US EditionUkraine Delegate Slams Russian Presence at Geneva Gathering
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, JUL 28 – Matviyenko and a delegation of six sanctioned Russian officials attended Geneva summits, prompting criticism for undermining sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia over its Ukraine invasion.
- On July 28, Valentina Matviyenko led a ten-member Russian delegation that arrived in Geneva to attend international parliamentary summits.
- Swiss authorities said they are obliged to admit official delegates, including Matviyenko, under sanctions since spring 2014 over Crimea’s annexation.
- Speaking in Geneva, Matviyenko accused the `Ukrainian authorities` of crimes in Donbas and called for lifting sanctions, repeating Kremlin talking points.
- Her presence drew condemnation from Ukrainian officials and Russian opposition figures, with Tykhyi calling her 'disgraceful' and Kondratiuk describing the inclusion as 'hypocrisy' and 'appeasement of the aggressor'.
- The Russian delegation bypassed E.U. airspace via Turkey and the Mediterranean, with Italy permitting its plane’s passage despite sanctions, marking the first high-level Russian visit since Ukraine's invasion.
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Ukraine delegate slams Russian presence at Geneva gathering
A deputy speaker of Ukraine's legislature slammed the presence of a Russian delegate at a global parliamentarians' gathering Tuesday, rejecting a call for the two sides to meet. Host nation Switzerland allowed Russia's participation at the conference in Geneva despite sanctions, with Valentina Matviyenko, president of the upper house of Russia's Federal Assembly, attending. Olena Kondratiuk, a deputy speaker of Ukraine's parliament, said she was…
‘Appeasement of the aggressor’ Sanctioned Russian Federation Council speaker attends global summit in Switzerland, uses platform to repeat Kremlin war narrative
Despite being under international sanctions, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko traveled to Switzerland on Sunday to attend a global parliamentary summit, where she used the platform to repeat Kremlin talking points about the war in Ukraine. Her presence drew sharp condemnation from Ukrainian officials and Russian opposition figures, who pointed to what they saw as the hypocrisy of allowing sanctioned officials to participat…
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Matviyenko played a pivotal role in enabling Russia in 2022 to fabricate a quasi-legal pretext for launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. She personally signed the decision passed by the upper house of the Russian parliament allowing the deployment of Russian troops onto Ukrainian territory. Valentina Matvienko. Source: Getty Images. This raises the question: Why is she being invited to the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Eu…
Russia is not willing to stop its special military operation in Ukraine until Kiev is willing to sit at the negotiating table, Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, said at the sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Geneva.
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Valentina Matviyenko, sanctioned 'speaker' of the Council of the Federation, the upper house of the Russian parliament, and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin, has recently travelled to Switzerland to participate in the World Conference of Parliament Presidents, leading a large delegation of Russian legislators, also under punishment. This is the first visit of such a high-level Russian delegation since the start of the Ukrainian war to…
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