US EditionEU Lawmakers Walk Out During Matviyenko’s Address in Geneva
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, JUL 30 – EU lawmakers protested the participation of sanctioned Russian officials at the Geneva conference, opposing their support for Russia's war in Ukraine, with multiple walkouts reported.
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Valentina Matveniko, one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies and the one who occupied the highest role in the state held by a woman, remained largely away from the light of the reflectors until a surprise appearance in Geneva came back...
Sanctioned top Putin ally allowed to fly over EU to attend conference in Geneva, Bloomberg reports
Valentina Matviyenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of Russia’s most senior officials, echoed Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine during her appearance at the Geneva conference earlier this week.
"Moldova is next to Ukraine": Russophobe Gross boycotted Matvienko's speech in Geneva: EADaily
EADaily, July 30th, 2025. The chairman of the Parliament of Moldova, an ardent Russophobe Igor Grosu, together with a group of member countries The EU defiantly left the hall of the World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments during the speech of the Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko.
The arrival in Geneva of high-ranking Russian officials under sanctions arouses the anger of Russian opponents from Switzerland and elsewhere. An open letter addressed to Swiss parliamentarians has been signed by more than 200 people and requests an investigation for violation of the Criminal Code.
The tensions between Russia and the European states have increased these days, during a parliamentary conference held in Geneva, after several European delegates left the hall at the time of the arrival of Valentine Matveniko, a high-level official from Russia.
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