraine”. At the time, Diana Shoshoake said they also proposed “to start peace talks in the neutral framework of Romania.”

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